Palo Alto Weekly 02.08.2013 - Section 1 by Palo Alto Weekly

Vol. XXXIV, Number 19 N February 8, 2013

Feds: District violated student’s civil rights Page 3

It’s not too late to protect yourself PAGE 20

Spectrum 12

Transitions 14

Eating Out 28

Shop Talk 29

Movies 30

Puzzles 54

N Arts Stegner lectures focus on the land

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N Sports Paly girls’ soccer goes worst to ﬁrst Page 32 N Home Big Brother or self-protection?

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Upfront

,OCAL NEWS INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS

Feds: School district violated student’s civil rights 2EPORT CITES LACK OF PROCEDURES TRAINING AND IGNORANCE OF LAW IN BULLYING CASE by Chris Kenrick HE 0ALO !LTO 5NIFIED 3CHOOL DISTRICT S MISHANDLING OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT S LONG STRUGGLE AGAINST BULLYING VIOLATED FEDERAL ANTI DISCRIMINATION LAWS AND REQUIRES REMEDIAL ACTIONS A GOVERN MENT INVESTIGATION HAS CONCLUDED &AILURE TO CONTROL THE BULLYING WHICH WAS RELATED TO THE STUDENT S DISABILITY CREATED A hHOSTILE EN VIRONMENT v RISING ABOVE A SOCIAL OR DISCIPLINE PROBLEM TO BECOME A

CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE INVESTIGATORS FROM THE 5 3 $EPARTMENT OF %DUCATION S /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS CONCLUDED !VOIDING POSSIBLE LEGAL ENFORCE MENT ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT 3U PERINTENDENT +EVIN 3KELLY ENTERED INTO A hRESOLUTION AGREEMENTv IN $E CEMBER THAT ADMITTED NO VIOLATIONS OF LAW BUT PLEDGED TO UNDERTAKE TRAININGS ADOPT NEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MODIFY HANDBOOKS AND COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS PARENTS

AND STAFF BETWEEN NOW AND *UNE AS SPECIFIED IN DETAIL BY THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS h7E WANT TO DO THE BEST JOB WE CAN WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THE /F FICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS HAS GIVEN US SOME SUGGESTIONS AROUND THAT AND THESE ARE THINGS WE LL DO v 3KELLY SAID THIS WEEK h4HERE ARE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS WE NEED TO HAVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARENTS AND AD MINISTRATIVE TRAINING THAT WE LL DO v )N A WRITTEN STATEMENT THE STU DENT S FAMILY SAID h7E ARE VERY THANKFUL THAT THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS AGREED TO INVESTIGATE THE

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com The Office for Civil Rights report on the bullying case, and the resolution agreement signed by Palo Alto school district Superintendent Kevin Skelly, have been posted on www.PaloAltoOnline.com/pivot/?CivilRightsReport and www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ pivot/?CivilRightsAgreement.

CASE v WHICH FOLLOWED A COMPLAINT MADE BY THE STUDENT S FAMILY h7E HAD SO MANY MIXED FEELINGS WHEN WE READ THE REPORT HAPPINESS BECAUSE THE TRUTH CAME OUT SADNESS FRUSTRATION AND PAIN BECAUSE IT WAS

LIKE LIVING THE EXPERIENCE AGAIN h4HE REASON FOR MAKING THIS PUB LIC IS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE MANY MORE STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THE SAME THING BUT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ASK FOR HELP OR IF THEY DO THEY MIGHT NOT BE LISTENED TO 4HESE CHILDREN WILL ALSO GET BENEFIT FROM THE RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION AND AGREEMENT v 4HE BULLIED STUDENT WAS IN SPE CIAL EDUCATION WITH A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT THAT AFFECTED THE STUDENT S SOCIAL SKILLS AND ABILITY TO INTERPRET SOCIAL CUES ACCORDING TO (continued on page 8)

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Public benefit: Police HQ enough? 0LANNING COMMISSIONERS ASK DEVELOPER *AY 0AUL TO REVISE ITS PACKAGE OF @BENEFITS FOR 0AGE -ILL 2OAD PROPOSAL by Gennady Sheyner N AMBITIOUS PROPOSAL TO BUILD A DENSE OFFICE COMPLEX NEXT TO THE !/, BUILDING ON 0AGE -ILL 2OAD IN 0ALO !LTO RECEIVED A COOL RECEPTION 7EDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE 0LANNING AND 4RANSPORTA TION #OMMISSION WHICH DIRECTED THE DEVELOPER TO COME BACK WITH A STRON GER PACKAGE OF PUBLIC BENEFITS )F APPROVED BY THE #ITY #OUNCIL THE NEW OFFICE BUILDINGS PROPOSED BY 3AN &RANCISCO BASED *AY 0AUL #OMPANY WOULD OCCUPY A SITE THAT UNDER EXISTING ZONING REGULATIONS IS ALREADY AT ITS LIMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT DENSITY 4O ENABLE THE PROJECT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO REZONE THE SITE TO hPLANNED COMMUNITY v A DESIGNA TION THAT ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO EXCEED REGULATIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR hPUBLIC BENEFITS v WHICH ARE TYPICALLY NEGO TIATED BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE DEVELOPER OVER A SERIES OF MEETINGS 4HE BIGGEST PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THIS PROPOSAL WOULD BE A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING A PRIZE THAT HAS LONG ELUDED 0ALO !LTO OFFICIALS #ITY OFFI CIALS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING IN RECENT YEARS TO FIND A SUITABLE SITE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND A WAY TO PAY FOR THE STRUCTURE WHICH IS EXPECT ED TO COST AROUND MILLION 4HE EXISTING POLICE HEADQUARTERS HOUSED IN THE #ITY (ALL BUILDING HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE TOO SMALL AND SEISMICALLY UNSAFE FOR THE 0OLICE $EPARTMENT BY VARIOUS CITY OFFICIALS CONSULTANTS AND CITIZEN COMMISSIONS 4HE )NFRASTRUC TURE "LUE 2IBBON #OMMISSION WHICH IN REVIEWED THE CITY S INFRASTRUC TURE NEEDS CALLED THE EXISTING POLICE BUILDING hUNSAFE AND VULNERABLEv AND URGED THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A NEW PUB LIC SAFETY BUILDING A HIGH PRIORITY 4HE *AY 0AUL PLAN WOULD BUILD

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Fine-tuning their form 9OUNG BALLET STUDENTS .ATALIE -URAI LEFT 4EAGAN 4OOMRE +ENDALL 3UTHERLAND AND 3IMRAN 3OOD PRACTICE THEIR FORM WHILE PREPARING FOR $ANCE #ONNECTION 0ALO !LTO S UPCOMING SPRING PRODUCTION OF h#OPPELIAv IN !PRIL

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City Council aims for less talk, more action ,ONGER MEETINGS PROMPT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT TALKING LESS by Gennady Sheyner HE TOPIC OF TOO MUCH TALKING AT #ITY #OUNCIL MEETINGS HAS BECOME AN IRKSOME PROBLEM FOR 0ALO !LTO S COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMPTING LOTS OF TALK ABOUT THE NEED TO TALK LESS 4HE PROBLEM IS FAR FROM NEW 4HE COMBINATION OF AN ENGAGED PUBLIC AN AMBITIOUS WORKLOAD AND COUN CIL MEMBERS FOR WHOM BREVITY ISN T ALWAYS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY HAS ROU TINELY PUSHED MEETINGS LATE INTO THE NIGHT EXASPERATING STAFF AND LEAD ING SLEEPY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PREMATURELY SLIP OUT THE EXITS AS

THE BUREAUCRATIC BACKGROUND MUSIC OF SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS AND FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS DRONES ON .OW AN EFFORT IS AFOOT TO SPEED THINGS UP AND GET MORE DONE .EWLY ELECTED -AYOR 'REG 3CHARFF SET THE TONE *AN DURING HIS FIRST FULL MEETING AS MAYOR ,ATE MEET INGS HE SAID ARE TOUGH ON STAFF AND STIFLE DEMOCRACY IN THAT THEY hEF FECTIVELY DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF THE PRACTICAL ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE v (E CALLED ON HIS COLLEAGUES TO DO THEIR PART TO MAKE MEETINGS END AT A REA SONABLE TIME IN

h4HIS YEAR ABSENT EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES MEETINGS ARE GOING TO END BEFORE P M v 3CHARFF SAID h4HIS IS GOING TO TAKE DISCIPLINE AND COMMITMENT FOR US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN v 3OME PRACTICAL CHANGES HAVE AL READY BEEN MADE 4HIS YEAR EACH ITEM ON THE COUNCIL S AGENDA HAS A TIME ESTIMATE NEXT TO IT A MOVE GEARED TOWARD PREVENTING MEANDERING AND KEEPING THINGS MOVING 3CHARFF AND 6ICE -AYOR .ANCY 3HEPHERD NOW (continued on page 11)

THE NEW POLICE STATION AT 0ARK "LVD )T WOULD BE ATTACHED TO A LARGE PARKING GARAGE WHICH WOULD IN CLUDE SPACES FOR BOTH OFFICERS AND OFFICE WORKERS 0LANNING COMMIS SIONERS ACKNOWLEDGED 7EDNESDAY A POLICE STATION WOULD BE A HUGE BEN EFIT THOUGH SOME WONDERED WHETHER IT S ENOUGH TO COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR THE TYPES OF EXEMPTIONS IT WOULD GRANT THE DEVELOPER MOST NOTABLY PERMISSION TO BUILD ABOUT SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE SPACE 4HE *AY 0AUL PROPOSAL IS THE LATEST TWIST IN THE CITY S LONG TORTUOUS AND THUS FAR FRUITLESS PATH TOWARD A NEW POLICE BUILDING ! FEW YEARS AGO THE CITY HAD CONSIDERED PURCHASING TWO PARCELS ON THE BLOCK OF 0ARK "OULEVARD AND BUILDING THE PUBLIC SAFETY HEADQUARTERS THERE "UT THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO DROP THE CITY S PURCHASE OPTION ON THE PROPERTIES IN BECAUSE OF UNCERTAINTY OVER FUNDING FOR THE NEW POLICE BUILDING .OW THESE 0ARK "OULEVARD PROP ERTIES MAY BE BACK IN PLAY *AY 0AUL HAS RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE TWO 0ARK "OULEVARD SITES AND #OMMISSIONER !RTHUR +ELLER SUGGESTED THAT THE DEVELOPER THROW THESE SITES INTO THE MIX WHEN COMING BACK ON THE NEXT GO ROUND "UILDING A STAND ALONE POLICE BUILDING WOULD BE A BETTER ALTERNATIVE TO ATTACHING ONE TO THE GIANT GARAGE HE SAID BECAUSE THIS ALTERNATIVE WOULD MAKE THE POLICE BUILDING LESS VULNERABLE TO DOMES TIC TERRORISM A CONCERN EXPRESSED BY #OMMISSIONER !LEX 0ANELLI AND LAND USE WATCHDOG "OB -OSS h) THINK MORE CREATIVE WORK WILL HAPPEN OUT OF THAT REDESIGN v (continued on page 7)

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Almost anything a council member can say can be said in five minutes. — Greg Scharff, Palo Alto Mayor, on his belief that council meetings can be shorter and more efficient. See story on page 3.

Around Town ON EDGE ... Grace Hopper once famously remarked: “It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission.” The Sand Hill Property Company certainly hopes that’s the case. The Redwood City-developer angered many Palo Altans last fall, when it demolished a historic building at the former Edgewood Plaza shopping center on Embarcadero Road, in violation of its agreement with the city and area residents. Sand Hill had been involved in years of negotiations with area residents about upgrading and redeveloping the dilapidated plaza — a rare example of a Joseph Eichlerdeveloped commercial center. Last fall, after the two sides finally reached an agreement, the City Council approved a zone change that would allow Sand Hill to relocate one of the existing three retail buildings, build 10 homes and a grocery store, and create a 0.2-acre park. The “planned community” zone also required the developer to preserve two “historically significant” retail structures, one of which would be rehabilitated in place while the other would be disassembled, relocated and rehabilitated. But instead of disassembling that building, the applicant surprised the city by demolishing it without bothering to get any permits or approvals. After fielding complaints from residents, the city in September issued a “stop order” on the project. Now, city planners are recommending that the city require the developer to do an additional environmental-impact report, reflecting the new scope of the project. Staff is also recommending that the city allow Sand Hill to proceed with the construction of the grocery store and the rehabilitation of the building it didn’t demolish (the recommendation would put Sand Hill’s plan to build housing on hold until compliance issues are resolved). Sand Hill, for its part, has agreed to completely rebuild the structure it destroyed, though this would now be done with new materials rather than ones retained from the prior building. The council will have a chance to reflect on the staff recommendations, consider requiring new “public benefits” to make up for the demolished original building and offer its own views on the matter at its meeting on Monday. PLANNING AHEAD ... As major planning projects continue to pile up in Palo Alto, the city’s top planning officials are planning to step down

in the coming weeks and months. Steve Emslie, a longtime deputy city manager and a leading negotiator on behalf of the city, is retiring at the end of this month. Emslie, a land-use specialist who has 33 years of public service under his belt, including a decade in Palo Alto, recently represented the city in negotiations with Stanford University Medical Center on Stanford’s colossal expansion of its hospital facilities. The former planning director has also been the city’s leading man in recent negotiations with John Arrillaga over the billionaire developer’s proposal to build an office complex and theater at 27 University Ave. Meanwhile, the city’s current planning director, Curtis Williams, is looking ahead to his own exit in June. Williams, a softspoken and popular leader whose department has been at the forefront of some of the most contentious and complex issues of recent years, said this week that he will retire in June after four years at the helm of the department. Williams told the Planning and Transportation Commission at the conclusion of Wednesday’s meeting. LIBRARY BLUES ... The ongoing reconstruction of Palo Alto’s Mitchell Park Library and Community Center is dragging on. The project, which is by far the biggest and most expensive component of the $76 million library bond voters approved in 2008, continues to lag behind schedule as city inspectors and the project’s construction manager find new mistakes seemingly every month. According to a new report, which the City Council is scheduled to approve next week, the project is about 81 percent done and the library is now scheduled to open in fall of 2013 (the previous estimate was spring 2013). Corrections are needed on mechanical, electrical and plumbing infrastructure, on sliding glass doors and on windows, many of which failed water testing “multiple times.” It doesn’t help that the project’s Oklahoma-based contractor, Flintco, is undergoing its own problems. Its CEO has recently been replaced and a portion of the company has been bought by Saint Louis-based Alberici. Palo Alto staff are striking an optimistic note regarding the company’s news, noting that it has created a distraction and also an opportunity for “new leadership approaches,” the new report states. N

Upfront Residents commute beyond their counties

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"AY !REA S MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS ILL EQUIPPED TO TACKLE LOOMING REGIONAL CRISES by Chris Kenrick OOGLE BUSES ROLLING UP AND DOWN 5 3 (IGHWAY SYM BOLIZE THE NEW 3ILICON 6ALLEY AND ARE POTENT REMINDERS THAT REGIONAL SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED IF THE "AY !REA IS TO STAY ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT A NEW REPORT STATES ! TECH WORKER LIVING IN 3AN &RAN CISCO REQUIRES FOUR SEPARATE TRANSIT SYSTEMS TO GET TO A JOB ALONG STATE 2OUTE A DAMNING INDICT MENT OF THE "AY !REA S hANTIQUATEDv PATCHWORK OF SEPARATE SYSTEMS THAT IS UNFIT TO DO THE JOB SAID 3ILI CON 6ALLEY #OMMUNITY &OUNDATION #%/ %MMETT #ARSON h)F YOU LIVE ON ONE OF THOSE LINES THAT HAS A 'OOGLE BUS YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH MORE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS ANTIQUATED IN ITS LOGIC FOR SERVING THIS REGIONAL REALITY v #ARSON SAID h3ILICON 6ALLEYv SHOULD BE REDE FINED TO INCLUDE 3AN &RANCISCO HE SAID #ARSON S COMMENTS CAME 4UESDAY &EB WITH THE RELEASE OF THE 3ILICON 6ALLEY )NDEX A YEARLY COLLEC TION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE 3ILICON 6ALLEY #OMMUNITY &OUNDATION IN -OUNTAIN 6IEW AND THE NONPROFIT *OINT 6ENTURE 3ILICON 6ALLEY IN 3AN *OSE 7HILE HAILING UPBEAT ECONOMIC

NEWS ON TECHNOLOGY JOB GROWTH IT INCLUDED A HARSH CRITIQUE OF THE FIT NESS OF THE "AY !REA S SEPARATE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO MANAGE LOOMING CRISES IN TRAFFIC CONGES TION HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND CLI MATE CHANGE h3OME OF THE BIGGEST THREATS TO THE "AY !REA S LONG TERM ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS ARE CHALLENGES BEST ADDRESSED THROUGH STRONGER OR MORE EFFECTIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE v NOTED THE REPORT PREPARED BY URBAN PLANNER %GON 4ERPLAN OF THE 3AN &RANCISCO 0LANNING AND 5RBAN 2E SEARCH !SSOCIATION h&AILING TO ADDRESS THESE REGIONAL PROBLEMS MEANS RISKING THE "AY !REA S STANDING GLOBALLY 0LACES LIKE 3INGAPORE 3HANGHAI 6ANCOU VER AND 3AO 0AOLO ARE NOT JUST CITIES BUT CITY REGIONS THAT ARE ACTING AND WORKING REGIONALLY v %ACH WEEKDAY "AY !REA RESIDENTS MAKE MILLION AUTO TRIPS AND MILLION TRIPS ON PUBLIC TRANSIT THE REPORT SAID &RAGMENTED TRANSIT SYSTEMS RESULT IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST hREGIONAL COSTS PER RIDERv COMPARED TO OTHER METRO POLITAN AREAS CENTS HERE COM PARED TO CENTS IN .EW 9ORK #ITY CENTS IN 7ASHINGTON $ # CENTS IN #HICAGO AND 0HILADELPHIA

AND CENTS IN ,OS !NGELES /F THE REGIONS COMPARED ONLY 3EATTLE CAME OUT HIGHER AT PER RIDER -OREOVER "AY !REA TRANSIT OP ERATORS FACE A PROJECTED COMBINED BILLION CAPITAL DEFICIT AND BILLION OPERATING DEFICIT BY THE REPORT SAID ! HALF CENTURY AGO "AY !REA RE GIONAL COOPERATION RESULTED IN SAV ING THE BAY FROM BECOMING LANDFILL PRESERVING OPEN SPACE IN THE HILLS AND CREATING "!24 "UT CURRENT REGIONAL ENTITIES SUCH AS THE -ETROPOLITAN 4RANSPORTATION #OMMISSION AND THE "AY #ONSERVA TION AND $EVELOPMENT #OMMISSION HAVE LIMITED AUTHORITY BECAUSE OF FEARS THEY WILL MAKE DECISIONS AGAINST THE INTEREST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS &OR EXAMPLE -ENLO 0ARK AND 0LEASANTON HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO COURT FOR NOT FULFILLING COMMITMENTS UN DER THE STATE MANDATED h2EGIONAL (OUSING .EEDS !LLOCATION v THE RE PORT NOTED h(OME RULE GIVES EACH COMMUNITY THE RIGHT TO SAY NO OR YES "UT THE LACK OF EFFECTIVE REGIONAL GOVERNANCE AROUND HOUSING MEANS WE GET TOO FEW HOMES OVERALL AND HOMES HAVE LITTLE RELATIONSHIP TO JOB CENTERS h7E GET @DRIVE UNTIL YOU QUALIFY

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Report: Google buses reflect region in need of traffic, housing solutions

! SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WORK OUTSIDE OF THE CITIES AND COUNTIES WHERE THEY LIVE WITH COMING INTO 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY FOR EXAMPLE AND COMMUTING FROM 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY TO 3AN -ATEO #OUNTY AND 3AN &RANCISCO FOR A MORTGAGE AND MEGA COM MUTES FOR THOSE SEEKING AFFORDABLY PRICED HOMES !ND WE GET BOOM AND BUST RESIDENTIAL PRICES THAT DRAG DOWN WHOLE COMMUNITIES WHEN THE CYCLE SHIFTS v 0ALO !LTO HAS NEARLY JOBS PER EMPLOYED RESIDENT COMPARED TO 3AN *OSE S JOBS THE REPORT SAID h9ET BOTH CITIES ARE PART OF THE SAME LABOR MARKET AND ESSENTIALLY ONE HOUSING MARKET v 7ITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REAPING MORE BENEFIT FROM JOB GROWTH THAN HOUSING PRODUCTION hTHE FISCAL OUT COME OF THE LOCATION OF JOBS RELATIVE TO HOMES IS QUITE STARK v ! BAR CHART IN THE REPORT DRAWN FROM DATA FROM THE #ALIFORNIA "OARD OF %QUALIZATION AND THE 5 3 #ENSUS "UREAU SHOWED 0ALO !LTO TOWERING OVER OTHER CITIES IN 3ANTA #LARA AND 3AN -ATEO COUNTIES IN TOTAL REVENUE PER CAPITA h4HE WINNER TAKE ALL APPROACH TO

LOCAL TAX REVENUES RESULTS IN FISCAL AND SERVICE DISPARITY AMONG CITIES )T ALSO UNDERMINES REGIONAL OR SUB REGIONAL COOPERATION AND CAN LEAD TO INEFFICIENT LAND USE OUTCOMES v THE REPORT SAID )T CALLED FOR STRENGTHENING EXISTING REGIONAL AGENCIES OR CREATING NEW ONES SUCH AS 0ORTLAND S -ETRO OR A TAX SHARING SCHEME USED IN -IN NEAPOLIS AND 3T 0AUL -INN TO TACKLE THE CHALLENGES h4O ACHIEVE ANY OF THESE OPTIONS WILL REQUIRE TURNING MORE OF OUR LO CAL RESIDENTS INTO "AY !REA CITIZENS WHO RECOGNIZE OUR SHARED FATE AND INTEREST v THE REPORT CONCLUDED h2EGIONALISM IS NOT @ALL OR NOTHING AND CAN INVOLVE INCREMENTAL CHANGES "UT ONLY KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE AND ASSUMING IT WILL SERVE US FOR THE FU TURE IS NO LONGER A VIABLE OPTION h/UR NEEDS ARE MORE INTERCON NECTED NOW /UR GOVERNANCE SHOULD REFLECT THAT v N

How real per-capital income compares

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Valley job growth biggest since dot-com boom 4ECHNOLOGY RECOVERY PROPELS @PRODIGIOUS GROWTH SAYS YEARLY ECONOMIC SOCIAL INDEX AST YEAR S REBOUND IN TECHNOL OGY ADDED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF JOBS TO THE "AY !REA SINCE THE DOT COM BOOM OF THE LATE S ACCORDING TO A REPORT RELEASED 4UES DAY &EB 3ILICON 6ALLEY EMPLOYMENT GREW BY PERCENT IN MORE THAN DOUBLE THE RATE OF JOB GROWTH IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND OUTPACING THE REST OF THE "AY !REA ACCORDING TO THE 3ILICON 6ALLEY )NDEX A SUM MARY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICA TORS PRODUCED BY THE 3ILICON 6ALLEY #OMMUNITY &OUNDATION IN -OUN TAIN 6IEW AND THE NONPROFIT *OINT 6ENTURE 3ILICON 6ALLEY IN 3AN *OSE 4HE "AY !REA ADDED JOBS IN OF THEM IN 3ILICON 6ALLEY DEFINED AS 3ANTA #LARA AND 3AN -ATEO COUNTIES PLUS &REMONT .EWARK 5NION #ITY AND 3COTTS 6ALLEY 3AN &RANCISCO ADDED JOBS IN THE SAME PERIOD h3ILICON 6ALLEY IS THE FIRST TO EMERGE FROM THE RECESSION NATIONALLY AND WE RE LEADING SOME PRETTY PRO DIGIOUS GROWTH FOR THE NATION v SAID *OINT 6ENTURE #%/ 2USSELL (ANCOCK IN THE GROUP S TH ANNUAL INDEX

(OWEVER THE LOCAL NUMBERS CON TINUE TO REFLECT A SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS (ANCOCK SAID &OR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW PER CAPITA INCOME ROSE WHILE MEDIAN INCOME FELL h4HERE ARE A LOT OF MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES AND THAT RAISES OUR AVERAGES REFLECTED IN PER CAPITA IN COME v HE SAID h&OR DECADES THE 6ALLEY S MOST STRIKING FEATURE WAS A ROBUST MID DLE CLASS AND NOW WE VE BECOME THE CLASSIC HOURGLASS ECONOMY v 7HILE HOUSEHOLDS EARNING MORE THAN GREW BY PERCENT TO ACCOUNT FOR PERCENT OF THE TOTAL THOSE EARNING LESS THAN ROSE BY PERCENT ACCOUNTING FOR PER CENT ACCORDING TO THE INDEX &OOD 3TAMP PARTICIPATION CLIMBED TO PERCENT IN 3ILICON 6ALLEY BUT REMAINED FAR BELOW THE MORE THAN PERCENT PARTICIPATION IN #ALIFOR NIA AND PERCENT NATIONWIDE $RIVING 3ILICON 6ALLEY S GROWTH IN THE LAST YEAR WERE JOBS IN SOFTWARE CLOUD COMPUTING SOCIAL MEDIA )N TERNET AND INFORMATION SERVICES AND MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATIONS (AN COCK SAID

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3ILICON 6ALLEY S INCOME HAS CONSISTENTLY OUTPACED THE STATE OF #ALIFORNIA S AND THE 5NITED 3TATES AS A WHOLE OVER THE PAST YEARS WITH SIGNIFICANT BUMPS DURING DOT COM BOOMS (ARDWARE WAS FLAT 2ESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GREW BY PERCENT AND THE OVERALL PROSPERITY BOOSTED JOBS IN LAW ACCOUNTING AND EVEN NONPROFITS WHICH WERE UP BY PERCENT THE INDEX STATED 0RODUCTIVITY IN THE 6ALLEY AT PER EMPLOYEE ALSO LED THE NATION AND HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR SINCE 4OTAL 3ILICON 6ALLEY PATENT REGIS TRATIONS TICKED UP THOUGH THEY REP RESENTED A SMALLER PORTION OF TOTAL STATEWIDE PATENTS BECAUSE OF THE RISE OF PATENTS IN OTHER AREAS SUCH

AS 3AN $IEGO )N A REVERSAL FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR THE NUMBER OF NEW FIRMS OPEN ING SPIKED TO WHILE CLOSED (ANCOCK SAID 4HERE ALSO WAS A PERCENT GROWTH IN SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS FIRMS WITH NO EMPLOYEES JUST A SINGLE PRINCIPAL 3ILICON 6ALLEY VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECLINED WHILE 3AN &RANCISCO INVESTMENT EXPANDED (ANCOCK SAID 4HESE AND OTHER FACTORS LED (AN COCK AND 3ILICON 6ALLEY #OMMU NITY &OUNDATION #%/ %MMETT #AR

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THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT LAWYERS h7E WANT PEOPLE TO REALIZE THAT LAWYERS LIKE DOCTORS CAN PROVIDE HELP THROUGHOUT VARIOUS STAGES OF LIFE v SAID !BHYANKER WHO HAS A LAW DEGREE AN -"! AND A MASTER S DE GREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING h&EW PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO TURN FOR LEGAL HELP 7E SOLVE THIS BY LETTING THE PUBLIC WALK INTO A MAJOR RETAIL LOCA TION FOR HELP v 4HE STORE WHICH DEBUTED THIS WEEK ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW !PPLE STORE ON 5NIVERSITY !VENUE WILL BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO

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,EGAL&ORCE S RETAIL STORE COMBINES ON SITE LEGAL CONSULTATION SALE OF TABLET COMPUTERS AND BOOKS AND A CONFERENCE AREA FOR FREE TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

PROVIDE WALK IN ACCESS TO LAWYERS WHO WILL GIVE INITIAL ADVICE ON PER SONAL AND BUSINESS TOPICS ! MIN UTE APPOINTMENT WITH A LAWYER WILL COST 3UBSEQUENT APPOINTMENTS CAN THEN BE SET UP WITH ,EGAL&ORCE AFFILIATED SPECIALISTS h4HE SWEATY PALMS COME FROM THE FIRST VISIT TO A LAWYER v HE SAID h)F YOU RE SICK YOU GO TO URGENT CARE )F YOU NEED TAX HELP YOU GO SEE A TAX PROFESSIONAL 4HERE S NO EASY WAY TO WALK IN AND SEE A LAWYER v $ESPITE DOWNTOWN 0ALO !LTO S HIGH LEASE RATES "OOK&LIP S SPACE COSTS A MONTH !BHYANKER SAID HE THINKS BEING WITHIN WALK ING DISTANCE OF DOZENS OF 0ALO !LTO S STARTUPS WILL BE WORTH THE INVESTMENT (E HOPES REPRESENTA TIVES FROM STARTUPS WILL COME INTO THE STORE TO SECURE A PATENT PROTECT A PATENT OR GET LEGAL HELP WITH SOME OTHER BUSINESS RELATED ISSUE 4HERE WILL BE DIFFERENT FEES FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT AN APPLICATION FILLED OUT ENTIRELY BY A LAWYER WITH A LAWYER S HELP OR MERELY REVIEWED BY A LAWYER !BHYANKER SAID LARGE BOOKSTORES AND ELECTRONICS STORES ARE FINDING IT DIFFICULT TO SURVIVE IN THE ELECTRON ICS AGE 0EOPLE GO TO THEM FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT AND GO HOME AND BUY ONLINE 4HE RESULT HE SAID IS THE LOSS OF THE h-AINSTREET BOOK STORE v LIKE "ORDERS "OOKS AND -USIC IN 0ALO !LTO WHICH CLOSED IN

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2AJ !BHYANKER #%/ OF ,EGAL&ORCE SITS INSIDE THE COMPANY S NEW STORE "OOK&LIP IN DOWNTOWN 0ALO !LTO 3EPTEMBER h#ONSUMERS LACK THE SANCTU ARY THAT BOOKSTORES OFFER v HE SAID h0EOPLE MISS THEM THEY MISS GOING IN GETTING KNOWLEDGE AND RELAXING 7E WANT TO CHANGE PERCEPTION OF LAWYERS IN THE 5 3 BY MAKING LAW ACCESSIBLE IN A COMFORTABLE RETAIL AREA WHILE VITALIZING BOOKSTORES WITHOUT LOSING THE SANCTUARY FEEL v 4HE THREE STORY BUILDING WILL ALSO INCLUDE A SEMINAR ROOM WHICH !B HYANKER HOPES WILL HELP BUILD TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY 4HE STORE WILL OFFER FREE CLASSES ON TOPICS RANGING FROM HOW TO WRITE A PATENT APPLICA TION TO HOW TO DEAL WITH A DEATH IN THE FAMILY !LSO THE SPACE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS ,EGAL&ORCE IS OPENING "OOK&LIP WITH NO VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING AND HAS ALREADY INVESTED MORE THAN MILLION OF ITS OWN MONEY INTO THE DESIGN AND CREATION OF THE STORE !B HYANKER SAID 4HE COMPANY S

REVENUE AFTER BUILT IN GOVERNMENT FEES WAS SLIGHTLY MORE THAN MILLION h$EPENDING ON OTHER PEOPLE S MONEY IS VERY STRESSFUL v HE SAID h7HETHER WE TAKE FUNDING LATER OR NOT IT HAS TO BE ALIGNED WITH OUR GOALS v ,EGAL&ORCE WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS 4RADEMARKIA A -OUNTAIN 6IEW TRADEMARK LAW FIRM THAT HAS FILED MORE THAN PATENTS SINCE WITH THE HELP OF ITS TRADEMARK SEARCH ENGINE WHICH HE SAID ATTRACTS MORE THAN MILLION UNIQUE PAGE VIEWS A MONTH )F "OOK&LIP ITSELF DOESN T SEEM AMBITIOUS ENOUGH !BHYANKER HOPES TO EVENTUALLY GET INTO PUBLISHING SELLING ,EGAL&ORCE BRANDED LEGAL SELF HELP BOOKS AND EBOOKS THAT AL LOW USERS ONLINE ACCESS TO LAWYERS TO HELP N %DITORIAL !SSISTANT %RIC 6AN 3USTEREN CAN BE EMAILED AT EVAN SUSTEREN PAWEEKLY COM

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Avenidas salutes community contributors 3IX HONORED WITH ,IFETIMES OF !CHIEVEMENT AWARDS by Rebecca Duran IX ACCOMPLISHED COMMUNITY MEMBERS SELECTED FROM A LIST OF MORE THAN CAN ADD BE ING WINNERS OF THE ANNUAL !VENIDAS ,IFETIMES OF !CHIEVEMENT AWARD TO THEIR EXTENSIVE LISTS OF HONORS %ACH HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY RANGING FROM SERVICE IN MEDICINE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND NONPROFIT WORK TO EDUCATION AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN 4HE HONOREES ALL OLDER THAN WERE REVEALED AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY HOSTED BY THE 0ALO !LTO NONPROFIT !VENIDAS ON 4HURSDAY 4HEY ARE $R 4OM &IENE "EN AND 2UTH (AM METT !L 2USSELL *UDITH 3TEINER AND +ATSY 3WAN &IENE WAS A PARTNER AT -ENLO -EDICAL #LINIC FOR YEARS UNTIL AND HAS TAUGHT IN THE 3TANFORD 3CHOOL OF -EDICINE SINCE (E HAS VOLUNTEERED AS A TEACHER AT THE 3TANFORD 0ACIFIC &REE #LINIC IN 3AN *OSE SINCE AND HAS SERVED ON THE 3TANFORD (OSPITAL "IOMEDICAL %THICS #OMMITTEE SINCE &IENE HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF #HANNING (OUSE THE 0ALO !LTO #HAMBER /RCHESTRA AND THE 0ORTOLA 6ALLEY 2ANCH !SSOCIA

TION (E AND HIS WIFE LIVE IN 0OR TOLA 6ALLEY 4HE (AMMETTS VOLUNTEERISM HAS INCLUDED YOUTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES INCLUDING ESTABLISHMENT OF THE (AMMETT !WARDS WITHIN THE $E PARTMENT OF %NVIRONMENTAL 3TUDIES AT 5 # 3ANTA #RUZ IN "EN HAS TAUGHT AND CONDUCTED RESEARCH AT 0ALO !LTO S 7ESTERN 'RADUATE 3CHOOL OF 0SYCHOLOGY AND 0ALO !LTO S -ENTAL 2ESEARCH )NSTI TUTE AND HE SERVED ON BOTH BOARDS FOR A TOTAL OF YEARS (E WAS ON THE .ATIONAL 0ARKS #ONSERVATION !SSOCIATION "OARD AND HAS BEEN ON THE .0#! 7ESTERN 2EGION !D VISORY #OUNCIL SINCE (E HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED WITH THE 0ENINSULA #ONSERVATION #ENTER THE #ALIFORNIA !CADEMY OF 3CIENCES IN 3AN &RAN CISCO AND 0ALO !LTO S 5NITARIAN 5NI VERSALIST #HURCH 2UTH WAS ACTIVE WITH THE ,EAGUE OF 7OMEN 6OTERS IN THREE STATES SERVED ON THE BOARD AT !DOLES CENT #OUNSELING 3ERVICES AND IS NOW ON THE ADVISORY BOARD AT THE 0ALO !LTO (ISTORY -USEUM 3HE WAS ACTIVE WITH THE 04! AT VARI OUS 0ALO !LTO SCHOOLS 4HE COUPLE

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REAL ESTATE TRENDS by Samia Cullen

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Building eyed for busy Palo Alto intersection $EVELOPER PROPOSED FOUR STORY COMMERCIAL PROJECT ON SITE OF VACANT %L #AMINO 2EAL LOT by Gennady Sheyner 4HE DEVELOPER IS LOOKING TO BUILD A FOUR STORY BUILDING WITH A THREE LEVEL UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE &OR THIS VISION TO BECOME REALITY THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO REZONE THE SITE TO A hPLANNED COMMUNITYv ZONE Â&#x2C6; A DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS DEVEL OPERS TO EXCEED EXISTING DENSITY AND HEIGHT REGULATIONS IN EXCHANGE FOR hPUBLIC BENEFITS v 5NDER 0OLLOCK S PROPOSAL THESE BENEFITS WOULD IN CLUDE THE WIDENING OF 0AGE -ILL 2OAD TO CREATE A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN LANE ONTO %L #AMINO 2EAL THE DEDICATION OF THE WIDENED PORTION OF 0AGE -ILL TO THE CITY AN UPGRADE TO THE PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL UNDER %L #AMINO 2EAL NEAR THE -AYFIELD 3OCCER #OMPLEX AND A CONTRIBUTION OF TOWARD UPGRADING THE LIGHTS ON THE SOON TO BE RENOVATED COMMERCIAL STRETCH OF #ALIFORNIA !VENUE 4HE APPLICANT HAS ALSO OFFERED TO WIDEN SIDEWALKS BEYOND THE MINI MUM DESIGN STANDARDS FOR %L #AMI NO AND TO PURCHASE %CO PASSES AND #ALTRAIN PASSES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES AT THE SITE FOR YEARS )N THE APPLI

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Local home prices rebounded last year and are expected to continue the upward trajectory in 2013. Our local market saw median home prices increasing to above the record prices of the 2007 recession, shattering expert predictions at that time that the real estate market would never look the same. Home sellers again will be in the driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat with bidding wars a common occurrence due to pent-up demand and low inventory. While homes will sell quickly this year, they still have to be priced right. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a rundown of what to expect from the market: 1) Increasing home prices will bring reluctant homeowners off the sidelines. 2) Expect home prices to jump at least 6% this year. 3) The Federal Reserve has held interest rates steady at near-record lows over the last several years in an effort to entice buyers into the market, and experts are

not expecting signiďŹ cant jumps in rates this year. Rates could move modestly higher this year to around 4% but still be among the lowest in a generation. 4) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued new qualiďŹ ed mortgage standards last January that detail criteria lenders must use to determine if a borrower qualiďŹ es for a loan. Experts expect more mortgage rules to be handed down this year to help prevent reckless lending that led to the meltdown. 5) Buyers should start the mortgage lending process at least one month before they plan to start seriously looking because experts expect the process to take longer under the new lending standards. 6) House hunters should be ready to move quickly if they ďŹ nd the right house as inventory is expected to remain at low levels throughout the year.

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A SCHOOL RESOURCE SPECIALIST QUOTED IN THE REPORT 4HE STUDENT AND FAMILY PERSIS TENTLY COMPLAINED THAT THE STUDENT WAS CALLED hSTUPID v hSLOW v hAN NOYINGv hGROSSv AND hRETARDED v TEASED AND FELT PHYSICALLY IN DAN GER 4HE STUDENT ALSO DEVELOPED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES 4HE SITUATION BECAME SO SERIOUS THAT THE FAMILY EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO KEEP THE STUDENT HOME AFTER A DOCTOR ADVISED AGAINST GOING TO SCHOOL AS LONG AS THE BULLYING WAS CONTINUING 2ATHER THAN CONDUCTING AN ORGA NIZED AND FAR REACHING INVESTIGA TION INTO THE ONGOING BULLYING THE SCHOOL HANDLED THE COMPLAINTS IN A PIECEMEAL BASIS WHICH WAS hNOT EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING THE HARASS MENT v SAID FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS WHO INTERVIEWED STUDENTS TEACH ERS SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND ADMIN ISTRATORS 7HEN DIFFICULTIES OCCURRED THE STUDENT AND PEERS WOULD BE

BROUGHT TO THE COUNSELOR FOR CON FLICT RESOLUTION TYPICALLY ENDING IN AN AGREEMENT THAT THE hSTUDENTS SHOULD AVOID EACH OTHER OR LEAVE EACH OTHER ALONE v THE REPORT SAID 4HE SCHOOL ALSO OFFERED SOCIAL SKILLS COUNSELING TO THE STUDENT WHO WAS BEING HARASSED 7HILE THE SCHOOL CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BULLYING ITSELF THE REPORT SAID THE DISTRICT S INAD EQUATE RESPONSE TO IT AFTER REPEATED COMPLAINTS AMOUNTED TO A VIOLATION OF THE STUDENT S CIVIL RIGHTS !MONG THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE REPORT N $ESPITE REPEATED DETAILED AND

PERSISTENT APPEALS BY THE STU DENT AND THE FAMILY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT hDID NOT CONDUCT ANY OR GANIZED INQUIRY INTO THE REPORTS OF HARASSMENT v N 4HE DISTRICT hDID NOT CONDUCT A THOROUGH AND IMPARTIAL INVES TIGATION OF THE INCIDENTS )T DID NOT TAKE ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO ENGAGED IN THE HARASSMENT v N h.ONE OF THE TEACHING STAFF AT THE SCHOOL COULD DEFINITIVELY

Thursday February 28, 2013 7:00 - 8:30 pm

A free “How To” workshop for Family Caregivers

at Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center 270 Escuela Avenue Mountain View

Understanding Early Stage Dementia with Grace Lee, LCSW Memory Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center and

Stefanie Bonigut, MSW Family Care Specialist Alzheimer’s Association

Please RSVP to 650-289-5499 Light refreshments will be served. Free professional care for your loved one is available so you can attend the workshop—just call us 48 hours in advance to make arrangements.

Quality Daytime Care for Older Adults

RECALL HAVING BEEN ASKED BY THE DISTRICT OR SCHOOL ADMINIS TRATORS IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE STUDENT BEING BUL LIED OR TOLD ABOUT THE BULLYING REPORTS THEY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE FAMILY OR FROM THE 3UPERIN TENDENT S /FFICE v N 4HE DISTRICT hFAILED TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO NOTICE THAT THE STUDENT WAS BE ING SUBJECTED TO PEER HARASS MENT BASED ON DISABILITY 4HE RESPONSE WAS NOT REASONABLY CALCULATED TO END THE HARASS MENT PREVENT IT FROM RECURRING OR ELIMINATE THE EFFECTS OF THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON THE STU DENT v N 4HE DISTRICT S SPECIAL EDUCATION OFFICE TOLD THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL THAT IT WOULD NOT FURNISH AN AIDE FOR THE STUDENT DURING LUNCH WHEN BULLYING OCCURRED STAT ING THAT THIS WAS THE SCHOOL S RESPONSIBILITY AND OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE STUDENT S INDIVID UAL EDUCATION PLAN N 3CHOOL OFFICIALS SHOWED hA LACK OF UNDERSTANDING THAT HARASS MENT OF A STUDENT BASED ON BE HAVIORS THAT ARE THE PRODUCT OF A DISABILITY IS A MATTER OF DISCRIMI NATION AND A LACK OF UNDERSTAND ING OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT v 4HE REPORT SAID EACH SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER hWAS LEFT TO HER OWN DEVIC ES AS TO HOW BEST TO RESPOND TO THE INFORMATION EACH RECEIVED h4HERE WAS NO SINGLE STAFF MEM BER OR ADMINISTRATOR DESIGNATED TO INVESTIGATE AND GATHER INFORMATION .O STRUCTURED APPROACH WAS TAKEN TO INTERVIEWING STUDENTS 2ECORDS WERE NOT KEPT OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE STUDENT OR THE OTHER STUDENTS ACCUSED OF HARASSMENT v )NVESTIGATORS FAULTED SCHOOL OFFI CIALS FOR FAILING TO INTERVIEW hOTHER STUDENTS WHO WERE WITNESSES OF THE HARASSMENT OR COMPILE THE INFOR MATION ABOUT THE REPORTS OF HARASS MENT OVER THE PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS v )N THEIR OWN INTERVIEWS INVES TIGATORS SAID MANY OF THE STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING ATTENDED hSOCIAL KINDNESSv OR CYBERBULLYING TRAIN INGS OFFERED BY THE SCHOOL .ONE OF THE STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING HAD ANY TRAINING ABOUT INTERACTING WITH OR RELATING TO STUDENTS WITH DISABIL ITIES v THE REPORT SAID 7HILE SEVERAL STUDENTS SAID STU

DENTS WITH DISABILITIES WERE TREATED LIKE hNORMALv STUDENTS OTHERS SAID STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WERE hWEIRD v TALKED TO THEMSELVES AND WERE PERCEIVED AS DISRUPTIVE IN CLASS h/THERS IN THE GROUP HIGHLIGHTED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO READ SLOWLY SAYING THAT THOSE STUDENTS WERE WASTING CLASS TIME v THE RE PORT STATED )N THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS 3KELLY PLEDGED TO REVIEW THE COMPLAINING STUDENT S INDIVIDU ALIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND TO ESTABLISH REPORTING PROTOCOLS

SERVE h.OT IN /UR 3CHOOLS 7EEK v COMING UP IN -ARCH INVOLVING LUNCHTIME ACTIVITIES hACCEPTANCE OF EVERYONE DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES OR RATHER CELEBRATING OUR DIFFER ENCES v THE PRINCIPAL SAID 4HE WEEK INCLUDES A hMIX IT UP LUNCH v IN WHICH KIDS SIT WITH PEO PLE WITH WHOM THEY DON T NORMALLY HANG OUT h,ESSONS ON ANTI BULLYING CY BERBULLYING HARASSMENT AND HOW TO BE AN @UPSTANDER INSTEAD OF A BYSTANDER ARE GIVEN DURING ADVISO RY PERIODS AND WE PLAN TO FOLLOW UP WITH SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS THIS YEAR v THE PRINCIPAL SAID

4HE DISTRICT @FAILED TO RESPOND PROMPTLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO NOTICE THAT THE STUDENT WAS BEING SUBJECTED TO PEER HARASSMENT BASED ON DISABILITY /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS REPORT FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE HARASSMENT AS WELL AS TO OVERHAUL THE DISTRICT S TRAINING PROGRAMS REGARDING COM PLAINTS OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON DISABILITY 4HIS SPRING THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS WILL PROVIDE THE FIRST SES SION OF hMANDATORY TRAINING ON DISABILITY BASED HARASSMENT TO ALL SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRATORS v 0RINCIPALS WILL THEN TRAIN TEACH ERS AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTE MEMOS EXPLAINING ASPECTS OF DISABILITY BASED HARASSMENT 4HE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS RE PORT ASSUMES PARTICULAR RELEVANCE AT A TIME WHEN 0ALO !LTO SCHOOLS HAVE EMBARKED ON AMBITIOUS hIN CLUSIONv PROGRAMS ON MANY CAM PUSES IN WHICH SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE INCREASINGLY INTEGRAT ED INTO REGULAR CLASSROOMS 4HE !MERICANS WITH $ISABILITIES !CT OF AND THE 2EHABILITATION !CT OF BOTH PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY 4HE PRINCIPAL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE THE BULLYING TOOK PLACE TOLD THE 7EEKLY THAT THE SCHOOL HAS AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON hINCLUSION AND MAIN TAINING A SOCIALLY KIND CLIMATE v !MONG THEM WAS A SCHOOL WIDE hDISABILITY AWARENESS ASSEMBLYv FEATURING ADULTS AND STUDENTS WITH VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND LEARNING DIS ABILITIES 0ALO !LTO SCHOOLS ANNUALLY OB

"OARD OF %DUCATION 0RESIDENT $ANA 4OM SAID THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO FLAWED IMPLEMEN TATION OF ALREADY EXISTING SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS h) M SORRY THE STUDENT EXPERI ENCED HARASSMENT AND WISH WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO MORE SQUARELY ADDRESS IT v 4OM SAID h/UR DISTRICT LEARNED FROM WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS STUDENT AND IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING ON BEHALF OF EVERY STUDENT v 4OM SAID h4IGHTENING UP OF OUR HANDLING OF STUDENTS HARASSING ANOTHER STU DENT WITH DISABILITIES AND EXPAND ING OUR INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS ON SOCIAL KINDNESS TO INCLUDE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL IMPROVE OUR DISTRICT ) M CONFIDENT THAT OUR STAFF CAN AND WILL DO THAT v 4HE 7EEKLY WAS PROVIDED A COPY OF THE REPORT AND THE SETTLE MENT AGREEMENT BY THE FAM ILY AND CONFIRMED ITS AUTHEN TICITY WITH THE DISTRICT ! COPY REDACTED TO REMOVE INFORMATION THAT COULD EXPOSE THE IDENTITY OF THE CHILD AND THE AGREEMENT ARE POSTED AT WWW 0ALO!LTO/NLINE COM PIVOT #IVIL2IGHTS2EPOR T AND WWW 0ALO!LTO/NLINE COM PIVOT #IVIL2IGHTS!GREEMENT N 3TAFF 7RITER #HRIS +ENRICK CAN BE EMAILED AT CKENRICK PAWEEKLY COM

Palo Alto Bicycles would like to invite you to join us for an evening event of wine, hor d’ oeuvres and Trek Travel. Whether it is white water rafting in Costa Rica, amazing sunset wine tasting in Tuscany or climbing the legendary mountain passes of the Alps,Trek Travel has your vacation of a lifetime. Please join us for a relaxing evening with fellow cyclists and vacation enthusiasts! Rafﬂe prizes throughout the evening, Grand Prize:Trek Travel Luxury Long Wine Country Weekend for 2 in 2013. No purchase necessary. WHEN Thursday February 28th 2013 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm WHERE Palo Alto Bicycles, 171 University Avenue, Palo Alto RSVP Space is limited please respond to trektravel@paloaltobicycles.com

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News Digest Palo Alto treads toward health care reform !S MEDICAL COSTS CONTINUE TO SOAR 0ALO !LTO OFFICIALS ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO REVAMP THE HEALTH CARE PLANS THE CITY OFFERS TO ITS EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES AN EFFORT THAT IS ALREADY CREATING ANXIETY AND THREATS OF LAWSUITS FROM LABOR UNIONS 4HE 0ALO !LTO #ITY #OUNCIL DISCUSSED THE DEEPLY CONTENTIOUS TOPIC OF RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS AT LENGTH ON -ONDAY &EB !ND WHILE MEM BERS DIDN T ADOPT ANY CHANGES THEY DIRECTED STAFF TO EXPLORE THE CITY S OPTIONS FOR HEALTH PLANS INCLUDING A hFLEXIBLE BENEFIT PLANv ALSO KNOWN AS A hCAFETERIA PLANv IN WHICH AN EMPLOYEE CAN CHOOSE FROM A MENU OF BENEFIT OPTIONS 4HE -ONDAY CONVERSATION WAS THE LATEST INSTALLMENT IN A SERIES OF MEET INGS THE COUNCIL SET UP LAST YEAR TO TACKLE THE COMPLEX AND CONTENTIOUS PROBLEMS OF RISING PENSION AND HEALTH CARE COSTS !CCORDING TO A NEW CITY REPORT THE CITY S HEALTH CARE EXPENSES IN FISCAL YEAR TOTALED MILLION UP FROM MILLION IN 4HE REPORT FROM #ITY -ANAGER *AMES +EENE STATES THAT HEALTH CARE COSTS hWILL CONTINUE TO RISE AT AN ESTIMATED RATE OF TO PERCENT IN FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES RETIREES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS CONSUMING A GREATER PORTION OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET v 4HE CITY S PROPOSAL TO REVAMP HEALTH CARE FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIREES HIT A SPEED BUMP LAST YEAR WHEN THE 0ALO !LTO 0OLICE /FFICERS !SSOCIATION SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT THAT OFFERED VARIOUS CONCESSIONS ON PENSIONS AND HEALTH CARE "UT THE UNION ALSO VEHEMENTLY REJECTED CHANGING HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR FUTURE RETIREES %VELYN 'UTIERREZ AN ORGANIZER FOR 3ERVICE %MPLOYEES )NTERNATIONAL 5NION #HAPTER CHALLENGED THE CITY S PROPOSAL CLAIMING IN A LETTER THAT A hCAFETERIAv PLAN WOULD hSELECTIVELY CUT RETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFIT FOR LONG TERM EMPLOYEES WHILE LEAVING IT INTACT FOR NEWER EMPLOYEES v N 'ENNADY 3HEYNER

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Palo Alto seeks funds to revamp transit center 7HILE 0ALO !LTO WRESTLES WITH A MASSIVE PROPOSAL BY *OHN !RRILLAGA TO BUILD AN OFFICE COMPLEX AND THEATER AT 5NIVERSITY !VE AND TO REDESIGN THE BUSY AND OUTMODED TRANSIT CENTER DOWNTOWN CITY PLAN NERS ARE ALSO PURSUING AN ALTERNATIVE TO PAY FOR THE DRAMATIC TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS 4HE #ITY #OUNCIL PLANS TO CONSIDER ON -ONDAY NIGHT &EB A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR THE /NE "AY !REA 'RANT A PROGRAM THAT DISTRIBUTES FUNDS FROM THE REGIONAL -ETROPOLITAN 4RANSPORTATION #OM MISSION TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS FOR PROJECTS PROMOTING TRANSPORTATION BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS )N 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY THE -4# FUNDS WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY 6ALLEY 4RANSPORTA TION !UTHORITY 64! WHICH HAS A TOTAL OF MILLION AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION !CCORDING TO A NEW REPORT 0ALO !LTO PLANS TO SUBMIT PROJECTS FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION INCLUDING TWO HAVING TO DO WITH THE 5NIVER SITY !VENUE #ALTRAIN STATION 4HE FIRST INVOLVES EXTENDING THE EXISTING 5RBAN ,ANE 4RANSIT -ALL SOUTH AND BUILDING A PARKING STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT #ALTRAIN A PROJECT ESTIMATED TO COST UP TO MILLION 4HE CITY IS REQUESTING MILLION FOR THE PROJECT WITH THE CITY FOOTING THE REST OF THE BILL 4HE SECOND PROJECT WOULD RECONSTRUCT THE TRANSIT STATION TO ACHIEVE A SIMILAR DESIGN OFFERED BY !RRILLAGA WHICH WOULD RAISE THE NUMBER OF TRANSIT STOPS AND LAYOVER STATIONS FROM TO 4HIS AMBITIOUS PROPOSAL WOULD COST ABOUT MILLION ABOUT MILLION OF WHICH THE CITY HOPES TO GET IN GRANT FUNDS )F THE CITY RECEIVES THIS GRANT A BIT OF A LONG SHOT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF THE REQUEST AND THE TOTAL POOL OF FUNDS AVAILABLE THE CITY WOULD THEN HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO RAISE ITS MATCHING SHARE OF MILLION 4HE CITY IS ALSO SEEKING GRANT MONEY FOR A SERIES OF OTHER PROJECTS RANG ING FROM A BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER 5 3 (IGHWAY AT !DOBE #REEK TO TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES N 'ENNADY 3HEYNER

Arson suspect deemed unfit for trial $AMON ,UCE THE MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING SEVERAL FIRES AT THE !RASTRA DERO 0RESERVE IN 0ALO !LTO WAS FOUND MENTALLY UNFIT TO STAND TRIAL AFTER A DOCTOR S TESTIMONY &EB 0ROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM WILL BE SUSPENDED WHILE ,UCE IS SENT TO A STATE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY TO RESTORE HIS COMPETENCY UNTIL HE IS FIT TO STAND TRIAL $UFFY -C'ILLIGAN A 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID ,UCE COULD BE IN THE FACILITY FOR AS LONG AS THREE YEARS ,UCE ALLEGEDLY SET FIVE FIRES IN THE !RASTRADERO 0RESERVE ON !UG (E WAS CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF FELONY ARSON -C'ILLIGAN SAID THE TESTIFYING DOCTOR EVALUATED ,UCE AS HAVING A PSY CHOTIC DISORDER NOT SPECIFIED 4HE COURT S FINDING MEANT THAT ,UCE WAS OF A MENTAL STATE IN WHICH HE WAS EITHER UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HIM OR UNABLE TO RATIONALLY ASSIST IN HIS DE FENSE N %RIC 6AN 3USTEREN

Atrial fibrillation is the most common heart rhythm problem, affecting over 2 million Americans. Without detection and treatment, atrial fibrillation can affect quality of life and cause stroke and heart failure. Expert Stanford physician specialists will discuss the signs and symptoms of atrial fibrillation and the options for evaluation and treatment, which may improve quality of life and decrease complications. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 9:30AM – 11:00AM Sheraton Palo Alto (Reception Room) 625 El Camino Real r Palo Alto, CA RSVP at: stanfordhospital.org/heartmonth This event is free and open to the public. Please register, seating is limited. MODERATED BY: Paul J. Wang, MD, FACC, FHRS, FAHA Professor of Medicine Director, Stanford Cardiac Arrhythmia Service

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Stanford reveals Mayfield housing project plans 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY PRESENTED PRELIMINARY CONSTRUCTION DETAILS OF THE ACRE -AYFIELD HOUSING PROJECT ON #ALI FORNIA !VENUE AT THE #OLLEGE 4ERRACE 2ESIDENTS !SSOCIATION "OARD OF $IRECTORS MEETING ON 7EDNESDAY EVENING &EB (Posted Feb. 7 at 12:58 a.m.)

$20K in checks taken in Menlo church burglary 3OMEONE WALKED AWAY WITH ABOUT IN STAMPED FOR DEPOS IT CHECKS SOME OF THEM FOR PRESCHOOL TUITION AT "ETHANY ,UTHERAN #HURCH IN 7EST -ENLO 0ARK ACCORDING TO A 3AN -ATEO #OUNTY 3HER IFF S /FFICE REPORT (Posted Feb. 6 at 3:41 p.m.)

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*OSEPH "ALDWIN A 0ALO !LTO RESIDENT SINCE WILL DISPLAY HIS COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL LETTERS DOCUMENTS AND SIGNATURES OF ALL 5 3 PRESIDENTS &EB AND IN THE PARISH HALL AT !LL 3AINTS %PISCOPAL #HURCH IN 0ALO !LTO (Posted Feb. 6 at 11:06 a.m.)

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Accused murderer of activist David Lewis set free 4HE MAN WHO CONFESSED TO GUNNING DOWN WELL KNOWN %AST 0ALO !LTO COMMUNITY LEADER $AVID ,EWIS WAS SET FREE BY THE 3AN -A TEO #OUNTY COURT 4UESDAY &EB 'REGORY ,EON %LARMS 3R WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL THREE MONTHS AFTER A 3AN -ATEO #OUNTY 3UPERIOR #OURT JUDGE THREW OUT FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HIM AFTER FINDING THAT 3AN -ATEO POLICE VIOLATED HIS -IRANDA RIGHTS (Posted Feb. 6 at 9:17 a.m.)

Moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corruption of politics to be theme of talk 4HE CORRUPTING THREAT OF MONEY TO !MERICA S DEMOCRACY WILL BE THE THEME OF A TALK BY FORMER 5 3 3EN 2USS &EINGOLD THIS 3ATURDAY &EB (Posted Feb. 6 at 9 a.m.)

Mountain View police catch suspected burglars 4WO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZING A STORAGE SPACE AT A -OUNTAIN 6IEW APARTMENT COMPLEX ON -ONDAY EVENING &EB ACCORDING TO -OUNTAIN 6IEW POLICE (Posted Feb. 6 at 8:38 a.m.)

Man attempts to grab girl on bicycle in Palo Alto

Join us in discovering the diverse cultures spanning this magniďŹ cent continent! African percussionist, AďŹ a Walking Tree, presents a journey through the remarkable regions of Africa! Drumming, storytelling, crafts, food, and more will enliven the past, connect the present, and celebrate the diversity of all!

0ALO !LTO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO GRAB AN YEAR OLD GIRL S ARM AS SHE RODE HER BICYCLE PAST HIM AFTER CURSING AT HER AS SHE APPROACHED HIM (Posted Feb. 5 at 5:09 p.m.)

Man cited for attack at Cogswell Plaza ! YEAR OLD MAN WAS CITED FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY AFTER HE ALLEG EDLY TORE A MAN S SHIRT AND KICKED THE VICTIM IN THE SHINS ON 3UNDAY &EB 0ALO !LTO POLICE !GENT *EAN "READY SAID (Posted Feb. 5 at 10:56 a.m.)

Paly team headed to National Science Bowl &IVE 0ALO !LTO (IGH 3CHOOL STUDENTS WILL SPEND FIVE DAYS IN 7ASH INGTON $ # IN !PRIL Â&#x2C6; COURTESY OF THE 5 3 GOVERNMENT Â&#x2C6; TO COMPETE IN THE .ATIONAL 3CIENCE "OWL (Posted Feb. 5 at 9:10 a.m.)

Cyclistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s account of Woodside road-rage event ! 0ORTOLA 6ALLEY RESIDENT SAID HE WAS AMONG OR SO CYCLISTS AT THE SCENE OF A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT INVOLVING A PICKUP TRUCK ON 3ATURDAY *AN IN 7OODSIDE (Posted Feb. 4 at 3:09 p.m.)

Mistrial in case involving threat against principal

For Families & All Ages - $15 â&#x20AC;&#x153;I absolutely love to leave it all behind and take my two girls to Hidden Villa. As a parent trying to instill traditional values and a love of land and animals, this is the place to be.â&#x20AC;? -Sue S. of Saratoga

! 3AN -ATEO #OUNTY JUDGE HAS DECLARED A MISTRIAL IN A CASE AGAINST AN %AST 0ALO !LTO MOTHER WHO ALLEGEDLY THREATENED TO KILL A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL (Posted Feb. 4 at 10:59 a.m.)

New interest in book inspired by Stanford murder ! NOVEL INSPIRED BY A SENSATIONAL MURDER ON 3TANFORD S &ACULTY 2OW IS THE SUBJECT OF 3TANFORD S h!NOTHER ,OOKv "OOK #LUB Â&#x2C6; A CAM PUS INITIATIVE BY WRITER 4OBIAS 7OLFF THAT IS OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY (Posted Feb. 3 at 8:20 a.m.)

Police arrest Oregon man for indecent exposure 0OLICE ARRESTED A YEAR OLD /REGON MAN FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE AND LEWD CONDUCT IN PUBLIC ON *AN AFTER A VICTIM SAID SHE SAW HIM WALKING WITH HIS PANTS DOWN AND TOUCHING HIMSELF IN A SEXUAL MANNER NEAR *UANA "RIONES 0ARK (Posted Feb. 2 at 3:40 p.m.)

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CityView A round-up of

Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Feb. 2)

Retreat: The council held its annual retreat and chose as its 2013 priorities infrastructure strategy and funding; future of downtown and California Avenue; and technology and the connected city. Yes: Unanimous

City Council (Feb. 4)

Service efforts and accomplishments: The council discussed the results of the new Service Efforts and Accomplishments report. Action: None Health care: The council discussed curbing the costs of employee health care and directed staff to review options for new health care plans that may be considered for negotiation, including flexible benefit plans. Yes: Unanimous

Council Finance Committee (Feb. 5)

Carbon neutrality: The committee voted to support a staff-recommended plan for achieving carbon neutrality for the electric portfolio in 2013. Yes: Unanimous

Planning and Transportation Commission (Feb. 6)

395 Page Mill Road: The commission voted to continue the hearing on initiation of a proposed â&#x20AC;&#x153;planned communityâ&#x20AC;? zone for 395 Page Mill Road, which would enable construction of an office complex near the AOL building and a new public-safety building with an attached parking garage. Yes: Keller, Martinez, Panelli, Tanaka Absent: Alcheck, Michael

Architectural Review Board (Feb. 8)

780 Welch Road: The board approved a request by Stanford University Lands and Buildings for replacement of a three-story medical building at 780 Welch Road. Yes: Lew, Lippert, Malone Prichard, Popp Recused: Alizadeh

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A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss a claim against the city from Chuck Fong and Grace Wood; appoint commissioners for the Planning and Transportation, Parks and Recreation, and Public Art commissions; discuss the redesign of the PaloAltoGreen program and the proposed development at Page Mill Road and El Camino Real; consider a formal appeal of Adopted Regional Housing Needs Allocation for the 201422 Housing Element Cycle; and discuss projects for submittals for the One Bay Area Grant Program. The closed session will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11. The rest of the meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will discuss an audit report for the 2011-12 school year, a budget update and a staff report on â&#x20AC;&#x153;student connectedness.â&#x20AC;? The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the boardroom at school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.). COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the 2013 federal and state legislative program; the quarterly report from the Office of the City Auditor; and the role of council liaisons. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a public hearing on instituting a ground-floor requirement for retail on the 600 block of Emerson Street. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the 2013 assessment of water-resource alternatives; see a presentation on financial projections for the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electric, gas, water and wastewater collection utilities; and appoint commissioners to an ad hoc budget committee for the fiscal year 2014 budget. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). CITY/SCHOOL LIAISON COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss city and school budget updates, review recent school board and City Council meetings and discuss Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationships with foreign cities. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, in Conference Room A at school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.).

Editorial School bullying case reveals systemic problems Federal investigation uncovers a disturbing failure to respond to repeated incidents of harassment

alo Alto school district leaders and parents should be shocked and saddened by the portrait painted in a scathing investigative report from the U.S. Department of Education. The report from the Office for Civil Rights, completed in December and obtained by the Weekly, found that the district violated federal law in the way it handled the ongoing harassment of a middle school special education student. Without admitting that its actions violated the law, the district entered into a settlement agreement that imposes a detailed list of actions and reforms aimed at correcting the poor practices the investigators uncovered. In a rare glimpse into the workings of the school district by an outside agency, school officials are portrayed as not understanding federal discrimination laws, not having good procedures and systems for addressing complaints, not conducting proper investigations and not providing appropriate training to its employees. Most importantly, the district did not stop the bullying or impose any discipline. The 10-page report and seven-page settlement agreement reflect the results of an extensive Office for Civil Rights investigation, conducted after the family of the Palo Alto student filed a complaint and turned over emails and other materials documenting its repeated attempts over more than a year to get the school to take action. The report and settlement agreement, with redactions to protect identities, has been posted by the Weekly on PaloAltoOnline.com. The Weekly is also withholding which of Palo Alto’s three middle schools were involved to protect the victim, who continues to be enrolled. If it fully complies with the terms of the settlement agreement the district will not face legal action by the Department of Education. But the family is not a party to the agreement and has the right to bring a civil action against the district if it chooses. The federal investigation included on-site interviews with students, teachers, counselors and administrators by Office for Civil Rights investigators. For a district and community often viewed as enamored with process, the investigation uncovered a stunning lack of protocols and systems for addressing serious complaints. It found that school staff members who had knowledge of the harassment were left to their own devices about how to respond and that no single staff member or administrator was designated to investigate and gather information. No records were kept of interviews with the victim or those students involved in the bullying, witnesses were not interviewed and no one compiled all the information relating to the incidents. None of the teaching staff at the school could recall having been informed about the student’s repeated reports of bullying nor being asked about what they might know. Requests for an aide to monitor the victim during lunchtime were rejected by the district office and kicked back to the school site stating in an email that the district “is taking the position that bullying is each site’s responsibility” and that the site should “work this out.” As disturbing as the report’s revelations are, the response this week by Superintendent Kevin Skelly is equally or more disappointing. He made no apologies nor showed any sign of acknowledging the seriousness of the institutional problems identified by the investigation. Skelly, who signed the settlement agreement on behalf of the district on Dec. 14, said it “was a chance for us to look at an issue that’s important to us — how our students treat each other — and work on making sure that’s better. We want to do the best job we can with our students and the Office for Civil Rights has given us some suggestions around that and these are things we’ll do. There are some conversations with students we need to have, some communications with parents and administrative training that we’ll do.” Sadly, these comments do nothing to boost confidence that Superintendent Skelly or his senior staff acknowledge the severity or significance of the report’s findings, or the value of transparency. According to school board President Dana Tom, the board was only informed about the settlement agreement earlier this week, almost two months after it was signed and only after the Weekly began asking questions. In fact, the only reason the public or school board is finding out about these deficiencies is that the family was brave enough to provide the report to the Weekly. So much for using this case to send a strong message that the culture and practices portrayed in the report were unacceptable, not in keeping with the district’s values and aspirations, and that with help from the Department of Education we are committed to fully reforming our practices. The school district is doing plenty of good things in the area of bullying prevention and education, and coincidentally the school board will hear an update on the task of developing required bullying prevention policies at its meeting next Tuesday. But the district should be judged on how well complaints are handled and resolved. On that front there is much work to be done.

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Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

The Post with the most Editor, Planning Commissioner Michael Alcheck correctly noted that lighting was left out of California Avenue Streetscape discussions since September 2009, when “The Project” was proactively and publicly vetted by the city and stakeholders. I, too, wondered when lighting would be brought back and am glad it might again be included. New lighting was the California Avenue Area Development Association Board’s No. 1 priority, when the Streetscape Concept Plan was completed. Anonymous poster “Full Circle” was correct in his/ her comment in the Town Square: Discussion Forum stating that fact. But it is a shame the comment disparaged Commissioner Alcheck for his pertinent observation, and reported other false information, and the Weekly featured the comment in Spectrum, on Feb. 1. Palo Alto Weekly would be wise to follow the Daily Post, a publication that for the past year has made a concerted effort to provide provable facts and even well-researched, detailed timelines on local stories of interest for readers. By doing so, the Post serves as a helpful catalyst for fact-based community dialog, creating an environment where trust might again be restored, choosing to be part of the solution, via journalism, rather than being part of the problem. Prior to putting print to paper, the Weekly editors should ask themselves: Is this true? Is this kind? Is this necessary? “Full Circle’s” comments were partly true, unkind and not necessary. Ronna Devincenzi California Avenue Area Development Association board of directors president Cambridge Avenue Palo Alto

Eliminate level crossings Editor, I liked (Chris Kenrick’s) article about railroad crossings in Palo Alto. For (her) next article on this topic, I have a suggestion: Watch the Churchill crossing around the time high school students head home in the afternoon. I have done this several times. On the Palo Alto High School side of Churchill Street, there is not enough room for bicycles and pedestrians between the tracks and Alma. Sometimes kids are squeezed when they become trapped by the closing of the gates as a high-speed Caltrain approaches. Of course, they know this and try to carefully gauge how much room there is before crossing the tracks. For cars, there is an “escape-cycle” programmed into the stoplight sequence that allows cars on the

tracks to move. For pedestrians and bicyclists, there is no such “escapecycle,” and I think this arrangement is quite dangerous. In the long run, there will be increased traffic of all sorts and level railroad crossings such as this one must be eliminated. Marc Ross El Verano Avenue Palo Alto

Residents pay for benefits Editor, Why isn’t downtown parking working? One reason is the council’s largesse in granting parking exceptions for “public benefits.” A 10,000-foot waiver eliminates 40 spaces, a gift of $2.4 million to the developer. For one pending project, the subsidy exceeds $4 million but provides no new parking spaces for the employees. A hidden gift? How would you respond if the council directly granted $2.4 to $4 million dollars from the general fund to build a project? Likely: “You are what? No! Isn’t that a gift of public funds?”

So, who pays for the parking? Obviously, if the entire community “benefits,” the general fund, grants from a magnanimous benefactor (not asking for anything in return), or another communitywide resource. Right? No, only a few citizens, in this case approximately 1,500 residential downtown property owners and their families, pay for the developer’s extra profit with the deterioration of their neighborhood integrity. Leases in downtown are among the highest in the nation. Yet, other towns with much lower rates demand that development provide or pay for needed parking. Yes, the developers are still granted these subsidies, these entitlements, these gifts, and guess what? They have grown to expect them, to demand them. Amazing. The point: Developers benefit financially and a few residents, but not all, pay for “public benefits” with their neighborhoods’ lost values. Ken Alsman Ramona Street Palo Alto

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On Deadline Redefining ‘Silicon Valley’ — it’s doing great in most areas despite some big gaps by Jay Thorwaldson ilicon Valley — however one defines it — is doing just great, thank you, except for some deeply worrisome gaps. The Valley and broader region is leading the state and nation in job growth, inventiveness, investment, creation of new businesses, and it continues to be a great place overall, according to a new report out this week. But there are exceptions. Lower-income families are growing in number faster than better-off families, the “middle class” continues to shrink, the transportation system is a tangled and confusing mess, and the Valley faces renewed challenges from other areas that want slices of Silicon Valley’s economic pie. That is the core message of a major annual conference being held today (Friday, Feb. 8) in San Jose, the self-proclaimed and historic “capital” of Silicon Valley (notwithstanding Palo Alto’s perception of being the Valley’s heart and genesis). The conference is the presentation of a comprehensive report, the “Index of Silicon Valley,” by two major entities: Joint Venture Silicon Valley and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Leaders of the two sponsoring organizations, flanked by consultants who helped put together the Index, unveiled the 77-page report, which includes a “Special Analysis” of the valley trends. The document is condensed, heavy with data about what happened in 2012 not just in economics but in health, the environment, education and

generally. Besides the Good News about job and economic growth, the leaders slipped in two important announcements: (1) that as of about 10 a.m. Tuesday the entire Index went live online (at www.siliconvalleyindex.org), and (2) that the U.S. Patent Office will soon be opening an office in the Valley, reflecting the richness of patent activity in the area and years of lobbying and encouragement by local leaders. But the big headline out of the briefing was that Silicon Valley — always a bit befuddling to define — is changing rapidly, becoming more regional to the point that the mayor of San Francisco even proclaimed recently that his city was fast becoming the “capital of Silicon Valley.” Say what? San Francisco isn’t even in a valley. “We now have two major metropolitan areas ... that are basically at war over the identity of Silicon Valley,” Emmett D. Carson, CEO and president of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, said of San Jose and San Francisco. So the Special Analysis “focuses on regionalism” and an emerging new definition of Silicon Valley. “One of the things I get asked the most about is, ‘What is Silicon Valley?,’ ‘Where is it?,’ ‘What are its geographic boundaries?’” Carson said, highlighting “the most telling picture” (on page 53 of the Index) of how people commute between the major areas. Historically, Silicon Valley was initially defined as essentially Santa Clara County. Then it spilled into San Mateo County, and encompassed Scotts Valley and Fremont. Most of the “Silicon Valley” data in the Index covers that region, with San Francisco data separate. “Five years ago that was not the case; 10 years ago that was not the case. But today we are see-

ing a regional economy that is being created that I think is symbolized by this chart of the transportation patterns,” Carson said. Every workday, the chart shows, 41,919 persons travel to San Mateo County and 13,503 to San Francisco. At the same time, 55,044 persons travel out of San Mateo County to Santa Clara County while 75,426 travel to and from San Francisco. In return, 41,430 San Franciscans travel to San Mateo County and 21,644 to Santa Clara County. Combined, that is a stunning economic tidal flow, more person miles traveled in one day than in most of the great migrations of history in a century. “It’s the regional dynamics that are being created of this place,” Carson continued, noting that inter-city battles over the location of sports teams make virtually no difference in the regional framework or economy. “Think about the oddness of a report that has just been released from the Brookings Institution that says Silicon Valley is number one in patents but San Francisco is number two. It is one regional community. “And we are seeing it happen right before us.” Then he got to the meat: “That’s why we’ve got to figure out regionalism. “That’s why we have to understand that we can’t continue to have 27 separate transportation systems that are so ineffective that our major corporations are creating Google buses that run from San Francisco down to Google. If you’re on one of those lines that has one of those Google buses your housing price is worth more because the public transportation system is antiquated in terms of its logic for serving this regional reality.”

Russ Hancock, president and CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, dug into some of the detail of the Index, laden with charts, facts, statistics, trends. A relative handful of journalists at the briefing asked questions about the decline of venture capital investments in some areas and even a new way of raising funds, called “crowd funding.” That is a method of raising funds via the Internet, using systems such as JumpStarter or GoFundMe online to get people to send money for ideas or special personal situations. “It’s impressive. It’s very impressive. Some might even call it cause for euphoria,” Hancock said of the economic and jobs data. Of the 92,000 new jobs in the Bay Area, 42,000 were generated by Silicon Valley, he said, using the old definition of the South Bay and Peninsula valley. “But that definition is up for grabs,” he noted. The region produced about 92,000 new jobs, the most since the 129,000 jobs created at the peak of the dot.com boom. San Francisco generated about 18,000 jobs and the East Bay, including Oakland, generated more than 20,000 jobs. Great news for those who got them. But, Hancock cautioned, the number of persons using food stamps increased and middle-income “middle class” families — once the bulwark of the economy — shrank, continuing a trend, lost between “stratospherically” rich individuals and a growing lower-income group. Fascinating reading, free at www.siliconvalleyindex.com. N Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jthorwaldson@paweekly. com with a copy to jaythor@well.com. He also writes blogs posted on the Weekly’s community website, www.PaloAltoOnline.com (below Town Square).

Streetwise

Do you think there is a speeding problem in the city? Asked on Emerson Street and Alma Street. Photos and interviews by Rebecca Duran.

Suzanne West

Retired Alma Street “I think it’s not just speeding, it’s a disregard for the traffic laws. Generally, people don’t act until something happens.”

Shirley Stewart

Retired Emerson Street “No, I don’t feel it’s that much of a problem.”

Drew Wittman

Stay-at-home father Rinconada Avenue “I think it’s more of a failure to stop at a sign, or confusion. There’s been stopping when there’s not a sign and people going when there is one.”

Marian Seah

Psychologist University Avenue “It can be, especially during school hours. They don’t see children walking or riding their bikes.”

Sabrina Chen

Musician Higgins Place “I think the city has pretty good control over it. Most of the time it is quite civilized. It’s more individual than a general problem.”

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Virginia (Jinny) Rowell Coolidge On Friday afternoon, January 18, 2013, Virginia Rowell Coolidge (Jinny) died peacefully in her sleep. For the past several years, Virginia (Mrs. Joseph Barlow Coolidge) was a resident of The Terraces, also known as Pilgrim Haven, in Los Altos, California. She was born on July 3, 1915 and died at the age of 97. Memorial Service for Virginia R. Coolidge will be held at: 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos, CA Virginia was the fourth of ﬁve children born to her mother, Gertrude Mercer Rowell, and father, Major General Frank Wheaton Rowell. As part of a military family, she lived on many Army posts both in the United States and in Panama. At the age of 25, Virginia moved to Palo Alto, California with her then retired father and mother, and daughter Virginia Dumont Brown. She later remarried and gave birth to a son, John Frederick Ballard. She is survived by John’s father, Walter John Ballard. In 1964, she married retired Colonel Joseph Barlow Coolidge, became step mother to Judy Barlow Coolidge and lived in Santa Clara, California. They later traveled to Peterborough, New Hampshire where they lived for two years, before returning to settle in Saratoga, California where they lived until shortly after Colonel Coolidge’s death. Virginia is survived by her daughter Jinny and her two children, ﬁve grandchildren and one great grandson; her son John and his wife Ruth and their children and grandchildren; her step-daughter Judy and her children and grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister Gertrude Rowell Dressler’s children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and her sister Catherine Rowell Doxey’s grandchildren.

Family members who died prior to Virginia’s passing were her mother, Gertrude Mercer Rowell and her father, Major General Frank Wheaton Rowell, a baby brother deceased at 18 months, her two sisters, Gertrude and Catherine, Catherine’s two sons, Douglas and Patrick Hearn, and Virginia’s brother Frederick Mercer Rowell. Her first husband, Colonel Charles Edward Brown died in 1982 and third husband, Colonel Joseph Barlow Coolidge, died in 1988. Virginia was an interesting human being with many talents, for art, writing and flower arranging. She also designed and created crewel embroidery for priest’s robes at Holy Trinity Church in Menlo Park, California. She volunteered over an extended period of time at the Veterans Hospital in Palo Alto. Most of the years while being a single mother raising children, she worked to support them. She worked for several years at Stanford University as secretary to the Dean of Men, and later, for a number of years, as the school secretary at Green Gables Elementary School in Palo Alto. Virginia traveled by bus to her job at Stanford University which meant a good deal of walking. Saturdays were spent doing the wash and on Sundays. after attending church and cooking dinner, Virginia sometimes surprised and pleased her children by making fudge. Christmas was simple, filled with love and beautiful memories, not of material things but sweet memories to last a lifetime. All of her life, she shared her wisdom in a quiet and unforgettable ways and for all this, we her children and grandchildren, are grateful. We’ve received treasures to be sure, not the least of which was Virginia’s story-telling. We will miss her but her gifts live on in our hearts. PA I D

O B I T UA RY

Sara Virginia (Sally) Stepp McLeod December 17, 1918 – January 6, 2013 Sally died on January 6, 2013 at the age of 94. She was born Dec. 17, 1918, in Glenshaw, PA, and soon after moved with her family to Southern California. She grew up in Whittier, CA, and was the ﬁrst female to run as president of her high school. Throughout her life she remained close to her high school friends Ken Stoney and Bill Ford. She was active in Jobs Daughters and was a debutant. Above all, she enjoyed life-long learning – attending Mills College where she pursued her equestrian interests; USC where she afﬁliated with Kappa Delta Sorority. Through her brother, she met the love of her life, Dunc (Duncan), and transferred as a senior to graduate from Stanford University in Psychology. After graduation, she entered UC graduate school of nursing. WWII intervened and she married her college sweetheart, Dunc on January 7,1943. During WWII, they moved to the Eastern Sea Front while Dunc was in the Navy. Later the couple returned to Palo Alto as Dunc pursued his law degree, and joined legal practice with his father in San Francisco. As a couple, Dunc and Sally were active in a Las Casadas (a local dance group), First United First Methodist Church of Palo Alto, and enjoyed travel to their homes in Kauai and Fallen Leaf Lake. Sally enjoyed a lifetime commitment to her

family and community. This included PTA, Girl & Boy Scouts, Retarded Children’s Guild, Children’s Health Council, Palo Alto Garden Club, Gamble Garden, Iris Society, Avenidas (where she organized kitchen tours), and Committee for Art at Stanford. Sally was awarded a lifetime membership in AAUW and Palo Alto Historical Society. She was known for her garden expertise, love of animals, and her family. While living at Channing House, she was actively involved in decorating the house Christmas tree. Sally loved opportunities to celebrate! She remained an active life-long learner taking numerous extension classes in horticulture among other interests. Sally was preceded in death by Duncan. She is survived by her two children: Janyne Slabaugh (Darrell) of Clinton, WA; Bruce McLeod (Nancy) of W. Richland, WA; 5 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. Sally is best remembered by her cheerful caring manner and advice to her family and friends to live life without using the phrase ‘if only’. A celebration of her life will be held at Channing House, 850 Webster St., Palo Alto on Sunday, February 17, 1-3pm. The family appreciates the ongoing care from the Channing House Skilled Nursing Center, as well as Pathways Hospice, and the ministry of First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto. PA I D

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OBITUARY

Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Lawrence Viariseo Lawrence Viariseo, who survived a fall off a 100-foot Sierra cliff, triumphed over bladder cancer and became an avid bicyclist despite being paralyzed, died Jan. 30 of cancer. Viariseo was featured in an Aug. 4, 2012, Palo Alto Weekly story about his journey, in which he talked about his accident and struggles and his triumphs, and his goal to ride 100 miles to raise money for cancer research last September in the Canary Foundation Challenge. He did not get to make the ride, having been diagnosed with a metastasizing cancer shortly before the event, according to a friend. But Viariseo fought the cancer with the same aplomb as he had for all of his other challenges. And he died shortly after telling his mother that he would be alright, a friend said. His niece, Megan Cox, told the Canary Foundation that he was always grateful to Stanford University Medical Center for the care they had provided. “As you may remember, my uncle was a paraplegic who had beat stage 4 bladder cancer once before. The doctors at Stanford he felt had saved his life. It meant the world to him to be entering into the challenge in 2012 to give back to those doctors,” she said in a statement the foundation released. Viariseo, 54, was a well-known fixture for many years at Peet’s Coffee and Tea on Homer Avenue. He would frequently ride his bicycle or wheel his wheelchair down to the coffee shop. An accomplished artist, he painted a pastel portrait of the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs as

part of the Palo Alto We e k l y ’s sponsorship of the artist’s corner at the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts in August 2012. Via riseo broke his back and was paralyzed from the waist down after falling off a 100-foot cliff near Lake Tahoe while skiing. He was just 21 years old. Despite his paralysis, he built up his body and found he could control the quadriceps in his upper thighs and one knee. To cycle, he shifted his upper-body muscles to move his hips and propel the pedals; plastic braces supported his paralyzed legs. “I didn’t accept my disability on my doctors’ terms. I accepted it on my own terms. Doctors can’t tell you who you are going to be. They can’t measure your heart,” he told the Weekly last August. Viariseo was a Palo Alto native and graduate of Cubberley High School. During his interview, he summed up his life’s philosophy: “I just know how lucky I am,” he said. He is survived by his mother, Alicia Boyd; sisters, Janice ViariseoBothwell and Deborah Costella, and step-brother, Kirk Boyd; niece, Megan Cox; and his longtime companion, Aviva Rochester. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, at 3 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.

Edward Tatsuo Masuda Edward Tatsuo Masuda, resident of Mountain View, CA, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2013. He was born April 19, 1942 in Newcastle, CA and graduated from Placer Union High School, Sierra College, and received a degree in industrial design from San Jose State University. He started his career at Spectra Physics where he helped design the first cash register scanner, which is currently displayed at the Smithsonian, and continued his career at various start-up companies. His favorite past-times were fishing and target shooting with his friends. He is survived by his loving wife, Terrie Masuda; daughters Mari and Misa Masuda; sisters Yuki (Aki, deceased) Tsujimoto and Emi (Wilfred, deceased) Fukushima; brother Gene (Patti, deceased) Masuda; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Kiyoto and Haruko Masuda, and brother Ken (Teruko) Masuda. Ed was always there for his family and friends and they will greatly miss his generosity and selfless spirit. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 2pm at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, 2751 Louis Road, Palo Alto. PA I D O B I T UA RY

Leah McDonough Dr. Leah McDonough died Jan. 16 in Redwood City of complications from Alzheimer’s. Born and raised in New York City, she and her husband Joseph McDonough had lived in Palo Alto since 1962. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years in 2010. They had known each other since they were 3 years old. She attended the College of New Rochelle (CNR), received a master’s degree at Fordham University, and earned her doctorate in psychology at Michigan State University. CNR awarded her a scholarship during the Great Depression, allowing her to pursue a career in psychology. A clinical psychologist, she worked for San Mateo County for more than two decades. For 12 years, she directed the forensic unit of San Mateo County’s Mental Health Division. Her psychology research was published in numerous articles and book chapters. After retiring from the County, she took up writing essays and short stories, publishing locally and nationally. She enjoyed babysitting for her granddaughter Carrie. She and her husband traveled extensively, and loved to take Carrie along with them. She is survived by her daughter, Susan McDonough (Warren Mar); and her granddaughter, Caroline Mar (Sandy Metivier).

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto Jan. 31 - Feb. 6 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Family violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Credit card forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . .1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

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Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .4 Vehicle accident/non-injury . . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .8 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Possession of paraphernalia. . . . . . . . . .1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . .1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . .3 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . .4 Vehicle accident/non-injury . . . . . . . . . .3 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Alcohol or drug related Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Drug registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Miscellaneous Evading peace officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Juvenile problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Strong-arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Theft related Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Jan. 31 - Feb. 6 Theft related Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commission Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission (P&TC) shall conduct a public meeting at 6:00 PM, Wednesday, February 13, 2013 in the Council Chambers, Ground Floor, Civic Center, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. Staff reports for agendized items are available via the City’s main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org and also at the Planning Division Front Desk, 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be closed on the 9/80 Friday. Unﬁnished Business. Public Hearing 1. Recommendation of a Draft Ordinance to Rezone all CD-C and CD-S zoned properties fronting Emerson Street on the 600 block to add the Ground Floor Combining District. This item will be heard on the February 27, 2013 meeting of the Planning & Transportation Commission. New Business. Public Hearing 2. 1875 Embarcadero Road (Palo Alto Golf Course): Community Scoping meeting regarding the scope and content of the Draft EIR’s environmental analysis for the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course Renovation and Baylands Athletic Center Expansion Project. Request for Study Session review of preliminary plans for the golf course renovation. Zone District: PF(D). 3. 567-595 Maybell Avenue [12PLN-00453]: Request by Candice Gonzalez on behalf of Palo Alto Housing Corporation for initiation of a new Planned Community zone district to allow the development of 15 single family residences and a 60 unit multifamily affordable rental project for seniors on parcels having a combined area of 107,392 square feet and currently zoned R-2 and RM-15. Questions. For any questions regarding the above items, please contact the Planning Department at (650) 329-2441. The ﬁles relating to these items are available for inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This public meeting is televised live on Government Access Channel 26. ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org.

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Suspicious vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Vehicle accident/non-injury . . . . . . . . . .1 Vehicle accident/unknown injury . . . . . .1 Vehicle code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Vehicle/traffic hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Drunken driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Miscellaneous Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Hang up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Juvenile problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Public works call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . .5 Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto 300 block University Avenue, 1/31, 1:58 a.m.; battery/simple.

1200 block Forest Avenue, 1/31, 8:43 p.m.; suicide. Unlisted block Churchill Avenue, 2/1, 11:38 a.m.; family violence. 700 block Embarcadero Road, 2/1, 1:45 p.m.; battery/simple. 3500 block El Camino Real, 2/2, 2:02 p.m.; battery/simple. 100 block El Camino Real, 2/3, 9:24 p.m.; battery/simple. 800 block San Antonio Road, 2/3, 7 a.m.; battery/simple. 200 blk Forest Avenue, 2/5, 1:59 p.m.; battery/simple.

Menlo Park Unlisted block Willow Road/Bayfront Expressway, 2/2, 10:23 a.m.; battery on peace officer/resisting arrest. Unlisted block Ringwood pedestrian bridge, 2/4, 7:06 p.m.; strong-arm robbery 100 block Newbridge Street, 2/5, 2:52 p.m.; spousal abuse.

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(TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING – COUNCIL CHAMBERS FEBRUARY 11, 2013 - 5:30 PM CLOSED SESSION. 1. Settlement of Claim SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY 2. Proclamation in Support of Protect Our Children Gun Buy-Back 3. Appointment of one Commissioner to the Planning and Transportation Commission for an unexpired term ending on July 31, 2014 4. Appointment of two Commissioners to the Parks and Recreation Commission for two terms ending on December 31, 2015 5. Appointment of one Commissioner to the Public Art Commission for an unexpired term ending on April 30, 2015 STUDY SESSION 6. Study Session: on the Palo Alto Green Program Redesign Options 7. Study Session: VTA Lot (Page Mill/El Camino) Development Prescreening (PLNG) CONSENT CALENDAR 8. Utilities Advisory Commission Recommendation to Extend the Demand Response Pilot Program for Large Commercial Electric Customers for Three Years 9. Approval of Funding for Oracle Contract 10. Adoption of a BAO in the Amount of $67,000 and Approval of a Contract with Naturescapes in the Amount of $389,525 For The Ventura Community Center and Park Renovation (3990 Ventura Court) Project PE-10002 11. Submittal of Mitchell Park Library and Community Center BiMonthly Construction Contract Report 12 Consideration of Review Process for Edgewood Plaza 13. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract C09127499 with AssetWorks, lnc. in the Amount of $63,805 for Software Implementation and Support Services; Training; and Annual License and Software Maintenance for a Term of Five Years for the City’s FleetFocus and FuelFocus Fleet Transaction Management Systems 14. Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance and Approval of a Contract with TBWB Strategies in a Total Amount Not to exceed $95,000 for Educational Outreach Services Related to a Potential 2014 Infrastructure Finance Measure. ACTION ITEMS 15. Public Hearing: Review of Potential Options for Downtown Visioning and 27 University Avenue Site Planning (Staff Requests by Council Motion That This Agenda Item be Continued to March 11, 2013) 16. Appeal of ABAG Housing Allocations 17. Approval of Project Proposals for the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Program 18. Management of City Council Meetings and Recommendations for Revisions to the City Council’s Protocols and Procedures STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS The Policy and Services Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7:00 PM to discuss: 1) Definition of Council Liaison Role, 2) Auditors Office Quarterly Report as of 12/31/12 and Revised Workplan, and 3) Discussion and Review of the Legislative Action Program Manual and the 2013 Federal and State Legislative Priorities. The School/ City Committee will meet on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 8:30 AM at the PAUSD Offices to discuss:1) Review of Recent Meetings, 2) Budget Updates, 3) Relationship with Foreign Cities, and 4) 2013 City School Agendas ÜÜÜ°*> Ì " i°V ÊUÊ*> Ê Ì Ê7ii ÞÊUÊÊ iLÀÕ>ÀÞÊn]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 15

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It was a terrifying way to start the new year. Feeling wiped out and congested, Menlo Park resident Candace Peterson took to her bed, wondering if she had a cold or the flu. A few days later, when she woke up she couldn’t breathe. An ambulance took her to the hospital, where she was definitively diagnosed with the flu — and then with viral pneumonia. She also learned that her home thermometer was broken: It had read 99 degrees, but the doctors told her she was running a fever of 103.9 when she was

brought in. After five days in the hospital and two weeks out of work, Peterson is back in the office. But it hasn’t been easy. “It was horrible,” she said. “All your energy is drained.” Peterson’s story is an unusually dramatic one, and it also reflects something unusual about this season’s flu: It started early. Influenza tends to begin hitting hard in February, but this year it came to town around the start of January in many states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Stories hit the media; readers got worried; and the demand for flu shots went up. While the flu season seems to have peaked in other parts of the country, reported activity is still high in California. “It’s definitely here,” said pediatrician Ross DeHovitz of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. The exact number of flu cases in Santa Clara County is impossible to come by. Many people with the flu stay home and recover without ever seeing a doctor, and not every sick person gets tested for the flu. But several indicators are up. All the hospitals in the county have been reporting about 20 to 30 percent more people than usual coming into their emergency rooms, many with flu or flu-like symptoms, county health officer Marty Fenstersheib said. Margot Hyun grins and bears it as she gets a flu shot from certified medical assistant Thao Nguyen during a drop-in flu clinic at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Page 20ÊUÊÊ iLÀÕ>ÀÞÊn]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*> Ê Ì Ê7ii ÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*> Ì " i°V

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“That’s to be expected in the winter,” he said, but added: “We know that this is a bit more than last year. ... We’ve had some reports of severe cases.” At press time, four cases of severe influenza and two flu-related deaths had been reported in Santa Clara County so far this season in people under 65. The county typically receives reports of severe cases in only the under-65 set but did also report the flu-related death of a 98-year-old woman a few weeks ago. “It was our first death, so we chose to report it to bring more awareness,” Fenstersheib said. Statewide, nine influenza-related deaths in people under 65 had been reported this season as of Jan. 26, none in the Bay Area, according to the most recent report from the California Department of Public Health Influenza Surveillance Program. The collaborative effort includes the CDC, Kaiser Permanente and various participating laboratories. Those nine people were all adults; no pediatric flu-related deaths have yet been reported in California this season. Nationwide, the CDC has reported 45 pediatric deaths related to flu this season. In the U.S. population as a whole (at least as reflected in the CDC’s 122-city reporting system), 9.4 percent of deaths in the country for the week ending Jan. 26 were due to pneumonia and influenza. That’s above the CDC’s “epidemic” threshold but down from the previous week’s 9.8 percent. Officials say these numbers pale in comparison to the pandemic of 2009, when H1N1, a new strain of influenza, hit. The CDC estimated that H1N1 caused “between about 8,870 and 18,300” deaths from April 2009 through April 2010 across the country, with perhaps hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations. That season, 282 flu-related deaths were reported in children in the U.S., according to the CDC. Last year’s number was 34. The current season appears to be somewhere in between a pandemic and the past two flu seasons, which were notably mild. CDC doctor Lyn Finelli settled on the word “severe” in a recent press release. And it’s been an especially severe season for seniors, she wrote. More than half of the people reportedly hospitalized for the flu this season have been ages 65 or older. Regardless of how the numbers turn out, doctors still advise most people ages 6 months and up to get vaccinated against the flu if they haven’t already. “Because you can have a late flu season even

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into April or May, we don’t think there’s ever a time not to get (a vaccine) in the winter. You never know if there will be a peak later in the season,” DeHovitz said. Officials say this year’s vaccine has turned out to be well-matched to the flu strains that are circulating. After her frightening experience, Peterson said she’s become a believer in regular flu shots. She hasn’t been getting them in recent years, in part because she hates needles. “I’m going to have to get over it and just do it,” she said. “Now I’ve changed my philosophy.”

n her Stanford Medical Center office, Yvonne Maldonado was matter-of-fact as she pulled up CDC charts and maps on her computer, clicking through statistics on hospitalizations, positive influenza tests and general ILI (InfluenzaLike Illness) activity across the country. She had been asked about the flu more than a few times already. Maldonado, chief of pediatric infectious diseases, is also deeply immersed in monitoring ILI activity on the Stanford campus. She sees flu-test results from the main hospital, the children’s hospital, the student health center on campus and satellite facilities. “Over 50 to 60 percent of tests are negative for the flu,” she said. Maldonado said it’s too early to give a definitive answer on how serious the current flu season will turn out but said it’s unlikely to be a match for 2009. She pointed to a CDC chart marked “LaboratoryConfirmed Influenza Hospitalizations. The H1N1 year stands out as a big spike. “That year we had the disease in late April. That (flu) season re-

Many people who don’t like needles opt to get the flu shot with a new, smaller needle. ally didn’t end,” she said. By the time H1N1 started to taper off, a new flu season began. “When you have a new strain, that disrupts everything,” she said. “It was an odd year.” Influenza comes in two major forms, A and B, with A being more serious and more common, Maldonado said. In turn, A is sorted into combinations of H and N types. Every year there are different strains and mutations, “which is why every year we need a new vaccine,” she

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The Safeway in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood adds a little enticement to its flu-shot sign. the flu, most people have a fever, and headaches, sore throats, coughs and stuffy noses are also common. Kids sometimes have upset stomachs. Pretty much everyone gets that hit-by-a-truck feeling. “I always tell people that flu is really overwhelming; it’s not a cold. You get body aches, fever. You can’t get out of bed,” Maldonado said. “When you have the flu, it’s a systemic illness.” It’s a systemic illness that people would do well to avoid in the first place, Maldonado said. Every year, flu vaccines are ready by September, and she advises making a yearly autumn routine of getting the shot or the nasal-mist version. At Packard Children’s Hospital, “we try to get all patients vaccinated before they go home,” she said. hese days there are several options for getting vaccinated. There’s the trusty flu shot in the arm, with lower doses for children and higher doses available for seniors. People who are leery of needles can choose a smaller microneedle. The high-dose vaccine, which contains four times the amount of antigen, was approved at the end of 2009 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for people ages 65 and older. “That’s because adults over 65 tend to have a poorer response to the flu vaccine than younger adults,” DeHovitz said. “When you give the higher-potency vaccine, you get their antibody levels up to a more normal level. There are a number of studies that are going on to see if this is a better vaccine. ... Right now, the CDC says either one is an option for seniors.” DeHovitz said the only side effect he’s seen in the high-dose option is more arm soreness from the shot. A nasal-mist flu vaccine has also been around for a decade, available for healthy people ages 2 to 49 who are not pregnant. “We recommend both vaccines, but the downside of the flu mist is that because it’s a live (attenuated) virus, it can cause some nasal congestion,” DeHovitz said. Overall, physicians recommend that nearly everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated against the

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allergies or a history of GuillainBarre Syndrome — or who have had a bad reaction to a flu vaccine in the past — should consult their doctors, according to the CDC. Of course, not everyone chooses to get vaccinated, but the CDC says it’s especially important for people who are at high risk for developing complications from the flu. That includes seniors, pregnant women, kids under 5 and people with medical conditions including asthma, heart disease and weakened immune systems. Since children under 6 months can’t get vaccinated, it’s also key for all the people around them to get a flu shot or the flu mist. Officials emphasize that the vaccine cannot give people the flu. The unfortunate sorts who come down with the flu right after getting a shot either have a non-flu virus or have one of the strains not protected against in the vaccine — which is less likely but possible, the CDC reported. In addition, the vaccine takes two weeks to take effect, and it’s possible to come down with the

flu before the body has built up sufficient protection. Because the flu has gotten press recently, DeHovitz said he’s seen “definite interest” in vaccines from patients who didn’t get vaccinated last fall. Some vaccine vendors in the U.S. have had shortages because of the late demand, but this doesn’t seem to be endemic. Santa Clara County seems to have experienced only occasional brief shortages, Fenstersheib said. For example, a drugstore might be out of vaccine one day and then get a new shipment the next. The Palo Alto Medical Foundation reported on Jan. 16 that it was not able to schedule new flu-vaccine appointments — but by the following week it had received more vaccine and was scheduling appointments again. For people who choose not to get vaccinated (and indeed for everyone), Fenstersheib dispenses his typical annual advice: If you’re sick, stay home from school or work and keep it to yourself. If you think you really have the flu, see your doctor. Anti-flu medications can reduce the

severity of the illness if given within the first 48 hours. And, of course, there’s Public Health 101: Wash your hands frequently. Flu viruses like to pass from person to person through coughs and sneezes, and they are also fond of passing via touch. We shake hands; we pick things up; we grasp doorknobs; and we all touch our faces, even if we think we don’t, Fenstersheib said. “We could probably decrease a lot of this with a lot of hand-washing,” he said. “It’s just so easy and it doesn’t hurt anything.” N Info: Updates on the flu season from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are available at www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluviewinteractive.htm. Reports from the California Department of Public Health Influenza Surveillance Program are posted at www.cdph.ca.gov.

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“It’s about training people in this new way to farm, to make it possible to grow food without chemicals, to be able to have the maximum amount of nutritional value. And the taste of the food is really important,” Allen told the Weekly. “To do that, it’s all about the soil.” Growing Power runs on compost, made from recycled food, farm and brewery waste and coffee grounds, and worm castings that come from intensive composting in boxes. As part of his good-food mission, Allen turns a particular eye on America’s cities. He strives to bring healthful food to urban areas where grocery stores and fresh produce are less common. That includes getting his farm’s food into the Milwaukee school system — 50,000 pounds of carrots in a school year, for example. Allen spends about a quarter of his time traveling, some of it giving author talks like the one scheduled for Feb. 11 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. His talk will kick off this year’s Wallace Stegner Lectures series, which is organized by the Peninsula Open Space District and focuses on themes of conservation and nature. “We just keep working at it, trying to transform people’s lives. Food is the most important thing in our lives,” Allen said. “It’s the one thing that we all have in common.” Allen has been profiled widely in

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ne thing the speakers in this year’s Wallace Stegner Lectures series have in common is an unusual level of immersion in the topics that fascinate them. In researching his book “Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future,” journalist Jeff Goodell spent a month aboard a research ship and a week in an underground mine. Cheryl Strayed’s memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail” recalls her 1,100-mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. Will Allen wins the brass ring. His recent book, “The Good Food Revolution: Growing Healthy Food, People and Communities,” draws on his wisdom harvested from more than 50 years of farming. A former pro basketball player and son of a sharecropper, he’s a widely traveled speaker and evangelist for urban agriculture who is happiest with his hands in the soil. Home base is Growing Power, the 3-acre farm and community food center in Milwaukee that Allen founded in 1993. It includes greenhouses, farm-animal pens, an apiary, a rainwater-catchment system and composting facilities. Farmers, gardeners and various organizations come to the headquarters — and to other centers as far afield as Georgia, Colorado and New York — for schooling in chemical-free farming, composting and other skills.

From top left, the speakers for this year’s Wallace Stegner Lectures series are: Will Allen, Jeff Goodell, Cheryl Strayed and Tim Egan.

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engineer” who “has designed boats that would spray billions of tiny droplets of seawater into the clouds to brighten them, so they will reflect more sunlight away from the earth,” Goodell wrote. A longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, Goodell is also a commentator on environmental issues. The next speaker in the lecture series is Cheryl Strayed, whose latest book, “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar,” is a collection of straighttalking advice columns that she’s written for TheRumpus.net. Her memoir, “Wild,” recalls her lifechanging Pacific Crest Trail hike that she took in the wake of her mother’s death and a divorce. Strayed is scheduled to speak on May 13. The lectures honor the late Stanford University English professor Wallace Stegner, an active conservationist who worked with the Peninsula Open Space District to establish the series. He died just before the lectures began in 1993.

Series subscribers also get a “bonus” talk on March 18, by author and journalist Tim Egan. His most recent book is “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis.” N What: The 20th annual Wallace Stegner Lectures series, which focuses on issues of conservation, nature and land Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Four speakers are scheduled for 8 p.m. talks: Will Allen on Feb. 11, Jeff Goodell on April 8, Cheryl Strayed on May 13 and Tim Egan (in an event for subscribers only) on March 18. Cost: Single tickets are $22 each, with season subscriptions available. Info: Go to openspacetrust.org/ lectures or call 650-854-7696, ext. 310.

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An MBA thesis brought Katie Cooney to Rwanda and Uganda; she was working on a thesis called “Ecotourism Development.” But the two 2012 trips also yielded a photography project. A widely traveled Bay Area photographer who says she specializes in “travel, cowboy and documentary” images, Cooney was drawn to documenting some of the economic struggles in the countries. Her new exhibition, “Rwanda, Land of Reconciliation,” opens today, Feb. 8, at the Community School of Music and Arts at 230 “Boys Home Kigali” is among the photos by Katie Cooney in a new San Antonio Circle in Mountain Peninsula exhibition called “Rwanda, Land of Reconciliation.” View. Cooney wrote in an artist’s The 30-voice California Bach Society will perform statement that she found Rwanda in dire need of more tourism dollars; while many people come to see the “Die Familie Bach” at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at All Saints’ Epissilverback mountain gorillas, they don’t stay long. Her copal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Tickets are work includes photos taken in an orphanage for aban- $30. For more information, go to calbach.org or call doned street boys, and images of rural Rwanda. Some 650-485-1097. are mounted on wood, with branches woven around them for trim. CCRMA open house and concert The show will run through March 24 in the school’s Modern-day music meets modern-day concert hall on Mohr Gallery. A reception is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 15, and the gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. Feb. 15 and 16, with an open house, winter concert and to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 to 3. For more, go to “tailgate party” for unusual DIY musical instruments, courtesy of CCRMA. arts4all.org or call 650-917-6800. Also known as Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, CCRMA is a place for high-tech, uber-contemporary music study, including computer music, psychoacoustics and recording technology. People at CCRMA (pronounced “karma”) invent California Bach Society their own musical instruments and create interactive Talk about relative rivalry: There were more than 75 sound art. There’s even a laptop orchestra. musicians of note in J.S. Bach’s family. This month, The center invites the public to learn about its people the California Bach Society explores the lesser-known and projects during an open house from noon to 5 p.m. branches of the family tree with a concert called “Die Feb. 15 in the lobby of Stanford’s new Bing Concert Familie Bach.” Hall. During that time period on Feb. 16, CCRMA folks Eight composers in the Bach family are featured on will bring in some of their self-invented instruments for the program, which is divided into sections on “Fear & a “tailgate party.” Death” and “Joy & Life.” Four generations are repreAt 8 p.m. Feb. 15, center students, faculty and staff sented, including two of J.S. Bach’s sons, Johann Chris- will present a computer-music concert called “Sonic toph Friedrich and Carl Philipp Emanuel, and cousin Bing” in the hall, using the center’s multi-channel 3D Johann Christoph. Choral director Magen Solomon said sound system. Another concert follows at 8 p.m. Feb. 16, she aimed to choose a wide variety of styles and moods. with CCRMA’s Fernando Lopez-Lezcano curating live The pieces are for small groups of singers, from four computer music and fixed media to create an evening to eight. of soundscapes and electronic music. J.S. makes an appearance as well, with his “Fürchte The events are free. For more information, go to dich nicht,” a motet for double chorus. music.stanford.edu.

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It’s been 30 years since opera’s most notorious mad scene was presented at the Lucie Stern. This month, West Bay Opera brings back Gaetano Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” a bloody, dagger-y opera about a woman forced to marry a man she doesn’t love. Not to give away the plot, but murder and hallucinations ensue. The plot is based on a story by Sir Walter Scott; the opera is sung in Italian with English subtitles. Soprano Rochelle Bard, who recently played the four-part role Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta/Stella in West Bay’s production of “Les Contes d’Hoffmann,” is back as Lucia. Michel Singher conducts, and David Ostwald directs. Four performances are scheduled at the Lucie Stern Theatre at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto: at 8 p.m. Feb. 15 and Feb. 23, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 17 and 24. Tickets are $40-$75, with group discounts available. Go to wbopera.org or call 650-424-9999.

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CHOCOLATE TIMES THREE ... A high-end chocolate shop is scheduled to open this week in downtown Palo Alto in the former space of hair and makeup studio Mimi & Taylor Salon at 522 Bryant St. The decision to open Alegio Chocolate in Palo Alto came after its owners, who started their first chocolate shop in Berkeley seven years ago, noticed more customers coming from Silicon Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We decided to open another store near them,â&#x20AC;? said Panos Panagos, who co-owns Alegio with business partner Robbin Everson. Alegio sells truffles with ganache filling, and chocolate bars made by Italian-born tropical agronomist Claudio Corallo, a small cacao producer on a tiny island west of equatorial Africa. Alegio also offers a 45-minute chocolate-tasting tour, where customers learn about the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own West African plantation. Participants hear how chocolate is grown and harvested, and are given an assortment of different chocolates to sample, said Panagos, a former director/producer for the European Broadcasting Commission. The location of Alegio may raise a few eyebrows among chocolate-lovers. It is across the street from another gourmet chocolate shop, Moniqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chocolates, which opened three years ago at 539 Bryant. Recognizing the awkward proximity of the two shops, Panagos said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intentional. It just happened. But I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see a competition.â&#x20AC;? Moniqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owner Mark West takes a different view. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, it is competition. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no way around it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be interesting. Fortunately, people love chocolate,â&#x20AC;? West said, adding that there is a fundamental difference between the two shops. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At Moniqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, we make all our own chocolate right here and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sell chocolate bars. Instead I do truffles, caramels, marshmallows and a lot of hot chocolate,â&#x20AC;? he said. And if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not enough chocolate for Palo Alto, less than two blocks

away at 654 Gilman St. is The Chocolate Garage. Owner Sunita de Tourreil offers 90-minute presentations in a small garage that has been converted into an intimate tasting room. The one-room business is decorated with dozens of chocolatebar wrappers lining the walls. Furniture consists of a single couch, two chairs and a table. For the past few years, de Tourreil has been able to combine her love for chocolate and her desire for teaching into offering corporate events and parties. A former molecular biologist, de Tourreil averages three educational tastings a week. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely an increase from a year ago. Word is getting out,â&#x20AC;? she said. She focuses on the educational component of making chocolate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I show (customers) the actual cacao bean. The tastings range from the very whitest chocolate to the very darkest,â&#x20AC;? she said. De Tourreil also concentrates on small-batch American chocolate producers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I teach about â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;happy chocolate,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; that means I screen chocolate for two criteria: It has to be really high quality and delicious, and I need to know how it is getting sourced. I want to make sure the cacao farmer is getting paid fairly,â&#x20AC;? she said. BOSTON MARKET CLOSES ... The comfort-food restaurant Boston Market closed its doors at 3375 El Camino Real in Palo Alto last month. White paper now covers all the windows of the former restaurant, with a short note thanking customers for their support and patronage. The note also advises customers that two nearby Boston Markets â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one in Santa Clara, the other in Fremont â&#x20AC;&#x201D; remain open. N

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(Century 16, Century 20) From A to Z — from the fictional antidepressant Ablixa to the real drug Zoloft — Steven Soderbergh toys with drugs, duplicity and their side effects. The message movie grows tiresome in its hammering indictment of Big Pharma’s hold on pharmaceutical research and sales, the efficacy and effectiveness of particular drugs, and the medical community’s questionable ethics. Then moments before inducing sleep, the social-issue film surprisingly twists into a noir thriller. Although everyone seems quick to give directors the dubious title of “auteur” and all the credit, the film’s distinctive signature belongs to screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (“The

Informant!” and “Contagion”) as much as to Soderbergh, whose remarkable but schizophrenic body of work stretches from “sex, lies, and videotape” to “Erin Brockovich” and the “Ocean’s” franchise, to “Full Frontal,” “Che” and “Magic Mike.” If connective thematic and formal tissue exists in his films, the links are not readily apparent. Similar to many film-noir classics, Burns’ narrative splinters time by starting luridly in a blood-splattered New York apartment before flashing back to three months earlier. Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) prepares for her husband’s (Channing Tatum) release from prison after serving four years for insider trading. They have lost everything of the upscale lifestyle that Emily had loved. Close-ups linger on her expressionless face and capture

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(Century 16, Century 20) Long known for stealing scenes, Melissa McCarthy adds to her jacket by taking on the title role of “Identity Thief.” Seth Gordon’s action-comedy follow-up to “Horrible Bosses” proves far from perfect but ultimately difficult to resist, thanks to McCarthy and co-lead Jason Bateman. Bateman plays Sandy Bigelow Patterson, a Colorado accountant and family man whose life turns upside down when McCarthy’s identity thief — let’s call her “Diana” — goes to town on his credit and gets a warrant issued for his arrest. The ensuing confusion threatens Sandy’s brand-new position as the vice president of a start-up financial institution, and with police bound up in jurisdictional red tape, it’s up to Sandy to clear his record and save his job in the one week allotted by his new boss (John Cho). That means flying down to Florida, apprehending Diana and hauling her back to face the music. Though his wife (Amanda Peet) warns, “You’re not Batman,” off he goes, to “pretty much the worst place in America,” to stand up for his self. Naturally, Diana proves plenty slippery and exceedingly dangerous, and not just because of her go-to move of throat-punching anyone who tries to stop her. Car chases and crossfire are guaranteed by those hot on Diana’s trail: a pair of drug dealers she’s crossed (Genesis Rodriguez and T.I.) and a violently unhinged bounty hunter (Robert Patrick). And so what begins as a seemingly fruitful comic premise about identity theft turns out to be two parts “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”

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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Animated (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Aquarius Theatre: 12:30, 2:30 & 7 p.m.

The 39 Steps (1935) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Stanford Theatre: Fri.-Sun. at 5:55 & 9:15 p.m. A Good Day to Die Hard (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: Wed. at 10 p.m.; Thu. at 11 a.m.; 1:30, 4:05, 7 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8:05 & 10:40 p.m. Amour (PG-13) (((( Aquarius Theatre: 1:45, 4:45 & 7:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1:10, 4:10 & 7:10 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 9:55 p.m. Bullet to the Head (R) (1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50 & 10:15 p.m. Die Hard Marathon (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: Wed. at 12:15 p.m. Django Unchained (R) ((( Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 3:50 & 8 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 2:50, 6:25 & 10 p.m. Gangster Squad (R) (1/2 Century 20: 5 & 10:30 p.m. Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 4 & 9:40 p.m.; In 3D at 1:30 & 7 p.m. Century 20: 1 & 5:45 p.m.; In 3D at 3:20, 8:15 & 10:35 p.m. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; In 3D at 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m. & 6:15 p.m.; In 3D at 2:40 & 9:50 p.m. Identity Thief (R) ((1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m.; noon, 1:50, 3, 4:40, 6:10, 7:40, 9:10 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 12:50, 2:25, 3:40, 5:05, 6:20, 7:45, 9:10 & 10:25 p.m. The Impossible (PG-13) ((( Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 2:25 & 7:50 p.m.

Les Miserables (2012) (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 12:20, 4:10 & 7:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; 3:10, 6:35 & 10:05 p.m. Life of Pi (PG) (((1/2 Century 20: 1:25 p.m.; In 3D at 4:20 & 10:20 p.m.; Fri. & Sun. also at 7:15 p.m. (standard 2D) Palo Alto Square: 4 p.m.; In 3D at 1 & 7 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 10 p.m. (standard 2D) Lincoln (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 2:40, 6:05 & 9:20 p.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:35, 7 & 10:15 p.m.

evinces a moral (and morale) confusion by introducing Sandy as a guy willing to take a career risk to get the treatment and pay he deserves, and willing to travel cross-country to confront a felon — and then suggesting that taking what’s his is a lesson he needs to learn from Diana. Um, huh? Craig Mazin’s script also endorses Sandy’s Stockholm Syndrome in not only softening to Diana but himself stealing an identity. (Don’t worry, folks. It’s OK when you steal from a jerk.) Despite these pesky tangles, there’s something appealing in how the film amounts to the opposite of a revenge narrative, considering the roots of Diana’s waywardness and extending her measured generosity and chances to earn her redemption. Sure, making Diana cuddly after all is a Hollywood convention, but it also scores one for restorative justice. Rated R for sexual content and language. One hour, 52 minutes. — Peter Canavese

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PALO ALTO’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCKGRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM This is to notify the general public and other interested parties that a 30-day public review period of the Draft Annual Action Plan for the allocation of Fiscal Year 2014 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, will begin on March 7, 2013 and end on April 8, 2013. The Draft Annual Action Plan describes the activities the City may fund under the 2014 CDBG Program. Collectively these activities are intended to meet Palo Alto’s affordable housing and community development objectives described in the 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan. Copies of the Draft Annual Action Plan will be available on March 7, 2013 at the Department of Planning and Community Environment, 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th Floor, Palo Alto, CA 94301, on the City’s website http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/ depts/pln/advance_planning/cdbg.asp or by calling Consuelo Hernandez, Planner – CDBG, at (650) 329-2428. Interested parties are encouraged to submit written comments on the proposed Draft Annual Action Plan during the public review period, or to comment at the public hearings and meetings described below. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND MEETINGS The City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission will hold a Public Hearing on February 28, 2013 to review the Fiscal Year 2014 CDBG funding allocations recommended by the CDBG Human Relations Selection Committee. The Public Hearing will be held at 7:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, in City Hall Council Conference Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto. The City of Palo Alto Finance Committee will hold a Public Hearing on April 2, 2013 to review the proposed Fiscal Year 2014 CDBG funding allocations identiﬁed in the Draft Annual Action Plan. The Public Hearing will be held at 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, in City Hall Council Conference Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto. The Palo Alto City Council will hold a Public Hearing on May 6, 2013 to adopt the Annual Action Plan and the associated Fiscal Year 2014 CDBG allocations. The Public Hearing will be held at 7:00p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, in City Hall Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto.

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and one part “Midnight Run” (and transparently so) as Sandy and Diana are forced to share a punishing road trip on which they will inevitably bond. An expert of both verbal and physical comedy, McCarthy is a worthy successor to John Candy, who also had a gift for warming up caricatures with loveable humanity. With “Identity Thief,” she gets to play even more colors, from almost ferally self-protective to emotionally vulnerable, and she’s well-matched by tried-and-true put-upon straight man Bateman. But director Seth Gordon — who made his name with the sharp, entertaining doc “The King of Kong” — still doesn’t feel quite at ease with telling a fictional narrative. “Identity Thief” feels bloated at 112 minutes, and curiously repetitive. More than once Gordon suggests a character has sustained a mortal injury, shifts into concerned slo-mo and serious music, then reveals that everyone’s fine. It’s the large-scale version of a kind of fake-out the picture tooregularly pulls for a laugh. More worryingly, “Identity Theft”

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NATIONAL CHAMP . . . Former Stanford All-American Chris Derrick has been named USA Track & Field’s Athlete of the Week after winning the USA Cross Country Championships 12-kilometer race in 35:36.6 on Saturday in St. Louis, Mo. After multiple runner-up finishes at the NCAA championships, Derrick won his first national title in his first year as a professional athlete. Derrick holds the American collegiate record in the 10,000 meters and was a 14-time NCAA Division I All-American while at Stanford. Derrick is now training in Portland, Ore. Derrick will compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on March 24. “I’m excited to test myself against some of the best runners in the world,” Derrick said. “I expect to be a bit over my head and to have to really struggle through, which I hope will give me perspective and help me grow as an athlete.”

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STILL PERFECT . . . The top-ranked Stanford women’s water polo team remained perfect as it posted an 8-5 win over UCLA on Sunday in the championship game of the Stanford Invitational. Kaley Dodson scored twice in the final 2:32 of play as Stanford improved to 8-0. The Bruins held a 4-3 advantage at halftime but were then shut down, scoring once in the second half. UCLA drew within 6-5 with just over six minutes remaining, but Cardinal goalie Kate Baldoni made three of her six saves in the final quarter, keeping the Bruins from tying it. Freshman Anna Yelizarova led Stanford with three goals. The Cardinal beat UC Davis, 11-2, earlier in the day as Kiley Neushul recorded a hat trick while Olympian Melissa Seidemann and Yelizarova each scored twice.

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Palo Alto’s Jacey Pederson (19) and Heidi Moeser (22) head to congratulate Alyssa Maharaj on her first-half goal that gave the Vikings a 2-0 lead on the way to a 9-0 victory that clinched the team’s first league title since 2005.

PREP SOCCER

Palo Alto girls go worst to first with league title by Keith Peters t was early December and the Palo Alto girls’ soccer team was struggling once again. The Vikings, after two down years of not making the Central Coast Section playoffs after 10 straight years of qualifying, were off to a 1-4 start. Second-year coach Kurt Devlin was a little concerned, especially after having to deal with a senior class his first season that was not happy with how the new coach ran things. “It wasn’t looking good,” Devlin said. On Dec. 13, though, Palo Alto battled defending CCS Division III champ Menlo School to a 2-2 deadlock. The Vikings were missing nearly half their roster due to the holiday break, but played great in the second half to forge the tie. “That was kind of the turning point in the season,” said Devlin. “Then I thought we had something.” “They had no confidence up to that point,” said Paly assistant Eric Seedman. “They had no confidence last season and I think it carried over.” Following the tie with Menlo, everything changed for Palo Alto. “We haven’t lost since,” Devlin said. Palo Alto has a 12-match unbeaten streak since its last loss on Dec. 8. Included in that streak is a 9-0-1 mark in the SCVAL El Camino Division. The latest victory came Wednesday, a 9-0 romp over visiting Wilcox that

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