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Competition heats up for open school board seat MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN BOARD TO APPOINT NEW TRUSTEE NEXT MONTH By Kevin Forestieri

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Johnny Martinez, with wife Buranda in his Mountain View cabinet-making shop. After a devastating motorcycle accident, Martinez has struggled to regain his memory and rebuild his business.

Rebuilding a life LOCAL CABINETMAKER AND FAMILY STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL AFTER DEVASTATING ACCIDENT By Mark Noack

ept. 5, 2012 started out as another agonizing day for Buranda Martinez — the day of her wedding anniversary. She was at her husband John-

ny’s bedside at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, as she had been every day since his traumatic motorcycle accident about one month earlier. Her life had become a routine of hospital visits and

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ook up in the sky these days and you might just see a drone buzzing around. These small autonomous flyers are getting cheaper and more ubiquitous, but one thing they currently lack is a clear set of

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heartbreak, and doctors were preparing her to accept a grim future. Johnny was conscious but he couldn’t talk or acknowledge others, and they warned her he might be mentally disabled for the rest of his life. Buranda said she was devastated. They had known each other since they were kids, been married for 17 years, and were on the path toward a brighter See REBUILDING, page 8

premiere event, the Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management Convention brought various stakeholders together to discuss a future where the skies are populated with hundreds of little drones. The global market for drones is already estimated to be a $2.5 billion industry, much of which is derived from the huge push to adopt drones for commercial uses. Nevertheless, aviation rules as set by the FAA are almost entirely based on the days when flying meant formally certified See DRONES, page 9

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he deadline to apply for the vacant school board seat on the Mountain View Whisman board of trustees is fast-approaching, and severa l more parents have announced they will be throwing their Jill Rakestraw hats in the ring. The board decided last month to appoint a new member from a pool of applicants, who have until Aug. 3 to apply. The newest member will replace former board president Chris Chiang, who resigned last month, citing the hostile atmosphere caused by fellow board member Steve Nelson. Lisa Garcia, Christina Oran and Jill Rakestraw, all parents who are active in the district, told the Voice that they have applied or plan to apply for the seat on the board. The district has also received

three additional applications, but district staff refused to disclose their names or provide copies of the applications when requested by the Voice. Superintendent Ayindé Rudolph did not return calls seeking his comment on why the information was being kept under wraps, but board president Ellen Wheeler, who is on the board’s subcommittee to screen applications, said she did not want to release any information prior to the closing of application period. The Voice has filed a public records request seeking the applicant information, but had not received a response as of its Wednesday press deadline. Rakestraw, a former tech writer and high school English teacher, has been a Monta Loma resident since 1998 and held leadership roles in the Parent Teacher Associations at Graham Middle School and Monta Loma Elementary over the past decade. She was a parent in the former Community Enhanced Learning (CEL) program at Monta Loma See SCHOOL BOARD, page 6

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BIKES STOLEN FROM GARAGE Two bikes were reported stolen from the garage of a residence in the 300 block of Shelby Drive earlier this week, according to police. Police received a call that the house had been burglarized on Sunday night at around 10:15 p.m. The garage door was open, and two of the bikes had been found missing. Both bikes are valued at approximately $900, according to police. Police do not have any information on a suspect. —Kevin Forestieri

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This winner of the dry cleaning category in this year’s Best of Mountain View was misidentified in the photo caption in last week’s issue of the Voice. It should have identified the business as Green and Fresh Cleaners. The listing for the winner of best store for unusual gifts, EastWest Bookshop, should have said that “crystals, imported crafts and candles” are among store’s the offerings, and the accompanying photo caption had an error in the spelling of the name Brahmachari Tandava.

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HOPE’S CORNER SEES BIG SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR FOOD, HOMELESS SERVICES at 249 people in one week, and volunteers have to stagger seatvery Saturday, hundreds of ings to make sure there’s enough men and women — many room for everyone. The people who show up each of them homeless — line up outside the church at the cor- Saturday, most of them from ner of Hope and Mercy streets Mountain View, aren’t all homenear downtown Mountain View less. A survey from November looking for a hot breakfast, a showed that about 40 percent warm place to sit and warm of the people who came in are homeless, and the other 60 perreception from familiar faces. Some of them still have a cent are housed but struggling to place to live, but they’re all in keep up with rent and other bills, need of the free meal offered according to Leslie Carmichael, by Hope’s Corner, a charitable president of the Hope’s Corner group working out of Trinity board of directors. Between low and fixed incomes, United Methodist many of the peoChurch. And it’s the fast-increasing ‘They don’t know ple have to choose between paying number of people where they’re the rent or buying coming in each food, she said. week that shines a Standing in the light on the rising going to be and small kitchen that homeless populawhere they’re overlooks the eattion and the high cost of rent in going to sleep.’ ing area — which lacks a commerMountain View. Santa Clara KEVIN THOMPSON, VOLUNTEER cial-grade oven and lost its stove when County released a report last month showing that it was condemned by the fire Mountain View’s homeless pop- department — it’s hard to believe ulation is going up as the overall volunteers manage to prepare population in the county goes and serve up potatoes, sausages, down. Mountain View counted pastries and hard-boiled eggs to 276 homeless people, compared hundreds of people each week. “The kitchen is kind of crazy to 139 just two years before. The stark difference is obvious in the morning. It’s fun,” Carmito volunteers at Hope’s Corner. chael said. The volunteers make do with Back in March 2013, Hope’s Corner served an average of 77 what they have. In order to serve people, and could seat the whole up meals with a less-than-adecrowd all at once. Since then, quate kitchen, Carmichael and the numbers have been steadily heading up, peaking in June See HOPE’S CORNER, page 10 By Kevin Forestieri

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Miche Hoffer practices the long jump at Los Altos High School as he trains to compete in the upcoming World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championship in Lyon, France. Hoffer is a former track and field coach for LAHS and Stanford University.

Local coach to compete in world championship By Kevin Forestieri

local Bay Area track and field coach who taught at both Stanford and Los Altos High School is headed to France this week to compete in an international track and field championship. Miche Hoffer hails from Stockholm, and has some pretty impressive titles to his name. He spent 14 years on the Swedish national team, starting when he was 15 years old,

and took the title of national decathlon champion four times. Hof fer moved to California to live with his wife, Rowe, in 2000 and took up track and field Miche Hoffer coaching jobs at schools including Los Gatos and Los Altos high school. He eventu-

ally landed a job at Stanford as the university’s multi-events and pole vault coach. In those early years in California, he said he continued to train professionally. Now Hoffer is taking things at a different pace, competing this year in the track and field events at the World Masters Athletics Outdoor Championship in Lyon, France starting Aug. 4. Masters competitions See COACH, page 10

Teacher shortage triggers trouble for special ed program By Kevin Forestieri

any school districts are scrambling to hire new teachers for the coming school year amid a worsening teacher shortage in California, and the Mountain View Whisman School District is no exception. Beginning last year, the state began seeing a dwindling pool of new teachers, particularly in spe-

cial education, science, math and English, according to a report by the California Department of Education. What’s more troubling, the report states, is that it’s a pipeline issue: enrollment in teacher credential programs has been steadily declining over the last five years, leaving the state parched for new teaching talent. The Mountain View Whisman School District will need to hire roughly 45 new teachers

this year, according to Assistant Superintendent Karen Robinson. While the number of new hires is about the same as previous years — and a little on the high end — the real hit has been to the special education program. District administrators are looking to hire 12 new special education teachers this year, and are still on the hunt for four more. They also are hoping to hire about 15 instructional aides

by the beginning of the school year, she said. “This is the biggest turnover we have had in special education,” Robinson said in an email. “Some of it is due to our choice, but this year there were retirements, health issues for teachers, and some taking a leave for a year, and they all have to be replaced.” Robinson said administrators will be trying hard over the next few weeks to fill the spots, and anticipate hiring at least two people to teach special education with intern credentials. One of the local sources, San

Jose State University’s Connie L. Lurie College of Education, has seen a decline in enrollment in the special education programs in recent years, according to university spokesperson Pat Harris. The perception that special education teachers spend most of their time on paperwork and meeting with lawyers and families rather than teaching students is deterring many students from getting into the field, Harris said. It could be a district-specific problem as well. Teacher surveys conducted in the last two years See SPECIAL ED, page 11

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City approves $2.3 million for solar arrays SOME SITES IN MV PASSED UP BY VENDORS By Mark Noack

hining a light on Mountain View’s commitment to green power, the city will soon install three new swaths of solar panels as part of a $2.3 million project expected to eventually pay back its cost over years of energy savings. Under the plan, the San Mateo company SolarCity will begin installing photovoltaic panels later this year over the Whisman Reservoir as well as the carports at Shoreline Park’s golf pro shop and maintenance facility. As long as they’re soaking up the sun, these new solar arrays are expected to provide just under 600 kilowatts of energy, or about enough power for an estimated 75 homes. Mountain View officials originally intended to go farther with more solar arrays. City officials

pitched other potential sites for solar farms, including the top of a downtown parking garage at Bryant Street and a city fire station off Shoreline Boulevard. But solar companies didn’t submit any bids because the locations weren’t considered lucrative enough. “It just wasn’t economically feasible for vendors,” explained Mountain View Civil Engineer Lisa Au. “They work out how much solar power can be produced (and) the cost of construction, and they realized there weren’t going to be any savings there.” Presenting the plans to city leaders earlier this month, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator Steve Attinger touted the new solar panels as a way to greatly lower the city’s carbon footprint. He estimated that the solar energy would reduce the

city’s greenhouse gas emissions by about 609 metric tons each year, or the equivalent of about 1.4 million miles driven by cars. That is particularly important since Mountain View leaders

Solar companies didn’t submit any bids because the locations weren’t considered lucrative enough. have committed the city to cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Mountain View was one of 18 Bay Area public agencies that partnered up in the effort to

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expand solar power throughout the area. In an effort led by Alameda County, the hodgepodge of local governments compiled a list of 186 sites seen as suitable for future solar panels. The sites were then bundled together in groups and put forward for bids from the solar industry. The regional system saved money because it provided an economy of scale, even though some sites didn’t generate much response, Attinger noted. “The vast majority of the sites did receive bids,” he wrote in an email. “The vendors offered much more aggressive pricing on those sites than we, as a city, could have gotten if weíd just gone to the vendors individually with our five sites.” Mountain View’s cost for the three solar sites is expected to run over $2.3 million, although city staff pointed out this expense

includes a contingency fund that might not be needed. To foot the bill, the city will draw funds from the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund and the capital improvement reserve as well as utility funds. When the solar panels are fully installed next year, city officials believe they will quickly see a savings to their power bill. Giving what he called a conservative estimate, Attinger said it would take about 20 years for all the solar sites to fully pay off their installation costs. More help is coming from a California Solar Initiative rebate that will provide up to $312,000 as solar energy starts being produced. The City Council approved the new solar panels earlier this month in a 6-0 vote. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com

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Still, she said, there are a lot of lingering questions that need to be addressed. Intra-district transfers remain very high for many elementary schools, and the district has yet to take a deep look at what can be done to attract communities to send children to their own neighborhood schools, she said. District staff decided not to study the high rate of intra-district transfer requests earlier this year when exploring ways to re-draw its boundaries and balance school enrollment. Rakestraw said what the board needs is a conciliatory fifth member without strong allegiances to any specific neighborhood or school community, and that her volunteer work has helped her connect with parents and staff all over the district. There’s also plenty of initiatives the board still has yet to deeply consider, including how to better build partnerships with the city of Mountain View and Khan Academy, adding different choice programs to attract a broad range of families to the district, and improved preschool and early childhood education programs, she said. “If we’re handed a kid at (age) 5 who hasn’t been to school, they’re already behind,” she said. More applicants

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GOOGLE PRESENTS RESEARCH ON ONLINE SECURITY In a recent post published on the Google Online Security Blog, a group of researchers presented new findings comparing the online security practices of experts and non-experts. Google researchers Iulia Ion, Rob Reeder and Sunny Consolvo surveyed two groups — one with 231 security experts and another with 294 web-users who are not security experts — on the measures they take to stay safe online. According to the researchers, their goal was to compare and contrast the two groups’ responses. The surveyed security experts’ most popular online safety practice was installing software updates. Thirty-five percent of experts said that installing updates was one of their top security practices, compared to only 2 percent of non-experts. Another area of significant disparity was antivirus software. Only 7 percent of experts said that running antivirus software was one of the top three things they do to stay safe online, compared to 42 percent of non-experts. The survey respondents did, however, agree on the importance of password management. Both experts and non-experts identified the use of strong passwords as one of their top five online safety practices. But the two groups differ in their approaches toward maintaining password security. While 73 percent of experts reported using password managers for at least some of their accounts, only 24 percent of non-experts said they used a password manager. One expert said, “Password managers change the whole calculus because they make it possible to have both strong and unique passwords.” The researchers presented their paper last week at the Symposium on Usable Privacy 6

and Security in Ottawa, Canada. A link to the full paper can be found on the Google Online Security Blog. —Shannon Chai

CONTAMINATED TAP WATER IN LOS ALTOS Customers in a portion of Los Altos were advised to boil their tap water before consuming it, after E. coli and total coliform bacteria were found. Cal Water officials sent out a notification by phone on Sunday afternoon, July 26, to customers in a four- to five-kilometer area northwest and southeast of South El Monte Avenue. It came after a repair to a broken water main on Sunday. Spokeswoman Yvonne Kingman said Sunday that 853 customers had been affected. Cal Water workers notified affected customers by phone and by going door to door. The number of residences affected shrank Tuesday evening, but the boil water advisory was still in effect for a portion of the area on Wednesday. According to the district, E. coli are bacteria whose presence indicates that the water may be contaminated with human or animal waste. Microbes in these wastes can cause short-term effects, such as diarrhea, cramps, nausea, headaches, or other symptoms. Infants, children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems may be more seriously affected. If customers use bottled water, Cal Water will reimburse customers who provide a receipt, Kingman said. Anyone with questions should call Cal Water’s Customer Center at (650) 917-0152 or go to calwater.com/boil-water-advisorylos-altos-district. —Voice staff and Bay City News Service

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as well as the district’s PACT choice program at Stevenson. She has a child who is starting kindergarten this year, who will be attending the Dual Immersion program at Castro. The barrage of big issues facing the district, including whether to open a new school in the Whisman and Slater neighborhoods and how to best address the achievement gap at the district’s lowest performing schools, has brought in record interest from the community lately. Many of the meetings throughout June had standing-room only, and Rakestraw said the board needs to capitalize on that “incredible” energy and turn it into action. “I want to find a way for the board to capture that energy in a positive way,” she said. Rakestraw recently served on the District Facilities Committee, which made tough decisions on how to spend $100 million in bond money on six elementary school campuses earlier this year. She said the committee’s work was fast-paced and filled with an “incredible” team of community members who showed a lot of leadership throughout the process. She disagreed with the accusations from board member Nelson that the committee membership was biased because it lacked representation from the Whisman and Slater neighborhood communities. “What came out at the meetings was how impartial we all were,” she said.

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A lasting legacy NORTH COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY BUILDING RENAMED IN HONOR OF FORMER MOUNTAIN VIEW MAYOR VICTOR CALVO By Shannon Chai

ith a countdown and a flourish, down came the black tarp that revealed a new sign and new name: Victor Calvo Building. On Friday, July 14, community members and local politicians gathered at the North County Social Services Agency Building to celebrate its renaming in honor of Victor Calvo, the man who was a Mountain View mayor, Santa Clara County supervisor and California state Assemblyman. Calvo, who died in 2010, spent his entire life in Mountain View and was well known for his work as an environmentalist. After a short welcome from Mayor John McAlister, county Supervisor Joe Simitian and Rep. Anna Eshoo made remarks to the crowd. Simitian brought the idea of honoring Victor Calvo to the county Board of Supervisors, but he credits John White with coming up with the idea in the first place. White knew Calvo

from his work as an air quality and alternative energy consultant for the state Assembly. “The phrase ‘lifetime of public service’ is often overused, but not in Vic’s case,” said Simitian. Calvo was born in Mountain View in 1924 and raised on his Spanish immigrant parents’ ranch at the corner Victor Calvo of San Antonio Road and El Camino Real. After graduating as the valedictorian of Mountain View High School in 1942, he served as a combat pilot for the Army Air Force during World War II. He returned to the Bay Area, earned a degree in political science from Stanford University and got married. Nellie Calvo, his wife of 62 years, and other members of Calvo’s extended family attended the dedication ceremony. Calvo began his career in pub-

lic service as a member of Mountain View’s new Environmental Planning Commission in 1957. Four years later he was elected to the City Council and served until 1968. During his seven years on the council, he was selected as mayor by his fellow council members three times. Calvo left the council in 1968 after being elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, where he served until his election to the state Assembly in 1974. Calvo was known to care deeply about each individual he met and worked with, said Eshoo, who met Calvo during her earliest days after moving to the Peninsula. “Vic was a man of enormous integrity. He was a son of Mountain View. He loved this city and took good care of her,” Eshoo said. “We have the flag of California with the golden bear. Vic was the golden bear for California.” The agency moved to its new location at 1330 W. Middlefield Road in March 2014, after

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From left, Rep. Anna Eshoo, Mountain View Mayor John McAlister, Supervisor Joe Simitian, and Nellie Calvo, Victor Calvo’s widow, at the July 14 naming ceremony in Mountain View.

its landlord, Prometheus Real Estate Group, announced plans to demolish its old home at 100 Moffett Blvd. to build a luxury apartment complex. At the time, Simitian advocated to keep the social services agency in the North County, rather than being relocated to the county seat in San Jose. This was not the first time that the agency faced

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potential relocation ó the same situation happened in the late 1990s. It may not be the last time either, according to Simitian. “I just thought, if we make this the Victor Calvo Social Services Office, it’d be a little tougher to pull it away from the city of Mountain View,” Simitian said. E-mail Shannon Chai at schai@ embarcaderopublishing.com V

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future. Johnny had recently bought his own cabinet shop and was enjoying being his own boss at a job he loved. Buranda was finishing up her college degree and their son, Eli, was in the middle of high school. But just as physicians were warning Buranda to prepare for the worst, something incredible happened. Johnny put his hands on the back of the bed and growled his first words in a month: “I want to get the f--- out of here!” Buranda said those were the sweetest words she had ever heard. It was the first sign in weeks that maybe her husband would recover and they could reclaim their old life. “It was amazing; I was so happy,” she said. “ I started to think everything was going to be OK.” But it was only the beginning. The last years haven’t been easy for the Martinez family as they dealt with a slow, painful process of recovering. Following the brutal accident and weeks in a coma, Johnny has struggled to reclaim his life since suffering from amnesia. Now three years later, the family has returned to normalcy, but it is hardly the same place where they were before. Johnny said he doesn’t believe he’s quite the same person he was before the crash. Before the tragedy, he acted more like a “teenager” on a quest for all the thrills and excitement the world had to offer. Now, he has a much calmer temperament and a new outlook. “I think different; I act different,” Johnny said. “And there’s still so much I can’t remember.” A changed man Nothing teaches a person how to appreciate life like having a close scrape with death. For Johnny, that experience came as he was riding his motorcycle on Highway 680 late in the evening on the way home from an East Bay car show. A muscular then-38-year-old, Johnny loved physical activities: snowboarding, dirt-biking or just working hard at his job building custommade cabinets. He had a bit of a reputation as a macho surly type, always telling you how it is with no sugarcoating. “He’s the kind of guy who gets more done by 10 in the morning than the rest of us get done all day,” according to Judy Petersen, a longtime family friend. That life ended in an instant when one of his riding buddies made a hasty lane change and clipped his handlebars. He lost control of his bike and was thrown for a hard landing onto the highway. 8

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Johnny and Buranda Martinez in his shop, San Antonio Cabinets.

Traveling a few minutes behind her husband in another vehicle, Buranda came upon the terrifying scene. Running to her husband lying on the ground, she saw he was breathing heavily, but he seemed completely dazed and unresponsive. He was bleeding profusely from his head and ears. “In that moment, I thought I’m going to be a widow. My son isn’t going to have a father,” Buranda recalled. Johnny underwent emergency surgery. Doctors put him in an induced coma to reduce brain swelling. When he came out of the coma two weeks later, he was like a shell of a human being. At first he thrashed about incoherently, but he later settled into staring blankly straight ahead. He wasn’t speaking; he didn’t respond when others spoke and his eyes wouldn’t follow basic hand motions. “One of his doctors said he probably wasn’t going to walk, talk or understand language ever again,” Buranda said. “I ran out of the hospital room and broke down crying.” What he was going through at time now seems like a blurry dream, Johnny said. The hospital seemed like a prison, and he remembered people from his life as well as celebrities wandering the hallways. “How am I going to get out of here?” kept repeating in his mind, he said. His family was elated when Johnny broke his silence and spoke up for the first time. But it became clear his memory was shot. Johnny couldn’t recall who he was or what he did for a liv-

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ing. Buranda, their son Eli, his father — everyone seemed like a stranger. Rekindling his memories beca me a not her pa inf u l experience. His vocabulary had taken a hit. He recognized objects, but their names escaped him. He would stare at items blankly, like “a deer looking in the headlights,” one of their friends recalled. The finer points of eating eluded him — he mistook dipping sauce for a beverage; he couldn’t recall how to use a fork and knife. “He had to relearn everything from walking to dressing himself to eating,” Buranda said. “Everything had to be reintroduced.” His memory did slowly come back, but only in fragments. In the first days, Johnny didn’t recognize his wife, but he began to regard her as an “alright” lady. It was hard for Eli to have his father not recognize him, and he went into a bout of depression, his mother said. Buranda brought in favorite songs, photo albums, home videos, crossword puzzles — anything that might spark Johnny’s memory. Other friends brought in pieces of different kinds of wood to remind him about his cabinet shop. Slowly, those strangers who kept coming to visit him every day at the hospital seemed like family again. About two months after the crash, Johnny was allowed to leave the hospital and go back to his family’s home in Santa Clara. Entering the front door was a revelation. “Oh my God! I remember this!” he said when he entered

the door. True to his workhorse habits, his first order of business was to trim the yard’s hedges. Johnny had lost nearly 25 pounds in the hospital and he was severely weakened from his injuries. His head was still swollen, and he had to wear a helmet at all times. Buranda moved their bed downstairs so he didn’t have to climb the staircase. He was easily fatigued and had to heavily rely on his wife. It started to feel like she had a second child to care for, Buranda said. Within days, Johnny was getting anxious to go back to his workshop, even though he had completely forgotten his trade. Buranda eventually relented and brought him to his old work garage. He had a broad grin on his face when he went inside, and the memories came streaming back. The smell of sawdust, the feel of his old tools, his sight of his unfinished projects — it all felt familiar. His former boss and other contractors had built him a wooden ramp to help him access the shop while in his wheelchair. Johnny stepped right over it, and never used it once, Buranda said. Johnny announced he wanted to go back to work. He had to relearn woodworking from the beginning. He started with basic sanding and slowly worked his way up. He experienced many of the same mistakes he had made 20 years earlier in his junior high woodshop class. It was frustrating, but the other tradesmen nearby were a huge help, he said, answering any questions he had. It was nerve-wracking when

he got his first job since his accident — a kitchen remodel in Los Altos. Johnny recalled going back 10 times to the house to measure the dimensions, just to make sure he was doing it right. From there, the old work habits slowly came back. At his Mountain View shop, San Antonio Cabinets, last week, Johnny’s sister in law gathered everyone in the office to play a short slide-show. The photos chronicled the family’s hardest time, showing Johnny in his intensive-care bed before gradually transitioning to recovery. By the end, Johnny had tears streaming down from his eyes. He’ll never ride a motorcycle again, he said. His injuries also prevented him from resuming his favorite adventure sports. Sometimes when he thinks about it all, he’s was overwhelmed by sadness, he said. His memory was about “96 percent” back, he said. But friends and family say Johnny is a changed man. Other contractors have commented to him that he’s seems much more relaxed, especially in dealing with setbacks. Before the accident, they told him, he could be a real hothead, getting argumentative about minor details. Now he doesn’t sweat the small stuff and he’s more appreciative of life, Buranda said. He’s changed for the better, she said. “I still miss the old Johnny, and I know our son misses him,” she said. “But the new Johnny is also pretty cool.” Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V

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pilots being in the cockpit of an aircraft. The definition of flying has rapidly changed with the advent of drones, which sell for as little as $300. The power and perils of aviation are now open to pretty much anyone, but those newcomers have a hazy set of rules governing the airspace. Making the firmest pitch of the day, Amazon Vice President Gur Kimchi used his keynote address to urge policymakers to consider reserving the airspace between 200 and 400 feet as an expressway for drones. That airspace is already off-limits for manned aircraft, which normally stay above 1,000 feet except for takeoffs and landings. “We feel this is a safe and scalable approach,” Kimchi said. “This is a call for action. We need to come together as an industry; we have to define and adopt standards for airspace access.” Amazon officials have made it no secret they see unmanned flyers as a game-changer for lowcost and speedy retail delivery. The company has promoted the idea that shoppers could one day receive orders by drone in 30 minutes or less. Plenty of other corporate interests are also championing drones as the wave of the future. For example, local tech giant Google is racing to develop its own delivery system, announcing recently it had designed a small

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plane-helicopter hybrid that can carry small packages. Some reports indicate even Taco Bell is considering drones as a way to deliver hot food orders. Those high-flying ideas have generated many headlines, but regulators have been vague how they which uses they would find acceptable. Little clarity was provided Tuesday at the NASA event’s initial round of talks. In his introductory remarks, Edward Bolton, Jr., Federal Aviation Administration assistant administrator, said that his team is committed to working with the commercial interests. He explained that a stakeholder group is working a final set of proposed regulations, but he avoided specifics on what was being considered. Above everything else, the FAA considers public safety its top priority, he said.

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“This is absolutely the dawn of a new era,” Bolton declared. “We have a cultural change and mentality that’s excited about being aggressive to make things happen.” It seemed like if there was a theme for the drone event’s first day, it was that there are more looming questions than answers surrounding the technology. Case in point, a morning panel focused on the myriad of legal, public-safety and privacy issues surrounding drone use. Diana Cooper, an attorney with the firm LaBarge Weinstein, pointed out that case law still hasn’t addressed drone use. For now, much of the legal precedent surrounded airspace came from a 70-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case spurred by a chicken farmer angry at military planes flying low over his property. For the most part, drones remain in a legal and policy limbo that still needs to be sorted out, she said. “The (law) is very vague on where the line is drawn between public and private airspace ñ Operators don’t know how close they can fly,” Cooper said. “It’s an open question how these emerging technologies would change this calculus.” For some attendees, it seemed a no-brainer that a new technology’s challenges should have a technological solution. Various exhibits at the convention promoted ideas for how a groundbased air-control system could manage hundreds of drones, preventing them from flying near airports or into each other. Others pitched early-stage mapping tools that would allow property owners to forbid drones from flying over their land. There have been a plethora of examples of drone operators becoming a nuisance by photographing unwilling bystanders or pestering emergency responders, but it’s been less clear when they are breaking the law. In

recent days, firefighters in San Bernardino County blamed a group of drone operators for getting in the way of aircraft trying

to douse brush fires. The incident sparked multiple state law proposals to add tougher penalties or allow fire officials to shoot down

drones that fly into restricted areas. Bill English, an investigator with the National Traffic Safety Board, indicated it was only a matter of time before some major event forced a larger public discussion on drone usage. “If we have that situation — say a (drone) gets loose on a soccer field with 10-year-olds — you will see a media and political circus the likes of which you have never seen before,” he said. Email Mark Noack at mnoack@mv-voice.com V

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other church volunteers enlisted the help of the Los Altos United Methodist Church to cook up and transfer food to Hope’s Corner in the early morning hours. To mix things up, Carmichael said they try to offer up as much variety as possible, even if it gets a bit unorthodox for breakfast. Spicy curry chicken and green salads are not uncommon to see alongside the typical breakfast cuisine, and nobody seems to be complaining. “People really like the variety,” she said. To address the increasing demand, Hope’s Corner started a campaign to raise $350,000 to upgrade the kitchen facilities. With a fixed-up kitchen, food can be stored and prepared onsite, meals can be served three times a week, and a new bathroom and shower can be built, giving homeless people access to a much-needed chance to bathe. With the $140,000 that’s been raised so far, construction on the new bathroom facility began earlier this year and is expected to be finished within the next week.

Other interim upgrades includes a new refrigerator and a freezer, donated by Second Harvest Food Bank, to store the breakfast sausage that would normally cause lots of logistical problems for storage and preparation. “We were at our wit’s end about the sausage,” Carmichael said. Hope’s Corner started in 2011, and operates from 8 to 10 a.m. every Saturday, with a few dinner events held quarterly. Volunteer Kevin Thompson, who has been helping out for the last four years, said it’s important for him and others to show up every week for the homeless people desperately in need for some kind of consistency in their lives. “They don’t know where they’re going to be and where they’re going to sleep,” Thompson said. Beyond preparing the food, Thompson is Hope’s Corner’s liaison for the Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange, a nonprofit group of volunteers and mechanics who fix up donated bikes and give them to homeless people in need. For some people, he said, getting a free bike has helped them get a job. For others, it’s

a safety and a quality of life upgrade. “Even for non-workers, it’s better to stay mobile so they aren’t harassed by police,” Thompson said. At first, Thompson said he intended to only show up once or twice each month to help out, but changed his mind when a homeless person mentioned looking forward to seeing him next week. “That’s when I knew, ‘okay, I have to be there.’ That’s consistency I had to at least match,” Thompson said. Healthier eats Hope’s Corner got a boost last month when it received a $15,770 grant from the El Camino Healthcare District to get more vegetables on the table at Hope’s Corner, including food that can be taken “to go” and eaten after the doors close Saturday morning. Carmichael said they’ve been making a conscious effort to get people to pick the healthier choices, and replaced things like grape juice after they noticed the amount of sugar in each serving. They still serve plenty of pastries, she said, but they try to

discourage people from feasting exclusively on the treats. The grant money will go towards buying individually packaged salads, Carmichael said, as well as handouts with information on healthy eating habits, which will be developed by the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health. Hope’s Corner is more than just a place for homeless people to get a quick meal, it’s turned into a place for low-income and senior residents to connect and learn about services that are available, according to Barbara Avery, director of El Camino Hospital’s community benefit plan. Roughly 40 percent of the people who show up each week are seniors, Avery said, and supporting local seniors is a serious concern for the hospital. “They can become isolated and depressed, and (Hope’s Corner) really gives them a community hub,” she said. For more information on Hope’s Corner, go to laumc. org/serve/community/hopescorner. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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GET YOUR GROOVE ON Donna Scheifler, right, joined a group of older adults getting ready for National Dance Day on July 25 by learning a hip-hop routine at the Mountain View Senior Center. A member of LinkAges Timebank volunteered to teach the unfamiliar choreography. Since 2010, National Dance Day events have sought to encourage fitness through dance, and this year, two special dances were created, an advanced number and an “easy” hip-hop routine.

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are still competitive, he said, but it’s on a different level with a lot less at stake and a whole lot less time spent training each week. “When you are a professional, it’s a job. It’s something that is sort of forced, you have to go out there and you are getting paid to get out there,” Hoffer said. “Now when you go out, it’s friendship, you go out and you have some fun.” Hoffer’s claim to fame as a decathlete has always been in the jumping events, including the high jump, long jump and hurdles. He said he used to be able to do a 25-foot long jump, and while he’s now down to about 21 feet, he said it’s still

‘Now when you go out, it’s friendship, you go out and you have some fun.’ MICHE HOFFER

better than most. During the height of his career, he said he qualified for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but did not compete. Hoffer’s career also shifted in 2006, when he became the father of twin girls. Rather than continue coaching at Bay Area schools, he kicked off his small business as a private coach, working out of his own home in Mountain View. He and his wife converted the two-car garage of their Shoreline West home into a small gym and started MichRoFit. He said he wasn’t expecting a lot of interest outside of friends, but was surprised to see new clients pouring in. Hoffer said their small-style gym offers a humble environment that appeals to people who would rather not deal with a gym membership or the stress of working out in a busy environment. But in some ways, things have come full circle for Hoffer. He came to the United States and got a degree in business and marketing in Houston in 1996 while looking for a job, and is now putting those skills to work to run his own business. “Rowe pointed out to me, ‘You have what not a lot of people have — an athletic background and people asking for training,’” Hoffer said. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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RENGSTORFF HOUSE ARTS FESTIVAL When you were a child, did anyone ever tell you you were an artist? If you’d taken classes with the Art4Schools program in Mountain View’s elementary schools, they would have. On view at the historic Rengstorff House Aug. 2-30 is a juried show of student artwork from the Community School of Music and Arts’ popular program, which reaches more than 15,000 students in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Also on view as part of the Rengstorff House Arts Festival will be watercolors, oil paintings, glass and photographic works by regional artists. The free show will be open to the public Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. On Sunday afternoons, Aug. 2, 9, 16 and 23 at 2 p.m., a free concert will be held in the gardens. Rengstorff House is located at 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. To learn more, go to r-house.org or call 650-868-7708.

MUSIC ON THE PLAZA For a fun Thursday evening, grab a lawn chair and head on down to Palo Alto’s King Plaza in front of City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave., for a free live concert starting at 6 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 6, it’s the Latin rock of SOL. Aug. 13 features tribute band Fleetwood Mask. Go to musicontheplazapa.com or email info@ musicontheplazapa.com.

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show that many Mountain View Whisman teachers are unhappy with how special education is handled by the district office, and say they more time to prepare for classes and handle case management for students. Christine Case-Lo, a parent of a special needs child and chair of the Learning Challenges Committee, said there’s a number of district-wide challenges that could be deterring special education teachers. Relatively low teacher compensation, no permanent special education classrooms and a general lack of stability among school administrators are all contributing problems, Case-Lo said. “There is such a high demand

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Artwork by Mariano Castro Elementary School fourth-grader Cambria C., above and by Benjamin Bubb Elementary School third-grader Tea F., right, will be on view at Rengstorff House Aug. 2-30.

science journalist will appear at Kepler’s Books at 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park on Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his latest book. “The Man Who Wasn’t There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self” explores what the neuroscience of disorders like autism and schizophrenia tells us about the human condition. The event is free. Go to keplers.com or call 650-324-4321.

TEEN CERAMICS CLASSES Hey high schoolers: No need to pre-register; just drop in to the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, for a free ceramics class 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6. Materials and firing are provided, and an instructor will be for quality special education staff that we have to nurture a more stable, supportive environment to attract and keep the best people for our kids,” she said. Turnover rate remains high Teacher retention came up as a a top issue throughout difficult salary negotiations last year, as well as raising teacher compensation to better compete with neighboring districts. And while the last two years have brought two sizable increases in teacher pay, the district continues to lose its teaching staff at the same rate as before. The need to hire 45 new teachers wasn’t a big surprise Jonathan Pharazyn, president of the Mountain View Educators Association, who expects to

on hand to offer tips. Go to cityofpaloalto.org or call 650-329-2366.

PENINSULA WOMEN’S CHORUS Before the group heads off on a tour of Argentina, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus will give a free concert at Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Hear the celebrated group sing works from around the world and bid them farewell — for now. Go to pwchorus.org or call 650-327-3095.

He threw lavish parties in San Jose and paid off his bar debts by selling paintings. Between Aug. 5 and Nov. 16, Stanford’s Can-

tor Arts Center at 328 Lomita Drive will display works by late 19th- and early-20th-century artist Astley D. M. Cooper, whose trompe l’oeil, landscape and portraiture have been largely forgotten until now. The Cantor Arts Center is open WednesdayMonday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. All exhibits are free to the public. Go to museum.stanford.edu or call 650-723-4177.

number to increase by the beginning of the school year. He said enrollment in teacher credential programs is dropping across the state, and not a lot of teachers stick around after the first few years because it’s a difficult and stressful career. Half of the nation’s teachers end their career after just five years, according to a study by the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. “It’s a tough job,” Pharazyn said. “People going from corporate to teaching are just flabbergasted by the work and effort.” Among the teachers lost this year was a long-time kindergarten teacher at Bubb Elementary who decided to teach in Los Gatos instead, which Pharazyn said was all too common. Mountain View Whisman could be

seen as a feeder district, with many teachers moving on to districts with fewer staff meetings, better pay and other incentives once they get a few years of teacher under their belt. He said he saw the same happen in Redwood City, which felt like a “training ground” for Palo Alto. After contentious debates with district staff, teachers in the Mountain View Whisman School District got a 5 percent salary increase last year, followed by a 4 percent salary increase this year. It’s still too early to say if the district now has salaries that are comparable with other districts in the area, Pharazyn said, but the rising cost of rent makes it tough to live close to Mountain View on a teacher’s salary and continues to push people out. “The cost of living is insane.

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Very few teachers can afford to live in the area,” Pharazyn said. “And single (income) people are just in shock — they can’t afford to live here in Mountain View.” Finding and attracting qualified teachers may not be an issue for all the districts in the area, though. The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District has hired about 25 new teachers so far, according to Associate Superintendent Eric Goddard. He said district staff will keep a close eye on the teacher shortage, but so far they’ve been happy with the applicant pool. Members of the Los Altos School District’s human resources department could not be reached for comment in time for the Voice’s press deadline. Email Kevin Forestieri at kforestieri@mv-voice.com V

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ny political candidate will let you know that one of the most important factors in deciding whether to run for office is figuring out who else is entering the race. If there’s an incumbent or a popular figure, it might be best to sit out the election and wait for next time. If there aren’t many viable candidates, then it’s time to throw your hat into the ring. Which makes the behavior of Ellen Wheeler, the president of the Mountain View Whisman School District’s board of trustees, very troubling. Currently, the district is accepting applications to fill the seat left open by last month’s resignation of board president Chris Chiang. In the normal course of events, copies of the submitted applications are available to the public and the press as soon as they are filed, just as they would be for candidates running in an election. Wheeler, however, has directed that no information about applicants for the board seat will be released by the district office until the application deadline has closed on Aug. 3. That means that anyone weighing the decision to apply won’t have access to a vital piece of information: Who else is in the running? What makes this disregard for the public process even harder to swallow is that Wheeler, in an email to the Voice, describes her decision to hide applicant information as being in the interest of “transparency of process and fairness to all candidates.” Wheeler, who is on the board’s subcommittee to screen applicants, created a timeline and decided when applications would be made available to the Voice and declared that all applicants would be featured in a news story prior to the board’s special meeting Aug. 18 to appoint someone. She offered to forward copies of the applications to the Voice on July 31, shortly before the deadline, but only after she and another board member reviewed them, with the stipulation that the newspaper would not publish anything about them until Aug. 7. She later rescinded that offer after canvassing the rest of the board members and one of them objected, she said.

Needless to say, the Voice never agreed to delay its reporting on board applicants, although that didn’t stop Wheeler from announcing her timeline, and the Voice’s supposed cooperation, at a July 16 informational meeting that drew 10 prospective applicants. Wheeler says that she’s only looking out for the applicants. “It’s important that all of the candidates feel like they are being treated fairly, and giving them all the same timeline and chance at publicity provides that fairness,” she told the Voice in an email. The reality is that four declared applicants have already gone public and spoken to the Voice, negating Wheeler’s argument. As of Tuesday, four people — including three unknown to the Voice — had submitted applications, but district staff, at Wheeler’s direction, refused to release even their names. In the opinion of Nikki Moore, an attorney for the California Newspaper Publishers Association who specializes in public records and open meeting laws, Wheeler’s actions violate state law, which deems the applications to be public information. The Voice on Monday filed a Public Records Act request to obtain copies of the applications. Wheeler has said that the board’s legal counsel told her she can withhold the applications, but has yet to provide any legal basis for that claim. For a school district that’s been mired in controversy — most recently, the ongoing conflicts with board member Steve Nelson and Chiang’s announcement that he resigned in order to pursue a recall campaign to replace Nelson — the appointment of a fifth board member is of enormous significance to the Mountain View Whisman community. This often fractious board needs to come together as a cohesive body to tackle major issues, including redrawing attendance boundaries, opening a new school and spending tens of millions of dollars to rebuild the Castro Elementary campus to accommodate two schools. It’s hard to have any confidence in the board’s ability to make good decisions when its president uses such poor judgment in the selection process for a new trustee.

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HOSPITAL BOARD’S SECRET VOTE I appreciated your coverage in the July 17 issue of the El Camino Healthcare District board vote on replacing a board member. In particular the ‘secrecy of the ballot issue’ is a great and classic example of non-adherence to the Brown Act, which prohibits votes that are not publicly disclosed. As we all should know, closed and written ballots or electronic system votes are entirely legal. Our city Council uses them all the time to privately record and then publicly disclose and announce ‘the vote’. The board of El Camino apparently does not understand this. It was clear from the recording of

their meeting (that) they think that their privacy concern exceeded the public’s right to know. It does not. The specific votes recorded in the ballots should have been disclosed by announcement by their chair after the clerk had recorded the total vote. If this local public legislative body does not disclose the votes (which should be recorded in their minutes), I hope the Voice files a simple “cease and desist” letter to force this government group to give a written apology to the community and explain how they will avoid such obvious mistakes in the future. Steven Nelson Cuesta Park neighborhood Continued on next page July 31, 2015 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q

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ALLEVIATING NORTH BAYSHORE TRAFFIC Lenny Siegel and John McAlister’s Guest Opinion in last week’s Voice proposing a Mountain View Monorail and, if I remember correctly, Mike Kasperzak’s Personal Rapid Transit proposal a few years ago, both aim to provide additional traffic between North of Bayshore and downtown Mountain View, without making existing traffic worse and without building new public roads. The required private, elevated systems are actually new

(private) roads but I agree with the overall idea that such elevated, private rights of way should help alleviate the existing traffic problem and might be worthwhile. However, expanding the relatively new city shuttle system underwritten by North Bayshore businesses might also help. I’d like to see usage statistics on this new shuttle system before paying for an even newer private roadway and its specialized vehicles. Such statistics might convince VTA to start its own North of Bayshore service via San Antonio Road, Rengstorff, and/or Shoreline. Keep in mind that NASA

Ames — also north of Bayshore — is served by its own shuttle bus system, by VTA bus route 51 (weekdays, business hours only), and by the NASA-Bayshore light rail station mentioned in the Guest Opinion. I agree that some form of public transit is needed between the NASA-Bayshore station and both NASA-Ames and North of Bayshore. Furthermore, a growing fleet of bicycles is going between the Mountain View Transit Center (and points south) to northerly destinations via Moffett Boulevard. I suspect Shoreline is also used by a growing number of bicy-

cles and I see an important safety reason for a dedicated bicyclepedestrian bridge over Highway 101 in the vicinity of Shoreline. In the long run, I expect that all automotive vehicles (cars and trucks; ships, trains and planes; rockets) will be self-driven. This would lead to more public vehicles, more shared rides, and fewer private vehicles, all of which would help minimize congestion. I cannot imagine pedestrians and bicyclists in such a world, but I’m sure they will exist. Doug Pearson Fordham Way

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FOOTHILL MUSIC THEATRE REVIVES BROADWAY FARCE BASED ON ROMAN COMEDY By Karla Kane

oothill Music Theatre takes on the toe-tapping toga party, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” as its summer production this year. The show can be considered a classic not only because it first appeared on Broadway back in 1962 and has been revived and won numerous Tony awards since, but also because it’s based on the comedies of Plautus, an ancient Roman playwright whose works are among the earliest known in Latin literature. The frantic, lighthearted play — with music and lyrics by Broadway titan Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart — is most definitely a farce, with plenty of door slamming, bad puns, mistaken identities, secret potions and obvious innuendos. Presented by Prologus (Doug Santana) and his company of players, the Proteans, the show has a play-within-a-play construction. The action is set in 200 B.C. and concerns three Roman households: that of the courtesan/ slave trader, Marcus Lycus (local engineer Ray D’Ambrosio); the family of Senex (Todd Wright,

always wonderful) including his imperious wife, Domina (Jenifer Tice) and their young son, Hero (Anthony Stephens); and the befuddled old man, Erronius (Jake Van Tuyl, double cast with Steven Ho), who’s on a quest to find his two long-lost children, kidnapped years earlier by pirates. Domina and Senex leave their home and son in the care of fastidious “slave-in-chief,” Hysterium (Mike Meadors), with strict instructions to keep the boy away from the opposite sex. Meanwhile, overprotected Hero has fallen head-over-heels for the new girl next door, virginal Philia (Jessica Whittemore). Yet she’s already been claimed and paid for by egotistic captain Miles Gloriosus (Scotty Shoemaker) but scheming slave Pseudolus (Doug Santana, again) offers to “get” her for Hero for a price — his freedom. The title of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” is a reference to an old vaudeville joke, and the show itself is presented in a burlesque style. The opening number, “Comedy Tonight,” is dazzling, with great energy and Sondheim’s trademark clever lyrics. Another melodic and lyrical standout is the ridiculous, “Everybody Ought

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Foothill Music Theatre cast members sing the gleefully ridiculous number, “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” in “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”

to Have a Maid,” performed gleefully by Santana, Wright, D’Ambrosio and Meadors. The rest of the music, while pleasantly bouncy and brassy, isn’t nearly as memorable. Set design by Kuo-Hao Lo is lovely, giving an appropriately cartoonish look to the Eternal City. The cast of performers is strong (even if Santana seems to be lapsing into a Nathan Lane impersonation at times), with D’Ambrosio and Stephens particularly standing out. When written well, there’s always room for good old-fashioned vulgarity and silliness. Yet despite the very talented and likable company, “A Funny Thing Happened” fell short of its intended hilarity. Too

many of the gags came across as corny, obvious and flat. There were certainly chuckle-worthy moments, including Pseudolus’ impersonation of a soothsayer and a nice bit in which the Proteans provided live slapstick comedy sound effects. Some setups, however, went nowhere, such as the introduction to a downtrodden eunuch character. Maybe the humor seemed fresher and funnier back in olden times (or at least for audiences of the 1960s). No one expects much character development from a farce, but the female characters in “A Funny Thing Happened” are especially one-dimensional, serving either as vapid sex objects (the courtesans) or as domineering shrews

(Domina). The leading lady, Philia, a quintessential dumb blonde, even has an entire song about how she has no purpose other than to look pretty and please men (“Lovely”), which lacks even a trace of irony, let alone a later twist to undermine the message. Other punchlines past their primes include a man dressing as a lady and a henpecked husband chasing after a young maiden. The show promises, “Something aesthetic. Something frenetic. Something for everyone: A comedy tonight!” and Foothill’s version mostly delivers on that promise. It’s only a shame the dated play can’t quite live up to the quality of its spectacular opening number or the capabilities of the talented cast. Email Karla Kane at karlajkane@ gmail.com. Q I N F O R M AT I O N What: “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” presented by Foothill Music Theatre Where: Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills When: Through August 9. FridaySaturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $13-$32 Info: Go to foothill.edu/theatre or call 650-949-7360.

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One small seed An exchange of fertile ideas produces worker-owned farming enterprise on seminary grounds STORY BY RENEE BATTI • PHOTOS BY MICHELLE LE Clockwise from top: Garden manager Ernesto Jasso walks past a cross holding an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he checks on crops in the NanoFarms field at St. Patrick’s Seminary; pole beans grow in the NanoFarms greenhouse, later to be planted next to double-duty cornstalks that will provide the “poles” the beans need to grow skyward; Brendon Ford, NanoFarms’ West Coast project manager, holds a red onion just picked from the field.

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or nearly 120 years, St. Patrick’s Seminary in Menlo Park has nurtured the bodies, minds and spirits of men who have chosen to devote their lives to the Roman Catholic Church priesthood. Last year, the mission of nurturing body and soul took on an added dimension at the Menlo Park institution with the launch of a new program based on an old idea: a guild in which people with common interests work cooperatively in an environment of equality and shared profits. Dubbed NanoFarms USA, the project evolved from discussions among three friends, priests from local religious communities, who were concerned about the growing income disparity in the Silicon Valley that was forcing people to lose their homes, or to work multiple jobs that prevented them from devoting time to their families and their parish. That new enterprise has transformed a half-acre

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expanse of land on the St. Patrick’s grounds, near the seminary’s Middlefield Road boundary, into a small farm, managed and worked by five parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in East Palo Alto. It’s a pilot program — and the first of its kind in the country — that focuses on growing and providing produce for local residents, in addition to installing backyard gardens for others in the Bay Area who want to put fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables on their family tables. The transformation of that parcel of fertile soil, carefully designed through biointensive farming practices to maximize space, yields an abundance of broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage; leafy greens such as kale, chard and lettuces; fruits such as strawberries and melons; root vegetables such as carrots, onions,

beets and potatoes; and a range of other edibles that would make a nutritionist’s heart sing. Along with the rows of crops that take up much of the dedicated parcel, there’s a raised bed for root vegetables, and a greenhouse where seedlings are cared for. A visitor to the site will also notice a large kettle sitting on a grate over rocks, in which banana peels are steeped in heated water — a brew used to enrich soil in which certain potassium-loving plants, such as tomatoes, are grown. The 15-month-old experiment is being closely watched by the local priests who envisioned it, the partners who are making it possible and the St. Francis church community — watched with hope and prayers that it will blossom into an enterprise that will allow a greater number of unemployed or underemployed parishioners to “find work that is dignified, honorable, and profitable within

Weekend their communities,” according to a statement on the NanoFarms website. “The parish of St. Francis of Assisi is in a very poor community in a rich area,” said Father Joseph Fessio, a Jesuit priest who grew up in Menlo Park. In 2013, he says, he received a letter from St. Francis pastor Father Lawrence Goode, who wanted to discuss ideas on how to ease the financial hardship of his parishioners. Together with another friend, St. Patrick’s Seminary professor Father George Schultze, they began brainstorming ideas. Because Fr. Fessio is editor of Ignatius Press, which he founded in 1979 to publish Catholic books with the intent of using the revenue to help the disadvantaged, he was able to offer potential funding for a project, if they could come up with a viable plan. “We discussed ideas ... such as affordable housing, but not farming,” Fr. Fessio recalls of the early talks. “That idea came in the middle of the night.” Along with work in the fields, the new enterprise would include training guild members to install custom gardens in people’s backyards that could be as small as 4-by-4 feet, and considerably larger depending on a customer’s needs. They would include soil amendments to enhance existing soil, organic vegetable seedlings of the customer’s choosing, training in biointensive gardening methods and, if desired, regular maintenance by a guild member. Fr. Fessio came up with the name NanoFarms based on the typical size of a backyard garden that would be installed by guild members. “Nano means a billionth,” he noted — roughly the proportion of land represented by a backyard garden calculated against the largest farm in the world. But where would this seed of an idea be rooted? That remained to be determined. Then one day, driving on St. Patrick’s grounds, Fr. Fessio said, “I noticed all the land, with weeds growing. I said, ‘Wait a minute, let’s see what we can grow here.’” Tests showed that the loam and clay soil was “among the most fertile” in the area, he said. There was a well on the property. And with the blessing of St. Patrick’s Seminary Rector Father Gladstone Stevens, the project was launched. Ignatius Press and Lighthouse Catholic Media provided the seed money, which pays for salaries and training of guild members and NanoFarms USA project manager Brendon Ford. Produce from the farm is sold at small farmers’ markets after Sunday Mass at local Catholic

Norma Jasso, who is a member of the NanoFarms guild and works the farm with four other cooperative members, picks strawberries from the field at St. Patrick’s Seminary.

churches, including three in Menlo Park: Church of the Nativity (first Sunday of the month); St. Denis (third Sunday); and St. Raymond’s (fourth Sunday). Produce is also sold or donated to the seminary for daily meals. NanoFarms is also launching a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture program, called NanoFarms Box, in which subscribers can pick up fresh produce weekly or have it delivered. Honest work on the farm A banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe — an image that inspires deep reverence among the Catholic faithful — ripples in the breeze at the farm’s entrance at St. Patrick’s. A mature California

pepper tree provides shade for those who work the land, and attracts bees to ensure pollination of the crops that are grown from seed — mostly, and eventually all, heirloom seeds. Three guild members are out in the field one particularly hot July morning — garden manager Ernesto Jasso, his wife Norma and their son Dario, residents of the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park. Ernesto and Norma work the farm full time, except for the two afternoons they travel to Salinas for training in farming practices. Theirs is an unlikely journey from urban life to farm work. When their parish pastor, Fr. Goode, spoke to them about pos-

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sibly joining the new NanoFarms guild, “I said, ‘Sorry, but we don’t know anything about farming,’” Jasso recalls. “But Fr. Goode said ‘that’s OK, here is the land,’ and gave us a book ... and a video” explaining farming techniques, he said. He added that Fr. Goode and seminary officials “then said ‘now, go ahead’ — and gave the blessing. All the time, they give the blessing.” Part of the farm is planted using biointensive methods that allow more crops to be planted. The remainder is planted using traditional organic and sustainable methods. Although the farm isn’t certified as organic — a long and costly process — the guild farm-

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ers use only organic practices. Edible crops grow alongside plants used for natural pest control, such as alfalfa. The farmers also use lime and garlic to ward off pests. Compost crops are also part of the mix, used “so that nutrients are returned to the soil,” said Ford, the project manager. “We’re not just sucking the nutrients out — we’re taking care of our soil.” In addition to the Jassos, Belle Haven resident Sofia Mendoza and her son, Edgar Valladares, also tend the farm as guild members. Mendoza experienced the farming life growing up in Mexico, Ford said. Do the Jassos, who grew up in big cities in Mexico, enjoy doing work they had to learn from scratch when already in their 40s? “Oh yes,” said Norma Jasso, who worked as a university registrar in Mexico before moving to the Bay Area five years ago. “We learn (new things) every day, every day.” Her husband, who worked in finance and sales in Mexico, and in sales after moving here, has also deeply embraced his new vocation. “It’s one of the most honest jobs to work,” he said. “I sweat here every day. All the money I have, I have because I worked for it. Before that, I worked in sales. It was good work, but not so honest. “Here, we don’t have to use others to earn a living.” With a sweep of his arm to point out the crop-rich field, he added: “It’s amazing. I never thought about one small seed — how it could turn into all of this.

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work and income to meet their needs and provide healthy food for others. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nascent attempt at supporting the participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; economic and work needs.â&#x20AC;? The guild, he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is a budding attempt at creating a worker-owned social enterprise. The significance of people working as owners is that they are hopefully going to have greater incentive for the enterpriseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success and they will reap the rewards of

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succumbing to it, as with his generic Eurovillain decked out in — yep — a black turtleneck. That villain is Solomon Lane (British actor Sean Harris of “Prometheus”), who heads up the murkily motivated phantom terror network, The Syndicate, which targets Hunt just as the CIA does. Luckily for Hunt, he has a loyal team: all-purpose lieutenant William Brandt (Jeremy Renner), master hacker Benji Dunn (Simon Pegg, his screen time expanded), and tech support Luther Stickell (Ving Rhames). Complicating matters, MI6 has a double agent (Rebecca Ferguson’s formidable Ilsa Faust) embedded in The Syndicate, an is-she-or-isn’t-she femme fatale who keeps Ethan on his toes. In another bit of awkward plotting, Ilsa’s ambiguous relationship with Ethan is neither a romance, per se, nor a de-sexed partnership of mutual professional admiration, presumably because the franchise couldn’t be bothered to figure out what to do with Ethan’s wife, who doesn’t even rate a mention this time. Where the picture feels on sure footing is in its high-tension set pieces: the much-ballyhooed strap-Tom-Cruise-to-a-plane stunt being merely a palate-teaser for the hand-to-hand combat, elaborate car chase and operamurder to come. The latter sequence, timed to Puccini’s hit tune, “Nessun Dorma,” recalls both the sniper theatrics of “Jack Reacher” and the Hitchcock-like showmanship of “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” McQuarrie doesn’t make it easy to invest in the characters here, yet he does know how to make us grip our armrests as they face danger, and thus the mission is accomplished once more. Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, and brief partial nudity. Two hours, 11 minutes. — Peter Canavese

Ant-Man (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10 & 11 a.m., 1, 4, 4:55, 7:05, 7:55 & 10:05 p.m. In 3-D at 9 & 11:50 a.m., 1:55, 6:20 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 12:10, 2, 5, 6:20, 7:55 & 10:50 p.m. In 3-D at 10:05 a.m., 12:55, 3:55, 6:55 & 9:45 p.m. Bajranji Bhaijaan (Not Rated)

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Drishyam (Not Rated) Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 2:45, 6:40 & 10:30 p.m. The Far Country (1954) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:40 & 9:15 p.m. Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: 9:10 & 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:50, 4:30, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Irrational Man (R) Palo Alto Square: 1:55, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m. Jurassic World (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 10:20 a.m., 1:20, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. Magic Mike XXL (R)

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Minions (PG) ++ Century 16: 9, 10:15 & 11:30 a.m., 12:45, 2, 3:15, 4:30, 5:45, 7:15, 8:30, 9:40 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 & 11:20 a.m., 12:35, 1:45, 3, 4:15, 5:20, 6:40, 7:50 & 10:15 p.m. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation ++1/2 (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15, 10:15 & 11:15 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7, 8, 9, 10:15 & 11 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 10:40 & 11:30 a.m., 1:45, 2:35, 3:20, 4:50, 5:45, 8, 8:55 & 9:40 p.m., Fri & Sat 11 p.m. In X-D at 10 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:20 & 10:30 p.m. In D-BOX at 10:40 & 11:30 a.m., 1:45, 2:35, 4:50, 5:45, 8, 8:55 p.m., Fri & Sat 11 p.m. Mr. Holmes (PG) +++1/2 Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 1:55, 4:35, 7:15 & 9:55 p.m. Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:40 p.m. National Theatre: Everyman (Not Rated) Guild Theatre: Sun 11 a.m. Paper Towns (PG-13) Century 16: 9 & 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:45, 7:30, 9:05 & 10:20 p.m. Pixels (PG-13) +1/2 Century 16: 11:50 a.m., 5:15 & 7:55 p.m. In 3-D at 9:10 a.m., 2:35 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:35, 4, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m. In 3-D at 2:40, 5:25, 8:15 & 10:50 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:50 a.m. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R) Guild Theatre: Sat at midnight Seven Samurai (1954) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3 & 7:30 p.m. Shaun the Sheep Movie (PG)

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Southpaw (R) Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:20, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 1:40, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. The Stanford Prison Experiment (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 1, 4, 7:10 & 9:55 p.m. Terminator Genisys (PG-13) + Century 20: 1:15 & 7:10 p.m. The Third Man (1949) (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m. Trainwreck (R) Century 16: 9:50 a.m., 12:50, 3:50, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:35, 3:05, 4:40, 6:10, 7:40, 9:10 & 10:40 p.m.

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Cruise control FIFTH ‘MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE’ COASTS AS IT STAYS THE COURSE 00 1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) Don’t get me wrong: I enjoyed the new “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” the fifth in the series of blockbuster actioners based on the 1960s TV show. A strong contender (along with Indiana Jones and Jason Bourne) for the title of American James Bond, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt returns for more of the same nonsense for which I confess being a sucker: a movie star, exotic locales, comic relief and big-budget action sequences with actual stunt work. But if “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation” has a patina of class and ultra-competent action, it also shows franchise fatigue in its plotting and its acting. Along with the physical commitment of Cruise (who seems less emotionally invested this time), part of the shtick of the “Mission: Impossible” movies is the introduction of a new direc-

tor for every outing, presumably to inject some new attitude and style. That was certainly the idea when John Woo replaced Brian De Palma, though since J.J. Abrams helmed the third installment, the now-Abrams produced pictures have taken on something of a house style under Brad Bird and, today, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie. McQuarrie has some fun dusting off a few of the “Mission: Impossible” trappings from the TV show, among them the opening-credits “clip-tease” and the theme of the mission being delivered in an unusual public setting (in this case, a record shop). But “Rogue Nation” falls back on the tired trope of Hunt and the Impossible Missions Force going “rogue” after being burned by their American masters. It’s hard to tell if McQuarrie is parodying the genre or simply

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Q HIGHLIGHT SUMMER OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT: ‘PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR’ Mountain View’s Summer Outdoor Movie Night Series will continue with a screening of “Penguins of Madagascar,” a family animated film about four penguin secret agents. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or a low-sitting lawn chair. July 31, 8:30-10 p.m. Free. Stevenson Park, 750 San Pierre Way, Mountain View. Call 650-903-6331. www.mountainview.gov/summermovies

ART GALLERIES ‘Color and Complexity’ Kathy Sharpe, a former Los Altos resident, presents her new paintings of florals and gardens in both realistic and impressionist styles as part of a show called “Color and Complexity.” June 30-Aug. 1, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9 Los Altos, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-941-7969. www. gallery9losaltos.com ‘Color, Music, People, Cars...Cuba!’ Main St. Cafe and Books in Los Altos is hosting an exhibit of color and black and white photos of Cuba by Denis Kertesz, with Roberta Hutchinson contributing. June 28-July 31, regular cafe hours. Free. Main St. Cafe & Books, 134 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-961-4224. ‘Iron Rose’ Joseph Najera, an artist working mostly in wrought iron to create wall pieces and candle holders, will share some of his pieces in an exhibit called “Iron Rose.” On Aug. 7, 5-8 p.m., there will be a reception with the artist. Aug. 4-30, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-941-7969. gallery9losaltos.com Rengstorff Arts Festival The Rengstorff House will offer a month-long show with fine art by local artists including works in watercolor, oil, glass and photography. A juried student art from the Community School of Music and Arts Art4Schools program will be featured. Aug. 2-30, Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-4 p.m. Free. Rengstorff House, 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. Call 650903-6392. www.r-house.org

CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Brew Your Own Kombucha This course offered by Anne Marie Bonneau will cover the benefits of kombucha, the necessary equipment, and successful and safe conditions. Students can taste samples of kombucha, sourdough bread and other fermented foods made by the instructor, and they will take home a jar of kombucha and a symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast, or a SCOBY. Aug. 5, 6-8 p.m.; Aug. 8, 1-3 p.m. $60. Private home, address provided upon registration, Mountain View. Call 650450-8205. zerowastechef.com/register Save a Life: QPR Training to Help Prevent Suicide This session on QPR training — which stands for Question, Persuade and Refer — offers instruction in three simple steps that can help save a life from suicide. Topics include how to identify warning signs, to question and persuade, and then refer someone to resources for help. Contact the organizers for more info. Aug. 13, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. goo.gl/ zKRoCN

Urban Bicycling Workshop This workshop hosted by the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition will offer a refresher on the basics of bicycling in urban areas. Aug. 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www. mountainview.gov/library Water Conservation 101 The Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) will partner with the City of Mountain View to offer an education program on water conservation. The event will provide information and updates on recent water restrictions, ways to check and control home water usage, and available rebates and resources. Registration is required. Aug. 6, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. bawsca.org/classes/

CLUBS/MEETINGS Language Swap This weekly Mountain View Public Library event will allow community members to both practice speaking a different language and teach a language to others. All levels and drop-ins are welcome. Thursdays, Aug. 6-Dec. 17, 7-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www.mountainview.gov/ library Summer Sings: Dr. Stephen Sano As part of its Summer Sings series, Schola Cantorum invites choral performers to join in singing Mozart’s “Requiem” and two pieces by Brahms — “Schicksalslied” and “Nänie” — under the direction of Dr. Stephen Sano, professor and chair of the Department of Music and director of choral studies at Stanford University. Aug. 3, 7:30 p.m. $13 general; free for students. Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. Call 650-254-1700. www.scholacantorum.org

COMMUNITY EVENTS Mt. View Taekwondo Festival At this event hosted by Taekwon Kids in Mountain View, experts from Kosin University, Korea, will give a world-class demonstration of the art and discipline of Taekwondo. Aug. 1, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free admission; prices vary for food. Rengstorff Park, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. www.taekwonkids.com Thursday Night Live Mountain View will hold one of its Thursday Night Live series events, during which Castro Street between Mercy and Villa streets will be closed to traffic. Pedestrians can enjoy restaurant dining, shopping, children’s activities, a farmers market, live music and a custom/classic car show. Aug. 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Downtown Mountain View, Castro Street, Mountain View. Call 650-903-6331. www. mountainview.gov/thursdaynightlive

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EXHIBITS ‘Metaphors and Memories’ The Community School of Music and Arts’ Mohr Gallery will offer an exhibition of collage and sculpture by Lisa Ramierz and Marianne Lettieri called “Metaphors and Memories.” On Saturday, Aug. 15, 6-8 p.m., there will be an opening reception. Aug. 14-Sept. 27, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, Mohr Gallery, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. www.arts4all.org/attend/mohrgallery.htm ‘On You: A Story of Wearable Computing’ The Computer History Museum is hosting a traveling exhibition by the Georgia Institute of Technology called “On You: A Story of Wearable Computing,” which examines the problems engineers needed to solve to make wearable technology viable and user-friendly. Tuesday-Sunday, June 30-Sept. 20, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regular admission prices. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www.computerhistory.org/events/ upcoming/#you-story-wearable-computing

FAMILY AND KIDS Family bike and traffic safety rodeo St. Timothy’s Episcopal Preschool will offer a free bike rodeo aimed at improving children’s bike safety and confidence. Preschoolers can participate in a pedestrian course about safety around cars. Children in kindergarten through fifth grade can bring their bikes and helmets for an interactive traffic safety course. Aug. 7, 1:303:30 p.m. Free. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. Call 650-9674724. www.sttims.org

FILM Summer Outdoor Movie Night: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ At the next Mountain View’s Summer Outdoor Movie Night Series event, there will be a screening of ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” an animated movie about a genius dog, his adopted son and their time-traveling adventures. Attendees are encouraged to bring a blanket or a low-sitting lawn chair. Aug. 7, 8:30-10 p.m. Free. Whisman Park, 400 Easy St., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6331. www. mountainview.gov/summermovies

HEALTH ‘In Our Own Voice: Learning More About Mental Illness’ This 90-minute presentation by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will seek to change attitudes and assumptions about mental illness by describing

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the reality of living with these conditions. Aug. 5, 7-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www.mountainview.gov/library Danceation Fitness Classes European pop star Heath Hunter and international fitness guru Kirsten Johnson lead high-energy dance and fitness workouts for all skill levels. Danceation studio also offers weekly yoga classes. See website for detailed schedule. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, June 8-Aug. 31. $20 single class; $150 10-class pass. Los Altos American Legion, 347 1st St., Los Altos. danceation.com Free Fitness Bodyweight Class Former Belgian professional gymnast Alexandre Wayenberg will provide free bodyweight fitness classes four mornings each week. RSVP is required; visit the website for more info. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, July 13-Aug. 14, 7 a.m. Free. Sylvan Park, 550 Sylvan Ave., Mountain View. www.meetup.com/ Mountain-View-Fitness-Boot-Camp-Shape-FitMeetup/ Free YMCA fitness course This weekly course led by YMCA instructors, called Healthy Happens Here, leads participants in strength training to develop balance, flexibility, posture, coordination and fall prevention. Classes are appropriate for all levels and backgrounds. Attendees should bring a yoga mat or towel. Registration is required. Wednesdays, Aug. 5-Nov. 25, noon-1 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www.mountainview.gov/ library

FOOD AND DRINK Talk and Taste Yogurt with Cheryl Sternman Rule Local author Cheryl Sternman Rule will lead an evening of tasting, learning and inspiration focused on yogurt, one of the world’s oldest and most healthy fermented foods. She will share stories from her travels, tips and tricks on making homemade yogurt, and how to use plain yogurt in easy recipes. Aug. 4, 7-8 p.m. Free. Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St., Mountain View. Call 650-526-7020. www. mountainview.gov/library

LIVE MUSIC Concert on the Plaza: Mark Russo & the Classy Cats For this City of Mountain View event, community members are invited to the Civic Center Plaza to enjoy food trucks, a “Pop Up Park” area for children, beer and wine, and live music by Mark Russo & the Classy Cats. Aug. 7, 6-7:30 p.m. Free admission. Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650903-6331. www.mountainview.gov/plazaevents Red Rock Coffee Open Mic Red Rock Coffee will host one of its Open Mic events, held each Monday, for artists to share their music, poetry or comedy. Sign-ups begin at 6:30 p.m., and the event starts at 7 p.m. Aug. 3, 7-9 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-967-4473. www.redrockcoffee.org Rengstorff Arts Festival: San Jose Taiko San Jose Taiko will give a performance, with audience participation woven throughout, as part of the Rengstorff Arts Festival. Aug. 2, 2-3 p.m. Free. Rengstorff House, 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. Call 650-9036392. www.r-house.org

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‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum’ Foothill Music Theatre will present a production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” a fastpaced musical comedy set in Rome, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. July 23-Aug. 9, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $12-$32. Smithwick Theatre, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 650-949-7360. foothillmusicals.com ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ Los Altos Stage Company and Los Altos Youth Theatre will team up for a production of “Chitty Chitty Bang

Bang,” a musical about an inventor, his children and an upper-class woman and their efforts to save a magical race car. See website for specific dates. July 17-Aug. 2, Wednesday-Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. $20 adult; $15 youth, senior. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Call 650-941-0551. www.losaltosstage.org ‘Into the Woods’ Peninsula Youth Theatre will next present a fully staged production of the whimsical Steven Sondheim musical “Into the Woods,” a fairy tale with something for both kids and adults to enjoy. July 25-Aug. 2, Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. $22 adult; $18 senior, child age 12 or under. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650903-6000. www.mountainview.gov/depts/cs/ mvcpa/subsite/events/into_the_woods.asp ‘Triangle’ TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will launch its 2015-2016 season with the world premiere of “Triangle,” a contemporary musical about parallel romances that transpire a century apart. See website for specific dates and times. July 8-Aug. 2. $19-$74. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-4631960. www.theatreworks.org Theatre in the Park Elementary school-age students in Peninsula Youth Theatre’s two-week summer classes will perform each week during the summer at local parks and venues. Picnics are welcome. See website for the full schedule and locations. Saturdays, June 20-Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m. Free. Parks and venues, including MVCPA Park Stage and Cubberley Auditorium, Mountain View and Palo Alto. pytnet.org/theaterpark.html

SENIORS ‘Medi-Cal and Medicare Changes’ Marta Avelar from Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program will discuss changes to health care insurance that affect all seniors with both Medi-Cal and Medicare. The public presentation will aim to reduce confusion by explaining the changes, why they are happening and the options available. July 31, 3-4 p.m. Free. Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center, 270 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-289-5499. avenidas. org

LECTURES & TALKS ‘If the Computer Fits, Wear it!’ Tech pioneers Thad Starner and Greg Priest-Dorman will speak with Marc Weber, the Computer History Museum’s history program founder, about the changes that have made consumer wearable technology more user-friendly, as well their personal experiences with wearable tech. Online registration is requested. Aug. 3, noon1:30 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www. computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#ifcomputer-fits-wear-it

TEEN ACTIVITIES Digital Photography Camp Offered by the Community School of Music and Arts, this oneweek camp will teach students entering grades five to 12 about camera functions, composition, lighting techniques, action shots and more. Monday-Friday, Aug. 3-7, 9:30-3:30 p.m. $390. Community School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/study/digital-camps.htm Digital Video Camp This one-week, Community School of Music and Arts course will acquaint students entering grades five to 12 with the fundamentals of capturing and editing video, as well as directing, plot development, storyboarding, camera positions, lighting and more. Monday-Friday, Aug. 10-14, 9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. $390. Community School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org/study/digitalcamps.htm

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement CONEKKO ENTERTAINMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 606672 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Conekko Entertainment, located at 550 California Street Apt. 4, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JOHN M. TOBKIN 550 California St. Apt. 4 Mountain View, CA 94041 ERIC SO 1322 7th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 RICHARD S. YU 164 W. Sandra Ave. Arcadia, CA 91007 DANIELLE DETERING 406 N. 3rd. Street San Jose, CA 95112 CHRIS COYKENDALL 406 N. 3rd. Street San Jose, CA 95112 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on July 1, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 2, 2015. (MVV July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 2015) CHEMILA COLLECTION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 606694 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Chemila Collection, located at 143 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): CHEMI LAMA 358 Grant Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 6, 2015. (MVV July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 2015) COFFEE BREAK INK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 606610 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Coffee Break Ink, located at 1453 San Marcos Cir., Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): RACHEL GIUSTI 1056 Gardenia Way Sunnyvale, CA 94086 KRISTINA HSIEH 525 Loch Lomond Ct. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 AARON TOM 1453 San Marcos Cir. Mtn. View, CA 94043 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on July 1, 2015. (MVV July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 2015)

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Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named decedent that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to mail or deliver a copy to Jacquelyn Mifune and Kimm D’Antonio, Co-Trustees of the Chieko Stewart Irrevocable Trust dated September 24, 2013, of which the Decedent was the grantor, c/o BRENDA GEIGER, Attorney at Law, at 2888 Loker Ave. East, Suite 311, Carlsbad, CA 92010, within the later of 4 months after date of first publication of notice to creditors or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code §19103. A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested. Date: July 17, 2015 /s/ BRENDA GEIGER, Attorney at Law Attorney for Co-Trustees, Jacquelyn Mifune and Kimm D’Antonio Pub. 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 2015 Geiger Law Office, P.C. 2888 Loker Avenue East, Suite 311 Carlsbad, CA 92010 (760) 448-2220 MVV SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA In re the Price Family Revocable Trust, as amended and restated July 12, 2015 by David L. Price, Decedent. Case No. 1-15-PR-177053 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (PROB C §19040(b), 19052) Notice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named decedent that all persons having claims against the decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court, at 191 North First Street, San Jose, California 9, and mail or deliver a copy to Michael McCreary, as trustee of the Price Family Revocable Trust as amended and restated July 12, 2015, of which the Decedent was the settlor, at 945 Bonneville Way, Sunnyvale, California 94087, within the later of 4 months after August 10, 2015 or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, 60 days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, or you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code §19103. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt requested. ______________________________ Michael McCreary, Trustee of the Price Family Revocable Trust as amended and restated July 12, 2015 945 Boneville Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 (MVV July 31, Aug. 7, 14, 2015)

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PALO ALTO Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,398,000 2570 Webster 5 BR 4.5 BA Stunning, Bright, Custom Built New Home to fill every need. 5 bedrooms with 3 suites. Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

SAN CARLOS Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $2,998,000 120 Wingate Ave 4 BR 3 BA Top of the world! Private, elegant home with panoramic views. 3 car grg. Possible subdiv. Tom Huff CalBRE #922877 650.325.6161

LOS ALTOS HILLS Feng Shui Masterpiece $3,500,000 11688 Dawson Dr 6 BR 4.5 BA Carefully crafted principles thruout entire property, starting w/St #. VERY private estate Shelly Potvin CalBRE #01236885 650.941.7040

LOS ALTOS Sun 1 - 4 $2,499,000 706 Orange Ave 3 BR 2 BA Downsizers Heaven-Remodeled Craftsman in Old Los Altos + Cottage! Jerry Haslam CalBRE #01180022 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,989,000 170 N California Ave 4 BR 2 BA Build new or re-build existing home in prestigious Old Palo Alto. Nena Price CalBRE #01015160 650.941.7040

MOUNTAIN VIEW Sat/Sun 10 - 4:30 $1,938,000 2541 Fairbrook Ave 4 BR 3 BA Newly updated Waverly Park home w/ over 2,100sf, situated on a lot of approx. 8,250sf. Shelly Potvin CalBRE #01236885 650.941.7040

PALO ALTO Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $1,899,900 1235 Alma St 3 BR 2.5 BA 2240sf TH, courtyard w/stone patio. FP, recessed lighting, eat-in-kitchen, laundry inside Emily Chiang CalBRE #01744416 650.325.6161

LOS ALTOS HILLS Amazing Mountain Views! $1,650,000 0 Sherlock Ct Very gently sloping lot not far from 280 in Los Altos Hills with incredible views Jerry Haslam CalBRE #01180022 650.941.7040

CUPERTINO Unique Huge Private Lot $1,488,000 22350 Palm Ave 2 BR 2 BA Fantastic opportunity to expand, remodel or tear down & build your dream home. Ron & Nasrin Delan CalBRE #01360743 650.941.7040

MOUNTAIN VIEW By Appointment Only $900,000 745 Independence Ave 3 BR 1 BA Newly remodeled bathroom, spacious family kitchen, fresh new paint inside and out. Alan & Nicki Loveless CalBRE #00444835 & 00924021 650.325.6161

SANTA CLARA Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $837,000 1932 Hillebrant Pl 3 BR 3.5 BA Beautiful Boulevard townhome. Elegant, sophisticated three bedroom home offers everything Linda Takagi CalBRE #01280638 650.941.7040

REDWOOD CITY Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $799,000 127 Atherwood Ave. Light filled Eichler home. Open floorplan w. vaulted wood beamed ceilings. Diane Kneis CalBRE #01419720 650.325.6161

REDWOOD CITY Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $599,000 1240 Woodside Rd 21 2 BR 2 BA Complex has pool & sauna. Surround Sound! Great location close to shppng & transportation. Tom Huff CalBRE #922877 650.325.6161

SAN JOSE Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $475,000 820 Owens Lake Dr 2 BR 1 BA Desirable Park Almaden Community. Charming&bright 2nd flr unit.New carpets, vaulted ceiling Yasemin Richardson CalBRE #01358033 650.941.7040

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