Palo Alto Weekly August 24, 2018

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Vol. XXXIX, Number 47

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August 24, 2018

More secondary houses popping up in Palo Alto Page 5

Palo Alto educators, families tackle the pitfalls of technology Page 14

Pulse 10 Transitions 11 Spectrum 12 Eating Out 18 Movies 19 Puzzles 36 Q Arts Dala’s Nest provides home venue for concert series Page 17 Q Home Palo Alto arts festival connects makers to partakers Page 22 Q Sports High school sports get underway Page 38

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Local news, information and analysis

Palo Alto sees rise in accessory dwelling units City Council to consider additional measures to promote construction

by Gennady Sheyner s the housing crisis continues to befuddle Palo Alto’s planners and elected officials, glimmers of hope are starting to emerge in backyards and garages throughout the city, where new accessory-dwelling units are popping up at a faster pace than in

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the city’s recent history.

Spurred by recent changes in state and local laws, which relax zoning requirements, the trend is particularly strong in south Palo Alto, which produced about 60 percent of the applications that the city has received since Palo Alto

revised its laws in early 2017, according to the city. And while the new structures won’t be nearly enough to help the council reach its adopted goal of producing 300 new housing units annually, they represent for Palo Alto a rare — if modest — improvement on the housing front.

Historically, the city has issued only four permits for new accessory-dwelling units (ADUs) per year.

But since the beginning of 2017,

planners have approved 25 applications and are reviewing another 29, according to a new report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment.

Of the 29 applications, 20 were submitted between April 1 and June 30 of this year, the report states.

They come in different shapes and sizes, ranging from 175 square feet to 900 square feet (the average size is 650 square feet). Seven of the 20 are for units separate from the

main house; one is for an attached ADU; the rest were conversions of garages or other spaces, according to the report.

Among the biggest changes the council made in March 2017 was the elimination of the “minimum lot size” requirement, which historically limited ADUs to only lots that exceed the “minimum lot size” in their zoning district by 35 (continued on page 9)

ENVIRONMENT

Defying water suppliers, Palo Alto backs Bay-Delta Plan

City Council moves to support state proposal for requiring more unimpaired flow at Tuolumne River

by Gennady Sheyner alo Alto plunged into the fierce debate over California’s water policies on Monday night, when the City Council voiced unanimous support for the amended Bay-Delta Plan despite objections from the city’s water suppliers and its own Utilities Department.

At issue is the amended BayDelta Plan, which the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) released in early July and which was the subject of two public hearings this week.

The plan would require the “unimpaired flow” of the San Joaquin River and its three tributaries — the Stanislaus, Merced and Tuolumne rivers — to be 40 percent from each February to June. This means that 40 percent of the rivers’ water production would have to be “unaltered by upstream diversions, storage or by export or import of water to or from other watersheds.”

The Tuolumne River, which flows from the high Sierra Nevada to the Central Valley, provides water for the Hetch Hetchy system that supplies 85 percent of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission’s (SFPUC) potable water. (The State Water Board is working on a separate plan for the Sacramento River and its tributaries.)

Under the Bay-Delta Plan, water agencies would also be required to provide annual reports demonstrating their compliance with the goal. They would also have to produce a “comprehensive

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The past in the present

People walk past the independent Stanford Theatre on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto during lunchtime last week. The movie theater shows classic Hollywood films.

EDUCATION

Neighbors blast district over solar panels

Residents say district failed to conduct public outreach

by Elena Kadvany he structures are being described as a “giant dark billboard,” “a huge black mass,” and a “giant spaceship hovering over our property.”

They are solar panels, installed by the Palo Alto school district this summer on several campuses. Neighbors say they were never informed or asked for their input about the placement of the panels, despite district administrators’ and Board of Education members’ urging that staff do so months ago. The residents, as well

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as the director of Bing Nursery School, turned out to Tuesday’s school board meeting to demand the panels be moved elsewhere.

“It’s like standing under aluminum bleachers at a football stadium,” said Michael Ostacher, who lives next to Nixon Elementary School. “My backyard, frankly, is ruined by them.”

Ostacher and the owners of two other homes on Mears Court, adjacent to Nixon, said they first became aware of the panels when they awoke to the noise of

construction in June. They then urged the district to pause on the work to find a solution, but construction continued.

“Had the staff contacted us, they would have seen that the then-proposed massive structure would loom as much as 24 feet above us, blocking much of our sunlight, ruining our view, jeopardizing landscaping and likely decreasing the value of our homes significantly,” said Arthur Bienenstock, who lives next to Nixon in a Stanford University faculty home. “It seems that no one associated with the project planning had carefully examined the site to determine its impact on us — a shocking lack of due diligence.”

Jennifer Winters, the director of Bing, said no one from the district reached out to the school before construction began. She described the panels as intrusive, negatively (continued on page 9)

report” every three to five years, which would be peer-reviewed by a scientific panel and then subject to public hearings.

The SFPUC, along with the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) — an alliance of 26 cities on the Peninsula and in Alameda County that draw their water from the San Francisco agency — prefer to allow water agencies to negotiate settlements with the state over water-conservation measures.

SFPUC, BAWSCA, and the City of Palo Alto Utilities have all criticized against the amended Bay-Delta Plan, which states that a required flow level will “provide habitat and migratory signals and protections for native fish.” State Sen. Jerry Hill and the office of Gov. Jerry Brown had also voiced support for allowing negotiated settlements.

The State Water Board concluded that while 60 percent of “unimpaired flow” would improve conditions for a healthy fishery, the requirement would cause more economic damage to water users, including the SFPUC. Thus, it decided to go with the 40 percent level as a starting point, while allowing an “adaptive range” for unimpaired flow of 30 percent to 50 percent.

But critics of the plan allege that adopting even the 40 percent level could hinder economic growth and potentially lead to major cutbacks in water use. (continued on page 8)

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CELEBRITY CRUSH ... Actress, comedian and writer Mindy Kaling was “truly impressed” by the Palo Alto City Library, which she mentioned Tuesday on her social media accounts. The library featured her book, “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)” in an Aug. 17 “#bookfacefriday” post. The image shows a photographer holding Kaling’s book, which features on its cover the 39-year-old celebrity in a pink top and her arms crossed, stopping short of her forearms.

Someone is strategically posed behind the book with a pink dress, filling out the rest of Kaling’s pose with arms and legs. The library responded in kind to Kaling’s props. “As are we with you @ mindykaling!” the library wrote, adding a heart-eyed emoji.

ALL BOOKED UP ... Palo Alto bookworms will have to inch their way to a new reading space on Aug. 31, when the city’s five library branches will be closed for an allday staff training session. The city’s Library Department is joining the Pacific Library Partnership for a day of enrichment where they will ponder the future of the resource centers. Representatives from seven Bay Area libraries will present their projects for the partnership’s Innovation and Technology Grant Program. Dewey, the Palo Alto City Library robot, will make its rounds dancing and talking to the crowd.

The day’s schedule also will feature discussions on the “Universal Basic Assets Manifesto” by Dr. Anmol Chaddha, research director of Institute of the Future; “Change Literacy: The Library’s Role in an Uneasy Future,” by M. Ryan Hess, the Palo Alto City Library’s digital initiatives manager; and “Building a Virtual Future for City Government,”

by Palo Alto City Manager James Keene. “We are looking forward

to hearing from experts and grant recipients to learn how new and improved library services are delivered, and deploy these new skills and information in our daily practice,” Library Director Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne said in a statement. Frequent library visitors will have a chance to dive into their favorite books when the branches resume normal operations on Sept. 1.

TRAFFIC CALMING ...

After facing citizen uproar over the recent configuration on Ross Road, Palo Alto has taken a more cautious approach with the Charleston-Arastradero project, a yearslong effort to moderate vehicle speeds and enhance safety for pedestrians and bicycles along the well-used route. To acclimatize drivers and area residents and businesses with the changes, contractors installed temporary markings in mid-July along the route (the markings were being removed this week). Some design changes have already been made, he said, including reduced bulbouts and wider receiving lanes. Staff has also added a right-turn lane at the intersection of Arastradero Road and Coulombe Drive, Keene said.

Not everyone is thrilled about the design changes. Resident Joe Hirsch said he and other residents in the neighborhood are concerned about the proliferation of bulbouts, which aim to slow cars down and improve sightlines for crossing pedestrians, according to the city. Hirsch, however, argued that the seven bulbouts on Arastradero are making conditions more hazardous for drivers.

“They decrease the width of the entrances to each of those seven streets, forcing passing cars closer together, potentially leaving the rear end of the car on Arastradero where rear-end collisions might happen if the driver stops short for any reason and the person behind is not paying attention.”

He was particularly critical of the intersection of Arastradero and Donald Drive, which now includes a green box for bicyclists to wait in.

Hirsch called this a “poor design” unsuitable for Arastradero, which he said has few pedestrians. “You don’t have to protect pedestrians, you have to protect the students, particularly those waiting at the box on Donald,” Hirsch said. Q

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News Digest

EAST PALO ALTO

Mayor stresses community action in ‘State of the City’

Newcomer joins Palo Alto school board race

Ruben Abrica focuses speech on residents’ collaborative achievements

by Sue Dremann ast Palo Alto Mayor Ruben Abrica focused on one unifying theme during his State of the City speech on Monday night: “How do we help the community?”

The question, raised by a group of sixth-graders during his recent visit to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, “really got my attention,” Abrica said.

“I want you to remember that phrase too,” he told about 75 people attending the event at City Hall. (Other members of the City Council, which is on a monthlong break, were not in attendance.)

“My hope is that families, friends and neighbors will try to help each other out. I think that’s what we are all about,” Abrica said.

In his speech, which celebrated individual and collective action, cited recent collaborative accomplishments, from a soon-to-open longterm RV parking lot to a litter-removal campaign.

Abrica, the longest-tenured council member and arguably the city’s most consistent champion for its collective soul, noted that community activism has been at the heart of East Palo Alto’s achievements from before the city’s inception.

Abrica was part of a group of residents who fought for incorporation 35 years ago for four main reasons: self-determination — that residents should govern themselves and determine their future; to have a city-run police

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department to address violence; to develop economically; and to address housing and prevent displacement of residents.

The city went through many trials in its early decades, including rampant drug activity and a soaring homicide rate, but Abrica pointed to the collective power of residents to make a change. The city’s zero-homicide rate for the past two years is due to the community’s willingness to report crimes and provide information to police.

East Palo Alto was, for decades, a place where the “nosnitch” code was largely the rule, but a change in residents’ outlook and the police department’s

community-policing approach have built trust and partnerships. “(Homicides) caused so much pain and tragedy in our community,” Abrica said. “I really feel this (no-homicide rate) is a new normal for us, where we have crossed the line.”

The community also stepped up to help house homeless individuals and families living in recreational vehicles on the streets.

Abrica publicly recognized Pastor Paul Bains and Project WeHOPE for their initiative to temporarily host up to 20 RV dwellers on cityowned land. The program, which is currently being organized, (continued on page 9)

CITY HALL

City to stop publishing meeting notices in Weekly, citing cost savings Switch to Daily Post will limit the city’s reach to residents by 70 percent

alo Alto City Clerk Beth Minor has decided the city will no longer publish agendas of upcoming City Council, planning commission and other city meetings in the Palo Alto Weekly, a move designed to save about $20,000 a year in advertising expenses.

The Weekly, which distributes 20,600 copies in Palo Alto, including 14,000 delivered to Palo Alto homes, has published the city notices for more than 30 years.

Instead, legal notices will be placed in the Daily Post, a paper that distributes 6,000 copies primarily through newspaper boxes and with no distribution directly to homes.

The city’s municipal code

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by Palo Alto Weekly staff requires that agendas and other city notices be published in a local newspaper, a practice designed to encourage citizen awareness and engagement. But there are no minimum circulation requirements in the code, and Minor decided that the city could satisfy the law and save money by publishing notices in the Daily Post.

Because the contract is for less than $100,000, City Council approval is not needed.

“This is a regrettable decision that puts saving a small amount of money ahead of informing the community in the most effective way possible,” Weekly publisher Bill Johnson said. “Advertising in our paper costs more because we print and deliver far more newspapers.”

“To compare two newspapers on cost without adjusting for circulation is not only unfair to the Weekly, it creates an incentive to reduce circulation, the opposite of what best serves the community,” Johnson said.

Minor did not respond to requests for comment on this story.

Her office went out for bid on the multi-year advertising contract on April 18, 2017, releasing a request for proposals through the city’s Administrative Services Department. The Weekly and the Post were the only responsive bidders.

Minor decided to award the contract to the Post, but the (continued on page 8)

Sue Dremann

East Palo Alto Mayor Ruben Abrica highlights the city’s achievements in reducing crime, addressing homelessness and building amenities for a better quality of life during his State of the City address on Aug. 20.

Christopher Boyd, who runs a STEM-focused after-school program in Palo Alto, plans to run for a seat on the Board of Education in the November election.

Boyd did not grant an interview but confirmed his candidacy to the Weekly.

Boyd is the director of InstED, a nonprofit program that provides students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics classes, including computer science, robotics, astronomy, neuroscience and physics.

Boyd has been InstED’s director since 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He is also a general partner at Automation Research, an organization for research and development related to automation, and from 2009 to 2010 was the director of technology for the University of California, Davis.

Boyd will be running against incumbent Ken Dauber, the current president of the school board; and four newcomers: special-education parent and advocate Stacey Ashlund, attorney Shounak Dharap, parent Kathy Jordan, and recent Palo Alto High graduate Alex Scharf.

There will be two open seats in November. Board member Terry Godfrey, whose term expires then along with Dauber’s, is not running for re-election. Q —Elena Kadvany

School board approves DNA privacy settlement

The Palo Alto school district has agreed to pay a $150,000 settlement to parents who alleged the district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when a teacher allegedly divulged that their son carries a genetic marker for cystic fibrosis.

The school board unanimously approved the settlement on Tuesday.

The district’s share is $41,253, subject to the remaining balance being paid by the district’s insurance joint powers authority, board President Ken Dauber said.

James and Jennifer Chadam settled their civil lawsuit with the district in an Aug. 1 conference presided over by Magistrate Judge Maria-Elena James, court documents show.

Under the terms of the settlement, the Chadams will put $90,000 into a “separate and segregated interest-bearing account” until Dec. 12, 2018, when their son turns 18 years old. He will then receive the money, according to a court order the judge signed last week.

The Chadams will pay the remaining $60,000 to their attorney, Stephen Jaffe of the Jaffe Law Firm in San Francisco.

The settlement bars either party from contacting the press regarding the settlement, a provision Jaffe said was requested by the school district’s legal counsel. Q —Elena Kadvany

Shikada welcomed as next city manager

The Palo Alto City Council set the stage on Monday for a leadership change at City Hall when it approved a contract with the city’s next city manager, Ed Shikada.

Shikada, a former transportation executive who had previously worked as the city manager of San Jose, is the hand-picked and council-approved successor to James Keene, who is poised to retire at the end of the year after 10 years in City Hall’s top position. Shikada’s new contract is effective Dec. 20, or on the date of Keene’s retirement, whichever comes sooner.

Under the terms of the contract, which the council approved Monday, Shikada will receive a salary of $356,000, as well as temporary housing assistance of $4,000 per month. The city will also contribute $18,500 annually into Shikada’s retirement plan.

In hiring Shikada as the next city manager, the council opted to avoid the city’s typical recruiting process, which usually involves a nationwide search, a selection of finalists and opportunities for the public to weigh in. Instead, council members opted to promote Shikada, a versatile veteran policymaker who has a background in transportation, engineering and public works and currently serves as both an assistant city manager and the general manager of utilities.

The council had held two closed sessions to discuss the next city manager before announcing in June that it planned to choose Shikada.

At that time, the city was still finalizing the terms of the employment agreement. The council formally adopted the agreement on Monday.

“He’s the only person I know who can wear like 12 hats at the same time,” Councilman Greg Scharff said shortly before the unanimous vote to hire Shikada.

While all nine council members agreed that Shikada is the right person for the job, Councilman Greg Tanaka voted against Shikada’s employment contract. He argued that the contract should reflect a correlation between the city manager’s performance and the city’s.

His proposal did not win any supporters, however, and the council swiftly approved the employment contract. Q —Gennady Sheyner www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 24, 2018 • Page 7

Upfront

Bay-Delta Plan (continued from page 5)

Nicole Sandkulla, chief executive officer of BAWSCA, argued in a letter that, if implemented during a drought, the agency’s water users could be required to cut back water use from the recent predrought level of 79 gallons per person per day to 41 gallons per day or — for some cities — as

low as 25 gallons per day.

“Community development might be delayed and new housing might not be built,” the letter states. “A community without enough water for job growth and fully operational businesses, hospitals and public institutions is unsustainable.”

Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager at the SFPUC, said Monday that his agency, along with the Modesto and

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 20)

Bay-Delta: The council approved a letter of support for the amended Bay-Delta Plan. Yes: Unanimous Stanford: The council approved a new fire-services contract with Stanford University. Yes: Unanimous Shikada: The council unanimously approved the hiring of Ed Shikada as the city’s next city manager. The council also voted 8-1 on the proposed employment agreement with Shikada.

Yes: DuBois, Filseth, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Kou, Scharff, Wolbach No: Tanaka

Board of Education (Aug. 21)

PAPD MOU: The board discussed a revised memorandum of understanding with the Palo Alto Police Department. Action: None Gym floor: The board waived its two-meeting rule and authorized staff to award a contract to H.Y. Floor and Gameline Painting in the amount of $110,670, with a 5 percent contingency, to replace the gym floor at Greene Middle School.

Yes: Unanimous Solar update: The board heard an update on solar panel installations across the district. Action: None Ad hoc committee: The board formed an ad hoc committee of two board members to work with the superintendent to frame a process for moving forward on Stanford University’s general use permit (GUP). Yes: Unanimous Ad hoc committee members: The board appointed President Ken Dauber and Vice President Jennifer DiBrienza to the GUP ad hoc committee. Yes: Collins, Dauber, DiBrienza, Godfrey No: Baten Caswell Counsel communication: The board authorized Vice President Jennifer DiBrienza to speak directly with district legal counsel on matters related to the Stanford general use permit. Yes: Unanimous

Board of Education (Aug. 22)

Retreat: The board held a retreat to discuss operations, goals, Public Record Act requests and other items. Action: None

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hear an update about the city’s Safe Route to School partnership, consider an emergency ordinance pertaining to relocation assistance for no-fault evictions from multi-family housing developments; and consider amendments to the zoning code, relating to accessory dwelling units. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a closed session to evaluate the performances of the city manager, the city attorney, the city clerk, the city auditor. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the city’s Housing Work Plan and consider a request to divide an existing 0.75-acre parcel at 3877 El Camino Real into 17 residential condominiums and one commercial condominium. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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Weekly appealed the decision in July 2017. The Administrative Services Department determined the bidding process was “ambiguous” because the request for proposals didn’t ask for or consider the difference in circulation of the two newspapers and directed that it be re-done.

A second request for proposals in October asked each newspaper for circulation data, but the evaluation criteria weighted cost over circulation reach, and Minor again selected the Post. The Weekly again appealed — noting that the Weekly’s greater circulation actually meant the cost per copy of each advertisement was 25 percent less than the Post because it reached so many more Palo Altans.

At the Feb. 28 appeal hearing, then-Palo Alto Chief Financial Officer Lalo Perez verbally informed Johnson that he was granting the Weekly’s appeal because he concluded the evaluation had been done improperly.

But four months later, just days before he was to retire, Perez sent a June 27 letter to Johnson reversing his earlier decision.

The Weekly’s protest was addressed three weeks later by Acting Chief Financial Officer Kiely Nose, who wrote that Perez “does not have authority over policy choices that were within the City Clerk’s reasonable discretion” and that because the City Clerk is a council-appointed

“Without this protection, these rivers could become warmer, murkier and shrivel to a crawl, endangering the whole ecosystem,” Isaacson told the council.

After hearing from both sides, Councilman Greg Scharff made the motion to reject the staff recommendation and to take Drekmeier’s side. At least three of his colleagues immediately seconded his motion.

“The Bay-Delta ecosystem shouldn’t be destroyed because we’re running out of water,” Scharff said. “We need to figure out how to protect it and how to provide the right amount of water.”

Councilwoman Karen Holman observed that it’s rare for the council to so significantly oppose the recommendation of its Utility Department. In this case, however, she said the economic risk cited by opponents of the Bay-Delta Plan appears to not be supported by the data. She also noted that while a major goal of the plan is to support the salmon population, the issues involved in the water debate are far broader.

“It’s never just about one thing.

It’s never just about one species.

It’s about the broader ecosystem and what we can do to support it,” Holman said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

officer, she “is not subject to the direction of Mr. Perez or the City Manager’s Office.”

Johnson responded with the suggestion that the staff seek policy direction from the City Council, since the advertising decision “goes to the heart

of the city’s communication strategy with residents of the community.”

“Does the council want to reach the largest number of city residents or not?” he asked.

Mayor Liz Kniss did not return calls for comment. Q

‘She just vanished’

Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller, a 66-year-old Palo Alto woman, disappeared on Aug. 17.

On Saturday, Aug. 25, her family will hold a search party, starting at the East Palo Alto Family YMCA at 550 Bell St. They are asking for community volunteers to help. KabogaMiller, who is disabled, left her Crescent Park neighborhood home in her silver 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK at about 9:15 a.m. on Aug. 17 and drove to the Country Time Wamaitha Market at 2200 University Ave. in East Kaboga-Miller Palo Alto, where she was seen purchasing cigarettes on surveillance video. Since that time, no one has seen her, and she has not communicated with her family, her son Njoroge Kaboga-Miller said. Read more about her story and see the surveillance video on PaloAltoOnline.com.

Courtesy the Kaboga-Miller family

PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... commission plans to consider including pickleball in the city’s Field and Tennis Court Use Policy; get a status report on Baylands Golf Links usage; hear an update on the Foothills Park Trail Reroute Project; and hear a presentation from Commissioner David Moss about his recent hike from Palo Alto to the coast. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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projections of potential cutbacks in water use, should the BayDelta Plan be implemented. The SFPUC combined the two worst droughts of the past 50 years, he said, and based its rationing projections on that extreme scenario.

A more realistic estimate, he said, suggests that the region can survive the worst drought on record with 10 percent rationing, well below the 20 to 40 percent cited by the water agencies.

The proposal to use negotiated settlements, he said, would effectively allow the agencies to go through a checklist of agreedupon measures and claim compliance even if the measures prove ineffective. And while Ritchie suggested that the new Bay-Delta plan could lead to lengthy litigation, Drekmeier argued the SFPUC and BAWSCA aim to basically “wear down the State Water Board and get (their) way.”

The debate appeared to have caught Palo Alto council members and staff by surprise. The council received dozens of emails and also heard from about 20 residents Monday, with nearly everyone urging members to break from the Utilities Department recommendation and support the Bay-Delta Plan. Resident Annette Isaacson asked the council to “take a stand to protect the ecosystem.”

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UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a Resilience Workshop, which will include an expert panel, a group discussion and a small-group exercise. The event will go from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28, in the El Palo Alto Room at Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road.

Turlock Irrigation Districts, believe greater ecological benefits can be achieved with strategically planned “functional flows” and habitat improvements.

“They are obsessed with flow and not really thinking about what will make the river work better, what will produce better fishery benefits,” Ritchie said, referring to the Water Board.

But one organization that has long studied the Tuolumne River strongly contested the water agencies’ positions. The Tuolumne River Trust called the SFPUC proposal to rely on negotiated settlements “myopic” and its proposed approach “doomed to fail,” according to a letter that the group’s Executive Director Patrick Koepele sent to the water board. Allowing water agencies to reach settlement agreements that only include “non-flow measures” (actions that do not address flow capacity) is inadequate, he argued, pointing to the 1995 settlement agreement that the SFPUC and the Modesto and Turlock districts signed with various nonprofit organization and federal regulators that he said largely failed to protect the salmon population.

Former Mayor Peter Drekmeier, who serves as policy director at the Tuolumne River Trust, criticized the water agencies’

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percent or more. The council also decided to allow conversions of existing structures into ADUs and waived parking requirements for ADUs near public transit, in compliance with recent state legislation — namely, Senate Bill 1069 and Assembly Bill 2299.

On Monday, the council will attempt to maintain the momentum when it considers further revisions to the city’s laws on ADUs, which are also commonly referred to as “granny units” or “secondary dwelling units.”

Among the most significant changes on the table is a proposal to reduce — or even waive — the steep permitting fees that the city charges for ADU permits, which in some cases add up to nearly $10,000. One option is to waive or reduce fees if the homeowner were to agree to dedicate the ADU as affordable housing for a period of time, according to planning staff.

The topic of affordability came up repeatedly during the Planning

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could open in November and will offer services to help get people into housing while having a safe place to stay overnight.

Abrica also lauded Robert Jones, who has led the city’s Community Emergency Response Team, which will now have a representative as part of the city’s command structure; and George Mendoza, who spent his youth in East Palo Alto and returned from college to develop an award-winning youth soccer club.

He also recognized the Rev. Timoteo Uelese of the Aleluia Samoan Assembly of God Church,

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impacting the schools’ outdoor environment — and by proxy the students themselves.

The district held two public meetings in February on the solar panels, a districtwide project that is estimated to save Palo Alto Unified nearly $600,000 over 25 years.

The community meetings were admittedly not well-attended: Only one community member showed up to the first and about three were at the second meeting, Sustainability Program Manager Rebecca Navarro told the board. She said she reached out to school leadership and parent groups and asked administrators to recommend other groups to talk to on an “as-named basis.” Nixon Principal Mary Pat O’Connell requested the district reach out to the school’s neighbors.

Navarro told the board that she made two failed attempts to contact the Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders to share

and Transportation Commission’s hearings on the city’s ADU ordinance. Resident Amy Sung, a Realtor who last year served on the citizen committee that helped the city updated its Comprehensive Plan, flagged permit fees as a big issue for some homeowners. The city currently charges more than 10 times what other cities do, she told the planning commission at its March 28 meeting.

Sung, who is working with the pro-housing group Palo Alto Forward to organize an event about ADUs on Aug. 29, urged the commission to look into “dramatically reducing” the fees.

Linnea Wickstrom, who attended the commission’s January meeting, said people building ADUs pay the same kind of fees as developers of new homes.

“I would especially like to see the planning and permit fees reduced to something reasonable and something that reflects the impact, rather than being in accordance with being impacted for developing a whole huge new residence,” Wickstrom said.

Planning Commissioner Michael

Alcheck is among those who favor the waiver of fees when the ADU is designated as affordable housing. The waiver, under his proposal, would apply to those who rent their ADUs to an individual who is currently on Palo Alto’s waiting list for below-market-rate housing.

Another approach, which planning staff have identified in the new report, calls for the city to partner with a nonprofit to offer low-cost loans to homeowners who, in exchange, would commit to renting the ADUs to low- and middle-income earners. That’s the model that the San Jose-based nonprofit Housing Trust Silicon Valley is now in the process of developing, according to staff.

Some of the other proposed changes to ADU law that the council will consider are minor clarifications of aspects like setback requirements for ADU basements (the basement, like the ADU itself, should not encroach into the six-foot setback area) and ADU eaves, which would be allowed to encroach into the daylight plane, the angle that affects neighbors’ privacy and exposure daylight.

A somewhat more significant change pertains to an existing density bonus, and whether it should apply to new developments or only to existing homes. The bonus to build up to 175 square feet is for homeowners whose lots aren’t large enough to accommodate ADUs under the zoning code.

Some property owners, however, have tried to take advantage of these bonuses by using a twostep process: First building a new main home at maximum square footage; then, once their development becomes an “existing home,” applying for an ADU and requesting the additional 175 square feet of development space.

It will be up to the council to decide if this bonus should apply to homes that existed prior to a specific date (most likely Jan. 1, 2017, when the state’s ADU regulations took effect) or to new developments.

While the recent ADU construction is a huge change for the city, local housing advocates like John Kelley believe the city can — and should — do much more. He would

like the city to set a goal of more than 100 accessory dwelling units annually. He said he and his wife are now thinking about building an ADU in their backyard.

One thing that would help builders, he told the planning commission at the March meeting, is having the city develop “prototype designs” for ADUs that residents can utilize during the permitting process. Those residents choosing the designs would be able to get their permits approved more expeditiously.

Kelley also suggested at the commission’s April meeting that the city consider eliminating an existing requirement that the homeowner occupy either the main residence or the ADU. A substantial number of single-family homes in Palo Alto are currently being rented, Kelley said. “To have an ADU ordinance (that) ... at the very outset excludes some sizable proportion of the inventory just doesn’t make sense to me,” Kelley said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

who stepped up to organize a campaign to remove litter from local streets.

On the weekend of Oct. 20, East Palo Alto will take that community action further by launching a citywide cleanup campaign to remove trash, a problem that has grown exponentially in the past year, Abrica said.

The mayor also acknowledged that creating adequate affordable housing remains an unfulfilled goal, but said the city is working to move some housing projects forward. The city has released a request for proposals for an affordable-housing development at the municipally owned 965 Weeks St. The council will also consider funding the rehabilitation and

expansion of the Light Tree apartments this fall. Staff is also planning to bring the next draft of its affordable-housing strategy to the council in October.

Abrica said the city has also made strides in its quality-oflife goals. Cooley Landing, once a county dump, now provides a beautiful open space and educational center by the San Francisco Bay. And a long-anticipated pedestrian and bike overpass is under construction over U.S. Highway 101.

“It will serve to unify the west side and the east side of East Palo Alto. People can go to school and shopping, and I hope they won’t have to drive. For many years, this was one of the social-justice issues in a way,” he noted of

the lack of access and isolation caused by the freeway.

This year, city staff will meet with San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum, whose district includes East Palo Alto, about enhancing services for seniors. The county runs an agingfriendly cities program that Abrica said he hopes will benefit the city’s elders.

“That population has grown and is diverse and has many interests,” he said of seniors.

While Abrica addressed the soul of the community as the city’s cornerstone, he also

referred residents to the 2018 City Council Strategic Goals and Work Plan, which details many of the city’s other priorities, goals and achievements. The document can be found on the city’s website, at ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/AgendaCenter, in the Aug. 8 City Council agenda, beginning on page 203.

Abrica delivered his speech in English and Spanish. He said a version will be translated into languages spoken by the Pacific Islander community. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

information with Nixon’s neighbors. Her effort to reach out to Bing through the administration of Escondido Elementary School, which lies adjacent to the preschool, similarly did not succeed.

Navarro said she then contacted Bing herself, which Bing Associate Director Beth Wise confirmed took place “right before the construction began” and didn’t result in any change to the project.

This is not the first flare-up over solar panels in Palo Alto Unified in recent months. The district moved the proposed location of panels at Palo Alto High School this spring after concern from residents that the panels would block the historic Tower Building, voicing similar criticisms about a lack of outreach.

Members of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission are also concerned that solar panels were installed at JLS Middle School without first seeking public input, taking away space from a halfacre recreational field.

Several board members

apologized on Tuesday and asked staff to work with the residents to find a solution.

“It’s incumbent on us to see what we can do and to evaluate the feasibility of different alternatives,” said President Ken Dauber.

Board member Terry Godfrey also asked that staff revisit all of the solar-panel installations to engage with any other residents who may have been affected.

Several speakers lauded the district’s commitment to solar energy, noting the environmental, financial and educational benefits.

Once fully up and running, the panels will offset the equivalent of carbon emissions from 211 average homes in Palo Alto annually, according to the district. The district is also working with Palo Alto Utilities to develop curriculum related to the solar panels that will be available to all teachers and students, from kindergarten through high school. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Online This Week

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

Bike-riding thieves rob man

Two men riding bicycles allegedly robbed a 40-year-old man at gunpoint in the Crescent Park neighborhood early Tuesday morning, Palo Alto police said Thursday. (Posted Aug. 23, 11:46 a.m.)

Teen outpatient program to expand

A new partnership with Stanford Children’s Health will allow youth mental health nonprofit Children’s Health Council to double the capacity of its teen intensive outpatient program. (Posted Aug. 23,

10:04 a.m.)

Nobu expansion wins approval

Nobu, the high-end Japanese restaurant at downtown Palo Alto’s Epiphany Hotel, is poised to expand into an adjacent building on Emerson Street after the City Council rejected on Monday an appeal against the project. (Posted Aug. 22, 1:01 p.m.)

Committee to advise on Stanford expansion

The Palo Alto school board voted 4-1 Tuesday night to form an ad hoc committee, made up of board President Ken Dauber and Vice President Jennifer DiBrienza, to advise the superintendent on issues related to Stanford University’s proposed campus expansion. (Posted

Aug. 22, 8:56 a.m.)

Rape reported at Stanford

A woman reported that she was forcibly raped at Stanford University this past weekend, the Department of Public Safety said in a crime alert released early Tuesday morning. (Posted Aug. 21, 8:22 a.m.) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • August 24, 2018 • Page 9

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Aug. 15-Aug. 21

Violence related Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Dependent adult abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 4 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Misc traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 5 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 3 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous False identification to police . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Public incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Sick and cared for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Menlo Park

Aug. 15-Aug. 21

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 1 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of stolen vehicle. . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 3 Miscellaneous Adult protective SVC referral. . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbing/annoying calls . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Waverley Street, 6/2, 3 p.m.; child abuse/sexual.

Park Boulevard, 6/28, 11:15 a.m.; sexual assault/rape.

University Avenue, 7/23, 2:30 p.m.; sex crime/indecent exposure.

University Avenue, 8/14, 9 p.m.; sex crime/exploit children.

Welch Road, 8/15, 11:50 a.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Colorado Avenue, 8/16, 10:30 a.m.; dependent adult abuse/self neg.

Forest Avenue, 8/17, 8:57 p.m.; elder abuse/physical.

El Camino Real, 8/19, 10:55 a.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Park Boulevard,8/20, 10:31 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

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1100 block Willow Road, 8/15, 10:27 a.m.; battery on spouse.

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Ruth Joan Murphy Ruth Joan Murphy, a 66-year resident of Palo Alto, died Aug. 14 in her Palo Alto home. She was 95.

She was born in San Francisco in 1923.

As a teenager, she walked the Golden Gate Bridge on opening day in 1937. She graduated from Mission High School where she met her husband John Murphy who passed away in 1965. After marriage, she lived in San Francisco with her husband, and in 1952, they moved to their Midtown Ranchette in Palo Alto.

She was known as someone who enjoyed train trips to Santa Cruz, being a community advocate for sidewalks in Palo Alto.

She also loved pets and cooking for her family.

She is survived by her three daughters, Linda Murphy of Palo Alto; Mary Huber of Carlsbad, California; and Joan Noble of Ben Lomond, California; her sister Beverly Shub of San Juan Capistrano, California; and three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her family would like to thank VITAS Healthcare for their hospice care. Private funeral services will be held. Memorial donations may be made in her name to the Palo Alto Animal Services. Q

Phyllis Clorinda Cassel June 13, 1941 – August 14, 2018 Phyllis C. Cassel, who was known for her leadership roles on the City of Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, League of Women Voters, Stevenson House Board of Directors, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, died August 14, 2018 at home in Palo Alto, CA. at the age of 77. She will be remembered for her willingness to care for others, whether family members, friends, or communities in need. Rev. Amy Zucker Morgenstern, her parish minister, commented: “Beyond any role, Phyllis has been one of those moral exemplars who are truly the pillars of a congregation.”

Born June 13, 1941 in Lowell, MA to Thomas and Clorinda Banks, she graduated from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing with a nursing degree (RN) and from Rutgers University with a BA in community development.

She has managed and coordinated family planning programs, worked on fair housing issues, and been a charge nurse on an acute care medical unit.

Phyllis leaves her husband of 54 years, Richard Cassel; children Christopher Cassel of Boston, Diana Eppstein of Irvine, and Charles (Chaz) Cassel of Santa Clara, and their spouses; grandchildren Sara and Timothy Eppstein and Charles Cassel; and sisters Beth Banks and Cynthia Blake.

A celebration of Phyllis’s life will be held Sunday, August 26th at 3pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 East Charleston Road, Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts in Phyllis’s memory can be made to Unitarian Church of Palo Alto, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), or Planned Parenthood Mar Monte.

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Editorial More bad legal advice Law firm leads school board into sham ‘confidential’ settlement provision

ill the Palo Alto school board ever learn that the legal advice it gets doesn’t always serve the public interest?

Following years of frustration with its prior law firms and the routine guidance they gave to withhold information from the public and aggressively defend, at great expense, the district against parent complaints, the school board ditched its two primary firms two years ago with high hopes of obtaining better representation and showing the public it really believed in maximum transparency and less opposition, whenever legally possible.

So far, not only have legal costs soared well beyond the high billings of the previous firms, but the same old law-firm attitudes against transparency continue to improperly guide many district decisions on releasing public records.

The latest embarrassment occurred Tuesday night, when the board agreed to a settlement that included a provision written by its lawyer, Mark Davis of the San Jose litigation firm Davis & Young, that barred both sides from disclosing the amount of the settlement and “contacting the press.”

Public agencies in California may not legally withhold information on settlements, so the provision was a deliberate attempt to throw obstacles in front of disclosure.

The school board should have rejected the clause and admonished its lawyer to never include such a provision in the future.

According to school board President Ken Dauber, the terms of the settlement were not known to the board until presented by Davis for approval in closed session Tuesday.

While Dauber could not disclose anything about the board’s discussion since it was a closed session, he told the Weekly he intended to ask for a future agenda item to discuss the district’s policy on confidentiality provisions and transparency of settlements of claims made against the district.

By law, a public agency must disclose legal settlements and payments upon request, and it must announce any “actions” taken in closed session. A confidentiality provision such as the one inserted by the district’s law firm therefore has no legal standing and is entirely designed to make it less likely that the public will ever find out about it. It’s also an attempt to prevent board members and the superintendent from answering questions or making any comments.

In many communities, where public and media scrutiny is minimal, this cynical strategy to circumvent the intent of the law could be successful. But in Palo Alto there is virtually no chance that such a closed session agenda item would go unnoticed. Unless, of course, it wasn’t properly placed on the agenda as required by the Brown Act. That is exactly what happened in this case. The original agenda posting for Tuesday’s closed session incorrectly cited the case to be discussed by using a meaningless internal school district reference number. The law requires that the agenda state “the title of or otherwise specifically identify the litigation to be discussed,” and after seeing the agenda the Weekly requested the proper citation of the case, which was then updated with the federal court case number but still lacked the title of the case, “James Chadam et al vs Palo Alto Unified School District.” But with the case number the Weekly was then able to access the proposed settlement in the court file.

Unfortunately, it’s not the first time the Weekly has had to point out the improper posting of closed session items pertaining to litigation or prod the district into releasing public documents that one of its law firms advised against.

The settlement in this case will pay $90,000 to a child whose medical information was shared by the school district with two unrelated parents of children with cystic fibrosis. The child’s attorney will receive attorneys fees totaling $60,000. But that $150,000 expense does not begin to capture the costs of fighting this family for almost five years in federal court. The total cost will have to await the district’s response to a Public Records Act request by the Weekly for the law firm’s billing records.

This case is yet another example of why the school district needs to hire a competent general counsel who can manage the legal strategies and expenses and help the board understand the line between legal requirements and transparency. Even with good intentions, the board and superintendent are ill-equipped to do this and almost always will simply follow the advice of their attorneys.

California law firms representing school districts are in lockstep believing their job is to arm their clients with ways of denying requests for public records. It’s long overdue for the school board to embrace the opposite philosophy, that records are assumed to be public unless there is a clear legal necessity for them to be withheld. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Letters Story brings back fond memories

Editor, I enjoyed David Moss’s description of his 45 mile “walkto-the-sea” (“Exploring Silicon Valley’s ‘other world,’” Aug. 17).

It’s an excellent example of the wonders of nature that abound on the Peninsula.

His story put me in mind of a similar trek that we teachers and parents took with our Peninsula School second- to fourth-grade students almost 40 years ago.

In May 1980 we accompanied about 60 seven- to 10-year-old students on a 28-mile, three-day hike from Menlo Park to the sea, arriving at Tunitas Beach. The kids carried only lunches and water bottles, with parents ferrying food and camping gear. It had been an annual tradition for the second- to fourth-graders for a few years.

On the first day we hiked through Menlo Park, Atherton and Woodside, where we camped at Huddart Park (about 14 miles). On the second day we hiked up to Skegg’s Point (about 2,000 feet) and then spent the night at Jim Wickett’s ranch (known as Star Hill Academy). Waking to morning fog, we used used county roads and private property pastures to arrive at Tunitas Beach, where we cooled our tired feet in the surf. Parents met us there and carpooled the happy (and very tired) kids and teachers back to school. What an adventure!

Of course in those days there were fewer trails, and the roads less traveled, so we used city streets and county roads, something that wouldn’t be done today. The memories of the hiking, campfires, singing and camaraderie linger these many years later, and many of our alums have fond memories of the “3 Day Hike.” The youngsters accomplished a challenging and rewarding task.

Graceann Johnson Emerson Street, Palo Alto

Hospital School’s long history

Editor, I was delighted to read the story about the newly established school at the Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto for children who are ill (outpatients) and their siblings. I would like to add some history about the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) School to provide the context for this exciting opening.

The LPCH School was established in 1924, five years after children were moved here from San Francisco to recuperate in

our sunny climate. (The Hospital was then called Stanford Home for Convalescent Children, then Children’s Hospital at Stanford).

Since that time — almost a century ago! — Palo Alto Unified School District has supported the LPCH School. The staff currently includes four teachers, three aides and a secretary, and they serve 3040 children a day, for a total last year of 467 students. The teachers work both in the classroom as well as bed-side with children who are too ill to come to the school.

It is profoundly moving to witness seriously ill children prioritize their limited energy for schoolwork — in some instances, almost until the time of their death. It is also a tribute to the remarkable dedication and skill of the teachers. As a nineyear-old child reflected: “What I miss the most while I am going through treatment is school.”

The partnership of these two schools will enable increasing numbers of children being treated at LPCH and their healthy siblings to access this invaluable resource.

Barbara M. Sourkes Welch Road, Palo Alto

Identify movie reviewer

Editor, Your 2½ stars movie review of “Crazy Rich Asians” is published without a byline, like throwing tomatoes then hiding in the bushes.

On opening night my family dined at Chef Chu’s then headed over to Century 16 to see director Jon Chu’s CRA romantic comedy.

What an entertaining romp!

The Weekly review was a missed opportunity to recognize Kevin Kwan’s sweet and salty social satire, Jane Austen’s marriage muddles on fast forward.

Of course movie reviews and ratings are a matter of one person’s artistic and cultural discernment, got that. But if you’re gonna pour vinegar on a hometown success story, then you gotta own it.

Publish a byline.

Sandra Park Carlson Circle, Palo Alto Editor’s note: The omission of film critic Peter Canavese’s byline from the review was an oversight.

The Weekly apologizes to both readers and Peter Canavese.

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Regarding “Palo Alto and nonprofit explore ways to fix up cramped shelter”

Posted Aug. 17 at 5:56 p.m.

by Neilson Buchanan, a resident of Downtown North We all are missing facts. The FY 2019-23 budget has just been wrapped up. The amount of cash required exceeds the line items in the operating and capital budgets.

Moving forward rationally is impossible without prioritizing and rescheduling. Staff and council are responsible. As soon as bids for major projects are opened, the budget transitions from a

planning document to a funding document.

I am convinced that Palo Alto “wants” outweigh the cash in the city’s treasury, and within a few weeks this will create multiple budget realities we face in our personal lives.

Any decision about animal shelter funding must be lined up with overall projects bidding for scarce dollars.

One thing is certain and optimistic ... the animal shelter has great potential for leading citizens and children to launch a philanthropic effort to serve common needs of several cities. This takes leadership missing from these postings.

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Guest Opinion Castilleja: Lessons learned, future solutions

by Nanci Kauffman ocated in Palo Alto for more than 100 years, Castilleja School was originally founded to ensure more women had access to a college education. Today, Castilleja educates motivated young women to become confident thinkers and compassionate leaders with the courage to break glass ceilings and to effect positive change in the world.

As head of Castilleja School, I am committed to fostering the school’s mission while also ensuring its future; yet I never forget that I began my career as a history teacher. In that role and even now, I believe in helping students learn lasting lessons from the past. Some of these lessons are inspiring, others humbling.

Either way, I encourage students to see them as exciting and essential parts of learning.

Every summer I set aside time to reflect on my own lessons learned. The most poignant one in recent years is about trust. When I became head, I discovered that Castilleja was over-enrolled, not only violating the terms of our Conditional Use Permit (CUP) but, equally important, betraying the trust of our community. We have since taken steps to reduce the student body and our daily traffic, but that does not excuse the past in any way. I remain deeply sorry, both about the over-enrollment and about the betrayal.

Even with the regrets I have, it is incumbent on me to acknowledge that our academic

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buildings, built in the 1960s, lack the flexibility needed for today’s student-centered, project-based, interdisciplinary curriculum.

That is why Castilleja School has filed an application to replace our current classroom buildings with modern and energy-efficient learning spaces that will meet our needs for the future while blending more gently with our neighborhood’s aesthetic. In our application, we have not requested an increase in our above-ground square footage, nor have we asked to exceed current height limits. We propose an underground garage to minimize traffic and parking on neighborhood streets, preserve Spieker Field along Embarcadero Road and create additional green space. Finally we hope to increase our high school enrollment by 25-27 students per year until we reach a total enrollment of 540, providing opportunity to an even more diverse group of girls. Seeking permission to update our facilities and increase enrollment, we have applied to the city of Palo Alto for a new Master Plan and a new CUP. There is a saying about trust: It takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair. Obviously, I hope it will not take forever to regain our community’s trust, but as a student of history, I know the past is always with us. That is why our new CUP does not rely on trust; it is built on consequences. For instance, we realize that concerns about traffic and parking in Palo Alto are greater than ever, and we have accounted for that in our application. Currently, all Castilleja employees are required to use alternate transportation a minimum of three days per week, whether that means walking, biking, using public

transportation or carpooling. Students are also asked to commute by means other than single occupancy vehicles, including using one of our shuttles or buses. Within the terms of our new CUP application, if our number of daily car trips grows above our proposed level (similar to recent third-party car-trip counts), we will be required to invest in additional traffic-mitigation measures and ultimately to reduce enrollment.

Put simply, we have designed a robust traffic-management plan, and if it does not succeed, we will not grow. We have built strict accountability measures like this into every step of our new CUP because we know that Palo Alto has reason to doubt us. This has been a sad realization, to be sure, but it is a lesson we have taken to heart as we plan for the future.

More recently, our yard signs offered another stark lesson. With a message that focused on women’s education, we had hoped to engage in a conversation about Castilleja’s mission and our desire to include more girls in that vision. That message resonated with many members of the community, but some have felt alienated by the signs. I regret any unintended implications; in response, we have created new signs with a message simply in support of the school.

The most hopeful lesson comes from our students. Year after year, I have watched Castilleja girls confront complex and discouraging challenges. Still, they remain optimists, committed to solving the problems around them, finding ways to turn observation into action, and doing better for the future. Our new CUP application follows their

example, working through each question to find thoughtful and balanced solutions by bringing past lessons to bear, working hard to regain trust and creating accountability while we move forward with the next steps in our application process.

What are those steps? The city of Palo Alto deemed our application complete in April, and now we are awaiting the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). This review, overseen by the city, will assess the impact of the project on many levels, including a careful examination of the projections about traffic patterns and the underground parking structure. Open hearings with the Planning and Transportation Commission and the Architectural Review Board will follow, offering additional opportunities to reflect and respond. While we work through these stages, I invite community members to share thoughts with me or Associate Head of School Kathy Layendecker at neighborhood@castilleja.org; attend one of our community meetings; or visit our website (CastillejaReimagined.org) for complete, accurate and up-to-date details about our plan.

Castilleja is just one of many places for girls to receive an excellent education in this community. For some girls, though, Castilleja is the best place for them to become the bravest, most joyful and most innovative versions of themselves. Our new CUP application relies heavily on experiences from the past, is attuned to our community’s needs and builds a future of possibilities for these girls. Q Nanci Kauffman is head of Castilleja School. She can be emailed at nkauffman@castilleja.org.

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What are you looking forward to this school year?

Asked in Town and Country Village in Palo Alto. Question, interviews and photographs by Alicia Mies.

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“I’m excited to try new things, join new clubs and maybe even start a new one.”

“I’m looking for a quieter political scene.”

“I’m looking forward to meeting new people and forging a community with the people I meet.”

“Learning more about myself through the college-admissions process.”

“My daughter is transferring to an engineering major next year. I’m kind of nervous ... she can take the challenge, because it will be very hard.”

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Palo Alto educators and families tackle the pitfalls of technology Story by Marley Arechiga

unplug for 10 minutes or half an hour, but I found out that many teachers unplugged for the entire day,” she said.

Angie Wu, another parent and El Carmelo’s health-and-wellness committee chair, also facilitated a workshop about steps families can take to curb what she called “digital addiction.”

She spoke from personal experience: After she, her husband and two children, ages 9 and 11, struggled to connect with one another offline, she designated a basket for their devices, which her children call a “jail” or “time out” for their phones. It’s been rewarding, she said, to see her family be more mindful of one another even if it’s not always easy to unplug.

The week culminated in the National Day of Unplugging, which took place from sundown on March 9 through sundown on March 10. Students went home that weekend with a folder of helpful tips for ways to spend a device-free 24 hours.

While experts dispute whether mobile devices are physiologically addictive, leaders in the

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his past March, as Stanford University students protested in front of the downtown Palo Alto Apple store to raise awareness of “device addiction,” Palo Alto parent Liz Gardner was helping organize a week’s worth of device-free activities for students and families at El Carmelo Elementary School.

Gardner had become concerned with excessive smartphone use among children and decided to coordinate “unplugged” activities at El Carmelo to encourage students to make connections offline. Some events included daily P.A. announcements by students about ways to detach from devices and a craft project called “I Unplug to...” in which students filled in the blanks with device-free activities.

While Gardner hoped that kids would benefit from some offline time at the school, she was excited to learn that El Carmelo educators embraced the unplugged activities more than she expected, she said.

“I thought teachers would just talk with their students about what it means to do analogue or

Augie Jaqua, left, and Edwin Jaqua watch a YouTube video on a tablet in their Palo Alto home.

Their mother, Liz Gardner, organized activities at El Carmelo Elementary School this spring to raise awareness of excessive use of digital devices, like smartphones. tech industry, such as Facebook’s founding president, Sean Parker, have openly admitted to designing products to keep users hooked on their apps — and by extension their mobile devices — for as long as possible.

Several studies have revealed that screen time is increasing, including among children. One study from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit headquartered in San Francisco, recently found that among 0- to 8-year-olds the amount of time spent on mobile devices jumped from five minutes a day in 2011 to 48 minutes a day in 2017.

Amid growing concerns over whether young people are overusing their mobile devices, Palo Alto educators and parents are collaborating to give kids the

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critical thinking skills they need to use technology responsibly — particularly as it’s apparent that technology is here to stay.

As fears grow, so does parent education ver the last couple of years, Palo Alto parents have shown an increasing desire to help kids curb their technology use, according to Emily Garrison, educational technology and libraries coordinator for the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD).

She’s seen concern rise since 2016 as she’s helped roll out Future Ready, a federal initiative that supports the integration of technology and high-quality teaching to prepare kids for a digital future.

As part of the initiative, all district sophomores and juniors were given the option to check out a Chromebook.

At a couple of parent meetings about the initiative that Garrison hosted, many of the parents’ questions were not about the rollout itself but about how the added technology would affect family life.

So last school year, Garrison directed more of her efforts toward addressing parent concerns about how to limit technology use.

Last October, she showed “Screenagers,” a documentary made by Stanford Universitytrained physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston, which found that the average child spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. Even though the film has been shown more than 15 times throughout Palo Alto since its 2016 release, Garrison’s event still drew about 300 attendees to the Palo Alto High School Haymarket Theater.

Ruston told the Weekly that one motivation to make her film was the myth that kids can

independently develop the selfdiscipline to restrict their use of technology.

“We are doing this to kids all the time — here’s this tempting device where you get to feel super competent, you get the pleasure of just pure distraction. ... That pull is so intense,” she said. “The question (is) ... why do parents think that these young kids are going to be able to resist these things?”

Ruston also observed that adults aren’t starting the conversations about technology soon enough because these days kids are on screens at such a young age.

Garrison also hosted an event at Hoover Elementary School about cyberbullying and has compiled resources for parents that provide best practices on curbing technology use, such as having devicefree dinners with family and creating screen-free zones in the home.

One of Garrison’s most recent parent-education events was a presentation in March at Paly by Angela Alvarado, Santa Clara Deputy District Attorney who specializes in internet safety and juvenile justice.

A prominent theme of Alvarado’s presentation was that responsible technology use, including how kids represent themselves online and how often they use their devices, must now be taught as a life skill. In the same way that parents don’t simply give their teens the keys to a car and tell them to drive, parents shouldn’t start their kids off with unlimited access to a smartphone, she said.

“We can’t just give them a phone,” one of her presentation slides read. “We need to give them the critical thinking skills to use it.”

Kids still struggle, Alvarado told the Weekly, to understand the permanence and consequences of their own online self-portrayal and of their interactions with

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n 2009, before creating My Digital TAT2, co-founders Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, a licensed clinical social worker, and Erica Pelavin, a children’s psychologist, were called in by a Palo Alto educator to help families and school staff process the impact of an online bullying incident among high school students.

Moskowitz-Sweet described the Facebook “I Hate...” page, which targeted a single student, as one of the earliest that she and Pelavin had seen affect an entire school.

The co-founders met with a small group of parents who wanted to better understand what the advent of smartphones and corresponding

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others on social media.

For example, in one case she worked, a boy was dumbstruck when she appeared in court with boxes full of his records from Snapchat, an app that allows users to send images and messages to one another that “self-destruct” after a short amount of time.

Digital-citizenship curriculum — nonexistent only 10 years ago, in the earlier days of social networking — is now taught at every elementary grade level in Palo Alto, as well as in select grades throughout the middle and high school. It aims to instruct students to think critically about technology and social-media use. Lessons cover such topics as cyberbullying and one’s online self-representation.

Most of the curriculum was created by the district’s teacherlibrarians, who are also the primary instructors of digital citizenship and who continuously work to improve the lessons. Some of the curriculum is borrowed from organizations like My Digital TAT2, a Palo Alto nonprofit that promotes mindful and ethical technology use.

Left: Emily Garrison, the education technology and libraries coordinator for the Palo Alto Unified School District, has organized parent-education events about technology and digital citizenship. Right: Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet, co-founder of the Palo Alto nonprofit My Digital TAT2, has worked with Palo Alto parents concerned about online bullying and other dangers of irresponsible use of technology. social media meant for their kids.

“They really had a strong sense that Silicon Valley as a community really needed to step it up (because) technology was birthed here in many ways,” she said. The parents wanted Palo Alto to take leadership in creating educational programs for kids and teens, and they wanted parents and teachers to support kids.

Today, although she is noticing an uptick in fear among parents about technology overuse, efforts have shifted from reacting to the latest technology trends or crises to proactively giving kids the critical-thinking skills they need to make the most positive use of technology.

The digital landscape is changing so quickly and the ubiquity of technology in schools has increased so much, she said, that families are now more focused on figuring out how to support kids

in using technology mindfully rather than dwelling in their fears.

“We’re really seeing parents stepping in now and saying to schools, ‘Alright, you need to work with us; we need to work together if you’re gonna have technology in the classroom because when our kids are sent home with lots of homework on devices they’re getting from school, this is causing absolute mayhem at home,’” Moskowitz-Sweet said, referring to the tension caused when kids have technology that parents aren’t able to control or haven’t been taught how to limit.

Digital-citizenship curriculum for grades K-5 was first taught during the 2012-13 school year.

As part of the school district’s professional-learning goals for this current academic year, a subgroup of teacher-librarians decided to update the K-5 digitalcitizenship curriculum by piloting

Common Sense Media lesson plans, according to Garrison.

The new lesson plans will touch on much of the same themes the teacher-librarians have already been teaching, but each Common Sense Media lesson is neatly organized by topic, includes a video, and details how the content is aligned with Common Core standards, Garrison said. Many of the lessons include a student activity and family tip sheet that students can bring home. Each elementary school grade level will receive up to six lessons per school year about how to navigate online spaces responsibly.

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Media lessons also touch on subjects like creative credit and copyright, information literacy, internet safety, privacy and security, self-image and identity and relationships and communication.

Considering the next 10 years en years past the release of the first iPhone, El Carmelo parent Gardner believes people are finally slowing down and asking themselves what they want the next 10 years to look like.

She’s founded the fledgling Facebook group “Palo Alto Parents Unplugged� — which she wrestled with creating online, given the nature of her cause — and she hopes it will flourish into a community of parents who can meet offline and organize unplugged activities for their families. “I think we need to support each other as parents,� she said. “We can do this together and we don’t have to be alone in it.�

Beyond digital citizenship, Gardner would like to see more “digital health� instruction that explicitly emphasizes the benefits of unplugging from mobile devices.

She also hopes her Facebook page, which has 11 members, will

serve as a channel to advertise informational meetings held by the district, of which there may be up to four this school year, according to Garrison. (This does not include any programming organized by individual schools.) Unplugged activities are tentatively scheduled at El Carmelo again leading up to the National Day of Unplugging next March.

While parents and educators are working to teach kids how to manage their online time and presence, they recognize that there also has to be an ongoing effort among parents to monitor their own screen time. “The hard thing about technology is that we’re also modeling this behavior for our children, and I think sometimes it’s easy for parents to say, ‘Oh, my kid’s on this device all the time,’ and it’s harder for us to take a step back and look at our own device use,�

Garrison said.

Even Gardner described a recent moment in which one of her sons wanted her attention, to which she responded she needed to finish writing an email first. “I was like, ‘Why am I...?’�

Gardner said, her voice trailing off. “My 10-year-old wants to sit next to me, but I’m finishing this email. It wasn’t as random as looking at some trivia, but it still is like ‘What’s more important?’�

Gardner and Garrison aren’t alone. Common Sense Media found that parents of tweens and

teens spend more than nine hours a day with screen media — screen time spent on work and non-workrelated tasks — and 78 percent of those parents believe they are good media role models for their children.

As educators collaborate with parents on ways to help young people think critically about their online activity, some of them are comforted by the fact that many students already recognize the importance of their online activity.

Reflecting on the panel discussion that followed Garrison’s showing of “Screenagers� last fall, Moskowitz-Sweet said she is always impressed by kids. “One of the things they really wanted to say to parents was, ‘You need to not be so afraid of us; you need to help us, work with us. Don’t just ban the tool — because there’s so many ways we get around it and we will and we do,� she said. Q Former Weekly Editorial Intern Marley Arechiga can be emailed at MarleyArechiga.10@ gmail.com.

About the cover: Edwin, left, and Augie Jaqua use a digital tablet in their Palo Alto home. Their mother, Liz Gardner, has started a group for parents who want to organize device-free activities for their children.

Photo by Adam Pardee.

Parenting resources Guides, tip sheets to help families navigate tech use Parenting in the Digital Age: “Supports for Families� is a resource created by Emily Garrison of the Palo Alto Unified School District to give families tips and information to better connect with each other and their community. Go to tinyurl. com/parentingPAUSD. Common Sense Media family guides recommend ageappropriate apps, books, movies and more to help foster productive and quality screen time for families. They also provide guidance on device-free dinners. Go to commonsensemedia.org and click on “Family Guides�; also search for “device free dinner.�

MyDigitalTAT2.org provides tips for parenting in the digital age and striking a balance between media use and device-free activities in the home.

Online resources that accompany the documentary film “Screenagers� range from studies to practical suggestions for limiting mobile-device use, like screen-time contracts and apps parents can use to limit their children’s screen time. Go to screenagersmovie.com and click on “Resources.�

The Common Sense Media K-5 digital-citizenship lessons that the Palo Alto Unified School District will pilot this school year can be viewed online. (Note that teacher-librarians will be making some modifications and will not be using every single lesson per grade level.) Go to commonsensemedia.org and click on “For Educators� at the top. Q

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Dala’s Nest concert series provides intimate venue for local and touring acts story by Karla Kane | photos by Stephanie Crowley ome folks take up golf after retirement. Others travel, downsize or simply relax.

For Aimee Bolter Campbell, retirement has meant dedicating more time — and space — to a lifelong love: music.

Roughly once or twice a month, spring through autumn, Campbell opens her Menlo Park home to musicians and music fans as part of her Dala’s Nest concert series.

Incorporating artists from a range of genres, the events are a winwin-win for audiences (who get to encounter high-quality performances in an intimate setting and at a low-cost), musicians (who get to play in a friendly, comfortable and financially rewarding locale) and Campbell, who revels in her role as a patron of the arts and active member of the community.

A classically trained singer with many connections in the local music scene, “I realized when I retired in 2016 that you need a project.

What I decided to do was bring the music to me, because as an aging, disabled senior it’s harder for me to get around now,” the Palo Alto born-and-raised Campbell said.

“I still go out; I’m not dead yet,” she laughed, “but what I wanted to do was build a community around people who were really into acoustic music and hearing artists that either are local and unknown but very good, or people who are touring that you won’t see in a big venue.”

Campbell asks for a donation of between $10-$20 per person for most concerts, with all proceeds going to the musicians (and she guarantees the band a minimum fee in case attendance is lower

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than expected). No one’s turned away for lack of funds; anyone who volunteers to help her set up can attend for free, and Campbell also offers mentorship to others who’d like to learn about running a successful concert series. Musicians are fed and offered a place to stay for the night, and guests often bring snacks and drinks to share, contributing to the cozy, communal environment.

The name “Dala’s Nest” refers to the colorful Dala horses that pop up in Swedish folk art (“What younger people might call a crib, I call my nest,” Campbell added).

Weather permitting, the concerts take place in the garden, with the performers “on stage” on the deck. Some bring amplifiers, microphones and speakers but most just go fully acoustic. Guests are sometimes invited to take home samples of the bountiful vegetables and herbs growing. Tiger Star, the friendliest of Campbell’s resident cats, makes his rounds, greeting visitors and zipping enthusiastically around the stage.

Local singer-songwriter Wendy Waller recently performed a soldout concert at Dala’s Nest, her second time playing there.

“I have enjoyed Aimee’s hospitality, kindness, warmth and respect for what I do. These are things that make me want to play at her venue again,” Waller told the Weekly. House concerts give musicians the opportunity to perform for a very small, very intentional crowd: a welcome respite from either large, impersonal venues or coffee shops, bars and open-mic nights, where the music competes with conversations

and often comes without financial compensation.

Stephanie Crowley, one of Waller’s vocal students and a local arts professional who attended the July event, said of Campbell, “She genuinely just loves music and understands how important a small, intimate venue like this can be.”

After a long career in business and science, Campbell said she utilizes her organizational and business skills as well as her music connections to make the concert series successful, publicizing the concerts via social media, mailing lists and in cross-promotions with local businesses, such as the nearby Cafe Zoë.

“I’m always taking metrics on my own performance. I’m very analytical about where I feel I can make improvements to get more people involved,” she said. “I would say my biggest challenge is creating a season that has enough variety so that I’m not wearing out people; the same crowd of people with the same kind of music every time I do an event.”

Past concerts have covered bluegrass, folk, blues, roots, jazz, classical and more.

“I’m a good picker. I know good music when I hear it,” Campbell said. “I book a mix of local and touring talent so it’s not going to exhaust the gene pool of artists.”

Coming up next on Sept. 16 is the Americana duo Jennings & Keller, with jazz/pop/bossa nova singer-songwriter Avi Wisnia following on Sept. 29. In July she hosted Jackie Bristow, who’s toured with the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Art Garfunkel, and earlier this month she partnered with

Above: Singer Wendy Waller (center, with band) has performed at Dala’s Nest house concerts twice and says she appreciates the intimate setting. Top: Aimee Bolter Campbell’s Menlo Park backyard, seating around 40 audience members, serves as a venue for concerts by local and touring musicians. the City of Menlo Park to host a National Night Out event. She has a mailing list of regulars, many of whom are repeat attendees, and is always keen to reach new potential listeners. Attendance ranges from a sold-out house of around 40 seats to her all-time low of two (plus Campbell, her son and his fiance, who are also residents) on one cold, blustery night, when everyone cozied up in the dining room. “That was the smallest attendance I ever had but one of the best times!” she said with a grin.

For Campbell, opening her home and running a concert series is not only a labor of love but a welcome challenge.

“I have terrible social anxiety so opening my sacred space to people is a real stretch for me. That’s also one of the things you get to do when you’re retired; you can take social risks because your income has nothing to do with it any more,” she said. “I’m not big scale; I don’t have a gazillion bucks, but I have enough. I can’t pay for the pleasure it returns to me; I can’t put a price on that.”

Campbell credits her lifelong love of music and community to her father, Elliott Bolter, who in the early 2000s took it upon himself to raise funds to save, temporarily,

the now-defunct, city-sponsored Brown Bag concerts in Palo Alto.

Like him, “I like hanging out with musicians. I like hanging out with people who come from different places than I do. I like that people know who I am in the neighborhood, to feel like I’m part of the community,” she said. “As an older person, you run the risk of becoming irrelevant. I’m consciously trying to avoid that. I’m making an effort to stay fresh, stay open-hearted, stay open-minded, to the extent that I can be.” Q For more information on Dala’s Nest House Concerts and for the upcoming schedule, go to facebook.com/DalasNestMenloParkCA/ or email adbcampbell@ comcast.net.

Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be reached at kkane@paweekly.com.

Correction

The Aug. 17 article on the play “Sonata” incorrectly attributed Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” to Bach. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a clarification or correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at jdong@paweekly.com, 650-223-6514 or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto 94302. Q

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Eating Out Camper readies for Labor Day opening

OWNERS HOPE TO BRING APPROACHABLE, HIGH-QUALITY FOOD — WITH SOUL — TO MENLO PARK

Camper, opening soon in Menlo Park, will serve homemade pastas, salads, a burger and other market-driven dishes. Photos courtesy Eric Wolfinger.

by Elena Kadvany

amper is ready to breathe new life into the Menlo Park dining scene.

Chef Greg Kuzia-Carmel, who has cooked in some of San Francisco’s top kitchens, and managing partner Logan Levant, former owner of Los Angeles’ Buttercake

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Bakery, are gearing up to open the doors of 898 Santa Cruz Ave. by Labor Day, Sept. 3.

They have renovated what used to be a steakhouse into a modern, comfortable space they hope will be approachable but also bring a new level of dining to Menlo Park.

“We say we want it to be the place you come three days a

week,” Levant said on a recent afternoon, standing in the nearfinished dining room with light pouring in from a wall of large windows facing University Drive.

“You join us at the bar one night and then for brunch on the weekends and (also) to have a proper sit-down meal.”

Camper — a project with an

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unusual level of pedigree for sleepy Menlo Park — came about by a twist of fate. Two years ago, Kuzia-Carmel and Levant met in an investor’s kitchen. KuziaCarmel was doing private cooking for the family, whom Levant had known for awhile. He was thinking about what he wanted to do next after his experience at the three Michelin-starred Quince, Cotogna and Outerlands in San Francisco and Per Se in New York City; she was considering where to pursue a new project outside of the oversaturated Los Angeles market.

One thing led to another and eventually, they partnered with Roland Passot of the South Bay’s Left Bank Brasseries and La Folie in San Francisco. They took over LB Steak in Menlo Park after it closed in April.

Camper will initially be open for dinner and later expand to lunch and weekend brunch. The menu will feature handmade pastas, roasted chicken, a burger and marketdriven salads, among other dishes.

Kuzia-Carmel posted a photo on Instagram last week of a smoky seaweed casarecce pasta dish with Half Moon Bay squid, prawns and mussels, potatoes, Calabrian chili relish and “burnt bread.”

He promised plenty of vegan and gluten-free options. There will also be a kid’s menu. Shawn Gawle, the executive pastry chef at Quince and Cotogna, and others are consulting on the pastry menu.

“We came to this project basically saying, ‘we don’t have a concept that we want to impinge upon the community; we just want to come in here, talk to the neighborhood’ ... we want this to feel like something that was brought about because the people asked for it,” Kuzia-Carmel said.

The restaurant’s name alludes to the philosophy that everyone should leave the restaurant a happy camper. It also contains references to the restaurant’s California cuisine (CA) and location (MP).

The cocktail program will offer “eclectic mix of classics as well as interesting, fun creations,” KuziaCarmel said. The wine menu will have a “sustainable mentality” with an eye toward “familiar” but interesting bottles as well as some rarer, “exceptional” wines.

As you enter Camper, there is a communal table custom made from salvaged pistachio wood by

San Francisco woodworker Luke Bartels. The communal table, as well as the 12-seat bar, will be available for walk-ins. Most of an outdoor patio on Santa Cruz Avenue and half of the dining room will also be available for walk-ins.

The full menu will be available at the bar and on the patio.

Famed Heath Ceramics did the tilework behind the bar. Hidden underneath the bar are Silicon Valley-friendly electrical outlets and USB ports.

In the back of the restaurant is a large private dining room that can seat up to 60 people. Equipped with AV technology and a flat screen TV, Kuzia-Carmel envisions it as a space for tech companies to gather, hear pitches and hold board meetings. When it’s not booked for private use, it will be be used as additional dining space.

The private dining room was designed to feel like part of the restaurant rather than a sterile add-on.

One wall is covered in wood and another with a minimalist mural

by San Francisco artist Elan Evans.

“The most important thing that we came into this project with was to give this property a heartbeat,” Kuzia-Carmel said.

The 4,000 square-foot restaurant seats up to 126 people, including the private room.

As the restaurant gets up and running, Camper will serve dinner, Tuesday-Saturday from 5-10 p.m. Camper will eventually be open Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. with “all-day brunch” on Sundays.

Kuzia-Carmel and Levant see Camper as part of a new culinary order on the Peninsula, citing peers including Protégé, Vina Enoteca, Taverna and Bird Dog in Palo Alto.

“The beauty of this is I think there’s a readiness for a new world order of what can become an institution down here,” KuziaCarmel said. “Nobody (has) really spearheaded that on this side of El Camino.

“Hopefully, fingers crossed, there’s a significant, full tank of gas we can take on the highway with this — really sink in, settle in, get comfortable, get to know people and be a part of their lifestyles for a long time.” Q Staff writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Movies Sony Pictures Classics

Glenn Close questions her life choices as she travels with her husband (Jonathan Pryce) in the “The Wife.”

A louse and his spouse

‘The Wife’ makes a fine showcase for Glenn Close 000 (The Guild) Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 married Professor OPENINGS the novel “The Wife” — Castleman’s wildly unnow a cinematic showcase for the ethical seduction of young Joan talents of Glenn Close — turns that while she is his student. Four old chestnut “Behind every great decades later, Joan has settled man is a great woman” into a fem- into the role of enabler, caretaker inist fable of keeping up appear- and curator and mother-wife to a ances to the point of exhaustion. ceaselessly selfish man-child, the The “great man” in question: veritable poster boy for believcelebrated novelist Joseph Castle- ing one’s own press. He literally man, who has just won his great- couldn’t have done it without Joan, est accolade, a Nobel Prize in Lit- but she very consciously wears a erature. Joan Castleman dutifully smile and puts forward a kind of suffers her insufferable husband, regal elegance as a best-defense accompanying him to witness his offense to anyone suspecting she’s triumph. less than 100 percent on board.

Joan has become accustomed to One man proves decidedly the shamelessness of her husband suspicious: Biographer Nathaniel (Jonathan Pryce), which reaches Bone (Christian Slater) suspects all the way back to their coupling there’s much more than meets the in the 1950s (the film’s present day eye when it comes to the Castleis 1992). In flashbacks, we witness man’s marriage. Over drinks, Bone

flatters Joan, gently flirts and attempts to wrest a confession of discontent and more. The dramatic tension in Swedish filmmaker Björn Runge’s treatment of Jane Anderson’s adapted screenplay rests partly in Bone’s persistence but more so in observing Joseph pushing his luck (in part with his serial philandering) as we witness deepening cracks in Joan’s façade.

Close plays each nuance like an orchestral virtuoso, and it’s only a matter of time before Joan cracks open, simmering resentments giving way to a hotel suite yelling match. Pryce predictably nails this variation on an archetype he’s played before (in 2014’s “Listen Up Philip”). More surprising is Slater’s sly work, which demonstrates he’s more than capable of going toe-totoe with Close: Their scenes crackle with high-stakes brinkmanship and sexual chemistry. Max Irons tries and fails to make the Castleman’s deeply unhappy son David — an aspiring novelist hungry for his father’s approval — more than a device to amplify Joseph’s aloof nastiness and put Joan’s issues into greater relief.

Arguably, the story transition from page to screen suffers from the loss of Joan’s internal monologue, but Close takes it as a challenge accepted. The ultimate secret of the Castlemans’ marriage isn’t entirely convincing in Joan’s every rationale, but Close’s sheer force of acting makes it possible to believe in the character, at minimum in the emotional broad strokes. If Wolitzer’s acid wit takes a back seat to tightening tension and inevitable theatrical fireworks, perhaps satire wouldn’t fly as high in this #MeToo moment, and history tells us Close’s chances at Oscar gold improve with every ounce of drama.

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“A good chair is one of the hardest things to make,” said woodworker Walter Wogee. “You just have to take your time and be careful not to make mistakes.”

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o ceramicist Alexis Moyer, handmade art isn’t just for sprucing up home decor or finding a convenient gift for a friend. It’s about feeling a connection between yourself and the maker.

“I always say, ‘If you watch someone with a machine-made mug, they drink and they put it down,’” Moyer said. “When you see someone with a homemade mug, they hold it close to their heart and they usually have both hands on it. It’s a human connection.”

Moyer is one of more than 300 artists from across the country who will present their work to an estimated 150,000 attendees at the 37th annual Palo Alto Festival of the Arts on Saturday and Sunday.

The festival will feature a wide variety of functional products like ceramic mugs and bowls, crafted furniture and hand-blown glass, as well as a myriad of other home goods.

Growing up, Moyer never expected to pursue a career in art, but while an architecture major at Cal Poly, she received an assignment

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Palo Alto arts festival connects makers to partakers

by Alicia Mies to design a campus facility to house a college art department. As part of her research, she toured several art schools and felt drawn to the environment and students’ work.

In her fourth year at Cal Poly, she transferred to California College of the Arts as a pottery major.

“My journey was a little backward, but I kind of touched clay and fell in love,” she said.

Her top-selling products are all utilitarian and include mugs, bowls, vases, cheese plates, garlic graters, jam jars and more. She also sells wall art with inspirational words stamped on them. She donates a portion of her sales from the wall art to Stanford Hospital.

Courtesy of MLA Productions

GARDEN AND CHEESE ... In a change of pace, Gamble Garden in Palo Alto will hold a cheesemaking workshop on Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Local goat farmer Jeannie McKenzie will teach participants how to make fresh, organic goat cheese and as well as provide them the opportunity to sample cheese made with goat milk from her Oakland Hills farm. Cost is $75 per person, plus a $10 materials fee.

Gamble Garden is located at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.

For more information, go to gamblegarden.org.

Ingrid and Ken Hanson of San Carlos create glass artwork that evokes both masculine and feminine energy.

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NATIVE GARDENS AND POLLINATORS ... On Saturday, Sept. 8, Gamble Garden will host a class on how to create a native-plant pollinator garden and habitat. The class will cover how to create a landscape plan, what plants to use and why. After the presentation, there will be a walkthrough of the native-plant area at Gamble Garden. Instructor Juanita Salisbury is a California-licensed landscape architect and founder of the Palo Alto-based volunteer group Primrose Way Pollinator Garden, which transforms and maintains unused public spaces into pollinator habitats. The event will be held from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. at 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.

Cost is $25 for members and $35 for nonmembers. To register, go to gamblegarden.org.

Many of Alexis Moyer’s ceramic pieces feature a quirky frog.

“They’re joyful,” Moyer said of the frogs. “I want people to smile when they see my work.”

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GROW YOUR OWN GARLIC ... If you use this fragrant bulb frequently, have you ever thought of growing your own? The UC Master Gardeners will host a class on Wednesday, Aug. 29, called “Growing Onions and Garlic.” Though they mature in the summer, onions and garlic are best started in the fall. Learn how to take advantage of the mild and rainy winters of the Bay Area to grow a gourmet garden of bulbing onions and garlic. Presenter Susan Zaslow will teach students how to select the best varieties for our area, how to prepare the soil and when and how to plant, grow, harvest, cure and store them. The free event will be from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

To Moyer, her art isn’t just about making functional pieces, it’s also a way to show some creativity. Many of her pieces feature a quirky, ceramic frog and are made into different, irregular shapes.

“They’re joyful,” she said about the frog motif in her work. “I want people to smile when they see my work.”

Having participated in the show for more than 10 years, she hopes to connect with old friends and new customers.

Similarly, glassblower Ingrid Hanson wants to expand her customer base, especially being a local artist from San Carlos.

“I like to make sales, but for me it’s about the bigger picture,” she said. “I’m developing my customer base and my collectors.”

Hanson works as a duo with her husband, Ken, whom she met in a glassblowing class at San Francisco State University. While their art style has evolved over the past 25 years, their creations tend to be contemporary and colorful glass pieces that evoke both feminine

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and masculine energy, Ingrid said.

The duo creates bar ware, drinking glasses, table lamps and pumpkin sculptures.

“I just think it’s nice to have something to beautify your home to escape the ugliness of the world,” said Hanson, who has attended the Palo Alto festival for more than 18 years. “That may be your beautiful drinking glass or a bedside lamp that you use to read books.”

Woodworker Walter Wogee, who has participated in the festival once, makes rocking chairs out of exotic wood.

The former science teacher said he always had an interest in woodworking, but it wasn’t until after his retirement that he started making wooden rocking chairs modeled after those by Sam Maloof, a famous woodworker who Wogee calls his “idol.”

“So I made one chair and then another one and then another,” he said. “And then I made two or three more for the heck of it. I thought, ‘I’m retired, right?’”

Wogee said a good chair is one of the hardest things to make.

“I want to make it out of beautiful wood that has a lot of character, and the wood tends to be expensive,” he said.

“You just have to take your time and be careful not to make mistakes.”

He said that despite the time and work he puts into his chairs, many of which cost as much as $4,000, they’re often challenging to sell.

“I get a lot of compliments like, ‘This is the most comfortable chair I’ve ever sat in,’ or “If I win the lottery, I’ll get it,” he said. “It’s nice, but I’m always hoping to sell a piece and at least make my expenses.” Q Alicia Mies in an editorial intern at the Palo Alto Weekly. She can be emailed at amies@paweekly.com.

Far left, ceramicist Alexis Moyer said art isn’t just about making functional pieces, it’s also a way to show some creativity.

Near left, Ingrid and Ken Hanson create bar ware, drinking glasses, and other blown-glass household art.

Below, a former science teacher who always had an interest in woodworking, Walter Wogee started making wooden rocking chairs and other furniture like this side table after he retired.

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Palo Alto Festival of the Arts Location: University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto When: Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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12501 Zappettini Court, Los Altos Hills 25721 La Lanne Court, Los Altos Hills Offered at $9,250,000 Offered at $8,348,000 Gary Campi · 650.917.2433 Todd Zebb · 650.823.3292 License #00600311 License #01324423

Los Altos Hills Offered at $16,000,000 Tom Martin · 408.314.2830 License #01272381 Gary Campi · 650.917.2433 License #00600311

Coast Road, Santa Cruz Offered at $28,500,000 Michael Dreyfus · 650.485.3476 License #01121795 Jakki Harlan · 650.465.2180 License #01407129

218 Plateau Avenue, Santa Cruz Offered at $1,595,000 Dawn Thomas · License #01460529 650.701.7822 · 831.205.3222

35904 Weston Ridge Road, Big Sur Offered at $3,250,000 Dawn Thomas · License #01460529 650.701.7822 · 831.205.3222 David Bindel · 831.238.6152 License # 01716680

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SO SOLD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD N OU N G O OO LD SO

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THE AREA IS

MID-PENINSU

THE LEADER IS

A IN PINEL

$600M

$400M

$200M

$800M $700M $600M $500M $400M $325M

$297M

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$200M $100M

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Keller Williams

DeLeon Realty

Coldwell Banker

Intero Real Estate

$635M

ALAIN PINEL REALTORS®

$800M

$934M

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$1000M

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ALAIN PINEL REALTORS®

$400M

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$800M

$600M

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$400M $121M

$200M

Coldwell Banker

DeLeon Realty

$80M

DeLeon Realty

Keller Williams

$34M

$25M

Pacific Union

Keller Williams

$0M

$899M

ALAIN PINEL REALTORS®

$1000M

$100M

Pacific Union

$89M

MENLO PARK

$500M

$200M

$144M

Coldwell Banker

PALO ALTO

$300M

$378M

$711M

$339M

$337M

$167M

Intero Real Estate

Sereno Group

Coldwell Banker

LOS ALTOS/LOS ALTOS HILLS

ATHERTON

Source: TrendGraphix, 8/1/2017 - 7/31/2018, Top Broker Market Share Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton & Los Altos/Los Altos Hills, All Properties Information is obtained from the Multiple Listing Service and/or public records. This third party information has not been independently verified.

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Menlo Park Downtown 650.304.3100

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135 Group Activities 145 Non-Profits Needs DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. FREE 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care of.

Call 1-844-491-2884 (Cal-SCAN) Got an older car, boat or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1-844-335-2616 (Cal-SCAN) DONATE BOOKS/SUPPORT PA LIBRARY Trailblazer Race 9/30 WISHLIST FRIENDS PA LIBRARY

150 Volunteers FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY JOIN OUR ONLINE STOREFRONT TEAM Love MATH? Share your passion Love to READ? Share your passion Study testing app for depression

For Sale 202 Vehicles Wanted WANTED! Old Porsche 356/911/912 for restoration by hobbyist 1948-1973 Only. Any condition, top $ paid! PLEASE LEAVE MESSAGE 1-707965-9546. Email: porscherestoration@ yahoo.com. (Cal-SCAN)

210 Garage/Estate Sales

Across 1 Chunks of history 5 Decaf brand 10 Lumberyard tools 14 Turn into a puddle 15 “Fuzzy Wuzzy was ___ ...”

16 Preserve, as meat 17 Cupcake decorator 18 Show with skits 19 “Remote Control” host Ken (or German for “upper”) 20 IRS collection, formally?

22 Poke ingredient, often 23 “Saved by the Bell” character Jessie 24 Acid-base indicator 26 Formal attire 29 Actor Rob, or either candidate named Ron who competed in a 2018 Kansas congressional primary 32 “___ of Laura Mars” 35 Coif 39 George Gershwin’s brother

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40 Amorphous amount (and an “Arrested Development” character) 41 Light bulb measure, formally?

42 Zero, on some fields 43 “It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am” boxer 44 Beer named for a Dutch river 45 Religious offshoot 46 It’s six of one ... and six of the other 48 Bunches 50 36-Down’s “Family” 54 Piece of Necco candy 58 Desert of Mongolia 60 Zany, formally?

63 Practical applications 64 Love on the Loire 65 Mine vein 66 Quartet member 67 George Eliot’s “___ Marner” 68 City near Tulsa 69 “The Facts of Life” actress Mindy 70 Ibsen heroine Gabler 71 Brown and Rather, for two

Down 1 Gives off 2 Newscast summary 3 Echo responder?

4 Orchestral section 5 Dress in Delhi 6 His mother raised Cain 7 “On the Beach” author Shute 8 Hawaii’s “Garden Isle” 9 Fail to exist 10 RBG’s group, for short 11 Mass transit vehicle, formally?

12 Small songbird 13 It comes twice after “Que” in a song 21 Herd comment 25 “I want catnip” 27 “Careless Whisper” group (yeah, that’s the sax solo playing in your mind right now) 28 D.C. diamond denizens 30 Cartman, to his mom 31 Truffle fries topper 32 Victorian expletive

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33 Hashtag acronym popularized by a Drake song 34 Casual “industry,” formally?

36 50-Across “Cousin” 37 Comedian/actress Butcher of “Take My Wife” 38 Inspiron computer maker 41 Harry Potter accessory 45 Stopped suddenly, as an engine 47 He held over 1,000 patents 49 Be shy 51 Overrun (with) 52 First Lady of the ‘50s 53 Castigate 55 “Criminal” singer Apple 56 “There’s no ___ sight!”

57 Orchestra needs 58 Nacho topper, slangily 59 1952 Olympics host 61 College courtyard 62 “Major” constellation ©2018 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@ jonesincrosswords.com)

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Business Services 601 Accounting/ Bookkeeping ADMIN. ASSISTANT bkpg incl payroll, bill paying, tax prep.

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751 General Contracting A NOTICE TO READERS: It is illegal for an unlicensed person to perform contracting work on any project valued at $500.00 or more in labor and materials. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising.

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757 Handyman/ Repairs Water Damage to Your Home?

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771 Painting/ Wallpaper Glen Hodges Painting Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. #351738. 650-322-8325, phone calls ONLY.

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840 Vacation Rentals/Time Shares Point Reyes Compound for Sale One of a kind Point Reyes Family Compound. Seclusion on the hilltop above town. A five minute walk down to the bustle of the village: farmers’ market, book stores, galleries, cafe’s, open space. Two miles from Point Reyes National Seashore Headquarters with miles of trails, beaches, woods and rangelands.

The original Point Reyes Schoolhouse (1879); the Art Studio at the Schoolhouse (1985); and the Jasmine Cottage (1984.). Rustic elegance in lush landscape with pond, fruit trees, and country lawn. Each place has private garden, equipped kitchen, fireplace, and fully furnished - inside and out. View entire property at: PointReyesFamilyCompound.com.

640 Legal Services

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995 Fictitious Name Statement LITTLE HILLS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN644729 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Little Hills, located at 2625 Middlefield Rd., #407, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): TINY HILLS, INC. 2625 Middlefield Road, #407 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/01/2018.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 26, 2018.

(PAW Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018) IKON ELECTRIC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN644582 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ikon Electric, located at 2850 Middlefield Road, Unit 120, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HOOD GENERAL CONTRACTING, INC. 2850 Middlefield Road, Unit 120 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 07/23/2018.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 19, 2018.

(PAW Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018) WEEKEND WELLNESS CLINIC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN644684 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Weekend Wellness Clinic, located at 616 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): ALEXANDAR JOSHUA PETERS 616 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/03/1984.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 24, 2018.

(PAW Aug. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018) GEOBIONIX CENTER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN645136 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Geobionix Center, located at 986 Leonello Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FRIEDEMANN THORN FREUND 986 Leonello Ave Los Altos, CA 94024 GERALD TEMPLE 5207 Orkney Court Newark, CA 94560 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 7, 2018.

(PAW Aug 17, 24, 31, Sept 7, 2018) ODORI SUSHI & TEPPANYAKI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN645168 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Odori Sushi & Teppanyaki, located at 2111 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

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This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CHACKTONG LOUIE 2111 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 08, 2018.

(PAW Aug 17, 24, 31; Sept 7, 2018) CAPITAL DESIGN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN645372 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Capital Design, located at 3079 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GREG THOMAS ALBRECHT 3079 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/10/2018.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on Aug 15, 2018.

(PAW Aug 24, 31; Sept 7, 14, 2018) KINETIC PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN645365 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Kinetic Performance Systems, located at 1027 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KEVIN BERNSTEIN 1027 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/02/2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 15, 2018.

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this court on October 4, 2018 at 9:00 A.M. in Dept. 12 located at 191 North First Street, 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: Yulissa Zulaica, Johnston, Kinney & Zulaica LLP, 180 Sansome Street, Fifth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, Telephone: (415) 693-0550; Fax No. (415) 693-0500 8/10, 8/17, 8/24/18 CNS-3160493# PALO ALTO WEEKLY NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Division 6 of the Commercial Code) Escrow No. 019653-KL (1) Notice is hereby given to creditors

of the within named Seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made on personal property hereinafter described.

(2) The name and business addresses of the seller are: NEW YORK PIZZA, INC. 665 W. TENNYSON DRIVE, HAYWARD, CA 94544 (3) The location in California of the chief executive office of the Seller is: 325 HAMILTON AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CA 94544 (4) The names and business address of the Buyer(s) are: GHULAM MURTAZA, 665 W. TENNYSON DRIVE, HAYWARD, CA 94544 (5) The location and general description of the assets to be sold are: FURNITURE, FIXTURES, EQUIPMENT AND GOODWILL of that certain business located at: 665 W. TENNYSON DRIVE, HAYWARD, CA 94544 (6) The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: NEW YORK PIZZA (7) The anticipated date of the bulk sale is SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 at the office of: GREEN ESCROW SERVICES, INC, 2010 CROW CANYON PL, STE 212, SAN RAMON, CA 94583, Escrow No. 019653KL-KL, Escrow Officer: KATHY LOZANO, CSEO, CEI (8) Claims may be filed with Same as “7” above.

(9) The last day for filing claims is: SEPTEMBER 11, 2018.

(10) This bulk sale is subject to Section 6106.2 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

(11) As listed by the Seller, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer are: NONE. DATED: AUGUST 15, 2018 TRANSFEREES: GHULAM MURTAZA LA2084581-C PALO ALTO WEEKLY 8/24/18

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SLEEP MEDICINE SERVICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN645379 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sleep Medicine Services, located at 455 O’Connor Dr. Ste. 110, San Jose, CA 95128, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): ALEX A. CLERK, M.D. 455 O’Connor Dr. Ste. 110 San Jose, CA 95128 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/28/1998.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 15, 2018.

(PAW Aug. 24, 31; Sept. 7, 14, 2018)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF GERTRUDE ELEANOR JONES AKA GERTRUDE O’HARE JONES AKA GERTRUDE E. JONES AKA GERTRUDE O. JONES CASE NO. 18PR184027 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Gertrude Eleanor Jones aka Gertrude O’Hare Jones aka Gertrude E. Jones aka Gertrude O. Jones A Petition for Probate has been filed by Stephen Jones and Rebecca Jones in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.

The Petition for Probate requests that Stephen Jones and Rebecca Jones be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The Petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in

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Sports Shorts

TAKING ON THE TOP DOG ...The 15th-ranked Stanford field hockey team opens its season this weekend with a pair of difficult road tests, beginning with Saturday’s neutral-site contest against defending NCAA champion Connecticut. The Cardinal will face the top-ranked Huskies in Evanston, Ill. before meeting host No. 12 Northwestern on Sunday.

The Cardinal, which has won at least 13 games in each of head coach Tara Danielson’s eight seasons, returns to The Farm next weekend to host No. 11 Syracuse.

Stanford is led by junior Kelsey Bing, who solidified her reputation as one of the premier goalkeepers in the country. Corinne Zanolli, the Cardinal’s top offensive threat in 2017, returns for her sophomore season looking to duplicate last year’s success as a freshman. She became the first freshman to lead Stanford in goals in 12 years.

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All the usual suspects

SHP, Menlo, M-A look strong; others in the mix Rick Eymer here’s a new coach at Palo Alto with little coaching experience but plenty of water polo knowledge. Ethan Look played for the Vanderbilt club team after graduating from Palo Alto in 2014.

He works as a programmer by day and becomes a coach in the evening and feels strongly that the Vikings will be competitive in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, which also includes Gunn, last year’s runner-up to Los Altos.

The Titans lost nine seniors but coach Peter Olson thinks his team is motivated to remain in contention for a spot in the Open Division.

Sacred Heart Prep, which competes in the rugged West Catholic Athletic League, always seems to be reloading and this year is no different. Coach Brian Kreutzkamp has three seniors committed to Division I schools and an incoming freshman that has all the credentials of a top-level goalie.

Menlo School and MenloAtherton have dominated Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division action over the years and this season should be no different.

Menlo and SH Prep can each make a great case for having the best player in the Central Coast Section. Even with that, Knights’ coach Jack Bowen rarely singles out any one player.

Menlo-Atherton also has a new coach in Tim Kates, who is no stranger to the area. He was born in the Los Angeles area, lived in Atherton and played at St. Francis before becoming an All-American goalie at Cal. He’s coached with Bowen, among others.

Woodside lost four starters from a team that finished 9-14 but was getting better over the course of the season.

Six players return to give the Wildcats some promise, though they have to deal with M-A, Menlo and Half Moon Bay, another solid team.

Priory continues to develop its program and will compete in the PAL Ocean Division.

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NAME THAT TEAM ...Stanford junior women’s soccer defender Tierna Davidson was named to the United States national women’s soccer team for upcoming friendlies against Chile, USA coach Jill Ellis announced. The team, which consists of 23 players, will face Chile on Aug. 31 in Carson and then in San Jose at Avaya Stadium on Sept. 4. Both contests will air on ESPN2 with 18 players suiting up for each game. The contests also mark the return of Cardinal alum Kelley O’Hara, who has been out with an injury since March.

Stanford product Christen Press and former Sacred Heart Prep star Abby Dahlkemper are also on the roster. These are the final matches before the USA begins competition in the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in October, with a berth to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France at stake . . . Stanford senior Alanna Smith earned a spot on Team Australia’s 12-player women’s basketball roster for the 2018 FIBA World Cup, which begins Sept. 22 in Tenerife, Spain. The only college player on the team, Smith earned her place following a week-long camp in Canberra in mid-August. She’ll play with 11 professionals, including five from Australia’s 2016 Rio Olympics team.

BOYS WATER POLO

Jackson Chryst delivers a pass for Palo Alto during last weekend’s scrimmage. He’ll lead the Vikings into their season opener agaqinst St. Ignatius at home Friday night.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Friday night lights open season Top match-ups with WCAL schools highlight schedule

by Glenn Reeves The beginning of the prep football season keeps coming around earlier in the calendar year but to the players and coaches it seems like a long time coming. Down to the last player on each roster they are tired of hitting each other and want to turn their aggression and newly-learned skills loose on an enemy, on an opposing team from another school.

Palo Alto, Gunn, Menlo-Atherton, Sacred Heart Prep and Woodside all open their seasons with games on Friday evening.

Menlo School was scheduled to get it all started with a 3 p.m. game against Mission of San Francisco but was informed Tuesday that the Bears were forfeiting the game due to a lack of available players.

Here’s a look at Friday’s openers: St. Ignatius at Palo Alto, 7 p.m.

The Vikings are looking to turn it around this season after going 3-8 last year and suffering through four consecutive losing seasons since the retirement of longtime coach Earl Hansen. Nelson Gifford, who played for Paly in the late 1990s, has returned to his alma mater as head coach.

“I’m ready to get this thing going under the lights,’’ Gifford said. “It’s been a long summer.

The kids have worked real hard.’’

St. Ignatius went 3-7 last year, but that record is misleading in regard to the team’s relative strength. Seven of the team’s games were in West Catholic Athletic League play, traditionally the strongest league in the Central Coast Section, a league that last year had two teams -- St. Francis and Serra -- go on to win state championships.

“They’re very big and physical

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with a number of very good athletes,’’ Gifford said. “They have good team speed and tackle very well. Foundationally they’re very solid.’’

Palo Alto is loaded with returning starters, including quarterback Jackson Chryst, running backs Aiden Chang and Wes Walters, receivers Jamir Shepard, Paul Thie and Junacio Henley and tight end Lou Passarello at the skill positions on offense along with virtually the entire offensive line.

Franklin, a starter last year as a freshman, also didn’t play in the scrimmage. Neither did RB Deston Hawkins.

“We enjoy playing Bellarmine for a variety of reasons,’’ Ravipati said. “They’re at the level we want to be at. They’re going to be physical. We’ve got to be disciplined, got to execute. We have to make sure we tackle well. On offense we’ve got to take what they give us. And we’ve got to win the fourth quarter.’’

M-A vs. Bellarmine at San Jose City College, 7 p.m.

M-A lost to the Bells 21-16 in last year’s season opener, a result that foreshadowed the kind of season that transpired for the Bears.

“They hurt us with their overall discipline and execution,’’ M-A coach Adhir Ravipati said. “We didn’t finish. That’s why we went 7-5. The kids have been waiting for a year to play Bellarmine again.”

After winning the CCS Open Division I championship and advancing to a state championship game in 2016, M-A was short on senior leadership a year ago. The current team is much stronger in that department but in the opener against Bellarmine, will have to overcome dealing with a number of players out with injuries.

Jack Alexander, who was expected to start at quarterback, is out indefinitely. His backup, Feleti Malupo (5-11, 230), also missed the team’s scrimmage with Serra.

He is expected to be back for the Bells but if he can’t go, then Justin Anderson will play quarterback.

Anderson has received several Division I offers as a cornerback and was expected to be a starting wide receiver on offense.

Highly-regarded WR Troy

Gunn at Soquel, 7:30 p.m.

Last year, Gunn led late before dropping a 28-25 decision to Soquel at home in its season opener.

This year the Titans make the trip down to Soquel in Jason Miller’s debut as head coach.

Gunn has 23 players listed on its MaxPreps roster and did not take part in a scrimmage last weekend in order to stay as healthy as possible for the games that count.

QB Solomone Paletua is described by Miller as “the key to our offense, our most versatile offensive player. I call him a trithreat. I use him to block, run and throw.’’

That’s not all Paletua does. He’s also a starting outside linebacker on defense.

“He’s an iron man, kind of a throwback,’’ Miller said. “He tells me, ‘if they’re running up the middle put me in the middle.’

I tell him, ‘calm down.’ He is really fired up.’’

Lee Howard, a 150-pound halfback, is another key player in Gunn’s new double-wing offense.

Miller had a former player, Lamar Ferguson, contact Howard. Ferguson, a 5-foot-4 running back, had (continued on next page)

Gunn Top returning players: Devan Singh, Junior center defender; Batu Buyukbezci, Junior driver; Ryan Torabi, Senior center Newcomers to watch: Nick McGaughey, Junior driver; Karl Brzoska, Junior goalie.

Coach Peter Olson on What I really like about this group: “Their level of focus and commitment to improving. They embrace (continued on next page)

Coach Brian Kreutzkamp on What I really like about my team is: “Strong team leadership and great work ethic.

Rick Eymer

SHP senior Walker Seymour defends in front of the goalie. He’s heading to Harvard next year.

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difficult training and are great at motivating themselves and their teammates to get better. It’s a young group with big shoes to fill after graduating nine seniors but they are excited about the opportunity they have in front of them.�

Palo Alto Top returning players: Ben Rapperport (goalie, captain); Dexter Gormley (utility, captain); Javid Alasti (2-meter offense, captain); Zach Phillips (driver, captain).

Newcomers to watch: Jack Haney (lefty, freshman); Charles Mitz (sophomore, on varsity as a freshman without much playing time but grew a lot, got a lot better, and will start this year).

Coach Ethan Look on What I really like about my team is: “Our top end. We return five players (Rapperport, Gormley, Alasti, Phillips, Ryan Stanley) who started most games last year.

Menlo School Coach Jack Bowen: “We should be very strong. From last year’s CCS Open Division runner-up, we did graduate three strong starters (who were recruited to play at Brown, MIT, and Johns

Hopkins). So we’ll be filling those spots. We have some strong players coming in to fill those spots in junior Jack King, sophomore Connor MacMitchell and junior Noah Housenbold. All of these guys worked exceptionally hard in the off-season.

Menlo-Atherton Top Returning Players: Cooper Gran, Willem Holzricher, Gabriel Montoya and Zachary de Haaff.

Newcomers to watch: Michael Heller.

Coach Tim Kates on What I really like about this team: “Athletes need an open-minded attitude so that they are willing to change, grow and improve. I see these qualities in my players, and it excites me as a coach.

Sacred Heart Prep Top returning players: Andrew Churukian, SR, CCS Open Division Player of the Year in 2017, Stanford commit; Larsen Weigle, SR, all CCS selection in 2016 and 2017, four-year starter and Stanford commit; Walker Seymour, all CCS selection in 2017, Harvard commit.

Newcomers to watch: Griffin Price, Goalie, Freshmen, Member of USA cadet team that just returned from Montenegro; Will Riley, Sr, driver with great speed.

CITY OF PALO ALTO Architectural Review Board Regular Meeting 250 Hamilton Avenue, Council Chambers September 6, 2018 at 8:30am

Action Items QUASI-JUDICIAL. 3241 Park Avenue [18PLN-00192]: Request for Preliminary Architectural Review of a Proposed Two-Story, approximately 10,100 Square Foot General Business Service Development and At-Grade Parking. Environmental Assessment: Not a Project. The Formal Application Will be Subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review. Zoning District: GM (General Manufacturing). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Sheldon S. Ah Sing at sahsing@m-group.us PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 3223 Hanover Street [17PLN-00225]: Recommendation on Applicant’s Request for Approval of a Major Architectural Review Application to Allow the Construction of a New Two-Story 67,200 Square -VV[ 6ɉJL 9 + )\PSKPUN ,U]PYVUTLU[HS (ZZLZZTLU[! (U 0UP[PHS :[\K` 4P[PNH[LK Negative Declaration was Circulated for Public Comment From June 28, 2018 to July 30, 2018. Zoning District: RP (Research Park) and RP(L) (Research Park with Landscape Combining District). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Graham Owen at graham.owen@cityofpaloalto.org PUBLIC HEARING / QUASI-JUDICIAL. 429 University Avenue [18PLN-00240]: Recommendation on the Applicant's Request for Approval of a Minor Architectural Review Consistent With Condition of Approval #3, for a Previously Approved Mixed-Use Building (14PLN-00222), Requiring Architectural Review Board Approval for the Proposed West Elevation Wall Design, Landscape Details, and Exterior Building Materials, Colors, and Craftsmanship. Environmental Assessment: Use of Mitigated Negative Declaration Prepared for 14PLN-00222. Zoning District: CD-C(G)(P) (Downtown Commercial with Ground Floor and Pedestrian Shopping Overlay). For More Information Contact the Project Planner Adam Petersen at apetersen@m-group.us The Architectural Review Board is live streamed online at bit.ly/midpenmediacenter and available via cablecast on government access channel 26. The complete agenda with accompanying reports is available online at bit.ly/paloaltoARB. For additional information contact Alicia Spotwood at alicia.spotwood@cityofpaloalto.org or at 650.617.3168.

Woodside Top returning player: Goalie Kai Seeed, junior Dominic Constanz, junior Duncam Vaughan, senior Nicholas Hovsmith, sophomore Joe Untrecht, sophomore Aidan Seed.

Newcomers to watch: Nathan Cai, Adam Mead, Alec Friedsam, Andrew Mills, Ryan Mills, Tyler Deal.

Priory Top returning players: Junior Mark Hughes, sophomore Josh Solomon, senior Daniel Cassle, junior Brad Schoenthaler. Q

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a highly successful prep career playing for Miller at Inglewood, and then played four years at San Jose State.

Sacred Heart Prep at Carlmont, 7:30 p.m.

The Gators, one of six teams in the Peninsula Athletic League’s top division, the Bay, open against a PAL Lake Division team in Carlmont. So on the surface they should be a clear favorite.

Sacred Heart Prep coach Mark Grieb isn’t so sure. “They don’t look like a Lake team,’’ Grieb said of Carlmont. “They’re big, physical, well

coached, disciplined. It’s going to be a challenge.’’ Woodside at South San Francisco, 7:30 p.m.

Woodside was forced to forfeit the final game of the 2017 season against South San Francisco due to a lack of players. On Friday the Wildcats open the 2018 season . . . at South City.

Numbers are up this season for Woodside and Andrews came away with a good feeling after scrimmaging Hillsdale last weekend.

Brody Crowley will get the start at quarterback.

Standout defensive lineman Christian Ochoa was “basically unblockable,’’ coach Justin Andrews said. Q

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Central Portola Valley | 6/5 | $5,495,000 Sun 1:30-4:30 167 Ramoso Rd This private 2.5 acre property in the desirable Westridge area of Portola Valley boasts expansive views of the Western Hills.

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