Palo Alto Weekly November 25, 2016

Palo Alto

Vol. XXXVIII, Number 8

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November 25, 2016

Stanford preps for major expansion Page 5

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‘Tis the season Your guide to holiday happenings around the Midpeninsula Page 14

Donate to the HOLIDAY FUND page 4

Pulse 12 Transitions 13 Shop Talk 22 Movies 23 Puzzles 35 Q Eating Out ReďŹ ned Mediterranean fare shines at Kolbeh Page 21 Q Home For spring bounty, the time to plant bulbs is now

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Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund Last Year’s Grant Recipients 10 Books A Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Ada’s Café . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Adolescent Counseling Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Art in Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Art of Yoga Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Blossom Birth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Beechwood School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Building Futures Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 CASSY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Children’s Center of the Stanford Community . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Children’s Health Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Common Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Community Working Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Computers for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Deborah’s Palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Downtown Streets Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 DreamCatchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 East Palo Alto Children’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 East Palo Alto Tennis & Tutoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 East Palo Alto Youth Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Environmental Volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Family Engagement Institute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Girls to Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Grace Lutheran Preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Hagar Services Coalition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Health Connected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 InnVision Shelter Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Jasper Ridge Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 JLS Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 Jordan Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 Kara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 The Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Marine Science Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Music in the Schools Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 New Voices for Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000 Nuestra Casa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 One East Palo Alto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Art Center Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Community Child Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Palo Alto Friends Nursery School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 Palo Alto School District Music Department. . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Palo Alto Housing Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Parents Nursery School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,000 Peninsula Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Peninsula College Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Peninsula HealthCare Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Project WeHOPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Quest Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Ravenswood Education Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 RISE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000 Silicon Valley FACES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15,000 Terman Middle School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,500 TheatreWorks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 YMCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,500 Youth Community Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000 Youth Speaks Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,000

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

Stanford prepares for major campus expansion University looks to add more than 2 million square feet of academic facilities and 3,150 units of housing by 2035

by Gennady Sheyner aced with a heavy demand for housing, evolving academic disciplines and anticipated growth in its undergraduate population, Stanford University is preparing to expand

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its campus by more than 2 million square feet over the next 17 years, according to an application the university submitted Monday with Santa Clara County.

With its application for a new

General Use Permit (GUP), the university is looking to secure the county’s permission for an expansion that would roughly mirror the pace of growth that the university has experienced since 2000, when it last went through the rigorous permitting process.

Much like the 2000 General Use Permit — which enabled Stanford to expand its facilities in unincorporated Santa Clara

County by 2 million square feet — the new one would not pertain to any particular academic building or housing facility. Rather, the 2018 GUP would give Stanford the license to expand its campus facilities by up to 2.28 million square feet between 2018 and 2035, while also giving the university the flexibility to select the exact location, density and function of the new buildings.

The expected growth is based in large part on recent growth trends. Catherine Palter, Stanford’s associate vice president for land use and environmental planning, said 2.28 million square feet represents growth of about 1.2 percent per year, which roughly reflects the university’s pace since the 2000 permit. In addition, the (continued on page 11)

AVIATION

Committee: Scrap existing flight path

Procedural changes, higher altitudes could help reduce local aircraft noise

by Sue Dremann committee tasked with recommending ways to reduce airplane noise over the Midpeninsula voted last week in favor of a new flight path similar to one in place before March 2015, when the Federal Aviation Administration changed it.

The Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals voted to recommend improvements but not to eliminate the FAA’s NextGen system, which has been causing loud and incessant flights over Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto and other cities from the coast to the bay.

The 12-member committee chaired by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian spent four months analyzing proposals that often divided communities from Santa Cruz to South San Francisco in a tug-of-war over flight paths and waypoints (fixed points that planes must fly over at particular altitudes). In the end, the committee’s 44-page report explored a series of ideas ranging from changing nighttime flight hours to rerouting planes along different tracks.

Recommendations on two items, moving the flight path for southern arrivals to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and establishing a minimum altitude for the MENLO waypoint, were the most highly anticipated of the committee’s final meeting on Nov. 17.

The biggest moment came when the committee recommended eliminating the much-reviled SERFR route for planes arriving at SFO from the south. They voted on an amendment by Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Leopold to essentially return to

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Holiday helpers

Katrina Ohms, top center, inspects the work of volunteers Liani Ragade, right, 7, and brother Izan Ragade, left, 4, as they and other kids and parents peel 280 pounds of potatoes on Nov. 23 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto. The potatoes are part of a Thanksgiving meal for 500 people coordinated by the nonprofits Downtown Streets Team and LifeMoves.

HOLIDAY FUND

Keeping art in East Palo Alto schools Art in Action uses Holiday Fund grant to bring art to young students

by Anna Medina s first-graders spilled into Amy Modrich’s classroom, they marveled at masks set out on desks, picking them up and eagerly asking what they were going to do in class that day. Modrich called the students to a round table, where she introduced the art lesson by pointing out where Africa was on the map.

Modrich’s first-grade art class is part of Los Robles Dual Immersion Magnet Academy, one of three schools in East Palo Alto that implement Art in Action’s lessons with the support of a grant through Palo Alto Weekly’s Holiday Fund.

The Weekly, which has been supporting Art in Action’s initiatives since 2004, awarded the nonprofit a

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$15,000 grant this past year, which went toward facilitating Art in Action’s year-long lessons and curriculum at Los Robles, East Palo Alto Charter School and Costaño Elementary School.

Currently, Art in Action — a national nonprofit headquartered in Menlo Park — is in 40 classrooms that serve around 1,300 students in East Palo Alto alone.

Modrich’s is one of those classrooms. Before the students arrived, she sat at a table reviewing the Art in Action lesson for the day on her laptop. The Art in Action online platform walks teachers through lessons and includes tips for how to adapt and integrate the various lessons.

As she talked, she set out a map

of the world on one table and placed decorative Haitian masks around the room. She explained that she had brought the masks herself because they went with the lesson, in which students would be making African masks. She also brought examples of African artwork she’s collected from her travels. She said she was excited to see the students’ reactions.

“All kids love art — it’s natural — it doesn’t matter where you come from or what your demographic is,” she said.

The lesson was grounded in more than just making masks — it was also about exploring and understanding geography and culture in an authentic, relevant (continued on page 9)

the historical Big Sur (BSR) flight path, which followed from a point in the Monterey Bay northward.

In March 2015, the FAA moved the flight path three miles to the east, renaming it SERFR. The new path was to be flown using Optimal Profile Descent procedure, which uses idle power during descent to reduce noise and save fuel. But the procedure was never used. It conflicted with restricted airspace around SFO, which is designed to ensure a higher level of safety for arriving aircraft.

Instead, pilots flying the new SERFR route had to use engine thrust and “speed braking” to slow planes down, creating noise.

SFO received more than a million complaints regarding the SERFR route, according to the Select Committee’s report.

“This is the most important part of the entire report,” San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine said of the debate regarding moving back to the Big Sur track. “This has been extraordinarily difficult.

(The committee) received more than 4,000 emails.”

Leopold introduced an amended document supporting the Big Sur track with three recommendations. The route was highly favored by a large contingent of Santa Cruz County residents, but not those living in the San Lorenzo Valley near Felton, nor by Palo Altans, who said the route was not a complete match with the original Big Sur flight path and feared it could create noise over a larger number of people. The Santa Cruz contingent maintained there (continued on page 10)

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We’re panicking a bit.

—Amy Andonian, CEO of Avenidas, on a formal appeal to halt the nonprofit’s expansion.

See story on page 7.

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WINGING IT ... Spectators, city staff and at least one member of the Palo Alto City Council whipped out their cell phones and began snapping pictures as soon as the first speaker approached the microphone during the Monday discussion of the proposed expansion of the Junior Museum and Zoo. Sequoia, the zoo’s majestic bald eagle, didn’t say a word, but she was clearly the star of the show as she perched resplendently on the arm of zoo Director John Aiken. “We thought it would be fun for you guys to feel that little bit of inspiration that children feel every day when they come to the Junior Museum and engage with animals and science exhibits and all the things we do,” said Aiken, who was accompanied

by Sequoia. Council members eventually got to talking about the zoo expansion, but first they had some pressing questions about the special guest. “Did she fill out a speaker card?” (No) “Is she understanding what you say?”

(No) “What is the life expectancy for a bald eagle?” (20 to 30 years in the wild; 30 to 40 in captivity.

Sequoia is now 28.). Aiken also told the council that bald eagles are “a recovering endangered species and there are now estimated to be 350 to 400 nests in the state.” “When I first started working with them many many years ago, there was a low of 27 nests in the state,” Aiken said. “So really, a fantastic recovery.”

THEY COME TO SNUFF THE ROOSTERS ... When nature calls, Public Works responds. For evidence, look no further than Embarcadero Road, where in the coming weeks, the city will be engaging in some nocturnal deep cleaning under the Caltrain tracks. City Manager James Keene said that because of an ongoing problem related to birds roosting on Embarcadero Road, Public Works will be installing a

type of bird netting that he said is “commonly used to deter roosting on the structure.” The cleaning and net-installation will have some effect on Embarcadero, which will be closed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. from Emerson Street to El Camino Real on several nights between Nov. 28 and Dec. 8. Keene said there will be detours for drivers during this time and warned that there will be some noise relating to the cleaning, which he said the city will try to keep to “as minimum as possible.”

TRANSITION PLANNING ...

Members of Palo Alto’s important Planning and Transportation Commissioners rarely get to choose their own replacements.

That, however, is what will happen early next year, when the newly elected council will be recruiting a replacement for Adrian Fine.

Among those voting on the new replacement will be Fine himself, who was elected to the council and whose election now leaves a fresh vacancy on the planning commission. For a while, it wasn’t clear whether it would be the current, outgoing council that will be making the decision or the new one. In 2014, the outgoing council stirred some controversy just days after the election when it voted to make some appointments to the commission — a move that some in the slowgrowth camp characterized as a “parting shot” by the pro-growth incumbents who were rejected by the voters. During that meeting, the council, by a 5-4 majority that reflected the ideological split at the time, chose Fine over veteran Arthur Keller, who aligns more closely with the “residentialist” crowd. This week, city officials confirmed that the new vacancy will be filled early next year, after Fine, fellow planning Commissioner Greg Tanaka and Lydia Kou are sworn in as the newest council members.

Upfront RECREATION

In expansion, Junior Museum & Zoo eyes new fees, features Private donations to pay for renovation, but staff proposes admission charge to cover ongoing costs

by Gennady Sheyner

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On Monday, Palo Alto staff characterized the introduction of the fee for a city-owned facility that has traditionally been free as a tough but necessary decision. John Aiken, director of Junior Museum & Zoo, said that just about every museum throughout the country has seen a similar discussion as they try to figure out ways to pay for cultural institutions.

“Most of these institutions can’t survive by being on their own and can’t survive without having some money on the table,” Aiken told the council.

Currently, the museum accepts donations, with a suggested amount of $5. Aiken said that people on average contribute about $2.50.

At the same time, the Junior Museum & Zoo isn’t facing its financial challenges alone. A group of supporters, Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, has spearheaded a fundraising drive

to foot the entire construction bill, which is estimated at $25 million.

The group has already raised nearly $9.2 million, members told the council, and once they get to $10 million, they will become eligible for a $15 million matching grant from the Peery family of Palo Alto.

Given that the renovation and expansion of the Junior Museum

contribution from the Friends group and its donors, the city will incur increased costs. When the Junior Museum & Zoo closes in late 2017 or so for the two-year construction period, most of the exhibits will be moved to the Cubberley Community Center auditorium (there will not be a public zoo at Cubberley, but some of the animals will be housed there; others will be sent to live at other museums, a staff report noted). The relocation will cost about $400,000.

Separately, the city is preparing to make a contribution of $3.8 million to $5.8 million for a wide range of improvements to Rinconada Park’s playground, parking lot and restrooms.

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hen Palo Alto’s small but beloved Junior Museum & Zoo completes its renovation, visitors will gain access to new classrooms, more exhibits, enclosures with bobcats and meerkats and a new “loose in the zoo” area where youthful animal lovers can roam in unison with birds and small mammals.

One new feature, however, will likely be less popular than the rest: a ticket gate.

As the Rinconada Park attraction looks to expand its programs, officials are preparing to start charging visitors for admission.

The current plan calls for charging $4 for children and $7 for adults after the first phase of construction, which includes most of the major improvements. Completion of the second phase — a new classroom with insect exhibits and a “canopy walk” above the zoo — would increase fees to $5 for children and $10 for adults.

& Zoo is being funded by private money, the City Council was largely enthusiastic about the project. Several council members fondly recalled trips to the zoo with their families and almost everyone praised the Friends group for its success in raising funds.

Mayor Pat Burt said he believes the expanded zoo is the largest project contributed by a nonprofit to the city since the 1930s.

“I think we really need to recognize how great of an effort this has been and what an asset it will be to our community,” Burt said. “As a result, I really favor us bending over backwards to try to help in any way we can.

“This could have been something that was proposed as a 5050 public-private contribution.

And it’s not,” he said.

But even with the giant

Reconfigured parking lot

The City of Palo Alto is planning to significantly expand the decades-old Junior Museum & Zoo, with funding from the nonprofit Friends of the Junior Museum & Zoo.

SENIORS

Lunch program, Avenidas spar over space

La Comida appeals senior-service nonprofit’s plan to expand Bryant Street facility ust weeks after the nonprofit Avenidas secured the city’s permission to significantly expand its historic facility at 450 Bryant St. in downtown Palo Alto, the city’s leading senior-services provider is facing a challenge from La Comida, a nonprofit that has been serving lunches to seniors in the building for nearly four decades.

The appeal from La Comida, which has been subleasing space from Avenidas since 1978, seeks to overturn the recent approval that Avenidas received from the city’s planning department for a dramatic expansion of the city-owned building. In late October, the city’s Historic Resources Board and Architectural Review Board each signed off on the project, paving the way for the approval from Planning Director Hillary Gitelman.

Now, La Comida is asking the City Council to reconsider this approval. In a letter to the city, the board of directors for La Comida is protesting the effect that the expansion would have on the dining room of the Birge Clark-designed building. Under the approved plan, the dining area would be reduced to accommodate a stairway and an elevator, and seating capacity would drop from 120 to 90, according to Avenidas officials.

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October, several patrons of La Comida urged the Architectural Review Board to reconsider the project, saying the project was unnecessary and would be disruptive. And 20 users of La Comida signed a petition that was submitted to the Historical Review Board opposing the expansion.

The petition didn’t succeed in stopping the project, but opponents of the plan hope that the formal appeal will. The appeal argues that the reduction in space would keep La Comida from fulfilling its mission. The Avenidas expansion should not be allowed to go forward, the appeal argues, until there is a plan to keep the senior-nutrition program in place after the renovation.

“As we have communicated to the Avenidas Board and management on many occasions over the last two years, we don’t believe La Comida can effectively serve its seniors in a space of this size,” the appeal states — an assertion with which Avenidas’ executives disagree.

The appeal letter, signed by Davina Brown on behalf of the La Comida Board, claims that the nonprofit was previously told by Avenidas that some space near the kitchen would be made available to accommodate a greater dining area. More recently, La Comida learned that the space would not

be available for dining.

“Avenidas has been unwilling to firmly commit any auxiliary space to La Comida for use during lunch hours,” the appeal states. “We understand that construction is expected to begin in 9-12 months.

Thus, La Comida needs to decide now on the relocation of our program during the renovation.

“This decision is hampered by not having a clear and definite commitment from Avenidas for adequate space after the renovation.

The expense of relocation of the La Comida program is substantial, and not having a clear picture of the permanence of the move is financially and logistically impacting.”

Avenidas officials strongly dispute this version of events and argue that they have made numerous offers to La Comida over the past two years in hopes of assuaging concerns. These included expanded hours for the dining room to accommodate an extended lunch service, additional volunteers to help serve lunch and financial compensation. Avenidas has also offered to help pay for a remodel of the kitchen at the First United Methodist Church on Hamilton Avenue to accommodate La Comida’s temporary relocation to the church.

“We want to make it work,” said Kari Martell, vice president

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Lunch is served to seniors by the La Comida program in the Bryant Street dining room of the nonprofit Avenidas on July 16, 2015. The La Comida board of directors is protesting a renovation project that will shrink the dining room. of marketing and communications essence. After numerous delays and at Avenidas. “It’s been a good redesigns, the nonprofit is in danger partnership. We ‘get’ the power of losing several major donations, of nutrition and socialization.” which are contingent on deadlines.

Amy Andonian, CEO of Ave- Andonian told the Weekly that the nidas, said the nonprofit feels bad appeal places Avenidas at the risk about the need to reduce the din- of losing significant gifts. ing room. But Avenidas officials “We’re panicking a bit,” she said. also disputed the notion that it The two nonprofits may yet rehad committed more space to La solve the dispute through mediaComida. tion before it gets to the council.

“We don’t have any additional They are now in the process of space to give them,” Martell said. selecting a mediator, a process “We’re only getting 7,100 new that is expected to be completed square feet — devoted to new by Dec. 7. If that doesn’t work, programming. They’re asking for the appeal would go to the City an additional 1,000 square feet.” (continued on page 10) For Avenidas, time is of the

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News Digest Evicted tenants given more time to vacate

East Palo Alto residents who face eviction for living in illegal or dangerous housing received a reprieve from the City Council Tuesday when it decided to give tenants 30 days, rather than 10, to leave when their residence has been deemed hazardous.

The move is intended to address the spate of evictions occurring since the city hired more code-enforcement officers. About 40 families have been evicted due to officers cracking down on illegal second dwellings.

Advocates asked the city to invoke a two-year moratorium against red-tagging. But city staff told the council it would violate state law. State codes require cities to eliminate hazardous dwellings within 30 days.

But there is a caveat: The 30-day notice can be shorter if the enforcement officer thinks there is an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public or tenants.

Additionally, city staff have outlined a six-point program to address displacement problems associated with the effort.

Council members, however, questioned the need to spend on displacement services if agencies would only offer referrals to programs that are already filled.

The council asked staff to solicit a proposal from Project Sentinel, which might be more conversant in housing-specific issues.

On Oct. 18, members directed staff to create a task force to address the crisis and to implement the six-point goals.

Last Tuesday, Councilwoman Lisa Gauthier noted the proposed list of task force members seemed limited to professional groups and nonprofits.

The council then recommended a list of 14 positions, including five from the community. Q —Sue Dremann

Teacher pleads not guilty to sexual misconduct

Palo Alto High School science teacher Ronnie Farrell pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he touched a 15-year-old student inappropriately, a Santa Clara County prosecutor said.

Farrell, 46, is charged with six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a minor and three counts of sexual battery for two incidents in early June on school grounds, prosecutor Steven Dal Porto said.

Farrell was arrested by Palo Alto police on June 15.

The student regularly helped teachers in the classroom with chores.

She met with Farrell on June 7 after he allegedly asked her to meet him at the school, according to the DA’s office.

Farrell led her to a classroom, where he allegedly touched her chest and took her hand to touch his groin. The girl told her parents about the incident and they called police. Farrell continued corresponding with the girl via social media and arranged to meet her at the school on June 15. When he arrived, police arrested him.

In a separate incident on June 3, Farrell also allegedly had inappropriate physical contact with the girl, Dal Port said.

Farrell is out on $250,000 bail. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Santa Clara County Superior Court in Palo Alto on Jan. 20. Q —Sue Dremann

Council taps the brakes on higher speed limits

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Higher speed limits may boost Palo Alto’s ability to enforce traffic, but city officials indicated on Monday that they are in no rush to pursue this solution without the community’s buy-in.

The idea of raising the speed limit came out of a recent traffic survey and study, which evaluated speeds at 70 roadways throughout the city and identified 14 where cars go significantly faster than the posted speed limit. But if the city wants to enable radar enforcement on these segments, it would have to establish a speed limit that is within 5 mph of pace at which most drivers are traveling, according to state law.

In discussing the survey results, members of the City Council acknowledged the importance of enforcing the speed limit. At the same time, few had an appetite for making the change.

Chief transportation official Joshua Mello said that staff is not recommending the changes but merely pointing out that, based on the study, the threshold would need to be raised on the 14 segments if the city wanted to pursue radar enforcement.

Some council members were enthusiastic about the prospect of lowering speed limits near school zones, as allowed by state law.

Under the proposal speed limits would drop from 25 mph to 20 or 15 mph within 500 feet of schools.

Former Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto urged the council not to move ahead with raising speed limits but to instead pursue a long-term reduction in citywide traffic.

Several council members spoke about the importance of enforcing the speed limit, a topic that loomed large during the Planning and Transportation Commission’s review of the survey earlier this month. The Police Department currently does not have a staffed traffic-enforcement team, though patrol officers enforce traffic on an ongoing basis. Q —Gennady Sheyner

Upfront in the law of unintended consequences,” Dauber said. “I’m very mindful of the fact that we are not going to be able to discern for every student at this very critical point in their high school career the consequences of the decision that we’re making, which is why I really want to be guided by the ‘change as little as possible’ in order to get through this without doing unintended harm.”

Departing board member Camille Townsend made the initial motion to report both weighted and unweighted GPAs, which the board ultimately supported in a 5-0 vote.

Dauber made the motion, supported unanimously by his colleagues, to make the UC/CSU GPA optional rather than mandated for Paly seniors to prevent any unanticipated consequences.

Melissa Baten Caswell made the proposal adding weight to designated honors and AP courses, which differed from Superintendent Max McGee’s recommendation to create a weighted GPA that would include all ninth- through 12th-grade classes categorized as A-G graduation requirements.

Dauber also made a failed amendment, supported only by Godfrey, to give additional points for only those courses already designated as weighted at each school, rather than to introduce a new method.

Board President Heidi Emberling reiterated that she wants to avoid putting the “burden” on students or families to ask for a particular GPA. “Providing it automatically is important to me, in a place that matters,” she said.

Paly and Gunn counselors also

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School board votes, again, on weighted GPA

Trustees seek solution that will not disadvantage any students t a special meeting Monday night, the Palo Alto school board wrestled with multiple motions, amendments and an audience of vocal parents before settling on a final short-term solution for reporting seniors’ weighted grade-point averages this year.

The board voted unanimously to report both cumulative unweighted and weighted GPAs on current seniors’ transcripts, giving an additional grade point for each honors and Advanced Placement class in the high schools’ course catalogs. The board also voted to give Palo Alto High School seniors the option of reporting an additional weighted average, as calculated by the University of California/California State University method.

The board opted to provide the third option for Paly students because their school has historically used the UC/CSU methodology for weighting, which doesn’t count freshman-year classes or non-UC approved courses. (Gunn High School uses its own cumulative weighting method.)

Board members made this particular GPA optional for Paly seniors whose UC/CSU GPA would be lower than the other two averages.

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and engaging way.

“Art is everywhere,” Modrich said to the class during the lesson. “There are different kinds of art because there are different kinds of people.”

The decision came after much back and forth with school counselors from both high schools, who expressed concerns about ensuring fairness for all students, preventing confusion that could hurt students’ chances for scholarships or admission, and protecting the high schools’ “credibility” with colleges and universities after making a series of different decisions in recent weeks on how to report weighted grades.

After the board voted earlier this month to include both weighted and unweighted GPAs on transcripts, Paly sent 181 revised transcripts to colleges and universities on behalf of 42 seniors who requested them. (Gunn counselors already report the weighted average in counselor-report sections on applications, so that school didn’t have to send out any revisions.)

“I think that’s very confusing to colleges that get multiple applicants from the same high school” with different GPAs, said Paly college adviser Sandra Cernobori. She later said she supported giving all seniors the option because it had already been offered to students who applied early admission this fall.

“The kids come first,” Vice

President Terry Godfrey said.

“We’re in a ‘do no harm’ situation for every kid.

“Our job is to make sure our reputation is sterling and we have good relationships with the schools, but job one is ‘do no harm,’” she said.

The board members and counselors considered the impact of different reporting and weighting practices, from what it would take to weight courses that students take off campus, such as at local community colleges, to a proposal to report four different GPAs on students’ official transcripts (cumulative weighted and unweighted as well as the weighted and unweighted UC/CSU averages).

Many parents in the crowd sighed and sometimes even yelled out “no” to floated proposals they didn’t support.

Board member Ken Dauber worried the board was caught in a “scope creep” of trying to solve issues at a micro-level from the dais. He said students had told him they felt like the board was “on a runaway train” with the weighted GPA issue.

“My experience of this issue so far ... is that it’s a case study

The idea that art is everywhere resonates with Art in Action’s mission to integrate art into the classroom — even incorporating it into science and math lessons.

This past year, Art in Action participated in a study through the Department of Education at Stanford University and the John

W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, which indicated that art has a positive impact on math and reading proficiency.

“There’s a connection between art in terms of critical thinking and design thinking that actually increase those proficiency levels and test scores, and that’s a fact,” said Ken Toren, interim executive director at Art in Action, adding that it was all the more exciting to see STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) efforts in schools.

“The notion of being visual is a critical component to education today,” he said.

Art in Action’s lessons are designed around themes that touch on varying aspects of art history.

The group offers year-long curriculum for kindergarten through sixth grade that builds on itself.

As part of this subscription, Art in Action ships the lesson materials to schools and relies on volunteers and businesses to help assemble and ship the boxes.

The group also trains teachers and parents to teach the lessons, said Mara Grimes, development manager at Art in Action. In the case of East Palo Alto schools, the nonprofit used grant money to hire a designated art coordinator, who works with the schools to teach Art in Action in the classrooms.

“What we found out is that we could give this program to schools ... and sometimes they

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to discuss the new Sustainability and Climate Action Plan and review the Draft Land Use and Community Design Element of the Comprehensive Plan Update. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the city’s legislative strategic initiatives, consider potential increases to the Human Services Resources Allocation Process budget and discuss the council’s priority-setting process for 2017. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Historic Resources Board and the Parks and Recreation Commission.

The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to consider modifications to the affordable-housing requirements and impact fees; and to consider updates to the zoning code relating to accessory-dwelling units. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 799 Embarcadero Road, the replacement of Fire Station 3 at Rinconada Park. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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stressed that many colleges simply look at the highest GPA listed, describing a rushed and highly impacted application review process.

“High numbers when you have high volume is going to pay off in the long run,” said Linda Kirsch, Gunn’s longtime college and career counselor.

“It isn’t just about the kids,” she added. “It’s about the parents who are paying the bills. There’s a lot of concern this year like I’ve never heard before — the cost of the education is really scary.”

Because the meeting was a special session, public comment was to be taken at the end rather than the beginning. The meeting ran long, however, so the public comment section was canceled.

While the district seems to have reached a final decision on how to handle what quickly became a contentious issue this fall, a longterm policy decision has yet to have been made. Superintendent Max McGee has committed to making a recommendation to the board before April 1 and to soliciting ample community input along the way in public meetings, focus groups and online webinars.

The first webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 7-8:30 p.m.

McGee and the board have also said that in the long term, they plan to align methodology and reporting practices between the two high schools.

“There’s a long-term solution out there,” McGee said at the start of Monday’s meeting. “We have not found it yet.” Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

First-grade students at Los Robles Dual Immersion work on masks, a project of the Menlo Park nonprofit Art in Action. would teach it and sometimes they wouldn’t because they just didn’t have the resources to make that happen,” Grimes said.

“So, a few years ago we realized that what they really needed was what we call an art coordinator,” she said. “That’s a person who goes into the schools and teaches them how to teach it and works with their volunteers and helps organize materials and helps them set up scheduling.”

As East Palo Alto’s art coordinator, Victoria Lau noted that teachers have appreciated how easy Art in Action’s lessons were to integrate in the classroom, especially given their alignment with the Common Core standards. On a personal note, though, she said that

she appreciates the rapport that she builds with teachers and students.

“One of the things I really love about seeing it in a work capacity, but also in a personal capacity, is when kids see me on the playground (for example), they’ll say ‘Oh, Mrs. Lau, when are you coming to teach?’” she said.

At the end of the class, Modrich’s room of first-graders were so immersed in their mask-making that they didn’t want to leave their seats.

Modrich assured them they would be revisiting masks and many other interesting topics throughout the year — a comment that left the kids visibly, and audibly, excited. Q For information about the Holiday Fund, including how to donate, see page 4.

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issues with details. Councilman Greg Schmid and Councilwoman Karen Holman both wondered if the layout of the new museum can be reconfigured so that the new buildings won’t encroach on Rinconada Park, as it does under the proposed alignment. It would be better, Holman said, if the new facility wouldn’t take away park space.

But others argued that the new zoo would be perfectly suitable for Rinconada. Rob de Geus, director of the Community Services Department, said he sees the Junior Museum & Zoo as a counterpart of sorts to the Lucy Evans Baylands Interpretive Center — a place where interactive exhibits can enrich visitor’s understanding of and appreciation for nature.

“It’s a good fit for what we want on our parkland,” de Geus said.

For Councilman Cory Wolbach, admission costs were a bigger concern.

“I’m not excited about charging people to visit the zoo any more than I’d be excited to charge people for visiting Foothills Park or the Baylands,” Wolbach said.

If admission tickets are instituted, Wolbach said he’d rather see the city charge $5 to $10 for an annual pass. City staff are also considering charging Palo Alto residents cheaper rates and offering free access on some days.

The council also acknowledged, however, that running the zoo can be costly and generally supported the plan from staff and the Friends group. De Geus pointed to customer feedback, which indicated that there is “a willingness to pay.”

“It’s unusual that something like this would be free to the public,” de Geus said. Q

FAA would be no greater noise effects.

The document passed, but four Select Committee members voted against the Big Sur shift: Simitian, South San Francisco Mayor Mark Addiego, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson, and City of Santa Cruz Councilman Don Lane.

Seeking to narrow the rift, Simitian then suggested that committee members discuss each of the many points within the Big Sur item, which were grouped into three recommendations.

Although the committee was not going to take a second vote on the Big Sur path, taking votes on each of the recommendations might serve to bring the group closer to consensus and eliminate any lingering concerns, he said.

The three areas of recommendations included criteria and procedures; follow-up analysis of the effectiveness of lowering noise levels; and a longer-term look at changing the flight path.

Those recommendations, which included the following points, were each unanimously approved: Q Developing new procedures using satellite-based navigation and the Optimal Profile Descent to reduce noise levels Q Crossing the coastal mountains at no lower than 12,500 feet Q Modifying the restricted airspace so that planes would not “vector” — go off the flight path to be properly sequenced for arrivals Q Move another waypoint further into Monterey Bay Q Use the noise-reducing navigation procedures over Santa Clara and San Mateo counties past the MENLO waypoint (a spot near Willow Road and the Dumbarton Bridge) Q Raise the altitudes of planes crossing at MENLO; develop procedures that have an equivalent or lower noise level along the entire route when compared to the noise

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Council for consideration. Amy French, the city’s chief building official, said the council would hear the appeal on Dec. 12.

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The flight path known as SERFR was launched in March 2015 and triggered thousands of complaints from area residents about overhead noise. The Select Committee for South Bay Arrivals has recommended shifting the route westward to a path known as the Big Sur Route. level of Big Sur prior to NextGen Q Use flight altitudes at least as high as the historical Big Sur route along the entire route length Q Use a new Big Sur waypoint at or above 6,000 feet to ensure that flights will cross the MENLO waypoint at or above 5,000 feet Q Limit the future capacity of the number of planes on the route.

Q Within three months of implementing the new route and procedures, the FAA should meet with an ad-hoc subcommittee to review whether the new procedure has met the lower noise levels along the entire route. The FAA should also work with a permanent committee and local communities to make adjustments to reduce noise.

Q The FAA should work with a permanent committee and the community to develop a new flight path to potentially modify or replace Big Sur that would take advantage of flying over nonresidential and unpopulated areas, such as cemeteries, parkland, industrial areas and mountains, the

committee recommended.

A separate amendment regarding the MENLO waypoint by Portola Valley Councilwoman Ann Wenger also passed unanimously. It recommended many of the same points as those outlined in the Big Sur item: keeping flights 5,000 feet or higher over MENLO; raising altitude at another waypoint so that flights can hit the targeted altitude when they get to MENLO. But it also recommended the FAA review whether the angle of planes can be increased so they can glide in at higher altitudes.

The recommendation also asks the FAA to evaluate using new or existing waypoints to reroute South Bay arrivals over water or sparsely populated areas. But the committee specifically did not recommend replacing MENLO with any waypoint if it only results in shifting noise. Q The entire report can be found at eshoo.house.gov/ (search for “Airplane noise 18th”) Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

Even if the council rejects the appeal, it remains to be seen how the recent rupture will affect the long-standing partnership between Avenidas and La Comida.

Martell said her organization wants to make sure that “no stone is left unturned” in finding a

mutually agreeable solution.

“We want La Comida to be happy in the new space,” Martell said.

However, she added, if La Comida decides to leave, Avenidas will find another way to offer its clients a lunch program at the downtown center. Q

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Upfront While Stanford has yet to draw up exact proposals for new facilities, the university has indicated that the vast majority of the new academic development (1.8 million square feet) would be clustered near the center of its campus. No new buildings would be constructed outside the academic-growth boundary outlined in the 2000 GUP. The San Juan district near the Foothills would not see any growth, according to Stanford’s map.

Housing, on the other hand, would be focused in some of the more peripheral areas of the campus, with the most dramatic increase taking place in East Campus (near Stanford Avenue), where 1,600 student beds would be added.

In addition, the area around Lake Lagunita would get about 800 housing beds, while the area closest to downtown Palo Alto, around Quarry Road, would get about 550 beds. Another 200 beds are eyed for central campus.

McCown said that Stanford’s desire to expand its academic facilities is driven by the same factors that prompted its expansion plans in 2000: a need to accommodate emerging and expanding disciplines. When the university was applying for the 2000 permit, she said, no one knew exactly how the 2 million square feet would be used.

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application asks for permission to construct 3,150 new on-campus housing units for faculty and beds for students by 2035.

The idea is to build housing in conjunction with academic facilities, based on a “housing linkage” analysis in the 2000 GUP, which showed that about 2,753 housing units are required when between 2 million and 2.28 million square foot of new academic space is built.

The application for the 2018 GUP was prompted by the fact that Stanford has developed 1.5 million square feet of academic space in the past 16 years, which is near the limit of the 2 million square feet allowed by the 2000 permit.

On housing, the university recently sought to exceed the threshold set in the 2000 document with its proposed Escondido Village, a complex that will include 2,000 beds for graduate students as well as a host of support services such as a gym, a cafe and a transit hub.

The Escondido Village project exceeds the county-approved allotment by 1,450 beds.

“The authorizations in the GUP are just about exhausted, and we need to think about the next increment of what we want to do,” Jean McCown, Stanford’s director of community relations, told the Weekly.

The 2000 agreement gave Stanford flexibility to apply for more housing units, however, if demand exceeds the university projections.

The county Board of Supervisors agreed to allow Stanford to go beyond the GUP threshold and approved the Escondido project in March.

The 2018 GUP is expected to have a similar provision, Palter told the Weekly.

would almost certainly involve programs that have not yet been devised but that will be tailored to the evolving needs of students, faculty and staff.

“Every few years, we need to bring in something new using our data about where people live and what’s going to be the most effective way to get on campus,” Palter said. “We’ve done enough analysis to realize that we’re comfortable keeping this goal.”

Furthermore, Stanford has not requested permission to build any new parking facilities on its campus.

That’s because the university isn’t fully using the allotment for parking granted to it under the 2000 GUP. Palter also noted that the university has studied the possibility of a “modest expansion” of undergraduate enrollment, which would increase by about 100 students per year through 2035. According to a brochure Stanford released in conjunction with its GUP application, the expansion is prompted by a “recognition of the fact that

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Academic space: 2,275,000 new square feet (net) of academic buildings Housing: 3,150 on-campus housing units (for faculty) or beds (for students) Transit: 40,000 new square feet (net) of facilities to support use of transportation programs, such as child care centers

Museum: The council discussed the proposal to expand the Junior Museum and Zoo and to temporarily relocate portions of it to Cubberley Community Center. Action: None Traffic: The council discussed the recently completed traffic speed surveys and generally opposed the idea of raising speed at 14 roadways to enable radar enforcement. Action: None

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Weighted GPA:The board voted to report on current high-school seniors’ official transcripts a cumulative unweighted and weighted GPA, the latter calculated by using the students’ current unweighted GPA base with an additional grade point for each honors and Advanced Placement class designated as such in the schools’ respective course catalogs. The board also voted to provide Palo Alto High School seniors the option to report their UC/ CSU weighted GPA on their transcripts. Yes: Unanimous

Foothills: No development in the Foothills and San Juan district Growth boundary: No change to where academic development can occur Affordable housing: Contribution of $56 million (with complete build-out of permit) to Santa Clara County Affordable Housing Fund Transportation: Keep volume of peak traffic to current levels (known as “no net new commute trips”)

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applications to Stanford have increased dramatically in recent years while spaces available have not, resulting in one of the lowest rates of admission in the nation.”

“Providing a reasonable increase in the number of talented students for whom a Stanford education is accessible has therefore become an increasing priority,” the brochure states.

Stanford’s submittal of the application Monday is an early step in what promises to be a lengthy review process that will include community forums, reviews by Santa Clara County planning staff and the publication of a Draft Environmental Impact Report evaluating the potential impacts of the proposed new development.

The first public outreach meeting is scheduled for Jan. 25. Santa Clara County will likely hold a scoping meeting for the permit’s environmental-impact report in February, McCown said. Q To read the application, go to gup.stanford.edu.

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Stanford University has applied to Santa Clara County for permission to further develop its campus through 2035, with most academic facilities to be located in the center of campus and housing in the eastern area. The development boundary the university agreed to in 2000, however, remains the same.

Today, expansions in fields like stem-cell research and neuroscience have led Stanford to take a fresh look at the types of research facilities that would be needed to accommodate these disciplines, McCown said.

But while the university is expecting to evolve over the next 17 years, one key policy will remain unchanged from the 2000 permit: Stanford’s commitment to keep commuter traffic at current levels, known as the “no net new commutes.” The policy, which was adopted as part of the 2000 permit, prompted Stanford to pursue an aggressive transportation-demand-management program that has succeeded in reducing the rate of solo car commuters to campus from 78 percent to 50 percent.

Palter said that while Stanford recognizes the challenge of adding 2.28 million square feet of development without, consequently, adding traffic, the university believes it can accomplish this feat. McCown noted that this could mean expanding its shuttle system so that it serves the immediate area outside campus, thus reducing car commuters from nearby communities.

It would also likely involve more transit subsidies, vanpool programs and bicycle amenities improvements, which have proved successful since 2000. And it

County eyes plan to aid undocumented residents

Undocumented immigrants facing threats of deportation by the forthcoming Trump administration may soon have more legal help in Santa Clara County, according to county officials. (Posted Nov.

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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 special meeting on Monday, December 12, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider a proposal to revise fees as part of the Fiscal Year 2017 budget process. The Development Services department completed a cost of services study that included the proposed fees which were approved by the Finance Committee on November 15, 2016.

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Brian David Gallagher Brian David Gallagher of San Diego died unexpectedly on Monday, November 14, 2016. Brian was born on February 11, 1954 in Virginia Beach, Virginia to Frank Edward “Ned” Gallagher Jr., Col. USMC, and Mary Agnes “Tay” Gallagher. Brian was preceded in death by his father and younger brother, Kevin.

Family and friends knew Brian first and foremost as a family man who enjoyed life to the fullest with his wife, Cathy, and sons Brian Jr. and Robby. He enjoyed hunting with his loyal Labrador retrievers, deep sea fishing, boating, and perfecting his skills as a chef and grill master. Brian was also a skilled outdoorsman and a generous mentor who took the time to share his knowledge with others.

Brian graduated from Bellarmine College Prep, Class of 1972, in San Jose and played tight end on the football team. After prep school he moved to Hawaii and skippered boats and taught scuba diving for several years. Upon returning to the mainland, Brian attended the University of San Diego and graduated with a degree in Business. He enjoyed a successful career in commercial real estate in San Diego.

Cathy and Brian, both raised in Palo Alto, California, were married in 1984 and settled in San Diego. They eventually moved to North County, and Carmel Valley. Brian was very much involved in his sons’ athletic activities, serving as a coach for their baseball and football teams. For his eldest son to play football he had to participate in a league north of their town.

Brian decided to fill this void by creating the Torrey Pines Pop Warner League. He served as the founder and first league president. Brian was also passionate about professional football, in particular, the Green Bay Packers! Green Bay, Wisconsin was his mother’s birth place and Brian had an unabashed love for all things cheese head that he passed on to his family, and enjoyed trips to Green Bay for Packers games every year.

Because of his love for hunting, Brian joined the Mystic Lake Duck Club in Riverside County. Once again, seeing a problem that needed fixing, Brian was instrumental in creating and improving the habitat of the club, and by acquiring and planting hundreds of trees and other suitable waterfowl vegetation.

Brian is survived by his mother, Tay, and beloved wife of 32 years, Catherine Biorn Gallagher, children Brian Gallagher, Jr. and Robert Gallagher; siblings Paul Gallagher (Marcy) of Folsom, Frank Gallagher III of San Diego, Mary Gallagher of Palo Alto, David Gallagher of Carlsbad, and their families, as well as cousins in Green Bay and Chicago. In addition to his father and brother, Brian was preceded in death by his sister-inlaw and brother-in-law, Barbara and Buddy Murfey. Brian was a devout Catholic who enjoyed the lessons that religion and life brought him. He also simultaneously had an amazing sense of humor and dry wit that put people at ease and opened the doors for great conversations and friendships. Brian dearly loved his large and extended family, this great country and the Green Bay Packers. He will be greatly missed.

The Gallagher family extends an invitation to join them in a celebration of Brian’s life at Saint Therese of Carmel in San Diego on Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 1:00 p.m.

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

November 16-21

Violence related Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Prowler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 4

Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 7 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Miscellaneous B&P/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Elder abuse/financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. muni code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 4 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Psych subject/no hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 3 Failure to yield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run w/ property damage . . . . . 4 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Alcohol or drug related Driving under the influence . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Annoying phone calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic disturbance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Juvenile case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbal disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Mary “Polly” Bryan Fuller died at her Menlo Park home on Friday, Oct. 28. She was 93.

She was born on Aug. 4, 1923, in Petersburg, Virginia, the third child of Corbin Braxton Bryan Jr. and Alice Kent Bryan.

She graduated from high school at St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia, with honors and enrolled at the College of William and Mary where she joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.

In 1946, she met and married Regan Fuller, then a Marine officer, and had three sons. She accompanied her husband to deployments that included assignments in Virginia, North Carolina, Japan, Hawaii and California. Upon her husband’s retirement, they moved to the Bay Area and initially lived in Palo Alto where they attended St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. While a member of this congregation, she worked to create a memorial garden and sponsored a Vietnamese refugee family of 13.

After her husband’s death in 1978, she moved to Menlo Park, eventually joining Trinity Episcopal Church where she focused her efforts on the Altar Guild.

A passionate gardener, she was president of the Palo Alto Garden Club for two years in the ‘90s and was an active contributor to the Elizabeth Gamble Garden.

She was involved in public service in various capacities, delivering meals for families in need, running rummage sales, tutoring adults learning English and supporting the Colonial Dames by working as a docent at the Octagon House in San Francisco.

She is predeceased by her brother 2nd Lt. C. Braxton Bryan III, U.S. Marine Corps., and sister Alice Bryan Juhan. She is survived by her sons Regan Fuller Jr. (Lori) of Mountain View, Braxton Fuller (Janet) of Rio Vista and Jonathan Fuller of Menlo Park; brother Jonathan Bryan (Judy) of Alexandria, Virginia; grandchildren Justin, Kaellen, Travis, Regan Robert and Andrew Fuller; great-grandchildren Alicia Rose, Gavin, Charlie, Abbey, Grace and Regan, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, godchildren and friends.

A memorial was held at Trinity Episcopal Church in Menlo Park on Nov. 12. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto or a charity of choice.

Squire House Tour

As part of the Mills Act, the Squire House will have a tour of the First Floor of this Historic Home in Palo Alto.

December 8th, 2016 4:00-6:00 900 University Avenue

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Historic Resources Board 8:30 A.M., Thursday December 8, 2016, 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 Robin Ellner for additional information during business hours at 650-329-2603.

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

A guide to some holiday highlights

by Karla Kane

Smuin dancers Nicole Haskins, Mengjun Chen and Lauren Pschirrer perform in “We Three Kings,” a world premiere by dancer Rex Wheeler, part of Smuin’s annual “The Christmas Ballet.”

Pacific Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

Dance Connection ‘Nutcracker’

Hometown Holidays

Pacific Ballet Academy’s take on the seasonal classic features students from the Mountain View dance school.

Dance Connection’s annual “Nutcracker” features ballet and tap students from the Palo Alto dance school.

Redwood City’s annual holiday festival includes a parade, dance performances, ice sculptures, tree lighting and a 3-D light show.

Where: Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills When: Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m.

Cost: $15-$30 Info: danceconnectionpaloalto.com

Ballet America’s ‘Nutcracker’

Western Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’

Kids of all ages are welcome at all performances of Ballet America’s family-friendly “Nutcracker,” featuring special guests in the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy and others.

Can’t get enough of that magical tale of toys and candy come to life? Mountain View’s Western Ballet offers a “Nutcracker” of its own.

Where: Courthouse Square, Redwood City When: Sat., Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: hometownholidays.org

Courtesy of Redwood City Downtown Business Group

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Nov. 25-27 at 1 and 6 p.m. (12:30 and 4 p.m. on Sunday) Cost: $25-$30 Info: pacificballet.org/nutcracker/

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Dec. 2-4 (Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.)

Cost: $28-33 Info: westernballet.org

Where: Fox Theatre , 2221 Broadway St., Redwood City When: Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 4, at 1 and 4 p.m.

Cost: $22-$39 Info: americanballet.com/nutcracker/

Menlo Park tree lighting Free hot cocoa, live entertainment and old St. Nick will all be a part of Menlo Park’s annual holiday-tree lighting, rain or shine.

Where: Fremont Park, Santa Cruz Avenue at University Drive, Menlo Park When: Friday, Dec. 2, at 5:30 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: menlopark.org Courtesy of Pacific Ballet

Pacific Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” will be performed Nov. 25-27.

Menlo Park Breakfast with Santa Early birds can eat a pancake breakfast and take photos with Santa, plus make some holiday crafts.

Where: Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park When: Sat., Dec. 3, 7:30-11:30 a.m.

Cost: $5 kids/$7 adults Info: menlopark.org

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hough winter doesn’t officially arrive until the solstice on Dec. 21, the holiday season has begun. With it comes plenty of arts-and-entertainment events to help you warm up in cool weather, deck the halls or make merry (and who knew there were so many local productions of “The Nutcracker”?).

Avert your eyes, Grinches and Scrooges: Some local suggestions are listed below (for the most up-to-date listings, or to submit your own, check out PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar).

Redwood City’s annual “Hometown Holidays” event includes a parade.

Holiday Train The Caltrain Holiday Train, a festively lit locomotive that collects toys for kids (presented by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation) will be rolling into select Peninsula stations for 20-minute stops. Meet holiday characters and bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate.

Where: Various Caltrain stations (see online) When: Dec. 3-4, station-stop times vary Cost: Free (toy donation requested) Info: holiday-train.org

Arts & Entertainment ‘Jul, jul: A Scandinavian Christmas’ God Jul! The California Bach Society choir will sing in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latin and English during its celebration of Scandinavian music and Christmas traditions, with a repertoire ranging from traditional folk carols to modern pieces.

Where: All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.

Cost: $10-$35 Info: calbach.org

Seven galleries and studio spaces around Redwood City will be open to the public as part of the first-annual Artists’ Holiday Open Studios, presented by the community organization Arts RWC. Around 80 local artists will present their work and show off their processes.

Where: Multiple locations; see online When: Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4, 12-5 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: facebook.com/ARTSRWC/

The Choral Project and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra will join forces to present “Winter’s Gifts.”

‘Christmas Jubilations’ The Bay Choral Guild joins the Frequency 49 woodwind quintet for a holiday show featuring the world premiere of a BCG commission, “Missa Brevis for the Refugees of War” by local composer Henry Mollicone, an arrangement of traditional Christmas melodies by Swedish composer Anders Öhrwall, and Daniel Pinkham’s “Christmas Jubilations.”

Where: First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 p.m.

Cost: $5-$25 Info: baychoralguild.org/

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’

‘Holiday Musicale’

Dancers Repertory Theatre presents its 12th annual performance of the classic Christmas poem, including 150 dance students and dancers from the professional company.

Stanford’s Early Music Singers, members of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and harpist Selina Her will perform a program of seasonal works and carols, sponsored by the Friends of Music at Stanford and the university’s music department.

Where: Woodside Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Ave., Woodside When: Dec. 4, 10 and 11 at 1 and 4 p.m.

Cost: $15-$25 Info: twasthenight.org/

Where: Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford When: Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p.m.

Cost: $10-$15 Info: events.stanford.edu/events/618/61859/

Christmas Crèche Exhibit

Palo Alto Ballet School’s ‘Nutcracker’

The 29th Annual Christmas Crèche Exhibit returns, featuring more than 350 nativity scenes from around the world, a community-service project, children’s crafts and live music.

Palo Alto Ballet School will perform its abbreviated version of “The Nutcracker Suite” with guest artist Francisco Preciado.

Where: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3865 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto When: Dec. 3-7, noon-9 p.m.

Cost: Free; canned-food donation suggested Info: christmascreche.org

Courtesy of The Choral Project

Artists’ Holiday Open Studios

Where: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 and 6 p.m.

Cost: $10-$25 Info: paloaltoballet.com

Palo Alto Studios Holiday Party The artists of Palo Alto Studios will showcase their paintings, drawings, ceramics, prints and more, along with live music by the Parenthesis Jazz Duo.

Ragazzi Boys Chorus The Ragazzi Boys Chorus will perform two local shows in December: “In the Company of Angels,” about the role of angels in the Christmas story, and the group’s winter recital, which concludes with sing-along carols.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5 p.m. (“Angels”) and Saturday, Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. (winter recital).

Cost: $17-$29 Info: ragazzi.org/performances/

‘Harps for the Holidays’

Where: Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos When: Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m.

Cost: $12-$15 Info: harpeggio.com/concert.html

Where: 4030 Transport St., Palo Alto When: Sunday, Dec. 4, 1-5 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: paloaltostudios.com

‘Celtic Rose: Rare Holiday Gems’ Celtic Rose (the musical duo of Caroline Garbarino and Doris Williams) will perform lesser-known holiday songs from a variety of cultural traditions on lute, drum, recorder and guitar.

Where: Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St. When: Thursday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: tinyurl.com/jakosg6

Mountain View Breakfast with Santa Families are invited to a catered breakfast with Santa, plus live entertainment, holiday stories, photos and crafts.

Where: Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View When: Saturday, Dec. 10, 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Cost: $15-$20 Info: mountainview.gov/events/

‘Gamble Garden Grinch-mas’ Gamble Garden hosts a Dr. Suess-themed day of holiday fun, including face painting, treats and, of course, reading from “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Where: Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10:30 a.m. to noon Cost: $25-$40 Info: gamblegarden.org/event/grinch-mas-gamble-garden/

The annual “Harps for the Holidays” concert features an all-harp ensemble.

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Courtesy of Harpeggio Music

Harpeggio presents its 18th annual concert of solo harpists and a 20-harpist ensemble performing traditional carols and holiday favorites.

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The Ragazzi Boys Chorus will perform several holidaythemed concerts this year, including “In the Company of Angels.”

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‘The Christmas Ballet’ Smuin, the Bay Area-based contemporary ballet company, presents its annual “Christmas Ballet,” this year featuring three world premieres. The show’s highlight may be its beloved “Santa Baby” number, which this year stars Redwood City native Erica Felsch (along with Erin Yarbrough-Powell and Nicole Haskins) dancing with the “world’s longest feather boa” to the sultry Eartha Kitt song.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Dec. 7-11 at 8 p.m. (plus weekend matinees at 2 p.m.)

Cost: $56-$72 Info: smuinballet.org

‘Wintersongs’

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Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble performs winter songs from a variety of Eastern European traditions.

Where: Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos When: Dec. 16-18, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cost: $15-$20 Info: losaltosstage.org

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“Oy, Humbug!” by Curtains Cabaret is holiday-themed burlesque.

The Peninsula Women’s Chorus will perform works by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, Ernst Bacon, Joseph Haydn and Ron Jeffers, among others, and conclude with a holiday sing-along.

Hanukkah lunch and concert Pianist and award-winning Broadway expert Richard Glazier will provide entertainment at a luncheon featuring traditional Hanukkah foods and blessings.

Where: Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2:30 p.m.

Cost: $10-$35 Info: pwchorus.org

Where: Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto When: Tuesday, Dec. 20, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Cost: $20 Info: paloaltojcc.org/Events/jewish-holiday-lunchcelebrations-hanukkah-3

‘Winter’s Gifts’ The Choral Project and the San Jose Chamber Orchestra join forces to present “Winter’s Gifts,” a concert of live holiday music that honors winter traditions from around the world.

‘An Irish Christmas’ Irish music, song and dance are brought to life in “An Irish Christmas” (the show’s also been broadcast on PBS).

Where: First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, 1140 Cowper St. When: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 8 p.m.

Cost: $10-$35 Info: choralproject.org

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Wed., Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $35-$60 Info: mountainview.gov/events/

Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, which is inspired by traditional vocal techniques and songs from Eastern Europe, will perform its annual concert of holiday music ranging from Slavic folk carols to Eastern Orthodox sacred music, Muslim hymns, pagan Baltic incantations and Yiddish Hanukkah songs.

‘Oy, Humbug!’

Curtains Cabaret is back at Dragon Theatre, this time with a holiday treat. “Oy, Humbug!” is billed as a “variety show for the rest of us” that will “celebrate the winter holidays that Christmas forgot” and will give locals a non-traditional option for Christmas Eve. Expect a blend of striptease, songs, dance, comedy and more.

‘It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker’

Where: Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton When: Dec. 9-11 and 16-18 at 7 p.m. (plus weekend matinees at 2 p.m.)

Cost: $35-$65 Info: menloweballet.org

Ragazzi Continuo Ragazzi Continuo, the men’s spinoff of Ragazzi Boys Chorus, will perform its own holiday concert, “Christmastime is Here,” at performances in Redwood City and Palo Alto.

Where: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 178 Clinton St., Redwood City and Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto When: Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. (Redwood City) and Sunday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m. (Palo Alto) Cost: $15-$25 Info: ragazzicontinuo.org/tickets.php

The Y-Studs, or “Yeshiva Students,” an a cappella group from Yeshiva University, will perform a Hanukkah concert alongside beatbox duo Ilan and Josh (seen on “America’s Got Talent”).

Where: Oshman JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto When: Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4:30 p.m.

Cost: $18-$25 Info: paloaltojcc.org/Events/y-studs-a-cappella-group

Holiday Ukulele Jam Uke-lovers (or the uke-curious) are invited to bring a ukulele or borrow one from the library and strum some holiday songs while sipping cider. All levels and abilities welcome.

Where: Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St. When: Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m.

Cost: Free Info: mountainview.gov/depts/library/default.asp

Where: Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City When: Saturday, Dec. 24, at 7:30 p.m.

Cost: $10-$20 Info: oyhumbug.bpt.me/

‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” Admit it; you know it, you love it, you’re crying just thinking about it. The tear-jerking Frank Capra film “It’s a Wonderful Life” screens as usual on Christmas Eve at the Stanford Theatre.

Where: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto When: Dec. 24 at 9 p.m.

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‘Christmas Angels’ and ‘Messiah Sing’ Hallelujah! Schola Cantorum is celebrating its 50th year of offering a sing-along performance of Handel’s triumphant “Messiah.” (A preparatory workshop, going over some of the piece’s lesser-known sections, will be held Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. at Shoup Park Garden House, 400 University Ave, in Los Altos). And on Dec. 18, the choir is also performing a family-friendly show, “Christmas Angels,” featuring lullabies and carols with special guest harpist Dan Levitan.

Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. When: Sunday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. (“Christmas Angels”) and Monday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. (“Messiah”).

Cost: $16-30 (“Angels”), $23-$41(“Messiah”) Info: scholacantorum.org

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Menlowe Ballet’s “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker” combines the classic ballet with the Frank Capra film.

Courtesy Menlowe Ballet

Y-Studs a cappella group

The California Bach Society will perform a program of Scandinavian holiday music.

Courtesy of CalBach.org

Where: St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park When: Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m.

Cost: $15-40 Info: kitka.org/events/

Menlowe Ballet combines two Christmas classics into one: “It’s a Wonderful Nutcracker” blends the beloved Frank Capra film with the magical Tchaikovsky ballet.

Courtesy of Curtains Cabaret

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Directed by Virginia Drake and in accordance with Baker’s stage directions, the cast maintains the realistic vibe by allowing plenty of awkward pauses, moments of silence and even an occasionally empty stage, just as one would expect from a real group of newly acquainted, nervous classmates. The actors all deliver fine, natural performances and the show blends nicely its plentiful comedic moments, such as its characters trying and failing to embody inanimate objects, with its poignant ones. The only time it starts to feel slightly hokey or overwrought is when the characters deliver their revealing monologues. It all quietly builds to a satisfying, lovely and bittersweet conclusion (and presented with no intermission, it’s short and sweet).

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What: “Circle Mirror Transformation” Where: Bus Barn Theater, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos When: Through Dec. 11, Wednesdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 3 p.m.

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s a restaurant reviewer, one of the first things I look for is cleanliness. That starts with a smudge-free front door and extends inside to window sills, lighting, the floor, how tables are bused, if the restroom sparkles. Of course, during the course of service, marring occurs but astute staff is constantly on the alert and makes things right as quickly and unobtrusively as possible. If public areas are less than pristine, what does the kitchen look like?

When I entered the smallish Kolbeh Mediterranean Grill in Mountain View, spotlessness was evident. It might have been the cleanest restaurant I’ve ever dined in.

Sobhanieh Patra and her mother Farangis took over the El Camino Real space two years ago, then called Best Bite. They reshaped the menu,

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LIVING WALL FEATURED IN BOUTIQUE ... Mandana Navi is all about passion, gratefulness and kindness, and her new retail store in Palo Alto reflects those qualities.

Essentique, which opened in September at 2417 Park Blvd., produces and sells smallbatch, artisanal beauty products. The shop, within shouting distance of two hair salons and two restaurants, provides a refreshing contrast to the otherwise fast pace of the Cal Ave neighborhood. Replacing a former tanning studio with a lengthy renovation of the 1,200-square-foot space, the redo has created a clean, crisp, peaceful, intentional environment. As customers walk through the front door, they are greeted by a living wall, a six-foot-by-eight-foot leafy work of art that was installed by the same company that created the living wall at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which, by the way, has the distinction of being the

largest living wall in the country. “Ours was installed seven months before we even opened and they come every other week to maintain it. Customers love it. It’s the first thing they notice,” Navi said. The green living wall is just one more detail of the many environmental touches Navi has chosen to furnish her space during the two-year, $200,000 renovation. Other furnishings include a natural walnut floor and cabinetry surrounded by stones and pebbles. “We wanted to mimic nature,” she said. Born in Iran and educated in Canada, Navi has lived in Palo Alto for seven years. A large portion of the hair-, skin- and body-care products she sells are made in her lab, which takes up one-third of the space. Her background in biology and work experience in the health care industry come into play as she spends time in the shop’s lab, developing the handmade items that are on display, such

upgraded the dining room and did away with the inelegant window signage. The place was transformed from a gyro-falafel-kabob stop to a more refined Mediterranean restaurant.

That is not say they eliminated Persian staples.

There are enticing appetizers, delicious kabobs, delightful wraps, earthy soups, redolent salads and alluring desserts, along with daily specials.

The recipes were developed by Farangis, who hails from northern Iran near the Caspian Sea. Sobhanieh said her mother makes everything from scratch and is in the kitchen six days a week.

Kolbeh, in Farsi, means a small cottage; warm, friendly, and comfortable.

The baba ghanoush ($6.95) — baked puréed

as scented shampoos, body lotion, and hair products. “We make only small batches; that way everything stays fresh,” said Navi, who emphasizes how meticulous she is about her products. Navi, who is in her boutique seven days a week, says, “The moment I stepped into the space, I knew this was it. I’m in my element. I belong here.”

MASSAGE MEETS COUNT DRACULA ...

Watercourse Way, Palo Alto’s 36-yearold health spa at 165 Channing Ave., is doing something rather un-spa-like.

Acknowledging its unconventionality, Watercourse Way administrator Tyler Hanley (former online editor of the Palo Alto Weekly) said, “We’ve decided to remove all of our peaceful, serene, tranquil prints from the walls and replace them with an exhibition of pop culture and film prints.” And not just any pop culture and film prints. Think “The Creature From the Black Lagoon,” and “Count Dracula,” and “Pulp Fiction.” All three prints will grace the walls of the soothing, zen-like spa until the end of the year. Also included in the 14 works of art are prints from “The Dark Knight” and “Fight Club.” But will people who are accustomed to walking into Watercourse Way for a massage or facial

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or hot tub even notice? “Oh yes. They notice.

It’s very different from what they expect,” Hanley said. Much of the artwork is located in the small retail shop of Watercourse Way. Although the bulk of the merchandise relates to the spa, such as scented soaps, lotions and candles, the big surprise is the store’s most popular item. It’s a little jar of gel for muscle aches called Sombra. “A lot of people come in here just for that,” said retail manager Afton Williams. At a cost of $8 for two ounces, Williams said, “We have trouble keeping it in stock. I’ve never seen it sold in any other store. We get calls to ship it everywhere. It’s our biggest seller.”

The artwork (not all of which is sinister or dark) is limited editions and considered valuable to collectors. They belong to spa co-owner John Roberts and to manager Nathan Hanley, who is Tyler’s identical twin.

“It’s definitely not spa-centric, said Hanley, “but the prints and posters are meant to be appreciated, perhaps inspire discussion, and reflect our love for the arts.”

Got leads on interesting and newsworthy retail developments? Daryl Savage will check them out. Email shoptalk@paweekly.com.

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eggplant with tahini, garlic and olive oil, served with wedges of pita — had a delightful hint of fresh garlic that tickled the palate.

Four dolmas ($4.95) were tightly wrapped and stuffed with minced vegetables and rice, then bathed in olive oil and lemon juice. Tender and pleasing, the dolmas were served with pita bread and homemade yogurt.

Salad shirazi ($5.95) was garden-fresh diced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, olive oil and lemon juice. The vegetables were freshly chopped, vibrant and crisp, as if they had just been brought in from a sunny patch.

The joojeh kabob ($14.95), a half-dozen chunks of boneless, marinated chicken thighs, came charbroiled and served with aromatic, long-grained basmati rice and grilled tomato.

The lamb filet kabob ($21.95), marinated and seasoned, was charbroiled to perfection, also served with basmati rice and grilled tomato. The meat was fork tender, with mild but distinctive lamb flavor, though there was no visible fat.

The shawarma charbroiledchicken wrap ($9.95) was a heaping roll-up of lettuce, tomato, onions and pickles, spiced with sumac and wrapped in pliant

lavash bread. Sumac is a subtropical shrub that grows in east Asia, Africa and North America, and its dried fruit adds a tangy, lemony flavor.

The shawarma came with two sauces: one a mild and peppery orange sauce; the other a flaming arrow to the salivary glands, a sauce that bit back. Red and fiery, made from peppers, garlic and oil, it left the lips smacking and the hand reaching for the water glass.

What’s the difference between a gyro and a shawarma? Both feature slivers of marinated spitroasted meat cooked at high temperatures to seal in juices. The gyro is a Greek invention and usually uses beef or lamb. The cooked meat is seasoned with oregano, marjoram, thyme and rosemary, and is compressed into a loaf.

The Middle Eastern shawarma is usually chicken or lamb, but in the U.S., beef is often used. The meat is roasted the same way but spiced with turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon and cloves. The meat is cut directly from the spit for the shawarma. Toppings vary from culture to culture, but all make big, fat, delicious wraps.

Desserts were worthwhile.

The standard bearer of eastern Mediterranean restaurants, baklava ($4.99), was exceptionally good. The secret of a successful baklava is keeping the filo pastry crisp around the nut and honey

filling. Kolbeh’s rendition was nectarous.

The bastani ice cream ($5.99) was interesting. French vanilla was mixed with Iranian rose water, Iranian saffron and crushed pistachios.

The ice cream took on the yellowy saffron color and had a drier, more granular consistency than traditional ice creams. Quite tasty.

Kolbeh is one of those places that must have inspired the saying, “so clean, you could eat off the floor.” I wouldn’t recommend that, but I can say the place was immaculate and the kitchen has a clear vision of what’s important — freshness, authenticity, flavor and presentation. Q Freelance writer Dale Bentson can be emailed at dfbentson@gmail.com.

Kolbeh Mediterranean Grill, 1414 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View; 650-988-8895; Kolbehrestaurant.com Hours:Lunch: Lunch, MondaySaturday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; dinner, Monday-Saturday, 5:30-9:30 p.m.

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Movies

MOVIE TIMES Dear readers: In an effort to provide the most up-to-date movie and theater information, we have discontinued printing movie times in our weekly paper and are directing readers to movie listings online. You can now find movie times at local theaters by going to Fandango.com, viewing individual theater websites or calling the numbers listed below.

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Disney goes Polynesian for animated musical ‘Moana’ 0001/2 (Century 16 & 20) when the ocean “chooses” her.

The first song (“Where You Are”) lays out the competing (family) values of Dad and Gramma, the latter encouraging the girl to follow her destiny (expressed in the “I Want” song “How Far I’ll Go”) to be one with the ocean and save her people in spite of the risks that terrify her father. We also meet that animal sidekick (happily not anthropomorphized into a wisecracker): a cosmically dumb chicken named Hei Hei. Unfortunately, “Moana” requires a seafaring narrative that dampens the fun in a saggy midsection. After the agreeably “Hakuna Matata”-ish “You’re Welcome” introduces a smugly self-satisfied Maui, “Moana” cedes its high-spirited musical sensibility— animated in CGI that at last has evolved to wed the best of hand-drawn character sensitivity to gorgeous near-photo-real landscapes— to an actioncentrism that’s the film’s weakest element.

If the tunes aren’t quite as endearingly catchy as those of the Mouse House’s late ‘80s, early ‘90s resurgence, they have the benefit of being trendy, especially

‘Manchester’ united

In Oscar-worthy drama, uncle and nephew bond over grief 0001/2 (Guild) Kenneth Lonergan knows people. As the writer-director proved with his beautifully gentle breakthrough “You Can Count on Me” and his sophomore feature “Margaret,” he is the master of telling behavior and conversational nuance. Lonergan sees where a person can stumble but believes in humanity’s capacity for balance.

And when you do fall, Lonergan has faith that you can count on someone to be good enough to help you up.

That’s the crux of the prolific screenwriter’s third film as director: “Manchester by the Sea.” No, it’s not a stately-homes costume drama or your parents’ favorite bed and breakfast. It’s the Massachusetts home town of the film’s central figure, the determined island of a man that is Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck). When his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) passes away, bristly handyman Lee must return home to make arrangements, further complicated by the ones Joe secretly laid out in his will.

Though Lee cares about his 16-year-old nephew Patrick (Lucas Hedges), the socially shut down older man isn’t prepared to take on a teen’s guardianship.

When he does, with his eyes ever darting toward the exit, uncle and nephew quickly establish a new, mutually testy relationship.

Their problems are complicated

by Lee’s total discomfort with the town where Patrick has worked his social life to include two girlfriends and a garage band drolly named Stentorian.

Lonergan’s pronounced sense of humor makes bearable the story’s unfathomable grief. Aside from the fresh wound of Joe’s death, Lee has a hole where his heart should be as a result of the personal tragedy that decimated his own family. In one of the film’s very best scenes, Lee awkwardly confronts his ex-wife Randi (Michelle Williams, raw as ever), both desperately protecting their own emotional needs even as each seeks not to hurt the other.

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The tried-and-true-and-triedagain Disney formula returns for the company’s 56th animated feature, the Polynesian-set musical “Moana.” The brand is essentially locked into narratives of princesses going on journeys of adventure and self-discovery. As one character tells the titular 16-year-old island girl, “If you wear a dress and you have an animal sidekick, you’re a princess.”

Technically, Moana (Auli’I Cravalho) is a “curly-haired non-princess,” the daughter of the chief of Motunui Island. And you’ll never guess, but she dreams of escaping, into the wild blue yonder of the Pacific Ocean (animated to be handson helpful or, rather, waves on).

“No one goes beyond the reef!” bellows Moana’s father (Temuera Morrison), but soon she’s off on a mission to clarify cultural and personal identity. As explained by her sage Gramma (Rachel House), Moana will need the help of mischevious demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who’s covered in tattoos that magically move, to reinstall the Heart of Te Fiti.

“Moana” comes out of the gate like gangbusters by establishing island life in Moana’s childhood,

with much-lauded “Hamilton” powerhouse Lin-Manuel Miranda co-writing the film’s songs (with Opetaia Foa’i and Mark Mancina). Plus, “Moana” continues the corrective girl-power direction of recent years with its bold heroine, a teen strong enough to keep a loose-cannon demigod in line.

The film’s two teams of directors (“The Little Mermaid”’s John Musker & Ron Clements, and co-directors Don Hall and Chris Williams) deserve “A for effort” credit for pushing Disney away from both Anglo-Saxon folklore and Anglicized facial features and body types. The animation proves consistently beautiful, and the comedy sophisticated enough to grab adults while accessible enough to have kids squealing with joy at each joke.

Though it’s chock full of marketable, playset-ready trappings, “Moana” happily pursues more than one simple theme. It’s a fable of nature disturbed and restored to harmony, but also about the individual connecting to a philosophy of living and a culture that has forgotten its identity finding its way home (offering hope for our destabilized land of opportunity). Moana plainly states the film’s central metaphor, “We have to restore the Heart!”

Rated PG for peril, some scary images and brief thematic elements. One hour, 53 minutes.

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In its broad strokes, “Manchester by the Sea” doesn’t explore anything new. Its story of grief is familiar, some might even say “hackneyed.” But no other writerdirector could craft a scene as masterful as the one when Lee arrives at the hospital where his brother’s body awaits him in the morgue. We’ve already seen Lee to be allergic to small talk and disinterested in human contact.

Awkwardly navigating the unknown terrain of post-mortem arrangements, the shambolic Lee further unnerves all involved with his emotional disconnect and circuitous verbiage, played with symphonic precision by Affleck.

Well matched by a finely tuned Hedges, Affleck’s sad, sad man embodies the film’s central, character-exploring theme. Deaths happen. Life goes mercilessly on.

And it rarely does so in the manner of tidy resolution. In the hands of Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea” becomes something inimitable and special: an empathetic guided tour of despair and the loving effort to rise above, if only for those who still have hope.

Rated R for language throughout and some sexual content. Two hours, 17 minutes.

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Home&Real Estate

OPEN HOME GUIDE 32 Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com

A weekly guide to home, garden and real estate news, edited by Elizabeth Lorenz

Home Front

REAL ESTATE ADVICE ...Alma Plaza developer John McNellis, has just written a new book called “Making it in Real Estate: Starting as a Developer.” In the book, McNellis shares what he has learned about succeeding in the business of real estate deal by deal, with mistakes and losses along the way. He talks about how to manage risks and maximize profits, the ins and outs of financing and whether to team up with partners; how to work with brokers, architects and contractors as well as how to win allies and secure approval for projects.

HANDMADE GIFTS ... Hidden Villa Farm will hold a class for children 8 years and older as well as adults to make honeybased beauty products from all-natural ingredients. The “Bee Beautiful” workshop will be held Saturday, Dec. 10 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Every recipe that will be made in class contains raw, local honey, which can be used to hydrate skin, lighten skin imperfections, and its natural antibacterial properties can also help clear skin. Each student will make and go home with three different beauty products: Honey & Brown Sugar Body Scrub, Honey Facial Mask, and Milk & Honey Bath Bombs. The class will meet at the historic Duveneck House. For more information, contact Kendal Sager at www.kendalsbees.com or 650-735-2337. The class is $55 per person. To register, go to hiddenvilla.org.

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

Once you plant your bulbs and bury them, you can plant colorful flowers over them to enjoy until the bulbs come up.

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TRADITIONAL CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY PARTY ... Allied Arts will also host its annual Children’s Holiday Party on Sunday Dec. 11 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Admission is $25 per person. There will be a juggler, a magic show and a photo opportunity with Santa Claus. Cookies and juice will be served. Make checks payable to Friends of Allied Arts (FAA) and send them to Sally Knorp, 1000 Trinity Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Include your email or telephone number. No cancellations after Dec. 8. For more information go to alliedartsguild.org. Upon receipt of your check, you will be contacted to confirm your reservation.

Spring Surprises Plant bulbs now for garden color later

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Note when you buy your bulbs what height your bulbs will be at 5. full bloom. There’s usually a pretty accurate description on the box that your bulbs come in. Put shorter ones in front of taller ones. What

this means is plan on not obscuring the view with the tall bulbs, kind of like setting up a group photo of people with taller folk in back.

Lighter colors (white 6. and yellow) draw the eye. I think of them as lights

by Jack McKinnon

t’s time to plant bulbs. Still available in some stores and Costco, bulbs are the one type of plant that represent spring. And now is the time to plant them.

What’s available? Tulips, daffodils, narcissus, hyacinth, ranunculus, freesia, and edible bulbs and tubers.

The choices for edible bulbs and tubers include yellow, red and white potatoes and also red, yellow Jack McKinnon and white onions, as well as garlic and elephant garlic.

Get these as soon as possible and plant them when you get them. There’s no need for refrigeration because the soil temperature is cooling off and will best determine the start of new growth as the temperature rises in the spring. My experience has also been that bulbs put in the refrigerator get forgotten. They end up drying out too much to be viable.

This month’s tips will include planting techniques, design ideas, some color theory, an idea or two about containers and what to plant over your bulb bed. If you’re too late and cannot find bulbs in the nurseries, then cut out this article and wait until they show up again next year.

that invite you to go outside.

At Sunset Magazine where I used to work, we would put these lighter colored flowers at the furthest viewable point of the gardens to draw people out of the lobby and into the gardens. They were also planted in the darkest area of the background thus giving it some lightness and contrast.

Putting bulbs in pots makes a stunning effect while still being 7. portable. Plant them shoulder to shoulder to make a dense show.

Then plant violas or pansies over them to give color while the bulbs are growing.

Bulbs are a complete package. They need water, but not fertilizer, 8. unless they’re going to be naturalized. Naturalizing is best with daffodils and narcissus. It means they will come back every year and possibly even produce new bulbs of their own. Plant them with some bone meal and after the first year include them in your fertilizing program.

Plant your bulbs with the correct 1.

Color theory takes into consideration all the flowering and everdepth. Usually they come with instructions, but my general rule is to plant 9.green plants around a particular design. Primary colors are red, them three times’ the height of the bulb yellow and blue. Green, purple and orange are secondary colors. Basic deep. And be sure to have the root side down.

Lay them out on the surface of the 2. soil so you can see what the show will look like. Then, when happy with the design, dig them in.

Bulbs like to be planted in groups.

3.

It gives a better show as masses of pink, white, yellow, red and blue appear.

If you plant cover plants over the bulbs, you’ll have color while the bulbs are still just starting to grow.

If you only have a few bulbs, put them in prominent locations.

4.

Then plant over them things like pansies, violas, primroses or ground covers.

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good color design has masses of primaries and secondaries mixed. A diversion or specific theme design will have masses of one or the other.

An example of this is if you wanted to plant a flower bed in the design of the American flag.

Timing your plantings can de10. termine somewhat when the blooms will be. A good way to practice

is with paper whites. Start some now, then in two weeks start some more and keep on doing it until you run out.

Good gardening!Q Jack McKinnon is a Garden Coach and worked in the Sunset Magazine Gardens for 12 years. He can be reached at (650) 455-0687 or visit his website at JackTheGardenCoach.com.

Home & Real Estate HOME SALES

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

Atherton

393 Atherton Avenue Callinicos Trust to Szczerba Trust for $7,500,000 on 10/11/16; built 1996, 5bd, 7,145 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/09/2007, $6,100,000 3 Bassett LaneT. & L. Maier to R. & L. Williams for $4,325,000 on 10/07/16; built 1948, 4bd, 4,030 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/31/1969, $72,000 30 Belbrook WayBelbrook Limited to Nineteen Ninety Three for $20,000,000 on 10/11/16; built 1949, 7bd, 5,060 sq.ft,; previous sale 10/30/2013, $4,200,000 66 Rittenhouse Avenue Blair Trust to 66RIT Limited for $3,050,000 on 10/05/16; built 1946, 4bd, 2,330 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/23/1994, $509,000 51 Toyon Road Windham Trust to Champsi Trust for $5,525,000 on 10/05/16; built 1955, 6bd, 3,760 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/01/1979, $165,000

East Palo Alto

124 Aster Way P. & M. Correa to S. Janjam for $875,000 on 10/11/16; built 1952, 2bd, 1,410 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/29/1992, $149,000 2162 Ralmar Avenue Karpel Trust to E. Yang for $553,000 on 10/11/16; built 1927, 3bd, 940 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/15/2011, $240,000

LOS ALTOS

476 Border Hill Road G. & M. Taylor to Tansuwan Trust for

$3,205,000 on 11/01/16; built 1965, 3bd, 2,438 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/18/1991, $755,000 78 Cuesta Drive A. Crook to T. & Y. Chien for $1,652,000 on 10/28/16; built 2012, 3bd, 1,519 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/16/2013, $1,270,000 1235 Nightingale Court Sandell Trust to Dutchints Development for $2,600,000 on 10/28/16; built 1990, 5bd, 3,567 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/09/1990, $854,000 1317 Todd Street Rostami Trust to K. Kamdar for $2,650,000 on 10/28/16; built 1953, 2bd, 997 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/08/2012, $879,000 2060 Wooded Glen Drive Pescosolido Trust to G. & A. Eitzmann for $2,501,000 on 10/31/16; built 1959, 4bd, 2502 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/29/1994, $653,500

Los Altos Hills

12822 La Barranca Road Knipper Trust to A. & P. Dubey for $2,995,000 on 11/01/16; built 1963, 5bd, 2,296 sq.ft.

Menlo Park

571 9th Avenue K. Burke to J. & H. Brinkerhoff for $851,000 on 10/13/16; built 1929, 2bd, 760 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/03/2002, $345,000 3130 Barney Avenue B. & K. Boland to K. & R. Anderson for $3,850,000 on 10/06/16; built 1965, 4bd, 3,116 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/23/2014, $2,950,000 2088 Camino De Los Robles Brian Trust to S. Hilgenberg for $1,850,000 on 10/11/16; built 1959, 3bd, 2,020 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/18/2000, $780,000 440 Claire Place Claire Place Partners to Labrosse Trust for $6,089,000 on 10/11/16; built 1951, 3bd, 1,840 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/08/2015, $2,750,000 1180 Cloud Avenue Chaney

Trust to Goldsilverisland Homes for $1,868,000 on 10/06/16; built 1946, 2bd, 980 sq.ft.

136 Hedge Road Lynch Trust to D. Seniawski for $1,625,000 on 10/06/16; built 1949, 3bd, 1,550 sq.ft.

Mountain View

201 Ada Avenue #30 L. McCabe to X. Shen for $1,150,000 on 10/28/16; built 1987, 2bd, 1,247 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/12/2015, $912,000 138 Azalea Drive J. Lai to W. & J. Bennett for $1,625,000 on 10/28/16; built 2008, 2bd, 1,787 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/31/2009, $830,000 1045 Bonita Avenue M. Mendy to A. Mendy for $850,000 on 11/01/16; built 1992, 3bd, 1740 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/22/2004, $760,000 131 Concord Circle S. Brochin to X. Yu for $1,500,000 on 10/31/16; built 1994, 3bd, 1,339 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/21/1995, $288,000 137 Margo Drive #9 E. Schmollinger to T. Alzaghloul for $825,000 built on 10/28/16; built 1996, 3bd, 1,273 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/04/2014, $11,500 249 Monroe Drive Foy Trust to Singhkhan Limited for $1,400,000 on 10/31/16; built 1950, 3bd, 968 sq.ft.

202 Montebello Avenue #17 Branley Trust to M. Zhang for $910,000 on 10/28/16; built 1979, 2bd, 1,341 sq.ft.

1595 Morgan Street Balcita Trust to B. & M. Lee for $1,358,000 on 10/31/16; built 1976, 4bd, 1,425 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/14/1977, $63,900 1974 San Luis Avenue Classic 1946 San Luis to R. Zurowski for $1,750,000 on 10/28/16; built 2016, 4bd, 1,795 sq.ft.

44 Starlite Court L. Smyth to X.

Ye for $1,191,000 on 10/28/16; built 1974, 3bd, 1,203 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/31/1990, $241,000 1423 Village Court Hughes Trust to Nguyen Trust for $1,600,000 on 10/28/16; built 1969, 3,255 sq.ft.

182 Wiley Terrace L. Lu to H. Liu for $1,220,000 on 10/28/16; built 2007, 3bd, 1,654 sq.ft.

Palo Alto

1638 Castilleja Avenue Maliska Trust to Y. Wang for $3,620,000 on 10/31/16; built 2007, 3bd, 2491 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/23/1994, $495,000 575 Chaucer Street Vonwitzleben Trust to Z. Trailer for $2,270,000 on 10/28/16; built 1930, 3bd, 1,832 sq.ft.

1550 Dana Avenue Gaya Trust to Yuan-Li Trust for $3,605,000 on 10/31/16; built 1948, 4bd, 2,410 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/31/1994, $660,000 733 De Soto Drive Barnett Trust to U. Bhatt for $2,475,000 on 11/01/16; built 1952, 3bd, 1,810 sq.ft.

833 Hamilton Avenue Kelly Trust to Fulton-Vasudeva Trust for $4,700,000built on 10/31/16; built 1918, 3bd, 3143 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/08/1977, $117,000 145 Heather Lane J. & L. Vangelder to D. Maahs for $2,698,000 on 10/31/16; built 1939, 3bd, 1630 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/03/1993, $395,000 775 Holly Oak Drive Graf Trust to K. Deglossop for $2,520,000 on 11/01/16; built 1959, 4bd, 1,825 sq.ft.

746 Josina Avenue E. & J. Rothberg to W. Cheung for $2,480,000 on 10/31/16; built 1949, 4bd, 1,789 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/05/1994, $410,000 619 Maybell Avenue L. Beggs to A. & E. Cohen for $2,350,000 on 10/31/16; built 1947, 3bd, 1,646

sq.ft.; previous sale 04/24/1987, $236,000 3901 Middlefield Road #C Dietz Trust to M. Boling for $650,000 on 10/28/16; built 1961, 1bd, 704 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/1972, $24,900 2170 Park Boulevard H. Oxford to Z. Shi for $1,650,000 on 10/31/16; built 1950, 3bd, 1,192 sq.ft.

3396 Park Boulevard V. Chang to S. Gadzo for $1,960,000 on 10/28/16; built 2006, 3bd, 2053 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/17/2014, $1,870,000 3937 Park Boulevard Albertina Trust to Q. Nguyen for $1,300,000 on 11/01/16; built 1951, 3bd, 959 sq.ft.

3479 Ross Road Elevation Homes Investors Project to Dufkos Trust for $2,564,000 on 10/28/16; built 1957, 4bd, 1,771 sq.ft.; previous sale 04/26/2016, $2,400,000 2905 Simkins Court Essabhoy Trust to Tsai Trust for $2,538,000 on 10/31/16; built 1984, 2,670 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/06/1998, $587,000 1141 Stanislaus Lane Q. Nguyen to P. & M. Loyalka for $1,425,000 on 10/28/16; built 2008, 3bd, 1,300 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/22/2008, $799,000 113 Walter Hays Drive Allen Trust to D. & C. Lo for $2,821,000 on 11/01/16; built 1950, 4bd, 1,763 sq.ft.

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3 Redberry Ridge CAB Investments to DPV Estates for $13,297,500 on 10/12/16; built 2015, 5bd, 7,326 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/23/2005, $2,350,000 241 South Castanya Way Hansen Trust to B. & C. Chase for $2,200,000 on 10/11/16; built 1958, 3bd, 2,260 sq.ft.

Woodside 1015 Mountain Home Road Helfrich Trust to Parkfield Properties for $12,000,000 on 10/13/16; built 1986, 3bd, 7,490 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/08/2005, $6,400,000 150 Otis Avenue Sharp Trust to K. Brownell for $1,460,000 on 10/04/16; built 1940, 1bd, 1,120 sq.ft.

13356 Skyline Boulevard Rivas Trust to J. & A. Oldendorp for $1,300,000 on 10/05/16; built 1963, 3bd, 1,860 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/1979, $116,500

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855 El Camino Real, Suite# 160, use and occupancy only for new tenant “biondivino wine boutique” 2134 Edgewood Dr., residential addition 499sf and remodel 160sf. Project includes complete reroof. $115,000 3347 Greer Road, new mini split system heat pump added to scope original permit.

2992 Ramona St., install new solar electric system, roof mount 712 San Jude Ave., revision to add condenser slim line on the right side of the house 459 Hamilton Ave., owner improvement includes change direction of stairs in lobby area.

200sf. $15,000 2390 Amherst St., service upgrade 200 amps remodel kitchen (200sf) remove wall between kitchen and dining area. $35,000 1271 Forest Ave. Replace sewer line and install new two-way cleanout 2586 W. Bayshore Road, replace four exterior wood staircases with concrete stairways, $34,005 440 Cesano Court, Unit #105, replace water heater

OPEN HOUSE SAT & SUN 1:30-4:30PM OR CALL FOR A PRIVATE VIEWING

You are invited to drop off coat and toy donations during this Open House.

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260 Sports & Exercise Equipment DID YOU KNOW 7 IN 10 Americans or 158 million U.S. Adults read content from newspaper media each week? Discover the Power of Newspaper Advertising. For a free brochure call 916-288-6011 or email cecelia@cnpa.com (Cal-SCAN)

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355 Items for Sale Baby Crib and Mattress

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751 General Contracting A NOTICE TO READERS: It is illegal for an unlicensed person to perform contracting work on any project valued at $500.00 or more in labor and materials. State law also requires that contractors include their license numbers on all advertising. Check your contractorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321-CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons taking jobs that total less than $500.00 must state in their advertisements that they are not licensed by the Contractors State License Board.

754 Gutter Cleaning Roofs, Gutters, Downspouts cleaning. Work guar. 30 years exp.

Insured. Veteran Owned. Jim Thomas Maintenance, 408/595-2759.

757 Handyman/ Repairs ((( /(5+@4(5 469, 6LQFH Repairs â&#x20AC;˘ Remodeling â&#x20AC;˘ Painting Carpentry â&#x20AC;˘ Plumbing â&#x20AC;˘ Electrical (SS >VYR .\HYHU[LLK Lic. #468963

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement PULPSTREAM FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 622720 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Pulpstream, located at 21088 Tamarind Ct., Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): VENFORCE INC. 21088 Tamarind Ct. Cupertino, CA 95014 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 24, 2016.

(PAW Nov. 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 2016) IMMUNOGOBLIN FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 623205 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Immunogoblin, located at 3470 South Court, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): KRISHNA MICHAEL ROSKIN 3470 South Court Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 4, 2016.

(PAW Nov. 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 2016) STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 622666 The following person(s) registrant(s) has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s).

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): 1.) DMP, 2.) DMP USA c/o POSI 970 W. 190th St., Suite 920 Torrance, CA 90502 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 12/07/2011 UNDER FILE NO.: 558790 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): DIGITAL MEDIA PROFESSIONALS USA INC. c/o POSI 970 W. 190th St., Suite 920 Torrance, CA 90502 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: A Corporation.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on October 21, 2016.

(PAW Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 2016) THE WESTIN PALO ALTO THE WESTIN HOTEL - PALO ALTO THE WESTIN HOTEL FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 623341 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) The Westin Palo Alto, 2.) The Westin Hotel - Palo Alto, 3.) The Westin Hotel, located at 675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Partnership.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PAHDV, INC. 400 S. El Camino Real, Suite 200 San Mateo, CA 94402 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 04/22/2000.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 9, 2016.

(PAW Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 2016) BRADY NEW MEDIA PUBLISHING PALO ALTO PUBLISHING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 623393 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Brady New Media Publishing, 2.)

Palo Alto Publishing, located at 3340 St. Michael Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HOLLY BRADY 3340 St. Michael Dr. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 2/15/2012.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 10, 2016.

(PAW Nov. 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 2016) KARMIC BIKES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: 623548 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Karmic Bikes, located at 3843 Louis Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): CHOMPIANS, INC. 3843 Louis Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/2014.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on November 16, 2016.

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997 All Other Legals T.S. No. 15-0762-11 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED 注：本文件包 å «ä¸€ä¸ªä¿¡æ ¯æ‘˜è¦ ì°¸ê³ ì‚¬í•: 본 첨부 ë¬¸ì„œì— ì •ë³´ 요약서가 있ìŠμ니다 NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIÓN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LƯU à : KÈM THEO Ä Ã‚Y LÀ BẢN TRÃŒNH BÀY TÓM LƯỢC VỀ THÔNG TIN TRONG TÀI LIỆU NÀY PLEASE NOTE THAT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(d) (1) THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THIS DOCUMENT BUT PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a) THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED OR PUBLISHED AND THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION NEED ONLY BE MAILED TO THE MORTGAGOR OR TRUSTOR. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/8/2006. 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 a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: HARRY WONG, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Duly Appointed Trustee: The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation Recorded 8/16/2006 as Instrument No. 19062479 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, Street Address or other common designation of real property: 1421 DANA AVENUE PALO ALTO, CA A.P.N.: 003-23-043 Date of Sale: 12/6/2016 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: At the Gated North Market Street entrance of the Superior Courthouse, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $470,546.09, estimated The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within

10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-9390772 or visit this Internet Web site www. nationwideposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 15-076211. 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. Date: 11/1/2016 The Wolf Firm, A Law Corporation 2955 Main Street, 2nd Floor Irvine, California 92614 Foreclosure Department (949) 720-9200 Sale Information Only: 916-939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com Sindy Clements, Foreclosure Officer PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE WOLF FIRM MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR, ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NPP0295369 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 11/11/2016, 11/18/2016, 11/25/2016

Title Order No.: 150014345 Trustee Sale No.: 15-00553A Reference No.: 14-01048 APN No.: 160-19-098 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A NOTICE OF DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT DATED 2/21/2014. 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 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 12/15/2016 at 10:00 AM, A.S.A.P. Collection Services, as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Notice of Delinquent Assessment, recorded on 2/25/2014 as Document No. 22526759 Book n/a Page n/a of Official Records in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California, property owned by: Ketan Banjara WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States, by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a State or national bank, a check drawn by a state of federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business

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THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM in this state.) At: At the Gated North Market Street entrance of the Superior Courthouse at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA Said sale shall be subject to a 90 day right of redemption period per the requirements of the California Civil Code section 5715(b). All rights, title and interest under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment in the property situated in said County, describing the land therein, under Assessors’ Parcel Number: 16019-098 The street address and other common designation, if any of the real property described above is purported to be: 92 Flynn Ave Apt B Mountain View, CA 94043-3846 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum due under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment, with interest thereon, as provided in said notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, charges, and expenses of the Trustee, to-wit: $23,643.13 Estimated Accrued Interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale The claimant, Middlefield Meadows Homeowners Association under said Notice of Delinquent Assessment heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet Web site at www.nationwideposting. com using the file number assigned to this case 15-00553A. 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. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT COLLECTOR Date: 11/8/2016 For Sales Information Please Call (916) 939-0772 or go to www.nationwideposting.com A.S.A.P. Collection Services, as Trustee by: Platinum Resolution Services, Inc., as Agent Stephanie Strickland, President NPP0295963 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY 11/25/2016, 12/02/2016, 12/09/2016

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College men’s basketball: Stanford at AdvoCare Invitational, 8 a.m., 4:30 p.m. or 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 College women’s volleyball: California at Stanford, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Bay Area

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College football: Rice at Stanford (tape delayed), 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

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Christian McCaffrey leads the FBS with 2,056 all-purpose yards as he enters the regular season finale against Rice at 5 p.m. Saturday.

McCaffrey carries the football with a purpose Cardinal looking for strong finish to regular season

by Mark Soltau hristian McCaffrey’s latest record-breaking performance vaulted him to first in the country in all-purpose yards. He’d like to finish the regular season just as strong.

The junior ran for a school and Big Game-best 284 yards in the rain on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley to lead Stanford to a 45-31 victory over Cal. He finished with 317 all-purpose yards.

Stanford concludes its regular season Saturday with a nonconference home contest against

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Rice. The game kicks off at 5 p.m. and will be televised on Pac-12 Networks.

The Owls have won two consecutive games, beating UTEP on Saturday, 44-24.

Rice ranks 115th in the FBS in scoring defense (37.0) and 93rd against the run (202.6).

Despite missing over six quarters of game action due to injury, McCaffrey now tops the FBS with 2,056 all-purpose yards and averages 205.60 per game. Joe Mixon of Oklahoma is second at 195.00.

“Christian McCaffrey is a oncein-a-lifetime football player,” said Cal coach Sonny Dykes.

The last player to repeat the FBS all-purpose title was Antonio Andrews of Western Kentucky in

2012-13. Since 1939, 12 players have won in consecutive seasons, including Tom Harmon of Michigan, and USC running backs O.J. Simpson, Charles White and Marcus Allen.

McCaffrey, named one of three finalists for the Wuerffel Trophy, climbed to seventh nationally in rushing yards with 1,399 yards and fifth in yards/game at 139.9.

Stanford coach David Shaw is 10-0 at home against nonconference opponents and the Cardinal has a 15-game home nonconference win streak dating to the final contest of 2007 against Notre Dame.

Stanford ranks 19th nationally in red zone defense (.763), 17th in sacks (2.91) and 20th in scoring

defense (20.5).

Last year, McCaffrey set an NCAA single-season all-purpose mark by amassing 3,864 yards and was named Associated Press Player of the Year. He finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting and was a consensus All-American.

“He’s not the biggest guy, but you can’t tell him that,” Shaw said.

“He runs like a big back. He’s going to run in between the tackles, he’s going to make people miss, and he has the speed in the open to finish the runs in the end zone.”

No one enjoys watching McCaffrey more than junior quarterback Keller Chryst. Now 4-0 (continued on next page)

CCS FOOTBALL DIVISION I

M-A, Milpitas are primed for a showdown

Size, speed and a set of twins on both sidelines

by Glenn Reeves most intriguing matchup.

Plenty of size and athleticism will be on display Friday when Menlo-Atherton takes on Milpitas in the Central Coast Section Open Division I championship game. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Independence High.

Milpitas has long been known for having the biggest offensive and defensive lines in the CCS. Nor are the Trojans in any way lacking when it comes to talent and speed at the skill positions.

M-A has come to mirror

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Milpitas in some ways. The Bears have a big line, one that won’t be at as much of a size disadvantage as most teams going up against Milpitas. They also have talent and speed at running back with Jordan Mims (1,724 yards rushing, 9.6 yards per carry, 22 touchdowns) and at quarterback with Aajon Johnson, a rugged and physical performer who takes a lot of hits running the option, but has still passed for 1,824 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for 979 yards and 14 touchdowns. (continued on page 39)

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College men’s basketball: Stanford at AdvoCare Invitational, 10:30 a.m. or 1:30 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

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WATER WORLD . . . Former Castilleja water polo coach Ted Minnis makes his first appearance in the NCAA tournament Saturday when his 11th-ranked Harvard men’s team hosts No. 12 Bucknell for the right to play No. 8 UC Davis in Thursday’s quarterfinal. The Crimson (25-6) won the inaugural Northeast Water Polo Conference Championship tournament, defeating MIT, No. 12 Princeton and No. 10 Brown to clinch a spot in the national championship for the first time in Harvard history. Minnis, also a veteran coach for the Stanford Palo Alto Club, has surrounded himself with assistants who have local ties. Cory Olcott served as a coach for the Stanford Palo Alto water polo club from 2007-10. He also coached at Palo Alto and was an assistant coach on the Stanford womenís water polo team from 1995-97. Olcott began his coaching career at Menlo, where he founded the womenís water polo team and served as head coach from 1992-94. Stanford grad Cassie Churnside helped the Cardinal win the 2011 and 2012 national titles. Sacred Heart Prep grad Grant Harvey has produced three goals, four assists and five steals for Havard this year. M-A grad Morgan Olson-Fabbro transferred to UC Davis from West Valley. He’s tied for fifth on the Aggies with 28 goals. Menlo grad Nick Bisconti is a redshirt freshman at Cal, which hosts the Final Four and is seeded third . . . Stanford women’s water polo signed three high school stars to National Letters of Intent: Aria Fischer (Laguna Beach High), Sarah Klass (San Ramon Valley High) and Katrina Sturm (Davis Senior High). Arizona State announced the signing of Sacred Heart Prep senior Layla Waters, who was instrumental in the Gators’ run to their 10th consecutive CCS Division II title earlier in the month.

Waters and Klass are teammates during the summer. ... Michigan announced the signing of Gators’ senior Maddy Johnston, who was recently named Central Coast Section Player of the Year.

Jordan Mims has Menlo-Atherton on the brink of a CCS championship in Division I. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 25, 2016 • Page 37

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McCaffrey (continued from previous page)

as a starter, he loves blocking for him and led the way on a long run Saturday.

Following McCaffreyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 90-yard touchdown romp early in the third quarter, Chryst sprinted down field and was among the first to congratulate him in the end zone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible,â&#x20AC;? Chryst said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every time he runs, I want to turn around and watch him the second I hand it off.â&#x20AC;?

The Cardinal will play in a postseason bowl for the eighth consecutive year. Games will be

announced Dec. 4.

Known as college footballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier award for community service, the Wuerffel Trophy is presented annually by the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. It is awarded to the FBS player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement.

McCaffrey traveled to Rwanda while in high school to build playgrounds for one of the very few primary schools in the country and helped mentor students.

He also serves as a counselor at Dare to Play, an annual football camp for those with Down

syndrome (his father, Ed, runs the camp).

McCaffrey frequently volunteers at Bay Area homeless shelters, and served meals to the homeless with the Cardinal team prior to the 2014 Foster Farms Bowl. He also participates with the Cardinal in its annual Read Across America event.

In the past four games, all Stanford wins, McCaffrey has accounted for 787 rushing yards (second among all FBS players), nine rushing touchdowns (fourth), 118 touches (second), 894 scrimmage yards (second), 223.5 scrimmage yards/game (second) and 10 scrimmage touchdowns (second). Q

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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL

Gunn hopes to add another trophy to the collection M-A will regroup for another title chase

by Tone Lee hen Gunn hired head coach Brandynn Williams, the Titansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball team had just come off a horrific season, going 4-19 overall and only winning a single game in league play. Williams, who was a part of the Paly coaching staff when the Vikings won the state championships in 2006 and also a Paly grad, sought to revive Gunn basketball and that is exactly what he did. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I came into the job not looking at the record; I saw the record, but then I just wanted to teach these guys to play hard and play the fundamentally right way,â&#x20AC;? Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tried to get them to believe in themselves and to not be attached to the wins and losses, but to be attached to playing the right way. If you play the right way, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be okay not only in the game of basketball, but in the game of life.â&#x20AC;?

During the last three years that he was coaching at Gunn, the Titans improved greatly every year, winning the El Camino league title in 2015 and the De Anza league title in 2016, finishing above rival school Paly.

Palo Alto is coming off a 16-9

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(7-5 in the De Anza Division) season under coach Peter Diepenbrock and the Vikings lost one senior.

Palyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top three scorers return in Miles Tention (13.3), Jack Simison (10.3) and Max Dorward (8.3) and its top rebounder in Will Schlemmer (6.5). Tention led the Vikings with 3.1 assists per game last year.

Menlo-Atherton, undefeated in the PAL Bay Division last year, finished its season in the Northern California regional finals.

The Bears lost five seniors but should remain among the sectionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top teams. Eric Norton is the top returning scorer and will need help from returners like Will Perrone, Kai Winterling and Bradley Stillman.

Priory beat Eastside Prep for the CCS Division V title after Eastside upset Pinewood in the semifinals.

Nico Arslander and Zach Weiss will be counted upon to lead Priory, coached by Stanford grad David Moseley.

Look for Aaron Cason and Isaiah East to contribute to Eastsideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season. Matthew Peery and Jaeden Bailey will help Pinewood. Q

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL

Eastside Prep looks to set the standard

Division V full of competitive teams

by Rick Eymer fter years of making do with a minimal roster, Eastside College Prep girls basketball coach Donovan Blythe has filled the bench with a few good young women as the Panthers got bigger in more ways than one.

The same seven-player group that won last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s state Division V title returns with an additional four players, all freshmen and all competitive. Eastside didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any seniors last year and still doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t but the Panthers have numbers.

The depth may come in handy for the postseason, where Division V may be the most competitive division in the Central Coast Section.

Pinewood, a traditional powerhouse, was the top seed in last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Northern California playoffs after participating in the CCS Open Division, but it was Eastside which advanced to the state finals and Priory reached the regional semifinal round.

Priory showed it will be competitive again after taking visiting Division I power Menlo-Atherton to the buzzer before losing, 48-45,

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in a CCS Sportsmanship Game on Monday.

Eastsideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kiki Humphrey was the tallest player last year, at 5-8.

Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking up at three players taller, including 6-1 freshman center Kamaile Schaumkel, this year.

Schaumkel didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score in Eastside Prepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 55-27 Sportsmanship Game at Aragon on Monday.

But she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to score. The Panthers have an abundant of offensive weapons. Schaumkel, in the starting lineup along with fellow freshman DeDe Franklin, was a defensive presence and appears to have a natural ability to rebound.

M-A junior Greer Hoyem led all scorers with 21 points,15 in the first half. She helped the Bears overcome an early deficit.

Priory freshman Dominique Robson made a good first impression, matching Ila Lane with 12 points, all on 3-pointers.

Priory hosts Oceana in a nonleague game Wednesday at 6 p.m. while Menlo-Atherton plays at the Cardinal Newman Classic next Friday, where it faces nationally ranked St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Stockton at 8:30 pm. Q

Sports PREP FOOTBALL

NORCAL VOLLEYBALL

Surprise rematch between Menlo, HMB

M-A, Menlo advance to regional finals

State berths on the line for both teams Saturday

Cougars beat the Knights in PAL Ocean Division opener

by Glenn Reeves hen Menlo School and Half Moon Bay met in a league opener, it seemed like a pretty big game.

Both teams were undefeated in nonleague play, so it figured that the winner would be in the driver’s seat to claim the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division championship.

Little did anyone suspect it back then, but Menlo and Half Moon Bay are playing again, and for much bigger stakes, with a Central Coast Section championship at stake.

No. 3 seed Menlo (11-1) will play No. 4 Half Moon Bay (102) on Saturday at Sequoia High at 7 p.m. for the CCS Division V championship.

Half Moon Bay is the defending Division V champion, beating Pacific Grove, 54-7, for the 2015 title. Don’t expect a similar score this time.

“I know it’s not going to be that kind of blowout,’’ HMB coach Keith Holden said. “I think it should be a battle.’’

Half Moon Bay built a big lead in that first game against Menlo and held on for a 36-27 victory.

Menlo hasn’t lost since.

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Ravipati said. “And they run so many different formations, everything from the scrum to the spread. We have to make sure we don’t get caught in the window dressing. And they have guys who are so versatile that they don’t have to change personnel.’’

Milpitas turned in its most impressive performance of the season last week, rallying from a 28-10 deficit to beat San Benito 35-28.

The Trojans are deep at the skill positions, but everyone who plays them has to account for the Bracy twins, Tyree and Tariq. Tyree is the quarterback. Tariq is a speedster who leads the team in rushing (981 yards, 9.7 per carry, 9 touchdowns)

by Glenn Reeves he Menlo-Atherton girls’ volleyball team turned in one of its strongest performances of the season Tuesday in a 25-14, 25-21, 25-12 victory over visiting Turlock in the Northern California Division I semifinals.

The Bears, defending NorCal champs, will go for a repeat Saturday when they host Oak Ridge in the NorCal finals at 7 p.m.

Junior Ashley Dreyer recorded 13 kills, Grace Enright produced a clutch service ace, and the topseeded Knights rallied to beat visiting Branson, 26-24, 25-16, 22-25, 26-24, Tuesday to reach the Northern California regional finals.

Menlo (23-8) hosts CCS champion Monte Vista Christian-Watsonville at 3 p.m. Saturday.

The Mustangs (33-5) topped visiting Sacred Heart Prep, 25-21,

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Charlie Ferguson. steadily improving play of QB Hayden Pegley (2,248 yards passing, 25 TDs.) Junior fullback Chase Hofmann has had a monster season for Half Moon Bay with 1,854 yards rushing (in 11 games) and 27 touchdowns. Hofmann also has had a stellar season on defense at safety.

Half Moon Bay is going for the third CCS title in school history.

Menlo has the additional motivation of trying to win its first.

“This is a great opportunity to do that,’’ Newton said.

Menlo played in CCS championship games in 2009 (losing to Carmel) and 2012 (losing to Sacred Heart Prep).

“Half Moon Bay is tough to beat because they do everything well,’’ Newton said. “We hope to play a great game because it stands to reason you’ve got to beat a great team in the final.’’ Q and receiving (32 catches, 22.7 yards per reception, 10 TDs.) Now after a 0-3 start in 2015 in his first year as head coach and a 0-2 start this year, Ravipati has watched his team weather the storm and advance to the CCS championship game.

“We made a covenant where the kids take on rules and responsibilities,’’ Ravipati said. “One of the goals we put in there was to win a CCS championship. This is a step in that process of how to achieve success. The kids are excited for this opportunity. There are 92 teams in the CCS. Ten are still alive and five get to keep playing.’’ Q

25-18, 25-27, 25-16, in a rematch of the CCS Division IV championship contest. The Gators (2612) had their most wins in a year since the state championship team of 2012.

Senior Natalie Zimits had nine kills and five blocks and fellow senior Sammy Phillips added eight kills and six blocks.

Repeating as NorCal titlists, however, is not something M-A spent much time thinking or talking about. The big goal is to win that game, go back to the state finals and win a state championship this time around.

Jacqueline DiSanto had 15 kills on a .343 hitting percentage to lead Menlo-Atherton (29-5).

Eliza Grover had 13 kills and hit .500. Kirby Knapp had 35 assists and Kiana Sales came up with 10 digs. Q

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Ashley Dreyer MENLO VOLLEYBALL

Evan King, Hayden Pegley

The junior opposite hitter recorded 21 kills in three-set Northern California Division IV wins over Bear River and Cardinal Newman. She had a hitting percentage of .588 against Bear River and .471, against Cardinal Newman.

MENLO FOOTBALL Pegley completed 22 of 46 passes for 378 yards and three touchdowns in Menlo’s CCS Division V semifinal win over Seaside. King caught 10 passes for 163 yards and added an interception on defense.

Honorable mention Sara Choy

Bailey Deeter

Cate Desler

Charlie Ferguson*

Jacqueline DiSanto*

Aajon Johnson*

Eliza Grover*

Jordan Mims*

Sammy Phillips*

Stavro Papadakis

Kiana Sales

Brandon Semien

Sacred Heart Prep tennis Sacred Heart volleyball Menlo-Atherton volleyball Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Robert W. Dahlberg

But for Milpitas, advancing to a CCS title game has become a virtual rite of fall. This is the fifth time in the last six years the Trojans have played for a CCS championship. The Bears were last in a CCS final in 2011 when they lost to Serra in the Division II game.

They won CCS titles with a runoriented team in 2008 that had a coaching change at mid-season, and with a passing team in 2002, coached by defensive-minded Martin Billings.

“How big and how fast they are -- they definitely look the part,’’ M-A coach Adhir Ravipati said of Milpitas. “I don’t think rumor has done them justice. I understand why they’ve had the success they’ve had the last couple of years.’’

Both teams are 10-2 on the season. Milpitas lost two league games, to Los Gatos and Wilcox.

M-A lost its first two games of the season, to Bellarmine and Marin Catholic, but got a big win against Bellarmine last Friday, 21-0 in the CCS semifinals. The Bears also have wins over both Los Gatos and Wilcox.

But Milpitas, with all its unique capabilities, is a difficult team to prepare for.

“How do you simulate that kind of size and speed in practice?’’

we were two months ago,’’ Menlo coach Mark Newton said. “We’ve settled in as a team the second half of the season. Guys have hunkered down into their roles and responsibilities. At the start of the year we had a ton of guys without much football experience. They’ve gotten steadily better and better. I’m really proud of them. They are a really coachable group.’’

Menlo and Half Moon Bay ended up co-champions of the PAL Ocean at 4-1 after the King’s Academy defeated HMB. Menlo defeated TKA in the first round of the CCS playoffs, then went on the road to beat No. 2 seed Seaside, 34-28. Half Moon Bay beat Soquel, 49-30, then beat Sacred Heart Prep, 16-13, in the semifinals a week after SHP had upset No. 1 Carmel.

Getting off to a good start will be a key for Menlo.

“There’s a big difference in getting a little bit of a lead instead of being a team that’s behind,’’ Newton said.

Half Moon Bay, with its groundbased attack, is a tough team to come back against.

Menlo has been led by the running of Charlie Ferguson (1,595 yards, 25 touchdowns) and the

Stravo Papadakis is a valuable two-way player for the Bears.

Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Menlo football

Menlo football

Menlo-Atherton football Menlo-Atherton football Menlo-Atherton football Sacred Heart Prep football * Previous winners

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

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