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Vol. XXXVII, Number 14

January 8, 2016

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mayor Palo Alto council splits in electing new leaders Page 5

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Mayoral election pushes open-meeting law to the brink Split votes on leadership threaten City Council’s new-found ‘unity’ by Gennady Sheyner

he suspenseful election of Pat Burt and Greg Scharff on Monday night to serve as Palo Alto’s mayor and vice mayor marked a new chapter for the City Council, which will no longer be led by the council’s slow-growth “residentialists.” But, for some residents, the election of Burt and Scharff after a pair of 5-4 votes wasn’t as surprising as the fact that, despite the men’s clashes throughout last year, the two voted for one another — thus securing both appointments. Nor was it as surprising as the fact that Burt was nominated by Liz Kniss, with whom he had exchanged snipes throughout 2015. Or the fact that Burt chose to support Scharff for vice mayor over outgoing Mayor Karen Holman, the leader of the residentialist group and a council member with whom he has generally been aligned. Or the fact that, for the second straight year, the council abandoned its long-running tradition of electing last year’s vice mayor as this year’s mayor. When the dust settled Monday, it was the council’s quintessential centrist — Burt — who found himself in the central chair on the dais after voting against two residential-

ist candidates. It was the four residentialists — so triumphant a year ago — who ended up on the losing end of the two votes. And it was Scharff, a member of the council’s minority faction after the November 2014 election, who ascended to a leadership position for the second time in his council career. The sudden alliance between Burt and Scharff disappointed some of their residentialist colleagues. Tom DuBois, who supported outgoing Vice Mayor Greg Schmid for mayor and Holman for vice mayor, was one of many people who saw the results as an indication that Burt and Scharff had made some kind of a deal before the vote. DuBois told the Weekly he was disappointed to see Burt align himself with what he called the “pro-growth” side of the council. “I just think, at the end of the day, it’s kind of putting the ego in front of ideals,” DuBois said. “I also think this tradition of vice mayor becoming mayor — that’s clearly taken a pretty big hit. I don’t think it applies anymore.” Holman, who was lauded on Monday for uniting the council just after losing the contest for vice mayor by a 5-4 vote, told the Weekly that she found the votes inexplicable.

“The very council members who did not support Pat Burt for vice mayor in 2015 supported him for mayor; and the very same council members who supported Greg Schmid for vice mayor did not support him for mayor,” Holman said. “It’s confusing and, almost on the surface, seems irrational.” Two people who did not appear at all surprised on Monday were Scharff and Burt, each of whom gave a prepared speech just after his nomination. In separate interviews, both adamantly denied that they had made any kind of a deal before the vote. Each told the Weekly that he hadn’t known how the vote would end up. “There was absolutely no quid pro quo,” Scharff said. “We didn’t have any agreements,” Burt said. They did, however, have a conversation before the Monday vote. Scharff said he had spoken to both Burt and Schmid in the days before the election, though he emphasized that the conversation was focused on their respective visions for the city. The subject of who they would support for mayor or vice mayor did not come up, Scharff said. “We didn’t have any discussions about who would vote for whom,” Scharff said.

ut these conversations, like many others that took place among council mem-

bers in the run-up to Monday’s vote, demonstrate the intricate behind-the-scenes maneuvering that characterizes mayoral races in Palo Alto — a process that pushes California’s open-meeting law, the Brown Act, to the legal limits and, at times, beyond. By law, no more than four council members can discuss a subject that will be on a future agenda — in this case, the election of mayor and vice mayor. When a fifth member joins the discussion, either directly or through an intermediary, this becomes a serial violation of the Brown Act. For regular council items, such as new smoking restrictions and development proposals, it’s fairly easy for council members not to talk to one another outside of the Council Chambers. But when it comes to mayoral elections, a topic of broad interest and one that is near and dear to hearts of the members, the line gets blurry fast

as they split into coalitions that, at times, exchange information through intermediaries, council members have acknowledged. They make no secret of the fact that the Brown Act is difficult to follow when it comes to electing a mayor. Holman told the Weekly that it could be a challenge for every council member to track every conversation on the topic. “One of the reasons I think the election of mayor and vice mayor is difficult is because the campaigning for positions can start early, and over time I think it’s possible that violations can happen,” Holman said. To avoid violations, council members generally limit themselves to discussions with only three colleagues. For the four members of the council’s residentialist side, this is fairly straightforward: They have one another. DuBois told the Weekly that (continued on page 9)

Palo Alto elects 2016 mayor

In brief: On Monday, City Councilman Pat Burt was elected Palo Alto mayor, chosen over outgoing Vice Mayor Greg Schmid, and Councilman Greg Scharff was elected vice mayor over outgoing Mayor Karen Holman, on two identical 5-4 votes. Those joining Burt and Scharff in the votes were Marc Berman, Liz Kniss and Cory Wolbach, who have generally been considered more favorable to city development. The council’s four so-called “residentialists” — Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth, Karen Holman and Greg Schmid — last year were accustomed to having Burt align himself with them and thus expressed surprise at the election’s outcome.

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Finding their own way East Palo Alto Charter School leverages students’ curiosity in generating enthusiasm for science

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econd-graders, so many of you look ready to be engineers,” Olga Tuman said, standing at the white board on a December morning as a group of children sat expectantly on the carpet. The class at East Palo Alto Charter School was in the midst of a unit on erosion, and students in pairs were designing apparatus to protect a little blue house on top of a hill of sand. After reciting the criteria for a successful design — which they came up with themselves — they scattered to their tables to perfect and test their projects, using a pump to blow air over their creations.

A quick glance around the room revealed that each pair’s project was unique, combining Popsicle sticks, cardboard tubes, paper and similar materials. Not all the designs succeeded in meeting the criteria, among them to stop erosion and remain still, but that was precisely the point: After testing, the children had to analyze what had happened and decide how they might make improvements. The freedom to create and discover scientific knowledge on their own is a central part of the school’s science program, which

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Third-grade students Alexander Chavez and Jackie Barrera work together to pick up metal washers using an electromagnet during Olga Tuman’s class at East Palo Alto Charter School on Dec. 15. received $7,500 from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund last spring. Tuman uses this inquirybased approach with all of her first- through fifth-grade classes, and this academic year she has started training the school’s kindergarten and sixth-grade teachers to teach science using

similar methods. Her efforts are part of the school’s push to expose students to science early. Many students come from low-income, predominantly African-American and Latino communities, groups which have been historically underrepresented in science and

engineering fields, according to Sharon Johnson, principal of East Palo Alto Charter School, which has just over 450 students. “We would like to change those odds and spark the curiosity of students to pursue ... those (continued on page 10)

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DREAM LIVES ON ... Last January, the Bay Areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freedom Train to honor the civil rights legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made its final trip after more than 30 years. The train ride from San Jose to San Francisco featured singing and speeches and gave the community a chance to honor Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. Organized by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley, the Freedom Train was started by Kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late widow Coretta Scott King to commemorate the 54 miles marched by her husband and other civil rights activists from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in March 1965, and was the last of its kind in the nation. This year, in response to residentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; desires to continue the service, the Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation and Caltrain have created a new and free commemorative train ride to â&#x20AC;&#x153;carry on the spirit of the late Coretta Scott King,â&#x20AC;? according to a Caltrain announcement. The new â&#x20AC;&#x153;Celebration Trainâ&#x20AC;? will make its debut trip up the Peninsula on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18. The train will provide free service to those attending the MLK2016 celebration event in San Francisco. There will be onboard activities, according to Caltrain. The concept of the new train is the same as the defunct Freedom Train, Caltrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew said. The difference is the host organization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the request of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley, Caltrain agreed not to use the Freedom Train branding because it was bestowed upon them by the late Coretta Scott King, and we respect that,â&#x20AC;? Bartholomew said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a new partnership with the Northern California Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Foundation ... we all thought it best to rebrand and use the new name.â&#x20AC;? The train will depart from the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station at 9:45 a.m. It will make stops in Palo Alto at 10:05 a.m. and San Mateo at 10:22 a.m. before arriving in San Francisco by 10:55 a.m. There is no special southbound service, but Celebration Train tickets will be accepted on southbound trains departing San Francisco after 1 p.m. that day, according to Caltrain. For ticket registration, visit eventbrite.com.

RISKY BUSINESS ... Whether you view gambling as a risk of terrible failure or a potential for huge success could depend on how connected two parts of your brain are, Stanford University researchers recently found. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Activity in one brain region appears to indicate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uh oh, I might lose money,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; but in another seems to indicate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh yay, I could win something,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Brian Knutson, associate professor of psychology, told the Stanford News Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The balance between this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uh ohâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh yayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activity differs between people and can determine the gambling decisions we make.â&#x20AC;? For their research, university scientists gave people $10 and told them they could gamble the money in a series of games with different odds. Research subjects could keep the money they had at the end of the experiment. Using an MRI, the scientists examined brain activity as the participants decided whether to gamble and noticed that the stronger the connection between a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cautious brain region and enthusiastic brain region, as measured by fatty insulating tissue, the more financially cautious the person was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people love the small chance of a huge win,â&#x20AC;? Knutson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But people vary. Some people really, really like it. But people who have a stronger connection donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like it as much.â&#x20AC;? ABOVE AND BEYOND ... Five volunteers from the Palo Alto Emergency Services Volunteers program will be recognized for their roles in ensuring the community is safer and better prepared for emergencies during the seventh annual Community Partnership Awards Ceremony in the Council Chambers at City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 14, 7-9 p.m. Newly elected Mayor Pat Burt will host the event, which is free and open to the public. Director of Emergency Services Ken Dueker will preside over the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception. Award recipients include Eileen Altman, block preparedness coordinator; Monica Arima, block preparedness coordinator; Grant Elliot, Amateur Radio Emergency Services and Community Emergency Response Team member; Scott Peterson, Community Emergency Response Team trainer; and Marianne Strickfaden, neighborhood preparedness coordinator.

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New school liaisons break language, cultural barriers Parents say district program helps them connect to kids’ schools

hen Patricia Estrada’s first-grade son got into a conflict with another Duveneck Elementary School student during a game of four square, the school asked her to come in for a meeting with their teacher and the other student’s parents. Estrada doesn’t speak any English, so her 7-year-old son had to translate for her during the meeting. This is not an uncommon situation for Spanish-speaking parents whose children attend Palo Alto schools, but the district is hoping it, and other situations that arise for minority students in Palo Alto, will become much rarer with the creation of a new parentliaison program. A pilot program launched during the last school year with one parent liaison has grown to a full staff of seven who serves as bridges between schools and parents of all students of color. Each elementary school in Palo Alto now has its own parent liaison, most of whom are bilingual. They help parents with everything from translating school newsletters or progress reports to attending parent-teacher conferences. The district has long had tutors who work with beginning English language learners in their native tongues on their mainstream-class assignments. Part of their role was also to “make students feel comfortable and do outreach to families,” said Judy Argumedo, who oversees the district’s English Language Learner and Voluntary Transfer programs. But more needed to be done, Argumedo thought, to serve populations of parents who, because of language barriers, work schedules and other reasons, felt disconnected, excluded and on the margins of their children’s educations. So last year she tapped one of the district’s primary-language tutors, Jose Corado (a native Spanish speaker) to

become a parent liaison on a pilot basis at four elementary schools identified as having the greatest need for such a role: Duveneck, Walter Hays, Hoover and Addison. All of a sudden, Corado became very, very busy. During the first phone calls he made to introduce himself to parents, he was met with an immediate barrage of questions — about the schools’ free and reduced lunch programs, school events, scheduling parent-teacher conferences, teacher and schoolwide newsletters and homework assignments. Parents he worked with at one elementary school started attending more schoolwide events, Argumedo said. The second he stepped on campus, teachers would approach him for help communicating with families. A parent liaison hired on a pilot basis for Gunn High School this year, Stephanie Mendoza, similarly could not meet the demand during the one day a week she was scheduled to be there. She now works two days a week and also supports a newly formed Hispanic parents group, which has about 25 members, Mendoza said. Increased engagement with lowincome parents and parents of color has become a priority for the district this year following recommendations from the superintendent’s Minority Achievement and Talent Development committee, which worked during the last school year to evaluate how to best address Palo Alto’s achievement gap. The committee’s members frequently talked about the difficulties faced by minority and low-income parents who might not speak English or work more than one job: They can’t be at their children’s schools as often as they would like; they have less access to academic resources and enrichment opportunities; and they have a harder time navigating a complex school system.

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The minority committee’s final report begins with several quotes, including the following from a Latino parent: “Relationships are very important to us and we really want to have better connections and champions at school.” “When you’re not coming from the typical Palo Alto home,” Argumedo said, “sometimes there is some cultural mismatch and parents may not know what they really need to do to get their child totally involved in school, so students can sometimes feel a little bit left out because their parents aren’t doing some of the same things.” “I think parent liaisons are providing that bridge because there is somebody at the site who can help them navigate the school culture,” she added. The success of last year’s pilot led to the addition this fall of six other parent liaisons to cover all of the elementary sites, with one also working at Jordan Middle School. The middle school already has an instructional aide fulfilling that role, and Argumedo said they hope to soon expand the program to Terman Middle School. Palo Alto High School already has an outreach specialist who serves a similar purpose. One day a week, each parent liaison goes to the school to support both parents and teachers. They sit in the staff lounges so that busy teachers can quickly fill them in on what might be going on with a student and so they can pass along a piece of information to a parent. Many share their cellphone numbers with the parents and make themselves available beyond the one day a week they’re at the school. The parent liaisons also work as a team, meeting once a month for trainings and to debrief on issues they’ve been dealing with at their schools. At a recent meeting, the program manager of Palo

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In the teachers’ lounge at Addison Elementary School, Stephanie Mendoza, a parent liaison who works at Addison and Gunn High School, works on a bilingual brochure for parents on Dec. 8. Alto Adult School’s English as a Second Language (ESL) program reviewed the classes offered, including a new civics unit in an ESL class called “interacting with your child’s school and teachers.” A second presentation from youth LGBTQQ+ group Outlet led to discussion about gender norms and what gender-related terms might be acceptable in different countries versus the United States. Corado and Mendoza gave a presentation in Spanish the same week at Gunn about graduation requirements, financial-aid options and important college-application dates. On a recent weekday morning, Corado, who is now the district’s lead parent liaison, sat in Duveneck’s staff lounge, speaking with parents as they came in. One mother dropped in, with a baby on her hip, to talk with him in Spanish about scheduling after-school pickup for her son. Patricia Estrada came in soon after. Estrada said her experience as a parent at Duveneck before Corado arrived was challenging because of the language barrier. Her husband speaks English but works full time so has to request time off to come in for meetings. Helping her son with homework was difficult. Whenever a situation arose at school, they would have to find someone who speaks Spanish — sometimes a district translator, though Corado said the process for obtaining one proved unreliable and ineffective — or she would rely on her young son, an English

language learner, to communicate. With Corado there, “I don’t feel as frustrated,” she said in Spanish. “Whatever it is, Jose tells us or sends a text.” Tanya Meyers, an English Language Learner specialist at Duveneck, said hiring Corado on a permanent basis has been helpful to families. Her own Spanish is limited, so if she needed to communicate with parents before, she would often go through district channels to bring in a translator. “It was often somebody different,” she said of the translators, “so it’s been really nice to have the consistency of that one person so the parents can build a relationship with them and build that trust. When I communicate more sensitive matters to Jose and he communicates them to the families, I feel like it’s more well-received because they do feel more at ease.” As Mendoza put it: “They have someone in their corner.” To Meyers, the parent-liaison program offers a long-needed, tangible step toward closing the district’s achievement gap. The district has “spent years and years and countless hours discussing the achievement gap yet ... I just don’t feel like there have been concrete action items. This is something that is concrete where you are specifically addressing the need of the families and the students,” she said. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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A 42-year-old Palo Alto man was killed in a parking lot in Las Vegas on Dec. 29, according to Las Vegas Metro police. Two people were arrested on Sunday, Jan. 3, in connection with the man’s death. Neil Brian Gandler, a Silicon Valley engineer, was identified by the Clark County Coroner’s Office. Gandler was shot in the torso, according to the coroner’s office, which ruled his death a homicide. Kyle Staats, alternately spelled Statts by police, 27, and Megan Hippie, 19, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted robbery with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery. Staats was also arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, according to police. Video surveillance footage showed Gandler’s vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata with California plates, pulling into the parking lot of a 24 Hour Fitness center located at 601 South Rainbow Blvd. at about 10 p.m. on Dec. 28. It did not appear that he ever entered the fitness center, according to police. At about 1 a.m. on Dec. 29, another vehicle described as a two-door sedan with two people in it pulled up alongside Gandler’s vehicle. Ten minutes later, Gandler’s car rolled onto a parking median with the driver’s side window shattered, police said. Police responded to the scene after a receiving a report of a man in a vehicle who appeared to have been shot. Officers found Gandler in his car with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Q — Sue Dremann

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Calling it a “baseless suit,” the City of Palo Alto is asking a federal court to reject a court challenge that was leveled against the city in November by the owners of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, the Jisser family. The city’s motion to dismiss, which will be heard in a U.S. District Court on May 26, alleges that the Jissers violated the statute of limitations and failed to seek remedies at local and state levels, as the law requires, before filing their lawsuit in a federal court. The Jissers, who have been trying to close the Palo Alto mobile home park since 2012, allege in their suit that the city acted illegally in requiring them to provide relocation assistance to the roughly 400 residents who would be displaced if Buena Vista were to close. The relocation benefits, which the Jisser family estimates total about $8 million, are a requirement under an ordinance that Palo Alto approved in 2001 to govern closure of mobile home parks. The Jissers are hoping that the federal court will toss out the requirement, which their attorney equated to extortion. The lawsuit calls the requirement “oppressive and unreasonable.” The lawsuit is one of two that the city is facing over Buena Vista. Attorneys for the Buena Vista Residents Association claimed in the August lawsuit that the relocation package approved by the council is “grossly inadequate” and will eliminate “any opportunity for Buena Vista residents to relocate to comparable homes in a community comparable to Palo Alto.” Q — Gennady Sheyner

Tall Tree Award nominations due Jan. 15 Nominations are due at 5 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 15, for the 37th Annual Tall Tree Awards, sponsored by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and the Palo Alto Weekly. Awards are given in four categories: outstanding citizen/volunteer, outstanding professional or business person, outstanding business and outstanding nonprofit. Nominations should include a one-page letter explaining the reason for the nomination. Current elected officials are not eligible. Honorees are selected for the their local impact, breadth of contribution, the diversity of people affected, timeliness and originality of contributions. More information, including the nomination form, is available from the Chamber website, paloaltochamber.com. The Tall Tree Awards dinner is May 5. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

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of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Jan. 4)

Mayor: The council elected Pat Burt to serve as its mayor in 2016. Voted for Burt: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach Voted for Greg Schmid: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid Vice mayor: The council elected Greg Scharff to serve as its vice mayor in 2016. Voted for Scharff: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach Voted for Karen Holman: DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid Appreciation: The council passed a resolution of appreciation for 2015 Mayor Karen Holman. Yes: Unanimous

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Newly elected Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt hands outgoing Mayor Karen Holman a plaque recognizing her achievements in 2015.

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before the mayoral election, the residentialists — he, Eric Filseth, Holman and Schmid — discussed their strategy for Monday, which is legal under the Brown Act provided no one else joins the conversation. Other council members were also mindful of the limitations, even as they struggled to limit their contacts. But given the web of different conversations, as well as the existence of third-party intermediaries and unsolicited emails, most members had a clear sense of how the vote would end up, interviews with council members suggest. Scharff, for instance, knew he would be nominated based on his conversation with Cory Wolbach before the meeting — a conversation that each confirmed. Burt also knew he would be nominated by Kniss, with whom he had spoken (Kniss confirmed the conversation). Kniss said she was “very careful not to have conversations with four people,” but she also noted that council members meet informally on many occasions throughout the year and it’s hard to avoid the topic of leadership. In mid-December, Kniss said, she had coffee with Schmid to discuss the topic, though she emphasized that he had never asked for an endorsement. She said she talked to Burt about the election but noted, “We talked about a whole variety of things.” Kniss has long been critical of the Brown Act. In June, when the council was discussing its legislative priorities, Kniss lamented the fact that “we are tied to the Brown Act,” and contrasted the council with the state Assembly and Senate, where elected leaders talk to one another without such restrictions in an effort to get things passed. “I really find it offensive ... and will speak out whenever I have a chance,” Kniss said at the June 22 meeting. About the cover: Palo Alto City Council members Greg Scharff, left, and Pat Burt, right, were elected vice mayor and mayor, respectively, on Monday, Jan. 4. Photo by Veronica Weber.

In an interview this week, she said discussions of council business with colleagues are hard to avoid, given that council members constantly run into each other at community events and parties. “In December, I think I’ve run into all of our council members at some event,” Kniss said. “I met Greg Schmid many times throughout the year, and we often talk about leadership and many other things, though he had never asked me for support.” Schmid, for his part, acknowledged that he spoke to two people beyond the group of his three fellow residentialists, though he emphasized that he said at the very beginning of the conversations with those two that he would not discuss endorsements for mayor or vice mayor. “When the conversation started, I said, ‘Don’t ask me for an endorsement’ and then I said I would be happy to talk to them,” Schmid said. “I didn’t get a clear notion of

whom they were voting for. The conversations were about policies.” Even so, he said he heard from a third party that the contest for mayor would be close. Thus, he said he wasn’t surprised to see Burt challenge him and prevail. Schmid said he has no reason to think Scharff and Burt made a deal before hand. The bigger factors in Burt’s victory, he said, likely have to do with politics and personalities. Schmid said he believes the key role of the mayor should be to get items onto the council’s agenda to foster an “open public debate and see what comes out.” Others on the council think “maybe the mayor should have a stronger role in pushing decisions.” But while not surprising, Schmid said he found the vote disappointing. “It would’ve been a nice way to end (my) tenure on the council,” Schmid said. “But, on the other hand, I think the critical role of a council member is to be prepared on the issues and have a good public debate about where we’re going as a city.” Several of his colleagues have confirmed that when they reached out to Schmid, he declined to talk because of Brown Act restrictions. Wolbach was among them. Thus, Wolbach said, the three members he limited himself to speaking with were Scharff, Burt and Kniss. Scharff, on the other hand, did speak to Schmid and counts him as one of the three people he legally spoke to (along with Burt and Wolbach), even though he said that the discussion was limited to Schmid’s vision for Palo Alto. If the conversation between Scharff and Schmid touched on the Monday vote, this would constitute a

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet in a closed session to discuss existing litigation involving separate claims against the city by Wells Fargo Bank and Monroe Place, as well as a petition to the state Water Resources Control Board relating to stormwater runoff. The council will also consider approving a variance for a home at 224 Churchill Ave. and hold a public hearing on 1050 Page Mill Road, which involves demolition of four buildings totaling 265,895 square feet and construction of two buildings with the same amount of square footage. The closed session will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will hear the Enrollment Management Advisory Committee (EMAC) final report and recommendations, discuss the process for renaming facilities in light of a community petition to rename Jordan Middle School, and discuss several new and revised board policies and administrative regulations. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the board room at the district headquarters, 25 Churchill Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update about Fiber to the Premises and the city’s planned wireless network; discuss the conversion of electric wires from overhead to underground; consider approval of a power purchase agreement with Hecate Energy; discuss the Solar Hot Water Heating Program; and hear an update on the Utilities Legislative Policy Guidelines. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission will discuss the speaker series, “An Immigrant Experience in Palo Alto”; plans for a community forum on “Implicit Bias”; hear an update from the Homeless Vets subcommittee; and discuss next steps for the commission’s review of the Comprehensive Plan update. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 14, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Q

serial Brown Act violation because of Schmid’s conversation with fellow residentialists. Similarly, if Burt had discussions with his residentialists colleagues about the vote, this would also constitute a violation (Burt declined to disclose to the Weekly which colleagues he talked to before the nomination). But there were other ways that council members who took pains to avoid conversations with more than three colleagues got unexpected previews of things to come. Marc Berman, who is in the midst of a campaign for the state Assembly, said he did not speak to a single colleague about the election. Even so, he knew about Burt’s impending nomination. “I got an email from a member of the public a few days beforehand, encouraging me to support Pat for mayor,” Berman said. “That’s the first time I knew he was under consideration.” Beyond the council itself, longtime council observers — in the minutes before Monday’s election — were predicting a Burt-Schmid showdown based on things they had heard in the prior weeks.

olman said that, over the years, “It’s been natural for people to have questions about elections of mayor and vice mayor especially when the outcome has been somewhat surprising.” In her view, one way to solve this problem and put an end to the political intrigue is to have resi-

dents directly elect a mayor. “Conversations (among council members) about those elections can start many months before the event and can be difficult to track. And memory is unreliable over time,” Holman said. “For a number of reasons, including that, I’ve been thinking and gathering other people’s opinions for a good while now about whether it may be time for Palo Alto to go to a directly elected mayor.” Whether or not the results of the vote were a foregone conclusion or a genuine surprise, Burt said his decision to support Scharff had nothing to do with Scharff’s decision to support him. Burt said his vote for vice mayor “was independent of what anyone else did.” In an interview, Burt also praised Holman for doing a “very good job as the mayor” but said he didn’t want to see the same leadership remain on the council year after year. “I think that until we change the City Charter, we really don’t want to get into a pattern of people going through this continuous process of going from mayor to vice mayor into mayor again,” Burt said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Tuman previously worked at Citizen Schools after-school program in Redwood City and San Mateo Outdoor Education, and the training she received there and elsewhere introduced her to ways to challenge students to think more deeply about a subject. “Oftentimes, you can take something that could otherwise be a really rigorous activity, like engineering their own design, but really ... suck the rigor out of it by doing the thinking for them along the way ... like (by) scaffolding it via a million ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions,” she said. Instead, today she has students investigate a science-related mystery or question through projects and explorations in which she only provides strategies and methods — drawing a design, determining criteria and testing, for example — for finding an answer or solution. Throughout that discovery, she checks for understanding to make sure students are learning along the way.

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“You can read in a book that ‘blank and blank materials protect against erosion,’ and you would never question it,” Tuman said. “But if you’re in a position to try different materials out and sort of find those problems, you’re in a way better place to really figure out for yourself what is true.” As students get older and learn more about the scientific method and engineering processes, she gives them more responsibility. For a recent engineering project, sixth-grade students built solar ovens and collected data using thermometers and organized the information in tables. Principal Johnson noted that Tuman’s approach also helps develop students’ ability to collaborate, a skill they will need in high school, college and beyond. Part of Tuman’s teaching covers “criteria for good science talk,” she said, which encompasses ways to express agreement and disagreement, suggest new ideas and boil them down when there are too many. Malia Gonzalez, a fourth-grader, gave an example of a project to design a hearing device, in which students had studied the ears of various animals for inspiration. “It takes a lot of partnership to do stuff,” Gonzalez said, “So me and my partner were disagreeing a lot, and then we were like, ‘Wait, what we saw during those pictures was they had big ears, so we have to do something that has big ears.’” Gonzalez and fellow fourthgrader Rene Alcaraz said that taking on the role of a scientist or engineer makes them feel older and more mature. “For me, I feel like I’m actually a grown-ups doing some cool work because it’s really hard to understand,” Alcaraz said. “But then after we go a little bit further into the stuff, we learn a little bit more ... and then we understand it more.” When Tuman first started teaching at the school, students were somewhat confused by the freedom of her teaching methods and would ask for more direction, she said. But now they trust themselves to take risks and, if it doesn’t work, to try something else. Gonzalez and Alcaraz both spoke excitedly about the subjects they have explored in science, which ranged from energy to space exploration, and shared their aspirations to pursue science as a career (Alcaraz is determined to become a video game designer). “They’re very enthusiastic, they love all things science, and I don’t think that has anything to do with me,” Tuman said of all her students. “They’re just so thirsty for knowledge; they’re so curious about their world.” Q Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla can be emailed at ssciolla@ paweekly.com. Learn more about the Holiday Fund and the agencies it supports on page 18 of this edition of the Weekly.

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Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Theft related

Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Dec. 29-Jan. 5 Violence related

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Theft related

Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 1 3 4 5 1

Vehicle related

Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . . 13 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . 10 Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . 6

Alcohol or drug related

Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . . .

Miscellaneous

Child abuse/emotional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illegal lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Misc. muni. code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sick and cared for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 4 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 7

Menlo Park

Dec. 29-Jan. 5 Violence related

Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Driving with suspended license . . . . . . . . Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . False registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2 1 6 1 2 2 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 5 5

Alcohol or drug related

Driving under influence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous

APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Juvenile problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parole violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibited weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receive stolen property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrant/other agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Cowper Street, 12/30, 11 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Georgia Avenue, 12/31, 6:11 p.m.; suicide adult/misc. 262 Hawthorne Ave., 1/4, 6 p.m.; battery/ simple.

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1200 block Madera Ave., 12/29, 7:48 a.m.; domestic disturbance. 200 block Terminal Ave., 12/30, 4:11 p.m.; assault. 1200 block University Drive, 12/31, 10:20 a.m.; assault. 100 block Terminal Ave., 1/3, 4:34 p.m.; battery.

CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 14, 2015, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.08.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the City Council passed a Resolution declaring that all weeds growing upon any private property or in any public street or alley, as GHĂ°QHG LQ 6HFWLRQ RI WKH 3DOR $OWR 0XQLFLSDO Code, constitute a public nuisance, which nuisance must be abated by the destruction or removal thereof. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that property owners shall without delay remove all such weeds from their property, and the abutting half of the street in front and alleys, if any, behind such property, and between the lot lines thereof as extended, or such weeds will be destroyed or removed and such nuisance abated by the county authorities, in which case the cost of such destruction or removal will be assessed upon the lots and lands from which, or from the front or rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed; and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid, and will be collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municipal taxes are collected. All property owners having any objections to the proposed destruction or removal of VXFK ZHHGV DUH KHUHE\ QRWLĂ°HG WR DWWHQG D PHHWLQJ of the Council of said city, to be held in the Council Chamber of the City Hall in said city on January 11, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, when and where their objections will be heard and given due consideration. Eric Nickel Fire Chief

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Policy and Services Committee Recommendation to Council for Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 9.14 (Smoking and Tobacco Regulations) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Include E-Cigarettes, Change Signage Language, and Include Additional Enforcement Options 14. Approval of a Contract for the Downtown Paid Parking Study and Downtown Parking Management Evaluation With Dixon Resources for $100,000 15. 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Editorial An awkward alliance Election of mayor, vice mayor mystify Palo Alto pols

wo strong-willed former mayors, often at odds, strangely find themselves the new leadership team of City Council divided by the election. While largely unimportant to the average Palo Altan, or to the outcome of policy matters, those who follow the machinations of city politics and the personalities of our nine council members are trying to grasp how it came to be that Pat Burt was elected mayor Monday night and Greg Scharff vice mayor, each with the other’s support in 5-4 votes. In the span of a few minutes Burt first denied last year’s vice mayor, Greg Schmid, the opportunity to serve as mayor during his last year in office, and then, aligning himself against his four “residentialist” colleagues, was the decisive vote in electing Scharff vice mayor, going against his friend and political ally Karen Holman. Those paying attention smelled a rat. How could it come to pass that two openly competitive colleagues who have regularly sparred over both policy and procedural matters end up allied with each other to win the council leadership positions? And why did the process appear so scripted? Both adamantly deny any deals were made to secure each other’s support and say the outcome surprised them, but the optics of the evening can’t help but raise questions. With the council’s so-called residentialists (Burt, Tom DuBois, Eric Filseth, Holman and Schmid) holding a majority last year — with those considered more sympathetic to development interests (Marc Berman, Liz Kniss, Scharff and Cory Wolbach) in the minority — it was assumed that Schmid would move into the mayor’s chair, an opportunity that has eluded him for the last seven years, and that another residentialist would be elected vice mayor. With Scharff having nominated and supported Schmid a year ago for vice mayor over Burt, there was no reason to think he would flip in the face of the same choice this year for the mayor’s position, or that there would even be a second candidate for the mayor’s post. But that’s not the way it came down. Instead, after Schmid had been predictably nominated for the mayorship (by Filseth), Kniss nominated Burt, who graciously accepted with prepared remarks that indicated he was aware of Kniss’ intent and had decided to welcome the opportunity to repeat as mayor (serving previously in 2010). As the residentialist camp was still digesting the impact of Burt’s preemptive win over Schmid, Wohlbach nominated Scharff for vice mayor and DuBois followed by nominating just-dethroned mayor Holman. In the ensuing vote, just-elected Mayor Burt surprised just about everyone by casting the deciding vote for Scharff instead of Holman, a long-time ally whom he had unsuccessfully nominated in 2013 and 2014 for the position. One might think from all this maneuvering that it really matters who serves in these two positions. In reality, Palo Alto mayor’s primary job is meeting management and representing the city at public events. The vice mayor’s role is even less important, standing in if the mayor is absent. While their impact on policy decisions is no greater than any other member of the council, an effective mayor can make a significant difference in how meetings are run, including how the council’s discussion and deliberations are handled on controversial issues. The mayor also assigns members and chairs of committees. Both the mayor and vice mayor meet weekly with the City Manager to set the agenda for council meetings, probably the greatest opportunity for influence. Ironically, in their previous stints as mayor, both Burt and Scharff faced criticism from colleagues, and each other, for their heavy-handedness when running meetings and for being dismissive of certain council members and their ideas. If nothing else, it will be interesting to see how these two may change their approach when conducting themselves at council meetings this year. The Burt-Scharff combination might lead to a more collaborative council and prompt these two gentlemen to tame their open competitiveness and occasional disrespect for each other. More cynical observers might point to this fall’s council election, when Burt and Schmid are unable to run due to term limits and Scharff will be positioned for a possible chance next year, like Burt, at serving a second term as mayor. Such is the way with small town politics. Q

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

What can be learned Editor, On Dec. 25, Palo Alto police officers Nicholas Enberg and Zachary Wicht fatally shot William Rath, a psychiatric patient at the La Selva group home on Forest Avenue. Allegedly, Mr. Rath was brandishing an ordinary table knife when he charged at the officers in the dark of night. Beyond these few basic facts, we know little about the events that transpired in this residential area. We are unlikely to learn more until the police department releases audio-video recordings documenting the actual circumstances. Even so, many citizens have been quick to condemn — or condone — the police actions. According to city spokesperson Zach Perron, prior to discharging their weapons, the officers radioed for a backup car equipped with a pistol that shoots rubber bullets. If the officers on the scene had already been carrying such a firearm, it is quite possible this tragedy could have been avoided. A thorough investigation is in order whenever police use lethal force, particularly in light of the crises rocking departments across the nation. Even if the deaths are deemed reasonable, there are often opportunities for improving procedures. Perhaps to provide all squad cars with rubber bullet guns would be a good local lesson. Jaclyn Schrier Alma Street, Palo Alto

How it happened Editor, Your article on developments during 2015 in PAUSD aptly focuses on the district’s response to the ongoing mental health crisis in our schools. But it mischaracterizes the process that led to Superintendent McGee’s decision to end academic classes at Gunn during “zero period” before the 8:30 a.m. start of the regular school day. That decision followed the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, supported by over 100 local doctors, including the pediatrics department at PAMF, sleep experts at Stanford, doctors advising the district and the HEARD Alliance. Those recommendations link early school start times to sleep deficits and a host of negative consequences, including increased suicidality. Your article appears to criticize Dr. McGee for a lack of transparency in his “decision to ban academic classes during earlymorning zero period at the two high schools — communicated

in a message to students, staff and parents over spring break rather than during the full board discussion that was promised to students.” This requires correction. First, Dr. McGee’s decision applied only to Gunn. As Paly principal Diorio told the school board, Paly already had no academic classes during zero period because of the importance of sleep to teen wellbeing. Second, when I raised this issue at the March 10 school board meeting, I asked that a board policy banning academic classes during zero period beginning in fall 2015 be discussed at a future meeting, in the event that district staff did not end the practice independently. A majority of the board supported my motion. However, after reviewing the scientific evidence, Dr. McGee wisely decided to take action to protect student health and fully explained his decision to the community at the time and during a May board item on that topic. Given the research on the importance of sleep to student mental health and educational achievement, we need to do more. The research strongly suggests that if there is a “magic bullet” of teen suicide prevention, it includes promoting healthy sleep. Our top priority in this regard should be full implementation of the district homework policy, and I look forward to working for that goal in the coming year. Ken Dauber Board of Education member Paul Avenue, Palo Alto

Compromising community Editor, I see the signs that say “Thank you, Palo Alto, for saving water.” I am one of these people who contributes by limiting watering, flushing sporadically, reusing shower water for trees. Is it the right thing for people to have water pumped for a basement? It is alienating our neighbors because of this selfish act. I don’t even want to meet my neighbor who is planning to build a basement. I don’t respect this action. Please stop groundwater pumping. Marilyn Messer Guinda Street, Palo Alto

Respond with education Editor, As we discuss terrorist attacks, we should be mindful of youth who rob, shoot and kill. There are many reasons for this violence. Chief is that nobody raised these

people to be human beings. California holds parents responsible for the willful misconduct of their children. Liability is capped at $40,600 for inflicted property damage and medical bills. But who can squeeze water from a rock? Israel advocates a policy of retribution and deterrence against terrorists by bulldozing the homes of suicide attackers. But how can inflicting misery on families be productive? We need to pro-actively address a violent society, the mentally ill and Americans fanatics brainwashed to kill the innocent and helpless. First, remove guns from hands of lunatics and outlaws. We register cars and drivers. Why not do the same for weapons and gunowners? Second, racism and imprisonment in the U.S. has created an underclass of despair, unemployment and poverty. The violence we see is this underclass thrashing and drowning in a sink or swim society. Isn’t an ounce of prevention and education still worth a pound of cure? Third, we must recognize that the enemy is not Islam. It is Sharia and we can counter the systemic hatred of nonbelievers taught in Saudi textbooks. The Pew Research Center has found that an astonishing 26 percent of American Muslims between the ages of 18 to 29 believe that some suicide attacks in the name of Islam are legitimate. How did we and their parents give them reason to believe that? Richard Alexander Santa Rita Avenue, Palo Alto

And a murderer? Editor, My interest in changing the name of Jordan Middle School, my alma mater, goes beyond eugenics. More important, there is strong circumstantial evidence that David Starr Jordan may have been involved in the murder by poisoning of Jane Lathrop Stanford. See “The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford” by Robert W.P. Cutler from Stanford University Press, reported on the Palo Alto Weekly: pa loa ltoon l i ne.com /week ly/ morgue/2003/2003_10_01.cutler01jd.html. It is ironic that the honoree of one middle school may have murdered the honoree of another. I support renaming Jordan in memory of my friend and schoolmate, Mayor Gary Fazzino. Margaret Fruth El Camino Way, Palo Alto

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When journalism is personal: Gunn newspaper shares life’s crises by Jay Thorwaldson

ournalism education usually focuses on mechanics of “news” and putting together a tightly written fact-based story, along with occasional feature articles, descriptive “color stories” and a few other types of on-deadline writing. But Gunn High School’s student newspaper, The Oracle, has embarked on a different and rare form of journalism, a deeply personal recounting of life traumas and crises. The theme of the articles is simple: “Changing the Narrative.” Translation: Going for deeper connections. While the sad background of student suicides remains — nine have been reported since the train-death cluster of 2009 — the mood of the school has moved strongly toward fostering mental health and positive connections. Current Oracle Editor-in-Chief Shawna Chen — under the guidance of Oracle adviser/teacher Kristy Blackburn, instructional supervisor for English and math — has spearheaded the changing-the-narrative project. Chen was inspired by a talk early this year in which the speaker noted how important media coverage is when it comes to reporting suicides of young persons. Blackburn said Chen particularly didn’t like the fact that “people weren’t talking about things that matter.” She felt the need to “change the narrative,” hence the series of

deeply personal articles. All the articles will appear only on The Oracle’s website, gunnoracle.com, to provide opportunities for interaction online. The first article, by Gunn senior Lisa Hao, is entitled “Lisa Hao’s journey of recovery,” a painfully honest recounting of her depression and recovery, a day-to-day success story featuring positive thoughts and actions. The article has since “gone viral,” Blackburn reports, picked up by a blog out of Stanford University and by some Chinese blogs. The Oracle’s website visits surged after it was posted late last year. A second column was posted by Gunn math teacher Rachel Congress, recounting her divorce and remarriage and current life. Other pieces will be posted every other week, possibly spilling into the summer. There are about 15 articles in the works as of now, Blackburn reports. “As a journalist, I know the importance of storytelling,” Hao began her piece, available at gunnoracle.com — where other articles will also be posted, along with past articles such as one about Gunn alumni talking about overcoming loss and depression. Hao quickly gets into the reason for her article: “Personal stories can join communities by offering new perspectives and helping others feel less alone. Although I’m much more accustomed to reporting other people’s stories, I believe it is also important to finally share my own story of overcoming depression and maintaining recovery.” She described her bout with depression as wrestling with a concept: all in or all out. She writes that she had to explain that phrase to puzzled therapists: “All in means

that I’m content with life; I wholeheartedly want to be here and the thought of leaving does not even cross my mind,” she would patiently explain. “And all out means, well, all out. I finally stop speculating and just do it.” Hao said thoughts of suicide had occurred to her since the sixth grade: “I started to romanticize death and felt comfortable with sadness. Being ‘all in’ seemed impossibly ideal,” she writes. She says that she did not want attention or to cause “the hurt that I knew would come with my death. I just wanted to be able to relieve myself from my own pain, not give it to those around me.” Yet she came close and began to worry about balancing her pain against pain she would inflict. Her concerned mother spent nights in her room. “At my lowest point I was hospitalized,” she writes — three days of feeling intensely alone and hopeless, considered one of the more extreme cases compared with other young people there. “(I) finally realized how serious my depression really was,” and when released — never wanting to return to the hospital — “I resolved to truly work harder at improving my mental health. “On the day of my release, I promised myself that I would fully commit to recovery.” It wasn’t easy, she remembers; it involved “countless health specialists” and attending weekly therapy sessions. Finally, “I stopped viewing my sadness as a permanent state and started treating depression for the illness it is.” Seeking root causes, she found a therapist who “fit” and through sessions and reflec-

tion began to realize that in her case there was a “guilt that I wasn’t doing enough,” that her life didn’t have enough meaning or make enough impact. “I felt guilty and worthless,” she writes. Her road to recovery consisted of consciously doing positive things, as a start. “I spent more time doing activities that made me feel happier and more purposeful. I filled my schedule with service, friends, exercising, hiking, The Oracle and other low-stress activities.” She “finished each day feeling productive and satisfied.” Then Hao gets down to the deeper secret to a happier life: Despite being more busy, she made sure to “always check in with myself.” “Now, instead of wallowing in my sadness, I’ve drawn upon my coping skills. I combat negative thoughts by recognizing their errors in logic — just because I made a mistake doesn’t mean I should automatically label my life as worthless. “I take naps when I need to and I don’t let myself dwell too much on suicidal ideations. “I truly never thought it was possible for a day to go by without a thought about leaving, but now weeks go by without suicidal thoughts. “For the first time in six years I can honestly say that I’m doing well. “It took so long to get here, but for the first time in six years I feel alive. For the first time in six years I feel present and here. For the first time in six years, I’m all in.” Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@well. com. He also writes periodic blogs at PaloAltoOnline.com.

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Arts & Entertainment A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Karla Kane

Courtesy David Tomb

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Above: Laurel Roth Hope’s “Queen and La Reina” is a peacock made from materials such as fake fingernails, nail polish, barrettes, false eyelashes and costume jewelry. Top left: Tomb draws inspiration from wildlife, including the blue-throated bee eater. Left: David Tomb will lead nature walks and birddrawing workshops at the Baylands, home to many species, including great blue herons.

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t the Baylands, on campus and in galleries, avian art is taking wing this winter. What makes birds — those feathered, flighty creatures — such appealing subjects? “Birds are simply a beautiful expression of the natural world. They are one of the most accessible wild creatures to experience and connect with. If that’s not enough, they can fly! Oh, and they are descended from dinosaurs. Truly awesome,” said artist and selfdescribed “bird nerd” David Tomb. This month, as part of the Creative Ecology project (a partnership between the Palo Alto Art Center and the Junior Museum & Zoo supporting work that blends art and science), Tomb will lead a free series of activities for the public at the Baylands. Participants in the five drop-in events can accompany Tomb on nature walks, practice drawing birds, contribute to a three-dimensional community diorama, and visit several learning stations, rain or shine. Art and reference material will be provided. And while it’s not required, if you have binoculars, Tomb said, “bring ‘em on down.” Tomb said he was “stoked” to have been chosen to share his two passions with the public. “Watching birds and making art should be super fun,” he said. His enthusiasm for ornithology is apparent. He has a particular fondness for the Philippine eagle. “They are chocolate brown with Frank Sinatra-colored eyes and have a stylish, massive crest of feathers on their heads that can hang down like a lion’s mane or go totally vertical,” he said of the critically endangered species. “This bird inspired friends and I to start a conservation group,” Jeepney Projects. The group partners with conservation groups to raise funds in support of endangered birds through art exhibits and sales of prints. While there won’t be any Philippine eagles present at the Baylands, there will be a special appearance by Sequoia, the Junior Museum

Robert Minervini’s painting depicts the ghosts of endangered birds and was created especially for the “Bird in the Hand” exhibit. & Zoo’s own bald eagle. Tomb has been an avid birder since childhood, when he’d watch turkey vultures roost in a dead oak tree in his back yard. “This back-lit scene had a very cool ‘goth’ appeal. My parents tell me that I stared at them every morning as a toddler,” he said. Palo Alto Art Center’s Exhibitions Coordinator Selene Foster agreed that there’s something special about vultures. “I’m really into vultures right now, both due to their scavenging nature and the way they stretch out their wings to bask in the sun while perched — absolutely gorgeous, if a bit ominous,” she said. She’s also a burrowing owl fan. “They live in Santa Clara County but are a species of special concern due to their dwindling habitat. Besides being ridiculously adorable and living in the ground, they also seem to be immune to the plague, which I find endearing,” she said. According to Foster, birds have attracted

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A flock of avian exhibits, activities to hatch locally by Karla Kane

attention and inspired human art throughout recorded history and continue to do so. Birds have often played a role in superstitions, she said, such as the belief that sparrows carry the souls of the dead, or the presence of humanavian hybrids in mythology and pop culture, from Hindu legends to Big Bird and the Harry Potter novels. She’s curated a new exhibit, “Bird in the Hand,” to accompany Tomb’s Creative Ecology residency. “Bird in the Hand” will feature the birdthemed work of more than 40 contemporary artists, including a painting by Robert Minervini that portrays the ghosts of birds currently listed as threatened or endangered and a peacock by Laurel Roth Hope constructed partly out of nail polish, barrettes and false eyelashes. “All the work in this exhibition is evidence of contemporary art’s ongoing romance with avian species, and I hope some of that romance rubs off on our viewers, if it hasn’t already in their everyday lives,” Foster said.

“This show is also meant to be a small window into the artists’ soul,” she said. “The struggle is to capture and possess the magic that comes to birds so naturally.” “Bird in the Hand,” which will run from Jan. 16 to April 10, will have an opening celebration on Friday, Jan. 22, with food, handson art activities, and more photo opportunities with the Junior Museum & Zoo’s resident bird ambassadors. After Tomb’s Baylands series is complete, he’ll create new work in the Art Center’s Glass Gallery, eventually exhibiting it alongside “Bird in the Hand.” Meanwhile at Stanford, an exhibit called “Art at Exits” has been quietly displayed throughout campus since 2014. The exhibit pairs 10 prints of John James Audubon’s famous avian paintings — those depicting species that are found locally, such as the California quail and the red-winged blackbird — with captions offering scientific information on the birds. They’re placed strategically at the exits of buildings near the particular birds’ habitats, with the hope that passersby will see the art and then become aware of the real birds just outside. Curator Darryl Wheye has been observing and championing the birds on Stanford University’s campus since the 1970s, co-authoring a bird book with noted Stanford biologist Paul Erich in the 1980s. “It’s almost disturbing to realized how (continued on page 17) What: Creative Ecology activities with David Tomb, “Bird in the Hand” and “Art at Exits” Where: Baylands, Palo Alto Art Center and Stanford University When: Nature/art activities with David Tomb are on Jan. 10, 12, 20, 24 and 27; “Bird in the Hand” runs Jan.16 through April 10; “Art at Exits” is ongoing. Cost: Free Info: For more information, go to goo.gl/9Iw38g and goo.gl/imJ9ny.

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Photographic impressions Dave Massolo’s photography will be on display at Gallery 9 in Los Altos during the month of January. The professional photographer focuses on form, space and color in his current series of photographs, which includes landscapes and other subjects from his travels. The exhibition is open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from noon to 4 p.m. Go to gallery9losaltos.com.

Talk ‘Waste Not; No Waste, What?’ Is simplifying your life one of your New Year’s resolutions? Learn about the future of waste and how to reduce it in your life with Angie Coiro, who will be leading a panel discussion with Dan Knapp, founder and CEO of Urban Ore Inc., a materials recovery facility; and Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home, on In Deep Radio Live at Kepler’s in Menlo Park. The event, which is free to the public, is on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at noon. Go to keplers.com/event.

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little aware we are of how much diversity is around us. Art can really help make it easier to learn these things,” she said. Ultimately, she’d like to bring the exhibit to other locations — major Silicon Valley companies, perhaps — to raise awareness of local birds and their vanishing habitats. Some of the Audubon prints are easily visible to the public, such as outside of the Tressider union, while others are more hidden. Viewers can look online for a complete brochure. A new addition to the exhibit is truly “for the birds,” in the best way possible. A hummingbird garden was recently planted outside Green Library, where an Anna’s hummingbird painting is featured. Viewers can see the painting, then look right out the window or step into the garden to witness the real thing. Wheye, who is especially partial to redrailed hawks, saw hummingbirds and others at the garden’s opening day in November. No matter which species or habitat you fancy, Tomb’s advice for would-be bird artists is simple: “Firstly, get out and enjoy and connect with Mother Nature. Nothing is better than first-hand experience in the field.” Q Interim Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com.

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levels are welcome. Sandke, who has been teaching improv at Dragon Productions since 2007, will lead small groups in games to create characters and stories on the fly. The six-week course costs $200 (about $33 a session). Go to dragonproductions.net.

Art ‘Speed and Power’ See how innovations in travel have woven themselves into art at the Cantor Arts Center exhibit “Speed and Power” through March 21. The free exhibition looks at how artists have represented the effect of trains, planes and automobiles on modern life. To learn more, go to museum.stanford.edu.

Katie Kilcullen Seventeen-year-old singer/songwriter Katie Kilcullen will perform at Angelica’s Bistro in Redwood City on Sunday, Jan. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The San Mateo resident has been writing songs since she was 11. To preview her music, visit Kilcullen’s SoundCloud page at soundcloud.com/katie-kilcullen. There you can listen to five recently recorded songs, which will be released on her debut EP, “Blank Canvas.” Tickets for the dinner show cost $14 online and $20 at the door. Go to angelicasllc.com/event.

Class Improv for all Interested in the art of improv? Learn the basics from Terry Sandke in this two-hour workshop at the Dragon Theatre in downtown Redwood City on Tuesday evenings, 7-9 p.m., through Feb. 9. All skill

Music ‘Hijinks of the High Baroque’ San Francisco-based baroque ensemble Musica Pacifica will explore two contretemps in the high baroque musical scene in Europe at a concert at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto on Sunday, Jan 10. Performers include Judith Linsenberg, recorder; Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin; David Morris, viola da gamba; and Katherine Heater, harpsichord. Tickets cost $30, $25 for seniors and $12 for students. Go to brownpapertickets.com/event/2480096.

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Indian favorite keeps delivering by Trevor Felch

Veronica Weber

Amber India’s menu just as tasty after move to Los Altos From bottom left, moving clockwise: Amber India’s butter chicken, palak paneer, tandoori chicken, dal bukhara, tamarind and mint sauces and basmati rice.

Now Open on California Ave. “Bonne cuisine et bon vin, c’est le paradis sur terre” (Henry IV)

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elax, Peninsula diners. Amber India may have changed venues and cities, but it’s still deserving of its reputation as the premier local Indian restaurant. After two decades in Mountain View, owner Vijay Bist in October moved the original Amber India just a block west down El Camino Real and across the street to Los Altos. Yes, it’s a different town, but in the spectrum of relocation distances, this is as minor as they get. The menu stayed the same and the signature duo of butter chicken and tandoori chicken are thriving in the new environs. The butter chicken ($18.95) could refer to the texture of the roasted, takenoff-the-bone meat. In reality, the namesake derives from the butter, combined with cumin, myriad spices and cream, that make up the sauce. It’s thick and robust, and the spices keep it bright when it could be overwhelmingly heavy. Tandoori chicken is textbook in its spice coating and kiss of char, while the meat stays tender. Tandoori chicken can be ordered on its own, as a salad or as part of a tandoori mixed grill ($28.95). The last is an oversized sizzling platter with a prawn kebab, dry chicken tikka breast cubes and a superb duo of boldly spiced lamb kebabs. Make sure to add a bowl of raita (cucumber-flecked yogurt) as a dipping-sauce. Amber India’s cooking, led by chefs Salinder Singh Aujhla (who also made the move down El Camino) and Vivek Desirazu (previously sous chef/chef de cuisine at one of Amber India’s San

Francisco locations for a year), is Northern India-centric, with classics like the lamb curry rogan josh ($20.95) from Kashmir and the terrific spice-dusted potato and cauliflower dish aloo gobhi ($13.95). Southern Indian specialties mostly make an impression on the seafood side. You’ll find tamarind perking up the Southwest coast staple Cochin scallops and a chili-enhanced Goan fish curry. Madras seafood curry ($21.95) sadly shows the difference between seafood and fish in their optimal cooking methods. The scallops were too springy, the shrimp a bit tough, the mussels stringy but the fish was just right. Vegetarian dishes play a pivotal role. A starter of fried cauliflower coated in a ketchup and soy sweetand-sour sauce ($7.95) sports an exemplary batter coating, as if it’s the delicate work of a tempura master at a Michelin-starred Japanese establishment. Another winner puts baked eggplant ($14.95) in the lead role with onions, tomatoes and fiery spices that will test diners’ heat tolerance. Finding less success, button mushrooms and peas ($14.95) with lotus seeds swim in a watery, tootame onion and ginger curry. The most common vegetarian selection might also be the most uninteresting of the group: dal bukhara ($13.95), porridge-like lentils with stewed tomatoes, cream and no character. With so many curries crowding the plate, don’t skimp on the saffron rice or naan. Better yet, consider the goat cheese- and paneer-stuffed naan ($4.75) that could contend with the Midpeninsula’s leading slices of pizza. Fans of sweets will enjoy the gulab jamun ($4.95), beignet-like milk dumplings saturated in a rose syrup that mirrors the sugar rush of Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts. Savory dessert fans might not have a problem with rasmalai ($5.95), the chalky cheese dumplings in saffron sauce, but after one bite, it had me heading down the street to Smitten for ice cream. Lunch is buffet only, which can be a highway to the cubicle siesta if you’re not careful. For the quality of the 20 or so items and $15 cost, plus unlimited free and warm naan, it’s a flat-out steal. Shockingly, nothing at the buffet suffered from sitting out except for the tepid tandoori chicken, fried potato patties, and pakoda (unexciting vegetable fritters). Somebody needs to explain why neither had a heat source. At the start and end of the line, skip the iceberg lettuce, not-sweet mango and harsh tomato salad, along with the unripe melon pieces for the dessert fruit. Both belong in a Hilton banquet room, not a skilled

chef-driven dining room. Most recently, the space at 4926 El Camino Real was a Middle Eastern kebab joint called Pineapple Grill. Further back, the underground floor of the three-story building was celebrated nightclub Chuck’s Cellar. The sprawling complex is more than twice as large as the Mountain View original. Besides the main dining room and its bar, there is a gorgeous outdoor patio, upstairs banquet hall, private dining room and a downstairs lounge with a separate appetizers menu. Modern paintings on the walls and a semi-circle skylight window anchor the airy 140-seat white tablecloth dining room, which has a long leather banquette and handsome Mission-style interior arches. This is the rare grownup atmosphere that also is family friendly. It’s especially serene in the daytime with sunlight streaming in. Service is well-mannered and helpful, though could be slightly more attentive. On all visits there was a prolonged period between being seated and when a waiter came to the table. I appreciate how servers will individually serve diners’ plates at dinner from the large bowls and plates. Yet, I cringed when curry sauces would collide as a result and the tandoori chicken became tandoori-butter chicken. The cocktails need work, and the reasonably priced wine list doesn’t try to be anything more than a couple indifferent reds and whites. The mango lassi or chai are the wise drink choices. There was certainly anxiety about the move, especially after the short-lived, two-level, 275-seat Amber Dhara outpost in San Francisco, also owned by Bist, closed in 2014. Fortunately, all is well in Los Altos. The new version of the original remains one of the standards for Indian cuisine on the Peninsula. Freelance writer Trevor Felch can be emailed at trevorfelch@ yahoo.com. Amber India 4926 El Camino Real, Los Altos 650-968-7511; amber-india. com Hours: Daily, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and 5 pm. to 10 p.m.

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Leonardo DiCaprio stars in “The Revenant” as a frontiersman left for dead by his fellow travelers who later seeks revenge.

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DiCaprio tangles with nature in ‘The Revenant’ 001/2 (Century Cinemas 16 and 20) “The Revenant” is built to impress, and in most respects, it gets that job done. This tale of wilderness survival “inspired by true events” frontlines Leonardo DiCaprio as a man who must battle a grizzly bear, the elements and his fellow man to survive and claim vengeance against the ruthless man who done him wrong. Reigning “Best Director” (since last year’s Oscar for “Birdman”) Alejandro G. Iñárritu threw his weight around Canada, Montana and Argentina, more than

doubling the budget for this runaway production shot by “Best Cinematographer” Emmanuel Lubezki (back-to-back Oscars for “Birdman” and “Gravity”). And as you’ve probably heard, current “Best Actor” frontrunner DiCaprio braved freezing temperatures and ate raw fish and raw bison liver. But does it work as a film? Nominally so. Take away the trappings of this fur-trapper adventure (continued on next page)

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and there’s not much there, other than an astonishing landscape. The lingering impression of “The Revenant” is its own impressiveness, particularly of camerawork and physical dedication to capturing the story and its epic setting. But the rest of the film proves largely inseparable from what prognosticators predict will at last win Leo his Oscar: suffering — or to be more specific, the most suffering. There’s an audience for that, but it’s also fair to wonder if the compensations — such as Jack Fisk’s awesome, authentic production design — justify an audience sharing in that suffering for 2.5 hours. DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, a member of a fur-trapping expedition set upon by native Arikara in Louisiana Purchase territory, circa 1823. The chaotic battle leaves

tual component played out in family-themed flashbacks and Glass’ Jack London-y communion with nature (albeit under duress), to enjoy a picture this grueling, one arguably has to make excuses for it. There’s little to chew on here in terms of themes, and Iñárritu’s insistently flashy cinematographic staging — dazzlingly, distractingly long takes, in an “immersive” style that gets in your face by getting in the actors’ faces — ultimately plays less as lyricism and more as poetry slam. Rated R for strong frontier combat and violence including gory images, a sexual assault, language and brief nudity. Two hours, 36 minutes. — Peter Canavese

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) Century 16: 10:05 & 11:55 a.m., 2:25 & 4:55 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 7:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 2:35, 5:05, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m.

Century Theatres at Palo Alto Square Friday & Saturday 1/8 & 1/9 Carol – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Brooklyn – 4:00, 7:00 Spotlight – 1:00, 9:45 Sun thru Thurs 1/10 – 1/14 Carol – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 Brooklyn – 4:00, 7:00 Spotlight – 1:00 Tickets and Showtimes available at cinemark.com

The Big Short (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 12:30, 3:45, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 5:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:45, 5:50, 7:25, 9 & 10:25 p.m. Blader Runner (1982) (R) Century 16: Sun. 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun. 2 p.m. Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2

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Carol (R) Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:55, 4:50, 7:50 & 10:40 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 10 p.m. Concussion (PG-13) Century 16: 11:10 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 8 & 10:55 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. Creed (PG-13) +++ Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 4:25 & 7:25 p.m. Fri. & Sun. 10:25 a.m. Sun. 4:35 & 7:35 p.m. Daddy’s Home (PG-13) Century 16: 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m., 2:55, 5:30, 8 & 10:35 p.m. The Danish Girl (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:15, 4, 4:45, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:20 & 4:15 p.m.

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the hunting party scrambling to make it back to an outpost in one piece, a task further complicated by Glass’ unscheduled encounter with the aforementioned grizzly. With the mauled Glass on death’s door, Captain Andrew Henry (Domhnall Gleeson) leaves him in the care of a smaller party, headed up by merciless John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Glass gets left for dead. So does DiCaprio, whose committed performance proves as unmoving as it is faultless. (Hardy, serving as a lightning rod for hatred, gets more of a rise out of us.) But Glass survives and journeys across harsh terrain to exact his revenge on Fitzgerald. While there is a dutifully spiri-

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The Hateful Eight (R) Century 16: 11:15 a.m., 3:10, 7, 8:50 & 10:45 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 11:40 p.m. Sat. & Sun. 1:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 2:50, 6:40 & 10:20 p.m. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:10 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 1:20 & 4:30 p.m. Sun. 4:40 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 3:20, 6:45 & 10:05 p.m. Joy (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:55, 4, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:35, 4:40, 7:40 & 10:40 p.m. Point Break (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. & Sun. 9:55 p.m. Sat. 11:30 p.m. Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 10:30 p.m. Fri. 1:25 p.m. Sun. 10:35 p.m. The Revenant (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:45 a.m., 12:30, 2:15, 4, 5:45, 7:30, 9:15 & 11 p.m. Century 20: 10:25 a.m., noon, 1:50, 3:30, 5:20, 7, 8:50 & 10:30 p.m. Sisters (R) Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:05, 3:55, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m. Spotlight (R) +++1/2

Palo Alto Square: 1 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:45 p.m.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 10:20 a.m., 12:20, 1:40, 3:40, 5, 7, 8:20, 9 & 10:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 12:20 a.m. Sat. 8 p.m. In 3-D at 11 & 11:40 a.m., 1, 2:20, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9:40 & 11 p.m. Fri. 4 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m., 12:20, 1:25, 2, 3:40, 4:45, 5:20, 7, 8:10, 8:40 & 10:15 p.m. In 3-D at 11:25 a.m., 2:40, 6 & 9:20 p.m. Sat. 11 a.m. In XD 3-D at 12:50, 4:15, 7:35 & 10:45 p.m. In D-BOX at 12:20, 3:40, 7 & 10:15 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at 11:25 a.m., 2:40, 6, 9:20 p.m. Trumbo (R) +++

Aquarius Theatre: 1:45, 7:30 & 10:15 p.m.

Wazir (Not yet rated) Youth (R) +1/2

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews and trailers at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

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Home&Real Estate Home Front NEW YEAR, NEW RECIPES ... Start the new year with new cooking skills and recipes offered by Sur La Table, 855 El Camino Real, Suite 57, Palo Alto. Programs for January include, but are definitely not limited to, “Cooking Without Recipes” (Beatrice Ricart, Jan. 9, 1 p.m., $69); “4 Desserts Every Cook Should Know” (Elizabeth Prado, Jan. 10, 9 a.m., $69); “Healthy Cooking for the New Year” (Beatrice Ricart, Jan. 12, 11 a.m., $69); and “Delicious Dim Sum” (Peggy Aoki, Jan. 13, 6:30 p.m., $69). Sign up before seats are gone. Info: 650-289-0438, cooking073@surlatable.com or bit.ly/SurLaTablePaloAlto MLK DAY ... Help plant trees and shrubs on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Martin Luther King Park, 435 Daisy Lane, East Palo Alto. Canopy is partnering with the NFL to plant more than 60 trees and shrubs in the park. Volunteers can sign up online to participate. Info: uriel@ canopy.org or canopy.org/eventcalendar TREE ADVICE ... Learn about how to care for Japanese maple trees on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. in Room 12 of the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. The De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will present a program from Arnie Cornez on selection, care and pruning of Japanese maple trees. Cornez is a longtime volunteer at Hakone Estate & Gardens in Saratoga, handling aesthetic pruning of Japanese maples and fruit trees. The program is free, and refreshments will be served. Info: deanza-ars.com

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G reater M iranda Connecting C onnecting iin a quiet it neighborhood

by Brenna Malmberg photos by Veronica Weber

GLOBAL ORCHIDS ... See and buy orchids on Saturday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City. During the Peninsula Orchid Society’s annual show and sale, titled Orchids Around the World, attendees can see blooming orchids, attend seminars, watch demonstrations and purchase orchids. Admission will be $5 for adults, $3 for seniors ages 62 and older, $3 for children ages 12-16, and free for children under age 12 who are accompanied by an adult. Info: penorchidsoc.org

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ocal al con connections nne nect ctio ions lled ed B Brian rian ri an Steen tto o hi his Greater Miranda home in 2003, and he and his wife have enjoyed the quiet neighborhood ever since. The previous owner attended their church in Palo Alto, and the couple had seen the home many times when they drove her home from church. The woman mentioned she was selling her home, and they inquired further with great interest and eventually purchased the home. “She was thrilled to know who would go into her house,” Steen said. Now having lived in the neighborhood for more than 10 years, Steen said they have been pleasantly surprised with its international community, natural wildlife and connections to activities. On their block, Steen listed off a cultural mix that includes Pakistani, British, Russian and Indian residents. Steen said it makes for interesting conversation and people have offered travel tips for different parts of the world. Steen, who previously worked as a forestry officer in locations such as Big Sur, also notices the nature in his backyard. The largest piece being Adobe Creek that runs along his backyard, dividing Greater Miranda from Los Altos. In their time in the home, they have never had any issues with the creek overflowing, he said. Above the river, Steen said lots of birds fly around, including a resident hawk who has lived in the area for many years. Down a few blocks, the bicentennial oak tree stands tall in a neighbor’s yard, and other tree varieties also grow in the neighborhood, such as eucalyptus. Steen also pulls out a map from the 1880s that shows what the area looked like back when Juana Briones, a pioneering businesswoman and property owner, had her name and family members’ names on the land, which included a number of orchards. Today the neighborhood doesn’t have any orchards, but a nearby park carries the name of

Brian Steen enjoys meeting people in the Greater Miranda neighborhood. He has lived in his home since 2003. Juana Briones. That park is also near Juana Briones Elementary School, Terman Middle School and Gunn High School, making it convenient for families with kids. “High school kids can dash off to school in no time,” Steen said. For those not in school, the neighborhood is also close to shopping and Foothill Expressway, which is great for walkers and bikers. Steen, who used to live further north in Palo Alto, appreciates how he can quickly connect with a number of bike trails. The neighborhood also offers its own activities throughout the year, such as the Fourth of July. On this holiday, Steen said one of the blocks closes down and is filled with food stands and games. “It’s a great time for everyone to get together,” Steen said. Q Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg can be emailed at bmalmberg@paweekly.com.

FACTS

CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS: Whistle Stop Child Development Center, 3801 Miranda Ave., No. T6B FIRE STATION: No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road LIBRARY: Mitchell Park branch, 3700 Middlefield Road LOCATION: Miranda Avenue, Arroyo Court, Miranda Green and Moana Court NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Don Nielson, 650-941-2429 PARKS: Terman Park, 655 Arastradero Road; Juana Briones Park, 609 Maybell Ave. POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave.; 3801 Miranda Ave. (inside VA hospital) PRIVATE SCHOOL: Bowman International School, 4000 Terman Drive PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Juana Briones Elementary School, Terman Middle School, Gunn High School SHOPPING: El Camino Real, San Antonio Shopping Center MEDIAN 2015 HOME PRICE: $3,000,000 HOMES SOLD: 1

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Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the county recorder’s offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.

Atherton

2 Belbrook Way Juniper Hill to Scacco Trust for $10,000,000 on 11/16/15; previous sale 02/15/2008, $8,500,000 175 Britton Ave. A. Kopfmann to K. Chen for $8,800,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 06/02/1987, $650,000 91 Fleur Place S. & L. Doherty to 91F Limited for $13,750,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 10/28/2014, $8,770,000

East Palo Alto

2573 Baylor St. V. & M. Prasad to J. & C. Cottrell for $870,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 03/25/1992, $17,000 2139 Clarke Ave. W. Ball to Amy Ave. Limited for $727,000 on 11/24/15 2214 Oakwood Drive M. Maggini to J. & K. Turner for $640,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 01/09/2009, $260,000 2299 Poplar Ave. S. Vazquez to R. & J. Mayfield for $725,000 on 11/20/15; previous sale 02/09/2011, $339,000 2323 Pulgas Ave. R. Lopez to J. Giammalva for $730,000 on 11/25/15; previous sale 11/01/1999, $266,000

Los Altos

357 Blue Oak Lane Baer Trust to G. & A. Srinivasamurthy for $2,600,000 on 12/07/15 1997 Colleen Drive D. & B. Hanz to D. & J. Han for $2,070,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 12/29/1978, $150,000 220 De Anza Lane M. Dunn to R. Moreira for $2,610,000 on 12/15/15; previous sale 10/05/1976, $123,500 1204 Eureka Court Cohan Trust to H. Hsu for $2,658,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 10/31/2002, $1,150,000 6 Los Altos Square Harris Trust to C. & S. Durham for $1,344,500 on 12/15/15; previous sale 05/21/2010, $800,000 117 Lyell St. Franks Trust to M. & C. Ferguson for $2,125,000 on 12/14/15

Trust to V. & K. Kawatra for $3,000,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 10/23/1991, $475,000 2715 Ramona St. J. & U. Lavelle to Cohen Trust for $3,000,000 on 12/10/15; previous sale 07/28/2009, $1,588,000 435 Sheridan Ave., #105 D. & P. Italiano to P. & A. Sudanagunta for $1,529,000 on 12/15/15; previous sale 06/19/2012, $898,000 4262 Wilkie Way Alger Trust to Ranganathan-Srinivasan Trust for $3,681,500 on 12/10/15; previous sale 11/18/2008, $2,200,000

SALES AT A GLANCE Atherton

Los Altos Hills

Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $8,800,000 Highest sales price: $13,750,000

Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $3,300,000 Highest sales price: $3,300,000

East Palo Alto

Total sales reported: 16 Lowest sales price: $1,300,000 Highest sales price: $5,000,000

Menlo Park

Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $640,000 Highest sales price: $870,000

Stanford

Total sales reported: 16 Lowest sales price: $725,000 Highest sales price: $5,400,000

Los Altos

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $390,000 Highest sales price: $390,000

Mountain View

Total sales reported: 6 Lowest sales price: $1,344,500 Highest sales price: $2,658,000

Woodside

Total sales reported: 11 Lowest sales price: $475,000 Highest sales price: $2,720,000

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,850,000 Highest sales price: $2,850,000

Stanford

48 Pearce Mitchell Place R. Schavone to Stanford University for $390,000 on 12/15/15

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ous sale 08/08/2013, $1,640,000 18 Mansion Court, #715 Akerman Trust to H. Kennedy for $2,658,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 07/20/2012, $1,800,000 945 Monte Rosa Drive Peterson Trust to J. Aboukhalil for $2,520,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 07/25/2008, $1,625,000 1650 Oak Ave. WKLM Limited to Oak Ave. Limited for $3,500,000 on 11/19/15; previous sale 10/24/2012, $2,800,000 2140 Santa Cruz Ave., #C208 M. Cobb to Pirzadeh Trust for $725,000 on 11/25/15; previous sale 10/08/2015, $650,000 139 Seminary Drive Chaikovsky Trust to Z. Li for $3,850,000 on 11/24/15; previous sale 02/13/2007, $2,750,000 2427 Sharon Oaks Drive Merryman Trust to Church of Pioneers Foundation for $1,750,000 on 11/16/15

Los Altos Hills

25731 Deerfield Drive Maupile Trust to M. & M. Kastner for $3,300,000 on 12/08/15; previous sale 11/19/2003, $1,815,000

Menlo Park

413 8th Ave. A. & M. Ash to K. Murphy for $950,000 on 11/16/15; previous sale 07/23/2012, $677,000 836 14th Ave. Broderick Trust to A. Dutt for $960,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 09/25/1998, $220,000 871 14th Ave. Walton Trust to Bridgewater Properties for $1,305,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 11/30/2007, $933,500 3127 Barney Ave. Takahashi Trust to J. & A. MacRae for $2,300,000 on 11/17/15 650 Berkeley Ave. Pacific Union Property Development to A. Osman for $5,400,000 on 11/17/15; previous sale 02/26/2014, $2,059,000 2081 Camino Al Lago DanielFrisbie Trust to M. Amir for $1,700,000 on 11/30/15; previous sale 10/04/2013, $1,525,000 280 Felton Drive Frankel Trust to Jones Trust for $2,875,000 on 11/25/15; previous sale 09/30/2014, $900,000 35 Hallmark Circle W. Wood to Brandenburg Trust for $2,337,500 on 11/30/15; previous sale 08/16/2005, $1,650,000 2142 Gordon Ave. E. Struffenegger to H. & M. Lilly for $1,800,000 on 11/18/15 1259 Hoover St. N. & P. Bronson to C. & C. Coelho for $1,830,000 on 11/20/15; previ-

Mountain View

163 Chetwood Drive C. Shaw to F. Sun for $1,201,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 02/12/1998, $306,500 1031 Crestview Drive, #212 M. MacBride to R. Lefevre for $475,000 on 12/07/15; previous sale 04/28/1989, $87,000 38 Devonshire Ave., #8 E. & S. Moafi to R. Lal for $1,175,000 on 12/10/15; previous sale 01/22/1991, $235,000 1542 Melba Court Guntly Trust to J. Suh for $1,710,000 on 12/07/15; previous sale 08/04/1994, $321,500 500 W. Middlefield Road, #103 Miller Trust to Hentz Trust for

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$672,000 on 12/15/15 417 Nicholas Drive M. & M. Tilahun to J. & K. Noyes for $1,350,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 07/02/2009, $825,000 217 Ortega Ave. H. Findikaki to J. Grafton for $1,166,000 on 12/08/15; previous sale 03/16/2011, $570,000 550 Ortega Ave., #A202 M. & F. Vanliere to Saraf Trust for $975,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 07/30/1998, $270,000 390 Palo Alto Ave. S. Rhoades to S. Chen for $2,720,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 07/10/2001, $600,000 2255 Showers Drive, #192 C. & W. Chan to E. & A. Finstad for $639,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale 12/02/2005, $419,000 2598 Wyandotte St., #A G. Schatzberg to Fortes Trust for $1,035,500 on 12/14/15; previous sale 07/29/2011, $1,033,500

Palo Alto

101 Alma St., #503 Bell Trust to C. McCarthy for $1,300,000 on 12/15/15 135 Bryant St. A. Carvalho to Y. Gu for $1,765,000 on 12/07/15; previous sale 02/23/2012, $1,100,000 2082 Channing Ave. P. Bhikha to Joyeux Limited for $3,275,000 on 12/11/15; previous sale

Woodside

08/31/2015, $2,995,000 3874 Corina Way J. Reynolds to Q. Gao for $2,320,000 on 12/08/15; previous sale 06/04/2009, $1,188,000 303 Creekside Drive Porter Trust to T. Cheung for $2,260,000 on 12/08/15 387 Ely Place Pal Trust to Kathuria-Muthukrishnan Trust for $3,100,000 on 12/07/15; previous sale 08/07/2009, $1,010,000 524 Everett Court R. & K. Cawsey to Paip Limited for $4,800,000 on 12/15/15; previous sale 10/31/2012, $3,225,000 1523 Hamilton Ave. Jasse-Fram Trust to Y. Zhang for $5,000,000 on 12/10/15; previous sale 11/30/2010, $1,700,000 3711 Heron Way W. Yu to M. & F. Dowle for $1,435,000 on 12/08/15; previous sale 06/19/2008, $800,000 554 Kelly Way R. Niederman to M. Mortazavi for $1,720,000 on 12/09/15; previous sale 02/22/2002, $595,000 1453 Kings Lane Manna Trust to H. Hou for $3,000,000 on 12/15/15; previous sale 07/30/1976, $80,000 551 Lytton Ave. H. & Y. Suzuki to J. & J. Lee for $1,617,000 on 12/08/15; previous sale 07/23/1998, $753,500 544 Patricia Lane Barrett

122 Maybury Place Sherman Trust to R. Wu for $2,850,000 on 11/30/15; previous sale 06/28/1994, $850,000

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto

1932 Bryant St. remodel existing cottage, includes new tankless water heating system, $125,000 3513 Waverley St. temporary power, $n/a 180 El Camino Real, Suite #1101 use and occupancy and tenant improvement for lululemon retail firm to occupy Suite 1101, $425,000 2200 Geng Road tenant improvement and use and occupancy for new tenant Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., includes new non-load bearing walls, new electrical outlets, ADA compliant millwork and partial area with new ceiling and light fixtures, $199,000 4242 Newberry Court tankless water heater, $n/a 1520 Page Mill Road revised anchorage design, $65,000 2437 Birch St. Cafe Pro Bono: electrical for illuminated sign, sign approval under 15pln00188, $n/a 442 Margarita Ave. re-roof, $5,500

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210 Garage/Estate Sales

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130 Classes & Instruction

215 Collectibles & Antiques

Airline Careers New Year, New Airline Careers - Get training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Career placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance, 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN)

Nice Repo Antique Wood Radio - $30.00

240 Furnishings/ Household items Fireplace Tool Set - $40 Vintage Chair Japanese Painting - $60.00

245 Miscellaneous

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COMMODE In Good Condition - $22.00 Fun! Ring! Toss! - $6.00

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Nice! Like New! Transport Chair $150.00 Walker in great shape! - $22.00 / B

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Adult Singles/Couples/Solo’s (partners not required) http://www.bowsandbeaus.org Info: 650-390-9261; 408-250-7934 Bring your friends!

330 Child Care Offered

133 Music Lessons Christina Conti Private Piano Instruction Lessons in your home. Bachelor of Music. 650/493-6950

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Piano Lessons Quality Piano Lessons in Menlo Park. Call (650)838-9772 Alita Lake

140 Lost & Found Trumpet Found

145 Non-Profits Needs DONATE BOOKS TO SUPPORT LIBRARY

150 Volunteers ASST SECTION MGRS FOR FOPAL Become a nature volunteer! Become an EcoCenter Docent! Fosterers Needed for Cats FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO LIBRARY JOIN OUR ONLINE STOREFRONT TEAM

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LAW ASSOCIATE Wilson Sonsini Good & Rosati seeks an Associate for its Palo Alto, CA office. Work with corporations and other business entities w/matters of corporate law. J.D. and CA Bar license. 6 months exp. Incldg SEC filings, prep. of venture capital financing docs, M&A. Mail resume and cvltr to: WSGR, Attn: L. Nevarez 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. Must ref. 2015YZ S/W Test Team Lead San Francisco, CA. MS dgr or BS + 5yr exp. Python, Bash, Ruby, Robot, Jenkins, Chef, SaltStack, Docker, Vagrant. Res: EPAM SYSTEMS, 41 University Dr, #202, Newtown, PA 18940. TECHNICAL Informatica LLC is accepting resumes for the following position in Redwood City, CA: Senior Oracle Database Administrator (RCRPA): Test programs or databases, correct errors, and make necessary modifications. Please mail resumes with job title and reference Job Code # to Informatica LLC, ATTN: Global Mobility, 2100 Seaport Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94063. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

Computer Vision Engineer Tangible Play, Inc. seeks Computer Vision Engineer in Palo Alto, CA to be responsible for researching and developing new computer vision algorithms for 2D object detection, object recognition, hand tracking, pattern matching, and image segmentation. Email resume: ilovebuilding@playosmo.com Dry Cleaners Experienced counter person needed immediately for Drycleaners in Palo Alto. Full time. Call (650) 329-0998. Engineering AOL Advertising Inc. - Sr. Data Software Eng. (Palo Alto, CA): Wrk w/ eng’g leads to strategize and dvlp data flow solutions in order to address long-term technical and bus. needs. Mail resume: Mary Akinleye, 22000 AOL WAY, Dulles, VA 20166 and ref. job ID: 824357DB

LANDA’S GARDENING & LANDSCAPING *Yard Maint. *New Lawns. *Rototil *Clean Ups *Tree Trim *Power Wash *Irrigation timer programming. 19 yrs exp. Ramon, 650/576-6242 landaramon@yahoo.com

805 Homes for Rent

751 General Contracting

Mtn View Townhome For Rent, 2 BR/2.5 BA - $3495 / mo

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754 Gutter Cleaning Roofs, Gutters, Downspouts cleaning. Work guar. 30 years exp. Insured. Veteran Owned. Jim Thomas Maintenance, 408/595-2759.

757 Handyman/ Repairs AAA HANDYMAN & MORE Since 1985 Repairs • Maintenance • Painting Carpentry • Plumbing • Electrical Lic. #468963

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Business Services 695 Tours & Travel Experience the Past and Present! Explore Tourist attractions, Museums, and Car events around the world! Travel with patrons of the California Automobile Museum. Call 916.442.6802 x13 or calautomuseum.org/car-themed-tours (Cal-SCAN)

Home Services 715 Cleaning Services Orkopina Housecleaning Celebrating 30 years cleaning homes in your area. 650/962-1536

748 Gardening/ Landscaping J. Garcia Garden Maintenance Service Free est. 21 years exp. 650/366-4301 or 650/346-6781

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R.G. Landscape Drought tolerant native landscapes and succulent gardens. Demos, installations, maint. Free est. 650/468-8859

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560 Employment Information

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500 Help Wanted

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Engineering Mobile Software iOS Eng. (Palo Alto, CA): Trnsfrm rsrch concepts into prototypes and subsequently into iOS and/or Android apps, as well as other mobile rltd prdcts. Mail resume: Mary Akinleye, AOL Inc., 22000 AOL WAY, Dulles, VA 20166 and ref job ID: 248630XY

Menlo Park - $5,000.00 Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $5,200.00

N. Los Altos, 3 BR/2 BA Excellent school districts. Very flexible with ability to show. (650)941-9122. Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $4350/mo Palo Alto, 4 BR/2 BA - $5,800 Portola Valley - $5,200.00 Redwood City - $4,500.00 Redwood City (emerald Hills), 4 BR/3.5 BA - $5500 Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $4,800.00 Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $5,500

809 Shared Housing/ Rooms All Areas: Roommates.com Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN)

840 Vacation Rentals/Time Shares Licensed Architect. Premier South Boulder Rental Gorgeous 4 BR 3 ba home on 1 acre with 360 views. Avail. 1/1/16 for 6-12 mo lease $4300/mo. Contact jayathom@hotmail.com

845 Out of Area

759 Hauling J & G HAULING SERVICE Misc. junk, office, gar., furn., mattresses, green waste, more. Lic./ins. Free est. 650/743-8852 (see my Yelp reviews)

771 Painting/ Wallpaper Glen Hodges Painting Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. #351738. 650/322-8325 STYLE PAINTING Full service painting. Insured. Lic. 903303. 650/388-8577

775 Asphalt/ Concrete Roe General Engineering Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, artificial turf. 36 yrs exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. 650/814-5572

781 Pest Control

4 homes on 30 acres Vacation where you live in Nevada City!! Looks like Disneyland with rock walls, manicured gardens, private lake, HUGE outdoor entertaining area and even its own mining museum!! 1 5 car garages for all your toys!! Priced to sell only $2M!! Seller financing. Call Edie 530-913-0150 cell

890 Real Estate Wanted Housing Wanted Landscape designer, installer and garden maintenance provider for 39 years on the Peninsula seeks long-term, quiet, secure living space in exchange for services or will pay.

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Across 1 DIY handicrafts site 5 “If things were to continue like so ...” 15 “The Clothed Maja” painter 16 “Taken” guy 17 Beach bird 18 Tow-away zone destination 19 “10 Items ___” (checkout sign that drives grammarphiles nuts) 21 Ardent admirers 22 They may be collateral when buying new wheels 28 Recede gradually 30 Long-hitting clubs 31 Word before Jon or Wayne 32 No pro show, yo 36 Vigoda who’s still alive 37 Big name in toothbrushes 38 Vaccine target 39 Chuck an attempted threepointer into the stands, e.g. 43 Former British Poet Laureate Hughes 44 Multi-layered dessert popularized in 2015 45 Abbr. after a proof 46 “Go ahead, don’t mind me” 49 11th-graders’ exam (abbr.) 50 Carter and Spelling, for two 53 Cheat 59 Lying over 60 Gambles 61 “Desperate Housewives” actress Hatcher 62 Summer dress uniform component, maybe 63 Cut down to size

Down 1 Brand in the frozen breakfast section 2 Go from gig to gig 3 They’re represented by fingers in charades 4 Conn. school 5 Half of the ‘80s synth-pop duo Yaz 6 Comedian Minchin 7 Savion Glover’s specialty 8 PPO alternative 9 ___ START (Tobias’s oft-misinterpreted license plate on “Arrested Development”) 10 Highest Scrabble tile value 11 Animal in a Dr. Seuss title 12 “Chronicles of Narnia” lion 13 Adult Swim fare, for short 14 “Lord of the Rings” tree creatures 20 Ancient Greek portico 23 Place to keep your Tetleys and your Twinings 24 “Mrs. Murphy Mysteries” author ___ Brown 25 Simile segment, maybe 26 Annoys by staying outside the lines? 27 NYSE symbol for the company that keeps going ... and going ... 28 “Support Your Local Sheriff!” actor Jack 29 Benjamin Netanyahu’s nickname 33 Full of memorable lines 34 “Gold”-en role for Peter Fonda 35 Paul of “Anchorman” 40 Weight training partner 41 Bargain-basement unit 42 “The Memory of Trees” Grammy winner 46 1990 NBA Finals MVP ___ Thomas 47 Nutcase 48 Give a long-winded talk 49 Sgts.’ underlings 51 Edible seaweed used for sushi 52 Roasting device 54 “Was ___ das?” 55 Treasured document? 56 “A Kiss Before Dying” author Levin 57 California red, briefly 58 Suffix with winning

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SILICON VALLEY PENINSULA ROTARACT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611774 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Peninsula Rotaract, located at 250 Stratford Place, Los Altos, CA 94022, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Unincorporated association other than a partnership. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): JUSTIN TAIT 250 Stratford Place Los Altos, CA 94022 MICHAEL CONDON 1051 Cascade Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Registrant 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 December 7, 2015. (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611690 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: La Bodeguita Del Medio, located at 463 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CHINCOTEAGUE INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 463 S. California Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on July 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 4, 2015. (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) AMAR REALTOR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612005 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Amar Realtor, located at 505 Hamilton Ave. #100, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MURAHARI AMARNATH 505 Hamilton Ave. #100 Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/7/2010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 14, 2015. (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) 1025 TERRA BELLA ASSOCIATES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611832 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1025 Terra Bella Associates, located at 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HAURY PROPERTIES, LLC 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/1/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 8, 2015. (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016)

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NextFlex Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute FHE-IMI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611936 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) NextFlex, 2.) Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute, 3.) FHE-IMI, located at 3081 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134, Santa Clara County.

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This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FlexTech Alliance, Inc. 3081 Zanker Road San Jose, CA 95134 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/1/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 10, 2015. (PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) GIG CRICKET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612044 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: GIG Cricket, located at 1111 Story Road, Unit 1077, San Jose, CA 95122, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): GIG TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC 1225 Judah St. San Francisco, CA 94122 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/16/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 15, 2015. (PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) 1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612019 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1 Acceptance Testing, located at 4410 Casa Madeira Ln., San Jose, CA 95127, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PAUL SMITH 4410 Casa Madeira Ln. San Jose, CA 95127 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/09/15. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 14, 2015. (PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) Flight VC Flight Ventures FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 611985 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Flight VC, 2.) Flight Ventures, located at 2625 Middlefield Rd. #880880, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): UPRISING CAPITAL, LLC 2625 Middlefield Rd., #880 Palo Alto, CA 94306 GIL PENCHINA 2625 Middlefield Rd., #880 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/01/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 11, 2015. (PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) CAMRAN NEZHAT INSTITUTE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612226 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Camran Nezhat Institute, located at 900 Welch Rd., Ste. 403, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): ENDOSCOPY AND FERTILITY CENTER, A MEDICAL CORPORATION 900 Welch Rd., Ste. 403 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant 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 December 17, 2015. (PAW Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016) Amity CrossFit FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612439 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Amity CrossFit, located at 3516 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HEIGHT PERFORMANCE, LLC 686 Emily Drive

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Mountain View, CA 94043 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on December 1, 2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 29, 2015. (PAW Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016) ZEST LIMOUSINE SERVICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 612356 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Zest Limousine Service, located at 2464 El Camino Real #250, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FODHIL ZERROUKI 1360 Jefferson St., Apt. #A Santa Clara, CA 95050 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/23/2015. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 23, 2015. (PAW Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016)

997 All Other Legals Trustee Sale No. : 00000005113113 Title Order No.: 150063979 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/04/2007. 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. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/03/2007 as Instrument No. 19604348 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: HIROSHI IMANAKA AND YOKO IMANAKA, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 01/14/2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE TO THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AT 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA.. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 490 LOMA VERDE AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306 APN#: 132-15-095 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $632,821.39. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 916939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000005113113. 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. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 1180 IRON POINT ROAD, SUITE 100 FOLSOM, CA 95630 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting. com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 12/08/2015 NPP0266266 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 12/25/2015, 01/01/2016, 01/08/2016 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-652026-HL Order No.: 100726105 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 11/30/2007. 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): MANAR ZARROUG, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 12/6/2007 as Instrument No. 19674605 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 1/27/2016 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: $6,436,431.55 The purported property address is: 996 LAUREL GLEN DR, PALO ALTO, CA 94304 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 182-43-037-00 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

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM 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-14-652026-HL . 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 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-14-652026-HL IDSPub #0098135 1/1/2016 1/8/2016 1/15/2016 Trustee Sale No. : 20130015000746 Title Order No.: 130057825 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 01/06/2006. 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. NDEx West, L.L.C., as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 01/12/2006 as Instrument No. 18766170 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: EDWARD J MORTON, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 01/28/2016 TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE TO THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AT 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA.. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2040 W MIDDLEFIELD RD # 32, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043 APN#: 153-07-032 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $775,501.07. The

beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. 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 916939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.nationwideposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 20130015000746. 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. FOR TRUSTEE

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SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY 1180 IRON POINT ROAD, SUITE 100 FOLSOM, CA 95630 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 12/22/2015 NPP0268020 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 01/08/2016, 01/15/2016, 01/22/2016 T. S. No: B547168 CA Unit Code: B Loan No: 0535446269/STASKUS/RICHARD J. Min No: 100242400000162345 AP #1: 175-24-001 13721 ROBLEDA ROAD, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA 94022 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.D. SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trustee under the following described Deed of Trust WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawful tender in the United States) and/or the cashier’s, certified or other checks specified in Civil Code Section 2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Service Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property hereinafter described: Trustor: Richard J. Staskus, An Unmarried Man Recorded March 14, 2007 as Instr. No. 19341828 in Book —- Page —- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County; California , pursuant to the Notice of Default and Election to Sell thereunder recorded March 4, 2015 as Instr. No. 22873190 in Book —- Page —- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County California. You ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED MARCH 1, 2007. 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. 13721 ROBLEDA ROAD, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA 94022 (If a street address or common designation of property is shown above, no warranty is given as to its completeness or correctness).” Said Sale of property will be made in “as is” condition without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest

as in said note provided, advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. Said sale will be held on: JANUARY 28, 2016, AT 10:00 A.M. *AT THE NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113 At the time of the initial publication of this notice, the total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the above described Deed of Trust and estimated costs, expenses, and advances is $534,559.41. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. 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 (888) 988-6736 or visit this Internet Web site: salestrack.tdsf.com, using the file number assigned to this case B547168 B. 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. 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 monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Date: December 29, 2015 T.D. SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee Cheryl L. Grech, Assistant Secretary T.D. Service Company 4000 W. Metropolitan Drive, Suite 400 Orange, CA 92868-0000 The Beneficiary may be attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose. If available, the expected opening bid and/or postponement information may be obtained by calling the following telephone number(s) on the day before the sale: (888) 988-6736 or you may access sales information at salestrack.tdsf.com, TAC# 985962 PUB: 01/08/16, 01/15/16, 01/22/16

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LEAVING EARLY . . . Junior soccer forward Jordan Morris announced this week that he will forgo his senior season at Stanford and embark on a professional career. Morris was on campus to celebrate with his teammates at the Stanford’s season-ending banquet on Monday night. He will be in St. Louis for the MAC Hermann Trophy ceremony on Friday as one of three finalists for the college player of the year. He’ll then depart to join Werder Bremen for a training stint at that team’s camp in southern Turkey. A Sounders FC Academy product, Morris’ MLS rights are owned by Seattle. Morris, a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist and the Most Outstanding Player at the College Cup, catapulted the Cardinal to the program’s first NCAA title with a two-goal performance in a 4-0 win over Clemson in the championship at Sporting Park on Dec. 13. The Pac-12 Player of the Year, Morris had a career-high 13 goals in 18 appearances for Stanford in 2015. Also leaving early will be Stanford football junior tight end Austin Hooper, who announced that he will declare for the NFL Draft. The psychology major from San Ramon had 34 receptions for 438 yards and six touchdowns — tied for 10th among FBS tight ends — during the 2015 season. Hooper averaged 31.3 receiving yards/game. Hooper, a Mackey Award finalist and All-Pac-12 first-team performer, totaled 74 catches for 937 yards and eight touchdowns over the past two seasons for the Cardinal. CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stanford sophomore running back Christian McCaffrey and senior defensive Aziz Shittu have been named to The Associated Press 2015 All-Bowl Team for performances in postseason action. McCaffrey earned a spot for All-Purpose after setting a Rose Bowl record with 368 all-purpose yards in No. 5 Stanford’s 45-16 win over No. 6 Iowa. He rushed for 172 yards on 18 carries and caught four passes for 105 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown. He also scored on a 63-yard punt return. Shittu earned a spot on the Defensive Line after making 10 tackles — 3 1/2 for loss — and registering 1 1/2 sacks in the romp over Iowa.

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