Palo Alto Weekly September 2, 2016 by Palo Alto Weekly

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Vol. XXXVII, Number 48

September 2, 2016

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Transitions 13 Spectrum 14 Eating Out 24 Movies 25 Puzzles 70 Q Seniors Stroke rehab program running out of time

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Q Home Planting a garden is not for wimps

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Q Sports Stanford opens college football season

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Local news, information and analysis

Brock Turner judge launches anti-recall campaign Persky says he took oath to uphold Constitution, ‘not to appease politicians or ideologues’ by Elena Kadvany

ust days before Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky is set to be reassigned from criminal cases and former Stanford University student Brock Turner is to be released from jail, the embattled judge has spoken publicly for the first time since

his June sentencing of Turner in a statement posted on the website for a newly launched “Retain Judge Persky” campaign. “I believe strongly in judicial independence,” Persky’s statement begins. “I took an oath to uphold the Constitution, not to appease

announced that he intends to post on his podium a list of attorneys who have contributed to his campaign to comply with the California Code of Civil Procedure and Judicial Ethics Canon. The list will be updated and displayed during each of Persky’s court sessions. On Wednesday, contributors included Ed Samuels $250; Alan Lagod, $500; Sam Polverino, $250; Gary Goodman, $250; Barbara Muller, $250; Stefan Kennedy, $250;

politicians or ideologues. When your own rights and property are at stake, you want the judge to make a fair and lawful decision, free from political influence.” Persky’s campaign, officially named “Retain Judge Persky No Recall,” is a response to the highprofile effort seeking to unseat him in a November 2017 special election. His campaign is already on display in the courtroom, where on Wednesday morning, Aug. 31, he

Mondonna Mostofi, $250; Ron Rayes, $250; Daniel Barton, $300; Blair Walsh, $250; Charles Smith, $500 and John Cahners, $309. The Recall Persky campaign, led by Stanford University law professor Michele Dauber, has raised more than $250,000 so far in donations and pledges from more than 2,000 individuals and with most under $100, Dauber said and (continued on page 11)

NATION

Surviving 9/11, still Fifteen years after terrorist attacks, Lori Schertzer Brody remembers the chaos — and her brother, who died

t’s been 15 years since the 9/11 terrorists drove planes deep into the sides of New York City’s Twin Towers, but for survivor Lori Schertzer Brody, the flashbacks are fresh: the sounds of the planes striking the buildings, the smoke and debris, the fear and pandemonium

going on. All he kept telling people was that he wanted to be with family and how much he loved them,” she said. But even the night after the layoffs on Sept. 10, he dreamed that the people he laid off were following him. The next morning, Sept. 11, he didn’t want to

‘I always said there was no such thing as chivalry, but the men were covering up women so that they would get (hit by) whatever was flying in the air.’ —Lori Schertzer Brody — and running, always running. Brody and her brother, Scott Schertzer, had prepared for work as usual on that sunny autumn day. Neither sensed it would be their last time together. But looking back, Brody said there were, perhaps, signs. Scott Schertzer seemed to have premonitions in the form of nightmares in the month prior to the attacks, and they frightened him. “He knew it was coming,” she recalled. But she thought at the time that his upset had to do with his job: Brody worked in human resources at Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm, and was going to have to lay off 50 people. It was a heavy burden for a 28-year-old, she said. “He kept saying, ‘They’re after me. The bad guys are coming. The dreams are happening.’ He couldn’t figure out what was

go to work, she said. But Brody made him go. She had helped her brother, who was younger, get his job at Cantor Fitzgerald, and she had worked there herself the year before, she said. That morning, the ride on the subway was uneventful. The train wasn’t even five minutes late the way it usually was. Schertzer took the elevator to his office on the 101st floor of the North Tower; Brody went to her 14th-floor office at the nearby Deutsche Bank, where she worked as an assistant vice president and financial analyst. As she got to her desk, she heard the first bangs and noises as the first plane struck the North Tower. Alarms went off everywhere. People rushed to the windows to see what was happening. A small plane had struck the tower, they were told,

but no one had been killed. Brody tried to call her brother but could not reach him. The first plane had hit just two floors below where he worked. Everyone above it was trapped, they would later learn. Then the second plane hit the South Tower, which was attached to the Deutsche Bank building. Everyone was told to flee, and to run fast, Brody recalled. “We had to run to the other side of the building because our windows were breaking. ... It was about running and more running, and more running. And the buildings collapsed around you,” she said. Pieces of debris rained down everywhere. “You just ran and hid in alleys; you hid in alleys and doorways,” she said. “I always said there was no such thing as chivalry, but the men were covering up women so that they would get whatever was flying in the air. (It) would hit them; it didn’t hit us.” Brody kept running until she reached an office building down by the water. It was hours before she reached her frantic parents. No one had heard from her brother. “I almost knew that he didn’t make it,” she said. F-15s roared overhead below the rooftops of buildings and ––police ran through the streets, she recalled. “No one knew what was going on. You just knew life wasn’t going to be the same ever again. My life for sure wasn’t the same ever

Veronica Weber

by Sue Dremann

Lori Schertzer Brody survived the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, but lost her brother, Scott, who was in the North Tower. Now a Mountain View resident, Brody suffers from PTSD but is sharing her story so that people remember those who died on 9/11. She will be participating in the National Day of Service and Remembrance hosted by the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto as a tribute to her brother, the other victims and victims’ families. again,” she said. “Part of mine stood still, and still stands still in that moment.” At Cantor Fitzgerald, 658 employees died on five floors. “They found a part of my brother. They told you where he was found and who he was found with,” she said. Schertzer

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FLIGHT GUIDELINES … Stanford University has enacted a new policy targeting the use of unmanned flying vehicles (UFVs). The new guidelines, which were put together by stakeholders from across the university and come as the Federal Aviation Administration has adopted new rules regarding private drone flights, prohibits third parties from outside the Stanford community from flying UFVs above or from within Stanford lands. Stanford faculty, students and staff must get advance approval for an UFV flight at Stanford from a newly established committee tasked with reviewing proposed flights. “We want to support the safe use of UFVs for university research, education and business purposes,” Larry Gibbs, associate vice president for environmental health and safety, said in a statement. “We also want to provide a reasonable process that actively addresses the safety, regulatory compliance, risk management and privacy considerations that arise from UFV flights over Stanford lands.” STRANGE REQUESTS … “This is just a really, really strange project,” proclaimed Robert Gooyer, chair of Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board, during Thursday’s review of a development proposed for 203 Forest Ave. Proposed by David Kleiman, the project would add 5,000 square feet of residential space to an existing commercial building, creating a penthouse on the fourth floor, three bedrooms on the third and a study area on the second. The addition would more than

double the floor area, which presented a problem for a board that has been facing criticism in recent years for being too lax on developers. On Thursday, the board did not pull any punches, with Gooyer saying that the building is “already large to begin with and to put a fourth floor on doesn’t make sense to me.” His colleagues agreed that the project does not warrant approval, and several residents also urged the board to deny it. That’s not surprising, given Palo Alto’s highly charged development environment. What was surprising — and highly unusual — the fact that one of the people urging denial was the applicant himself. After getting an earful of criticism from the board, Kleiman said he would prefer the board reject his application rather than force him to make more revisions, based on staff input. Kleiman said he does not believe planning staff is at a point where it can give him “any meaningful feedback.” “Based on what I see as a broken system and the impossibility of getting this project approved by this body, I would prefer that you deny my application,” Kleiman said. The board obliged both Kleinman and his critics by directing staff to return at a future date with a drafted resolution denying the project. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS … Stanford University’s football opener at Stanford Stadium Friday night, Sept. 2, will likely cause heavy traffic along major streets, Palo Alto police are warning. The game against Kansas State University kicks off at 6 p.m. To see the Stanford football season’s schedule, go to gostanford.com.

Upfront ELECTION 2016

Political outsiders look to shake up status quo in council race Candidates offer differing visions, proposals for Palo Alto’s future by Gennady Sheyner

ne candidate running for a City Council seat in Palo Alto says he wants to eliminate the Architectural Review Board and replace the city manager. Another wants to “restructure” the Opportunity Center for the homeless and formerly homeless, which she calls a “city-sponsored clubhouse.” A third promises to offer ideas that “may on the surface seem absurd,” though he assures voters that he is a long-range thinker who is not seeking “to satisfy a vocal minority, or for that matter a vocal majority if it flies in the face of long-term disaster.” A fourth believes the city, in its push to promote bicycling and transit use, is falling short when it comes to planning for the drivers of the future, The four candidates — John Fredrich, Danielle Martell, Leonard Ely and Stewart Carl, respectively — are vying with seven others for four seats on the council in November. None of them have served on local commissions or are regular speakers at council meetings. In a field that also includes three former or present planning commissioners (Adrian Fine, Arthur Keller and Greg Tanaka), an incumbent running in her 10th election (Liz Kniss), a neighborhood leader who has been active on land-use issues (Lydia Kou) and members of two other city commissions (Library Advisory Commission member Don McDougall and Human Relations Commission Chair Greer Stone), each is a political outsider. And if their official candidate statements are any indication, each believes that he or she offers a fresh perspective that is sorely needed to address today’s challenges. Their names may be familiar to local voters. Fredrich, a retired Gunn High School civics teacher, ran in 2014 and, before that, in 1975, 1977, 1981 and 2003. (His election opponent, Fine, was once his student.) He calls himself a “residentialist” and says he strongly opposes some of the recent developments that the council has approved, including the mixeduse projects at 411 Page Mill Road and, more recently, at the former Olive Garden site at 2515 El Camino Real. The election of a slow-growth “residentialist” majority to the council in 2014, in his view, didn’t produce the types of results that he was hoping for. “I thought after the last election, there would be — maybe not a sea change — but a public posture that was different than before,” Fredrich said. “I didn’t see that. I saw that they fiddled around with the office cap and did what I consider ‘optics,’ but they didn’t

really get into the issues.” Fredrich would like to see a moratorium on commercial growth in areas where office development has been particularly rampant. He also said the Architectural Review Board should be eliminated — or at the very least reduced to a purely advisory role, with a focus on the overall context of a particular development rather than specific features of a given project. At the same time, he said, the planning commission should get two more members and an expanded purview in reviewing Stewart Carl new projects. Fredrich also said he supports replacing City Manager James Keene and Planning Director Hillary Gitelman, who he believes could but aren’t moving in the new direction Johm Fredrich that the council majority is seeking. Like Fredrich, Martell is a former candidate (she ran in 2005) who styles herself as a residentialist and has a history of criticizing city leaders. In campaign document she provided to the Weekly, she wrote that she wants to “stop citywide overdevelopment” and maintain “walkable neighborhoods in which residents have access to a grocery store.” Her position statement on affordable housing accuses the council of “turning Palo Alto into a monstrosity” and alleges that the council “grows increasingly numb to resident well-being and wishes.” “Unwanted city changes are coming fast and hard, and I don’t like what’s happening,” Martell wrote. “I’ve never experienced so many residents, of all ages and backgrounds, so openly disgruntled.” Her solution to the city’s affordable-housing shortage is to move the rail system underground and construct two-story residences above the rail line. She proposes funding the undergrounding plan by offering promotional advertising to high-tech companies and by possibly naming a station after each company. “Because we have only two stations, each station may end up with hyphenated names,” she notes. She also specified that the new affordable housing would exclude “people with visas and permits” and include local seniors with citizenship and Palo Alto’s police

officers and firemen. In addition to the housing plan, Martell also supports offering free Internet citywide by connecting the city’s fiber-optic infrastructure to local homes (a variation of the city’s Fiber-to-the-Premises project, which aims for universal access but does not expect it to be free). As an “emergency issue,” she would like to see the city “protect our children by overseeing park pool safety so that there is at least one supervising adult on premises at all times.” In recent months, she has argued that the Leonard Ely C o m m u n i t y Services Department isn’t doing enough to ensure child safety in the Rinconada Pool; city staff have disputed this characterization. Martell also wants to reduce Danielle Martell crime by “restructuring” the Opportunity Center, which offers apartments and services for homeless individuals and families. Martell called the facility “a city-sponsored clubhouse and magnet largely for intense addicts and transients overflowing from San Francisco.” Leonard W. Ely III, a commercial real estate broker with the Mountain View-based firm Renault & Handley, is also looking to shake up the status quo. But while Fredrich and Martell argue that the city is racing recklessly into the future, Ely sees Palo Alto as a city clinging stubbornly to the past. Ely readily admits that he is not a political person and that he has much to learn about how the city works. He also said he will propose ideas that may seem “absurd,” though when asked about these unusual ideas, he said he isn’t ready to talk about them just yet. As the last person to declare his council candidacy, he said he doesn’t have a platform or any preconceived notions. He does, however, have strong feelings about how the council has been performing of late. “They don’t do anything,” Ely said. “They talk about things but, in substance, they don’t do anything.” Specifically, he doesn’t believe the city is doing enough to address the city’s housing shortage. He also rejects the notion that the city should limit job growth and cap development, ideas that he likens to trying to return to the past. He called Mayor Pat Burt’s recent

News Digest City to explore new policies for long-term growth With Palo Alto’s housing shortage now a topic of national attention and residents increasingly calling for more housing options, city council members agreed Monday night that two more extreme scenarios for future growth should be evaluated as part of the city’s process of creating an official vision that will guide it until 2030. But the consensus belied plenty of divergent opinions, with some council members calling for the city to build thousands of new housing units and others favoring a more cautious approach that would protect its suburban ambiance. As the council debated the ongoing update of the city’s official land-use vision — the Comprehensive Plan — it took a series of close votes Monday aimed at shaping how this update will proceed. In the end, the council embraced, with some modifications, the staff proposal to increase from four to six the number of growth scenarios that will be studied in the update’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR). These include the four that had already been studied in the draft EIR and two new ones, which the council refined and agreed to pursue over a series of meetings last spring. The two new scenarios go further than the original four in reducing the city’s gaping imbalance of jobs to employed residents, which is currently estimated at about 3 to 1. Both call for slowing down job growth, but while Scenario 5 also calls for 3,546 new housing units by 2030, Scenario 6 calls for 6,000 — far more than in any other alternative. The scenario would reduce the jobs-housing imbalance to 2.71 by 2030, still far higher than in most other jurisdictions, but lower than it is today. Despite the 9-0 vote to move ahead with the new scenarios, council members sharply disagreed over the specific policies that would be analyzed. Councilman Tom DuBois proposed exploring a policy that would reduce the allowed density in certain commercial areas around California Avenue. The proposal moved ahead by a 5-4 vote, with slowgrowth “residentialist” members and Mayor Pat Burt joining DuBois. By the same vote, the council agreed to change a program that would have created “performance-based zoning,” where developments would be approved based on their sustainability features and impacts on traffic, noise, aesthetics and other areas (the actual list has not been set). DuBois and other council members affiliated with the residentialist philosophy — Eric Filseth, Karen Holman and Greg Schmid — voted against performance-based zoning and opted to retain the existing “density-based zoning.” Burt joined them, giving them the bare majority. Q — Gennady Sheyner assertions that the city’s rate of job growth should be moderated “absurd” and said he does not support the city’s recently adopted annual limit on new office development in Palo Alto’s main commercial areas. “I firmly believe you can’t go backwards,” Ely said. “I am more of the mind that we should be looking out and trying to solve the problems, not trying to reverse the problem.” Stewart Carl, co-founder of the citizens group Sky Posse, which addresses airplane noise, sees the city’s land-use issues different. Like Ely, he is relatively new to City Hall politics. Unlike Ely, he says he is closely aligned with slow-growth philosophies. To date, the College Terrace resident has been largely focused on neighborhood issues, including the College Terrace Centre development on the 2100 block of El Camino Real and the city’s Mayfield agreement with Stanford University, which allowed Stanford to build two nearby housing developments. In recent years, as airport noise became a hot topic and growth and development continued to divide the community, Carl’s focus has broadened. Two years ago, Carl said,

he strongly supported the council campaign of Lydia Kou, who was backed by the slow-growth citizens group Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning and was barely edged out for the fifth open seat by Cory Wolbach. Three other candidates backed by the group — Eric Filseth, Tom DuBois and incumbent Karen Holman — won the election. Now, Carl wants to help these candidates retain the council majority. Like them, Carl opposes significantly increasing the city’s housing stock and believes that doing so will do little to curb the sky-high costs of real estate. He also rejects the idea that the city has a housing crisis. “I consider it a problem, but I don’t consider it a crisis unless you’re homeless or a senior trying to live in a city with rising costs, and you’re on a fixed income,” Carl told the Weekly. “There’s definitely a problem, with so many tech workers coming into the area, but I don’t think there’s much Palo Alto can do about affordability or matching up local people to the housing.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Correction

The Aug. 29 story, “Highway of Change,” incorrectly stated who can reside in Stanford University’s 70-unit below-market-rate housing project at 2500 El Camino Real. It’s open to the public, not just university faculty. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Citizens Watchdog Committee on 2000 Measure A Program Expenditures

RESULTS OF INDEPENDENT COMPLIANCE AUDIT

EDUCATION

School district committee drops Everyday Math Group recommends two curricula to pilot at elementary schools this year

on FY 2015 2000 Measure A Program Expenditures

VTA is delivering transportation solutions that are critical to the vitality, prosperity and quality of life for all who live, work and play in Santa Clara County. In November 2000, Santa Clara County voters approved Measure A, a 30-year half cent sales tax devoted to specified public transit capital improvement projects and operations. Most of the ballot-defined projects are massive and very complex, requiring years to plan, design and construct. Although in just the 9th year of a 30 year program (tax collection started mid-2006), VTA has achieved significant results toward meeting Measure A goals including: • Extending BART to the Santa Clara County cities of Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara, with the extension to Berryessa currently trending ahead of schedule and under budget • Extending and improving light rail service with projects such as the Mountain View Double-Track and Tasman Drive Pocket Track projects enabling enhanced service to the new Levi’s Stadium, Sunnyvale and Mountain View • Completion of environmental and planning to increase Caltrain service and electrify the system from Palo Alto to Gilroy. VTA is fully committed to successfully delivering Measure A projects. PUBLIC HEARING: The Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) for the 2000 Measure A Transit Sales Tax Program is holding a ballot-required public hearing on FY 2015 Measure A expenditures to receive input from the community:

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. VTA Auditorium 3331 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95134 (This location is served by VTA Light Rail and Bus Line 58.) The public is encouraged to attend but for those unable, written comments will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on September 7 by email to: board.secretary@vta.org or by mail to: Office of the Board Secretary, 3331 N. First Street, Building B-1, San José, CA 95134-1927. Sign language and additional interpreter services will be provided upon request by contacting VTA Customer Service at least five days prior to the meeting at (408) 321-2300, TTY (408) 321-2330. Questions on the public hearing should be directed to: Stephen Flynn, Advisory Committee Coordinator, at (408) 321-5720 or to stephen.flynn@vta.org. INDEPENDENT AUDIT: Fulfilling its ballot-defined responsibilities, the CWC commissioned an audit of the Measure A Program financial records and schedule for Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015). Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP, independent certified public accountants, conducted the compliance audit in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. They issued an unqualified (“clean”) opinion on Measure A Program compliance with the ballot, making this the tenth consecutive audit receiving a clean opinion. Copies of the audit results and other related reports are available at the locations stated above and at www.vta.org. SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 2000 Measure A Transit Improvement Program [A Fund of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority] Independent Accountant’s Report on Compliance Examination and Budgetary Comparison Schedule For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2015

Copies of Measure A Program documents and reports are available for public inspection from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at 2000 Measure A the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Transit Improvement Program offices at 3331 N. First Street, San Jose, CA in Citizens Watchdog Committee Summary on Fiscal Year 2015 the Building B lobby. They are also available for viewing at local public libraries and at VTA’s website: www.vta.org.

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by Elena fter devoting an entire school year to testing out new math materials at Palo Alto’s elementary schools and selecting three curricula to recommend to the Board of Education, a school district committee swiftly voted on Monday to back a new curriculum that most committee members just saw for the first time this week and to abandon Everyday Math, the curriculum at the center of the district’s bitter “math wars” in 2009. The 62-member committee, made up largely of elementary school teachers but also some administrators and parents, put its support behind two K-5 curricula: “Investigations,” one of eight curricula district teachers tested in their classrooms during the last school year, and “Bridges in Mathematics,” which the district learned about only recently. On Monday, the committee spent about 10 to 15 minutes looking at the Bridges materials in small groups before backing it as one of two curricula that could be piloted by a small group of Palo Alto elementary teachers this school year. This was a marked shift from the committee’s initial recommendation this spring to pilot Investigations plus an updated version of Everyday Math and another curriculum that some district teachers currently use, Eureka/Engage New York, starting this fall. Everyday Math has had a troubled history in the district, even after its contentious adoption. The arrival of the more rigorous Common Core State Standards, implemented in Palo Alto Unified in 2013, has led many teachers to supplement the older curriculum or replace it entirely. In a survey the district conducted this spring, 40 percent of teachers reported they don’t use Everyday Math as their primary curriculum. Chief Academic Officer for Secondary Education Barbara Harris told the elementary-math committee members Monday afternoon that she doesn’t believe the school board would endorse Everyday Math given its history in the district. “I do not believe that Everyday Math would get to the point of an approval,” Harris said. “That’s my elephant in the room. I believe that you have worked really hard with Everyday Math because you’re good foot soldiers. ... We need tools that will engage us, that will inspire us, that will help us to get to every single student.” Harris instead recommended that the committee back the new curriculum, Bridges. District staff first learned about Bridges

Kadvany in April and was more recently prompted to take a closer look at it by EdReports, an independent nonprofit that vets and publishes in-depth reviews of curricula. EdReports rates Bridges highly, with near-perfect scores in all grade levels in the nonprofit’s categories of alignment; focus and coherence; rigor and mathematical practices; and usability. A preliminary review of Bridges conducted by the district found it “captures the letter of the Common Core (State Standards) and the spirit of the Common Core” and “incorporated everything we valued from Investigations and Engage New York.” District staff also point to the fact that Piedmont Unified School District, which they describe as a comparable district, adopted Bridges in 2015. Amanda Gantley, one of five math Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs) who reviewed the curriculum’s online materials last week, said the TOSAs feel Bridges is “robust,” with “engaging” lessons and a “wealth of resources for teachers to use with students and families.” Gantley said Bridges “has more to offer” than Eureka/Engage New York, one of the curriculum she explored last year in her fifth-grade classroom. The committee’s teachers, in their brief review of Bridges Monday, were almost universally positive about the materials, which they described as interactive and having the depth, rigor and differentiation they’re looking for. Some math committee members and administrators said in interviews after the meeting that they were not surprised by how quickly the committee put its support behind Bridges, despite spending so little time with the materials. Parent-member Jennifer DiBrienza, who is running for school board (and is listed as a “contributing author” to Investigations on the curriculum’s website), said this group of teachers was well-prepared to quickly evaluate a curriculum after having spent an entire school year doing just that. Superintendent Max McGee said teachers were eager to dive into the new curriculum, and he was more “impressed” than surprised that “they took on this task so professionally and came to the recommendations that they did.” Gantley wrote in an email to the Weekly that “Whenever a teacher sees something that he or she thinks will meet all of their students’ needs, they tend to jump on it!” “After the CCSS (Common Core State Standards) were adopted, (continued on page 10)

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September 11 (continued from page 5)

was found with his colleagues. Brody’s DNA was used to identify her brother’s remains. It would be years before she could begin emerging from her grief. She had survivor guilt; she could not sleep or work; she tried, twice, to kill herself. “It took seven years of individual therapy, hypnosis and sibling support groups,” she said. Hypnosis helped her to forget some of the most traumatic details. “I was told that I walked around with a pillow with a picture of my brother on it and I wouldn’t let anybody touch it,” she said. “I lost one of my best friends. None of my memories are without him. I remember him every day. I see him in my dreams.” Brody said she doesn’t have much trust anymore. She profiles people now when she looks around. She relies on only a close circle of family and friends. In bad times, one finds out who is reliable, and which friends will disappear. “I lost faith,” she said. “I’m not sure there is a god up there anymore. ... I can’t imagine someone allowing this to happen. It’s really hard to reconcile that,” she said. But Brody has found ways to keep her brother’s memory alive. She had a street named after him in their childhood hometown of North Edison, New Jersey; she got a bench dedicated to his memory in Central Park. A butterfly garden in his name was created at their childhood grammar school, funded by neighbors.

At her wedding, she set a place for him at her table. He was the brother and son who would help anyone; the East Coast boy who was inexplicably a Dallas Cowboys fan; and an ardent music lover who followed the band Phish. Brody, her husband and two young childen have lived in the Bay Area for five years, now residing in Mountain View. She takes part in activities at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. But the Bay Area seems too far removed from the events of 9/11. Brody feels an uncomfortable divide between the East Coast, where the experiences are memorialized annually, and the West Coast, which doesn’t seem to take much notice of the day. “Back east the major networks will

run a memorial with the names at the bottom. Here, you are lucky if you see a five-minute glimpse as they are discussing the traffic on the highway. “It’s just an ordinary day. If you are back east it’s not an ordinary day. It’s families — it’s people who died. It’s not just a building that came down and the lawsuits over the buildings and the rents that were afterward,” she said. “There’s 3,000 people that passed away with four planes going down. ... Those 3,000 people didn’t get to live their lives. They all have family members. They have brothers, sisters, moms, dads, kids — some of those kids never even knew their parents. “That’s what people need to re-

member,” she said. Brody went — once — to the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, which occupies eight of the 16 acres at the

A new commercial center has sprung up around the memorial, including the 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the as-

‘My life for sure wasn’t the same ever again. Part of mine stood still, and still stands still in that moment.’ —Lori Schertzer Brody World Trade Center. Waterfalls flow into two memorial pools ringed with bronze panels inscribed with the names of 9/11 victims and those who died in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. But it is also business as usual.

yet-incomplete 1,270-foot-tall 2 World Trade Center, which is expected to open in 2020. It doesn’t feel right to have buildings there, she said. Upon entering the museum, Brody came across a room where the exhibits went into details. “I lost it,” she recalled. In the nearby recovery room for overwhelmed family members, Brody regained her composure. But she didn’t go back in. Brody has kept her experiences and her loss close to her heart. She doesn’t talk about Scott, and most friends assume she is an only child. But she hopes that coming forward will help people to remember 9/11 and what it means. There is still a threat out there, she said, and Americans should always remember those who died, even if they did so 3,000 miles across the country. Ultimately, those events and all that followed has affected everyone. Brody has come to many personal realizations over the past 15 years. “I fought long and hard to get to a point where I’m a survivor. There’s not much that can be done to me anymore that I can’t survive. “You learn your family is the most important thing in the world,” she said. “In my house we always say we love each other every day. And we give each other hugs because you don’t know when the last one is going to be.” Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be reached at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

Events commemorating 9/11 Palo Alto will be the hub for numerous events marking the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

National Day of Service and Remembrance

What: Volunteer projects, with opening remarks by Lori Schertzer Brody Where: Jessica Lynn Saal Town Square, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto When: Sunday, Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: Free Info: The event is open to all people who wish to work on hands-on projects that will benefit emergency responders and homeless veterans. Prior registration is required. Visit paloaltojcc.org/9-11.

Multifaith Peace Walk

What: A 2.5-mile walk for peace and unity Where: Congregation Etz Chayim synagogue and Spark Church, 4161 Alma St., Palo Alto When: Sunday, Sept. 11. Gathering begins at 1:30 p.m.; program and walk starts at 2 p.m. Cost: Free Info: People from all walks of life are welcome. Sponsored by Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice, the walk begins at Congregation Etz Chayim and includes stops at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church on Cowper Street, University AME Zion Church on Middlefield Road and Mitchell Park. Registration is encouraged but not required. Visit multifaithpeace.org/

Multifaith Peace Picnic

What: Dinner, multifaith service and children’s performances Where: Mitchell Park, 600 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto When: Sunday, Sept. 11, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: Free Info: Sponsored by American Muslim Voice Foundation, people of all faiths and ethnic backgrounds are welcome. Registration required. Visit eventbrite.com/e/ peace-picnic tickets-27179552774.

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teachers were expected to teach those new standards while waiting for the new curriculum to become available,” she wrote. “Finally, here is a quality curriculum.” Others, however, expressed concern about the pace with which the recommendations were made on Monday. Before the vote, Claudia Peñalizo, a fourth-grade teacher at Escondido Elementary School, worried that abandoning the district’s adopted curriculum of Everyday Math would send a message to those teachers who rated it highly last year that “our opinion isn’t as valid.” Out of the eight curricula tested last year, teachers ranked Investigations, Everyday Math and Eureka/Engage NY most highly — and in that order. Raquel Goya, a math lead and kindergarten teacher at Hoover Elementary School, told the Weekly that, given the amount of time teachers spent trying materials and providing thoughtful feedback last year, Monday’s vote “felt really fast.” She was also surprised by how quickly Eureka/Engage New York was abandoned despite its popularity among teachers. (It’s been her primary math curriculum for several years, supplemented by other materials, she said. She does not use Everyday Math at all.) It felt like there was no opportunity on Monday, Goya said, to slow down, discuss the options and ask, “Why are we moving forward so quickly?” Athena Foley, a committee member and kindergarten teacher at Barron Park Elementary School, said in an interview she was more surprised by the fact that the committee decided to

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Plan to raise storm-drain fees flows forth A proposal in Palo Alto to raise storm-drain fees and create a new structure for funding future improvements advanced this week, when the City Council formally approved a staff proposal for a mail-only election. (Posted Sept. 1, 7:46 a.m.)

Serial home burglars sent to prison Three 20-year-old men — Juan Baca Jr. and Alexander Shelton Ledwell of Redwood City and Salvador Reyes-Aguilar of East Palo Alto — pleaded no contest Aug. 22 to multiple residential burglaries and were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years. (Posted Aug. 31, 3:18 p.m.)

BART launching cash rewards program Bay Area Rapid Transit is launching a program offering cash rewards for riders who commute to work outside of the busiest hours, BART officials announced Tuesday. (Posted Aug. 31, 8:34 a.m.)

Locals open up about housing struggles An audience of about 60 people started a conversation and opened a dialogue about housing affordability at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park on the evening of Aug. 18. (Posted Aug. 31, 8:23 a.m.)

Chronicling the dirty side of ‘Techville’ The pioneering work of Silicon Valley on microprocessors, computers and circuits may have bestowed the region with abundant wealth and jobs, but it also carries a darker legacy. By one measure, Santa Clara County remains the most polluted region in the United States, largely from groundwater contamination caused by the area’s former semiconductor factories. (Posted Aug. 31, 7:31 a.m.)

move forward just two curricula instead of three for the pilot. The committee seemed to agree with Harris, who said that piloting three — in a school year that has already started — would be hard on the committee’s teachers. Despite the committee’s recommendation of Investigations, the 2012 edition received low scores from EdReports — from zero to

CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a Public Hearing at the regular meeting on Monday, September 12, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to Consider, Approval of a Resolution Adopting the Professorville Historic District Design Guidelines. The Guidelines Will be Used by the Historic Resources Board (HRB) and City :[Hќ >OLU 9L]PL^PUN +L]LSVWTLU[ (WWSPJH[PVUZ [V ,]HS\H[L the Compatibility of Proposed Changes With the Historic Character of Professorville. The HRB Recommends Council Approval of the Guidelines. The Project is Exempt From the Provisions of CEQA per Class 8 Categorical Exemption, Which Applies to Actions Taken by Regulatory Agencies, as Authorized by State or Local Ordinance, to Assure the Maintenance, Restoration, Enhancement, or Protection of the Environment Where the Regulatory Process Involves Procedures for Protection of the Environment. BETH MINOR City Clerk Page 10 • September 2, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

seven out of 14 — in all grade levels and categories. (The school district would like to pilot the 2017 version, which has not yet been rated by EdReports nor approved by the California Department of Education. The state has also not yet approved the new edition of Bridges.) EdReports also found that Investigations’ 2012 materials for third through fifth grade do not meet expectations for Common Core alignment. Everyday Math 4 (the latest edition) received slightly better scores in first through sixth grades, from seven to 10 out of 14. EdReports gave Eureka the highest marks: 14 out of 14 for all grade levels except sixth grade. Along with the committee’s selection of Bridges and Investigations, Eureka/Engage New York has been recommended an approved supplemental curriculum. As the district moves forward toward a pilot, Goya said she hopes teachers’ feedback is taken seriously: “not just ‘I hear you, and yet this is our plan.’” “We’re the professionals that are in the classroom working with the kids, working with this curriculum, seeing if it’s effective or not,” she said, “and we should have a voice in that final decision.” The committee’s recommendation will come before the school board for a discussion at its next regular meeting on Sept. 13. If approved, the teachers on the adoption committee would pilot both curricula in their classrooms this year. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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attracted endorsements from various groups including the National Organization for Women and The National Women’s Political Caucus of Silicon Valley, as well as national and local elected officials. Dauber told the Weekly Tuesday that she is “glad the political campaign is underway” and looks forward to giving voters the opportunity to judge Persky’s record, which she said demonstrates “a longstanding pattern of judicial bias in favor of privileged and white defendants.” Bias, she added, is “destructive ultimately to not just judicial independence but to the rule of law itself. “When people don’t have access to an unbiased decision maker, they lose faith not only in that tribunal but in the entire legal system. Bias is very corrosive,” she said. Persky’s campaign website includes links to statements from supporters and those who have spoken out publicly in defense of judicial independence, including a group of retired Santa Clara County Superior Court judges, the Santa Clara County Bar Association, the California Judges Association and retired Stanford law professor Barbara Babcock. One of the retired judges, LaDoris Cordell, wrote in an email to the Weekly Tuesday that she supports Persky’s campaign. She called the recall an “abuse of the recall process” and a threat to judicial independence. “If it succeeds, then judges will be looking over their shoulders before making any sentencing decisions, for fear of being targeted by someone who doesn’t like their rulings,” Cordell said. “I believe that the recall process should be utilized to remove judges who have a demonstrated

record of abusing and/or misusing their authority or who have a history of making unlawful or biased decisions. Judge Persky does not have such a record.” She said she was pleased to see Persky “stepping up to oppose the recall,” pointing to the effect that foregoing that decision had on former state Chief Justice Rose Bird, whom voters recalled in 1986. Persky has not asked Cordell for an endorsement or contribution, she said. In the coming months, Cordell said it will be important for voters to familiarize themselves with Persky’s background and decisions—“all of them”— and they “should not rely on the misguided rhetoric of those who are on a mission to remove Judge Persky.” “Voters should consider if they want to set a precedent that will drastically impact the independence of their judiciary,” Cordell wrote. “It is my hope that they will

elect not to set such a precedent.” The Retain Judge Persky website notes his 20-year record as a prosecutor and judge, an award he received for his work on hate crimes and, in his own words, his “reputation for being fair to both sides.” The campaign launch follows Persky’s recent request to no longer hear criminal cases. He will be reassigned to civil matters in San Jose starting Tuesday, Sept. 6. Last week, Persky recused himself from presiding over a hearing in a child-pornography case, citing publicity that “resulted in a personal family situation such that a person aware of the facts might reasonably entertain a doubt that the judge would be able to be impartial.” In recent weeks, the recall campaign has put out press releases stating that Persky’s handling of other sex-crime cases is evidence of his alleged bias. Recall campaign members criticized Per-

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a study session to discuss the Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation Master Plan. The council also plans to consider the second phase of the downtown Residential Preferential Parking Program; discuss a proposal to partner with Pets in Need for animal care services; and meet in a closed session to discuss potential litigation involving the parking program. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to review a request by Avenidas for interior renovation, partial demolition and addition to its property at 450 Bryant St. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant; hear a presentation from Abilities United as part of the mental health learning series; and select a commissioner to speak to the council’s Policy and Services Committee regarding the Human Services Resources Allocation Process. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

cision to sentence an immigrant from El Salvador who admitted to sexually assaulting his roommate to three years in state prison, though Persky’s supporters warned it was misleading and “inflammatory” to compare the case with Turner’s. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann contributed to this story. Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@paweekly. com.

sky’s four-day sentencing of a plumber who pleaded guilty to a felony child-pornography charge, as well as his decision to delay sentencing for a Foothill College football player, who pleaded no contest to a felony count of domestic violence, so he could attend and play football for the University of Hawaii, according to the recall campaign. Critics also decried Persky’s de-

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of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Aug. 29)

Storm drains: The council approved the procedures for raising storm drain fees, including a mail-only election. Yes: Unanimous Comprehensive Plan: The council unanimously voted directed staff to move ahead with two new planning scenarios to be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report for the Comprehensive plan update. The council also took two 5-4 votes on specific amendments pertaining to the scenarios, including one calling for exploration of reducing allowable commercial density in the CC2 zone near California Avenue; and another that would favor “density-based zoning” over “performance-based zoning.” Yes: Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Schmid No: Berman, Kniss, Scharff, Wolbach

Board Policy Review Committee (Aug. 31) Policies: The Board of Education’s policy review committee discussed the following policies: gifts, grants and bequests; board members’ electronic communication; remuneration, reimbursement and other benefits; selection and evaluation of instructional materials; placement in mathematics courses; and research. Action: None

Planning and Transportation Commission (Aug. 31)

Impact fees: The commission unanimously agreed to form a subcommittee that would further explore proposals to raise affordable-housing impact fees for new developments. The committee also voted 4-1 to recommend that the new impact fees be phased in over a period of at least five years. Yes: Fine, Gardias, Rosenblum, Waldfogel No: Tanaka Absent: Alcheck

Architectural Review Board (Sept. 1)

450 Bryant St.: The board heard a presentation about the proposed expansion and renovation of Avenidas and continued its decision to another hearing. Action: None 203 Forest Ave.: The board agreed that it cannot make the findings to approve a proposal to add a three-bedroom residential unit above an existing commercial building. The board directed staff to draft a resolution recommending denial of the project. Yes: Unanimous

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Pulse A weekly compendium of vital statistics

POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

August 24-30 Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 7 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 6 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Miscellaneous False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 F&W/misc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 7 Noise ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menlo Park August 24-30

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Adult protective service referral . . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of metal knuckles . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

550 Forest Ave., 8/25, 7:05 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. Middlefield Road, 8/29, 1:00 a.m.; domestic violence.

Menlo Park

1200 block Crane Street, 8/30, 1:59 p.m.; battery.

Transitions

Onie Bass Jr

Births, marriages and deaths

Kirke Comstock, former Palo Alto mayor, dies Former Palo Alto councilman and mayor Kirke Comstock, who presided over the City of Palo Alto during the 1960s and early 1970s died of Alzheimer’s disease on Aug. 23 in Saratoga. He was 86 Comstock, who was known as a “residentialist” in the city’s first wave of quality-of-life struggles in the 1960s,.was responsible for many of the city’s open space jewels that Palo Altans enjoy today. He negotiated with the Lee family to purchase the land that is now Foothills Park, which was one of his proudest achievements, his brother-in-law, Richard Brand said. He was also instrumental in the formation of Gamble Garden.

File photo by Marjan Sadoughi

Kirke Comstock poses in 2008 with some memorabilia, including a model Boeing 777 given to him upon his retirement in 1999.

A life-long lover of the environment, Comstock and his wife, Dorothy Brand Comstock, were on the board of the Committee for Green Foothills, which helped to save many Midpeninsula open space areas from development, his son, William Comstock, said. Comstock was born in Michigan on June 6, 1930, and grew up in Albion. He was the oldest of four children and the only boy. He attended the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering in the early 1950s. While there, he met his wife-tobe, Dorothy, and they married on the campus on June 11, 1953. Soon after, they moved to San Mateo. Comstock began working at United Airlines, and he became director of an engineering group redesigning aircraft interiors. The couple moved to Palo Alto in 1955, raising three children. Comstock became interested in city politics in 1961 and 1962 when Santa Clara County wanted to turn the old Oregon Avenue into a four-lane freeway with just two cross streets at Middlefield and Louis roads. The original plan called for removing 107

homes and effectively splitting the city in two, according to news reports at that time. The residentialists lost that fight — the city council approved a compromise plan that became the current Oregon Expressway — but Comstock’s appetite for local politics was whitted, and it became a life-long passion. Comstock and fellow residentialist Phillip Flint won the election for city council in 1963, becoming part of a group of residentialists on the council that by 1965 included Byron Sher, Enid Pearson and Edward Worthington. Sher, who went on to a long career in politics, said he met Comstock during the Oregon Expressway dust-up and became, along with Pearson, a “residentialist,” fighting for the city’s preservation and against rampant development. During the late 1960s Comstock faced some challenging times. He was one of several liberal politicians and citizens whose properties were bombed by right-wing extremists. Comstock was seen talking to members of the progressive Midpeninsula Free University after a council meeting, his son said. In 1968, a pipe bomb containing nails and buckshot exploded against the front door of his home. The family was not at home at the time. While police were conducting an investigation, he received a telephone call. “Keep it up and you’ll get more of the same,” he quoted the presumed bomber as saying, in news reports at the time. He also faced a recall election in 1967, along with the entire City Council after so-called “establishment” supporters attempted to re-stack the council, which was mired in gridlock between the two opposing sides. Comstock and Pearson survived the recall; the other residentialists did not. Comstock retired from United Airlines in 1999 after 44 years. By that time he was no longer active in Palo Alto politics, having served on the council for 14 years. He had moved to Portola Valley Ranch. In the 1990s, he began public service in Portola Valley town government, first serving for five years on the planning commission. He was first appointed, then elected, to serve as a councilman in 1999. He became that town’s mayor in December 2000, retiring from local politics in 2003, according to The Almanac. William Comstock recalled that his father had a disarming sense of humor that came naturally. And he was a kind person who spent a lot of time with him. Comstock is survived by his wife, Dorothy (“Dottie”) Brand Comstock, of Saratoga; son William Comstock and daughter-inlaw Debra Nichols of Carmel; daughter Kristen Pugh and sonin-law Mark Pugh of Los Gatos, and daughter Karen Comstock of

New Haven, Connecticut; sister Betty Wilson of northern California; sister-in-law Carol Malcolm and brother-in-law Richard Brand of Palo Alto, and granddaughter Katherine Comstock. A celebration of his life will be planned at a future date. The family asks that donations in his memory be made to Committee for Green Foothills, 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, 94303. Q —Sue Dremann

Onie Bass Jr. passed away peacefully on Thursday August 25, 2016 in Los Banos, Ca where he lived for over 20 years. For a number of years Onie worked and lived in the Bay Area where he was known as “The Insurance Man”. He was employed and worked for over 38years for National Life/AGLA. He excelled in his position to go on to receive many awards and “Elite” Company Sponsored Trips for being a stellar “Insurance Salesman”. He leaves to cherish his memories his wife, Beverley Bass of 37yrs, 3 children, 7 grandchildren. A service in celebration of his life will be held Saturday September 3, 2016 at 1:00pm at Jerusalem Baptist Church, 398 Sheridan Ave. Palo Alto, Ca. PAID

OBITUARY

Jacqueline “Jackie” Berman December 29, 1930 – August 29, 2016 Palo Alto, California

Jackie Berman died peacefully on August 29th, 2016, at her home in Palo Alto, CA. Jackie was born to Dora and Emanuel Kotkin in Los Angeles on December 29, 1930. Her mother was a schoolteacher in Watts, and her father ran a plastics factory, working hard through the Depression to give Jackie a comfortable childhood. As a child, Jackie enjoyed acting in the theatre and spending summers with family on their ranch in Montana. After graduating from Beverly Hills High, Jackie studied Political Science at UC Berkeley, where she joined a Sorority and met Uri Berman, a charismatic, eccentric, and brilliant Zionist activist, with whom she fell in love. After marrying, Jackie and Uri contemplated making Aliyah, but due to health issues they decided to stay in the States, and moved to Los Angeles where Jackie began working as a teacher. There, Jackie raised her two sons, Daniel and David, imbuing them with their senses of humor, Jewish identities, and love of family. In 1970, the family moved to Palo Alto. Jackie decided to stop teaching, but motivated by her studies in Political Science, and the injustices she witnessed as a woman, she became active in the League of Women Voters. She went on to join their board from 1971-1974, advocating for statewide policy issues. Jackie and Uri expanded their Jewish community in Palo Alto by joining Temple Beth Am, where Jackie actively attended services, Minyan, and Torah study for over 40 years. In addition to her network of friends in her neighborhood, Beth Am became the foundation of Jackie’s local community. Combining her political activism with her dedication to the Jewish community, Jackie joined the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) in 1982, first as South Bay Regional Director, then Education Specialist. Through her work, she became aware of biased and inaccurate portrayals of Judaism and the Arab-Israeli conflict in textbooks adopted by public schools. Jackie decided to challenge this national issue by helping develop the Institute of Curriculum Services (ICS) at JCRC, to promote accurate instruction and instructional materials by working with textbook publishers, developing scholarly curricular resources, and

training teachers. Jackie said that alongside her family, ICS was her proudest accomplishment, and represented her commitment to “a just civic society, a strong Jewish community, and the well-being of the State of Israel”. She continued working for JCRC in some capacity until 2010 and remained an advisor to ICS until the very end. Jackie had an unique interest in and dedication to helping others. For decades she let diverse students and people with modest incomes live for reduced or free rent in her basement apartment. She actively gave time and funds to diverse charities, including taking a special interest in supporting and visiting a small Jewish community in Eastern Ukraine. Even as she got older, she visited friends less able to care for themselves, taking them shopping and helping them feel less alone. She would quote her father who said: “if you can help someone, you should.” Jackie was deeply proud of her Jewish heritage, and passed this on to family through holiday traditions. Each Passover she would make the same dishes from the same recipes her mother used, serve them to family and friends on a table carved by her grandfather—a woodworker from London’s East End, and read from the same Haggadah she and her husband Uri received on their wedding day. She rejoiced in seeing her grandchildren grow up with Jewish identities, attending Hebrew school and summer camp, and most recently watching her granddaughter Karina’s Bat Mitzvah over live telecast from Bethesda this past May. Until Jackie passed, she retained her wit, her enthusiasm for Judaism, and her passion for family. In addition to her family, she wanted to express special gratitude to Rabbi Janet Marder, Doctor Irene Wu, and caregiver Sia Kava for their help in her final weeks. She is survived by her children David, Celine, Daniel, and Reiko, her grandchildren Charlie, Melanie, and Karina, and extended family around the world. Funeral Services and burial will be held at Hills of Eternity Cemetery Chapel at 2pm on September 1, 2016. Donations can be made in Jackie’s honor to the national initiative she helped found: the Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS): https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/ JCRCSanFrancisco/ICSdonate.html. PAID

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

A lack of community action Editor, I read with great interest the recent article about preserving the groupings of four or five smaller homes with a common driveway. I think this is such a no-brainer to protect the character and function of these groupings. It is very sad that it was studied 15 years ago with no action taken. In any case, what I am writing about now is that as I read the comments, I am struck by what appears to be a lack of understanding on how citizens can influence their city staff and government to do better for them. I sense a lack of education and will. It is so easy to write an article comment. But it is not terribly hard to write to the

staff and the council. And not terribly hard to go to public meetings to address the issues. It is hard to stick with an issue and see a policy changed, as that takes months if not years. I think the staff is occasionally not in sync with the best interests of the community. They mean well, I am sure of that. But they appear misguided sometimes and are probably handcuffed by Palo Alto’s written ordinances, state law and the fundamental property rights of owners and citizens. But solutions to preserve things like these communities can assuredly be found. And with such an educated population and an above average number of citizens with available time to work on such issues, why don’t we see more successful

community action in Palo Alto? This is such a critical time for the Peninsula and Bay Area. Growth and change are inevitable. How we manage it is malleable. Norm Picker Bell Street, East Palo Alto

Yes to seascape Editor, I will consider the “new vision for public art” a failure and a boondoggle if the seascape in the underpass for the Caltrain tracks at N. California is not rejuvenated. The seascape is one of the most enjoyable art projects I have seen in the city. Other members of my family also enjoy it every time we use the pedestrian/bike underpass. Please put its renovation as a

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Our housing crisis calls for regional cooperation by Cory Wolbach, Lenny Siegel, and Kirsten Keith he housing crisis in our communities is both an economic challenge and a threat to sustainability. It is defined by the rapid escalation of home prices and rents; it displaces longtime residents; it drives urban sprawl; and it is rooted in the imbalanced growth of jobs without adequate housing for our community. No single city or company can solve these problems, but together we can establish goals to manage and address an increasingly dire situation. The challenges of housing affordability and environmental sustainability share a common set of answers. The highly publicized resignation of Kate Downing from the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, due to the price of housing, is just one more reminder that the rapidly rising cost of living in our region is tearing apart the fabric of our communities and undermining our quality of life. At the same time, the couple who created the popular Halloween attraction, the “No Mercy Cemetery” in Old Mountain View, announced that they too were leaving town because their duplex rent was doubling. We are losing not only the people who mow our lawns and serve our food, teach our children and bandage our wounds. The housing crisis is forcing out many of the people who lead our PTAs, serve on city commissions, and bring the economic, cultural and ethnic diversity that makes the Bay Area such an exciting place to live. A community is not sustainable if employees and family members are forced to drive great distances through grueling commutes to remain employed or connected. Excessive automotive commuting wastes time and energy, and it is responsible for a strong majority of greenhouse gas emissions from our area. As new regulations

Cory Wolbach

Lenny Siegel

implement changes in the California Environmental Quality Act, it will be easier to consider vehicle miles traveled in major development decisions. Environmental studies will show that the simplest way to reduce vehicle miles traveled is to locate housing near jobs. Urban sprawl here has gone beyond suburban. Demonstrated by jam-packed highways crossing the mountains that encircle the Bay Area, residential development serving our workforce continues to displace farmland, demands more expensive infrastructure investments, and gobbles up more water and energy than compact development in established communities. Forcing people to commute to our cities from Tracy, Los Banos or Santa Cruz isn’t just wearying for them. It’s bad for the planet. Without adequate housing, our communities cannot sustain themselves. That is, the housing shortage makes it difficult for people who grew up in this area to raise families here. While some young families may prefer to move elsewhere to own a quarter-acre, the evidence is that more of them would prefer culturally vibrant, safe, well-designed urban villages near employment, good schools and, in many cases, near their extended families. We have many retired people living here whose quality of life is diminished by the distance they live from

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their grandchildren. The job-rich communities of Silicon Valley need to come together to establish a simple common goal: We will do what we can to keep the jobs-housing imbalance from getting worse. That is, as employment conKirsten Keith tinues to increase, we should plan for, and ensure, the development of housing in quantities that serve that growing workforce. We don’t expect everyone to live and work in the same city, but we want to make it easier for people to live near where they work. We can make it easier for employees and our own younger generations to find housing that works for them, without their being forced far away, and without their displacing others in bidding wars. New housing should be built near centers of employment, shopping and transit. New apartments, condos and townhouses should be built where office parks now sprawl or surface parking lots blight our downtowns. There is still land available to build medium-density housing without damaging the character of existing single-family neighborhoods. Infill development is called “smart growth” because it reduces the demand for energy, water and transportation to serve the same number of people. This is why environmental groups such as the Sierra Club support infill over urban sprawl. As Mountain View is planning in its North Bayshore Planning Area, new homes should be accompanied by parks, stores, restaurants, services, schools/daycare and transit. Complexes should be designed to accommodate ride-sharing, delivery and bicycling. Designed right, “car-light” devel-

opment can actually reduce traffic. With a robust portion of affordable units, we can serve the mix of seniors, families and workers that our communities need. Many people fear the dust, noise and traffic diversion associated with new construction, but those impacts don’t have to be part of the package. Building here is so desirable that our local governments have the authority to demand the highest-quality construction techniques to minimize neighborhood and environmental impacts. We also have the ability to build more subsidized housing, both by including below-market-rate units in large market-rate developments and by funding dedicated affordable housing. Mountain View has shown that new, properly located projects serving families, veterans, low-income workers, seniors, and even the developmentally disabled can blend well into surrounding neighborhoods. All of our communities have an opportunity to renew our historic dedication to affordable housing options. People elsewhere wish they had the economic dynamism and technical creativity of Silicon Valley, not realizing that we are falling victim to our own success. The San Francisco Peninsula no longer resembles the Valley of the Heart’s Delight. Indeed, our communities are very different than they were a few decades ago. Change is inevitable, but through careful planning we can preserve our quality of life, protect the environment, welcome newcomers and retain those who have been here for years. Our diverse professionals, service workers, families and retirees aren’t just the envy of the world; they are the heart of our communities. Q Cory Wolbach is a member of the Palo Alto City Council; Lenny Siegel is a member of the Mountain View City Council; and Kirsten Keith is Menlo Park’s mayor pro tem.

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Off Deadline Kirke Comstock survived rough-and-tumble politics, and a bomb by Jay Thorwaldson

he passing last week of Kirke Comstock — a former mayor of both Palo Alto and Portola Valley — closes a long-ago chapter of rough-and-tumble politics, primarily relating to growth and traffic in Palo Alto with some broader themes. Yet the intense non-local politics of the late 1960s and 1970s included a crudely fashioned bomb that tore through the front door of his Palo Alto home and destroyed an antique grandfather clock. No one was injured from the blast, later traced to a neoNazi terror/intimidation group targeting liberals and peace activists. Undaunted, Comstock continued his core commitment to promoting environmental, open-space and social-betterment causes. Yet even during the roughest years Comstock stayed a quiet-spoken man with firm convictions, an open honesty and accessibility to constituents and the media — a model that political combatants today might emulate nationally and heed locally. He died of Alzheimer’s disease Aug. 23 in Saratoga at age 86. I knew him primarily in my capacity as a city-beat reporter for the erstwhile Palo Alto Times, covering Palo Alto city government from 1966 to 1978 — spanning the early years of the slow-growth movement on one hand and the anti-Vietnam War (and other) demonstrations. When I was assigned the Palo Alto beat

top priority. It has been damaged but is still enjoyable. Renovation would be a significant public benefit. Stan Hutchings Rinconada Avenue

Picking on Page Mill Pastures Editor, What Sue Dremann failed to mention about Page Mill Pastures is that it was one of the very few horse facilities that served people of average means. Most of the remaining stables are high-end, leaving horses and horse activities more and more only available to the elite. I think Stanford chose to pick on Page Mill Pastures because they were the least powerful and least connected of any of the horse communities. There is something fundamentally wrong and bad about that. If Stanford doesn’t intend to develop, why is there a light going in at Coyote Hills and Page Mill? And what’s with the paved “trail” that connects the intersection of Page Mill

in early 1966, Comstock was part of a sixmember “residentialist” minority on the 13-member City Council, opposing a socalled “establishment” majority that was conservative and generally pro-growth. That minority stemmed from the explosive-growth 1950s, when a 15-member council voted consistently (14-to-1, with Councilwoman Mildred Corcoran opposed) for housing and business/industrial expansion. The council met every other week. In 1961, Robert Debs, known for his fiery opposition to traffic and growth, was elected, supplanting Corcoran’s lone vote. He was followed in 1963 by Comstock and Phil Flint, and in 1965 by Enid Pearson, Byron Sher and Ed Worthington. They began calling themselves residentialists and caucused regularly on Sunday afternoons to discuss how to resist upcoming growthrelated items. One strategem was to attempt to slow down council meetings and prevent the merger of future agendas, which required a two-thirds vote. This created a fictitious situation in which the council needed to complete the agendas for prior meetings before tackling the current agenda. Thus at a real-time meeting in June or even July the council might be “officially” meeting in May. There was name-calling, such as “kooks,” by some establishment council members and supporters. The establishment members in turn disliked being called “establishment” and tried an alternative, “balanced community,” with mixed success. Here’s one sample of the times: Councilwoman Frances Dias was elected by the council to be the first woman mayor of Palo Alto in 1966 (something of a social

and Foothill with the Arastradero bike path that bans bikes? About manure and creeks? Every other horse facility that is on leased Stanford land — Webb, Portola Farms, Portola Pastures, Portola Valley Training Center, Glen Oaks — are all on top of creeks. If Stanford’s motivations were about environmental protection and land stewardship, they would have called for concessions from all their facilities and not just singled out Page Mill. Hopefully all the Palo Altans who are up in arms about development are keeping their eyes on this one. My money is on a big build coming our way. Deb Goldeen Birch Street, Palo Alto

A monstrosity Editor, Thanks, David Lieberman, for taking note of one of the worst examples of overbuilding and underhanded planning in Palo Alto. We live across from 636 Waverley St., between Hamilton and Forest, which in October will mark three

comment itself for a city formed in 1894). She immediately vowed to bring the council up to date on its agendas. Easier said than done. Things reached a peak at a meeting Dias scheduled for Halloween night 1966. Only the seven establishment council members showed up, and waited. Then Debs entered from a side room of the council chambers, now the auditorium of the Palo Alto Art Center. He read a prepared statement that said the minority members would not attend because they needed to accompany their young children trick-or-treating. Establishment Councilman Bob Cooley responded with a shout: “Shove it, Debs!” Debs invited him to step outside, and a fist fight was averted only when City Manager George Morgan, an ex-Marine, jumped between the two men as they reached the door, too narrow for all three to get through. I always wondered who might have won that match, compact Cooley or hefty Debs. That was the local scene. Yet even in that environment, Comstock kept a light touch, such as sponsoring a kite-fly day at Foothills Park as part of his campaign for the council. Only he and establishment Councilman Ed Arnold consistently attempted to reach out toward the other side — both were excoriated by hard-liners on their own sides for doing so. The broader scene involved a move toward gun control that was supported by Comstock. A College Terrace resident told the council that if anyone came to get his guns they would get them in pieces, as bullets in the belly. That person later turned out to be one of the nine people arrested for being part of the secret terror/intimidation group that

years in the construction process. We in Waverley Plaza have lived with noise, dirt, traffic disruption and the knowledge that a hideous structure is threatening the quality of our lives. All this for what is now a massive, out-scale, fourunit, four-story condominium, 50 feet high. Mr. Lieberman correctly observes, as did many local residents during the city Architectural Review Board hearings, that 636 Waverley St. “violates every zoning and design guideline imaginable.” It has almost zero sidewalk in front of it, is visually more massive than the recent and enormous new structures on Hamilton Avenue and butts up against the properties on either side. The obvious, blockbusting plan cooked up between the developer and the board is to next approve all applications for similar monstrosities to replace the small homes and apartments adjacent to the new structure with the argument that they will be consonant with the new building, i.e. this ridiculous, brutalist behemoth. If

had bombed the Peace Center in Palo Alto, smashed the windows of Kepler’s bookstore and then-neighboring Midpeninsula Free University (MFU) on El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Fear spread. One day I received a phone call from a young man involved with the MFU. He said he had something for me. We met outside on the street, and he gave me a single-spaced multi-page letter from a Joe Dobiss, who had infiltrated the group. I was pledged to secrecy because the police had a copy. The letter detailed those in the group, with names, driver’s license numbers, addresses, kind of weapons (with serial numbers), and brief personality sketches. It turned out the Palo Alto police had interviewed the writer, deemed him unreliable and discounted the letter, a police lieutenant informed me, breaking my vow of silence. Impressed with the detail of the letter, I called the Menlo Park police chief to ask what he thought of the letter. “What letter?” he replied. It was never shared. I agreed to share it if I was kept abreast of the investigation if one ensued. I was kept informed, and group members were arrested on Valentine’s Day night 1969. I later visited one member in jail and he shared additional stories, and I became friendly with an older member who hadn’t been told of the bombing plan for Comstock’s home and had charges dropped. Through it all, Comstock maintained his beliefs and a kindly openness, an achievement in itself worthy of note these days. Q Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jaythor@well. com. He also writes periodic blogs at PaloAltoOnline.com.

their plan is carried out, you can look forward to the wholesale destruction of residential and quasiresidential Palo Alto. And if you are in doubt, please by all means drop by, look and listen and try to imagine what it’s been like to live across from this project for

the past three years. Sensible Palo Altans will take a look at 636 Waverley St. and understand why we need to elect only sensible-growth advocates to the City Council. Janice Berman Waverley Street, Palo Alto

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Fall Arts Preview

Autumn

arts almanac A guide to a few of fall’s finest art offerings Courtesy of the Palo Alto Art Center

by Karla Kane

The polymer-on-cotton-canvas work “A Figure of Our Times,” by Roy De Forest, is part of the “Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California” exhibit opening soon at the Palo Alto Art Center.

Exhibits James Kasyan

Ronald Feichtmeir and Jim Johnson star in the Dragon Theatre’s upcoming production of the classic drama “Waiting for Godot,” directed by Palo Alto Weekly contributor Jeanie Smith.

utumn is always a fruitful time for arts and entertainment on the Peninsula, with an abundance of theater openings, intriguing art exhibits, concerts, lectures and more, and this year is no exception. We’ve harvested a few choice highlights to present in our annual fall arts preview. For continuing coverage, always check PaloAltoOnline. com/arts, subscribe to our Weekend Express email (sign up at PaloAltoOnline. com/express) and peruse event listings at PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar (and maybe even submit some of your own). To paraphrase The Kinks: Yes, yes, yes, it’s our autumn almanac!

Q Louise Nevelson at Pace Palo Alto,

Sept. 29-Nov. 27, pacegallery.com

‘The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California’ You’ve likely heard some variation of “The Butterfly Effect” before: A butterfly flapping its tiny wings in, say, Palo Alto can affect the weather across the ocean. It’s a term that originates from a 1972 paper by scholar Edward Norman Lorenz, who described the impact one small insect could have on greater events as a metaphor in his explanation of chaos theory. The Palo Alto Art Center, also born in the 1970s and celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is taking inspiration from Lorenz by presenting a new exhibit, “The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California,” this autumn. The exhibit will feature works in a variety of media (including painting, photography, sculpture, video, collage, assemblage, and printmaking) drawn (no pun intended) from movements and styles including Feminism, Pattern & Design, Kinetic Art, Photorealism, Spiritualism, Protest, Light and Space, the Paper Renaissance and Color Theory, and will include artists such as Carol Summers, Elaine Badgley Arnoux, Bill Owens, Fletcher Benton and many others. An opening celebration will be held Friday, Sept. 16, 7-10 p.m. with opportunities to meet some of the artists, make some new art and purchase refreshments. Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road When: Sept. 17-Dec. 30 Cost: Free Info: Go to cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter

Other art exhibits worth a peek: Q Nick Cave at Anderson Collection, Sept. 14-

Aug. 14, 2017, anderson.stanford.edu/ Q “Object Lessons: Art & Its Histories” at Can-

tor Arts Center, Sept. 15-ongoing, museum. stanford.edu

Q “The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch,”

Palo Alto Art Center, Sept. 27-Oct. 2, greatglasspumpkinpatch.com Q “Landscapes, Seascapes & Urbanscapes” at Pacific Art League, Oct. 7-27, pacificartleague.org

On stage ‘The Life of the Party’ TheatreWorks presents the U.S. premiere of “The Life of the Party,” a celebration of the work of the Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa, starring Lippa himself, along with some big names from Broadway, including Teal Wicks and Sally Ann Triplett, and the West End’s Damian Humbley. The show (which, parents be warned, contains mature subject matter) is a lively revue featuring hit numbers from Lippa’s career, drawn from musicals such as “The Addams Family,” “Big Fish,” “The Wild Party” and “I Am Harvey Milk.” The show was a hit in London; if it moves on to the Great White Way, local theater lovers will get to boast that they saw it before the New Yorkers. Other Theatreworks offerings coming up this fall include October’s Irish romantic comedy “Outside Mullingar” (runs Oct. 5-30 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts) and “Daddy Long Legs,” a musical by the creator of TheatreWorks’ mega-hit “Emma” set in suffragette-era New England (runs Nov. 5-30 at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre). Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: “Life of the Party” runs through Sept. 18 Cost: $35-$75 Info: Go to theatreworks.org (continued on next page)

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Oct. 11, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Learn about the most recent screening guidelines for breast cancer and the latest advances in treatment. Palo Alto Center • 650-853-4873 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

Dementia Caregiver Education: Research Updates Sept. 15, 1 to 2:30 pm. The latest research updates from the Alzheimer’s Association. Sunnyvale Center • 408-730-2810 301 Old San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale

Medicare Update for San Mateo County Oct. 24, 6 to 8 p.m. Marla Seidman, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) of San Mateo County counselor, will explain what’s new in Medicare for 2016.

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the Verge: Or the Geography of Yearning,” Oct. 14-Nov. 6, dragonproductions.net From West Bay Opera: “Le Nozze di Figaro,” Oct. 14-23, westbayopera.org From The Pear Theatre: “Major Barbara,” Oct. 28-Nov. 20, thepear.org From Stanford TAPS: “Spring Awakening,” Oct. 27-Nov. 5, taps.stanford.edu From Los Altos Stage Company: “Assassins,” Sept. 1-25; “Circle Mirror Transformation,” Nov. 17-Dec. 11, losaltosstage.org From EnActe Arts: “Chaos Theory,” Cubberley Community Theater, Oct. 14-15; “Sundar Ramayana,” Nov. 11-12, enacte.org

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16-Oct. 2; “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Nov. 5-20, paplayers.org Q From Dragon Theatre: “Waiting for Godot,” Sept. 16-Oct. 2; “On

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Cuban singer Omara Portuondo of the Buena Vista Social Club will celebrate her 85th birthday with an all-star musical party at Stanford’s Bing Concert Hall on Oct. 1.

Where: Oshman Family JCC, Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto When: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 8 p.m. Cost: $55-$65 Info: Go to paloaltojcc.org

More concerts worth a listen: Q Palo Alto Philharmonic’s autumn concerts,

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First Baptist Church of Palo Alto, Sept. 10, Oct. 22 and Nov. 12, paphil.org Mariachi Festival, Angelica’s, Sept. 16-17, angelicasllc.com Shoreline Ampitheatre presents: Dolly Parton on Sept. 24; Gwen Stefani on Oct. 8; Bridge School Benefit on Oct. 22-23, shoreline.amphitheatermtnview.com Concert Across America to End Gun Violence, Backyard Coffee, Sept. 25, concertacrossamerica.org Stanford Live presents: The Complete Piano Études by Philip Glass on Sept. 29; Omara Portuondo on Oct. 1; Emel Mathlouthi on Oct. 5 and “Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined” on Nov. 4, Bing Concert Hall, live.stanford.edu New Millennium Chamber Orchestra, Lucie Stern Community Center Ballroom, Oct. 2, nmchamberorchestra.org Kathy Kallick Band/RBA 25th anniversary concert, Mountain View Masonic Lodge, Oct. 22, rba.org

Lectures, films, dance & more Dolly Parton, one of country music’s most beloved singersongwriters, will perform at Shoreline Ampitheatre on Sept. 25.

Jessica Bennett in conversation with Rachel Thomas Interested in fighting sexism and smashing the patriarchy? Join journalist and author Jessica Bennett (creator of “Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace”) and Rachel Thomas, founder of the Palo Alto-based organization Lean In, for a discussion on tactics for battling gender discrimination in the modern-day workplace. “Feminist Fight Club,” which publishes Sept. 13, is described by its publisher, HarperCollins, as “Part manual, part manifesto,” and includes a blend of personal stories and historical research, original illustrations, “Feminist Mad Libs,” a “Negotiation Cheat Sheet” and other sexism-fighting techniques. Where: Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park When: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $10 student/$20 general/$40 includes book Info: Go to keplers.com/premier-events (continued on next page)

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Journalist Jessica Bennett, creator of “Feminist Fight Club” will discuss sexismfighting tactics with Lean In’s Rachel Thomas at Kepler’s on Sept. 13.

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guitarist Yael Naïm, who will perform in Palo Alto on Sept. 13. The trilingual (English, French and Hebrew, born to Tunisian parents) musician, who was named France’s Artist of the Year for 2016, will release her new album, “Older,” in the U.S. on Sept. 2. She may be an “older soul” now but her chamber-pop sounds are no less fresh than when Steve Jobs first catapulted her into the spotlight in 2008.

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Fall Arts Preview The Kathy Kallick band, which performs traditional West Coast bluegrass, will perform a concert celebrating the Redwood Bluegrass Associates’ 25th anniversary on Oct. 22.

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The theme of this year’s United Nations Association Film Festival is “Compass for a better world,” and will feature 57 documentaries, including “Under the Turban.”

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Events for kids

More events worth a look:

‘The Ballad of Phineas McBoof’

Q Julie Lythcott-Haims: “How to Raise an

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Adult,” Stanford in Redwood City Speakers Series, Fox Theatre, Sept. 8, redwoodcity.org “The Art of the Pas de Deux,” Western Ballet, Oct. 8, westernballet.org Book Arts Jam, Palo Alto Elks Lodge, Oct. 16, bookartsjam.org Silicon Valley African Film Festival, Community School of Music and Arts, Oct. 14-16, svaff.org Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, Oshman Family JCC (and in Saratoga), Oct. 27-Nov. 20, svjff.org United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford and Palo Alto locations, Oct. 20-30, unaff.org Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco’s 50th anniversary, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Nov. 4, theatreflamenco.org

The Palo Alto Children’s Theatre will be home to a world premiere: the theatrical production of “The Ballad of Phineas McBoof” by Doctor Noize (also known as Los Altos native and Stanford music grad Cory Cullinan), opening this November. The show will star a cast of local kids and is based on the first two Doctor Noize albums and books, (The titular Phineas McBoof, by the way, is a “rock-star monkey” who heads off on adventures with his guitar and a rowboat and meets a host of new friends, each representing a different instrument, along the way). Where: Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. When: Nov. 3-13 Cost: $12 child/$14 adult Info: Go to tinyurl.com/jlu86g7

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Sonata for Four Trombones September 10, 2016 Ricercar del Duodecimo Tuono First Baptist Church of Palo Alto Minuet and Dance, Orfeo, for Flute and Strings "Vertigo" for Harpsichord Sonata No. 5 for Cello and Harpsichord Concerto Grosso No. 1 Cantata Selections, for solo Voices, Chorus, and Orchestra

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“The Last Laugh,” a documentary about humor and the Holocaust (with commentary by comedians including Mel Brooks), will be screened as part of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.

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“Love and Darkness,” featuring Natalie Portman, will be screened as part of the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival.

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More family-friendly happenings: Q “Adventure in Space” interactive play,

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Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com.

The Palo Alto Children’s Theatre will host the world premiere of Doctor Noize’s new musical, “The Ballad of Phineas McBoof,” based on his albums and books, in November.

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eru is really making its mark on the culinary map. Three restaurants in the capital city of Lima made The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list this year, and dishes like ceviche, lomo saltado, chupe and causa are popping up at popular mainstream eateries. But when I suggest a Peruvian place for a friends’ night out, I am often met with an open-minded but blank stare, or with an enthusiastic endorsement of Mexican favorites like tamales, enchiladas and guacamole. Peruvian cuisine incorporates fresh seafood from its 1,500-mile coast, corn from its immense flatlands and an estimated 3,000 varieties of potato harvested from the highlands of the Andes. The country’s colonial immigrants introduced a wide range of flavors from Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, African, Creole, indigenous and Amazonian roots that have worked their way into what are now traditional dishes. Ceviche, for example, is derived from the indigenous Quechua word for fresh fish. Tallarin, linguine-like pasta used in numerous fish dishes, is influenced by Italian immigrants. And lomo saltado, the country’s trademark meat specialty, emerged from the wok-cooking style of Chinese settlers. For more than 20 years, Estampas Peruanas, an understated storefront restaurant on El Camino Real in Redwood City, has offered traditional home-style Peruvian cuisine in large portions: filling stews, lots of meat and potatoes, big bowls of soup and generous helpings of fish and seafood dishes. Decor is home-style, too, with larger-thanlife paintings of Andean scenes and carved folk art coupled with flat-screen TVs apparently set permanently to soccer games. The

open dining room hholds olds widely spaced tables set with maroon and white tablecloths and simple white dishware. Diners are welcomed with baskets of soft bread and complimentary samples of hominy and a piquant dipping sauce made of puréed jalapeños and feta cheese. We started one meal with an appetizer of anticuchos ($9.95), skewers of sliced beef heart marinated in a medley of vinegar, cumin and other sharp spices and seared quickly over the grill. Rich, smoky and cooked perfectly (beef heart gets tough and chewy when even slightly overcooked), the plate came with a garnish of sweet, chewy largekernel corn known as choclo. Servings are more than generous, so be ready for leftovers when you order. Aguadito de mariscos ($15.95) was a cauldron of deeply flavored fish stock loaded with seafood, potatoes and carrots, made fragrant with cilantro, chili and white wine. Picante de mariscos ($15.95) smothered a mound of mussels, shrimp, clams and calamari with a terrific creamy chili sauce. A side of innocuous white rice was the perfect foil for sopping up as much of the rich sauce as possible once all the shells were emptied. A weekday lunch special ($9.75) included a bowl of savory homemade soup brimming with chicken and vegetables, which was enough for a meal on its own. The main course was slow-cooked beef in a thick cilantro sauce served with beans, white rice and shredded onion slaw. Ceviche mixta ($14.95) seemed slightly flat in comparison: a bit skimpy for the price, overly salty and heaped with slivers of red onion in a tart citrus marinade. The dish was accompanied by a pair of thick slices of cooked white potato and sweet potato, a chunk of choclo

on the cob and crunchy corn nuts called concha, all intended to cut the tart bite of the ceviche. Though the seafood was fresh and the plate visually attractive, the ceviche lacked complexity and subtlety. Desserts include traditional South American treats like flan, alfajores (dulce de leche sandwiched between sugared shortbread cookies) and picarones (sweet potato donuts). Beverages range from a bare-bones beer and wine list to fruit juices, sodas and Peruvian favorites like Inka Cola and chicha morada, a sweet drink made of spiced purple corn. Service is friendly but perfunctory. While questions about menu items were answered patiently, plates were not timed properly and empty water glasses remained unfilled. For a hearty, home-style taste of Peru, Estampas Peruanas is the real deal. Food and drinks are authentic, prices are reasonable and servings are substantial. But somehow I left feeling like the dishes could be zippier and that the restaurant could show a bit more passion. Q Freelance writer Ruth Schechter can be emailed at ruths315@sbcglobal.net. Estampas Peruanas, 715 El Camino Real, Redwood City; 650-368-9340; estampasperuanas.net Hours: Daily, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Breakfast, Saturday-Sunday, 9-11:30 a.m.

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The following is a sampling of movies recently reviewed in the Weekly: War Dogs 000 Todd Phillips’ tragicomedy “War Dogs” — based on the true story of young arms dealers gaming the Pentagon — captures something of runaway modern greed, played out as a bro movie from bro stars and a bro filmmaker that’s

equal parts comical and infuriating. Miles Teller stars as 22-year-old David Packouz who reconnects with his old friend from yeshiva school, Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), a power-mad, coke-snorting, Scarfaceworshipping international arms dealer who offers Packouz a position in Diveroli’s outfit AEY. A small-business initiative fashioned by the Bush administration

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. Dungeons & Dragons: PAX West (Not Rated) Century 16: Sun. 6 p.m. Century 20: Sun. 6 p.m. Bad Moms (R) Century 16: 9:05 & 11:40 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:55, 7:30 & 10:05 p.m. Ben-Hur (PG-13) Century 16: 10:20 a.m. Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 3:05 p.m. Sun. 2:35 p.m. Cafe Society (PG-13) Palo Alto Square: 1:55, 4:45 & 7:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 10 p.m. Destry Rides Again (1939) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 4:10 & 7:30 p.m. Don’t Breathe (R) ++ Century 16: 9, 10:05 & 11:20 a.m., 12:30, 1:50, 2:55, 4:10, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 5:25, 6:35 & 9:05 p.m. Sun. 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:20, 3:35, 6, 8:20 & 10:45 p.m. Don’t Think Twice (R) +++ Guild Theatre: 2:30, 4:45, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Finding Dory (PG) +++ Century 20: In X-D at 11:20 a.m., 1:55 & 4:35 p.m. Florence Foster Jenkins (PG-13) +++ Century 20: noon, 2:45, 6:15 & 9 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1:35, 4:15 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. 9:45 p.m. Ghostbusters (PG-13) Century 20: 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. Hands of Stone (R) ++ Century 16: 1:15, 4, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 6:55 & 9:45 p.m. Sun. 10:05 p.m. Hell or High Water (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 3, 5:25, 7:45 & 10:05 p.m. Century 16: 9 & 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. High Noon (1952) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. 5:45 & 9:05 p.m. Indignation (R) Aquarius Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:25 p.m. Jason Bourne (PG-13) + Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 1:25, 4:20, 7:15 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:30 p.m. Kubo and the Two Strings (PG) Century 16: 9:10, 10:25 & 11:45 a.m., 1, 2:20, 3:45, 4:55, 6:20, 7:30, 9 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:15, 7 & 9:40 p.m. The Light Between Oceans (PG-13) Century 16: 9:55 a.m., 1:05, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 12:45, 3:55, 7:05 & 10:15 p.m. Mechanic: Resurrection (R) Century 16: 9:20 & 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 5, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:35 p.m. Morgan (R) Century 16: 9:35 a.m., 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3, 5:30, 8:15 & 10:40 p.m. Nerve (PG-13) + Century 20: Fri. & Sat. 12:15, 6:40 & 9:15 p.m. Sun. 12:05 & 10:40 p.m. The NeverEnding Story (PG) Century 20: Sun. 2 & 7 p.m. Nine Lives (PG) Century 20: 11:15 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 1:30 & 3:50 p.m. Sun. 4:45 p.m. No manches Frida (PG-13) Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. Pete’s Dragon (PG) Century 16: 9:15 & 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:20, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:35, 4:05, 6:50 & 9:25 p.m. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 5:35 & 9:45 p.m. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R) Guild Theatre: Sat. 11:55 p.m. Romeo and Juliet (1968) (PG) Stanford Theatre: Fri. 7:30 p.m. Sausage Party (R) Century 16: 10 a.m., 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 8 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05 & 10:25 p.m. The Secret Life of Pets (PG) Century 16: 10:10 a.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:15 & 9:50 p.m. Southside with You (PG-13) Century 16: 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:10 & 10:25 p.m. Star Trek Beyond (PG-13) ++ Century 20: 12:25 & 3:20 p.m. In X-D at 7:20 & 10:20 p.m. Suicide Squad (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:40 p.m. War Dogs (R) ++ Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:10, 4:15, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m., 2:15, 5:10, 8 & 10:45 p.m.

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (327-3241) 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

Hell or High Water 000 Old-school bank robbery meets the new economy — and the New West — in Taylor Sheridan’s “Hell or High Water,” a lean tale of cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, and customers and bankers. In West Texas, two brothers begin knocking off branches of the Texas Midlands Bank with unnervingly reckless abandon. Younger brother Toby Howard (Chris Pine) is the grim mastermind, while his volatile older brother Tanner Howard (Ben Foster) has the enthusiasm for violence to ensure the plan keeps moving forward. On their trail are two Texas Rangers: Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges), a canny old lawman due for mandatory retirement, and his testy partner Alberto Parker (Gil Birmingham). Rated R for some strong violence, language throughout and brief sexuality. One hour, 42 minutes. —P.C. (Reviewed Aug.17, 2016)

Don’t Breathe 00 “Don’t Breathe” is a high-tension thriller that crosses over into a grind-house flick full of revolting horror. The film takes place in our modern ghost city of Detroit, Michigan. There, a young trio of thieves — Alex (Dylan Minnette), Rocky (Jane Levy) and Money (Daniel Zovatto) — knocks off homes for pricy items to fence. They decide to go for one big score: the home of a blind Gulf War army veteran, where they believe he has squirreled away $300,000. “The Blind Man” (Stephen Lang of “Avatar”) is sightless but hardly disabled. Director Fede Alvarez masterfully sustains tension in thriller mode, partly by shooting slick Steadicam moves and showing restraint in cutting (Alvarez seems to have taken a lesson or two from David Fincher’s similarly themed “Panic Room”). Unfortunately, once “Don’t Breathe” detonates, its big twist subtlety goes out the window, the spell is broken, and the film’s implausibilities begin to be more distracting. The movie quickly turns disgusting for those with a low tolerance for tasteless shocks. Rated R for terror, violence, disturbing content, and language including sexual references. One hour, 28 minutes. —P.C. (Reviewed Aug.23, 2016)

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Avenidas Walkers 10am â&#x20AC;&#x201C; every Thursday. Call 650-575-6291 for trailhead info or to schedule. Free.

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Book Club: The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

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VTA Information Session learn about proposed cuts affecting seniors, 2:30-3:30pm @ Avenidas.

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Flu Shots 9:30am-12:30pm @ Senior Friendship Day, 4000 MiddleďŹ eld Road. Drop-in. Bring your MediCare card. Sponsored by Walgreenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

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Senior Legal Aid appts available for Santa Clara County residents age 60+. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. Free.

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Try it! Collage Art-Making class 9:30am-12pm @ Avenidas. No pre-requisites. Call 650-289-5400 for more info. Free.

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Blood Pressure Screening 9:30-10:30am @ Senior Friendship Day, 4000 MiddleďŹ eld Road. Drop-in, free.

Mindfulness Meditation every Wednesday, 2:30-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free.

Sept 29

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FALL BOUQUETS ... If you’re ready to move on to fall, start with taking a 2-hour class at Gamble Garden on creating fall bouquets using seasonal blooms and foliage. The hands-on workshop will include techniques for flower-arranging, including the mechanics of a stable arrangement, proper conditioning of materials for longevity, and combinations of flowers, foliage and branches. You will take home your own arrangement. Materials are included in the fee. The class, limited to 12 people, will be held Friday, Sept. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at 1431 Waverley St. in Palo Alto. The cost is $50 for members, $60 for non-members. For more information go to www. gamblegarden.org or call (650) 329-1356 ext. 201. Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email elorenz@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

Consider making a place to stroll, a resting place and a place for doing something like having tea or a picnic. Make these work together and include the views, fragrances and the feeling of each as it is experienced.

How does a garden grow? Imagining and actually planting can be rewarding, but not “for wimps” by Jack McKinnon

officiate at weddings sometimes, and to attend such a celebration is truly an honor. The arrangements and diversity of flowers on display at a wedding is beyond compare. Weddings are the ultimate celebration of love in the form of flowers. Unfortunately, most wedding flowers are grown commercially and harvested, treated and refrigerated for freshness to be sold to the floral industry. Yet, I’ve also officiated and attended weddings that took place in beautiful gardens, and the flowers were spectacular and still on their plants. These gardens are the example that we all can aspire to: A garden that has healthy plants, a wide variety, where there is a show of beautiful flowers and foliage all year round. This kind of garden creates an oasis for our lives that we can retreat to for rejuvenation. The main thing about planting flowers is planning. If you need help, hire a designer, an architect or someone who knows landscape design and your personality. If you don’t know anything at all about horticulture, shop

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Veronica Weber

ARE THINGS COOLING OFF? ... According to Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a total of 122 luxury properties changed hands in Silicon Valley in July, down 6.9 percent from the 131 sales in July 2015. July’s luxury home sales total was also off from June, when it stood at 158 units, although some of the decline was normal seasonal adjustments. The median sale price of a luxury property in July edged up 1.6 percent from the same month last year to $2,534,875. Last month’s median sale price was off slightly from June 2016, when it stood at $2,597,500. Some key findings from this month’s Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage luxury report: The most expensive sale in Silicon Valley in July 2016 was a four-bedroom, six-bath 5,600-square-foot home in Los Altos that sold for $5.91 million; Los Altos boasted the most luxury sales, with 31, followed by Palo Alto with 26. Homes sold in an average of 33.3 days on the market, up from 28.5 days a year ago. Sellers received an average of 101 percent of their asking price, down from 106 percent last year and 103 percent the previous month.

Veronica Weber

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A garden that has healthy plants and a show of beautiful flowers and foliage all year round is the kind of garden that we can retreat to for rejuvenation. for those who do. Read all you can about where you live and what kind of a garden will do well there. Different climates, soils, sun and shade situations and budgets all have an influence on what and how you can grow a garden. It doesn’t take a lot of money to have a great garden. It does take knowledge. An abundance of healthy flowers come from many and healthy plants. Great gardens are built on great foundations with good soil mixes (sometimes several different soil mixes are required for different plants) and good care both in construction and maintenance. Having a color scheme is really important. Simply splashing colorful flowering plants all over the place usually doesn’t work as well as a well-thought-out color scheme. Consider making a place to stroll, a resting place and a place for doing something like having tea or a picnic. Make these work together and include the views, fragrances and the feeling of each as it is experienced. When I was working in the Sunset Magazine gardens, we had a putting green. Though hardly ever used, when we did have a minitournament or an event on that green, the surrounding garden plantings made every place one could stand a photo opportunity.

Growing flowers to pick and bring in the house is a benefit good gardeners often use. It carries the outdoors in, and like being at a wedding, shares the beauty and love that lives in the house. Caring for a flowering garden is not for wimps. It does take work and often being outdoors on your hands and knees. That’s why I have pants with built-in knee pads. Good gloves, a hat and mosquito repellent are a big help. If one is not doing one’s own gardening but managing contractors, it is important to at least know all your plants. If you know a plant by name (I recommend knowing the Latin name, Genus and species), you will know better how to grow it. If there is a problem with health, pests or fertilizer, it is easily looked up. Managing a garden requires diagnosing problems and sometimes ordering plants removed and/or replaced. These are executive decisions and sometimes difficult to make but need to be done to maintain the overall quality of a garden. Finding time to work in the garden is important not only for the plants but for us. It is easier to do basic chores upfront than put them off until the tasks become too big. (continued on page 31)

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Getting good gardening tools and gloves and spending a few minutes a day weeding or pruning will make your flower garden thrive. Gardening does take work and often being outdoors on your hands and knees.

Gardening Keeping paths clear and the flowers deadheaded (removing spent flowers) is an ongoing and not too difficult job. I spend my time making a living in gardens. I visit them, tour them, work in them, teach in them and generally think about gardens a large portion of my time. Finding time for my own garden becomes a challenge because I need non-gardening time, too. What I do is garden as I pass through my outdoor space. For example, one day recently, I mixed up a wheelbarrow full of soil mix, adding compost and sifting out roots, leaves and clods. I took three days to do this one task in passing. I would spend 5 minutes one day, walk on by to get to the car and go on about my day. The next day, I would do the same, and the third day, I potted up the new

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Having a color scheme is really important for a flower garden. Simply splashing colorful flowering plants all over the place usually doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work as well as a well-thought-out color scheme. soil and then the task was done. Had I tried to put together 15 minutes in one afternoon to do the job, it would still be waiting for me to do it. Q Jack McKinnon is a garden coach and worked at the Sunset Magazine Gardens for 12 years. He can be reached at 650-455-0687, by email at Jack@ jackthegardencoach.com or visit his website jackthegardencoach.com

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1721 Askam Lane, Los Altos Offered at $2,988,000 Beautifully Appointed on Quiet Cul-De-Sac Elegant features like layered crown molding and stone floors accent this 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom home of 2,658 sq. ft. (per county) rebuilt in 2011 and standing on a creek-side property of 10,010 sq. ft. (per county). Grand, open rooms are spaciously sized for gatherings, and highlights include the sophisticated island kitchen and the lavish master suite. Stroll to Grant Park, Woodland Branch Library, and shops and cafes, and easily bike to exceptional Cupertino Union schools (buyer to verify eligibility).

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35 Martin Lane, Woodside By appointment only • Cul-de-sac street just one-half mile to the Woodside Village • Chic designer home with beautiful outdoor venues • 4 bedrooms and 2.5 baths on one level • Approximately 2,300 square feet • Walnut ﬂoors and custom interior shutters • Stunning chef’s kitchen • Luxurious master suite with private spa patio • Over one-third acre (approximately 13,920 square feet) • Woodside School (buyer to conﬁrm)

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PALO ALTO WEEKLY OPEN HOMES EXPLORE OUR MAPS, HOMES FOR SALE, OPEN HOMES, VIRTUAL TOURS, PHOTOS, PRIOR SALE INFO, NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDES ON www.PaloAltoOnline.com/real_estate UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL TIMES ARE 1:30-4:30 PM 6 Bedrooms

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1730 Holly Av Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

4 Bedrooms 1721 Askam Ln Sat Deleon Realty

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Your Realtor & You Silicon Valley REALTORS® Support Veterans Seeking Higher Education Karen Trolan, SILVAR 2016 president, also thanked members for their generosity. “Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country. We are thrilled to be able to make a difference in these veterans’ lives through their schooling,” said Trolan. “The money they receive from the GI Bill is only good for three years of school and not enough to afford a four-year college education. Cost of tuition, books and other supplies are high and these scholarships help our veterans get started with a good education.” At each separate event, officials representing both schools thanked the REALTORS® for their generous donations. West Valley College President Bradley Davis thanked REALTORS® at SILVAR’s Los Gatos/Saratoga District tour meeting. Representing Palo Alto University at SILVAR’s Palo Alto District August tour meeting were Dr. Maureen O’Connor, president of Palo Alto University; Elizabeth Shaughnessy, director of Advancement; Derrick Felton, Board of Trustees and counselor, Veteran Affairs; Teresa Lee, executive assistant to the Provost & Director, Military/Veteran Student Services; and Jo Harvey, Advancement associate. *** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

726 Jackpine Ct Sun Deleon Realty 1082 Baker Ct Sun Sereno Group

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35 Echo Ln $2,499,000 Sun 1-4 Intero Real Estate Services 543-7740

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Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation President Eileen Giorgi thanked members for their generosity and the respective educational institutions for assisting the country’s veterans. “Thank you for your commitment to help our veterans achieve their goals. The SILVAR Veterans Scholarship Fund is our way of supporting our veterans, to thank them for their brave and invaluable service to our country, and to help them be successful,” said Giorgi.

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The SILVAR Veterans Scholarship Fund is designed to support eligible U.S. veterans residing in SILVAR’s traditional service area who wish to further their education. Funds for the scholarship fund were raised at SILVAR’s 2015 “REALTORS® Honor Veterans” event from donations made by members and friends of the association, including a generous grant from the Pacific Gas & Electric Company.

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Silicon Valley REALTORS® Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS® (SILVAR), recently presented two area education institutions financial support for U.S. veterans seeking higher education. The REALTORS® presented Palo Alto University and West Valley College each with a check for $10,000 to provide assistance to U.S. veterans through the SILVAR Veterans Scholarship Fund.

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$1,850,000 323-1900

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement COUNTRY INN MOTEL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 620126 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Country Inn Motel, located at 4345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: A Corporation. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CESANO INC. 2310 Webster St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1954. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 4, 2016. (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 620125 The following person(s)/ registran(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s). The information

given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): C & G Partners 4345 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 08/29/2013 UNDER FILE NO. 582291 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): LAURIE GRETZ-TINKER 261 Galli Drive Los Altos, CA 94022 LINDA MAHER 5 Carriage Court Los Altos, CA 94022 JULIE MACEY 184 Merritt Road Los Altos, CA 94022 JAMES GRETZ 1145 Parkington Sunnyvale, CA 94087 BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY A General Partnership. This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 4, 2016. (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) DREAMCATCHER STUDIOS DREAMCATCHER STUDIO RENTALS KATWALKKATT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 619556 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Dreamcatcher Sudios, 2.) Dreamcatcher Studio Rentals, 3.) Katwalkkatt, located at 4136 Payne Ave., San Jose, CA 95117, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KATRINA EDEN 4136 Payne Ave. San Jose, CA 95117 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 July 18, 2016. (PAW Aug. 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 2016) XLB FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 620485 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: XLB, located at 10235 S. De Anza Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014-3007, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): YANG GUO 10272 Terry Way Apt. 1 Cupertino, CA 95014 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 August 15, 2016. (PAW Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9, 2016) CAT CAT’S NOM NOM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 620352 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Cat Cat’s Nom Nom, located at Iris

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Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: An Individual. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CATHERINE WONG 971 Iris Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8/3/16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 10, 2016. (PAW Aug. 26, Sept. 2, 9, 16, 2016) THE CHOCLO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 620072 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: The Choclo, located at 444 Grant Ave., No. D, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. This business is owned by: Married Couple. The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): MARTHA P. RENGIFO 444 Grant Ave. No. D Palo Alto, CA 94306 RODRIGO RENGIFO 444 Grant Ave. No. D Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 8-3-16. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 3, 2016. (PAW Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2016)

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