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SALES AT A GLANCE East Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Total sales reported: 3 Lowest sales price: $235,000 Highest sales price: $360,000
Total sales reported: 8 Lowest sales price: $500,000 Highest sales price: $2,430,000
Los Altos
Portola Valley
Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $1,278,000 Highest sales price: $2,550,000
Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $1,600,000 Highest sales price: $1,600,000
Menlo Park
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $340,000 Highest sales price: $1,700,000
Total sales reported: 21 Lowest sales price: $207,000 Highest sales price: $965,000
Mountain View
Source: California REsource
Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $238,000 Highest sales price: $1,230,000
HOME SALES Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder’s Office. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.
East Palo Alto 112 Aster Way Gray Trust to H. Zheng for $265,000 on 9/1/11 2210 Cooley Ave. Rosenbledg Trust to S. & N. Helmer for $235,000 on 8/31/11; previous sale 3/99, $205,000 2290 Pulgas Ave. R. Salas to J. Chen for $360,000 on 8/30/11; previous sale 4/03, $518,000
Los Altos 171 N. Avalon Drive Kramer Trust to D. & Y. Chen for $2,550,000 on 9/19/11; previous sale 3/04, $1,386,000 1400 Fairway Drive S. & P. Reddy to P. & N. Simpson for $2,350,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 6/97, $970,000 235 Lyell St. D. & M. Foster to E. Allanic for $1,862,500 on 9/16/11; previous sale 12/09, $1,250,000 1285 Montclaire Way Curran Trust to V. & R. Agrawal for $1,455,000 on 9/16/11 345 N. San Antonio Road Koch Trust to N. Sampath for $1,278,000 on 9/16/11; previous sale 5/79, $175,000
Menlo Park 1140 Bieber Ave. B. Turner to S & J Rental Properties for $340,000 on 9/2/11; previous sale 3/04, $468,000 1071 Fremont St. Rosenberg Trust to D. Smith for $1,700,000 on 8/31/11 25 Homer Lane C. Cordero to Homer Lane Limited for $1,287,000 on 8/30/11 253 Marmona Drive A. Flores to M. Buro for $860,000 on 8/30/11; previous sale 4/01, $710,000 639 Marsh Road Wells Fargo Bank to C. & S. Herrick for $490,000
on 8/30/11; previous sale 11/05, $825,000
Mountain View 2539 Alvin St. S. & K. Chow to K. Purcell for $740,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 2/02, $518,500 1126 Blue Lake Square A. & D. Field to Y. Kao for $1,230,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 10/03, $825,000 182 Campbell Drive D. Louie to T. & L. Tillman for $650,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 4/06, $616,000 255 S. Rengstorff Ave. #113 M. Garces to J. Lei for $238,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 7/00, $222,000
Palo Alto 270 Campesino Ave. Hays Trust to S. & N. Sharma for $1,160,000 on 9/20/11 2330 Carmel Drive K. Khodi to A. Awadallah for $2,430,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 8/10, $1,048,000 515 Channing Ave. M. Danielson to M. Lee for $875,000 on 9/14/11; previous sale 8/05, $755,000 919 Oregon Ave. E. Vogel to D. & H. Lee for $1,085,000 on 9/20/11; previous sale 8/99, $610,000 612 Palo Alto Ave. Levett Trust to M. Hamilton for $610,000 on 9/20/11 777 San Antonio Road #102 Kimura Trust to S. Liu for $600,000 on 9/16/11; previous sale 8/05, $608,000 777 San Antonio Road #137 C. & C. Halbach to V. Manpuria for $500,000 on 9/15/11 4073 Wilkie Way C. Hopkins to Z. Weng for $877,500 on 9/19/11
Portola Valley 205 Cervantes Road J. MacKay to Miller Trust for $1,600,000 on 8/30/11; previous sale 7/73, $89,000
Trust to R. Duggal for $555,000 on 9/2/11; previous sale 8/99, $355,000 1165 Cedarwood Way Irons Trust to T. & A. Anderson for $750,000 on 8/31/11; previous sale 11/85, $232,000 120 Duggan Road Newton Trust to L. Wilcox for $880,000 on 9/8/11 4012 Farm Hill Blvd. #302 Ogren Trust to C. Walsh for $295,000 on 9/1/11; previous sale 12/06, $435,000 101 Hartstene Drive KB Home to P. Tung for $853,000 on 8/31/11 50 Horgan Ave. #36 Burns Trust to M. & K. Perino for $499,000 on 8/31/11 230 Isleford Lane J. Anh to J. & J. Peacock for $930,000 on 8/31/11; previous sale 10/01, $730,000 1684 Kentfield Ave. A. Gil to M. Dai for $470,000 on 9/2/11; previous sale 4/06, $825,000 2763 Marlborough Ave. Feiler Trust to Calmetro Service for $207,000 on 9/8/11 6 Meadow Lane Parker Trust to Gonzalez Trust for $311,000 on 9/8/11 2762 Ohio Ave. R. Pyne to D. Zhao for $560,000 on 9/2/11 218 Puget Lane I. & K. Yamada to X. Qiao for $815,000 on 8/31/11 1690 Stockbridge Ave. Lee Trust to E. & A. Phillips for $950,000 on 8/30/11 1 Sycamore Court Sborov Trust to J. & N. Shamieh for $770,000 on 9/8/11 702 Warren St. Wells Fargo Bank to Bamboo Consulting for $290,000 on 8/31/11 135 Westgate St. Hemenway Trust to L. Tong for $750,000 on 9/2/11; previous sale 11/98, $470,000 1261 Westwood St. A. Ceron to C. Chen for $630,000 on 8/31/11; previous sale 11/05, $825,000
FORECLOSURES
Redwood City 254 1st Ave. Citimortgage to L. Farias for $339,000 on 8/31/11 911 5th Ave. US Bank to S. & A. Jimenez for $440,500 on 9/8/11; previous sale 1/83, $115,000 572 Anchor Circle J. Wang to J. & S. Lang for $965,000 on 8/31/11; previous sale 5/02, $690,000 500 Baltic Circle #504 E. & J. Fisher to H. Sponholz for $545,000 on 9/6/11; previous sale 8/10, $548,000 22 Cape Hatteras Court Fowler
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Food waste and its environmental impact by Iris s someone always wanting to know where my next meal is coming from, I have felt an inner need to not waste food by my own careless consumption at stores or restaurants. I have become the unchallenged “Leftover Queen” in my family. I learned this habit from my World War II father, who also felt that leftovers were a valuable resource to be managed wisely. I always feel the tension between having a fully stocked refrigerator with planned meals for the week versus failing to consume the already purchased, perishable products sitting in the refrigerator. When there is no milk, I feel edgy. When there are too many leftovers just before we get ready to take a trip, I feel my vigilance went out the window and I failed to do my duty as the “Leftover Queen.” Wasting resources somehow feels like a moral problem to me and a lack of gratitude for the wealth of the land we live in. I try not to be obsessive, but I do try to be mindful. The added challenge is to not eat more calories than I need, so I don’t create other life-threatening health issues such as high blood pressure, excess weight, cardiovascular disease etc. (and of course I don’t want the potential “waste” to go to my waist.) Food planning is almost a lost art among many of my friends, who seem happy to play it by ear and just stop at the nearest deli or restaurant on their way home. Perhaps because I am an official “Weight Watcher,” I know that portion control along with balanced meals are harder to manage when I don’t eat food prepared in my own kitchen. And food grazing does begin to happen about an hour or so before dinner. Better to have a bowl of fruit readily available than to have a knee-jerk reaction and stop for a dozen donuts on the way home to satisfy a sweet tooth that suddenly emerges from nowhere just before dinner preparations start. From a “green” perspective, when food is wasted, the food that did not get consumed is only a small part of the actual wasted resources. The embodied energy content of wasted food may be a more important environmental index than the wasted food
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Harrell itself. Labor was wasted to grow the food. Water was wasted to grow the food. Fossil fuel was wasted to process, package and transport the food. CO2 and methane emissions from decomposing food impacts global climate change. Seven percent of American greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were attributed to American agriculture before calculating the energy used to process, package and transport the food. Recent studies reveal that comparing U.S. food supply versus U.S. food consumption, our food wasted has increased progressively by 50 percent since 1974. Twenty-five percent of total fresh water consumption is consumed by our national food waste. Three hundred million barrels of oil per year are wasted due to U.S. food waste. Ironically there are global food shortages with famines in Africa and elsewhere, so the assumption is we need to increase worldwide agricultural production. There has been little discussion on food waste and food conservation. Since 1974, the progressive increase in the U.S. food supply per capita has paralleled an increase in Americans’ body weight, leading to an obesity epidemic. Besides the abundance of food available to us, there is an increased “push effect” of food marketing on TV and other social media. If I see a commercial for a juicy Burger King hamburger, I am more apt to want one in the next day or so, if not in the next hour. Besides being plentiful in America, food is relatively inexpensive. Perhaps we value food less because of that. Jonathan Bloom has written a book called “American Wasteland,” which talks about our wasting food from farm to fork. One study in his book shows that 33 percent of our country’s oils, fats, grains and dairy products end up in the garbage — a statistic that is both alarming and sad when one thinks of the famine crisis in several countries throughout the world. My advice to myself this week is that I promise not to order more French fries than I can patriotically feel good about eating. And, I really don’t need the calories or the guilt! N Iris Harrell is CEO and president of Harrell Remodeling, Inc. in Mountain View (www.harrell-remodeling.com). She can be reached at 650-230-2900 or irish@ harrell-remodeling.com.
tion, $750,000 1600 Bryant St. M. Feinstein, addition of family room and remodel kitchen and master bath, $150,000 180 El Camino Real McDonald’s USA, interior non-structural demolition, $n/a 180 El Camino Real #37 Stanford Management Co., tenant improvements for LaBelle Day Spas, $65,000 180 El Camino Real #400 Neiman-Marcus, interior soft demolition, $20,000 2086 Williams St. B. Tsao, add gas line, $n/a 849 Northampton, new singlefamily home with garage, $625,000 465 San Antonio Road T. Fang, add master suite and enlarge existing master, living room and one bedroom, $185,000 211 Quarry Road Stanford Hospital and Clinics, interior non-structural demolition, $n/a 2775 Middlefield Road T. Foy, commercial tenant improvements, $90,000 180 El Camino Real #150 Kiehl’s, tenant improvement, $120,000 3000 Hanover St. HP/Stanford,
parking lot, retaining wall and lighting, $2,500,000 2361 Bryant St. L. Lee, secondstory addition, $110,000 223 Margarita Ave. S. Niksa, residential addition and remodel, $96,212 3120 Hansen Way Varian Medical Systems, building temporary break room, $195,000 740 Addison Ave. A. Comsa, new detached garage, $11,000; new house, $525,000 423 Oxford Ave. M. Goranova, addition and remodel, $18,000 620 Loma Verde Ave. E. Chan, bedroom addition and garage modification, $70,000; garage addition/remodel, $20,000 180 El Camino Real #359 Stanford, interior non-structural (minor) tenant improvements/remodel, $40,000 901 California Ave. Merck, upgrades to emergency generator and electrical system, $375,000 1451 Greenwood Ave. M. Wahab, window and sliding door replacements, $7,125 785 Northampton Drive C. Wang,
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