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Council to mull proposed development Hearing set for Sept. 15 on revised plan for 2755 El Camino Real Gennady Sheyner

hen Palo Alto officials put the brakes on its controversial “plannedcommunity” zoning process early last year, they also dealt a blow to the only development currently seeking this zoning designation: a four-story building proposed for the bustling intersection of Page

Mill Road and El Camino Real. But while the zoning process remains on hiatus, the developer behind 2755 El Camino Real is still hoping to get the green light for the project. On Sept. 15, the City Council will have a chance to give some early feedback on the project, which should influence wheth-

er the developer can continue to move forward with the application or consider other plans for the site. The project that the council will consider is similar to the one proposed in 2013, when Pollock Financial Group purchased the former Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority parking lot and applied for a planned community zoning, a designation that allows developers to exceed zoning regulations in exchange for negotiated “public benefits.”

In this case, the package of benefits included the widening of Page Mill to improve traffic circulation and an installation of pedestrian light poles as well as electric-vehicle charging stations on California Avenue. The developer also proposed buying Eco and Caltrain passes for all employees at the new 32,456-square-foot building, which would include four residential units and nearly 25,000 square feet of office space. The building would be 50 feet tall, the maximum allowed

by city code, and would include a mechanical roof screen that would add another 8 feet. There would also be three levels of underground parking, which, along with a surface lot, would provide 109 parking spaces — one more than city code requires. To get around the fact that planned community has been suspended, Pollock is now requesting a different zoning designation for the site, which is currently zoned (continued on page 16)

TECHNOLOGY

Competition casts large shadow over Palo Alto’s fiber effort Uncertain about AT&T and Google, city to defer potential partnerships until next year Gennady Sheyner

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Leaders of the Stanford Pre-Orientation Trips (SPOT) lead incoming freshmen in a circle of icebreaker games as the group prepares to leave for a five-day backpacking trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park before beginning new student orientation the following week on Sept. 9. About 300 freshmen participated in the event.

TRANSPORTATION

High-speed rail shifts focus back to the Bay Area Officials launch environmental review, hope to placate critics Gennady Sheyner

fter gaining some momentum in the Central Valley, California’s beleaguered high-speed rail project is now hoping for a fresh start — and a smoother journey — on the Peninsula. The California High Speed Rail Authority, the state agency charged with building the controversial, $68-billion system, is now preparing to launch its environmental reviews for the two northern segments of the San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line. One stretches between San Francisco and San Jose and the other between San Jose and Merced.

The rail authority plans to complete the environmental analyses for the two segments by late 2017 and begin construction shortly thereafter. If all goes well, the new rail system will be in place by 2029. To date, all has not gone well for the rail authority on the Peninsula, where the project remains a dicey and deeply polarizing proposition. The Palo Alto City Council officially took a stance in 2011, and rail authority hearings have consistently attracted angry crowds of opposition. Atherton and Menlo Park have also been skeptical, with

the latter taking part in several lawsuits against the rail authority. Things have quieted down somewhat since 2010, when the rail authority decided to launch the system in the Central Valley. Now, the conversation is starting up again, and the rail authority is hoping to strike the right tone this time around. The re-launch began Tuesday, with a community meeting in San Francisco. Some things have changed since 2009. No one, for example, is talking any more (continued on page 14)

or more than 15 years, Palo Alto has been chasing a dream of bringing ultra high-speed Internet to every local household, only to watch it spark to life in places like Kansas City, Chattanooga and Austin. Today, with the local economy booming, the City Council is fully behind the Fiber to the Premise project; and long-time proponents of the effort said the time has come for the city to dramatically expand its 20-year-old fiber network, which currently serves about 200 commercial customers. Unfortunately for the city, the giants of the industry completely agree that fiber is the future. Established telecoms Comcast and AT&T are both preparing to unveil new high-speed Internet services, and Google Fiber is expected to announce later this fall its decision on whether to include the “San Jose metro area,” which includes Palo Alto, in its next expansion. These plans have yet to materialize, but they are already putting a hitch in Palo Alto’s latest reboot of the municipal project, which has been flickering on and off since the late 1990s. The current council is all in, having set “technology and the connected city” as one of its top priorities in 2014 and having committed in this year’s retreat to stay on course. Palo Alto’s last venture to build a citywide system stalled in 2009, when the high-tech consortium that was planning to build the system saw its funding collapse in the midst of a recession. Today,

money isn’t as much of a problem as the city has more than $20 million in its Dark Fiber reserve. The only constants in Palo Alto’s endless debate over fiber are caution, uncertainty and disappointment for the project’s leading proponents. The latest chapter in this familiar tale came on Sept. 2, when the Utilities Advisory Commission considered the future of the fiber project and voted 4-3 to defer further exploration of a cityowned system until early next year. The three members who dissented — Chair Jonathan Foster, James Cook and Arne Ballentine — favored a more assertive approach, including a clearly stated commitment that the city wants to “connect all Palo Alto households to a fiber network as soon as reasonably possible” and consideration of a ballot measure to give residents a say on creating and funding a municipal network. “There’s been finally a realization that the future of competitive America is in high-speed Internet and eventually customers will begin to demand it for the yet-to-bedetermined needs,” the city’s Chief Information Officer Jonathan Reichental said. “So incumbents and new players, like Google Fiber, are now exploring, announcing and upgrading their systems slowly but surely across the United States.” This, of course, includes the data-hungry, software-obsessed Silicon Valley region. Comcast has announced plans for a 2-gigabit (continued on page 15)

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Are the two 800-pound gorillas in the room or not? Judith Schwartz, City of Palo Alto Utilities commissioner, on the future of fiber — and potential partnerships — within the city. See story on page 5.

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CHANGING HANDS ... The Four Seasons Silicon Valley in East Palo Alto will soon have a new owner. Private-equity giant Blackstone Group LP has acquired Strategic Hotels & Results Inc., which owns the 200-room high-end hotel (located at 2050 University Ave.), in a roughly $6 billion deal (including debt), according to a press release. Strategic, a real estate investment trust, owns 17 highend properties in all. Blackstone offered $14.25 per share for Strategic, according to the press release. The deal is scheduled to close in the beginning of 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal. WINNER WINNER ... After winning at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) state competition in April, three Gunn High School students, their parents and adviser Toni Smith made their way to Chicago in July to compete in the FBLA national competition. Joseph Ng snagged seventh place in the Business Procedures competition while Samuel Winslow and Bryan Owens placed in the top 20 in the Computer Programming and HTML open competitions, Smith said. “All three of these students are winners, and I am so very proud of them and our newly activated Gunn FBLA Club,” she added.

ARTS AWARD ... Author and Stanford University professor Tobias Wolff was among 18 people and three institutions to receive a National Medal of Arts or a National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama, who bestowed the honors during a White House ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 10. Wolff was honored for his contributions as an author and educator. The award-winning author’s works include “The Barracks Thief” and “Old School,” and the memoirs “This Boy’s Life” and “In Pharaoh’s Army.” “With wit and compassion, Mr. Wolff’s work reflects the truths of our human experience,” a statement from the National Endowment for the Arts reads. Other honorees included actress Sally Field and author Stephen King.

HITTING THE ROAD ... For Palo Alto residents, sitting through a City Council meeting can be a tiresome and frustrating affair. The council’s past three Monday night meetings stretched into Tuesday mornings — a logistical nightmare for residents who want to weigh in on local affairs without feeling like zombies the following morning. For exhausted council members and staff, “Good morning” has become the new “Good night.” Things have gotten so bad that at the conclusion of the Aug. 31-Sept. 1 meeting, Councilman Marc Berman pleaded with his colleagues to improve the council’s meeting-management practices, noting that the recent spate of late adjournments is making it “really rough to go to work and be productive” after meetings. These concerns are far from new and aren’t likely to go away any time soon. At the same time, the council is preparing to launch a new program next week that they hope will make it easier for residents to get engaged. Under a proposal that the council is set to approve on Tuesday, Sept. 15, council members and city staff will be visiting neighborhoods to participate in town hall meetings. According to a new report from the office of City Manager James Keene, each of these meetings will center on one citywide issue and will be followed by neighborhood-specific items and a question-and-answer period. The council’s Policy and Services Committee, which reviewed and approved the proposal last month, recommended having two council members participate in each meeting. All town hall meetings will be open to the entire council and notice will be provided according to the Brown Act. The new initiative is part of the council’s broader effort to improve the connection between City Hall and Palo Alto’s neighborhoods. In addition to the meetings, the council is also expected to approve a fresh round of funding for the Know Your Neighbors Grant Program, and to consider waiving the fees for neighborhood groups to use city facilities. The Policy and Services Committee plans to hold two meetings some time this year before revisiting the topic in early 2016. Q

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Stanford offers one-of-a-kind class on sexual assault Three-week immersive class aims to educate the next generation of student advocates Palo Alto criminal defense attorney who has represented many Stanford students accused of sexual assault, including former allstar swimmer Brock Turner, who was arrested for allegedly raping an unconscious woman on campus in January. Angela Exson, the first director of Stanford’s Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse (SARA) office; Alejandro Martinez, the senior associate director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS); and Kathy Zonana, a leader of the Stanford Rape Education Project in 1993, also spoke with the students about past and present campus climate around sexual assault, and the challenges of making prevention education impactful. The second week of the class included travel to New York City and Washington, D.C., where the students met with some of the movement’s top activists, a New York Times Magazine journalist and Catherine Lhamon, the assistant secretary of education for the Office for Civil Rights. The resources that Stanford provided to support this kind of class — one that does not exist at any other college or university in the nation, Dauber said — sends the message that tackling sexual assault is important to the university. This message takes on more meaning at a time when “survivors have come forward across the country with harrowing stories of assault followed by an insensitive or indifferent response from college administrators,” the class syllabus reads. “One way you can tell how something is important to a institution is how well-resourced it is,” Dauber told the Weekly. “A tenured faculty (member) teaching this topic sends a message to

San Francisco-based Equal Rights Advocates, a nonprofit legal organization that supports women’s rights, is representing Francis along with three other women affiliated with Stanford, according to a fundraising postcard the organization sent out in August. The Office for Civil Rights opened a second Title IX investigation at Stanford in May, according to a list released by the federal agency. Many of the students in Dauber’s class said they were aware of these current events but didn’t have a deep understanding of the prevalence or implications of sexual assault. “I think one of the biggest issues here — I know it was for me — (is) just plain ignorance about ... what’s going on,” student Matt Baiza said in an interview. “To find out that one in five women during their time in college are either sexually assaulted or (the victim of) attempted sexual assult ... is mindblowing.” Student Alexis Kallen, who plans to become an international human rights lawyer with an emphasis on women’s rights, said the class has been “incredibly eye opening.” She was particularly surprised at statistics around date rape on college campuses and has spent time researching why women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted. She’s also in a Stanford sorority, and said it’s hard to ignore the statistics Dauber presented to the class around the role that fraternities play in sexual assault. Attendance at fraternity parties raises a student’s risk of alcohol- and drugenabled sexual assault by 38 percent, according to a 2007 National Institute of Justice study. Alcohol is also a significant factor: 62 percent of victims in this study had been drinking just prior to the incident. “I do enjoy Greek life but it’s true,” Kallen said. “That’s somewhere where rape culture is harvested.” But, she said, there are many within the Greek system at Stanford working to “change the culture from the inside.” Sigma Nu, for example, collaborated with the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality (continued on page 12)

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n 1979, a group of Stanford University students founded the Rape Education Project, working to promote awareness around and discussion of campus sexual assault. Over years of activism, they created an hour-long film called “Working Against Rape,” led discussions on sexual violence in dorms, held educational workshops, printed booklets, invited speakers, put together a twoweek Rape Awareness Series that focused on acquaintance rape, and in 1988 conducted a 2,400-student study that found that one in three Stanford women and one in eight Stanford men reported having been pressured into having sex against their wills. The study led to the creation of the university’s first task force on sexual assault. Again, in 2014, a group of students, led by a student survivor, rose up to advocate for better handling of sexual assault on campus. They called for reform through rallies, in meetings with administrators, on social media and in messages of protest scrawled in chalk on campus quads. Their clamor for change, too, helped spark the creation of another task force devoted to reviewing and reforming Stanford’s processes and procedures around sexual assault. This task force recently released a series of recommendations, most notable and radical among them a charge that the university make expulsion the “expected” consequence for any student found responsible for sexual assault. Stanford Law School professor Michele Dauber — who has been Stanford’s most staunch and vocal advocate for sexual-assault reform for many years, helping to create the university’s dedicated process for adjudicating sexual-assault cases, supporting student survivors and serving as an oft-quoted expert on the topic in local and national media — is hoping that a one-of-akind class she’s teaching this month will help to continue this history of student activism by educating the next generation of student advocates on sexual-assault issues. “One in Five: The Law, Politics and Policy of Campus Sexual Assault” is a three-week, immersive class offered for the first time this year to rising sophomores as part of Stanford’s Sophomore College, a residential summer program during which groups of 12 to 15 students “engage in intense academic exploration,” the program’s website reads. Sophomore College classes focus on everything from theater (students spend 13 days in Ashland, Oregon, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) to marine biology (which includes meeting conservationists, filmmakers, politicians and land-use planners, as

by Elena Kadvany well as camping in Big Sur). When the chair of the Stanford Faculty Senate asked Dauber to teach a Sophomore College class on campus sexual assault last fall, she was initially skeptical. What students would want to spend the last three weeks of their summer talking about sexual violence when they could be camping in Big Sur? But the prospect of educating young Stanford students about an issue that has for decades been driven by student activism won out. “I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a lot of education with students who are at the beginning, basically, of their undergraduate careers at Stanford ... so that they might form the core of students working on this issue over the next several years,” Dauber said in an interview with the Weekly. The class is an all-encompassing, in-depth crash course on campus sexual assault for the 12 students enrolled, only two of which are male. Dauber said that more than 50 students ranked “One in Five” as their top Sophomore College choice. “That shows the need for education on this subject at Stanford,” she said. “To me, if there are that many students who would rank this as a high choice ... we need to do more education with our freshmen.” The class began last week with Dauber giving lectures on criminal laws around sexual assault; federal gender-equity law Title IX; the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights’ Title IX investigations of colleges and universities, including Stanford; Stanford’s disciplinary process and sanctioning statistics; the history of the university’s efforts to address sexual assault; analysis of national studies on campus sexual violence; discussion about the roles that fraternities, athletics and alcohol play in campus culture; and more. Required summer reading included “Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men” by Michael Kimmel and “Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law” by nationally renowned legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon, who also spent three and a half hours with the class as a guest speaker last Friday. Over the course of the class, the students are being asked to pour through more readings, survey data, court cases, news articles, videos and even congressional testimony. The students also spent the first week, various guest speakers involved with the issue locally, including Stanford Chief of Police Laura Wilson; Luis Ramos, who leads the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office sexual assault team, and Michael Armstrong, a Stanford alumnus and

students: ‘This is important; this is real; this is significant.’ ... Bringing this into the core academic mission of the university is how we’re really going to have an impact. That’s what I think we need more of.” Dauber’s teaching of “One in Five” — named for the oft-cited statistic on the number of women who will be sexually assaulted during college — coincides with intense scrutiny of Stanford’s own handling of sexual assault. This was ignited last June by Leah Francis, then a 21-year-old senior, who alleged the university mishandled her sexual-assault case, taking twice as long as the 60 days recommended under Title IX and imposing what she saw as slapon-the-wrist sanctions on another student found responsible for sexually assaulting her through force. The 2014-15 school year also saw the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity lose its house for two years following a sexual-harassment investigation; accusations that Joe Lonsdale, Stanford alumnus, mentor and co-founder of Palo Alto software company Palantir, had sexually assaulted and abused a former girlfriend during a yearlong relationship that took place while she was a Stanford undergraduate; the arrest of Brock Turner after two witnesses found him on top of an unconscious woman outside a university fraternity late one January night; the university’s sanctioning of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB) following a Title IX investigation; and the resignation of the university’s first-ever dedicated Title IX coordinator, Catherine Criswell, just last month. In February, Stanford also joined the fast-growing list of colleges and universities across the country under federal investigation for Title IX violations. The Office for Civil Rights opened the investigation in response to a complaint filed in December by Francis, who has alleged the university failed to promptly and equitably provide a response to and resolution for the sexual-assault report she filed in January 2014.

Stanford University Law School Professor Michele Dauber discusses sexual assault during a special three-week immersive class called “One in Five: The Law, Politics and Policy of Campus Sexual Assault” on Sept. 2. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 11, 2015 • Page 7

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Save the 2,008 campaign raises larger issues for Palo Alto schools to address

rassroots school-reform campaign Save the 2,008 served as a platform at Tuesday night’s school board meeting to address broader issues underlying student stress in Palo Alto, from cheating and homework quality to student voice. Save the 2,008 — named for the number of staff and students at Gunn High School in November 2014 following a second teen death by suicide — suggests six proposals to “undo the worst conditions of any modern-day high school — crowded classrooms, overwork at home and in AP course loads, all-day student

by Elena Kadvany phone use, constant grade-reporting, and rampant cheating,” cofounder and retired Gunn English teacher Marc Vincenti told the board on Tuesday, wearing a large circular sticker with the abbreviation “S2K8” in red and green, the school colors of Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. “Undoing these conditions will disperse the fouled air of stress, depression, and distrust that they bring on, so that, once again, ties between classmates, and especially student-teacher working relationships, can grow and bloom,” Vincenti said. Save the 2,008 has been

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Weekly debuts news-analysis webcast Reporters, editors talk about Palo Alto news on ‘Behind the Headlines’ by Palo Alto Weekly staff he Palo Alto Weekly has neighborhoods and arts. Occalaunched a new half- sionally, city officials and othhour webcast, “Behind ers will appear as guests. “By providing context and the Headlines.” Every week, the reporters and editors of the analysis, we hope to deepen the Weekly, along with newsmak- public’s understanding of the isers, will discuss and analyze sues that affect their lives,” said Weekly Editor-in-Chief Jocelyn the latest Palo Alto news. The webcast will be posted Dong, who is hosting the proevery Friday afternoon on Palo- gram. “It’s focused on the story AltoOnline.com, the Weekly’s behind the story, as it were.” “Behind the Headlines” is news website, as well as on Palo Alto Online’s YouTube channel, the newest digital product from the Palo Alto Weekly, which youtube.com/paweekly. “Over the years, we’ve heard was founded in 1979 by Johnplenty of feedback that people son. Its news and community want to know what’s really in- website, PaloAltoOnline.com, fluencing the decision makers,” offers Town Square, the online said Bill Johnson, publisher of discussion forum; columns by the Palo Alto Weekly. “This a variety of local bloggers; webcast is aimed at delivering news, real estate, arts and to our readers everything our sports Web pages, and more. reporters know about what’s Palo Alto Online also produces Express, a daily e-edition going on behind the scenes.” The show will cover two to of news and events; and the three topics each week, rang- brand-new Weekend Express, ing from city and school issues an email previewing activities, to broader trends in the com- arts and entertainment on the munity, including business, Midpeninsula each weekend. Q

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praised as a common-sense action plan by many adults in the community but criticized by students as a set of well-intentioned but out-of-touch suggestions. At Tuesday’s board meeting, nine adults — mostly parents in the district — all spoke in support of the campaign, while three students expressed concern about bringing more change to Palo Alto’s high schools without truly understanding how the plans will affect students and staff. “Before making decisions that have a large impact on the staff and students, try asking them what they think,” said Gunn junior Chloe Sorensen. “It is so, so important. Because if you ask them about Save the 2,008, I think you’ll be able to learn a lot.” Gunn junior Shannon Yang echoed Sorensen’s sentiments, saying, “I would advise the board to proceed with caution tonight. Undoubtedly, Save the 2,008 is made up of ideas from goodhearted people who want us to have the best high school experience possible here in Palo Alto. “A policy change to address culture is something the Palo Alto community needs to take gradually, especially because there are inconsistencies between the proposals and what we (as) students need to thrive both academically as well as emotionally.” School board members emphasized that Save the 2,008 appeared on Tuesday’s agenda as an informational item, meaning no action would be taken on the six proposals. Cheating, however, rose to the top of the discussion repeatedly throughout the evening as a prevalent, serious issue. Stakeholders who disagreed on other issues agreed that the district needs to address the recent rash of cheating. Save the 2,008 suggests gathering data around academic integrity, implementing ongoing education about cheating and its consequences, and drafting an honor code “framed not as a strategy for catching cheaters but as a plan for teaching integrity” to address Palo Alto’s “anxious climate of cheating.” Several students cited a survey administered by Stanford University education-research group Challenge Success this spring that found only 13 percent of Gunn students had not cheated in any way in the past year. Paly students are scheduled to take the same survey in late September, according to Associate Superintendent Markus Autrey. Conversely, there were only 35 incidents of reported academic dishonesty in the 2014-15 school year at Paly, according to data

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Cheating rises to the top of district priorities

Marc Vincenti, founder of the “Save the 2,008” campaign, addresses the school board, parents, students, and community members about the death of a Gunn High School student and the academic rigor students deal with on a daily basis in January. provided by Assistant Principal Adam Paulson. When asked by board member Ken Dauber to explain the gap between high rates of cheating reported in the Challenge Success survey, as well as the district’s own Strategic Plan survey, and the small number of reported cases at Paly last year, Paly Principal Kim Diorio said that cheating goes widely underreported. “We feel that a lot of the instances of cheating on our campus are underreported because you don’t catch the students necessarily,” Diorio said. “They’re really good at their methods, and there’s a real culture of secrecy around it.” A story in Paly’s student-run Verde Magazine from this April, “Ring of Dishonor: Exposing Paly’s Culture of Cheating,” detailed the efforts of an organized group of 20 students who had been collaboratively cheating since sophomore year. Diorio said cheating is a “serious” problem, and a symptom of larger issues around intense academic pressure and high expectations. High-performing Paly students who take on a rigorous workload “tend to be more apt to cheat than some students who have a more balanced course load,” she said. Students who are caught cheating often say they didn’t feel like they had sufficient time to do the work themselves or “they felt desperate to get the ‘A’ at any cost,” Diorio added. Kathleen Ji, a Gunn senior, spoke to the board earlier in the evening about the importance of addressing the pressure that students put on themselves to achieve at a high level to compete with their peers. Board member Dauber said, “We just don’t want schools where students feel like they have to trade off their integrity versus success and performance.”

Board vice president Heidi Emberling said she would like to have a future board discussion around cheating and would support convening an advisory committee to look at the issue. Board member Terry Godfrey stressed the importance of getting to the root of the problem and understanding, first, what drives cheating. Superintendent Max McGee said out of Save the 2,008’s six points, confronting the culture of cheating — one that exists not only in Palo Alto but at many other schools and environments — is of “premiere importance.” He reflected on where he last worked, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA), where the students wrote their own honor code and juniors were required to take an ethics lecture series outside of class time, which included small breakout discussion groups led by seniors. “We need to start thinking about whether we have our own academic integrity code,” McGee said. The board also discussed the importance of class size Tuesday night. Save the 2,008’s first step “to sanity” in the school environment is to “shrink classes to a friendlier size, creating a closer feeling between classmates as well as stronger teacher-student ties (which can sometimes become lifelines),” the campaign’s plan reads. “Of all the ways to ease campus pressure, this is the most powerful, because it’s the teacher’s attention that makes each individual student feel recognized, welcomed, and inspired to learn,” the plan continues. “When school life is stressful, changing the teacher-student ratio has the same transformative effect as lowering control rods into an overheated reactor core. And as (continued on page 9)

Upfront EDUCATION

School board split on communications position District has ‘felt the loss’ in absence of dedicated spokesperson, superintendent says

he Palo Alto school board voted 3-2 on Tuesday evening to approve the creation of a full-time communications coordinator position, with the board’s two newest members not convinced that the job description as is will address the district’s most pressing communication needs. Board President Melissa Baten Caswell, Vice President Heidi Emberling and trustee Camille Townsend voted in favor of the position, while board members Ken Dauber and Terry Godfrey dissented. Superintendent Max McGee had initially proposed the district find a part-time person to fill the vacancy left when district spokeswoman Tabitha KappelerHurley resigned in June, but said Tuesday that after discussions with his leadership team, it became clear that a full-time person is needed. McGee said in the absence of a designated communications person, the district has struggled to meet several media requests by deadline and to distribute critical information to schools in a timely manner. He said he worries that “sooner or later, we’re going to have an oversight that’s critical.” School principals also stressed to McGee their reliance on the previous communications coordinator for support in writing messages to their school communities on both a day-to-day basis and in crisis or emergency situations. Nancy Coffey, president of the Palo Alto Management Association (PAMA), also expressed her organization’s support for the full-time position, reading a letter signed by PAMA leadership. “Our district has over 12,000 students representing more than 8,500 households who depend on information from our 1,664 employees at our preschool, 13

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teachers know, one-on-one attention is the very definition of ‘differentiated instruction.’” Gunn student board member Grace Park said the “teacher-student bond is absolutely critical to ensuring students are not stressed at school,” but questioned whether or not reducing class sizes is the way to achieve that goal. “If you’re in an English class of 35 versus a language class of 15 (students) ... the difference really isn’t in the class size so much as it is in the connection that you have with the teacher, the personal connection,” she said. Godfrey said high school-

by Elena Kadvany elementary schools, three middle schools, two high schools, adult school and hospital school,” Coffey told the board. “In the interest of timely, consistent and transparent communication with our community, we need a point person to coordinate our complex organization’s communication efforts, both internally and externally.” Dauber and Godfrey, however, questioned the value of reproducing the role and responsibilities of the previous communications coordinator. “One potential problem with a communications officer, which I think has been realized to some extent in the past, is a focus on the presentation of the district in a positive light as opposed to in an accurate or clear light,” Dauber said. “I haven’t seen in its execution an urgency around it that is consistent with the other educational goals that we could be serving with these dollars,” he added, pointing to Kappeler-Hurley’s $143,000 annual salary. Dauber was also critical of the position during the last school year when McGee tested out a new communications strategy, asking Kappeler-Hurley to each week gather and rank all media coverage about the district as either a “win,” “lose” or “tie.” Kappeler-Hurley told the Weekly in December that a story categorized as a win successfully shared the “good work that the district is doing” and might have been the result of a press release she sent out. What was deemed a tie was more subjective, she said. The practice was considered a metric for one of the board’s five overarching goals for the 201415 year: “to anticipate, respond, and promptly resolve distracting and disruptive issues in order to maintain focus on the District’s vision.”

At the time, Dauber urged McGee to discontinue the practice. “I don’t think that it really reflects our communications strategy well to try to categorize media reports (as) positive, negative and neutral, because I think it leads us into decisions that media coverage is negative not because it’s inaccurate, necessarily — which I think should be our standard — but because it’s critical,” Dauber said at the Dec. 9 board meeting. Several months later, in March, McGee made a “strategic decision” to end the media tabulation practice. Godfrey said Tuesday night that she expects the district’s new associate superintendent, Markus Autrey, to serve as a high-level spokesman for the district. (His responsibilities, according to a job description, include to “act as the key spokesperson for assigned areas of responsibility” and to “communicate with the public and media on curriculum and instructional issues.”) While Godfrey is “not supportive of a Tabitha re-do,” she said she sees value in someone who can provide support around lower-level tasks — “basic blocking and tackling,” she said — such as scheduling media interviews. Kappeler-Hurley sometimes did this, as well as tasks ranging from writing press releases to taking photographs at school events and helping to navigate PowerPoint slides at board meetings. A more important priority, Godfrey said — and one the district has struggled with in the past — is transparency. She said she would like to see the board’s emails publicly posted in a timely manner, a request other board members also made at a retreat in June. Both Townsend and Emberling said they themselves have felt un-

ers she talked to about Save the 2,008’s class-size proposal told her they would rather be the 31st student in a class they really want to take rather than miss out on it. Emberling also pointed out that research shows investing in smaller class sizes yields the biggest return much earlier than high school — in kindergarten through third grade. Banning student-cellphone use at school — Save the 2,008’s fourth proposal — has proved controversial with many students, but adults, too, defended the benefits of mobile technology on Tuesday night. “If you are a kid who has organizational problems, this thing is a miracle,” Board President Melissa Baten Caswell said, holding her

phone. “Let’s not pretend this piece of equipment ... isn’t way more than just a communications device.” A relatively young board policy, adopted in 2014, does prohibit cellphone use during class instruction unless designated by teachers, and McGee said his impression is that this policy is widely followed. Dauber said that what is most important about Save the 2,008 is that it focuses on students’ everyday lives at school rather than “abstract ideas about culture” or theories about how to cut down on student stress. It is “that centrality of the classroom and the lived experience of students at school that I think is so important and so insightful here,” he said. Q

informed in Kappeler-Hurley’s absence and hope a new hire will focus on both internal and external communications. Emberling, who sends out a regular e-newsletter summarizing board work, pointed to widespread dissatisfaction around board communication expressed by students, staff and parents in the most recent Strategic Plan survey. “I think we have some serious communications concerns and my hope would be that someone who has been trained in communications could help us improve our systems across the district,” Emberling said. While Godfrey questioned the position’s high salary — echoing past community criticisms of the job as an unnecessary expense — Baten Caswell said that the district, in the middle of Silicon Valley, must offer competitive pay in order to find a quality candidate. Baten Caswell sat on the interview panel for the job when the district hired Kappeler-Hurley in 2013 and said the district struggled to compete with high-tech

firms in the area also looking for communications officers. “If all you want is somebody to push papers, it’s one thing, but if you want them to actually put processes together, write things that go onto the website, that kind of stuff, you need somebody who’s got that background and for this amount of money, we really had a hard time coming up with strong candidates,” she said. Kappeler-Hurley’s starting salary in 2013 was $130,000. Last year her total compensation was $143,258 with an additional $39,076 in district-paid benefits. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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News Digest First Common Core testing results released The first results from California’s new standardized testing, which looks at how students meet the new Common Core State Standards, were released Wednesday, Sept. 9. The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) tests mathematics, English language arts and literacy levels of students in grades 3 to 8 and 11. Palo Alto Unified School District students took the new computeradaptive Smarter Balanced Assessments in the spring, following a trial run in 2014 for which the scores did not count nor were shared with districts. Of the Palo Alto students who took the test, 83 percent performed at or above standards in both English language arts/literacy and mathematics, compared to 44 percent of students statewide in English language arts/literacy and 33 percent statewide in math. Chris Kolar, director of research and assessment for the school district, said Thursday that Palo Alto’s positive results affirm the investments the district has made over the last several years to implement Common Core. The results have been shared throughout the district, Kolar said, and school principals are working to integrate the data into their Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA), strategic road maps developed by each site every three years to guide their work. However, there was a discrepancy between the number of participating students the district recorded at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools and JLS Middle School and the number the California Department of Education posted online Wednesday, Kolar said. His office flagged this discrepancy last week, and was told Thursday that the results posted on Wednesday are “based on a snapshot of student data in mid-August,” so additional data will be added and the website finalized in early October, Kolar said. Q — Elena Kadvany

City looks for new strategies to get businesses to participate in registry With participation rates still lagging behind expectations, city officials are trying to come up with new ways to get local businesses to participate in the city’s new Business Registry. These include a simpler questionnaire, in-person visits from city staff, code-enforcement citations and requirements that businesses seeking other types of permits have their registration certificates handy. The City Council is schedule to discuss these proposals on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Launched in March after years of discussion, the registration program was intended to help the city answer some questions deemed crucial for ongoing planning and transportation efforts. Yet after six months of trying to coax and nudge businesses to participate, officials estimate that by the end of August only about 2,173 businesses — 69 percent of the estimated total — have opted to pay the $50 registration fee and answer the 23-question form, according to a new report from the office of City Manager James Keene. The rate is certainly higher than the roughly 30 percent that registered by June 1. It should go up even further this month, when the city begins issuing fines of up to $50 ($25 for those 30 days late and an additional $25 for those 60 days late) and with downtown’s new Residential Preferential Parking program officially launching (employers looking to buy permits must have their businesses registered). Yet for a data-hungry city that is now awash with planning efforts, the program continues to pose a frustrating challenge. Staff had reached out to the unregistered businesses several times, the report states, to gauge their concerns. Some opposed the idea of a registry, while others took issue with particular questions (most notably the question requesting the Federal Tax Identification Number, which for sole proprietors is often the Social Security Number, and the ones relating to employers’ parking permits). Many requested paper-based versions of the online registry — a request that the city complied with by creating a PDF form. In most cases, the report notes, those expressing concerns did eventually register after staff contact. Some, however, have continued to oppose the requirement. A few businesses mailed checks without the requisite information, though staff was able to follow up and get the needed information, according to the report. Staff estimates that there are about 3,150 businesses operating in Palo Alto, though they acknowledge that an accurate figure is difficult to gauge (hence, the need for the registry). In Palo Alto’s startup culture, businesses open and close, move and merge seemingly every day and, even with a universally accepted registry, the number would be dynamic. Q — Gennady Sheyner LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines and talk about the issues at Town Square at PaloAltoOnline.com

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Neighborhood wins support for banning two-story homes by Gennady Sheyner

grassroots effort in Palo Alto to ban two-story homes in Eichler neighborhoods is on the cusp of its first big victory after the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission on Wednesday threw its support behind a zone change requested by residents of the Los Arboles neighborhood. Once the City Council approves the zone change, as it is expected to do later this year, the 83-home community will become the city’s first in more than a decade to receive a “single-story overlay” — a zoning designation that prohibits new two-story homes or homes with heights greater than 17 feet. Though the city already has 12 such zones, none have been created since 2004, when Allen Court achieved the designation despite opposition from nearly half the residents. In Los Arboles, which sits just south of Loma Verde Avenue and between Middlefield and Ross roads, no such split existed. A petition submitted by the applicants, Holly Oak Drive residents

Rebecca Thompson and Sherilyn Tye, included signatures from 66 of the 83 property owners — an 80 percent support rate. This is well above the 70 percent threshold that the council established shortly after the Allen Court zone change. The Los Arboles effort also managed to clear a hurdle that had stymied similar proposals in the past: a fee of $8,000 that officially accompanied the zone-change request. (Unofficially, the city’s tendency has been to waive the fee and treat the zone change as one initiated by the city itself.) On June 29, the City Council agreed to strike the fee from the books after a request from several residents in Eichler neighborhoods. The argument from each neighborhood has been the same: Eichler homes are squat and glassy, designed to blur the line between indoors and outdoors. Two-story homes, the residents argue, damage the character of the Eichler enclaves and disrupt the privacy of neighbors. The application from Los Arboles states that the neighborhood’s residents comprise several

generations, “vary in their years of home ownership, and come from a wide array of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.” “Within this diversity, we share in the appreciation of our Eichler homes and a commitment to maintain our privacy and daylight as well as the unique design and character of our historical neighborhood,” the application states. “Preserving neighborhoods like Los Arboles is a benefit to the larger Palo Alto community.” Bonnie Borton, who has lived on Holly Oak Drive for more than 50 years, was one of about a dozen residents to attend the Wednesday meeting in a show of support for the zone change. She described Los Arboles as a “vibrant neighborhood” where children ride bikes and residents feel safe and look out for each other. Single-story homes, which comprise 95 percent of the neighborhood, are an important part of the neighborhood’s character. “I really feel it’s important that our houses remain single story,” Borton said.

ENVIRONMENT

Residents question timing of bridge replacement Public comment on environmental-review planning open until Sept. 14 by Sue Dremann

ith a whopper of an El Nino predicted for this winter, several residents told Palo Alto officials at a meeting on Sept. 3 that they want a new Newell Bridge to be built — and fast. While the design of the bridge has been debated for more than four years, some residents said they don’t care what the bridge looks like: They just don’t want their homes to be flooded this winter by the San Francisquito Creek. The meeting was a chance for the public to weigh in on four alternative bridge designs and to suggest what categories should be studied in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The public has until Sept. 14 to comment. A draft EIR will then be developed, which will be open to additional public review and comment. If approved, construction would begin in 2018, and it would be a full year before the new bridge would be functional, officials said. That timeline has residents nervous, since weather forecasters are predicting an unusually wet winter.

“This is a little podunk bridge compared to the danger we all face from flooding,” said Alan Hallberg, whose home was flooded in 1998. “I frankly don’t care what kind of bridge we put in. Just do it.” Some residents living up the creek near the Pope/Chaucer Bridge said the city is making assumptions without fully knowing what impact a new Pope/Chaucer Bridge, which will be replaced later, would have on the creek. The city should consider downstream fixes all at once, they said. Jim Wiley, a Menlo Park resident who lives near the creek, said the Newell Bridge is being designed with the assumption that a 6- to 8-foot flood wall would be constructed upstream. But city staff said the Santa Clara Valley Water District has proposed widening the channel in East Palo Alto to allow a greater volume to flow downstream, which would eliminate the need for flood walls. Kevin Fisher, whose home also flooded in 1998, said he didn’t want to wait longer for a compre-

hensive plan. “It feels like the right approach is to focus one step at a time” rather than trying to fix the entire creek problem all at once, such as by including Pope/Chaucer, he said. The 103-year-old concrete Newell Bridge is not just a flooding hazard. Over the years, the narrow structure has concerned drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. Palo Alto residents have called for its removal altogether as a way to eliminate traffic through their neighborhood and to reduce crime. There are now five alternatives: four possible bridge designs and one option to do nothing at all. The lattermost possibility received little attention at the meeting. Each of the four designs would heighten the bridge by 2 feet. One proposal would entail a 16-footwide traffic lane — the same width as the current structure — with one or two pedestrian walkways on the outside. Traffic signals would allow cars to move across in one direction at a time. Bicycles would also use the

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Planning and Transportation Commission backs grassroots move to adopt ‘single-story overlay’ for Eichler neighborhood

A number of residents on Holly Oak Drive push for a single-story overlay to prevent multistory constructionin in their neighborhood. Philip Bednarz, who also lives on Holly Oak, said the idea of adopting an overlay came out of the neighborhood’s block party last fall, when homeowners came together to protect “what we see as an increasingly rare neighborhood.” Most of the residents, he said, are looking to protect their privacy, sunlight and views, as well as the overall neighborhood aesthetic. The neighborhood isn’t the only one to apply for the overlay. Los Arboles II, an adjacent tract on Torreya Court, is also seeking a single-story overlay, though its effort has been complicated by the fact that nine of its 30 homes belong to that rarest of species: two-story Eichlers. This means that they would be designated as non-complying facilities if the single-story overlay was adopted. According to planning staff, owners of these homes are considering applying for a slightly

different overlay, one that would allow rebuilding of two-story homes and that would be subject to application fees. Another Eichler neighborhood, Greer Park North, has also submitted an application for a single-story overlay. Its request is scheduled to go to the planning commission next month. At the Wednesday meeting, the commission didn’t take a formal vote because of a technicality — staff did not meet the required 12-day period for publishing a notification of the hearing. This means the formal vote will take place on Sept. 30. But in their comments Wednesday, planning commissioners made no secret of which way they’re leaning. “This seems like a no-brainer for me,” said Commissioner Eric Rosenberg, noting that the

traffic lane, using a bike “sharrow,” or road marking that indicates where the bikes can travel. Additional alternatives would be a two-lane bridge with bike sharrows — each lane 14 feet wide — and the pedestrian walkways. The alignment of Newell Road — which currently is offset by 90 feet on the East Palo Alto side — could either be kept, partially realigned, or fully aligned. Instead of traffic signals, these three designs would have stop signs. East Palo Alto residents said they preferred a two-lane bridge with full alignment of Newell Road. They noted that blind spots along Woodland Avenue toward the bridge approach and zig-zagging traffic from the bridge endangers children and families crossing the streets. Wendy Smith, an East Palo Alto resident, was one of those favoring full road alignment and stop signs. “Visual sight lines are necessary” for safety, and with stop signs, “that’s the safest thing and then you have traffic calming,” she said. Some Palo Altans at the meeting supported that alternative as the safest. But other Palo Altans said they are against anything other than a one-lane bridge without a realignment of Newell. They are concerned that the two-lane and aligned alternatives will make the Palo Alto portion of Newell Road a speedway. Doug Kelly said only the onelane alternative would preserve

the character of the neighborhood and the bridge. He noted that he has never seen an accident on the bridge because people are forced to cross so slowly. “Anything other than a crawl is hazardous,” he said. Other residents said that adding speed humps or tables along Newell Road could reduce the speeding problem. The city plans to post all comments from Sept. 3’s scoping session, plus a video of the meeting. The comments will be online by Sept. 28. The draft EIR will be released in June 2016 with another opportunity for public comment. The final EIR will be released in January 2017 with a final hearing and approval scheduled for February 2017. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Comments about the scope of the Environmental Impact Report will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14. Written comments should be sent to: City of Palo Alto, Public Works Engineering Services, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto 94301, Attn: Joe Teresi, Senior Engineer. Information, public comments and updates can be found at the project website, cityofpaloalto. org/newell.

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Healthy ApoE4 Carriers Needed For Alzheimer’s Disease Study What: The Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University is looking for healthy volunteers to participate in a study on genetic factors that are protective against the development of Alzheimer’s Disease. The study involves brain imaging (MRI), genetic testing, memory testing, a blood draw, and a spinal fluid draw. Our goal for this research is to identify genetic influences on the development of Alzheimer’s Disease to aid in the better understanding and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Where: All procedures will be performed at the Stanford University Medical Center. Commitment: Participation will involve 1 full day and 1 half day of participation. These visits may be spread out over a range of 2 months. Eligibility: Healthy individuals with one or two copies of the ApoE4 allele. Individuals with one copy of the ApoE4 allele must be over the age of 70 (if female) or over the age of 75 (if male). Individuals with two copies of the ApoE4 allele must be over the age of 65. Participants must have no history of memory loss or neurological illness, no heart or vascular implants, and must be able to lay flat for a MRI scan. Expectations: One 60-minute MRI scan, a neurological exam, questionnaires, a neuropsychological assessment (memory tests), a lumbar puncture (spinal fluid draw), saliva sampling, and a blood draw. Contact: apoe4.stanford@gmail.com | (650) 724-3747 Principal Investigator: Michael Greicius, MD, MPH Stanford Center for Memory Disorders, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine For general information about participant rights, contact 1-866-680-2906.

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Studies program this spring to put together a gender-issues speaker series that ended with an event in March called “Defining Manhood: What Can Men at Stanford Do?” Baiza, a political science and sociology major, said he wasn’t surprised to be one of only two male students in the class. Dauber, too, said she was disappointed at the gender breakdown, but hopes that more men will sign up for the class in future years. “I think sexual assault in general — I don’t think it’s a conversation that guys are having,” Baiza said. “You see a lot of women circling this issue.” Dauber hopes that her class will help change the perception that sexual assault is primarily a women’s issue, both academically and personally. The class discussed last week the importance of peer influence in shifting male culture, and the wheels immediately started turning in Baiza’s mind. By the third day of class, he

was starting to form the idea for a peer-led student group that would travel around campus, visiting dorms and other spaces to talk about sexual assault. “Everybody would agree that racism is bad. Everybody would agree that human trafficking is bad. Everybody agrees, I would think, in general, that sexual assault, committing acts of violence in that manner, is bad,” Baiza said. “The problem is that people may say things but you don’t see them actually taking action on it. “I think it comes down to just the fact that bringing awareness, I know at least for myself, has made me more conscious about the things that I do, about the people that I’m around. ... Now that I’m educated, I feel like I’m more responsible.” Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com. The Palo Alto Weekly has created an archive of past news articles, social media reactions and other content related to the ongoing sexual assault issues at Stanford University. To view it, go to storify.com/paloaltoweekly.

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Historic board deals blow to project at former Shady Lane site A proposal to construct a four-story building on the prominent downtown corner of University Avenue and Kipling Street suffered another setback Thursday morning when Palo Alto’s Historic Resources Board concluded that the project’s impacts on existing historical structures has to be re-evaluated. (Posted Sept. 10, 1:55 p.m.)

Palo Alto Medical Foundation CEO to retire After more than five years as chief executive officer at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), Richard Slavin, M.D., announced Sept. 3 that he plans to retire in January 2016, according to a press release. (Posted Sept. 8, 8:47 a.m.)

James Franco to teach high-school film class People like to use the phrase, “Only in Palo Alto.” It certainly will be thrown around with the news that actor and Palo Alto native James Franco will be making a film with local high school students this year. (Posted Sept. 6, 12:07 p.m.)

Stanford, Toyota launch artificial-intelligence research center Envisioning a world in which self-driving cars safely navigate streets and intelligent robots aid in the health care of seniors and others, Toyota Motor Corporation announced Friday that it will be investing approximately $50 million over the next five years to establish joint artificial-intelligence (AI) research centers at Stanford University and MIT. (Posted Sept. 6, 10:11 a.m.)

New parks, bathrooms top Palo Alto’s list of recreation needs With Palo Alto preparing to unveil a new vision for recreation, some residents are calling for more nature, including new neighborhood parks or enhanced pathways at existing preserves. (Posted Sept. 5, 10:07 p.m.)

Police search for indecent-exposure suspect Police are investigating an indecent-exposure incident that occurred on Friday, Sept. 4, in Palo Alto, according to a police department press release. (Posted Sept. 4, 8:29 p.m.) Want to get news briefs emailed to you every weekday? Sign up for Express, our daily e-edition. Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up.

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‘Lights! Camera! Community Action!’ Midpen Media Center celebrates 25 years of community broadcasting

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n the recesses of a blocky building at 900 San Antonio Road, banks of lights and monitors illuminate the faces of those in the television control room. In an adjacent space, the program’s hosts and presenters take their places in the studio in front of a green screen, a blank background that will allow any number of settings and images to be dropped in digitally for each show. Cameras on booms — called jibs — sweep into position like mechanized megafauna, focusing in on close-ups, medium-range shots, and panning from left to right. The Midpen Media Center, celebrating its 25th anniversary this Sunday, has come a long way since it began with one camera in a rental space on Park Boulevard. It has a new, $400,000 high-definition digital studio and more than 200 crew members from camera persons to producers and technicians. But as big as it has grown, the Media Center still adheres to one basic tenet: producing media that is for the people and by the people. Through community programming, video and film, it has been at the forefront of creating the kind of “community engagement” that city leaders talk about but have rarely been able to achieve. At its Sunday celebration from 2-5 p.m., “Mosaic — Telling your story brings the whole picture of our community together,” the community can sample some of the programs the center offers, such as sports broadcasting,

storytelling techniques, sharing opinions in an interview for the regional Bay Voice channel, touring the new studio and learning inside tips on successful field production, to name a few. John C. Hollar, president of the Computer History Museum, will give a keynote speech on the future of community media. The event will be broadcast live on cable television. Since its early days in 1990, the Media Center has grown to create 1,283 productions in 2014 alone, including 837 that were produced by the community. It broadcasted 322 government meetings to inform the public in its service area, which includes Atherton, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Palo Alto and Stanford, and unincorporated portions of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Its initiatives include youth media and video corps for students to create their own programming; live sports broadcasting by students; a video project, “Made in America,” capturing the stories of local immigrants; Alive and Free Youth Media for East Palo Alto youth to tell their experiences and the Greenlight Film Festival of short works. Its eclectic cable programming ranges from “Ask ‘Dr.’ Business” and “Talking with Henrietta” (which focuses on local current events) to “Cosmic Cafe” (a talk show dedicated to the paranormal, aliens and crop circles), “God’s Woman” (which features a local pastor), music of local bands and songwriters, environmental

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Board of Education (Sept. 8) action, faith, dance and arts. Today, the Media Center has five live channels and five online channels. As of Dec. 31, 2014, the center had more than $9.1 million in net assets, thanks largely to conservative investment of its endowment by the former Cable Co-op. “It was, for the most part, an empty studio,” recalled “Talking with Henrietta” host Henrietta Burroughs, a resident who has been a part of the center since 1995. “Maybe they had one camera. I had a video production company and I brought in my own equipment.” Back in 1990, the Co-op provided the cable system and the Media Center, which was then called Mid-Peninsula Access Corporation (MPAC), community programming for the Co-op channel. Media Center Executive Director Annie Folger, who was at the forefront of the community-access idea in 1985, recalled its impetus. “Community-access organizations could be at arm’s length from the deep pockets of government. ... At the very base level, public-access channels enable ordinary citizens to express their First Amendment right to free speech on television,” she said. Under the 1985 Cable Act, cable companies had to include publicaccess television as part of their programming, since the companies, which were often private, were using the public airways, she said. Palo Alto’s early effort was largely volunteer-based, with people meeting in Folger’s dining

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TD Daniell, center, operates the switcher as fellow Midpen Media Center volunteers Sean George, front left, and Ken Dickman, back left, watch as “Other Voices,” a monthly live talk show hosted by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center is filmed in the studio on Sept. 8.

Authorizing signatures: The board approved a resolution to sign contracts, orders and checks. Yes: Unanimous Declaration of need: The board approved a Declaration of Need for emergency, limited assignment and short-term staffing permits for certificated employees. Yes: Unanimous Communications coordinator: The board approved a full-time communications coordinator position for the district. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Townsend No: Dauber, Godfrey

City Council (Sept. 9)

Pensions: The council heard a presentation from actuary John Bartel about the city’s unfunded pension liability and agreed to have its Finance Committee discuss the issue further. Action: None

Planning and Transportation Commission (Sept. 9)

224 Churchill Ave.: The commission recommended rejecting the Director of Planning and Community Environment’s decision to deny a variance to a two-story residence at 224 Churchill Ave., which would allow a reduction in the required front setback. Yes: Alcheck, Downing, Fine, Gardias, Michael, Rosenblum Absent: Tanaka Los Arboles: The commission expressed support for an application from Los Arobles to create a “single-story overlay” district. The commission will formally vote on the proposal on Sept. 30. Action: None

Historic Resources Board (Sept. 10)

429 University Ave.: The board discussed the proposed four-story building at 429 University Ave. and recommended expanding the area evaluated for the project’s impact on historic structures. Yes: Bower, Bunnenberg, Di Cicco, Makinen, Wimmer Absent: Kohler Recused: Bernstein

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room, she recalled. Burroughs was a journalist who started broadcasting there in 1995 while on the City of Palo Alto’s Human Relations Commission on a show called “Peninsula Currents.” The importance of community media can’t be underestimated, she said. “I just think it gives the community a voice that the community would not have in mainstream media,” she said. The Media Center has been at the forefront of community programming, early on producing shows with senior-related content and going into communities of color to allow people to tell their stories. The center has dedicated projects related to East Palo Alto youth and Palo Alto teens. Burroughs’ current show since 2002 has focused on local events and personalities in East Palo Alto. When Cable Co-op sold the system for $17 million to AT&T Broadband & Internet Services in 2001, MPAC merged with Silicon Valley Community Communications. The name changed to Midpeninsula Community Media Center, and the endowment ensured the community-access network would remain on solid financial footing in perpetuity. Burroughs said that foresight has enabled the Media Center to have a deep and lasting impact through robust programs, broadcasting and video classes and for-hire services to help members of the community get their message out. “They have been phenomenally successful. They have survived

when many others in public media have not. I am just in awe of the services they produce for the community,” she said. Folger echoed the importance the endowment has made to allow community voices to remain heard. “A number of organizations had to fold because they didn’t have the big cushion we do,” she said. Looking forward, the Media Center is focusing on ways to attract millennials through social media, live streaming and interactive platforms for community dialogue, Folger said. Now after 10 years of planning, the new $400,000 high-definition system is moving the Media Center into its next phase of growth. The organization recently launched Bay Voice channel, which provides programming to address regional issues that aren’t usually covered by local programming. Along with its new, lightningfast broadcasting, the center recently took on the new moniker, Midpen Media Center, to create a better “mouth feel,” board member Sue Purdy-Pelosi said. But dropping the word “community” from its name doesn’t change the center’s dedication to its by-the-people-for-the-people programming. “At the heart of our organization, we enable anyone, regardless of there station in life, to come in and express themselves and to express their concerns about what is happening in the community. We don’t want there to be any barriers, and we never turn anyone away,” Folger said. Q

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Rail (continued from page 5)

about building a four-track system with Caltrain on the outer tracks and high-speed rail on the inside — the preferred alternative five years ago. The deeply unpopular plan to elevate the tracks is also off the table. Now, the only alternative being considered is the “blended” approach in which high-speed shares the rail corridor with Caltrain on existing tracks — a design championed by U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, Assemblyman Rich Gordon and then-state Sen. Joe Simitian. This proposal was also deemed palatable by local communities. “Part of beginning this outreach is as much to talk about what this isn’t as what it is,” Ben Tripousis, who as the rail authority’s Northern California regional director is overseeing the construction of the Peninsula segment, told the Weekly. “There’s significant concern about the full build-out and

what has gone before and it’s not that. It’s blended service on existing Caltrain tracks. It’s about rail integration at its best.” At the Tuesday event, Tripousis was joined by more than a dozen members of the rail authority’s staff and about 50 residents. Thea Selby, vice chair of the rail authority’s board of directors, told the audience that the project faces challenges throughout the state, each unique to its region. But she said the authority feels “confident that this is going to happen.” Just two years ago, she said, the rail authority had fewer than 20 staff members. Today, it has the authority to hire 219. “It’s a question I get asked the most: ‘Is this going to happen? Is this really going to happen?’ And the answer is, ‘Yes! It’s going to happen.’ And with your input, it’s going to happen the right way,” said Selby, who joined the board in March 2014. Yet the project continues to face a series of formidable challenges, including lawsuits and a budget shortfall in the tens of billions.

Though the project’s price tag dropped when the rail authority committed to a shared-tracks approach, it is still roughly twice the estimate in Proposition 1A, the successful 2008 measure that provided $9.95 billion for the new rail system and related improvements. Lisa Marie Alley, the rail authority’s deputy director for public affairs, told the Weekly that the goal of the meeting was mostly to remind residents that the project is still here. The rail authority hasn’t held any meetings on the Peninsula in a while, she said, and it was time for an update. While the project has been a tough sell on the Peninsula, rail officials on Tuesday pointed to signs of success elsewhere in the state. San Francisco is well on its way to building the new Transbay Center, which will serve as the northern terminus of the proposed line. Construction in the Central Valley began last year. And on the Peninsula, Caltrain is preparing to begin the long-awaited electrification of the rail corridor, a project

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that will both boost the capacity of the commuter service and set the stage for high-speed rail. The rail authority is providing $705 million for the Caltrain project. Yet several steep obstacles remain, including funding. While Proposition 1A authorized the expenditure of $9.95 billion for the rail system and related improvements, that amount falls far short of the project’s cost. James Janz, a former Atherton mayor who is a member of the grassroots group Community Coalition on High Speed Rail, said the uncertainty over the project’s cost remains a concern. “They say it will cost $68 billion,” Janz told the Weekly after Tuesday’s meeting. “Even if that’s right, that’s a bit of a shortfall.” Tripousis said the rail authority will address the issue of funding next year, when it releases its updated business plan. In its prior iterations, the funding plan has relied heavily on private investment that has not materialized. Officials indicated Tuesday that this has not changed. “The funding will come from most likely the private sector and potential state funding,” Alley told the Weekly when asked about the funding shortfall. “What the ultimate price tag is — those details will still be worked out.” Another obstacle is political. Though the “blended” system has squelched long-held anxieties

about elevated tracks and fourtrack designs, officials remain concerned about the rail authority’s transparency and the project’s compatibility with state law. Councilman Pat Burt told the council on Aug. 31 that he and other members of a policy working group were surprised to learn earlier in the month that the rail authority had already issued a request for information for an environmental analysis on the Peninsula segment (the board of directors authorized the request at its Aug. 4 meeting). The effort, Burt and other local officials in the group said, went ahead without prior notifications. “It really doesn’t mean the authority has the funding to go ahead, but it will make it an open issue on the Peninsula again,” he said. Burt said virtually all representatives expressed “concern over both the substance and the process by which it had been done.” “They’re not being very transparent and that’s one of the big pushes we made to the authority: to open up,” Burt said. Tripousis said one of the goals of the new outreach tour is to re-open the conversation and convince the communities throughout the state that the system is worth supporting. “Our greatest goal in this effort is to ensure the high-speed rail project is actually an asset to each community and not an eyesore,” Tripousis said. Q

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CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss evaluations of the city manager, city attorney, city auditor and city clerk. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 3170 Porter Drive, a proposal by Stanford University to demolish an existing 67,580-square-foot building and build a 96,636-square-foot office building. It will also review a proposal by Stanford to replace an existing six-story building at 2600 El Camino Real with a a four-story 62,616-square-foot building; consider sign exemptions proposed for the Palo Alto Art Center and the Rinconada Library; consider the appeal of 429 University Ave., a proposed four-story building with two levels of underground parking; and review 430 Forest Ave., a request to demolish an existing office building and build two residential buildings at the site. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The council plans to discuss proposed public art at Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real; review the public art project proposed at 430 Forest Ave.; hear a report on the condition of the city’s permanent art collection; and discuss the ongoing update of the Comprehensive Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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Internet service in the near-term, Reichental said, and a 10-gigabit one in the “medium-term.” The latter, he said, would be “1,000 times faster than the connection that the average American has to the Internet today.” AT&T announced in May its plan to bring its own ultra highspeed offering to Palo Alto. The service, called GigaPower, would offer a 1-gigabit broadband service to selected areas. It would not include TV, which would remain on AT&T’s existing U-Verse system. Reichental said that for its initial deployment, AT&T plans to install 27 new cabinets in Palo Alto that will be placed next to existing UVerse cabinets. About two-thirds of these would be in south Palo Alto, he said, with the remainder in the north. But unlike Fiber to the Premise, this service would not be extended to everyone but made available based on demand. These incumbents are joined in their quest by an aggressive newcomer. Google Fiber, which has already deployed its fiber system in Kansas City and Austin, announced in January its plan to expand the system into Atlanta; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina. One of the finalists for the next round of expansions is the San Jose metro area, an area that includes Palo Alto, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and San Jose itself. Reichental said the city expects Google to make a decision about the San Jose area in the fall (the company is also considering Phoenix and Portland). The challenges that a municipal fiber system would present are highlighted in a new study by Columbia Telecommunications Corp. (CTC) The firm concluded that to achieve positive cash flow, 72 percent of Palo Alto’s customers would need to subscribe — a “take rate” that Jim Fleming, a manager at City of Palo Alto Utilities, called “very high” and “probably unrealistic.” The report attributes the high rate to Bay Area’s high cost of labor and material. If the city applies the $20 million from its fiber fund, the take rate would drop to 57 percent, which is still higher than most oth-

er builders of fiber networks have been able to achieve in their communities, according to CTC. Given the financial risk and the estimated $77.6 million price tag of the new system, CTC and Utilities staff are both recommending that the city find a partner in the private sector. The CTC report states that given the “high cost to build and the extremely high required take rate, it may seem that there is little incentive for any provider (public or private) to pursue an FTTP (Fiber to the Premise) deployment in Palo Alto.” “However, the public and private sectors each have unique advantages and disadvantages that may impact their ability to undertake a standalone overbuild,” the report states. “A private entity and a public entity could complement one another by developing a partnership that can take advantage of each entity’s strengths, and may significantly reduce cost and risk.” Given these costs and risks, staff has advocated a cautious approach: waiting until the end of the year to see which private-sector services come online and then issuing a request for information to the private sector early next year. Utilities commissioners Michael Danaher and Judith Schwartz, who served on a subcommittee dealing with the fiber project, both advocated for this approach. “It just made sense to wait a few months and collect that data and have time to think about it,” Danaher said. Commissioner Steve Eglash supported the cautious approach and said he remains unconvinced that a city-owned system is the best way to go. He stressed that everyone agrees that the goal should be universal access to highspeed Internet. But on the question of whether the system should be owned by the city or a private company, he had no clear answers. Others had plenty of ideas. Three members of a citizen advisory committee that has been working on the fiber project issued their own memo, calling for the city to declare a city-owned system as the official goal. In the memo, Bob Harrington, Christine Moe and Andy Poggio, lobbied for a city-owned system. “The Internet has quickly become the communications net-

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work that connects our planet,” the memo states. “To assure all our citizens and businesses world-class access to the world’s most powerful network, and at a competitive prices, Palo Alto logically should own and control a FTTP network.” The three residents also called for the council to direct Utilities staff to negotiate with private companies “immediately” about the possibility of building out the city’s fiber system in parallel with their own. This idea found some support on the commission, with Foster arguing in favor of pursuing a city-owned system in which the fiber service is provided as a “public benefit.”

“If there is any place in the United States to do it that is not underserved, it’s probably Palo Alto,” Foster said. “I think we’re leaders on all things technologyrelated and, even if we’re not, we like to believe we are.” Commissioner James Cook agreed with the three residents and their recommendation to begin negotiations now, rather than wait until AT&T, Comcast and Google Fiber come up with their own local programs. “Instead of waiting, we’ve sort of got this golden opportunity in the four-month period to take some action and hit the train head on and see if we can steer it the

way we want it to go,” Cook said. “If we defer, we’ll be stuck with whatever they’re going to come up with in the next four months.” Ultimately, caution prevailed by a single vote. Schwartz stressed that the intent is not to delay the fiber effort any longer but to gather the needed information. She also argued that it would not be practical for any Internet service provider to make a bid if they don’t know whether AT&T or Google plan to unveil their new systems in Palo Alto. “For a realistic assessment, they need to know: Are the two 800-pound gorillas in the room or not?” Schwartz said. Q

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Closed Session 1. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY-Potential Initiation of Litigation Special Orders of the Day 2. Presentation of Proclamation to Midpen Media Center Honoring the Center’s 25th Anniversary 3. Selection of Applicants to Interview on September 29, 2015 for the Architectural Review Board, the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the Planning and Transportation Commission Study Session 4. This Item has been removed. 5. Prescreening of a Proposal to Re-zone the Former VTA Park and Ride Lot at 2755 El Camino Real From Public Facility (PF) to Community Commercial (CC(2)) With a Concurrent Comprehensive Plan Land Use Designation Amendment From Major Institution/Special Facilities to Regional Community Commercial, Allowing Development of a Four Story Mixed-use Building With Below Grade Parking 6. Carl Guardino, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Presentation and Council Discussion Regarding Potential 2016 Santa Clara County Transportation Funding Measure Consent Calendar 7. Approval of Amendment Number 4 to Contract C08125506 With the Planning Center ¦ DCE, Now Known as Placeworks, to Increase the Contract by $482,612 to an Amount Not to Exceed $2,377,343 and Adoption of a Related Budget Amendment Ordinance 8. Approval of a Five-Year Contract Number C16159540 With Palo Alto Community Child Care, Inc. (PACCC) for Management of the City’s Child Care Subsidy Program in the Amount of $459,841 Per Fiscal Year 9. Approval of a Five-Year Contract Number C16159539 With Avenidas, Inc. for Provision of Comprehensive Services to Older Adults in the Amount of $453,897 Per Fiscal Year 10. Approval of an Agreement for Professional Services With EES Consulting, Inc. in a Not to Exceed Amount of $200,000 for the Performance of Electric Utility Financial Planning and Rate Consulting Services on an On-Call Task Order Basis for Fiscal Year 2016 through Fiscal Year 2020 11. Approval of $43,125 for Expenses Associated With the Creative Ecology Project at the Palo Alto Art Center and Junior Museum & Zoo for Fiscal Year 2016 and Adoption of the Associated Budget Amendment Ordinance 12. Finance Committee Recommendation That the City Council Approve Design Guidelines for the 2015 Electric Cost of Service Analysis 13. Authorize the Mayor to Sign, on Behalf of the City, Letters to the “Compact of Mayors” (Global) and the “Mayor’s National Climate Action Agenda” (Domestic), Committing to Climate-Related Actions the City has Already Undertaken or Set in Motion, and Calling on the President of the United States to Pursue the Strongest Possible Climate Agreement at the Upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris, France 14. Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Initiate Neighborhood Engagement Activities by Conducting Town Hall Meetings, Adopting Changes to the Know Your Neighbors Grant Program, Referring the Co-Sponsorship Agreement and Discussion of Additional Initiatives to Policy and Services Committee, HUK ;YHUZMLYYPUN MYVT *P[` *V\UJPS *VU[PUNLUJ` [V [OL *P[` 4HUHNLY»Z 6ѝJL 15. Appointment of Julia Moran to the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Comprehensive Plan Update Action Items 16. Update to Council on Business Registry and Council Discussion and Direction Regarding Phase 2

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as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;public facility.â&#x20AC;? While the existing designation allows for flexibility when the site is owned by a public entity such as the city, county or state, private ownership restricts uses to things like parks, schools and medical facilities. The developer hopes to change it to â&#x20AC;&#x153;community commercialâ&#x20AC;? (CC2), which according to the city is intended to â&#x20AC;&#x153;create and maintain major commercial centers accommodating a broad range of office, retail sales, and other commercial activities of communitywide or regional significance.â&#x20AC;? The CC2 zone also allows for 50 percent more lot coverage and requires 10 percent less landscaped open space than the standard community-commercial zoning, according to a report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment. The report notes that CC2 zoning is in place in other sections of

El Camino, close to the California Avenue business district. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s report notes that this landuse designation is â&#x20AC;&#x153;intended for larger shopping centers and districts that have a wider variety of goods and service than the neighborhood shopping center.â&#x20AC;? The site at 2755 El Camino, however, falls outside the boundaries of the business districts, and planning staff is far from sure whether this change is warranted. Other zoning options include service commercial (CS), which encourages regional services that would be inappropriate in residential neighborhoods or pedestrianshopping areas; and neighborhood commercial (CN), which promotes neighborhood shopping areas with retail and food establishments. For the development team, the CC2 designation has the advantage of allowing far more office space than the other commercial designations. In exchange for the zone change, the development team is preparing to offer the city and county a portion of its property so

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The Palo Alto City Council will consider on Tuesday, Sept. 15, a proposed four-story building at 2755 El Camino Real. that a right-turn lane could be added for Page Mill drivers looking to go north on El Camino. The team includes Jim Baer, who has helped develop dozens of planned-community projects in Palo Alto; former Deputy City Manager Steve Emslie, who now works for Goodyear-PetersonHayward LLC; the project architect, Ken Hayes; and the project owner, Pollock Financial Group. In the application, the team calls the site â&#x20AC;&#x153;an eyesore for the city and the applicant does not believe this to be an appropriate element right next to a senior living home and across the street from where our kids play soccer.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We feel it is time to build something of which the city can be proud at this Gateway corner

into Stanford Research Park,â&#x20AC;? the application states. The application calls the proposal â&#x20AC;&#x153;a compelling, appropriate mixed-use projectâ&#x20AC;? that â&#x20AC;&#x153;fits this anchor corner site and merits serious consideration.â&#x20AC;? Though a CC2 zone, unlike a planned-community zone, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t require public benefits, the applicants are preparing to offer some benefits from the original application. The application deems the dedication of land for intersections â&#x20AC;&#x153;the most important community benefitâ&#x20AC;? of the proposal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The owner is in a unique position to be able to offer this land, although it does come at a cost and loss of economic value to the project, as outlined below,â&#x20AC;? the application states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Therefore,

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as a reasonable tradeoff, an economically viable project needs to be granted in order for the project to afford the offer of land for intersection improvements.â&#x20AC;? Applicants are also proposing to contribute $90,000 for traffic-calming solutions for Sheridan Avenue and $250,000 for a greater study to improve the congested intersection of Page Mill and El Camino. At its â&#x20AC;&#x153;pre-screeningâ&#x20AC;? hearing, the council will have a chance to give its early feedback on the proposal. The council will not be voting on the project, though council membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; feedback should help determine whether the project will continue its long journey through Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning process, remain on hold or be withdrawn. Q

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neighborhood has clearly exceeded the required threshold. Commissioner Mark Michael agreed, observing that not a single person in the audience has come out against the proposal. Vice Chair Adrian Fine reached a similar conclusion, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it really is a nice example of neighbors coming together and being unanimous on something.â&#x20AC;? But Commissioner Michael Alcheck warned the audience that the zone change will not, in itself, ensure the preservation of their neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eichler character. All it will do is make sure there will be no new two-story homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t preserve your Eichler home or your neighborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eichler home,â&#x20AC;? Alcheck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only a neighbor with an interest, motivation and passion to maintain their Eichler home will maintain their Eichler home. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an important consideration here.â&#x20AC;? His skepticism notwithstanding, Alcheck joined his five colleagues (Chair Greg Tanaka was absent) in supporting the neighborhoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a community that voted in unison, according to the parameters we set up,â&#x20AC;? Alcheck said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They met the standard, they are entirely entitled to pursue the application, and I support their vision.â&#x20AC;? Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . 11 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 7 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Alcohol or drug related Alcohol transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Construction noise complaint. . . . . . . . 1 False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 3 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 3

Terrorist threats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 8 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gang info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

180 El Camino Real, 9/3, 6:59 p.m.; strong arm robbery. Alma Street, 9/3, 9:47 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Waverley Street, 9/5, 8:34 a.m.; family violence/battery. Embarcadero Road, 9/6, 5:41 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

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500 block El Camino Real, 9/6, 7:30 p.m.; assault. 2100 block Santa Cruz Ave., 9/6, 11:08 p.m.; battery.

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Shirley Campbell, a longtime Palo Alto resident, died on Sept. 5 following two weeks of illness and care at Stanford Hospital. She was 84. She was born on Oct. 17, 1930, in Covina, California, to Teddie Gorrell and Fern Ellsworth and was soon joined by a younger brother, Walter. She attended and graduated from Covina High School as part of the class of 1947. Her studies continued at University of Southern California, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education, and Washington State University, where she earned a master’s degree. After teaching high school for several years in Taft and Wasco, California, she landed locally at San Jose State University, teaching physical education and coaching tennis. In the late 1950s, she met Paul Campbell, whom she married in November 1959. They took up residence in the Greenmeadow neighborhood of south Palo Alto and raised three chil-

dren, who all went on to graduate from Palo Alto schools. After living in Greenmeadow for decades, she moved in 2014 to the The Avant in Palo Alto, making new friends and enjoying the built-in community there. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Campbell, in 2002. She is survived by her brother, Walter Gorrell of Glendora, California; her three children, Karen Campbell George of Capistrano Beach, California, David Campbell of Oakland and Roger Campbell of Salinas, California; and five grandchildren, Chelsea, Sarah, Anna, Campbell and Sophia. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Julie Smith Campbell, and son-in-law, Chad George. A memorial service will be held on Sept. 11 at noon at the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (LDS) Chapel, 3865 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. A viewing and family visitation will precede the service at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to The Perpetual Education Fund of the LDS church (ldsphilanthropies.org/ perpetual-education-fund.html) or the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (alzfdn.org).

Maral Haddeland Maral Margaret Haddeland, an active community member and longtime Palo Alto resident, died on July 6 of natural causes. She was 88. She was born on Sept. 10, 1926, in Montreal, Canada. While growing up on a dairy farm, she came to love outdoor activities, including ice-skating, skiing and swimming — particularly in the summer in the St. Lawrence River. Following a passion for education, she earned a teaching certificate at McGill University School of Teaching and started her career in one-room schools in rural Canada. In the 1960s, she moved with her young family to the U.S. and eventually settled in Palo Alto. On the Peninsula, she studied at San Jose State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction. She also served as a substitute teacher in the Redwood City School District. In the 1980s, she started a new career exploring the healing touch and helped to found the Massage Therapy Center in Palo Alto.

She participated actively in a number of local organizations, including the macrobiotic community (with which she attended vegetarian dinners on Monday nights) and the Women’s League of International Peace and Freedom. Her interests in spiritual inquiry and Buddhism also led her to become a member of the Insight Meditation Center community in Redwood City. Her other pastimes included nurturing a drought-resis-

tant garden and hiking weekly in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which she did into her early 80s. She was predeceased by her two children, Peter and Heidi Haddeland, and her former husband, George Haddeland. She is survived by a sister, Joyce Morrison of Canada, and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held on Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto.

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Editorial Calling out cheating With surprising unanimity, teens, parents and school officials raise alarm over cheating

arents and students didn’t agree on much at Tuesday’s school board meeting on what further reforms would improve the learning environment and emotional health for Palo Alto teens, but they did speak with a single voice on one issue: cheating. Addressing the high rate of cheating by Palo Alto high school students surfaced because it is one of six areas being targeted by a grass-roots group calling itself “Save the 2,008,” a reference to the number of staff and students at Gunn High School when a second teen died by suicide last November. Save the 2,008 co-founder and former Gunn English teacher Marc Vincenti took advantage of a rarely used state law requiring that a school board place an item on its agenda when formally requested by a member of the public. So Vincenti, who has persistently appeared before the board to promote the group’s ideas for improving student health during limited public comment opportunities, presented a road map that includes reducing class size, homework, AP courses, cellphone use at school, the number of grade reports during each semester, and cheating. Vincenti and his proposals — particularly the one to ban the use of cellphones during the school day — have not generally been well-received by Gunn students, a handful of whom complained Tuesday night, as they have previously, that their views are neither solicited nor considered by policy-makers. The students are still upset about Superintendent Max McGee’s poor handling of his decision to eliminate the so-called “zero” period, which he announced over spring break and only afterward reached out to students. But past disagreements aside, Vincenti has clearly struck a chord among all stakeholders on academic integrity. With the exception of board member Camille Townsend, who chose to question the data and the experience of the two high school principals, McGee and the rest of the board seized on the cheating topic as one of priority importance. While anecdotal evidence of cheating at Paly and Gunn abounds, few students get caught and disciplined. Palo Alto High School Principal Kim Diorio described a school culture of secrecy around cheating, and said those who are caught often are high-achieving students who didn’t prepare adequately for a test and felt a desperate need to achieve an ‘A’ at any cost. An April story on cheating in Verde Magazine, a student publication at Paly, described a group of 20 high-performing seniors that had banned together to cheat since their sophomore year and were headed off to top colleges. In 2014, in the most publicized incident, 112 Algebra 2 final exams at Paly were thrown out after it was discovered that pictures of the exam had been taken and circulated to students. And a spring survey conducted of 1,500 Gunn students by Stanford University-based Challenge Success on a range of topics found that incidents of cheating increased during high school years and that 87 percent of students said they had engaged in at least one cheating behavior. The most common reported cheating was working on an assignment with others when the instructor asked for individual work. A third of all students said they did this four or more times during the year. A similar survey will be administered later this month at Paly, but the results at Gunn are consistent with national research conducted by the Educational Testing Service which shows between 75 and 98 percent of college students say they cheated in high school. We are pleased to see McGee and board members elevate this issue to priority status, reflecting what appears to be a problem of epidemic proportions nationwide at high-achieving school districts and which then carries over to top-flight universities. This spring Stanford Provost John Etchemendy sounded an alarm over academic integrity after about 20 percent of the students in an introductory computer science class were suspected of cheating on an exam. Perhaps the most insidious part of cheating, especially among teens, is the stress and anguish it creates for students who struggle with the dilemma of whether to cheat in order to achieve results comparable to others they know are cheating. If cheating has become normative behavior in our high schools, then urgent action is needed to expose it and to change expectations. Many teachers are working hard to devise better ways to combat cheating, and we hope McGee and the board push ahead with ideas for a student-written honor code, education on academic honesty, an effective system for reporting, and changing the culture of secrecy so that students feel a responsibility for the academic integrity of their schools. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Fogging repercussions Editor, The night of July 13-14, 2015, part of Palo Alto was “fogged” by the county’s vector-control district with a pesticide named Zenivex E4, after a dead bird was found to have been infected with West Nile Virus (WNV). Vector control trapped mosquitoes in the area but found no WNV. A disoriented, infected bird can fly for the three- to 14-day incubation period before dying. It could have been bitten by a mosquito a hundred miles away from where it was found. Zenivex E4 does not just kill mosquitoes. And it does not stop killing when it falls on surfaces. We at Healthy Alternatives To Pesticides have been receiving reports about people who have been sickened by this chemical. We also have test results confirming that bees that died from the spraying tested positive for Zenivex E4. The report is available upon request. Brandi Madison El Camino Real, Los Altos

Parking parody Editor, As a Dish walker, I am happy Santa Clara County, with Stanford University’s approval, has redone the entrance to the Dish. I was confused by the double yellow lines blocking vehicles from using the new diagonal parking slots, but learned we are to use Page Mill Road when approaching the Dish. And although the parallel slots point in the wrong direction when turning right from Junipero Serra Boulevard, we are to back into these narrow slots, causing a slight delay in traffic. Unfortunately, not all people are skilled in parking backward, but once we have nicked a few cars and our insurance rates have gone up, we’ll get the hang of it. The trick is getting out of our cars quickly, as they will be turned upside down and backward and sucked onto a second tier of the parking facility. In this way, the ground-level slots will be available for more parkers. Belongings and, of course dogs and children, need to be swiftly removed from the vehicle to avoid hanging upside down for the length of time it takes to walk the Dish. When we return to our cars, our DNA informs the car retrieval system to return our cars to ground level. This, of course, cannot be completed until groundlevel parkers have left. And since they come after us, unless we are extremely slow walkers, we must wait for them. It is advised that we bring a good book. A back-

pack with insect repellent and a snakebite kit are also advised as we cannot stand in the parking area reading but will follow a trail a half mile to a field of weeds. Caution: Neither Stanford University nor Santa Clara County accepts responsibility for our cars or their contents/people. Happy trails! Jan Pendleton Lowell Avenue, Palo Alto

More grief for angel Editor, What a tragedy upon a symbol of tragedy! I’ve ridden my bike and hiked by the “Angel of Grief” statue hundreds of times. So I was shocked and saddened, as I’m sure many others were, to read of the vandalism of the statue. I had to check it out personally, and I really felt like weeping. We can easily dismiss vandalism as “kids will be kids” or “some sick person that should be put away.” However, that really doesn’t solve what will be the next step in this matter. We’re informed that this will cost much

time and energy to repair it. Unfortunately, so be it. What worries me is how Stanford plans to safeguard that statue in the future. I’ve always appreciated the statue, located in a quiet, contemplative spot surrounded by weeping trees and only separated from the viewer by a spiked, black, Gothic looking fence. I feel as though Mrs. Stanford has just had it erected. Now, at least twice vandalized in over 100 years? Pretty indicative of its vulnerability with such odds. With at least thousands, if not millions, of appreciative viewers, the odds are pretty good against any type of vandalism. I only hope that Stanford in a rush to safeguard this statue doesn’t erect anything that might take away from its contemplative nature. They might take a lesson form Central Park in San Mateo. There they safeguarded their Japanese Tea Garden by unobtrusive, silent night alarms, hooked directly to the police. Lorin Krogh Encina Avenue, Palo Alto

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Guest Opinion How do we define success for high school students? by Shireen Jaffer

he recent discussions surrounding the educational pressures in Palo Alto beg an important question: What does a successful student look like in our community? How do we define success in high school, and does that answer differ from how we should be defining it for our students? The education system was developed to prepare our kids for life in the real world. It is meant to equip our students with the skills they need to find their success. However, when we look at how we have defined success for our students, and how success is defined in the real world, there is a vast discrepancy that leaves our students unprepared. In her guest opinion “The sorrows of young Palo Altans,” Palo Alto High School student Carolyn Walworth exposed this disconnect between the professional world and the education system. She states that she and her high school peers are “lifeless bodies in a system that breeds competition, hatred, and discourages teamwork and genuine learning.” In society, collaboration, empathy, teamwork and innovation are highly valued, yet Carolyn and her peers are conditioned to believe the opposite. We Palo Altans live in a community where our motto could

arguably be “think different,” yet we have allowed our education system to discourage imperfect thinking. Global thought leaders and people we hold in high regard professionally, such as Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Oprah, have all had their opinions on what it means to be successful. One common theme is failure and the resulting growth opportunities. According to Elon Musk, “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” Richard Branson even has a list of his top 10 quotes on failure: See tinyurl.com/ failure11. When failure is a growth opportunity and a highly supported feat in the real world, why is it punished in high school and college? Our students fear failure and consider it to be avoided at all costs. How do we expect our kids to grow if they are conditioned to think that perfection is the route to success? The gap between these two definitions of success is widening. I hear painful stories from students I work with about their “transition to the real world.” They’re told, “Get out there,” “Show your value,” and “Find your path,” but not taught how to actually do it. Students discuss their struggle with networking due to their fear of rejection, their inability to understand or communicate their value and their confusion regarding their interests. Students share their feelings of helplessness, of being ill-prepared for life after school, and of anxiety that comes from not knowing. This transition would not be so painful if our education system focused on equipping our students

with the skills necessary to thrive in the real world. I clearly remember my professor’s response three years ago when I told her I would miss 50 minutes of class once a month for my professional pursuits (I had launched an idea and was managing it as a full-time student). She laughed and told me college was not part time, and for every two hours of class, I was required to do four hours of homework. She discouraged my professional efforts, because in the existing system, I could not succeed professionally while also succeeding academically. Why are our students expected to spend countless hours outside of school on homework, and little to no time exploring and creating their successes? Imagine if students had the opportunity to learn what it takes to thrive independently, to be DO-ers and understand failure, to be able to communicate their strengths and acquire opportunities. Through my line of work, I have seen the impact professional experiences can have on students. I have seen how a 15-yearold’s self-confidence and motivation can skyrocket when she applies the networking skills taught to her and receives a positive email response from a CEO she admires. It is remarkable how a meaningful mentorship, one that was acquired by a 17-yearold and not something he was “placed” into, can provide a sense of direction and accountability that applies to a path beyond high school or college. While I commend the Palo Alto Unified School District and certain districts around the country for implementing

programs of this sort, I do not believe that the mindset surrounding these programs is effective. The programs must represent the real world accurately, and cannot be seen as simple “resume boosters.” We cannot simply place students into internships or mentorships; we all know that nothing is handed to us in the real world. We need to teach our students how to explore their interests, and empower them to acquire opportunities independently. We need to let it be OK if a student does not enjoy an internship in a field that he or she so desperately wanted a career in. Cross it off the list and you are one step closer to discovering your true interests. Without this change of mindset, we are stuck in a system where a deceptive definition of success prevails. It breaks my heart to hear that Carolyn and the many other students I have spoken with do not feel a sense of accomplishment or nostalgia when they look back at their high school and college years. These eight years should not be miserable. They should not lead to unemployment, helplessness and debt. We need to create a learning environment that provides students with real world experiences, and empowers them to create their own success by failing, learning and moving forward. Let’s give students the opportunity to look back at these years with nostalgia and gratitude for some of the most meaningful experiences. Q Shireen Jaffer is a 2011 graduate of Palo Alto High School and a 2014 University of Southern California grad. She is the founder of Skillify and can be reached at shireen@skillifynow.com.

Streetwise

What do you think about Palo Alto’s decision to increase the minimum wage? Asked on Emerson Street in front of Whole Foods Market. Interviews and photos by Sevde Kaldiroglu.

Lauren Williams

David Gilford

Mick Hakobyan

Mimi Ezray

Ken Johnson

Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto Full-time mother

Glen Haven Drive, San Jose Retired

Ada Avenue, Mountain View Software engineer

Palm Avenue, Redwood City Social worker

University Avenue, Palo Alto Philosopher

“I fully support it. I think the working wage for people is too low overall; particularly in this area, you can’t survive on minimum wage.”

“I’m in favor of it. People need to pay a little bit more, and the return is having less poverty (which) I think is a good trade-off.”

“I haven’t made up my mind. ... $11 is not nearly enough to live in Palo Alto. At the same time, you might be killing off jobs.”

“I’m definitely in favor of (it). I think the cost of living here is so crazy. ... The increase will help people; that’s definitely important.”

“Minimum wage is an extremely important public aid ... so raise minimum wage but cap CEO pay, ... restructuring compensation and humanitarian goals, and institute public banking.”

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LEAP INTO

FALL ARTS Autumn brings a bounty of arts and entertainment by Elizabeth Schwyzer

Lauren Stevenson

h, the singular delights of fall. The air is clear, crisp leaves crackle underfoot, kids head back to school and arts organizations throughout the land draw back the curtains on a new season bursting with performances erformances and events.

From films that take us on international journeys to visual art that explores the world right outside our doors, music festivals that light up the night to theater productions that illuminate and inspire, this autumn boasts an impressive line-up of both homegrown and exotic art. We’ve sorted through hundreds of events to bring you some of this fall’s finest arts happenings. Read on for our top picks in each genre, plus a shortlist of other productions, screenings, readings and exhibitions worth catching. And it doesn’t stop here: Our arts coverage at PaloAltoOnline.com/arts, events listings at PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar and Weekend Express email (sign up at PaloAltoOnline.com/express) feature many more arts and entertainment events each week.

Above: Among the films included in the 2015 United Nations Association Film Festival is “FREE,” a documentary that follows five teens through a year in an Oakland dance program. Page 22 • September 11, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

ART ‘Front Yard/Backstreet’ What does your community mean to you, and how do you connect to it? In an upcoming group exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center, 13 artists tackle these questions in works that range from photographs and drawings to maps and installations. As part of “Front Yard/Backstreet,” Joel Daniel Phillips offers intimate charcoal and graphite portraits of the residents of Palo Alto’s Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, while Kate Pocrass uses data from Palo Alto residents to create a “happiness map” of the city and Matt Gonzalez assembles collages from found materials to reflect the street grids of the urban landscape. The exhibition kicks off on Friday night, Sept. 18, with a party at the Art Center from 7-10 p.m. There, you’ll discover a live performance by artists Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao, hear music by Old Broads Rule and get a chance to take part in interactive activities with the artists of the Mobile Arts Platform. No matter where you live or how you relate to your neighborhood, “Front Yard/Backstreet” offers a chance to think about your surroundings in a whole new light.

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Courtesy Cantor Arts Center

Clockwise starting at top left: Robin Lasser and Adrienne Pao’s “Picnic Dress Tent” is among the works included in “Front Yard/Backstreet,” on view at the Palo Alto Arts Center Sept. 19-Dec. 13. On view at the Cantor Arts Center Oct. 14-Aug 29, “Mining the Ancient” presents the work of six contemporary artists who draw inspiration from ancient sculptural practices.

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Courtesy Mark Fox/Robert Miller Gallery

Mark Fox’s sculpture, “KillR,” is among the works included in “Constructive Interference” on view at the Anderson Collection Sept. 9-March 21. The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch exhibition and sale takes place at the Palo Alto Art Center Sept. 29-Oct. 4.

More art worth a peek: • “Vive les Arts,” Pacific Art League, now through Sept. 24: pacificartleague.org

• “Collective,” Gallery House, Sept. 22-Oct. 17: galleryhouse2.com • “Great Glass Pumpkin Patch,” Sept. 29-Oct. 4, Palo Alto Art Center: greatglasspumpkinpatch.com • “Showing Off: Identity and Display in Asian Costume,” Cantor Arts Center, Oct. 14-May 23: museum. stanford.edu • “Mining the Ancient,” Cantor Arts Center, Oct. 14-Aug. 29: museum. stanford.edu

Courtesy Palo Alto Art Center

Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road When: Sept. 19-Dec. 13 Cost: Free Info: Go to goo.gl/sxrz2u or call 650-329-2366.

• “Constructive Interference,” Anderson Collection, now through March 21: anderson.stanford.edu

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United Nations Association Film Festival

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Now in its 18th year, the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) returns to Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Stanford this fall, bringing with it 60 documentaries that will change the way you see the world. The festival was first launched to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the UN’s signing of the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Through this year’s theme, “Running Out of Time,” UNAFF explores a wide range of topics that span the globe and shed light on critical and fascinating stories that aren’t always covered in mainstream media. Among the films featured in the 2015 line-up are the science-in-action film “Antarctic Edge: 70 Degrees South,” which looks at climate change in the fastest winter-warming place on the planet, and “Circus Without Borders,” which tells the story of two circus troupes from Canada’s arctic and West Africa that come together for an unusual cultural collaboration. Though some of the films are hard-hitting, others are downright funny: Don’t miss the seven-minute animated short, “Worse than Poop!,” which addresses a the serious issue of carbon dioxide emissions with a less-than-serious tone.

Above: Among the films included in the 2015 United Nations Association Film Festival is “Circus Without Borders,” a documentary about world-class acrobats from opposite sides of the planet. Right: Also playing at UNAFF is “Omo Child: The River and the Bush,” the story of a young man from Ethiopia who decides to stop an ancient practice in his tribe of killing children who are believed to be cursed.

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Where: Various locations When: Oct. 15-25 Cost: Full festival pass: $180. Single session ticket: $10. Info: Go to unaff.org or email info@unaff.org.

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More fall film festivals: • Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, various locations, Oct. 10-Nov. 8: svjff.org • Silicon Valley African Film Festival, Community School of Music and Arts, Oct. 16-18: svaff.org • 3rd i’s South Asian Film festival, CineArts Palo Alto Square, Nov. 1: thirdi.org Page 24 • September 11, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

“The Outrageous Sophie Tucker,” the rags-to-riches story of one the biggest personalities in early 20th century showbiz, plays at the 2015 Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.

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Beyond Wonderland For those who missed Burning Man this year — or for burners having trouble returning to the real world — here’s another chance to lose yourself in a heaving mass of bodies, music, largescale art and all-day, all-night revelry. Drop down the rabbit hole for a day — or two — at Beyond Wonderland, where dance music meets light shows, pyrotechnics, psychedelic art, costumeclad performers and more. The action is spread across three stages, but there’s just as much action offstage, where costumed festivalgoers interact with LED-charged sculptures and with one another. This year’s line-up of international electronic artists includes Calvin Harris, Kidnap Kid, Arty and Laidback Luke offering up trance, house, ambient and more. VIP ticket holders have access to private cabanas and bottle service, but you don’t need those special perks to make Beyond Wonderland a weekend to remember. Oh, and you can forget the rental RV and the sand goggles; Mountain View’s a a bit more hospitable than Black Rock Desert. Where: Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View When: Sept. 26-27 Cost: General admission tickets start at $115 for one day, $199 for two days. Info: Go to bayarea.beyondwonderland.com.

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FALL ARTS PREVIEW More concerts to catch: • “Bing Outside / In,” Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, Sept. 26: live.stanford.edu • Darcy James Argue’s “Real Enemies,” Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, Oct. 2: live.stanford.edu • Anat Cohen Jazz Quartet, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Nov. 14: paloaltojcc.org • California Pops Orchestra’s “Classic Broadway,” Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, Nov. 15: calpops.org • Bay Choral Guild’s Carmina Burana, First Baptist Church, Palo Alto, Nov. 21: baychoralguild.org

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Courtesy Beyond Wonderland

Left: The two-day electronic music and interactive art festival, Beyond Wonderland, takes place at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre Sept. 26-27. Center: In addition to electronic music on three stages, Beyond Wonderland includes elaborate light shows. Right: San Francisco indie-rock band The Family Crest will perform at Stanford as part of “Bing Outside/In” on Saturday, Sept. 26.

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Choreographer and performer Ben Needham-Wood will present a world premiere at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 24-27.

More fall performance highlights: • “Wrestling Jerusalem,” Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Sept. 20: paloaltojcc.org • “Or,” Dragon Theatre, Oct. 2-25: dragonproductions.net • Guru Shradha’s “Kelucharan Keerti Sampradaya” Indian dance, Cubberley Theatre, Oct. 4: brownpapertickets. com/event/2188627

For an evening of bracing contemporary ballet, there’s no better company on the West Coast than San Francisco’s Smuin Ballet. The stylish, high-energy group brings its Dance Series One to Mountain View this September with five performances featuring two world premieres and an audience favorite. On the program are new works by Smuin Choreographer-in-Residence Amy Seiwert, who brought her “Objects of Curiosity” to the peninsula in March, and Smuin dancer and choreographer Ben Needham-Wood, whose premiere is set to an original score by composer and cellist Ben Sollee. Rounding out the program are company founder Michael Smuin’s lyrical “Bouquet,” set to Shostakovich, and “French Twist” by choreographer Ma Cong. First

created for Smuin ballet in 2010, “French Twist” draws inspiration from the children’s cartoon “Tom and Jerry,” contrasted with music by French film composer Hugues Le Bars. Smuin Ballet is known for offering varied programs and surprising audiences with highly technical ballet that’s a far cry from the classic Swan Lake. Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Sept. 24-27 Cost: $23-$71 Info: Go to goo.gl/6tal4L or call 650-903-6000.

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• TheatreWorks’ “Proof,” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 7-Nov. 1: theatreworks.org

• West Bay Opera’s “Rigoletto,” Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto, Oct. 16-25: westbayopera.org • Broadway by the Bay’s “Kiss me, Kate,” Fox Theatre, Redwood City, Nov. 6-22: broadwaybythebay.org • Palo Alto Players’ “Clybourne Park,” Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto, Nov. 7-22: paplayers.org • Tangonero Argentine Tango ensemble, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Nov. 17: paloaltojcc.org

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TALKS Anna Deavere Smith

Courtesy Stanford Live

MacArthur fellow, Tony and Obie Award-winner, actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith is widely considered one of the foremost voices in contemporary theater. This October, the celebrated performer comes to Stanford not once or twice, but four times, bringing three different shows that tackle the issue of race. On Oct. 14, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll appear at Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cubberley Auditorium with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Twilight: Los Angles, 1992,â&#x20AC;? a solo show written shortly after the Rodney King beatings and subsequent riots, in which Smith delivers monologues based on interviews she conducted with individuals from the chief of the LAPD to instigators of the violence. One week later, she returns with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letter from a Birmingham Jail,â&#x20AC;? a recitation of Dr. Martin Luther King,

Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous defense of nonviolent resistance. For this performance, Smith will be joined by violinist Robert McDuffie. Then on Oct. 26, Smith appears in conversation on art, race and citizenship with writer Frank Rich. Finally, on Oct. 30, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give a performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Pipeline Project,â&#x20AC;? an investigation of the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;school-to-prison pipelineâ&#x20AC;? by which undeserved and minority students are funneled into lives of incarceration. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a chance to catch this seminal figure of American drama. Where: Various locations, Stanford When: Oct. 14, 21, 26 and 30 Cost: Varies by date Info: Go to live.stanford.edu or call 650-724-2464.

Playwright and performer Anna Deavere Smith will make four appearances at Stanford this October, including three solo shows.

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More top-notch talks: â&#x20AC;˘ Comedian Lisa Lampanelli, Fox Theatre, Redwood City, Sept. 19: foxrwc.com

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â&#x20AC;˘ Author Anne Beattie, Keplerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Books, Menlo Park, Sept. 23: keplers.com

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â&#x20AC;˘ An Evening with ballerina Nina Novak, Western Ballet, Mountain View, Oct. 3: westernballet.org

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â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival,â&#x20AC;? Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, Oct. 10: theshorelineamphitheatre.com â&#x20AC;˘ Author Margaret Atwood, Fox Theatre, Redwood City, Oct. 12: keplers.com â&#x20AC;˘ Comedian Paul Reiser, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Oct. 29: paloaltojcc.org About the cover: Smuin Ballet will perform Ma Congâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;French Twistâ&#x20AC;? at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Sept. 24-27. Photo by Scot Goodman. Design by Kristin Brown.

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Mid-Peninsula High School Presents: Doug Thompson, PhD and Head of Mid-Peninsula High School, in a lively conversation about the current â&#x20AC;&#x153;assembly lineâ&#x20AC;? method of public education. Doug will share ideas on rising student stress and how Mid-Peninsula High School nurtures and prepares students for college.

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Mountain View Art & Wine Festival Where can you find 600 artists and craftspeople, 13 live bands, premium wines and microbrews, gourmet food and fun kid activities all in the same place? That would be the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, which kicks off its 44th year this Saturday, Sept. 12, and also runs Sunday, Sept.13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Aside from the booths boasting an abundance of jewelry, sculpture, woodwork, blown glass, ceramics and more, festival highlights include Salsa Sunday, with a free dance class at 1 p.m. followed by live music from salsa band Orquesta Borinquen, and the Comcast Pigskin Lounge at Mercy and Castro streets, where festivalgoers can watch the games on a giant LED screen. At Taste of the Mountains Passport Days, ticket holders can sample wines from seven artisanal vintners based in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The Art & Wine festival takes place in downtown Mountain View on Castro Street. Admission is free; wine-tasting tickets are $45. For more information, go to mountainview.miramarevents.com or call 650-968-8378.

Dance Farewell dance party Her ballroom dance classes have been a mainstay in Mountain View for the past seven years. Now, Cheryl Burke Dance Studio prepares to vacate the premises at 1400 N. Shoreline Blvd. On Saturday, Sept. 12, from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m., the studio will hold a farewell dance party. Tickets are $15. Go to cherylburkedance.com or call 650-864-9150.

Storytelling Midpen Media Center Mosaic

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For a quarter of a century, Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Midpen Media Center at 900 San Antonio Road has recorded and broadcasted the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories and public events. Join the center for its 25th birthday party on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2-5 p.m., to explore the center and the art of storytelling. Go to midpenmedia.org or call 650-494-8686.

Art 3D art show Art can happen in more than two dimensions. On Friday, Sept. 11, the Atherton Arts Foundation hosts a 3D art show featuring kinetic sculpture, jewelry and more. The free show takes place from 4-7:30 p.m. at HolbrookPalmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave., Atherton.

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Concert Foo Fighters Hot on the heels of their new album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonic Highways,â&#x20AC;? the Foo Fighters touch down at Mountain Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shoreline Amphitheatre on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. Former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl is one of the greats of American rock music. Tickets start at $78. Go to theshorelineamphitheatre.com.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Reflect + Createâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Past meets present at the Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, where the current exhibition, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reflect + Create,â&#x20AC;? presents new works of art inspired by objects and oral histories from the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection. The show runs through Oct. 4. Admission is free. Go to losaltoshistory.org or call 650-948-9427. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Eating Out Local pastry chef on the value of on-thejob experience and making the perfect lemon loaf by Elena Kadvany photos by Michelle Le

t all started with a grilledcheese sandwich: two slices of Wonder Bread, Kraft cheese singles and some Mrs. Dash seasoning. John Shelsta was a 24-year-old with no clear career path beyond a plan to enlist in the U.S. Army if he couldn’t decide on a career by age 25. But the friend who ate his grilled-cheese sandwich made a suggestion that would change his life: “Wow, you should cook for a living.” One week later, Shelsta was enrolled in culinary school. The Menlo Park native is now running the kitchen at Howie’s Artisan Pizza in Redwood City, following several years of cooking and baking at top Peninsula and San Francisco spots. He’s a self-made chef: He never finished culinary school, finding the experience of working in kitchens more impactful (and less expensive) than the classroom. As a teen, Shelsta remembers cooking meals from scratch at Waldorf School of the Peninsula in Los Altos Hills, where farming and gardening are central to the curriculum. Fast forward to his first day as a culinary student at the Art Institute of California in Sunnyvale, when Shelsta asked a friend if he knew any local spots where he could get some on-thejob training. His friend set him up at Marché, a now-shuttered fine-dining French restaurant in Menlo Park. “My first day of culinary school was my first day in a restaurant, and I instantly fell in love,” Shelsta said. For the next year, Shelsta maintained a non-stop schedule. He would get up daily at 5 a.m., get

Chef John Shelsta is a Menlo Park native who hopes to open his own restaurant with an in-house bakery on the Peninsula. to culinary school by 6 a.m., finish by 2 p.m., work at Marché until 10 or 11 p.m., go home and do homework — and do it all over again the next day. Sometimes he would go in early to Marché to test out recipes he had read about. But school was taking a financial toll, and Shelsta questioned whether finishing the program was worth it. “With or without a degree you always start in the same place: $10 an hour, peeling vegetables, cleaning lettuce,” the chef remarked. “I even asked some of my teachers, ‘If I had a year of experience in a kitchen or if I had just finished culinary school, who would you rather hire?’ Half the teachers were like, ‘The person with one year of experience, because they already know what they’re doing.’” Howie Bulka, then the owner of Marché, became Shelsta’s mentor and urged him to quit school. Shelsta has remained close to Bulka, helping him open the first Howie’s at Town & Country Village. He took a hiatus to cook elsewhere, then returned to Howie’s as a sous chef. When Shelsta started to get into baking, Bulka

urged him to dedicate a year to learning about pastry. Shelsta then spent a year working at various pastry spots throughout the Bay Area. First up was San Francisco start-up bakery Tell Tale Preserve Company. Don’t recognize the name? Founder William Werner’s next venture is better known: the wildly popular Craftsman and Wolves. Next, he apprenticed with San Francisco pastry darling Belinda Leong — this was before her name became synonymous with her masterful kouign-amann: buttery puff pastries she now sells out of her Pacific Heights bakery, b. patisserie. Leong, who started her career at Gary Danko restaurant in San Francisco and left a post at Manresa restaurant in Los Gatos to pursue her own dreams, was an “open book with all of her knowledge,” Shelsta said. She encouraged his creative freedom and growth, allowing him to come in early or stay late to use her equipment to experiment. “With Belinda, what I really learned was not to over-complicate (continued on page 40)

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things,” Shelsta said. “I think sometimes people try to make things really fancy, when at the end of the day, (customers) like the classics because they’re tried and true.” Shelsta moved on to work as the pastry chef at Michelin-starred Chez TJ in Mountain View and at the now-closed Station 1 in Woodside before returning to help Bulka open Howie’s No. 2 in downtown Redwood City. On Shelsta’s days off — or when he should be sleeping — you might find him perfecting a sour-

dough bread recipe or agonizing over how to make the perfect lemon loaf. When he first started baking bread, he said, he went through close to 500 pounds of flour in six or seven months. He would work all night, drive home and then bake until the wee hours of the morning. Now, Howie’s is bearing the fruits of this labor. On weekends, Shelsta bakes several special pastries that appear on the brunch menu. On a recent weekend morning, the “breakfast bakeshop” at Howie’s was serving up Shelsta’s whole wheat toast, buttermilk biscuits, toasted English

muffins, blueberry muffins, cinnamon streusel coffee cake and, of course, kouign-amann: flaky, buttery pastries coated with caramelized sugar. Shelsta learned from the greats, and it shows. Order the “two eggs as you like them” brunch entree, and you’ll get to choose one of the baked goods as a side dish. The whole wheat toast and buttermilk biscuits are the perfect vehicles for butter, jam and sopping up the yolks from two perfectly poached eggs. The toast particularly stands out, its chewy, soft density reminiscent of sourdough bread.

Chef John Shelsta is currently hard at work perfecting his recipe for lemon loaf. Other pastries that have made an appearance on the weekend brunch menu include chocolate croissants and bacon-and-onion brioche tarts. Perhaps at a future date, diners will get to try the perfect lemon pound cake Shelsta has been tirelessly tinkering with in his spare time. Everything at Howie’s is made from scratch and built upon the philosophy of “simple things done impeccably well,” Shelsta said. Ask him where he goes for a quality pastry on the Peninsula, and he’s hard-pressed to give you an answer. He does mention Voyageur du Temps in Los Altos, but otherwise, Shelsta drives up to San Francisco to places like b. patisserie or Neighbor Bakehouse.

“It’s unfortunate that the Peninsula is kind of lacking,” he said. “There are some big gaps in that field.” Perhaps Shelsta will be the one to change that. He plans to spend a few more years at Howie’s before opening his own restaurant with an in-house bakery — right here on the Peninsula. “I would love to see that be my next step,” he said, “to open up something around here, to serve the community I grew up in.” Q Staff writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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The bite in the Apple ‘Steve Jobs’ doc a harsh appraisal 00 1/2 (Aquarius) running time to Jobs’ ruthlessness in his professional and personal lives, his demons and his sins. This is the man behind the machines: a man who stole credit and compensation not owed to him, a man who initially denied parentage of his daughter and only reluctantly offered her financial and emotional support, a man who outsourced production and countenanced endangerment of his employees abroad, a slave-driver insensitive to employees and lovers, and a Machiavellian capitalist who violated ethics by hiding his financial crimes and, in the end, his terminal illness. “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” has the slick production values we’ve come to expect out of the Gibney pipeline, and each dark episode in Jobs’ life unfolds

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Prolific documentarian Alex Gibney has, in various films, tackled WikiLeaks and Enron, the Catholic Church and Lance Armstrong, Scientology and Sinatra. Now, his skeptical, withering gaze has landed on Steve Jobs, Apple’s co-founder (and erstwhile chairman and CEO), resulting in the part-film essay, part hatchetjob “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.” Longtime Palo Alto resident Jobs remains one of the most famous American public figures of our time, one of the main men credited for shoring up modern Silicon Valley and sustaining its tech boom. Gibney sets out by taking Jobs’ “genius” as a given, only perfunctorily investigating and defining it. The filmmaker devotes most of his new film’s

In Alex Gibney’s documentary, “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine,” the co-founder of Apple comes across as rapaciously selfish with few redeeming values. coherently in Gibney’s own narration, expertly culled vintage footage and incisive talking-head interviews with various of Jobs’

intimates. It may help to view “The Man in the Machine” as a cinematic essay, framed as it is by Gibney wondering aloud why

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us, and how to reconcile the man’s contradictions as a self-styled spiritual creative who practiced a rapacious selfishness with money, power, prestige and legacy. These are good questions, but Gibney’s film feels less than evenhanded in name-checking Jobs as a “genius” without spending any time meaningfully exploring Jobs’ personal contributions to the products so many of us, in Gibney’s word, “love.” As such, no one will mistake the film as definitive, except as a catalog of Jobs’ worst behavior. Most viewers will probably already know most of the dirt Gibney dredges back up here, whether through recent years of journalism, Walter Isaacson’s bestselling bio or the biopic starring Ashton Kutcher (stay tuned for this fall’s Michael

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Grandma 000 Paul Weitz’s “Grandma” is a tailormade vehicle for Lily Tomlin, who plays feminist poet and professor Elle Reid, now stewing in depression and anger. Haunted by memories of her longtime companion, Elle ruefully dumps her decades-younger girlfriend (Judy Greer) at the film’s outset. When Elle’s grand-

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Fassbender-starring take on Jobs). In the film’s most striking moment, former Apple engineer Bob Belleville describes how, for better and worse, he played a key role in Apple history but suffered mightily in his personal life for the privilege. We can see Belleville, in real time, balancing his bitterness against his pride, and then something remarkable happens: He breaks down in wistful tears in remembrance of Jobs’ inspiring force of personality. And there we recognize what’s missing from the rest of Gibney’s two-hour-plus bummer. For those who don’t yet know of Jobs’ dark side, Gibney’s documentary will be a useful eye-opener, but those looking to understand what made Jobs great in almost equal proportion to his nastiness will remain in the dark. Not MPAA rated. Two hours, 8 minutes. — Peter Canavese daughter, Sage (Julia Garner), arrives to beg a loan to pay for an abortion, die-hard feminist grandma quickly agrees to help. Strapped financially herself, Elle has to revisit her past to find the money. The ensuing road trip lines up an impressive series of guest stars, including a mystery man (Sam Elliott) and Sage’s mother, Judy (Marcia Gay Harden). The early scenes work to establish Elle’s cranky bona fides, but once she’s going toe-to-toe with Elliott

and the always-on-fire Harden, we get the deeply felt, nuanced performances promised by the nascent Oscar buzz. Rated R for language and some sexual references. One hour, 44 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015) A Walk in the Woods 00 In Ken Kwapis’ adaptation of the book, “A Walk in the Woods,” travel writer Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) decides to satisfy his latest wanderlust with a five-month hike of the entire 2,118mile Appalachian Trail. His wife of 40 years, Catherine (Emma Thompson), insists that it’s not safe to go alone, so Bryson calls his friends. To his chagrin, only a non-invitee responds. The pseudonymous Stephen Katz exhibits the ill health of a sedentary alcoholic, conveyed effortlessly by a grizzled Nick Nolte. These grumpy old men are agreeable company, much as the film is agreeably scenic, and there’s something potentially fresh in the film’s “75 is the new 55” attitude. But in addition to an awkward climax of sudden seriousness, the few funny bits and sharp lines only amount to fool’s gold scattered around a claim that never satisfactorily pays off. Rated R for language and some sexual references. One hour, 44 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Sept. 4, 2015) Diary of a Teenage Girl 000 1/2 Many Americans prefer to pretend adolescent female desire doesn’t exist. Respect, then, to writer-director Marielle Heller for her adaptation of the novel, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.” A smart, naive and red-blooded 15-yearold, protagonist Minnie Goetze finds herself doing an end-run around her oblivious mother, Charlotte (Kristen Wiig), in initiating an affair with mom’s

A Walk in the Woods (R) ++ Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. Palo Alto Square: Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m.

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Mistress America (R) ++1/2 Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:25, 3:45, 6, 8:15 & 10:30 p.m. No Escape (R) Century 16: 9:25 a.m., 12:05, 2:45, 5:25, 8 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m. The Perfect Guy (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Pixels (PG-13) +1/2 Century 20: Fri & Sun 6:45 & 9:20 p.m. Shaun the Sheep Movie (PG) Century 16: 9:20 a.m., noon, 2:30, 4:55, 7:15 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:15, 3:25, 5:40, 8 & 10:15 p.m.

Grandma (R) +++ Guild Theatre: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10 & 9:30 p.m.

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (R) ++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m.

Inside Out (PG) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:30 a.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:55, 4:30, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m.

Straight Outta Compton (R) Century 16: 9 & 11 a.m., 12:25, 2:20, 3:55, 5:45, 7:30 7 9:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 11 p.m., Sun 10:50 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 12:20, 2:15, 3:40, 5:30, 7, 8:45 & 10:15 p.m.

Learning to Drive (R) Century 16: 9:30 & 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m.

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We Are Your Friends 0 In what feels a lot like “Entourage, Jr.,” the electronic dance music-themed drama “We Are Your Friends” centers on 23-year-old DJ Cole Carter (Zac Efron), who dreams of making it big in Los Angeles. He gets his chance when world-renowned DJ James Reed (Wes Bentley) deigns to take him under his wing. To complicate things, Cole flirts with James’ girlfriend and personal assistant, Sophie (Emily Ratajkowski), and the two end up running around in a music-video-esque montage that resolves in a hotel-suite love scene. The passage displays the film’s consistent tendency for visual cliches: Nearly every scene looks and feels like an advertisement. “We Are Your Friends” constitutes a naked attempt to commodify youth culture via the big screen. Rated R for language throughout, drug use, sexual content and some nudity. One hour, 36 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Aug. 28, 2015)

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35-year-old boyfriend, Monroe (Alexander Skarsgård). In Heller’s honest and nuanced presentation, Minnie doesn’t fall into the archetype of a sick nymphet or victim, and Monroe isn’t simply branded as a creep. While they’re almost certainly making a mistake, it’s the kind of mistake they’re likely to look back on with a rueful appreciation of how it shaped their characters. Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and drinking — all involving teens. One hour, 42 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Aug. 28, 2015)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:55 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:05 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:45 p.m. Mayweather vs. Berto (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 5 p.m. Century 20: Sat 5 p.m. Meru (R) Palo Alto Square: 1, 3:15, 5:30 & 7:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. Minions (PG) ++ Century 16: 9:10 & 11:35 a.m. & 2:10 p.m., Fri & Sun 4:45 & 7:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m. & 1:45 p.m., Fri & Sun 4:05 p.m. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9 & 10:35 a.m., 12:15, 1:50, 3:30, 5:05, 7, 8:40 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 12:55, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7:15, 8:35 & 10:25 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:20 a.m., 2:30, 5:30 & 8:35 p.m.

Trainwreck (R) Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:50, 4:40, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m. The Transporter Refueled (PG-13) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10 & 10:40 p.m. Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos (Not Rated) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. The Visit (PG-13) Century 16: 9:35 a.m., 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:30 p.m. In X-D at 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15 & 10:45 p.m. War Room (PG)

Century 20: 12:30, 3:50, 6:50 & 9:50 p.m.

Wolf Totem (PG-13) Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:10 p.m.

+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding

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Home Front PERMA-CURIOUS? ... Explore permaculture and its everyday uses on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2-5 p.m., at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. During the Urban Permaculture Institute of San Francisco (UPISF) workshop, cofounder David Cody will explain permaculture and then guide guests through a garden tour to show the permaculture vision. “I want this to be practical,” Cody said. “I want people to come with curiosity and questions.” Permaculture is a design system that aims to use patterns and features of natural ecosystems, and applications can range from compost toilets to greywater systems. This workshop is an introduction to the technique, but for those interested, UPISF offers a design course in East Palo Alto that starts in January. It offers participants a hands-on opportunity to start and develop a permaculture project. The course runs about 86 hours across 16 sessions and costs $1,050. Info: commongroundgarden.org and upisf.com GRANDPARENTS DAY ... Celebrate Grandparents Day on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Guests can enjoy a picnic under the oak tree or relax with a book in the garden during this free event. No RSVP is required. Info: gamblegarden.org/event KITCHENS FOR GOOD ... Visit five local kitchens during the Children’s Health Council Auxiliary’s Fall Kitchen Tour on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include designer meet and greets, kitchen inspiration, light refreshments and a vintage cookbook. Tickets cost $35 in advance and $40 on the day of the event at 3768 La Donna Ave., Palo Alto. All proceeds benefit the Children’s Health Council. Info: bit.ly/2015CHCTour HOME WORKSHOP ... Learn about whole house remodels and additions on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at 1954 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain View. As part of a Harrell Remodeling workshop series, participants will learn from industry experts and receive the tools they need to successfully start their next remodeling project. Info: harrellremodeling.com/homeownereducation/workshops

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Above: Donna, a Buff Orpington, clucks in her coop in Tish Hoehl’s backyard. Right: Hoehl’s chickens, Donna and Betty, a Barred Rock, peck at feed in their pen on Sept. 8.

Coop de Ville presents the girls with colorful eggs Palo Alto resident, 37 others will showcase chickens during Tour de Coop by Sevde Kaldiroglu | photos by Veronica Weber

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ey girls!”

Tish Hoehl said as she greeted her chickens of Coop de Ville located in the backyard of her Palo Alto house. Hoehl has had chickens for close to 20 years, and this particular coop for five years. In addition, she has grown different herbs, citrus trees and native California plants in her backyard for 15 years. She is one of the 38 coop owners who will be hosting visitors during this year’s Tour de Coop, an annual event intended to showcase local coops and promote sustainability and neighborhood sharing, according to event founder Scott Vanderlip. It was started in 2012 and has grown from 11 to 38 coops. This year, it is also sponsored by Slow Food South Bay. In addition to coops, the event also promotes urban farming, beekeeping and composting. Vanderlip noted that this year he and other volunteer organizers wanted to make the event as inclusive as possible by making adjustments including a Spanish translation for event information. “We really want to encourage everybody in the

community to participate,” he said. Along with different coop routes, a vendor will be selling ready-made coops at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. “My goal (is) hopefully we’ll have coop tours that inspire people,” Vanderlip said. Individuals who register online for the selfguided tour will receive the maps for each route, which are typically 5 to 6 miles long, about three days before the tour. “We’re trying to make the routes bicycle friendly,” Vanderlip said. Before the event, visitors can check the event’s website to view individual coops and choose which loops interest them the most. This year, the tour extends from San Mateo to San Jose and includes six coops located in Palo Alto, such as Hoehl’s Coop de Ville. In her backyard, Hoehl’s large, predator-proof coop provides shelter to her eight chickens. Three of them, named Faith, Hope and Charity, are only 8 weeks old, and they are separated from the others because of their young age. The older ones are the 3-year-old Betty, 2-year-olds Donna and

Martha, and 20-week-olds Sadie and Sally. “They’ve all got their own personalities,” Hoehl said. “Betty is definitely the leader of the group. She rules the roost. You can see how the (other two) run from Betty; she still kind of intimidates them a little bit.” Each chicken is a different breed, including Plymouth Rock, Golden Campine, Welsummer and Easter Egger, Hoehl said. “I’ve gotten the different kinds of breeds mostly because they’ll lay different colored eggs,” she said. “That way I can kind of keep track on who is laying or who is not picking up the slack.” Each lays five eggs a week, Hoehl said. Because she and her husband don’t eat that many eggs, they share the extras with their friends and neighbors, along with the fruits they collect from the garden. “You can definitely tell a fresh egg,” she said. “My sister ... loves eggs; she’s always been raving about the taste.” Hoehl explained that her neighbors have been (continued on page 45)

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supportive of her coop, helping her collect the eggs when she is away and bringing their kids over to watch the chickens run around. “All the young kids who walk by with their families ... they just all love to look at the girls and everything, so it’s been a fun thing,” she said. The coop has an automatic door with a timer, which lets out the girls in the morning and closes in the evening. “They’ve gotten used to it because in the morning now, like at 6:15, they’ll be lined up here, waiting for the door to open,” Hoehl said. She said that the chickens are independent and do not require daily tending because of the coop’s automatic feeder, waterer and door opener. Yet, she still enjoys coming out most mornings and throwing the chickens some corn. Conserving water and composting are two essential practices Hoehl likes to employ in her backyard. She has a compost pile near the coop where she regularly puts the chicken poop and food waste. Every six months, she takes the pile out and uses the compost in her vegetable garden. Her plants, including tomatoes, zucchinis, strawberries, oregano, rosemary, kiwi fruit and citrus trees, are all

A sign hangs above a gate that leads to Hoehl’s chicken coop. watered using drip irrigation. Hoehl is looking forward to welcoming visitors to her backyard during this year’s Tour de Coop. “I think it’ll be fun,” she said. “I like to show off the girls.” Q Editorial Intern Sevde Kaldiroglu can be emailed at skaldiroglu@paweekly.com. What: Tour de Coop 2015 When: Saturday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: The tour spans from San Mateo to San Jose, with six coops in Palo Alto. Cost: Free admission. Info: tourdecoop.org/tour2015org

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Above: Hoehl’s backyard includes her chicken coop and vegetable garden. Left: a lemon grows in Hoehl’s backyard. She grows various citrus plants in large pots.

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All our gardens can be Tips on how to replant, prepare for harvest by Jack McKinnon

e live in California, meaning we do not have seasons like other parts of the country. We have trends and fads and myths, but we don’t have below-zero temperatures very often, if at all. I have been going to farmers markets lately, mostly to look at what is being grown and harvested in local farms. I also talk to the farmers and their staff who sell the produce. What I am seeing is many of the same crops all year round. Much of what is grown is for the particular palate of the customers and seasonally (like potatoes, carrots, beets, corn and fruit) because that is when it is ready. What is grown and sold year round is greens, flowers, herbs and cuttings for floral arrangements. These are all things we can grow in place of lawns. If flowers for the table and home are being cultivated commercially, we can grow them at the same cost or less. The added benefit of growing our own is that our property is made beautiful in the process. Seasonally, even in California what we plant is to be taken into consideration. How to cycle crops so we always have new growth coming, even as the mature is harvested, can be learned. With modern irrigation practice and good maintenance, the water we do use is practical and refreshing. Here in California, letting gardens dry out as many homes are doing makes fire hazards abound; cre-

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Atherton

3295 El Camino Real Seasons Leisure Pool to Darcck Pearl Investments for $4,100,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 06/28/1996, $832,000 97 Mandarin Way E. & M. Vanzele to R. Soemitro for $6,800,000

ates depressive, design-poor situations; and questions our ability to adapt. Let’s make our gardens all they are capable of being. If we lift up the art of gardening, everyone will benefit. Children will learn that even in a drought, we can adjust how we grow our gardens and flourish. This months tips are as much about replanting as they are about getting ready for harvest. 1. As we clean up and prune out the dead, dying and diseased plants from our gardens, notice areas to be cultivated. Let no bare patch of soil pass without considering what might be planted there. 2. Compost or use green waste containers so others can compost. We have an enormous urban forest and a world-class recycling system. Take advantage of both. As the forest is trimmed, both upper story and ground plane, everything can be used. By composting at home (fairly labor intensive and complex) or commercially (very efficient) we free up our land for cultivation and replanting, which results in beauty and production (flowers and food). 3. We don’t have to be farmers to enjoy

on 07/30/15; previous sale 07/27/1984, $450,000 59 Nora Way Brown Sisters II to D. Mosman for $3,300,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 03/10/2011, $2,800,000 139 Tuscaloosa Ave. Tusca Limited to Pink Sunset for $31,000,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 06/08/2004, $4,410,000 141 Tuscaloosa Ave. Tusca Limited to Pink Sunset for $31,000,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 06/08/2004, $4,410,000

East Palo Alto 1982 W. Bayshore Road, #217 D. Hastings to S. Aggarwal for

$725,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 08/09/2007, $505,000 913 Oakes St. E. & H. Ho to L. & M. Stewart for $921,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 03/02/2005, $725,000 1119 Sage St. Ford Trust to Bayhub Limited for $532,000 on 08/03/15 204 Wisteria Drive Working Dirt to J. Martinez for $530,000 on 08/04/15; previous sale 04/16/2012, $231,000

Los Altos

1658 Ben Roe Drive D. & N. Phan to Yang Trust for $2,369,500 on 08/11/15; previous sale 11/04/1988, $487,500 921 Campbell Ave. Robbins Trust to J. & E. Han for $2,680,000 on 08/07/15 1 W. Edith Ave., #D225 Wittlinger Trust to Grippo Trust for $1,685,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 09/16/2005, $1,210,000 425 Harrington Court Mcclure

growing. A little fresh rosemary on the grill makes a big difference to the taste of veggies or chicken. Fresh-picked mint sprigs in iced tea add a personal touch at the finest dining establishments. There is no better salad course than a gathering of greens cut minutes before being served. All of this and much more can be grown easily in a small suburban area with partial sun. 4. If you still have turf and want to keep it healthy, this is the time to dethatch and aerate. It’s a fairly complex and laborintensive process but the correct way to maintain turf. If you have reduced the size of your lawn, good. This will make the renovation job all the easier. 5. Clean up and set aside mulch while defining new and old areas to be cultivated. If replacing the mulch completely is in the plan, recycle the old and order new mulch. 6. Once raked up, the areas cleared can be measured for compost. I like to have enough for a 4-inch layer on the surface to be cultivated at least 12 inches into the soil. If a bed or new area to be planted has not had this cultivation for several years, you might want to add even more compost. Remember, compost goes into the soil and mulch goes on top. Both help retain moisture, but compost is broken down and does not deplete the soil. I like Lyngso Garden Materials, 19 Seaport Blvd., Redwood City, for its selection and service. They deliver as well; call 650-364-1730. 7. Learn how to make a bouquet. Like letter writing, flower arranging is becoming a lost art. Many flowers can be dried by tying bundles with string and hanging them upside down. At Sunset, our flower arranger, Kim, would go through the gardens early in the morning with a big basket. Talking with everybody she saw, Kim would cut ferns, Trust to Y. He for $2,608,000 on 08/10/15; previous sale 01/02/2013, $1,000,000 1598 Morton Ave. Pan Trust to Y. Pan for $2,880,000 on 08/13/15; previous sale 02/15/2000, $908,000 1733 Oak Ave. A. & J. Ritzer to J. & K. Diorio for $2,810,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 04/18/2013, $1,600,000 81 Pepper Drive Joseph Trust to J. & E. Parivash for $2,070,000 on 08/13/15 1014 Russell Ave. N. Sterling to J. & M. McGregor for $2,351,000 on 08/07/15 470 Santa Barbara Drive Innovative Homes to S. Hosseini for $3,895,000 on 08/13/15; previous sale 10/02/1987, $400,000 965 S. Springer Road Nelson Trust to D. Lin for $1,888,000 on 08/14/15 11638 Winding Way Urban West HCC to B. & M. Wilcove for $3,000,000 on 08/12/15

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ornamental grasses, bamboo, flowers of all kinds and even select branches with hanging fruit for her arrangements. The lobby always had a big floral arrangement, as did the offices and entertainment areas. 8. I am reading “Distant Neighbors,” a collection of letters between Wendell Berry and Gary Snyder. Both are notable conservationists, philosophers and writers. For me the spirit of working the land, living, teaching and writing is important to keep fresh. The letters of these two are profound while differing on some but agreeing on many topics. Of course, reading Snyder’s poetry and Berry’s essays goes much deeper. 9. September is still a hot month. If you have reduced water use by cutting back the sprinkler system, do more hand watering. Go out after work or school and take your hose for a walk. By looking at each plant you are watering, you will learn what its needs are. If you have turned your irrigation system off, turn it back on. Check for leaks, broken heads and other possible problems, and then adjust it to your plants needs. Know that loosing plants because of neglect on your part will cost you in replacement or pleasure. 10. I often like to invite my readers to have guests over for garden parties. There are several reasons this is good for us. The most important is that we are (for the most part) social beings. If you’re not, try it; you might find it refreshing with the right guests. Secondly, enjoying our outdoors is important to a healthy life. Fresh air, flowers to smell, some soft music and good food — what better way to enter into fall. Good gardening. Q Garden coach Jack McKinnon can be reached at jack@jackthegardencoach. com or 650-455-0687, or visit his website, jackthegardencoach.com.

Los Altos Hills

24490 Amigos Court Grippo Trust to L. Teng for $3,500,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 08/24/1973, $21,500 12932 Brendel Drive Nguyen Trust to Si Trust for $3,500,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 01/20/2000, $1,400,000 27600 Briones Court Doerfler Trust to A. Gandham for $4,100,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 03/17/1978, $230,000 13781 Ciceroni Lane Haunalter Trust to Corner Limited for $4,500,000 on 08/07/15 11666 Dawson Drive N. Suzuki to S. & T. Ucpinar for $3,100,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 01/29/1997, $980,000 14388 Liddicoat Circle Hubbell Trust to T. & K. McCabe for $4,025,000 on 08/12/15 24044 Princess Ellena Court J. & V. Barela to N. & P. Nguyen for $3,100,000 on 08/12/15; previous sale 01/12/2005, $1,870,000 26460 Taaffe Road M. Malwah to D. & K. Haehnel for $3,315,000 on 08/07/15 13335 Wildcrest Drive Porter Trust to Wildcrest Properties for $2,450,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 06/04/1975, $74,800

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435 7th Ave. L. Hendrix to R. & A. McDonald for $1,250,000 on 08/03/15; previous sale 05/20/2010, $664,000 1931 Camino A Los Cerros E. & D. Johnson to Camino Los Cerros Limited for $2,375,000 on 08/07/15 434 Claremont Way K. & B. Post to K. & Z. Fern for $2,210,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 12/24/2014, $1,857,000 245 Gloria Circle Bercow Trust to N. Ganatra for $2,800,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 04/30/1997, $727,000 2063 Gordon Ave. B. Mediratta to Nolet Trust for $2,325,000

on 08/07/15; previous sale 07/12/2013, $2,075,000 1312 Henderson Ave. M. Velazquez to S. Pait for $640,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 05/01/2006, $385,000 560 Menlo Oaks Drive R. & C. Henderson to Bhatnagar Trust for $3,337,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 08/15/2000, $2,500,000 1155 Merrill St., #202 L. Jay to Hummer Trust for $1,503,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 07/10/2008, $1,100,000 840 Monte Rosa Drive P. Maggio to C. & C. Dartt for $3,300,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 08/21/2008, $1,755,000 624 Olive St. Hjelm Trust to Karlin Trust for $2,650,000 on 08/06/15 501 Pope St. Desandre Trust to Telles Trust for $1,775,000 on 08/05/15

Mountain View

2538 Alvin St. Ashburn Trust to Z. Ling for $1,386,500 on 08/11/15; previous sale 07/08/2009, $749,000 1546 Canna Court Jensen Trust to Westchester Trust for $1,080,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 11/10/1977, $73,500 3454 Churin Drive L. Toth to S. & M. Kamran for $2,520,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 09/06/1989, $547,000 24 Comstock Queen Court Yamatoda Trust to S. Chaudhry for $1,100,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 09/03/1976, $49,500 1700 Fordham Way K. Okamoto to M. & C. Kassoff for $1,850,000 on 08/12/15; previous sale 11/30/2007, $1,174,000 1707 Fordham Way Baker Trust to S. Flynn for $1,730,000 on 08/10/15 110 Gladys Ave., #A Curiel Trust to Deo Confidimus Enterprise for $1,350,000 on 08/11/15 1598 Hollingsworth Drive Rosenthal Trust to Iloreta & Reich-Weiser Trust for $1,125,000

Home & Real Estate on 08/12/15; previous sale 05/27/2015, $1,900,000 438 Kent Drive J. Smith to J. & R. Underwood for $1,805,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 08/23/2004, $895,000 2111 Latham St., #109 V. Vema to G. Jing for $890,000 on 08/10/15; previous sale 05/15/2007, $491,000 152 Minaret Ave. Tri Pointe Homes to L. Ma for $1,514,000 on 08/14/15 1658 Nilda Ave. Kurose Trust to J. Yang for $1,728,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 07/31/1974, $41,200 942 Ormonde Drive R. Brummett to K. Knutson for $1,677,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 04/20/1995, $316,000 570 Penny Lane Acumentum Penny Lane to Tzeng Trust for $1,200,000 on 08/04/15 733 Reflection Way MV Reflection 2013 to T. Hasegawa for $1,355,000 on 08/04/15 255 S. Rengstorff Ave., #38 D. Hyde to L. Cheng for $635,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 06/28/1996, $131,000 670 Rock Court L. Price to H. Chew for $990,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 04/14/2000, $576,000 1939 Rock St., #16 I. Morcos to P. Degler for $592,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 06/07/2007, $446,000 133 Sherland Ave. Seiberich Trust to A. Maiti for $1,110,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 04/21/1992, $267,500 833 Sonia Way Cheng Trust to V. Iyengar for $1,550,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 06/24/2003, $257,000 2674 St. Giles Lane Young Trust to L. Chang for $2,046,000 on 08/14/15 1185 Terra Bella Ave. K. & A. Ho to Terra Bella Limited for $1,900,000 on 08/06/15

12/12/2007, $565,000

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

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Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $3,300,000 Highest sales price: $31,000,000

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $640,000 Highest sales price: $3,337,000

East Palo Alto

Palo Alto

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $530,000 Highest sales price: $921,000

Total sales reported: 24 Lowest sales price: $592,000 Highest sales price: $2,520,000

Los Altos

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $1,685,000 Highest sales price: $3,895,000

Total sales reported: 15 Lowest sales price: $1,550,000 Highest sales price: $5,500,000

Los Altos Hills Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $2,450,000 Highest sales price: $4,500,000

Woodside Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $780,000 Highest sales price: $2,990,000 Source: California REsource

425 View St. Vierra Trust to K. Webb for $1,770,000 on 08/14/15 1046 Wright Ave., #D S. Hutchinson to A. & J. Kubach for $855,000 on 08/07/15; previous sale 06/06/2008, $490,000

Palo Alto

101 Alma St., #601 Cafiero Trust to D. Goodman for $1,600,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 08/01/2012, $711,000 1020 Bryant St. Foster Trust to Fama Trust for $5,465,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 08/08/2014, $2,859,000 3657 Bryant St. Kome Limited to Y. Yang for $3,000,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 08/09/2013, $1,710,000 3702 Carlson Circle Adams Trust to X. Jin for $2,227,500 on 08/06/15; previous sale 07/11/1995, $380,000 532 Channing Ave., #101 Green-

wald Trust to Anderson Trust for $1,768,000 on 08/10/15; previous sale 06/15/1994, $463,000 4159 El Camino Way, #K M. Chen to H. Gao for $2,640,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 02/25/1998, $289,000 925 Elsinore Drive Bortner-Cui Trust to J. Cheng for $2,900,000 on 08/12/15; previous sale 03/20/1997, $561,000 3204 Greer Road Y. & H. Mesfine to E. Liang for $2,200,000 on 08/06/15 964 Hamilton Ave. Bock Trust to C. He for $4,250,000 on 08/07/15 1491 Hamilton Ave. Crosson Trust to B. Wu for $5,500,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 05/30/1990, $960,000 685 High St., #5B Shiu Trust to Foster Trust for $1,550,000 on 08/14/15; previous sale 01/20/2011, $799,000 777 Kendall Ave. M. Fitzsimmons

to R. Tzadikario for $2,350,000 on 08/12/15; previous sale 07/03/2013, $1,889,500 116 Monroe Drive D. & M. Franke to S. So for $2,200,000 on 08/07/15 1417 Pitman Ave. Gleim Trust to M. Lu for $4,600,000 on 08/06/15 2449 Waverley St. J. & M. Quita to D. & D. Liu for $3,500,000 on 08/12/15; previous sale 10/03/2008, $1,550,000

Woodside

247 Blakewood Way E. & A. Miller to P. Lewis for $780,000 on 08/06/15; previous sale 09/25/2014, $749,000 277 Grandview Drive N. Denko to R. Choplin for $2,990,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale 09/15/2000, $1,800,000 12 Skylonda Drive J. Manning to B. & D. Baker for $838,000 on 08/05/15; previous sale

811 Gailen Ave. run a dedicated circuit for existing AC and furnace, install junction boxes in master bedroom, three bedrooms, kitchen, dining room and living room for future lighting, $n/a 390 Charleston Road residential repair of sewer line in the public row, $n/a 271 Fairfield Court furnace replacement with duct replacement, $n/a 1215 Harriet St. re-roof, $19,456 410 Oxford Ave. install greywater irrigation system, $n/a 792 Loma Verde Ave. re-roof, $17,250 2891 Alma St. sewer line trench replacement on property, $n/a 329 Ramona St. re-roof, $19,874 810 Fielding Drive residential Level 2 EVSE located in the front of the house., $n/a 218 Cowper St. install Level 2 EVSE in side yard, $n/a 630 Homer Ave. red-tagged gas lines replaced for Units A, B, C and D, $n/a 4028 Laguna Way emergency repair to overhead electric service, $n/a 4151 Middlefield Road Second floor: interior, non-structural demolition, $n/a 2240 Saint Francis Drive new exterior AC unit, $n/a 1462 Kings Lane remove/replace water heater, $n/a 636 Keats Court 15000-01960: change out skylights and garage door to window, $n/a 400 Hamilton Ave. install two Level 2 EVSEs in underground parking levels A and B, $n/a 736 Garland Drive demolish existing shed, $n/a

970 Palo Alto Ave. residential roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 736 Garland Drive demolish existing detached garage, $n/a 221 Kingsley Ave. 15000-00070: structural revisions to basement wall to slab, change to all existing headers, $n/a 1336 Parkinson Ave. kitchen remodel, includes removing 3.5 feet of an interior non-bearing wall and replacing dining room lighting, $24,500 736 Garland Drive demolish existing house, $n/a 544 Rhodes Drive temporary power pole, $n/a 775 Hamilton Ave. replace furnace and replace and relocate the air conditioner, $n/a 783 Kendall Ave. re-roof, $16,000 2350 Oberlin St. residential roofmounted PV system, $n/a 4073 Sutherland Drive residential roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 580 Arastradero Road Unit 206 kitchen/bath remodel, $15,039 756 Stone Lane re-roof, $17,000 580 Arastradero Road Unit 205 kitchen/bath remodel, $19,041 950 Page Mill Road gas line repair for existing appliances, cap underground gas lines and run new gas lines for the whole building on the exterior wall of the building, no new appliances, relocate existing gas shut-off valve, meter bypass valve, seismic valve to east side of building, all work is after the meter, $n/a 1096 Mcgregor Way add a gas fireplace insert into existing wood burning fireplace, extend gas line, add one outlet for gas insert, fireplace damper to be removed in its entirety, $n/a 344 Tennessee Lane roof-mounted PV system, $n/a 344 Tennessee Lane roof cleaning and coating, $5,180 687 Driscoll Court replace 18 windows and sliding door, $20,170

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Desirable Larger Lot Open Saturday & Sunday 1:30-4:30

1508 Bay Road, East Palo Alto Beds: 2 | Baths: 1.5

Price: $588,888 Imagine all of the possibilities for this 10,500 square foot lot*. The charming 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath Spanish-style home is in need of TLC. The spacious garden has many mature fruit trees and vegetation. 8LMW TVSTIVX] LEW XLI FIRI½X SJ FIMRK WXVEHHPIH between two streets, Bay Road and Weeks Street. It is conveniently located off of University Ave with easy access to downtown Palo Alto, Facebook and multiple commute routes. *per Assessor

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TERRIE MASUDA

650.917.7961

650.917.7969

kelly.kumagaikim@cbnorcal.com.com

terrie@terriemasuda.com www.terriemasuda.com

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161 S. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos CA

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46 Marianna Lane, Atherton Offered at $3,498,000 Impressive Home with Private Gardens Surrounded by an oasis of greenery, this private 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom home of 3,300 sq. ft. (per county) sits on a lot of 0.96 acres (per county). Featuring hardwood floors, oversized picture windows, and beamed ceilings, this home enjoys park-like views from almost every room. Large common areas include a dining/living room ensemble and an immense family room, each with a fireplace and bookcases, plus a lightfilled kitchen with a breakfast nook. Boasting many flexibly designed rooms, the home also includes two remodeled bathrooms, an in-law suite, a two-car garage, an office, and a gym that may convert to a sixth bedroom. Spectacular grounds surround an expansive terrace, a swimming pool, and a poolhouse with a raised hot tub, while featuring vegetable planters, lush foliage, and mature fruit trees. Here, you will be within mere steps of Holbrook-Palmer Park and Atherton Library. Terrific schools include Encinal Elementary (API 930), Hillview Middle (API 950), and Menlo-Atherton High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.46Marianna.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary Lunch & Lattes

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4 9 Showers Drive # E 1 50 , Mountain View

pacious one bedroom, one bath ground floor

Offered for $599,000

To view a Virtual Tour , please visit : CalBRE: 00879652

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OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12 -13, 1:30 -4:30pm

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condominium with private entrance in the Old Mill Previews Property Specialist Seniors Real Estate Specialist complex, a tastefully Direct Line: (650) 566-5343 landscaped retreat tucked gluce@cbnorcal.com away in the heart of www.gwenluce.com Visit www.facebook.com/ Silicon Valley GwenLuceRealEstate

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNIT Y IN INDIA FOR INDIANS LIVING ABROAD Dreyfus Sotheby’s International Realty, together with North India Sotheby’s International Realty, is hosting a presentation by the MAX group: Mr. Sanjay Bhatia and Mr. Madhusudan Malhotra to highlight an investment opportunity in India for Indians living abroad. Please join us for this event September 17th. Food and light refreshments will be served. Thursday, September 17th, 5:00–7:00 pm 640 Oak Grove Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 Please RSVP to roxanne.sanchez@dreyfussir.com For more details on the project, visit antaraseniorliving.com )EGL 3J½GI MW -RHITIRHIRXP] 3[RIH ERH 3TIVEXIH

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Just Listed by Sherry Bucolo Open Sat & Sun 2:00 - 5:00pm

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66 Sylvian Way, Los Altos Offered at $2,998,000 Large Residence Boasts Oriental Elegance Surrounded by dense greenery, this elegant 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom residence of 2,944 sq. ft. (per appraisal) offers a lot of 11,360 sq. ft. (per appraisal). The carefully designed interior boasts fine details like dimmable lighting, hardwood floors, and a central vacuum system. Large, light-filled rooms include a spacious dining room, a sunken formal living room, and a sky-lit island kitchen that opens to a family room with a fireplace. The home office may serve as a bedroom, and two more bedrooms on the main level include a master suite with his and her closets. Upstairs, a second master suite features clerestory windows, a large walk-in closet, and a striking bathroom with an inset Jacuzzi. The property also provides an extensive back porch, a charming koi pond, and a detached 2-car garage with a bonus room. Downtown Los Altos and Hillview Community Center are moments away. Nearby schools include Santa Rita Elementary (API 941) and Egan Junior (API 976), and Los Altos High (API 895) is within walking distance (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.66Sylvian.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary Lunch & Lattes

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Wendy Kandasamy

License# 01880106

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650.336.8530 atouni@pacunion.com

650.380.0220 wendyk@pacunion.com

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OPEN HOUSE SAT/SUN 1:30-4:30

Presenting: 1058 Loma Verde Ave, Palo Alto

Offered at $1,895,000

Gorgeous 4-bedroom/2-bathroom updated Eichler with sleek lines, vaulted ceilings, & open floor plan flooded with natural light & views of serene outdoor greenery. The new Chef’s kitchen includes an oversized island with a breakfast bar, granite counters, and stainless steel appliances. This welcoming kitchen/family room has an abundance of windows and a sliding glass door leading to the patio for al fresco dining. The stunning living room with a wood-burning fireplace has sliding glass doors to the rear patio and yard with peaceful fountains. The Master bedroom boasts a walk-in closet and a wall of windows overlooking the lush backyard. Beautiful new wood floors, dual-pane windows, and a spacious 2-car attached garage complete the appeal of this lovely home. Home: 1,674 sq.ft. Lot: 6,195 sq.ft. Schools: Palo Verde Elementary, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle, Gunn High (buyer to verify enrollment). This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.

BRIAN CHANCELLOR (650) 303-5511 brianc@serenogroup.com

Enjoy the tour at brianchancellor.com

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morgan lashley distinctive properties

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20 Lane Place, Atherton Offered at $4,288,000 Gated Property with Dramatic Remodel Fully remodeled in 2010, this impressive 5 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home of 3,930 sq. ft. (per plans) accompanies a detached garage with an additional half bath on a sprawling lot of 1.2 acres (per county). Automatic gates access the circular driveway, while the sensational interior provides a host of custom touches and a free-flowing floorplan with a living/dining ensemble, a dreamy chef ’s kitchen, a large breakfast area, and a family room with a fireplace. Two bedrooms, including the relaxing master suite, are downstairs, and a gracious staircase leads up to a spacious loft, a home office, and three more bedrooms. Outdoors, the converted garage enjoys a studio, and the fine grounds also include a paver terrace, a custom shed, and an immense backyard. A short stroll from Holbrook-Palmer Park, this home also features easy access to Caltrain and prestigious schools like Sacred Heart and Menlo School, plus other excellent schools like Encinal Elementary (API 930), Hillview Middle (API 950), and Menlo-Atherton High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.20LanePlace.com

OPEN HOUSE

Ken DeLeon CalBRE #01342140

Michael Repka CalBRE #01854880

Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm Complimentary Lunch, Lattes, & Jazz

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Sand Hill Estates, Woodside

5 Betty Lane, Atherton

11627 Dawson Drive, Los Altos Hills

$35,000,000

$24,800,000

$23,995,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello & Cutty Smith Lic.#01343305 & 01444081

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Greg Goumas Lic.#01242399, 00709019, 01878208

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

Ano Nuevo Scenic Ranch, Davenport

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$19,800,000

$11,488,000

$9,000,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas & John Reece, Lic.#01878208 & 00838479

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#0187820

25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside

245 Mountain Wood Lane, Woodside

669 Hayne Road, Hillsborough

333 Raymundo Drive, Woodside

$8,250,000

$7,950,000

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Lic.#01242399

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019,

40 Firethorn Way, Portola Valley

138 Bolivar Lane, Portola Valley

1100 Mountain Home Rd.,Woodside

$6,888,000

$6,488,000

$5,850,000

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

Listing Provided by: Irene Reed & Greg Goumas, Lic.# 01879122 & 01878208

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

38 Hacienda Drive, Woodside

484 Orange Ave., Los Altos

1250 Miramontes Street, Half Moon Bay

$5,450,000

$3,495,000

$3,200,000

Listing Provided by: David Kelsey, Tom Dallas, Lic.#01242399, 00709019

Listing Provided by: Greg Goumas, Lic.#01878208

Listing Provided by: Dana Cappiello, Lic.#01343305

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7 8 8 C E R E Z A D R I V E , PA L O A LT O Large lot in quiet, neighbor-friendly neighborhood

â&#x20AC;˘ Three bedrooms â&#x20AC;˘ Two and one half bathrooms â&#x20AC;˘ Free flowing and spacious kitchen, dining and living room are perfect for entertaining â&#x20AC;˘ Nice size kitchen with center island and eating area â&#x20AC;˘ Bonus Room

â&#x20AC;˘ Large backyard gardens with automatic sprinklers and landscape lighting â&#x20AC;˘ Palo Alto Unified Schools including Juana Briones Elementary, Terman Middle, Gunn High (buyer to verify school availability) â&#x20AC;˘ 1,836 sq. ft. of living space (approx.) â&#x20AC;˘ Large 7,659 sq. ft. lot (approx. per city records)

OFFERED AT $2,300,000 L I S T E D B Y Jane Volpe calBRE# 01330133 Cell: 650.380.4507 jane@midtownpaloalto.com Midtown Realty, Inc. â&#x20AC;˘ 2775 Middlefield Road â&#x20AC;˘ Phone: 650.321.1596 â&#x20AC;˘ WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

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5 5 5 C H A U C E R S T. , P A L O A LT O Large Lot with Stunning Landscaping

Remodeled Home with Loads of Old World Charm • Three bedrooms

• Captivating Mary Gordon designed gardens. A private

– grand master with sweeping views of gardens • Two bathrooms • Library with French doors leading to patio

and serene oasis in the heart of Crescent Park and just a short stroll to Downtown Palo Alto – abundant mature landscaping

• Remodeled, light-filled “Great Room” • Large living room with wood burning fireplace • Separate formal dining room

– garden pond with babbling brook – meandering brick walkways

• Gleaming hardwood floors • Central air conditioning

and library – expansive lawns

• 2,187 sq. feet living space approx.

– private landscaping well with sufficient water to meet all

– spacious brick patio right off the great room

O F F E R E D AT $3,995,000

LISTED BY Timothy Foy DRE# 00849721

landscape needs • 11,539 sq. foot lot approx.

Cell: 650.387.5078

Tim@midtownpaloalto.com

Midtown Realty, Inc. • 2775 Middlefield Road • Phone: 650.321.1596 • WWW.MIDTOWNPALOALTO.COM

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Coldwell Banker

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Atherton $14,850,000 Spectacular West Atherton estate in stunning garden setting on over 2.6 landscaped acres. 3 BR/3.5 BA Hugh Cornish CalBRE #00912143 650.324.4456

Palo Alto $7,988,000 6-year new in Old Palo Alto with 5 suites, office, bonus & media room, large lot 5 BR/5.5 BA Judy Shen CalBRE #01272874 650.325.6161

Los Altos Hills Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,598,000 12165 Hilltop Dr Phenomenal Location Tennis-Lovers dream! Custom built home w/large rooms. Patio/BBQ area/pool. 1.24 AC. 4 BR/4 BA Sean Foley CalBRE #00870112 650.851.2666

Portola Valley Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $4,700,000 420 Cervantes Road 5BR/3BA on 1 ac cul-de-sac. Outdoors offer western hill views, pool, putting green, sport ct. Ginny Kavanaugh CalBRE #00884747 650.851.1961

Woodside $4,549,000 Estate home on 5 acs w/ gorgeous ocean views. Chef ’s kitchen, spacious decks & tennis ct! Valerie Trenter CalBRE #01367578 650-323-7751

San Mateo County $3,888,000 www.222PortolaStateParkRoad.com 38 Acres with rustic 2BD, 2BA and 4 stall horse barn. Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Burlingame $3,680,000 Amenities incl: hardwood flrs; high ceilings; crown molding; ample storage; Near downtown. 5 BR/4.5 BA Mark Kaprielian CalBRE #00599359 650.325.6161

Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $2,995,000 2320 Tasso St Updated Old PA home w/ 4BD/3BA, formal LR & DR, FR + sep guest apt w/ gourmet kitchen. 4 BR/3 BA Elaine White CalBRE #01182467 650.324.4456

San Carlos Sat/Sun 1-4 $2,695,000 1149 Greenbrier Rd. 4,000 sq. ft. Spectacular, modern, contemporary home with view plus 3 car garage. Sam Anagnostou CalBRE #00798217 650-323-7751

Palo Alto $1,788,000 2240sf TH, courtyard w/stone patio. FP, recessed lighting, eat-inkitchen, laundry inside 3 BR/2.5 BA Emily Chiang CalBRE #01744416 650.325.6161

East Palo Alto Sat/Sun 1 - 4 $1,777,860 2206 Lincoln Street This spacious home has great potential to become a a Tech team Think Tank home share. 7 BR/5 BA Jane Jones CalBRE #01847801 650.325.6161

Half Moon Bay $1,598,000 www.200FairwayDrive.com. This lovely updated traditional style home offers Resort Living. 4 BR/2.5 BA Jan Strohecker CalBRE #00620365 650.325.6161

Sunnyvale Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $819,000 827 Shooting Star Terrace This two story town home with garage is tucked down a lane in a small 14 unit complex. 2 BR/2.5 BA Sue Crawford CalBRE #00587710 650.324.4456

Redwood City $788,000 Well located commercial/residential zoned. Many permitted uses for this property. Paul Skrabo CalBRE #00665727 650-323-7751

Mountain View Sat/Sun 1:30 - 4:30 $599,000 49 Showers Dr. #E150 Spacious ground floor condo w/private entrance in Old Mill tastefully landscaped complex. 1 BR/1 BA Gwen Luce CalBRE #00879652 650.324.4456

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gullixson.com

331GREER.COM

555MANZANITA.COM SOLD IN 2015 ATHERTON

SOLD IN 2015 MENLO PARK

SOLD IN 2015 ATHERTON

RANKED #4 NATIONALLY IN AVERAGE SALES PRICE RANKED #12 TEAM NATIONALLY, PER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2015

#1 IN MARKET SHARE IN ATHERTON

MARY GULLIXSON BRENT GULLIXSON Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, appraisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. However, neither seller nor listing agent has veriﬁed this information. If this information is important to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation. www.PaloAltoOnline.com

650.888.0860 650.888.4898 mary@apr.com brentg@apr.com

• Palo Alto Weekly • September 11, 2015 • Page 65 BRE# 00373961 BRE# 01329216

#1 IN MARKET SHARE IN ATHERTON

763 LEONA LANE, MOUNTAIN VIEW HOME SUMMARY Located in the highly desirable Cuesta Park neighborhood, this beautiful and extensively remodeled 3-bedroom and 2-bath home welcomes you with a manicured yard, lovely private courtyard, and an open floorplan ideal for entertaining and family living. Features include a gourmet chef’s kitchen with a high-end built-in Miele refrigerator, Thermador appliances and a large island opening to the spacious living room. French doors lead from the living room to the lush back yard with an enclosed gazebo and spa making it the perfect place for relaxing. Close to excellent schools. Hurry to this one. OFFERED AT $1,688,000

JUDY JARVIS ELLIS Realtor® Cell (650) 740-7860 judy@serenogroup.com JudyEllisFineHomes.com CalBRE # 00874760

NEW ON THE MARKET EXCITING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN. OPEN SAT. & SUN. 1:30-4:30

MAGNIFICENT VIEWS

OPEN HOUSES SAT SEPTEMBER 12TH & 13TH, 1:30PM- 4:30PM

12998 VISTA DEL VALLE COURT, LOS ALTOS HILLS JUST LISTED FOR $2,188,000

3 BEDROOMS

2 B ATHROOMS

Are you searching for your own slice of paradise? You may well have found it in this lovely home. Very low-maintenance and drought tolerant landscaping provides a haven for birds of all types, with a number of exotic fruit trees and beautiful rare plants. A meandering private pathway leads to the entry, where you are invited inside by warm tones and open spaces leading to the spectacular wall of ﬂoor-to-ceiling windows overlooking magniﬁcent views of San Francisco Bay. The living room is large and open, and combined with the dining room provides unobstructed vistas of trees, bay and mountains. A spacious family room also shares the same views and offers informal space adjoining the kitchen. The master bedroom offers great views as well as private access to a small patio and the lovingly landscaped rear yard. Two further bedrooms are spacious and bright with crown moldings and wide windows. Truly a family retreat, this home has been impeccably maintained, and offers an extremely private and inviting oasis in the bustle of Silicon Valley life.

WWW.12998VISTADELVALLE.COM

AILEEN LA BOUFF (650) 804-0522 aileen@serenogroup.com CalBRE # 01392043

KATIE WILLIAMS (650) 703-6652 katie@serenogroup.com CalBRE # 01890341 This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify enrollment. Buyer to verify school availability.

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95ATHERTON.COM

740WHISKEYHILL.COM SOLD IN 2015 PALO ALTO

SOLD IN 2015 WOODSIDE

SOLD IN 2015 ATHERTON

RANKED #4 NATIONALLY IN AVERAGE SALES PRICE RANKED #12 TEAM NATIONALLY, PER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2015

#1 IN MARKET SHARE IN ATHERTON

MARY GULLIXSON BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 650.888.4898

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Square footage and/or acreage information contained herein has been received from seller, existing reports, apmary@apr.com • September 11, 2015 praisals, public records and/or other sources deemed reliable. However, neither seller nor listing agent has veriﬁed this information. If this information is importantwww.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weeklybrentg@apr.com BRE# 00373961 BRE# 01329216 to buyer in determining whether to buy or to purchase price, buyer should conduct buyer’s own investigation.

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Paciﬁc Union is pleased to welcome Nick Granoski to our Silicon Valley team.

Nick Granoski, Broker Associate Luxury Property Specialist 650.269.8556 Nick@Granoski.com NickGranoski.com

Nick Granoski has earned an outstanding reputation selling real estate on the Mid-Peninsula over the past 15 years. He considers his greatest value to his clients to be his skillful business based approach along with his unwavering commitment to deliver exceptional service and expertise. As a second generation realtor and native of the area, Nick’s clients always get an insiders view and the advantages which come with this when navigating the dynamic environment of the mid-peninsula real estate market.

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1706 El Camino Real, Suite 220 Menlo Park, CA 94025

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27446 BLACK MOUNTAIN ROAD, LOS ALTOS HILLS OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1:30-4:30

REMODELED CRAFTSMAN WITH INCREDIBLE VIEWS Breathtaking views from almost every room take center stage at this beautifully remodeled craftsman home. The open and flowing floor plan is light and bright with gorgeous hardwood floors and cathedral ceilings that expand the rooms, combining for a stylish modern ambiance that works equally well for everyday living as it does for grand entertaining. Offering the ultimate in flexibility, the one-level design has 4 bedrooms plus incredible living room and dining room opening out to a brand new deck overlooking the bay provides everything needed for outdoor living in a very private and quiet setting, yet close to the Village for shopping and dining and access to top-rated Palo Alto schools.

Price Upon Request

ED GRAZIANI (650) 947-2992

JEN PAULSON (650) 996-7147

ed@serenogroup.com www.EdGraziani.com CalBRE # 01081556

jen@serenogroup.com CalBRE # 01221390

This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not veriﬁed this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify enrollment. Buyer to verify school availability.

COMING SOON

3105 Louis Road, Palo Alto | 3105Louisroad.com Beds 4, Baths 3 | 1,987 sq ft, Lot 6969 $2,995,000

Gordon Smythe 650-322-2800 Page 70 • September 11, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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HOME STARTS HERE

LOS ALTOS HILLS $5,495,000

ATHERTON $4,698,000

LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,950,000

27220 Ohlone Lane | 5bd/5.5ba Kathy Bridgman | 650.941.1111 BY APPOINTMENT

27 Sargent Lane I 3bd/2ba G. Celotti/C. Athens I 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

13030 La Paloma Road I 4bd/4ba Anna Park I 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

MENLO PARK $2,995,000

MENLO PARK $2,275,000

PALO ALTO $2,200,000

1051 Coleman Avenue | 5bd/3ba Gloria & Caitlin Darke | 650.462.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

230 Arden Road | 2bd/2ba Rick Howard Smith | 650.323.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

820 Richardson Court | 4bd/2ba C. Okuno/I. Shih | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

LOS ALTOS $2,150,000

PALO ALTO $1,098,000

REDWOOD CITY $895,000

1476 Arbor Avenue | 5bd/2ba Rick & Suzanne Bell | 650.941.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

141 South California Avenue, Unit B-306 I 2bd/1.5ba K. Bird/S. Hayes I 650.529.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:00-4:00

50 Horgan Avenue #12 | 3bd/2ba Ned Moritz | 650.462.1111 OPEN SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30

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PALO ALTO WEEKLY OPEN HOMES EXPLORE OUR MAPS, HOMES FOR SALE, OPEN HOMES, VIRTUAL TOURS, PHOTOS, PRIOR SALE INFO, NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES ON www.PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL TIMES ARE 1:30-4:30 PM 3 Bedroom - Condominium

ATHERTON

FEATURED

2 Bedrooms 57 N Gate $1,749,000 Sun 2-5 Pacific Union International 314-7200

217 Ada Ave 1 Sat/Sun Sereno Group

HOME OF THE WEEK

46 Marianna Ln Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$3,498,000 543-8500

20 Lane Pl Sat/Sun 1-5

$4,288,000 543-8500

Deleon Realty

185 Forest 2B Sat Zane MacGregor

2 Bedrooms - Condominium 400 Davey Glen Rd. #44 Call for price Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International Inc 314-7200

EAST PALO ALTO 7 Bedrooms 2206 Lincoln St Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,777,860 325-6161

LOS ALTOS 4 Bedrooms 1605 Crestview $3,185,000 Sun 1-4 Keller Williams Of Palo Alto 454-8500 66 Sylvian Wy Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$2,998,000 543-8500

111 Pepper Dr Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$2,988,000 543-8500

2 HOMES/ONE LOT Subdividable www.668partridge.com Offered at $3,190,000

14700 Manuella Rd. $4,750,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474 12800 Alto Verde Ln Sat/Sun Sereno Group

$3,995,000 947-2900

4 Bedrooms 12165 Hilltop Dr Sun Coldwell Banker

$4,598,000 851-2666

5 Bedrooms 27633 Via Cerro Gordo Sat/Sun 1-4 Plummer Realty

$3,988,000 464-1314

MENLO PARK 2 Bedrooms 1898 Camino A Los Cerros $1,695,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

1323 Sevier Ave Sat/Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$749,000 323-1111

$2,300,000 321-1596

738 Desoto Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,295,000 323-1111

4 Bedrooms 2088 Channing Ave $2,995,000 Sun 2-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200 1116 Ramona St $4,500,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474

$1,698,000 462-1111

164 Poplar $749,000 Sat/Sun 12:30-4:30 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

4 Bedrooms 33 Westgate St Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$1,850,000 462-1111

607 Lakemead Way Sat/Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate

$2,300,000 206-6200

SAN CARLOS 3 Bedrooms

4 Bedrooms

2320 Tasso St Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$2,995,000 566-5323

1149 Greenbrier Rd Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$2,695,000 323-7751

201 Ballard Lane $1,698,000 Sat/Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

335 Everett Ave Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,789,000 325-6161

120 Wingate Ave Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,699,000 323-7751

1323 Seview Ave Sat/Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

555 Chaucer St Sat/Sun Midtown Realty

$3,995,000 321-1596

SAN MATEO

758 Center Dr. Sat/Sun 2-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

$4,995,000 323-1111

$749,000 323-1111

4 Bedrooms 545 6th Ave Sat/Sun 12-5 Coldwell Banker

5 Bedrooms 4264 Wilkie Way $3,895,000 Sat/Sun 1-4:30 Coldwell Banker 325-6161

1653 De Anza Blvd Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

1203 N Lemon Ave Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,688,000 462-1111

2570 Webster $4,298,000 Sat/Sun 1:30-5 Coldwell Banker 325-6161

827 Shooting Star Ter Sun Coldwell Banker

1990 Valparaiso Ave Sat/Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate

$2,998,000 543-7740

907 Clara Dr. Sat/Sun Morgan Lashley

$2,949,000 326-5700

2 Bedrooms - Condominium

45 Riordan Pl Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$3,698,000 462-1111

271 Stanford Ave Sat/Sun Sereno Group

$3,195,000 323-1900

1051 Coleman Ave Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,995,000 462-1111

PORTOLA VALLEY

2160 Monterey Ave Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,998,000 323-7751 $4,750,000 473-1500

MOUNTAIN VIEW 49 Showers Dr E150 Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

921 La Mesa Dr Sun 1-4 Sereno Group

$2,495,000 947-2900

845 Groton Ct Sat/Sun 1-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

$4,700,000 851-1961

WOODSIDE

5 Bedrooms

347 Nimitz Ave Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$595,000 947-2900

767 Danforth Sat/Sun Sereno Group

$2,788,000 543-8500

2 Bedrooms $599,000 324-4456

$819,000 324-4456

235 W Red Oak Dr G Sat/Sun Sereno Group

180 Escobar Rd Sun Deleon Realty

REDWOOD CITY

1 Bedroom - Condominium

2 Bedrooms

3 Bedrooms

4 Bedrooms

420 Cervantes Rd Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,695,000 325-6161

SUNNYVALE

1465 Edgewood Dr $7,995,000 Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s Realty 644-3474

5 Bedrooms

$1,250,000 462-1111

3 Bedrooms

$835,000 324-4456

650 Berkeley Ave $5,950,000 Sun Pacific Union International 314-7200

$1,698,000 325-6161

788 Cereza Dr. Sat/Sun Midtown Realty

980 Round Hill Rd Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$1,895,000 323-1900

3 Bedrooms

2131 Avy Ave Sun Coldwell Banker

$895,000 462-1111

1058 Loma Verde Sat/Sun Sereno Group

1795 Holly Ave Sun Kerwin & Associates

$2,188,000 462-1111

50 Horgan Ave 12 Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

6 Trillium Ln Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

142 Sand Hill Cr $1,400,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200 694 Creek Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

3 Bedrooms - Condominium

$2,298,000 323-1111

1000 W Siskiyou Dr $2,499,000 Sat/Sun 1-4:30 Intero Real Estate 543-7740

3 Bedrooms

$1,249,900 529-1111

2260 Middlefield Rd Sat/Sun 1-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

David Ferrari FERRARI INVESTMENTS CO. 650-464-4984

3 Bedrooms

LOS ALTOS HILLS

$1,450,000 324-9900

3 Bedrooms

668 & 672 PARTRIDGE AVE OPEN SAT/SUN 1-4

3 Summit Ct Sat/Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

3 Bedrooms

2 Bedrooms - Condominium

$4,988,000 543-8500

BELMONT

$1,688,000 323-1900

PALO ALTO

7 Bedrooms 62 Fredrick Ave Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

3 Bedrooms 763 Leona Ln Sat/Sun Sereno Group

5 Bedrooms

$1,190,000 947-2900

$879,000 323-7751

$948,000 947-2900

4 Bedrooms $1,898,000 323-1111

4 Bedrooms 579 Old La Honda Rd Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$3,195,000 851-2666

785 West California Way Sun Coldwell Banker

$3,695,000 851-2666

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111 Pepper Drive, Los Altos Offered at $2,988,000 Chic Details and Private Location Set back on a flag-shaped lot of 14,810 sq. ft. (per county), this 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home of 2,916 sq. ft. (per county) offers rich amenities and a secluded setting. Floored with natural hardwood, the interior offers plantation shutters, built-in sound speakers, and handsome millwork. Well-appointed common areas include a formal living room, an open dining area, and a family room with a fireplace, plus fine spaces like a private home office and a glamorous island kitchen with a butler’s pantry. The sizable bedrooms are grouped upstairs with the master suite, which displays heated bathroom floors, a soaking tub, and a spacious walk-in. Outdoors await a covered porch and a pool fringed by a slate terrace. Additionally, the home provides an attached threecar garage, a pool bath, and vegetable planters. This spectacular home is within a stroll of downtown Los Altos, Hillview Park, and Los Altos Library Excellent schools nearby include Covington Elementary (API 975), Egan Junior High (API 976), and Los Altos High (API 895) (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit:

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement LEE’S ENTERPRISE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608220 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Lee’s Enterprise, located at 725 Layne Ct., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A General Partnership. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MA JOJO LEE 725 Layne Ct. Palo Alto, CA 94306 GEMMA CARPIZ 202 Calvert Dr., #254 Cupertino, CA 95014 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 August 19, 2015. (PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015) RAM CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608065 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Ram Concrete Construction, located at 1700-B, E. San Martin Ave., San Martin, CA 95046, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): BRENDANT PALOMO 1700 E. San Martin Ave. San Martin, CA 95046 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/14/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 14, 2015. (PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015) CAREREMOTE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608355 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: CareRemote, located at 2050 McKee Road #54, San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): VICTOR G. PHILLIPS 2050 McKee Rd. #54 San Jose, California 95116 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/21/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 24, 2015. (PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 18, 2015) MISS VIETNAM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOA HAU AO DAI BAC CALI MISS VIETNAM NORTHERN CA HOA HAU AO DAI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608521 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Miss Vietnam of Northern California Hoa Hau Ao Dai Bac Cali, 2.) Miss Vietnam Northern CA Hoa Hau Ao Dai, located at 2200 Ringwood Ave., San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HUYEN T. TRAN 449 La Herran Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95051 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 August 27, 2015. (PAW Sept. 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015) ALC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608723 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ALC, located at 1291 Tucson Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Joint Venture. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AMY LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303

SUSAN LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Sept./2/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 2, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) ACL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608724 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: ACL, located at 847 Shirley Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AMY LEE CHANG 3165 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Sept./2/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 2, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) DUTCH POET PRESS ROBERT PERRY DESIGN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608709 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Dutch Poet Press, 2.) Robert Perry Design, located at 4296C Wilkie Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ROBERT PERRY 4296C Wilkie Way Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/21/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 1, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015) AYT PRESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 608702 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: AYT Press, 767 located at Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): PREEVA ADLER TRAMIEL 767 Addison Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 08/18/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 1, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct, 2, 2015) MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU VIETNAM CALIFORNIA MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU CALIFORNIA MISS VIETNAM CALIFORNIA HOA HAU AO DAI CALIFORNIA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 609016 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau Vietnam California, 2.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau California, 3.) Miss Vietnam California Hoa Hau Ao Dai California, located at 2200 Ringwood Ave., San Jose, CA 95131, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HUYEN T. TRAN 449 La Herran Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 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 September 9, 2015. (PAW Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 2015)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-15-658913-JP Order No.: 0296951 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/23/1998. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR

PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): GEORGE H. MARSHALL, JR. AND EMILY A. MARSHALL Recorded: 12/8/1998 as Instrument No. 14537825 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 10/14/2015 at 9:00 AM Place of Sale: At the North Market Street Entrance of the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse, 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $162,880.36 The purported property address is: 2330 PRINCETON ST, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 137-04-045 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 800280-2832 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-658913-JP . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this

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letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15-658913-JP IDSPub #0089067 9/4/2015 9/11/2015 9/18/2015 PAW AMENDED #2 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: IRMA HARRIETTE DAVIS-DIAMOND Case No.: 1-15-PR-177176 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or state, or both, of IRMA HARRIETTE DAVIS-DIAMOND. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: IRA S. WEINMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: IRA S. WEINMAN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on October 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: Victoria Kaempf, Esq. Lakin Spears, LLP 2400 Geng Rd., Ste. 110 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)328-7000 (PAW Aug. 28, Sept. 4, 11, 2015)

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GIRLS TENNIS

Tourney brings its own heat

SOCCER HONORS . . . Senior team captain Drew Nyberg earned Defensive Player of the Week honors and freshman Luis NuÒez earned Offensive Player of the Week as the Menlo College men’s soccer swept Golden State Athletic Conference Players of the Week honors Tuesday. Nyberg anchored the Oaks’ back line in shutout wins over NCAA Division III Whittier College, 5-0, and former Cal Pac foe Simpson University, 2-0. He played every minute of both games. Menlo (5-1) has notched shutouts in four of its first six games thus far after edging visiting Sierra Nevada, 3-2, in a nonconference match. NuÒez scored three goals and added an assist in the two games. He scored the game-winner against the Poets. NuÒez followed that with a gameclinching goal, his third of the season, to secure the win over Simpson. Eli Bunton, Issac Miselewicz and Nyberg scored against the Eagles. All five goals were scored in the first half . . . In women’s soccer, junior Danielle McCarthy recorded a hat trick and added an assist to boot as Menlo won its second straight, beating visiting Sierra Nevada, 5-0, in a nonconference match Tuesday. McCarthy and Jocelyn Aguilar were each credited with an assist on Alana Kualapai’s goal that opened the scoring for the Oaks (2-1 2), who scored three goals in the first 15 minutes. McCarthy scored two consecutive goals to give Menlo a 3-0 advantage at halftime. Jelissa Blanco assisted on McCarthy’s goal in the second half that made it 4-0. Rachel DeJesus added a goal for 5-0.

GOLF ACE . . . Stanford golfer Maverick McNealy of Portola Valley will make his debut with the USA team when the 45th Walker Cup gets underway Saturday at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in England.

ON THE AIR Friday Women’s soccer: Penn St. at Stanford, 8 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks

Saturday Football: UCF at Stanford, 7:30 p.m.; FOX Sports 1; KNBR (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM)