Palo Alto Weekly April 24, 2020

Palo Alto

Vol. XLI, Number 29 Q April 24, 2020

Palo Alto prepares for $30M revenue drop Page 5

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And how much stock we should put in recent blood tests Page 5 Read up-to-the-minute news on PaloAltoOnline.com Q Upfront Public schools change grading systems Q Transitions Former Stanford president dies of COVID-19 Q Title Pages Bookstores, libraries launch virtual events

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Accepting Donations of Supplies At Stanford Medicine our number one priority is the safety of our employees and our patients. We have obtained personal protective equipment (PPE) for the projected needs of our organization for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. However, as a cautionary measure, Stanford Medicine is now accepting donations of unopened supplies in their original packaging. We are unable to accept homemade supplies.

REQUESTED DONATION ITEMS

• Masks (N95, surgical, and procedure)

• Goggles and eye shields

• Disinfecting wipes such as Clorox or Sani-cloth wipes

• Controlled Air Purifying Respirator (CAPR) / Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) machines and disposables

• Hand sanitizer • Face shields

• Isolation or surgical gowns

• Flocked swabs WAYS TO DONATE Stanford Health Care ATTN: Supply Donations Center 820 Quarry Rd Ext Palo Alto, CA 94304

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Veggies Are Good For You

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Antibody studies spur debate, skepticism Researchers at Stanford and USC suggest that the virus has lower fatality rate

by Gennady Sheyner

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pair of studies conducted by researchers in Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties drew national attention this week with a finding that COVID-19 is much more widespread — and far less deadly

— than public health officials had assumed.

But the studies, which suggested that the fatality rate of COVID-19 could be less than 0.2%, immediately faced a backlash from other scientists, as well

as words of caution from public health administrators, who indicated that they will not reopen the economy in a meaningful way any time soon.

The Stanford study, which was led by Assistant Professor Eran Bendavid, asked more than 3,000 volunteers for help in answering a critical question: “How many people in Santa Clara County have been infected by COVID-19?”

Using finger-prick tests and kits that resemble pregnancy tests, the team took blood samples at three drive-thru sites on April 3 and 4, crunched the numbers and published the early draft of the results on a preprint server, giving other researchers a chance to review the results before they are formally published.

In analyzing the blood samples, Bendavid’s team found that 50

of 3,330 tested positive for COVID-10, a rate of 1.5%. After adjusting the results to account for precision of tests and sample bias, the study concluded between 48,000 and 81,000 county residents have been infected, a rate of between 2.49% and 4.16%. This led the team to conclude that the number of COVID-19 infections (continued on page 8)

CITY HALL

City braces for $30M revenue drop City prepares for service cuts as economy sputters

by Gennady Sheyner

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focus on the essential skills that will allow them to be successful, and to maintain social connections with other students and teachers to provide stability and decrease social isolation during the school closures,” Dewan wrote in her April 6 recommendation. “Educators can focus on ways to provide feedback to learners in lieu of assigning a letter grade for this school year.”

Some parents, students and local school board members remain concerned that this grading system takes away students’ opportunity to show academic progress and will hurt high school juniors’ chances at college admissions, despite public assurances from major colleges and universities.

Palo Alto Unified was the first local school district to drop letter

alo Alto will consider closing library branches, scrapping its shuttle program and suspending its plan to spur housing production as it deals with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those are some of the options that City Manager Ed Shikada presented the City Council on Monday night as part of a plan to address a revenue shortfall that could top $30 million in fiscal year 2021, which begins on July 1. The list of budget cuts may also include scrapping the Police Department’s recently created traffic team, reducing hours at community centers and halting the crossing-guard program.

For the council, the Monday discussion marked the first step in the budget process that promises to be full of tough choices and deep uncertainty. With local hotels nearly empty and many retailers shut down, Palo Alto is seeing its revenues plunge.

The proposed budget estimates that general fund taxes will drop by at least $20 million — and likely far more. The magnitude of the cuts will depend to a large degree on factors beyond the city’s control: How soon will the shutdown end and how fast can the economy recover?

The proposed $818.9-million budget actually represents a 13% increase from fiscal year 2020.

This includes a general fund of $238.8 million, up by 3.5% from the current year. Those numbers, however, are almost certain to be

The prom must go on Four Gunn High School seniors decided to celebrate their canceled prom by dressing up anyway. Pictured here, from left: Wendy Sakuma, Grace Liu, Manya Zhao and Christine Zang take a photo in the hills above Palo Alto on Saturday evening, April 18, at the exact same time as the prom was originally scheduled to be held in San Francisco.

EDUCATION

To grade or not to grade? For some local schools, that’s been a divisive question Most public schools switch to credit/no credit while private schools give hybrid options

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p and down the Midpeninsula, while some students, parents and teachers breathed a sigh of relief that their schools would not be giving letter grades during the unprecedented closures, others rallied in opposition.

Disagreement over grading practices during the coronavirus pandemic has sparked community petitions, split school board votes and raised concerns about unhealthy attachments to grade point

averages and college admissions.

Most, though not all, local school districts have moved to a credit/no credit grading system for the rest of this school year. Doing so, school leaders have said, will prevent students with fewer resources from being disadvantaged and reduce stress among both students and teachers as they navigate a rapid, bumpy transition to online learning.

Many local private schools, meanwhile, are retaining letter

grades but with flexibility, such as allowing students to choose to take any class pass/fail or canceling final exams.

Santa Clara County Superintendent of Schools Mary Ann Dewan has recommended that all county schools move as soon as possible to a credit/no-credit model, which neither raises nor lowers gradepoint averages.

“It is important to remember that our shared overarching goals are to keep students engaged,

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Upfront

Trustee Sale No. 995091 Notice Of Trustee’s Sale Loan No. 11832 Title Order No. You Are In Default Under A Deed Of Trust Dated 09/04/2019. Unless You Take Action To Protect Your Property, It May Be Sold At A Public Sale. If You Need An Explanation Of The Nature Of The Proceedings Against You, You Should Contact A Lawyer. On 05/11/2020 at 10:00AM, First American Title Insurance Company as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded on September 9, 2019 as Document Number 24275203 of official records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, executed by: Bohaty Ventures, LLC, as Trustor, Pivotal Capital Group II, LLC, as Beneficiary, Will Sell At Public Auction To The Highest Bidder For Cash (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). At: at the gated North Market Street Entrance Superior Courthouse, 190 N. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County, California describing the land therein: All Parcel B, As Shown On That Certain Map Entitled, “Parcel Map Being A Resubdivision Of Lands Lying Westerly Of Lots 12, 13 And 14 As Shown On The Map Entitled, “Tract No. 3890 Country Club Estates”, Which Map Was Filed In Book 194 Of Maps At Pages 1 And 2, Records Of Santa Clara County, California”, Which Map Was Filed For Record In The Office Of The Recorder Of The County Of Santa Clara, State Of California On May 15, 1969 In Book 253 Of Maps, At Page(S) 26. APN: 182-40-041 The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2991 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $243,516.60 (Estimated) Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. Notice To Potential Bidders: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. Notice To Property Owner: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information

about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.

If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may visit the website below using the file number assigned to this case. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. For information on sale dates please visit our website at: http://www. firstam.com/title/commercial/foreclosure/ DATE: 4/10/20 First American Title Insurance Company 4380 La Jolla Village Drive Suite 110 San Diego, CA 92122 (858) 410-2158 /s/ David Z. Bark, Foreclosure Trustee (PAW Apr. 17, 24; May 1, 2020) PALO ALTO SWIM CLUB NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL REPORT The Palo Alto Swim Club announces availability of the financial report for the calendar year 2019. Copies may be obtained from PASC, P.O. Box 50340, Palo Alto, CA 94303.

(PAW April 24, 2020) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GLORIA L. READE Case No.: 20PR187813 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GLORIA READE. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: GORDON READE in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: GORDON READE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on May 13, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court.

If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for Petitioner: Stephen Vernon/Cecelia C. Fusich Gilfix & La Poll Associates LLP 2479 E. Bayshore Rd. Suite 220 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650) 493-8070 (PAW Apr. 24; May 1, 8, 2020)

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The reality is everyone’s heart is going to be broken …

—Alison Cormack, Palo Alto Councilwoman, on inevitable budget cuts due to the coronavirus.

See story on page 5.

Around Town ZOOM BOMBING WITH PURPOSE ... With many people sheltering at home, Zoom has seen a surge in users signing up for its video-conferencing software — and some of those users utilizing the platform to disrupt meetings with often vulgar messages. (The Palo Alto City Council’s April 13 meeting was no exception.) Palo Alto-based Tibco Software found itself being Zoom bombed when a recent meeting was interrupted by an unexpected — yet welcomed — guest: comedian Conan O’Brien.

The late-night talk show host barged into an April 13 strategy meeting in the middle of CEO Dan Streetman’s remarks. O’Brien claimed he was “new to the company” and began joking with the group of eight employees.

“I’m disappointed in our sales performance. I’m disappointed in a lot of you across the board,” he said. O’Brien then dove into his “ideas’’ to improve Tibco by reading points verbatim from the company’s website. “I want to customize information exchanges by using APIs over public web in place of proprietary EDI networks. Has anyone thought of that?” The TV host then called on each employee by name to join his endeavor. Before he left the group chat, he counted down the participants to the cheer “Go Tibco!” After he signed off, O’Brien remarked, “Well, that helped no one.” Watch him crash the meeting in a segment that aired Monday on O’Brien’s TBS show, “Conan,” at teamcoco. com/node/118463.

STAYING CONNECTED ...

There’s no denying that the shelter-at-home order is taking a toll on children. Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School is working to inspire its students by inviting special guests — including professional athletes and celebrities — to share motivational messages through videos posted on its Instagram account at the invitation of physical education teacher Stephen Ashford, affectionately known as Mr. Steve, who primarily posts on the account.

The list of notables include former Golden State Warriors forward James McAdoo, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa,

Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie, actor Cedric the Entertainer and rapper Jermaine Dupri. Their messages offer the students friendly reminders of things to do while sheltering at home, such as washing their hands, reading books and exercising. Since March 16, the school has frequently posted on the account with other messages to stay connected, including images of students holding their artwork and photos of lessons held over Zoom. The school also has posted videos of children who have taken on Mr. Steve’s 10 pushups-a-day challenge. A post published Monday invited students to join his situp challenge by doing as many situps as they can in 1 minute, once a day for the week.

The posts “gave us the energy and motivation we needed while things felt really murky,” Principal Maricela Montoy-Wilson said.

“It’s been really helpful to keep engagement really high.” The collection of messages also have helped the school meet its vision for the year: celebrating student voices.

SALUTING HEALTH CARE WORKERS ... Multiple law enforcement agencies gathered outside of Stanford Hospital early Thursday morning to give health care workers a round of applause as they reported to work. Dozens in law enforcement lined up outside of the hospital’s main entrance where they each held a sign with a letter to form the message “Thank you for sharing the front lines with us.” Several local, regional and state agencies joined the appreciation event organized by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Q

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News Digest County home to nation’s first COVID-19 death Santa Clara County received confirmation Tuesday that two people who died at their homes in February had the virus that causes COVID-19, earlier than deaths in Washington state announced Feb. 29 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The county Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office conducted autopsies on the two individuals who died on Feb. 6 and 17.

Samples from the residents were submitted to the CDC. Another person who died in the county on March 6 was also found to have COVID-19.

The county had previously stated that a woman in her 60s who died on March 9 was its first death connected to the coronavirus. She succumbed to the disease at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View where she was admitted for several weeks.

It’s not clear whether the three deaths are captured in the county’s total of 88 deaths or raises the total to 91.

Read more news updates on the coronavirus at tinyurl.com/ MidPenCorona. Q —Palo Alto Weekly Staff

Woman dies in rollover crash on Highway 101 A woman who suddenly veered her car away from a collision on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto on Monday afternoon died at the scene after she was ejected from her vehicle when it rolled over, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office has identified the woman as Maria Lozano, 46, of Fresno, who died of multiple blunt force injuries.

The first call reporting the collision just south of Embarcadero Road came in at 4:24 p.m., according to CHP Officer Damian Cistaro. Dispatchers indicated the collision was near the Public Storage’s East Palo Alto location.

CHP Officer Pablo Rios said that the initial collision between a Toyota Prius and a Ford Mustang was minor and resulted in no injuries.

The Prius ended up blocking a lane on U.S. Highway 101 north of Embarcadero Road, Rios said.

Soon after, Lozano, driving a tan Chevrolet Tahoe with her 14-year-old daughter as a passenger on northbound U.S. Highway 101, made an “evasive driving maneuver” to avoid crashing into the Prius, according to Rios. The move led the Chevrolet to roll over multiple times and land on the right-hand shoulder of the freeway.

Lozano was ejected from the driver’s seat and suffered major injuries, Rios said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Q —Palo Alto Weekly Staff

EDUCATION

Superintendent addresses hot-button school district issues Don Austin launches weekly webinar series to answer questions from the public

by Elena Kadvany

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uring a live webinar on Monday evening, Palo Alto Unified Superintendent Don Austin candidly addressed the realities facing a school district that was forced in a number of weeks to move instruction and services for 12,000 students online.

“We’re not doing distance learning right now. We’re doing crisis learning,” he said.

“There should be no illusions that what we’re trying to do is a best practice or an attempt to replace classroom instruction,” he continued. “It’s not possible for us right now. What we are seeing is great effort.”

The hourlong webinar was the first in a weekly series he plans to host while schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District are closed. Future webinars will include guests and focus on specific topics.

On Monday, Austin discussed several hot-button issues and answered some questions submitted by viewers. A recording of the webinar is available on YouTube; search for “backstage with the superintendent.” Below are his comments on a few of the topics.

Distance learning The district is balancing synchronous (in real time) and asynchronous teaching, Austin said, and the expectation is not for teachers to be providing hours

High school graduation Although the high schools will remain closed through the end of the year, the district is working on multiple ways to commemorate seniors’ graduation on the original dates they were scheduled for, such as through a video or photo slideshow. He is working with the high school principals, activities directors and some students to determine what that will look like and how the broader community could be involved.

“We’re going to do multiple things. They may not resonate with every student, but we’re hoping that the more that we do, the more chance for success,” Austin said.

The group considered postponing graduation, but he said they “didn’t think there was a benefit that was worth postponing it that outweighed having some certainty in getting it done.”

Reopening schools Austin said his “biggest fear” related to reopening schools is that even after getting the green light from public health and education officials, some parents and staff may be reluctant to return.

Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated last week that schools could see staggered schedules to reduce the number of students on a campus at a time, with partial online learning continuing. Austin said those kinds of ideas are “great,” but he’s unsure how they would work practically. The district is advocating for the California Department of Education to change the state education code to allow for classes to be taught both face to face and remotely, he said.

Summer school also remains up in the air. It could be paused, offered virtually or moved to the end of the summer, Austin said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Kozy Brothers

City starts relief fund for businesses With local businesses struggling to survive the pandemic, Palo Alto is preparing to launch a relief fund to assist those that have been decimated by the economic shutdown.

The city is preparing to start the fund with $500,000 in public money, though it is hoping that large companies and foundations will step up and help raise and distribute funds. The program would be modeled after the one Mountain View started last month but with one key difference: Council members made it clear on Monday that they are not in favor of the first-come, firstserved approach adopted by Mountain View and would rather see a lottery system determine who receives the grants.

The city also is preparing to convene a series of roundtable meetings with dozens of local businesses to gather feedback on how it can assist them during this period of economic distress.

City Manager Ed Shikada said he plans to hold three to four such events in the next two or three weeks, with up to 20 participants in each meeting.

While the details of the new business-relief program have yet to be sketched out, the council agreed Monday on some basic parameters: The program should start with $500,000 in public funds and apply to businesses that have up to 50 employees.

Council members also agreed that the city should partner with a third party to administer the grants — as seen in Mountain View and Oakland — and that it should try, to the extent possible, to obtain matching funds from corporations, foundations and other institutions in the community.

While the federal government has created several programs for small businesses, most notably the $359 billion Paycheck Protection Plan, most local businesses were not able to access these funds before the program ran out of money last week. Q —Gennady Sheyner

of live instruction to students at this time.

“If the expectation from our families is that a secondary student is going to sit in front of a computer for three, four, five hours a day and have live interaction with a teacher, there’s no other way to say this: You’re going to be disappointed,” Austin said. “That is not the expectation. That’s not going to be our reality.”

He said teachers are working to publish their individual schedules to help students avoid conflicts on Zoom or other video conferencing.

He encouraged parents with concerns on either end of the spectrum — that their child is not getting enough instruction or spending too much time in front of a computer screen — to reach out to their children’s teachers.

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of California, San Francisco embarked on an effort to provide antibody tests to all residents of Bolinas, an unincorporated community in Marin County. It plans to follow suit on April 25 with a four-day test of about 5,700 residents in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Much like its counterparts at Stanford and USC, the UCSF team is trying to address the lack of data about the spread of COVID-19. It is doing so by administering both a swab test for the virus’ DNA, which shows whether an individual is currently infected, and a blood-sample test for antibodies, which indicate past infection.

“All our public health decisions, including when it will be possible to relax regional and statewide shelter-in-place orders, are driven by rough assumptions about how the virus behaves based on very limited data,” Bryan Greenhouse, an associate professor of medicine at UCSF, said in a news release.

Studying in detail how the virus spreads in Bolinas and in the Mission will “give us crucial data points that we can extrapolate to better predict how to control the virus in similar communities nationwide,” he added.

On the national level, the National Institutes of Health is trying to recruit 10,000 people for its own study of antibodies. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the

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in Santa Clara County is 50 to 80 times higher than the number of confirmed cases.

The Stanford study calculated the mortality rate of COVID-19 as between 0.12% and 0.2% when one considers the true number of infections. That’s far lower than the roughly 4.8% rate one would get by only looking at the county’s confirmed cases, which stood at 1,962 as of Wednesday afternoon.

The study in Los Angeles, which was undertaken by University Southern California and the Los Angeles Department of Public Health, reached a similar conclusion. Led by Neeraj Sood, professor of public policy at USC Price School for Public Policy, the study concluded that between 2.8% and 5.6% of that county’s adult population — or between 221,000 and 442,000 adults — have antibodies to the virus.

As the Los Angeles tests were kicking off on April 10, Sood, who collaborated with Stanford researchers on both studies, suggested earlier this month that a far lower fatality rate of COVID-19 would mean that some of the shelter-in-place orders currently in effect may not be necessary.

The Stanford and USC teams are part of a global push to obtain information about COVID-19 through antibody tests — a tool

that experts say is critical for learning how the virus spreads and lifting the social-distancing orders that continue to ravage local economies. In Germany and Italy, national governments have made widespread testing a key strategy for easing out of the economic shutdown. Assessing the percentage of the region that has already been infected can help researchers determine how close the area is to herd immunity (a point at which about 60% of the population is immune), which regions have been hit hardest and which measures are going to be most successful in preventing the spread of infections.

“We’re starting to get a better picture,” said Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University and a coauthor of both the Stanford and USC studies. “It’s clear that it’s Jay spread more Bhattacharya in some places than in others, and it’s clear it’s more deadly in some places that others.”

As the shutdown stretches into its second month, seroprevalence studies are becoming increasingly common, both in the Bay Area and around the world. Just this week, a team from the University

Alyssa Weaver, left, disposes of a used blood lancet at a COVID-19 antibody testing site in Mountain View on April 4.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the study will “give us a clearer picture of the true magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by telling us how many people in different communities have been infected without knowing it because they had a very mild, undocumented illness or did not access testing while they were sick.

“These crucial data will help us measure the impact of our public health efforts now and guide our COVID-19 response moving forward,” Fauci said in a statement.

Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County’s health official, on Tuesday called the recent seroprevalence tests “exciting” and said that they confirm that “we have many, many, many cases that we didn’t pick up.”

The point was further underscored by Cody’s announcement Tuesday that the county’s medical examiner confirmed two deaths from COVID-19 that occurred on Feb. 6 and Feb. 17.

The confirmation, based on tissue samples from the deceased, means that the virus was spreading in the community far before the health department became aware of that fact. Prior to the confirmation, county leaders had assumed that the first death associated with COVID-19 occurred on March 9.

But while the new research efforts promise to shed light on the prevalence of COVID-19, public health officials are indicating that they will need far more information before they can think about lifting the restrictions. Cody suggested during her Tuesday update to the Board of Supervisors that social-distancing rules are unlikely to be relaxed any time soon.

“We know the level of immunity in our county is in single digits,” Cody told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “We are far, far, far from herd immunity and not likely to get there until we have a vaccine.”

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“In order to know whether the antibody test indicates that you’re protected, there are many more studies that need to be done because basically you have to make sure that the antibody is a marker that you have enough protections such that if you got infected with the virus again you would not get sick,” Cody said at the meeting.

“Right now, it’s not clear whether the antibody tests that are out there provide that.”

While results from both the Stanford and USC studies are preliminary and are now undergoing peer review, the reaction from the scientific community has been swift and, in a few cases, brutal.

Bhattacharya told this news organization Thursday that the team has received more than 1,000 constructive comments on the study, which continues to get refined.

But Andrew Gelman, a professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University, suggested in an online forum that the Stanford authors “owe us all an apology.” After detailing his concerns about test accuracy and selection bias, Gelman concluded that the study’s findings are a “product of a statistical error.”

“I don’t think (the) authors need to apologize just because they screwed up. I think they need to apologize because these were avoidable screwups. They’re the kind of screwups that happen if you want to leap out with an exciting finding and you don’t look too carefully at what you might have done wrong,” Gelman wrote.

Other researchers also weighed in and criticized the study for the way it selected its participants (through Facebook ads) and for using tests that were not FDA approved. Dr. Eric Topol, a professor of molecular medicine at Scripps Research, suggested that the two studies have given “a false sense that this is not a bad virus at all.”

“It’s bad math, bad tests and bad outcomes for the confusion that it engenders,” Topol told the

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Associated Press after the preprint was released.

Bendavid said the research team analyzed the test kits from Premier Biotech before the experiment to determine the percentage of positive cases that the tests miss. By testing blood samples from Stanford Hospital patients that were shown to be positive through a DNA test, as well as samples that were known to be negative because they were taken before the pandemic, the researchers concluded that the test sensitivity is about 91.8%.

Bendavid told this news organization that this was factored into the group’s calculation.

“They may be somewhat less precise than laboratoEran Bendavid ry-based tests, but for the purposes of what we have done — for trying to get a sense of prevalence of antibodies to coronavirus in our community — they are perfect,” Bendavid said last week.

Part of the skepticism from the broader community stems from the positions that the researchers have taken in the past. In late March, Bendavid and Bhattacharya coauthored an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal positing that the virus is far less deadly than many experts suggest.

“If it is true that the novel coronavirus would kill millions without shelter-in-place orders and quarantines, then the extraordinary measures being carried out in cities and states around the country are surely justified,” Bendavid and Bhattacharya wrote. “But there’s little evidence to confirm that premise — and projections of the death toll could plausibly be orders of magnitude too high.”

Another member of the Stanford team, John Ioannidis, wrote an article in March suggesting that the true fatality rate of COVID-19 could be 0.05%, lower than the seasonal influenza. If that is the real rate, “Locking down the world with potentially tremendous social and financial consequences may be totally irrational.

“It’s like an elephant being

attacked by a house cat. Frustrated and trying to avoid the cat, the elephant accidentally jumps off a cliff and dies,” Ioannidis wrote in Stat, a health news website.

Sood also said earlier this month that if tests show that the death rate of COVID-19 is indeed nine or 10 times that of the flu, people should indeed stay at home and practice “very strong physical distancing,” according to a news release from USC. But if the true mortality rate is far lower than the flu, he wrote, “then we don’t need to be doing that.”

(Infectious-disease expert Fauci said in March that the seasonal flu has a mortality rate of 0.1%. However, it should be noted that more than 100 million Americans get the flu vaccine annually, according to the CDC, and no such vaccine exists for the coronavirus.)

But researchers also emphasized that the mortality rate of the virus is not the only factor that should be considered by public health officials as they consider their next steps in managing the pandemic. The findings in Los Angeles showing that about 4% of the population is infected mean that “we are very early in the epidemic and many more people in Los Angeles County could potentially be infected,” Sood said.

“And as the number of infections arise, so will the number of deaths, the number of hospitalizations and the number of ICU

admissions,” Sood said in a news conference Monday.

Bhattacharya shared that view.

The biology of the virus, he told this news organization, is not the only factor that determines the fatality rate. Another key factor is the setting in which patients that get viral pneumonia are treated.

“It’s a very important input into the decision, but it’s not the only thing,” Bhattachary said of the death rate. “How likely is it, if we lift the caps, that we will overwhelm the hospitals? That’s a really important question that needs to be addressed.”

Given the outstanding questions, county and state leaders are continuing to take a cautious approach on social-distancing orders. Santa Clara County Executive Jeff Smith pointed to the recent discovery of February deaths from COVID-19 as another reason to proceed slowly.

“It’s all consistent with what we know,” Smith told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. “There’s a larger population in the community that is infected than we are currently identifying with testing, and a significant portion of that population is asymptomatic as far as COVID — another reason to recognize the great risk we have by relaxing the shelter-in-place too early.”

And while some governors are already restarting their states’ economies, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California’s stay-at-home

order would only be modified based on numerous indicators.

These include expanded testing and contact tracing, the ability of hospitals to handle surges and the development of treatments.

In his Wednesday address, Newsom highlighted the Stanford and the USC studies, noting that they have “generated a little bit of controversy about what they are and what they’re not.”

But he also said that the state is preparing to greatly expand its use of serological tests to manage the COVID-19 crisis, noting that the state has agreed to buy 1.5 million such tests from Abbott Laboratory.

“While it (serological testing) can be extraordinarily helpful in terms of guiding our framework and indicators for reopening, it is not at this moment a panacea, but it could be profoundly significant,” Newsom said. “And we will certainly do our part, in addition to procuring PCR (diagnostic DNA) tests, we will do the same to provide serology tests to people all over the state,” Newsom said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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grades in late March. Superintendent Don Austin has defended his decision — which he made with the support of the school board and teachers union — as the equitable and responsible choice.

The district, like many others,

has provided Chromebooks and laptops to thousands of students who didn’t have sufficient technology at home to access distance learning.

Despite a parent-led effort to get the school board to reconsider credit/no credit and take its own vote on the issue, Palo Alto board members reiterated their support for the credit/no credit system at

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (April 20)

COVID-19: The council heard an update on the city’s response to COVID-19 and supported the creation of a business relief program, with $500,000 in public funds. Yes: Unanimous Budget: The council discussed the city manager’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021. Action: None

Board of Education (April 21)

Xenophobia resolution: The board waived its two meeting rule and approved a resolution denouncing coronavirus-related xenophobia against Asian American communities. Yes: Unanimous COVID-19 update: The board discussed COVID-19’s implications for the district’s budget, distance learning, grades and other issues.

Action: None

Council Finance Committee (April 21)

Stormwater rates: The committee recommended raising the stormwater drain fee by 2.5%. Yes: Unanimous Water: The committee discussed and approved the Water Utility Financial Plan.

Yes: Unanimous Wastewater: The committee recommended making no changes to wastewater rates. Yes: Unanimous

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their meeting Tuesday. “This is a really stressful time for everyone, whether you have food on the table or not, whether you have a job or not,� Board Member Jennifer DiBrienza said. “We have to take some of the variables off the table.�

The Mountain View Los Altos High School District board voted 4-1 on April 6 in favor of switching to a credit/no credit system.

Teachers there also supported the move. “The power of equity that a physical classroom provides is impossible to replicate through distance learning. In effect, assigning letter grades to our students is equal to assessing their access to technology and Wi-Fi, their housing security and ableism,� teachers union president David Campbell and past president Michelle Bissonnette wrote in an April 18 oped in the Mountain View Voice, the Weekly’s sister newspaper.

In a message to families this week, Mountain View High School said that students’ credit/no credit marks will be informed in part by their “engagement� in distance learning, which requires students to submit 75% of all assignments and actively participate with each teacher at least once a week through a live class, online office hours or emailed questions. A student will be marked as “not engaged� if they don’t meet both of those expectations, and parents will be notified by email, the school said.

English-language-learner students graded credit for passing grades (A-C) and no credit for failing grades. The school wanted to reward students who perform well academically while the school is closed, co-founder and CEO Mallory Dwinal said.

In the Sequoia Union High School District, as well as Palo Alto Unified, hundreds of community members have advocated for a “hold harmless� grading model under which students could improve their grades but wouldn’t be penalized for falling behind.

In the K-8 Menlo Park City School District, meanwhile, middle school teachers can give students letter grades or, if there is not enough evidence of work during this time, an IE, or “insufficient evidence.�

The policy also gives middle school teachers the option to grade based on students’ mastery of concepts rather than factors such as meeting assignment deadlines, participation in virtual lessons and virtual attendance. “A mastery grading scale provides greater flexibility to the teacher to ensure that students are not being penalized for factors that may be out of their control during distance learning,� states a temporary grading policy the Menlo Park school board unanimously approved last week.

The K-8 Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto has not yet publicly announced a grading decision; neither has East Palo Alto charter school KIPP Valiant Community Prep.

Oxford Day Academy, a small public charter high school in East Palo Alto, is giving its mostly low-income and

Concern about college prospects A primary concern among those who oppose the credit/no credit system is its potential impact on college admissions.

Palo Alto parent Tricia Barr is worried that students will be compared to applicants from districts that kept letter grades and that “it could absolutely hurt their prospects in the college admissions process,� she said during the school board’s virtual meeting on April 21.

However, private and public colleges and universities across the country have said that students applying from these districts will not be disadvantaged. “Certainly, we understand students are primarily taking courses online and often with modified grading scales. Rest assured that we are sensitive to these challenges and realities,� said Richard Shaw, Stanford University’s dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid.

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we’re having some of the stress issues we are.”

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and California State University systems have said they will accept credit/no credit for all courses and that they won’t affect GPA calculations.

The universities’ public statements, however, have not assuaged some parents’ anxieties.

“If grades are not looked at, then what will the colleges look at?” Palo Alto parent Mudita Jain asked the school board on April 21.

One parent said he decided to enroll his son in an independent online program for all of his Advanced Placement classes.

In an interview, Gunn High School senior Claire Cheng said she empathizes with students who have been told that it’s crucial to perform well during their junior year, particularly if they need to show improvement.

“I do think it speaks to this academic culture that’s ingrained in all of us,” she said. “Inevitably there’s a lot of anxiety among students around the college admission process.”

Austin said he was alarmed by the stress that students and parents are feeling about the temporary loss of letter grades.

“If the loss of an inability to earn a grade in class where every college has told you it’s OK” causes anxiety, he said, “that’s a pretty good window into why

How local private schools are grading during the closures Many Midpeninsula private schools, including Castilleja School and Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, Woodside Priory in Portola Valley, Menlo School in Atherton and Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, have opted to continue with letter grades or adopt hybrid models.

At Woodside Priory, school leaders received more than 100 emails about grading from parents and students in a 36-hour window, the “overwhelming majority” of which “were advocating for keeping letter grades to acknowledge the hard work of our most motivated and highly performing students,” Head of Upper School Brian Schlaak wrote in a message to families last week.

Though the school’s default will be letter grades, any Woodside Priory student who wants to take a class pass/fail this semester can choose to do so — a move that acknowledges distance-learning inequities.

“We have ... students with no quiet or private place to attend class or do their school work, students whose families cannot pay rent in the ‘shelter in place’ scenario and are thereby intensely distracted by issues more pressing

than grades, students who have lost family members to COVID-19,” Schlaak wrote.

At Menlo School, administrators decided that high school students’ grades cannot drop below the yearlong grade they earned in third quarter but they can improve.

If students “stop engaging meaningfully in their coursework,” though, teachers can give them an “incomplete,” the school wrote to families.

Students at the all-girls Castilleja School will also receive letter grades but have no final exams this semester. Head of School Nanci Kauffman said the administration wanted to provide continuity

for students — and stick with av model that would be “sustainable” considering the likelihood of extended school closures.

“I think it’s important to say: You can be an outstanding school without having grades,” Kauffman said. “But we currently are a school that gives grades and because of that we felt we should be consistent with that.”

To ensure that no students will fall through the cracks, Castilleja provided Wi-Fi hot spots to students without internet access at home as well as noise-canceling headphones for students who might live in homes that lack a quiet place in which to learn. It is

also using weekly advisory sessions online to check in on students’ emotional well-being.

Castilleja teachers are using alternative assessments, too, including allowing for open-book exams that test students’ application of concepts rather than their recall.

Castilleja is also planning for the possibility that distance learning will need to continue intermittently through the fall, which will require transitioning from “emergency” distance learning to “pedagogically sound online learning,” Kauffman said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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revised downward, staff said.

“The future will really be driven by factors and functions that are yet to be defined,” Shikada told the council Monday.

Given the uncertainties, the budget process promises to be less straightforward this year. Shikada wrote in the transmittal letter that the budget “begins what staff expects to be an ongoing conversation and difficult work ahead to plan for the return or recovery period once the shelter-in-place order is lifted and the impacts of COVID-19 continue to materialize financially.”

“It is expected that these deliberations will require resetting expectations and many shared sacrifices moving forward,” Shikada wrote.

Shikada told the council that staff will explore three different budget scenarios: one that presumes a relatively rapid recovery from the pandemic; another that considers the shutdown extending

through the spring; and a third — and most likely — one in which some social-distancing measures remain in place through the winter.

Even the first scenario, however, will require the city to make unpopular decisions, council members said. Mayor Adrian Fine said his colleagues “understand that massive changes are occurring on a day-to-day basis, and it seems like each day is different from the one before.”

“Next fiscal year will be very tough for Palo Alto,” Fine said.

Councilwoman Alison Cormack also suggested that cuts will be inevitable, given the declining revenues.

“Honestly, it’s going to break my heart to not reopen all five of our libraries, but the reality is everyone’s heart is going to be broken over this process,” Cormack said.

The ongoing health crisis also threatens to upend the council’s long-term priorities, including housing production and the redesign of rail crossings. Shikada’s list of potential cuts includes deferring

the Housing Work Plan and halting initiatives to encourage electrification of buildings.

“I do think our annual council priorities probably have gone out the window at this point,” Vice Mayor Tom DuBois said.

Staff also is proposing reducing code-enforcement staffing, scaling back application requirements for wireless communication facilities and reducing the number of projects that undergo architectural reviews. The budget also proposes that the city explore terminating the city’s lease of Cubberley Community Center space from the Palo Alto Unified School District or switching to a “shared revenue structure.”

“Whether we’re cutting a library or fire station or whether we’re cutting some program near and dear to us, it’s very tough,” Councilwoman Liz Kniss said. “This is something the public is going to really weigh in on.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Vehicle related Attempted theft from auto . . . . . . . . .1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . .1 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . .2 Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . .2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . .1 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . .1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Menlo Park April 15-21 Violence related Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . .1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Vehicle accident/major injury . . . . . . .1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Court order violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . .1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto Hawthorne Avenue, 2/18, 3 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Paradise Way, 3/11, 3 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Ramona Street, 3/26, 3:34 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Middlefield Road, 4/20, 5:42 a.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Randers Court, 4/20, 7:57 p.m.; sex crime/unlawful sexual intercourse.

Menlo Park 800 block Fremont St., 4/19, 4:05 p.m.; robbery.

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Excell â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wilks A list of local residents who died recently: Excell â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mikeâ&#x20AC;? Wilks, 50, a resident of Palo Alto and Menlo Park, died on April 10.

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Harry S. Hewitt September 3, 1934 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; March 1, 2020 Harry Hewitt, 85, a 60-year resident of Palo Alto, passed away in his sleep on March 1, 2020. Harry, born in Tennessee, graduated from Stanford University with a degree in engineering. While still at Stanford, he worked as a co-pilot/ flight engineer for Pan Am, flying the European and Asian routes.

Harry left the airline to work for Stanford University, followed by Stanford Research Institute (SRI), ArgoSystems, and later, to do consulting for Boeing. While working at Stanford, he met Aina Bumanis on her first day of work as a librarian at Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Biology Library. They married in 1963, and honeymooned in Europe in a Volkswagon camper. Throughout their lives, they continued to love RV-ing with their children and golden retrievers. He is survived by his wife and their three children: Lissa Dashe (and son-in-law Jeremy and their two children: Zachary and Juliette) of Bainbridge Island, WA; Alan Hewitt of Davis, CA; and Eric Hewitt (and daughter-in-law Leia and their three children: Trevor, Bradley, and Natalie) of Davis, CA; and their beloved dog, Arpaige. Harry will be greatly missed. PAID

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Clarence “Bud” Ferrari, Jr. 1934 – 2020 Clarence “Bud” Ferrari, Jr., a resident of Atherton for over fifty years, passed away on Sunday, April 12th. He was 86 years old.

Bud will be dearly missed by his loving family, friends and colleagues.

Bud was born in San Francisco and attended Bellarmine College Prepartory. He earned both his Bachelor’s and law degree from Stanford University. Throughout his schooling, blue-eyed Joan Egli was at his side. They married in 1957 and enjoyed sixty-two wonderful years together until Joan’s passing in 2019.

Bud co-founded a number of influential and respected law firms. As a partner with Ruffo, Ferrari and McNeil, he became a trusted counselor, advising families, businesses and institutions in complex tax, estate and business matters. In 1985, he co-founded Ferrari, Alvarez, Olsen and Ottoboni which earned a place among San Jose’s preeminent law firms. He remained active in his final partnership, Ferrari, Ottoboni, Caputo, & Wunderling, until late last year. In addition to a brilliant legal career, Bud established a variety of successful real estate partnerships and was a founder and chairman of the board of Silicon Valley Bank.

Bud was a man of many passions and deep loyalties. Family always came first and he took an active role in the upbringing of his two daughters, Mary Lynn and Lisa. The Ferrari foursome enjoyed family tennis, skiing and boating in Tahoe, and memorable trips abroad. When he was blessed with granddaughters, Bud loved attending the diving meets and tennis matches of Alyssa and Lauren Robinson. The arrival of greatgrandson, Grayson Berardi, brought him endless delight as well.

Second only to family and friends was Bud’s Stanford community. Not only did he and Joan attend hundreds of football and basketball games over the years, they housed and mentored many Stanford players. Bud was a founder of the DAPER Investment Fund and served as a director for thirty-three years. It was Bud’s pleasure to serve on the Stanford Athletics Board and the Buck Club, and he was a tireless fundraiser for the university. In addition to his Cardinal affiliations, Bud cherished his Italian roots and spearheaded marvelous trips to Italy with his friends and family.

Physical fitness was another all-consuming passion. Bud was an avid runner and tennis player and he and son-in-law, Kyle Robinson, never missed their early morning exercise classes at the Menlo Circus Club. He also relished his duck hunting trips with friends, and playing golf at the Menlo Country Club and Tradition Golf Club in La Quinta.

Bud was a man of deep faith and a generous contributor to his community. He was a board member of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Pathways Hospice, JobTrain, and Read with Me, and served on the faculty at Santa Clara University School of Law as an adjunct professor of Taxation.

Bud was the ultimate optimist and he loved helping others—family, friends, colleagues, and anyone else who needed assistance or guidance.

Amid the current pandemic, it was the loss of his wife—a broken heart—that sadly took Bud from us. A memorial service will be held when we can once again have large gatherings.

Bud was predeceased by his wife, Joan. He is survived by his children Mary Lynn Robinson and son-in-law Kyle; his daughter Lisa Marie Ferrari; his granddaughter Alyssa Ann Berardi, husband Matt and great-grandson Grayson; and granddaughter Lauren Claire Swope and husband Barron.

Special thanks to Lupe and Ricardo Orozco and their three children who enriched his life for over thirty years.

For those so inclined, contributions in Bud’s name can be made to one of the many charitable organizations that he supported.

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Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Donald Kennedy, former Stanford president, dies at 88 of COVID-19 Kennedy succumbs to disease at Gordon Manor, a residential care home in Redwood City

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tanford University President Emeritus Donald Kennedy, who led the way for massive fundraising efforts and improvements in undergraduate education, has died from COVID-19, his wife, Robin Kennedy, said Tuesday.

Kennedy, 88, who experienced a stroke in 2015, died on Tuesday morning, April 21, at Gordon Manor, a residential care home in Redwood City, where he lived for the past two years.

In an April 21 email announcing his death, Kennedy’s wife praised his care at Gordon Manor and addressed his illness.

“After a week with no fever, he took a turn for the worst on Saturday night. All measures were taken to ensure he did not suffer. He was peaceful and comfortable during his final days. Many in our family were able to say goodbye to him via FaceTime on Sunday night,” she said.

Kennedy was born in New York City on Aug. 18, 1931, and attended Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree (1952), a master’s degree (1954) and a doctorate (1956). A neurobiologist, his scholarly research centered on the properties of small nerve cells. He pioneered a new technique of dye injection into single nerve cells so that specialized cell parts — the whole axon, dendrite and cell body of the cell — can be seen in the light of the microscope.

He taught biology at Syracuse University in upstate New York until 1960, then joined Stanford.

He was known as an inspiring and dedicated teacher in both biological sciences and in the Program in Human Biology, an interdisciplinary program that he helped establish and directed from 1973 to 1977.

Kennedy also was known for his unconventional teaching style.

“I will never forget Donald Kennedy getting up on the lab table at the front of the lecture hall and assuming a quadruped position to demonstrate to us the concepts of dorsal, ventral, cephalo and caudal. His first concern was always with teaching effectively, not preserving his dignity,” Ingrid Schwontes Jackoway, a 1979 graduate, said in “The Program in Human Biology at Stanford: The First 30 Years, 1971-2001.”

In 1977, he took a leave of absence from Stanford to become commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under President Jimmy Carter. He later told an interviewer that “the opportunity to

serve government is one that scientists should come to regard as a routine part of their career patterns, just as many academic lawyers, political scientists and economists do.”

At the FDA, he inherited challenges, such as the banning of saccharin, the alleged cancer cure Laetrile, risks associated with antibiotics in animal feeds, alcoholic beverage labeling and chronic complaints that the approval process for new drugs either allowed dangerous drugs into the market or impaired innovation. Kennedy worked to remedy those issues, raising the FDA’s reputation as an independent agency that was not controlled by industry and he improved morale, the New York Times said in 1979 when he returned to Stanford to become provost.

In 1980, Kennedy became the university’s eighth president, succeeding Richard W. Lyman. As president, he focused on improving the quality of undergraduate education. He opened the Stanford Humanities Center, expanded interdisciplinary studies and added overseas campuses in Kyoto, Japan, and Oxford, England.

He also started the Institute for International Studies, the Haas Public Service Center and the Bing Stanford in Washington, which gives undergraduates the opportunity to live, study and work as interns with government agencies and nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C. Kennedy also faced campus sit-ins in 1985 during the South African divestment movement.

Hundreds of students took part in sit-ins outside his office to pressure the university to divest itself of stock in companies doing business with the apartheid regime in South Africa. Stanford decided that “the moral position” was to divest from specific companies that supported the apartheid regime in South Africa, Kennedy said.

There were lighter moments. In 1983 he escorted the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II on a campus tour. An avid runner, Kennedy was often seen running the Dish. He gave an open invitation to students to join him and tell him what was on their minds.

He also led the Stanford Centennial Campaign, which raised nearly $1.3 billion and provided funding for new equipment, new buildings and expanded financial aid. At the time, it was the largest sum raised in higher education.

Kennedy stepped down as president in 1992, returning to teaching and focusing on the environment and public policy. In 1997, Harvard University Press published

Kennedy’s book, “Academic Duty,” a discussion of challenges facing American higher education.

In 2000, Kennedy became editor-in-chief of Science, the weekly journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, through 2008.

In an essay introducing readers to Kennedy, Stanford Professor Paul Ehrlich called him “one of the broadest, warmest, most talented and most literate scientists ever to grace our business.”

Kennedy returned to Stanford in 2008 and resumed teaching undergraduates. He also taught master’s students enrolled in the Graduate School of Business.

He was also active on a wide variety of boards, nonprofit organizations, foundations and scientific advisory boards, including the national advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, and the board of directors of QuestBridge, a nonprofit organization based in Palo Alto that connects the nation’s brightest students from low-income backgrounds with leading institutions of higher education and further opportunities.

He also received many awards and honors. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1972 and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, the National Commission for Public Service and the American Philosophical Society. In 2010, he received Wonderfest’s Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization.

At the time of his death, Kennedy was also the Bing Professor for Environmental Science, Emeritus, and senior fellow, emeritus, of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

“I can’t imagine anyone whose life was more a blessing than was Don’s, for his family, his friends, his students, his colleagues and all of humankind,” his wife said in her email.

Kennedy is survived by his wife, Robin Kennedy, of Menlo Park; children Page Kennedy Rochon, of Washington, D.C.; Julia Kennedy Tussing, of Menlo Park; Cameron Kennedy, of Washington, D.C.; Jamie Hamill, of Las Vegas, Nevada; their spouses Mark Rochon, Ted Tussing, Rick Desimone and Rosario Hamill; and nine grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be announced by the family and Stanford University when family, friends and members of the Stanford family can safely congregate.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Stanford Hillel, the Haas Center for Public Service or the Robin and Donald Kennedy Fund for Jewish Studies. Q

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A Letter to our Community In the most recent Santa Clara and San Mateo County health directives, residential real estate was designated an essential business allowing us to conduct limited business activities.

For our Sellers We are able to list and prepare homes for market. We can only show vacant homes in person.

Occupied homes can be shown only by virtual tours. Each vacant home showing is limited to two people who are currently sheltering in place together and one real estate agent. All parties must wear masks, gloves and shoe covers and obey social distancing protocol set forth by the health order, including making written representations about health and wellness.

For our Buyers Visits to vacant houses are subject to the restrictions set forth above. Occupied houses can be toured virtually and offers can be made subject to a personal inspection when allowed. Inventory is extremely low as many homes have been removed from the market in the last four weeks.

For Both our Buyers and Sellers As a designated essential business, we are able to service our real estate clients albeit under strict conditions. We are committed to using strict social distancing protocols in the conduct of our business.

While it is extremely difficult for our business and our clients, we are committed to complying with county orders as long as they remain in place. The health and safety of our agents and our community is our highest priority.

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Guest Opinion

Leadership in the time of COVID-19

by Greer Stone

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s a history teacher, I frequently consult our past to be inspired by those who led in times of crisis and moved society forward despite overwhelming challenges.

Today’s crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, has caused us to reimagine our cultural experiences, halted the economy and forced us into hiding in our homes; but despite these f r ig ht e n i ng times, we can take solace in knowing the world has exper ienced worse and survived. To do so now, we must learn from our history, protect our most vulnerable residents and forge a new sustainable path forward.

The lesson of social inequality As in all crises, communities of color and the socio-economically disadvantaged suffer disproportionately during pandemics. Graham Mooney, a historian of medicine at John Hopkins University, observed that pandemics “expose social inequality.” From the Black Death, which ravaged Europe in the mid-14th century, to the Spanish flu that killed 50 million people in 1918, social inequality always reveals itself in the demographics

most harmed by pandemics.

Today, communities of color are disproportionately affected by this virus and are dying at disproportionately higher rates. In Santa Clara County, the death rate among African Americans is 4% and 36% among Latinos, despite African Americans and Latinos only representing 2% and 25% of the county’s population.

There are several reasons for these disparities. First, the risk of exposure is greater because minorities are more likely to be working front-line jobs considered “essential employees.”

Second, these demographics often lack access to affordable health care. They are disproportionately hourly wage workers, and reduced hours could lead to foregoing health care over other necessities like food and rent.

Another inequity that has surfaced during this pandemic can be seen in the public fear and demagoguery that have led to ignorant scapegoating of minorities. The country has seen a precipitous increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans. Government officials must preemptively act to protect these at-risk groups during this crisis.

Another at-risk group is unhoused and socio-economically disadvantaged. Santa Clara County has 9,706 unhoused residents, with Palo Alto home to 313. COVID-19 threatens to decimate this already at-risk population. The county has done well in providing

temporary shelter for all confirmed infected individuals, but we have only provided temporary housing for approximately 4% of unhoused residents.

The state is helping by providing millions of dollars in funding to house people. This funding offers cities a unique opportunity to confront one of the great challenges of our time — the homeless epidemic. To begin tackling this epochal crisis, Palo Alto can designate more “safe parking” locations citywide, apply for state grants to lease hotel rooms for unhoused residents to shelter in place, and make public land available while waiving environmental review to quickly build temporary shelters.

Lessons in leadership History is replete with profiles in courage of leaders who have stood fast in the face of crisis. Today’s pandemic will require great leadership to overcome this virus and usher in a more prosperous future.

No leader better embodies the mental fortitude needed in a crisis than President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. The United States was being torn apart by the nation’s bloodiest conflict, the Civil War, and Lincoln was in agony.

In February, his 11-year-old son died from typhoid fever, political in-fighting was endangering his presidency, and by July the mythic president was despondent after the Union suffered defeat in

This week on Town Square Town Square is an online discussion forum at PaloAltoOnline.com/square In response to ‘Palo Alto braces for $30M revenue loss as shutdown drags on’ Posted April 21 at 2:11 p.m. by Becky Sanders, a resident of Ventura: “Oh boy this is so tough on us residents. What is a city but the people that live here? Our employees are super important, but it does seem a little oddball that while three people in my immediate family have been laid off or furloughed our city isn’t considering making some kind of cuts to the payroll. If people are furloughed, then they can still receive unemployment benefits and retain their medical coverage, right? Seems like a good option to get through this crisis.

I agree we will all have to tighten our belts. I’d hate to see code enforcement cut. I mean the staff

struggles to cover a fraction of the reported violations. Further cuts seem really problematic to me, especially over here in Ventura, where all kinds of mischief takes place with bizarre businesses with blocked up windows on El Camino Real. Lord knows what is going on in there. So please don’t cut code enforcement.

Also, I know it’s not all about Ventura, but I’d hate to see funding for Boulware Park take a hit. We’ve been waiting for improvements as we watch other city parks get makeovers.

I’ll always want residents to come first in the city. I guess that’s the bottom line for me.

Thank you Palo Alto Online for keeping us informed! I hope everyone will consider becoming paid subscribers to keep our local paper going, regardless of where you fall on all these important matters.”

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the Seven Days Battles.

A lesser being would have folded under such pressure, but Lincoln persevered with equanimity, maintaining an optimistic countenance despite grave concerns for the nation’s future.

Nancy Koehn, in her 2017 book, “Forged in Crisis,” tells of Lincoln’s retort to a senator who reprimanded him for sharing a comedic story shortly after the Seven Days Battles.

“Senator,” Lincoln said, “do you think that this situation weighs more heavily upon you than it does upon me? If the cause goes against us, not only will the country be lost, but I shall be disgraced to all time.

“But what would happen if I appeared upon the streets of Washington today with such a countenance as yours? The news would spread throughout the country that the president’s very demeanor is an admission that defeat is inevitable.”

The president’s optimism and resilience would prove invaluable in the coming months and years.

Lincoln didn’t campaign on an anti-slavery platform, but 1862 changed everything. Lincoln revealed the Emancipation Proclamation, a promise to end slavery born out of desperation, and it provided Lincoln the opportunity to turn tragedy into hope for millions of Americans.

Lincoln’s story of tragedy and overcoming provides a lesson for today’s leaders: equanimity, resilience, optimism and the ability to turn catastrophe into opportunity.

A lesson for us all Few moments in history have brought humanity together

better than this crisis, and there is some strange beauty in knowing we’re all fighting these struggles together as a global collective. As a teacher and student of history, I can tell you this: The world has seen countless pandemics, wars, natural disasters and other crises, but we always survived and progressed. So, too, will we overcome this virus.

As Lincoln used a nation divided to secure freedom for millions of Americans, so, too, can we use this crisis to permanently address some of society’s most pressing needs. Let’s finally acknowledge that social determinants of race and ethnicity play critical roles in equity and design our housing, health care and other policies to reflect that reality. Let’s recognize the moral and practical implications of poverty and resolve to evolve these temporary solutions into permanent ones.

Finally, let’s continue this shared sense of humanity that has made us nicer to one another — ordinary people doing extraordinary things like helping deliver groceries to elderly neighbors, offering RVs to health care professionals and volunteering to be Block Preparedness Coordinators. We don’t need another Lincoln; we all have the capability of being leaders. Today is our time to step up. Q Greer Stone teaches social studies at Gunn High School and is the vice-chair of the Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission. He can be reached via email at gstone22@ gmail.com.

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Title Pages A monthly section on local books and authors

Magali Gauthier

How to get your reading fix while everything’s closed Customers can browse the shelves at Linden Tree Children’s Books in Los Altos one-on-one with an employee without ever leaving their home through a new virtual shopping program that the store launched during the stay-at-home order.

Bookstores, libraries adjust to life in lockdown with virtual literary events, storytimes and ‘in-store’ shopping sessions

by Linda Taaffe

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Livestream events Refresh the Page Kepler’s Literary Foundation launched a new series of virtual events on Zoom earlier this

month. Refresh the Page features online discussions, classes, seminars and author events. The next upcoming event, “Literary Appreciation 101,” is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29. During the hour-long seminar, author and former professor Kimberly Ford will explore foundational concepts by looking at classics

by Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen and others. The nonprofit foundation plans to expand its offerings over time. Most events require participants to RSVP and make a donation. For more information and to get the most up-to-date list of events, go to keplers.org/ refresh-the-page-online.

To view the extensive list of offerings, go to library. cityofpaloalto.org/blogs/post/ online-storytime-resources/

Livestream storytimes

Online Storytimes

The Mountain View library launched a new storytime program on Facebook Live on April 10. The 15-minutes sessions are live-streamed on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Children’s librarian “Miss Sharon” reads Mother Goose and other children’s tales on Tuesdays and children’s librarian “Miss Alex” hosts family storytime on Fridays. Past sessions also can be accessed on Facebook. To view storytimes, go to facebook.com/ pg/MVPLibrary.

Anytime storytimes

Reading salons

The Palo Alto library has gathered a list of free online storytimes and other activities for children that can be streamed anytime. The collection includes audio stories as well as storytime sessions featuring a variety of guests, ranging from celebrities such as Sarah Silverman and Wanda Sykes to astronaut Christina Koch.

Linden Tree Children’s Books in Los Altos is hosting live storytimes and stay-at-home book salons for families. Storytimes are held on Facebook Live on Sundays at 11 a.m., Tuesdays at 9 a.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. All storytimes feature picture books and are appropriate for all ages. For more information, go to lindentreebooks.com/events-calendar.

Virtual shopping Online catalogues Most local bookstores are continuing online book sales. At Kepler’s Books, the web orders team is processing online orders from their homes seven days a week.

All web orders are being shipped directly from the store’s book suppliers to customers’ homes at reduced shipping rates, according to Kepler’s website. For more information, go to keplers.com.

Books Inc. is offering free deliveries and is taking preorders for soon-to -be-released books. For more information, go to booksinc.net.

‘In-store’ browsing For those who feel like browsing the shelves, Linden Tree Children’s Books in Los Altos is offering free, 30-minute private live video chats with customers on FaceTime. During the chat, the bookseller will take customers around the store and let them “browse” through books and look at other items. Local purchases will be delivered the next day.

To set up a shopping appointment, go to lindentreebooks.com/ events-calendarfacebook.com/ lindentreebooks.

April releases by local authors Have you read all of your books and you’re not sure what to dive into next? Here are a few books by local authors that were released this month.

‘Always Home: A Daughter’s Recipes & Stories’

By Fanny Singer; Knopf publishing.

Michelle Le

While the store is closed during the shutdown, Kepler’s Books employees are processing online orders from their homes seven days a week. Its nonprofit literary foundation has launched a new series of virtual events on Zoom.

San Francisco native Fanny Singer’s new title is part cookbook and part culinary memoir about growing up as the daughter of revered chef and restaurateur Alice Waters. Singer provides an intimate portrait of her mother and herself while chronicling a

unique world of food, wine and travel. Each vignette is accompanied by a recipe.

‘The Story of the First Earth Day: How Grassroots Activism Changed the World’

By Pete McCloskey; Eaglet Books.

In his new book, Pete McCloskey, a former Bay Area congressman who co-founded the first Earth Day with Sen. Gaylord Nelson on April 22, 1970, takes a look at the political and international impact the event has had over the past half century. The book includes some local color about Denis Hayes, the Stanford University student hired to coordinate the first Earth Day, who went on to create the “The Dirty Dozen” campaign, which targeted 12 of the worst members of the U.S. Congress on environmental issues and organized grassroots attempts to defeat them at the polls.

Eaglet Books

t’s been a little more than a month since local bookstores and libraries have had their doors open to the public. While the stay-at-home order that sent us indoors may have provided all the time in the world to catch up on some reading, there’s probably at least a few people out there craving some new best-selling titles or itching to discuss their latest reads.

Even though the doors remain closed on brick-and-mortar bookstores and local libraries, there’s good news. Many have adjusted to no-contact business models and are offering a variety of new services intended to keep the literary crowd well-read and more socialized while keeping a safe distance from others.

Here are some ways to participate in author events, book clubs and storytimes and to peruse bookstore shelves without leaving your home.

‘World War II and the West it Wrought’

By Mark Brilliant and David M. Kennedy, Stanford University Press.

How World War II changed the West is the subject of a book by Mark Brilliant, associate professor of History and American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and David M. Kennedy, the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, at Stanford and co-founder of Stanford’s Bill Lane Center for the American West. The book explains how the war set in motion a massive westward population movement that ignited a quarter-century boom, redefining the West as the nation’s most economically dynamic region and triggering unprecedented public investment in manufacturing, education, scientific research and infrastructure. The economic revolution laid the groundwork for high-tech centers in Silicon Valley and elsewhere in the region. Q

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Buy a gift certificate now (a win for Kicks) and then you use it when Kicks re-opens.

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650-321-6798 SAFE PICK UP TIMES: 11 AM TO 6 PM TUESDAY – SATURDAY

HERE IS A SPECIAL FOR YOU.

Proud to serve our Community SINCE 1974

1921 EL CAMINO REAL, PALO ALTO

Contact me at Kicksmp@gmail.com with the amount and I will mail it to you the same day.

1060 Evelyn St. | Menlo Park | 650-328-5425 | KicksMenloPark.com

Despite the COVID-19 crisis,

Vista Center continues to serve our clients and any community member living with vision loss by offering virtual Braille classes, food delivery services, online support groups, and academic support for visually impaired students. Please consider donating today by visiting our website www.vistacenter.org or calling (650)

858-0202.

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Sign up for our virtual classes!

Palo Alto or Menlo Park nurses: join our virtual classes for FREE! Email SBMCustomerService@gmail.com SBMCustomerService@gm g ail.com

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Helping those in need We are delivering free meals to those who need help getting food including those struggling financially because of COVID-19 and seniors who are afraid or unable to go to the grocery store.

• Learn about the Foothill College Promise (free tuition and textbooks) • Get assistance with application, registration CPF ƂPCPEKCN CKF • Learn about majors, programs and clubs

WE CANNOT DO IT ALONE. Please support our Go Fund Me campaign to benefit our free meal donations and employees. Your donations are greatly appreciated and will help ease their burden.

Donate today at gofundme.com/ f/help-anatolian-kitchen-donate-food

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Email outreachprogram@ foothill.edu or register online to attend:

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WE BUY GOLD SELL YOUR GOLD TO THE BAY AREA’S PREMIER GOLD BUYER SINCE 1912.

HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR GOLD JEWELRY, SCRAP GOLD & GOLD COINS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CLIENTS AND STAFF, WE HAVE CREATED A PROCESS TO ADHERE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES WHILE KEEPING YOUR PIECES IN FULL VIEW THROUGHOUT YOUR APPOINTMENT. PRIVATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE IN OUR MENLO PARK & SAN FRANCISCO OFFICES

(650) 234-1345 • info@svdjb.com • www.SVDJB.com A 4th generation Bay Area family business

Open daily for take-out and 3rd party delivery!

We take pride in providing fresh, authentic Mexican food made from scratch.

Our pediatric concierge practice in Menlo Park LV RSHQ DQG SURYLGLQJ VDPH GD\ DSSRLQWPHQWV RσHULQJ convenient and accessible care for our patients during this trying time. We are available by phone 24/7.

Dr. Shelly Miller is currently taking new patients.

Just call in or download our app to enjoy a delicious meal that will feed your body and comfort your soul.

Please visit our website at www.burgesspediatrics.com or call us at 650-321-9555 for more information.

We also partner with DoorDash, UberEats, Postmates and Caviar to have a fresh meal delivered right to your door.

PV GARAGE IS OPEN

We will get through this together!

GET 15% OFF LABOR Expires 4/30/20

OPEN DAILY 9:30AM – 8:00PM LuLu’s on the Alameda 3539 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park | (650) 854-8226 LuLu’s on Laurel Street 876 Laurel Street, San Carlos | (650) 596-8226 LuLu’s on Main Street 163 Main Street, Los Altos | (650) 559-8226

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Jing Jing Chinese Gourmet needs your support to stay afloat.

Since 1986, Jing Jing has been a local favorite in Palo Alto. However, due to the recent health crisis, sales have been negatively impacted. The restaurant is asking for donations of any size to help keep the business running. Please go to our GoFundMe page to donate.

650.328.6885 | jingjinggourmet.com 443 Emerson Street, Palo Alto

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The Milk Pail Drive-Thru Order online at milkpail.com Call us at (650) 248 - 9796

Place your order online for pre-selected boxes of cheese, produce, local bread, and other specialty goods.

Pick it up at our warehouse on Wyandotte Street in Mountain View.

Masked and gloved staff will put the boxes straight in your trunk.

Bring a little Milk Pail back into your life!

Open for pickup Fridays and Saturdays, noon - 4 pm milkpail.com | orders@milkpail.com

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CRUELTY FOR A BUCK Cancellations: Rowell Ranch, Livermore, Woodside Jr. Rodeo â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humanityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true moral test, its fundamental test...consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Novelist Milan Kundera, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Unbearable Lightness of Beingâ&#x20AC;?

Lest we forget, this latest coronavirus pandemic was HUMAN-caused, a direct result of our mistreatment of animals, both wild and domestic. At the very least, this catastrophe should teach us a little humility and compassion for others, human and non-human alike.

Due to Covid-19, rodeos are being cancelled locally and worldwide. Let's make it permanent. Rodeo is condemned by nearly every animal welfare organization on the planet due to its inherent cruelty. For most of the animals, the rodeo arena is merely a detour en route to the slaughterhouse. They (and we) deserve better. Legislation is in order: local, state, federal.

See link below to a new, prize-winning documentary, "BUCKING TRADITION," now on YouTube: https://www.actionforanimals-oakland.com INFO: ACTION FOR ANIMALS, P.O. Box 20184, Oakland, CA 94620; afa@mcn.org

Across 1 Door frame parts 6 Some laptops 10 Ring decoration 13 Fish tank buildup 14 Heart chambers 16 “Ceci n’est pas ___ pipe” (Magritte caption) 17 *Largest city in Somerset, known for Roman-built spas 19 Tajikistan, once (abbr.)

20 “Abnormally Attracted to Sin” singer Tori 21 *Brooklyn neighborhood, colloquially 23 Hulu show starring Aidy Bryant 26 Big figure in pop?

27 “Whatever” 28 Cry of pain 30 Bobcat’s cousin 31 Soccer stadium shouts 33 Be changeable 35 Actress Day of Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much” 39 *City in southern Ontario, a little over an hour from Toronto 42 Superfluous 43 Spider monkey’s feature 44 Breeze 45 Greek vowels 47 Internet address ender 49 ___-Magnon 50 On the train 53 Nut and bolt spacer 55 *Country home to Legoland 57 Part of SVU 58 Word before Palmas or Cruces 59 *Portland thoroughfare often mispronounced by visitors (it’s an “oo” as in “boot”) 64 Land in a rivière 65 Friendly, gender-neutral address for a child 66 Pakistani money 67 Make a wager 68 Backside 69 Writer Zola

“Around the World in 1000 Steps” — a world tour of the home. by Matt Jones

This week’s SUDOKU

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7 Hartsfield-Jackson airport code 8 Item on a seafood menu 9 Tough and stringy 10 Blasts of wind 11 Follow logically 12 Streep of “Florence Foster Jenkins” 15 Back-of-the-book material 18 2010 Eminem song featuring Lil Wayne 22 Battle of Hastings combatants

23 Light up 24 Shape of a DNA strand 25 Scarlett’s Butler 29 Hopes to get 30 Sheet music line 32 Roller coaster reaction 34 “Prêt-à-Porter” actor Stephen 36 Dressing named for the type of location where it was created 37 “Go ahead, ___ you!”

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51 Fictional anchorman Howard of “Network” 52 Beginning stage 54 Play the banjo 56 African antelope with curvy horns 57 “That ain’t good” 60 Inserts in some car changers 61 ___Pen (injection for allergic reactions) 62 Fish that goes into some British pies 63 Concert wear

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Cammie Vail Cammie Vail (shown above at the podium) is the current Executive Director at the Palo Alto Community Fund. She has gone above and beyond during this time of crisis. In addition to her normal fundraising work, she has guided PACF to raise and distribute an additional $500,000 for direct financial relief to our local underserved population and to further support non-profits in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto since the start of the shelter-in-place orders.

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Karin Clark MENLO PARK $1,695,000

MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,898,000

Remodeled Open Concept Great Room: Beautiful home has Chefs kitchen 3 beds 2 spa baths + enclosed yard! Near Facebook.

Beautiful kitchen, high ceilings, two car attached garage.

Walking distance to downtown restaurants and Cal train.

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John Marshall MENLO PARK $3,549,000

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Enjoy fantastic living in a prime location in Sharon Heights.

A 14,690 sq ft lot located on a peaceful cul-de-sac. 4 bedrooms / 2.5 baths.

Sharon Heights opportunity! 4 bed 3.5 Bath. 2,530+ sq ft Los Lomitas schools. Lot 10403.

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