Palo Alto Weekly January 12, 2018

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New mayor signals heavy push on housing Liz Kniss proposes new housing committee, senior-housing complex

by Gennady Sheyner

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oments after Liz Kniss took center stage as Palo Alto’s newly elected mayor Monday night, she brought up an issue that is sure to dominate the City Hall agenda throughout 2018: housing.

Kniss, who made housing the signature issue of her 2016

re-election campaign and who in November signed on to a memo calling for more housing construction, told the crowd in the City Council chambers that Palo Alto has fallen “well behind” in building housing. To meet the City Council’s own goals — much less the more ambitious targets

from regional agencies — the city needs to reverse this trend. Soon.

“It’s beholden on us, on our integrity, to do that,” Kniss said.

“We need to start planning for that this year.”

In a rare departure during an annual meeting typically devoted to pomp and plaudits, Kniss proposed on Monday establishing a special council committee to focus exclusively on housing. She also called out housing for seniors as a particularly urgent need and

pointed to long waiting lists at all of the city’s senior-housing complexes. A new development for this population, she said, is a “serious project we can do this year.”

Her speech underscored the growing urgency of this topic at City Hall. In early February, Palo Alto planning staff will submit to the council a work plan for exploring zoning revisions listed in a memo by Councilman Adrian Fine, co-signed by Kniss and Councilman Cory Wolbach and

unanimously adopted by the full council. Proposed revisions include giving affordable-housing projects “bonuses” to build more densely; new pedestrian- and transit-oriented districts, which provide more flexible development standards, near mass-transit hubs; and lower requirements for parking for so-called “car-light” developments, which offer residents incentives not to drive. (continued on page 8)

ENVIRONMENT

City finds new way to dig basements Palo Alto sees uptick in cutoff walls to curb groundwater pumping

by Gennady Sheyner n a single block of Webster Street in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, a tale of two basements is unfolding — one that illustrates the city’s evolving debate over groundwater.

At 2189 Webster St., near North California Avenue, contractors building a basement began pumping water out of the ground on July 18, according to data obtained by the Weekly. By the time the pumping concluded on Oct. 7, they had extracted 22.3 million gallons of groundwater, nearly all of which was discharged into the city’s storm drains.

At a basement project on the north end of the block, near Santa Rita Avenue, the groundwater pumping began on June 29 and concluded on Sept. 15. Here, only 133,000 gallons were pumped out.

The number of gallons discharged into the storm drains? Zero.

Palo Alto generally doesn’t celebrate the construction of residential basements — private amenities that have become both more commonplace and more scrutinized over the past several years.

Yet for city officials, the basement at 2121 Webster St. is kind of a big deal: the first residential basement project in Palo Alto to use a cutoff wall.

A December report notes that

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The Palo Alto City Council chose Liz Kniss as the city’s mayor and Eric Filseth as vice mayor on Jan. 8. This is Kniss’s third time serving as mayor and Filseth’s first as vice mayor.

CITY COUNCIL

Kniss wins third term as Palo Alto mayor Political veteran takes top leadership spot; Eric Filseth elected vice mayor

by Gennady Sheyner

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iz Kniss is a retired nurse, a housing advocate and now, for the third time in her long political career, the mayor of Palo Alto.

The City Council voted 9-0 on Monday to elect Kniss the mayor for 2018 — a decision that was largely preordained by Palo

Alto’s long-standing tradition of naming last year’s vice mayor (which Kniss was) to serve as this year’s mayor.

It also didn’t hurt that she was re-elected in November 2016 with more votes than any other candidate; her political supporters enjoy a majority on the council; and

the issue she is most passionate about — housing — is now the council’s highest priority.

Kniss’s personal clout, as much as the city’s new political dynamics, appeared to propel her appointment as mayor. Over the past three decades, Kniss had served on the school board, on the City Council and on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, where she spent two terms before returning to City Hall. A former member of the Caltrain board of directors and the current chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, she spent decades as one of Palo Alto’s most visible representatives on the regional and state levels (among office holders from Palo Alto, only Santa

Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian can rival her record).

Yet it wasn’t one of her political allies but Councilman Eric Filseth, the council’s swing vote, who nominated Kniss Monday, citing her experience as a major reason for his mayoral choice.

“We have only to look around other parts of our nation to appreciate the importance of competence, wisdom and experience in government,” Filseth said.

“Liz has by far the most experience in government of all of us on council.”

Several council colleagues and residents echoed these sentiments. Chamber of Commerce CEO Judith Kleinberg lauded (continued on page 9)

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LET THEM EAT CAKE ... “After tonight, you can have a piece of your favorite council member,” outgoing Mayor Greg Scharff proclaimed at the Jan. 8 meeting, shortly before he passed the mayoral title to Liz Kniss. Scharff wasn’t endorsing cannibalism or quartering, but making a reference to the real star of Monday’s show: an extravagant cake that was unveiled before the reorganizational meeting and consumed immediately after. The cake was created by Noemi Lazetera, a San Jose-based baker, at the request of Irma Mora, an administrative associate at the Office of City Clerk and Lazetera’s sister (Palo Alto Chief Financial Officer Lalo Perez is their brother). The cake faithfully represents the earthy tones and patterns of the Council Chambers carpet, the council dais and all nine council members, wearing their familiar outfits and sitting in their assigned seats. At the center of the carpet, spelled out in creamy cursive, were the words “Thanks for a great 2017.”

so much about this thing is that I’ve been seen for who I am and being appreciated for who I am.

And it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me, or dismiss anybody who looks like me.” The ceremony was also bittersweet for Palo Alto native James Franco, who became the latest winner of best actor in a musical or comedy film for “The Disaster Artist,” based off a book with the same title on the making of the 2003 film “The Room,” directed by Tommy Wiseau. Franco shared the stage with his younger brother, Dave (who also starred in the film), and Wiseau. “This was billed as making the best worst movie ever made but in fact it’s a story of friendship,” James Franco said. Franco is the latest high-profile actor accused of sexual misconduct by five women that surfaced on social media this week. He said the allegations were “not accurate” during his Jan. 9 appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.” “If I have done something wrong I will fix it — I have to, “ Franco said.

AND THE WINNER IS ... The 75th Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 7 was a memorable night for two men with Palo Alto connections who were recognized for their work in TV and film. Stanford University graduate Sterling K. Brown made history as the first black recipient of best actor in a drama television series for his role as Randall Pearson in NBC’s “This is Us.” After thanking his wife, children and fellow cast mates, he showed gratitude for the show’s creator, Dan Folgeman. “You wrote a role for a black man that could only be played by a black man. And so what I appreciate

NEXT STOP: PYEONGCHANG ... It’s official: Palo Alto teen Vincent Zhou will be taking the ice at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea next month. The 17-year-old was one of three male athletes selected to represent Team USA in men’s singles figure skating. “It is my greatest honor to be representing the United States of America at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea,” Vincent said in a tweet Sunday.

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Groundwater (continued from page 5)

all of the extracted water had simply soaked into the backyard.

“A typical large groundwater pumping site produces about 100 times that amount, 20 million gallons in total,” the report states.

“As a result, staff will convey to other applicants that this cutoff wall achieved very good results.”

The 2121 Webster project may have been the city’s first residential cutoff wall, but it hasn’t been the only one. Two other basements have since been completed using their own cutoff walls — one at 3845 Carlson Court and another one at 1462 Edgewood Drive, a property owned by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In each case, not a drop of groundwater went into the gutter, according to Public Works data. (By contrast, the six projects last year that used traditional basement-construction techniques discharged 115 million gallons of water into the storm drains.)

To construct a cutoff wall, builders drill a sequence of holes in the ground (in some cases, as deep as 30 feet), install I-Beams into these holes, and then fill up the space between the beams with grout, which solidifies to create a rocky curtain composed of cement and water. A basement then gets built inside the confines of this wall, obviating the need to pump water from a much broader area.

The cutoff wall technique isn’t exactly new, Assistant Public Works Director Phil Bobel said. They long have been used at contaminated Superfund sites and in other areas where contractors want to restrict groundwater pumping. The 2121 Webster project was, however, the first time that such a technique was used for a residential basement in Palo Alto, Bobel said.

The use of cutoff walls in Palo Alto can be attributed in large part to a citizens group called Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater, formed in 2015 to protest the growing number of dewatering projects and to promote new restrictions.

Their advocacy prompted the city to gradually add requirements for projects that require groundwater

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pumping. Now, before dewatering occurs, applicants must complete a hydrological study that evaluates the impact of groundwater pumping on trees and neighboring properties and predicts the volume of the water drawdown.

They are also required to create fill-up stations at the construction site (with strict water-pressure guidelines) so the pumped-out groundwater can be used for irrigation or construction clean-up; and to limit pumping to 10 weeks (after a two-week “start-up” period) between April 1 and Oct. 31.

Unless, that is, a builder uses a cutoff wall. As of last year, anyone who chooses this technique doesn’t need to do the hydrology study, pay water-discharge fees or be subject to the strict time restrictions.

Building a cutoff wall is generally more expensive than the using the broad-based waterpumping method, but the city’s requirements, such as the hydrology study, have dramatically lessened the cost differential, said Gus Carroll, whose company, Carroll Custom Homes, handled the basement project at 2121 Webster.

“If it was three years ago, it would’ve been much more expensive to do the cutoff walls,” Carroll said. “Because we didn’t have to pay any of the additional fees, the delta wasn’t that dramatic.”

Bobel said the goal of the city’s required studies was to obtain better data about water drawdown.

But the requirement also appears to have incentivized builders to pursue a wall option.

Even so, Bobel noted that cutoff walls may not always be the best approach to basement construction. Things could get problematic if the builder encounters a fluid layer, like a stream bed or gravel.

“If you were to go down and hit a layer like that, groundwater would flow under the wall very easily and it wouldn’t be a good place to do a cutoff wall,” Bobel said.

For that reason, Bobel said, staff has opted not to require cutoff walls — or any other specific technique — for basement construction. Rather, the city decided last month to continue to rely on its system of incentives and required studies.

That position has earned the

Start Date Date of ofEnd Pumping Pumping (2017) (2017)

support from Save Palo Alto Ground Water. Keith Bennett, the group’s founder, called the new cutoff walls a “step in the right direction.” He warned, however, that they come with their own challenges. For instance, several cutoff walls constructed in close proximity to each other could function like bricks in a bathtub.

“The disadvantage of cutoff walls is that underground construction displaces and blocks groundwater flow,” Bennett said.

“We see them as a good tool, but not as a one-size-fits-all solution.”

It’s a tool that could become even more common next year, though. Dan Garber, a local architect and former chair of the Planning and Transportation Commission, joined Bennett two years ago in exploring the feasibility of cutoff walls. Since then, Garber has partnered with Pete Moffat Construction and America Drilling, a shoring subcontractor, to create a cost model and trial methodology for using cutoff walls in residential projects. Carroll, the builder at 2121 Webster, said Garber’s spreadsheet helped him arrive at the decision to use a cutoff wall.

Last month, Garber stated in a letter to the council that given the burdensome city requirements of traditional dewatering, “I do not know why any homeowner looking to build in an area of high groundwater would not pursue a cutoff wall.” He told the Weekly that his group had calculated that in high-aquifer areas, the economics of doing a cutoff wall compare well with the traditional techniques particularly because the walls could cut the work time by as much as half.

Like Bennett, Garber sees the new trend as extremely promising, but both warn there is still much work to be done when it comes to limiting groundwater discharge — particularly in commercial projects.

“A single commercial project doing traditional broad-area dewatering can easily eclipse all the single-family housing projects using traditional broad-area dewatering methods,” Garber wrote in an email. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Gallons Pumped from Groundwater

Gallons Discharged to Storm Drain

Cut off wall installed?

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780 Loma Verde

6/6

7/18

7.926M

7.788M

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2762 Ross

7/7

9/18

15.995M

15.823M

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2121 Webster

6/29

9/15

133K

0

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2189 Webster

7/18

10/7

22.323M

21.996M

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2555 Park

5/23

11/1

45.283M

45.283M

N

6

3875 Mumford

7/12

11/2

10.988M

10.807M

N

7

544 Patricia

8/26

11/6

13.467M

13.299M

N

8

3845 Carolson Court

8/24

12/5

1.566M

0

Y

9

1462 Edgewood Drive

10/1

12/12

279.8K

0

Y

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114.996M

Online This Week

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

Recall campaign moves closer to ballot In a milestone for the grassroots effort to unseat Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky for his alleged bias in sexual violence cases, the campaign has gathered the number of voter signatures required to place the recall on the June ballot. (Posted Jan. 11, 9:02 a.m.)

East Palo Alto considers pot regulations Citing the city’s long struggle with illegal drug sales and related crime, some East Palo Alto City Council members said on Tuesday night they would not favor lifting a ban on marijuana retail stores, while others supported allowing some sort of commercial operations. (Posted Jan. 10, 7:12 p.m.)

Experts to talk quake predictions The ground’s brief 4.4-magnitude jolt on Jan. 4 was a reminder that Bay Area residents are sitting on top of a potential disaster.

Coincidentally, and perhaps just in time, on Jan. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Palo Alto City Council Chambers, three experts will discuss the latest science and thinking on earthquakes, social media in a disaster and disaster response. (Posted Jan. 10, 4:25 p.m.)

Thieves take Gucci handbags worth $111K+ A group of thieves wielding box and wire cutters stormed the Nordstrom store at Stanford Shopping Center on Monday night and stole an estimated $111,779 in high-end Gucci handbags, Palo Alto police said. (Posted Jan. 9, 5:34 p.m.)

Stanford physician killed in solo crash A driver whose car crashed into a tree, killing him on Page Mill Road on Monday, was identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as 45-year-old Juergen Willmann, a Stanford physician and radiology professor. (Posted Jan. 8, 12:52 p.m.)

Painkillers found in deceased actor Actor John Heard, who was found dead in a Palo Alto hotel room last July, had numerous potent painkillers in his system, according to a coroner’s toxicology report obtained by celebrity news website TMZ. (Posted Jan. 8, 3:49 p.m.)

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 an independent audit report, enrollment projection report, data on students meeting A-G college requirements, board member term limits and administrative regulations on equipment and inventories. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. SCHOOL DISTRICT FORUMS ... The school district will host three public forums to gather input on the search for a new superintendent. The first will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Lewis and Joan Platt East Palo Alto Family YMCA, 550 Bell St., East Palo Alto. The second will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, at Palo Alto High School’s Media Arts Center, 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. The third will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, at Gunn High School’s library, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will hold a special study session to discuss the budget from 8 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to elect a new chair and vice chair, consider the de-accession of the artwork “California Avenue, California Native,” and consider allocating $10,000 for an artist-in-residence at the Palo Alto Baylands. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update on the Crossbore Safety Program. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, in the Downtown Library, 270 Forest Ave.

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Housing (continued from page 5)

The effort could significantly change the underpinnings of the city’s zoning codes. The existing policy of “housing maximums” — by which a residential zone prescribes the maximum number of units allowed per acre (so that, in an RM-40 zone, for example, up to 40 housing units per acre would be allowed) — could be replaced by a “housing minimum” policy whereby builders would be required to provide at least 80 percent of the units the

zoning could accommodate.

The memo also recommends the city shift from using the standard for approving projects of a certain number of housing units to focusing exclusively on the development’s density, as measured by floor-area ratio.

Kniss, long an advocate for housing, is hardly alone in seeing housing as the city’s most pressing issue. In introducing his memo in November, Fine called housing “our community’s No. 1 concern.” And City Manager James Keene, who is leading the charge on the staff’s side, on Monday singled out housing as a

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key priority for the coming year.

According to Keene, Palo Alto produced about 160 to 170 new homes per year since 1998. But most recently — between 2014 and 2017 — the city produced only 390 units, or about 98 per year.

“Our annual production has actually slowed over that period of time (between 1998 and the present), precisely at a time when affordability has dramatically decreased,” Keene said during his presentation Monday.

To meet the goals of the council’s newly adopted Comprehensive Plan, Palo Alto will have to more than double its recent rate of housing production and create between 230 and 290 units per year, Keene said.

“This means we really need to invest some effort in how we might accomplish that,” Keene said.

He pointed to neighboring cities as models to follow when it comes to addressing the regional housing crisis. In Mountain View, more than 5,000 new housing units are now either being built or going through the review process, and officials are looking to construct another 10,000 units in the North Bayshore area as part of a recently approved “precise plan.”

Redwood City, meanwhile, granted permits for 1,500 housing units in the past three years, Keene said, and has “many more in the pipeline.”

According to Palo Alto’s most recent state-mandated Housing Element document, which was adopted in 2015, Palo Alto produced or approved 1,063 housing units between 2007 and 2014 — about 133 units per year. That’s a mere 37 percent of its 2,860-unit allocation, as determined by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG).

Things were particularly dire for those near the bottom of the economic ladder. While Palo Alto produced 773 housing units in “above moderate” income category (78 percent of the amount allocated by ABAG), it created a mere 156 units for those in the “very low” income category (defined as affordable to residents making between 0 and 50 percent of the area median income) — 23 percent of its allocation of 690.

In the “low” income category

(area median income of 51 to 80 percent), things are even more grim. The city built only nine units in this category between 2007 and 2014, a mere 2 percent of its ABAG allocation of 543 units.

But even as they look to reverse this trend, Palo Alto officials recognized the challenges of “going big” on housing in a city that they often describe as “built out,” where a 50-foot height limit restricts most buildings to four stories and where developers have to overcome steep political hurdles to win approvals for their projects.

Council members haven’t forgotten the lessons of 2013, when they approved a housing development on Maybell Avenue only to see the voters reverse the decision in a referendum. It’s perhaps no coincidence that housing production ebbed after that. Palo Alto Housing, the nonprofit developer behind the Maybell project, stopped doing projects in the city, opting for the more housingfriendly municipalities of Mountain View and Redwood City.

At the same time, last year offered some hope to Palo Alto’s housing advocates. The council approved in November a Comprehensive Plan that projects the city will accommodate between 3,500 and 4,400 housing units between now and 2035. It also reformed its zoning code to encourage the addition of more small accessorydwelling units to residential properties — a revision that Keene called the council’s “highlight” on the housing front in 2017.

Council members also offered some positive feedback to two different housing proposals last year: a “car-light” development with 60 small apartments on the busy intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, and an 61-unit affordable-housing development at 3703-3709 El Camino in the Ventura neighborhood.

The latter project is being developed by Palo Alto Housing — its first development in its hometown since the 2013 Election Day defeat.

Though both proposals remain in the planning phase and will have to address various community concerns about design, density and traffic before they win approval, the council’s discussion of both cases has indicated

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that members are willing to potentially green-light the projects.

In addition, the council launched last year a long-awaited process to create a coordinated-area plan in North Ventura, an area that includes the commercial complex anchored by Fry’s Electronics and which has been identified by the city staff as ripe for new housing.

Palo Alto’s effort to add housing may get a lift from Sacramento, where state lawmakers approved last fall more than a dozen bills aimed at addressing the housing crunch.

The package of laws include ones that limit cities’ ability to deny accessory-dwelling units; allow cities to adopt inclusionaryzoning requirements for rental properties; and make it harder for cities to fall short of their housing allocations. Those that do, like Palo Alto, may be subject to the new “by right” housing bill, authored by Sen. Scott Weiner, which creates a streamlined approval process for housing projects.

Lawmakers are also preparing to ask the voters later this year to approval a $4-billion housing bond, funds that Palo Alto may be able to tap into for future housing projects.

Despite the new momentum on housing, Palo Alto officials are expecting plenty of challenges ahead. Kniss said Monday she expects to see some pushback from residents who have raised concerns about declining quality of life in the city when the council moves ahead with new housing policies and projects. She asked the residents in attendance Monday to “keep an open mind” when housing projects come before the council in future months.

“When this comes up this year, think through: Would I like my kids to live here? Would I like to stay here as long as possible?”

Kniss said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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her as “someone who can pull together different points of view” and build bridges.

Kniss’s election came despite an ongoing investigation by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) into her 2016 campaign. The commission, which enforces the state’s campaign-finance laws, is probing her campaign after a complaint alleged that she had failed to report contributions from developers until after the election.

Councilman Tom DuBois, whose positions have often clashed with Kniss, was the only council member who alluded to the FPPC investigation in his remarks Monday. He lauded Kniss for having the necessary procedural experience and demeanor to succeed as mayor. He also indicated, however, that he would support reconsidering her election as mayor if the investigation uncovers wrongdoing by her campaign.

“On completion of the investigation, if violations were found, we as a body should reconsider tonight’s vote, once the facts are in,” DuBois said. “I do think we owe it to the community and to the institution of the Palo Alto City Council to maintain the level of standards the community demands.”

Greg Scharff and Liz Kniss, Palo Alto mayors in 2017 and 2018 respectively, pose with a resolution honoring Scharff’s work in public office.

After the election, Kniss briefly addressed the FPPC investigation and claimed that “almost every return to the FPPC will have some errors in it.” She also noted that four of the current council members have been referred to the FPPC at some point.

While that’s strictly speaking true, the other complaints were resolved quickly and were centered on relatively minor violations. The FPPC concluded in 2014 that a complaint against Councilwoman Karen Holman alleging a conflict of interest didn’t warrant an investigation. Last year, the FPPC gave Councilman Adrian Fine a warning over an

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envelope-labeling mistake and issued Greg Tanaka a $733 fine for failing to disclose occupations of several contributors.

The agency’s probe of Kniss focuses on $19,340 in contributions, many from developers, that were made before the 2016 Election Day but that she had allegedly failed to report until Jan. 11, 2017.

Kniss said she has been cooperating fully with the FPPC and dismissed DuBois’ suggestion that the agency’s findings should factor into her mayorship.

“I’d hardly say getting a fine is a reason for someone to resign or to be asked to resign,” Kniss said.

The most surprising moment in a night came immediately after the mayoral election, when Wolbach moved to nominate his ideological opposite Filseth as vice mayor — a motion that was unanimously endorsed by the rest of the council.

Even though the two have often clashed since winning their council seats in November 2014, Wolbach said he considers “the intellectual challenges posed by these disagreements one of the greatest joys I get on this council.”

The move was somewhat unexpected because Wolbach himself was considered a strong candidate for the position. He chaired the Policy and Services Committee last year and, like Filseth, is up for re-election this fall. He also consistently has voted as

part of the five-member council majority that includes Kniss, while Filseth has generally been aligned with the four-member minority.

But after Filseth moved to nominate Kniss, Wolbach suggested that his choice of Filseth as a vice mayoral choice has as much to do with political realities as with qualifications.

“The first job of every council member is to know how to count to five,” Wolbach said, alluding to

the number of votes it takes to get majority support.

Kniss predicted that she and Filseth will make a strong team in the coming year.

“Eric and I haven’t always been on the same page, but we’re very compatible with our ability to discuss items together, and I think you’ll discover we work very well together,” Kniss said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

Correction

An event description in the Jan. 5 Senior Focus column, under the heading “Sleep Like a Baby,” listed the wrong day of the week. The seminar will be held on Monday, Jan. 29, at Cubberley Community Center. To request a clarification or correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at jdong@paweekly.com, 650-223-6514 or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto 94302.

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Jan. 8)

Mayor: The council elected Liz Kniss mayor for 2018. Yes: Unanimous Vice Mayor: The council elected Eric Filseth vice mayor for 2018.

Yes: Unanimous

Planning and Transportation Commission (Jan. 10) Accessory dwelling units: The commission held a study session to discuss possible reforms to the city’s recently adopted ordinance to encourage construction of accessory-dwelling units. Action: None

Directors’ Consideration of Directors’ Meeting Compensation Amount for Calendar Year 2018 Topic:

Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors’ Consideration of Directors’ Meeting Compensation Amount for Calendar Year 2018

Who:

Santa Clara Valley Water District

What:

Public hearing for the Board of Directors to consider Directors’ meeting compensation amount for calendar year 2018.

When:

January 23, 2018, 6:00 p.m.

Where: 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118 The Board of Directors of Santa Clara Valley Water District will hold a public hearing to consider the Directors’ meeting compensation amount for calendar year 2018, and for the adoption of an Ordinance providing for said meeting compensation amount.

At the time and place fixed for the public hearing, the Board of Directors will receive comments relevant to the compensation of the Directors. After considering all information presented, the Board will consider one of the following options: 1.

Keep the Directors’ compensation at the current amount of $273.03 per day, up to 10 days per month;

2.

Reduce the Directors’ compensation to a specified amount below the current $273.03 rate per day, up to 10 days per month;

3.

Approve an increase in Directors’ compensation in accordance with the California Water Code Sections 20200-20207.

Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities wishing to attend this public hearing. To request accommodations for disabilities, arrange for an interpreter, or obtain more information on attending this hearing, please contact the Office of the Clerk of the Board at (630) 265-2277, at least three days prior to the hearing.

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January 28, 1930 — December 7, 2017

A weekly compendium of vital statistics

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

Jan. 3-Jan. 9 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sexual battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle related Driving with suspended license . . 4 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . 3 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle accident, minor injury . . . . 3 Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Driving under the influence . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of weapons . . . . . . . . 1 Property damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Jan. 3-Jan. 9 Theft related Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Petty Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Vehicle related Driving with suspended license . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . 1 Vehicle accident/no injury . . . . . . . 2 Alcohol or drug related Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Possession of drug paraphernalia . . 1 Miscellaneous Brandishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Child Protective Services referral. . . 1 Coroner case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Gang validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Mary Ellen (Heising) Ausman Mary Ellen (Heising) Ausman, 90, formerly of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, died November 10, 2017 in Palo Alto after a brief illness. She was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 25, 1926, daughter of the late Teresa A. and Raymond A. Heising. She earned a BA in Economics from The College of New Rochelle. While working toward a graduate degree, she worked for the Teamsters’ Union in New York City. She married J.G. Ausman in 1952. His job with General Electric took the family to Massachusetts, Texas, Louisiana and back to Massachusetts. Mary Ellen was a board member on Girl Scout councils in Texas, Louisiana and Massachusetts and after the last move to Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1966, she participated in many more community activities. She was a member of the Pittsfield Planning Board, the Berkshire County Commissioner’s office, the Commission of Berkshire Women and elected to the City Council for several terms.

She was also a board member of Elder Services of Berkshire County and Girls, Inc. In 2006, Mary Ellen moved to Vi Independent Living in Palo Alto. She was a communicant of the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. Mary Ellen was predeceased by her husband of 47 years, J. G. Ausman. She is survived by her three daughters, Kathryn V Arnold (David) of Mountain View, Carol L. Baker (Darrell) of Fort Worth, TX and Patricia M. Ausman (Katherine) of Framingham, MA, her two grandchildren Robert D. Arnold of Berkeley and Erika R. Arnold, Portland, OR. A funeral mass was held on December 9th, 2017 at Sacred Heart Church in Pittsfield, MA. Donations may be made to Catholic Charities www. catholiccharitiesscc.org PAID

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Palo Alto San Antonio Avenue, 1/3, 6:58 p.m.; domestic violence/assault.

Loma Verde Avenue, 1/4, 11 a.m.; domestic violence/stalking.

Curtner Avenue, 1/6, 1:24 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

El Camino Real, 1/6, 2:45 p.m.; battery.

Alma Street, 1/7, 9:00 a.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Pasteur Drive, 1/9, 2:53 p.m.; sexual battery.

Yechiel Shulman died Dec. 7 at age 87. Having been born Jan. 28, 1930, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dr. Shulman served in the pre-IDF forces of the Haganah in the 1948 Independence War. Dr. Shulman and his late wife, Ruth, came to the United States in 1950, settling in Boston where Dr. Shulman earned four degrees from MIT including a doctorate in aeronautical engineering. Dr. Shulman pursued a successful career in academia and business in Chicago and Minneapolis, culminating in his role as director of the Center for the Development of Technological Leadership at University of Minnesota before retiring to Palm Desert, California.

He is survived by his daughter Ellie and her husband, Marco, his son, Ron, and his wife, Ellen, and daughter Orna. Dr. Shulman is also survived by five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A Memorial will be held at the Moldaw Residences, Palo Alto, California, on March 29, 2018.

Donations can be made to the Center for the Development of Technological Leadership at University of Minnesota or Aleh of the Negev.

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Mirjana (Maryana) Katurich Preston July 7, 1924 – December 19, 2017

Mirjana (Maryana) Katurich Preston died peacefully, after a brief illness, on December 19, 2017 at the age of 93. Mirjana was born in Risan, Boka Kotorska, Montenegro and immigrated to San Francisco with her parents Novak and Vidosava Katurich and her older brother Bogdan (Bob) in 1933. The family lived in San Francisco’s Richmond District and happily participated in the Serbian community, which thrived in San Francisco and nearby areas in the Santa Clara Valley and the Central Valley.

Mirjana attended Washington High School, graduating in 1943.

During the war she worked in various offices at San Francisco’s Presidio. She was introduced to her future husband Clifford T. Preston by mutual friends. They were married in 1946. After living in San Francisco, Cliff and Mirjana purchased their Palo Alto home in 1950, where they raised their four sons. Mirjana resided in that home at the time of her death, and with Cliff until his death in 1994. In the mid 1960’s, when the boys were older, Mirjana began as a teller at the Bank of America, retiring after 22 years of service in 1987. She worked at branches in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. In her later years, Mirjana enjoyed numerous trips to Montenegro, Italy, Russia, China, Costa Rica, England and Australia. Mirjana had a deep affection for San Francisco, whether it was visiting her mother and brother in the Richmond District or shopping at Union Square. Well into her eighties when asked what she wanted to do for her birthday, it was Beach Blanket Babylon one year, a Giants’ game another. Mirjana enjoyed her volunteer work at the Avendias Senior Center, and was proud of her award as, “Best Volunteer,” which she was given in 2017. Mirjana was at her best as the gracious hostess and cook extraordinaire for the numerous gatherings for family and friends held at her home on Holidays and other important family events. Mirjana’s warm and caring nature was well known by all.

She was always generous, especially to those in need. Mirjana was preceded in death by Cliff, her parents and her brother.

She is survived by her sons, Richard (Joan) of Woodside, Brian (Janice Mulholland) of Portola Valley, John (Holly Hausmann) of Bozeman, MT, and Jeff of Ukiah. She is also survived by grandchildren Jennifer Preston (John Toman), Noelle (Charles Packer), Alexandra Preston, David Preston and Christopher Preston and by great grandson Hudson Packer. Private services are pending. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to a charity.

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Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Medill ‘Toby’ Williams Medill “Toby” Teddington Hanna Williams, 77, a 46-year resident of Palo Alto, died on Dec. 20, 2017, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease and the flu.

Williams was born in San Francisco on Feb. 8, 1940, to Betty and Joe Hanna, and spent her first two years there. The rest of her childhood was spent in Menlo Park.

With her San Francisco firefighter grandfather, she and her extended

family spent summers at Camp Meeker, Sonoma County.

At MenloAtherton High School, she was yearbook editor. After graduating from Stanford University in 1961, she married Russell (Rusty) Williams. They raised

children Keira and Thad around the United States and built a house in the Santa Cruz mountains. After a 1971 divorce, Williams and her children moved into an Eichler home in Palo Alto. In 1978, she met Alan Cooper and in 1984 they moved into an Old Palo Alto Craftsman house.

Williams’ career included jobs as an executive assistant and book editor. She found her calling as a residential real estate appraiser in the San Francisco and Peninsula region.

Outside of work, she spent many years as photographer for the California Pops Orchestra, singing with Peninsula Women’s Chorus, leading a ukulele group and serving on the Board of Trustees of the First United Methodist Church of

Jeanne Claire Shutes, Ph.D October 3, 1924 – December 29, 2017

Jeanne was born in New Haven, CT, in 1924.

Her father, Walter A. Maurer, an immigrant from the Ukraine in the early 20th century, died suddenly when she was four. Her mother, Maude Bennett, from a farm in Michigan, studied at the Kellogg Institute and became one of the first registered nurses in America. Her older brother, Walter Maurer, predeceased Jeanne. She grew up during the Depression and earned money parking cars on her front lawn for attendees at Yale football games. From the age of eight, she was fascinated by photography and photographed schoolmates and pets with a celluloid camera. She went on to own many cameras and more than 90 of her photographs appear in The Worlds of P’otsunu (UNM Press, 1996), the biography of a Native American woman artist she would later co-author with Jill Mellick.

Dr. Shutes attended Northfield Seminary & Wellesley College, majoring in English and minoring in Greek. During the three-month wartime closure of Wellesley in winter, 1942, Jeanne, who had spent her first semester skipping classes and reading fiction in the library, needed credits so she persuaded Yale to let her take a course - thus becoming the first woman undergraduate admitted to the university.

After graduating from Wellesley, she taught at Westover School in Connecticut. She then completed her MA in English at Stanford University and married fellow student, Robert Shutes, in 1950.

She taught at Sequoia High School until she was required by the school district to resign when she became pregnant with Christopher, born in 1952. After a year at home with Chris, Castilleja School for Girls invited her to teach English. After she gave birth to Jorie (Marjorie), she spent a year at home with her, and then found a loving babysitter and resumed teaching, this time at the Colleges of San Mateo and Foothill.

The couple was divorced in the mid 1950s.

Fascinated by Jungian psychology, Jeanne entered Jungian analysis with Bertha Mason, M.D., one of the founders of the San Francisco Jung Institute.

She took psychology courses at San Jose State, offered a psychology class for adults in her home.

She soon persuaded Palo Alto Adult Education and First Congregational Church to sponsor “Self Awareness through Literature,” the first daytime adult education class in humanities ever offered in the State of California. She even arranged daycare for parents who wanted to attend. After the assassination of Robert Kennedy & Martin Luther King, she & class members also cofounded the Black Community Relationship Association. She eventually taught her five weekly literature classes privately. Attended by thousands over 52 years, the classes evolved into the longest, continuous, private literature seminars in the country. Over the decades, she taught over 500 books and was looking forward to teaching a new novel in January but sudden illness intervened.

She also became a respected Jungian psychologist and practiced in Palo Alto for 32 years.

She traveled worldwide. In particular, she frequently visited and had close friendships in Pueblo Indian communities.

Dry-witted, succinct, brilliant, with a fly-paper memory for everything from the innumerable books she inhaled to the details of each life she touched, she was compassionate, stoic, wise, discerning, optimistic, and always warm-hearted.

She is survived by her son Christopher and wife Elizabeth Abello; her daughter Jorie and husband Chet Chadbourne; her granddaughters Tara and husband Kevin La Bounty; Paloma Shutes and husband Matt Mimiaga; and her 42year soulmate Dr. Jill Mellick. She is profoundly missed and loved.

Private cremation. A larger gathering will be announced.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name the Palo Alto Animal Services, 3281 East Bayshore, Palo Alto, CA 94303 or to the National Museum of the American Indian, 4th St. SW & Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20560.

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Palo Alto, overseeing landscaping and grounds enhancement.

Williams was a voracious reader and had a mastery of the English language, her longtime companion, Alan Cooper, said. Her interests included photography, music, drawing, painting, architecture and the Italian language. She loved to implement ideas on home and garden renovation, and she loved the outdoors, making day trips to the ocean with her beloved dogs. Williams was always up for physical adventure including swimming, hiking, ropes courses and snow skiing, Cooper said. She was an avid and intrepid traveler with him, from car camping with kids to independent international car, train and boat trips.

Williams treasured family gettogethers and was always eager to help friends and family. She was a 20-plus-year member of her church family, actively participating in and learning from social and covenant group activities. Even after her Parkinson’s diagnosis, she was able to become a Stephen Minister, devote herself to meditation and other spiritual practices and attend church regularly. She was an avid fan of dogs, always owning one

and loving to watch them play, according to Cooper.

Williams is survived by Alan Cooper, her partner of 40 years; her daughter, Keira Williams; son, Thad Williams; stepsons Brian Cooper and Owen Cooper; one grandchild; and her dog, Foxy.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 3, at 10 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Memorial donations may be made to The Parkinson’s Institute, thepi.org; Best Friends Animal Society, bestfriends.org; or Red Rover redrover.org. Q

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Editorial New year, new mayor An elephant lurks during City Council election of new officers

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he surprise, if one can call it that, wasn’t the unanimous election Monday night of Liz Kniss as mayor of Palo Alto for the third time. There was never any doubt that she was the most suited and best qualified to step up to lead the council in 2018 or that she would handily win.

The surprise was the council’s choice for vice mayor and the regrettable commentary from both the dais and audience on the nearly one-year long investigation, still underway, by the state Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) into Kniss’ reporting of her 2016 campaign donations.

Regardless of what differences of opinion exist on the council or in the community regarding Liz Kniss, even her opponents realize that she enjoys the broadest political support in Palo Alto of all nine current members of the council. She was the top vote-getter in 2016, has never lost an election and has a political and personal network vastly more extensive than her colleagues.

She has developed that support through an instinctive ability to understand the political dynamics of a divided community and how to advocate or build support for a position without denigrating those with differing views. On a council with an abundance of strong-willed stubbornness that can drift into disrespectful and divisive personal attacks, Kniss is a calming, respectful and gracious presence. She rarely leaves those with whom she disagrees feeling marginalized or put down. She has proven herself as a fair and effective mayor twice before and as a previous president of the county Board of Supervisors.

With a 5-4 philosophical split on the council, the choices for mayor from the majority side were Kniss, Cory Wolbach, Greg Tanaka and Adrian Fine. With those options, it was inconceivable that anyone other than Kniss would be elected. None of the alternatives would have received any support from the four-person minority block and probably would have at most garnered three votes total.

While the FPPC investigation is looking into possible serious violations of campaign-finance disclosure laws — delayed reporting of major campaign donations, largely from developers, until after the election — raising it as an issue that might be cause for later reconsidering Kniss’ election as mayor, as Councilman Tom DuBois did, was inappropriate and a political miscalculation. It accomplished nothing except to add a regrettable cloud over what is largely a ceremonial and celebratory passing of the gavel. He received no support and moments later ended up joining his colleagues in electing Kniss.

DuBois’ comments drew critical remarks from some public speakers and an ill-advised response from Kniss. Kniss sought to minimize the import of the FPPC (“it’s only a commission”), pointed out that the complaints under investigation were anonymous and reminded the public that three other members of the council (Fine, Tanaka and Holman) have had complaints lodged against them.

The dismissive tone of Kniss and some public speakers attempting to minimize the allegations show a troublesome lack of respect for the purpose and importance of California’s campaign finance and disclosure laws. It will remain an elephant in the room until the outcome is announced.

The surprise vote for vice mayor, which is usually where whatever suspense there might be is going to emerge, was quickly determined through a pre-emptive move by Wolbach, the person who was seen as the logical choice given his being the most senior of the remaining majority members.

But to his credit, Wolbach sought immediate recognition from Kniss when she opened nominations for vice mayor and nominated Eric Filseth, frequently a political opposite of Wolbach. He explained he could “count the votes,” and thereby avoided a competition between himself and Filseth that he was destined to lose on a 4-5 vote because outgoing mayor Greg Scharff had decided to support Filseth.

Scharff’s decision to support Filseth was bold and magnanimous.

Scharff’s first few months as mayor were characterized by his use of the chair to too-often marginalize the four-person council minority for the sake of governing efficiency. Instead of trying to bring people together after a hard-fought and contentious 2016 election, he contributed to the ill-will and tension both on the council and in the community, and he came to regret it.

By mid-year, Scharff pivoted and spent the second half of the year seeking to bring the council together, making sure that minority views weren’t quashed and capably bringing the long process of revising the city’s Comprehensive Plan to a successful conclusion.

His support of Filseth not only reflected Filseth’s impressive work as chair of the council’s Finance Committee but was a gesture to his political adversaries and an acknowledgment that how the council works together is as important as the decisions it reaches.

With the City Council being reduced from nine to seven members at November’s election, next January’s mayoral election will occur in a different and uncertain political climate. We hope it follows a year of council work that seeks balance, compromise and solutions with less personal drama and more collaboration and mutual respect. Q

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

If not now, when?

Bike thefts on Caltrain

Editor, I read with interest the article “School board urges accountability in equity plan” (Dec. 22). The article left me with many questions as well as a sense of deep disappointment and outrage.

First, let me ask a few questions: 1. The article states that approximately 2,000 African-American and Hispanic students attend Palo Alto schools but fails to say what percentage of these are lowincome, have disabilities or are low-performing. How different is this from Caucasians and Asians?

2. Recommendations for addressing the issue of low performance among this group of students were presented to the board of education in 2015. How long do the educators plan to sit on these recommendations? Surely the committee, which thoughtfully drew these up, must have assumed, hoped, even prayed that positive actions would be taken to implement some or all of their recommendations.

3. How dare the district heavily rely on the nonprofit DreamCatchers to solve its problems?

Should this nonprofit be doing the job of educating these students?

If so, should teaching AP classes also be outsourced to a nonprofit?

4. The PAUSD (Palo Alto Unified School District) website states that the district is “wellknown for its rich tradition of educational excellence. The reputation of PAUSD as one of the top districts in the United States is by design, not by chance.” Is the only thing left to chance the education of its most needy students?

Change is clearly needed. I, a Palo Altan whose two children went through the entire PAUSD system years ago, ask: If not now, when?

Caryn Huberman Yacowitz Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto

Editor, I’m a commuter using Caltrain daily to go to work since 2008. I personally witnessed a bike theft attempt on a packed train that was thwarted only because other bike riders were in the area and were able to shout out.

Avoiding theft requires people being close to their bikes. Spreading bicycles across the train is the best design as it enables fast loading/unloading and reduces the risk of bike thefts. Ideally each car would also be a bike car. If we can get to at least four that would be good progress. I am concerned about proposed designs keeping commuters away from bikes.

We need all the space we can get on Caltrain. It is the only transportation artery that still has room to grow to carry people up and down the Peninsula as the region continues to add more and more businesses and homes. Every seat matters and every bike space is important — let’s not lose any.

Vincent de Martel Webster Street, Palo Alto

Ross Road changes Editor, As if the two opposite concrete basins were not enough to slow cars and bikes down on Ross Road, today Granite Construction added a “calming bump” between the two. What is next, a flashing yellow light warning “SLOW”?

I have walked early, as the elementary kids bike to school, and later in the afternoon, when the older kids are biking. Guess what? Most are riding on the sidewalks as they seem to be afraid a car might hit them on the street. Or is it that it’s too hard to weave in and out of the jutting concrete basins, now with a slowdown bump added?

Wanda Walker Ross Road, Palo Alto

Pickleball pioneers Editor, Reference your excellent Jan. 5 article “New pickleball courts planned for Palo Alto” by Gennady Sheyner: The reason we need dedicated courts is that 11 25-pound portable nets have to be carried to the courts, sometimes by 70- and 80-year-olds, and kneeling down on the courts

to put up the nets is no easy task for old knees. However, pickleball players are a dedicated bunch and will be happy to keep doing this if there is no other option, just so long as we can play this sport with a silly name.

Cities all over the nation are embracing pickleball and finding ways to offer facilities because they recognize the health and wellness benefits it provides people of all generations. Kudos to the Palo Alto city officials who have listened and are acting on the changing needs of the community.

We play morning, noon and evenings, so we do, indeed, need lights. The problem with parking is not likely to get any worse because we have been accommodating over 300 people every week for more than two years.

Most tennis players do understand that converting only three tennis courts out of a total of the city’s 47 is a very fair deal. They also recognize that we are pickleball pioneers who are setting the groundwork for assuring their future fitness.

I played tennis for 60 years and served for years on the board of the Palo Alto Tennis Club. I now look forward to working together with the tennis community for the mutual benefit of both sports which, by the way, are completely different. Pickleball is more like ping pong than tennis. However, the camaraderie at pickleball gatherings cannot be beat.

Monica Engel Williams Walker Drive, Mountain View

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As of Jan. 9, 2018, 406 donors have donated $397,726 Elgin Lee ......................................... 250

Margaret & Curt Weil........................ 50

Eileen Brooks .................................. 500

Claire & Ed Lauing .......................... 250

New Donors

Charles Katz ................................... 500

Gavin & Tricia Christensen .................... *

Clare Warner .................................... 150

Ed & Linda Selden ........................... 475

Karen Sipprell ................................. 250

Susan Hine........................................ 100

A.C. & Kathryn Johnston................. 250

Jonathan MacQuitty & Lauri Hunter 1,000

Spreng Family ................................... 250

Alan Wachtel ....................................... *

Sherry Brown ....................................... *

Weil Family ..................................... 1000

Sarah Bemus ........................................ *

Werner Graf ........................................ *

Stuart & Carol Hansen .......................... *

David Thom .................................... 200

Ellen King ....................................... 200

John & Ruth DeVries ....................... 2500

Jill Bicknell ........................................... *

Ted & Frances Jenkins....................... 50

John & Lynn Wiese............................ 100

Kerei Yuen ...................................... 500

Anna Welke ...................................... 50

Kingsley Jack..................................... 250

Peter Beller ..................................... 300

Gwen Barry.......................................... *

In Memory Of Bob Kirkwood ................................... 100

Bob Aulgur .......................................... *

Delle Maxwell .............................. 2,500

Jane Holland ........................................ *

Carolyn Williams & Mike Keeler ........... *

Dave Thomas’ Dad ................................ *

Kay & Don Remsen .............................. *

Barbara Allen .................................. 200

In Honor Of Walter Keller ................................... 100

Carol Gilbert ..................................... 50

Ralph Wheeler ................................ 300

Amy Harris & Juss Geiduschek......... 100

Catherine Dolton ............................ 200

Steve & Susan Hamil ............................ *

Duane Bay & Barbara Noparstak .......... *

Monica Engel Williams .................... 200

Elizabeth Shepard ................................ *

Patricia Levin ........................................ *

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Charles Williams ............................. 100

W.J. McCroskey .............................. 100

David Labaree ................................. 300

Jean Luc Laminette & Deborah Williams ..

500

Miriam Jacob .................................. 200

32 Anonymous ....................... $110,460

Ellen Krasnow ................................. 500 Edward Shapiro .............................. 500 Roxy Rapp.................................... 5,000 Lawrence Baer ................................ 500 Reed Content ................................. 300 Richard & Penelope Ellson ............... 100 Jean Doble ........................................... *

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Beth & Peter Rosenthal ................... 300 David & Betsy Fryberger .................. 100 Brigid Barton................................ 2,000 Michael Chen & Cathy Lee .............. 300 Steve & Gayle Brugler .................. 1,000 Bruce & Mary Beth Train.................. 250

Marc & Margaret Cohen ................. 250 Gail Woolley ................................... 500 Xiaofan Lin ....................................... 50 Ellen Vanderwilt ................................... * Colleen Anderson ........................... 250 Patrick Radtke .............................. 2,000 Mitchell Rosen ................................ 100

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Ron Wolf ................................. 200

Judith & Warren Goodnow ...... 300

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Marsha Alper ........................... 250

Norm & Nancy Rossen.............. 250

Richard Zuanich ....................... 150

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Jan Thomas & Roy Levin ................ *

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Diane & Bob Simoni ................. 200

Jim & Alma Phillips ................... 500

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Susan Elgee ............................. 500

Arthur Keller ................................. *

Dennis Clark ............................ 150

Ruth & Chet Johnson .................... *

James Taylor............................. 200

Diane Finkelstein ...................... 150

Leif & Sharon Erickson ............. 250

Elizabeth Salzer & Richard Baumgartner.................. *

Romola Georgia ............................ *

Sandra & Scott Pearson ............ 500

Arden King ................................ 25

David Fischer............................ 100

Margo Sensenbrenner................... *

Richard Alexander ................. 1,000

Sandy & Rajiv Jain .................... 100

David & Mindy Sitzer................ 100

Scott & Jan Kilner..................... 500

Peter Rudd ................................. 50

Debby Roth.............................. 200

Stephen & Nancy Levy.............. 500

Annette Isaacson ..................... 100

Carol & Mahlon Hubenthal .......... *

Elaine & Eric Hahn......................... *

John & Meg Monroe ................ 500

Herbert Fischgrund .................. 200

Bill Johnson & Terri Lobdell .... 1,000

David Backer ............................ 500

Hal & Carol Louchheim ............ 400

Keith Clarke ............................. 200

Leonie Walker .......................... 100

Shari & Donald Orstein............. 300

Havern Family ....................... 5,000

Dena Goldberg ........................ 500

Jerry & Linda Elkind ....................... *

Dorothy Kennedy ..................... 200

Nancy Peterson ........................ 100

Arna & Hersh Shefrin .................... *

Gwen Luce and Family .................. *

Kathleen Kelly .......................... 200

Barbara Klein & Stan Schrier.......... *

Janis Ulevich ............................ 100

Carol Kersten ........................... 200

Anna Olsen .............................. 150

Hamilton Hitchings .................. 250

Nigel Jones ................................ 50

Pat & Nancy McGaraghan ........ 250

Andrea Smith........................... 100

Anna Messner.......................... 250

Shirley Ely ................................ 500

Bonnie Berg .................................. *

Marian Adams ......................... 100

Sallie & Jay Whaley ....................... *

Ellen & Mike Turbow ................ 200

Patricia Bubenik ....................... 200

Nancy & Jim Baer .......................... *

Ruth Hammett .............................. *

Ken & Michele Dauber ............. 500

Ann Burrell & Allen Smith ........ 250

Lijun & Jia-Ning Xiang .............. 100

JoAnne Zschokke ..................... 100

Roger Warnke.......................... 300

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Jennifer DiBrienza & Jesse Dorogusker ............... 250

Phil Hanawalt & Graciela Spivak ................... 1,000

Dawes Family ........................... 250

Luca & Mary Cafiero ................ 500 Tom & Pat Sanders ........................ * Teresa Roberts....................... 2,000 Joanne Koltnow ....................... 300 Hal & Iris Korol ......................... 250 Kaaren & John Antoun.......... 1,500 Ellen & Tom Ehrlich .................. 400 Richard & Tish Fagin................. 200 Chuck & Jean Thompson ......... 100 Godfrey Family......................... 100 Dorsey & Katherine Bass .......... 300 Judith & Hans Steiner ............... 100 Sue Kemp ................................ 250 Cathy & Howard Kroymann ..... 250 Gordon Chamberlain ............... 300 Denise Savoie & Darrell Duffie ....... * Micki & Bob Caredelli.................... * Joan Norton .................................. * Rosalie Shepherd ..................... 100

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Nancy & Joe Huber .................. 100

Diane Moore................................. *

Carroll Harrington .................... 100

Ann & Don Rothblatt ............... 500

Don & Adele Langendorf ......... 200

Kaye Kelley & Richard Van Dusen ............................ 250

Hoda Epstein ................................ *

Diane Sikic .................................... *

Felecia Levy .............................. 100

Jody Maxmin ................................ *

Ms. Georgia Lee............................ *

Tom & Nancy Fiene ....................... *

Cynthia Costell ........................ 100

Elizabeth Kok ................................ *

Gerald & Joyce Barker ................... *

Georgia Lee .................................. *

Nina & Norman Kulgein ......... 250

Daniel Cox ............................... 200

Carol Bacchetti ............................. *

John & Pat Davis ........................... *

Virginia & Don Fitton ................. 25

In Memory Of Joe, Mary Fran & Stephen Scroggs 100

Zorro ....................................... 100

Barbara Rieder ......................... 100 Karen & Steve Ross ....................... *

Betty Gerard ............................ 100

Ted & Ginny Chu........................... *

Lindsey D. Draper.......................... *

Lucy Berman’s clients ............ 2,500

Irvin & Marilyn Yalom ............... 100

Jim Lewis ...................................... *

Judy Ousterhout ........................... *

Aaron O’Neill ............................. 50

Kathryn Avery ............................... *

Guy DiJulio ................................... *

George & Betsy Young .................. *

Ruth Rosenbaum ..................... 100

Betty Meltzer ............................. 25

Elaine Hahn .................................. *

Robert Raymakers & Bonnie Packer 100

Merrill & Lee Newman ............. 250

Glenn Affleck............................. 25

Bob Markevitch............................. *

Carolyn Reese .......................... 300

Dennis & Cindy Dillon ................... *

Mike & Cathie Foster ............... 500

Judy Kramer.................................. *

Tinney Family ........................... 250

Marilyn Sutorius ....................... 300

Charles & Barbara Stevens ............ *

Diane Doolittle .............................. *

Dorothy Saxe ................................ *

Russell C. Evarts ............................ *

Tony & Priscilla Marzoni................. *

Roger Smith ............................. 300

Lawrence Naiman .................... 100

Bill Land ........................................ *

Bob & Joan Jack ....................... 250

Lani Freeman & Stephen Monismith ............... 100

Steven Feinberg .................... 5,000

Jim & Dottie Mellberg ................... *

Organizations Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk ..... 53,745

Freddy & Jan Gabus ................. 250

Anna Zemei Wang ..................... 41

Constance Crawford ..................... * Susie Richardson & Hal Luft........... * Nancy Moss .................................. * Marilyn, Dale, Rick & Mei Simbeck . * David & Nancy Kalkbrenner...... 100 Jacqueline Rush ....................... 100 Bjorn & Michele Liencres ....... 1,000 Fran Codispoti ......................... 500 Richard Johnsson .................. 7,000 Mike & Loren Gordon .............. 250 Dave & Lynn Mitchell ............... 300 Bruce & Jane Gee..................... 250 Bill Reller ....................................... * Helene Pier ................................... * Edward Kanazawa ................... 100 Don & Bonnie Miller................. 100 Boyce & Peggy Nute...................... * Ralph Britton............................ 200

Page & Ferrell Sanders.............. 100

Susan & Doug Woodman ........ 150

Lee Domenik.............................. 50

Brigid Barton......................... 1,000

Leonard Ely .............................. 250

Margot Goodman .................... 100

Ted Linden ............................... 200

Peter Stern .................................... *

Mary Floyd ................................. 35

Sally & Craig Nordlund ............. 500

Ken Sletten ................................... *

Joe & Marlene Prendergast ........... *

Ando & Barbara MacDonell...... 100

Carol & Roy Blitzer ........................ *

Jacques & Wanda .................... 250

Sally O’Neil & Ken Bencala ....... 100

Elliot W. Eisner .............................. *

Chris & Beth Martin ...................... *

Eric Demant ............................... 50

Judith Appleby ......................... 300

Katharine Rogers King .................. *

Margaret Fisher.......................... 50

Ernest J. Moore ........................ 200

Suzanne & Bert Bell....................... *

Phil Fernandez & Daniel Sternbergh ...................... *

Boyd Paulson, Jr. .......................... *

Carolyn Brennan ........................... *

Betsy & George Bechtel............ 100

Drew McCalley & Marilyn Green ....................... 100

Marcia Katz ............................. 200

Laurie Jarrett ................................. * Ellen Place Lillington................. 200 David & Virginia Pollard............ 150 Hugh McDevitt ........................ 250 Mandy Lowell ............................... * Bobbie & Jerry Wagger.................. * Al & JoAnne Russell ................. 300 Robert & Barbara Simpson ............ * Robyn Crumly .......................... 100 Vic Befera ................................ 100 John & Mary Schaefer ................... *

Lee & Judy Shulman ................. 100

Beth Marer-Garcia ...................... 25 Richard Mazze ......................... 100

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

The machine has dispensed nearly 1,000 pieces of art so far, including this block, featuring the image of a dead bird.

Visitors can activate the machine by depositing four quarters.

The Artwork Forge II, by artist Toby Atticus Fraley, is currently installed in Palo Alto’s King Plaza (in front of City Hall). The machine, designed with a retro, midcentury-modern feel, offers visitors a little piece of art to take away with them.

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emember the childhood fun of putting a coin into a vending machine and waiting to see which color gumball or type of toy would pop out? Visitors to Palo Alto’s King Plaza can get a similar thrill these days by trying out the city’s current temporary public-art installation, Toby Atticus Fraley’s Artwork Forge II. The project, a turquoise, shed-sized machine that looks like a cross between a child’s playhouse and a retro-futuristic robot with springs for legs, dispenses colorful, postcard-sized images on wooden blocks in a variety of designs. It’s a whimsical device that, according to the artist, “simulates the experience of commissioning an original artwork by compiling data from your personal preferences, social media, news trends and celebrated masterworks of art.”

The Artwork Forge II, Pittsburgh-based artist Fraley said, is designed to bring a bit of magic and fun to everyday life.

“I don’t feel like we have enough of those welcomingly surprising moments in our day-to-day lives,” he said.

While the customization aspect may be a simulation, the opportunity to walk away with your own piece of freshly dispensed public art is 100 percent genuine. For the price of just four quarters, each visitor can take his or her own little work of art home with them, after watching the machine “create” it on demand, including, ostensibly, “painting” the work and sending it through the “drying chamber.” There are other humorous touches throughout, such as the instructions to press two buttons “at the exact same time!” to start up the machine, and the paint-speckled “courtesy towel” hanging on a hook because “the artwork you are about to enjoy may be wet.”

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ma s ter p i e c e machine King Plaza public-art project dispenses art on demand

by Karla Kane | photos by Veronica Weber “We have witnessed fascinating debates over whether the machine is actually creating the artworks,” Palo Alto Public Art Program Director Elise DeMarzo said.”One woman got one and it had cherry blossoms on it and she said, ‘Look! I bet this is because Trump’s in China right now!’”

The anticipation of wondering what design might pop up next is undeniably pleasurable. On my first attempt, the machine dished out a landscape scene of desert cacti.

The second time around, I received an image of a jet aircraft. DeMarzo said she’s gotten an astronaut image (Fraley, she said, is a “total NASA geek”), and that the first piece she received, during the machine’s test run, portrays a barking dog and the words “Everything is OK.” She’s kept it on her desk ever since.

“It makes me feel good,” she said, adding that she’s been saving up her quarters to give to others on the plaza who want to try out the machine (the money funds the replenishment of supplies for the project). The blocks have become collectible among some fans.

“Someone said, ‘Can I come see what you get out of it?’ ‘Of course you can come see!’

It’s that element of surprise and delight,” DeMarzo said. “We’ve seen people who’ve come back and gotten three or four.”

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The fact that it only operates with coins is part of the intentionally vintage experience. The Artwork Forge II offers a “courtesy “It sort of plays into the whole retro feel towel” in case of wet paint. to it, the old ride-on-horses-at-the-grocerystore thing,” DeMarzo said.

The Artwork Forge II, similarly, takes Palo Alto’s is the second iteration of the machine. The first was a less weather-resis- the human experience of producing art and tant, larger version in Scottsdale, Arizona, translates it to a machine.

“The entire machine, and not just what’s where the city wanted a temporary piece mixing technology with art. Those themes being dispensed, is the actual artwork,” he were a natural fit for the Palo Alto Public said.

The piece has been in place in King Plaza Art Program’s goal of hosting engaging, insince November and will remain there until teractive works in the King Plaza space.

Influenced by midcentury design and sci- April. Thus far, it’s given out nearly 1,000 ence fiction, the Artwork Forge II is one pieces of art. Visitors are encouraged to upof many of Fraley’s playful, robot-inspired load photos of their works to social media projects. Others include Fraley’s Robot Re- and tag them with @artworkforge on Instapair in the Pittsburgh airport, Series 2 Ro- gram, where dozens more examples of the bot Heads (made from found objects with designs can be seen.

“There’s a nostalgia to it that’s just charmcustom electronics), “The Secret Lives of ing,” “DeMarzo said. “Everyone who we’ve Robots” solo exhibition and others.

“It may come as a surprise but generally seen approach it or interact with it smiles.” Q speaking I don’t see myself as a big robot Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane fanatic,” Fraley said. “I guess it’s that I like can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com. the robots that I’m currently making and I’m really just using them as ways to tell VIEW MORE ONLINE stories. I feel like taking a human emotion PaloAltoOnline.com and conveying it though these little humanFor a video of The Artwork Forge II in action, go oid pieces makes us re-examine ... what we to PaloAltoOnline.com/arts. experience.”

by Elena Kadvany his promises to be an exciting year for the Midpeninsula food-and-drink scene.

Much-anticipated and unique projects opening in 2018 include Protégé in Palo Alto, from two French Laundry alums; Morsey’s Farmhouse Kitchen in Los Altos, where the menu is fueled by products made from the owners’ herd of water buffalo; and Bevri, a Georgian restaurant in downtown Palo Alto, among others.

There are also more casual, neighborhood dining concepts coming to the area and a spate of bakeries set to hit Mountain View.

Read on for more about some of the eateries coming to the Midpeninsula this year.

Dennis Kelly and Anthony Secviar, a former sommelier and chef, respectively, from the three-Michelin-star The French Laundry in Yountville, are gearing up to open Protégé Restaurant at 250 S. California Ave. They described Protégé as a neighborhood restaurant with “approachable” food that will reflect their technical skill and background. An “upscale, casual” lounge will serve snacks, appetizers, entrees and pie for dessert (from a custom-built trolley). A separate, reservations-only dining room will offer a hybrid of a tasting and a-la-carte menu; customers can choose two to four dishes from a prix fixe menu with appetizers, seafood, pasta, meats and dessert.

The restaurant’s name is a reference to the owners’ intent to create

an incubator-like environment focused on “mentoring the next generation of restaurant professionals,” Kelly said.

This spring, look for the downtown Palo Alto outpost of Joe & The Juice, a Danish juice and coffee chain in the midst of a major U.S. expansion effort. The company’s signature Millennial-pink signage recently went up in the ground floor of a new building currently under construction at 500 University Ave. Mads Højmark, branding and communication manager for Joe & The Juice, said they’re aiming to open in March. Joe & The Juice serves fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies, sandwiches and coffee.

In an exciting development for local caffeine junkies, Santa Cruz’s Verve Coffee Roasters plans to open a cafe at 162 University Ave. this year.

Verve’s coffee is roasted in Santa Cruz and comes from direct-trade relationships with farmers. The Palo Alto Verve will have the typical coffee offerings and a full food menu, including baked goods from Manresa Bread, the bakery spinoff of the Michelin-starred Manresa Restaurant in Los Gatos.

Two veterans of the local culinary scene who met at Evvia Estiatorio 10 years ago plan to open their own Hellenic restaurant in Palo Alto this spring.

Thanasis Pashalidis and Hakan Bala are behind Taverna, a farmto-table, neighborhood restaurant at 800 Emerson St. There will be a “strong emphasis” on seasonality

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Protégé Restaurant, the brainchild of two French Laundry alums, is set to open next month in Palo Alto.

and vegetables, as well as seafood and wine (both local and international), Pashalidis said. They hope to expose diners to lesser-known Hellenic dishes.

2018 will likely see a first in the Palo Alto dining scene: the opening of a Georgian restaurant. Pavel Sirotin, a Russian transplant who has always had a passion for restaurants and hospitality, is opening Bevri at 530 Bryant St. with his brother and sister-in-law.

Georgian cuisine centers around meat and vegetables, he said, and heavily features ingredients like spinach, walnuts, pomegranate and eggplant.

The younger generation of a local restaurant family is opening their own project at 406 S. California Ave. this spring. Sun of Wolf is the brainchild of cousins Viari Lopez and Alexa and Paulina Sol, whose parents own La Fiesta Restaurant and Vive Sol in Mountain View, Palo Alto Sol (next door to Sun of Wolf) and Quinto Sol in Redwood City.

Lopez described the cuisine as “modern California comfort meets old-world Mexican flavors and richness,” with traditional dishes such as aguachile next to their take on grilled cheese with tomato soup, using oaxaca cheese in the sandwich and a roasted poblanotomatillo soup. There will also be craft cocktails, such as the “Wolf Bite” with mezcal, tamarind and allspice dram, a liqueur. They’re aiming to open March 1.

Maison Alyzee is one of three French bakeries set to open on Mountain View’s Castro Street in 2018.

Owner and French native Laurent Pellet is bringing three pastry chefs from Paris to open the 212 Castro St. bakery in late February. Maison Alyzee will serve traditional French pastries, fresh-baked bread,

coffee, wine and lunch items such as sandwiches and salads.

This San Jose bakery specializing in custom cakes and Persian pastries is opening several doors down from Maison Alyzee at 282 Castro St. C’est (continued on page 20)

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TESLA MODEL 3 AT STANFORD...

Tesla is giving the public an up-close, in-person look at its long-anticipated Model 3 today.

The Palo Alto-based automaker publicly debuted its newest electric vehicle in retail locations at Stanford Shopping Center and Century City Mall in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. this morning, providing prospective buyers their first opportunity to go to a Tesla showroom to see the car since starting limited production last July. The company, which has close to a half million reservation holders (according to a company press release), reportedly began making its first round of Model 3 deliveries to buyers in mid

December. In coming weeks, Tesla plans to bring Model 3 display vehicles to showrooms across the country followed by test-drive vehicles in the near future. Priced at $35,000, the all-electric sedan is aimed at the mainstream market. For the past year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has told the media that he expects to produce 5,000 vehicles a week when full-scale production ramps up. That target date, however, has been delayed three times from December to March, and now to the end of June. — L.T. HANNA ANDERSSON COMING THIS SPRING... Hanna Andersson, the Portland,

Oregon-based company known for its ultra soft, eco-friendly clothing line for babies, toddlers and children, is opening at Stanford Shopping Center this spring. Work has started on the new facade of the 1,966-square-foot space, and earlier this month, the company was looking to hire a manager.

The Swedish-inspired brand, launched in 1983, sells clothing for babies to adults, including matching “family attire� pajamas.

Hanna Andersson has more than 67 retail stores and 13 outlets throughout the United States. The Stanford store will be the retailer’s fourth Bay Area location. — L.T. Compiled by the Weekly staff; this week written by Linda Taaffe. Got leads on interesting and news-worthy retail developments? The Weekly will check them out. Email shoptalk@paweekly.com.

Coming soon (continued from page 19)

Si Bon is a family-owned business that started in San Jose 12 years ago, said owner Shay Zangeneh.

Zangeneh, her two sisters, mother and father run the bakery. They’re aiming to open in early March.

A one-of-a-kind restaurant is set to open this month on Main Street. Owner Kal Morsey claims Morsey’s Farmhouse Kitchen will be the only restaurant in the country cooking from a wide range of water buffalo products — not to mention they’re coming from a herd of nearly 400 water buffalo he owns with his wife Yulia. Morsey’s, at 134 Main St., will serve water buffalo milk, different kinds of cheeses, butter, yogurt and gelato and also incorporate them in the dishes they serve. The couple hopes to educate American diners on the merits of water-buffalo products, which are more popular and known in South Asian and European countries.

Vickie Breslin has been hard at work transforming the former homes of Estatements Luxury Consignment and First & Main Sports Lounge at 395 Main St. into The Post, her first restaurant. Breslin previously ran events for First & Main Sports Lounge and has worked at other local establishments. At The Post, “people can look forward to quality, locally and organically sourced where possible, comfort food and craft cocktails,� she wrote in an email. There will also be happy hour daily and a latenight menu. She’s aiming to open in late February or early March. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

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“The Nixon White House is nothing if not vindictive,” muses Streep’s Katherine Graham, the paper’s publisher.

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by Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) to reveal the truth about America’s Vietnam War policy. Bradlee smells opportunity when an injunction by the Nixon Administration shuts down the Times from reporting.

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by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks is enjoying residency in theaters (not to mention a prime table at awards shows). Having only gone before the cameras in May of this year, “The Post” vigorously exploits its current-events resonance, its rushed-to-the-screen raison d’être.

With Spielberg, Streep and Hanks taking their licks at the man in the Oval Office, it’s a fair bet that few will care that “The Post” comes up short. Hanks plays Ben Bradlee, the famed executive editor of The Washington Post

overflowing with men, Graham appears mousy and deferential to her ally and chairman of the board Fritz Beebe (Tracy Letts). Whether this depiction is true or not — and the real-life Graham indeed confessed to a lack of self-confidence fostered by the sexism surrounding her — the screenwriters clearly see it as a dramatic necessity to tee up an eventual heroic climax of brave conviction on Graham’s part. Perhaps the socialite Graham was more comfortable in a ballroom than a boardroom, but her portrayal as a strong woman waiting to emerge from a dithering doyenne feels reductive.

Liz Hannah and Josh Singer’s less-than-fully-formed script struggles to find the drama in “The Post,” which recounts an unprecedented battle between journalists and the government. While certain scenes generate fleeting sparks, the filmmakers’ solution tends to be the characters speechifying, posing and repeatedly declaiming the stakes (“We could all go to prison”).

Spielberg lays it on thick with “hero shots” of Hanks and Streep, but it’s hard not to get bogged down in Janusz Kaminski’s selfconsciously grainy, gray photography and period detail (this is the kind of movie that short-hands an unnecessary Vietnam sequence with a Creedence Clearwater Revival cue). The heroic journalism depicted in “The Post” could hardly be more timely, it’s true, but Spielberg’s take doesn’t achieve dramatic traction.

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KEEP IT GREEN ... Even though California residents may have less water to use in irrigating their home gardens doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy a lush, verdant landscape. “Lush Landscapes with Little Water” is a plant selection and design course being offered by Gamble Garden on Saturday, Feb. 3. The class will include tricks to have your garden looking green year-round while cutting back on water. Gamble Garden’s new garden director, Richard Hayden, has had a 25year landscape design career and served as a horticultural consultant for public and private gardens.

The class will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. To register, go to gamblegarden.org.

The cost is $20 for members (use promo code IRIS) and $35 for nonmembers.

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LEARN ABOUT MAPLES ... The DeAnza Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will host a talk on Wednesday, Jan. 17 on “Learn How To Care For Japanese Maples.” The talk, by expert Arnie Cornez, will be at 7 p.m. in room 12 of the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

Cornez will share his expertise on the selection, care, and pruning of maples. He is a longtime volunteer at Hakone Japanese Gardens in Saratoga and does specialty aesthetic pruning, especially of Japanese maples and fruit trees.

Kitchen designers no longer include appliance garages, instead opting for a door that can be raised and slid into a cabinet (see white cabinet in center of photo).

WANT HOME-GROWN VEGGIES? ... The Palo Alto Adult School will offer a class called “Success in the Year-Round Vegetable Garden: How to Grow More, Work Less, and Reduce Your Environmental Impact,” starting February 5 and running through March 19.

Instructor Candace Simpson, a UC master gardener, will show students how a productive vegetable garden can provide produce year-round. The class will be Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Palo Alto Adult School at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road, room 1702. Cost is $96.

Go to http://paadultschool.org/ classes/year-round-vegetablegarden/ to register.

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

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Some people choose to keep appliances on counters (like the food processor in the back) or hide things like ovens and refrigerators in flush-mounted wall units like this one.

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Kitchen appliances move out of the ‘garage’ and into hidden alcoves

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losing a cabinet door and having your kitchen instantly be clutter-free sounds like a dream, but a survey of 10 Peninsula kitchen designers found one clear conclusion: The appliance garages that were popular more than a decade ago (sort of like a roll-top desk that sat on your counter, just below the upper cabinets) are no longer in favor. Instead, appliances have found new hiding places in recessed alcoves tucked behind backsplashes and lower cabinet doors.

There are numerous reasons for the appliance garage’s decline in popularity, said designer Ken Rose who, along with his colleagues at Gilmans Kitchens & Baths, hasn’t installed one in 10 years.

If the kitchen is small, appliance garages take up valuable counter space, and often interfere with the area’s “flow,” he said. Appliance garages also must be installed after the cabinets and countertop, requiring the installer to make a separate additional trip. Putting them between the countertop and the upper cabinet is tricky.

Generally, the old-style appliance garages were not tall or deep enough for larger appliances, such as the venerable KitchenAid stand mixer or large rice cookers. Often people end up leaving the appliance garage doors open all the time anyway, he said.

The newer design of many small appliances also is much more attractive than in the past, so many people don’t mind displaying them, he added.

The best solution for storing appliances is to Richard create a recessed alcove or niche, using space on Morrison the other side of a wall. Rather than a garage that sits on top of the counter, you have sliding or bifold doors in the backsplash wall to access the alcove.

Usually, this cavity is integrated into a cabinet on the other side of the wall, so it may not work for all kitchens.

You get the use of the full countertop but can still access your appliances with a slightly longer arm reach.

Lila Levinson, another Bay Area kitchen designer, likes to use glass panels in these doors for their decorative features. Another trick she uses is putting a shelf on heavy-duty full-extension sliders so that it’s easy to pull out a heavy mixer, for example, and push it back later.

Getting rid of appliance clutter, especially in a small contemporary kitchen, can be very challenging, but possible with some creativity and a bit of luck.

If you can’t find a spot for a recessed appliance alcove, you can look at swing-up shelf hardware, such as that made by Häfele, for heavy appliances like a stand mixer.

Here, the mixer lives on a shelf in the lower cabinet that easily can be swung up to countertop height after you open the cabinet door. Usually, there is an electrical outlet inside the cabinet, so the appliance stays plugged in full time.

If that’s not an option, you might consider replacing your rolltop appliance garage with bifold doors. Don Segale, owner of a large high-end cabinet shop in Hayward (Segale Bros. Wood Products), said of the few appliance garages that he sees, he prefers a bifold door, which can fold up against itself like an accordion. This type is best against a tall, deep cabinet or a refrigerator, keeping it out of the way when opened. Segale thinks the best place for a standard appliance garage is usually between two tall cabinets, maybe 3 or 4 feet apart, and isolated from the main counter space. Q Richard Morrison (aka “The Kitchen Architect”) is a residential architect and interior designer with a Bay Area practice specializing in home remodeling. His website is www.richardmorrison.com.

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Legal Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement VILLAGE FLOWER SHOPPE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN637024 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Village Flower Shoppe, located 2237 El Camino Real, 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): SUSAN HONG 2237 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 12/19/2017.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 21, 2017.

(PAW Dec. 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 12, 19, 2018)

TAVERNA EL GRECO CATERING EL GRECO SOUVLAKI TAVERNA EL GRECO TAVERNA PALO ALTO TAVERNA CATERING TAVERNA TO GO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN637192 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: 1.) Taverna, 2.) El Greco Catering, 3.) El Greco Souvlaki, 4.) Taverna El Greco, 5.)

Taverna Palo Alto, 6.) Taverna Catering, 7.) Taverna To Go, located at 800 Emerson St., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): TAVERNA EL GRECO LLC 800 Emerson St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 09/23/2017.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on December 27, 2017.

(PAW Jan.5, 12, 19, 26, 2018)

997 All Other Legals NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: GERHARD HOLZ Case No.: 17PR182277 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of GERHARD HOLZ. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KLAUS REINIGER in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: KLAUS REINIGER 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 February 7, 2018 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: Bridget McInerney Harris Two Embarcadero Center, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 398-8080 (PAW Dec. 29, 2017; Jan. 5, 12, 2018)

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Sports Shorts

PREP ROUNDUP

Defending league titles

ACE OF THE COURT . . . Stanford’s Director of Tennis Dick Gould officially steps down after 57 years coaching and directing the program.

He also played at Stanford in the 50s. Stanford won 17 NCAA men’s team championships, and 10 singles and seven doubles titles under his tutelage. He tells his own at go.stanford.com.

Friday College men’s swimming: Pacific at Stanford, 11 a.m., Stanford Live Stream College women’s basketball: Washington State at Stanford, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

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Stanford senior Elizabeth Price leads Stanford into Sunday’s “Elevate the Stage” meet in Reno. She recorded the third ‘10’ in program history earlier in the week.

Price a ‘10’ by any measure Lone Cardinal senior leads the team to Reno event

by Rick Eymer ven in a city filled with flashing lights Stanford senior Elizabeth Price will likely outshine them all.

Price recorded a perfect “10” on the uneven bars to spark the 18th-ranked Stanford women’s gymnastics team to a second-place showing at the season-opening NorCal Classic in Maples Pavilion earlier this week.

Price and Stanford return to action Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Elevate The Stage meet at the Reno Event Center in Nevada.

The college meet, which also includes UCLA, Utah and Washington, culminate a three-day event that feature the top club teams from the Western United States.

Competitions are also being held in

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Sunday College women’s basketball: Washington at Stanford, 3 p.m., Pac12 Networks

Wednesday

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Calvin Grewal

EASTSIDE PREP BASKETBALL The senior guard led the Panthers to a pair of victories against top competition. She scored 18 points in a 54-53 victory over Menlo-Atherton and followed that with a 22-point game in a 65-50 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral.

PALO ALTO WRESTLING The senior won the 126-pound division of the Cupertino Bianchini Tournament on Saturday, winning four matches along the way. Grewal recorded a pair of falls and two decisions, including a sudden victory in the title bout.

Honorable mention Grace Battles* Sacred Heart Prep basketball

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Girls basketball Greer Hoyem scored 20 points to help MenloAtherton open PAL play with a 64-33 victory over visiting Hillsdale on Wednesday.

Following a balanced scoring attack from both teams early, the Bears (7-5, 1-0) began pulling away as five different M-A shooters hit a 3-pointer during the first quarter.

Palo Alto (7-5, 1-0) plays at Wilcox at 6:15 p.m.

Friday and Pinewood (12-1, 1-0) is at Menlo (10-1, 1-0) at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

Also of interest is Eastside Prep (9-4, 0-1) hosting Priory (4-8, 0-1) at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Q

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

College men’s basketball: Stanford at Washington, 5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks

College men’s volleyball: Cal State Northrudge at Stanford, 6 p.m. Stanford Live Stream College men’s basketball: Arizona State at Stanford, 3 p.m. Pac-12 Networks

Alabama, Georgia and Ohio.

Price goes as one of three gymnasts in program history to earn a 10, previously carding one as a freshman in 2015 in the vault against Oregon State.

It’s the first 10 on bars at Stanford since three-time USA Gymnastics Sportswoman of the Year Liz Tricase accomplished the feat in 2006.

Price was awarded three 10’s overall, two on bars and one on floor.

“I’m glad she’s on our team,” said Stanford coach Tabitha Yim of Price.

Price also scored a 10 in her first pass on the floor and finished with a 9.975. She also posted 9.850 in vault and 9.825 in the beam to conclude the evening with an all-around total of 39.650 to lead all competitors. Q

he Menlo-Atherton, Palo Alto and Menlo School boys basketball teams show no signs of backing off from defending their respective league championships.

The same could be said for the Menlo-Atherton, Palo Alto and Pinewood girls teams.

There’s no easy path to defending league titles but all six programs have learned what it takes and that’s valuable experience.

Menlo-Atherton coach Mike Molieri had his team ready and raring to go Wednesday for its Peninsula Athletic League South Division opener.

Unleashing a ferocious full-court press that gave host Hillsdale all sorts of problems, the Bears roared to a 19-4 lead after one quarter and extended their lead to 23 late in the second quarter.

M-A (7-4, 1-0) went on to a 57-32 victory.

“We’re the two-time defending PAL South champions,’’ Molieri said. “Everyone we play will be coming after us. But we wanted to make a statement.’’

Will Beasley led M-A with 15 points. James Beckwith scored 14.

The Bears play at Carlmont on Friday at 7:45 p.m.

Palo Alto, the defending SCVAL champion, took care of visiting Los Altos, 64-27, Wednesday in winning its eighth straight.

Spencer Rojahn led all scorers with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. He also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds, had a game-high six steals, and blocked a pair of shots.

Senior Max Dorward scored 10 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished out a gamehigh five assists.

The Vikings (10-2, 2-0) travels to Wilcox for a 7:45 p.m. contest Friday.

The defending West Bay Max Dorward Athletic League champion Knights (10-1, 3-0) hosted Harker pn Thursday night.

Karen Ambrose Hickey

ON THE AIR

by Glenn Reeves

Hector Garcia-Molina/stanfordphoto.com

CARDINAL CORNER . . . Fifthyear senior Nathan Butler earned the Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week award. Butler went 6-1 on the week, including a third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga. As a result, Butler moved to No. 7 in the national rankings at 285 pounds; the highest in his career. He is 17-5 on the season and needs four wins to become the 10th Cardinal to register 100 career victories . . . Sacred Heart Prep grad Tierna Davidson, Civana Kuhlmann and Kiki Pickett were named to the United States U-20 women’s soccer national team. The 20-player roster will compete in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago, starting play in Group B on Jan. 20 against Nicaragua. The team then faces Jamaica on Jan. 21 and Mexico on Jan. 23 to wrap up group play . . .

Fourth-ranked Stanford breezed past visiting No. 11 Brown 9-0 on Wednesday evening at the Arrillaga Center for Sports & Recreation.

The Cardinal (6-1) won eight of its nine matches in straight sets while Casey Wong shook off a two-set deficit before rallying past Quincy Beck 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 15-13, 11-4 at the top spot of the lineup . . .

Stanford’s promising track and field season begins Saturday with the UW Indoor Preview at the University of Washington. Stanford returns 22 AllAmericans, including 13 who have earned first-team honors indoors or outdoors. Strictly indoors, Stanford returns 11 All-Americans, including three expected to compete Saturday on the 307-yard flat Dempsey Indoor track: Olivia Baker, Tom Coyle, and Missy Mongiovi.

Key games Friday for M-A, Paly, Menlo, Pinewood

Trinity Copeland Pinewood basketball

Zion Gabriel* Eastside Prep basketball

Avery Lee Menlo basketball

Carly Leong Palo Alto basketball

Leela Srinivisan Palo Alto soccer

Daniel Avina Woodside soccer

Thomas Brown Menlo basketball

Ryan Burton Mid-Peninsula basketball

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

Max Dorward* Palo Alto basketball

Bradley Stillman Menlo-Atherton basketball

Joshua Walker-Ford Eastside Prep basketball *Previous winner

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