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Vol. XXXVI, Number 19 Q February 13, 2015

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Palo Alto Historical Property Values - Year 2014 BARRON PARK

GREEN GABLES

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 29 40 40 33 25 15 30

Median $ 2,388,000 2,195,000 1,823,500 1,482,000 1,400,000 1,500,000 1,607,000

Min $ 1,550,000 1,070,000 1,050,000 830,000 682,500 1,055,000 675,000

Max $ 3,844,000 3,650,000 4,300,000 2,275,000 2,969,250 2,700,000 2,500,000

Avg $ / SF 1,283 1,101 842 805 781 737 917

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 37 33 63 55 61 50 39

Median $ 2,520,000 2,160,000 1,750,000 1,500,000 1,470,000 1,413,000 1,550,000

Min $ 1,415,000 975,000 1,100,000 813,000 850,000 845,000 950,000

Max $ 4,989,000 7,650,000 6,000,000 2,470,000 3,150,000 4,050,000 4,150,000

Avg $ / SF 1,417 1,146 1,024 812 866 796 914

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 18 21 25 22 24 18 16

Median $ 2,323,000 1,950,000 1,450,000 1,275,000 1,735,000 1,105,000 1,441,000

Min $ 1,200,000 1,050,000 850,000 630,000 675,000 746,000 892,000

Max $ 3,800,000 3,000,000 2,850,000 3,695,000 2,700,000 2,310,000 2,778,000

Avg $ / SF 1,470 1,225 960 853 801 860 1,063

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 40 51 68 63 59 54 55

Median $ 2,371,000 1,950,000 1,669,500 1,380,000 1,365,000 1,337,000 1,515,000

Min $ 1,300,000 1,207,000 931,000 770,000 835,000 745,000 720,000

Max $ 6,100,000 4,500,000 3,300,000 2,950,000 2,615,000 2,499,000 2,722,000

Avg $ / SF 1,412 1,182 985 844 800 754 865

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 20 18 34 22 21 18 19

Median $ 2,850,000 2,875,000 2,409,000 2,151,000 1,790,000 1,827,000 2,000,000

Min $ 1,200,000 859,000 800,000 800,000 985,000 1,170,000 750,000

Max $ 6,010,000 4,900,000 5,550,000 4,908,000 3,650,000 4,830,000 3,900,000

Avg $ / SF 1,613 1,137 1,135 948 881 1,000 975

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 29 53 40 47 30 21 35

Median $ 3,375,000 2,866,000 2,576,500 2,575,000 2,044,000 2,000,000 2,085,000

Min $ 1,568,000 595,000 710,000 740,000 755,000 815,000 960,000

Max $ 19,880,000 10,000,000 9,000,000 5,800,000 7,300,000 3,500,000 7,800,000

Avg $ / SF 1,798 1,339 1,204 1,016 994 925 1,031

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 28 25 29 33 25 28 20

Median $ 3,575,000 3,010,000 2,400,000 2,535,000 2,425,000 1,910,000 2,075,000

Min $ 2,025,000 1,725,000 840,000 701,000 710,000 800,000 1,269,000

Max $ 7,988,000 6,500,000 4,800,000 6,025,000 4,450,000 4,995,000 6,900,000

Avg $ / SF 1,405 1,200 1,043 940 879 842 1,022

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 11 9 14 13 15 14 6

Median $ 2,950,000 3,800,000 2,225,000 2,350,000 1,990,000 1,400,000 1,767,500

Min $ 1,725,000 1,250,000 1,350,000 1,100,000 775,000 810,000 1,300,000

Max $ 8,150,000 5,500,000 3,800,000 4,900,000 7,995,000 3,270,000 9,850,000

Avg $ / SF 1,329 1,143 1,054 834 933 742 1,080

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 18 17 18 22 19 14 20

Median $ 2,522,000 2,165,000 1,801,000 1,610,000 1,367,000 1,544,000 1,658,500

Min $ 1,225,000 1,550,000 880,000 610,000 645,000 1,000,000 899,000

Max $ 5,480,000 4,350,000 3,225,000 3,775,000 2,200,000 2,995,000 3,800,000

Avg $ / SF 1,421 1,164 1,032 967 815 812 954

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 93 98 99 100 120 121 94

Median $ 2,125,000 1,795,000 1,455,000 1,229,000 1,246,500 1,188,000 1,350,000

Min $ 1,365,000 1,141,000 850,000 760,000 802,500 775,000 845,000

Max $ 4,700,000 3,500,000 2,750,000 2,388,000 2,350,000 2,300,000 2,690,000

Avg $ / SF 1,222 1,089 880 794 719 704 839

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold 5 9 12 15 18 6 4

Median $ 2,680,000 1,916,000 1,777,500 1,610,000 1,360,500 1,412,000 1,565,000

Min $ 2,000,000 1,650,000 1,550,000 1,250,000 840,000 1,151,000 915,000

Max $ 2,800,000 3,033,000 2,200,000 3,350,000 2,450,000 1,900,000 1,860,000

Avg $ / SF 1,161 995 845 833 809 751 829

Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008

# Sold Median $ 15 1,425,000 15 1,199,000 15 1,205,000 9 900,000 13 815,000 9 903,000 6 900,000

Min $ 880,000 975,000 760,000 672,000 690,000 703,000 825,000

Max $ 2,688,000 2,430,000 2,300,000 1,590,000 918,000 1,195,000 1,285,000

Avg $ / SF 1,086 1,028 836 651 735 776 906

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Despite Stanford objections, city prepares to cap office growth City Council members signal support for annual limit on commercial growth; delay decision until March 2

by Gennady Sheyner esponding to community criticism about the rapid growth of office space, Palo Alto officials on Monday offered measured support for a complex and deeply contentious solution: an annual cap on commercial development.

Several members of the City Council signaled that they would

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favor instituting limitations on office development, though the debate about what these limitations would be has yet to take place. The council stopped short of voting on a development cap and has not yet figured out whether it should be instituted immediately on an interim basis or rolled out as part of the ongoing update of the city’s Com-

prehensive Plan, the document that guides land-use decisions.

Though the council didn’t delve too deeply into the issue on Monday because of limited time, the members who had a chance to speak made it clear that they would support an annual cap on office growth. They took this position despite deep reservations and fervent objections from various residents, businesses and property owners, most notably Stanford University. Critics of the proposal argued that capping de-

velopment would not address the impacts that the council is trying to solve, namely, too much traffic and not enough parking.

Jean McCown, Stanford’s assistant vice president for government and community relations, urged the council not to take “precipitous actions” and encouraged members to design solutions that fit the problems of specific parts of the city.

She was one of several speakers from Stanford who warned about the unintended consequences that the cap would have on Stanford

Research Park, a sprawling hightech campus with a roster of hightech titans that includes Varian, Tesla and VMWare.

“There is a community concern about parking in the downtown commercial area, but that’s not the issue in the Research Park, where properties do provide their own parking,” McCown said.

She also noted that unlike in downtown, developments at Stanford Research Park do not apply for (continued on page 7)

EDUCATION

Board backs expanding Mandarin program Jordan Middle School could host new pilot program

by Elena Kadvany alo Alto school board members agreed Tuesday night that expanding an elementary school Mandarinimmersion program to Jordan Middle School — filling a hole in the district in Mandarin instruction between elementary and high schools — is a common-sense decision that they support.

Staff brought a proposal to the board to begin a pilot expansion of Ohlone Elementary School’s popular Mandarin-immersion program at Jordan this fall. The Ohlone program began in the fall of 2008 with 40 students and steadily grew to its targeted size of 124 by the 2012-13 school year.

“We have all these kids, our warm bodies, in elementary school,” board Vice President Heidi Emberling said. “A bridge is needed.”

Modeled after Jordan’s Spanish-immersion program, the pilot Mandarin program would be offered for one hour, four days a week, to students who graduated from the Ohlone program.

The pilot is proposed for Jordan rather than Terman or JLS middle schools because that period of instruction was already built into the school’s master schedule for Spanish immersion, staff said.

If approved, the program would begin with one section for sixthgraders this fall and increase over the next two years (one section for sixth- and seventh-graders in the 2016-17 year and one section at all three grade levels in the 201718 year).

Currently, students who enroll in Ohlone’s “choice” program each year have no options for Mandarin instruction at the district’s middle schools. (Both Palo Alto and Gunn high schools offer several

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UTILITIES

Five years later, city still looking to safeguard power 2010 plane accident cut electricity for hours

by Sue Dremann n the foggy morning of tor, the city reported that day. No Feb. 17, 2010, Palo Alto one dared to estimate the losses plunged into darkness at to local businesses. the beginning of the morning Palo Alto’s “Day the Earth commute. All 28,000 customers Stood Still” was caused by a lost power for 10 hours. Com- private plane that crashed into a puter systems were down, traffic city’s utility tower near the Palo snarled at intersections after stop- Alto Municipal Airport — taking lights went out, Stanford Univer- out all three of the city’s power sity Hospital and Lucile Packard conduits — and landed in a fiery Children’s Hospital operated on blaze in an East Palo Alto neighemergency power, and most city borhood. facilities, including City Hall It was a wake-up call. and the Police Department, lost But five years after the twin-enelectricity, although police had gine Cessna 310R accident killed limited power through a genera- pilot Douglas Bourn and two fel-

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low Tesla Motors employees, Andrew Ingram and Brian Finn, little has changed. Palo Alto officials are still looking at alternative power supplies to prevent another disastrous blackout.

Negotiating for additional electrical transmission lines and building the infrastructure for them could be years down the line, a city Utilities Department spokesperson said this week.

All of Palo Alto’s electrical power comes from three power lines located east of U.S. Highway 101. All three were impacted by the crash or by the debris it generated.

The incident was later blamed on Bourn’s failure to follow departure instructions by banking left over the East Palo Alto neighborhood instead of right over the San Francisco Bay and his failure to attain sufficient altitude (continued on page 10)

levels of the language.) Parents of current Ohlone students told the board Tuesday of the impact that a three-year gap in instruction could have on their children.

“I think a bridge to high school is definitely needed to keep this education and language proficiency — and in the case of my kids, I think the enhanced confidence they’ve gotten from tackling a challenging experience like this — to keep those things from being wasted,” said James Porter, the father of a second- and a fourth-grader in the Ohlone program. “A three-year gap is really significant at the sixthgrade level, especially given the social and academic demands that come up in middle school.”

Parent and Mandarin-immersion advocate Grace Mah told the board that a study of the Ohlone program, conducted by Amado Padilla of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, found that fifth-graders graduating from the program who took a language proficiency test scored at approximately the same level as third- and fourth-grade level Mandarin students at Gunn and Paly.

“The importance of this is that if (Mandarin immersion) students exit Ohlone and then have no Mandarin instruction until high school, they will likely regress ... and the full potential of the (Mandarin immersion) program is not achieved,” Mah said.

Students who graduate from the Ohlone program would be given first priority for the Jordan course, staff said. If there’s room, they could open it up to students who pass a qualifying test.

Board member Ken Dauber (continued on page 11)

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— Kate Downing, Palo Alto planning commissioner, on people who complain about developments that exceed zoning limits. See story on page 9.

Around Town

LOVE IS IN THE AIR ... During the month of February, Palo Alto residents are asked to send the city a love letter or picture of their favorite place. The notes and images will be shared on both the city’s website and as part of the “For the Love of Palo Alto” event, which encourages “community members to find out and talk more about why we connect with the place where we live and the impact it can have in terms of civic participation,” according to a press release. The event is inspired by acclaimed author Peter Kageyama’s book, “For the Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places.”

Kageyama will be in Palo Alto on Friday, Feb. 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, to host the free and interactive event, which will include a brainstorming session on how to make “Palo Alto a better, more lovable community with a budget of just $500.” The attendees will get to vote for their favorite idea. Love letters can be sent through the city’s new mobile app, Our Palo Alto, which is available in the Android store and soon to be available in the iTunes stores.

AP TESTS DON’T COME CHEAP ... Palo Alto High School recently lowered the cost of taking an Advanced Placement (AP) test from $115 per test to $110 after recognizing the financial constraints of taking the exam, Principal Kim Diorio said. AP Chinese and Japanese fees are still pricey at $135 a pop (compared to last year’s rate of $145). Paly charges more than many high schools in the area, which hover around the College Board’s mandated fee of $91. In the 2013-14 school year, Gunn High School, too, charged $115 per exam (and will again this year), though Los Altos, MenloAtherton, Mountain View and Monta Vista high schools charged between $90 and $95. “We recognized that our prices were higher than some other schools in the area and also heard from students and parents that one of the reasons they do not take the AP exam is because of the financial constraint of the exams,” Diorio wrote in an email. “We wanted to see if there was wiggle room in lowering the cost for students while still being able to provide the same services.” Aside from

the exam itself, the fees cover the cost of administering the test: additional staff to coordinate registration, to set up and break down exam stations, training and proctoring of the tests.

GET YOUR HACK ON ... Stanford University announced Wednesday that it will host the first-ever national collegiate hackathon in Silicon Valley on Friday, Feb. 20.

The most talented student programmers, designers, tinkerers and creators from colleges across the country will come to Stanford for the inaugural TreeHacks, which is organized by BASES Hackspace, a Stanford group that is dedicated to facilitating the university’s hacking community.

Students will team up with likeminded individuals from their own school or from other schools to create websites, apps or hardware projects during the 36-hour, non-stop technology competition.

The teams will take their ideas from concept to an actual working project that will be presented to a panel of judges on Sunday, Feb. 22. (Presumably, all the participants will be sleeping the following day.) TreeHacks is focused on “bringing mentorships, connections, and expertise to students that they might not have otherwise had access to through standard education,” a press release states.

AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE ...

The Palo Alto Art Center is one of six museum programs in the state to receive the 2015 Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Museum Education, the city announced Wednesday. The award — chosen by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in partnership with the California Association of Museums — recognizes the accomplishments in museum programs that serve K-12 students and/or educators.

The Palo Alto Art Center received the award for its Cultural Kaleidoscope program, which fosters connections between students from different backgrounds in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. The program uses professional artists to guide students in art projects and exposes them to art through field trips to local museums. The Palo Alto Art Center also received the same award in 2013 for the school tour program Project LOOK! Q

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Palo Alto high schools prioritize culture change, achievement gap Data, consistency also top goals in Gunn and Paly WASC reports

by Elena Kadvany s a result of intensive selfstudies that Palo Alto’s high schools undertook over the last year, both Gunn and Palo Alto High have committed to tackling the achievement gap, ensuring curriculum is consistent, and engendering major cultural shifts at their schools.

Gunn Principal Denise Herrmann and Paly Principal Kim Diorio presented their top goals for the next several years to the Board of Education on Tuesday.

Their goals, which overlap and speak directly to many community concerns surrounding the high schools, are the result of a year-plus-long Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) process the high schools complete every six years.

Both principals said they are committed to working to close the achievement gap at their schools through more targeted, personalized learning, increased professional development for teachers and improved intervention programs.

Gunn set a series of specific goals around the achievement gap, including developing and implementing a “robust, universal academic and behavioral intervention program” by the fall of 2018; reducing the percentage of Latino students who get Ds and Fs from 45 percent to 20 percent or less by the end of the 2016-17 school year; and by 2018, boost Latino and

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“planned-community” zoning in hopes of building more densely than their sites would otherwise allow.

Tiffany Griego, managing director for Stanford Research Park, made a similar point in a letter she co-signed with McCown. The letter noted that between 2004 and 2013, the Research Park has grown at a “modest average rate” of 16,000 square feet per year and that in many cases it resulted in obsolete facilities being transformed to accommodate modern technologies.

Griego asked the council to “encourage this sort of reinvestment, which replaces existing improvements with modern, sustainable facilities that are more appropriate for the conduct of cutting-edge research and development.”

In the letter, she wrote that Stanford believes that an annual growth limit “could have significantly detrimental impacts on the vitality of the Stanford Research Park.

“Stanford is concerned that an annual cap will compromise our mutual ability to attract companies that create long-term economic

black students’ enrollment in Advanced Placement (AP) and honors courses by 30 percent.

Herrmann said that some lanes of courses at Gunn — such as varying levels of biology (1, 1A and honors) — can “lead to a sorting of students that is unhealthy.”

“We’re not saying every student should be in honors (classes) ... but we are saying that we might have an artificial boundary there and that we want to examine that and to make sure that as many kids who want to take APs or who want to challenge themselves feel that support but that we’re not down-laning any kid,” she said.

School board member Ken Dauber offered data that shows the district’s white and Asian students perform in the top percentiles in the state, for example, on math and science, while African-American, Hispanic and low-income students don’t do as well, especially when compared to other districts statewide.

“Why is it in a school district that is as highly resourced as we are and does so well for certain students that we do less well for others compared to other schools statewide?” Dauber asked.

He urged Diorio and Herrmann to think about what strategies could be developed to address differences between what Palo Alto Unified is doing to close the achievement gap and what other districts are doing

more successfully.

Board Vice President Heidi Emberling stressed that any efforts to tackle the achievement gap must start before high school, with processes in place to connect with and analyze student achievement in elementary and middle schools.

And as the district commences on a research study of consistency at the two high schools, Paly and Gunn are, too, making it a priority to align curriculum, in response to student, parent and staff dissatisfaction voiced through surveys administered as part of the WASC process.

Most Paly students reported in a WASC survey that they would like to see inconsistent grading practices addressed, citing grade “deflation” and differences among teachers of the same course. Thirty percent of Gunn students disagree — and 14 percent strongly disagree — that teacher quality and difficulty is consistent across courses.

Similarly, 19 percent of Gunn students disagree that grading is fair across teachers and courses.

Diorio said Paly will be working to develop common summative assessments and common syllabi in all courses that don’t yet have them to make sure that homework, assessments and curriculum are better aligned.

Herrmann emphasized that alignment, though critical to addressing student stress, doesn’t mean a loss of teacher autonomy.

“It doesn’t matter if you have teacher ‘A’ or teacher ‘B;’ you know that the outcomes for the course, what you’re going to learn, are going to be the same,” she said. “Every teacher has their own style; that’s not saying that teacher personalities aren’t going to shine through or their sense of humor — all of that is what builds the relationship part.

Relationships can’t be aligned, but the curriculum and the instruction and the assessment can be aligned.”

Diorio and Herrmann also identified data collection and analysis as an area of improve-

stability in our city,” Griego wrote.

Jeff Wright, vice president at Varian, also expressed concern about an office-space cap. The company had recently renovated 110,000 square feet of office and research-and-development space at its Stanford Research Park campus and had put together a master plan that would accommodate a further build-out. The company’s plan to continue its growth could be jeopardized by a new cap, which could take the form of a “beauty contest” between development proposals, with the council as the judge.

“We are concerned the contemplated annual-growth limit erodes flexibility and predictability and could have the unintended consequence of prohibiting Varian from ever building out its remaining FAR (floor-area-ratio), particularly if the annual limit is too low,” Wright wrote.

The call for caution and careful deliberation won some support from the council, though members were more swayed by the argument from residents that office development has gotten too intense, particularly around downtown. Residents’ anxieties over recent growth

helped set the stage for a referendum in 2013, in which voters overturned a council-approved housing development on Maybell Avenue, and for the council election of 2014, in which candidates who advocated for slow-growth policies won seats.

Two of these candidates, Tom DuBois and Eric Filseth, both spoke in favor of a commercial cap. DuBois cited the recent election and recalled that “all five winning candidates said there is a need to moderate commercial impacts.

“We had very broad input from the community through the last election,” DuBois said. “It’s not just about traffic and parking. It’s about maintaining the aesthetics of the city.”

Filseth aligned himself with Vice Mayor Greg Schmid, who made a motion for staff to move ahead with exploring an annual cap between 10,000 square feet and 45,000 square feet as part of the Comprehensive Plan update.

But the council never got to vote on Schmid’s motion, with most members agreeing that the March 2 discussion should launch from a clean slate and not be based on a specific proposal. The council voted 6-2, with Schmid

and Filseth dissenting and Councilwoman Liz Kniss absent, to table the discussion until then.

“I think it’s pretty clear that for a majority of Palo Alto residents, we’re at a point in time where the incremental benefits of more office expansion are outweighed by the incremental costs,” Filseth said in explaining his support for a cap. “There is an argument that negative impacts can be mitigated but they can’t be mitigated completely. It’s the first rule of holes.

When you’re in one, stop digging.”

Though the council didn’t adopt a cap on Monday, the discussion suggested that it’s only a matter of time.

Mayor Karen Holman and Councilman Pat Burt had both advocated limiting commercial growth at past discussions. And even Councilman Cory Wolbach, who is not aligned with the slow-growth “residentialist” camp, reiterated on Monday his pre-election argument that what Palo Alto needs is more housing, not more office space.

Even so, Wolbach urged caution when it comes to limiting development. By addressing the supply of office space without addressing the demand, the council’s action could lead to rising rents, which could

Gunn and Paly student surveys Percent who answered ‘very satified’ or ‘somewhat satisfied’ Level of enjoyment while learning

70

Satisfaction with teachers this year

86

Social and emotional experience this year

75

Satisfaction with school counselors this year

72

66

Gunn Paly

83

78

71

Source: Gunn and Paly 2015 Western Association of Schools and Colleges reports

ment for their schools.

“We don’t right now have a culture of using data to guide decision-making at our school and we want to improve that,” Diorio said. “We want to change that.”

Herrmann, too, said there is a lack of access to data to answer ongoing questions about student achievement, wellness and teacher effectiveness, among other areas.

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pose a challenge for small businesses. He likened an office cap to a tourniquet and argued, “If you aren’t careful you can lose a limb.”

“Small businesses in Palo Alto could be among the limbs,” he said.

Wolbach proved particularly sympathetic to a commonly stated argument that the city shouldn’t cap office development outright but rather limit it by demanding from developers amenities such as housing, impact fees and “transportation-demand management” programs that convince employees to commute by mass transit, carpool, biking or walking.

“Tying commercial development to housing, tying commercial development to TDM (transportationdemand management) measures — those are the kinds of things we need to focus on,” Wolbach said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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Call for ‘quiet zone’ gets louder in Palo Alto

City joins push to fossil-fuel divestment

A grassroots call to establish a “quiet zone” for a segment of Palo Alto’s rail corridor picked up some volume Monday night when members of the City Council agreed to further study the proposal.

Quiet zones are sections of the rail line where approaching trains do not routinely sound horns. For more than two years, downtown residents near Alma Street have been lobbying the council to create one near their homes. During the Monday night study session, several residents reiterated their frustrations about the persistent and pervasive noise from freight train horns at night and Caltrain horns during the day and evening.

Martin Sommer said that roughly 90 trains pass by his neighborhood, sounding their horns each time they enter and exit the station.

Zouhair Mahboubi, who has been leading the drive for a quiet zone, said freight trains routinely run at 2 and 3 a.m.

The Federal Railroad Administration, which defines quiet zones, allows cities to establish them provided they can institute certain safety measures. These could be median barriers or so-called quad gates near rail crossings.

The costs of these improvements would range from about $100,000 for the median barriers to $1 million or more for the gates. The city attorney’s office also determined the city might be required to supplement its liability insurance for any incidents that occur at a quiet-zone intersection. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Spurred by concerns about climate change and a grassroots push from Palo Alto’s faith community, the City Council enthusiastically passed a resolution Monday urging the California Public Employees’ Retirement System to divest from fossil-fuel companies.

The council voted 8-0, with Liz Kniss absent, to go along with the recommendations of a colleagues memo issued last week by four council members: Marc Berman, Patrick Burt, Mayor Karen Holman and Kniss. The memo recommends that city officials request CalPERS divest from fossil-fuel companies and frames the issue as one of both environmental and fiscal responsibility.

The city’s resolution urges CalPERS, the state’s pension fund for government employees, to “immediately instruct” its asset managers to stop any new investments in fossil-fuel companies; ensure that “none of its assets include holdings in fossil fuel include holdings in fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds” on or after Jan. 1, 2020; and publish quarterly updates starting in July 1, 2015, detailing progress made toward full divestment.

The city’s action comes at a time when the movement for divestment is picking up steam at cities, colleges and legislative chambers. State Sen. Kevin de Leon has been leading the Sacramento push for a bill that would force CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels, and students and faculty at Stanford and Harvard University have been vocal in urging their respective schools to divest. Q — Gennady Sheyner

Palo Alto pursues minimum-wage law

East Palo Alto offers city manager job

An effort to raise Palo Alto’s minimum wage received a big lift Monday night when the City Council enthusiastically agreed to pursue the idea.

The council voted 8-0, with Liz Kniss absent, to refer to its Policy and Services Committee a proposal to establish a citywide minimum wage. Palo Alto’s new law will likely mimic similar ordinances that were adopted last year in Mountain View and Sunnyvale.

The proposal was made in a colleagues memo from councilmen Pat Burt, Marc Berman, Tom DuBois and Cory Wolbach, who argued that the change is needed because of the high cost of living in Palo Alto.

California currently has a minimum wage of $9 an hour, which is set to increase to $10 an hour next year.

“Despite our general affluence ... we currently have the same minimum wage as low cost regions of California and lower minimum wages than some neighboring cities,” the memo stated.

Paul George, executive director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, submitted to the council a letter of support signed by more than 300 residents and 13 organizations.

George told the council that while California’s minimum wage is higher than the federal standard, it “still isn’t high enough.”

Councilman Eric Filseth, who also advocated moving ahead with the ordinance, noted that the standard argument against a minimum wage is that it would destroy service jobs.

“I don’t think this is likely to happen in Palo Alto,” he said. “I think we should go for it.” Q — Gennady Sheyner

East Palo Alto City Council unanimously extended a conditional offer to its interim manager, Carlos Martinez, to be its new city manager, the city announced in a press release on Monday.

Martinez has served in a variety of management roles responsible for redevelopment, economic development and housing for the past 11 years. He has served as interim city manager since October.

The council expects to make a formal appointment and approve an employment agreement with Martinez at its regular meeting on March 3. The city will conduct a thorough background check and negotiate the terms of the agreement in the coming weeks, according to the announcement. Mayor Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier has appointed herself and Vice Mayor Donna Rutherford to represent the council in the negotiations.

Martinez was selected after an extensive recruitment and evaluation process led by CPS HR, a Sacramento-based public-sector executivesearch firm. The council reviewed more than 30 applications from candidates, the most qualified of whom also met with a 10-person community panel.

Martinez has master’s degrees in architecture and in city planning from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for the City of Hayward in economic development, for a nonprofit economic-development corporation, as a San Francisco City/County supervisor and in the private sector as an architect and planner. He has also run his own small business. Q — Sue Dremann

Police release video on unsolved homicide Maria Ann Hsiao’s death has haunted Lt. Zach Perron for more than 13 years, and now the Palo Alto Police Department has released a video about the night she died in hopes of generating tips that will lead to her killer.

Just after midnight on June 10, 2001, Hsiao, a 21-year-old film student, was fatally shot in the head outside the Q Cafe in downtown Palo Alto.

She had been out for her birthday with her sister and several friends.

Perron was the second officer to arrive on the scene and immediately started CPR, he recounted in the 10-minute video. People were screaming, and the police were uncertain about what had happened and whether the shooter was still in the area. No gun was ever found.

A $100,000 reward is still being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for Hsiao’s death. Her family, meanwhile, seeks justice, and soon: Her father has a terminal illness and desires to know what happened to his daughter before he dies.

Because of the size of the crowd outside of the club that night, police believe one or more persons saw something — and they’re still keeping what they know a secret. Police initially said they believed the shooter was between 5 and 10 feet away from Hsiao.

Police are asking the public to watch the YouTube video at the Palo Alto Police Department channel and share it on their social networks: youtu.be/faP6-0NBNYM. Anonymous tips about that night can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow. org or sent via text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984. Tips may also be submitted anonymously through a free mobile app, downloadable at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. Q — Jocelyn Dong Page 8 • February 13, 2015 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com

Forums to address student wellness The Palo Alto school district and community groups have organized three events over the next few weeks to provide further platforms for conversation about student wellness.

On Thursday, Feb. 19, the district will host a panel presentation on sleep and health called, “Wake Up Call: The Role of Sleep and Teen Health.”

The panelists will discuss the science behind sleep and health, what parents can look for and strategies to ensure their children are getting enough sleep and efforts the school district is considering to better facilitate student sleep. The presentation will be followed by a discussion.

The sleep event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mitchell Park Community Center’s El Palo Alto Room at 3800 Middlefield Road. It is co-sponsored by the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, youth well-being coalition Project Safety Net, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. The district is also co-sponsoring “Let’s Talk: A Community Conversation about Healthy Kids and Healthy Schools” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, with the City of Palo Alto and Project Safety Net at the Cubberley Community Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, T2.

On Sunday, March 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., a forum dedicated to hearing from Palo Alto students, “Listening to Youth Voices,” will feature a youth panel, time for students to speak on open mic and remarks by school board member Ken Dauber and City Councilman Pat Burt.

The forum will take place at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto at 1985 Louis Road. Q — Elena Kadvany

ing well, where they can improve and to “break the commitment to the status quo way of doing things.”

“I would expect to see from staff, from Dr. McGee and from you folks a request about what you need in order to actually make that happen,” he said.

Perhaps the high schools’ most ambitious and overlapping goal is shifting school culture from one that values a narrow, traditional path of success to one that is more empathetic, creative and accepting of multiple definitions of success.

Herrmann said Gunn plans to accomplish this with some big-picture steps, such as ongoing work through a partnership with youth well-being research group Challenge Success and creation of a comprehensive social- and emotionallearning curriculum.

More short-term changes include a new time-management tool students will be required to use when signing up for classes this spring and consideration of switching over to a block schedule, in which classes meet less frequently but for longer periods throughout the week.

Paly switched to a block schedule five years ago.

Gunn students and parents have been urging the school in recent weeks to adopt a block schedule, and Herrmann said last week that a committee will be looking at the possibility this spring, with the goal of implementing a change in the fall of 2016.

Superintendent Max McGee told Herrmann that she has the district’s “full support to get moving” on the bell schedule, stressing that a “sense of urgency” infuses each of the schools’ goals.

“These plans aren’t going to sit on the desk for six years,” McGee said at the school board meeting Tuesday night, recapping the WASC presentations. “They are data-driven, they are actionable and they are urgent.”

Gunn’s and Paly’s full WASC reports are posted with the online version of this article on PaloAltoOnline.com. Q

READ MORE ONLINE PaloAltoOnline.com READ MORE ONLINE An article about the research study on curriculum consistency, commissioned by the district, is posted online. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com and search for “School district to evaluate consistency, world-language programs.”

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CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

DEVELOPMENT

City planners propose fixes for controversial zoning Palo Alto commissioners weigh reforms for ‘planned community’ zoning upporters call it a valuable tool for allowing flexibility and encouraging the creation of much-needed housing for seniors and low-income families.

Opponents call it a “racket” that allows developers to line their pockets by exceeding zoning regulations and providing meager “public benefits,” some of which fail to materialize.

Everyone on the City Council agrees that “planned community” zoning is broken. Now, fixes are on the way.

A year after Palo Alto put a halt to planned-community (PC) proposals, the city is moving ahead with reforms that officials hope will add some clarity and predictability to the city’s most controversial zoning process. The Planning and Transportation Commission wrestled with proposed fixes on Wednesday night during a threehour discussion that featured more than a dozen informal votes.

One improvement proposed for a new PC ordinance would be to define “public benefit,” a term that over the years has encompassed ev-

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by Gennady Sheyner erything from sculptures and bike paths to cash payments and affordable-housing units. The ordinance also includes a rule that would require a developer to submit an economic analysis for the project — a pro forma document that would help the council weigh the value of public benefits against the profit the developer would earn as a result of the zoning exemptions.

Yet the proposed ordinance wouldn’t create a specific menu of benefits. The definition remains open-ended: “Public benefits shall include affordable housing, significant monetary or ‘in kind’ contributions toward meeting goals of the City’s adopted infrastructure plan or human services needs assessment with a nexus to the proposed project, or other similar amenities or improvements identified by the City Council,” the ordinance states.

It also notes that the council could adopt a menu in the future that reflects city priorities.

The commission agreed with many of the proposed reforms, though members quibbled with a few and split on two. Members

generally agreed that the menu isn’t necessary, but Commissioners Kate Downing and Eric Rosenblum both favored including “preferred uses,” such as affordable housing and senior housing.

Downing argued that PC projects should have intrinsic value — that is, be beneficial in themselves. She gave as an example affordable housing and community centers. She also argued against allowing developers to make cash payments as benefits because this gives the city an incentive to allow inadequate zoning and turns the process into a “huge negotiation, like buying a used car.”

She acknowledged that the process, as it stands, has been a cause of much anxiety.

“People, when they talk about zoning or a project out of zoning (compliance), they talk about it like a crime is being committed, like we’re violating the law when we’re doing something outside zoning,” Downing said.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing at the special scheduled meeting on Monday, February 23, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider an appeal of the Director of Planning and Community Environment’s Individual Review Approval of a new twostory home located at 3864 Corina Way. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15303(a) of the CEQA Guidelines.

BETH MINOR Acting City Clerk

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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: HTTP://WWW.CITYOFPALOALTO.ORG/KNOWZONE/AGENDAS/COUNCIL.ASP

AGENDA–Sp. City Council Meeting Meeting of the Whole, Community Meeting Room, February 17, 2015 5:00 PM 1. Review and Discussion of Council Procedures and Protocols, meeting management, Committees, and :[HɈ 9LSH[PVUZ SPECIAL PRESENTATIONMitchell Park Community Center February 19, 2015, 9:00 AM 1. Peter Kageyama, author of for the Love of Cities will be discussing his book and taking questions from attendees. Attendees include City of Palo Alto Executive Leadership Team and Council Members.

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to avoid striking power lines, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.

Palo Alto was looking at alternative power supplies and their costs for years prior to the crash, Tomm Marshall, assistant director of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Utilities Department, said at the time. Two studies found that adding a transformer at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center could cost about $45 million and require permission from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which would operate the new transformer. But the DOE has not been supportive of the plan.

The city also considered converting its 115kV lines to 230kV lines, which would save the city about $1 million annually. The new lines would be installed underground, safeguarding it from aircraft and other hazards, Marshall said. Cost for that project was estimated at $200 million.

But neither idea has gone anywhere so far.

Utilities spokeswoman Catherine Elvert this week said the city has since been involved in regional transmission-planning efforts conducted by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to develop an alternative transmission system. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our participation in the annual process has resulted in two alternatives to diversify transmission routes to the city that are currently under consideration. The first alternative under consideration would entail PG&E building a new transmission access point extending from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s receiving station to a PG&E site at NASA Ames (in Mountain View). The second alternative under consideration would involve construct-

ing a new transmission line from a city site near Sand Hill Road to a site near the Department of Energyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC),â&#x20AC;? she wrote in an email.

Both alternatives are considered viable solutions to problems related to the airport, she said. But the second alternative, a transmission line to SLAC, still involves several groups that need to negotiate impacts and costs. The preferred alternative will be contingent upon its feasibility and cost, she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, we expect that a final decision on the alternatives will be made by the end of 2015.

Construction may take from three to five years after a decision is made.

A project of this size will require an environmental-review process, followed by engineering design, manufacture of specialized equipment and then construction,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Upgrading the system is taking a long time due to its many moving parts, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are many entities involved. It really is a very important issue to the community. We want to make sure we fully arrive at a decision that is best for the community,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Palo Alto has put in backup generators to improve reliability and redundancy in the system. The city has made improvements to keep essential water services going in a power emergency, Elvert said. The city maintains a fleet of generators to provide electricity to pumps servicing city water wells and reservoirs. Two new generators have been sited at reservoirs to provide power during electric outages.

The city has also upgraded large parts of its lines from 4kV to 12kV, which is â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty majorâ&#x20AC;? and is an ongoing process that improves reliability, she said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Feb. 9)

Office cap: The council discussed the creation of an annual cap for office development. The council did not vote on the proposal and will continue the conversation next month. Action: None Minimum wage: The council referred to its Policy and Services Committee the creation of a local minimum-wage ordinance. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss Divestment: The council adopted a resolution urging CalPERS to divest from fossil-fuel companies. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss

Council Policy and Services Committee (Feb. 10)

Airplanes: The committee recommended several actions, including funding a study of airplane noise up to $30,000; directing staff to reach out to surrounding cities about participating in the study; and directing the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lobbyist in Washington, D.C., to add aircraft noise as an elevated issue. Yes: Unanimous

Board of Education (Feb. 10)

Enrollment committee: The board approved a revised charge for a new enrollment-management committee. Yes: Unanimous

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Planning and Transportation Commission (Feb. 11)

Planned community: The commission discussed possible reforms to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;planned communityâ&#x20AC;? process, including the creation of a definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;public benefitâ&#x20AC;? and a requirement that an applicant requesting the zone change submit an economic analysis. The discussion will continue on March 11. Action: None

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Lawsuits settled, but no changes at Palo Alto Airport Following 2010 plane crash, residents have rebuilt homes

by Sue Dremann tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been five years since a Cessna piloted by Tesla Motors employee Douglas Bourn crashed into an East Palo Alto neighborhood, and it has taken nearly that long for all of the litigation to resolve against Bournâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate and Tesla Motors. In that time, East Palo Alto families have tried to rebuild their lives and their homes, and relatives of the two plane passengers killed, Brian Finn and Andrew Ingram, have received some compensation for their loved onesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; deaths.

Settlements and community fundraising have brought some measure of closure to peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives.

But steps have yet to be taken to ensure that such a crash by pilots flying out of Palo Alto Municipal Airport never happens again.

Court records show that the victims of the Feb. 17, 2010, disaster received compensation, but the settlement terms are not known.

Paula and Barbara Ingram, Andrew Ingramâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, filed suit in San Mateo County Superior Court against Bourn and his company, Air Unique, on Aug. 17, 2010, for unspecified damages.

Their suit was settled in February 2013 for an undisclosed sum.

Finnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife, Sherina Yuk Chan, and their young child, Erin Silei Finn, filed suit against Air Unique on Jan. 10, 2011. That suit settled in December 2012, according to court documents.

Lisa Jones, whose home was completely destroyed after the plane struck the roof and started a fire, struggled with homelessness and lived with friends after she lost her daycare business that she operated out of the house. She and six family members filed suit against Bournâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate on Nov. 22, 2010, and settled on Aug. 12, 2013, for an undisclosed sum, but the settlement was not adequate to rebuild her home, she later said.

Atherton residents stepped in to raise money to rebuild Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home with the help of the nonprofit Rebuilding Together. Jones returned to her home in September, the last victim to return to the neighborhood.

Beech Street residents Ervin and Pinkie Hudleton, whose vehicle and carport were destroyed by parts of the disintegrating plane, filed a lawsuit on Feb. 16, 2012, against Bourn, Air Unique, Tesla, Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, Palo Alto Airport and Pacific Gas & Electric. Their litigation settled in August 2012.

Five family members living at the home of Jose Cortes-Herrera, whose house, belongings and vehicles were damaged by fire from the crash and explosion, filed suit in San Mateo County in 2010

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against Air Unique, Tesla Motors and Bournâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate. Most of the victims settled in December 2013, but two family members disputed the sum and were awarded $10,000 each on Aug. 4, 2014, according to court documents.

As memories fade and lives move on, Palo Alto Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which determines flight paths and rules for airports and aircraft, continue to point to pilot error as the reason for the crash.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators did determine that Bourn took off in heavy fog conditions and did not obey the approved flight route, which instructed him to bank to the right over the San Francisco Bay. For an unknown reason, Bourn banked left after takeoff and at a lower elevation, striking a utility tower before crashing into the Beech Street homes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once flight clearance has been obtained, no pilot may deviate from that clearance unless an amended clearance is obtained, an emergency exists, or the deviation is in response to a traffic alert and collision avoidance system resolution advisory,â&#x20AC;? FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said in an email this week.

The FAA doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t close airports due to weather conditions, but an airport could choose to close a runway if it is damaged or if an aircraft is disabled on the runway.

But flying in bad weather is a pilotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s risk, Gregor said.

The FAA has not had any discussions with East Palo Alto or Palo Alto officials regarding a change in procedures or flight patterns, Gregor said.

Palo Alto City Manager James Keene said that following the plane crash city officials had extensive conversations with East Palo Alto, primarily around emergency response, communication and coordination. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At that time, the airport was a county operation. Now that the city has taken over the airport, we expect working together with our neighbors regarding the airport â&#x20AC;&#x201D; operations and planning â&#x20AC;&#x201D; will be the standard,â&#x20AC;? he said.

City Council member Pat Burt, who was mayor in 2010 when the crash occurred, said the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s takeover of the airport could involve stronger education programs for pilots.

Ralph Britton, Palo Alto Airport Association president, said the association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association held a seminar for pilots at Cubberley Auditorium on Sept. 20, 2010, to discuss safety operating procedures and the risks associated with low-visibility departures. Q

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acknowledged that there is a community concern around expanding a choice program that operates on a lottery basis, serving a select rather than broad population of students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it would be desirable if we were receiving this proposal at the same time that we were also considering a proposal for an extension of language instruction into elementary grades as well because I think part of the concern in the community around

the first Mandarin-immersion program, and to some extent, this proposal is a sense that we should be providing the good things about foreign-language instruction more broadly,â&#x20AC;? Dauber said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, and I hope that we will get to that point, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the case that the timing of this is such that this is kind of a targeted opportunity, so I think we should seize that.â&#x20AC;?

The district will likely be looking at further foreign-language programming after this year, when an outside research firm finishes an evaluation of the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world-language offerings,

including the current Mandarin and Spanish programs.

The board will vote on the proposal at its next meeting on Feb. 24. If approved, staff will move forward with writing the course curriculum, ordering textbooks, developing a qualifying test for students who move into the district and hiring a teacher. Staff plans to return to the board on June 23 to report on the progress â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and cost â&#x20AC;&#x201D; of these efforts.

Jordan Principal Greg Barnes said if approved, the school will hold an information night for parents interested in the pilot program in early March. Q

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City may study airplane noise Committee proposes spending up to $30,000 to gauge noise, recommend alternative flight paths alo Alto should fund a $30,000 study of air-traffic noise over the city and propose alternative flight paths, a City Council committee unanimously recommended Tuesday night.

The study results would be used to try to sway the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modify plans it has developed as part of its new NextGen flight system. Some local residents fear planned NextGen flight paths will send an intolerable number of aircraft directly over their homes — and bring greater noise with them.

Three of four flight paths arriving to San Francisco International Airport currently converge over the city. Residents said the problem will soon get worse when the third and final phase of implementing NextGen narrows flight routes into a conga line in which planes will be spaced as close as 1 mile apart. That would create a near-steady stream of jet noise, according to members of Sky Posse, a local group advocating for changes to the FAA plan.

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said that SFO-bound flights over Palo Alto are already up 350 percent since 2001.

In other states where NextGen has rolled out, residents have said the increased decibel levels and frequency of flights are damaging their wellbeing and way of life. The uproar has been such that the FAA is looking at revising the plan in some cities.

Northern California is the last part of the country scheduled for the roll-out, which must be completed by Sept. 30. The third and final phase of NextGen implementation is scheduled for March 5.

“There’s an urgency. We’re at a tipping point,” said Jim Herriot, chief technology officer of an aviation company and a member of Sky Posse. “We’re living under a perfect storm. Our health, livability, sleep and productivity are being affected, and it’s getting worse.”

Sky Posse representatives said that more flights should shift over the San Francisco Bay and come in at a higher altitude.

City Manager James Keene said Tuesday that at a minimum, the city should explore doing a

study with the goal of being able to redirect flights over the bay.

But he recommended a review of whether the study would be costeffective in altering FAA plans.

Would the study, or any study, “really fly with the FAA?” he asked.

Sky Posse and SFO representatives said there is precedent. Bert Ganoung, manager of the SFO aircraft noise-abatement office, said that some other airports — most notably Denver and Dallas — have made radical changes.

Councilman Tom Dubois, one of the Policy and Services Committee members, pointed out that in California, the city of Newport Beach has successfully lobbied the FAA for flight-path changes at John Wayne Airport.

Convincing the FAA to modify routes could depend on developing a local collaboration with political clout. Palo Alto could leverage its federal lobbyist, Keene said. He and some council members will be in Washington, D.C., for the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference in March, and the air noise problem

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Stewart Carl stands in front of a projector displaying an image of commercial airline flight paths over the Bay Area during a meeting of Sky Posse on Oct. 16, 2014. could be discussed, he added.

Palo Alto also has advocates in Congress. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo is a member, along with more than 25 other representatives, of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus, which is charged with advancing solutions that abate aircraft noise.

The city can also build a regional coalition, Keene said. Palo Alto already holds tri-cities meetings with Menlo Park and East Palo Alto on a number of issues. The city also plans to have tri-cities meetings with Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Keene said he would ask Menlo Park and East Palo Alto to invite Portola Valley, Atherton and Woodside to a meeting to dis-

cuss collaborating on the study.

Council members Tuesday agreed that any flight-path recommendations should not push the problem on another community.

“If the proposed route is raised higher (in altitude) everybody wins; if not, the problem will go over other communities,” Councilman Marc Berman said.

Committee members voted unanimously in favor of five motions made by Councilman Pat Burt: to recommend the full council fund up to $30,000 for the study, contingent on staff review of the costs and the value of (continued on page 14)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

East Palo Alto workshop aims to bridge police-community divide There are three things you should never do when a police officer confronts you,” retired Judge LaDoris H. Cordell told an audience in St. Francis of Assisi Church in East Palo Alto on Monday night. She pointed to a large paper easel with “R.A.T.” scrawled on it. “Never, ever run away, argue with an officer, or touch an officer.”

Hosted by local activists and community organizers, Cordell’s “Know Your Rights” workshop was a response to the upswell of anger across the nation over police-community relations, particularly among people of color.

“I think the lesson of Ferguson is that it was the result of the community not being in control of their own local government,” said Gail Ortega, who has been involved in organizing three similar events around the Bay Area. “So, we just want to tell the community, ‘Hey, y’all got the power.’”

“When Ferguson happened,” said Father Larry Goodie, a priest at St. Francis, “I did not think the protests would accomplish much.

What’s needed is a conversation between the faith community and the police department.”

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by Joshua Alvarez pendent police auditor for the City of San Jose, explained on Monday the rights citizens have when interacting with police, but she also called on residents to demand change in their police department.

“As residents of East Palo Alto you have rights and responsibilities,” said Cordell to the predominantly black and Latino audience.

“If a police officer is rude to you, or you think he or she has done something wrong, you can ask for their name and badge number. They are required by law to provide it.”

Teenagers who attended the workshop and spoke with the Weekly said they haven’t had bad experiences with police officers.

But almost every one could think of a friend or relative who has.

Audience members Monday also shared anecdotes with Cordell about their interactions with police officers. Many of the anecdotes centered on unexplained arrests and warrantless home searches.

Some of the stories, many told through a Spanish translator, were cleared up as following legitimate police protocol after further questions from Cordell. But other stories left her troubled.

She repeatedly urged the audi-

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ence to demand the establishment of an independent police auditor for the city. She also said she supported the requirement that police wear body cameras.

The taxpayer, she reminded the audience, owns the police department and should therefore demand transparency.

“The only cities from Gilroy to San Francisco with an independent auditor are San Jose and Palo Alto,” Cordell said. “And the only reason Palo Alto has it is because I was on the City Council and kept hearing stories of people of color coming from East Palo Alto and Menlo Park into Palo Alto and not having good interactions with the police.

It takes the people and those who are in office to make this happen.”

She also brought copies of the San Jose Police Department (SJPD) Duty Manual, a 600-page document detailing all the rules governing police officers in San Jose.

“This document is publicly available on the SJPD website. You can view a digital version and search terms within it. That should be your right as a taxpayer,” she said.

However, as of right now, the East Palo Alto Police Department manual is not online and a hard

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Police auditor LaDoris Cordell urges residents to know their rights

Jaylin Holloimon, 12, asks LaDoris Cordell (not pictured) a question regarding interactions with police at the “Know Your Rights Youth Workshop” in East Palo Alto on Feb. 9. copy is only available by request.

Police Chief Albert Pardini told the audience that he and his staff are currently updating the language in the manual and are working on making it available online.

Mayor Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier announced that she and Pardini are discussing the establishment of an independent auditor.

Cordell, a graduate of Stanford Law School, practiced law in East Palo Alto and then became the first female African-American judge in all of northern California when she was appointed to the Municipal Court of Santa Clara County in 1982. She later served in the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, from which she retired in 2001. She then

served one term on the Palo Alto City Council, from 2003-07, and in 2010 she was appointed by the San Jose City Council to the position of independent police auditor, which she continues to hold today.

Ortega said active involvement with the police department is important.

“In every community of color and in every community that is economically disadvantaged, police can be perceived as occupying forces. The challenge is for community leaders to step up and educate the community so that they can demand the type of policing they want,” he said. Q Freelance writer Joshua Alvarez can be emailed at joshua. alvarez1189@gmail.com.

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commissioner who supported limiting planned-community projects to particular geographical areas of the city and capping the exemption that a developer could request.

Downing and Vice Chair Adrian Fine both argued against those proposals, as did Michael Alcheck.

“Common sense will help guide these developers,” Alcheck said, adding that the City Council would still have the discretion to approve or shoot down the projects if it doesn’t like what it sees.

Alcheck also lobbied for removing a requirement proposed by staff that developers establish a fund that would be used by the city to review developers’ compliance on public benefits on an annual basis. He argued that this requirement would be “too burdensome” for some property owners and developers.

He also disagreed with Downing and made an argument for allowing developers to offer cash and other “extrinsic benefits” in exchange for zoning exemptions, a proposal that split the commission down the middle (Mark Michael was absent). Chair Greg Tanaka and Gardias generally agreed with Alcheck, while Fine, Downing and Rosenblum disagreed.

“I feel that we don’t want to sell zoning,” Rosenblum said. “It’s an attractive thing because everyone likes the money. But it’s a slippery slope.”

The commission directed staff to return on March 11 with a revised proposal. Q

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These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto Online.com/news.

Lonsdale answers claims with defamation suit Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale has filed a defamation lawsuit against Ellie Clougherty, a former girlfriend who last month accused him of sexually assaulting and abusing her during a yearlong relationship that took place while she was a Stanford University undergraduate. (Posted Feb. 12, 10:51 a.m.)

Stanford University approves tuition hike Starting next school year, undergraduate Stanford University students will foot a $45,729 tuition bill — 3.5 percent higher than the current rate. (Posted Feb. 11, 4 p.m.)

Man groped in Macy’s restroom Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say groped another man in a restroom at the Macy’s department store, at 180 El Camino Real. (Posted Feb. 11, 4:24 p.m.)

Man sought for Cubberley bathroom photo Palo Alto police are seeking a man who they said entered a women’s bathroom at Cubberley Community Center on Monday night and used a cell phone to take a picture of a woman who was in the stall. (Posted Feb. 10, 6:16 p.m.)

Menlo Park officers cleared in fatal shooting The three Menlo Park police officers who shot and killed a fleeing burglary suspect on Nov. 11 used justifiable force, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. (Posted Feb. 9, 8:29 a.m.)

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Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement honorees announced Citizen leaders have shaped the lives of those around them for decades

William Kitchell Creelman Aug. 5, 1923 - Jan. 29, 2015 William Kitchell Creelman passed away at the age of 91 on Jan. 29 surrounded by his loving family.

Born Aug. 5, 1923, in Guelph, Ontario, he was an avid tennis player, playing almost every day into his 80s. He lived several years in Kansas before the family moved to La Jolla, where Bill enjoyed ocean swimming and body surfing. He was a second lieutenant in the Merchant Marines in WWII and, as a result, saw the pyramids in Egypt and did submarine runs in the North Sea. Bill graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in electrical engineering, and received an MBA from Rutgers University. He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey during the 1950s where he worked for Westinghouse in the early days of TV. He loved electronics and gadgets of all sorts. Later he was a longtime employee of Lockheed, where he was a systems analyst. While at Lockheed, he was part of a team who created the first touch screen medical information systems (MIS) which set the standard for what is now commonly used in every hospital around the world.

A gracious, caring, loving man, he now joins his wife Tanya, who predeceased him. William is survived by his first wife, Janet Creelman; his brother, John Creelman of Palo Alto; a half-brother, John Baker of Decize, France; children, Micheal, Richard, Peggy and Ann; stepson, Greg; and eight grandchildren.

PAID OBITUARY

Jane Andrews Bedke June 19, 1918 - January 24, 2015 Jane Andrews Bedke, age 96, passed away January 24, 2015 in Palo Alto, CA. Born June 19, 1918 in Salt Lake City to Eben Benton Andrews and Ivy Chase Dix. Preceded in death by husband Hazen Bedke, brother William Andrews, and sister Helen Van Norman. Survived by daughters Carolyn Coulam, Suzanne Bedke, Janelle Bedke, and Rosalin Bedke, sister-in-law Marian Hoke, 16 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.

Jane graduated from the University of Utah in 1940 and married Hazen Bedke on February 14, 1942. As an Air Force wife, she travelled the world, living in Germany, Washington D.C., Hawaii, and Salt Lake City, UT. She extended her travels with pleasure trips world-wide including Europe, Russia, India, Japan and Hong Kong. Her passion for genealogy resulted in several books, recording histories of both Bedkes and Andrews.

Both as the wife of an Air Force officer and a “Weather Wife”, Jane supported Hazen throughout his careers. She was instrumental in organizing and unifying the women of the weather bureau.

Family was the center of Jane’s life, and she gave selflessly to all. Daughters and grandchildren compiled a book of personal experiences with Jane, all confirming that it was the little things she did for everyone that will always remain a beautiful memory. She will be remembered for her boundless love, internal strength, compassionate listening skills, and positive attitude.

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hey are all leaders in their own right and have had a lasting influence on the city’s civic life as well as on its elderly, women, children and disenfranchised. Barbara Carlitz, Ann DeBusk, Bob Harrington, Gib Myers, and Allan and Mary Seid were announced on Tuesday as this year’s recipients of the Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement Award.

A reception for the honorees is planned for May and will also be a fundraiser for Avenidas, a nonprofit organization that has been serving seniors and their families on the Midpeninsula since 1969.

Over the years, Barbara Carlitz has demonstrated her commitment to important causes by serving as chair of six nonprofit organizations in the Palo Alto area: Association for Senior Day Health, Avenidas, Environmental Volunteers, Palo Alto Community Child Care, Palo Alto Community Fund and The Woman’s Club of Palo Alto. Her thoughtful guidance and deep understanding of the nonprofits makes her an “immense community asset,” wrote one person who nominated Carlitz for the Avenidas honor.

At the same time, she also carved out a successful career in the highly competitive field of architectural design.

Leadership has been the hallmark of Ann DeBusk, who started and was director of Leadership Palo Alto, a training program for civic leaders, and then was founder and president of American Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley. Through

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both, DeBusk has used her energy and vision to bring together leaders from business, government and the community to strengthen their commitment to work on public issues of crucial concern, according to an Avenidas press release.

DeBusk also became a consultant to nonprofit organizations with a focus on building boards.

She continues her involvement with American Leadership Forum as a senior fellow and adviser.

Bob Harrington has been the quintessential “citizen volunteer,” leading some of Palo Alto’s most important initiatives over the years, including critical stormdrain improvements, flood protection and a citywide plan for faster and broader Internet connectivity known as Fiber to the Home (FTTH) (now known as Fiber to the Premises).

Professionally, Harrington was a financial adviser who made radio stock-market reports from his desk at Dean Witter. He was involved with the Band of Angels venture-capital organization that helped numerous startup entrepreneurs. In nominations of Harrington for the Lifetimes of Achievement Award, he was called both a “tireless advocate” and an “unsung hero.”

Gib Myers has become known as a “venture philanthropist.” The emeritus partner of the venturecapital Mayfield Fund began the Entrepreneurs Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission of developing corporate citizenship and philanthropic efforts to ben-

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council is not meeting this week.

HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 939 University Ave., a request by Joyce Wang on behalf of Weina Yo for exterior alterations and additions to an existing Category 2 residence. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. STATE OF THE CITY ... Mayor Karen Holman is scheduled to present the “State of the City” speech. The event will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the El Palo Alto Room at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road.

ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 3274 El Camino Real, a request by Kevin DeNardi for a preliminary review of a new three-story mixed-use building on a currently vacant lot. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a special meeting to discuss its priorities for the coming year. The commission will then hold a regular meeting to elect its chair and co-chair and review the artwork for 1050 Page Mill Road. The special meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The regular meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

efit the community. He is also the chairman of the American Prairie Foundation, which has the mission of assembling the largest wildlife reserve in the lower 48 states, an American Serengeti.

Myers is also a co-founder of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a senior fellow and board member of the American Leadership Forum.

Psychiatrist Allan Seid and wife Mary, a sociologist, are community builders. Their greatest achievement was the founding of Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) in 1974 in Palo Alto. That nonprofit organization has become the largest provider in Santa Clara County of human services to people of Asian heritage, offering culturally appropriate help in a variety of languages.

Among other achievements, Allan Seid was the first Asian American to serve on the California State Board of Education and the California State Mental Health Board, and Mary Seid was the board president and a director of the Midpeninsula YWCA. Avenidas and its community partner, the Palo Alto Weekly/ PaloAltoOnline.com, will host a garden party on Sunday, May 17, from 3 to 5 p.m., in honor of the six achievement awardees.

The event, at a location to be announced, is open to the public.

“This party is important to both recognize the contributions of some highly dedicated older adults but also to help fund such crucial programs as transportation and social work services that Avenidas has been providing to Peninsula seniors for 46 years,” Avenidas President and CEO Amy Andonian said in a press release. “I extend an invitation to the community to join us.”

Tickets can be purchased for $75 by contacting Avenidas at 650-2895445 or online at avenidas.org. Q — Palo Alto Weekly staff

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the study; direct staff to use its tri-cities meetings as a vehicle to measure the interest of surrounding cities and to reach out to other cities that are not in the tri-cities group; have the city’s lobbyist in Washington, D.C., add aircraft noise as an elevated issue; recommend the council authorize the mayor to appoint a council representative as a liaison to community group Sky Posse and as a non-voting representative of the San Francisco International Airport Roundtable; and direct the city manager to continue to collaborate with Sky Posse. Q

Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Berhane Azage Berhane Hiwot Azage, a graduate of Stanford University, died unexpectedly on Jan. 8, 2015, in Hong Kong. He was 27.

He was born on Sept. 14, 1987, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles and went on to study at Stanford University.

He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in management science and engineering. He was also named a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi societies and a Terman Scholar.

At Stanford, he enjoyed participating in Dance Marathon, engaging in conversation and debate, and sharing his Ethiopian culture — often by taking people to Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant in San Jose. After graduation, he worked at the consulting firm McKinsey & Company and at Flextronics, an electronics manufacturing company.

Throughout his life he traveled to many countries, including Mongolia, the United Kingdom, France, Costa Rica and Thailand.

He had a dream to one day create an orphanage in Ethiopia.

He is survived by his mother and father; brothers, Adane Azage of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Manny Azage of Los Angeles; and sister Selam Azage of Los Angeles.

A memorial service and burial were held in Ethiopia in January.

An informal service was held on Jan. 31 at the Black Community Services Center at Stanford. Memorial donations can be made to a future scholarship fund in his honor (southcentralscholars.org/ berhane).

Sally Kiely Sally Ann Kiely, a Palo Alto resident and longtime military nurse, died on Jan. 15, 2015, at the VA hospital in Palo Alto, with her family by her side. She was 81.

She was born on Aug. 18, 1933, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to William and Evelyn Kiely.

She graduated from Abington High School, as well as Brockton Hospital School of Nursing. In 1960, she joined the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, following the example of a close family friend. She served in military hospitals for the next 20 years in Naples, Italy; Da Nang, Vietnam; Yokosuka, Japan; Jacksonville and Key West, Florida; and Oakland, Long Beach and

San Diego, California.

She retired in 1980 in San Diego, where she participated in the Southern California Chapter of the Navy Nurse Corps Association. She also volunteered with Father Joe’s Village and other charities there. Later in life she also enjoyed traveling and visiting her family and friends around the country. When her health began to decline, she moved in 2012 to Palo Alto to be near her brother Bill and other family. She lived at the Palo Alto Commons for just over two and a half years.

She was predeceased by her brother, Bill Kiely, in 2012. She is survived by her sister, Linnea Stanley of Butler, Missouri; her sister-in-law, Nancy Kiely of Palo Alto; her nephew, Paul Kiely, and his wife, Laura, and daughter,

Madeleine, all of Seattle; her niece, Lisa Nemmer of Mountain View, and her sons, Jesse Nemmer of Mountain View and Sean Henry of Paradise, California; and many friends from the Navy.

A memorial service will be held on Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Main Chapel, Building 100, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto. A military burial and a celebration of life will be held in San Diego in the spring. Memorial donations can be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Zita Kudlacik Zita Kudlacik, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died on Dec. 23, 2014, in Palo Alto. She was 94.

She was born on Jan. 16, 1920, in Blandburg, Pennsylvania, to

James Brice McClenahan February 13, 1931-December 25, 2014 James (Jim) McClenahan, age 83, passed away Christmas morning at his home in Jackson, California. He was a dear husband, father and grandfather of nine. Jim was born in Des Moines, Iowa, to the late Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Edgar Andrew McClenahan.

Jim graduated from DePauw University (Phi Beta Kappa) in Indiana in 1953 and from Washington University Medical School (Alpha Omega Alpha) in St. Louis in 1957.

Jim was on the clinical medical staff at Stanford University where he worked for 20 years primarily as the director of Cowell Student Health Services, where he was known for his kind and fair leadership. He lived in Palo Alto, California, prior to relocating to Amador County, California, in 1983 to become the county public health officer.

Jim was the public health officer for 10 years, where he was known as Doc. He was active on the board of directors of Operation Care, as well as the Homeless Shelter, the Ambulance Committee and many other organizations during his tenure. He retired in 1994 after a 37-year medical career. After retirement, Jim and his wife Glenda owned and operated an antique store in Amador City for five years. Jim’s focus was on restoration which he enjoyed.

Jim is survived by his wife, Glenda Tracy McClenahan of Jackson; children, Wynn Burkett (Bill) of San Francisco, Kristin Bradach (Jeff) of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Brian McClenahan (Ellen) of Montclair, New Jersey; sister, Nancy Skochdopole (Richard); nine grandchildren, Elizabeth, Katherine, Will, Claire, Sarah, Molly, Wynn, Meg and Charlotte; and former wife and mother of his three children, Sharon Elsen of San Francisco.

Friends are invited to attend a celebration of life on Sunday March 15, 2015 at 2 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 430 State Hwy 49 Sutter Creek, CA. Memorial contributions may be made to Operation Care 619 New York Ranch Rd. Jackson, CA 95642, Salvation Army Lodi or Hospice of Amador & Calaveras, PO Box 595, Jackson, CA 95642. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.danerimortuary.com and signing the guest book.

Joseph and Anastasia Niezgoda, both Polish immigrants. She moved with her family — which included her two brothers Thaddeus (“Ted”) and Eugene (“Jimmy”) — to Bayonne, New Jersey, where she graduated from Bayonne High School in 1937.

A f t e r wa r d, she worked at Macy’s department store in New York City and won a Miss Macy beauty contest in 1940. Not long after, she met Adam Kudlacik, who was on a short leave from the U.S. Army, and they married in 1942. They moved together to California in 1950 so Adam could take a job with a San

Francisco publishing company.

The couple lived briefly in San Mateo before settling in Palo Alto in 1951.

She was a longtime member of the St. Thomas Aquinas Church and worked as a librarian at the church’s school. Always willing to lend a hand, she also hosted a variety of people in her home, including Polish survivors of medical experimentation during World War II, college students from Mexico City, and family and friends.

In her free time, she enjoyed reading British mysteries, studying up on health and nutrition, meeting new people, visiting old friends, shopping for clothes, long walks, staying at Pajaro Dunes, traveling (specifically to (continued on next page)

Richard Delucchi Richard was born in San Francisco to Italian immigrants and attended school there through age sixteen. He started his contracting business after learning the trade from his father. He took business and technical courses to assist him in his contracting work.

Richard married Blanche Urrere in 1934. On their honeymoon they drove to Susanville in Northern California to bid on a contracting job. He continued his contracting business in San Francisco then moved it to San Bruno. In 1941 he moved his family to Redwood City. During WWII he gave up his contracting business to work for the war effort assisting in building military facilities at Wendover, UT. After the war he restarted his contracting business building homes and commercial buildings. He was noted for driving a hard bargain and doing a high quality job. He built his home in Woodside and moved his family there in 1952. He developed homes and several industrial buildings in the Redwood City and Menlo Park areas, as well as other areas along the peninsula. His most noted development is Marsh Manor Shopping Center in South Redwood City bordering Menlo Park. Delucchi’s Market in the Center is a new market that just opened on October 3rd 2014 and is named after him. His favorite pastimes were riding horses, driving his motorhome and hunting. He was one of the originators of the San Mateo County Mounted Patrol, now named Mounted Patrol, and helped to develop the grounds at its present location in Woodside. He served as captain in the Mounted Patrol, president in both the San Mateo County Horseman’s Association and the Peninsula Contractor’s Association. He was also instrumental in forming the Woodside Trail Club. Richard lost his wife, Blanche, in 2004.

He is survived by his daughters Claudette Vogel, Dorine Secrest, Susan Sanchez, and seven grandchildren plus seven great grandchildren.

Family and friends are invited to attend visitation at 6:30 pm with rosary at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at Redwood Chapel in Redwood City, with Funeral Mass at 10am on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Our Lady Of The Wayside Catholic Church in Portola Valley with Graveside Service to follow at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Los Altos and reception immediately following at Los Altos Country Club. The family respectfully requests any memorial contributions be made to The American Heart Association or Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.

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London and Poland) and spending time with family.

She was predeceased by her husband, Adam Kudlacik, and sons, Andrew and John Kudlacik.

She is survived by her daughters, Zita Macy of Palo Alto, Mary Putterman of Davis, California, and Martha Kudlacik of Palo Alto; her three grandchildren, Kimberly Macy, John-Paul Macy and Jennifer Sumner; and five great-grandchildren.

A memorial Mass was held on Jan. 31 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Palo Alto.

Susan Adams Lumm, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died on Jan. 2, 2015, in San Luis Obispo, California.

She was 71.

She was born on March 26, 1943, in Racine, Wisconsin. She attended John Adams High School in South Bend, Indiana, and went on to graduate from Indiana University, where she was a member of the Delta Gamma sorority. In

John Holmgren

1966, she married Steve Lumm, whom she had first met in high school. The couple lived in Palo Alto for 35 years and together raised three children.

In Palo Alto, she was a longtime member and volunteer with the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, on Cowper Street. She also worked as an office clerk at Ohlone Elementary School for about a decade. She and her husband retired to San Luis Obispo in 2006.

She was passionate about her family, faith and community, and she enjoyed spending time with her cats and, in her retirement,

maintaining her historic home.

She is survived by her husband, Steve Lumm, of San Luis Obispo; her three children, Jeff Lumm of Santa Maria, California, Mindy Lumm of San Jose and Amy (Dan) Baer of Albany, California; and her three grandchildren, Caelum, Terra and Theo Baer. She is also survived by her sisters, Anita Gulin of Gothenberg, Sweden; Holly (Barc) Gano of Granville, Ohio; and Verna (John Boudett) Adams of San Anselmo, California — as well as many nieces and nephews.

The family wishes to thank her friends and caregivers who provided care and support. In lieu of

Sharane Joyce Miller

December 2, 1923 – January 30, 2015

February 4, 1950 – March 1, 2014

John Dwight Holmgren passed away peacefully at his home in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 30, 2015, surrounded by family, at age 91. He was born on Dec. 2, 1923, in Evanston, Illinois, the beloved son of Swedish immigrants Joel and Agnes Holmgren. After his father suffered an untimely death when John was 4 years old, his mother moved with him to Pasadena, California, where close family friends lived. John was predeceased by four half-brothers Einar, Irving, Stanford, and Myron, from his father’s first marriage. He graduated from Pasadena Junior College and California Institute of Technology in 1947, where he was on the tennis and debate teams.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 as an electronic technician. While stationed on reserve at Treasure Island in 1951, he met the love of his life, the former Helen Benson. Their first date was, of course, on the tennis court.

The early years of their marriage were spent in Palo Alto until they moved to Menlo Park in 1964. John and Helen shared a love of sports: running, biking, swimming and tennis, which he played competitively most of his life. After retiring at age 68, he had more time to travel to tennis tournaments and was nationally ranked 17th in the singles 70 to 75 age group. He and his doubles partner won the Nationals at age 75 at Forest Hills, New York.

John spent most of his professional life working at GTE as an international marketing manager, a job he loved. He relished the worldwide travels and friendships that came with his job.

The tennis racket was always tucked in his suitcase, ready to hit the courts with business partners everywhere.

He lived life with a passion.

Along with tennis, he enjoyed the arts, playing piano and bridge, traveling, yoga, tai chi, and keeping up with the news and politics. He enjoyed a full and happy life. When making a toast he always talked about how he felt like the luckiest man alive. We were the lucky ones.

He met challenges with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.

Always felt concern and supported those less fortunate. His outgoing nature, constant optimism and patience have served as an example to his family and others. He will be missed by all who knew him. A special thanks goes out to the Etu Family whose love and care made getting old not so bad.

Devoted husband, father, grandfather and uncle, John is survived by Helen, his wife of 63 years, their four children David, Gary, Gail, and Keith and spouses/partners, and three grandchildren Lars, Trevor and Aaron.

In lieu of a memorial donation, share a smile and laughter with a stranger, or lend a hand to someone in need. That was John’s way.

Sharane Joyce Miller was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Palo Alto, California. She attended Van Auken and Ortega Elementary Schools, Wilbur Junior High School and Cubberley High School, graduating in 1968. When she was 11, her little brother was born; she helped raise him and enjoyed showing him off to friends.

For a time in early life she liked to hang out at the Winter Club and the mall. She was involved in Brownies, Girl Scouts, swimming, pep club, Russian Club, Friends of Frustrated Adolescents, yearbook and the school newspaper.

Fall of 1968 she attended UC Davis. A friend described her as “the amazingly beautiful, cool, hip and sophisticated girl on our dorm floor.” At Davis she studied applied science with an emphasis on early childhood development, and especially loved working at the children’s day care center. She stayed in Davis through 1975, when she moved to Washington, D.C. There she worked in the food and restaurant business, including a restaurant frequented by many national politicians. She later moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she worked in real estate.

Sharane and her partner purchased and rebuilt homes in the Baltimore area and managed them as rental properties.

Sharane loved shades of the color purple — especially lavender.

She enjoyed cooking, taking chef courses and discovering quality eating spots; she also loved to garden and loved the bustle of the Baltimore farmers market scene. She was fascinated with architecture and enjoyed travel in Mexico. She was opinionated, stubborn and had an independent and unique style, a wicked sense of humor and a love for animals. She especially loved cats, although more recently she received great joy from her Labrador dog “Chessie,” ironically named after a railroad cat.

Sharane was a fanatical supporter of Barack Obama during his first campaign and was a founder of “Baltimore for Barack” in 2006. Sharane is especially fond of a photo of her standing with Mr. Obama months before he was elected president.

Sharane is survived by her brother, Alan Miller of Davis, California; her longtime boyfriend, Jim Parsons of Baltimore; her niece Jenelle Gaultney, and Jenelle’s children, Taegan, Evan and Kyle of Grants, New Mexico; as well as several cousins and life friends. She is preceded in death by her father and mother, Jack and Mona Miller of Palo Alto, California; and her brother, Larry Miller of Albuquerque.

The accompanying photo is Sharane at age 32. She wrote on the back, “I like this picture.”

A memorial service and gathering to honor her life will be held on Sunday, March 1 from noon to 4 p.m. at Putah Creek Lodge on the UC Davis Campus in Davis, California. Food/beverages provided. Attendees taxied gratis from Davis train station or Sacramento Airport. Info/Confirm: sharanejmiller.memorial@ gmail.com or 530-312-7320.

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flowers, memorial donations can be made to The Christian Science Church, 1326 Garden St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401.

Harry Markowitz Harry Markowitz, a longtime Mountain View resident and Congregation Beth Am member, died on Feb. 3, 2015. He was 103.

He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Nov. 26, 1911, to Lewis and Deborah Markowitz.

He grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, and went on to study and graduate from the New England Conservatory of Music. During World War II, he played in the U.S. Army Band. For years he worked in Providence as a director of music programs, a private teacher and a member of a small jazz band that played at special events (his instrument of choice was the trumpet). There he also met and married his wife Anne, and together they raised two sons.

In the late 1980s, he and his wife moved to California to be closer to family, and he lived in Mountain View for 25 years. On the Peninsula, he participated in a variety of senior programming at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center and later the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. He was also a dedicated member of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos Hills and read the Torah up until the age of 102. Near the end of his life he lived at Woodside Terrace in Redwood City.

He was predeceased by his wife, Anne Markowitz, and son, Laurence Markowitz. He is survived by his son, Elliot (Aletha) Markowitz of Pennsylvania; daughter-in-law, Susan Markowitz of Menlo Park; grandchildren, David (Jennifer) Markowitz of Campbell; Joshua (Alison) Markowitz of Sunnyvale; and greatgrandchildren, Elysia, Shaun and Jeremy.

A memorial service was held on Feb. 6 at Congregation Beth Am, and he was interred at the Hills of Eternity Memorial Park in Colma, California. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Congregation Beth Am (www.betham.org) or the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center Senior Program (adultprograms@paloaltojcc.org).

Memorial service Esther Pfeiffer, a longtime resident and piano teacher in Palo Alto, died on Dec. 14, 2014, after a short illness. She was 83.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 12:30 p.m. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. A reception in the church hall will follow the service.

Pulse POLICE CALLS Palo Alto Feb. 4-10

Violence related Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 9 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Trailer theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 6 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Education code/misc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Misc. municipal code violation . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Stalking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menlo Park Feb. 4-10

Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Check fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 4 False display of registration . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sale of alcohol to minor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Child endangerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Gang info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Obstructing officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Receive stolen property . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 2 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

Clark Way, 2/7, 9:58 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Menlo Park

1200 block Willow Road, 2/5, 9:52 a.m.; battery.

1100 block Willow Road, 2/5, 7:11 p.m.; domestic assault.

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Colonel Frank E. (Ned) Gallagher Jr., USMC ret.

Ruth Naomi Stockwell Sawyer Clark

Colonel Frank E. (Ned) Gallagher Jr., USMC ret. passed away Feb. 9, 2015 in the home that he loved surrounded by his family.

Ned was born in Watervilet New York, March 29, 1915. He graduated from Brookline High School, Lawrence Academy Prep. and Boston University, where he pursued his interests in Business and Music. Ned enrolled in the ROTC program and eventually accepted a regular permanent commission with the United States Marine Corps in 1939, a decision that shaped and formed the rest of his life.

With WWII imminent, he was assigned as a First Lieutenant to USS Houston the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet and President Roosevelt’s favorite ship. Following an early sea battle, the Houston was sunk with over 900 lives lost.

Ned swam alone for nine hours. He was eventually captured by the Japanese, and spent the remainder of the war as a POW. Ned’s musical skills came into play as he frequently sang the Ave Maria and Broadway show tunes to lift the spirits of his fellow prison mates.

Following the end of the war, Ned returned to the USA where he met and married the love of his life, Tay. Together they raised six children, Paul (Marcy), Frank, Mary, Brian (Cathy), David and (Kevin who passed before Ned) each of whom learned and cherished the tenants of faith, love, family and friends. Following his service of 21 years in the Marine Corps, Ned retired as a full Colonel and began working for Stanford University.

Ned continued his dedication of service, with terms on the Palo Alto City Council, where he also served as Vice Mayor. In retirement, he volunteered as an ombudsman for seniors living in residential facilities.

Ned loved his faith, his wife, his family, this country, the Marine Corps and he loved the game of golf. Ned always claimed that one could identify a true gentleman by the way one conducted himself on the golf course. He has the pleasure of even breaking 80 at The Stanford Golf Course, where he was a long-time member.

Throughout his life, Ned lived by a code that he shared with others. The code was unswerving, and it’s importance was unmatched.

Ned began and ended each day on his knees in prayer until the final year when his doctor gave him special dispensation to stand while praying. Ned is survived by his wife and children, eight grandchildren and a niece and two nephews.

In lieu of flowers please consider making a contribution to Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund, in the name of Col. Frank E. Gallagher USMC ret. https://semperfifund.org/

Ruth Naomi Stockwell Sawyer Clark, a longtime Palo Alto resident, passed away peacefully after a 10year battle with Alzheimer’s. She would have been 93 years old this March. Loving and caring for others was her calling in this life, as she found great joy and happiness as a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

Ruth, the eldest of five children, was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to Harry and Ellen Stockwell. She graduated from Sioux Falls High School in 1940 and married in 1945. The Sawyer family moved to Palo Alto, California to Greer Court in 1952 and continued to build a house full of girls. That same year, Ruth became a devoted member of First Baptist Church, whose congregation would become an important and essential part of the rest of her life. Ruth was a pioneer of her time (for the small city of Palo Alto), becoming one of a few women employed by the city. She retired from the Palo Alto Controllers Office in 1982.

Ruth was a lover of music and song and no matter where she was, there was a melody being sung. She was known for her early morning humming - a sound that only she could create with ascending falsettos and descending vibratos (in no particular order). The tunes of the piano and Broadway show hits filled her home with warmth and happiness. She loved to cook, and although not all her meals were winners, her signature Baptist Cakes were famous and couldn’t be passed up. She was talented with her hands, always busy sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening and she was notorious for being the best back scratcher in town.

She loved more than anything her family. She was so proud of being the matriarch of the wonderful people she helped shape and raise. Many people called her home theirs, as most, if not all of her descendants moved in and out throughout their lives.

She gave second chances and often thirds or fourths. She was forgiving, kind and gracious. If she didn’t have such a terrible back, she would have bent it backwards for those she loved. She found her true love, Charlie Clark, through church and they married in 2003. She found her peer, companion and best friend in her husband. Although she spent her last years residing at Palo Alto Commons, their love held steadfast until the end.

She has joined her parents, sisters and brother for coffee around the kitchen table in Heaven. She is survived by her husband Charlie; her daughters Judy (Terry), Carol, Deborah (Tony), Pamela (Margaret) and Mary (Dave); her stepchildren Chip, Phil and Susan (David); her brother Gil; her 7 grandchildren: Steven (Cindy), Christopher (Colby), Heidi (Chris), David, Kim, Christina (Paul) and Tom (Keiran); 8 great grandchildren: Chad, Chelsea, Julia, Katie, Sawyer, Hope, Jackson and Georgia; her many nieces, nephews and great great grandchildren.

Services will be held at The First Baptist Church of Palo Alto on Thursday, February 19 at 1:00 PM. 305 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, Ca. The family requests that all donations be made to alz.org (Alzheimer’s Organization)

Rosary will be recited at St. Albert the Great Church, in Palo Alto, CA Friday, Feb. 13 at 7pm. The Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Saturday Feb.14 at 11am, also at St. Albert The Great Church.

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Cover Story

Alibrary for everyone STORY BY SUE DREMANN // PHOTOS BY VERONICA WEBER

PALO ALTO BRANCH REOPENS WITH NEW NAME, NEW FEATURES

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alo Alto’s Newell Road library has held a secret for decades: a soaring brick fireplace. It’s been hidden behind the stacks in the middle of the main room, according to Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne, the city’s library director.

The freestanding fireplace is one of many surprises library patrons will find in the renovated Palo Alto Main Library — now renamed the Rinconada Library. Rinconada’s completion marks the conclusion of Palo Alto’s libraryrenovation spree, in which the city overhauled four of its libraries and rebuilt its fifth, Mitchell Park. Measure N, a $76 million bond measure approved by voters in 2008, paid for Rinconada, the Downtown Library and the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center. The Children’s Library and College Terrace upgrades were paid for by both city and community funds.

Rinconada’s $18 million makeover, taking the facility from a dated 1950s look to a heritage gem with a contemporary twist, will be officially unveiled Saturday, Feb. 14, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (See sidebar for schedule.) Its Valentine’s Day-opening theme, “Love your library past, present and future,” reflects where the library has been, where it is now, and what the library can potentially become, said Eric Howard, assistant library director, during a recent tour of the branch.

The updated library fits into the current trend of how libraries are being reinvented as information hubs offering knowledge in a variety of formats

RINCONADA LIBRARY GRAND RE-OPENING

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he Valentine’s Day celebration of the newly renovated Rinconada Library will offer activities for people of all ages, from live music, a docent-led tree walk and robot-making demonstrations to historical presentations, storytelling and an art tour.

Library officials are asking the public to walk or bike to the event, take a shuttle bus or park on the street. Much of the library’s parking will be closed off.

Where: 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto Cost: Free Info: cityofpaloalto.org/library 10:30 -11 a.m. Music by Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Ensemble 11 -11:30 a.m. Opening ceremony (Outside south library entrance) Noon-12:30 p.m. “Rinconada Library Past, Present and Future,” with Steve Staiger, Palo Alto Historical Association historian, and Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne, library director (Embarcadero Room) Noon-1 p.m. Tree Walk with a Canopy arborist (Outside north library entrance)

Anh Nguyen, left, a library specialist at Rinconada Library, helps Randy Wedlake of Sunnyvale access the Internet on one of the library’s computers in early February.

Below: The exterior of the newly renovated Rinconada Library offers a new look while retaining much of the original architectural detail. while being true community spaces.

Rinconada has maintained its historical elements while updating its usefulness. Now there are four group-study rooms equipped for electronic devices; two outdoor patios with bistro-style furniture for plein-air reading; a conference room that doubles as a space for teen programs, such as makeX workshops, study groups or meetings; a special teen space; and a community room overlooking the library’s heritage red-

wood grove and community gardens.

Gone are the impersonal tables stuck in the middle of the room, surrounded by walls of aging book collections bearing a certain library smell. The furnishings have been replaced by padded seating with attached, swivel laptop tables arranged as if in a salon.

A bank of windows and LED lamps infuse the space with light. (continued on next page)

12:30-1 p.m. “Your Dreams Take Flight,” a presentation about finding funding for nonprofit organizations through the Foundation Center with Kathy Shields, senior librarian (Embarcadero Room) 1-1:30 p.m. Sssnake Ssstorytime with Ssspecial Visssitor Deborah Anthonyson, senior librarian, and the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (Children’s area in the library) 1-1:30 p.m. Art Tour with Elise DeMarzo, manager of the city’s public-art program (Outside between the library and the Palo Alto Art Center) 1-4 p.m. makeX demonstrations (Teen Zone) 1-4 p.m. Make a Valentine (Activities in Palo Alto Art Center with a display in the library) 2-3 p.m. Music by the Firebird Chinese Orchestra with introduction by local author Emily Jiang (Embarcadero Room) 3-4 p.m. “Growing Up Humming,” by local author Mike Spinack (Embarcadero Room) 3:30-4 p.m. Children’s Theater storytelling with the Palo Alto Children’s Theater (Children’s area) Q On the cover: Sony Upton looks through an art book while seated by the brick fireplace at Rinconada Library on Feb. 9. Photo by Veronica Weber.

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Books are still there, framed by redwood-clad bookcases, but now there are warm-toned kiosks displaying new books in bookstore style. There are double the number of computers — 31 — Wi-Fi for Internet access, televisions in the study and conference rooms, and streaming video and e-books.

Standing in the new 3,000-plus-squarefoot lobby that serves as a quiet space and additional event location, Howard admired the light streaming in from the skylight roof.

“It is the space that attracts people,” he said.

Howard and Ziesenhenne have high expectations for Rinconada’s popularity.

“It’s the warmest library we have,” she said of the ambiance.

In some ways, the makeover returns to the original intent of founding architect Edward Durell Stone in 1958. A photograph from the Palo Alto Historical Association taken that year shows a reading room that once had the air of a ’50s modern living room, with sleek, black vinyl sofas and a circular central table. Today, the living-room ambiance has been restored with colorful padded chairs, coffee- and end-tables and rolling laptop carts. The original clock on the chimney and black metal chandelier remain.

Ziesenhenne and Howard are banking on teens flocking to the cozy lounge chairs with flip-out leg rests in the new Teen Zone, which was designed in consultation with teens.

Kids can do research on a bank of computers, read books geared toward their interests, use their laptops or gather with friends for study or conversation in the meeting room.

A new 3,716-square-foot wing is suffused with light, which includes the skylight lobby and the Embarcadero Room, which is outfitted with a kitchen and the technology needed for presentations. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out on the landscaped grounds, including a 100-year-old camellia tree, redwood grove and sculptures that contain touchsensitive LEDs, allowing viewers to change the light colors at night.

Rinconada will house a small collec-

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Above: The new Embarcadero Room has large windows, terra-cotta brick trim and a view of the mature landscape outside.

Below right: New computers for scanning checkout materials are part of the library upgrade. Bottom left: Terra-cotta bricks harken back to the original architecture by Edward Durell Stone.

RINCONADA LIBRARY HOURS Monday Noon-8 p.m.

Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Wednesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday Noon-8 p.m.

Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

tion of children’s books.

“We’ve kept it to serve parents with small children who come when the library is open late,” Ziesenhenne said.

The Palo Alto Library Foundation raised more than $4 million for new furniture, equipment and books for all three libraries in the Measure N bond. Of that, $1 million was allocated to books and other collection materials for the system, she said.

The Friends of the Palo Alto Library also provides annual donations to the city’s libraries. One $88,000 project this year will help update the libraries’ adult nonfiction collections, which contain some books dating back to the 1980s, she said.

Rinconada houses several special collections, including local interest, local authors, gardening and arts and also historical items. The Palo Alto Historical Association, which was once housed in the library, has relocated to Cubberley Community Center.

Rinconada also houses the Foundation Center Funding Information Network, a resource for nonprofit organizations and individuals seeking grants.

One thing the renovated library will not have is drive-up drop off for return-

Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Sunday 1-5 p.m.

ing books. Instead people will have to park (or walk) and return the books inside or drop them in exterior wall slots.

Programming for the library is still in the development stage. Library officials are putting together a three-year strategic plan that will develop many ideas for programs.

“This library will sponsor more hardware stuff,” Howard said, giving as one example a robot-making program that administrators hope to sponsor this summer.

“Mitchell Park focuses more on software.”

The popularity of libraries as community spaces and information centers has been demonstrated in the numbers of new patrons Palo Alto is already seeing, Howard and Ziesenhenne said. Since the rebuilt Mitchell Park Library opened on Nov. 6, it has registered 2,566 new library cards through Jan. 23, Howard said.

“Only 440 cards were issued to the other four locations during that time,” he said. By comparison, 6,400 cards were issued at all branches in all of last year.

Mitchell circulated nearly 120,000 items in December and January; the last fiscal year, it circulated about 585,000 items.

And it has had more than 400 bookings

RINCONADA LIBRARY FAST FACTS ORIGINAL BUILDING Year built: 1958 Original purpose: Part of Palo Alto’s civic center, along with the building that’s now the Palo Alto Art Center Architect: Edward Durell Stone, an early proponent of modern architecture in the U.S. Landscape Architect: Eckbo, Royston & Williams Square footage: 25,000, including the basement Collection size: 100,000 volumes Historic features: Lighted ceiling with redwood dividers; light panels with a circle-and-grid motif; high, gabled ceiling above the reading room; redwood plank soffits and paneling; metal spoke chandeliers; freestanding brick chimney; terra-

cotta screen walls; low horizontal wood-shake roof; brick entrance walls Cost: $500,000, including land acquisition Funding source: $700,000 bond measure approved by Palo Alto voters in 1956 (for Main (now Rinconada) and Mitchell Park libraries)

RENOVATION AND EXPANSION Year built: 2014 Architect: Group 4 Architecture, Research & Planning, Inc. Landscape Architect: Gates & Associates Square footage: 28,716 (3,716-square-foot addition) Collection size: 120,000 volumes

of its group-study room through Jan. 23.

“It’s almost like we doubled the library system,” he said.

There could be growing pains for the library system. Staff could have to contend with people waiting in lines or a higher volume of items on reserve or more questions from patrons, he said.

And along with the evolution in services and technology, the community’s expectations of what a library is and can be will also keep changing. Howard said the time when technology seemed to threatened to make libraries obsolete is past.

“Libraries are still evolving, and we’re never going to stop evolving. We’re trying to be ahead of the curve,” he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@paweekly.com.

New additions: Four group-study rooms; Embarcadero program/community room; additional public restrooms; vending machine room; skylight lobby Upgrades: Ground source heat pump system; structural brace frames; radiant-heating floor slab; low-flow plumbing fixtures; energy-efficient and LED lighting; ecological bioretention areas. Landscaping achieves the original intent of creating a unified campus with the Art Center.

Cost: $18 million Funding source: Measure N, $76 million bond measure approved by Palo Alto voters in 2008 (for Rinconada, Downtown, Mitchell Park libraries and Mitchell Park Community Center) The Palo Alto Library Foundation paid for new furniture, equipment and books for the projects.

Source: Palo Alto City Library

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pain or injury. Instead of requiring students to get up and down from a yoga mat on the floor, chair yoga utilizes a simple folding chair to provide stability in a range of standing and seated poses. “People think they need to be flexible to do yoga, but flexibility is a by-product of doing yoga, not a prerequisite,” she explains. “I can take anybody and teach them yoga.”

On Friday mornings and Sunday afternoons, Hillis offers a more traditional matbased class at MPY. When students start trickling in, Hillis hops up from her spot on the floor and heads over to greet them by name, laughing and welcoming each person through the door. “How was your vacation?” she asks.

“Oh, I’m so glad you’re back!”

“You made it!” she cries when one couple enters, looking slightly game if slightly uncertain. “I wasn’t sure if you’d actually show up!” These are the recruits from the alleyway; Hillis welcomes them like longlost friends.

In bare feet, with her white hair cropped in a pixie cut framing a radiant smile, Hillis has a kind of agelessness about her. It’s hard to believe that just six months ago she was wincing in pain with every step. “I put off getting a hip replacement for as long as I could,” she explains. “Then I couldn’t put weight on the leg.”

If a yoga instructor with a hip replacement sounds like an oxymoron, you haven’t met Hillis. In her classes, it’s all about listening to the body, respecting its limitations and — most importantly — laughing about it.

“In my class we laugh a lot,” she says.

In fact, Hillis seems to have a knack for cracking a joke just when students might be about to take themselves or their yoga practice too seriously. Among her signature moves is the “rag doll,” which involves a vigorous jiggling, shaking and flopping of the limbs and head. She does it standing, and also seated for chair-class participants.

“Where else is it legal to just stand there and make a jerk of yourself?”she asks, grinning somewhat maniacally as her head lolls on her shoulders.

“That’s it, shake it out!”

The effect of all this silliness on her students is profound. “We all want to be Lily when we grow up,” says longtime student Candace Hathaway, who has been coming to Hillis’ classes since the 1990s. “I had to take a break after my double mastectomy,” she adds.

Students use their chairs for a modified warrior pose in “Now I’m using Lily’s chair yoga.

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ave you ever had the feeling of coming home?” asks Lily Anne Hillis. “It was like that.”

The 77-year-old yoga instructor is sitting in the middle of the main studio at Menlo Pilates & Yoga, chatting before her afternoon class begins. Lowering herself slowly into a one-legged forward fold, she searches for words to describe what it felt like to discover yoga.

“I took my first yoga class when I was 50 years old,” she recounts, and begins to smile impishly. “It was a terrible class with a terrible teacher, but by the end of the hour I knew I’d do it all my life.”

This reflection is typical of Hillis’ style: In conversation and in her teaching, she’s brash, slightly mischievous and prone to hyperbole. She pairs her cheeky sense of humor with a deep care for her students, extensive knowledge about the body, and a no-frills instructional style. It’s a combination that has earned her a devoted following over her 25 years of teaching.

If the stereotype of the yoga instructor is of a lithe, super-flexible body wrapped in expensive lycra and exuding a reverent, zen-like demeanor, Hillis defies the cliché.

She favors a tie-dyed T-shirt, some of her joints have limited mobility, she uses Sanskrit words sparingly and cusses on occasion. In Hillis’ classes, silliness and sass are de rigueur.

Her teaching style continues to earn her new fans on a weekly basis. “I just picked up two people in the alleyway who are coming to class today,” she announces casually. It’s hard to tell whether she’s joking.

Hillis teaches three classes each week at Menlo Pilates & Yoga. She also teaches classes at the Oshman Family JCC, which is where she developed “chair yoga,” a class she now offers at MPY as well. Chair yoga is Hillis’ answer to students who claimed they couldn’t do yoga because of stiffness,

Lily Anne Hillis teaches chair yoga at Menlo Pilates & Yoga every Wednesday at 11 a.m. classes to put myself back together.” Fellow student Karen Ersted shares Hathaway’s love of Hillis’ classes. “I’ve followed Lily from one studio to another,” Ersted says.

“She’s contagious. Her outlook on life is so positive. You just feel good when you’re done with an hour with Lily.”

This level of loyalty seems to stem from Hillis’ commitment to making yoga work for every student who comes through the door. All joking aside, she’s adamant that yoga is for everyone, and she prides herself on providing modifications as necessary, a practice she calls “fitting the yoga to each individual body, not fitting the body to yoga.”

And while it’s clear Hillis is passionate about the benefits of a yoga practice, she’s loathe to suggest what students “should” be getting out of her classes.

“My job is to open people’s bodies, and what they experience from having their bodies opened is personal; it’s really none of my business,” she says.

Hillis’ ability to make yoga safe, fun and accessible to everyone is especially evident in her chair yoga class, which she insists “is not for wimps.”

On a Wednesday afternoon at chair yoga, four students stand facing Hillis, holding on to the backs of their chairs and lowering themselves into a modified triangle pose as she peppers her instructions with witty asides. “Everything in your house is a yoga prop,” she announces. “If you don’t believe me, invite me over to your house, and I’ll show you.”

Later, the students are in a supported warrior pose, their front legs bent in a lunge with the seat of the chair beneath their thighs, their backs arched, one arm stretched overhead. It’s a fairly strenuous position to hold, but no one is complaining.

Far from it. “This is awesome,” one woman exclaims breathlessly. Then, it’s time to sit down again. “Oh good,” someone else says, and the whole class bursts into laughter.

Even when she’s giving serious instruction, Hillis can’t help from lightening the mood.

“Don’t do this if it makes you dizzy or out of breath or agitated — or especially if it makes you mad at your teacher,” she warns.

For regular student Mary Ellen Sciarini, it’s this balance of playfulness and attentive instruction that makes Hillis’ chair yoga

class so appealing.

“She knows what we can do and what we can’t do,” observes the 91-year-old student.

“She knows how not to hurt us. And what a great sense of humor!” Remembering another student who hasn’t made it to class for a while, Sciarini smiles. “We had a man who joined us. He was deaf in one ear and I’m deaf in the other, and Lily would joke with us about it. But she makes allowances for all these things.”

Menlo Park resident Judy Adams has been coming to chair yoga for one month, and says she finds it a great way to relax.

After two hip replacements, she explains, “I tried conventional yoga, but it’s hard to get into the poses and up and down from the floor. I wanted to keep my flexibility and balance.”

First-time student Shirley Collins from Palo Alto says she’s an instant convert: “I thought it was wonderful. It helped me feel what my body needs to be able to do. I didn’t realize how stiff my right side is. I’ll come back as long as she keeps offering it.”

At 77, Hillis has no plans to retire. “My goal is to teach yoga until my 10 toes go up and they carry me out,” she quips before growing earnest. “I’ve found something that I’m 100 percent passionate about, and it has become my life.” Then, widening her eyes and dropping her voice to a whisper, she adds, “It’s really just an excuse to go in and love people.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@ paweekly.com.

What: Yoga classes with Lily Anne Hillis Where: Menlo Pilates & Yoga, 1011 El Camino Real, Menlo Park When: Chair yoga, Wednesday, 11-11:45 a.m.; Alignment-based yoga, Friday, 6:307:30 a.m.; Yoga I&II, Sunday, 4:30-5:55 p.m.

Cost: $18 for a single class. Packages and student rates available.

Info: Go to menlopilatesandyoga.com or call 408-480-8977.

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Now playing at the Pear Avenue Theatre, Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” follows the unraveling of a marriage over years of infidelity.

Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’ bares affair’s underpinnings Pear Avenue presents classic drama of love and loss

by Janet Silver Ghent sst. “Want to know a secret to long-lasting romance?

Lie,” says Sunday’s New York Times, promoting thricemarried philosophy professor Clancy Martin’s reflections on love.

The late Harold Pinter, whose play “Betrayal” runs through Feb. 22 at Mountain View’s Pear Avenue Theatre, could have penned those words. In nine short scenes, Pinter traces the evolution of a seven-year affair, but in reverse order: from two years after it ends to its spontaneous beginning. In between, the characters engage in clipped conversations, rarely saying what they really mean, except perhaps when they’re drunk. With much of the drama between the lines, the three principal actors — husband Robert (Bill Olson), wife Emma (Maryssa Wanlass) and her lover, Jerry (William J. Brown III) — reveal more anxiety than amour. That’s because everybody lies to everybody else, including themselves (or, to riff on Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” nobody really belongs to anybody else). If, as Martin writes in Sunday’s Times, “relationships last only if we don’t always say exactly what we’re thinking,” is “Betrayal” really about the evils of deception or about its necessity?

“Betrayal” unveils the evolution of Pinter’s own seven-year affair with BBC journalist Joan Bakewell while both were married — Pinter to his first wife, the late actress Vivien Merchant.

When he wrote “Betrayal,” he was having an affair with author Lady Antonia Fraser, who later became his second wife.

In clipped dialogue — few speeches longer than a single sentence and many simply a word or two — Pinter captures the cadences of restrained British intellectuals.

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THEATER REVIEW It takes skill and solid direction to reveal, or deliberately conceal, the unspoken in such a way that an audience can perceive the emotions. Director Ray Renati and the actors do an admirable job. Andre Abrahamians, who plays the Italian waiter, adds comic relief to a drama whose weight is mitigated by wit.

According to the backstory, Jerry and Robert were once best friends. In fact, Jerry was Robert’s best man at his wedding to Emma, and they were both poetry editors at their respective universities.

Jerry is now a successful literary agent, Robert a book publisher who reveals his contempt for contemporary literature while basking in its sales.

Emma, who runs an art gallery, is reportedly having an affair with Casey: a writer represented

by Jerry and published by Robert.

It’s an open secret.

Not so with the now-defunct affair between Jerry and Emma, who had prided themselves on its secrecy, even renting a flat in an out-of-the-way section of London for their afternoon trysts. In fact, it’s secrets and lies that made it work — especially when those who knew kept quiet.

As the play opens in 1977, two years after the end of the affair, Emma and Jerry meet again in a London pub, a meeting she has requested. Presumably, each thinks the other wants to resume the affair, but that’s not what they say.

After much small talk, Emma reveals that her marriage is ending, and that Robert has been having affairs for years. Emma tells Jerry that after all this time, she has told Robert about their affair, presumably to get even. Jerry becomes livid. How could she betray him?

The 49-seat Pear Avenue Theatre enables audiences to experience the intimacy — or lack thereof — between the actors, while producer Diane Tasca does a creditable job of pulling it all together in a small venue with sets designed by Janny Coté.

However, with scenes shifting back and forth in time, an onstage signboard would have made the sequence easier to follow.

Moreover, with the exception of the final scene — which is actually the beginning of the affair — the stagehands and the furniture move more than the actors, elongating the play and blunting the impact of the drama. It was a particular distraction on Saturday, Feb. 7, when a foiled sound system delayed the opening and made the normal musical interludes impossible.

While one would hardly call “Betrayal” a Valentine’s Day confection — this is Pinter, after all — witty dialogue and clever delivery turn a story of dead-end romance into a theatrical treat. Q Freelance writer Janet Silver Ghent can be emailed at ghentwriter@gmail.com.

What: “Betrayal” by Harold Pinter Where: The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K, Mountain View When: Through Feb. 22.

Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cost: $10-$30 Info: Go to thepear.org or call 650-254-1148.

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Music Ozomatli Latin, jazz-funk, alternative, hip-hop ... whatever you call them, Ozomatli doesn’t sound quite like anyone else. For 20 years now, the multi-cultural, Grammy Awardwinning band has been rocking explosive, high-energy shows that defy categorization and get audiences on their feet dancing. At Redwood City’s Fox Theatre next Friday, Feb. 20, Ozomatli will be playing classics from the mid-’90s through to tracks from their newest album, “A Place in the Sun.” Opening for the band will be a fellow L.A.-based musician, songstress Irene Diaz, the artist behind the 2012 hit “I Love You Madly.”

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Concert Redwood Symphony Got plans for Valentine’s Day? Consider treating your sweetheart (or yourself) to a wild, romantic concert put on by Redwood Symphony. Known for blending contemporary and classical orchestral works, the symphony draws talented musicians from around the Bay Area. Their Valentine’s Day program isn’t your ordinary symphonic outing; it features an electric guitar concerto by contemporary composer Michael Daugherty alongside works by Berlioz and Rossini.

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Ozomatli will play Redwood City’s Fox Theatre on Friday, Feb. 20.

of the Palo Alto community.

Nearby, standing outside the library’s north entrance is Hans Wehrli’s “Nude in Steel,” the first work of art purchased by the Palo Alto Public Art Commission in 1976. Those still eager for more art can walk over to the Palo Alto Art Center, where there will be a free valentine-making art activity from 1-4 p.m. and live performances inspired by the current exhibition, “Hear This,” running from 2-5 p.m.

To join the free public art tour, meet at the library entrance facing the Palo Alto Art Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. For more on the grand opening of Rinconada Library, go to tinyurl.com/ ocfowwb.

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Redwood Symphony will play a Valentine’s Day concert at Cañada College. women in an Alabama hamlet of that name. The concerto features California jazz guitar soloist Jon Mulvey. Also on the program is Berlioz’s “Fantastic Symphony,” intended to conjure the effect of opium hallucinations. The program opens with the Overture to Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta” (“The Silken Ladder”), conducted by Kristen Link.

Redwood Symphony’s Valentine’s Day concert takes place Saturday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. at the Cañada College Main Theatre, 1400 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. Tickets range from $10-$30; advance purchase is recommended. Children age 17 and under are free. A pre-concert lecture begins at 7 p.m. For tickets, go to redwoodsymphony.org. For more information, call 650-366-6872. Q — Elizabeth Schwyzer

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Eating Out inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 book, “The Little Prince.” It’s about appreciating “the little beauties of life,” he said.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, check out the top treats to snag from Tout Sweet, in no particular order.

Mille crepe cake ($6.75 for a slice; $65 for a 10-inch cake) The mille crepe cake is a classic French masterpiece made of 20 or so layers (not quite the thousand that “mille” translates to) of perfectly concentric crepes, each separated by swaths of custard. Tout Sweet’s light, creamy custard is made with vanilla bean plus Pura’s special touch: orange flower water. The hint of citrus adds a “northern Mediterranean flair” to the traditional French dessert, Pura said. If you want a dessert to eat in the shop rather than take home, this is one of your best bets: Employees cut a generous slice, then dust it with powdered sugar and caramelize it with a hand torch before serving. Voilà.

Palo Alto’s Tout Sweet Patisserie, located in Town & Country Village, offers a range of delectable desserts.

Love is sweet

Hot Lips ($7) A Valentine’s must for both aesthetics and taste. This milk chocolate-hazelnut cake, laced with Vietnamese cinnamon and oven-roasted blonde chocolate, comes in the shape of full, hot-red lips. The decadent dessert gets its color from red velvet. Valentine’s Day has always been a difficult holiday for Pura to embrace, but he created this dessert with a goal of simply having fun and being playful.

“It’s really great to remember to play out of the box whenever possible,” he said.

Tout Sweet Patisserie does Valentine’s Day in style

Naughty peanut cookie ($2.25) A sticky delight for nut lovers. Roasted peanuts and Tout Sweet marshmallows (which are also for sale separately in a range of flavors, if that’s your thing) form the base of this cookie, which is then rolled in corn flakes and topped with sea salt. Reminiscent of your mother’s old-school cornflake crunchers.

by Elena Kadvany | photos by Michelle Le s there any better way to say “I love you” than with 23 layers of crepe and custard or a chocolate-hazelnut cake in the shape of full, red-hot lips? Doubtful.

If you live anywhere near Palo Alto, forget that sad heart-shaped box of chocolates you were thinking about buying a loved one (that includes yourself) for Valentine’s Day and head straight to Tout Sweet Patisserie at Town & Country Village to step up your sweets game.

Don’t let the size of the second outpost of Yigit Pura’s high-end bake shop fool you: Its small glass cases are filled with some of the most tantalizing desserts in the area.

Originally from Ankara, Turkey, Pura began his formal culinary training at the age of 20 in San Francisco restaurants (and his informal training at the age of 4 helping his mother make dark caramel). He next moved to New York, where he worked at famed Le Cirque 2000 and the Four Seasons Hotel before landing a coveted position as pastry chef at Daniel, French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud’s first restaurant.

After winning Bravo’s “Top Chef: Just Desserts” in 2010, Pura returned to the Bay Area, opening his first patisserie in Macy’s Union Square in San Francisco in 2012 and his 500-square-foot Palo Alto shop in late December of last year.

Pura, who reportedly has the molecular formula for sugar tattooed on the back of his neck, said both the name and philosophy of the shop are

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Tout Sweet ($6.50) This small rectangle of layered chocolate cake won Pura the Top Chef desserts title, so you know it’s good.

The confection is actually flourless (gluten-free-friendly, as are several other Tout Sweet items), with layers of dark chocolate cake, Guittard Chocolate Company dark and milk chocolate mousse and house-made candied milk jam: the French take on dulce de leche. “We cook four different kinds of milk over a 12-hour process,” Pura explained. “It’s really rich, chewy, creamy milk candy.” Small chocolate pearls are embedded in the dessert for a delightful crunch in between bites of the pillowy cake. The Tout Sweet might sound decadent, but it’s not overwhelmingly sweet. As Pura likes to say: “We’re called Tout Sweet, but nothing should ever be too sweet.”

Individual slices are available in the shop; if you want a full cake, place an order by 1 p.m. at least one day before.

Above: Tout Sweet Patisserie’s red velvet “Hot Lips” make the perfect Valentine’s Day treat.

Middle: Tout Sweet Owner Yigit Pura won “Top Chef: Just Desserts” on the strength of his flourless chocolate cake.

Below: Among the tastiest macaron flavors at Tout Sweet are salted caramel and lemon-yuzu.

Salted caramel and lemon-yuzu macarons ($1.85 each) Patrons of the Palo Alto store are first greeted by rows and towers of macarons from the traditional chocolate, vanilla bean and hazelnut to peanut butter and jelly to sour cherry and bourbon. With the wealth of options, purchase to your palate’s preferences, but the salted caramel and lemonyuzu were far and above this writer’s favorites. Both were firm yet pliant and chewy in the way the best macarons are. The salted caramel is as rich as the lemon is light. (Pro tip: Watch out when you bite into the salted caramel. The buttercream has a habit of slipping out the back — though admittedly it’s so good, you’re likely to lick it up from wherever it falls.) &UHDWH \RXU RZQ ζ]HUW If you’re making dinner at home for Valentine’s Day, take advantage of Tout Sweet to cut some corners. Grab any of the frozen cookie doughs to make the naughty peanut cookie, chocolate chunk with sea salt or fudgy cherry mudslides at home ($8 for a pint of dough, which makes approximately 10-12 cookies, or $14 for a quart, which makes about 2025). There are also several frozen shortbread flavors — co-

Eating Out

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THE MENU CLOSES ... It was a bold move in 2012 when Prakash Aswani took over an aging Indian restaurant that had been vacant for two years. He began a major renovation, turning the dilapidated 10,000-square-foot building into a swanky, upscale dining spot that served organic, artisan Indian cuisine. Aswani had high hopes for The Menu, 2700 W. El Camino, Mountain View, on the Palo Alto border. But hope ended early last month when the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office slapped an eviction notice on the front door.

“It’s sad it didn’t work out,” said an industry observer. “The restaurant had a nice buffet and reasonable prices. You’d think that the location alone would have brought in customers. There are so many hotels and businesses around here, and Lozano’s Car Wash is right across the street. Maybe that corner is bad luck.” The previous tenant, Southern Spice, occupied the spot for a short time. Before that, two other Indian restaurants, Swagat and Dastoor also came and went. The Menu did not go down without a fight. Along with a buffet that was continually trying to reinvent itself, it offered an extensive a la carte menu, a wine bar, live music, karaoke nights and a happy hour.

VINTAGE SHOP THRIVES IN NEW VENUE ... Vintage Empire owner Tiffany Gush is a survivor. Forced out of the Palo Alto retail market last year because of escalating rents, Gush moved her eclectic vintage clothing store to downtown Mountain View. As Vintage Empire enters its second year in business at 831 Villa St., things are looking up. “Mountain View is stoked that we’re here because we’re so different from everything else around,” said Gush, who described the Castro Street area as a hub for small and independent businesses. She has recently opened an adjoining space for local artists to display their craft.

“It’s a pop-up store for artists who want to rent out space on a

coa nib and sweet pasilla (dried chilaca pepper), vanilla lavender, salty walnut or Tahitian vanilla — for $12 a pop (makes about 30-35 cookies).

Planning a romantic brunch instead of dinner? Grab some frozen scone dough ($12 for six pieces) and impress your date with bacon cheddar, cherry vanilla bean or Turkish apricot and candied ginger.

For ice cream lovers, consider a stop at the nearby Tin Pot Creamery for some pints of your choice,

temporary basis,” Gush explained.

“There’s so much foot traffic here, especially on the weekend, so why not help other people by having a retail gallery for them?”

NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ... For those who claim there’s an overabundance of coffee shops, upscale restaurants and nail salons in downtown Palo Alto, there may be some relief in the form of an unusual business. It’s called BHuman, and although its official designation is “restaurant,” it’s also part art gallery, part lecture hall and part event center. “Let’s just call it an innovation center,” said BHuman co-founder and entrepreneur Ari Eisenstat. Located at 233 University Ave. in the former space of Workshop Burger and before that, Bella Luna Ristorante, BHuman is “a work in progress,” according to Eistenstat and his business partner, Kyle Mills, both 26 years old. There was an overwhelming curiosity about the new venture last weekend, when BHuman held an invitation-only grand opening party. Nearly 200 people attended the event, which featured a hand-made classical harpsichord, 7-foot-tall acrylic obelisks and a variety of food and drink. Among the highlights was the “Space Palette”: an interactive instrument that allowed individuals to wave their hands through holes in a wooden frame to create music and painted visuals.

A few partygoers described the event as “Burning Man-inspired,” referencing the annual week-long festival in Nevada that promotes unfettered creative expression.

Eisenstat and Mills, who met at Draper University’s entrepreneurial program in San Mateo, have big plans for BHuman, which will be open to the public in less than a month, according to Eisenstat.

RAIN OR SHINE. KEEP SAVING WATER. Despite the recent rainfall, we need many more storms to help with the drought.

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Heard a rumor about your favorite store or business moving out or in, down the block or across town? Daryl Savage will check it out. Email shoptalk@paweekly.com. then indulge with Tout Sweet toppings. There are several flavors of brittle ($8), Guittard dark chocolate fudge ($9), burnt caramel sauce with fleur de sel ($9) and Tory Farms nectarine and bourbon jam made with Bulleit bourbon ($12), to name a few. Q Tout Sweet Patisserie, 855 El Camino Real, #160, Palo Alto; 650-800-7293; toutsweetsf.com Hours: Monday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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If you’re reading this review, you’ve probably read a few others in your day, and a number of them have likely mentioned tone.

Tone’s a tricky thing (like “chemistry”), and contrary to what some may think, not just an excuse critics make for not liking a movie.

Take “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” which chooses, with gusto, style over substance.

Loosely adapted by writer-director Matthew Vaughn and his screenwriting partner Jane Goldman from a comic book by writer Mark Millar, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is pretty much a spy remake of “Kick-Ass,” Vaughn and Goldman’s 2010 adaptation of Millar’s tale of a comic book fan

who decides against all odds to become a super-hero. Like “Kick Ass,” “Secret Service” doubles down on glib ultraviolence while pressing buttons of class-consciousness and teasing out pop culture allusions and self-aware witticisms.

Colin Firth plays Harry Hart, a well-tailored super spy in the vein of “The Avengers” (the British one, don’t you know). Hart works for an “independent international intelligence agency” called Kingsman, which finds itself in need of a new recruit when a top agent bites the dust. In part answering for a familial debt, Hart selects for his protégé Gary “Eggsy” Unwin (Taron Egerton, unfortunately as bland as his “chav” character),

Penthouse forum ‘Fifty Shades’ brings R-rated eroticism to the multiplex 00 (Century 16, Century 20) Here’s a modest proposal: Let’s try to be grown-ups about “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the big-screen adaptation of E. L. James’ erotic novel. Oh, go ahead and have a giggle. Screenwriter Kelly Marcel (“Saving Mr. Banks”), director Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere Boy”), and star Dakota Johnson (“The Five-Year Engagement”) certainly have, and the movie’s better for it.

For the uninitiated: This comedy-drama of sexual brinksmanship begins when a college journalism major with the sniffles gives up to her English lit roommate an interview with “the

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then guides him through training and into active service as Kingsman battles the radical environmentalist madman Richmond Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), a Bondian baddie.

Raise your hand if you’ve seen a James Bond parody before.

Chances are you couldn’t count the ones you’ve seen with all your fingers and toes. “Kingsman” includes its own hilarious Bond mini-parody (kudos to actor Jack Davenport) embedded within its feature-length ode to British spy movies of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, but the spy-flick pastiching feels long in the tooth by now. Vaughn’s oft-enjoyable fantasy has the same benefit as New England weather: If you don’t like it, wait five minutes. Besides an endearingly asskicking Firth and an amusingly lisping Jackson, we get erstwhile movie-spy Michael Caine as a spy boss, Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill as a professor in danger and plenty of spectacular (though cartoony) fight sequences — plus a jaw-dropping long take of digitally assisted parkour.

For all its endearing Britishness, its halfhearted attack on class snobbery and its Tarantinoid self-referential “cool,” “Kingsman” lacks the freshness of “KickAss”’ subject and approach. All the mayhem is ultimately exhausting, and yes, tonally off-putting, as Vaughn’s capacity for sincerity takes a back seat to fetishized, glamorized violence.

Rated R for sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content. Two hours, 9 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

Northern Irish model turned actor Jamie Dornan plays business magnate Christian Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey.” world’s most eligible billionaire bachelor” (right there’s a strong signal to give up any hope of realism). Anastasia Steele steps up to Seattle skyscraper Grey House and regards its magnificent erection (tee hee). On the 20th floor, she swoons and gasps her way through an interview with business magnate Christian Grey

(Northern Irish model turned actor Jamie Dornan, all smoldering woodenness), who, lustily charmed, immediately begins putting the moves on her.

Those moves include an offer to be Grey’s live-in sex slave, an on-demand submissive beauty to his dominant beast. Taking this language out of the cultural

Movies closet and into the mall theater is, in itself, a fascinating and not unwelcome phenomenon, despite the “Bondage for Dummies” attitude it inevitably entails. Also welcome is the return of R-rated eroticism to the multiplex, where it’s been largely absent.

Audiences are treated to Steele’s and Grey’s anatomy (though, hold your horses, not full-frontally) as Taylor-Johnson tests the limits of the ratings board with each carefully executed camera move and edit, each choreographed salivation and thrust. Every small adjustment the movie makes to James’ thinly veiled romance novel qualifies as an improvement, especially the heightened self-

awareness of the comedic value of its perversity and the laborious parsing of non-disclosure agreements and a “binding” contract to ensure mutual consent. There’s drama and humor, too, in the positioning of power as aphrodisiac and in the allegory the story offers for the paradox of committed romance: having to take people you love on their own terms while undergoing the necessary negotiations of a relationship.

Yes, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is absolutely ludicrous, dramatically clumsy, 50 shades of wrong. Yet with Taylor-Johnson’s lively projection of Anastasia’s thought process (which never cedes her agency) and the tortured Grey’s sexual

kink positioned more as a romantic obstacle than a woman’s wildest dream, the franchise can have it both ways: “naughtily” turning on audiences and at the same time dramatizing enough bedroom dos and don’ts for a year’s worth of couples counseling. If audiences can cool their loins long enough, they may have a productive think about the nature of their desires, their hangups and their capacities for giving as much as they get in their relationships.

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language. Two hours, 5 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday – Sunday only unless otherwise noted.

For reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest.

A Most Violent Year (R) +++1/2 Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 4:40 & 7:40 p.m.

Oscar 2015: The Grand Budapest Hotel (R) Century 20: Sat 4 p.m.

American Sniper (R) ++ Century 16: 12:20, 3:45, 7 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:05 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 9:05 & 10:35 p.m., Fri & Sat 2:40 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.

Oscar 2015: The Imitation Game (PG-13) Century 20: Sun 4 p.m.

Oscar 2015: Whiplash (R)

Black or White (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 20: 12:20 & 10:40 p.m.

Giant (1956) (Not Rated) Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.

Project Almanac (PG-13) Century 20: 12:05 p.m., 2:40, 5:15, 8 & 10:45 p.m.

The Imitation Game (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 7:45 & 10:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 11 a.m., 1:50 & 4:40 p.m., Sat 2 & 4:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.

Selma (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 4:10, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m., Fri & Sun 10:10 a.m. & 1:05 p.m., Sat 10:05 a.m.

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Seventh Son (PG-13) Century 16: 1:25, 4:20 & 7:40 p.m.

In 3-D at 10:55 a.m. & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:25, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. In 3-D at 10:45 a.m., 1:20, 3:55, 6:30 & 9:20 p.m.

Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: 10:15 & 11:45 a.m., 1:15, 2:50, 4:20, 5:50, 7:25, 8:55 & 10:30 p.m.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (G) ++ Century 16: 10:35 a.m., 3:35, 7:20 & 9:30 p.m. In 3-D at 11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., noon, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:35 & 9:10 p.m. In 3-D at 10 a.m., 2:30, 3:20, 5, 5:50, 8:15 & 10:05 p.m.

The Lady Vanishes (1938) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 5:45 & 9:30 p.m.

Still Alice (PG-13) ++1/2 7:20 & 9:55 p.m.

Met Opera: Iolanta/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat 9:30 a.m. Century 20: Sat 9:30 a.m.

Palo Alto Square: Sat 9:30 a.m.

Strangers on a Train (1951) (Not Rated) Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sat & Sun 3:50 p.m.

National Theatre Live: Treasure Island (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Sun 11 a.m.

Whiplash (R) +++1/2 p.m.

Wild (R) +++ p.m.

Century 20: Fri 10 p.m.

Aquarius Theatre: 2:15, 4:40,

The Theory of Everything (PG-13) ++ 4, 7 & 10 p.m., Fri & Sun 1 p.m.

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Palo Alto Square:

Century 20: Fri & Sun 11 a.m. &

The Wedding Ringer (R) 1:35 p.m., Fri 4:15 p.m.

Oscar 2015: American Sniper (R) Century 20: Sat 10 p.m.

Century 20: Sun 7 p.m.

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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Live Action (Not Rated) Guild Theatre: 4:15 & 9:15 p.m.

Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:25 a.m., noon, 3, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. In 3-D at 6:10 & 9:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 5:45 & 7:15 p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:15 & 10:15 p.m.

Oscar 2015: Boyhood (R)

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Century 20: Sat 7 p.m.

Paddington (PG) Century 16: 1:05 & 7:05 p.m.

Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1, 3:35, 6:50 & 9:30 p.m.

Oscar 2015: Selma (PG-13)

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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Animation (Not Rated) Guild Theatre: 2:15 & 7:15 p.m.

Fifty Shades of Grey (R) ++ Century 16: 10:30 & 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 10 & 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 8:30, 9:15 & 10 p.m. In X-D at 10:50 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.

Century 20: Fri 7 p.m.

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Oscar 2015: The Theory of Everything (PG-13) Century 20: Sat 1 p.m.

Birdman (R) +++ Century 20: 1:45 & 10:40 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m.

Oscar 2015: Birdman (R)

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Aquarius Theatre: 4:20 & 7:05

Aquarius Theatre: 9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:45

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260)

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260)

Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264)

Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700)

Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128)

Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies ON THE WEB: Up-to-date movie listings at PaloAltoOnline.com

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Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat 2/14/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 The Theory of Everything – 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Met Opera: Iolanta/ Duke Bluebeard’s Castle– 9:30 AM Sun 2/15/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon 2/16/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00

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Home Front FREE FABRIC ... The next FabMo free fabric distribution event is Friday, Feb. 13, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14, 9 a.m. to noon. Appointments are required on Friday, but not on Saturday, to help manage the crowds (email gather.fabrix@ me.com with preferred date and time). The distribution, with a requested donation, takes place at 970 Terra Bella Ave., Mountain View. Volunteer greeters and sorters are also needed. Info: fabmo.org CAMELLIA SHOW ... Nearly 1,000 blooms will be on display at the San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society’s 54th annual show and sale from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt Ave., Redwood City. This year’s show is dedicated to the Nuccio family of Altadena, California, owners of Nuccio’s Nursery, premier hybridizers of camellias and azaleas (among them ‘Nuccio’s Gem,’ ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ and ‘Nuccio’s Bella Rosa’). Highlights include workshops on Saturday (2:30 p.m.: Terry Lyngso of Lyngso Garden Materials, Redwood City, “Nurturing Camellias in the Bay Area”) and Sunday (2 p.m.: Mike Craib, Suncrest Nurseries Inc., Watsonville, “Camellias and their Garden Companions”). Info: camelliasfpcs.org or sfpcscamellias@gmail.com HAVE A QUESTION? ... UC Master Gardeners will offer free personal consultations and handouts at a Spring Plant Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9 to 11 a.m., at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.

Come with questions on water needs, compost, soil types, plant nutrition, organic sprays and cultivation practices, as well as issues with roses or tomatoes.

Info: Master Gardeners at 408282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org TREE WALK ... Arborist Courtney Schumm will lead a free tree walk at Rinconada Library and the Palo Alto Art Center on Saturday, Feb. 14, 9 to 11 a.m., meeting at the Rinconada Library parking lot, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto. Expect to see Jelecote Pine, Red Horsechestnut, Chinese Pistache, Italian Stone Pine, Black Mulberry, Japanese

(continued on page 32) Send notices of news and events related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email cblitzer@ paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

Carnivorous plants join orchids at Pacific Orchid Expo

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by Carol Blitzer // photos by Veronica Weber s a boy growing up in Phoenix, like many 10-year-olds, Drew Martinez was fascinated by carnivorous plants. Today, his backyard is filled with greenhouses containing nearly 20,000 of them.

Although he describes it as a sideline, he has grown his interest into a business: Carnivero, a mainly mail-order nursery he runs out of his Mountain View office.

Martinez will be exhibiting and selling close to 600 plants at the upcoming Pacific Orchid Exposition in San Francisco next weekend. The 63rd annual show, themed “The Thrill of Discovery,” will offer three days of show-andtell, with 150,000 plants to observe and purchase, docent tours, potting demonstrations and lectures.

Growing up in the desert, Martinez found it particularly challenging to grow carnivorous plants because they require very temperate climates. Some-

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how his interest in carnivores sent him to Stanford University, where he majored in physics and biology.

Why physics?

“Math explains physics, physics explains chemistry, chemistry explains biology. I wanted to get to the root of it all,” he said.

That physics major led to his day job at Google. He’s also been involved in biotechnology startups.

But his sideline is a true passion.

He grows his carnivores and orchids from seedlings to plants up to several feet tall. Many grow fallow during the winter, but others thrive in his greenhouses and grow tent as the annual expo draws near.

He points to his pitcher plants, or Nepenthes, which are native of Southeast Asia. “They grow side by side with many orchid varieties,” he said. (continued on page 32)

Clockwise, from top left: Nepenthes, or carnivorous pitcher plants, dangle in Drew Martinez’s greenhouse; a slipper orchid; Venus fly traps; and purple and white pinguiculas, which resemble succulents but are actually carnivores.

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He notes a lot of crossover between the two plant types, noting that in addition to sharing habitats, they also both have trapping mechanisms that lure insects.

“One of the reasons orchids have such beautiful flowers is because the flower acts as a trap,” he said.

The insect is lured by color and smell. It pollinates, and then the orchid lets it go. Carnivores also lure insects by color and smell.

But there the similarity ends.

A cobra plant, a native of Northern California and Southern Oregon, is built like a cathedral, with light coming in through the “roof.” The insect is attracted to the light and flies in, then becomes trapped in the bulbous cathedral and sent down to the acidfilled base of the attached tube.

Martinez points to the Nepenthes hamata, which lures insects with its sweet nectar. Beetles and

Flowering Crabapple, Plume Cryptomeria and others. Info: Canopy at 650-964-6110 or canopy.org

What: Pacific Orchid Exposition When: Gala Preview Thursday, Feb. 19, 6:30-10 p.m.; Expo Friday, Feb. 20, through Sunday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Fort Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, Marina Boulevard, San Francisco Cost: General admission $14, seniors $11, three-day pass $25, Gala Preview benefit $43, weekend pass with Gala $60 Sponsor: San Francisco Orchid Society (SFOS) Info: orchidsanfrancisco.org or 650548-6700

HOME SALES

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

Los Altos

840 Campbell Ave. D. & W. Dematteis to D. & T. Buck for $3,450,000 on 1/14/15 1665 Fairway Drive Heeger Trust to Solat Trust for $2,725,000 on 1/13/15 1215 Larnel Place Hodgen Trust to I. & P. Chowdhury for $1,800,000 on 1/14/15 1841 Newcastle Drive Page Trust to T. & C. Sohn for $1,800,000 on 1/13/15; previous sale 7/86, $281,000 1435 Richardson Ave. Harper Trust to S. & D. Gallienne for $1,800,000 on 1/16/15

Mountain View

181 Ada Ave. #29 N. Ackerman to N. Pattan for $910,000 on 1/20/15; previous sale 6/05, $630,000 101 Chetwood Drive B. Tang to R. Krishnamurthy for $1,350,000 on 1/15/15; previous sale 4/07, $908,500 128 Fair Oaks Ave. H. & F. Ehsan to T. Jousse for $1,240,000 on 1/13/15 138 Holly Court Wilson Trust to Z. & L. Zhang for $980,000 on 1/12/15; previous sale 6/99, $385,000 701 N. Rengstorff Ave. #12 A. Vafaei to W. Liang for $555,000 on 1/16/15; previous sale 6/08, $417,000 1983 San Luis Ave. #5 L. Bandman to S. Jafarpour for $870,000

Drew Martinez talks about the many varieties of Nepenthes, or pitcher plants, that he grows in his greenhouse. He’ll be bringing about 600 to the Pacific Orchid Exposition next weekend. ants then slip down the sharp fangs and — gulp.

Some plants even attract termites, he says, and some have been known to demolish small rodents or mammals.

Not all of the attracted animals die. Nepenthes lowii exudes a white, sugary substance that attracts tree shrews, which perch on the toilet-seat shaped plant and leave behind their excrement, which in turn feeds the plant.

Both Martinez’s carnivores and his orchids love sunny, humid conditions, but he describes them mostly as “very adaptable” and able to thrive in greenhouses or on a window sill. “Many are so hearty they can grow outside,” he said.

Although his greenhouses are completely automated, Martinez

on 1/16/15; previous sale 4/08, $599,000 365 Tyrella Ave. #A Keck Trust to D. Tarjan for $655,000 on 1/16/15; previous sale 8/13, $490,000

Palo Alto

3647 Bryant St. A. Gebala to Y. Zhuge for $2,115,000 on 1/20/15 4073 El Camino Real Eton Capital to P. McCallum for $1,493,000 on 1/16/15; previous sale 6/06, $850,000 455 Grant Ave. #15 J. Tung to X. Xiong for $850,000 on 1/12/15; previous sale 10/96, $171,000 144 Monroe Drive B. Miley to Palo Alto 14 Limited for $1,690,000 on 1/15/15

checks on his plants every three days, making sure his custombuilt watering system is functioning well, trimming dead foliage and moving blooming plants to the tent shed. He re-engineered and downsized commercial greenhouses and installed enough backup systems that “even with a major earthquake they could run for three days,” he said.

He’s convinced that most of his exotic blooms could survive as house plants; they’re tougher than they look.

In his grow tent he’s also growing some exotic fruits, including snake fruit, which he described as pear-shaped, hard and rubbery with a sweet, crisp taste. The plants will need to be about 6 feet tall before they bear fruit.

Twice a year, Martinez heads out on jungle expeditions in search of new varieties. “I’ve logged upwards of 20 jungle expeditions,” he said, mainly to Southeast Asia, Malaysia and Indonesia.

And he’s never lost his early draw to carnivores: “They really capture people’s fascination with the natural world,” he said. They exhibit how adaptable an organism can be to survive.” Q Associate Editor Carol Blitzer can be emailed at cblitzer@ paweekly.com.

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DESIGNING WITH RHODIES ...

Parker Smith, landscape architect and rhododendron hybridizer, will talk about “Designing a Garden With Rhododendrons” at the next meeting of the De Anza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The group meets at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Parker will talk about rhododendron selection, planting and care. Info: deanza-ars.com COMING UP ROSES ... The Peninsula Rose Society will offer a slide show and advice from consulting rosarians at its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, at the Redwood City Veterans Memorial Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City. Info: penisularosesociety.org or 650-465-3967 HARVEST HONEY ... Beekeeper Kendal Sager will teach a class on “Backyard Beekeeping” from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 21, at Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills. Sager will cover time, space and legal requirements; equipment; honey-bee behavior; caring for bees; and the benefits of beekeeping. Cost is $20. Info: 650949-8650 or hiddenvilla.org Q

SALES AT A GLANCE Los Altos

Portola Valley

Total sales reported: 5 Lowest sales price: $1,800,000 Highest sales price: $3,450,000

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

Mountain View Total sales reported: 7 Lowest sales price: $555,000 Highest sales price: $1,350,000

Redwood City Total sales reported: 9 Lowest sales price: $794,000 Highest sales price: $1,500,000

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Woodside

Total sales reported: 4 Lowest sales price: $850,000 Highest sales price: $2,115,000

Total sales reported: 1 Lowest sales price: $2,000,000 Highest sales price: $2,000,000 Source: California REsource

Portola Valley

175 Los Trancos Circle I. & H. Earnest to Earnest Trust for $550,000 on 1/5/15

Redwood City 642 Bair Island Road #1016 One Marina Homes to F. Mahmoudi for $794,000 on 12/29/14 505 Breakwater Drive Peterson Trust to M. Wong-Chan for $1,500,000 on 1/2/15; previous sale 2/00, $750,000 1712 Brewster Ave. Working Dirt to J. Dann for $1,300,000 on 12/30/14; previous sale 9/83, $125,000 2740 Delaware Ave. Weems Trust to P. Glasner for $915,000 on 12/31/14 21 Inyo Place C. Becker to H. Brown for $1,325,000 on 12/31/14; previous sale 8/09, $955,000 914 Madison Ave. Dufresne Trust to Y. Liu for $881,000 on 12/30/14 167 Nueva Ave. D. Avalos to

J. Kornblum for $800,000 on 12/31/14 528 Shorebird Circle #8201 R. & L. Curotto to B. & J. Sandy for $902,000 on 12/31/14; previous sale 7/86, $315,900 556 Skiff Circle Hash Trust to Prathipati Trust for $1,325,000 on 1/5/15; previous sale 8/86, $224,000

Woodside

560 California Way Woodruff Trust to K. & J. Kelemen for $2,000,000 on 1/2/15

BUILDING PERMITS Palo Alto

430 Alger Drive enlarge opening between entry and living/dining area, $n/a 566 Hawthorne Ave. revise grading, drainage plan to show additional drainage, $n/a 456 University Ave. revise plans

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to include new water main and backflow device, $n/a 875 Mockingbird Lane replace exterior deck and add three new windows, $n/a 1950 Newell Road revise first floor living room floor to add two glass floor panels, $n/a 1801 Waverley St. revision to family room exterior pocket door, adjust garage for floor-area requirements, revise door onto balcony, revise roofline, $n/a 2261 Greer Road relocate bathroom and washer and dryer, remodel bathroom, $n/a 819 University Ave. re-roof fourplex, $18,575 3864 and 3866 El Camino Real Ace of Sandwiches: landlord improvement, including new accessible restrooms, path, lighting, power, T-bar ceiling, $55,000 1730 Embarcadero Road Audi: temporary dealership facilities, restroom, office trailer, $40,000

440 Cesano Court, Unit 308 remodel bathroom, $12,000 2296 Bryant St. remodel bathroom (code enforcement), $4,800; convert detached garage to single-car garage, add new foundation (code enforcement), $2,000 4009 Miranda Ave. Infosys: tenant improvement for Suite 110, $641,000; install 100 amp 2 pole breaker and power test equipment in equipment shop, $5,000 2593 Marshall Drive demo accessory structure, $n/a; new accessory structure with bathroom, $24,000 702 Rosewood Drive repair dry rot on trellis, $9,000 3160 Porter Drive extend outside air ducts on roof to gain distance from kitchen exhaust, $24,000 1844 Guinda St. repair fire damage in bedroom area, $30,000 3846 Magnolia Drive install flush-mounted PV system, up-

grade service, $n/a 660 High St. IDEO: tenant improvement, including rooftop HVAC, $550,000 1353 Martin Ave. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a 4151 Middlefield Road nonstructural demo, $n/a 1024 Emerson St. remodel kitchen, $20,000 3241 Park Blvd. Mercedes Benz: two new halo-illuminated wall signs facing Park Boulevard and two new illuminated logo signs on side walls, $n/a 795 El Camino Real Palo Alto Medical Foundation: install three dedicated electrical circuits, $n/a 745 Barron Ave. demo pool and associated equipment, $n/a 809 Northampton Drive re-roof, $24,000 433 Kipling St. remodel kitchen, two bathrooms in Historic Category 4 structure, $40,000 3174 Porter Drive Fuji Xerox: remodel tenant space on first and second floor, reconfigure offices, $65,000 1935 Waverley St. re-roof, $30,000 3276 Kipling St. re-roof, $8,000 1745 Webster St. replace three windows, $6,766 2421 Ramona St. replace three windows, $6,331 1655 Alma St. replace four windows and one door, $13,956 638 Georgia Ave. replace five windows, $8,808 708 Montrose Ave. replace bottom 24 inches of Sheetrock throughout the house due to water damage, remodel kitchen, $100,000 460 Margarita Ave. re-roof, $14,000; re-roof garage, $3,000 2826 Greer Road re-roof, $9,500

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement ETCHED IN STONE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600298 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Etched In Stone, located at 644 Azule Ave., San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): DAVID A. BECERRA 644 Azule Ave. San Jose, CA 95123 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/19/2003.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 15, 2015.

(PAW Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2015) Api.ai FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600295 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Api.ai, located at 443 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): SPEAKTOIT INC. 443 Waverley Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 15, 2015.

(PAW Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2015) NexMove FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600184 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: NexMove, located at 826 Rorke Way,

Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): JEANNE YUE 826 Rorke Way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02 Jan. 2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on Jan. 13, 2015.

(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015) SUMO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 599912 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: SUMO, located at 450 Serra Mall, Building 380, Stanford, CA 94305, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): EDWARD DAI 655 Escondido Road Stanford, CA 94305 MOOR XU 2070 University Avenue #219 Berkeley, CA 94704 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 6, 2015.

(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015) GENESIS PAINTING & DECORATING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600563 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Genesis Painting & Decorating, located at 5497 Spinnaker Walkway, San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): VICTOR GARZA 5497 Spinnaker Walkway #4 San Jose, CA 95123 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 22, 2015.

(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015) MAISON ADVISORS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No.: 600721 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Maison Advisors, located at 621 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): WENDY KANDASAMY 247 Ferne Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 ADAM TOUNI 685 High Street #2B Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 28, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 600792 The following person(s)/ entity (ies) has/ have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s).

The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious business statement that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): STANFORD TERRACE INN 531 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 07/31/2013 UNDER FILE NO.: 581230 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES): WILD RANGE INC. 531 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Corporation.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 29, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015) STANFORD TERRACE INN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600794 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Stanford Terrace Inn, located at 531 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): STANFORD GROUPS LLC 531 Stanford Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306

Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/19/2010.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 29, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015) PALO ALTO DESIGN STUDIO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600964 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Palo Alto Design Studio, located at 1128 Oregon Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: Married Couple.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): KYU YOUNG KIM 1128 Oregon Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 HANNA JOO 1128 Oregon Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 3, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015) GUNN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION GUNN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION GUNN FOUNDATION THE GUNN FOUNDATION FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600326 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Gunn Senior High School Foundation, 2.) Gunn High School Foundation, 3.) Gunn Foundation, 4.)

The Gunn Foundation, located at 780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Trust.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ANN KELLY (Trustee) 268 Margarita Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 BETH SEARS (Trustee) 888 Robb Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 JOSE E. GARCIA (Trustee) 777 San Antonio Rd., #29 Palo Alto, CA 94303 JOAN LIN (Trustee) 931 Curlew Lane Palo Alto, CA 9433 JAMES LUBBE (Trustee) 3430 Notre Dame Dr. Santa Clara, CA 95051

KIMBERLY COWEL (Trustee) 2534 Hayward Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 JEAN HSIA (Trustee) 3126 Floweers Lane Palo Alto, CA 94306 LYNN DRAKE (Trustee) 3415 Louis Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94303 LYNNE RUSSELL (Trustee) 3149 Ramona St. Palo Alto, CA 94306 MARKUS FROMHERZ (Trustee) 4020 Amaranta Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 RENI NARAYEN (Trustee) 4246 Manuela Ct. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/01/1968.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on January 15, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6 2015) BILINGUAL SPEECH & LANGUAGE SERVICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 600922 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Bilingual Speech & Language Services, located at 503 Palo Alto Ave., Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MARTHA VERONICA GONZALEZ-BEINEKE 503 Palo Alto Ave. Mountain View, CA 94041 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 10/10/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 2, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015) AKAMAI REAL ESTATE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 601326 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Akamai Real Estate, located at 970 Palo Alto Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): SETH SWENSON 970 Palo Alto Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business

name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 11, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015) PALO ALTO SMART THERAPY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 601185 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Palo Alto Smart Therapy, located at 825 San Antonio Rd., Suite 202, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): KRISTA REGEDANZ PH.D. A PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION 825 San Antonio Rd. Suite 202 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 9, 2015.

(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015)

997 All Other Legals T.S. No.: 9986-2072 TSG Order No.: 00266636 A.P.N.: 127-21-017 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 02/09/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded 02/17/2005 as Document No.: 18238005, Book No.: N/A, Page No.: N/A, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, executed by: CONAN S. YEM, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said

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(continued from page 45) Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the attached legal description. LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 6, BLOCK 4, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 1580 WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1955 IN BOOK 62 OF MAPS AT PAGE(S) 56.

Sale Date & Time: 02/26/2015 at 10:00 AM Sale Location: At the gated North Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San Jose, CA. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3619 LUPINE AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CA 94303 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $452,222.50 (Estimated) as of 01/23/2015. Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on

this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call, 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, T.S.# 9986-2072. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301 E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach, CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916-939-0772.

NBS Default Services, LLC, Vanessa Gomez, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. However, if you have received a discharge of the debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy proceeding, this is not an attempt to impose personal liability upon you for payment of that debt. In the event you have received a bankruptcy discharge, any action to enforce the debt will be taken against the property only.

NPP0241357 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 02/06/2015, 02/13/2015, 02/20/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.: 2014-CA006823 Loan No. XXX47100 Order No. 5921178 APN: 158-44-003 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/28/2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION

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OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor: VINCENT ISOLA AND CRYSTAL ISOLA, AS TRUSTEES OF THE ISOLA LIVING TRUST UAD 6/28/04, F/B/O VINCENT ISOLA AND CRYSTAL ISOLA AND THEIR HEIRS, and PLAZA BANK, as Beneficiary Duly Appointed Trustee: R.E.F.S. Inc., A California Corporation Recorded: 11/3/2010, as Instrument No. 20940203, in Book n/a, Page n/a, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 2/27/2015 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Market Street entrance to the Superior Courthouse, 190 North Market Street.,San Jose, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,039,928.75 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 185 MOFFET BOULEVARD, Mountain View, CA 94043 A.P.N.: 158-44-003 Legal Description: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. The property herein is being sold AS IS. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore

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The Palo Alto Weekly Marketplace is online at: http://www.fogster.com CONNECTED? executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a Written Notice of Default and Election to Sell.

The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located and more than three month have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.

Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 877-484-9942 or visit this Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure. com, using the file number assigned to this case 2014-CA006823. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If you would like additional copies of this summary, you may obtain them by calling (949) 474-7337.

If the trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder(s)

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(continued from previous page) sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the trustee and successful bidder(s) will have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 2/2/2015 R.E.F.S. Inc., A California Corporation Gabrielle Leach, Senior Trustee Officer R.E.F.S. INC. A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. FEI # 1064.244935 PUB DATES: 02/06/2015, 02/13/2015, 02/20/2015 PAW

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DAVID W. HAGELBARGER Case No.: 1-15-PR175816 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DAVID W. HAGELBARGER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ANN M. EDENS in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: ANN M. EDENS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be

granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 18, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.: 10 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

193 Kings Hwy. Hackettstown, N.J. 07840 (973)229-0663 (PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015) NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DEE CUTHBERT RUST, DEE C. RUST, DEE RUST, D.C. RUST Case No.: 1-15-PR-175973 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of DEE CUTHBERT RUST,

DEE C. RUST, DEE RUST, and D.C. RUST. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN W. LYON in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN W. LYON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: April 8, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m.

Dept.: 10.

Address of Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara: 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California

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Attorney for Petitioner: Barbara P. Wright Finch Montgomery Wright LLP, 350 Cambridge Ave., Ste. 175 Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650)327-0888 (PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, 2015) APN: 154-41-072 T.S. No. 016920-CA NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 2/17/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER On 3/18/2015 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON CORP., as duly appointed trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 2/28/2005, as Instrument No. 18248777, of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Santa Clara County, State of CALIFORNIA executed by: ELLEN G POSO, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE, SANTA CLARA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113 all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County

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and State described as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be:255 SOUTH RENGSTORFF AVE #170 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 940401762 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be held, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining principal sums of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $445,197.70 If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-

ship of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION. COM, using the file number assigned to this case 016920-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800) 280-2832 Publish: 2/13/2015, 2/20/2015, 2/27/2015 PAW

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Gators win first WBAL Foothill Division crown since 2011; five other teams will have title shots

by Keith Peters he Castilleja girls and Palo Alto boys took aim at winning soccer titles on Thursday.

The Menlo-Atherton boys can do likewise on Monday with the Gunn and Sacred Heart Prep boys likely on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Sacred Heart Prep girls, however, beat all of those contenders to the finish line by claiming the West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division) crown on Tuesday in Atherton.

It was Senior Day for the Gators and their four eldest players went out in style in the final regularseason home match of the campaign.

While there were the requisite photos by their parents and flowers from the coaches, those were just a lead up to the real celebration as the seniors won their first league championship.

SHP ended rival Menlo School’s three-year run as division champion with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Knights. Sacred Heart Prep (9-0, 15-2-1) needed only a tie to win its first division crown since 2011, which capped a three-run title run by the Gators.

“This was one of our goals at the beginning of the season,” said SHP coach Ramiro Arredondo. “We wanted to win league and then see how far we could go in CCS.” The Gators also want to finish unbeaten for the first time ever in league, which could have been achieved by beating host Notre Dame-San Jose yesterday.

“This is the way want to send off our seniors,” Arredondo said.

SHP appropriately celebrated Senior Day as its four seniors — Mamie Caruso, Nicola Wheeler, Brigid White and Emma Markey — had never won a division title. White made it a double celebration by scoring the Gators’ third goal.

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Mia Shenk (11) and Brigid White (right) scored goals and Tierna Davidson (center) had two assists as Sacred Heart Prep celebrated its first soccer title since 2011.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Stanford hopes pitching wealth will pay off Rick Eymer tanford’s pitching staff possesses as much depth and talent as Cardinal baseball coach Mark Marquess, now in his 39th season, has had over the years and that’s saying quite a bit. Marquess has coached a Cy Young Award winner and a 200-game winner in addition to numerous first-round MLB draft picks.

The six guys who started at least one game for Stanford last year remain on campus and six of the other eight pitchers who appeared in at least one game are also back.

“It’s unique for me,” Marquess said. “I’ve never had that happen before.”

This is a pitching staff that includes All-American and reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the year Cal Quantrill (7-5, 2.68 ERA)

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and left-hander John Hochstatter (10-3, 3.36). That’s the equivalent of going 19-13 and 26-8, respectively, over the course of a major league season.

The Cardinal (35-26 last year, 16-14 in the Pac-12) returned to the postseason last year and reached a Super Regional, where it lost, in three games, to eventual national champion Vanderbilt.

Stanford won 11 of its final 13 regular-season games, and went 16-6 over its final 22 games, with all but six of those games on the road.

The Cardinal opens its season at Sunken Diamond with a threegame series against visiting Indiana, beginning with a 3 p.m. game Friday, followed by a 6 p.m. start on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. California comes to town for (continued on next page)

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The Stanford women will be out to defend their team title when they host the 20th annual Peg Barnard Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at the Stanford Golf Course. Stanford took a four-shot lead into the final round of the 2014 Peg Barnard Invitational and never looked back, claiming the title over the 14-team field for the second straight season.

The Cardinal will open the spring portion of its season this weekend.

The 12-team field includes No. 5 Stanford, Cal, Cal State Northridge, Colorado, Denver, Gonzaga, Oregon, San Jose State, Nevada, UC Irvine, UC Davis and USF . . . The No. 10-ranked Stanford women’s tennis team looks to remain perfect this weekend, hosting a pair of matches at Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Navigating through a challenging nonconference schedule, the Cardinal welcomes No. 46 Harvard (Saturday, at noon) and No. 11 Vanderbilt (Sunday, at 10 a.m.) to The Farm. . . . The No. 19-ranked Stanford women’s basketball team (9-3, 17-7) looks to get back in the win column when it hosts USC (5-7, 13-10) in Maples on Friday at 6 p.m.

The Cardinal will host UCLA on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Stanford is coming off a 60-57 loss at Arizona on Sunday afternoon after earlier falling to Arizona as the Cardinal was swept over a conference weekend for the first time since 2008. Stanford has not lost three straight since Jan. 2001 . . . Stanford’s Maksim Korolev placed sixth at the U.S. Cross Country Championships last Saturday and earned the American team’s final qualifying spot for the upcoming World Championships. Korolev, a graduate student, covered the 12-kilometer course (7.46 miles) in the men’s open race at the Flatirons Golf Course in 37:03, earning the final U.S. spot by 10 seconds. Korolev, winner Chris Derrick, and women’s open fifth-place finisher Sara Bei Hall give Stanford three qualifiers for the IAAF World Championships on March 28 in Guiyang, China.

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a nonconference game Monday at 1 p.m.

Stanford plays seven games over the first 10 days of the season, which will test the depth of the pitching staff from the start.

Brett Hanewich (4-4, 3.17) and Logan James (3-4, 5.31) are the leading candidates to make starts this weekend, with Chris Viall (2-3, 4.74) and Tyler Thorne (2-0, 4.76) in the mix for possible midweek starts. Marc Brakeman (1-3, 3.80) could also force his way into the rotation at some point. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re as ready as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever been to start a season,â&#x20AC;? Marquess said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all ready to start playing someone else.â&#x20AC;?

The star-studded bullpen will miss closer AJ Vanegas and Sam Lindquist, but will have plenty of experience remaining. Chris Castellanos (0-1, 4.12) was trusted with late-inning situations and recorded three saves. Thorne saved two and Brakeman also saved a game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have four starters who all have the stuff to go out and pitch a complete-game shutout,â&#x20AC;? Cardinal second baseman Tommy Edman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, we probably have more capable starters.â&#x20AC;?

Griffin Weir, Daniel Starwalt, Gabe Cramer and David Schmidt all took the mound for the Cardi-

nal last year. Junior Freddy Avis from Menlo School, however, has retired from the sport after numerous attempts to rehab an injury to his right (throwing) shoulder were unsuccessful.

Edman (.256, three homers, 18 RBI last year), outfielder Zach Hoffpauir (.324-7-35) and shortstop Drew Jackson (.167-0-4) are the top returning position players.

Stanford will be looking to fill in around those three from a group that includes returners Alex Dunlap, Jack Klein, Austin Barr and Jonny Locher, all of whom found themselves in the starting lineup at some point last season.

Barr and Dunlap are joined by sophomore Matt Decker and freshman Bryce Carter as a group from which a catcher, first baseman and designated hitter will ultimately emerge.

Menlo School grad Mikey Diekroeger has a chance to start at third base. Junior Bobby Zarubin, who was 3-3 with a 2.16 ERA two years, senior Luke Pappas, sophomore Brian Higgins and freshmen Beau Branton, Matt Winaker and Jesse Kuet are also potential candidates in the infield. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mikey is doing well,â&#x20AC;? Edman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s swinging the bat well.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll definitely get a start, most likely at third base. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just my conjecture.â&#x20AC;?

Five freshmen pitchers, along with sophomore Joey Starling and senior Jordan Kutzer, will push for innings.

Edman said he likes the whole group but singled out Keith Weisenberg and Colton Hock as two pitchers with a chance to make an immediate impact.

Left-handers John Henry Styles, Andrew Summerville and Quinn Brodey, who can also play in the outfield, give Stanford a deep staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pitching is a strength,â&#x20AC;? Edman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The key over the course of a long season is having a lot of pitchers back.â&#x20AC;?

Stanford was 14-18 against teams that reached the postseason last year, including playing the Hoosiers three times in the Bloomington Regional, where Edman was named Most Outstanding Player after hitting .417 with a walk-off home run that clinched Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spot in the Super Regional.

Edman, a switch-hitter, has not changed anything about his swing just because of the home run. He enters the season as Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead-off hitter and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind hitting with two strikes. The Cardinal was 23-12 when Edman batted at the top of the order.

Hoffpauir was a pleasant surprise last year, starting the baseball season slow after playing football. He wound up second on the team in batting average (.324) and home runs (seven). As a freshman, Hoffpauir hit .077 (2 for 26).

As a safety for the Cardinal football team, Hoffpauir was one of the top players on a defense that

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He took a week off after Stanford won the Foster Farms Bowl and hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looked back since. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Catching up the first month is normal with the football guys,â&#x20AC;?

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Soccer waived off by an offsides call, the Gators took a 1-0 lead when junior Tierna Davidson sent a cross to freshman Mia Shenk that was deflected by a Menlo defender past keeper Schuyler Tilney-Volk for an own goal.

SHP sophomore Lindsay Johnson made it 2-0 with under 11 minutes remaining before halftime when Tilney-Volk came too far out of the cage, allowing Johnson to side-step her and roll a shot some 30 yards into an open net.

Menlo senior Leah Swig kept the Knights (6-2-1, 9-4-4) in the match by scoring with under eight minutes left before intermission on an assist from Emily Demmon.

That goal charged up Menlo, which came out in the second half with renewed aggression and purpose. White ruined the Knights’ hopes, however, when she took a pass from Davidson and fired a shot at Tilney-Volk, who made a diving stop but wound up having the ball just inside the goal line.

Holding a 3-1 lead, SHP kept up its attack, with Shenk tallying a goal with under 11 minutes to play off Davidson’s second assist.

The Gators now lead in the series, 5-4-7, since the teams began playing in the WBAL in 2009.

This was the first time in seven years that SHP swept Menlo in their two regular-season matches.

The Menlo-Atherton boys moved closer to securing the PAL Bay Division title as senior Mario Rodriguez scored three goals in a 6-1 win over host Sequoia on Wednesday. First-place M-A improved to 9-2 in league (12-3 overall) and stayed ahead of second place Burlingame (7-2-1), which suffered a 1-0 loss to South San Francisco.

The Bears, who have won seven straight, visit South San Francisco on Friday before hosting Burlingame on Monday and Woodside (2-4-5) next Wednesday, both at 4 p.m.

M-A currently has 27 points and needs to win only twice in its final three matches to claim the league title. The most points Burlingame can total is 31.

The Gunn boys, meanwhile, remained atop the SCVAL El Camino Division following a 3-0 win over visiting Wilcox on Tuesday. The Titans (9-0-1, 12-4-2) got the winning goal from Sean MacPherson off an assist from fellow senior Alex Ruber.

The Titans have 28 points. Depending on the outcome secondplace Fremont’s match with Cupertino this week, Gunn may have to win its final two matches to claim the division crown. The Titans played at Fremont last night.

In the WBAL, Priory pulled a big 2-1 upset of visiting Menlo School on Wednesday, putting first-place Sacred Heart Prep in position to win the title perhaps earlier than expected.

SHP took a 7-0-2 league mark and 23 points into Thursday’s home match against Crystal

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Paly girls pin down CCS wrestling titles Local basketball teams are closing in on league crowns

by Keith Peters t’s appropriate, perhaps, that Alexa Austin and Sarah Aguilar have last names that begin with A, because both got a A for effort and performance at the Central Coast Section Girls Wrestling Championships on Saturday.

Austin, a senior, and Aguilar, a sophomore, captured section titles in their respective weight divisions at Oak Grove High in San Jose. In addition to medals, each earned a trip to the CIF State Championships set for Feb. 27-28 at the Visalia Convention Center.

Austin won the 111-pound title by pinning top-seeded Brooke Lacquata of Alvarez just 1:57 into the title match. She became Paly’s first female section champion. Austin finished third at 116-pounds last year, also earning a trip to the state meet.

Austin, the No. 3 seed, opened with a pin of Karla Venegas of Andrew Hill in 1:01. Austin then pinned America Lopez of Overfelt in 2:00 before pinning freshman Gabby Sandoval of Scotts Valley in the semifinals in 3:49.

Aguilar won the 160-pound crown after she took down topseeded Kathrine Rossiter of Scotts Valley just eight seconds into overtime in the title match.

Aguilar escaped possible defeat with seconds remaining in regulation when she scored a matchtying point just before the final buzzer, forcing the one-minute sudden-death extra period.

Given a second chance, Aguilar came out quickly in OT and wrapped up her first CCS title.

She finished fourth at 189 pounds last year, missing a state berth by one spot.

Aguilar opened with a pin of Kirsten Cagle of North Salinas in 1:02 and followed that with a pin of Alexis Castillo of Alisal in 2:29. In the semifinals, Aguilar posted a 5-4 decision over Grace Catton of Prospect.

Gunn sophomore Ruby Robinson suffered the same fate that Aguilar did last year by taking fourth at 131 pounds. Robinson wrestled six times during the twoday meet while compiling a 4-2 mark, with every match decided by a pin.

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The senior produced 72 points, 13 rebounds and 17 assists in three basketball wins, including a careertying 35 points against Los Altos, as the Vikings earned a share of first place in the SCVAL De Anza Division race.

Aguilar, a sophomore, won the 160-pound crown at the CCS Girls Wrestling Championships and Austin, a senior, won the 111-pound crown -- each winning their first section titles ever -- as both qualified for the state meet.

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Honorable mention Olivia Athens Sacred Heart Prep soccer

Gabi Bade Pinewood basketball

Alexis Harris Palo Alto basketball

Coco Lovely Palo Alto basketball

Jacey Pederson* Palo Alto soccer

Ofa Sili Menlo-Atherton basketball

Alex Gil-Fernandez* Gunn basketball

Corbin Koch* Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Sean MacPherson Gunn soccer

Connor Moses Sacred Heart Prep basketball

Jesus Ortega Menlo-Atherton soccer

Johnny Rojahn Palo Alto basketball * previous winner

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

Springs, which upended King’s Academy on Wednesday. Menlo (6-3-1) is in second place with 19 points and King’s (6-3) is tied with Harker (6-3) for third with 18. SHP needs to win only two of its final three matches to capture it seventh straight WBAL title.

Priory, meanwhile, continued its late-season surge by upending Menlo’s title hopes. Bailey Marsheck tallied the first goal on an assist from Tim Dannis and Sergio Lopez got the winner with Alberto Coppola assisting for the Panthers (3-6-1, 6-9-1).

Meanwhile, the Palo Alto boys and girls faced off against their respective Homestead foes on Thursday in SCVAL De Anza Division action. That’s where the similarity ends.

The boys visited the Mustangs with a chance to claim the outright division championship, while the girls hosted and, most likely, were playing for second place.

Both teams’ championship hopes went in different direction on Tuesday as the Paly boys defeated visiting Mountain View, 3-0, while the Paly girls lost on the road, 2-1.

The boys improved to 8-1-1

in league and 12-2-3 overall and had 25 points. Homestead, a 4-2 winner over Los Gatos, was 8-2 in league for 24 points. A win by the Vikings would give them a four-point lead with one match remaining.

A loss, however, means Paly must beat visiting Los Gatos on Tuesday while Homestead loses at Los Altos in order for the Vikings to win the crown.

Palo Alto, coming off a loss and tie last week, got a quick goal from senior Steve Blatman, his first ever, on a volley past the Spartans’ keeper. That gave Paly a 1-0 halftime lead. After intermission, senior Wesley Woo took a cross and headed it to sophomore Michel-Ange Siaba, who then directed it into the upper left corner for a 2-0 lead.

In the WBAL Skyline Division, Castilleja strengthened its hold on first place as Julia Lodoen scored three times in an 8-0 victory over visiting Mercy-Burlingame.

That victory, coupled with Pinewood’s 1-0 upset over Crystal Springs, means Castilleja (7-0-2 league) had a shot at winning the division title yesterday with a win or tie over Crystal Springs (7-1-1). Q

Girls basketball Palo Alto can win its first outright SCVAL De Anza Division title since 2011 by beating host Mountain View on Friday night.

Tip-off is 7:45 p.m.

The Vikings are 10-0 (202) with two games remaining, while the Spartans are 9-1 and 18-4. Paly has a shot at going 12-0 for the second time in program history. The ‘11 team ac-

complished that feat on the way to winning the CCS Division I title that year.

In the PAL South Division, Menlo-Atherton clinched no worse than a tie for the division title with a 53-29 romp over visiting Burlingame on Tuesday night.

The Bears improved to 10-1 in league (18-5) overall and held a one-game lead over Hillsdale heading into last night’s game against last-place Woodside.

In the West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division), Pinewood maintained its lead with a 67-25 romp over host Sacred Heart Prep. The Panthers improved to 10-0 and 19-2 while the Gators dropped to 2-7 and 11-10 overall.

In Palo Alto, Eastside Prep remained in a tie for second place following a 50-43 victory over host Castilleja. Seniors Destiny Graham and Brije Byers each scored 17 points for the Panthers (7-2, 17-4) while senior Paige Vermeer led the Gators with 15 points. Ellie Chen added 13.

Castilleja (2-8, 10-12) bounced back with a 45-38 win over host Mercy-SF on Wednesday. Maddie Tarr finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds, Vermeer had 15 and nine and Chen scored 10.

Boys basketball Gunn can take over sole possession of first place in the SCVAL El Camino Division with a victory over visiting Saratoga on Friday night (6:15 p.m.). Gunn is 8-1 and Saratoga is 9-1.

The Titans (15-3 overall) set up that showdown with a 69-38 romp over host Monta Vista on Tuesday. Alex Gil-Fernandez tallied 17 points with Jonathan Davis and Jeffrey Lee-Heidenreich each adding 11.

In the WBAL, Sacred Heart Prep (11-0, 19-2) can move closer to winning the league title by beating host Menlo School (8-3, 14-6) on Friday at 7 p.m.

The Gators won their 12th straight with a 60-46 victory over visiting King’s Academy on Tuesday. Junior Connor Moses continued to sparkle offensively with 20 points while junior Mason Randall and senior Corbin Koch each added 15 points. Randall and Moses combined for eight 3-pointers.

In Campbell, Pinewood held on to second place as Matthew Peery hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to lift the Panthers to a 42-39 WBAL victory over host Harker. Pinewood (9-1, 15-5) lost senior scoring leader Ryan Brice to a knee injury on the first possession of the game. The Panthers battled back from a 23-22 halftime deficit with Peery leading the way with 11 points. Q

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