Palo Alto Weekly April 3, 2015

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RETAIL UNDER FIRE City poised to stop offices from replacing shops PAGE 5 Seniors section

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Pulse 18

Title Pages 31

Eating Out 27

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Q Home Real estate: conflict of interest?

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Q Sports Gunn boys having a tennis turnaround

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With sense of urgency, district to hire mental health therapists School board president: ‘There is a crisis’

by Elena Kadvany

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acing what multiple Board of Education members and the district superintendent called a public health crisis at Palo Alto’s two high schools, the board voted unanimously Tuesday night to allocate $250,000 in district funds to hire two fulltime licensed mental health therapists as soon as possible.

The board waived a two-meeting requirement necessary to take action in order to approve the funds immediately and not wait until the board’s next meeting on April 21 after board member Ken Dauber made two motions to take both actions.

“Being able to move quickly to do something when there is a

crisis — it’s our job,” board President Melissa Baten Caswell said prior to the vote.

The principals of both high schools provided statistics that demonstrate the extent of the mental health crises on their campuses: There have been 16 Palo Alto High School students hospitalized so far this school year (there were 25 total last year) and 212 students identified as high-risk or at-risk in the four days following a student death by

suicide earlier this month, Principal Kim Diorio said. As of last week, 42 Gunn students this year had been hospitalized or treated for “significant suicide ideation,” Principal Denise Herrmann said.

“Our mental health team right now is really quite exhausted, as I can imagine Gunn is also feeling,” Diorio told the board.

Both principals said the nonprofit Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS), which provides on-campus support at Gunn and

Paly through one certified therapist at each campus and a team of interns, is at full capacity. The certified therapist also coordinates and oversees the interns on top of counseling students, Herrmann said.

She added that an additional licensed therapist could lighten that load, as well as support school counselors to do initial assessments of students and take lead(continued on page 14)

EDUCATION

Union rebukes Gunn principal over homework ‘directive’ Grievance accused Denise Herrmann of violating contract

by Elena Kadvany

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At Tesla, ambassadors glimpse the future Babacar Diagne, ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, far left, along with ambassadors from Barbados, Grenada, Oman and Luxemborg, and their staffs, admire the Tesla cars in the company’s Palo Alto headquarters on Tuesday. Thirty-two ambassadors from around the world participated in the U.S. State Department’s five-day Experience America trip to San Francisco, exploring how developing technologies in their nations might contribute to the world economy.

LAND USE

City eyes emergency law to protect retail Palo Alto looks to extend ground-floor requirement in commercial areas

by Gennady Sheyner

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ith several longtime retail establishments recently shutting down and being replaced with offices in downtown Palo Alto, city officials are looking to adopt an emergency law to halt the trend.

The City Council will consider on April 6 an interim ordinance that would ban the conversion of retail to office space in the city’s main commercial areas, including University Avenue and California

Avenue. If approved, the “urgency” ordinance would take effect for about 45 days, though the council would have the option of extending it to up to two years if the conditions necessitating it persist.

The proposed interim law was sparked by widespread concern among the council about the dwindling supply of shops and services.

In downtown, Jungle Copy, Rudy’s Pub and Zibbibo are some of the notable retailers that have recently

left. City officials are also concerned that a similar pattern will take place around California Avenue, which has already lost several retail establishments, including Bargain Box and Avenue Florist.

The overall loss of retail was a subject in Mayor Karen Holman’s “State of the City” speech in February.

According to a report from planning staff, the city had a net loss of about 70,500 square feet of retail between 2008 and 2015.

If the council moves ahead with the interim ordinance, it will become the city’s second stop-gap law aimed at curbing the recent office boom. Earlier this month, the council directed staff to craft an interim ordinance that would cap new office construction around University Avenue, California Avenue and El Camino Real at (continued on page 16)

ithin three months of taking over as principal of Gunn High School last August, Denise Herrmann found herself confronted by several challenges that were especially huge for an administrator new to the district and not yet fully familiar with the parent community or her own school staff.

From the outset, Herrmann heard Gunn parents raising alarms about the volume of homework and the lack of consistency in how teachers were using Schoology, an online program the district adopted to standardize communications with students and families.

Then two teen suicides — one on Oct. 15 by a 2014 Gunn graduate and another on Nov. 4 by a Gunn junior — brought renewed trauma to a campus just beginning to feel it had moved beyond the cluster of student suicides in 2009 and 2010.

Then another gut-punch. On Monday, Nov. 10, just six days after the second suicide, the teachers union served Herrmann with a formal grievance, accusing her of violating the union contract by asking all teachers to use Schoology to post their homework assignments beginning with the new semester in January.

The union demanded that Herrmann issue a written retraction to the parent community and teachers and explain that the teachers’ contract only requires that they “electronically post” homework assignments, without

mandating that it be on any particular platform.

Eventually, after many drafts and confidential meetings involving Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA) President Teri Baldwin, a union representative from the California Teachers Association and Assistant Superintendent Scott Bowers, Herrmann in late November Denise verbally apoloHerrmann gized to staff and made clear she understood teacher compliance could not be required but repeated her hope that her request be followed.

The entire tussle over homework and the grievance itself would normally have never come to light, since the union contract also requires that any grievance be kept confidential.

When the Weekly in December heard rumors of the grievance, Herrmann, Superintendent Max McGee, Bowers and Baldwin all declined to comment, asserting its confidentiality and stating it had already been resolved.

Two weeks ago, however, responding to a Public Records Act request made in January by the Palo Alto Weekly, the district turned over the grievance documents and emails among school officials about the dispute. (continued on page 9)

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Around Town

MEYER’S MEMORIES ... When the Stanford University Alumni Association marked Meyer Library’s final day of operations in August 2014 with a Facebook post titled, “Goodnight, Meyer,” the response was huge. Five hundred comments were made, including some remembering the library as a study haven, others bidding it good riddance and many celebrating the building as a venue for crazy moments.

The 40-day demolition of Meyer Library began in February and will end mid-April, and soon the site will be transformed into a landscaped open space with walkways and benches. Most of the library’s resources have been moved to the new Lathrop Library in the old Graduate School of Business, but Meyer’s memories will live on: Bats made a home for themselves in Meyer’s upper reaches and would occasionally send students under their desks or prompt them to avoid the top floor altogether; Meyer was also a hot spot for pranks and mayhem, including naked fraternity pledges running through the library’s lobby, impromptu Band performances and a loinclothed Tarzan swinging between floors; in recent years, the giant “Beat Cal” banner hung proudly across Meyer; and initially the library allowed students to smoke on the third floor, but a spate of spilled ashtrays and burned upholstery, general disregard for rules and — the final straw — a wastepaperbasket fire forced officials to ban smoking in the library.

ON THE BIG SCREEN ... Some Silicon Valley scientists can now see their work in a whole new light — and so can millions of visitors — at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington. The Smithsonian’s Dynamic Sun Video Wall, which was designed and built by scientists at Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Technology Center in Palo Alto and colleagues from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, combines six 50-inch monitors to create a 7-foot-by-6foot display of the sun in super high-definition: 4,096 by 4,096 eyepopping pixels. To compare, a high-definition TV can only display 1,920 by 1,080 pixels. The video wall will demonstrate to visitors why images at this resolution are needed to study and predict solar

behavior. “We’re honored that our work in Silicon Valley is part of the nation’s leading aerospace museum,” said Karel Schrijver, NASA’s principal investigator for the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow. “Our systems use precise optical technologies to analyze a star that’s nearly 93 million miles away, and we use tremendous computing power to visualize the data, to understand the sun’s ever-changing magnetism and the solar storms that it powers. That’s important because the sun’s behavior can disrupt and damage satellites and power grids.”

SINGAPORE SPRING ... Palo Alto Superintendent Max McGee and a group of 12 Palo Alto and Gunn high school students (six from each school) will be spending their spring break in Singapore working on research projects on topics like “identification of novel antibiofilm compounds” and “twodimensional materials as catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction.”

The high-level science research projects and very-extended field trip are part of a pilot research partnership McGee launched this year, connecting the Gunn and Paly students with students at the National Junior College in Singapore. The 12 students will be working for a minimum of 30 hours in the college’s labs over spring break, but the entire project extends through next year, McGee said at the March 24 school board meeting, at which the board gave its official blessing to the trip. McGee gave a proposal of the program to the schools’ science departments and asked them to send his way any students who would be interested in participating. The purpose of the program and trip, McGee said, is “to pursue advanced scientific research and learn what real research is like ... as we prepare (students) for careers that don’t exist, which will include working with peers and colleagues around the world.” The students will learn how to read and analyze scientific literature, develop a formal research proposal, conduct lab research and prepare final papers on their research, which McGee said ideally will be submitted for publication. They will also present their research to the school board this fall. Q

Police: Suspicions of theft triggered Palo Alto murder-suicide Investigation suggests Marc Alvin Miller thought Vincent DePaul Collins was stealing from him

by Gennady Sheyner

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he Palo Alto man who police said fatally shot the apartment manager at the Alta Torre Apartments before killing himself in the building’s elevator believed that the manager was stealing items from his apartment, the police investigation concluded.

Marc Alvin Miller, 69, shot the building’s manager, Vincent DePaul Collins, 70, four times on the afternoon of March 19 in the manager’s office of the Fabian Way complex

for low-income seniors, according to police. He then entered the building’s elevator and shot himself once in the head with a 9 mm Smith and Wesson handgun.

Since that afternoon, Palo Alto officers have been interviewing residents, friends and family members of the men to determine the possible motive for the shooting.

The investigation revealed that on Feb. 8, Miller called the police to allege that Collins had been entering his apartment when it

HOUSING

was unoccupied and stealing miscellaneous objects. Police said an officer responded to the call but could find no evidence that a crime had been committed.

“The officer interviewed (Collins), who denied that he had committed any theft or had even been inside the suspect’s apartment without his permission,” Palo Alto police said in a statement.

Police did not specify which items were purported to have been stolen, though officers say they were per-

County had gone from $593,000 as of January 2010 to $853,000 as of January 2015, a 44 percent increase. In Palo Alto, the trend was more significant, with the median price going from about $1.1 million to $2.2 million, an increase of 100 percent. admitted as evidence Attorneys for the residents are hoping that council members will consider the new analysis during sales would likely produce a mis- their deliberations of the Jissers’ closure application. However, leading result.”

The range of the six sales from Margaret Nanda, who is repreBuena Vista was from $3,000 to senting the Jisser family, is argu$29,000, according to the initial ing that the Brabant report should appraisal. Yet Brabant notes that not be admitted into the record, he is aware of at least three Buena citing the city’s appeals proceVista homes that were bought for dures. The procedures state that $50,000 or more. In one of the the “evidentiary record is closed” three examples, a home that was and that new documents “shall not bought for $50,000 in the 2003- be offered as a basis for decision 04 time frame was appraised for on appeal, except that Council $16,000 by Beccaria & Weber. may allow new evidence if a party can demonstrate Another home, that newly disin the park’s Space 110, ‘It ... appears that most covered and relevant evidence was appraised of the shortcomings exists that could for $30,000, not have been even though have resulted in an discovered with it was sold in undervaluation of the exercise of July 2012 for homes.’ reasonable dili$50,000.

As part of his —James Brabant, a certified gence during the review, Brabant real estate appraiser initial proceeding before the interviewed the Hearing Offiowner of the cer.” In this case, mobile home in Space 110, Hariberto Avalos, she argued, the information could who confirmed that he bought have been commissioned and subthe home for $50,000 in July 2012 mitted months ago, during the iniand that the home was in good tial hearing process last year.

The Residents Association, condition. Avalos also reportedly said that he was unaware of the Nanda wrote, “must not be perpending park closure at the time mitted to benefit from attempting and would not have purchased it to shirk previously established appeal procedures because they if he had known.

“He was notified of the clo- feel entitled to do so.” There is no sure about three months after he loophole, she wrote, that allows bought the home,” Brabant’s re- the admission of the appraisal and the accompanying Trulia listing, port states.

Brabant also notes that the prior which purport to demonstrate the appraisal didn’t make adequate rising housing values.

“The proposed evidence is nei“date of value” to account for the fact that local property values ther relevant, nor can be shown have been skyrocketing. He noted to have not (been) obtainable that the median price for resi- during the hearing procedure dential properties in Santa Clara by a party exercising reason-

New report challenges Buena Vista appraisals Attorneys clash over whether assessment should be

by Gennady Sheyner

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ith Palo Alto officials preparing to rule on the fate of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park later this month, residents of the park are challenging a key property appraisal that was used by the park owner to determine how much compensation the evicted residents would receive.

The attorneys for the Buena Vista Residents Association have recently submitted to the city a new Appraisal Review Report that vehemently criticizes the home appraisals used by the Jisser family in their Relocation Impact Report, a key document in the closure process. Now, with less than two weeks to go until the City Council considers the adequacy of the Relocation Impact Report — among the last steps in the protracted closure process — attorneys for the two sides are squabbling over whether the critical new appraisal should be admitted as evidence.

The new report was crafted by James Brabant, a certified real estate appraiser, at the request of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Sidley Austin LLP, and Western Center of Law and Poverty, firms that have been working with the Buena Vista Residents Association. Brabant reviewed the appraisal of Buena Vista homes that was conducted more than two years ago by Beccaria & Weber and that was used to calculate the value of the mobile homes. Brabant’s nine-page report concluded that the analysis included in the 32 appraisals by Beccaria & Weber was “flawed and does not provide reasonable estimates of in-place

market value.”

“It also appears that most of the shortcomings have resulted in an undervaluation of homes,” Brabant wrote.

Brabant’s assessment takes issue with the sales data that was used by Beccaria & Weber, a key consideration in determining how much compensation residents should receive when they move out. The Beccaria & Weber appraisal relied on 13 mobile-home sales, six of which took place in Buena Vista and five in neighboring communities, including Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Redwood City. Brabant’s report notes that even though the Beccaria & Weber report appraised 32 mobile homes with a great variation in size, type and age, only 13 homes’ values are used throughout the “comparable sales” analysis for almost all 32 appraisals.

“It looks like a very small sampling of sales was chosen from a potentially large data base that could produce misleading results,” Brabant wrote.

Brabant noted that in some cases, two mobile homes were sold in the same park for two very different rates. Yet the appraisal only considered the sale with the lower price. For example, the appraisal relied on a home in Mountain View’s Sahara Village that sold for $15,000 in 2012. Yet Brabant points to data showing that other homes in the complex were recently sold for $34,000. Others went for $22,000 and $20,000.

“The lower sale at $15,000 was utilized in all 32 of the appraisals,” Brabant wrote. “Focusing on the lower sale and ignoring higher

sonal items with no obvious monetary value. Miller had allegedly told several friends that he believed Collins had stolen from him, though according to the police, the friends told Miller that he had “likely just misplaced the items.”

Though some neighbors suggested that Marc Alvin Collins’ strict Miller e n fo r c e m e n t of complex rules, particularly its parking policies, may have contributed to the dispute, police said that the investigation did not uncover any motives for the shooting murder aside from the suspected theft. After the March 19 incident, Palo Alto police searched the homes of both Miller and Collins and didn’t find any evidence suggesting that Miller’s property had Courtesy Richard Salter Storrs Library.

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Upfront been stolen by Collins.

Police said that since Alta Torre Apartments opened in 2010, there has not been a single theft or burglary reported at the facility. Collins had worked at Alta Torre as a manager since the building opened.

The March incident was Vincent DePaul the city’s first homicide since Collins October 2009, when Bulos Zumot was arrested for killing his girlfriend, Jennifer Schipsi, and setting their shared cottage on fire. On Jan. 9, 2015, a man in his 20s died after being punched once in the face on Dec. 21, 2014, following an altercation outside of a downtown bar. The primary suspect in that case has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Q

able diligence,” Nanda wrote on March 25. “Moreover, admitting the additional evidence would be extremely prejudicial to the Park Owner. The prejudice outweighs any probative value the proposed evidence may offer because the evidence is clearly not relevant and because it has been put forth in a way that intentionally circumvents the agreed upon procedures governing the process.”

But while Nanda is criticizing the residents for submitting lastminute documents in an attempt to sway a decision, attorneys for the residents note that the Jissers’ attorney employed the same practice during the May 2014 hearings in front of Hearing Officer Craig Labadie. During the last of the three hearings, Nanda agreed to revise the package to offer residents a 100 percent rent differential (the difference between their Buena Vista rents and the rents at their new homes), rather than the 40 percent proposed in the report.

The last-minute addendum, wrote Nadia Aziz, an attorney with the Law Foundation, was done “at the end of the hearing, after all the testimony had concluded, and with no opportunity for the Residents Association to question the owner or its witnesses about the addendum.”

“Given that the Hearing Officer allowed the owner to make last-minute additions to the RIR regarding the appraisals described in the RIR, without rebuttal and without any mechanism to appeal those unknown future amounts, the City should allow this report to serve at least as rebuttal of the methodology of the appraiser that will likely be performing those appraisals.”

The report comes at a critical time for the roughly 400 Buena Vista residents who would be evicted if the mobile-home shutters. The Jisser family, which owns the park at 3980 El Camino Real, has been trying to close the park since fall of 2012. (continued on page 12)

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Palo Alto man dies after fight in San Jose 24-year-old taken to Stanford Hospital hours after the clash

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olice are investigating the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was in a fight at a downtown San Jose restaurant and taken to a Palo Alto hospital early on March 28, a San Jose police spokesman said.

Police have not released his name, but he has been identified as a 24-year-old Palo Alto man, Sgt. Enrique Garcia said.

Around 4:50 a.m., Palo Alto police notified officers in San Jose of a man who was taken to Stanford Medical Center with

head trauma, Garcia said. Stanford medical staff pronounced the man dead that morning.

A preliminary investigation indicates the man was involved in a fight at Myth Taverna & Lounge located at 152 Post St. in San Jose. He was taken to Stanford a few hours after the fight, Garcia said.

The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office said this week that it would not release the name of the man until cleared to do so by San Jose police, but as of Thursday the department had not re-

sponded to press inquiries.

Anyone who witnessed the fight or has information on where the victim was before reaching Stanford is asked to call San Jose police Detective Sgt. Raul Martinez or Detective Jorge Santiago at 408-2775283. Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408947-STOP (7867). Tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward if the information leads to an arrest and conviction of the suspect. Q — Bay City News Service

RELIGION

Muslims and Jews share stories, questions over Palo Alto feast Interfaith groups draw 100 to unusual ‘Halaqa-Seder’ celebration

by Chris Kenrick

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ews and Muslims mingled in Palo Alto Sunday evening and talked with one another about their faiths in a first-of-its kind “Halaqa-Seder.”

A crowd of about 100 professionals, seated at small tables that were equally divided between members of the two religions, shared dinner and discussed reenactments of Muslim and Jewish perspectives on the story of Moses, who is revered in both traditions.

The “Halaqa-Seder” — a nod to the Islamic tradition of gathering to learn about theology and the Jewish Passover observance beginning Friday, April 3 — was jointly organized by two interfaithminded organizations, the San Jose-based Islamic Networks Group and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Silicon Valley.

“When we started out we didn’t know what we’d find out or where it would lead, but basically we wanted to open the door,” said Diane Fisher, director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Silicon Valley.

Maha Elgenaidi, founder and president of the 22-year-old Islamic Networks Group, said her organization expanded into interfaith work a few years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in response to many queries and invitations from churches and synagogues.

Interest in Sunday’s Halaqa-Seder was so great that the event had to be moved from a private home in Los Altos Hills to a larger venue at the Mitchell Park Community Center on Middlefield Road.

Volunteer readers presented brief re-enactments of both Jewish and Muslim versions of Moses’ story as well as Muslim and Jewish women’s roles in the story.

Participants were then asked to discuss their reactions with their table companions.

Questions and comments from

Participants in an interfaith dinner gathering of Jews and Muslims discuss the story of Moses Sunday evening, March 29, at Mitchell Park Community Center. both sides were plentiful, including the nature and relative authority of various religious texts, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, segregation of the sexes in mosques and synagogues and issues posed by radical fundamentalism.

A Jewish participant, who asked not to be identified by name, explained that Jews are encouraged to continually re-interpret, challenge and discuss the meaning of the Torah and other texts.

“This is the way you’re supposed to learn it deeply,” she said.

Seated across the table, Atherton physician Isha Abdullah described her recent pilgrimage to Mecca, a once-in-a-lifetime obligation of every Muslim who is capable of making the journey.

Discussions were so intense that Ameena Jandali of the Islamic Networks Group had trouble interrupting with a microphone to announce dinner, a buffet that included halal and kosher dishes.

No alcohol was served.

Islamic scholar Ali Ataie and Los Gatos Rabbi Laurie Hahn Tapper recited blessings over the food in Arabic and Hebrew.

The Halaqa-Seder also conclud-

ed with a Hebrew blessing and a Muslim call to prayer.

Farid Senzai, who teaches Middle East politics at Santa Clara University, said, “I learned a lot about Judaism just in the short period we were here.”

Senzai said many of his students are “absolutely shocked to find out that Islam speaks so highly of Jesus or Moses, and the similarities that exist among these faiths.”

Jewish participant Robert Chaykin, who is a member of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission, said, “I was very surprised at how many references there are in the Quran and Hadith (collected sayings of the prophet Muhammad) to Jewish figures,” adding that he’d like to learn more through critical study of the Islamic texts as he has done continually with the Torah.

“Our purpose is to build relationships across faith, ethnic and cultural barriers that others might see, and strengthen them,” Fisher said. “We also just want to enjoy each other’s culture and faith.” Q Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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n concept, more consistent use of Schoology would reveal, on a day-to-day basis, the total homework load on each student, enabling teachers to better coordinate their assignments and course plans and prevent any unnecessary burdening of students.

It would also allow parents easier access to information about their children’s schoolwork.

But the union’s grievance against Herrmann — the first such formal complaint in more than a decade in the Palo Alto Unified School District — claimed that her “directive” to use the online system violated the union’s collective-bargaining agreement.

The one-page grievance cited meetings between union members and Herrmann over use of Schoology as early as September, in which they warned her about pressuring teachers to use the platform. Then on Oct. 22, Herrmann sent a message to parents explaining her expectation that all teachers post their homework assignments on Schoology, along with time estimates for how long the assignments would take to complete. This expectation had been communicated to Gunn teachers at a staff meeting earlier that month.

Herrmann’s expectation — later characterized by her as an admittedly “naïve and bold” yet “passionate” request — and the ensuing debate over Schoology revealed fissures in the relationships between the new principal, the union and some, but not all, teachers. Her efforts to relieve student stress were perceived by some at Gunn as dismissive, pushed out quickly from top down without consideration of the teachers themselves, some school sources said.

But Herrmann saw Schoology as a system, already in place, with which she could fulfill her required role as school administrator to ensure compliance with the district’s homework policy, which was adopted in 2012 but is widely acknowledged to have been implemented irregularly at the schools. Herrmann said she “took that on” herself in terms of pushing out that message to the school’s instructional supervisors, who oversee each department.

“In the (homework) policy, it clearly states that the principal will have a system in place to make sure the staff is following the homework policy and things like that,” Herrmann said. “I thought it was a pretty simple solution. I definitely underestimated that the reluctance that some staff members would have to taking that on (as) a regular part of their work.”

As a compromise to Herrmann, the union offered that teachers post links on Schoology to external websites that many of them have built over the years, Baldwin said, accomplishing the goal of having everything in one central

place. Many teachers post home- January interview about homework information and much more work. “I think it would be better — videos, Powerpoint presenta- if it were a better tool, but it’s all tions, links to resources — on in- we have right now, so let’s use it dependent, self-built Google sites and it will help us to understand and some reportedly objected to homework (loads) a little better.” having to transfer or duplicate this Minutes from the Oct. 29 elsewhere, Baldwin said. meeting of Gunn’s Instructional Herrmann called this idea a Council, a regular staff meeting “step in the right direction,” but with the heads of all departments, one that doesn’t take advantage note that “some teachers are reof the “power of the Schoology luctant to spend time transferring software” — particularly a cal- their assignments from Googledendar feature ocs to School— to provide ogy. Though the students and PAEA contract parents a full ‘I presented this states that aspicture of their expectation as a signments must school loads. be posted onchallenge — not as “Again, it’s line, it doesn’t trying to say, a directive.’ specify with we have this soft—Denise Herrmann, which tool that can principal, Gunn High School ware.” do all of these The minutes amazing things mention offers to support kids for tech supin their time port, an upcommanagement,” Herrmann said. ing Schoology training and Her“Are we doing our part to try to rmann’s commitment to “work make sure that they are benefiting with teachers not yet on Schoolfrom that?” ogy, asking what they need to ease Baldwin said the union’s ex- the transition.” pectation and impression after But Herrmann’s attempts to the first meeting was that teach- help teachers move toward use of ers would not be expected to use Schoology, and her continued diSchoology. But the grievance rection on that point, became for states that Baldwin and Gunn the union the “catalyst” for filing union representatives met again the grievance, Baldwin said. The with Herrmann — who stuck to union saw Herrmann as unwillher vision of teachers using the ing to settle and called the Oct. software — on Oct. 17 to “re- 22 letter to parents “an attempt to mind” her that the requirement undermine teachers and influence violated the union contract. current negotiations.”

Five days later, Herrmann sent Baldwin hand-delivered the her message to parents. grievance to Herrmann on Mon“I am appealing to the ‘spirit of day, Nov. 10, when Herrmann the law,’ not the ‘letter of the law,’” was coordinating the school’s reHerrmann wrote. “I presented this sponse to the suicide days earlier. expectation as a challenge — not “The timing was awful,” Balda directive. Just as hospitals use win said, but under the teachers a consistent medical electronic contract, the union was under a record system to improve patient 10-day timeline (not counting care, I believe schools need to use weekends) to file the grievance. a consistent learning management The grievance alleges that Hersystem to improve student learn- rmann violated Appendix C, Secing. Electronic medical records tion 1 of the union contract, which allow any medical professional in states that “In order to provide the hospital (doctors, specialists, readily available and inclusive nurses, CNAs, etc) to access real- access to learning expectations, time information about the patient secondary teachers are expected and coordinate care. Electronic to electronically post homework learning-management systems assignments, instructional materiallow any education professional als, and test and quiz dates ... in a in the school (teachers, special timely manner.” education teachers, counselors, Baldwin said it was not a single administrators, etc.) to access re- teacher or group of teachers who al-time information about the stu- prompted the grievance but rather dent’s assignment to coordinate the decision of the union’s execuassignments across departments.” tive board.

“When the contract was beeachers have said that Scho- ing violated, in what we saw, the ology does not differentiate executive board decided (to file between types of assign- a grievance),” she said. “Some ments or tests, so a journal entry teachers weren’t necessarily in for an English class and a biology favor of it, but we have a contract midterm exam are weighted the that we need to uphold.”

In fact, several teachers wrote same, creating a color-coded “red flag” day that indicates a heavy to Herrmann the week the grievance was filed to express their workload or multiple conflicts.

Some also complain that enter- support for her and their disaping assignments in the system’s pointment that the union did not calendar function can take up to take into account all teachers’ four hours of additional time each voices on Schoology, according week that would be better spent to emails released to the Weekly.

“Please know that you have the on working directly with students.

“It’s a difficult tool to use,” support of many people on our Gunn physics teacher Lettie staff, and I know I’m not alone Weinmann told the Weekly in a when I express my utter gratitude

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for your commitment to us as a staff and school community!!” wrote one staff member, whose name was redacted to protect privacy, on the day the grievance was filed.

On Nov. 16, another staff member wrote to Herrmann: “I hope this skirmish is but a regrettable bump in the road of a long period of your valuable presence at Gunn.

I deeply hope that we can overcome this current difficulty and can devise a way to have a real and (dare I say it) full-throated conversation about this and many other issues certain to arise as a faculty and come to an understanding in which all teachers feel heard, parents’ concerns are taken into consideration, and our students are given the very best education we can possibly give them.”

One staff member criticized the union directly for the timing of the grievance.

“I just wanted to share that I wish the same kind of mindfulness of the mental health (of) our principal was used when serving her a grievance on Monday afternoon,” the staff member wrote in a Nov. 13 email, copying Baldwin.

“We all are very emotionally exhausted, and it seems rather insensitive to serve our new principal with a grievance at this very moment (especially since our entire staff was not in agreement that we wanted this grievance to be filed)!

“Teri, I hope that moving forward that you can encourage our staff to work through our differences with our principal first before filing grievances,” the email continues. “I do not agree with this line of action at all, and am rather upset that the union is not listening to my voice!!!”

Herrmann verbally summarized the grievance to staff at a meeting on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 24, she said. In an official written response, Herrmann apologized for any miscommunication and defended what she intended as a “passionate request,” not a directive, to post assignments to Schoology. This response was provided to union leadership but never sent to staff, as the union felt that Herrmann’s Nov. 24 verbal communication was sufficient, she said “I would like to characterize my actions as a bit naïve and bold but not manipulative or dictatorial,” she wrote. “I wrongly assumed that the request to consistently use Schoology school-wide would be readily accepted by the Gunn staff. As a new principal, I saw a student need and a parent need, and I also saw that we had no data about nightly/weekly homework load and thought a small adjustment in our communication as a school could meet that need.”

Herrmann wrote that she stands by the request so that “students can more easily plan and manage their time” and staff who provide academic and non-academic support can find students’ workloads in a single place.

Some teachers and the union have objected to this reasoning, saying it places an excessive burden on the teachers to “nanny”

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their students. In a statement sent to the Weekly, Baldwin said, “There is apprehension that programs like Schoology do not promote the sort of organization and self-management skills that young people need to acquire for success in life after high school. Teachers know that one-size-fits-all approaches to education are never in the best interest of the students they strive to serve every day.”

In an interview, Baldwin added that inter- and cross-departmental communication and coordination is essential to monitoring homework loads and practices.

“All teachers are all on Google Apps and can share information through their Google Drives, which many already do. They collaborate via Google Docs and Calendars and this can help them monitor homework loads,” Baldwin said. “I am sure there are many other ways, that if the teachers were asked which ways would be the most productive/useful for them while they are creating lesson plans, they would be happy to collaborate with administrators to implement.”

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entral to the debate over Schoology is the district’s homework policy, which mandates limits of the amount of homework per night for each grade level and expects assignments that are designed to “deepen understanding and encourage a love of learning,” the policy reads.

The policy also requires teachers to post assignments so that they are available to students inside and outside of school, to monitor time spent on homework and to coordinate with each other on deadlines and tests to “minimize student over-extension.”

In February, shortly after a third student death by suicide, McGee sent a districtwide memo requiring all faculty and staff to take immediate steps to review and follow the policy, stressing that “compliance is expected and required,” not encouraged or recommended. McGee asked all principals to work with their staffs to develop a plan to ensure implementation. He also echoed Herrmann, writing that he frequently hears that “one of the biggest stressors” for students and parents is having multiple tests or assignments due on the same day.

McGee also pointed to a segment of the homework policy that requires teachers to “post assignments in a manner that is clear, consistent and easily observed by the student both in and outside the classroom. The use of online communication tools is strongly encouraged at the secondary level.”

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News Digest Stanford investigates cheating allegations Stanford University officials are investigating reports of an increased number of students engaging in cheating, according to a March 24 letter by Provost John Etchemendy to staff and faculty.

The Office of Community Standards received â&#x20AC;&#x153;an unusually high number of troubling allegations of academic dishonestyâ&#x20AC;? at the end of winter quarter, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Among a smattering of concerns from a number of winter courses, one faculty member reported allegations that may involve as many as 20 percent of the students in one large introductory course,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. The Office of Community Standards is investigating the allegations and students are being notified, he added.

The honor code was written by Stanford students in 1921 and is the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s statement on academic integrity, according to the Office of Community Standards. Violations include copying from anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s examination paper or allowing another to copy from oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own paper; unpermitted collaboration; plagiarism; revising and resubmitting a quiz or exam for regrading, without the instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge and consent; giving or receiving unpermitted aid on a take-home examination; representing as oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own work the work of another; and giving or receiving aid on an academic assignment under circumstances in which a reasonable person should have known that such aid was not permitted.

Etchemendy did not name the class in which so many students are accused of dishonesty. But according to The Stanford Daily, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation identified the class as CS 106A: Programming Methodology. The class covers introductory computer programming and is one of the most popular classes at Stanford. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sue Dremann

City set to hire assistant city manager Palo Alto City Manager James Keene is preparing to fill one of City Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior leadership positions in May, when Suzanne Mason starts her new job as the assistant city manager.

Mason, who currently serves as director of human resources for the County of Napa, is set to start her new position on May 5, pending the City Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confirmation of her appointment on April 6.

The position has been vacant since former Assistant City Manager Pamela Antil resigned a year ago to take a job in San Jose.

Keene said Thursday that Mason was selected after an â&#x20AC;&#x153;extensive national search and recruitment process that included comprehensive input from a broad spectrum of community stakeholders.â&#x20AC;? He touted Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 30 years of experience in local government, which he said will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;a tremendous asset to this executive position with a broad portfolio of responsibilities.â&#x20AC;?

Mason spent the bulk of her career with the City of Long Beach, where she started working in 1984. This included stints as deputy city manager and director of human services.

In addition to a salary of $220,000, Mason will receive an unusual perk: a monthly stipend of $2,500 for housing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The City is finding, however, that the high cost of housing in the region and specifically Palo Alto is creating barriers to attracting experienced, high-quality applicants,â&#x20AC;? the announcement states. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gennady Sheyner

Grad student accused of poisoning lab mates A former Stanford University graduate medical student faces charges of poisoning her fellow lab mates in a series of incidents that occurred last September, according to court documents filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

The 26-year-old student was arrested on Nov. 11 and is charged with four felonies after allegedly spiking her lab matesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; water with paraformaldehyde in a Stanford School of Medicine lab.

The graduate student, who no longer attends Stanford, had been working in the lab for three years. She was a Singapore National Science Scholar at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, according to online government reports.

But she appeared to be under duress at Stanford, witnesses in the lab told police. Described as shy, meticulous and a good student, she once expressed that she was stressed out, according to a police report.

The student allegedly admitted to tainting colleaguesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; water bottles with paraformaldehyde and to destroying her lab mateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stem cells. Prior to that, she had started putting dish-washing liquid in her own water at home and drinking it. She progressed to spiking her water with random chemicals she found at the lab, she told police.

The student told police she was under the treatment of a psychiatrist and was being treated with antidepressants. She checked herself into the hospital after the investigation began and remained on a psychiatric hold.

University officials asked that the name of the lab and the persons involved not be published due to privacy considerations for the victims.

The studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney said the student may pursue an insanity defense. She is scheduled to appear in Santa Clara County Superior Court on May 15. Q â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sue Dremann

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New nonprofit creates micro-businesses EPAMade aims to help single mothers gain job skills, become entrepreneurs

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new nonprofit in East Palo Alto teaching single mothers and young women entrepreneurship through microbusinesses is helping to transform their economic status and the young women’s self-image.

Guided by professionals, the organization EPAMade is the latest example of how young Silicon Valley and Bay Area professionals are engaging in social entrepreneurship to uplift residents economically and set them on the path to economic parity.

Launched last fall, EPAMade funds micro-businesses through donations. But founder Allen Lu said that, unlike the traditional nonprofit model, he expects each enterprise won’t have to return to donors for additional funding. Each is to become self-sustaining and, when profitable, will return the donor’s investment by giving 100 percent of profits to other East Palo Alto nonprofit groups, he said.

EPAMade has established order-fulfillment operations such as a book-distribution service for authors and enterprises that include T-shirt silk screening, jewelry, home decor and clothing. The organization has plans for a thrift shop and possibly a community cafe and a salon.

On March 28, it held its first pop-up sale at a home on Weeks Street to familiarize the community with the group and its products.

Additional pop-ups are planned at the home every two weeks from 9 a.m. to noon, Lu said.

Lu is an eCommerce professional with a degree in information systems from Carnegie Mellon Uni-

versity and marketing credentials.

He launched two online brands for American Eagle Outfitters, developed eCommerce brand strategy for GNC and worked as vice president of technology, supply chain and distribution at ModCloth before producing the film “Linsanity” on basketball star Jeremy Lin. His wife, Ayaka Lu, co-chief steward, holds a degree in communication design and human computer interaction from Carnegie Mellon and has worked in education design, including for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood company.

The Lus previously founded TL Made, a similar program in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood that spawned successful businesses such as TL Clean, which partners with the city to clean parks, he said.

“We feel that sustainable businesses create a healthy ecosystem versus charity,” Lu said during a tour of the micro-workplaces last Saturday. Some of the assembly takes place in sheds; more complicated processes are handled at the nonprofit New Creation Home Ministries for single mothers, he said.

In a shed near an old greenhouse, volunteers and young mothers hand-painted clay pots filled with flowering succulents, purchased from a friend of Lu’s who has a nursery in Half Moon Bay. EPAMade plans to sell the arrangements online to groups and at events such as San Francisco’s Urban Air Market. The organization is also in talks with Whole Foods Market, Lu said.

EPAMade’s model looks at

the needs and tastes within the community it serves. In the Tenderloin, it took advantage of residents’ creativity to start cottageindustries such as handmade leather goods. The same industry is beginning in East Palo Alto, with resident-made knit caps and jewelry. EPAMade’s online store even offers jewelry pieces named after the city’s Gardens neighborhood streets: “The Jasmine” earrings and “The Wisteria” necklace, to name a couple.

Some of the greatest opportunities are business-to-business, Lu said. EPAMade is doing distribution and packaging of 5 million of “Crazy Love” author Francis Chan’s books, has partnered with a soy-candle company and makes lip balms, whole-leaf teas and other home-decor items.

In keeping with fostering dignity, it produces “I (heart) EPA” T-shirts and baby wear as well as throw pillows with an adorable sea otter design.

But the Lus’ vision is about more than making money; it’s also about creating a secondary, affordable economy that serves the needs of residents and keeps money local, he said. Corporate businesses and those with owners residing outside of the city have “no vested interest in the community,” he said. And many goods and services within East Palo Alto fail to address the economic needs of residents.

“Many people here can’t afford to shop at Nordstrom Rack,” he said.

EPAMade strives to address that issue by offering goods and services that residents can truly afford. That’s why he’s looking at a space for a thrift store, he said.

A secondary economy would help keep capital from bleeding out of the community, and it could help fight higher costs of living.

East Palo Alto residents especially face gentrification and housing costs that are disproportionate to their wages. An Able Works study found that a single parent needs to earn $70,000 to stay in the Bay Area, Lu said.

Higher wages are only one part of the solution, he said.

“If we are providing free child care and food for employees, we can fight the challenges of marginalization. It frees up their capital,” he said.

Lu said he hopes that EPAMade will also spread to other com-

munities.

“Our bigger vision is replication. We want to develop business templates and send staff to train people to put together these models,” he said.

But he is mindful of the stereotype of the outsider who comes into East Palo Alto and tells residents what to do.

“I’m willing to serve, but I’m not here to prove anything,” said Lu, who doesn’t live in East Palo Alto but plans to move his family there.

More information about EPA Made is available at epamade. com. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

Midtown East-West Bicycle and Pedestrian Connector Project Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 6 to 8 P.M., Palo Verde Elementary School, 3450 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303. Contact: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org or call (650)329.2442, More Information: www.cityofpaloalto.org/bike

Community Meeting Notice The City of Palo Alto is hosting a second public workshop to explore the potential east-west Midtown Connector alternatives for bicyclists and pedestrians. We are looking for feedback on the issues and opportunities for each of the Ä]L HS[LYUH[P]L YV\[LZ HUK WYVWVZLK L]HS\H[PVU JYP[LYPH 4VYL information is available at www.cityofpaloalto.org/bike.

When: Tuesday, April 14, 6-8pm Where: Palo Verde Elementary School 3450 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Contact: transportation@cityofpaloalto.org Or call (650) 329-2442 More Info: www.cityofpaloalto.org/bike Sue Dremann

Linda Rascon, left, a young mother, paints pots with Danika Park, operations steward, and Ayaka Lu, co-founder of the nonprofit organization EPAMade, which empowers young women and single mothers through community-focused micro-businesses.

The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • April 3, 2015 • Page 11

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Buena (continued from page 7)

Grandparents Seminar Monday, May 4: 6pm to 8:30pm Designed for new and expectant grandparents, this class examines changes in labor and delivery practices, the latest recommendations for infant care and the unique role of 21st century grandparents in the life of their grandchild.

Infant & Child CPR

Saturday, May 9 two classes 9am to 11:30am & 12pm to 2:30pm This 2-1/2 hour course provides an opportunity for new parents, grandparents and other childcare providers to learn the techniques of infant and child CPR and choking prevention. Infant and child manikins are used for hands-on training.

Infant Massage 4 Fridays, May 29 – June 19: 11am to 12:30pm 4-week Class Learn the techniques of infant massage along with tips to relieve gas, aid digestion and soothe the soreness of vaccination sites on your baby. Recommended for infants from one month of age to crawling.

Last year, the closure effort scored two big victories. In February 2014, the city signed off on its Relocation Impact Report, an analysis that offers compensation packages to the roughly 400 residents. In October, Labadie concurred that the report is adequate, paving the way for the park’s closure. Residents are now appealing the Labadie decision, and the City Council is set to hear the appeal on April 13 and 14.

The new correspondence comes despite an explicit decision by the City Council in January to limit the new arguments from each side to 10 pages. In addition to various letters about appeals procedures and the new report, both Nanda and the Residents Association followed up with a 10-page “prehearing statement” summarizing their respective arguments.

Nanda wrote in her pre-hearing statement that the arguments raised by the Residents Association have already been considered and addressed by Labadie and noted that local law “clearly con-

templates that it is the Hearing Officer to whom the decision as to the adequacy of the mitigation assistance is given.”

“The Park Owner met the burden of proof by a preponderance of evidence,” Nanda wrote.

Attorneys for the residents maintain in their pre-hearing statement, as they had all throughout the process, that the relocation measures proposed by the Jissers “lack substance and create no realistic expectation that residents will be able to find and secure comparable housing in a comparable community.”

“The families who live at Buena Vista will likely be forced to move farther from their jobs and families, to leave the high-quality schools that their children are attending, and to say goodbye to the community that they have built in the years — or even decades — that they have lived in the park,” the Residents Association stated. “The proposed mitigations are not sufficient, and the City Council should deny the owner’s request to close Buena Vista.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (March 30)

City Clerk: The council met in a closed session to consider the appointment of the new city clerk. Action: None

Board of Education (March 31) Prenatal Yoga Monday, May 4: 6pm to 8:30pm This program incorporates graceful stretching, toning, posture and body mechanics most applicable in pregnancy and in the birthing process. Ongoing monthly classes can be started at any point in your pregnancy.

For class registration or information, call (650) 724-4601 or visit classes.stanfordchildrens.org. To learn about our services for moms and babies, visit startstrongbaby.com

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Mental health therapists: The board approved the allocation of $250,000 in district funds to hire two full-time licensed mental health therapists, one for each high school. Action: Unanimous

City Council (April 1)

City Clerk: The council met in a closed session to consider the appointment of the new city clerk. Action: None

Utilities Advisory Commission (April 1)

Fiber: The commission heard an update on the Fiber to the Premise Master Plan. Action: None Sustainability: The commission heard an update on the city’s Sustainability/Climate Action Plan and its implications for utilities long-range planning. Action: None Financial plans: The commission approved the gas and electric financial plans for fiscal year 2016. Yes: Cook, Eglash, Foster, Hall, Melton, Waldfogel Absent: Chang

Architectural Review Board (April 2)

180 El Camino Real: The board approved the master sign program proposed

by Stanford University for Stanford Shopping Center. Yes: Unanimous

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ership on planning workshops on coping skills, time management and other “upstream” services to support students’ mental health and well-being.

“When we’ve been going through our crisis, it’s been very significant when we have licensed (therapists) versus other volunteers and interns,” Herrmann said.

“We’re thankful for every person who comes to our campus, but we definitely know someone who is licensed ... has the training to model groups for us and has the training to do some of those upstream prevention and anti-stress workshops.

I see this person being a member of our school counseling team, making sure it’s both preventative as well as responsive.”

Shashank Joshi, a Stanford University adolescent psychiatrist who has led much of the suicideprevention work in Palo Alto since 2009, told the Weekly Wednesday that the two new hires will prove crucial not only for treatment, but also prevention.

“I think this is a very important step to take, not only with regard to the difficult year we’ve had, but also to get needed support for students at earlier phases before distress turns into crisis,” Joshi said.

“Having more licensed therapists on site, given the size of our high

schools, is a needed step as part of a comprehensive school-based suicide prevention and wellness promotion strategy.”

Dauber said Adolescent Counseling Services’ on-site licensed therapist at Gunn told him that there are students expressing suicidal ideation nearly every day and that staff are overwhelmed and cannot meet the need. He also noted that local private practices are in high demand and full with waiting lists. Joshi said the community does not yet have a “well-designed system” for outside referrals that can meet the current demand.

Diorio also stressed the importance of having a permanent licensed therapist who gets to know the students and school community rather than a person brought in on a temporary, emergency basis.

Baten Caswell said that she wants to make sure that the schedules of ACS and school counselors are not completely full, so there is “some extra breathing room” to give prompt help to both at-risk students and others who need help.

“If it’s only always the crisis-situation kids, then we will never get in front of it,” Baten Caswell said.

Dauber echoed this earlier in the board’s special meeting Tuesday night, urging his colleagues and superintendent to think about potential upstream expenditures as next steps.

“These are downstream expenditures,” Dauber said of the

$250,000 in district funds. “We really also need to invest upstream in order to reduce this level of distress,” with the most important “upstream” issue being sleep.

Dauber pointed to a letter a group of health professionals recently sent to the board urging that Paly and Gunn start school no earlier than 8:30 a.m., in accordance with a recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendation.

The letter, first sent to the board on March 18 with 35 signatures, now has 92 signatures from a range of local and regional health professionals, many of whom specialize in sleep or adolescent psychiatry.

“We don’t have any doctors on the other side telling us that that would be a bad move,” Dauber said.

Dauber has also proposed that the board eliminate academic classes during zero period, a topic of heated debate in the community that will return to the board for discussion at its April 21 meeting.

“There are reasons that I am worried about zero period and I believe that if all the facts were publicly known that the public would share my concerns.”

Dauber said, noting that the board is informed of facts about students that, due to student privacy, are not shared with the public.

Joshi told Dauber that “sleep deprivation cannot be ruled out as having played a role in at least some of our tragedies,” Dauber said.

Dauber also suggested the district keep support for staff in mind with many teachers “working with post-traumatic stress symptoms.”

“Our staff is also hurting and that’s something we need to address in the next step,” he said.

He also suggested investing in professional development to educate teachers about the connection between sleep and teen health and to help them redesign courses so that there is less homework, particularly in Advanced Placement (AP) and honors courses.

Board member Heidi Emberling also urged the district to ensure it is providing sufficient mental health support at its elementary schools and to focus on teaching social-emotional learning and coping skills at an early age.

Board member Camille Townsend requested more information about the role that the two new licensed therapists would serve at Paly and Gunn in the full context of the mental health services currently offered at both the high school and middle school level.

“If you look at part of the picture, it does not help us,” she said.

Townsend was wary of putting the funding to a vote before having a more full-fledged report and discussion, but she ultimately voted in support of it after her colleagues indicated support for Dauber’s two motions to waive the two-meeting rule and make

the $250,000 available now.

Townsend also asked Superintendent Max McGee to look at bringing in an outside agency, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to help the district better evaluate and gather data on the current suicide contagion.

McGee said that the two mental health positions could be filled either by one of the district’s partner organizations or from an outside agency. He also wrote in a staff report for Tuesday’s meeting that he plans to recommend at least $500,000 from the district’s reserve funds be earmarked for student health and wellness supports.

The new therapists would see students as well as work with school counselors and psychologists, Adolescent Counseling Services staff and teachers to coordinate support, interventions and education on all student mental health issues.

The $250,000 was put to the board as part of several proposed resource allocations for the 201516 school year; the board will vote on the rest of the proposals, most of which relate to new staffing throughout the district, on April 21. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

For more coverage on teen well-being, go to the Weekly’s Storify page at storify.com/paloaltoweekly/

30TH ANNUAL GAMBLE GARDEN

Spring Tour Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

April 24 & 25 Tour 5 private Palo Alto gardens Featuring local gardens designed and planned as family retreats, for resort living, and for gracious home entertaining.

“There is no place like home.”

For Tickets and info: 650.329.1356 or GambleGarden.org • Box Lunch by Café Primavera

• Complimentary coffees, iced tea, and cookies • Plant Sale with highlights from the tour • Silent Auction with unique events gardens, propagated plants, containers, and items and bulbs from our Cutting Garden • “Over the Garden Fence” with gently • Horticultural Resources used treasures at remarkable prices • Shop the fabulous Marketplace • Live music in a beautiful setting All proceeds benefit Gamble Garden, a non-profit 501(c)3 organization.

www.gamblegarden.org • 1431 Waverley St, Palo Alto Space donated as Community Service by Palo Alto Weekly

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Grievance (continued from page 9)

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week

ogy, the first and most important sentence ... is neglected, and that is the requirement,â&#x20AC;? McGee wrote.

Meanwhile, Herrmann is continuing her efforts to better grasp the amount of homework assigned and teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; modes of communication around homework. She said some parents reported to her that they saw an increase in use of Schoology at the start of second semester in January.

Herrmann and Gunnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s instructional supervisors also created an online survey that teachers took this month, answering questions on average amount of weekly homework assigned, strategies for finding out the actual time students spend on assignments, methods for electronically posting assignments, policy for accepting late work and ideas for streamlining the implementation and monitoring of the homework policy, according to minutes from Gunnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s March 4 Instructional Council meeting.

Herrmann said she and staff plan to look at the survey data after spring break and â&#x20AC;&#x153;highlight the areas that need our greatest attention,â&#x20AC;? including targeting specific courses where there are discrepancies between teachersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the course catalogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homework estimates or between individual teachers instructing the same course. She said she hopes to tackle quantity first, then shift gears to focus on teacher support and training around quality of homework assignments.

Herrmann stressed that while she disagrees with the teachers union, she has the utmost respect and support for Gunnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s teachers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My greatest goal was to make sure that staff understood any reasoning or greater good that I was trying to accomplish and how much I respect the teachers and that I would only ask them to do something in such a consistent way if I thought (a) they would be able to do it because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re really talented people; and (b) because it would make a difference for kids,â&#x20AC;? Herrmann said.

Meanwhile, school sources say the debate over Schoology is a major sticking point in current union negotiations, perhaps because the district is seeking clear authority under the contract to require use of the program.

One thing is certain: The grievance against Herrmann revealed details about the unionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role in school politics that rarely are seen by the public, including a willingness to challenge a brand new administrator.

Barbara Harris, the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of elementary education, wrote a sympathetic email to Herrmann after the grievance was filed last fall: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You will be just fine. This is just showing you the real deal of what you will be facing leading in this district.â&#x20AC;? Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the cost-of-services study and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy for recovering user fees and consider an interim ordinance to prohibit conversion of ground-floor retail to other uses. The council will also meet in a closed session to discuss the status of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s labor negotiations with the Palo Alto Police Officers Association and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1319. The regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 5, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The closed session will follow.

COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to consider the Fiscal Year 2016 Water Utility Financial Plan and adopt a resolution amending the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water rates, which includes a 12 percent rate increase starting on July 1. The council will also consider raising the residential rate for the refuse service by 9 percent on July 1; and approve the Fiscal Year 2016 Waste Water Collection Financial Plan. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee will consider various modifications to the City Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s procedures and protocols. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to hear an informational update on the pump station at Hale Street and Palo Alto Avenue.

The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

Online This Week

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

Water board supports removing dam The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has sent Stanford University a letter saying the agency supports â&#x20AC;&#x153;alternatives that focus on dam removalâ&#x20AC;? as the university moves toward a decision on what to do with Searsville Dam and its reservoir. (Posted April 2, 8:17 a.m.)

Paly teacher burned in science accident A Palo Alto High School teacher suffered first- and second-degree burns after a fire broke out during a science experiment on Wednesday morning, the Palo Alto Fire Department said. (Posted April 1, 4:43 p.m.)

Stanford expands financial-aid program Stanford University has expanded its financial-aid program for the first time since it was established in 2008 in response to both the rising cost of a Stanford education and increasing needs from students and their families. (Posted April 1, 12:40 p.m.)

Governor orders reduction in water usage Gov. Jerry Brown today, April 1, issued an executive order for statewide mandatory water-use reductions, the first-ever order in Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, according to the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. (Posted April 1, 12:28 p.m.)

Suspicions of theft triggered murder-suicide The Palo Alto man who police said fatally shot the apartment manager at the Alta Torre Apartments before killing himself in the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elevator believed that the manager was stealing items from his apartment, the police investigation concluded. (Posted April 1, 8:48 a.m.)

Crosstown Shuttle service increases April 1 The City of Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free Crosstown Shuttle is increasing the frequency of its service to provide better access to local schools and community facilities, the city has announced. The shuttles will run every 30 minutes between 10 a.m. and 2:40 p.m. (Posted March 31, 1:31 p.m.)

Local attorney eyeing U.S. Senate race Los Altos Hills resident George â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dufâ&#x20AC;? Sundheim is floating a trial balloon for a possible run for Barbara Boxerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United States Senate seat, which she plans to vacate at the end of this year. (Posted March 30, 7:18 p.m.)

CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing at the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, April 20th, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider Adoption of Local Amendments to the California Green Building Code and the California Energy Code as Recommended by the Finance Committee.

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Community Health Education Programs For a complete list of classes and class fees, lectures and health education resources, visit pamf.org/education.

April 2015

Mondays, April 13, 20 & 27, May 4, 11 & 18, 1 to 3 p.m.

Alexandra Morris, Alzheimer’s Association PAMF Sunnyvale Center 301 Old San Francisco Rd., Second Floor Conference Center, Sunnyvale • (408) 730-2810

Dr. Tom McDonald Memorial Lecture Series Autism Spectrum Disorder Update April 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Brian Tang, M.D. PAMF Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics PAMF Palo Alto Center 795 El Camino Real, Third Floor Conference Center, Jamplis Building • (650) 853-4873

Genetics and Your Health April 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Monique de Bruin, M.D., MPH PAMF Medical Oncology Mountain View Center 701 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View • (650) 934-7380

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The Institute of the Future offices are located in the former space of a home fixture and remodeling store at the corner of Emerson Street and Hamilton Avenue.

Retail (continued from page 5)

50,000 square feet annually.

In describing the need for a new ordinance, a staff report notes that “existing ground-floor retail protections may not be sufficient where they exist and may be needed where they do not (exist).”

The core area around University Avenue already has a “groundfloor retail” requirement, and in recent years, several council members have proposed spreading this protection to some of downtown’s peripheral blocks.

Holman, Vice Mayor Greg Schmid and Councilman Greg Scharff have been pushing for greater preservation of retail space since November 2012, when they released a memo urging the council to expand the protection zone.

The council ultimately agreed in 2013 to protect a vibrant block of Emerson Street, between Hamilton and Forest avenues.

At the time, the move to shield retail space had plenty of critics.

Several developers argued against the proposal, noting that some sections of downtown aren’t wellsuited for retail. The Emerson Street regulation passed by a 6-3 vote, with former council members Nancy Shepherd, Larry Klein and Gail Price all dissenting.

Today’s political climate suggests that the new proposal will sail through with little opposition Monday. During the council’s March 2 discussion, the council was split on the subject of capping

new office development (members ultimately adopted a revised proposal on March 23), but every council member voted to move ahead with a law to protect retail space from conversion to offices.

“It should be a no-brainer to ... expand ground-floor retail throughout the city,” Scharff said on March 2, then proceeding to add the interim ordinance to staff’s work list.

The issue of retail being displaced is far from new. The council had previously grappled with it in 2001, when the city adopted several interim ordinances that ultimately made way for a permanent one. The 2001 law required certain commercial areas to have retail on the ground floor of buildings, though the law also allowed certain “conditional” uses (including financial services, day care centers and trade schools), subject to a permit.

In the current effort, staff is proposing that the council adopt an interim ordinance based on the prior laws but with broader applicability. This could either mean “all commercial zones” or designated zones where the problem of retail conversion has been most acute.

Permanent policies, meanwhile, should each be tailored to specific districts “after consultation with property owners, merchants and restaurants in the vicinity,” the staff report states.

The long-term effort would prioritize the rapidly changing California Avenue, with downtown as the second priority. Q

On the cover: Signs advertise the Palo Alto Rug Gallery’s closing sale on University Avenue at Cowper Street. The building also housed the House of Bagels, Shokolaat, Modern Living Furniture and Accessories, and Plan Toys. It is slated for demolition to make way for a multi-story office building. Photo by Veronica Weber.

G U I D E TO 2015 S U M M E R C A M P S F O R K I D S

For more information about these camps, see our online directory of camps at www.paloaltoonline.com/biz/summercamps/ To advertise in this weekly directory, call: 650-326-8210

Arts, Culture, Other Camps Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA)

Hi Five Sport

Mountain View

50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, School of Rock, Digital Arts, more! One- and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care available. Financial aid offered. www.arts4all.org 650.917.6800 ext.0

Atherton

Hi Five Sports is thrilled to present our fourth multi-sport competitive summer camp to the San Francisco Bay Area! Through experienced, passionate and patient coaching, we believe the timeless lessons that only sports can teach will stay with the kids for the rest of their lives. www.hifivesportsclub.com 650.362.4975

Menlo School Sports Camps

Atherton

Explore nature this summer from your own backyard. Environmental Volunteer summer camps return with a new series of programs. Handson activities, field trips and creative fun make science accessible to kids ages 6-11. www.Evols.org/Explore 650.493.8000

Menlo camps are designed for boys and girls grades 4-12 to learn from Knights coaches and staff -whether it’s preparation for an upcoming season or simply for fun and to stay in shape in a high energy, positive setting. Join us this summer to develop skills, foster athleticism and promote sportsmanship in camps covering a range of sports - baseball, basketball, football (skills, lineman, and safe tackling camps) lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field, volleyball, water polo. www.menloschool.org 650.330.2001 ext. 2758

Foothills Summer Camps

Nike Tennis Camps

Environmental Volunteers Summer Camp

Palo Alto

Palo Alto

In this historic, popular, traditional day camp your child will play on miles of trails, woodlands, fields, streams, Boronda Lake, and enjoy spectacular views of the bay area. Transportation to and from Foothills Park is provided each day. www.cityofpaloalto.org/foothillscamps

J-Camp Oshman Family JCC

Palo Alto

Exciting activities for kindergarteners through teens include swimming, field trips, sports and more. Enroll your child in traditional or special focus camps like Studio TV Production, Jr. Masterchef, Elsa and Anna’s Dance Camp, Beach Bonanza and many others! www.paloaltojcc.org/summercamp 650.223.8622

Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC)

Palo Alto

PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of fun opportunities! Neighborhood Adventure Fun and Junior Varsity Sports Adventure Camp are for the more active and on-the-go campers! New this year: E.P.I.C. Camp – Energetic, Peers, Independence & Community for the older kids! Returning are FAME - Fine arts, Music and Entertainment and Operation Chef for out of this world cooking fun! Swimming twice per week, periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the fun offerings of PACCC Summer Camps! Open to campers from all communities! Come join the fun in Palo Alto! Register online. www.paccc.org 650.493.2361

STANFORD EXPLORE

Stanford

A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford! Stanford EXPLORE offers high school students the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineering, neurobiology, immunology and many others. explore.stanford.edu explore-series@stanford.edu

Stanford Jazz Workshop

Stanford University Campus

Week-long jazz immersion programs for young musicians in middle school (starts July 13), high school (July 19 and July 26), and college, as well as adults (August 2). All instruments and vocals. stanfordjazz.org

TechKnowHow® LEGO® and Technology Summer Camp

Palo Alto Menlo Park/Sunnyvale

Fun and enriching technology classes for students, ages 5-16. Courses include LEGO® projects with motors, MINDSTORMS® EV3® & NXT® Robotics, Computer Game Design, Arduino™ Electronics, iPad® Movie Making, and a Tech Camp for girls. Classes feature high-interest, ageappropriate projects based on the S.T.E.M. curriculum. Half and Full day options. Early bird and multiple week discounts are available. www.techknowhowkids.com 650.638.0500

TheatreWorks Summer Camps

Palo Alto

In these entertaining camps for grades K-5, students enjoy juggling, clowning, puppetry, playwriting, acting, improvisation, music, dance and present their own original pieces at the end of each session. www.theatreworks.org/learn/youth/summercamps

YMCA Summer Camps

Throughout Silicon Valley

At the Y, youth of all ages make new friends, build character and learn new skills. With hundreds of unique camps and 30+ convenient locations, you’ll find a camp that’s right for your family. Financial assistance is available. www.ymcasv.org/summer 408.351.6473

Athletics Camp Campbell

Santa Cruz Mountains

For close to 80 years, Bay Area youth have forged life-long friendships and benefited from character-defining experiences at Camp Campbell through nature hikes, campfires, archery and many other fun outdoor activities. Financial assistance is available. http://www.ymcacampcampbell.org/ 831.338.2128

Stanford University

Junior Overnight and Day Camps for boys & girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult Weekend Clinics (June & Aug).

Camps directed by Head Men’s Coach, Paul Goldstein, Head Women’s Coach, Lele Forood, and Associate Men’s and Women’s Coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Come join the fun and get better this summer! www.USSportsCamps.com 1.800.NIKE.CAMP (645.3226)

Stanford Baseball Camps

Stanford Campus

Stanford Baseball Camps have gained national recognition as the some of the finest in the country. These camps are designed to be valuable and beneficial for a wide range of age groups and skill sets. From the novice 7 year-old, to the Division 1, professionally skilled high school player, you will find a camp that fulfills your needs. www.Stanfordbaseballcamp.com 650.723.4528

Stanford Water Polo

Stanford

Ages 7 and up. New to sport or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or fully day option for boys and girls. All the camps offer fundamental skill work, scrimmages and games. www.stanfordwaterpolocamps.com 650.725.9016

Summer at Saint Francis

Mountain View

Sports & Activity Camp (ages 6-12): This all-sports camp provides group instruction in a variety of fields, indoor & outdoor court games and activities. Saint Francis faculty and students staff the camp, and the focus is always on fun. The program is dedicated to teaching teamwork, sportsmanship and positive self-esteem. After camp care is available. www.sfhs.com/summer 650.968.1213 x650

Summer Camp@SportsHouse (Powered by Skyhawks)

Redwood City

June 15-August 14. Weekly indoor sports day camp for kids 6-13 years old. Fun filled sports and games directed by Skyhawks. Full day 9am-4pm camp includes lunch and optional after camp care. www.sportshouseonline.com 650.362.4100

Wheel Kids Bicycle Club

Palo Alto

Wheel Kids is Palo Alto’s premier adventure and exploration summer day camp for boys and girls 5-15 yrs old. Camps run weekly from June 8th – July 31st, offering a range of cultural, recreational and environmental learning opportunities, all based on our daily bicycling adventures. Join us this summer as we teach your kids safe bicycle riding skill & habits, help build their self confidence and esteem, and begin a life-long journey of health and fitness while helping improve our environment. www.wheelkids.com 650.520.6524

Academics Alexa Café

Palo Alto High School

At Alexa Café, girls ages 10-15 collaborate around café tables and learn to code apps, produce films, design websites, develop wearable electronics, and more. Discover a passion for technology in this unique environment that emphasizes leadership, philanthropy, and more. www.iDTech.com 1.888.709.8324

Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls

Palo Alto

Casti Camp offers girls a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips. www.castilleja.org/summercamp 650.328.3160

Harker Summer Programs

San Jose

K-12 offerings taught by exceptional, experienced faculty and staff. K-6 morning academics – focusing on math, language arts and science – and full spectrum of afternoon recreation. Grades 6-12 for credit courses and non-credit enrichment opportunities. Sports programs also offered. www.summer.harker.org 408.553.0537

iD Game Design and Development Academy

Stanford

Get immersed in game design at this 2-week, pre-college summer academy! Teens ages 13-18 design video games, develop apps, model 3D characters, mod with Minecraft, and more. Tour a development studio and create a portfolio. www.iDTech.com 1.888.709.8324

iD Programming Academy

Stanford

Get immersed in technology at this 2-week, pre-college summer academy.

Teens ages 13-18 code apps, program with C++ and Java, mod with Minecraft, engineer robots, and program websites. Tour a development studio and create a portfolio. www.iDTech.com 1.888.709.8324

iD Tech Mini

Palo Alto High School

Kids ages 6-9 will have a blast at iD Tech Mini, where half day options let aspiring innovators discover a love for tech. Campers make new friends and learn hands-on STEM skills in a kid-friendly environment. www.iDTech.com 1.888.709.8324

iD Tech Camps

Stanford

Code, game, create! At iD Tech Camps, students ages 7-17 code apps, design video games, mod with Minecraft, engineer robots, build websites, produce movies, and more. Kids meet new friends and gain a competitive edge. www.iDTech.com 1.888.709.8324

Mid-Peninsula High School

Menlo Park

Mid-Pen offers summer courses designed to help students make up high school credits and a diverse range of enriching courses that go beyond traditional curriculum. In addition to courses in math, science, English, Spanish, and SAT/ACT prep, we invite students to enhance their skills in innovative classes that include: College Essay Workshop, Research Writing Workshop, Drama, Music Video Production, and Fine Arts courses in Surface Design and Mixed Media. We also hold basketball and volleyball clinics suitable for beginning to advanced players. All high school students are welcome to attend. Summer session runs from June 22 to July 23, 2015. www.mid-pen.com 650.321.1991

One Me

Palo Alto Westin Hotel

Students aged 12-16 will find direction and inspiration through introspection and self-awareness, discovering how they learn and are motivated, addressing and understanding habits, improving communication skills, understanding the brain, understanding personality and ego states, emotional regulation, and welcoming challenge. www.oneyou.education 408.839.6965

Professional Tutoring Services of Silicon Valley

Los Altos

Academic camps offering Algebra I & II, Geometry, and Spanish I, II, III in small groups. Four sessions starting June 15 through July 27. Sign up for all four or just one. Perfect for high school and junior high students taking high school level courses. $295 and up. Register online. www.ptstutor.com/summer-camps.html 650.948.5137

Purposeful You

Palo Alto Westin Hotel

Students aged 12-16 will learn best practices in organization and goal setting; study techniques; communication with administration and teachers; strengthening memory; answering to the question; outlining, writing, and citing resources; emotional regulation; stress and test anxiety management, attention and motivation. www.oneyou.education 408.839.6965

Summer at Saint Francis

Mountain View

Summer at Saint Francis provides a broad range of academic and athletic programs for elementary through high school students. It is the goal of every program to make summer vacation enriching and enjoyable! www.sfhs.com/summer 650.968.1213 x446

Write Now! Summer Writing Camps

Palo Alto / Pleasanton

Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing, and Presentation Techniques. Visit our website for more information. www.headsup.org Emerson: 650.424.1267 Hacienda: 925.485.5750

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SUMMER SCHOOL June 22 - July 23, 2015 Enriching course offerings including: • Athletics • Fine Arts • English • Math View our website for full class listings

www.mid-pen.com Monday-Thursday from 9:30-2:30 Small Classes, Grades 9-12

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A weekly compendium of vital statistics POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

March 25-31 Violence related. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Counterfeiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Scam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 6 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 8 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Open container. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 2 Smoking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Disobey court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Dumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Indecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Misc. muni. code violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 1 Public nuisance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 2 Terrorist threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Menlo Park March 25-31

Ages 5 to 7 Ages 8 to 10 Ages 11 to 12 Ages 13 to 15

FALL IN LOVE WITH THE GREAT OUTDOORS! Experience trails, adventure hikes, and sleeping under the stars this summer. In this historic, traditional day camp youth can find miles of trails, woodlands, fields, streams, wildlife, and Boronda Lake, while enjoying spectacular views of the bay area. Learn a deep respect and love of nature, while creating long-lasting memories.

Find out about all that Foothills Camp has to offer at

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Violence related Juvenile sexual assault investigation . . 1 Theft related Credit card fraud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 6 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alcohol or drug related Furnished alcohol to minor . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Casualty/fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Restraining order violation . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tree branch fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

VIOLENT CRIMES Menlo Park

Laurel Street, 3/26, 12:26 p.m.; juvenile sexual assault investigation.

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

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El Camino YMCA hosts inclusive dance class

by Elizabeth Schwyzer photos by Veronica Weber he room is packed, and the bass is pumping. More than 30 people are on their feet, dancing to the rhythm of the music. Facing the two instructors at the front of the room, they follow along: stomping their feet, clapping their hands, bending their knees to the beat. Most of the dancers are teenagers, though some are much older and a few are younger.

And though their movements aren’t all precisely synchronized, the group is clearly united in spirit.

You can tell, because every single person in the room is grinning.

Welcome to Dance for All, held every Saturday afternoon at the El Camino YMCA in Mountain View. Dance for All is just what the name implies: a class that’s open to everyone. Many of the participants have disabilities, but not all; there are no rules about who can and can’t take part.

Launched nine months ago by experienced dance instructors Teresa Maldonado Marchok and Mercy Forde, both of whom are also mothers of teenagers with disabilities, the class has quickly gained a devoted following. Most weeks, there are between 25 and 30 dancers on the floor. The music — primarily pop, R&B and rap arrangements — is catchy and increasingly boisterous as class progresses.

In some ways, Dance for All is your average dance fitness class. The routines, a blend of hip hop and aerobics, look a little tricky at first, but most people seem to catch on quickly.

Marchok and Forde wear Lycra outfits and athletic shoes; fitted with head mics, they demonstrate and call out the moves enthusiastically, sometimes jogging out into the crowd to give a quick correction or a high five. In addition to high-energy (continued on next page)

At left, Darin Li and his father, Qiang, attend Dance for All every week. Below, Qiang and Darin lead the conga line during a Dance for All routine. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • April 3, 2015 • Page 19

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dance routines, they spend part of every class focusing on skills like core strength, flexibility and balance.

What’s not so normal are the levels of enthusiasm and camaraderie the class inspires, even in passersby who stop at the door to watch and are often drawn in to dance along. Dance for All is downright irresistible.

That’s the conclusion Darin Li has come to, though it took him a while. Li is 13 years old and in the seventh grade. He’s into swimming, karate and movies, and he loves math. He’s also autistic.

When his father, Qiang, started bringing him to Dance for All back in July, Darin wasn’t having any of it. He sat outside the studio, watching through the window while Qiang dutifully took part in class each week. For two months, Darin refused to enter the room, until the day Marchok put on what unbeknownst to her was Darin’s favorite track: “Gangnam Style,”

by South Korean pop star Psy. In a flash, Darin was up on his feet, dancing.

Now, he and Qiang are regulars on the dance floor.

Qiang and Darin discovered Dance for All through their involvement with Youth Drama for All, a Mountain View-based nonprofit that since 2007 has offered performing-arts opportunities for teens from both mainstream and special-needs classes. Marchok and Forde both contributed to Youth Drama for All as choreographers. About three years ago, they realized that to take their work with students to the next level, they needed a dedicated space and more instructional time. That’s when the YMCA stepped up, offering a dance studio for free.

According to Lisa Zuegel, whose 15-year-old son Jeffrey takes part in Dance for All, the YMCA is “a phenomenal place for encouraging people with differences.

“The fact that Dance for All is happening here at the Y is not inconsequential or coincidental,” Zuegel said. “When the kids come here, they are in an environment that is by its nature inclusive and connects people in community.”

Many families who attend Dance for All also take advantage of the YMCA’s other resources, including the swimming pool and family changing rooms, both of which they say are particularly useful and welcoming to those with special needs.

Chief Operations Officer for YMCA of Silicon Valley Elizabeth Jordan stopped in to Dance for All last week to observe and share her thoughts.

“The cool thing is, you can’t always tell who has a disability and who doesn’t,” she noted after watching class for a few minutes. “People really value that in their Y membership: the diversity and inclusivity.” As Jordan sees it, being part of a group like the Dance for All community builds

Arts & Entertainment compassion and enriches lives. “I think if people come to the Y and experience this, they’ll develop more empathy,” she said.

Jordan noted that in her own childhood, she didn’t have access to such an open and inclusive community.

“When I was growing up, if I saw someone who seemed different, my parents would say, ‘Shhh!

Don’t look; don’t ask questions.’

We really want the opposite here: We want to develop curiosity. This is how the general population gets to appreciate what it means to be a community.”

To that end, Dance for All is open to anyone who wants to try it out. For those who decide to make it a regular thing, a YMCA membership is encouraged; financial assistance is available for those who can’t afford the fee. As word spreads about the class, interest continues to grow.

On a recent Saturday, students knelt on stability balls to practice their core strength and balance.

One boy who was new to class sat on the floor with his mother, shifting restlessly. When it was time to dance again, he bolted from the room, eventually settling in a chair just outside the door.

Half an hour later, as the class fell into place for a conga line to Pitbull’s rap rendition of “Shake Señora,” he came tearing back in and ran the length of the room, laughing.

Allowing students to participate at the level that works for them — and for their families — is exactly what Dance for All is all about.

“In here, any behavior is anticipated,” Jordan said. “It’s all good.”

“Kids will often do utterances or physical stims that in another environment might be off-putting, and here it’s OK,” added Marchok. “No parent should ever be embarrassed.”

For the moment, Dance for All is clearly making a difference to the 30 or so people who participate regularly. But Jordan, Marchok, Forde and others see the potential for a much broader impact. They’re talking about establishing a program where teens and young adults can volunteer in the class as buddies, and are also thinking about how they might train instructors to offer similar programs at other YMCAs in the region and even beyond.

Jordan, who oversees the operation of all 11 YMCAs in the Silicon Valley, hopes the other centers will eventually adopt the program. “If we can attract this many people to one Y, I can’t imagine why we wouldn’t scale it,” she said.

In addition to building their student and volunteer base, Jordan and the Dance for All team are actively looking for ways to integrate existing students into the larger community, and to help shift attitudes about ability and disability.

For a start, they intend Dance for All to prepare students to take part in other YMCA fitness classes.

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What Marchok and Forde know well, and what is amply evident after just one class, is that these young people are brimming with capability and with joy. Yet too often, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re separated from the communities that would benefit from getting to know them better. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until I started speaking with parents of teens with disabilities that I learned the term, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;fake social,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Jordan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when someone tolerates your child and pretends theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re welcome, but you can tell theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just being politically correct.â&#x20AC;?

Regardless of where such behavior stems from, Jordan said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to help the community get beyond that.â&#x20AC;?

At the end of class, after the hugs and the high fives, a small group of students stuck around to chat, discussing what they like most about Dance for All (the friends, the exercise, the music) and what their favorite songs are (like Darin, most favor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gangnam Styleâ&#x20AC;?). Marchok and Forde stood nearby, brainstorming with Jordan and parents about the future of the class. Their conversation returned again and again to an emphasis on inclusion and integration rather than separation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a special-needs dance class,â&#x20AC;? Marchok asserted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open to everyone. Any time you can include everyone, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sending a message that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s truly inclusive. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great message for society.â&#x20AC;?

Jordan nodded in agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really important,â&#x20AC;? she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is linking people.â&#x20AC;? Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@paweekly. com.

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“The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis. The King James Version” (1989) is among the works now on display as part of “Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor.”

The American scene Cantor Arts Center debuts new collection of Jacob Lawrence paintings

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orging a successful career as a visual artist is no mean feat, even for the wealthy and well-educated. For an African American raised in Harlem during the Depression, with little art training and not much hope of gallery representation, the odds were astronomical. This, however, is the improbable story of Jacob Lawrence, now considered one of the most influential black artists of the 20th century.

“Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor” gives viewers the opportunity to enjoy the full arc of the artist’s work, from paintings to drawings and an illustrated book. The exhibition, on view now through Aug. 3, is the result of a major gift to the Cantor Arts Center from the late Dr. Herbert J. Kayden and his daughter, Joelle Kayden, a Stanford MBA alumna. The museum now owns one of the largest Jacob Lawrence collections in the country, a collection that will be utilized for both display and classroom instruction (the exhibition layout and design was planned by an undergraduate class led by Elizabeth Mitchell, the Cantor’s curator of drawings, prints and photographs).

Mitchell spoke of Lawrence as a “phenomenal draftsman and incredibly sophisticated storyteller, adding that this collection demonstrates “his great capacity to use fresh, vivid colors and the abstracted human form to express a socially relevant narrative.”

Lawrence, who was born in 1917 and died in 2000, was part of the post-World War I migration of

blacks from the South to the northern states, where they sought a better life. After his parents divorced, Lawrence’s mother took him and his siblings to New York, settling in Harlem in the late 1920s. The northern Manhattan neighborhood was densely populated and teeming with noise and activity. Fearing that the quiet and withdrawn Jacob would fall into a street gang, his mother enrolled him in an art class at the local library. That class would prove to be the catalyst for what would become an illustrious career.

It was Lawrence’s first introduction to art materials and artistic expression. With little exposure to art history, books or museums, the young artist had only the world around him for inspiration. Luckily, his teachers recognized his talent, and he was encouraged throughout his youth to pursue his artistic endeavors, eventually taking free classes offered at the Harlem Arts Community Center.

As art critic Robert Hughes noted, Lawrence was “younger than the artists and writers who took part in the Harlem Renaissance,” but was influenced by “the Harlem cultural milieu.” Although several noted artists — including Charles Alston and Augusta Savage — guided and encouraged him, Lawrence was essentially self-taught. Working with inexpensive materials, he captured the Harlem he saw each day: street peddlers, cafes, children playing in the street and the interiors of crowded tenement apartments. From the very beginning, and throughout his long career, Lawrence worked in a

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In works like “Builders No. 3” (1973), Jacob Lawrence focused on the contribution of black workers and tradesmen to the development of the country. figurative style because it was the best way to tell a story.

In his “Philosophy of Art,” written for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum and later quoted in “A History of African-American Artists” by Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, Lawrence stated, “My pictures express my life and experience. The things I have experienced extend into my national, racial and class group. So I paint the American scene.”

In one of the earliest pieces included in the Cantor exhibition, “At Times It Is Hard to Get a Table in a Pool Room” (1943), Lawrence’s unique vision is revealed in broad, flat areas of densely saturated color.

A stylized figure of a beat cop, portrayed in deep blue, walks past the entrance to a pool parlor. Inside, its denizens sit lined up on a bench, waiting for a chance to play. The work is a study in geometry and strong, contrasting primary colors.

The rectangles of the Pool Parlor sign, with its simplistic depiction of two pool cues and brightly colored

balls pops out from the scarlet red wall of the building. The piece is executed using gouache, resulting in a much more opaque pigment than oil paint. Lawrence’s use of gouache — and tempera, in his earliest works — was born of necessity rather than choice; they were the least expensive materials to obtain. Lawrence was able to experiment with media later in life when he was enrolled as a Works Progress Administration artist. He found that mixing his own colors and working on a small scale best suited his subject matter.

Bucking the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism (and at the risk of being labeled “naive” or “primitive”), Lawrence’s style was figurative, precise and carefully composed. He began every piece with a well-developed underdrawing, rendered lightly in graphite. Any revisions or reworking would be done at this stage. Once the drawing was finished, he would begin to apply a fast-drying medium in overlapping brushstrokes.

When he painted a series, such as

“The Life of John Brown,” a group of 22 paintings based on the life of the controversial white abolitionist, Lawrence worked on all of the panels simultaneously, applying the same color to every panel in order to keep the hues uniform.

The result, as can be seen in the “John Brown” series on display at the Cantor, is a moving and consistent narrative. Figures are rendered in Lawrence’s own stylized version of Cubism, elongated and without detail, with overlapping areas of vivid color creating depth and dimension. A sense of action is generated by strong diagonals, and the flat, saturated color elicits emotion as we follow Brown’s path to the noose.

In a later series also included in “Promised Land” at the Cantor, “Eight Studies for the Book of Genesis,” (1989), Lawrence’s palette is characteristically bold, but his draftsmanship is freer and more expansive. There is high drama in (continued on next page)

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Among the Jacob Lawrence works on view at the Cantor Arts Center is “At Times It Is Hard to Get a Table in a Pool Room” (1943).

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each panel, as God, clad in brightly colored robes, creates heaven and earth. Lawrence may have worked in diminutive scale and with humble materials, but his message was always forceful and impressive.

In part because of his strong narrative sense, Lawrence has been compared to George Grosz and José Clemente Orozco, both of whom used painting as a form of social commentary. Lawrence did observe and relate the story of the African-American people as he saw it, but not necessarily as a means of protest. His reaction to the disturbances surrounding the Civil Rights Movement is graphically portrayed in “Ordeal of Alice” (1963), as demonic figures hover menacingly around a young black child attempting to enter a segregated school. Lawrence resisted pressure from young militant art students to label himself a “Black Artist,” later explaining, “I worked out of my experience, and if somebody wants to call that black art, that’s all right.”

The artist spent the latter part of his career as an educator, eventually becoming a professor of art at the University of Washington. He continued to paint, focusing on the theme of builders and the contribution of black workers and tradesmen to the development of the country.

Among the works from this period are “Construction” and “Builders No. 3,” both of which are included in “Promised Land,” and both of which reinforce Lawrence’s virtuosity as a colorist and a storyteller.

Lawrence was a pioneer on many fronts: the first black artist to be represented by a New York gallery (the Downtown Gallery, in 1941) and to receive recognition by the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1953. His most powerful legacy, however, is that of an artist who depicted America as he saw it, unswayed by any movement or vision other than his own. Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com.

What: “Promised Land: Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor” Where: Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford When: Through Aug. 3. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Faculty Panel, “Jacob Lawrence and the Harlem Renaissance,” Thursday, April 23, 5:30 pm. Lecture, “Pool Parlors and Beat Cops: The Colorful Noise of a Jacob Lawrence Street Scene,” Thursday, May 7, 6:30 pm.

Cost: Free Info: Go to museum.stanford.edu or call 650-723-4177.

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An Open Letter from Residents and Family Members; Students, Alumni, and Employees of the Palo Alto School District; Healthcare Professionals and Youth Advocatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; To the School Board and the Superintendent We need your help.

We all must get something done.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re publishing this urgently, but not out of blame or panic. This is simply a key point in time, summoning us to speak our piece. We believe thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little reason that our cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate will changeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;unless together we change it.

Parents are questioning whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe to send their kids to Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high schools.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking you for swift but well-judged changeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;shaped to a plan that is based on longtime community experience, reverence for young life, and substance, not show. )\ TWVO TI[\ Wâ&#x20AC;ŤŮťâ&#x20AC;ŹKQIT ,Q[\ZQK\ WXQVQWV Q[ UW^QVO JMaWVL UMV\IT QTTVM[[ I[ W]Z [WTM IL^MZsary, to a consideration of â&#x20AC;&#x153;environmental factors.â&#x20AC;? But we see no leadership to identify IVL VIUM []KP NIK\WZ[ ZMIKP KWV[MV[][ WV _PQKP IZM UW[\ QUXWZ\IV\ Ă&#x2026;O]ZM W]\ PW_ \W change themâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even if there were time enough to do all this.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s self-evident that the central factor in our teenagersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives is school. (Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the last four years of a thirteen-year trek.) And the central fact of school is the shared work of students and teachers. (In fact, teenagers spend more time with teachers than with any other adults, including their parents.)

And at the heart of that shared work: acts of caring.

Myriads of them. Homework done with genuine interest by the students; then returned to them with tailored feedback. Hands raised not for grades but with life and spirit; then called on encouragingly and with genuine curiosity. Eureka moments Ă&#x2020;W_QVO NZWU _MTT NZIUML XZWJTMU[ 1VLQ^QL]IT [\]LMV\[Âź TW^M WN TMIZVQVO# QV\MZXMZ[WVIT attention. A favorite cap left behind; a classroom Lost & Found.

At a recent public meeting Palyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal said it all: what her students want most from school is to feel that my teacher cares about me. And in fact, such caring can be determined enough (as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen at schools across the land) to stop bullets.

Ready to leverage such caring right now, ready to go, is the plan set forth in the community initiative â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save the 2,008.â&#x20AC;? Its six proposals arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a wrecking-ball aimed at our schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just a toolkit for some overdue renovations. And it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expensive. Only one of its six measures will cost any real money (and for that, surely, we have lots of generW[Q\a IVL š^MV\]ZM KIXQ\ITÂş [XQZQ\ QV \W_V <PM Ă&#x2026;^M W\PMZ UMI[]ZM[ IZM R][\ I UI\\MZ WN getting real about some things that have gradually gotten out of hand.

Over the years, as we looked on from a distance, our high schools have inadvertently given way to larger class-sizes, larger helpings of homework (unchecked by good communication), more enrollment in APs (without good consultation), more distraction from social media, more grade-reporting, more cheating.

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But you can reverse this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save the 2,008â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;to disperse the toxic brew and throw open some windows on human connectionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;asks you to: 1. Shrink classes to a friendlier size, creating a closer feeling between classmates as well as stronger teacher-student ties (which are sometimes lifelines). Of all the things that can ease school pressures, this is perhaps the most powerful: reducing class numbers has \PM [IUM Mâ&#x20AC;ŤŮşâ&#x20AC;ŹMK\ I[ TW_MZQVO KWV\ZWT ZWL[ QV\W IV W^MZPMI\ML ZMIK\WZ KWZM

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3. Foster wiser decisions about AP course loads, through timely meetings among parents, kids, and school guidance counselorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who can speak to the emotional nourishment of sleep, time with peers, dinnertimes, downtime, cultural time, exercise, developmental assets.

4. Stand between our kids and the all-day siren song of their phonesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;so that on campus theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not submerged in a world of texting, taunts, Instagram, and Snapchat.

On the wane in our kids is the life-skill of conversation (for job interviews, doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; visits, dating). As in our middle schools, student phone-use should be banned.

5. Slow the bombardment of grade-reports so our kids have room to ride out the ups and downs of adolescence. No teenager whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s holding on through his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; divorce, or through her loss of a best friend, should be without the needed time to â&#x20AC;&#x153;coastâ&#x20AC;? until life looks better.

6. End the existing climate of cheatingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the demoralizing atmosphere that kids feel obliged to breathe, just to compete. It churns up so much anxiety, test after test and paper after paper, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mental-health issue.

All six of these measures will free up teachers to care (glances in class that say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I see youâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hear youâ&#x20AC;?; accurate grades and fair due-dates; the readiness to champion each child) and students to make the most of that caring (they will be less sleep-deprived, less distracted, more trusting).

The measures are complementary: students wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t waste the new accessibility of their teachers on in-class texting, nor will they need so desperately to cut moral corners, because their study-time will be in check. And a teacher with a total student load of 120 instead of 150 may have the creative energy to make evening phone-calls to parents (to their great relief !) in praise of kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classroom contributions, triumphs, wit, or to attend studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mu[QKIT XMZNWZUIVKM[ XTIa[ WZ [XWZ\[ M^MV\[ M`\ZI KIZQVO _Q\P I P]OM XMLIOWOQKIT XIaWâ&#x20AC;Ť Ůşâ&#x20AC;Ź In sum, the six steps of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save the 2,008â&#x20AC;? will clear away the main obstacles to stuLMV\[Âź IVL \MIKPMZ[Âź KIZQVO IVL WXMV ]X XI[[IOM_Ia[ NWZ Q\[ Ă&#x2020;W]ZQ[PQVO The plan in full is at: www.savethe2008.com.

Founded last fall on behalf of the 2,008 students and teachers at Gunn, â&#x20AC;&#x153;S2K8â&#x20AC;? is clearly pertinent to Paly too. It is realistic and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overreach. High schools donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t create teenage despair nor can they cure it, but they can make it more bearable, more survivable. And â&#x20AC;&#x153;S2K8,â&#x20AC;? too, indicts no â&#x20AC;&#x153;villainsâ&#x20AC;? (certainly not the teens whose phones help ease the loneliness of existing life at school).

We believe that changes to the wider worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in child-rearing, competitiveness, cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;might be nice, even necessary, but are bound to be the work of years; whereas we want hope for our young people now. And ours isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t an appeal to therapists or cultural leaders or doctors, valuable as they are, or to outside experts or Caltrain, since it would be unwise to put our fate in the hands of people we never voted for, never hired.

You and we can immediately move to change school life. This plan was before you last fall. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late, now, to implement some of the six proposals this year. But four of them can be up and running before the end of this school year, and all of them by the start of the next school year.

(And the adjustment to homework will kick in sooner and more reliably than the Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.)

Yes, like a few of us, you might prefer a couple of the proposals to the others, or want to attach a seventh. But we mustnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let Palo Alto become like our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;picking bills apart, piggybacking onto others, obstructing and demanding and gridlocked. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the perfect be the enemy of the good, or let the future take the place of now.

Our Palo Alto problem is larger than all of us signing here, larger than you, larger than all of us put together. But if, humbled by that, we throw in with this hometown Mâ&#x20AC;ŤŮşâ&#x20AC;ŹWZ\¸\PQ[ [\IZ\ ]X _PW[M OWIT Q[ VW\PQVO TM[[ \PIV \W [INMO]IZL W]Z KPQTLZMVÂź[ N]\]ZM[¸ we can re-awaken joy in our town.

For the sake of our community, our parents and teachers, and our high-schoolers, we urgently and resolutely ask you to unite behind the action-plan of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Save the 2,008â&#x20AC;? and make it happen.

Sincerely, Willa Akey Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Chandrama Anderson Todd Armstrong Margaret Brandeau Amy Brown Kyle Brown Alexander Burke Eugenie Cabot Martha Cabot Emily Cao Michael Campbell Sabra Chartrand Baldwin & Sandy Cheng The Cloutier Family Elizabeth Cowie

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Order your Five Guys burger “all the way” to get it with lettuce, tomato, pickles, grilled onions and grilled mushrooms, plus mustard, ketchup and mayo.

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Mountain View’s new Five Guys keeps menu tightly focused on hamburgers, fries

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o milkshakes. No drive-thru. No breakfast, chicken, fish or coffee. Five Guys is tightly focused on burgers and fries.

Now open in Mountain View, the Virginia-based chain stakes its particular claim to the growing “fast casual” sector of the restaurant business — slightly slower than fast food, with friendly cashiers.

Expect to wait 10 minutes. Complimentary ballpark-style peanuts are available to stave off hunger.

The burger itself is built on the McDonald’s model, a quarterpound of all-beef burger. It does look and taste homemade, though,

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Burgers are hot and come wrapped in foil; fries are wrapped in paper bags. Especially with the fries, avoid moisture by removing contents from the wrap as soon as possible. The lightly grilled bun is a nice touch. It’s a very soft, white-bread bun.

The hot-dog bun is even softer, fairly melting into the nicely splayed and griddled Kosher-style hot dog ($3.99).

Do not have a BLT until tomato season. These were like paper on the tongue.

A little bag of fries ($2.69) will be enough for most people. A sign tells you where the potatoes come from today. On my visits, they came from St. Anthony CBC Farms, a corporation in Idaho.

The fries are delicious, crispy and browned on the outside, still fluffy inside. (Order them extra-crispy to be sure.)

As at In-N-Out, there is a secret menu. Different stores have different policies, but the possibilities include cheese fries and five-patty burgers.

Vegetarians also should ask for options, but the regular menu includes grilled veggie ($3.29), grilled veggie with cheese ($3.99) and grilled cheese ($3.99) sandwiches.

Calorie counts are, scarily, prominently displayed.

And for the gluten-free, all burgers and dogs are available bun-less, wrapped in iceberg lettuce.

Drinks are all Coca-Cola products, from a bottle of Dasani water ($2.09) to Gold Peak iced teas. In swooping red Coke machines, they are clearly identified as low-cal, no-cal and caffeine-free. Refills are free.

For comparison’s sake, I asked the burger fan in our family. He remains devoted to his first love, saying of Five Guys, “It doesn’t taste as fresh, both the fries and the burgers, but also they don’t have that special In-N-Out sauce that is the best part of the burger.”

As at In-N-Out, red and gleaming white tiles cover the walls at Five Guys. Loud oldies music, which causes people to yell into their cellphones, encourages fast eating. It may take 10 minutes to get your food, but you can be out of there in 15. Q

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A young Maria (Tatiana Maslany) and her husband Fritz (Max Irons) seek to escape Nazi clutches in 1930s Vienna.

She was framed ‘Woman in Gold’ arbitrates the ownership of a classic Klimt 00 1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) A Nazi-enabled “finders keepers” claim comes under scrutiny in the based-on-a-true-story drama, “Woman in Gold.” In 1998, Gustav Klimt’s shimmering 1907 oil, silver and gold portrait, “Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” is the pride of Vienna’s Belvedere Gallery. But for one Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), a Jewish refugee and longtime resident of Los Angeles, the woman in gold is Aunt Adele and the painting a stolen family heirloom, albeit one valued at over $100 million.

Enter burgeoning attorney Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), whose mother (Frances Fisher) enlists him to hear out her friend Maria and advise her about a possible art restitution case against the politically savvy but firmly entrenched Austrian government. The skeptical Randy — as Maria flirtily takes to calling him — initially finds his head turned by the potential payday. On this thorny subject, the screenplay is careful to establish Maria’s in it for the justice, and eventually, the case becomes a personal crusade for Randy that touches something deep in his Jewish roots.

Those roots include being the grandson of composer Arnold Schoenberg (and you better believe a tear or two will be shed listening to his music before the final fadeout). The inherently fascinating tale of the painting’s path out of the upper-crust Bloch-Bauer family’s possession through Nazi hands and into the touristdraw gallery — only to have its next resting place contested in the U.S. Supreme Court — not only brushes the famous com-

poser and Chief Justice William Rehnquist (Jonathan Pryce), but also the Führer himself and Estée Lauder’s son, gallery owner Ronald Lauder.

“Woman in Gold” primarily concerns itself with the turn-ofthe-millennium legal battle (abetted by Austrian investigative reporter Hubertus Czernin, played by “Rush”’s Daniel Brühl) and the odd-couple bonding of persnickety Maria and relatively callow Randy. Yet a significant portion of the film takes place in Nazi-controlled Vienna just before the outbreak of WWII. There, we glimpse the painting’s creation and track the dangerous days for the Blochs that precede a narrow escape for young Maria (the brilliant Tatiana Maslany of “Orphan Black”). As for Mirren and Reynolds, she handily turns Maria into a “character” and he effectively tamps down his tics, the two playing off of each other most effectively in the dry comicrelief beats.

The approach of screenwriter Alexi Kaye Campbell and director Simon Curtis (“My Week with Marilyn”) can be corny, commercial, predictably platitudinous and tear-jerkingly weepy. But if Curtis and company lay it on a bit thick, it’s also an inevitably thoughtprovoking dramatization of facing the “ghosts” of the past on an individual level and a national one. As one character muses, “The past is asking something of the present,” that something being the familiar refrain, “Never forget.”

Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and brief strong language. One hour, 49 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

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Fri & Sat 4/3/2015 & 4/4/2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:55 Wild Tales – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 Sun – Wed 4/5/2015 – 4/8/2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Wild Tales – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 Thurs Only 4/9/2015 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 Wild Tales – 1:15 only

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Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest.

Cinderella (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 10:35 a.m., 1:25, 4:15, 7:10 & 9:55 p.m.

Century 20: 10:25 & 11:35 a.m., 1:10, 2:30, 4:05, 5:20, 6:55, 8, 9:40 & 10:45 p.m.

Danny Collins (R) Century 16: 9:10 & 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m.

The DUFF (PG-13) ++1/2

Century 20: 9:50 p.m.

Furious 7 (PG-13) Century 16: 9, 9:50, 10:40 & 11:30 a.m., 12:20, 1:10, 2, 2:50, 3:40, 4:30, 5:20, 6:10, 7, 7:50, 9:30 & 10:20 p.m. Fri & Sat 11:10 p.m., Sat & Sun 8:40 p.m. Century 20: 10:20, 10:50 & 11:30 a.m., 12:10, 1:30, 2, 2:40, 3:20, 4:45, 5:15, 5:55, 6:35, 8, 8:30, 9:10 & 9:50 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:05 p.m. In X-D at 12:45, 4, 7:15 & 10:30 p.m. In D-BOX at 10:20 & 11:30 a.m., 1:30, 2:40, 4:45, 5:55, 8 & 9:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:05 p.m.

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Get Hard (R) Century 16: 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:20 & 11:50 a.m., Sun 9 & 11:30 a.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m., 12:25, 1:50, 3, 4:30, 5:30, 7:05, 8:05, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m.

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The Gunman (R)

Century 20: 10:05 p.m.

Home (PG) ++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 12:55, 3:20, 5:45 & 8:15 p.m. In 3-D Fri & Sat 9:15 & 11:40 a.m., 2:10, 4:35 & 7:05 p.m., Sun 9:05 & 11:30 a.m., 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 & 11:40 a.m., 1:20, 2:20, 3:50, 4:55, 6:25, 7:25, 9 & 9:55 p.m. In 3-D at 12:35, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10 & 10:35 p.m.

Insurgent (PG-13) Century 16: 10:45 a.m., Fri 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m., Sat & Sun 1:35, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:20, 4:10 & 7 p.m. In 3-D at 11:10 a.m., 2, 5, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m.

It Follows (R)

Century 20: Noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m.

Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) ++1/2 Century 16: Sun 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 1, 4:15, 7:20 & 10:30 p.m.

McFarland, USA (PG) ++

Century 20: 12:15, 3:15, 6:50 & 10 p.m.

Only Angels Have Wings (1939) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sat & Sun 3:50 p.m.

Public hearing notice

The Passion of the Christ (2004) (R) Century 16: Sun 2 & 7 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 & 7 p.m.

Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Groundwater Production and Surface Water Charges Topic:

Fiscal Year 2015/2016 Groundwater Production and Surface Water Charges

Guild Theatre: Sat at midnight

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R) Run All Night (R)

Century 20: 10:40 a.m., Fri & Sat 1:35, 4:20 & 7:10 p.m.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (PG) ++1/2 Century 20: 11 a.m., 1:45, 4:40, 7:30 & 10:25 p.m.

Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:55 p.m.

Serena (R) +1/2

Guild Theatre: 11:45 a.m. & 4:30 p.m.

Who:

Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors

What We Do in the Shadows (Not Rated) +++1/2 Guild Theatre: 2:15, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m.

What:

Public hearings on proposed fiscal year 2015/2016 Groundwater Production and Surface Water Charges

Wild Tales (R) +++1/2 Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 10:05 p.m.

When:

April 14, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. – open public hearing April 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. – open house; 7:00 p.m. continue hearing in South County April 28, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. – continued public hearing;

hearing closes at conclusion Where:

April 14 and April 28, 2015 Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Room 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118 April 16, 2015 Morgan Hill City Council Chambers 17555 Peak Ave., Morgan Hill, CA 95037

The Santa Clara Valley Water District (water district) has prepared an annual report on the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies documenting financial and water supply information, which provides the basis for recommended groundwater production and surface water charges for fiscal year 2015/2016.

Woman in Gold (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:05 & 11:45 a.m., 2:35, 5:15, 8 & 10:40 p.m.

Century 20: 11:15 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:40 & 10:25 p.m.

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Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Currently closed for renovation Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews at PaloAltoOnline.com

The report includes financial analyses of the water district’s water utility system; supply and demand forecasts; future capital improvement, maintenance and operating requirements; and the method to finance such requirements.

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The water district will hold a public hearing to obtain comments on the report, which will be available at the hearing.

Based upon findings and determinations from the public hearing, including the results of any protest procedure, the water district Board of Directors will decide whether or not groundwater production and surface water charges should be levied, and if so, at what level, in which zone or zones for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015.

All operators of water-producing facilities within the water district or any person interested in the water district’s activities with regard to protection and augmentation of the water supply may appear, in person or by representative, and submit comments regarding the subject.

For more information on the public hearing, please visit our website at www.valleywater.org, or contact Darin Taylor at (408) 630-3068.

Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities wishing to attend this public hearing. For additional information on attending this hearing including requesting accommodations for disabilities or interpreter assistance, please contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board at (408) 630-2277, at least three business days prior to the hearing.

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Book Talk WORLD WAR II THEME ... The Menlo Park Library will be focusing on World War II-themed books in upcoming events, including Christine Witzel’s collected missives of her mother, Virgilia Witzel, “She Also Served: Letters from a Navy Wife,” on April 4 and author Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston speaking about her classic memoir “Farewell to Manzanar” on May 2. Both talks are free and take place at 11 a.m. in the Menlo Park City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. Info: menlopark.org/library or email weaver@ plsinfo.org

PREMIERE EVENT ... Best-selling mystery writer Jacqueline Winspear will talk about her newest novel, “A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel,” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, at Kepler’s, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. This one sets Maisie on a return trip to England from India, stopping off in Gibraltar just in time to get entangled in a murder. Tickets are $20 to $40, available from brownpapertickets. com/event/946305.

POEMS FROM THE HEART ...

In the latest book of poetry by Eavan Boland, “A Woman Without a Country,” the writer explores nationhood and identity from the perspective of one who has lived in multiple lands. Boland is the Melvin and Bill Lane Professor and director of Stanford’s Creative Writing Program and the Bella Mabury and Eloise Mabury Knapp Professor in Humanities. Published by W.W. Norton, her book is available on amazon.com.

PHOTOS OF THE DEAD? ...

Kepler’s is planning its 60th anniversary celebration and is looking for photos of The Grateful Dead in Kepler’s, for use in a new book about The Dead that’s in the works. Anyone with photos (or favorite memories) from the early days can email them to nicole@ keplers.com.

Items for Book Talk may be sent to Associate Editor Carol Blitzer, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 93202 or emailed to cblitzer@ paweekly.com.

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INSIGHTS INTO AUTISM ... Los Altos teen Georgia Lyon has revealed her identity as the author of “How to Be Human,” which chronicles her experience growing up with autism. A senior at Pinewood School in Los Altos, Georgia wrote under the pen name “Florida Frenz.” Her book deals openly with her special challenges, including learning to read facial expressions, making friends and juggling life as a high school kid. Her book is available at amazon.com.

A monthly section on local books and authors

Erik Larson will appear at Kepler’s Books on Monday, April 13 to discuss his latest novel, “Dead Wake.”

Troubled Waters Erik Larson’s ‘Dead Wake’ brings Lusitania disaster to life

by Michael Berry “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania” by Erik Larson; Crown Publishers, New York, 2015; 430 pages; $28

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rik Larson always manages to find the unexpected stories in history.

Ever since his 1999 bestseller, “Isaac’s Storm,” an account of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, Larson has crafted nonfiction sagas with all the suspense and narrative drive normally associated with fiction. In 2003’s “The Devil in the White City,” he wrote about a serial killer at the Chicago World’s Fair. “Thunderstruck” (2006) found the connections between the birth of radio and the murder trial of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. And with 2011’s “In the Garden of Beasts,” Larson chronicled an American family’s tragic experiences as residents of Hitler’s Berlin.

Now, in “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania,” Larson addresses a tragedy many readers might think they know too well.

The centennial of the disaster is May 17, and in its honor, Larson weaves a gripping tale of hubris, bad timing and unexpected courage.

On Monday, April 13, Larson will discuss and sign “Dead

Wake” at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park.

Cunard’s gigantic and luxurious Lusitania set sail from New York on May 1, 1915, bound for Liverpool, England, with a full roster of first-, second- and thirdclass passengers, including a record number of children and infants. The fastest civilian ship of its day, Lusitania seemed unstoppable, with no need for anyone to worry that Germany and England were at war or that Germany had posted warnings that travelers booking passage on English ships “do so at their own risk.”

Larson’s narrative includes scenes aboard the Lusitania, with its irascible Captain William Thomas Turner and diverse assortment of passengers (whom he referred to as “bloody monkeys”), as well as descriptions of life aboard U-boat 20 under the leadership of Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger — known for his focus on his missions and his compassion for his crew. The book’s title comes from the maritime term for “the disturbance that lingers on the surface of the sea long af-

ter the passage of a vessel — or a torpedo.”

Many people assume they know the story of the Lusitania, but often they are wrong about even the most basic facts.

Reached by phone during a book tour stop in Kansas City, Larson said, “I think the biggest misconception is that the Lusitania was a World War I equivalent of Pearl Harbor. ‘Boom! Ship sinks. We’re in the war.’”

Larson would ask friends and family how long they thought it was between the time the Lusitania was sunk and the U.S. entered World War I. The estimates ranged from two days to two months.

“Guess what? It’s two full years.”

One of Larson’s first major research stops was the Hoover Institution Library at Stanford University. It was there he had the first inkling of the scope of the material available to him.

“I realized that there was this tremendous trove of archival materials that, in my view, had not been used to maximum advantage,” Larson said. “What I saw was a body of material of a richness that I had never encountered for any of my past books, all these wonderful elements for what suddenly occurred to me might be an exercise in nonfiction narrative suspense. It seemed to allow me an opportunity to put on my ‘Hitchcock hat,’ if you will, and construct a narrative that was three parts maritime thriller, one part informative, necessary history.”

Larson’s research took him “pretty far afield,” with so much time needed in Europe that he and his wife decided to base themselves in Paris for six months.

Larson said he hates to fly and that traveling by train via the Chunnel made his intensive trips more comfortable as he visited the National Archives of the United Kingdom, Cambridge University and the University of Liverpool, home of the Cunard Archive.

“Dead Wake” is filled with highly memorable characters and first-hand witnesses, from Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat, traveling across the Atlantic with irreplaceable editions by Dickens and Thackeray, to Theodate Pope, the first female architect licensed in Connecticut. Winston Churchill plays a significant clandestine role in the saga, and a short story

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle offers an early glimpse of a future where submarines are formidable nautical weapons.

Larson also recounts episodes from the private life of the widowed President Woodrow Wilson.

“His story was very tragic. In

August of 1914 he loses his wife, just at about the time World War I blows up. Here he is facing this world crisis and he’s alone and he’s grieving. And then come 1915, he falls in love with this 40-something widow, Edith Galt.”

Larson found himself hooked

by Wilson’s letters to Galt. “These were incredibly passionate, with this outpouring of need and loneliness from a guy I had thought of as kind of stiff, prim and proper,” he said.

Also compelling is the contrast between the captains of the two vessels fated to meet in the North Atlantic.

“Turner was a staunch sailor of the old school who was confronting something his training never prepared him for: a wholly novel situation,” Larson said of the man who ended up being blamed for the disaster, despite the fact that an ultrasecret spy group, working under the British Admiralty, knew the ship was at risk.

As for the captain of U-20, Larson at first imagined him to be a cold-blooded, stereotypical villain, perhaps with a scar and monocle. The truth proved more complicated.

“Turns out Schwieger was a nice guy,” Larson said. “Young, handsome. Humane, by all accounts. Well-loved by his crew.

Well-liked throughout the Submarine Service. And yet here is someone who, at the press of a button, killed 1,200 people. How do you rationalize that?”

To gain first-hand experience with transoceanic travel in preparation for writing “Dead Wake,” Larson embarked on a Cunard voyage, one that took him through especially stormy waters. As he contemplated the coming weeks of air travel required for his book tour, he said of the cruise, “That was great. I will take the Queen Mary 2 in a Force 10 gale over a one-hour flight in a regional jet.

It spoke to my Scandinavian soul, I guess.” Q Freelance writer Michael Berry can be emailed at mikeberry@ mindspring.com.

What: Erik Larson signs and discusses “Dead Wake” Where: Kepler’s Books, 1010 Camino Real, Menlo Park When: Monday, April 13, 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $35 (includes book) Info: Go to keplers.com or call 650-324-4321

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com Watch a video Erik Larson discussing “Dead Wake” in the online version of this story at PaloAltoOnline.com.

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rowing old is “hard work” but it can be fun, Berkeley architect Susanne Stadler insists.

Stadler is co-founder of At Home with Growing Older, a group that includes social workers, psychologists and designers interested in promoting home-like settings, rather than institutional ones, as a “major contributor to healthy aging.”

She addressed a March 21 housing conference at Mitchell Park Community Center, which drew nearly 200 local residents to discuss the housing concerns of seniors. A large majority of those attending the conference, which was sponsored by Avenidas and the City of Palo Alto, said they do not plan to move and want to stay in their homes

for the rest of their lives.

Age-friendly design goes well beyond ramps and traditional grab bars to include beautiful, “human-centered” design for all generations, playfulness and integration into the larger community, Stadler said, showing photos that included senior housing attached to a Swiss sports complex and a

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bathroom conceived as a “living room,” with places to sit down and colorful, sporty-looking grips to provide support.

“If we can get past our denial and avoidance — not look at aging as a weakness but as a fact of life — then we can talk about what we need and ask for help when we need it,” she said.

“Home is the base for our wellbeing, and it should support the physical and emotional changes that age brings.”

Stadler’s own views about aging shifted dramatically when she moved from her native Austria to Berkeley to attend graduate school 30 years ago.

“In Austria I was used to adults being old in a certain way,” she said. “It seemed that age dictated a certain dress code and code of behavior — certain ‘dos and don’ts’ — dignified, demanding respect from others.

“In Berkeley, things were different. People of all ages and abilities were out and about, and you couldn’t judge people’s status in society by their clothes. It was more colorful, bolder and definitely more fun. I was hooked, and I’ve been here ever since.”

Still, Americans can learn from Europe’s greater experience with aging societies and its track record on integrating seniors into centers of community life, she said.

In Salzburg, Austria, for example, Stadler said her mother’s Mirabel Senior Residence is attached to “one of the city’s most popular cafes (Fingerhut, or “Thimble”), which is buzzing all day long.

“The senior residents have a private entry into the cafe. In that way the cafe, if desired, becomes part of their larger living space.”

In Basel, the 15-year-old St. Jakob Park soccer stadium — Switzerland’s largest sports arena — incorporates a retirement home with more than 100 apartments, a gym and a shopping mall.

Stadler advises seniors to be proactive in making sure their homes work for them. Older people often adapt to annoyances rather than make even small changes that could improve their daily lives, she said.

“Most of us adapt to inconveniences for many, many years, but then there comes a time for everybody — an illness, a broken bone, knee surgery, hip replacement — when suddenly we notice that something is off in our environment.

“Take a fresh look at your house now and say, ‘Is my bed really in the right room? Why does it have to be in the room where it’s been for the past 30 years? Where else would I like to wake up?’”

She displayed a photo of a bathroom that uses colorful grips designed for climbing walls, rather than traditional grab bars, for support.

“We can learn from the tools and gadgets of extreme sports — aging is like an extreme sport,” she said. “But instead of being about impairment, it can be about stretching yourself, being

playful. We do need the same supports, but also the same imagination that has gone into these tools.”

Stairs aren’t always bad but can be great exercise tools, she said.

“Consider building in the incentive for daily exercise in your home — putting an exercise bar

wide-spaced open shelving, displaying a series of large paintings.

“All of us have too much, and people don’t have a chance to display what they have,” she said.

“These displays can be changed quite easily.”

Becoming an “activist” for human-centered design means

‘If we can get past our denial and avoidance — not look at aging as a weakness but as a fact of life — then we can talk about what we need and ask for help when we need it.’

—Susanne Stadler, co-founder, At Home with Growing Older

on the wall or a soft floor in the hallway so, as you walk by, you can do your daily exercise,” she said.

Age-friendly design doesn’t have to be something new, she said. Sometimes it’s already there, such as in a Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned interior with a wall of

discovering your home’s potential to adapt to you and expecting practical, creative and elegant solutions, she said.

In a separate presentation, Coldwell Banker Realtor Nancy Goldcamp said nearly 85 percent of seniors say they want to stay in their current house for the rest

of their lives and that, statistically, 70 percent of them will remain in the home where they lived at their 65th birthday.

Clients over the decades have told her that, after fixing up their homes to put them on the market, they regret they did not make the improvements earlier so they could have enjoyed them, Goldcamp said.

She showed a series of “before-and-after” photos of minor improvements that made homes more livable, including adding stairs from a deck to a lawn, refreshing an unused balcony and adding walls to create a separate unit for a graduate student or a caregiver.

Transition specialist Cindy Hofen of Managing Moves & More, Mountain View, implored conference-goers to begin decluttering and “right-sizing” their possessions now, even though they do not intend to move.

“Close your eyes and think of your home as a clutter-free zone,” she said. “Creating space creates

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“Keep only things that speak to your heart and disperse the rest. If it doesn’t bring you joy, it doesn’t belong in your house. Q Contributing writer Chris Kenrick can be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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AGE OF LOVE ... The 2014 documentary “The Age of Love,” which follows the adventures of 30 seniors in Rochester, New York, who sign up for a first-of-its-kind speed-dating event for 70- to 90-year-olds, will be screened on Tuesday, April 7, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. The price is $15 at the door, or one punch on the JCC’s Community Tuesday Punch Card.

Information: Contact Michelle Rosengaus at mrosengaus@paloaltojcc.org or 650-223-8616.

END-OF-LIFE CHOICES ... Jacie Rowe, Northern California organizer for the death-with-dignity group Compassion & Choices, will offer an update on California Senate Bill 128, the End-of-Life Options Act, recently introduced in the legislature.

He also will discuss legal challenges to current laws regarding assisting another to die and the possibility of a voter initiative. Rowe will speak at Avenidas on Tuesday, April 9, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.; the talk is free. Call 650-289-5400 to register.

DRAMA AND COMEDY ... The Avenidas Thursday movie offerings for the month of April include “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” on April 9, “The Fault in Our Stars” on April 16, “About Time” on April 23 and “Wish I Was Here” on April 30. All screenings are at 1:30 p.m. and include popcorn and drinks. Get tickets at the front desk at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. The cost is $2 or free for Avenidas members.

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“SMART DRIVER” REFRESHER ...

Even the most experienced drivers can benefit from brushing up on their driving skills. AARP will offer its Smart Driver Refresher Course on Tuesday, April 7, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. at Avenidas. Students will learn how to drive more safely in today’s challenging environment and how to manage and accommodate common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

Pre-registration at the Avenidas front desk is required, and, to be eligible, students must have taken the two-part AARP Smart Driver course within the past three years. Price is $15 for AARP members, $20 for non-members (checks only).

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Palo Alto Medical Foundation dermatologist Renata Mullen will be available to check questionable changes on the skin on Wednesday, April 22, between 3 and 4 p.m. at Avenidas. Free checks are available for people age 50 and older, with no disrobing allowed and a waiver required. Call 650-289-5400 to make an appointment.

Items for Senior Focus may be emailed to Palo Alto Weekly Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick at ckenrick@paweekly.com.

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Apr 1 April Fool’s Day Luncheon with music

by Toot Sweet 11:15am – 12:15pm, La Comida @ Avenidas. $3 for 60+ Apr 2 Movie: “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (2012) 1:30-4pm @ Avenidas. 0/$2 Blood Pressure Screenings 10:00-11:30am @ Avenidas. Drop-in. Free.

Apr 3 Chinese Style Dance-Exercise Demo 2:30 – 3:30pm @ Avenidas. Free Apr 6 UNA Film Festival: “Fed Up! Genetic Engineering, Industrial Agriculture and Sustainable Alternatives” 2-3:30 @ Avenidas. Free.

Who says you have to leave your home just because you’ve gotten older? Avenidas Village can help you stay in the home you love.

Apr 7 NEW! Try it! Rosen Movement 11:30am – 12:30pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in. Free.

Apr 8 Parkinson’s Support Group 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call Robin Riddle @ 650-724-6090 for more info. Free.

Open House: Thursday, April 30, 10am

Apr 9 Presentation: “Securing Death & Dignity Rights in CA,” 2:30 – 4:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

Space is limited so please RSVP to (650) 289-5405 to reserve your space today!

Caregiver 101: “Making the Right Choice,” 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center, 270 Escuela, Mountain View. Call 650-289-5499 to register. Free.

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Apr 10 Garden Club: “Herbs for a Gourmet Kitchen,”

1-2:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

Apr 13 16mm Film Screening: “Gold Diggers of 1933” 2:30-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

Partner/Spouse Caregiver Support Group, 11:30am-1pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in. Free.

Better Breathers Group 1:30-3pm @ Avenidas. For info call 408-998-5865.

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Apr 14 Tuina 10-11am @ Avenidas. Free.

Apr 15 Mindfulness Meditation 2-3pm @ Avenidas. Free.

1-on-1 computer tutoring appts. available Call 650-308-4252. $5/$10 Apr 16 Workshop: “A New User’s Intro to the Mac,” 2-4pm @ Avenidas. Pre-registration required.

Call 650-289-5400. $5/$10.

Book Club: “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

Apr 17 Presentation: “I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just Not You” Introduction 1-3pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

Apr 20 Senior Legal Aid appts available for Santa Clara County residents, 60+ Call 650-289-5400 for an appt. Free.

Massage Appts. available 1:30-4pm. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. $35/$45

Calendar of Events Apr 21 Armchair Travel: “Surprising Lithuania,” 2:30-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free Apr 22 Workshop: “Getting started with iPhoto,” 1-3pm @ Avenidas. Pre-registration required.

Call 650-289-5400. $5/$10.

Skin Cancer Screening 3-4pm, @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. Free.

Apr 23 Caregiver 101: “Monitoring Medications – Enhances Quality of Life,” 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Free.

Apr 24 Therapeutic Nail Care appts available 9am-3pm @ Avenidas Call 650-289-5400 for appt and price.

Apr 27 16mm Film Screening: “On the Waterfront” 2:30-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free.

Partner/Spouse Caregiver Support Group 11:30am-1pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in. Free.

Apr 28 Avenidas Walkers 10am. Call 650-387-5256 for trailhead info or to schedule. Free.

Apr 29 Reiki appts. available 9am-12pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for appt. $30/$35.

Apr 30 Avenidas Village Coffee Chat 10am @ Avenidas. RSVP required.

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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board [ARB] 8:30 A.M., Thursday, April 16, 2015, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue.

Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto. org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional information during business hours at 650.329.2144.

252 Ramona Street [13PLN-00431]: Request by Tony Carrasco for Major Architectural Review of a proposal to demolish one existing single story residence and construct a new two story building with two residential units in the RMD(NP) zoning district. No exceptions are required.

Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Section 15303(b). This item was continued from the March 5, 2015 ARB Hearing.

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Real Estate Matters

Representing both buyer and seller: a conflict of interest?

by Michael Repka

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lthough the practice is completely legal and widely accepted in California, it seems impossible for one real estate agent to zealously represent both the buyer and the seller in the same transaction, even when the situation is properly disclosed. Simply too much conflict of interest exists. Nevertheless, many agents salivate at the thought of getting twice the commission from the same transaction, and many clients accept this practice, not realizing how much more other agents’ clients might have been willing to pay.

In practice, some agents even offer a commission discount if the sellers pick their offers. This is a violation of the rules that apply to Realtors® if not properly disclosed to other interested buyers in advance, which is rarely done. A good attorney would cringe at the notion of representing both the plaintiff and the defendant on the same case, yet many real estate agents represent both sides without even blinking an eye.

Fundamentally, there are three problems with “double-ending” a deal. First, a good agent knows a lot about the client’s situation and has access to much confidential information. Second, an agent cannot possibly fight for the highest price for the seller while also arguing the lowest price for the buyer. Third, there is a risk that a listing agent will not do everything possible to bring in competing offers when that agent already has a buyer.

The underlying conflict stems from the

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The City of Palo Alto will offer a free workshop on “Sustainable Edibles” from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, in the Community Room at Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Focus will be on growing warm-season veggies while using less water, incorporating organic maintenance techniques, reducing use of plastic and making one’s own compost.

Registration is required. Info: tinyurl.com/sustainableedibles WHAT’S WRONG? ... A team of master gardeners will help figure out what’s affecting plants and suggest “Less Toxic Pest Control” for managing diseases and pests

commission model that is widely used in broad because, in most offices, the agents the real estate industry. Most agents suc- are independent contractors who operate cessfully close only a limited number of with very little interaction. Put another transactions per year, but they are paid way, independent agents in a particular extremely well when they do make a sale. office compete against each other in the Thus, the difference between two transac- same way they compete against agents tions and three transactions has a mate- who pay to be affiliated with another ofrial impact on an agent’s annual income. fice. Generally, there is no financial incentive for an agent to You must also conaccept an offer from sider much of the another agent in the first sales commisGenerally, sellers get same office unless sion goes towards the listing agent an agent’s business the short end of the referred the client. expenses, such as there is a monthly fees to the stick when it comes to However, large incentive for affiliated office, unethical conduct dues to MLS and dual representation, when an agent reRealtor ® associaceives commission tions, and advertiswhich may cause (or a referral fee) if ing to get new clitheir own client gets ents. Do the math buyers to conclude the home. and you will see why Most agents are so many agents are they will have a good people, but the willing to represent competitive advantage commission-based both the buyer and model creates the seller. if working with the temptation to put A less obvious their finger on the problem occurs listing agents. scale. By way of when a listing agent example, assume a finds a buyer and home has been on then gets a friend to write up the offer, often taking a large, the market for a few weeks. Three someand generally undisclosed, referral fee. In what interested parties circle the opportumany ways, this is an even worse set-up be- nity, then one party decides to submit an cause the sellers do not know they should offer. A good agent would inform every interested party to stir up some competition, be on guard.

One of the problems that makes it hard and generate a higher price, but those calls to fix the flawed dual-agency situation in may never be made by a listing agent who California is the definition of dual agency is submitting an offer for a personal client.

Short of lobbying to get the law changed, itself. Any transaction in which the listing agent and the buyer’s agent are licensed there are a few ways wise clients can prounder the same managing broker is clas- tect themselves: sified as dual agency. This may be overly Q Make sure you get a copy of every of-

from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 4, at the Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. Participants are asked to bring samples (or photos) of insects or plants (a fresh, small branch — not just one leaf). No pre-registration is required. Info: UC Master Gardeners at 408282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org REPLACE THAT LAWN ... BayFriendly Qualified Designer Sherri Osaka, owner of Sustainable Landscape Designs, will teach a class called “Replace Your Lawn with Drought-tolerant Plants” from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, at the Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. She’ll cover creating a waterefficient and low-maintenance

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landscape, removing a lawn without chemicals, installing a simple drip-irrigation system and drought-proofing plants to require less water. Cost is $42.

Info: commongroundgarden.org SPICE UP YOUR COOKING ... UC Master Gardener Ida Heller will offer a free talk on growing “Herbs for a Gourmet Kitchen” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 10, at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Heller will talk about growing, harvesting and using herbs from the garden, including cooking tips. Info: UC Master Gardeners at 408-282-3105, between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, or mastergardeners.org YEAR-ROUND FRUIT ... UC Master Gardener Candace Simpson will teach a class on “Beauty and Abun-

fer that is submitted, including the buyer’s agent’s name and contact info, along with any correspondence.

Q Ask that any offers submitted in person are also emailed so there is an electronic record.

Q Ask for the name and phone number of every agent who downloaded the disclosures.

Q Request a log of the listing agent’s follow-up with all interested agents.

Q Require written disclosure of any commission, referral fees or other financial incentives to the listing agent based on the acceptance of any particular offer.

Generally, sellers get the short end of the stick when it comes to dual representation, which may cause buyers to conclude they will have a competitive advantage if working with the listing agents. Initially, this sentiment is logical, but you must ask yourself, “Do I really want to trust this agent to help me when I am attracted to the agent just because I think this agent might mess over their other client?”

The best approach here is to find a good agent who understands your needs and your financial goals. Trust this agent’s counsel, yet never forsake vigilance. Q Michael Repka, managing broker and general counsel for DeLeon Realty, Palo Alto, formerly practiced real estate and tax law in Palo Alto. He serves on the Board of Directors of the California Association of Realtors. He can be reached at MichaelR@DeLeonRealty.com.

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dance: Year-Round Fruit from the Home Garden” from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mondays, April 13 through May 11, at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. The class will focus on soil preparation, irrigation, space-saving techniques for planting, and requirements for specific fruits and berries.

Advanced registration is required.

Cost is $73. Info: 650-329-3752 or paadultschool.org FLOWER SHOW FUNDRAISER ... Filoli’s annual Mother’s Day weekend flower show event, “Voyages...with an International Flair,” is set for Thursday, May 7, through Sunday, May 10, at 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. The event will feature floral displays, table settings and garden vignettes created by more than 90 designers; live music; exhibitors from nurser-

ies, garden clubs and horticulturists; teas, champagne brunches, box lunches, flower-arranging demonstrations and an Opening Night Preview Party where visitors can meet the designers. Tickets are $30 for adult nonmembers, $25 for adult members and $10 for children ages 5 to 17. Info: filoli.org for ticket info (they sell out quickly) for Opening Night Reception, Friday or Saturday teas, and champagne brunch Q

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Your Realtor and You Silicon Valley Realtors Oppose Wood-Burning Fireplace Ban Silicon Valley Realtors have come out strongly opposing a Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) proposal that would mandate the replacement of all wood-burning fireplaces with gas-fueled, electric or Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified heating devices upon the sale or transfer of residential or commercial property. The Air District wants to ban wood-burning fireplaces in any new home construction and require that they be removed or converted before a home is sold or rented.

In a letter addressed to BAAQMD, Chris Isaacson, president of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors, stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We cannot over-emphasize the impact this rule would have on the Silicon Valley housing market.

What little it does to reduce winter time air pollution does not warrant the substantial difficulty it would cause for people who are trying to sell their homes.â&#x20AC;?

According to the Realtors, implementation of this rule would be complicated, costly, ineffective, overreaching and intrusive to residents. Installing gas and electrical inserts or EPA-certified heating devices into a fireplace would be costly. The units alone can cost thousands of dollars.

The Realtors contend such a proposal will not correct the problem of air pollution. There is no evidence that the people buying or renting a home would violate â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spare the Airâ&#x20AC;? restrictions, or ever burn wood.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This rule punishes everyone for the bad acts of a few. If implemented, this rule will hamstring the real estate market, costing home sellers potentially thousands of dollars. This rule is a broad brush that does not even attempt to target the actual bad actors,â&#x20AC;? said Isaacson.

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The Realtors say a more sensible approach to improving air quality would be to increase Spare the Air days and step up its enforcement. The Air District could also provide incentives to homeowners who install the suggested gas-fueled, electric or EPA-certified heating devices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Figure out the areas where people are burning excessively and target those areas with either mandatory or voluntary burn bans. If changing out the fireplace is still a goal, then incentivize homeowners to remove or retrofit. This harsh and excessive regulation is not the right way,â&#x20AC;? said Isaacson.

The Air District has scheduled public meetings in each county. The next meeting will be held on April 6, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Redwood City Public Library.

For questions or comments about the proposal, contact the Air Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wood Smoke Hotline at (415) 749-4989, or email public@baaqmd.gov. *** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

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4 Bedrooms 2086 Channing Ave. $2,995,000 Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200

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901 Siskiyou Dr $2,595,000 Sat/Sun Cowperthwaite & Co. 851-8030

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901 Siskiyou Drive, enjoys a light-filled floor plan with a spacious living room/dining room ensemble as well as an updated eat-in kitchen with skylights and stainless steel appliances. The family room is open to the kitchen and inviting back yard, creating a delightful indoor/outdoor dynamic. The rear grounds are fenced and have a lush lawn, bordered by colorful plantings, a patio with fire pit, and shaded patio perfect for BBQ’s, plus play area. The home is convenient to downtown Menlo Park, Stanford University, Hwy 280 and neighborhood Sharon park with walking trails, lake, and play grounds. Desirable Las Lomitas school district. cowperthwaiteco.com

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155 Pets Dog walking Offered

115 Announcements Did You Know Information is power and content is King? Your doorway to statewide Public Notices, California Newspaper Publishers Association Smart Search Feature. Sign-up, Enter keywords and sit back and let public notices come to you on your mobile, desktop, and tablet.

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Garden Pots For Sale - $ Various Macy’s Bandolino shoes size7M - $8

270 Tickets

For Sale 201 Autos/Trucks/ Parts BMW 2009 328i - $18,000 ob Lexus 2000 ES300 - $5,000.

202 Vehicles Wanted Cash for Cars CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/Truck.

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Call 800-731-5042 (Cal-SCAN) I Buy Old Porsches WANTED! 911, 356. 1948-1973 only.

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Stanford music tutoring USED BOOKSHOP AT MITCHELL PARK Seasoned, Architect

130 Classes & Instruction Airline Careers begin here - Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician.

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240 Furnishings/ Household items

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mirror (wooden frame) - $15

145 Non-Profits Needs DONATE BOOKS/HELP PA LIBRARIES Stanford Museums Volunteer

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Piano Summer Camp

355 Items for Sale Did You Know 144 million U.S. Adults read a Newspaper print copy each week?

Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN) 3T KRU Rain Jacket $5 Franklin Baseball Glove $8 Learning Laptop/pad age 3-7 years

425 Health Services

Suitcase Samsonite Hard case - $30

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455 Personal Training Over 50’s outdoor exercise group

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Jobs 500 Help Wanted Business Hewlett-Packard Company is accepting resumes for the position of Program and Capability Lead in Palo Alto, CA (Ref. #PALNAKM1).

Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimization methods such as lean six sigma to develop and execute project priorities for company transformational programs. Mail resume to Hewlett-Packard Company, 5400 Legacy Drive, MS H1-6F-61, Plano, TX 75024. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address and mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

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350 Preschools/ Schools/Camps

Top Gun Pilot Jacket 4T

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Soccer Cleats Size2 $7 Diadora

245 Miscellaneous

135 Group Activities

330 Child Care Offered

Pooh Duvet Cover Pillow Case

fairly new desk - $60

Piano lessons in Menlo Park For children and adults.

Convenient location. Easy Parking.

Contact Alita (650)838-9772

Kid’s Stuff

Nike Shinpads Age4-7 y $4

Menlo Park, 1765 Oak Ave, March 14 & 15 10-2

Christina Conti Private Piano Instruction Lessons in your home.

Bachelor of Music. 650/493-6950

Coachella 2015 Weekend Ticket $475.00

Mega Bloks 8134 $14

210 Garage/Estate Sales Palo Alto, 3021 Ross Road, Apr 4, 9 am -Noon

133 Music Lessons

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Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement DMW ADVISOR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 601558 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: DMW Advisor, located at 112 Monroe Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): WEIMIN DONG 112 Monroe Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/18/2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 18, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 2015) MISS VIETNAM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOA HAU AO DAI BAC CALI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602191 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Miss Vietnam of Northern California Hoa Hau Ao Dai Bac Cali, located at 10180 Calvert Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HUYEN TRAN 449 La Herran Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 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 March 3, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 2015)

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MISS VIETNAM NORCAL HOA HAU VIETNAM BAC CALI FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602281 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Miss Vietnam NorCal Hoa Hau Vietnam Bac Cali, located at 10180 Calvert Dr., Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): HUYEN TRAN 449 La Herran Drive Santa Clara, CA 95051 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 March 5, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 602076 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): BOXWERKS LLC 1332 Parkinson Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 09/03/13 UNDER FILE NO.: 582377 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES): BOXWERKS LLC 1332 Parkinson Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Limited Liability Company.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 27, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) TREPIC, LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602541 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Trepic, LLC, located at 2065 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, 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): TREPIC, LLC 2065 Alma 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 March 11, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) SAIL INTERNET FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602657 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Sail Internet, located at 728 Alester Ave., 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): KEVIN DEAN FISHER 728 Alester Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 19 Feb., 2015.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 16, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) TextFormations FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602592 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as:

TextFormations, located at 342 Lastreto Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A General Partnership.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): AMYROSE MCCUE GILL 342 Lastreto Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 LISA REGAN 1315 Dwight Way, Apt. J Berkeley, CA 94702 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 March 12, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 602612 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): SYMBOLIC IMAGING, LLC 1332 Parkinson Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 09/01/2011 UNDER FILE NO.: 555563 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES): SYMBOLIC IMAGING, LLC 1332 Parkinson Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Limited Liability Company.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 13, 2015 (PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) MayView Community Health Center-MV FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602649 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: MayView Community Health CenterMV, located at 900 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MayView Community Health Center, Inc. 270 Grant Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/01/2000.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 16, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2015) MayView Community Health CenterCNC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602647 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: MayView Community Health CenterCNC, located at 785 Morse Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Clara County.

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This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MayView Community Health Center, Inc. 270 Grant Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/01/2005.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 16, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2015) MayView Community Health Center-PA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602673 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: MayView Community Health Center-PA, located at 270 Grant Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): MayView Community Health Center, Inc. 270 Grant Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 06/01/2000.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 16, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2015) ART AND SOUL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602653 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Art and Soul, located at 2326 Webster 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): ALYSSA LEVITAN 2326 Webster St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 ANJU CHUGH 1183 Amarillio Ave. Apt. 3 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3/05/15.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 16, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2015) ELACRITY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 601957 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Elacrity, located at 2225 East Bayshore Rd., Suite 200, 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): BRIAN FAEH 1818 Walnut Dr. Mountain View, CA 94040 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the

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(PAW Mar. 20, 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) M CUTIE BEAUTY & SPA FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602086 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: M Cutie Beauty & Spa, located at 1634 E Capitol Expressway, San Jose, CA 95121, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): NMDD INC. 2751 Corde Terra Cir. San Jose, CA 95111 Registrant/Owner began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11/13/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 27, 2015.

(PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 17, 2015) STARLIGHT SOLAR FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 602930 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Starlight Solar, located at 364 Poe St., 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): MARIO BARAJAS 364 Poe St. 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 April 23, 2015.

(PAW Apr. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015) CALL TO GEEKS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 603183 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Call To Geeks, located at 839 Miller Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): TECWORLD INC. 839 Miller Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 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 March 27, 2015.

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997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 115CV277522 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: DURLE FORREST ROLAND filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: DURLE FORREST ROLAND to FORREST PENDLETON. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: June 16, 2015, 8:45 a.m., Room: 107 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: March 3, 2015 Thomas E. Kuhnle JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Mar. 13, 20, 27, Apr. 3, 2015) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-618649-AB Order No.: 8425922 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/5/2003. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the

highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.

The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): UMAR AUSAF SIDDIQUI Recorded: 8/12/2003 as Instrument No. 17262767 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 4/10/2015 at 11:00:00 AM Place of Sale: At the North Market Street entrance to the County Courthouse, 191 North Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $795,586.43 The purported property address is: 800 E CHARLESTON RD 22, PALO ALTO, CA 94303 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 127-66-022 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 714730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-14-618649-AB . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report

agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Or Login to: http://www. qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14-618649-AB IDSPub #0078954 3/20/2015 3/27/2015 4/3/2015 PAW NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: MICHIO SHIMIZU Case No.: 1-15-PR-176191 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of MICHIO SHIMIZU. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KRISTINA CUNNINGHAM, Interim Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: KRISTINA CUNNINGHAM, Interim Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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 April 24, 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.

Attorney for Petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel Office of the County Counsel 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA 95110 (408)758-4200 (PAW Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 10, 2015) NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (U.C.C. 6104, 6105) ESCROW #: 0126007405 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to creditors of the within named seller that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below.

The names and business address of the Seller(s) is/are: E&J Smog Shop, LLC 101E. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040 The location in California of the Chief Executive Office of the seller is: same as above As listed by the seller, all other business names and addresses used by the seller within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the buyer are: none The names and business address of the Buyer(s) is/are: Manuel Hutama 101 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM The assets to be sold are described in general as All stock in trade, furniture, fixtures, equipment and other property And are located at: 101 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA. 94040 The business name used by the Seller(s) at those locations is: “Premier Smog The anticipated date of the bulk sale is April 21, 2015 At the office of Old Republic Title Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, Concord, CA 94520.

The bulk sale IS subject to California Uniform Commercial Code Section 6106.2.

If so subject, the name and address of the person with whom claims may be filed is as follows: Old Republic Title Company @ 1000 Burnett Avenue, Suite 400, Concord, CA 94520.

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Dated: 03/19/15 /s/ Manuel Hutama 4/3/15 CNS-2731989# PALO ALTO WEEKLY NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: ANDRE A. LEBEAU, aka ANDRE ALPHE LEBEAU Case No.: 1-15PR 176271 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ANDRE A. LEBEAU, aka ANDRE ALPHE LEBEAU. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DOMINICK R. PELOSO in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: DOMINICK R. PELOSO 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.

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Gunn is turning it around

ON THE TEAM . . . Stanford junior Jordan Burgess was one of 12 players selected to the USA Volleyball roster for the 2015 World University Games that will take place July 2-12 in Gwangju, South Korea. Burgess, a human biology major from Fort Myers, Fla., joins Arizona libero Laura Larson as the two representattives from the Pac-12 Conference. The World University Games roster is part of USA Volleyballís High Performance programís Collegiate National Team.

After 1-11 league season, Titans are solid contenders

by Keith Peters

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THE FARM WEEKEND . . . It will be a busy weekend at Stanford this weekend with the 40th annual Stanford Invitational track and field meet among the highlights. More than 3,300 athletes — open competitors, entrants from 109 four-year colleges, plus community colleges and high schools — will converge on Cobb Track and Angell Field on Friday and Saturday. Action begins each day with field events at 9 a.m. Also on Friday, the Stanford women’s tennis team will host Oregon at 1:30 p.m., and the Cardinal baseball team will host Washington in Sunken Diamond at 7 p.m. On Saturday, women’s tennis will host Washington at noon, women’s water polo will host San Jose State at 1 p.m., baseball hosts Washington at 4 p.m. and men’s volleyball welcomes USC at 7:30 p.m.

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Saturday College softball: Stanford at Washington, 2 p.m.; Pac-12 Bay Area College baseball: Washington at Stanford, 4 p.m.; Pac-12 Bay Area; KZSU (90.1 FM) Men’s volleyball: USC at Stanford, 7:30 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks

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Harvard-bound senior Andy Zhou has helped turn around Gunn’s tennis program by fashioning an unbeaten record while leading the Titans toward a CCS playoff berth.

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Randle seemed destined for greatness at Stanford Senior will leave as team’s career scoring leader

Lichti knew his scoring record would be broken

by Mark Hostutler

by Mark Soltau

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rior to his much-ballyhooed arrival in Silicon Valley, before he ever strolled the Main Quad of Stanford’s tree-lined campus, Chasson Randle was in rarefied air.

As a high-school senior in 201011, the native of Rock Island, Ill., shared the state’s Mr. Basketball honors with Connecticut-bound Ryan Boatright. In doing so, Randle joined hoops royalty in the Land of Lincoln, as previous winners of the award include Nick Anderson, Kevin Garnett, Darius Miles, Shaun Livingston, and Derrick Rose.

Four years later, Cardinal fans have discovered that the company a man keeps says a lot about him.

On Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, Randle became Stanford’s all-time leading scorer, surpassing Todd Lichti, with 24 points in a 67-60 victory over Old Dominion in a Postseason (continued on next page)

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SWIM HONOR . . . Stanford freshman Simone Manuel has been named the Pac-12 Women’s Swimming Freshman/Newcomer of the Year. Manuel earned the award after winning individual national titles in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, becoming the first Cardinal swimmer to win both events in the same year since Jenny Thompson in 1993. A member of two NCAA winning relay teams, she anchored the 400 free relay that set an American record and was part of the victorious 400yard medley relay that also lowered the U.S. record.

he boys on the Gunn High tennis team started it all, so long ago. The Titans won the first-ever Central Coast Section title in 1972, starting a string of seven straight section titles — a record that remains to this day.

And then there was the historic 200-match winning streak that stretched from 1969-79, setting a national record at the time. Today, it is merely the state mark.

That prosperity, however, didn’t last. Gunn did go on to win two more CCS titles in 1980 and ‘81 and fell in the finals in 1986. The Titans haven’t been back since.

The program most likely reached its low point last season when the Titans went 1-11 in the SCVAL De Anza Division.

“I think we were 1-19 overall,” said Gunn coach Jim Gorman, perhaps trying to remove that image from his mind.

While it hasn’t quite been a worst-to-first scenario, the Titans have turned it around this season and are among the leaders in the tough SCVAL De Anza Division race. The division had five of its seven teams in the CCS team

Stanford senior Chasson Randle (5) became the team’s all-time leading scorer on Tuesday night.

odd Lichti knew it was only a matter of time before someone surpassed him as Stanford basketball’s career scoring leader. Turns out it took 26 years.

“It was always going to be broken at some point,” said Lichti, 48. “In jest, I just sometimes say I babysat it for a while.”

Lichti, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Mt. Diablo High in Concord, starred for the Cardinal from 1985-1989 and had the rare ability to dunk with either hand.

Fearless, creative and clutch, he amassed 2,336 points, was a fourtime All-Pac-10 First Team selection and was consensus Second Team All-American as a senior.

Tuesday night, he slipped to No. 2 on the Stanford scoring list when senior guard Chasson Randle collected 24 points to lift the Cardinal into the championship game of the Postseason NIT with (continued on next page)

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Paly grad Pederson all set to open MLB season on Monday with Dodgers with the Giants at AT&T Park on April 21.

Pederson isn’t thinking that far in advance, though. He’s thinking about what he can do on a daily basis to become a better, more consistent player. He has two hitting instructors in Mark McGwire and John Valentin who stress putting a good swing on a good pitch.

“You don’t get many pitches to hit and I don’t want to give up one just for the sake of giving one up,” said Pederson, who batted leadoff against the Giants. “These pitchers don’t make many mistakes.

I’m just looking for a good pitch, maybe something up, that I can put a good swing on.”

Pederson took plenty of good swings through five years in the minor leagues. He accumulated 84 homers, 271 RBI, and 113 stolen bases in 441 games. He owns a .302 batting average in the minors.

He became the first Pacific Coast League player to hit 30 (33 total) home runs and steal 30 bases, which he accomplished last season with the Albuquerque Isotopes.

He spent 27 days in the majors last September and would probably like to be a little more productive than hitting .143, with no extra base hits or RBI. He did manage nine walks to put up a

pretty good on-base percentage of .351.

“I show up every day and go through the process,” Pederson said. “McGwire and Valentin are helping me become as consistent as possible. There are going to be great days and bad days. What’s important is to come back with the same routine.”

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, a quality left-handed hitter in his days with the New York Yankees, told MLB Network what he likes about Pederson.

“He’s got that swing that stays in the strike zone; he’s going to have to keep it under control,” Mattingly said. “He swings hard and swings hard all the time, He’s got power to all fields. To me, this guy is a baseball player and that’s what I think I like about Joc as much as anything.”

Randle

one of the Quad Cities along the Illinois-Iowa border. He was a straight-A student and the valedictorian of a class of 350. The African and African-American Studies major is set to graduate with both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in four years.

At 6-foot-2 and 185 pounds, Randle is projected to be a second-round pick in this June’s NBA draft. And Dawkins, who knows a thing or two about what it takes to make it at the next level, is quick to attest to Randle’s readiness.

“First of all, I think (the NBA) is getting a great competitor, a guy who has been shouldering the load,” said Dawkins, the 1986 Naismith Player of the Year at Duke and nine-year veteran of the League. “When we’ve been down with injuries and different things that happened to our team throughout the season, he never once raised an eyebrow and said, ‘That’s too much for me to handle.’ He accepted it, and I really respect that.”

Randle’s transition from the wing to the point this season has made him more of an attractive prospect.

“He’s a winner,” said Dawkins.

“And I think he’s a guy who can play multiple positions. You can play him on the ball as the lead guard, and you also can play him off the ball because he’s such a good scorer. He brings versatility and depth to your backcourt.

If I had a pick, I’d be taking him.”

Stanford (23-13) went after its third NIT title in the past 25 years, and its second since 2012, on Thursday night against Miami (25-12), which scrapped its way to a 60-57 win over Temple in the other semifinals. For results, go to www.pasportsonline.com.

Randle, of course, was hoping to go out a winner.

“To win an NIT championship . . . for the seniors it would mean we went out on top,” said Randle.

“And that is something special.”

As was Stanford’s postgame celebration on Tuesday.

“The best thing I could see is when we went to the locker room, and we were celebrating the win,” said Dawkins. “Just all of (Chasson’s) teammates jumping up and hugging him. It was great to see that type of emotion, that kind of shared experience. For him to do it on this stage is a heck of an honor.”

“They say this is The World’s Most Famous Arena, and I believe it,” said Randle. “When you walk in here and see what’s hanging in the rafters, you’re kind of in awe. It’s great for me to be able to break the record with this group of guys. We have no quit in us. When things weren’t working well for us today, we persevered and kept fighting.”

The Cardinal survived despite squandering a 21-point lead and matching its season average for turnovers with an uncharacteristic 10 in the first half. Q (Mark Hostutler is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia.)

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National Invitation Tournament semifinal.

Randle made history from the free-throw line with 33.3 seconds left in the first half. His 2,350 points rank third in the Pac-12 record book behind only the totals of UCLA’s Don MacLean (2,608) and Arizona’s Sean Elliott (2,555). Lichti tallied 2,336.

“It’s a great honors just to be able to have my name behind it,” Randle said of the record. “But, at the same time, it’s not just me who helped get myself in there .

A lot of my teammates, family, coaches, everybody helped me get here, starting back at Rock Island. At Stanford, Coach (Johnny) Dawkins pushed me every single day, told me that you practice how you play. And he made sure that I was getting after it.”

It only seems appropriate that Randle broke the record in such a hallowed arena, at what New Yawkers refer to as The Mecca.

“He’ll always remember this for the rest of his life,” Dawkins said of Randle. “But having done it at the Garden in front of a terrific crowd, I think it means that much more to him.”

“Stanford came out red-hot tonight,” said Old Dominion coach Jeff Jones. “Chasson Randle was terrific, and down the stretch, he was the difference.”

Randle came to Palo Alto as a four-star recruit from Rock Island,

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Men’s basketball Former Stanford standout Brook Lopez of the Brooklyn Nets was named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, March 23, through Sunday, March 29.

Lopez led the Nets to a 3-1 week behind a conference-best 28.8 points, 8.5 rebounds (10th in the conference) and 2.25 blocks (tied-third in the conference). Q

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by Rick Eymer alo Alto High grad Joc Pederson isn’t too concerned if he’s going to open the Major League Baseball season on Monday as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ starting center fielder. He’s just trying to get better.

“It’s about the team,” Pederson said after collecting two hits, including his sixth home run of the spring, against San Francisco Giants starter Matt Cain on Sunday.

“I want to do what I can to help win ball games.”

Pederson, who swung at Cain’s first pitch in both at-bats, took the team lead in home runs, snapping a tie with Yasiel Puig. Only Cubs’ phenom Kris Bryant has hit more during spring training. Pederson is batting .368, among the National League’s top five, and is also among the NL leaders with 21 hits, 13 runs and 43 total bases.

Yeah, he can help.

“He’s talented,” Dodgers infielder Adrian Gonzalez said of Pederson earlier in the spring.

“He doesn’t have any physical limitations — he hits the ball hard and has a great eye at the plate.”

If Pederson breaks camp with the Dodgers, he will be able to celebrate his 23rd birthday in San Francisco. L.A. opens a series

Palo Alto High grad Joc Pederson is leading the Dodgers in spring training with six homers and is No. 2 with 12 RBI.

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a 67-60 win against Old Dominion at Madison Square Garden in New York. Randle took his 2,350 points into last night’s championship game against Miami.

“I think I’ve heard about every point he’s scored in the last two months via Twitter,” laughed Lichti, who lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife, Sue, and 10-year-old son, Bronx.

Lichti, who owns a wine distribution business, watched most of the first half of Tuesday night’s game on television. He met Randle last October when he returned to The Farm for the 100-year celebration of Stanford men’s basketball, which coincided with his 25-year reunion.

“He seemed like a great guy,” Lichti said. “I spoke to a few people who had been around him for four years and they just couldn’t say enough about him as an individual and the quality of person he was. More than happy to see it (record) go to such a classy individual.”

Lichti, who was the 15th overall pick in the first round of the 1989 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, battled through injuries to play six seasons. Then he was recruited by former Cardinal teammate Andrew Vlahov and played four years professionally in Australia, where he averaged 16.5 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists.

He never mentioned his scoring record to his son, who found out several months ago.

“He knows I went to Stanford and played professional basketball and takes great pride in that,” said Lichti. “He got updates every time Stanford played, not necessarily to see if they won, but to see if my record was going to be broken.”

Lichti and his wife named their son after an Australian rugby player.

“When they won the last game (Vanderbilt), I said, ‘Well, Stanford has won and it’s great news and Chasson’s 11 points away,’ ‘’ Lichti said. “Bronx walked up to me -- he’s a great kid with a beautiful heart -- and just patted me on the back and said, ‘Sorry, dad.

Are you okay?’ ‘’ Lichti was just fine.

“I guess when I think about it, it’s certainly a point of pride it has stood up for so long,” he said.

“Quite frankly, I was probably lucky Adam Keefe didn’t break it 20 years ago. We could easily be talking about him right now.”

When his record fell Tuesday night, Lichti tweeted congratulations to Randle and the Stanford basketball program.

“I didn’t want to say anything the last month because I didn’t want to disrupt his preparation,” said Lichti. “It’s been fun to watch Chasson’s progress. I couldn’t be happier for him.”Q (Mark Soltau is a veteran Bay Area sportwriter working for Stanford Athletics)

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Eastside girls need to reload Panthers return only three players from their state runner-up team

by Rick Eymer f Eastside Prep basketball coach Donovan Blythe thought it was difficult playing with just a six-girl roster this season, just wait. His toughest job is ahead.

Somehow and some way, Blythe must replace half his team next season as he loses seniors Brije Byers, Chacitty Cunningham and Destiny Graham to graduation.

Not only were the seniors the heart and soul of this year’s team, they produced the bulk of the offense that took the Panthers all the way to the CIF State Division V championship game last week at Haas Pavilion in Berkeley.

Unfortunately for the Panthers, their first trip to the finals did not result in the trophy they wanted as they settle for second-place hardware following a 40-36 loss to La Jolla Country Day. Freshman Kayla Tahaafe scored 12 points and Cunningham added 11 in her final game as the Panthers wrapped up a 25-6 season with their first-ever state appearance. The Torreys — who sent Candice Wiggins, among others, to Stanford — captured their fourth state championship.

Eastside Prep lost their first game in the calendar year to a school other than Pinewood,

I Maya Miklos

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GUNN HIGH

The sophomore was the winning pitcher in three softball games -- striking out 16 in 11 innings with no earned runs and only seven hits in addition to having seven hits of her own plus driving in six runs.

The junior runner won the three events and ran on the winning 400 relay in a dualmeet win, then won the 800 in a meet record and PR of 2:17.58 and ran a PR of 25.33 in the 200 at the Firebird Relays.

Honorable mention Jennifer Campbell Gunn swimming

Sophia Donovan Menlo lacrosse

Emily Katz Menlo-Atherton softball

Gillian Meeks* Gunn track & field

Nikky Price Menlo lacrosse

Grace Zhao* Palo Alto swimming

Ahmed Ali Palo Alto golf

Andrew Cho Palo Alto swimming

Jeff Herr Menlo golf

Cole March Sacred Heart Prep baseball

Max Ting Menlo golf

Justin Wenig Gunn baseball * previous winner

Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com

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have that spark at the top.”

With Zhou and Russell leading the way at No. 1 and 2 singles, Gorman has been able to move last year’s top players down in the order, thus strengthening the team top to bottom.

“My No. 1 and 2 singles players from last year are playing No. 1 doubles,” explained Gorman.

The lineup shift has paid off in a 4-3 victory over former CCS champ Monta Vista and got the Titans to within 4-3 (a loss) to 2014 CCS runner-up Saratoga this season.

In the Monta Vista match, the Titans were trailing by 3-2 but Zhou had won his first set, 6-1, and Russell had grabbed a 6-2, 4-0 lead in his match. At that point, both Monta Vista opponents surprisingly quit — perhaps realizing they had no chance to win.

Gunn still has a home match against Saratoga on April 16 and a road match against Monta Vista on April 21 to cap the regular season.

“At full strength, were in the top three (in league),” said Gorman, who didn’t have Russell for the Paly match due to illness.

Eastside Prep senior Destiny Graham (right) had 10 rebounds in the state finals and will leave a big hole to fill. which beat La Jolla in last year’s title affair.

Eastside Prep proved it belonged, manhandling the Torreys on the boards. Turnovers proved costly and a couple of crucial misses were difficult to overcome.

The Panthers, winners of nine of their last 11, beat two other teams — Mitty and Bishop O’Dowd — which played for state titles.

Eastside Prep lost to four teams all season, including three times to Pinewood. Those teams had a combined record of 89-30 (.746 winning percentage). Not bad for a team that suited up six players all year.

Graham, heading for Arizona in the fall, scored nine points and grabbed 10 rebounds. She had her eye poked with 2:06 remaining in the first quarter and the injury bothered her the rest of the way.

Graham, who scored three times on putbacks, gave Eastside While Gorman would like to win the division title, his primary goal is qualifying for CCS. That’s the first step for the Titans in their return to tennis respectability.

The Menlo School boys, meanwhile, continue to be the frontrunner for the No. 1 CCS seed after compiling a 17-1 record heading into spring break. The Knights are 9-0 in the West Bay Athletic League after sweeping a doubleheader from visiting Priory on Tuesday after an earlier match was rained out.

Menlo now has won 225 straight league dual matches, an ongoing state record. The Knights rank No. 3 all-time in the state for most consecutive league victories in any sport and are closing in on the No. 2 mark of 230 by Mira Costa (Manhattan Beach) girls volleyball from 1985-2004.

The state record is 289-0-5 by the girls’ soccer team from Bonita Vista (Chula Vista) from 19822004.

Menlo’s immediate goal, however, is to win a seventh straight CCS team title this season and tie Gunn’s record.

The Titans still have one record that hasn’t been touched, however,

a 29-28 lead with 4:03 left in the third quarter. That was the last time the Panthers were on the right side of the scoreboard.

Torreys’ Alaysia Styles, who blocked eight of her team’s 11 shots, scored 19 seconds later.

Mai-loni Henson, who led La Jolla in scoring, rebounding and assists, added a basket late in the third to send the Torreys into the final period with a 32-29 advantage.

Cunningham hit a 3-pointer midway through the final quarter to tie the game, though the Panthers could not get over the hump.

There nine lead changes and four ties overall in the contest.

Now it will be up to Tahaafe and fellow freshmen Ra’Anna Bey and Alayah Bell to carry on the Eastside Prep tradition next season.

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tournament last season.

The Titans would like to be among that group this season and are in position to do so after beating rival Palo Alto, 6-1, on Tuesday to improve to 6-2 in league (10-4 overall) prior to yesterday’s match against visiting Homestead.

The win over Paly was significant in a number of ways. Gunn’s earlier 7-0 victory over the Vikings was its first since 2002 and the season sweep was probably the first for the Titans in more than 20 years.

The matchup featured two of the most successful programs in CCS tennis history as the schools have combined for 15 section crowns. In addition to Gunn’s streak, Palo Alto had one of its own — 86 straight wins that ended in 1994.

The Vikings haven’t reached the CCS finals since 1999 and likely won’t be back this season, after graduating seven seniors.

Gunn, on the other hand, picked up two key players this season and it has contributed to the Titans’

big turnaround.

First to join the team was senior Andy Zhou, who played as a freshman but sat out the past two seasons while working on raising his national ranking for recruitment purposes. The hard work paid off as Zhou is headed to Harvard in the fall.

“As much as I wanted to play, I just didn’t have time,” Zhou explained of his two-year absence.

“But, this is my senior year and I wanted to contribute as much as possible.”

Zhou has done just that while fashioning an unbeaten season, mainly at No. 1 singles.

The other key component to Gunn’s success is sophomore Conrad Russell, like Zhou a nationally ranked junior.

“I did talk to Conrad before the season,” Zhou said. “I just asked him if he wanted to play. He made the right decision, and the team has benefited.”

The talent and enthusiasm that Zhou and Russell have brought to the team has changed the atmosphere and outlook for the program.

“It’s a huge difference in practice,” said Gorman. “It’s nice to

Don Feria

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Amit Rao is enjoying Gunn’s successful season. and that’s 10 straight appearances in the CCS finals (1972-81). Menlo is second with nine (1997-05). Q

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SUE CRAWFORD 650.566.5341

GIL ORAHA 650.325.6161

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GREG STANGE 650.325.6161

35 RALSTON RD $14,900,000 5BR/7BA+3 half BA. New, custom-built French masterpiece in quiet W Atherton location. Built with incredible quality & unsurpassed attention to detail.

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JANIS FRIEDENBERG GRUBE 650.346.8690 janis@janisfgrube.com CalBRE #01365341

601 FARMIN RD $1,149,000 8YVROI] &( &% GSYRXV] LQ [ STIR ¾VTPR high clngs, loft & attached 2 car grg. Pasture for horses/farming. Fenced grdn. Aprx 3.6 ac.

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