Palo Alto Weekly September 22, 2017

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Local news, information and analysis

Report: District failed in handling sex-assault case Incident reflects ‘systemic concerns’ about district’s Title IX response

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by Elena Kadvany to comply with federal and state laws and its own policies.

The report, which was prepared at the request of the Board of Education by law firm Cozen O’Connor, was released even as the trustees met to discuss the fate of several employees involved in the case in closed-session

highly critical report released Wednesday afternoon details how Palo Alto High School and district administrators repeatedly failed to properly respond to a student who reported she had been sexually assaulted at Paly in 2016, illustrating an organization unable

performance evaluations.

Two Cozen O’Connor lawyers nationally known for their work around federal gender-equity law Title IX examined the district’s response to a female Paly freshman’s report in October 2016 that a male junior had forced her to perform oral sex on him in a campus bathroom. The freshman eventually withdrew from Paly, due to distress stemming from the alleged sexual assault, her mother said in previous

interviews with the Weekly.

Several months later, a juvenile court found the same male student to have sexually assaulted a Menlo Atherton High School student off campus. The public disclosure of these incidents in media reports this spring sparked community uproar over the district’s handling of student sexual violence.

The report from lawyers Gina Smith and Leslie Gomez faults in particular Superintendent Max

McGee and former Chief Student Services Officer Holly Wade, who was the district’s Title IX coordinator and who left the district at the end of the last school year. McGee and Wade “failed to exercise sufficient oversight of the District’s compliance responsibilities under Title IX, state law and Board policy,” the lawyers wrote. (The report itself identifies administrators by (continued on page 8)

EDUCATION

To curb lengthy meetings, school board to limit public’s comments Board seeks balance of hearing from community and getting through business

by Elena Kadvany

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TRANSPORTATION

Palo Alto approaches decision on rail redesign Despite high costs, putting Caltrain in trench remains city most popular alternative

by Gennady Sheyner

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alo Alto’s effort to separate the railroad tracks from local streets will, by any account, likely require the seizure of private property, cause years of traffic disruptions and cost more than $1 billion, much coming from who-knows-where.

But at last Saturday’s city workshop on grade separations, which aimed at narrowing down design alternatives, talk quickly turned to the perils of doing nothing. City Manager James Keene set the tone early when he cited Caltrain’s plan to modernize, which will add trains to the city’s 4-mile corridor, and the state’s looming high-speed rail project, which would share the

tracks with Caltrain.

If both of these projects are in place by 2025, the number of trains will rise from the current level of six during the average peak hour (or 10 in the busiest hour) to about 20 per hour. This will require the crossing gates to be closed for 45 seconds every 3 minutes, according to a presentation by Chief Transportation Official Joshuah Mello.

The change is projected to lengthen the vehicle delays by 60 percent during the morning commute. During the evening rush, the already insufferable delays would be about twice as long by 2025, according to Mello.

At the city’s three busiest grade

crossings — Churchill Road, Meadow Drive and Charleston Road — cars looking to cross the tracks or to turn left from Alma will line up in “unclearable queues,” and the capacity of the local roadways will decrease by 20 percent over the current levels.

That, in a nutshell, is Palo Alto’s “do nothing” alternative — one that city officials and residents alike are willing to do anything to avoid.

“In the not too distant future, as Caltrain electrification proceeds and potential high-speed rail looms, as we shall see, our town can be impossibly divided (continued on page 12)

n an effort to rein in meetings that regularly run past 10 p.m., the Palo Alto Board of Education is testing a series of limits on public comment, but some community members are voicing concern that this could hinder their ability to provide feedback to their elected officials.

The board approved the changes at a governance workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and decided to pilot them for the rest of the current school year. They will begin at the board’s next regular meeting on Sept. 26.

Trustees decided unanimously to limit comment for both agendized items and during open forum, a section at the start at every meeting when people can speak to any issue not on the agenda for that meeting. If there are 10 or fewer speakers for an agendized item or in total for open forum, each person will get the typical three minutes. If there are between 11 and 15 speakers, their time will go down to two minutes; between 16 and 20 people to oneand-a-half minutes; and to one minute for more than 20.

Several board members opposed another proposal to randomly pick speakers if there are more than 20.

The discussion centered on how to balance what board member Todd Collins called “two competing goods” — hearing public comments and getting through the public’s business at a decent hour. Several hot-button issues tested the board’s balance of these two elements

during the last school year, from community outcry over the high schools’ weighted-grade reporting practices to the implementation of a new sex-education curriculum.

The board also voted 3-2 (Collins, Ken Dauber and Terry Godfrey in favor) to implement a 30-minute cap on open forum and add a 15-minute section at the end of meetings for overflow comments.

In interviews with the Weekly, several community members expressed concern about the impact of the limits on the public’s ability to make their voices heard.

“When students speak, they should be heard without the menace of a shortened buzzer. Parents and teachers take the time to prepare (for) and attend board meetings with the intent to deliver ideas for consideration, articulate their heart-felt principles and publicly provide a glimpse into the ‘state of the state’ of families,” Christina Schmidt, the former chair of special-education advocacy group Community Advisory Committee, wrote in an email.

Kimberly Rice D’Ewart, a regular participant in board meetings, commented on the Weekly’s Facebook page that she finds open forum “the most valuable, informative, efficiently run and lacking of dead-time portion of the meetings.

“You are basically taking away the ability to make any substantial argument by reducing the public speaking time by two-thirds,” she wrote. “Reward those who are (continued on page 12)

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Around Town

SHAKY GROUND ... An executive of a Menlo Park-based company was in Mexico City, Mexico when Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7.1-magnitude earthquake shook the central region of the country. Janise Rodgers, chief operations officer at GeoHazards International, was attending a forum by the Mexican Society of Earthquake Engineering at National Autonomous University of Mexico, where she was invited to give a presentation when the temblor arrived, just two hours after a scheduled drill on the 32nd anniversary of the 8.0-magnitude earthquake centered in Michoacan, a state west of the capital. In a firsthand account provided by company President Brian Tucker, Rodgers described the calamity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Power poles were swaying back and forth; fewer people stood under them this time. People poured into the street. Cars stopped. Everyone was on the phone trying to (call) loved ones,â&#x20AC;?

Rodgers said. The university is located on a hilly section of the city far from soft lakebed sentiments that engineers at the forum said contributed to damage in the 1985 earthquake. Once the building was inspected and all-clear was given, people were allowed back inside. The forum continued, but the presenter was competing with activated sirens outside. Rodgers was particularly affected by news coming from Colegio Enrique Rebsamen elementary school, where at least 20 students were reportedly killed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;New schools in the city are designed to be earthquake resistant, but, ... a stock of existing vulnerable buildings needs to be addressed.â&#x20AC;?

GOING PLATINUM ... Palo Alto is the first city nationwide to receive the Platinum Level Beacon Award from the Institute for Local Government for its work in addressing climate change. The city has reduced its greenhousegas emissions in the community and at city facilities by 20 percent and 53 percent, respectively; saved energy at its facilities and operations by 22 percent; and recorded 35 percent in natural gas savings. Mayor Greg Scharff received the award during the League of California Cities Annual Conference on Sept. 14. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Palo Alto strives to create a community where sustainability is a way of life,â&#x20AC;? Scharff said in his acceptance

speech. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a city, we have set a new bar, for ourselves and for others, to continue to strive for excellence in how we operate our facilities and integrate green practices into our everyday lives.â&#x20AC;?

The city previously won a SilverLevel Beacon Award in 2014, the second city to ever earn the distinction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is an honor and a proud moment for Palo Alto, as we have achieved a level of accomplishment that no city has ever reached before,â&#x20AC;? City Manager James Keene said in a press release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be recognized with a Platinum award is confirmation of our cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s well deserved reputation as a sustainability leader, and emblematic of our communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts to reach this goal.â&#x20AC;? The city is home to the first utility company ever to supply its customers with carbon neutral electricity and natural gas as a standard.

HEALTHY LIVING ... City Hall and King Plaza will be taken over by local nonprofits, businesses, medical groups and fitness instructors for the third annual Community Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 23. The event, hosted by the city and Palo Alto Family YMCA, is expected to draw 500 to 800 people for a variety of activities from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

People looking for a workout can participate in yoga, Nia, belly dancing and Zumba classes at the plaza throughout the day.

The all-ages event has something for everyone, including an elder awareness panel discussion, a debate featuring Palo Alto and Gunn high school students on what universal health care would look like for people with mental health, a QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) suicide prevention training by youth well-being collaborative Project Safety Net and activities for the young and young at heart. The event also will include speakers discussing nutrition, mindfulness and mental health. Local nonprofits will showcase their services and Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;WELL for Lifeâ&#x20AC;? initiative will run a computer lab where people can compare their health to other Bay Area residents based on a survey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope people walk away from the health fair with just a better understanding and better sense of what well-being means to them personally,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Anderson, the YMCAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s senior director of Community Wellness. Q

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PEOPLE SAP executive Jenny Dearborn has combined her passion for painting with her childhood love of superheroes, creating bright canvases that hang in her Palo Alto home.

Execs from SAP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise to receive Athena awards Jenny Dearborn and Anissa Leong to be honored for career achievements by Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce

by Palo Alto Weekly staff Veronica Weber

A legacy of ‘proving it’ Having overcome her own obstacles, SAP’s Jenny Dearborn now mentors others

by Anna Medina

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n four- to six-hour conference calls, Jenny Dearborn, senior VP and chief learning officer at Palo Alto-based SAP, is almost guaranteed to have a paintbrush in hand, working on a large-scale canvas of her latest project — a DC Comics superhero.

Dearborn, whose first canvas was of Wonder Woman, has since painted around 35 “gigantic” portraits, many of which grace the walls of her home in Palo Alto.

“The way my brain works, I have to be doing a couple of different things at the same time,” she said. “I listen to books on tape and paint, listen to conference calls and paint, so that I can really concentrate on what I’m hearing — keep my hands busy.”

Dearborn said that she paints superheroes because “they feel to me quite pure”: They’re selfless champions for the underdog with a sense of justice and equality.

Her paintings are also, in a way, an homage to her childhood.

Dearborn grew up in Davis, California, with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD. She taught herself to read “quite late compared to most kids” by reading comics. Because of her undiagnosed conditions, though, people criticized her during her childhood and throughout her life.

“I generally grew up being told by lots of people that I wasn’t good enough, and I wasn’t smart enough,” she said. “Anytime I wanted to contribute to whatever was going on that was an intellectual exercise, of whatever kind, what I was told was to prove it.”

Dearborn said that “proving it” became her mantra — one that she took with her into the corporate world, and one that has helped her become a recognized leader in learning, leadership and business culture. Her work has earned her numerous accolades, incuding recognition as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech by the National Diversity Council. And on Oct. 17, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce will present her its prestigious Athena Award for her leadership in community service (See “Execs from SAP, Hewlett

Packard Enterprise to Receive Athena Awards”).

Before entering the corporate world, Dearborn studied English at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her husband. Then she received a master’s degree from Stanford University’s Teacher Education Program and worked as an English teacher at Woodside High School.

After Dearborn tired of teaching “Macbeth” for the umpteenth time, she sought a career that would satisfy her need for a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

“I think the way my brain is wired, I need a great deal of change,” she said, adding that she found that in the corporate environment.

To find her new career, Dearborn did quite a bit of research, eventually discovering a field called corporate education — teaching personnel- and HR-related courses — and becoming interested in Hewlett-Packard Company. She spent a school year driving from Woodside High to Hewlett-Packard during her lunch break to conduct informational interviews with people there.

“From September to June, I think I met, like, 45 people at HewlettPackard, and I graduated my seniors. They walked across the stage on Friday, June 16, and I started working at Hewlett-Packard on Monday as an instructor. ... It was absolutely seamless,” she said.

While at HP in the early ‘90s, Dearborn pursued a part-time MBA and discovered a love for statistics. For Dearborn, who had always had felt that she needed to prove herself, math and stats offered a way to do that.

“What I loved more than anything else was statistics. And math and data. And analytics.

Because you could prove it. It was evidence; it was irrefutable.

It was the single source of truth.

There was no emotion; there was no opinion. It was just the facts, and when you had the facts and data behind you, everyone was like, ‘Of course,’” she said.

As her career progressed, she

became responsible for the training, readiness and capability building of sales representatives.

“From there, I learned that there were some learning interventions for sales that had fantastic results and some that had terrible results, and there didn’t seem to be a lot of science in the industry about the best way to prepare sales reps to be the most effective and the most efficient they could be,” she said.

Dearborn figured that if she could “crack the code” of exactly what the gaps were in a sales reps’ performance, knowledge and skills, she could better implement the right learning or education intervention.

This is exactly the problem Dearborn and her team sought to solve, and her first book, “Data Driven,” outlines their findings and process.

After “Data Driven” was published, Dearborn found that people questioned the applicability of the model to work areas other than sales. Here was another challenge — something on which Dearborn thrives.

For her second book, she chose to prove the validity of her model by tackling “the hardest place to prove that learning and development makes a difference in a corporate environment: ... leadership.”

“The Data Driven Leader” will be published in November.

Whether through her books or through her management of more than 85,000 employees worldwide, Dearborn’s goal in her endeavors is to help people be better in their jobs.

“The greatest service that I can do in my life is to help other people. So I have lots of mentees. I will do everything in my power to help other people be successful and achieve their dreams and their potential. I think that that’s one of the most humbling things that I can do,” she said. Q Editorial Assistant and Internship Coordinator Anna Medina can be reached at amedina@paweekly.com.

About the cover: A car waits to cross the railroad tracks at Meadow Drive in Palo Alto as Caltrain passes by on Sept.

13. Photo by Veronica Weber.

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enny Dearborn, senior vicepresident and chief learning officer for businessto-business software company SAP, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Athena Leadership Award from the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, an honor that recognizes the achievements of outstanding professional and business women.

“It celebrates individuals who strive toward the highest Anissa Leong level of accomplishment — women who excel in their chosen field but who also open paths so that others may follow,” according to the Chamber of Commerce, which will host the Athena Awards on Oct. 17 at the Garden Court Hotel in downtown Palo Alto.

The Chamber also will present the Athena Emerging Professional Leadership Award to Anissa Leong, corporate affairs program manager at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. This honor is granted to “a woman who demonstrates excellence, creativity and initiative in her business or profession,” the Chamber states.

The Athena Award Program was launched in Michigan in 1982, and since then more than 7,000 awards have been presented to women in greater than 500 communities internationally.

At SAP, Dearborn is responsible for the learning, development, talent management, succession management and organizational development of SAP’s 87,000 employees worldwide. Before SAP, she held the position of chief learning officer at SuccessFactors, Sun Microsystems and Docent and also led learning and development at Hewlett-Packard. She began her career as an instructor and instructional designer.

Dearborn is a champion of equality and diversity and has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech by the National Diversity Council. She is the global executive sponsor of SAP’s Business Women’s Network and Pride@

SAP and has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the top 25 global executive allies to LGBT community.

Dearborn’s community involvement is extensive, from serving on the board of directors for organizations ranging from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group to The Commonwe a lt h Club. She is a mentor for the U.S. State Department to female entrepreneurs in Jenny Dearborn developi ng countries.

A professional artist, competitive athlete and Palo Alto resident, Dearborn is married and has four children.

Athena Emerging Professional recipient Leong is manager of the Office of Protocol and California State & Local Government Relations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

She is responsible for the company’s state and local government affairs in California and helps to develop strong political and community networks for the corporation.

Leong graduated from the University of California, Berkeley majoring in legal studies and public policy. Upon moving to Palo Alto for work, Leong helped to jump start the Emerging Professionals in Commerce (EPIC) Young Professionals section of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.

Leong is an active leader both inside her company and in the community, serving as the president of the Young Employee Network at HPE and president of the Cal Alumni Association Bay Area Chapter. She also has taught a weekly cooking class for fifth-graders at the East Palo Alto Boys and Girls Club.

The Oct. 17 Athena Awards event will begin with a pre-luncheon networking social from 11 a.m. to noon, with the luncheon to start at noon.

Individual tickets and tables of 10 can be purchased from the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce at paloaltochamber.com/ athena-awards.

The Palo Alto Weekly is the media sponsor of the Athena Awards. Q

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“This lack of oversight is particularly concerning given the context at the time, which involved an ongoing OCR (U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights) investigation where the District, and in particular, PAHS, were subject to a several-year inquiry into how they responded to Title IX complaints,” the report states.

Smith and Gomez found “systemic” problems with how the district handled the female student’s case — from poor, and in some instances nonexistent, record keeping and a neglect to communicate sufficiently with either the female or male student or their parents, to a failure to launch a required Title IX investigation and not investigating a potential pattern of behavior by the male student.

“While school administrators took timely action to respond to the (female student’s) report, they

did not provide the (student) with the full range of procedural options available under Title IX, state law, Board policy and administrative regulations,” the report states.

The report notes the lawyers were not asked to make any determination about the facts of the incident itself but rather administrators’ handling of it.

The report is based on the lawyers’ interviews with current and former administrators at Paly and the district and a review of available documents related to the incident, including handwritten notes, letters, timelines and other materials compiled by administrators; text messages and email correspondence; records of phone calls and text messages; court orders; student education records; a previous report conducted by an external law firm; the Uniform Complaint Procedure (UCP) reporting form; and mandatory child abuse reporting. The female student declined to participate in the investigation. The report does

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

Human Relations Commission (Sept. 14)

Grant support: The commission approved supplying a letter of support to the Palo Alto Art Center for a grant to establish an artists-in-residence program related to cultural diversity. Yes: Alhassani, Brahmbhatt, Chen, Stinger, Lee, Gordon Gray Abstained: O’Nan Resignation: Commissioner Gordon Gray announced she will be resigning due to a move out of state. Action: None

Board of Education Policy Review Committee (Sept. 15)

Policies: The board’s policy review committee discussed policies on class size, bullying prevention and gifted and talented program. Action: None

City Council (Sept. 18)

3877 El Camino Real: The council approved a mixed-use development with commercial space and 17 housing units for the former site of Compadres. Yes: DuBois, Fine, Holman, Kniss, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach Absent: Filseth, Kou Palo Alto TMA: The council allocated $480,000 to the Palo Alto TMA. Yes: DuBois, Fine, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Tanaka, Wolbach Absent: Kniss, Kou

Council Finance Committee (Sept. 19)

Fees: The committee approved a list of revisions to municipal fee schedule in the Development Services Department and adopted a reserve policy for the department. Yes: Unanimous CalPERS: The committee discussed the CalPERS pension annual valuation reports as of June 30, 2016. Action: None

Council Policy and Services Committee (Sept. 20)

Board terms: The committee agreed to continue having two recruitment periods for local boards and commissions: a spring period for the Architectural Review Board, the Planning and Transportation Commission, the Human Relations Commission and the Utilities Advisory Commission; and a fall period for the Library Advisory Commission, the Public Art Commission, the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Historic Resources Board. Yes: Unanimous Audit: The committee discussed the City Auditor’s work plan for fiscal year 2018 and accepted the status update of the audit recommendations for Palo Alto Animal Services. Yes: Unanimous

Board of Education (Sept. 20)

Evaluations: The school board met in closed session to discuss performance evaluations for the superintendent, high school principal and assistant principals. Action: None reportable

Architectural Review Board (Sept. 21)

Cell equipment: The board had a study session to discuss a request by Crown Castle, on behalf of Verizon, to install 16 wireless communication nodes on utility poles and streetlights in the public right-of-way. Action: None Junior Museum and Zoo: The board recommended approval of the demolition, reconstruction and expansion of the Junior Museum and Zoo at 1451 Middlefield Road. Yes: Baltay, Gooyer, Kim, Lew Absent: Furth

Board of Education (Sept. 21)

Sex-assault report: The board discussed a report on a law firm’s investigation into senior leadership’s response to a 2016 report of student sexual assault at Palo Alto High School. The meeting was scheduled to take place after press deadline.

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not say whether lawyers spoke directly with the male student.

How Paly leaders responded

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hile the report identified plenty of missteps

by Paly administrators, their initial response to the female student’s report was prompt and compliant, the lawyers found.

Administrators conducted an initial, “limited” investigation and put in place interim and ongoing remedial measures to support the female student, as well as imposed “protective measures” for the male student. The male junior also was disciplined for “related conduct” with the female student, but not for the specific incident she reported, the lawyers found.

Administrators also immediately reported the incident to the Palo Alto Police Department and later that evening, to Santa Clara County Child Protective Services, according to the report.

Paly Principal Kim Diorio and two unnamed assistant principals informed Wade about the incident the same day they learned about it, the lawyers found. (Three assistant principals who were involved in the case are not named in the report; Paly employed four assistant principals in 2016 — Jerry Berkson, Vicki Kim, Adam Paulson and Kathie Laurence, who is now principal of Gunn High School.) Within 24 hours, as required, Diorio also notified McGee, who “identified the potential need to pursue a UCP and took steps to ensure that the Title IX coordinator had been informed,” the report states.

Beyond that point, however, Paly administrators repeatedly failed to comply with board policy and federal and state laws.

School administrators did not conduct a “thorough” interview with either student involved that would have allowed them to “evaluate issues of consent, the potential impact of a power differential between the parties based on age, grade or status, or the welcomeness of the conduct,” the report states.

Nor did staff complete their investigation, which in and of itself also did not constitute the formal investigation as required under the Uniform Complaint Procedure, the lawyers note in the report. Also neither the student nor her family received written notice of the outcome of any investigation, according to the report.

Administrators also failed to notify the student and her family of their right to file a complaint under the district’s UCP, according to the report.

And while Paly leaders took “immediate steps” to address reports that the female student was being bullied several weeks later as a result of the incident, they failed to consider whether “the conduct could potentially constitute harassment, retaliation or the continuation of a hostile environment under Title IX,” the report states.

No one informed the female

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Palo Alto High School students chat during lunch. The high school and district staff have been under scrutiny for how they handled a report of sexual-assault in October 2016. student or her family of their rights to protection against retaliation at school, according to the report.

The bullying incident also revealed a lack of coordination and communication among the school staff, the report states. The assistant principal who dealt with the bullying situation didn’t share the information with the assistant principal who had overseen the school’s response to the sexual assault. The same assistant principal also did not direct the harassed student to Wade.

The report is particularly harsh in observing that there existed a school culture in which staff not only failed to but even resisted keeping records of Title IX incidents at Paly.

“Based on training and practice, a common practice was to communicate by telephone or text message to avoid creating documentation that could potentially be publicly released,” the report states.

While administrators shared information at team meetings and some kept personal notes or records, “there were no efforts,” the lawyers found, “to maintain centralized records or consistent documentation that would inform future steps or allow the institution to track patterns or identify potential retaliation or harassment.” Staff who kept personal records did not share them contemporaneously with Wade.

Staff members also did not document interviews with law enforcement in this case, as required by board policy.

Only the wellness center, where the female student reported the incident, maintained “detailed and contemporaneous notes,” the report states.

The district’s role

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t the district level, Wade bears the brunt of the report’s criticisms. Despite being explicitly tasked with the responsibility, she neglected to conduct a legally required Title IX investigation to determine whether the female student was experiencing a hostile environment at Paly.

She did not speak directly with either of the students involved, nor their parents, to inform them of their rights under district processes.

The district’s Uniform

Complaint Procedure requires the district’s Title IX coordinator to give a student who has filed a complaint the opportunity to describe what happened, identify witnesses and provide evidence and information. It also requires the coordinator to interview any individuals who might have relevant information; to review available records, notes or statements and to prepare a written report of findings.

“Here, none of those steps occurred,” the lawyers wrote.

Wade also neglected her charge as the district’s Title IX coordinator to oversee all complaints by “deferr(ing) to the administrators on site to investigate and evaluate the appropriate institutional response,” the report states.

“Once on notice, the district had an independent obligation to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred in light of its Title IX obligation to resolve all complaints promptly and equitably and to provide a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for all students. This obligation exists whether or not the complainant makes a complaint or asks the institution to take action,” the report states.

The lawyers found that Wade sought outside legal counsel in this case on the appropriateness of offering the female student a UCP. The advice she received not to offer the UCP process “appears to contradict Title IX, Education Code and UCP requirements,” the report states.

When a Paly assistant principal notified Wade that the female student planned to withdraw from the district, Wade again said that the school did not need to offer a UCP. While the district later opened a UCP investigation, “the nearly five month delay” to do so “does not constitute a prompt response” to the female student’s November 2016 report, the lawyers state.

Wade’s failure to keep proper documentation of this incident also significantly impacted her “ability to effectively track and monitor patterns, climate and culture,” the lawyers wrote.

(Wade has since been replaced by an interim Title IX coordinator the district hired from Cozen O’Connor. The lawyers note that since the start of their

Upfront investigation, the district has taken steps to address “deficiencies,” including this appointment, increased staff training that took place this summer and relevant policy revisions.)

The report also highlighted an administration that did not connect the dots that continued to unfold in the case. After the school district was notified that the male student had been found in juvenile court to have committed a felony charge — oral copulation by force, violence, duress, menace or fear — that December for assaulting a female MenloAtherton High School student in October 2015, staff failed to consider this information as part of a larger picture. (The report does not specifically call out the juvenile court notification — which the district has said it received in January — but rather “additional information” provided by external authorities in February.)

In a section titled “Evaluation of Risk,” the lawyers state: “The district did not properly investigate to determine whether the additional information provided by the external authorities involved on-or off-campus conduct by the (male student); whether the conduct was connected to a PAHS student; whether the conduct may have had continuing effects at PAHS; whether as a result of the conduct, the Respondent may have represented a danger to persons; or whether the additional information presented a potential pattern of conduct that may warrant further action or triggered obligations” under board policy on student suspension and expulsion.

The district also “had no protocol for the tracking and monitoring of information received from

external authorities, or compliance with directives from external authorities,” the report states.

Many of the report’s observations are corroborated by the Office for Civil Rights, whose recent yearslong investigation into sexual misconduct allegations in the school district also found repeated violations of Title IX. The federal agency reviewed documents related to this case as part of its ongoing monitoring of the district, according to the Cozen O’Connor report. The agency likewise found that despite a “prompt” initial investigation, notification of law enforcement and imposition of remedial measures for the students, the district failed to inform the student and her family of her rights under the Uniform Complaint Procedure — first when the incident was reported, and again when the student notified Paly that she planned to leave the district.

Support for and opposition to Diorio

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he Cozen O’Connor lawyers last week presented to the school board in closed session a “detailed, annotated working chronology” of the district’s response to “enable the board to consider and evaluate personnel issues related the facts gathered in this matter.”

On Wednesday, the board convened to discuss the performance of McGee, Diorio and the other Paly administrators involved in the case. Before the board went into closed session, however, several parents spoke both against and in support of Paly’s principal.

A father who said his daughter was assaulted on the Paly quad in

Timeline: How Palo Alto High’s ‘prompt’ response went awry family, conduct an initial investigation and put supports in place for the female student, as well as “protective measures” for the male student.

• Administrators, including Diorio, do not inform the female student and her family of their right to file a Uniform Complaint Procedure complaint, as is required by policy. They do not conduct “thorough” interviews of either the female or male student, and initial interviews are not contemporaneously documented or recorded.

• Paly administrators do not interview all relevant witnesses, and instead rely on written summaries from witnesses (a student and staff members). They do not create an investigation report or maintain detailed, centralized records for the case. They do not conclude their initial investigation nor issue a written outcome to the students involved, as required.

• Wade does not communicate directly with either the female or male student or their parents to explain their procedural options or provide resources. Wade does not create a file or initiate a Title IX investigation, as required.

• In November 2016, a female Paly freshman tells a school counselor she had been sexually assaulted that October by a male junior.

• The counselor immediately notifies Paly’s school resource officer and an unnamed assistant principal, who informs Paly Principal Kim Diorio.

• The same day, Diorio and two other unnamed assistant principals inform then-Title IX coordinator Holly Wade, as required by policy.

• Also the same day, the school resource officer notifies the police department, who interview the female student. The wellness-center counselor makes a mandatory report of suspected child abuse to Santa Clara County Child Protective Services that evening.

• Diorio informs Superintendent Max McGee within 24 hours, as required.

• McGee ensures Wade had been informed.

• Within days of the report, McGee informs the school board of a “student disciplinary issue” at Paly that “may result in a sexual harassment complaint” under the Uniform Complaint Procedure (UCP).

• Paly administrators notify the female student’s 2015 — a case Cozen O’Connor is also investigating separately — struggled to hold back tears after a Paly staff member defended Diorio’s “character” and “integrity.”

The Weekly is not identifying him to protect his family’s privacy.

“My daughter was assaulted,” he said. “To hear people say that Kim acted with character and integrity ... is offensive. She did ignore us.”

He urged the board to consider the law firm’s report not in a vacuum but against the backdrop of other numerous other Title IX reports the district has received in recent months.

The Paly staff member, Carolyn

to hold a special public meeting to discuss the Cozen O’Connor report Thursday, Sept. 21, after the Weekly’s press deadline. Reporting on the meeting will be posted on PaloAltoOnline.com. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Benfield, said that of the seven principals she’s worked with over 18 years at Paly, “There’s never been a principal more dedicated to the safety of our kids than Kim, no one who has made such a positive change in the culture at Paly.”

“I would hope that a person’s character, integrity and history of their actions and many good works would be the greatest determining factor in their employment,” she said.

When the school board came out of closed session after four hours, board President Terry Godfrey said the trustees had taken no reportable action.

The school board was scheduled

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Timeline: An overview of Palo Alto Unified’s handling of the case Below is a timeline of events in the district’s response to a Palo Alto High School student’s report of sexual assault in 2016, drawn from the report of the Cozen O’Connor law firm, which investigated senior administrators’ handling of the case.

October 2016: Fall 2016: About three weeks after the Female Paly student reports an alleged sexual assault involving a male junior to school staff (see “Timeline: How Palo Alto High’s prompt response devolved”).

alleged incident, the female student reports being bullied by other students. An unnamed assistant principal immediately speaks with the harassing students and “admonishe(s)” them to stop. The assistant principal, however, does not connect the harassment with the alleged sexual assault and does not share the information at an administrative team meeting or with the assistant principal who handled the initial case. The assistant principal also does not evaluate whether the bullying could constitute harassment, retaliation or the continuation of a hostile educational environment under Title IX.

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March 2017:

district receives “additional information” from “external authorities” about the male student.

(The district has said previously it received a Jan. 31 letter from the Juvenile Justice Department that the same male student had been found to have sexually assaulted a female Menlo-Atherton High School Student off-campus in 2015.) The district does not take steps to evaluate or investigate this information, according to Cozen O’Connor.

School board approves resolution agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) following the agency’s investigation into separate Title IX violations at the district’s two high schools.

Female student’s parent files a Uniform Complaint Procedure complaint.

End of fall semester 2016:

June 9, 2017:

The female student and her family inform Paly that she intends to withdraw from the school. Neither Paly nor the district offer or open a Uniform Complaint Procedure.

Wade’s last day in the district.

April 2017: May 10, 2017: District hires an outside law firm to investigate issues raised in the female student’s parent’s UCP.

The Paly sexualassault allegations are disclosed publicly for the first time in media reports.

May 11, 2017: May 31, 2017: District contracts with Cozen O’Connor to help the district implement the OCR resolution agreement.

District formally expands contract with Cozen O’Connor to include investigation of the district’s response to the Paly case.

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Mid-June 2017: August 2017:

Aug.14, 2017:

Sept. 13, 2017: Sept. 20, 2017: Sept. 21, 2017:

District hires interim Title IX coordinator from Cozen O’Connor.

OCR issues its own “observations” on the Paly case, including that while the initial investigation was “prompt,” the district failed to comply with requirements under board policy and federal law.

Cozen O’Connor lawyers present draft report and findings to the school board in closed session.

District and school staff undergo increased Title IX training.

District releases lawyers’ report to the public. Board meets in closed session to discuss performance evaluations for McGee, Diorio and Paly assistant principals.

Board holds special public meeting to discuss the law firm’s findings.

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Upfront

Neighborhoods

A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann

ICE CREAM SOCIAL ... The Midtown Residents Association invites Midtowners to get the scoop about important neighborhood and city issues at the Midtown Residents Association Ice Cream Social. The Oct. 1 event, which is open to all residents of Midtown, takes place from 1-4 p.m. at Hoover Park, 2901 Cowper St. The annual event is an opportunity for neighbors to get to know each other while enjoying ice cream and other treats. Palo Alto City Council and Palo Alto Unified School Board members will scoop the ice cream.

The event will also feature the Palo Alto Fire Department’s awardwinning chili.

Sue Dremann

Around the Block

A truck parks in a no-parking zone on St. Francis Drive while making a delivery at Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center on Tuesday.

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THE TERRACE’S FALL PICNIC ...

The College Terrace Residents Association will host its Fall Picnic on Oct. 21 from 2-5 p.m. at Mayfield Park, 2300 Wellesley St., which is adjacent to the College Terrace Library. The picnic potluck will include a barbecue and activities for kids and adults alike. The event is open to all College Terrace residents.

EDGEWOOD TRANSPORTATION PLAN ... Sand Hill Property Company, owner of Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center, noted in its 2017 amended Transportation Demand Management Initial Monitoring Report, dated Sept. 5, that a June survey found that 19 to 20 percent of the center’s employees currently use alternative transportation instead of driving alone to work. About 9 percent walk to work. Sand Hill is planning to reduce traffic and parking by tenants through added measures, including a quarterly newsletter to tenants focusing on commuter resources and incentives for using alternative transportation.

PRIVATE ROAD? ... Palo Alto city staff have provided an update to the Weekly’s recent story about a resident who narrowed Los Robles Avenue in Barron Park to enforce his property rights. Spokeswoman Claudia Keith said that existing records fail to show the city has any easement rights over the 1055 Los Robles property. The records show a property line that generally matches what the property owner has marked on the roadway. The city has ordered a title report to determine exact boundaries of the right-of-way and the property line. Palo Alto Fire Department officials said the narrow road does not pose an unacceptable safety risk over the short term. The city’s Urban Forestry department has trimmed vegetation and trees to improve accessibility. The City Attorney’s office is reviewing legal issues, she said. Q

Delivery trucks at Edgewood create ruckus for neighbors Late-night deliveries and illegal parking are posing traffic, safety issues

by Sue Dremann

T

he beeping of trucks as they back up at 4 a.m., the clanking of metal cargo ramps on pavement, delivery trucks parking in bike lanes and forcing kids on bikes to scoot around them and into traffic — these are some of the complaints voiced by Duveneck/St. Francis residents who live near Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center, located at 2170 West Bayshore Road.

Edgewood’s frustrated neighbors met with Palo Alto City Councilwoman Lydia Kou on Wednesday morning at the center in the hopes of getting the city to resolve the parking, noise and other problems.

Deliveries for the center’s tenants are supposed to be made in the center’s parking lots, which are shielded by the retail buildings along St. Francis Drive and Channing Avenue. But delivery trucks frequently park on St. Francis to unload cargo ranging from restaurant supplies and coffee to towels and dry cleaning, residents said. Residents have taken pictures showing trucks parked beside “No parking” signs and in red zones along the curbs.

Farzaneh Rau, who lives on Channing, said that the trucks are creating a hazard as she’s driving near the center.

“When I make a turn (at St. Francis and Channing), I have to swing wide into the oncoming lane,” she said.

Other residents pointed to a ramp leading from the sidewalk to the back of the retail center that is adjacent to homes on the

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St. Francis side. The ramp encourages the vendors to park in the noparking zone and use the area as a loading dock. The ramp area was supposed to be landscaped and not used for deliveries, they said.

Erik Lopez, a supervisor at Starbucks who said he was not speaking for the corporation, recalled that the city emailed the store regarding the truck issue.

But deliveries take place after the store closes, and no one is on site to monitor them, he explained.

The trucks “come by at 9 or 9:30 p.m. and they have key access to come in. It’s a quick drop,” he said.

Asked if having a designated loading area within the parking lot would be a good idea, he said it would. Currently, the only loading zone is a dock behind the grocery store off of West Bayshore Road. It is not accessible to the other stores.

Longtime residents who live across the street on St. Francis Drive and on nearby Wildwood Lane said the delivery problem did not exist prior to the shopping center’s renovation. When developer Joseph Eichler built the center in the 1950s, it had large parking lots on three sides that served as buffers. The renovation shrunk or eliminated those lots.

Though residents may believe their complaints have fallen on deaf ears, Hillary Gitelman, city director of planning and community environment, wrote a June 13 letter to property owner Sand Hill Property Company indicating that a compliance review — conducted as part

of the shopping center’s plannedcommunity ordinance — surfaced multiple complaints about the delivery trucks as well as noise from construction, power washing and late-night activities by the tenants.

“If these complaints are accurate, they would constitute violations of the Palo Alto Municipal Code and approved project plans.

Palo Alto Municipal Code Chapter 18.52 requires the provision of loading spaces on site to meet the commercial floor area; the Council-approved project plans showed loading spaces on site, and the expectation is that the onsite loading spaces are to be used for commercial loading — not the bicycle lane on Channing Avenue or St. Francis,” she noted.

The letter also stated that municipal codes restrict nighttime noise and that code enforcement officers were monitoring the property on a daily basis in response to the complaints.

Matt Larson, spokesman for Sand Hill Property Company, said in an email to the Weekly on Wednesday, “We are actively working with current tenants to resolve this important issue.”

He added that in the last three weeks Sand Hill has handed shopping-center management to employee Garrett Chan and that more changes to comply with the property’s zoning ordinance were being examined.

In an Aug. 30 response to the city, Chan said Sand Hill “has continued to notify tenants that

all loading and delivery services are to take place at the W. Bayshore Road entrance and loading area. We will continue to work closely with our tenants so they understand the noise regulations relating to nighttime noise events and loading regulations.”

Residents told Kou they have called city code enforcement and logged more than 30 complaints through the city’s 311 app in the past few months.

City spokeswoman Claudia Keith said officials are looking into the parking problem.

Gitelman sent a letter to the property owner on Sept. 20 regarding the continued complaints.

The letter requested that Sand Hill hire a monitor or security guard to ensure that trucks don’t use the street for loading.

“We have been communicating with the property owner and business owners about this violation, and our code enforcement officers and police officers regularly visit the site to observe whether a violation is in process, which would allow us to cite the delivery,” she said.

Kou said the city agencies should adjust their response and clarify who is responsible.

“I think the main issue is code enforcement and the police department and that they don’t keep handing off the problem to each other. Code enforcement needs to be communicating to the police department and there needs to be follow-up,” she said.

In an email on Thursday to the neighborhood, residents Jeff Levinsky and Lenore Cymes enumerated additional concerns about Edgewood, including smoking violations by restaurant workers and lights that shine into the neighborhood.

“Hopefully, the City Manager will take the time to review Lydia’s findings,” they wrote. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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if we do nothing,” Keene told the roughly 90 residents who assembled at the Palo Alto Art Center.

“We’re here to remedy that.”

Palo Alto isn’t the only Peninsula city grappling with the future of its rail corridor, though it may be the only one where the most bitter debate hasn’t been about the actual design but about the process of choosing one. Earlier this month, the council squabbled over whether a “stakeholder group” should be appointed to help shepherd the process along (council members ultimately opted, by a split vote, not to form the group) and over whether the process they are pursuing can rightly be described as “Context Sensitive Solution” even without the stakeholder group. (They decided, by another split vote, to keep the description.)

Some of the residents most engaged in the debate, including former Mayor Pat Burt and members of the local watchdog group

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going out of their way to ... make a point they think will better their community by giving them your attention!”

Gunn High School’s student board representative, senior Advait Arun, said he’s not supportive of scaling down speaking time based on the number of people who show up for any given issue. A hard cap of 30 minutes, he said, would be better.

“If 10 people come for an issue

Californians Advocating Responsible Rail Design, have been calling on the current council to change course. He and others argued that a stakeholder group involving both technical experts and community stakeholders is vital to ensure community buy-in.

Councilman Tom DuBois, who chairs the council’s Rail Committee, agrees. At a Sept, 5 discussion, DuBois said he was troubled by the concerns that he’s already hearing from the community about the project, which he said will be bigger than the construction of Oregon Expressway in terms of its disruption.

“I worry if we continue in this way, it’s going to blow up on us,” DuBois said.

But for all the bickering about the process, residents and city leaders appear to be in a remarkable lock-step about the change they would like to see. Palo Alto’s menu of options may still include everything from submerged roads and permanently closed grade crossings to “hybrid” options that include a combination of somewhat lowered trains and slightly raised roads (or vice versa), but the answer

that keeps resurfacing at every discussion of grade separations is one the council has been favoring for nearly a decade: a Caltrain trench.

In fact, if there was one key takeaway from Saturday’s workshop it’s that this remains the residents’ preferred alternative, by a wide margin, even if takes the council another six months of meetings, design workshops and consultant studies to officially adopt it as such.

Even after hearing about the drawbacks of building a trench — the high price tag, the years of construction, the potential impact on groundwater — residents overwhelmingly picked it as their preferred design for each of the four city’s rail crossings, with roughly 90 percent choosing this option over others, according to surveys taken at the event’s conclusion.

The idea of a putting trains underground surfaced in late 2008, when the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced plans to build elevated tracks along the rail corridor, triggering a ferocious citizen backlash. In 2012, the committee issued a report that identified as a preferred alternative “a trench option

through Palo Alto with opportunities for trench covers in key locations.”

This week’s workshop suggested that public attitude hasn’t changed much since then, despite the fact that a trench now comes with an estimated $1.15 billion price tag — roughly six times the cost of going “hybrid” with tracks slightly raised and a road slightly lowered or submerging the road under the rail tracks. The cost of raising roads over the rail corridor is a comparative bargain at $43 million.

The city expects to get some help for funding the project from Measure B, which Santa Clara County voters approved last November and which allocates $700 million for grade separations in Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto. The funds from the measure are being administered by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and some Palo Alto officials, including Mayor Greg Scharff, have been adamant about the need to move faster on picking a design alternative so as not to fall behind the other two cities in a race for county cash.

Some of those anxieties were quelled on Sept. 5, when VTA

board Chair Jeannie Bruins assured the council that the agency does not intend to distribute the funds on a first-come-first-served basis.

“We’re trying to avoid this rush to be the first in line,” Bruins said.

“This is not about who gets to be the BART of grade separations and consume all the money — and then anyone at the end gets nothing.”

Even the VTA funding will not be enough, however, to fully pay for a trench. Ultimately, the project would require additional contributions, potentially from local residents.

Council members also acknowledged this month that the project will require significant sacrifices by those who live near the tracks and whose lives and properties will be affected by the project.

“We’re going to talk about disrupting Alma Street for two years or more,” Vice Mayor Liz Kniss said at the Sept. 5 meeting. “We’re going to be talking about asking people if they would mind leaving their homes. We’re really embarking on an incredible process.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

and then (one more person) comes in, are we going to decrease the time for everyone else just because that one person arrived late?” he asked.

Regardless, speakers should be prepared to pare down prepared remarks or email their comments to board members, Arun said in an interview.

Schmidt said she’s observed an increase over the last year in groups turning out to meetings to advocate for a particular issue.

She and others suggested other ways to handle this increased

attendance without potentially hindering the public’s ability to speak. The board could take a snap poll after several statements expressing the same position, she proposed, to prevent repetition and allow for diversity of opinion.

The board could also hold more special meetings on particular topics that trustees know will garner ample community input, Schmidt said. The board did this last year on the district budget, class size, board policies and other topics.

Stephen Schmidt, who serves as the parent representative on the

board’s policy review committee and has spoken at many board meetings, said he is not against limiting speakers’ time as long as overflow time is built in at the end of meetings. He suggested board members also limit the amount of time they speak and cut down on staff presentations of reports that the board has received and read beforehand.

“The basis of the board’s move is a belief that community comment is what delays meetings. For a board that tends to love data, where is their data that it is community input that is the issue, and

not other aspects of the meeting?”

Schmidt asked.

At the governance workshop, board members also voted unanimously to change the board’s default end time from 10 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and allow themselves to only vote to extend the meeting once.

They also discussed the value of the board’s two-meeting rule, which requires members to discuss an item at least once before voting on it. Dauber said this rule is harming rather than helping the board’s processes and suggested they do away with it.

Trustee Melissa Baten Caswell disagreed, arguing that the rule increases transparency by giving people two chances to comment on an issue and allows time for staff to answer board members’ questions.

Board members also agreed to discuss at a later date how to incorporate emails sent to the board into agenda packets. The practice is currently inconsistent, with staff including emails from people who request their communication to be included in the public packets. This contrasts with the Palo Alto City Council’s practice of automatically including all emails to the council in meeting packets without redactions.

Trustees agreed to seek legal counsel on how the board could implement such a practice while protecting personal information about students.

The board will review the effectiveness of the pilot governance changes at its retreat next year before deciding whether to make them permanent. Q

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL... The council has no meetings scheduled this week.

BOARD OF EDUCATION... The school board will discuss the process for searching for a new superintendent; a March 8, 2017 Office for Civil Rights’ letter of findings; accepting a $75,000 donation to Palo Alto High School; and a new policy on involuntary student transfers; as well as take action on a 2017-18 budget update, a request for proposals (RFP) for the joint master planning of Cubberley Community Center, the contract for a new assistant superintendent, contractual raises for the superintendent that were not properly approved in 2015 and 2016, among other items. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to approve a park-improvement ordinance for the new Junior Museum and Zoo, for the Baylands Boardwalk and for the Highway 101 overpass. The commission also will discuss allowing public access to the 7.7-acre site that was recently added to Foothills Park; and consider a funding plan for the Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation Master Plan.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 26, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding the adoption of the updated Land Use and Transportation Elements in the Comprehensive Plan. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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Online This Week

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City commits funds for solo-driving The Palo Alto City Council agreed to allocate $480,000 to the Palo Alto Transportation Management Association, to help the organization reduce the rate of single-occupant vehicles (SOV) in the downtown area by 14 percent in the next year — from the baseline year of 2015 — through a combination of transit subsidies, carpooling programs and bicycling incentives. (Posted Sept. 20, 1:40 p.m.)

City wins grant for Fry’s site After years of talking about plans to transform the area around Fry’s Electronics in the Ventura neighborhood, Palo Alto officials finally have the funds to start forging the new vision. The city received earlier this month a $638,000 grant to craft what’s known as the “North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan.” (Posted Sept. 20, 11:20 a.m.)

Housing approved for Compadres site The City Council approved a proposal on Monday night to allow the demolition of the vacant Compadres Bar and Grill building on the corner of El Camino and Curtner Avenue to make way for townhouses and condominiums. (Posted Sept. 19, 12:59 a.m.)

Local group raises money for earthquake aid Neighbors Abroad, the Palo Alto organization that spearheads sister city relationships, is looking to raise $10,000 to help rebuild two children’s facilities that collapsed in the state of Oaxaca earlier this month during Mexico’s biggest earthquake in a century. (Posted Sept. 19, 9 a.m.)

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Sept. 13-19 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Family violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Attempted residential burglary . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle related Attempted auto burglary. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 3 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Reckless driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . . . 8 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . 1

Miscellaneous Animal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Elder abuse/neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 4 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unattended death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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Violence related Assault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle related Attempted stolen vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 9 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle collision/injury. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Transitions Nadja Marion (Drekmeier) May Nadja Marion (Drekmeier) May died unexpectedly on Aug. 29, 2017. She was 53.

She was born on April 26, 1964, in Palo Alto to Charles and Margot (Loungway) Drekmeier.

She attended DeAnza Elementary School, Wilbur Junior High School and Cubberley and Palo Alto high schools and graduated from Chico State University, where she majored in psychology.

She spent most of her career at the Far Northern Regional Center of the California Department of Developmental Services as a social worker, where she managed a

heavy case load of people with developmental disabilities.

While being recognized for 20 years of service at Far Northern, she commented: â&#x20AC;&#x153;To try to understand the other personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position, to try to put yourself in their shoes, is really important.

Watching people grow, and seeing people work their way through personal problems and come out on top, are the best things about being a service coordinator.â&#x20AC;?

Family and friends say they will remember her for her kindness,

Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1 Under the influence of drugs . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous APS referral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Parole violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Sand Hill Road, 9/13, 10:16 a.m.; child abuse/physical.

Loma Verde Avenue, 9/14, 7:58 p.m.; family violence/misc.

Los Robles Avenue, 9/15, 1 p.m.; child abuse/physical.

Terman Drive, 9/17, 2:09 p.m.; elder abuse/ physical.

Embarcadero Road, 9/18, 8:05 a.m.; domestic violence/misc.

4277 Mackay Drive, 9/18, 4:45 p.m.; simple battery.

Webster Street, 9/18, 8:56 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Menlo Park

1200 block Madera Street, 9/16, 2:23 p.m.; assault.

1900 block Santa Cruz Avenue, 9/16, 10:41 p.m.; domestic battery.

empathy, contagious humor and ability to make everyone feel special.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Margot. She is survived by her husband, Harry; father, Charles; brothers, Peter (Amy Adams) and Kai (Sarah); and two nieces and a nephew.

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Jesse and Lisa Bunch of Palo Alto, a daughter, Sept. 5.

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After playing electric and double bass in Boston for several years, he and his band moved to New York City and became the Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout. Tim toured the U.S., Europe, India, the Far East, and South America, and played with Bright Eyes, Jim Campilongo, Rosanne Cash, Rachelle Garniez, Jessie Harris, Norah Jones, Lee Ranaldo, Jenny Scheinman, Leah Siegel, Loudon Wainwright III, and many others. Tim played on two Grammy award-winning albums and one gold record.

A celebration of the release of his latest recording (The Boog at Sunnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, recorded at Sunnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on January 28, 2016) had long been planned for September 8, 2017 at Sunnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. That evening also became an outpouring of love for Tim -- an homage to him, his life, and his music. A second gathering followed five days later, with his band and others recreating his music.

His friends expressed many thoughts on Facebook about his life and his music, including such terms as fearless, imaginative, awesome, dynamic, open-hearted, intelligent, creative, empathetic, and funny, also citing his kindness, vivacity, integrity, commitment, loyalty, and laughter.

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Letters Creek clean-up success Editor, I’ve always wanted to do it, and now I have! Along with 100 other volunteers including families, teens, strong guys and seasoned seniors, we scrambled up and down the slopes of San Francisquito Creek on Saturday, Sept. 16, for three hours as part of Creek Clean-up Day. What did we find? Shopping carts, bikes, silt-filled clothing, furniture, old sleeping bags, rugs, cans, bottles, BBQ grills, assorted plastic, wood and metal. We filled three Dumpsters with materials to be sorted for recycling or landfill.

When we were finished that morning the creek bed was left pristine; rounded river rocks, covered with a light dusting of

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Condos and townhouses approved for Compadres site Posted by Rita Vrhel, a resident of Crescent Park, on Sept. 20. at 8:15 a.m.

Mr. Greg Scharff has been playing fast and furious with the normal process of letting City Council members speak to an agenda item. Since becoming mayor he has consistently limited discussion by either speaking first and making an immediate motion or calling on a fellow Gang of 5 cohort to make his motion. The discussion then becomes a reaction to the motion rather than an in depth discussion of the pro and cons of the agenda item.

Certainly the longer and more interesting discussion seen under previous mayors are not occurring. Anything but.

An early and excellent example of the above behavior was the initial CC “discussion” of the Comp Plan. Scharff made an intermediated motion, cut off discussion and the Gang of 5 essentially gutted the Comp Plan.

Luckily the public reacted with outrage.

Thank you, City Council

fallen autumn leaves, covered the creek floor.

A scavenger-hunt spirit of cooperation, respect (tiny homeless encampment under the bridge) and joy permeated the sunny, cool morning. Folks worked together to carry very heavy items up the steep banks, and young children marveled as one dad swung enormous fallen tree branches out of the center of the creek bed so they would not collect debris during winter rains.

Grassroots Ecology is to be commended for a very wellorganized community service event, one that helped this citizen feel that there was some small, hands-on action I could do to help make my community better, safer and more beautiful.

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members Karen Holman, Tom DuBois and Cory Wolbach, for calling Scharff on his inappropriate behavior.

Consistent process, detailed and unlimited discussion on agenda items are essential to the democratic process and allow voters to assess their representatives.

Please continue to object when

the process is not followed but rather becomes “the whim” of the mayor. Calling Scharff out and doing so loudly may cause him to modify his behavior.

Maybe even raising your hand when putting your light on to speak will encourage Scharff to call City Council members in their honest order. The public is with you.

Editor, I read, with interest, the Sept.

15 Guest Opinion by Sophia Christel on why leash laws are important. She is quite right that leash laws can protect personal safety.

Twenty years ago, I was literally thrown into the air by five unleashed dogs who were chasing another dog. I sustained a broken wrist, broken hand, optic nerve damage and received 20 stitches over my eye. Also, my knees and shoulders were injured. I have healed much since that shocking physical and emotional trauma, for which I am eternally grateful. However, I still have trouble with my left shoulder, both knees and right hand.

The behavior of unleashed dogs can be serious, indeed.

Mary Catherine Carroll Florales Drive, Palo Alto

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Correction

In the Sept. 8 “This week on Town Square” section, a comment about “Editorial: Time for McGee to go” was incorrectly attributed to Palo Alto parent Kirsten Essenmacher. The comment, republished from the Palo Alto Online discussion forum, criticized the Weekly’s editorial calling for school district Superintendent Max McGee’s termination.

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Editorial Déjà vu for school district New independent investigation reveals systemic failures, administrative disarray

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nother disturbing portrait emerged this week of a school district still confused about its legal obligations in handling sexual-harassment complaints, with poor oversight

by Superintendent Max McGee and now-departed Chief Student Services Officer Holly Wade, inadequate record-keeping and a deliberate practice of using text messaging and phone calls to avoid creating written, discoverable records.

These findings are among the many that detail failures to follow the law and the district’s own policies by Cozen O’Connor, a nationally respected law firm that presented the school board last week with a report on its investigation into how the district handled the report of an October 2016 sexual assault in a Palo Alto High School bathroom involving a 14 year-old freshman and a 17-year old junior.

The report was commissioned by the school board to obtain an outside, independent assessment of the conduct of district administrators and Palo Alto High staff. (The board has met for hours in multiple closed sessions to discuss McGee’s future over the last two weeks, but has yet to announce any action.)

The report echoes conclusions reached repeatedly in previous cases, including late last year by the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR) following its investigation into unrelated earlier incidents of sexual harassment and assault at both Palo Alto and Gunn high schools. That investigation also concluded the district failed to follow legal requirements and district policy and resulted in a resolution agreement signed earlier this year that mandated new training and administrative procedures and on-going monitoring of the district for at least the next three years.

And these were the same failures that occurred in a Jordan Middle School bullying case in 2016 and that go back at least as far as a 2012-13 bullying case at Terman Middle School that resulted in a blistering letter of findings by the Office for Civil Rights that was kept secret from both the school board and public by former Superintendent Kevin Skelly.

After each new case, district leaders have promised that lessons were learned and changes made and that systems had been established to correct the problems.

At numerous school board meetings since McGee arrived in 2014, as new incidents have arisen, trustees have repeatedly received assurances from him and other administrators that the district had implemented new measures to become compliant with the law, only to later discover that such measures had not been taken.

For example, at the Aug. 25, 2015, school board meeting, at which time McGee reported to the board on new OCR inquiries regarding sexual harassment complaints at Jordan Middle School, he said, “We really wanted to dig deeper into ... what our internal practices were for identifying and documenting sexual harassment claims. Holly (Wade) has spent hours on this. ... I think things are in order and by the book. We’ve clarified our protocols and made sure, for example, that all instances of sexual harassment are logged in the UCP (Uniform Complaint Procedure) log. That was not the case last year.”

Trustee Ken Dauber asked, “Am I understanding you correctly, that going forward all complaints or reports of sexual harassment whether written or oral will be logged into UCP logs?”

McGee replied, “That’s correct. Every one.”

We now know that wasn’t even close to the truth.

The Cozen O’Connor investigation determined that the district is still not properly logging or investigating incidents of sexual harassment or assault and is plagued by systemic communications and record-keeping problems.

The new report also reveals two examples of intentional deception. Investigating attorneys discovered that school and district administrators had been trained to communicate by telephone or text message to “avoid creating documentation that could potentially be publicly released.” And it disclosed that Wade had created a back-dated memo to document the initiation of an investigation that in fact was not initiated until later.

While Wade is now gone and McGee is soon to be gone, the board must address in the hiring of a new superintendent a district culture that shuns accountability and documentation, relies excessively on well-intentioned but ill-equipped school principals and that tolerates chaotic seat-of-the-pants responses to foreseeable incidents rather than thoughtful and rational protocols. No emergency room could operate without such discipline, and no school district entrusted with the safety of kids can either.

An overhaul of management systems and the centralization of all compliance and investigation responsibility is urgently needed, and that must begin immediately under new leadership if we are to restore public confidence in the school district. Q www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 22, 2017 • Page 15

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650.814.0478 Phone email@apr.com dbrill@apr.com

Agent Greg Celotti Name PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $9,988,000

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $8,798,000

High goes Text ceilings, here. bay and hill views. Contemporary, open floor plan. 7 bd, 9 ba, plus office and au-pair suite, elevator, 9478 sf living area, 3-car garage.

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650.740.1580 Phone email@apr.com greg@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $7,450,000

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Isabelle Agent Name Cole MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $6,800,000

LOS ALTOS CITY HILLS PRICE $6,565,000

Located Text goesinhere. the heart of Allied Arts. Fabulous CUSTOM 3 level home with high ceilings, custom mill work, just blocks to downtowns Menlo and Palo Alto. A true gem!

Best goes Text location here.in Los Altos Hills! Beautiful 4600 sf Owen signature home on 1.2 acres, with tennis court and pool, close to Los Altos village.

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MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $5,800,000

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This beautiful Text goes here. creekside property of over 1/2 acre sold prior to going on the multiple listing service.

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Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $4,925,000 1930 goes Text Mediterranean here. style home on the most tree covered street in the heart of Old Palo Alto. Desirable floor plan.

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $4,800,000

Agent Lynn Wilson Name Roberts Phone email@apr.com

650.255.6987 Renovated Text goes here. throughout by celebrated designer Karen Salveson. Charming, unique and inviting. Brick patio, lwr@wilsonroberts.com fountain and large lot.

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Newly Text goes constructed here.

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email@apr.com 650.533.5102 Text goes Vintage Oaks here.

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2-story home. Completely updated. 5bd including 1 guest bd downstairs, separate family and dining room. Close to schools, parks, shops. Pool.

650.245.4490 Phone email@apr.com jteng@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $3,880,000

Exquisitely Text goes here. designed custom home blends charm with high end appointments in a sought after location near downtown. Sold with multiple offers.

Sophie Text goes gothere. it ready for market in 7 days, worked 10 offers in within 7 days, negotiated an all-cash deal and closed in 7 days. Total time 21 days.

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email@apr.com 650.533.5102 Text goessubmitted Michael here. an aggressive preemptive offer mjohnston@apr.com and negotiated favorable terms for these very happy buyers!

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $3,223,000 Leland Text goes Manor here.in the heart of Green Gables. Bright & open 3BR/2BA floorplan with option to qualify for the new ADU ordinance. www.841Seale.com.

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Leika Kejriwal 650.218.5345 leika@apr.com

LOS ALTOS CITY PRICE $3,200,000

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $3,200,000

Your goes Text Northhere.

Los Altos Opportunity! 3,085 sf of living space with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, situated on a 15,225 sf lot.

Classic Text goes Spanish here. style home with 3bd, 3ba, vaulted ceilings, expansive picture windows & hardwood floors.

Prime Community Center neighborhood. Rep Buyers.

Phone email@apr.com

Denise Simons

650.269.0210 dsimons@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $3,000,000

3 bedroom Text goes here.

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Nestled Text goes onhere. a cul-de-sac in desirable Green Acres, this 4bd, 2.5ba with dual pane windows, hardwood floors and A/C is minutes from top-rated Palo Alto schools.

650.269.0210 Phone dsimons@apr.com email@apr.com

Nancy Mott 650.255.2325 nmott@apr.com

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Jennifer Buenrostro 650.224.9539 jbuenrostro@apr.com

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,998,000

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,800,000

Nestled Text goeson here. a serene cul-de-sac in desirable Green Acres. This 4 bd, 2 ba home sits on a prime 10,600+/lot. Very close to top PA schools, parks. Don’t miss!

Crescent Text goesPark here.traditional and newly remodeled home offers large 7900+/- lot, 3/2 with family room plus a two car attached garage.

Agent Kathleen Name Wilson Phone email@apr.com 650.207.2017 kwilson@apr.com

Charlene Chang 650.543.1108 cchang@apr.com

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MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $2,750,000 Custom Text goes built here.

5 BR Craftsman home with high ceilings and quality detailing throughout. Top Menlo Park schools and close to downtown Palo Alto.

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email@apr.com 650.533.5102 Text goes Easton Addition here. 2776+/- sf home with 5BD, 3.5BA. mjohnston@apr.com Top-rated schools. Close to Broadway, Burlingame CC plus Mills Canyon Park.

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650.255.6987 Gracious Text goesand here. sophisticated, welcoming and comfortable, custom built home at Atherton’s edge. French doors open lwr@wilsonroberts.com to lovely, private back yard. 4 beds/ 3.5 baths plus office.

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Agent Shelly Name Roberson Phone email@apr.com

650.464.3797 Charming Text goes here. bungalow in the heart of Professorville with sroberson@apr.com welcoming porch, warm wood floors, large detached 2 car garage. Close to schools, train and downtown.

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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Denise AgentSimons Name MOUNTAIN CITYVIEW PRICE $2,630,000

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,670,425

Quietgoes Text Waverly here.Park location features 4BR/2.5BA with pool, on a park like lot. Outstanding Mountain View Schools. www.340Chatham.com

This goes Text delightful here. 4 bedroom, 2 bath updated Eichler located on a desirable, tree-lined street sold with multiple offers above the list price.

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Shari Agent Ornstein Name CUPERTINO CITY PRICE $2,600,000

STANFORD CITY PRICE $2,550,000

Near goes Text Applehere. campuses. Updated home with top Cupertino schools! Walking distance to De Anza College, parks, and grocery stores. Short drive to major employers.

Available Text goes Qualified here.

Stanford Faculty Only! 4BR/3BA plus family and hobby rooms. Beautiful yard.

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DesireeName Agent Docktor Phone email@apr.com 650.291.8487 ddoctor@apr.com

Dana Van Agent Name Hulsen Phone

Agent Name PALO ALTO CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

MENLO PARK CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

This goes Text spacious here.5 bedroom 2.5 bath home is located in the desirable midtown neighborhood. Opportunity abounds! Close to parks, schools and commute routes.

Charming, Text goes here. updated 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 baths with a spacious backyard perfect for entertaining.

PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,498,000

email@apr.com 650.248.3950 Text goes4+ Stunning here.

BD in Green Gables. Spacious sunlight rooms dvanhulsen@apr.com and accommodating layout provide beautiful spaces to entertain and French Doors open to large backyard.

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Mandy Montoya 650.823.8212 mmontoya@apr.com

Agent Shelly Name Roberson Phone email@apr.com

650.464.3797 Remodeled Text goes here.

5 bd/2 ba Eichler boasting modern design. sroberson@apr.com Located in Barron Park neighborhood, steps from schools & parks and conveniently near shopping and commute.

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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Agent ClaireName Zhou PALO ALTO CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

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Movegoes Text righthere. into this lovely 4 bedroom, 2 bath Eichler with abundant natural light, walls of windows, radiant heated floors and an open floor plan.

Beautiful Text goes5bd, here.

3ba in desirable Cuesta Park. Built in 1997 with many upgrades and modern conveniences. Close to excellent schools, Cuesta Park, and Downtown.

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Agent Pat Kalish Name PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,380,000

LOS ALTOS CITY PRICE $2,289,000

Free goes Text standing here.4 bedroom, 3.5 bath townhome. High ceilings, chef’s kitchen has large work island, family room, private side yard plus 2-car garage.

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SCHOOLS! This is a wonderful option for a change of lifestyle; sophisticated yet casual; light-filled; open and expansive. Two large en-suite bds + office.

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Agent Name PALO ALTO CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

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email@apr.com 650.207.2017 kwilson@apr.com

Midtown Text goeshome here. located in a quiet location offers 3 bed 2 bath home with a large 6800 lot.

Location Text goeslocation here. location! Sought after Emerald Hills home showcasing 4bd/3.5 ba 3600 sq ft interior living space and 7140 sq ft lot. www.768lakeviewway.com

AgentJames John Name 650.218.4337 Phone email@apr.com john.james@apr.com

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Michele Harkov 650.773.1332 mharkov@apr.com

Agent John James Name PALOCITY ALTO PRICE $2,198,000

LOS ALTOS CITY PRICE $2,098,000

Updated Text goes4here. bedroom, 3 bathroom home on a tree lined street. Large 8827 square foot lot.

Outstanding Text goes here. duplex, in a private setting with an attractive unit mix of 3 bedrooms/2.5 baths and 2 bedrooms/1.5 baths.

650.218.4337 Phone john.james@apr.com email@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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Alan Agent Dunckel Name MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $2,055,000

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Sold goes Text over here. list price with multiple offers! Fabulous 3 bed/2 bath updated home with family room, dining room, & large private yard.

Opportunity Text goes here. in Midtown to remodel, expand, or build new. 2 bedroom 1 bath home on 7000 sf lot. Close to best Palo Alto schools and transportation.

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Jennifer Buenrostro 650.224.9539 jbuenrostro@apr.com

Carol Agent & Nicole Name PALO ALTO CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $1,708,000

Beautifully Text goes here. remodeled townhome close to the Midtown shopping district. 2bd, 2.5 bath home with open floorplan, high ceilings, chefs kitchen and outdoor patio.

Sold goes Text overhere. list price with multiple offers! Lovely updated 3 bed/2 bath home near great schools, parks, and Facebook.

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Betsy AgentDwyer Name FOSTER CITY CITY CALL PRICE FOR PRICE

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Beautifully Text goes here. remodeled 4 bed, 2 bath single level home with 1,950 +/- square feet on a 6,650 sf lot plus outstanding schools!

Beautiful Text goesMtn here.

View Townhouse 7 years new! 3 bed 3.5 bath 2 car garage. Pool/spa low HOAs. Close to Castro St & highways.

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Beautiful Text goes 5bd/4.5ba here. home located in the prestigious “Positano” in Dublin Hill. 4225 s.f. 8850 s.f. lot with 10 foot ceilings.

MENLO CITY PARK PRICE $1,680,000 Spacious Text goes3bd/2.5ba here.

1670 sq ft detached home just blocks from the shops and restaurants on Santa Cruz Ave. Toprated Menlo Park schools. www.732University.com

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Michele Harkov 650.773.1332 mharkov@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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Here’s Text goes your here. opportunity to own a home in Woodside Plaza. 3bd/2ba 1460 sq ft home on 6566 sq ft lot with boundless decorating options. www.1662carelton.com

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Sophie Agent Name Tsang REDWOOD CITYCITY PRICE $1,200,000

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Gorgeous Text goes Townhome here. w/high-end features throughout.

3bd/2.5 ba 1640 sq ft www.1455kentfield.com

Meticulously Text goes here. maintained home in Parkside neighborhood of San Mateo. Walking distance to shops and restaurants.

Quick access to freeways 101 and 92.

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650.814.0478 dbrill@apr.com

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650.964.3722 rhogue@apr.com

Agent Name PALO CITY ALTO PRICE $998,000

SANTA CITY CLARA PRICE $998,000

Bright Text goes top-floor here. 2BR/1BA condo near California Ave/ Downtown District, Caltrain, Stanford, and Palo Alto Schools. Secure parking. www.358Grant.com

Beautifully Text goes here. upgraded 2-level home in Robins Run community. 3 large bd, 2.5 ba, AC, 2 car attached garage. Contemporary open floor plan on cul-de-sac.

Nancy Mott

650.224.9539 jbuenrostro@apr.com

Jennifer Buenrostro

650.224.9539 jbuenrostro@apr.com

650.722.3000 lrhodes@apr.com

Agent Name Jennifer Buenrostro

Phone email@apr.com

Liz Rhodes

650.255.2325 nmott@apr.com

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650.687.7388 Phone sophie@apr.com email@apr.com

Agent Name MOUNTAIN CITY VIEW PRICE $998,000

MOUNTAIN CITY VIEW PRICE $729,000

Beautifully Text goes here. updated 2/2.5 TH with detached 1 car garage. Open floor plan with charming patio. Peaceful location in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Tranquil Text goes 2bd/1ba here.

894 sq ft condo unit with spacious floor plan and lots of natural lighting. www.280easystreet.com

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Michele Harkov 650.773.1332 mharkov@apr.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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

Nina Katchadourian:

curiouser and curiouser Stanford-born artist returns to her roots for show at Cantor Arts Center

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ow did you while away the hours during your last long-haul flight? Odds are you read, watched a few movies and hoped for a long, uncomfortable nap. Multimedia artist Nina Katchadourian finds other ways to use her time, making art out of the most ordinary, mundane things at hand.

While on a flight from San Francisco to New Zealand, the Stanford-born, Brooklyn-based artist decided to take some selfportraits in the lavatory, using her cell phone camera and objects such as tissues, seat protectors and napkins as props. Covering the mirror with a black shawl, Katchadourian fashioned the various papers to create head coverings and collars in the style of 17th century Flemish portraits.

The resulting pictures are part of an ongoing series, “Seat Assignment,” that’s included in a midcareer survey of the artist’s work at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University from September to January.

“Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser” includes video, photography, sculpture and sound art. The exhibition was organized by the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas.

“When we learned about the exhibition we were so delighted to bring this expansive presentation of her work to the Cantor.

Not only is Katchadourian an incredibly talented, innovative and insightful artist, but Stanford is also her hometown, which made the Cantor an ideal fit for the exhibition,” Assistant Curator Jennifer Carty said.

As the title of the exhibition implies, Katchadourian is an astute observer of life and all of its minutiae. Early in her career, her series “Sorted Books” examined what would happen if books on a shelf were reconfigured and stacked to create sentences. For example, “How Did Sex Begin?” placed on top of “Uninvited Guests” placed on top of “Human Error.” Was she trying to be humorous, whimsical? Katchadourian explained that it is more about how artists are motivated to communicate

something about what they see and the way they see it.

“What I pay attention to often has its roots in situations and subject matter that has to do with the everyday or the mundane, and that often orients my work toward situations and subject matter we often discount as worthy of attention.”

Take for example a spider’s web; for some, an unwanted nuisance.

Under Katchadourian’s gaze, it becomes a reclamation project.

“Mended Spiderwebs” (1998) is a series of color Cibachrome prints taken in Finland during a family vacation. Katchadourian noticed that the webs were broken and torn and so, using red thread, she repaired them. The next morning, she observed that the spiders had completely removed the red thread and restored the web to its original state. True to the nature of conceptual art, the process (and resulting documentation) is more important than the finished product.

While visiting the supermarket, the artist began to tally how many fictional people are used to sell products. This was the starting point for “The Genealogy of the Supermarket” (2005), in which a family tree is created from the likenesses of Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben and the Gerber baby, to name a few. Joined together, they create a tongue-in-cheek statement about how advertisers manipulate consumers into buying. But there is also a serious undertone about the changing face of America as it becomes a more pluralistic society. “Something can be very funny and still be very meaningful. If you want to cast the funny against the serious, the challenge for me is to get both those experiences to happen within the same piece,” Katchadourian said.

Sometimes the subject matter just reflects her personal interests. She has long been fascinated

by Morse Code and decided to hook up a hidden computer to a commercial popcorn machine in order to decode the sounds of the kernels popping. The piece, titled “Talking Popcorn” (2001), allows us to “hear” what the popcorn is “saying.”

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by Sheryl Nonnenberg

Nina Katchadourian’s “Curiouser” exhibition includes “Mended Spiderweb #14 (Spoon Patch).”

Katchadourian’s work has been displayed in prestigious museums in this country and internationally, including the 2015 Venice Biennale. The artist joked that returning to her former hometown of Stanford feels like a childhood piano recital, with so many family members and friends still in the area.

The Cantor has planned an evening with the artist on Oct. 19. It will include a lecture, followed by

“The On Hold Music Dance Party,” which consists of music and other sounds recorded entirely from phone calls when the artist was placed on hold. Katchadourian said that she was inspired to create the piece because, “When we listen to on hold music, we are typically impatient, passive, and inactive, both mentally and physically.” By looping together the various pieces and fragments of music and sound, the artist feels

that she is activating the music in such a way that the listener ceases to be “stuck in place.”

She explained, “It literally makes the body move. As our physical relationship to the music changes, maybe our mental relationship does too.”

Other series include “Natural Car Alarms,” in which the sounds of bird calls replace the alarm (continued on page 31)

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he term â&#x20AC;&#x153;hysteriaâ&#x20AC;? has its roots in the Ancient Greek term for â&#x20AC;&#x153;womb.â&#x20AC;? Those Greeks, you see, believed that a variety of symptoms and conditions were caused by the uterus physically moving about in womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bodies. Fast forward to the Victorian era, when (male) doctors were quick to diagnose their gentlewomen patients with hysteria (actually, it remained a diagnostic category well into the 20th century): This is the world of Sarah Ruhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Next Room (or, The Vibrator Play),â&#x20AC;? currently presented by the Pear Theatre.

Yes, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a play about vibrators.

The electrical stimulation device was invented by a physician in order to bring about a â&#x20AC;&#x153;paroxysmâ&#x20AC;? in patients (that is, an orgasm), which, it was believed, would help alleviate the wide range of hysteria symptoms (speculated to be caused by a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;buildup of fluidâ&#x20AC;? in the womb). It sounds funny, and indeed â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Next Roomâ&#x20AC;? often is, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect a campy tone or lurid jokes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s serious when it needs to be, and beautiful, too.

Ruhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play focuses on a sheltered young woman named Catherine Givings (April Culver), whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s married to Dr. Givings (Brad Satterwhite), a successful physician with a passion for the newly-harnessed power of electricity and a growing reputation for his successful curing of â&#x20AC;&#x153;hystericalâ&#x20AC;? patients, thanks to his handy devices. Joining him is his steadfast nurse, the spinster Annie (Stephanie Crowley). He treats patients such as Mrs. Daldry (Ellen Dunphy), whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brought by her not-unkind but clueless husband (Troy Johnson).

Catherine and Dr. Givings have an infant, Lottie, and, when Catherine is unable to successfully nurse the baby due to an inadequate milk supply, Mr. Daldry offers to lend them his maid, Elizabeth (Damaris Divito), whose baby recently died, to serve as wet nurse. The

REVIEW THEATER final piece of the casting puzzle is Leo Irving (James Lewis), an egocentric artist for whom heartbreak and rejection have thwarted his desire to paint. Leo is an example of the rarer form of hysteric: a male, but the treatment works much the same. His romantic and unconventional ideas appeal to Catherineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pent-up desires.

Catherine is an energetic, highspirited type who feels increasingly constrained by her lonely existence. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constantly patronized and often ignored by her husband, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forever dutifully and mysteriously â&#x20AC;&#x153;treatingâ&#x20AC;? women behind the closed door of his home office, the titular â&#x20AC;&#x153;next room.â&#x20AC;? As the proverbial shoemakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family gets no shoes, it seems the doctorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife gets no, uh, â&#x20AC;&#x153;shoes.â&#x20AC;? And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a lack of sexual connection (indeed, neither Catherine nor Dr. Givings at first see any tie between sex and his vibrator work) but, more importantly, a lack of emotional intimacy thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taking its toll on Catherine. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desperate for connection, disobeying her spouse by forging friendships with his patients in the waiting room, and deeply grieved that her experience with breastfeeding has been, as she sees it, a failure, leaving her unable to bond with her baby. Any mother will surely sympathize with her, as well as with the bereaved Elizabeth. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Next Roomâ&#x20AC;? proves to be a very interesting examination of the ways in which women of the era were, body and mind, controlled by the men in their lives.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also an interesting look at what can be outsourced as labor. In this case, Catherine sees strangers paying her husband to provide what, she eventually learns, could be considered a very personal service, while being forced herself to pay a stranger to feed bodily fluids to her own child. Upper-middle-class

women such as Catherine and Mrs. Daldry have little agency in their lives (in one memorable exchange, Catherine admits that she has no idea whether or not sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of person to walk unsheltered in the rain because her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always held the umbrella), and even their elaborate clothing (expertly designed by Kathleen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien) leaves them dependent on the help of others to get them undressed, trapped by corsets, bloomers and endless frilly layers.

Ruhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s script is poetic and stylized but easy to get used to and swept up by, with charmingly oddball lines sprinkled in throughout.

If she dabbles a bit in clichĂŠ, with Leo as the stereotype Bohemian and Elizabeth, the one lower-economic-class, non-white character, as the saintly figure who unwillingly exemplifies wisdom and sacrifice, she more than makes up for it with the overall quality of the show. Performances by the Pear cast are praiseworthy too, especially Culver and Dunphy as ditsy-turned-determined women on the verge of self-discovery (their scenes together were my favorite), and Crowley, whose role as Annie is one of the smallest in the show, but nonetheless effective.

For a show that takes place in just two adjoining rooms, there is a lot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; romance, comedy, drama, history, social commentary and more â&#x20AC;&#x201D; packed into â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the Next Room.â&#x20AC;? The Pearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production of it is wonderful: highly recommended and stimulating indeed. Q Arts & Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly. com.

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sounds, and “Dust Gathering,” an examination of dust found on art and windowsills at the Museum of Modern Art. When asked if the secret to her success is partially due to the fact that, in this distracted age, people just don’t pay close attention, Katchadourian replied, “I do like to put my attention to things that are generally familiar to a fairly wide audience, so that there might be some initial moment where a viewer thinks, ‘I know what that is.’ But it’s also important to me, in almost every case, to undermine that or second guess it so that something I bring to the situation prompts a reconsideration or a double take.” Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com.

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Eating Out Future greens Chowbotics debuts its salad-making robot

Above: A salad produced by Sally the Salad Robot with kale, plum tomatoes, chicken, carrots and walnuts.

Right: Chowbotics CEO Deepak Sekar demonstrates how the company’s robot prepares customizable salads.

by Anna Medina Photos by Veronica Weber

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ou’ve probably been in that lunchtime lurch before, when you’re starving and you want something quick, easy and preferably healthy. You could go for the salad bar — you know, the one that gets kind of messy during the lunch rush and kind of wilty and sad if you wait for the crowd to thin out. Or, you could just cave and opt for a sandwich.

But what if you had the option to build a customized, seven-ingredient salad, protected by more than just a flimsy sneeze guard, with the push of a button in about a minute?

With more than 100 patents to his name, Deepak Sekar, the founder and CEO of Chowbotics in Redwood City, invented just such a machine: Sally, which Sekar claims to be the world’s first salad-making robot. It’s currently located at Calafia Cafe & Market in Palo Alto and will soon expand to other restaurants.

A self-described “tech guy” who knew he wanted to work on robotics at some point, Sekar has a background in electrical engineering and a career in semiconductors. His interest in robotics and invention

was a “side hobby,” he said.

It wasn’t long before Sekar found a problem and went searching for a solution. The seed for what would become Sally originated in a frustration in his own kitchen. While he and his wife were cooking Indian food at home, Sekar noticed that most of his time was spent on repetitive tasks like chopping and stirring.

According to him, only 10 to 20 percent of the time they spent cooking was creative.

He set out to create a machine that would automate the cooking of Indian food, specifically curries. It took about a year.

“When I cooked, I just pushed a few buttons and I was done; when my wife cooked, it took her an hour,” he said.

After creating the robot, Sekar met a man in the food industry who suggested starting with something “very simple and easy,” like salad, in order to get the product to market before adding more complexity.

A year later, Sally the Salad Robot was born.

Two sleek Sally bots sit in Chowbotics’ office in Redwood City — one is the first prototype and the other, a slightly updated version with newer software and a more userfriendly touchscreen interface.

In a demonstration, Sekar showed how

Deepak Sekar, CEO of Chowbotics, stands in the company’s headquarters in Redwood City.

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simple it is automate the building of a salad.

Sally — a rectangular box that looks more like a vending machine than a robot — has a touchscreen that displays ingredient options and an image of the salad as items are added. You pick your greens, then toppings and dressing. With 22 ingredient canisters, Sally can make more than 1,000 different combinations of salads and can serve up 50 of them before she needs refilling.

It’s an ideal healthy-food option, not only for restaurants but also hospitals, workplaces and cafeterias, Sekar said. Sally is the “smallest and most affordable cafeteria an office can have,” he said in a promotional video for the robot.

“We all need to eat more healthfully on a regular basis,” Calafia chef-owner Charlie Ayers said in the video, posted on the Chowbotics website. “As you see more and more restaurants trends, their emphasis and their platforms now are on health.”

Ayers, who is also the executive chef at Chowbotics, said his philosophy on using seasonal, local ingredients aimed at increasing brain power is in line with how Chowbotics aims to use Sally.

Users can also choose from salad combinations created by Ayers and Kelly Olazar, a former Google chef and Calafia culinary services manager, such as ones dubbed “The Dish,” which includes kale, quinoa, yams, walnuts, cherry tomatoes and marinated tofu, and “The Buddha,” which has mixed greens, marinated tofu, barley corn salad, roasted yams, quinoa and cherry tomatoes.

They’re both dressed with a coconut turmeric vinaigrette.

For those interested in how many calories are in their salad, Sally also lists calorie counts.

To use the robot, you place a bowl under the salad dispenser and select your desired ingredients, or opt for a pre-set salad. The canisters within Sally, visible from the outside, then deposit the salad ingredients into the bowl.

If users forget to place the bowl in Sally, a fail-safe feature kicks in that stops the salad from being dispensed. This feature was added after Chowbotics tested it on users.

What salad-eaters ultimately get is a fresh, temperature-controlled salad that Sekar believes is more hygienic than salad that sits out for hours in a buffet or salad bar.

Sally is still in beta-testing mode for another month or so, but the wheels are turning behind the scenes to expand her presence.

Sekar said that 10 partnerships are in the works with “some of the biggest brand names around” and promised an announcement in October or November.

Sekar said that Sally can also help local restaurants address labor shortages in the increasingly costly Bay Area. It’s common for workers to share a one-bedroom apartment with two to three people to make ends meet, Sekar noted, and many workers are opting to move away.

The robot is a “gift to the food industry,” Ayers said in the video, in that it frees up operating revenue in a business with razorthin margins.

As for whether food-service robots are going to take away humans’ jobs, Sekar said the nature of people’s work is always changing.

“Robotics is going to change the world in pretty dramatic ways,” he said.

He cited the industrial revolution, the rise of manufacturing, the change in the retail landscape in the past 50 years and the shift in technology from a focus on hardware to software.

“People will need to adjust,” he said.

In the meantime, Sekar is cooking up some new inventions.

“Think of Sally as the first in a series of food-preparation robots,” he said, adding that the possibilities are almost endless.

While he is working on a specific project to be announced later this year, many ideas for food-and-drink automation have circulated in the offices of Chowbotics, from burritos to cocktails. Q Editorial assistant Anna Medina can be emailed at amedina@paweekly.com.

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According to owner Jamshaid Rai, he chose not to renew his lease after learning that the landlord planned to increase his rent at the site. Rai closed his shopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doors on Aug. 25, according to a sign posted on the door last month notifying customers of the closure. Rai said he is operating out of a warehouse in North Palo Alto while he looks for a new location to relocate his business, which has provided printing services, photocopying and commercial printing for residents and local businesses since 2002. Rai said he wants to stay close to Stanford University and is looking at potential sites in Menlo Park. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; L.T. TEASPOON IN MIDTOWN ...

Midtown Palo Alto now has a new milk-tea option, with the recent opening of Teaspoon at 2675

Middlefield Road. The mini Bay Area chain, which serves Taiwanese milk tea and iced tea as well as shaved snow, soft opened at the Midtown Shopping Center on Sept.

3, according to a Facebook post.

Jennifer Chao, a franchisee whose brother-in-law founded Teaspoon, took over the space earlier this year.

Themenu includes drinks like the house milk tea (blended black tea with cream) and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;lychee on lycheeâ&#x20AC;? (lychee black tea with lychee jelly).

Customers can also customize their own drink from different tea options, toppings, cream and sweetness level.

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180 Hamilton Avenue (17PLN-00171): Request for Minor Architectural Review to Allow for Exterior Improvements to an Existing Hotel. The Proposed Changes Include: Replacing the Ground Floor Storefronts Along the Existing Hamilton Avenue and Emerson Street Entries, Replacing the Existing Awning at the Emerson Street Entry, New Façade Finishes on the First Floor and Part of the Second Floor.

Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Guideline Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). Zoning District: CD-C(GF)(P) (Downtown Commercial) For More Information Contact the Project Planner Samuel Gutierrez at samuel.gutierrez@cityofpaloalto.org.

The Architectural Review Board is live streamed online at http://midpenmedia.org/category/government/city-of-paloalto and available on via cablecast on government access channel 26. The complete agenda with accompanying reports is available online at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/ boards/arb/default.asp. For additional information contact Alicia Spotwood at alicia.spotwood@cityofpaloalto.org or at 650.617.3168. www.PaloAltoOnline.com â&#x20AC;˘ Palo Alto Weekly â&#x20AC;˘ September 22, 2017 â&#x20AC;˘ Page 33

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girlfriend Erin Hurley Seldom has the idea OPENINGS (Tatiana Maslany), a that “It’s in the telling” seemed more apt than as a de- point that binds the two in grief scription of “Stronger.” On paper, and guilt, appreciation and resentthis based-on-a-memoir story of ment, but most powerfully by love. tragedy overcome would seem to As in the Boston-adjacent, basedbe the most obvious of Oscar bait, on-a-true-story “The Fighter,” our with Jake Gyllenhaal in the showy hero is surrounded by a loud and role of a terrorist victim fighting tenacious family that offers its own back from unthinkable physical brands of love, support and distracand emotional challenges. But the tion, in this case with alcoholic story landed in good hands, un- matriarch Patty (Miranda Richardder the direction of David Gordon son) the lightning rod at its center.

It makes sense that first-time Green (“Joe”), and the resulting film feels as if it single-handedly feature screenwriter John Pollono has a more extensive resume as an restores humanity to the movies.

Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman, actor, because “Stronger” brims the 28-year-old Boston native who with moments built around human became a double amputee after behavior. Of course, it also would terrorist bombs exploded along have made sense had “Stronger” the sidelines of the 2013 Boston constantly chased pithy platitudes Marathon. Bauman was there to and big speeches, and one has to cheer on his on-again, off-again give the lion’s share of credit to

Green for establishing the right tone and nurturing potent performances. Early and often, “Stronger” catches one off guard with the characters’ open-hearted gestures under duress, earning tears instead of jerking them.

The central love story — described to Hurley as her “torrid melodrama with a chicken roaster with Costco” — plumbs great depths of caring on the part of both Bauman and Hurley. Gyllenhaal’s Bauman is a beautiful soul bloodied man who also is resilient in sense of humor and the will to recover. In the key supporting role, Maslany embodies searing, raw, roiling emotion and a kind of ideal of selfless love pushed to its limits.

The film understandably ignores the pair’s seeming unhappy ending, but any subsequent disappointment cannot invalidate the bravery of these characters: Bauman finding the courage to ask Hurley to be by his side at the Bruins’ Stanley Cup bid, for example, or Hurley gently gripping Jeff’s arm after taking the brunt of a PTSD rage.

As in the memoir on which the film is based, “Stronger” keeps circling back to that famous phrase “Boston Strong,” its meaning, and how it gets tested. After all, Bauman finds himself in a bubble of self-knowing emotional fragility he must work to escape, even though it’s easier to embrace cynicism or drink to distressing excess.

Bauman rankles at being called a hero, but his story is that of a man cut off at the knees who relearns to stand on “his own two feet.”

Rated R for language throughout, some graphic injury images, and brief sexuality/nudity. One hour, 56 minutes.

— Peter Canavese

MOVIES NOW SHOWING American Assassin (R) 1/2 Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Baby Driver (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Battle of the Sexes (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Brad’s Status (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Dolores (Not Rated) Guild Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Dunkirk (PG-13) +++1/2 Century 20: Fri. - Sun. East of Eden (1955) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday The Emojie Movie (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Fountainhead (1949) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Friday Friend Request (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Home Again (PG-13) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. IT (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Jai Lava Kusa (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sun.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Leap (Not Rated) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. The Lego Ninjago Movie (PG) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Logan Lucky (PG-13) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Mother! (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. My Fair Lady (1964) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind – Studio Ghibli Fest 2017 (PG) Century 16: Sunday Century 20: Sunday Rebel in the Rye (PG-13) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Stronger (R) +++ Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Viceroy’s House (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Fri. - Sun. Wall Street (30th anniversary) (R) Century 20: Sunday Wind River (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun.

+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 327-3241) tinyurl.com Aquariuspa Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View tinyurl.com/Century16 Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City tinyurl.com/Century20

CineArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (For information: 493-0128) tinyurl.com/Pasquare Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (For recorded listings: 566-8367) tinyurl.com/Guildmp Stanford Theatre: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (For recorded listings: 324-3700) Stanfordtheatre.org

Find trailers, star ratings and reviews on the web at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

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Home Front HURRICANE RELIEF ...

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Northern California is raising funds for victims of the recent hurricanes in Houston and Florida.

Coldwell has two campaigns, the Realogy Disaster Relief Fund (RDRF) and the Realogy Foundation’s Florida Hurricane Fund. “Our neighbors were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey and Irma, and need all the support they can get to rebuild and re-establish a sense of normalcy,” said Mike James, president of Coldwell Banker in Northern California. The sole purpose of RDRF is to provide direct financial assistance to affected employees and sales agents affiliated with a Realogy-franchised or company-owned real estate brokerage office. Donate to the Realogy Disaster Relief Fund or visit www.events.org/rdrf for more information. The Realogy Foundation’s Florida Hurricane Fund was organized to support all victims affected by Hurricane Irma. The proceeds of this campaign will benefit the American Red Cross. To date, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage affiliated agents and employees, along with Realogy colleagues, have contributed approximately $340,000 to the Red Cross to support impacted areas in Texas.

TULIP DO’S AND DON’TS ...

According to Garden Design magazine writer Tovah Martin, now is the time to plant tulip bulbs. They prefer a sandy loam soil, and bulbs should be buried 6 to 8 inches below the soil line. Try sprinkling them through other floral borders.

Don’t plant tulips in the shade, as they are sun lovers. If you’re planning to leave your tulips in place for a few years, cut off flowering stems after the petals have dropped. Tulip bulbs can be purchased at local nurseries or ordered online. Make sure you are buying bulbs, not seeds. Tulip seeds can be tough to start and will take a few years to produce flowers.

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The kitchen is really part of a great room that includes a large flat-screen TV and opens to the backyard.

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ili Sarrazin has a definite instinct when it comes to houses with potential. So when she spotted the 1929 traditional colonial in Old Palo Alto, she knew right away how she wanted to transform it.

After all, she and her husband, Hugo, had done this three times before, twice in Montreal, Quebec and again in Dallas, Texas.

“It was in live-in condition with a dated kitchen,” she said. The home had been renovated in the 1980s. Also, a family room had been tacked onto the back in the ‘70s followed by a second-story master-suite addition over it, said Carl Hesse, the architect from square three design studios in Palo Alto who took on the project. What started as a makeover of the kitchen and dining room quickly extended to the whole 3,100-square-foot house.

The exterior remains largely the same, with its white-painted shingles and side entrance. Removing the shutters and punching up the entry with a red door helped evolve the home to what Hesse calls a “modern colonial.”

In the living room, “We pulled off the ornate molding with a traditional profile and changed to flat stock. We stripped it down to the studs, added insulation, built-in bookshelves,” he said.

Other touches include replacing the wood-burning fireplace with a gas burner, surrounded by pale gray Caesarstone framed with dark gray Silestone. The wideplanked oak flooring is stained dark to camouflage the nails.

“It makes it feel more special and unexpected,” Sarrazin said, contrasting with the blond flooring in the rest of the home.

A dining area is off to one side, with a popular Italian-glass hanging light fixture, Logico by Artemide. Surf wall sconces also are

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modern

Renovation brings home up to date without startling streetscape

by Carol Blitzer / photos by Cherie Cordellos

by Artemide.

“I wanted a modern kitchen,” Sarrazin said, and European Cabinets provided the Italian modular Aran cabinets used in the kitchen as well as in the butler’s pantry and family room.

Simplicity is the driving theme, from the stark white cabinets with integrated pulls to the subtle, built-in desk with floor-to-ceiling cabinet that hides office supplies.

Next comes the breakfast area, with room for cereal, tea, coffee, a toaster and coffee maker.

A large, dark gray Silestonetopped island sports four bar stools that team with the nearby chairs around the marble-topped pedestal table. A large Zaneen Blow light fixture hangs above the table, with three matching mini-pedestal

lights over the island.

The only splash of color is in the red fabric window shades, which coordinate with the family room’s egg-shaped chairs.

Simplicity is achieved in the bathrooms by using wall-hung toilets and wall-mounted faucets, white quartz counters and taupe tile flooring.

The traditional wooden banister leading to the second floor was replaced with a modular railing that uses stainless-steel tubing. Hesse designed the wooden console table in the foyer.

Upstairs, one turns right to enter the children’s wing, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. A wall between the bedrooms was moved to create more balanced space, and a window removed

The deep backyard accommodates multiple seating and eating areas, including a built-in barbecue at the side.

to make more room for the bed.

There are no dressers; instead the closets have built-in drawers and hanging spaces.

Turning left, one enters the adult quarters through a sliding door. First comes a home office, followed by the master bedroom suite. The only furniture in the bedroom is the bed, two nightstands and a bench.

The vaulted ceiling with tongueand-groove planks was reworked to be centered in the room.

The large master bathroom features frosted glass shower walls, a huge white tub and a toilet hidden behind parallel frosted glass walls.

A night light was installed under the wall-hung cabinets along the opposite wall.

Completing the suite is a large, walk-in closet with plenty of built-ins.

Between the two bedroom wings is a huge linen closet and a laundry room.

The house is sited on a very deep lot. Much of the hardscape is concrete paving, with plantings along the sides. At the very back of the property is a huge oak tree with a nearby fire pit surrounded by red Loll furniture, made from recycled plastic bottles.

Part of the redesign eliminated a rear balcony and added a covered porch, offering protection from the sun for both the eating area outside and the family room inside.

The Sarrazin family of four remained on site during the entire construction, living in a small guest house attached to the garage. “We had minimal stuff, but you get used to it,” Sarrazin said.

In the end, she can’t think of anything she would have done differently, except that eventually she’d like to have the guest house mimic the main house in style. Q Freelance writer Carol Blitzer can be emailed at carolgblitzer@ gmail.com.

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1187 Laureles Drive, Los Altos

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his is your North Los Altos Opportunity! Welcome to this STUNNING, IMMACULATE, UPDATED, single story home that has been designed with an eye towards blending the interior with the surroundings. Located in the desirable North Los Altos neighborhood, the home offers 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large family room, inside laundry and a 2 car garage. Situated on a large 15,225 sq ft lot (per county), at the end of a cul-de-sac, makes this property attractive to young families.

Bright and airy spaces with large picture windows overlooking the wrap around yard makes it deal for indoor/outdoor living. Stellar Los Altos Schools and easy walk to The Sweet Shop. All this is in close proximity to everything the Peninsula has to offer, including downtown, Hill View community center, Library, vibrant San Antonio Village, Cal Train and an easy commute to 280 and 101.

Offered at $3,200,000 For Virtual Tour visit:

www.1187Laureles.com

Arti Miglani (650) 804-6942 amiglani@apr.com BRE# 01150085 578 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • September 22, 2017 • Page 37

JUST LISTED BOTH HOMES OPEN THIS WEEK

OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 9:30AM – 1:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23 & 24, 1:30 – 4:30PM

108 CUESTA DRIVE LOS ALTOS

OFFERED AT $1,198,000

This charming, 2-story condominium is in a quaint complex of seven units a mere two blocks from the downtown Village of Los Altos.

With an abundance of natural light, separate dining area, and two en-suite bedrooms, this appealing unit offers a comfortable lifestyle with nearby conveniences. Relax on your private patio or in the community courtyard with fountain. Approximately 1,206 sq. ft. Low association dues of $275/month.

14735 SALTAMONTES WAY LOS ALTOS HILLS

OFFERED AT $2,600,000

An excellent opportunity to secure a Los Altos Hills lifestyle and build your dream home.

Conveniently located on over 1.3 acres (per county records) near the Village of Los Altos, commute routes, and award-wining Palo Alto schools. Enjoy the privacy offered by the beautiful mature trees surrounding the perimeter of the large, open lot.

MDA of 14,569 sq. ft. and MFA of 6,495 sq. ft. per survey. Spacious, 2-car garage plus large storage shed. An additional carport is perfect for extra vehicle storage or work area.

For more information, visit www.ConnieMiller.com/featured

Connie Miller 650.279.7074 Broker Associate License# 01275848

cmiller@apr.com www.ConnieMiller.com

Big enough to deliver. Small enough to care.

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Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources.

Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation. Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.

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OPEN HOUSE Sunday 1:30 - 4:30pm

11841 Upland Way, Cupertino Exclusive views of the South Bay and a hillside setting immerse this incredible property in privacy and serenity while being within just moments of sought-after attractions. Spanning over an acre and a half (per county) with on-site utilities, this impressive parcel of land holds abundant opportunity for the construction of a private dream estate. Recreation can be reached within moments at Fremont Older, Seven Springs Swimming Pool, and elite Saratoga Country Club, while popular De Anza Boulevard offers an abundance of fine dining and shopping. Also nearby are tech giants like Apple, and excellent schools, including Regnart Elementary, John F. Kennedy Middle, and Monta Vista High (buyer to verify eligibility).

Offered at $1,898,000

For video tour & more photos, please visit:

www.11841Upland.com

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OPEN SUNDAY 2–4PM 438 CHAUCER STREET, PALO ALTO

Remodeled modeled C Crescent rescent P Park ark H Home ome w with ith B Backyard ackyard O Oasis a Offered at $7,998,000 | 4 Beds | 4.5 Baths | Home ±4,686 sf | Lot ±14,000 sf

JUST SOLD 2320 BRYANT STREET, PALO ALTO

Sophisticated S hi ti t and Elegant Palo Alto Home Offered at $4,750,000 5 Beds | 3 Baths Home ±2,957 sf | Lot ±5,625 sf

Downtown Palo Alto 728 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 650.644.3474 GoldenGateSIR.com Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

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Susan Tanner, Broker Associate 650.255.7372 susan.tanner@sothebysrealty.com susantannerhomes.com CalBRE 01736865

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SELLING YOUR HOME? Price Per Square Foot Ratio of Single-Family Home Listings in San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties Price Per Square Foot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Jan 2017 to Sept 2017

San Mateo County

$1,233 $1,018

DeLeon Realty (dlrpa)

Sereno Group (sgp)

$998

Alain Pinel (apr)

$981

Coldwell Banker (cbr)

$892

County Average

$828

Intero (ntero)

Keller Williams (kwpen) (kwlge)

Santa Clara County

$1,332

$956

DeLeon Realty (dlrpa)

$837

Alain Pinel (apr)

$828

Sereno Group (sgp)

$742

$737

$719

$715

Coldwell Banker (cbr)

County Average

Keller Williams (kwpen) (kwlge)

Intero (ntero)

DeLeon Realtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s average price per square foot greatly exceeds other brokerages in the Silicon Valley.

Our average marketing investment per listing is higher than any other brokerage, which will positively impact your bottom line.

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Amazing Woodside Homes for Sale

PRICE REDUCED

280 Family Farm Road, Woodside

132 Audiffred Lane, Woodside

Now $7,995,000 | 280FamilyFarmRoad.com

Offered at $5,495,000 | 132AudiffredLane.com

340 Jane Drive, Woodside

204 Josselyn Lane, Woodside

Offered at $5,350,000 | 340JaneDrive.com

Offered at $3,350,000 | 204JosselynLane.com

OPEN HOUSE for each Sunday, September 24, 1:30 – 4:30pm HELEN & BRAD MILLER 650.400.3426 | 650.400.1317 helenhuntermiller@gmail.com bradm@apr.com License# 01142061 | License# 00917768

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#1 Team in Woodside, 2013 – 2016

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701 TENNYSON AVENUE, PALO A LTO

OPEN SAT AND SUN 1:30-4:30

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esigned by Palo Alto’s famous architect, Birge Clark, this 4 bedroom/3.5 bath home is a flawless blend of classic design and recently remodeled convenience with a youthful flair.

The living and dining rooms are generous and open to a brick terrace and large manicured garden providing beautiful entertainment spaces. Private and peaceful, the garden is a place for children to play, and adults to relax and enjoy the beautiful natural surrounding.

The eat-in kitchen is appointed with sleek stone surfaces, stainless steel appliances and an abundance of storage including a walk-in pantry. The dining area overlooks a quiet garden courtyard with fountain.

The upper level has 4 bedrooms including a romantic master suite with balcony, a luxurious master bath equipped with a large soaking tub, separate shower and a large walk-in closet.

Windows frame views of the beautiful garden, a rich tapestry of colorful plantings that rim a lush lawn. There is even a vegetable/herb garden for the urban farmer and an adorable playhouse for young family members.

A large basement is configured for both wine & property storage. The attached 2-car garage also features a separate room, ideal for exercise space.

Convenient location near Palo Alto’s excellent schools, and easy access to Stanford University, the Community Center and downtown Palo Alto.

Living Area: 3,324 sq. ft. (Per appraiser Michael Fagan, unverified) Lot Size: 12,500 sq. ft. (Per County records, unverified)

Offered at $5,500,000

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A Luxury Collection By Intero Real Estate Services 45 Roberta Drive, Woodside

730-760 Adobe Canyon Rd. Sonoma Valley

10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills

$24,995,000

$22,000,000

$11,488,000

Listing Provided By: Linda Hymes, Lic.#01917074

Listing Provided By: Tim Murray, Lic. #00630078

Provided by: Greg Goumas & John Reece, Lic.#01878208 & 00838479

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0 Spanish Ranch Road, Los Gatos

27466 Sunrise Farm Rd, Los Altos Hills

Price Upon Request

$9,187,000

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2008 Vallejo Street, San Francisco

114 New Brighton Road, Aptos

75 Madrona Avenue, Belvedere

$5,750,000

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Listing Provided by: Charlene Attard, Lic.#01045729

Listing Provided by: Mark DeTar Lic. #01156251

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14938 Larga Vista Drive, Los Gatos

19 Grove Street, Los Gatos

15815 Miradero Avenue, San Jose

$3,995,000

$3,198,000

$2,950,000

Provided By: Gail Thomson & Stephen Slater Lic.# 01444563 & 01886128

Provided By: Kristine Meyer & Jess Wible Lic.#i1443520 & #01077539

Listing Provided By: Mark DeTar Lic.#01156251

©2017 Intero Real Estate Services Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and a wholly owned subsidiary of HomeServices of America, Inc. All rights reserved.

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15815 Miradero Avenue, San Jose $2,950,000 | Listing Provided By: Mark DeTar, Broker Associate Lic.#01156251

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29 Amador Avenue, Atherton Charm, Style, and Unlimited Potential in West Atherton Surrounded by natural privacy, this captivating 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath residence of 2,800 sq. ft. (per county) boasts excessive character and exciting potential on premises of over 0.75 acre (per county). Built in the Roaring Twenties, the interior is appointed with >5/4 >195:01>? ;2 91>5/-p? 9;?@ 38-9;>;A? <1>5;0 5: 45?@;>E &41 ?<-/5;A? 3>;A:0? -:0 @41 Ō1D5.585@E ;2 @41 01?53: /-: 1-?58E accommodate remodeling and even expansion. Brimming with opportunity, this gem of a home is tucked inside one of the most distinguished neighborhoods in Silicon Valley, within mere moments of the celebrated Menlo Circus Club, alluring downtown Menlo Park, and illustrious private academies.

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THIS WEEKEND OPEN HOMES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL TIMES ARE 1:30-4:30 PM

ATHERTON

MENLO PARK

4 Bedrooms

1 Bedroom - Condominium

29 Amador Ave Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

$6,288,000 543-8500

3 Bedrooms - Townhouse

5 Bedrooms 40 Selby Ln $5,880,000 Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 324-4456 83 Tuscaloosa Ave $9,998,000 Sun 2-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 847-1141 165 Patricia Dr $9,888,000 Sun Deleon Realty 543-8500 157 Watkins Av Call for price Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker 324-4456

6 Bedrooms 399 Atherton Ave $4,988,000 Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty 543-8500 60 Michaels Way $10,950,000 Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

HALF MOON BAY 5 Bedrooms 468 Furtado Ln Sat/Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

$1,950,000 847-1141

3 Bedrooms

43 Biltmore Ln Sun Deleon Realty

4 Bedrooms

2060 Monterey Ave Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 2021 Ashton Ave Sun Kerwin & Associates 500 Berkeley Ave Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

5 Bedrooms

624 Olive St Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 480 Santa Margarita Ave Sat/Sun Dreyfus Sotheby’s International Realty 625 Hobart St Sun 2-4 Coldwell Banker

$3,200,000 323-1111 $3,400,000 324-4456

49 Showers Dr #L472 Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

4 Bedrooms

579 Piazza Dr Sat/Sun 1-5 Deleon Realty

LOS ALTOS HILLS 6 Bedrooms 28500 Matadero Creek Ln Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 12030 Elsie Way Sun 1-4 Sereno Group

$6,950,000 462-1111 $9,495,000 323-1900

$1,449,000 324-4456 $2,175,000 543-8500 $2,575,000 462-1111 $3,265,000 473-1500 $5,480,000 462-1111 $5,695,000 462-1111 $2,445,000 847-1141 $6,250,000 324-4456

$1,450,000 847-1141

MOUNTAIN VIEW 3 Bedrooms - Condominium

4 Bedrooms

$749,000 324-4456

MONTARA 226 7th St Sun 1-4 Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

3 Bedrooms

1557 Plateau Ave Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker

600 Willow Rd #5 Sun Coldwell Banker

1 Bedroom

LOS ALTOS 1187 Laureles Dr Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

2140 Santa Cruz Ave #A207 Sat 1-4 Coldwell Banker

$1,378,000 543-8500

765 Loma Verde Ave #A Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

358 Grant Ave $998,000 Sat/Sun 1:30-5:30 Alain Pinel Realtors 323-1111

4 Bedrooms

868 Lincoln Ave Sat/Sun Zane MacGregor 701 Tennyson Av Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 1030 Moffett Cir Sat/Sun 1-5 Alain Pinel Realtors

$1,598,000 323-1111

$3,898,000 324-9900 $5,500,000 462-1111 $2,198,000 323-1111

5 Bedrooms

621 Georgia Av $8,500/month Sun 11-2 Coldwell Banker 324-4456 471 Nevada Ave $7,298,000 Sat Deleon Realty 543-8500

6 Bedrooms

80 Crescent Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

$9,550,000 462-1111

PORTOLA VALLEY 2 Bedrooms

140 Ramona Rd Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

3 Bedrooms

176 Los Trancos Cir Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 131 Mira Way Sun Kerwin & Associates

4 Bedrooms

181 Gabarda Way Sun Coldwell Banker 95 Bear Gulch Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 1 Portola Green Cir Sun Coldwell Banker 11 Coalmine Vw Sun Coldwell Banker 133 Ash Ln Sun 2-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

635 E Fox Ct Sat/Sun Sereno Group 631 Hillcrest Way Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

4 Bedrooms

1750 Stockbridge Ave Sat/Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

SAN CARLOS 2 Bedrooms - Condominium

1 Elm St #202 Sun 2-4 Coldwell Banker

4 Bedrooms

1091 Porto Marino Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker 2139 Greenwood Ave Sat/Sun 1-5 Coldwell Banker 1091 Porto Marino Dr Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$1,850,000 851-1961

$899,000 324-4456 $1,598,000 324-4456 $2,998,000 851-2666 $1,598,000 324-4456

STANFORD 4 Bedrooms

813 Allardice Way Sat/Sun Coldwell Banker

$2,550,000 941-7040

SUNNYVALE 3 Bedrooms

1394 Lilian Av Sat/Sun Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty

$1,649,000 644-3474

WOODSIDE $2,200,000 851-1961 $2,995,000 473-1500 $2,795,000 324-4456 $3,150,000 851-1961 $3,695,000 324-4456 $2,795,000 851-1961 $6,295,000 529-1111

REDWOOD CITY 3 Bedrooms

$1,498,000 543-8500

PALO ALTO 2 Bedrooms - Townhouse

2 Bedrooms - Condominium

$1,249,000 323-1900 $1,599,000 324-4456

Lot

153 Marva Oaks Dr Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors

3 Bedrooms

132 Audiffred Ln $5,495,000 Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 529-1111 279 Albion Ave $10,500,000 Sun 1-4 Alain Pinel Realtors 529-1111 204 Josselyn Ln $3,350,000 Sun Alain Pinel Realtors 529-1111 127 Otis Ave $3,490,000 Sat/Sun 1-4 Coldwell Banker 325-6161

4 Bedrooms

1430 Bear Gulch Rd Sat Golden Gate Sotheby’s International Realty 280 Family Farm Rd Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

5 Bedrooms 5 Cedar Ln Sat

Deleon Realty

6 Bedrooms $2,598,000 323-1111

$5,350,000 529-1111

340 Jane Dr Sun Alain Pinel Realtors

$2,995,000 847-1141 $7,995,000 529-1111 $5,213,000 543-8500 $5,350,000 529-1111

127 Otis Ave, Woodside

Open Sat/Sun 1:00 - 4:00 This recently renovated 3bed/2bath modern, luxury home is located in Silicon Valley’s coveted town of Woodside and offers outstanding design, style and modern amenities. Solar equipped, functional open floor plan, private setting, garden is a true oasis. Cutting edge architecture, energy efficient systems. Spacious yet cozy with vaulted ceilings, custom lighting, custom window coverings and professionally organized closet throughout. 1000 bottle wine cellar and tasting room, modern savant audio video home control system. Inside washer/dryer, greenhouse with electrical and gas hookup. All new architectural design. New framing and all new systems throughout including plumbing and electrical. Move-in ready. Truly wonderful place to call home in one of the most sought after towns in the Bay Area between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Home is conveniently located about a mile to the Woodside Village, close proximity to 280, excellent Woodside schools.

Offered at $3,490,000 www.127otisavenue.com

Maha Najjar 650.388.0566 geolette@comcast.net Cal BRE#: 01305947

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement WINTER LODGE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN632896 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Winter Lodge, located at 3009 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): COMMUNITY SKATING INC. 3009 Middlefield Rd. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 11-18-1985.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 11, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2017) WUND3RKID FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN632954 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Wund3rkid, located at 559 College Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): WUND3RKID CORPORATION 559 College Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2016.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on August 14, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2017) DEOL LIMO LLC FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633426 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Deol Limo LLC, located at 4508 Strawberry Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95129, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): DEOL LIMO LLC 4508 Strawberry Park Dr. San Jose, CA 95129 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 August 29, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 2017) DL INVESTMENT CONSULTING FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633769 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: DL Investment Consulting, located at 257 Edlee Ave., 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): DIANA LYNN LIEBERMAN 257 Edlee Ave. 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 September 11, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 2017) LIFE CHINESE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633735 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Life Chinese, located at 10013 Long Oak Lane, Cupertino, CA 95014, Santa Clara County.

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The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): L.E.AD. ACADEMY INC. 10013 Long Oak Lane Cupertino, CA 95014 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/01/2017.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 8, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. FBN633729 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): PINEWOOD TIMESTOPPERS 1795 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94303-2947 FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: 09/05/2017 UNDER FILE NO.: FBN623533 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): BARCLAY J. TULLIS 1795 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94303-2947 JERRY McCOMAS 1330 Bobwhite Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94087 PATRICK FANNING 1190 Redwood Lane Clarksville, TN 37042 THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY: Copartners.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 7, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017)

997 All Other Legals ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Case No.: 17CV313080 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: VANDANA HARIHARAN and KARTHIK HARIHARAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: RISHAB HARIHARAN to RISHI HARIHARAN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING: October 10, 2017, 8:45 a.m., Room: Probate of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113.

A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: PALO ALTO WEEKLY Date: July 14, 2017 /s/ Rise Jones Pichon JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT (PAW Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2017) NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. : 00000006800452 Title Order No.: 730-1704935-70 FHA/VA/PM No.: ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY APPLIES ONLY TO COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR, NOT TO THIS RECORDED ORIGINAL NOTICE. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 02/09/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 02/17/2005 as Instrument No. 18238005 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: CONAN S. YEM, AN UNMARRIED MAN, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by California Civil Code 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 10/10/2017.

TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: AT THE GATED NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 191 N. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 3619 LUPINE AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94303. APN#: 127-21-017. 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 of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $407,981.61. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction.

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

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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 714-730-2727 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case 00000006800452.

Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:AGENCY SALES and POSTING 2 714-730-2727 www.lpsasap.com BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP as Trustee 20955 Pathfinder Road, Suite 300 Diamond Bar, CA 91765(866) 795-1852 Dated: 08/28/2017 BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER and WEISS, LLP IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. A-4631802 09/08/2017, 09/15/2017, 09/22/2017

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Answers on page 52.

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # CA-178394-CS Order # 170205490-CA-VOI Loan # 9805031292 [PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE Section 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR.] NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/19/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): DRAGAN V. PODLESNIK AND MARTA D. SAVIC, HUSBAND AND WIFE,

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Answers on page 52.

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AS COMMUNITY PROPERTY. Recorded: 6/25/2007 as Instrument No. 19481661 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: 10/5/2017 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 95113. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $1,509,042.62. The purported property address is: 1885 GUINDA STREET PALO ALTO, CA 94303. Assessor’s Parcel No. 003-56-068. 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

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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 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site www.servicelinkasap.com, using the file number assigned to this case CA-17-8394-CS. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site.

The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 8/24/2017 SUMMIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC 16745 W. Bernardo Dr., Ste. 100 San Diego, CA 92127 (866) 248-2679 (For NON SALE information only) Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.servicelinkasap.com Reinstatement Line: (800) 401-6587. Cecilia Stewart, Trustee Sale Officer. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

A-4631417 09/08/2017, 09/15/2017, 09/22/2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SAMUEL M. NEMIROVSKY Case No.: 17PR181880 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of SAMUEL M. NEMIROVSKY aka SAMUEL NEMIROVSKY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: GADY NEMIROVSKY and OFER NEMIROVSKY in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: GADY NEMIROVSKY and OFER NEMIROVSKY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 9, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

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

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: Kristin R. Wu 2479 E. Bayshore Road, Ste. 180 Palo Alto, CA 94303 (650)321-5005 (PAW Sept. 8, 15, 22, 2017) APN: 132-39-025 T.S. No.: 2017-1509 Order No.: 05932651 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE § 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO ABOVE IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 06/18/2008.

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 of 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, express 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: Lynette Trevillion, a married woman as her sole and separate property Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Deed of Trust recorded 06/24/2008, as Instrument No. 19894940 in book XX, page, XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Santa Clara County, California. Date of Sale: 10/13/2017 Time: 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 reasonable estimated charges: $1,555,055.94 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 434 Fernando Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 A.P.N.: 132-39-025. 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 FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (855)986-9342, or visit this Internet Web site www.superiordefault. com using the file number assigned to this case 2017-1509. 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: 09/06/2017. S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106, Westlake Village, California, 91362 (818)991-4600. By: Colleen Irby, Trustee Sale Officer. WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. (09/22/17, 09/29/17, 10/06/17 TS# 2017-1509 SDI-7595) PAW NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: WILLIAM DUTTON POMEROY III aka WILLIAM D. POMEROY Case No.: 17PR181936 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of WILLIAM DUTTON POMEROY III aka WILLIAM D. POMEROY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOYCE ANTHONY and BONNIE BURDETT in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that:

JOYCE ANTHONY and BONNIE BURDETT be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A HEARING on the petition will be held on November 20, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

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

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

date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

Attorney for Petitioner: James Efting Jackson & Efting 438 South Murphy Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 (408)732-3114 (PAW Sept. 22, 29; Oct. 6, 2017) ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN633953 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Asset Management Company, located at 2100 Geng Road, Suite 200, Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): FRANKLIN P. JOHNSON JR. 1411 Edgewood Drive Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 02/01/1965.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on September 13, 2017.

(PAW Sept. 22, 29; Oct. 6, 13, 2017)

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Sports Shorts

ITS THE WATERS . . . The thirdranked Stanford men’s water polo team returns to Los Angeles to compete in the Mountain Pacific Invitational Friday through Sunday, held at both the Uytengsu Aquatics Center on the USC campus and the Burns Recreation Center on the Loyola Marymount campus. The Cardinal is one of 16 of the top-20 men’s water polo programs in the nation, according to the Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Association poll, in the field. Participants also include No. 1 California, No. 2 USC, No. 4 UCLA, No. 5 Pacific, No. 6 Long Beach State, No. 7 UC Santa Barbara, No. 8 Pepperdine, No. 9 UC Davis, No. 10 UC Irvine, No. 12 Princeton, No. 12 UC San Diego, No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer, No. 20 Loyola Marymount, San Jose State and Air Force. Stanford opens Friday at 3:30 p.m. against Pomona-Pitzer on the USC campus.

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TOPS IN THEIR FIELD . . .

Stanford sophomore Kelsey Bing earned two honors this week after being named the America East Defensive Player of the Week as well as receiving an honorable mention by the NFHCA for her role in Stanford’s 1-0 win over No. 24 Pacific. The goalkeeper stopped all seven shots she faced and recorded her eighth career shutout in a win over the Tigers on Thursday. Bing has posted a 0.97 goals against average, ranking her first in the conference and 10th in the NCAA . . . Menlo School grad Jaye Boissiere, who is enjoying a monster season to date, was named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week after helping Stanford beat Santa Clara.

Boissiere has started all but one game, playing primarily at the base of second-ranked Stanford’s midfield. She registered one goal and one assist in Stanford’s 2-1 win over Santa Clara, bringing her goal and assist totals to four on the season. Stanford opened Pac-12 play Thursday in Pullman against Washington State. Stanford leads the nation in goals per game (4.88), total goals (39), assists per game (4.13), points per game (13.88), total points (111), shots per game (25.38) and shots on goal per game (12.25).

Menlo-Atherton is averaging 31.25 points a game but is allowing 25 per game. The Bears open PAL play at Burlingame Friday night.

M-A’s offense is hitting new heights Bears defense a little worrisome with league openers at hand

by Glenn Reeves t’s the beginning of league play this week for MenloAtherton, Palo Alto and Gunn. Menlo School, Sacred Heart Prep and Woodside have byes and begin league play next week.

Menlo-Atherton travels up the peninsula to take on Burlingame at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the lone Peninsula Athletic League opener taking place this week in any of its three divisions.

The Bay Division has a combined 17-5 record thus far in nonleague play. Burlingame (4-0) is one of three undefeated teams,

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along with Half Moon Bay (4-0) and Aragon (3-0). Terra Nova (31) is also undefeated on the field with its one loss coming by way of forfeit administered by the Central Coast Section after a fight in a scrimmage against Moreau.

Menlo-Atherton is just 2-2, but has played a much more difficult schedule than any of the other Bay teams.

“We feel we could very easily be 4-0 as well,’’ Menlo-Atherton coach Adhir Ravipati said.

M-A lost to Bellarmine (2116) and Mitty (30-23) the first two weeks of the season before rebounding to beat Palma (30-7)

and Los Gatos (56-41).

M-A’s offense received a boost the last two weeks with the debut of running back D’Marshaun Payton, who has rushed for 268 yards and four touchdowns. Senior quarterback Miles Conrad has thrown for 898 yards and eight touchdowns. Spencer Corona (26 receptions for 404 yards) and Troy Franklin (14 for 265 yards) are the top receivers.

Franklin, a freshman who also had a kickoff return for a touchdown against Los Gatos, received his first college scholarship offer this week, from San Jose State.

Not bad for a freshman.

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STANFORD VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball teammates turn rival for a night

ON THE AIR

Plummer, Mirkovic have earned world championship medals together

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by Rick Eymer or Stanford sophomore Kathryn Plummer, seeing California freshman Mima Mirkovic on the other side of the net was a little odd. The pair have played together indoor and on the beach for so long it just seemed out of place to see her in a different uniform.

Once the match began, though, it was all business.

The close friends had always played on the same side of the court, indoor and beach, until

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Burlingame averaged over 50 points per game in winning its first three games over Mt. Pleasant, Sequoia and Alvarez, but struggled last week before prevailing 22-16 over a South San Francisco team coming off a 35-0 loss to Aragon.

The Panthers, under veteran coach John Philipopolous, run a three running back wing-T. They are averaging 263 yards rushing per game, led by Alec Meredith (359 yards), Savaun Brown (222) and Curtis Lauti (126).

“I’ve always enjoyed watching

Kathryn Plummer won a pair of world championship bronze medals in beach volleyball with Cal’s Mima Mirkovic.

Wednesday night.

“It was a little weird,” Plummer said after pounding 17 kills in the Cardinal’s 25-20, 25-14, 25-15 victory over the visiting Bears in the Pac-12 Conference opener for both teams. “We know each others’ tendencies so well and we’re both very competitive. But it was fun.”

The partnership of Plummer and Mirkovic has led to a great deal of success, most notably (continued on page 54)

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Kathryn Plummer recorded 17 kills and helped Stanford hit a collective .549 on Wednesday night. to bring it every night.”

Stanford travels to No. 25 Colorado (10-1, 0-0) for a conference match on Sunday. The Buffaloes open Pac-12 play with a match against visiting No. 16 Utah on Friday night.

Colorado’s lone loss was to current No. 2 Penn State, the same team that handed the Cardinal its two losses. The Buffaloes also have a couple of quality victories,

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earning a bronze medal at the U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Larnaka, Cyprus in 2016 and then earning a bronze medal at the U21 Beach Volleyball World Championships this past summer in Nanking, China.

“The first volleyball team I was on, she was with me,” Plummer said. “We started indoor together and then just went to beach together a few years later.”

Mirkovic led the Bears with nine kills on a hitting percentage of .375 and did manage to slip a serve past Plummer for an ace during the match.

Plummer, who hit .519 for the match, which was below average as Stanford hit a collective .549, sent a sharp attack just in front of Mirkovic, who jumped off the floor after a futile attempt to dig it and just started to laugh.

While Plummer would have preferred to keep playing with her, she acknowledged Mirkovic made the right choice.

“Cal is a good fit for her,” said Plummer, who was a gold medalist at the 2014 U17 world championships.

Fourth-ranked Stanford (8-2, 1-0) delivered a torrid of kills that Cal had difficulty handling. The Bears (9-3, 0-1) fought hard and sent a handful of quality strikes

Stanford’s way.

Both teams are getting to know new coaches but there’s a big difference. Stanford is the defending national champion. The Bears struggled through a losing season.

Mirkovic, one of five freshmen on the roster, has helped breathe new life into the Cal program.

So has Cal assistant Spencer McLaughlin, a name associated with the Stanford men’s national title team in 2010. He’s in his first year at Cal but has helped coached men’s teams at Hawaii and UCLA. Woodside grad Christine Alftin is also enjoying her senior year at Cal. She was named the MVP at the Rice Invitational and is one of four Bears who average at least 2.36 kills per set.

The Bears have already matched their win total from last season and appear ready to step back into the national limelight.

There are no easy matches in the Pac-12 though, with seven teams ranked in the top 25 and an eighth receiving votes.

Cardinal coach Kevin Hambly has had experience coaching in such circumstances. His previous stop was at Illinois and the Big Ten also has seven teams ranked in top 25, with two others receiving votes.

“This feels normal for me,” he said after earning his first Pac12 victory. “You have to prepare every night. Cal pushed us early.

They were ready to play. You have

Junior Tami Alade had seven points on six kills and a pair of blocks. She recorded a hitting percentage of .857 on the night.

over Illinois and over No. 22 Colorado State.

“Colorado is a little different but we’ve played there twice last year,” Plummer said. “We’ll embrace the environment.”

If the altitude does cause any distractions, Hambly can turn to a deep bench that includes potential All-Americans.

“We have consistent starters and a solid bench who can step

up,” Plummer said. “We have the ability to make changes.”

These days, things are running smoothly, not that Stanford is taking anything for granted.

Even with four sophomores and a pair of freshmen seeing extended playing time, the group has a veteran feel to it.

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coach P’s team play,’’ Ravipati said. “They play hard, know the system in and out and they’re physical.’’

Two years ago, in Ravipati’s first season as head coach, M-A started out 0-3 then won five in a row before getting beat at Burlingame, 14-0.

“We were a very young team that year, establishing our foundation as a program,’’ Ravipati said. “They outplayed us from start to finish. It was a very valuable learning experience for our program. We learned you’ve got to reset every week. It was also a testament to what they do and how they out-executed us.’’

Last year was a different story.

M-A got Burlingame at home and romped to a 40-14 victory in the midst of a 12-game winning streak that took the team to a CCS Open Division title and a state championship game appearance.

Palo Alto at Homestead, Friday at 7 p.m.

After three consecutive blowout losses Palo Alto begins Santa Clara Valley Athletic League play with a De Anza Division opener that on paper looks winnable against a 1-3 Homestead team.

But Paly goes into the game without Paul Jackson III, a 1,000yard running back the last two seasons, and also most likely without starting quarterback Jackson Chryst.

Jackson, who missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, is not expected back for several more weeks. Chryst injured his Achilles tendon in the first quarter last Friday against Aragon. He was a on crutches early this week.

“We’re not the only team dealing with injuries right now,’’ Palo Alto coach Danny Sullivan said.

“The perspective of outsiders is that we must really be reeling. But I’d say our kids’ confidence right now is about as high as it’s been.

That’s a good feeling for me.’’

On Saturday morning, after the 48-14 loss to Aragon, the team had its customary morning-after meeting.

“We had a real good talk,’’ Sullivan said. “We put film on the back burner. The kids heard from my coaches telling them why football is so important for them. Some of my coaches have played football at high levels, at universities. And they were telling the team how playing high school football was the best time of their lives.’’

A realization started to settle in.

“In a couple months that group will never be together again,’’ Sullivan said. “You only get 10 opportunities. The kids are starting to take ownership. There is no discounting their effort and fire at all.’’

Aiden Chang has filled in for Jackson at running back and has rushed for 137 yards on 35 carries the last two weeks, “He has a skier’s background, does not go down easily,’’ Sullivan

said. “He loves it, is having fun.’’

Kyle Mostofizadeh took over at quarterback against Aragon after Chryst’s injury and completed 7 of 13 passes for 153 yards with two touchdowns.

“He only threw one bad ball all night,’’ Sullivan said. “For as little as he’s gotten reps for him to step in was impressive. He was the starter on the frosh-soph last year. Playing receiver earlier this year helped him get a better understanding of our offense.’’

Improvement on defense is a necessity. Palo Alto has allowed 175 points in its four losses, nearly 44 points per game.

Homestead is a wing-T running team averaging 257 yards per game on the ground and just 47 yards per game through the air.

The Mustangs beat Fremont in their opener before losing to Branham, Sacred Heart Cathedral and Terra Nova.

Gunn at Santa Clara, Friday at 7:15 p.m.

Gunn (2-2) begins SCVAL El Camino Division play against one of the co-favorites. Santa Clara and Mountain View moved down this season from the De Anza Division. Gunn coach Brandon Boyd considers them to be co-favorites for the El Camino top spot.

The Bruins got off to quite an impressive offensive start this season, beating Prospect 62-7 and Overfelt 57-28. But then they were held scoreless in a 24-0 loss to a much-improved Harker team.

They have a third-year starter at quarterback in Chris Brown, who threw eight touchdown passes those first two games.

“He looks really poised with a good grasp of the entire offense,’’ Boyd said. “He makes a lot of checks at the line of scrimmage.

They have a lot of guys who can pop one which causes the defense to break their rules on who to guard.’’

Gunn lost to Soquel in its opener and then went through a coaching change with Tony Kelly resigning and Boyd taking over. The Titans responded with wins over James Lick (49-27) and Harbor (52-20), before losing last week at Andrew Hill, 41-18.

Hudson Alexander has been a revelation for Gunn in his first year as a varsity quarterback. He has thrown for 1,232 yards and 18 touchdowns with only four interceptions. He also leads the team in rushing with 117 yards (as well as being one of the team’s top tacklers on defense). Gunn is averaging 308 yards per game passing compared with just 60 yards per game rushing. Boyd would like to see a little more production out of the ground game.

“It’s just getting the group to sustain blocks and maintain that equal balance,’’ Boyd said.

But Santa Clara is pretty clearly the best team Gunn has faced this season.

“This will be a big challenge,’’ Boyd said. “They like to spread you out, just like we do. But they’ve been at it longer.’’ Q

PREP WATER POLO

SHP, Menlo boys win key league contests Gators, Knights girls also win to remain in title contention

by Glenn Reeves t one time the Bellarmine College Prep water polo team dominated the West Catholic Athletic League in much the same way its record-setting swim team did.

That was until Sacred Heart Prep joined the WCAL. The Gators have clearly supplanted the Bells as the top water polo team in the league, having won 10 of the last 11 WCAL championships and in the Central Coast Section. Wednesday, SHP maintained the upper hand, seizing control of the 2017 league race with a 7-5 win at Bellarmine.

“I think we definitely had a great defensive game against a real good Bellarmine team,’’ said senior Alex Tsotadze, who also led the Gators’ offense with four goals.

“We have a huge rivalry with Bellarmine. We prepared and watched film to get ready for this game.’’

SHP (6-2, 3-0) never trailed.

Tsotadze and Larsen Weigle scored in the first quarter as the Gators went up 2-1. Weigle added another goal in a defensive-oriented second quarter to make it 3-1 at halftime.

SHP opened it up a bit in the third quarter, getting three goals from Tsotadze, who has committed to play college water polo at Harvard for former M-A and Castilleja coach Ted Minnis, and one from Andrew Churukian.

“We’ve got real good team speed and go real deep on the bench,’’ SHP coach Brian Kreutzkamp said. “So we wanted to keep pushing. I’m happy. We were down in Southern California all weekend so we were a little tired.’’

The Gators went 3-2 at the Elite Eight Tournament at Harvard Westlake, reaching the championship game.

“That was a great experience playing against some of the best teams in the nation,’’ Churukian said. “We came back a lot more prepared.’’

SHP is the six-time defending CCS Division II champion. But this year an Open Division will take place for the first time.

A

Menlo 10, Menlo-Atherton 4 Menlo has dominated the Peninsula Athletic League in much the same manner as the Gators have in the WCAL. The Knights have won 20 of the previous 22 PAL titles and they’re looking for another one.

Niko Bhatia scored twice and recorded six steals to help Menlo top the Bears, who won the other two PAL titles, in a PAL Bay Division contest Wednesday.

Sam Untrecht led the way with three goals while Jayden Kunwar added a pair.

Nik Caryotakis and Chris Lobdell each scored twice for Menlo-Atherton.

Menlo goalies Josh Poulos is

10-4, and St. Francis topped Valley Christian, 11-5.

Bella Bachler, Annabel Facey, Eleanor Facey and Nadia Paquin each scored twice in SH Prep’s win over Presentation.

Izzy Mandema scored four goals to lead the Lancers (4-3, 2-0), who will be participating in the Amanda McDonald tourney Girls water polo along with the Gators (6-2, 2-0), St. Ignatius, PresentaSarah Donato scored tion and Mitty. three times, Gillian Sacred Heart Prep Bressie recorded six opens the tournament blocks and Menlo at Menlo-Atherton with School stopped Menloa noon game against Atherton, 7-5, in a PAL Burlingame. The host Bay Division contest Bears meet Acalanes at Wednesday.

2:10 p.m., followed by Meg Reinstra addMitty and Woodside at ed two goals for the Sarah Donato 3:15 p.m.

Knights (5-4, 2-1), who Menlo opens the tournament co-host, with M-A, the Amanda McDonald Tournament on Friday against St. Francis at noon in its home pool. Castilleja follows with and Saturday.

In the WCAL, Sacred Heart a game against St. Ignatius at 1:05 Prep (7-2, 2-0) beat Presentation, p.m. Q making a name for himself as one of the top goalies in the section, stopping 13 of the 17 shots he faced.

The Knights (10-2, 3-0) host Half Moon Bay in a league contest Wednesday at 6 p.m. while the Bears (4-5, 1-1) host Carlmont, also Wednesday at 6 p.m.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Cate Desler

Spencer Corona

SHP VOLLEYBALL

M-A FOOTBALL

The senior outside hitter recorded 46 kills in a pair of victories for the Gators last week, including 29 in a match against Harker. She also had 11 digs in the match. Desler recorded four aces against Mercy-Burlingame.

The senior receiver-defensive back-kicker did a lot of everything in M-A’s 56-41 victory over Los Gatos last weekend, catching five passes for 103 yards and two touchdowns and then kicking into the end zone on every kickoff.

Honorable mention Zoe Banks Gunn water polo

Chelsea Fan Palo Alto volleyball

Tevah Gevelber Castilleja cross country

Niav Layton Castilleja golf

Alicia Letvin Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Joyce Shea* Gunn cross country

Jack Anderson Palo Alto water polo

Niko Bhatia Menlo water polo

Miles Conrad Menlo-Atherton football

Sam Craig Palo Alto cross country

Henry Saul Palo Alto cross country

Larsen Weigle Sacred Heart Prep water polo *Previous winner

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