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Building starts on Menlo Gateway complex By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

hiny golden shovels gripped by hard-hatted developers, officials and locals lifted scoops of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony March 23 for Menlo Gateway, the office and hotel complex being built by the Bohannon Development Co. on 16 acres east of U.S. 101 near Marsh Road. The property has been owned by the Bohannon family for about 80 years, when the grandfather of brothers David and Scott Bohannon purchased it in the 1930s, said David Bohannon. The development has two phases. The first comprises an 11-story hotel, an eightstory office building, a parking structure, and a fitness facility. In a second phase, two more office buildings totaling 500,000 square feet would be built. The 250-room hotel is due to open in late 2017, the developer said. It is a joint venture of Ensemble Real Estate Investments and AECOM Capital Partners. Cuningham Group Architecture is the project architect and McCartan Interior Design will do the interior design. The hotel will have a flexible indoor/outdoor meeting and event space. The first office building is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and will have collaborative workspaces and an outdoor terrace, the developer said. The architect is Heller Manus Architects. The 40,000-square-foot fitness facility, which will be located in the parking garage, will have an on-site restaurant called Cafe Vida featuring a “Cal/Mex-inspired” menu, said Patrick Corman, spokesperson

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A rendering of the phase 1 and phase 2 plans for the Menlo Gateway hotel, offices and Bay Club fitness center in Menlo Park’s M-2 area near U.S. 101 and Marsh Road.

for the Menlo Gateway project. The facility will be operated by the Bay Club, a California-based country club network. The site will have four acres of landscaped open space with pedestrian paths and bike lanes, Mr. Corman said. There are no detailed designs of the offices and parking structures slated for phase two because they will be constructed on a “build-to-suit” the client basis, said Scott Bohannon, brother of David Bohannon and senior vice president of Bohannon Development. The space is currently being marketed, he said. Go to MenloGateway.com for more information. Years in the works

The Menlo Gateway project was first brought to the atten-

tion of the Menlo Park City Council in 2007, said Menlo Park Mayor Rich Cline. After many meetings, it was decided the development’s approval would require the support of the community. Measure T went on the 2010 ballot and asked: “Shall the voters affirm the decision of the Menlo Park City Council to approve the Menlo Gateway project and amend the City’s General Plan to permit construction of offices, research and development space, a hotel, health club and restaurant on property located east of Highway 101 near Marsh Road?” The measure passed with about 65 percent voting yes. One of the conditions for the project was that the hotel be built before the full office space

buildout, said Menlo Park City Councilman Peter Ohtaki. But after Measure T passed, the economic downturn dried up available funding for the hotel, said Scott Bohannon. Only recently has funding became available again, he said. Call to action

During the groundbreaking ceremony, Rose Bickerstaff, a resident of nearby Belle Haven neighborhood, said she appreciated the project’s sustainability features and the work of David Bohannon to earn the respect and trust of the community. Later in her remarks, though, she issued two calls to action to her audience: first, for developers to hire locally, within the community, and second, for the

city of Menlo Park to achieve greater educational equality. “This community has been bleeding for a long time. A band-aid won’t fix it. A tourniquet won’t. We are now on the surgeon’s table,” she said, arguing that not all Menlo Park children have access to the same high quality of education. While her comments on education weren’t directly connected to the Menlo Gateway project, she said, she believed it was important to talk about the issue using the pulpit she had. “When something is wrong,” she said, “I don’t care what’s happening. There’s no perfect time (to speak up). You can’t have quality of life without quality of education. That’s part of our development.” A

Atherton starts process to quiet train horns near Fair Oaks Lane By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

n March 21, Atherton filed a “notice of intent” to establish a quiet zone at the Fair Oaks Lane crossing, an action meant to lead to making the stretch of the town’s railroad tracks near the Fair Oaks Lane crossing into a “quiet zone,” where trains could sound their horns only if they encounter a hazard.

Atherton Rail Committee member Nerissa Dexter, whose research on the topic led to the move by the town, told the City Council at its March 16 meeting that the mailing of the notice of intent starts a 60-day comment period. The town must respond to the comments, but only the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) can stop the implementation of the “quiet zone,” she said. Once the 60 days have passed,

the town will send out another notice with the date that the quiet zone will go into effect, Ms. Dexter said. That notice must be sent at least three weeks before starting the quiet zone, or June 8 at the earliest. The town will also post “No Train Horns” signs. The quiet zone will not affect the warning bells and flashing lights that are activated 40 seconds before the crossing gates come down and also will

not affect the sounding of train horns in advance of the town’s only other railroad crossing, at Watkins Avenue. According to Ken Withers of R.L. Banks & Associates, the consultants hired by the town to help establish the quiet zone, the Watkins Avenue crossing does not have the necessary safety features to allow it to be part of a quiet zone. Installing quad gates, which keep cars from going around lowered cross-

ing gates, could cost $500,000, council members heard at their March 16 meeting. The town may seek to make the Watkins Avenue crossing a quiet zone if its gates are upgraded. Caltrain spokeswoman Jayme Ackemann says Caltrain will observe the railroad “quiet zone” Atherton is proposing, or any other quiet zone, if it meets See TRAINS, page 6

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Menlo police investigate ‘stranger danger’ incident Police in Menlo Park are investigating a report that two men may have tried to lure a child into a vehicle on Friday, March 25. Officers responded to a call at 3:27 p.m. from residents who said their 12-year-old son was approached by two men in a vehicle as he was walking home in the area of Sharon Road and Alameda de las Pulgas. The boy said the men asked him if he was running late and

then told him to get in the car, police said. The boy said “No” and then quickly walked away. Police described the men as possibly being Hispanic men in their 20s. The vehicle was described as an older silver fourdoor sedan. Police said it is not known if the men were trying to lure the boy into the vehicle or just trying to scare him. — Bay City News Service

Authors Salon in Sharon Heights The 25th annual Authors Salon, sponsored by Peninsula Volunteers Inc., will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club at 2900 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. In partnership with Books Inc. of Palo Alto, the salon will feature a lineup of New York Times

best-selling authors, including Lynn Freed, LM Reynolds, William Carlsen, Patrick Hunt and Bruce Henderson. Tickets for the luncheon and program are $125 each. For tickets, call Cathy Duhring at (650) 326-0665, ext. 238. Funds from the event will be used for senior services provided by Peninsula Volunteers Inc.

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But, Ms. Dexter’s research found that the Federal Rail Administration does not use fatalities as a criteria for allowing quiet zones, and also does not address conditions outside the specific area being considered for a quiet zone, she said. Ms. Dexter said the Federal Rail Administration adopted the regulations allowing quiet zones in 2005, after 11 years of studying how to best make rail crossings safer. The safety measures they call for that allow quiet zones to be implemented, such as quad gates, actually provide more safety than train horns, she said. “They want to increase the safety of rail grade crossings by decreasing the risk,” she said. “Risk is the probability of collision and the severity of injury.” Ms. Dexter said that train horns can only be sounded a quarter-mile before a crossing, which is about 11 seconds in advance for a train going the 69-mile-an-hour maximum on Caltrain tracks. Quad gates and the bells and flashing lights that automatically go into effect start 40 seconds before a train is due to arrive, she said. In addition, in California, all train crossings with quad gates also have vehicle sensing devices that stop the gates from lowering if a vehicle is on the tracks, she said. “It makes the train horn irrelevant,” she said. A

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all state and federal guidelines. Ms. Ackemann said Atherton’s would be the first quiet zone along the Caltrain corridor. “For Caltrain, the FRA-mandated use of horns and whistles are a critical safety device used to help prevent pedestrians and vehicles from potentially dangerous incidents,” she said. “It’s important to recognize that a quiet zone doesn’t guarantee the elimination of all rail related noise,” Ms. Ackemann said. “There are nearby crossings that will not have a quiet zone designation and therefore will require the use of the horn,” she said. “In addition, Caltrain will continue to use its horns as a warning device should any pedestrians or vehicles be identified trespassing on our tracks or in the crossing once the gates have been activated.” According to an earlier staff report, there are 36 railroad quiet zones in California. The move to make the crossing a quiet zone probably would not have come about without the research of Ms. Dexter. In October 2014, the town was told in a meeting with Caltrain and other agencies “that FRA (Federal Rail Administration) regulations (on quiet zones) typically require at least a 10 year interval with no nearby fatalities, a situation that could not currently be met.”

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estaurateur and Portola Valley resident Russell Howard Deutsch, who owns several restaurants, including two in Ladera (Old Port Lobster Shack and Rustyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roadside Grill), has pleaded not guilty to sales tax evasion charges. San Mateo County prosecutors say he did not turn over to the state $950,628 in sales tax revenues over a period of eight years. Mr. Deutsch, 57, was charged on March 22 and booked into the county jail. On March 25 Mr. Deutsch appeared in court with his wife and was released from custody on $290,000 bail after Judge Stephanie Garratt concluded that the money he used to post bail â&#x20AC;&#x201D; typically 10 percent of the total â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was from a legitimate source, prosecutors said. For collateral, the couple offered real estate, prosecutors said. Prosecutors say that investigators found $586,809 in cash at Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home.

Christian Picone, Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, takes issue with the amount of cash found. After a search of Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home and the discovery of the cash there, the Board of Equalization, the agency that collects taxes in California, gave Mr. Deutsch a receipt for $488,367, Mr. Picone said. The board used a bill-counting machine and counted Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money at least twice, Mr. Picone said. He said he did not know the denominations of the bills. Asked to comment on the discrepancies in the reported amounts of cash, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said in an email that Board of Equalization investigators found $586,809, but limited the amount they seized â&#x20AC;&#x153;to the amount known at that time to be the loss to the state by the criminal conduct.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing illegal about having cash,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Picone said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not aware of any allegation that these funds were unreported income.â&#x20AC;?

Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next court appearance is set for Wednesday, March 30, for a conference, and then Monday, April 4, for a preliminary hearing, prosecutors said. Mr. Deutsch opened the Old Port Lobster Shack restaurant in Redwood City in 2006, and subsequently opened restaurants in Ladera (in 2011), Napa and San Jose. Redevelopment forced him out of Redwood City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he closed the restaurant in October 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but there were plans to relocate to Los Altos this year. In November 2015 in Ladera, a few doors down from the Old Port Lobster Shack, Mr. Deutsch opened Rustyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roadside Grill, a burger and pizza restaurant. Asked about effects the tax evasion charges may have on Mr. Deutschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant business, Mr. Picone said he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;not aware of there being any impact at this time.â&#x20AC;? A Peninsula Foodist blogger Elena Kadvany contributed to this story.

Milk and cookies with the mayor Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Note: When we heard Athertonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mayor was attending this event, we asked one of the participants to send us a report. Fiona is a 7-year-old first-grader at Sacred Heart School. Her father, Mike Lempres, is the vice mayor of Atherton. By Fiona M. Lempres Atherton Mayor Elizabeth Lewis went to the Sacred Heart

School Book Fair event, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Milk and Cookies with the Mayor,â&#x20AC;? on Wednesday night, March 2. It was an extravaganza. There were about 100 people there, and most of them were wearing pajamas. She read four books. She also did a speech on leadership, especially girls leadership. SHS first-grader Charlie Ford said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was so cool! My favor-

ite book she read was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hug Machine.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? SHS Libra r ia n A l ison Anson said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was an honor to have the mayor read at our library.â&#x20AC;? The money from the Book Fair goes to Sacred Heart School, especially the library. Everyone had fun at â&#x20AC;&#x153;Milk and Cookies with the Mayor,â&#x20AC;? especially the mayor.

Q P O LI C E C A LL S This information is based on reports from the Menlo Park Police Department. Under the law, people charged with offenses are considered innocent unless convicted. Police received the reports on the dates shown. MENLO PARK Residential burglary: A burglar used a bathroom window to gain entry to a house on University Drive, then stole jewelry and a laptop computer. Estimated loss: $13,700. March 23. Thefts:

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Q A thief stole a bicycle locked to a bike rack at an apartment complex in the 1300 block of Willow Road. Estimated loss: $2,000. March 21.

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vehicle parked in the 700 block of Santa Cruz Avenue. Inside the purse were a cellphone and $250 in cash. Estimated loss: $1,100. March 21.

the mail of a resident of Hillview Drive forwarded to an address in Decatur, Georgia. An unauthorized credit card account was established in the residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name. No losses. March 22.

Q Police arrested and booked a South San Francisco man on theft-related charges after a search of his jacket allegedly revealed a set of headphones and a USB charger stolen from the Staples store at 700 El Camino Real. March 19.

Q Police arrested and booked a Redwood City man on Berkeley Avenue on charges related to the theft of packages from residences. Police stopped a man on a bicycle who, they said, matched the description they had been given of a man stealing packages. March 24. Fraud:

Q A woman with an account at Wells Fargo Bank on Santa Cruz Avenue deposited a check as instructed by someone offering her a job as a nanny. The check turned out to be fraudulent. March 24.

Q A resident of Maybrown Avenue learned that someone used the residentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and address to apply for an employee identification number with the IRS. March 21. Traffic accidents:

Q A collision at the intersection of Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road left one driver with a fractured wrist and broken ankle. Medics took the driver to the hospital. March 26.

Q The driver of a white Honda Fit, while making a left turn on to Hoover Street from Valparaiso Avenue, collided with a pedestrian in a crosswalk, claiming not to have seen the pedestrian. Medics took the pedestrian to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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M-A High senior wins ‘Youth of Year’ honors By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

livia Luna, a senior at Menlo-Atherton High School, won the Northern California “Youth of the Year” title at a March 15 competition in Sacramento. She had advanced to the regional level after being selected to represent the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula as the high school Youth of the Year. In a speech at the competition, Olivia described her challenges as a person with cerebral palsy Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. and a difficult home life, and the opportunities she had at Olivia Luna, a Menlo-Atherton the Boys & Girls Clubs of the High School senior, gives a speech at a Boys & Girls Clubs “Youth of Peninsula. “Not only has Boys & Girls the Year” competition. Club supported my personal growth, but it’s given me an community or business leaders. Olivia is one of 51 students — outlet for contributing to my in grades 8, 11 and 12 — from community,” she said. She has volunteered as a Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and soccer coach with elementary Redwood City who participated school students and at the Boys in the Boys & Girls Clubs of the & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula Peninsula competition. Scholarand tutored a middle school stu- ships of $250 were given to finaldent who recently immigrated ists at each BGCP location. The and struggles with English, top representative from each location received said BGCP Devel$500. opment Director Olivia was Sean Mendy. ‘Not only has named the top Now Olivia will move on to the Boys & Girls Club high school Youth supported my of the Year for state Youth of the Year competition, personal growth, the BGCP and received a $1,000 set for Wednesbut it’s given me scholarship, as did day, April 6, at the an outlet for Hoover ElementaStanford Faculty Club. contributing to my ry School student Lindsey Pulido, Go to tinyurl. community.’ who won in the com/luna450 to eighth-grade catwatch her speech. OLIVIA LUNA , Student par- A MENLO -ATHERTON HIGH egory. She also received a $1,000 ticipating in the SCHOOL SENIOR scholarship for competitions write essays and give speeches being named Northern Califorabout their challenges, achieve- nia Youth of the Year. Among the BGCP Youth of ments and goals. Each student performs at least 40 hours the Year mentors this year were of community service, gath- volunteers from the Stanford ers letters of recommendation, Graduate School of Business, and participates in one-on-one Palo Alto law firm Baker Botts, interviews with judges, often and LinkedIn. A

Atherton eases up on chickens Atherton’s City Council has unanimously adopted new regulations that will allow residents for the first time to legally keep chickens on lots of less than 80,000-square feet. The new ordinance, adopted at the council’s March 16 meeting, will need a second reading and vote at the council’s April meeting and will go into effect 30 days later. With a permit, residents on lots of from 20,000 to less than

40,000-square feet can have three hens; on lots of from 40,000 to less than 80,000 square feet, residents can have 10 hens; and on lots of 80,000 square feet, residents can have 20 hens. Schools with an educational program and more than an 80,000-square-foot lot can have up to 40 hens. Chicken coops will have to be at least 20 feet from property boundaries. No roosters will be allowed. A — Barbara Wood

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Interior of the new Laurel School, Upper Campus at 275 Elliott Drive in the Willows area of Menlo Park. The school is for third- to fifth-grade students who live in the attendance area of the current kindergarten to third-grade Laurel School.

New Laurel upper campus behind schedule, won’t open until Oct. 17 By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

hile a ceremony to mark progress in the construction of the new Laurel School, Upper Campus will be held this week, it appears that crowding will temporarily get worse for Laurel students before it get better. Construction of the new school is behind schedule because of a delay in the “plan approval process with the state,” said Ahmad Sheikholeslami, the district’s chief business and operations officer. The new school is not scheduled to be completed until Oct. 17, six weeks after school starts

on Sept. 1, he said. That means the six classes of third-graders, five classes of fourth-graders and three classes of fifth-graders who are to attend the new school will have to squeeze into the existing Laurel campus (which the district is calling Laurel School, Lower Campus) for those six weeks, district officials said. The district estimates there will be about 700 students at the school for those six weeks, before 320 peel off for Laurel School, Upper Campus. Eventually each school is expected to have about 360 students. A “Golden Beam Ceremony” will celebrate the completion of the steel structure of the build-

ing and the closing in of the exterior walls at noon Friday, April 1, at the school, 275 Elliott Drive in Menlo Park, the site of the former O’Connor School. Students, staff, parents and community members will be invited to sign a “golden beam” and tour the project. The new school will serve third- to fifth-grade students in the attendance area of the current kindergarten to third-grade Laurel School. Mr. Sheikholeslami said all available spaces at Laurel, including the staff room and multi-purpose room, will be used for teaching during the six weeks until the new campus opens. A

School teams compete on state level By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

tudents from Woodland School in Portola Valley will be going to the state championships for two problemsolving competitions in April. Three teams of sixth- and eighth-graders will compete in the Destination Imagination tournament on Saturday, April 2, after earning first, second and third place in a regional tournament in March. Another team of four fourth- and fifth-graders will compete in a “Future Problem Solvers” event April 16 and 17. Destination Imagination is an international competition with students from third grade through university level solving open-ended challenges in the

fields of science, technology, engineering, math, fine arts and service learning. Future Problem Solver teams research topics in depth and explore their social, political, economic, and technological implications. Teams then brainstorm and explore the various challenges posed by each topic and detail and evaluate potential solutions. In the Future Problem Solvers’ competition, the team of fourth-graders Aneesh Tiwari and Cooper McCreary and fifth-graders Grant Mackenzie and Sam Johnson will compete at the state level on the theme of “Recovering from a Natural Disaster.” Destination Imagination team members are:

Q Sixth grade: Brynn Brady, Trevor Kaskade, Kayla George, Stefan Minkowski and Riley Minkowski, coached by Amy Shaw; and Brindha Ramanathan, Beatrice Rienhoff. Anja Linkwitz, Rohan Aggarwa and Nick McKee, coached by Meena Tahiliani and Patrick McKee. (Sixth-grader Truman Reynolds also participated in the tournament on an outside team, coached by his mother, which placed first in the structural division.) Q Eighth grade: Samik Mathur, Paige Briggs, Alexa Brown, Nate George, Kyle Lespade, Evan DiMarco and Dominic Mattiello, coached by Debbie and Richard Mattiello. Both programs are optional after-school activities. A

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Angie Coiro, center, hosted history professors Edith Sheffer, left, and Charles Postel at Kepler’s Books on March 23 to discuss “The Trump/Hitler Comparison.”

Two history professors discuss Trump and Hitler comparison By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer

bout 35 people came to Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park on March 23 for an hour of conversation with radio veteran Angie Coiro and two history professors on comparing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to the German despot Adolph Hitler. Critics of this discussion are “afraid we are diminishing the importance of one of the greatest horrors of modern times,” Ms. Coiro said. “What we’re doing here today is (a) serious and respectful (look) at the parallels between the rise of Hitler and the ascendancy of Donald Trump to the forefront of the American Republican Party.” Ms. Coiro’s program, “In Deep,” is recorded live at Kepler’s and airs Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on radio station KALW (at 91.7 FM). Go to InDeepRadio.com to hear past programs. Her guests were Edith Sheffer, assistant professor of modern European history and German studies at Stanford University, and Charles Postel, associate professor of history at San Francisco State University, where he focuses on political thought and social movements, and teaches a course on American exceptionalism. The economically dispossessed were part of Hitler’s audience, as they are of Mr. Trump’s, but Hitler’s popularity was a “big tent” movement, as is Mr. Trump’s, Ms. Sheffer said. Nazism succeeded, she said, because it cut across social

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cleavages such as religion, gender, class, and urban versus rural. “To listen to (Mr. Trump’s) speeches, you would think that we are on the verge of calamity,” she said. “The sense of national demise is really there.” His remedies — xenophobia and deportation — and his habit of citing his poll numbers and the size of his rallies, feed into his mythmaking enterprise, she said. “If you read his speeches, you get a sense of magical thinking: anything is possible,” Ms. Sheffer said. “We can make America great again. It is possible to deport 11 million, 12 million Mexicans; it is possible to ban Muslims.” A candidate who projects a mythical image without specific policies can create a blank slate onto which people will project what they agree with and dismiss what they disagree with, she said. Hitler did that with anti-Semitism, winning over people who thought he would discard those views once in office, she said. Political violence at rallies is also something the two men

have in common, Ms. Sheffer said. The violence at Hitler’s rallies “was very much a dramatization, as we’re beginning to see at Trump rallies,” she said. “I definitely see parallels with the climate of political violence that then escalated in Weimar Germany, and how, ironically, this fed ... Hitler’s image of law and order, and how, ironically, these protests are feeding into a Trump image of law and order. The strong man.” Racial coding

“We have, in this country, a long history of racially charged and xenophobic politics,” Mr. Postel said. “It didn’t start with Trump, and it’s been concentrated in the Republican Party over the last 20 or 30 years (and the party) is giving voice to this in ways that it has never done before, in more brutal forms than it’s ever done before.” “There’s this notion that every opponent is a traitor, someone trying to destroy the country,” Mr. Postel said. “And if you really believe that a supporter of Barack Obama is an enemy of the United States, trying to hand the country over to Muslims, why shouldn’t you beat them up? You should beat them up.” An important difference: Mr. Trump is using rhetoric, whereas Hitler used thugs, Mr. Postel said. Hitler arose after a devastating war and national humiliation, with millions out of work. That’s not the case today, Mr. Postel said, not with 72 months of job growth. “Yes, incomes have been See TRUMP, page 22

Michael James Fink received his angel wings and entered into heaven on March 17, 2016. He was at home, surrounded by his family. Mike was 62 and had battled with an extremely rare cancer for two years. He is predeceased by his inspirational father, Donald James Fink, and survived by his loving wife Adrienne Dematteis Fink, their two amazing sons Brandon Joseph and Justin Michael, and his loving mother Patrica Ann Fink, brothers Richard Haughton (Nancy) and Steve Haughton (Celeste), sisters Evelyn Miller (Jim), Debi Yob (Tom), Linda Ramsey (Robert) and Laura Carthy, and his birth mother Jackie Loveridge. He worked at Critchfield Mechanical Inc. as an accounts receivable Manager. For twelve years, he spread his love of sports in serving as a little league coach, understandably proud to be honored as such in the post seasons as the All Star Team Coach. As his family and lifelong friends will attest, somewhere up in heaven, Mike has made the All Star team. A celebration of his life is planned for April 8th at Sparky’s Hot Rod Garage. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Stanford Cancer Center, Belmont Little League, or the Mike Fink Memorial Fund, c/o Menlo Atherton High School Athletic Department. PA I D

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does not receive the treatment regularly. Plus, true to the spirit of Sili92-year-old World War con Valley, he said he plans to II veteran took the dais launch a startup, or even two. at the Menlo Park City After serving in the U.S. Army Council meeting on March 15 from 1942 to 1946, he said, to tell how rising housing costs he had a career in industrial design and became a pioneer in are forcing him out of the city. “I’m here today, unfortu- the field of “innovation mannately, because I’m really sad agement.” Having to leave the and somewhat angry as well,” area could impact his work, he he told the council. “And why? said. Mayor Rich Cline told him, Because I and hundreds of others valley residents are being “First, (the ability of people to essentially uprooted and evict- stay in their homes) is probably ed. ... We know Menlo Park is the biggest issue that keeps us up at night.” a super aff luent “We may not community, but on the outside look does that make it ‘I and hundreds like we’re doing a OK to dump all of others great job of it,” he renters unless they added. can pay up?” residents are Council memThe man, who asked the Alma- being essentially bers said they plan uprooted and to have a discusnac not to idension about houstify him, said his evicted.’ ing issues with landlord told him in November that A WORLD WAR II VETERAN the city’s housing commission, tenhe would have to leave his Menlo Park home tatively scheduled for April 26. In previous council meetof 18 years at the end of June; whether it was because he ings, Councilwoman Kirsten could no longer keep pace with Keith has asked that city staff increasing rent or because the research such housing policies owner was selling the building as mandatory nonbinding arbitration, long-term leases and was not clear. He signed an agreement to tenant-relocation assistance. At the March 15 meeting, the leave but has no plans for where to go. His apartment is filled council approved on a 5-0 vote with books stacked floor to an annual report on the city’s ceiling, wartime memorabilia “housing element,” part of the and travel keepsakes he doesn’t general plan. The report said there were 748 housing units want to part with. He receives monthly treat- under construction in 2015. Of ment for macular degeneration those, 25 were for very-low at the Palo Alto VA hospital, income residents and 20 for and said he will go blind if he low-income residents. A By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

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Does Greenheart complex have enough housing? By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer

ousing near the train station, and whether there is enough of it, was a key issue raised March 21 during a Menlo Park Planning Commission meeting on Greenheart Development Co.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed 420,000-square-foot mixed use development in downtown Menlo Park. Greenheart plans to build 181 rental apartments (202,100 square feet), offices occupying 188,900 to 199,300 square feet, and retail space of from 18,600 to 29,000 square feet. The retail could include restaurants, shops and â&#x20AC;&#x153;personal serviceâ&#x20AC;? business, such as a salon or yoga studio. The commission held a study session on the project, which Greenheart is calling Station 1300 (named for its location at 1300 El Camino Real near the train station), and a public hearing on a draft environmental impact report. Of the rental units, 21 would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;juniorâ&#x20AC;? one-bedroom apartments, 71 would be larger onebedroom apartments, 82 would

have two bedrooms, and seven would have three bedrooms. Ten of the units would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;below market rateâ&#x20AC;? and would have rent prices set according to a city formula, said Bob Burke, principal at Greenheart Land Co. Rent prices have not yet been determined, he said, as they likely wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ready for occupancy until 2019. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forecast that far out,â&#x20AC;? he said. Because Greenheart would build structures taller and larger than the base-level of development allowed on the site, the developer would have to provide some public benefit. The amount and nature of that benefit is something the city will hash out with the developer. Greenheart has offered to pay the city $2.1 million as a public benefit. That amount is roughly equivalent to one-third of the value of the additional development allowed by the city, according to an evaluation by the consulting firm BAE. Some planning commissioners, including John Onken and Susan Goodhue, said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see that $2.1 million invested in more below-market-

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A rendering of the proposed development planned for 1300 El Camino Real, which would include 181 rental apartments. This view is from Oak Grove Avenue.

rate housing units. Others, such as Commissioner John Kadvany, said the public benefit money could be put toward a major infrastructure project the city is studying, such as a pedestrian/bike tunnel under the railroad track near Middle Avenue or a downtown parking garage. Housing

Patti Fry, a former Menlo Park planning commissioner, said she would prefer the developer use the additional square footage allowed by the public benefit bonus for

more housing, rather than more offices. Housing near the Caltrain station is one of the priorities of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s El Camino Real/downtown specific plan, she noted. Former councilman Steve Schmidt also called for more housing in the project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menlo Park should build housing now while the zoning and the appropriate sites are available,â&#x20AC;? he said in an email. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the project may be in technical compliance with the Specific Plan, ... (the) project exceeds the base development for office, creating more local

traffic problems and exacerbating the jobs/housing imbalance in Menlo Park.â&#x20AC;? Traffic

Ms. Fry and several others, such as Commissioner Katie Ferrick, said the range of square footage for both office and retail space didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t provide enough clarity about the traffic impacts from the development. Also, they said, the traffic impacts could vary by the kind of retail that goes on the site â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurants, shops See GREENHEART, page 12

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Key Greenheart issues: housing, public benefits continued from page 11

or “personal services” businesses. Both Ms. Fry and Ms. Ferrick cautioned against creating dead spaces — where nothing is happening during long stretches of the day, such as at some kinds of personal fitness studios. “We need to make sure this is as lively as possible,” said Ms. Fry. Mark Spencer of W-Trans, a California traffic engineering consulting firm, analyzed the

A public plaza, about half an acre in size, would be set between two office buildings, and would have an adjacent amphitheater area and possibly restaurants. STEVE PIERCE, GREENHEART PRINCIPAL

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tions. One mitigation measure analyzed was to change traffic signal timing on El Camino Real. That could help, Mr. Spencer said, but would only ameliorate traffic queuing by about 10 percent, if done well. “A bit of congestion,” he said, can encourage people to use other transit modes. “You don’t want to keep building your way out of congestion,” he said, explaining that in his experience, it’s more effective to get people off the road, using alternate transit modes, than to add more lanes. Peak traffic hours in Menlo Park are lengthening, as local drivers well know. Mr. Spencer said evening traffic in Menlo

Park used to peak between 4:30 and 6 p.m. Now there’s a high amount of traffic as early as 3 p.m., and that’s not just because of Menlo-Atherton High School, he said. Willow Road is jammed from about 3 to 7:30 p.m. Traffic is already so bad that it doesn’t take much new development to tip the traffic-impact scale to a “significant and unavoidable” level on downtown roadways, he said. Open space

Clem Molony, who said he has lived in Menlo Park for 40 years, said the fact that the Greenheart development was “transit-oriented” and featured underground parking and open space were pluses for him. Commissioners said they appreciated that 49 percent of the development’s ground level would be open space, much of which would be open to the public. Some wondered if the public would actually use it as a public

space, given its layout. A public plaza, about half an acre in size, would be set between two office buildings, and would have an adjacent amphitheater area and possibly restaurants, Greenheart principal Steve Pierce said. There would also be a park open to the public. Skip Hilton, a 23-year Menlo Park resident, said the mix of smaller rental units proposed in the project would increase the population density downtown, but still minimize the impact on schools. Public comment

The public comment period on the draft environmental impact report ends on April 4. Comments can be emailed to Thomas Rogers, principal planner, at: throgers@menlopark.org — or by mail to: Thomas Rogers, City of Menlo Park Community Development Department, Planning Division, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park CA 94025. A

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Atherton shows off design for new civic center By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer

he juxtaposition between the current town facilities and the proposed design for a new civic center — library, town offices and police department — was stark when about 100 people attended a joint meeting of the City Council and the Civic Center Advisory Committee in Holbrook-Palmer Park’s Jennings Pavilion on March 21. The town showed off the plans architects WRNS Studio has drawn for a new civic center after airing a five-minute video showing the ill-repair of the current facilities. Narrated by advisory com-

mittee member Paul Tonelli, the video shows cramped and deteriorating conditions in the existing facilities. “We are still in a losing battle to keep our facilities safe and operable,” he says in the video. Tinyurl.com/Civic-video has a link to watch the video online. Some of the current facilities were built before World War II. Others are temporary buildings that have become permanent and are, literally, falling apart. “Even rats have been known to damage our equipment,” Mr. Tonelli says in the video. In the cramped police quarters, “men and women have to share a single shower,” he says. “We need a more secure facility

to protect our residents.” The design of the new facilities shows the police and town offices in two wings of what the advisory committee is calling a “Santa Barbara Mission Style” two-story building that fronts on Fair Oaks Lane. A new one-story building that will serve as the council chamber and an emergency operations center is at the end of the police wing, and a two-story lobby joins the two wings. The library is a modern, onestory building adjoining the current historic town hall (the current council chamber), which will be renovated to be part of the library. Ample public open space is shown between the buildings. The plans — along with a cost

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estimate from the project managers, consultants Mack5 — will go back to the Civic Center Advisory Committee for fine tuning before being presented to the Council for approval. The council will consider the plans at either its April 20 or May 4 meeting, depending on when the cost estimate is ready. At the March 21 meeting, Mayor Elizabeth Lewis said the project is “closer than we ever have been to reality.” Mayor Lewis said she’s been working on the civic center project for seven years, but others have been trying to get new town facilities for as long as 25 years. Councilman Rick DeGolia, who with Mayor Lewis serves as a liaison to the advisory committee, said he hopes that enough money can be raised to make the civic center net-zero energy, producing as much energy as it consumes. “One thing I’ve been particularly passionate about ... is to make this building as sustainable as we possibly can afford,” he said. The building is designed to accommodate energy-saving features such as solar panels if and when the town can pay for them, he said. “If we can do it,

this civic center would be the first zero net energy civic center in California,” Mr. DeGolia said. He said if the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission goes ahead with plans to replace the 3-foot-diameter water main that now runs through the site, the town is considering reusing the existing steel pipe for a heat pump. “It’s already in place, and we don’t have to buy it,” he said. Kim Young, part of the Atherton Now group working to raise most of the funds needed to build the civic center, said she was inspired by seeing Portola Valley’s recently-built town center. That center “really embraces everybody,” she said, with picnic benches and play areas and a farmers’ market every week. “We would love to see some of that here,” she said, to “really make our neighbors feel close and have a real heart to our town.” Once the council has approved the design, the architects will spend the next six months refining it, including floor plans, site plans and specifics of the engineering, building materials, landscaping, plumbing, lighting, mechanical and other details. A

Sewer district board member resigns A West Bay Sanitary District board member has resigned after an attorney for the district discovered that it’s against the law for a district employee to serve on the board, district manager Phil Scott said. Rich Kinder, a field supervisor for the district, ran unopposed for the seat in November and was appointed to board in December. He voted in several board meetings, not knowing it was against the law for an employee to serve on the

board, Mr. Scott said. “It was my bad for not identifying that provision of the government code at the outset,” Anthony Condotti, an attorney for the district, said. The board is seeking to fill the seat and invites applicants to submit a brief statement of interest and qualifications to the district no later than April 21. Go to tinyurl.com/WB-325 or call Phil Scott at (650) 321-0384 for more information.

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1289 Woodland Avenue, Menlo Park Offered at $2,488,000 Gated Property Forms Inviting Retreat Escape to the privacy of this charming 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 2,520 sq. ft. (per county) that occupies a lot of 12,545 sq. ft. (per county). Bathed in natural light, the home boasts three fireplaces and oak floors. Inside, enjoy upgraded kitchen and bathroom spaces, flexible bedrooms, and an expansive master suite, while alluring outdoor spaces offer patios and a covered hot tub. The home includes an attached two-car garage and easily accesses local shopping, dining, and excellent Menlo Park schools.

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G U I D E T O 2016 S U M M E R C A M P S F O R K I D S

For more information about these camps, see our online directory of camps at www.paloaltoonline.com/biz/summercamps/ To advertise in this weekly directory, call: 650.326.8210

Arts, Culture, Other Camps Art and Soul Summer Camps

Palo Alto

Summer Unplugged! Art, Cooking, Yoga and Mindfulness. Weekly full, morning or afternoon options. Walter Hays Elementary School. Kinder-Grade Seven. June 6 –July 22. Register online.

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650.269.0423

Hi-Five Sports Summer Camp

Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton, CA

Children enjoy up to 8 different team sports a week of outdoor fun and fundamentals. With over 25 years of experience and we are the best provider of youth recreational sports in the nation!

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Camp Galileo: 40+ Bay Area Locations Innovation Camps for Kids Inspire a spirit of bold exploration in your pre-k – 5th grader. Art, science and outdoor fun while building lasting innovation skills like how to embrace challenges and create without fear. Four fresh themes for 2016.

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Camp Imagineerz

Palo Alto

Imagine a space full of ideas, fun materials and limitless possibilities – where creativity is celebrated and failure is embraced. Where children learn the power of an “i-can” mindset through Performing Arts, Building, and Play!

www.imagineeerz-learning.com 650.318.5002 Community School of Mountain View Music and Arts (CSMA) 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, School of Rock, Digital Arts, more! One- and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care available. Financial aid offered.

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Environmental Volunteers Summer Camp

Palo Alto

Discover nature this summer at Explore! & Girls In Science summer day camps with the Environmental Volunteers in Palo Alto! Field trips, live animals, and hands-on science activities will bring nature alive to kids in grades 1-6. Register and learn more.

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650.493.8000

Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)

Palo Alto

PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of fun opportunities! We are excited to introduce two new camps to our lineup this year: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.) and PACCC Special Interest Units (S.I.U.). Also included are returning favorites F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment), J.V. Sports and Operation: Chef! Periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the fun offerings of PACCC Summer Camps! Open to campers from all communities! Come join the fun in Palo Alto! Register online.

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EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford! Stanford EXPLORE offers high schoolers the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineProgramering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.

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Adventure awaits at J-Camp! With options for grades K-12 that fit every schedule and interest, you can mix and match camps to meet your family’s needs. Are you looking for well-rounded camp sessions that focus on variety and building friendships? We’ve got you covered. Does your child have specific talents you’d like them to explore in depth? Send them our way. We’re looking forward to our best summer ever and want your family to be part of the experience!

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Menlo School Sports Camps

Atherton

Menlo camps are designed for boys and girls grades 4–12 to learn from Knights coaches and staff. Join us this summer to develop skills, foster athleticism and promote sportsmanship in camps covering a range of sports — baseball, basketball, football, lacrosse, soccer and water polo.

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Junior Overnight and Day Camps for boys & girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult Weekend Clinics (June & Aug). Camps directed by Head Men’s Coach, Paul Goldstein, Head Women’s Coach, Lele Forood, and Associate Men’s and Women’s Coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Come join the fun and get better this summer!

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Stanford Baseball Camps

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Stanford Baseball Camps have gained national recognition as the some of the finest in the country. These camps are designed to be valuable and beneficial for a wide range of age groups and skill sets. From the novice 7 year-old, to the Division 1, professionally skilled high school player, you will find a camp that fulfills your needs.

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Ages 7 and up. New to sport or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or fully day option for boys and girls. All the camps offer fundamental skill work, scrimmages and games.

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Harker summer programs for preschool – grade 12 children include opportunities for academics, arts, athletics and activities. Taught by exceptional, experienced faculty and staff, our programs offer something for everyone in a safe and supportive environment.

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iD Tech Camps

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Students ages 7–17 can learn to code, design video games, mod Minecraft, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build websites, print 3D models, and more. Campers meet new friends, learn awesome STEM skills, and gain self-confidence.

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iD Tech Mini

Palo Alto

At Palo Alto High School. Kids ages 6-9 can discover programming, game design, robotics, or graphic design. And with an emphasis on creativity, friendship, and exploration, every camper becomes a maker of fun. We’ve packed every halfday camp session with tons of tech awesomeness.

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iD Programming Academy

Stanford

At this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in programming, app development, electrical engineering, and robotics. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.

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iD Game Design and Development Academy

Stanford

At this two-week, overnight academy, students ages 13-18 explore advanced topics in 3D modeling and printing, video game design, programming, and level design. Create an awesome portfolio, get industry insights, and gain a competitive advantage for college and future careers.

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Mid-Peninsula High School Summer Session

Menlo Park

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Palo Alto High School

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Palo Alto

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TheatreWorks Summer Camps

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Girls ages 10-15 discover technology in a unique environment that celebrates creativity, philanthropy, and entrepreneurship. Girls learn engineering principles, code games, design websites, model and print 3D objects, and much more.

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The Bay Area Pathways Academy(tm) (BAPA) is an enhanced new summer for students entering grades 6 to 9 which offers an exciting array of grade-appropriate academic classes, engaging enrichment classes and fun fitness and aquatics classes, including the opportunity to register for up to 3 two-week sessions.

Stanford University

Twelve innovative majors to explore. 5th – 8th graders dive into a subject that inspires you. Design video games, engineer catapults, build go-karts, paint with electricity, create a delectable dish. Every week is a new opportunity to realize your personal vision.

Mid-Pen’s Summer Session provides innovative, one-week courses that go beyond traditional high school curriculum. Our program offers students courses for summer enrichment and make up high school credits. We have designed creative courses in math, science, English, and Spanish, with options including Physics of Flight and Rocketry, History of the Reagan Years, College Essay Workshop, Creative Writing, Introduction to the Digital Arts, and Drama. Basketball and volleyball clinics suitable for beginning to advanced players. All high school students are welcome to attend. Dates are June 20th to July 21st. Classes are held from 9:30am–2:30pm. Visit our website for full class listings.

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Week-long jazz immersion programs for young musicians in middle school (starts July 13), high school (July 19 and July 26), and college, as well as adults (August 2). All instruments and vocals.

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Write Now! Summer Writing Camps

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Palo Alto / Pleasanton

Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing, and Presentation Techniques. Visit our website for more information.

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Palo Alto

In these entertaining camps for grades K-5, students enjoy juggling, clowning, puppetry, playwriting, acting, improvisation, music, dance — and present their own original pieces at the end of each session.

YMCA Summer Camps Throughout Silicon Valley

Casti Camp offers girls a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips.

At the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps at 30+ locations plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Financial assistance is available.

www.theatreworks.org/learn/youth/summercamps

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n parks and woods in general, we are surrounded by lifeforms other than human, some large and some small. In that second category, the question arises: How small are we talking about? The images on this page, with the help of a macro lens, represent a mid-March snapshot eye and making a of life visible to the naked na go of it right now in and around Woodside â&#x20AC;&#x201D; at Edgewood Park, Wunderlich Park and Preserve. tthe he Kite Hill Open Space Sp

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Clear Labs co-founders Mahni Ghorashi, seated on couch, left, and Sasan Amini, seated right, with other employees of Clear Labs, a Menlo Park food analytics startup.

Analyzing food at molecular level By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Write

NOTICE OF VACANCY WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT 500 LAUREL STREET MENLO PARK, CA 94025 Due to the resignation of former Director Rich Kinder, a vacancy exists on the Board of Directors of the West Bay Sanitary District. Pursuant to Government Code Section 1780, a copy of this Notice of Vacancy is being posted in three or more conspicuous places in the District, and a provisional appointment to fill the vacancy may be made by the Board of Directors fifteen (15) days after such posting. The Board of Directors will consider making an appointment at its meeting on April 27th, 2016. If an appointment is made, the appointee will hold office until the next regular election of the West Bay Sanitary District, in November, 2017, and the office will be up for election for a two-year term thereafter. Anyone interested in serving on the Board for the duration of this term is encouraged to submit a brief statement of interest and qualifications, which should be submitted to the District no later than April 21st, 2016 in order to be included in the agenda packet for the April 27th, 2016 meeting. Eligible candidates for the position must reside in and be registered to vote in the West Bay Sanitary District. Please contact the District office if you have any questions. Phil Scott, District Manager 500 Laurel Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 321 0384 Fax: (650) 321 4265 20 Q The Almanac Q TheAlmanacOnline.com Q March 30, 2016

hat’s actually in the food you eat? A Menlo Park startup is dedicated to answering that question by analyzing food composition down to the molecular level. The business, called Clear Labs, does molecular analyses for food companies seeking to screen food for ingredient quality. The company, located at 1455 Adams Drive in east Menlo Park, also makes available to the public reports on food products. Clear Labs’ founders — Mahni Ghorashi and Sasan Amini — started the business in 2013. Both foodies working in biotech, they began by using genomic information in the public domain to conduct their tests, but soon found their own data to be more reliable, Mr. Ghorashi said in an interview with the Almanac. Since then, he said, “We’ve built the world’s largest molecular food database.” The business’ main product is called Clear View, an analysis that flags for food manufacturers products or brands that have hygienic issues or substitute ingredients not found on the label. The information can protect brands and reduce the risk of food recalls, according to Brittany Solano, Clear Labs’ spokesperson. The company releases public reports, called “Clear Foods,”

unique to each species, creating a kind of ID marker. The DNA barcoding process which offer an analysis of one they use, Mr. Ghorashi said, kind of food among many differ- can sequence genes far more quickly and cheaply than in ent brands, said Mr. Ghorashi. The first Clear Foods report, the past. Since the Human which analyzed hot dog prod- Genome Project was completed ucts and brands, went viral in 2003 for about $2.7 billion, in October 2015 when find- the technology and speed of the ings indicated that out of 345 DNA sequencing process have meat and vegetarian hot dog improved immensely. Now, the samples tested from grocery whole process to sequence an chain stores, about 14 percent entire genome costs an average contained substitutions or had of about $1,245, according to hygienic problems. Twenty per- the National Human Genome cent of vegetarian hot dog prod- Research Institute, and for Clear Labs, about three uct samples were days to process, he flagged for hygienic reasons. Other veg- ‘We’ve built the said. When asked etarian products claimed to have world’s largest what inspired him and his co-founder more than double the protein than molecular food to start the company, Mr. Ghorashi was really there. database.’ said it was partly In November, the because he’s a selfcompany released CLEAR L ABS FOUNDERS described foodie, MAHNI GHORASHI a report on turkey but also because and turkey products using the same metrics. the processed food industry is Of 158 samples of turkey prod- a $4 trillion global market, and ucts, the company found that “there’s a very large and compel13.5 percent had substitutions, ling market emerging around hygienic problems or missing food analytics.” Clear Labs has 15 employees ingredients. Whole turkey eaten over the holidays, the report and has raised about $8 million said, had on average 54 more from “leading Silicon Valley calories and 5.5 more grams of firms,” he said. The business is not publishing the names of fat than the label stated. The company uses a pro- customers or financial data at cess called DNA barcoding to this time, Ms. Solano said, but identify the segments of DNA she added that it is piloting its it finds in the food products product with “some of the counit tests. That process uses spe- try’s top 10 manufacturers and cific sequences of DNA that are retailers.” A Q BUS I N E S S

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Baxter helps thousands with hearing problems By Kate Daly Special to the Almanac

ver the years in her practice as a clinical audiologist, Dr. Jane Baxter of Menlo Park figures she has treated well over 20,000 people with hearing problems. That number reflects mostly patients living in the immediate area, but now also includes hundreds of children and adults treated on recent trips to refugee camps and health centers in Jordan and Guatemala. She plans to go to Zambia in May. As she celebrates her 30th anniversary with Pacific Hearing Service in Menlo Park by handing out chocolate ears on April 5, Dr. Baxter is adding to her workload by creating a nonprofit organization to help even more people with hearing issues. She’s already accepting donated hearing aids. Dr. Baxter’s career includes teaching hearing impaired children and working at Stanford in clinical audiology and research. Starting in 1986, she partnered with Jennifer Fargo Lathrop at Pacific Hearing Service when it was located in one office in Los Altos. They co-owned the business for more than 20 years, expanding to a second office in Atherton in 1991. In 2007 they moved to their current space at 3555 Alameda de las Pulgas in Menlo Park. Dr. Deborah Wilson Clark joined as a partner and now runs the Los Altos office. Dr. Baxter, who manages the Menlo Park office, often walks to work with her husband, Steve Beck, who recently joined the formerly all-female staff as head of operations. Dr. Baxter, whose patients range in age from 6 months to 103 years, says she has noticed a trend toward hearing loss at a younger age. Vaccines for mumps and meningitis have cut back on childhood hearing problems, but listening to loud music, ear infections, lots of wax build up, certain viruses, chemotherapy and recessive genes can all cause trouble, she says. She’s also seeing a higher rate of people in their 40s and 50s coming in to be fit for hearing aids because they have noticed a deficit and want to address it so they can continue their active lifestyles. There have been significant advances in hearing aid technology in the past five years, she says. Devices with microchips can be programmed to fit indi-

vidual needs, and can be hidden inside the ear canal and worn for extended periods of time. “Receiver in canal” (RIC) hearing aids account for about 70 percent of the market, she says. Devices can also be designed for more occasional use and attached externally in or behind the ear.

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flat for a long time (but) thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on here,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a tapping of racial and other resentments.â&#x20AC;? Ms. Coiro asked about the ability of a politician to â&#x20AC;&#x153;speak to two sides of the street at the same time.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In terms of racial politics, I think a good example would be Ronald Reagan, who was an expert at racially coding things,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Postel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He knew how to signal racism, but always with a smile and always with complete deniability.â&#x20AC;? Mr. Reagan was also an expert at ridiculing the media, saying it was biased and not to be believed, Mr. Postel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But he did it in sort of a kind and joking HEARING continued from page 21

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way. Trump actually does the same, but uses violent language against the media and makes jokes about actually murdering journalists,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has the same deniability.â&#x20AC;? Among Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the only thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not diverse about them is their skin color. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s white people, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mainly white people,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Postel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trump is relatively adept at appealing to people who are upset with the trade deals,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;His basic appeal, though, is race. ... He puts deporting the Mexicans and building the wall at the center of every campaign speech, and I think thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason for that. That is the basis of the appeal. People are voting for him on that basis.â&#x20AC;? If Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supporters think

the life of the country is at stake, they may well think they have to take out black protestors and Mexicans and Muslims, Ms. Coiro said, then asked whether we can learn from history and get people to question their views. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Political combat has always been tough, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been ugly, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been hard fought,â&#x20AC;? Mr. Postel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no reason to think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to end. (But) we cannot have one of our major political parties be a party of white resentment and white power and xenophobia. We have a majority of these people controlling state legislatures across this country, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider Trump an outlier. ... Trump may not win, but we are going to have this banging on our door until this is solved.â&#x20AC;? A

connected to her hearing aid via Bluetooth. Another customer, Peggy MacLeod of Woodside, swears by her Lyric hearing aid because she can go worry-free for months before she has to go in and have it taken out to replace the batteries. Rechargeable batteries are on the horizon, Dr. Baxter says.

She lets customers demo for a week different models from different manufacturers so they can get used to hearing sounds again. Dr. Baxter is the granddaughter and daughter of ear, nose and throat doctors. One of her own daughters is an audiologist and the other just finished her residency in pediatrics. A

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Art

Âś%HDXW\ RI :RRG )LUH 9RO Âˇ Collection of carved ceramic creations by Misako Kambe of Menlo Park. Monday-Saturday, April 1-30, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Free. Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Call 650-3210220. www.portolaartgallery.com

Benefits/Fundraisers 3HQLQVXOD 9ROXQWHHUV $XWKRU 6DORQ /XQFKHRQ Authors Lynn Freed, LM Reynolds, Patrick Hunt, William Carlsen and Bruce Henderson will attend. Visit website for more info. April 10, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. $125. Sharon Heights Golf & Country Club, 2900 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park. Call 650-326-0665 ext. 5001. www.penvol.org

Classes/Workshops

+DQGV RQ +LVWRU\ Fuse Theatre and San Mateo County History Museum hold a Pecha Kucha workshop for adults. Participants discuss their thoughts on immigration related to the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land of Opportunity: The Immigrant Experience in San Mateo County.â&#x20AC;? April 9, 1-4 p.m. $25 member; $35 nonmember. San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Call 650-296-3638. www.historysmc.org/ main.php?page=hoh 6DQ 0DWHR &RXQW\ +LVWRU\ Historian Michael Svanevik leads class covering history of Peninsula in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Little-known tales, two world wars, country club competition, pioneering aviation and unique (and often strange) personalities. Wednesdays, March 9-April 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. $53 series; $12 drop in. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025 ext. 242. www.penvol.org/ littlehouse

Clubs/Meetings

/LWWOH +RXVH %RRN &OXE talks about â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last Bus to Wisdomâ&#x20AC;? by Ivan Doig. April 6, 12:30-2 p.m. Free. Little House Activity Center, Conference Room, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025 ext. 242. www.penvol.org/ littlehouse &RORU 0H &DOP weekly meeting for adults provides materials to enjoy de-stressing activity of coloring during lunchtime. Fridays, March 4-April 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560. www.smcl.org

(QJOLVK &RQYHUVDWLRQ &OXEV Practice English conversation skills with other English language learners and volunteer facilitators. Two meeting times: Wednesdays, through May 25, 10:15-11:15 a.m., Arrillaga Family Gymnasium, Conference Room, 600 Alma St., Menlo Park; and Wednesdays, through June 1, 5-6 p.m. , Menlo Park Library, downstairs meeting room, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. Free. Call 650-3302517. www.projectreadmenlopark.org /HJR &OXE Visitors of all ages use imaginations to build with Lego blocks. Duplo blocks available for younger builders. April 9, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-8510560. www.smcl.org 65, 2UJDQRQ 7RDVWPDVWHUV helps community members become better public speakers and leaders. Guests welcome to visit and join. Tuesdays, year-round, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. SRI International, Building G, Laurel Street at Mielke Drive, Menlo Park. Call 650-451-2724. www.sriorganon.com :ULWLQJ <RXU &DQFHU -RXUQH\ Complimentary group for patients and caregivers dealing with cancer offers supportive community to generate and share writing. Beginning and experienced writers welcome. Sponsored by Stanford Cancer Supportive Care Program. First and third Wednesdays of the month, through June 15, 1:15-3:15 p.m. Free. Hoover Pavilion, Conference Room 208, 211 Quarry Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-725-9456. stanfordhealthcare.org/events/writing-your-cancerjourney.html

Concerts

*XLWDULVW DQG YRFDOLVW )UHGG\ &ODUNH performs classical, flamenco, rock and jazz music at this Woodside Arts & Culture Committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s First Friday event. He will be joined by his mother, Pearl Clarke, a vocalist specializing in Mexican folk songs. Together they recorded a CD entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Recuerdos De Mi Mama.â&#x20AC;? April 1, 7 p.m. Free. Woodside Independence Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside. woodsidetown.org/artsandculture/arts-culturecommittee-events

Dance .HLJZLQ &RPSDQ\ Âś%ROHUR 6LOLFRQ 9DOOH\Âˇ Led by theatrical New York choreographer Larry Keigwin, Keigwin + Company will bring to Stanford Live â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bolero Silicon Valley,â&#x20AC;? a large-scale dance production involving local civilian performers that celebrates the Silicon Valley community. April 2, 7:30 p.m.; April 3, 2:30 p.m. $15-$65. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford. live.stanford.edu

Exhibits

Âś:KR :H %HÂˇ Cantor Arts Center exhibit closely examines visual culture since 1965 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; focusing on images, works and ideas from contemporary art, justice movements and popular culture that reflect on demographic and cultural change in North America. Wednesday-Monday, March 30-Aug. 29, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday till 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu

Family & Kids

%DELHV DQG %RRNV 6WRU\WLPH for infants up to 18 months old. Age-appropriate toys available for play after session. April 4, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560. www.smcl.org /LWWOH &KHIV &RRNLQJ )XQ IRU &KLOGUHQ ages 2 to 6 and their caregivers. Participants chop, stir, spread and measure while learning basics of food preparation and creating dishes. Jeni Clancy from Parents Place shows how cooking can be a fun, participatory, healthy and tasty experience. April 8, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Portola Valley Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call 650-851-0560. www.smcl. org

Health

/LYLQJ +HDOWK\ Peninsula Volunteers and Sequoia Healthcare District co-host interactive and informative course called Living Healthy, covering healthy eating, exercise, stress and pain management, memory, communications and more. Healthy snacks will be served. Mondays, March 7-April 18, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025 ext. 242. www.penvol.org/littlehouse

On Stage

Âś5HQWÂˇ Stanford Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head Theatrical Society will present a production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rent,â&#x20AC;? Jonathan Larsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical about falling in love, finding a voice and living for today. Visit website to learn more and buy tickets. April 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16, 8-10:30 p.m. $10-$22. Memorial Auditorium, 551 Serra Mall, Stanford. musical.stanford.edu ÂśWRN\R ILVK VWRU\Âˇ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley stages Northern California premiere of play by Kimber Lee â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a comic drama centering on a sushi masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggles to preserve ancient artistry in the face of a society bent on change. See website for times and tickets. Wednesday-Sunday, March 9-April 3. Prices vary (discounts available for those ages 30 and under). Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. www.theatreworks.org/ shows/1516-season/tokyo-fish-story Âś7RR 0XFK 7RR 0XFK 7RR 0DQ\Âˇ Dragon Productions stages play by Meghan Kennedy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a bittersweet, poignant and funny drama about the walls people build to protect their hearts and when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to break them down. March 24-April 10, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $30 adult; $25 senior, student. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. Call 650-493-2006 ext. 2. www. dragonproductions.net

Religion/Spirituality /LIHWUHH &DIH :KR :DV -HVXV Âł 5HDOO\" Two hourlong conversations on identity of Jesus. Complimentary refreshments served. March 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; March 31, 9:1510:15 a.m. Free. Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-8545897. facebook.com/LTCMenloPark

Alice Kleeman honored Board members of the Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation announced recently the naming of its community college scholarship fund in honor of Alice Kleeman, who retired in July 2015 after 20 years as the college adviser at Menlo-Atherton High School. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Alice was the driving force and champion behind launching and acting as an adviser for (the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s) community college scholarship program,â&#x20AC;? the foundation said in a statement. The board members, from left, are John Blake, Doug Adams, and Pete Nelson.

Seniors

*OREDO 'DQFH :RUNRXW These twice weekly fitness classes will offer an effective, easy-tofollow dance party with rhythms from hip hop, Latin, hula, belly dance, Bollywood and more. Open to both men and women, the classes aim to help burn calories, tone muscles, and improve cardio and brain functions. Tuesdays and Fridays, Feb. 23-April 23, 10-11 a.m. Free. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025 ext. 242. www.penvol.org/littlehouse

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History museum shows Sunset magazine covers Sixteen original Sunset magazine covers, including that of the inaugural issue in May 1898, will be on display starting April 5 at the San Mateo County History Museum at 2200 Broadway in Redwood City. Originally a promotional magazine for the Southern Pacific Railroad, Sunset was purchased in 1929 by Lawrence W. Lane who changed the format to an emphasis on Western living. From 1951 to 2015 Sunset was headquartered in Menlo Park. It moved last year to Oakland, with test gardens in Sonoma. The exhibit will run through June 23.

Talks & Aauthors Âś%UDYHU\ 6DFULILFH IURP WKH %URQWsV WR WRGD\Âˇ ZLWK &DWKHULQH /RZHOO Author Catherine Lowell, a Stanford University alumna, will discuss her new BrontĂŤ-inspired novel, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Madwoman Upstairs,â&#x20AC;? at the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Center. April 5, 4-6 p.m. Free. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Center, 433 Santa Theresa St., Stanford. Call 212-698-1296. wcc.stanford.edu/events/bravery-sacrificebront-s-today-book-talk-author-catherinelowell-11 Âś6HFRQGKDQG 'ULQNLQJ 2XU 3UREOHP <RXU %UDLQ <RXU 3RZHUÂˇ During this lecture series, Lisa Frederiksen will explain what secondhand drinking is, provide key information for youth to protect their brains, look at why â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just Say Noâ&#x20AC;? to alcohol and drug use isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough, and discuss how to harness the power of the brain for better health and wellness. This the first event in the three-part series. April 7, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Bethany Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo Park. bethany-mp.org/speakerseries Âś7KH +LJK &RVW RI /RZ :DJHVÂˇ During this San Mateo County Democracy for America event, Bradley Cleveland from the San Mateo County Union Community Alliance will discuss how raising the minimum wage affects local communities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; helping working families and children while reducing the cost of public assistance programs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the work of the coalition. April 6, 7 p.m. Free. Woodside Road United Methodist Church, 2000 Woodside Road, Redwood City. Call 408-242-9933. www.smcdfa.org $XWKRU $XJXVWHQ %XUURXJKV RQ Âś/XVW :RQGHUÂˇ Augusten Burroughs, author of the bestselling memoir â&#x20AC;&#x153;Running with Scissorsâ&#x20AC;? and other books, will share â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lust & Wonder,â&#x20AC;? his latest work that explores the meanings of love and lust and the experience of figuring them out. April 7, 7:30 p.m. $20 general. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2475025 $XWKRU 'DQ /\RQV RQ Âś'LVUXSWHGÂˇ Dan Lyons will discuss his new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble.â&#x20AC;? Lyons is a longtime tech journalist, a writer on HBOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silicon Valleyâ&#x20AC;? and the man behind the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fake Steve Jobsâ&#x20AC;? blog. April 13, 7:30 p.m. $20 general. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/2505847 $XWKRU -HVVLFD )HFKWRU RQ Âś6WLUÂˇ Jessica Fechtor will talk about and sign her new book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home,â&#x20AC;? in which she tells how

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Framed poster of the November 1957 Sunset magazine cover, which depicts the Balclutha harbored in San Francisco, with Coit Tower in the background. cooking and baking aided her in recovering from a brain aneurysm. April 6, 7:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2498386 $XWKRUV .DWKHULQH (OOLVRQ DQG 6WHSKHQ 3 +LQVKDZ RQ Âś$'+'Âˇ Stephen Hinshaw, an international expert on ADHD, and Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will discuss their book â&#x20AC;&#x153;ADHD: What Everyone Needs to Know,â&#x20AC;? an authoritative resource for current, accurate and compelling information about the disorder. March 31, 7:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/2466510 'U $OH[ &DQQHUD RQ Âś7KH (QYLURQPHQW DQG <RXU %RG\Âˇ Dr. Alexander Cannera, an educator and engineer, will lead a discussion on the latest research on how elements in the world affect health. The event will illuminate how human bodies respond to exposure to the sun, X-rays, food, computers, cellphones and more. March 31, 1:30 p.m. Free. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 650-326-2025 ext. 242. www.penvol.org/littlehouse 12); RQ Âś12); 7KH +HSDWLWLV %DWKWXE DQG 2WKHU 6WRULHVÂˇ NOFX, the legendary Los Angeles punk rock band, will visit Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to relive the glory days of West Coast punk rock and share their first tell-all autobiography, â&#x20AC;&#x153;NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories.â&#x20AC;? April 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.keplers.com/event/nofx

Teen Activities

$XWKRU &HFHOLD $KHUQ RQ Âś)ODZHGÂˇ Cecilia Ahern, the award-winning author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;PS, I Love You,â&#x20AC;? will share her young adult debut â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flawed,â&#x20AC;? which depicts a society where perfection is paramount and the young woman who decides to take a stand. Ahern will be in conversation with Caragh Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien. April 11, 7-8 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www. keplers.com/event/ya-cecilia-ahern-conversation-caragh-obrien $XWKRU (PHU\ /RUG ZLWK Âś:KHQ :H &ROOLGHGÂˇ Emery Lord, author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open Road Summerâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Start of Me and You,â&#x20AC;? will discuss a new evocative and emotional story about new love hindered by old wounds and uncontrollable forces. Lord will be in conversation with Evelyn Skye. April 8, 7 p.m. Free. Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 650-324-4321. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2501217

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997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537299 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: MARTHA DREHER MILLER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: MARTHA DREHER MILLER to MARTY MAY KELSEY DREHER. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Thur. April 14, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 25, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537294 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: TRINH SUT DO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: TRINH SUT DO to SUTTRINH DO LEE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Wed. April 6, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the fol-

lowing newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 17, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2016) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Case No.: CIV537169 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: LISA MARIE BELL aka KHADIJAH HASAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: KHADIJAH HASAN aka LISA MARIE BELL to KHADIJAH HASAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: Wed. April 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: THE ALMANAC Date: February 29, 2016 /s/ Joseph C. Scott JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, Ap. 6, 2016) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: HARRY G. WHELAN Case No.: 126718 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HARRY G. WHELAN. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHEN L. ENGLERT JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. The Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHEN L. ENGLERT JR. 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 April 1, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 28, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. 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. Petitioner: Stephen L. Englert Jr. 425 California Street Suite 1700 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415)398-2212 (ALM Mar. 16, 23, 30, 2016) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: JUDITH PLATT Case No.: 126642 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of JUDITH PLATT. A Petition for Probate has been filed by:

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To place a Classified ad in The Almanac call 326-8216 or online at fogster.com MARILYN K. EARLE in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. The Petition for Probate requests that: MARILYN K. EARLE 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 April 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 28, of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. 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: Kenneth H. Prochnow Chiles and Prochnow, LLP 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 412 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650)812-0400 (ALM Mar. 23, 30, Apr. 6, 2016)

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