Palo Alto Weekly July 6, 2018

Vol. XXXIX, Number 40

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July 6, 2018

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Grand jury calls for denser housing Santa Clara County cities challenged to form ‘sub-regions’ to solve housing crisis

by Gennady Sheyner

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espite a recent push to build more housing, Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County cities will have to answer to the civil grand jury in September for their collective failure to address the regional housing crisis.

The June 21 report from the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury highlights the efforts — or lack thereof — made by 15 county cities to address the shortage of affordable housing. The 45-page report also offers 39 findings and recommendations for cities to

close the housing gap, including new fees on employers to pay for affordable housing; development “bonuses” allowing greater density for below-market-rate (BMR) housing near transit hubs; and the creation of “sub-regions,” in which cities with high real-estate costs would subsidize housing built in adjacent cities that have lower real-estate costs.

Above all, the report is a clarion call for denser housing. Titled

“Affordable Housing Crisis: Density is Our Destiny,” it makes a case for stronger state laws that will prod “flailing cities” to build more densely, particularly belowmarket-rate housing.

“Higher densities are a necessary solution, but cities are not fully embracing this solution in the face of resident resistance, and a lack of funding, land and urgency,” the report’s summary states.

The report suggests that Palo Alto is in many ways in the eye of the housing storm. Palo Alto has by far the county’s highest ratio of jobs per employed residents, estimated at 3.02 (the next closest city is Santa Clara, which has a ratio of 2.08), a discrepancy that fuels the city’s traffic and parking problems.

To narrow the gap, the City (continued on page 10)

PUBLIC WORKS

East Palo Alto cracks down on illegal dumping New signage offers rewards for conviction of offenders

by Sue Dremann

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Sheriff: Suicide note found at murder suspect’s home Former security guard was about to be arrested for 1974 murder in Stanford Memorial Church

by Sue Dremann

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he baffling 1974 case of the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Stanford Memorial Church has finally been solved, Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters last week, following the suicide of the primary suspect, Stephen Stephen Blake Crawford Blake Crawford, as detectives closed in on him.

“We followed all the leads and unraveled the entanglement of the

elements associated with the murder of Arlis Perry,” Smith said.

“This is a case that eludes us no longer.”

Investigators aren’t looking for anyone else, she said.

At a press briefing on June 29, new details emerged about sheriff’s Arlis Perry deputies’ confrontation of Crawford at his San Jose studio apartment at around 9 a.m. on June 28 and the subsequent search

for evidence in the murder case after he fatally shot himself.

Deputies were prepared not only to serve a search warrant but to arrest Crawford for the murder, Smith said. As they knocked on the door, Crawford asked for a few minutes to get dressed. Thinking he was stalling, they used a key they had obtained from the apartment manager to enter the residence. Detectives immediately saw Crawford sitting on the bed with a gun in his hand and they retreated. They then heard a single gunshot and found Crawford dead, (continued on page 7)

eople who have been dumping sofas, piles of tires, old mattresses and refrigerators and more on East Palo Alto streets should beware: The city has implemented a new program that offers rewards for the apprehension and prosecution of dumpers.

And that’s not all: The city has begun putting up the banners that will show photographs of individuals as they’re dumping trash.

In English and Spanish, the city offers a $500 reward for tips that lead to prosecution and conviction.

“Day or night. Don’t dump on EPA. A photo says $1,000 fine!” the banner warns. An accompanying poster instructs residents as to where they can properly dispose of bulky items, such as chairs and washing machines, used electronics and computers and hazardous materials like motor oil at no additional cost.

The Comprehensive Clean City Plan adopted by the city last October identified 1,201 incidents of illegal dumping — approximately three incidents each day — between July 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017 — an all-time high for the city. The problem is not only unsightly. Insects and rodents are attracted to dumped materials; discarded bedding and furniture create fire hazards; unsecured refrigerators are potential death traps for curious children; and old tires are breeding grounds for mosquitoes, a few of which carry West Nile virus.

Residents have consistently complained about the problem at city meetings, particularly regarding dead-end streets near the baylands, where debris has been

piled under the the Pacific Gas & Electric utility towers, and into San Francisquito Creek and the Runnymede Drainage Ditch. On May 17, a sleeping homeless man was run over and killed by a truck while he slept on an abandoned mattress.

City environmental coordinator Michelle Daher, who wrote the Clean City plan, said East Palo Alto has taken a carrot-and-stick approach that combines enforcement with education and rewards.

The City Council on May 23, 2017 instructed that staff should enforce the existing $1,000 dumping penalty per incident per day and educate citizens about the $500 reward.

The city has also developed an abandoned-waste distribution map that shows the hot spots and the severity of the dumping problem.

Two newly hired community services employees are patrolling the streets, she said. The city will also periodically update the banners with new images of people who are caught on cameras engaging in illegal dumping, Daher said.

East Palo Alto is also looking at tightening up its ordinances. It already requires businesses to have a solid-waste contract. It could also require landlords to provide tenants with access to the city’s hauling service for bulky items, offered through the city’s solidwaste contractor, Recology.

Some property owners don’t allow tenants to use the twice-ayear service.

“In many rental contracts at multi-family units, tenants are forbidden to discard bulky items at all,” Daher said. Many tenants, (continued on page 8)

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There is some concern that (the banners are a way of) publicly flogging people —Michelle Daher, East Palo Alto environmental coordinator, on new crackdown on illegal dumping.

See story on page 5.

Around Town Michelle McDonald

SPECIAL DIRECTOR’S HEARING

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

SWEET LAND OF CHILI ...

Mitchell Park turned into chili central for the 37th annual Chili Cook-off on Wednesday. The Fourth of July event brought in hundreds of people who crowded booths for their cups of the hot stew. The heat was on for 15 teams, but California Red reigned supreme with its beef chili with top sirloin cut into cubes, green poblano peppers, jalapenos, fresh cilantro, fresh onions and fresh ground pepper, the team’s leader Dave Chase said. The win was sweet redemption for the Wilton resident, who traveled 110 miles from Sacramento County with family and friends for a second attempt at Best Overall title. The recipe wasn’t much different from the one that earned him third place in 2017, but this time around he had more helping hands that allowed him time to concentrate on his craft. His team prepared 30 gallons of chili for the competition and managed to save some to take home to possibly pair with some eggs for the next day’s breakfast. The 64-yearold, owner of solar installation company Chase Construction, intends to return for the 38th annual cook-off, where he plans to cook up a storm. “It’s an honor to go and cook for a bunch of fun people,� he said. Hung Over Chili took second place and the Peoples’ Choice Award, while Morr came in at third. Solar Chili had the Best Decorated Booth and Keller Williams Realty Palo Alto walked away with Best Spirit.

A total $2,000 was divided among the winners.

BACK TO THE FARM ... After 13 months serving as national security adviser for the Trump administration, H.R. McMaster is returning to Stanford University this fall to join the Hoover Institution, where he’ll be a Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow starting in September. “I admired and loved my friend Fouad Ajami and it is a particular honor to occupy a chair named

for him,� McMaster said in a press release issued Tuesday. (Fouad Ajami was a Middle East scholar and Institution fellow who died of cancer in 2014.) The retired U.S. Army lieutenant general had been a national security affairs fellow from 2002 to 2003, then became a longtime visiting fellow through last year. He will take on additional new roles upon his return to the university with the Freeman Spogli Institute under the Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellowship and the Graduate School of Business as a lecturer, where he’ll focus on effective leadership and security strategy. “H.R. has successfully tackled some of the country’s most complex military and diplomatic challenges by incorporating his rich experience with fact-based research to arrive at big ideas and strategies to make our country better, making his return to Hoover a great fit,�

Hoover Institution Director Tom Gilligan said in a press release.

TEMPORARY DETOUR ...

Construction to replace the Mitchell Park bridge will begin this Monday and continue through Aug. 30, two weeks into Palo Alto’s new school year, city officials said. The bridge will be closed for the work, which will lead pedestrians and bicyclists to navigate through the area with a city-created detour. Anyone planning to visit the Magical Bridge Playground and tennis courts, which will remain open during the bridge replacement, will also be guided through a temporary route. The current bridge, which is 4 feet and 8 inches wide from handrail to handrail, will be replaced with a 10-foot-wide bridge to accommodate more foot and bike traffic, according to city project manager Peter Jensen, landscape architect in the Public Works Department. “The bridge is undersized for the amount of use that it gets every day,� Jensen said.� The only option was to widen it.� Distance-wise, detour routes will remain the same for students. They will, however, be more exposed to the busy intersection of Middlefield and East Charleston roads, according to Jensen. View maps of the detour plan at bit.ly/2lZsPxP.Q

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Smith said. Law-enforcement personnel had not fired any shots, and the entire incident was captured on body-worn cameras, she added.

After San Jose police processed the suicide scene, sheriff’s detectives began looking for items related to the murder.

Perry had gone to Memorial Church on Oct. 12, 1974, at about 11 p.m. to pray after having a minor spat with her husband, who was then a Stanford University pre-med sophomore. When Perry had not returned home after a few hours, her husband, Bruce, searched the campus for her and at 3 a.m. called the Stanford Department of Public Safety.

Crawford, who was employed as a Stanford University night watchman, told police he would look out for her, but hours later, at 5:45 a.m., he reported finding her body in the church near the altar, laid out in a ritualistic fashion. She had been stabbed in the head with an ice pick, according to news reports at the time.

Last week, on June 28, detectives combing Crawford’s apartment found a box in his closet containing important personal papers, including financial records as well as the jacket to the book by investigative journalist Maury Terry, “The Ultimate Evil,” which was first published in 1987. Perry’s murder is one of the cases discussed in the book.

Deputies also found a hastily written suicide note, which was dated 2016, on a computer table a foot away from the bed. It is rambling, Smith said, and does not mention the murder directly. Detectives are still analyzing the note.

Smith said the date two years ago might have coincided with when Detective Sgt. Richard Alanis began intensively interrogating Crawford again. Investigators had been in contact with Crawford and Perry’s family throughout the years and even at some point obtained Crawford’s DNA from an object he had discarded, she said.

DNA testing wasn’t available at the time of the murder, but as the technology for testing — and for

retrieving DNA samples — has advanced through the years, investigators were again able to test various pieces of evidence for DNA. Around the time Alanis was intensely questioning Crawford, the detective also submitted an item of Perry’s clothing for testing. A DNA match from that to Crawford was strong enough for an arrest and conviction, investigators and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office believed, Smith said.

To eliminate other people’s DNA from the test, detectives recontacted everyone who was in the church that night and took each person’s DNA sample, Smith said.

Victim’s family: ‘It’s about time’ Karen Barnes, Arlis Perry’s sister, told the Weekly by phone from Bismarck, North Dakota that when her family members heard about the news, their first reaction was, “After all these years, it’s about time.”

Though the family didn’t know Crawford well, Barnes said she wasn’t too surprised to learn he was the one who murdered her sister.

“From what we heard, his story tended to change every now and then,” Barnes said.

For Barnes, her 88-year-old mother, Jean Dykema, and other members of Arlis Perry’s family, the closure isn’t complete. The question of why Arlis was killed remains as unresolved as ever. For one member of the family, Arlis’ and Karen’s father, Marvin, the resolution came too late.

“My father died three months ago,” Barnes said. “This was one of his wishes to know before he died, but he didn’t quite make that. That was kind of hard.”

Alanis never gave up on catching Arlis Perry’s killer, Smith said. The detective kept a picture of Arlis Perry “as a constant reminder that her life and this case had value.”

Smith said the case was personal for her as well. The murder occurred shortly after she joined the department in 1973, and the case frustrated investigators for decades.

“This was a terrible, terrible crime,” she said. If Perry had lived, “I would be just a few years older than Arlis.”

“It’s difficult for her family.

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It’s difficult for the department.

But we finally have closure on this case,” Smith said.

Crawford seemed ‘normal,’ neighbor says At the Del Coronado Apartments on the night of Crawford’s suicide, a lit desk lamp could be seen through the vertical blinds in his darkened ground-floor apartment.

Potted plants were lined up under the front window, sitting on a protruding air conditioning unit, next to the doorstep and in metal stands.

Neighbor Yanet Crisostomo said she and Crawford had exchanged greetings several times during the year that she’s lived there. He seemed “normal,” although he largely kept to himself, she said. They would run into each other in the common yard, when she and her toddler were outside playing, or they’d see one another at the mailboxes or the apartment complex’s office.

“He’d wave,” she said. “He’d smile.”

Crawford lived alone, Crisostomo said.

In her apartment across the courtyard from Crawford’s, she didn’t hear the gunshot Thursday morning, but she knew something big had happened based on the many officers who were at the complex throughout the day removing bags full of items from Crawford’s studio.

Smith said at the June 29 press briefing that detectives retrieved everything from his apartment that they thought might be related to the case.

“In homicides, even in cold cases, we have a warehouse of evidence. We keep the evidence for life, even when there’s a conviction,” she said.

Nothing specific to the murder, such as Perry’s eye glasses, has yet been found, Smith said on June 29, but detectives are also processing Crawford’s car and checking to see whether he may have been storing belongings in additional locations.

Bitter about his demotion According to former San Jose Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold, who has been investigating

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The council did not meet this week.

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Correction

The June 29 article “In new effort, donkeys earn their own keep” incorrectly stated the year Mickey, the last donkey of the Bol family herd, died. It was 1998. The Weekly regrets the error. To request a correction, contact Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, jdong@paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

his parents had died in a car accident when he and his brother were young. In truth, they died separately when he was in his early 20s — his mother of a bronchial ailment, according to Herhold.

Crawford was in a square dance group, where his tall tales earned him the nickname “The Prevaricator,” he said.

Smith said at a June 28 press conference that investigators did not think Crawford was connected to any other unsolved homicides at or near Stanford; there were three others in 1973 and 1974. But on June 29, she appeared to leave the possibility open.

“We have a chart of unsolved homicides, and we’re looking at when he was living in this area,” she said, to see if there’s a correlation.

Detectives are also talking to Crawford’s ex-wives and his other family members, Smith said.

As for why Perry was killed, Herhold said he does not believe she was the intended victim.

The gruesome crime was against Stanford, he said, and “she paid a terrible price.” Q Editor Jocelyn Dong contributed to this report. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@paweekly.com.

THERE’S MORE ONLINE PaloAltoOnline.com Watch two videos related to this topic at youtube.com/paweekly: a lecture by former San Jose Mercury News columnist Scott Herhold on the Arlis Perry murder and a “Behind the Headlines” webcast with Weekly journalists on the latest developments in the case. Also, check out an article, “Sheriff investigating whether Stanford watchman linked to other campus murders,” on PaloAltoOnline.com.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council is on break until July 30.

HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to meet at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 12, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The agenda wasn’t available by press time.

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear a presentation from City Attorney Molly Stump about the commission’s roles, responsibilities and procedures and follow up on the Human Relations Commission retreat and on its liaison roles and work plans.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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the murder case for years, Crawford was a U.S. Air Force veteran. He began to work for the Stanford Department of Public Safety in 1971 as a police officer and at that time had carried a gun.

In 1972, the new police chief began reorganizing the Stanford police department and took a serious look at whether many officers were qualified to carry guns. They were asked to reapply for their positions.

About three-quarters of the force did not make the cut, and they were offered the option to become security guards, Herhold said.

Crawford was one of them.

“He complained bitterly about it. He told friends he did not like what they were doing to him,” Herhold said.

Crawford stayed on at Stanford until 1976, but he found ways to exact revenge against the university, Herhold said.

“He began stealing stuff from offices,” said Herhold, including a human skull, a walking cane given to university founder Leland Stanford and rare books.

Crawford was eventually arrested for receipt of stolen property.

“He claimed he was mad at the university and the police department for treating him as a suspect” in Perry’s murder, Herhold said, but the police didn’t buy it.

Crawford received a six-month suspended sentence, he said.

Herhold never interviewed Crawford but developed a snapshot of Crawford’s personality in the years he spent studying the case.

Crawford could be charming, but he was a loner, and his word could not be trusted, Herhold said.

Crawford claimed, falsely, that

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with nowhere to haul the materials or because they cannot afford to have them taken away, simply put the items in the public rightof-way, she said.

The city used to have a collection site at its Public Works corporation yard prior to its 2011 hauling agreement with Recology. The public was able to drop off unwanted items when they showed identification as city residents. The cost was largely covered by grants and solid-waste fees through regular trash pickup. Many residents established home-based businesses such as landscaping, construction and demolition companies to avoid trash-service fees, Daher said.

The city closed the corporation yard to solid-waste drop off after the Recology contract began, exacerbating the dumping problem.

“The self-haulers were dumping. Their business plan didn’t

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City of East Palo Alto staff have posted banners to curb the dumping of couches, refrigerators and other debris on the city’s roads and sidewalks and in open space. People who are caught on camera dumping debris will risk having their photo on the banners. include paying for trash service,” Daher said.

The city has gone out to clean up the worst dumping spots. Daher did not have an estimate of the tonnage of trash crews have picked up, nor the cost to the city for the cleanups, but the expenses are paid out of the city’s general fund, according to the Clean City plan.

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Local developer buys College Terrace Centre Blox Ventures, a Palo Alto-based company that specializes in commercial real estate, recently acquired the 57,900-square-foot College Terrace Centre development at 2100 El Camino Real and now must find a supermarket to fill space there or face a daily fine.

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Junior Museum and Zoo’s new facility After a decade-long effort to reimagine Palo Alto’s Junior Museum and Zoo, city officials on Saturday celebrated the groundbreaking of a new facility for the popular Rinconada Park attraction that will reopen to the public in 2020. (Posted July 2, 5:49 p.m.)

The new program hasn’t gotten buy-in from some people, however.

“There is some concern that (the banners are a way of) publicly flogging people,” Daher said.

Other people are complaining the $1,000 fine is excessive.

But Daher said the residents who live near the dumping locations are feeling victimized, she said.

Those people who leave couches and other debris on the streets may not realize it, she said, but “the community has to pay for that.”

The city is also required to reduce trash to prevent it from entering its municipal storm sewer systems, another source of concern, which has added urgency to the crackdown.

But there are indications that the education plan and new signage might be having some effect.

On the street in front of the Ecumenical Hunger Program, a hot spot for dumping, the area is now cleaned up.

Residents, as they are hearing about the program, are beginning to get involved. On a corner at East Bayshore Road, the manager of an apartment complex called the city to request the banner where three weeks ago there were dumped mattresses and broken furniture. Over the years, the site has been the location of discarded tires, camper shells, refrigerators and boxes of food. But it has been free of debris for two seeks since the signs went up, he said. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Upfront

Housing (continued from page 5)

Council has pursued two broad strategies: hit the brakes on office developments and rev up housing construction. While the former strategy appears to have succeeded (new office development in downtown, around California Avenue and along El Camino Real have failed to reach the city’s 50,000-squarefoot threshold in each of the past three years), the latter remains a struggle. The council is well short of its goal of producing 300 housing units this year; the only project to win approval so far is a 57-apartment complex at 2755 El Camino Real.

The report from the civil grand jury — a group of citizens appointed for a one-year term that launches investigations based on citizen complaints and (as in this case) of its own initiative — makes clear that the county’s gaping housing shortage has been many years in the making. Palo Alto ranks close to the bottom countywide in numerous categories relating to housing production, both recent and historic.

According to the report, Palo Alto was 14th out of 15 cities when it comes to meeting its state-mandated Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) in the 2007-2014 cycle (the

allocation process requires cities to plan for — though not actually build — housing units, a fact that the report suggested changing).

The city issued permits for 1,080 housing units during this period, which comprised 38 percent of its allocation of 2,860.

Only Saratoga, which had a RHNA allocation of 292 units and issued permits for only 38, held a smaller percentage (13 percent).

Palo Alto’s production of below-market-rate housing is even worse. Palo Alto issued only 293 permits for below-market-rate housing in the 2007-2014 cycle, just 16 percent of its RHNA allocation of 1,874 (it ranked 12th in this category). The city did somewhat better on “above moderate” housing, which targets those who make more than 120 percent of area median income, which in Santa Clara County amounts to about $99,225 for a one-person household. The city permitted 787 housing units in the “above moderate” price range, fulfilling 80 percent of its allocation of 986 units. Even so, it ranked 13th in this category, with only Saratoga and Campbell claiming a small percentage.

Despite a recent focus on housing, Palo Alto hasn’t fared much better in the current RHNA cycle, which stretches from 2015 to 2023. In the first three years of the cycle, the city met only 15 percent of its total RHNA

Norman R. Bergrun Aeronautical Engineer, Space Scientist, Author

August 4, 1921 – July 1, 2018 Norman Riley Bergrun, a long time resident of Los Altos Hills, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 1st at Tracy Nursing and Rehabilitation Center at the age of 96. He lived in Los Altos Hills for 52 years before relocating to the Central Valley to be closer to his family following the loss of his beloved wife, Claire, in 2010. Norman was educated at Cornell University with post graduate study at Stanford University. Upon moving to the Bay Area, he was a scientist at Ames Research Center. Mr. Bergrun played an active role in all-weather flight, as well as the control of high speed airplanes. He later worked at Lockheed where he managed a team that analyzed Polaris missile tests. Subsequently he became fascinated with outer space and did extensive research while developing his own theories. In 1986, he published a book entitled Ringmakers of Saturn. Over the years he found true enjoyment in music, was an avid skier, had a passion for photography, and was well known for his stylish bow-ties.

Norman is survived by his children Clark Bergrun and daughter in law Elaine Bergrun of Tracy, Jay Bergrun of San Jose, Joan Bergrun Ryan of Reno, Nevada, and granddaughter Melanie Bergrun of Tracy, as well as nieces and nephews and their respective families.

A Memorial Service in celebration of his life will be held at The Stanford University Memorial Church, on Tuesday, July 10 at 4:00 PM. Please visit www.spanglermortuary.com.

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allocation (ranking 13th). And on below-market-rate housing, it issued 115 permits of the 1,401 units in its allocation, or 8 percent (ranking it 7th).

Recommended: Cities should work together To make it easier for cities to produce housing, the grand jury recommends that they form RHNA sub regions — a structure already in use in San Mateo, Napa and Solano counties. Under the system, cities within a sub region collectively share the burden of building housing.

The Cities Association of Santa Clara County is considering the possibilities of this model, according to the report. Rather than following prescribed rules, cities in a sub region would “strike their own alliances depending on mutual needs.” Those that build extra below-market-rate housing to compensate for their neighboring cities would get compensation from those partners, such as funding for transportation infrastructure, parks, schools, safety and social services, the report states.

The grand jury report also highlights several existing policies that it argues discourage housing production. Palo Alto is one of seven county cities, for example, that allows developers to pay “in-lieu fees” instead of actually building below-market-rate units in their residential projects.

This, the report says, weakens the city’s so-called “inclusionary” law because developers tend to see these fees as a bargain. And while the money is allocated for housing, the report notes that “it can be many years before the fees translate into BMR units.”

“The grand jury believes that in-lieu fees should be avoided and that cities should incentivize developers to build BMR units within their developments,” the report states. “If cities retain inlieu fees, they should be raised above the comparable inclusionary requirement.”

At the same time, the grand jury report wholeheartedly endorses several other policies that Palo Alto has in place. The city is one of five — along with Santa Clara, Cupertino, Mountain View and Sunnyvale — that charge commercial developers “linkage fees” to pay for below-marketrate housing. Palo Alto’s fee of up to $35 per square foot of new commercial space built is currently the highest in the county.

The grand jury also favors relaxing rules for residents interested in constructing accessory dwelling units (also known as granny units) on their properties and favors “residential impact fees” on new residential developments to pay for below-marketrate housing — efforts that Palo Alto has already undertaken.

NIMBYs versus YIMBYs In putting the report together, the grand jury conducted 65 interviews, including ones with government officials, developers

A regional approach?

One of the key recommendations of the report “Affordable Housing Crisis: Density is Our Destiny” by the 201718 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury is that the 15 cities in the county unite as one or more “sub-regions” of the Bay Area to address the housing shortage.

Here’s how it might work: • The cities in each “sub-region” would work collectively to build affordable housing.

• By joining together, cities would gain more control and flexibility to meet their individual housing requirements mandated by the state.

• Sub regions would consist of contiguous local governments and require the approval of the Association of Bay Area Governments, which is the regional planning body for the nine Bay Area counties.

• If wealthier and less wealthy cities form a sub region, both could benefit: By and leaders of nonprofits, according to the report. But while the report is chart-filled and dataheavy, it is also — as the name implies — very much an advocacy document for density.

The report strikes a particularly forceful tone when it frames the debate over housing as a tussle between the “NIMBY” mindset (a derisive acronym for “Not In My Backyard”), which calls for limiting job growth and city population to near current levels and which holds sway with many politicians, and the YIMBY (“Yes In My Backyard”) movement, which is led largely by millennials and which “has started to exert influence in support of denser developments.”

The document acknowledges that there are often sound reasons to limit development, which requires “acceptance of greater traffic congestion and therefore the need for modes of travel other than the automobile.” It also notes that a “big piece of the puzzle is the stress that added population puts on overburdened schools.”

These issues notwithstanding, the grand jury recommends that Santa Clara County lead “a unified communication campaign that aims to convert NIMBYs into YIMBYs and ease the road ahead for higher densities and more BMR housing.” Such a campaign, the report states, should “analyze the need for higher densities in the context of the leadership consensus for preferred pace and limits for housing and employment growth.”

The council is scheduled to discuss the report in late August, before staff submits its response. The report is already, however, generating divergent responses. Councilman Adrian

building housing in the city where real estate is less expensive, more housing could be constructed for the same amount of money. Wealthier cities would contribute funds not only for housing but to ease the impacts of that housing on public transportation, roads, schools, parks, social services and retail access.

• An estimate of the cost to build the state’s allocation of below-market-rate housing in each of Santa Clara County’s cities is $32.5 billion; however, if — theoretically — all of the affordable housing were built in the least expensive city (Gilroy), it would cost only $20.4 billion. This, the report states, makes the case for cities to form alliances on the housing issue. Q —Palo Alto Weekly staff Source: Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report, “Affordable Housing Crisis,” June 2018.

Fine, a staunch housing advocate who authored a November 2017 memo advocating for more housing near public transit hubs, told the Weekly that the grand jury’s decision to author the report is demonstrative of the scale of the problem.

“They point their recommendations at two obvious targets: the necessity for density and the issues with local control of housing,” Fine said.

Councilwoman Karen Holman, who holds a philosophy of slower city growth and who voted against the 2755 El Camino Real development, sees things differently. Holman said the grand jury report is “curious in that it inserts itself into local land use matters in a similar fashion that the state has in imposing its housing mandates.”

“While the grand jury has not the ability to impose regulations, the report does take a very political and partisan position (NIMBY vs. YIMBY) on how cities should solve its housing issues without also considering the other land-use impacts that such actions would drive,” Holman told the Weekly.

These issues, Holman said, include how new office development exacerbates the housing shortage and the effects of an influx of new residents on local schools.

“To contemplate these other issues does not make one antihousing but rather more rational in understanding that rarely can a single concern be addressed without also considering the practical and very real results of actions being contemplated in isolation,” Holman said. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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CITY OF PALO ALTO Architectural Review Board Regular Meeting 250 Hamilton Avenue, Council Chambers July 19, 2018 at 8:30am

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June 27-July 3 Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Elder abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Family violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Abandoned bicycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Dr. Richard H. Bube

VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

654 Georgia Avenue, 6/8, 3 p.m.; battery/simple.

638 San Antonio Road, 6/25, 9:47 p.m.; battery/simple.

El Camino Real, 6/26, 2:13 p.m.; domestic violence.

Rickeys Way, 6/27, 11 a.m.; family violence/misc.

Webster Street, 6/28, 9:25 a.m.; elder abuse/physical.

W Charleston Road, 6/29, 10:53 p.m.; family violence/misc.

2190 W Bayshore Road, 7/1, 2 p.m.; battery/simple.

2500 El Camino Real, 7/1, 8:17 p.m.; battery/simple.

180 El Camino Real, 7/2, 8:58 a.m.; battery/simple.

February 12, 1918 – June 9, 2018

books and over 100 articles on issues in science and Christianity. Seeing no conflict between genuine science and authentic Christianity, he strove to help scientists understand Christianity and help Christians understand science. He was a faculty sponsor for the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Stanford University and taught an Undergraduate Seminar at Stanford on the interaction between science and Christianity for 25 years. He was a member of the American Scientific Affiliation, a society of scientists who are Christians, serving as editor of their journal for 25 years. He worshiped most recently at Foothill Covenant Church in Los Altos and the Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church. He has taught adult education classes at numerous churches, and has lectured on science and Christianity at over 60 colleges and universities. He was known for his gentle and patient spirit as he sought to encourage people to grow in their faith and understanding.

As he contemplated his passing, he wrote, “Trusting that death is but one stage in God’s plan for me through Jesus Christ, I enter into this new adventure holding firmly to my Lord and Savior.”

He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Anne, his four children and their spouses, Mark and Kathy Bube, Ken and June Bube, Sherri and Jim Tilley, and Merry and Mark Issichopoulos; five grandchildren (and two spouses), David and Kelsey Tilley, Jonathan Tilley, Doug Issichopoulos, Janie Bube, and Amy and Brian Campbell; Mary Anne’s daughter Elaine Bowers and her partner Bob Thompson, and Mary Anne’s son Mark Harman and grandson Brennan Harman.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in his honor and to the glory of God may be sent to Foothill Covenant Church (www.foothillcov.org), or to Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church (www.pacrc.org). Notes to the family may be sent to FriendsofRHBube@gmail.com.

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August 10, 1927 – June 9, 2018 Resident of Stanford Richard H. Bube, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, passed into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 9, 2018 at the age of 90. A memorial service has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the evening of Tuesday, July 10, at Foothill Covenant Church (1555 Oak Ave., Los Altos, CA).

Born on August 10, 1927 in Providence, RI, “Dick” received his Sc.B. degree in Physics from Brown University in 1946 and his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 1950. Between 1948 and 1962 he was a member of the research staff at the RCA David Sarnoff Research Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. He joined the faculty of Stanford University in 1962, serving 30 years as Professor in the departments of Materials Science and Electrical Engineering until his retirement in 1992.

From 1975 to 1986 he was Chairman of the Department of Materials Science. His research was concerned with the photoelectronic properties of materials, including photoconductivity, luminescence, photovoltaic effects, semiconductors, and solar energy conversion. Dr. Bube is the author of six scientific books and over 300 research publications, and 56 Ph.D. students earned their degrees under his direction.

In 1948, he married the first love of his life, Betty Jane, and they had four children, Mark, Ken, Sherri, and Merry. Their loving marriage lasted over 48 years until Betty Jane was called home to her Lord in 1997. In 2000, he met and married the second love of his life, Mary Anne. Mary Anne and Dick have shared over 18 loving years together.

At the age of 11, he heard a clear presentation of the Christian Gospel through the ministry of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Providence. He wrote, “My heart said ‘Yes’ to God almost immediately, and I began my walk with Christ as one for whom he had died and risen again.” His whole life reflected this commitment. As both a dedicated Christian and a dedicated scientist, he wrote seven

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Liesel (Lee) Altman, who lived in the Bay Area for nearly 60 years, died on June 9, 2018.

Lee was born Feb. 12, 1918 in Osnabruck, Germany, to Herman and Paula Katzmann.

She was the fourth of five children. She left Germany at the age of 15, traveling to Palestine with a youth movement founded by the followers of Martin Buber, the German rabbi and philosopher. There she studied at an agricultural boarding school in Ben Shemen. Her brother, three sisters, and her parents all managed to leave Germany before World War II. Lee later moved to a kibbutz in the north called Hazorea.

In 1938, Lee returned to Europe to visit her parents and study in Basel, Switzerland, to become a dietician. During WW II, she worked as a dietician at Hadassah Medical Center, located on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. Lee met and married Helmut Altman in 1946; he was a communications engineer who served with the British Royal Air Force in Cairo, Egypt, during the War. Helmut grew up in Berlin and had also immigrated to Palestine in 1934.

In 1959, the Altmans moved to the United States with their two children, arriving first in San Francisco and later living in Palo Alto. Helmut worked for many years as an engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor.

Lee learned to drive and studied to become a real estate broker, and worked in real estate for several decades, both in San Francisco and in the Palo Alto area. She loved art, music, theater, clothes, jewelry, travel, and politics.

Lee faithfully attended weekly current events classes at Avenidas the last 20 years of her life, including the week she died. She loved to keep in touch with people and leaves behind many friends. She loved parties and talking to people. She read the NY Times every day right up until the end. She enjoyed staying connected to her friends and the world via her Apple Computer.

She loved her family most of all. Helmut died in 1986 and all her siblings predeceased her. She is survived by her son, Joram (Barbara), her daughter, Maya, her two grandchildren, Elana (Matt) and Max (Nick) and her great grandson, Josiah. She also leaves behind an extended family in Israel.

A celebration of Lee’s life was held at her home in early July.

The Altman family appreciates donations in Lee’s memory to Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders, the New Israel Fund, and the Jewish Community Federation.

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Editorial

Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions

Today, in this space, we honor our brethren at The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland.

Devoted journalists everywhere who are just doing their jobs have become all too accustomed to angry readers, taunts and threats as they go about pursuing the truth and reporting the news.

People may disagree with what journalists write or with our definition of what a story is, but the abhorrent attack on June 28 was a threat to our civil society.

Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters paid the ultimate price. We grieve for them and their families, and we pledge to continue their work: defending and exercising the First Amendment freedoms that underpin our democracy.

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

Piecing things

together Palo Alto Art Center presents a summer-long homage to collage

by Sheryl Nonnenberg

and a series of workshops and events designed to inspire the visitor to both view and create.

Curator Selene Foster explained that the idea for the show was a collaborative process, with staff members suggesting artists (many from the Bay Area) who might want to participate. Most of the artists are painters who may have included collage in their past work but not in the size seen here.

“I challenged them to create art in a much larger scale than they were used to,” Foster said. She selected specific pieces with an eye towards those in which materials

Courtesy of the artist and Hosfelt Gallery

Andrew Schoultz’s “Toppling Facade, Failed Structure” was made using acrylics, ink and collage on paper.

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ho among us has never made a collage? From grade-school projects to creating elaborate photo albums, almost everyone has had the experience of adhering something onto paper. From the French “coller” (translated “to glue”), the collage process is easy and accessible, with immediate results.

The new exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center may challenge perceptions about this ubiquitous medium. “Paper Cuts: Large Scale Collage” is part of the Center’s “Summer of Collage,” which includes the gallery exhibition

The Palo Alto Art Center’s exhibit “Paper Cuts: Large Scale Collage” features artists Ann Weber (center sculpture), Ben Venom (center quilt) and Rina Banerjee, far right. were used in unusual ways. “I would say most of the artists are using collage in a really inventive and unique way. It’s hard to say what is traditional anymore.”

In addition to finding ways to use the medium in an aesthetic manner, it is clear that many of the artists in the exhibition also wanted to get across a message.

One of the first pieces the visitor encounters appears, at first glance, to be a charming flower arrangement made of cut paper, entitled “Chemical Bouquet II.” Look closer, however, and there are hypodermic needles scattered among the blooms. According to the wall label, artist Kirsten Stolle is interested in “challenging the wisdom of blending corporate interests with public health.”

Continuing on into the gallery, one encounters EfrenAve’s colorful and geometric assemblage, “Complement.” Created by adhering hundreds of fruit stickers (mango and bananas, to be specific) in amazing patterns, the piece makes a statement about the migrant workers who toil in the fields of Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and the United States.

Hope Kroll also works in two dimensions, creating hand-cut paper collages out of antique books.

Her “Bone Eaters” and “Flesh Eaters” are macabre jumbles of anatomical illustrations juxtaposed against pages of weathered sheet music.

Some of the artists found ways to work in three dimensions. Anne Weber’s free-standing “Personages (Black and White Together)” is a sculptural form created from found cardboard. A polyurethane coating creates a shiny surface and also allows the viewer to read

the text that was originally printed on the cardboard. Working with a mundane material, Weber explained that “My abstract sculptures read as metaphors for life experiences, such as the balancing acts that define our lives.”

Ray Beldner applied collage elements (images from art books and magazines) to plywood in order to create “Modern and Contemporary #2”. This sculptural piece questions the ideas of “high” and “low” art with contrasting images of everyday objects and fine art.

The largest and most dramatic of the three-dimensional pieces is Mary Anne Kluth’s “Master Study, Grand Canyon Trail,” located in the adjacent Glass Gallery. By carefully stacking painted wood panels, the artist has created a large-scale diorama of this majestic landscape. Painted in the familiar earthy hues of the desert Southwest, one might think this is a tribute to the popular national park or a comment on environmentalism. In actuality, Kluth said she is drawn to “fake” landscapes, such as theme parks.

According to the artist, these artificially composed landscapes “spare the audience the inconvenience and vulnerability of confronting the sublime.”

Quilts certainly fall into a category of collage, as they often involve the combination of found or cast-off materials to create a new whole. Travis Somerville’s acrylic collage vintage quilt, titled “Go Team,” is a colorful mélange of images portraying confederate monuments sewn onto an original quilt top made by his wife’s great aunt. It is a powerful statement about a current event using

traditional materials. Ben Venom was inspired by the homespun techniques of the Gee’s Bend quilters when creating “No More Mr. Nice Guy!.” While the Gee’s Bend ladies were concerned with using available materials to create their simple, geometric patterns, Venom looks to punk rock, heavy metal, mysticism and the occult for his inspiration. The resulting images are whimsical (Playboy bunny logo), familiar (dice) and ominous (skull and crossbones).

Visitors can go “In the Nook,” a space off the main lobby, in order to create collages of their own.

The day of my visit, a mother and her two children were enjoying placing the pieces of various shapes and sizes on the large white board. Foster explained that her hope for the exhibition, and for the related events, is that “people will take the opportunity to see art, be inspired, and hopefully remember to indulge your own inner maker.” Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com.

What: “Paper Cuts: Large Scale Collage” Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road.

When: Through Aug. 16; Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Thursday open until 9 p.m.); Sunday from 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: Free.

Info: For more information about the “Summer of Collage events,” which include artist lectures and hands-on workshops for both adults and children, go to tinyurl. com/y7uo6r4h.

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Keiko Shimosato Carreiro (Ruby), Lisa Hori-Garcia (Bob), Michael Gene Sullivan (Henry) and Andre Amarotico (Magarack) perform in “Seeing Red: A Time-Traveling Musical.”

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SF Mime Troupe returns to Palo Alto with socialist musical

by Karla Kane

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fter skipping Palo Alto last year, when it was denied permission to solicit donations at its annual free performances at Mitchell Park, the San Francisco Mime Troupe is back with a new musical, “Seeing Red,” and will perform at the Cubberley Community Center Amphitheatre on July 12.

In “Seeing Red,” the troupe puts a musical-comedy spin on the history — and possible resurgence — of socialism in the United States.

“I was reading an article about the American Socialist Party, about how in 1912 over 1,200 socialists were elected into political office across the country. I said

‘Wow, why don’t we know this history?,’” the play’s co-writer, Rotimi Agbabiaka said of his inspiration for the show. After doing a bit of research, he learned that some regions of the country that are deeply “red” (as in Republican) today were a century ago red in a different way, as strongholds of socialism and progressive ideas.

The protagonist of “Seeing Red” is Bob, a resident of a middle American town devastated by outsourcing and inequality, who’s feeling disillusioned on the eve of the 2018 midterm elections. After voting for Obama and then Trump, hoping for positive change, she’s now so fed up that she plans on not voting at all. A mysterious stranger offers a timetraveling twist: He shows her what the town was like back in 1912, when folks like her were struggling with surprisingly similar issues, and socialism was seen as a viable alternative.

Bob is able to visit “a time when people really had a hope for the future, when they really believed they could overcome these problems,” Agbabiaka said of the era when the U.S. made strides toward labor laws, safety regulations and women’s suffrage.

While the term “socialism” carries a lot of stigma in the U.S. today, he said, the popular presidential candidacy of Bernie Sanders and his brand of democratic socialism has led to a resurgence

of interest in possible challenges to “unbridled capitalism.”

The show is full of the troupe’s trademark irreverent humor as well as songs by Ira Marlowe. The music, Agbabiaka said, includes both modern, rock-influenced sounds and ragtime and military tunes reflecting the 1912 setting.

Creating and premiering a new, original show each year isn’t easy.

“It’s kind of a crazy thing to do, putting up a brand new musical in a few months,” Agbabiaka said with a laugh. “We are nothing if not ambitious.” He and his fellow SF Mime Troupe Collective members began discussing possible topics last autumn, with the playwriting in earnest starting in the winter and early spring.

Even now, as the premiere dates draw near, the actors and band are learning new songs and scenes as they rehearse. “It’s all happening at the same time. It’s kind of a madhouse,” he said. Agbabiaka is used to it, though, having been with the troupe for around eight years, including working in five shows as an actor.

The venerable (59 years and counting), Tony Award-winning political theater company performs its original shows at parks and public spaces all over the Bay Area each summer. The “mime” in the name refers not to silent pantomime but rather its more ancient use of “mimicking,” as the troupe uses satire to address modern issues in a humorous,

accessible way. Last year’s show, “Walls” tackled immigration and “Schooled,” the 2016 musical, took on the public-education system.

Agbabiaka said the group is very glad to be back in Palo Alto, where it’s performed for the past decade. By booking the outdoor space at Cubberley instead of Mitchell Park (and thus not using dedicated parkland), the troupe is permitted once again to ask for donations in order to help with expenses, including paying the actors and musicians and to keep the performances free to the public.

“I hope that (‘Seeing Red’) will be a reminder that the path toward progress is a long one — a steady march for centuries — and to keep pushing for that change, for a brighter future,” Agbabiaka said. “We’re hoping that just like our protagonist, audiences discover a new way of seeing ‘red;’ new ways of looking at some of the issues.” Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at kkane@paweekly.com.

What: “Seeing Red.” Where: Cubberley Community Center Amphitheatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

When: Thursday, July 12; music starts at 6:30 p.m. with play to follow at 7 p.m.

Cost: Free (donations accepted).

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any residents of Channing House knew that their personable executive chef, Ghazwan Alsharif, made delicious moussaka and baklava. Some even knew where he came from — Iraq.

But few realized that “Chef G,” who has supervised and served food in the Channing House dining hall most days of the week over the past year, had such a harrowing story until they saw the recent premiere of a documentary about his life.

“From Baghdad to the Bay” chronicles Alsharif’s service as a translator for the U.S. Army during the Iraq War, his subsequent imprisonment, alleged torture and eventual release, and his lonely, but liberating, refugee journey in the United States as he struggles to rebuild his life while coming out as an openly gay man.

The film — which follows Alsharif over the past decade since his arrival in the United States with flashbacks to his wartime service — touches on the U.S. invasion from an Iraqi perspective, the risks and punishments faced by Iraqis who assisted the U.S. military, the stresses of the refugee experience, as well as the continued persecution of homosexuals in Iraq.

“At the time we started making this documentary, I was not ready to come out as a gay man,” Alsharif wrote on the documentary’s website when the film was first released. “I wanted to protect my family and was more worried for them than I was for myself and the gay community. You may know that the culture and religion in Iraq prohibits homosexuality.

“When I heard the news in 2012 about what was happening in Iraq regarding the killing of gay men, I decided that someone needed to step up and help stop the craziness. So I took this chance to give a voice to the problem by telling my story.”

The 63-minute film by Oakland-based independent filmmaker Erin Palmquist won “Best Documentary” in the March 2018 Cinequest Film Festival. In May, Palmquist brought the movie for a special showing at Channing House.

Residents there said they were greatly impacted by Alsharif’s story.

“I didn’t really know much at all (about his story), so the movie was exciting and shocking and horrifying,” said Helene Pier, a retired teacher and 6-year resident of Channing House.

Pier said it was only on her second viewing of the film that she fully grasped the complexities of Alsharif’s story, particularly the fact that he said he endured torture by the United States.

Alsharif’s story starts in 2003 following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As the son of a diplomat who had spent part of his youth in the United States, Alsharif spoke excellent English and — initially with encouragement from his family — signed on as an interpreter with the Coalition Provisional Authority, the transitional government that was established after the invasion.

Not long after, he began receiving threats because of his work.

“If you help the Americans, you will die,” Alsharif was told.

When his family’s home was bombed and his younger sister injured, his family felt certain it was in retaliation for his work and disowned him for their own safety.

“I realized the suffering (my family) had because of me,” Alsharif said. He continued helping the Americans, but moved into a U.S. compound to protect his family from further harm.

Alsharif developed friendships and a loyal following among the Army officers for whom he worked.

“He saved our group’s lives many times,” said U.S. Army Col. Robert Nicholson, now retired.

“He proved to be an expert guide, wise counsel and trusted friend.”

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Chef Ghazwan Alsharif, a former Iraq War translator who launched a career as a chef after coming to the United States as a refugee in 2008, talks with Ann Clark during lunch at Channing House in Palo Alto, where he serves as executive chef. hiding something, Alsharif declared out loud, for the first time in his life, “Yes, yes, I am hiding something. I’m gay.”

Alsharif said he was held in detention in a box less than 3 square feet for 75 days until Nicholson tracked him down, finding him in isolation, much thinner, with a beard and his hair grown out.

Nicholson vouched for him and was able to secure his release.

Alsharif believes he was detained because of suspicions that his family’s ties to the old regime made him a possible double agent, suspicions he insists were unfounded.

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“Having a gay son is a big thing, a big shame for the whole family,” an Iraqi friend explains on camera, adding that it could affect his father’s business and even his sister’s marriage prospects.

Alsharif, who became a pastry chef shortly after he arrived in the United States and has gone on to supervise large kitchen staffs and cater for big events for tech company’s like Google, said that he learned to enjoy cooking at home from his parents, but cooking was not seen as an acceptable career

path for someone from a family of wealth. He instead pursued a degree in office management while in Iraq, according to a 2016 blog post from his then-employer, the nonprofit RAMS health agency, where he worked as a cook.

“One of my greatest strengths is the ability to be versatile, as I have a broad range of skills,” said Alsharif, who has worked as executive chef at Channing House for the past year.

While deeply missing his family — particularly his 16-year-old son from an arranged marriage who currently lives in London — Alsharif clearly relishes the freedom American life affords. He’s worked from afar to support gay rights in Iraq.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT Shradda Agarwal (far left), daughter Anika Mittal and husband, Samir Mittal, moved to Walnut Grove from Minnesota five years ago. The family found Walnut Grove to be a somewhat more affordable area.

“We are very blessed to live in this part of Palo Alto,” Samir Mittal said. He loves the walkability of Walnut Grove and its proximity to public transportation and to a grocery store. Fellow resident Ron Pyszka echoed some of Mittal’s sentiments. “It’s a small little neighborhood and often overlooked,” said Pyszka, who moved to Walnut Grove in 1974.

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GAS LEAK? ... Stanford researchers are working on a project measuring natural gas emissions from homes in the area.

They are looking for volunteers who own/rent single-family homes in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. All the information about the project including a link to volunteer sign-ups can be found at homes.stanford.edu.

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alo Alto’s Walnut Grove stands out for its signature Eichler and Burke and Wyatt homes and its hallmark single-story structures, but the tiny neighborhood frequently finds itself lumped in with nearby Greenmeadow.

“It’s a small little neighborhood and often overlooked,” said Ron Pyszka, who moved into his home on East Charleston Road in 1974. “It’s a pleasant little nook of Palo Alto with some very nice people.”

Initially, Pyszka said his family’s decision to purchase the house came from a limited housing market, but they were drawn to the area because of the schools; however, over the past 40 years, he has seen plenty of changes in the neighborhood, bounded by East Charleston Road, Alma Street and Adobe Creek.

“We happen to be on Charleston, which is a lot busier than it was 40 years ago, but a few years ago, the city reduced it from four lanes to two, which was really important to calming traffic and in the next month or two, they’re going to put in permanent landscaping. It’s a school corridor, and the idea is to make it a pedestrian and bicyclefriendly street. We’re really happy (the Palo Alto City) Council has supported us all of these years in doing that.”

Samir Mittal, who moved to Walnut Grove with his family five years ago, also wanted to reside in Palo Alto for the schools. At the time he bought his home, he found Walnut Grove to be a somewhat more affordable area.

“We are very blessed to live in this part of Palo Alto,” he said, noting he hopes someday his daughter, who is entering ninth grade at Gunn High School, will choose to live nearby. “It’s a beautiful neighborhood

— very quaint and quiet.”

Mittal said he loves the walkability of Walnut Grove and its proximity to public transportation as well as the Charleston Shopping Center, Mitchell Park, the YMCA and the Palo Alto Library.

“Walnut Grove is very kid friendly,” Mittal said. “My daughter bikes to school every day, and all the after-school activities such as music, tennis, swimming and classes take place in a 1-mile radius around Walnut Grove. There’s a great store nearby — Piazza’s Fine Foods. You can walk there, get your groceries and come home to make dinner.”

And, while many areas of Palo Alto are seeing newer residents purchase homes to rebuild larger ones on their lots, Walnut Grove residents have put measures in place — including a single-story overlay enacted in 1992— to ensure the neighborhood retains its charm.

“Our neighborhood has, for the most part, managed to retain its character,” Pyszka said.

“Some neighborhoods have lost some of that character with massive two-story homes being built.”

Both residents noted block parties often bring the neighborhood together and they enjoy the mix of longtime older residents and newer residents, including young families.

“When we first moved in there were a lot of young families,” Pyszka said. “Most people stayed and it became increasingly older and now there are a lot of retirees, but in the last few years there have been an increasing number of young children and families with young children. It’s becoming more of a mix.”

“The neighborhood is only about three

blocks deep,” he continued. “It’s very small; it’s very nice. There are no real big neighborhood controversies or issues. There’s not an awful lot of turnover. We are fortunate with our neighbors.” Q Melissa McKenzie is a freelance writer for the Palo Alto Weekly. She can be emailed at melissa.r.mckenzie@gmail.com.

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CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOLS Crescent Park Child Development Center (Peekaboo), 4161 Alma St.; Montessori School of Los Altos, 303 Parkside Drive; Palo Alto Infant Toddler Center, 4111 Alma St. FIRE STATION: No. 4, 3600 Middlefield Road (at Mitchell Park) LIBRARY: Mitchell Park branch, 4050 Middlefield Road LOCATION: Bounded by East Charleston Road, Alma Street and Adobe Creek.

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCATION: Walnut Grove Homeowners’ Association, Vipul Vyas, vipul. vyas@gmail.com PARKS: Greenmeadow Park (private); Mitchell Park, 600 East Meadow Drive POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave. PRIVATE SCHOOLS Palo Alto Prep School, 2462 Wyandotte St.; Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, 450 San Antonio Road PUBLIC SCHOOLS Fairmeadow Elementary School, J.L. Stanford Middle School, Gunn High School SHOPPING: Charleston Plaza, San Antonio Shopping Center

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Forecasters are predicting that this year will bring more severe weather," said Bill Moody, president of the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. “With the start of hurricane season and heavy rains for most states, property owners worry they may find themselves either unprotected or unable to get a mortgage.”

The NFIP provides up to $350,000 of flood insurance coverage for federally-backed mortgage in 22,000 communities nationwide.

It also provides an alternative to taxpayerfunded disaster assistance. While there is a growing market for private flood insurance, for many, the NFIP continues to be the primary source of asset protection against flooding, the most common and costly natural disaster in the U.S. The NFIP was originally created in 1968 to provide affordable insurance to property owners. The program is now $25 billion in debt to the U.S. Treasury, largely due to claims caused by severe flooding and widespread damage in the northeastern coast of the country. The program has been amended, reformed and extended several times.

In November last year, the House of Representatives passed the NAR-supported 21st Century Flood Reform Act, which contains numerous important provisions for consumers. The Act reauthorizes the NFIP for a full five years, avoiding the uncertainty of short-term extensions and potential shutdowns and provides guidelines for creating better flood maps for the program. It limits maximum flood insurance premiums to $10,000 per year for residential properties, and directs FEMA to develop more granular rate tables to ensure fewer properties are overcharged by the NFIP. The bill sets aside $1 billion for flood mitigation assistance grants and increases access to private market flood insurance, which often offers better coverage at lower cost. The bill also addresses issues with repeatedly flooding properties that account for 2 percent of NFIP policies and 25 percent of claim payments over the history of the program.

The House passed the bill and it is now in the Senate. NAR is urging the Senate to act quickly.

The last time the NFIP expired, approximately 1,400 home closings were interrupted each day until the program was reinstated. In all, the program has lapsed on a number of separate occasions for two months combined with a total of 23 separate short-term extensions. ***** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org..

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PALO ALTO YOGA THERAPY FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN643666 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Palo Alto Yoga Therapy, located at 111 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): LELAND STANLEY FERGUSON 111 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2018.

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COLORADO APARTMENTS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN643667 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Colorado Apartments, located at 111 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): PAMELA GAYLE HELLER 111 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/2018.

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997 All Other Legals Escrow No.: 100932-EM NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE AND OF INTENTION TO TRANSFER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE (U.C.C. 6101 et seq. and B & P 24074 et seq.) Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale of assets and a transfer of alcoholic beverage license is about to be made. The name of the Seller is: Th e Alley 518 Restaurant, a California corporation, whose address is: 518 Bryant Street, city of Palo Alto , county of Santa Clara, CA 94301 The business is known as: THE ALLEY 518 The name of the Buyer/ Transferee is: KIAJIA, LLC, a California limited liability company whose address is: 518 Bryant Street, city of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara, CA 94301 As listed by the Seller/Licensee, all other business names and addresses used by the Seller/Licensee within three years before the date such list was sent or delivered to the Buyer/Transferee are: Three Seasons Restaurant, LLC dba: Three Seasons Restaurant at 518 Bryant Street, city of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara, Ca. None The assets to be sold are described in general as: goodwill and furniture, fixtures and equipment

of that certain restaurant business located at: 518 Bryant Street, city of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara, CA 94301 The kind of license to be transferred is: On-Sale General - Eating Place, now issued for the premises located at: 518 Bryant Street , city of Palo Alto, county of Santa Clara, CA 94301 The anticipated date of the sale/transfer is July 10th, 2018 at the office of McGovern Escrow Services, Inc., 22 Battery Street, Suite 914 San Francisco, CA 94111. The amount of the purchase price or consideration in connection with the transfer of the license and business, including the estimated inventory, is the sum of $250,000.00 which consists of the following: Description Amount Cash through escrow: $250,000.00 It has been agreed between the Seller/ Licensee and the intended Buyer/ Transferee, as required by Sec. 24073 of the Business and Professions Code, that the consideration for the transfer of the business and license is to be paid only after the transfer has been approved by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. DATED: May 24, 2018 KIAJIA, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company By: Ayesha Thapar, Managing Partner 7/6/18 CNS-3143365# PALO ALTO WEEKLY

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DISTRICT 52 LITTLE LEAGUE

M-A reaches championship game

HEY COACH . . . Benji Saetang, an assistant director at Academy Volleyball Club, will be the head coach for the Palo Alto girls volleyball team this fall after serving as an assistant to Daniele Desiderio last season. Saetang, who has coached in the area since 2009, helped the Vikings (23-5 last year) win the SCVAL De Anza Division title and qualify for the Central Coast Section Open Division tournament, where they lost to St. Francis. They also played a match in the NorCals Division I bracket, losing to Oak Ridge. Saetang has previously coached at Jordan Middle School, Gunn, Mitty and Menlo College. Palo Alto opens its fall season with a home game against Menlo-Atherton at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23.

WE CAN SAIL . . . Recent Stanford grad Luke Muller was named to the U.S. sailing team challenging for the 36th America’s Cup as announced by the New York Yacht Club American Magic. Muller is Stanford’s first America’s Cup sailor since Malin Burnham ‘49. Muller, who was a four-year letterwinner from 201418 and won three PCCSC Men’s Singlehanded Championships, is part of the initial roster of 17 sailors who will train and compete with the team.

ON THE CAPE . . . Stanford junior Kyle Stowers hit his second home run of the season and second in five games to help the Falmouth Commodores beat Orleans, 6-1, on Tuesday night. Cardinal junior Maverick Handley singled and threw out a baserunner for Falmouth . . . Sacred Heart Prep grad and Stanford junior Andrew Daschbach singled and drove in a run to help Yarmouth-Dennis outslug Brewster, 12-10. Stanford catcher Christian Molfetta delivered a pinch hit single for Brewster . . . Stanford’s Will Matthiessen gave up a pair of runs on four hits over four innings but was not involved in the decision as Chatham downed Harwich, 13-6.

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Stanford grad Bradley Klahn won his first-round match at Wimbledon, his first Grand Slam victory in nearly five years.

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Klahn makes it back to Wimbledon Stanford grad wins Grand Slam main draw match Rick Eymer tanford grad Bradley Klahn can feel good about his time in England and his future prospects after beating Japan’s Yuichi Sugita, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-2, in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships on Tuesday.

Klahn, slowed by back problems for several years, won his first Grand Slam singles match since reaching the second round of the US Open in 2013.

England’s Kyle Edmund, seeded No. 21, beat Klahn, 6-4, 7-6 (0), 6-2, in the second round on Thursday on Centre Court.

Edmund meets 12th-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the third round.

Stanford product Mike Bryan, playing doubles with Jack Sock as twin brother Bob Bryan recovers from an injury, reached the Round of 32 after he and Sock beat Italy’s Daniele Bracciali and Andres Seppi, 6-3, 2-0, retired on Thursday.

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Bryan and Sock next face the Netherlands’ Sander Arends and Matwe Middelkoop.

Ranked 168th in the world, the left-handed Klahn outlasted Sugita, ranked 69th, in a marathon second set. Klahn won the tiebreaker, 8-6, and then settled in and won the final two sets in relative ease. The match lasted just over two hours.

Klahn, a former NCAA singles champion, made his second appearance at Wimbledon and his first since 2014.

Klahn, who reached a careerhigh ranking of 63rd in March of 2014, needed to win three matches during qualifying just to make it into the main draw. He needed just under an hour in each of his first two matches to advance and then went 2:27 to beat the 32-yearold Italian Simone Bolelli, who was trying to qualify for his ninth Wimbledon.

Bolelli, who reached the main draw as a Lucky Loser, has

appeared in 32 total Grand Slam events, including 12 straight appearances at Roland Garros.

Klahn is playing his 16th tournament of the year. He reached the finals at Newport Beach Challenger, losing to American Taylor Fritz, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0, He also reached the quarterfinals of three other Challenger events: Kunal Patel San Francisco Open, Open Region Guadeloupe and the BNP Paribas Primrose.

Until Tuesday, Klahn had not won a main draw singles event on the ATP World Tour since beating Noah Rubin in Aug. of 2014 at Winston-Salem. Klahn was forced to sit out 21 months between Feb. 2015 and Nov. 2016 with back issues.

His last tournament win was at the Challenger Traralgon in Australia in Nov. of 2014. He beat Edmund in the first round of that tournament, 7-6 (3), 6-1.

Klahn has won five Challenger titles. Q

t was an effort for the ages, more like Big League than Little League and Calem Filipek certainly did his part.

The Menlo-Atherton All-Star had a solo home run in the third and drove in a go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough to prevent a 6-3 loss to Half Moon Bay in the championship game of the District 52 11-12 Majors Tournament on Tuesday in Redwood City.

Filipek’s clutch hit gave M-A a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh, but in the bottom of the inning HMB loaded the bases with no outs and won it on a walkoff grand slam.

Still, making it to the title game was the best Menlo-Atherton had ever done in 11-12 District AllStars (the division that eventually winds up at the Little League World Series), and the players knew it.

“We thought we played really well and we’re proud to have made it to the championship game,” Filipek said. “We’re disappointed, but also happy we put up a great fight.”

Indeed, it was an outstanding game. M-A starter Harrison Long pitched well, and exited with two out in the third and the score at 2-2. In came Mikey McGrath in relief, and he turned in a gutsy performance.

McGrath struck out three and even got out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth, in which HMB got four baserunners but couldn’t score.

M-A took a 1-0 lead in the first on McGrath’s walk and a runscoring single by Rowan Kelly.

They made it 2-0 on Filipek’s homer in the third.

“I saw it right off the bat,” Filipek said. “I was waiting for a fastball and I just wanted contact.” Q

BABE RUTH BASEBALL

Palo Alto all-stars claims District 6 title The team advances to the NorCal state tournament Glenn Reeves he Palo Alto Babe Ruth 1315 All-Stars were staring at defeat and the prospect of playing a second game Monday night against Mountain View.

Those ‘if necessary’ games are a little dangerous, especially since the losing team may not feel like playing again right away.

So Palo Alto did itself a favor, producing a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh, capped by a walkoff squeeze bunt, that

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gave Palo Alto a 4-3 win over Mountain View in the District 6 championship game at Baylands Athletic Center.

Ben Gordon and Dean Casey hit back-to-back singles to start the bottom of the seventh and bring Zach Donaker to the plate.

He drilled a double, scoring both runners to tie the game at 3-3.

“That was certainly the biggest hit of this tournament,’’ Palo Alto coach Ron Fried said. “It’s something we hadn’t seen in three

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ON THE MAT . . . Menlo-Atherton senior Folashade Akinola finished her junior year of girls’ wrestling ranked 13th in the nation at 180 pounds the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, in conjunction with USA Wrestling and FloWrestling, announced Thursday.

She was ranked eighth in April but slipped when other wrestlers were added from different weight divisions.

Birmingham Charter senior Alexandra Castillo, who beat Akinola in the state finals at 189 pounds, ranks second in the nation.

M-A loses on walkoff home run

District 6 Babe Ruth all-star champion Palo Alto opens the NorCal state tournament in Belmont on Saturday. scoring the winning run from games. A big hit, A clutch hit.’’

Donaker took third on the throw third.

Now Palo Alto advances to the to the plate and Roland Martinez Luna stepped to the plate. He took NorCal State Tournament, which a strike on the first pitch and then begins Saturday in Belmont. Palo laid down a squeeze bunt that Alto is scheduled to open at 4 Mountain View had no chance p.m. against District 2 champion to make a play on, with Donaker Sonoma. Q

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