Palo Alto Weekly March 20, 2020

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Vol. XLI, Number 24 Q March 20, 2020

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Upfront

Local news, information and analysis

As pandemic spreads, city plans for the ‘unknown’ City plans for massive absenteeism among workers, limits sharing of equipment

by Gennady Sheyner

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espite an order across Santa Clara County to shelter in place and avoid potential exposure to the coronavirus, Palo Alto isn’t planning to have police officers knock on doors or making sure residents are heeding instructions and staying home.

Rather, the city’s emergency

responders are focusing their efforts on planning for what could be an unprecedented, monthslong public health emergency and making sure that they have the needed supplies and personnel to adequately respond. This includes limiting staffing levels, requiring many employees to work remotely

and discouraging the sharing of equipment.

That was the message that Ken Dueker, director of the city’s Office of Emergency Services, Police Chief Robert Jonsen and Fire Chief Geoffrey Blackshire delivered to the City Council on Monday night, during a discussion of the city’s response to COVID-19, which has already scaled back City Hall operations and has prompted school closures and shuttering of city facilities and many businesses.

Councilwoman Liz Kniss said that in the aftermath of the Monday order from six Bay Area counties, residents have been wondering whether they can still leave the city — or the country.

“Someone else said, ‘Are the police going to come and knock on your door to make sure you’re there?’” Kniss said.

Dueker assured her that the answer is no.

“We will not be using our precious public safety resources to

check on people in their homes or do anything that’s even close to unconstitutional,” Dueker said.

“People have freedom.”

He also noted that the county order has “a lot of freedom baked into that.” Even though it orders people to shelter in place, it makes exceptions for trips to the grocery store, to the pharmacy and for medical appointments. It also allows residents to go for a walk, get exercise (continued on page 11)

PUBLIC HEALTH

For some during shutdown, it’s ‘business as usual’ Essential workers stay on the job; parents and others adjust to new routines

by Lloyd Lee

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A woman stands outside of Mitchell Park Library in Palo Alto, which the city has closed due to the risk of the coronavirus and Monday’s public health order for residents to stay home.

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ith employees mostly working from their homes, the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online will continue providing local news coverage for the community even as businesses have closed and residents are confined to their homes except for trips for groceries, medications or essential work.

The size of the print edition of the Palo Alto Weekly will be reduced due to the shutdown of most commercial activity and the resulting cancellations of advertising.

Distribution of the paper will also be temporarily stopped or reduced to businesses and commercial districts where there is little or no activity.

Home delivery will continue to all residents who are current or past subscribers, as well as those who have formally requested delivery in the past but did not pay for it. Others will need to become subscribing members by signing up at PaloAltoOnline.com/subscribe to receive delivery.

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we are in a very challenging financial situation, with employees we value and fixed overhead costs but little current revenue,” Weekly Publisher and Embarcadero Media President Bill Johnson said. “But unlike other businesses, our role as the primary source of reliable local news in the community means that in times of crisis our work is more important than ever.”

News organizations are designated as essential businesses and (continued on page 11)

n the face of the new coronavirus pandemic that’s now killed six people in Santa Clara County, residents, employees and the homeless of Palo Alto are all left with the same option — cope.

A sweeping order issued Monday by health officials of six Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara, instructed everyone to stay at home and limit all outside traveling to essentials such as grocery shopping or picking up medication.

It doesn’t mean people aren’t allowed to step outside. And that’s especially true for employees of businesses that local county officials have labeled as “essential” and can continue to operate.

Outside of Izzy’s Brooklyn Bagels shop on California Avenue, which has limited its operation to takeout and delivery orders, Clyde Salazar was eating his lunch on Tuesday and taking a break from his current construction project at 2515 El Camino Real, where 13 housing units and space for businesses are in development. Because the site includes housing, the construction is considered essential under the county order.

“I can’t work from home,” Salazar, 46, said. “I’m a commercial plumber.”

It wasn’t stated as a gripe. Salazar said the construction crew of around 70 people was slashed by half on Tuesday; he doesn’t know what happened to the rest of the employees. But he knows he’s lucky.

“My wife — she’s not working, she had to file for unemployment,” Salazar said. “She’s in construction, also, as an office manager, and her company said, ‘All nonessential

personnel — stay home.’”

Near the Southgate neighborhood, David Nitoff was working through his usual 12-hour shift as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier, which the county considers essential.

“Gotta keep food on the table,” Nitoff said. “Everyone’s still out and about (and) we’ve been shortstaffed for a while, in general.”

With a spike in online shopping — significantly localized in Amazon.com, which is now temporarily prioritizing “high-demand products” such as household necessities and medical supplies — Nitoff said parcel volumes have gone up in the past two weeks, most likely due to the coronavirus.

So besides following the public health recommendation to keep a 6-foot distance from other people, Nitoff will be using disinfectant wipes to clean everyday objects he runs into during his route.

For many parents, the adjustment will not only have to include working from home, if the option is available, but also attending to their children’s “distance learning” programs that were rolled out as schools shut down.

Lisa Rende Taylor would normally be operating her nonprofit organization Issara Institute, which aids vulnerable migrant workers across the globe, from the office.

But with her 5-year-old twins out of Laurel School in Menlo Park, she was taking some time on Tuesday afternoon to play trackball at Eleanor Pardee Park as part of her sons’ recommended physical education period. (continued on page 9)

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ife has changed in big ways and small over the past week for residents in senior centers around the Bay Area, but Don Levy, a resident of The Avant, isn’t fretting.

A retired engineer, Levy, 84, has seen his residential community on El Camino Way in Palo Alto institute a ban on visitors — a practice that has become standard at senior communities throughout the area.

Residents who used to congregate now “self-isolate.” They used to meet in the lobby to read the newspaper. Now they do so alone, scattered throughout the facility.

And the communal lunch time has been staggered to ensure that diners can remain at a safe distance from each other.

Things are different now. But Levy is grateful for the precautions taken by the residential facility, even the ban on visitors.

“It makes things harder in some ways, but the people here understand why this was done,” Levy said.

Since the spread of the coronavirus began to accelerate in recent weeks, the message from staff has been clear and unequivocal: We want to keep you as healthy as possible. Staff, he said, has been “exceedingly careful” in response to the virus threat as it instituted a series of changes, big and small.

But residents recognize the necessity, he said, and the mood is generally good.

At Channing House, a community of 250 seniors on Webster Street in downtown Palo Alto, residents also have accepted the new conditions with good humor, said Rhonda Bekkedahl, the executive director and CEO. Since the coronavirus outbreak began, Channing House has been rapidly adjusting its policies to respond to

the flurry of announcements and restrictions from public-health officials, including the “shelter at home” order that six Bay Area counties announced on Monday.

As of Tuesday morning, there haven’t been any cases of COVID-19 at Channing House, Bekkedahl said. But like other residential communities, the facility has had to rethink how it’s delivering services. Staff hold daily meetings to discuss the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local health departments and then adjust facility operations accordingly, Bekkendahl.

These days, vendors, contractors and family members of residents aren’t allowed in the building (with limited exceptions for hospice care). All gatherings have been canceled. And temperatures of all residents and staff are checked when they leave the building and come back, Bekkedahl said. Anyone showing any kind of symptoms would be asked to self-isolate in their apartments, she said.

Given the imperative of keeping residents indoors, Channing House is actively looking for opportunities for remote programs.

Bekkendahl pointed to several offered by senior-service organizations Avenidas and Covia, with residents participating in groups over the phone. On Tuesday afternoon, she was preparing to hold the facility’s first conference with all residents, which included a presentation and allowed participants to ask questions. Another was to follow on Wednesday, she said.

“They understand this is very serious,” she said, referring to residents. “The shelter-in-place has them confused, so we’re answering a lot of questions about the

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (March 16)

COVID-19: The council ratified the emergency proclamation pertaining to the COVID-19 health emergency. Yes: Unanimous Code: The council approved minor clarifying changes to the cityís municipal code.

Yes: Unanimous

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Emergency resolution: The board approved an emergency resolution delegating the superintendent authority to take all appropriate action, upon appropriately notifying the board, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yes: Unanimous Second interim budget: The board waived its two-meeting rule and approved a second interim budget report and related budget changes.

Yes: Unanimous

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Magali Gauthier

Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Elena Kadvany (223-6519), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513)

Dianne Jenett, 72, smiles at Sunita de Tourreil, who brought her a bag of groceries from Whole Foods Market in downtown Palo Alto on March 18 so that Jenett would not have to leave the house and expose herself to the coronavirus. shelter-in-place order. Generally, they’re in good humor. It’s a resilient group and — so far so good.”

Thomas Fiene, who heads the residents association at Channing House, said that before Monday’s order, residents had rallied to help staff, which had begun to diminish as people were taking sick days or staying home to take care of their children in the aftermath of school closures. Within 12 hours, 52 residents had volunteered to assist.

Since Tuesday, however, residents have been largely confined to their rooms, aside from occasional walks and trips to get food.

Now, with some at-risk residents completely isolated, neighbors have taken to Skype and FaceTime to check in on one another.

“We have a tech squad that is on call every day to help with technology,” said Fiene, 85. “These guys are all frustrated retired engineers. They love to do that. We are slowly entering the electronic world to help communicate with each other.”

Each floor of Channing House also now has a representative or two who make contact with residents who are living alone or who have medical conditions that make them particularly vulnerable, Fiene said. Despite the new restrictions, he said, residents have a “very high level of confidence” in the Channing House administration.

“We feel that despite stringent measures that they have necessarily employed — they are for our welfare,” said Fiene, who spent 50 years on the medical faculty at Stanford University. “We are well cared for and we realize that most of us would be in the ‘ultra-highrisk group,’ with most of us being over 80 and the fact that most of us have some underlying condition.

We appreciate the security and comfort.”

At the Villa Siena Senior Living Community in Mountain View, it’s been a challenge to keep seniors healthy and protected from the coronavirus while avoiding the negative mental health impacts that come from isolation, according to Executive Director Corine Bernard.

She’s been in on conference calls daily with other health care

providers in Santa Clara County and has been working with her staff to adopt the latest public health recommendations.

To protect seniors’ physical health, the retirement community has adopted new precautions similar to Channing House’s, with a ban on outsiders and temperature checks of employees at the door.

Workers also undergo monitoring for signs and symptoms of COVID-19, Bernard said.

As a way to offer social interaction, staff members have started an afternoon coffee cart service that provides residents one-on-one visits. Phone calls and FaceTime chats with family members and friends are also encouraged, she said, and staff members provide tech support to those who need it.

They’ve also been proactively communicating with residents through regular meetings, she said.

“The best thing you can do is update and give them (the residents) the right information. The last thing you want is for them to follow some of the unverified information,” she said. “They’re feeling confident the actions we’re taking are in their best interest.

They’re really not that fearful that this is going to happen to them.”

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hile the residents of retirement communities have staff looking out for them, the shifting conditions can pose extreme challenges for seniors who are aging at home, particularly those who already have health problems and are socially isolated.

It doesn’t help that senior centers and programs operated by the nonprofit Avenidas and the city of Mountain View have stopped for the time being.

The one Mountain View program still being offered is the Second Harvest Food Bank Brown Bag program. Eligible seniors can pick up food via drive-through the first four Tuesday mornings of the month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the rear of the senior center parking lot, according to city spokesperson Shonda Ranson.

Jewish Family and Children’s (continued on page 9)

Upfront EDUCATION

How school districts are tackling the transition to distance learning Palo Alto Unified works to expand remote offerings as some students, parents express frustration

by Elena Kadvany and Kate Bradshaw problems for 20 to 30 minutes. The district also provided online resources — including audiobooks, math games, art lessons, music and Khan Academy videos — for further engagement. Most of the activities are designed for students to complete independently.

Secondary school students are being asked to complete about one hour of work per class for the week — a number that will increase next week. Teachers are being asked to post their “flexible learning options” on Schoology, the district’s online learning management system, and be available for remote office hours to work with students.

The district has said that education specialists will provide support to secondary students on individualized education plans (IEPs) through office hours on Schoology.

Staff are working through how to support special-education students and are looking to the state for guidance on how to comply with complex legal requirements for special-education services during extended school closures.

Middle and high school English learner students who are enrolled in in-person support classes will have a flexible learning option posted in Schoology, the district said.

High school students said they’ve mostly received straightforward work, such as assigned reading, essays, worksheets and math problem sets. Some but not all teachers are using video conferencing via Zoom (to which all teachers have access). One JLS Middle School music teacher recorded herself singing sections of a song and sent it out to students in parts for them to sing along. A Palo Alto High School film composition teacher asked students to watch a movie with her on Zoom this Friday.

According to Superintendent Don Austin, more than 100 Palo Alto Unified teachers had used Zoom for lessons or to interact with students as of Tuesday. In an interview, he said that he feels “confident” that all Palo Alto Unified students have internet access at home and will continue to check in with needy students while school is closed. Palo Alto Unified is a 1:1 district, meaning each student has access to a Chromebook laptop, which some families have been picking up from the schools this week, Austin said.

Eric Bloom, who teaches history, social science and AP macroeconomics at Palo Alto High, said teachers have not been asked to use Zoom for instruction and those who are doing so are at their own

Talk to us If you’re a Palo Alto parent or student affected by the school closures, we want to hear from you. Send an email to education reporter Elena Kadvany at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

initiative, he said. He’s thought about what it would take to teach a virtual lesson and the expectations for students learning in that way.

“I’m not cynical in the sense that it’s beyond the capacity but that’s a whole lot of things to do at the same time when we’re not supposed to be 6 feet from each other and (we are) working by ourselves at home,” Bloom said. “Perhaps one of the things that our district should think about is, how can we facilitate distance learning? If that’s a priority, let’s start developing it.”

Some students and parents have voiced concern about the lack of consistency in distance learning at this time, particularly for high school students.

“There does not seem to be any uniformity,” Jade Chao, president of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs, told the school board on Tuesday evening. “We are also seeing unequal methods used by teachers” in homework, materials and communication with students.

Gunn High School senior Claire Cheng, the school’s student board representative, said in an interview that high schoolers are largely being expected to “self-learn,” as they already do in many courses, which leaves to their discretion getting work done while school is closed.

“I’m a relatively motivated student, so I will do things. I’m worried about those students who aren’t as motivated to do this,” she said. “What I’m more worried about is when class even resumes — everyone is hypothetically going to be at different stages, especially in math.”

Other high school students said they were most motivated to stay on top of their Advanced Placement classes because of looming AP exams. Those tests remain scheduled for May 4-8 and May 11-15 for schools that will be open, which remains a question mark. The College Board, however, is considering allowing students to take the tests at home. (The organization said it will release further information by this Friday, March 20.)

Two critical exams for upperclassmen preparing to apply to college, the SAT and ACT, have

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mid a cascade of schools and districts announcing they would close to help stem the spread of the coronavirus, Santa Clara County announced on March 13 its mandatory threeweek closure of all public schools.

By Tuesday, March 17, 98.8% of schools in California had decided shutter for the time being, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Newsom also said that he anticipated schools would not reconvene this academic year, though this direction had not been made official as of Thursday.

Newsom also issued an executive order on Wednesday to waive, pending federal approval, this year’s statewide standardized testing for California’s more than 6 million public school students.

“This time is stressful enough for students, families and educators without the additional burden of annual testing,” Newsom said.

“This is an unprecedented time, and our main focus is on supporting the mental and socioemotional health of students, while continuing to provide educational opportunities such as distance learning.”

Amidst constantly changing mandates, in a matter of days school districts around the region have been tasked with switching students’ primary mode of learning, instructing teachers in how to use new platforms and ironing out plans to continue serving weekday breakfasts and lunches to their neediest students.

In the first week of distance learning in the Palo Alto Unified School District, students and parents received lists of online resources and assignments of varying types, none of which are being graded at this time.

The alternative learning options are more straightforward for elementary and middle students than high schoolers, some of whom have said they are seeing wide variation in assignments from teacher to teacher. The district is reminding students and parents at all grades that none of what’s being provided at the moment is meant to replicate full, in-person instruction — though given Newsom’s comments this week, districts throughout the state will have to tackle that soon.

The Palo Alto district sent out on Monday common study guidelines for each grade level of elementary school with suggested daily reading, writing and math activities.

Third graders, for example, should each day read for 25 to 30 minutes, practice writing in genres they’ve already been taught for about 20 minutes each day and do math

Liu Ding hands a prepackaged lunch to a student at Gunn High School on March 16. been canceled or postponed. Questions about course completion and graduation requirements for high school seniors across the state remain unanswered.

At the Tuesday school board meeting, Austin said the district’s teacher leaders are working now on planning the next phase of instruction for the secondary schools — one that “we can guarantee for students and that we have the capacity to handle.”

“If this extends much beyond that, then we’re going to have to

really start considering different options,” he said. “I don’t think anyone knows what that will look like with certainty at this point.”

Ravenswood City School District In the K-8 Ravenswood City School District, which has schools in East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park, elementary school students received take-home bags (continued on page 11)

News Digest New principals named at Gunn, Paly A current Palo Alto High School assistant principal has been tapped to lead Gunn High School and a Santa Cruz High School principal will lead Paly, the school district announced on March 13.

Wendy Stratton, who is in her first year as an assistant principal at Paly, will replace Kathie Laurence at Gunn. Laurence will become the district’s new director of secondary education services.

Santa Cruz High School Principal Brent Kline, a longtime high school principal, will replace Paly Principal Adam Paulson after he leaves at the end of the school year.

In an announcement, Superintendent Don Austin described them as “exceptional and proven leaders.”

Stratton came to Paly from the Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, where she was an assistant principal. Prior to that she worked for 10 years at Redwood High School in Larkspur as an athletic director, physical education teacher and health teacher leader.

Stratton hopes to bring momentum to efforts to better support minority and low-income students at Gunn.

In her current role at Paly, Stratton oversees special education, athletics and the entire freshman class, among other responsibilities.

Stratton holds a bachelor’s degree from Mills College in Oakland and a master’s degree from San Francisco State University.

Kline started his two decade-plus educational career as a band director at Mariner High School in Washington state. He eventually became dean of students, assistant principal and then principal, a position he held for 13 years. He’s in his fourth year as principal of Santa Cruz, which is slightly smaller than Paly with 1,150 students.

Kline holds a bachelor’s degree from California State University at Hayward and a master’s degree from Western Washington University.

The principal appointments were approved by the school board Tuesday. Q —Elena Kadvany www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • March 20, 2020 • Page 7

Upfront COMMUNITY

Life under the coronavirus On quiet streets, locals try to adjust to a new reality

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or more than a week, Palo Alto Weekly visual journalists Magali Gauthier and Sammy Dallal have been chronicling the sudden changes in life on the Midpeninsula, from emptied out streets to people finding solace in a stroll. Here are just a few of their photographs.

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The normally bustling Apple store in Palo Alto has closed until March 27.

A pedestrian and dog walk in front of house with the message “HOWDY NEIGHBORS! WE MISS U STAY SAFE” in downtown Palo Alto on March 19.

Sutter Health employees direct traffic at their facility in Palo Alto on March 19.

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Rush hour at the intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road in Palo Alto is normally packed with traffic.

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A VTA worker cleans the driver’s area on a bus at the Mountain View train station on March 18.

Lene Lauese, a staff member at the nonprofit Ecumenical Hunger Program, puts a bag of produce in a client’s car at a drive-through station set up in East Palo Alto on March 19.

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A woman walks past a marquee outside Greene Middle School that reads “Spread kindness not germs :)” in Palo Alto on March 18.

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Kenneth Looney plays pickleball by himself at the Mitchell Park outdoor squash courts in Palo Alto on March 19.

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The line of hundreds of customers starts to move as Costco opens in Mountain View on the morning of March 15. The line snaked through much of the parking lot.

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About the cover: Pedestrians, one wearing a mask as protection from the coronavirus, walk down an unusually quiet University Avenue in Palo Alto after a shutdown order took effect on Tuesday. Photo by Sammy Dallal. Design

by Doug Young.

Services (JFCS), which provides services to seniors living at home, has had to cancel all of its social programs, said Sue Tenerowicz, the organization’s interim marketing director. But it has also seen a big surge in requests from seniors who are not going out and need someone to come in and help them.

“Most of our clients are living alone and are requiring some assistance,” Tenerowicz said. “What is hard for many of them is that they are at such a high risk that they’re afraid to go out, and they don’t have any independence whatsoever.”

The nonprofit’s caregivers are trained and briefed on precautionary measures for the coronavirus, she said. Volunteers call vulnerable residents and talk to them. And social workers help senior clients perform routine but critical tasks, like buying groceries and getting to their doctor’s appointments.

“It’s a constant fire drill. But this is what we do. … This is when we pull together and we do it, because this is when our services are needed more than ever,” she said.

Tenerowicz said Bay Area residents can help by donating to social-services organizations like JFCS (the nonprofit recently canceled its annual gala, its main primary fundraising event) and by checking in on their neighbors and assisting as needed.

“One of the things people can do is reach out to their neighbors.

Keep your distance and do all that — but you can knock on a door and talk to a senior through the door, ask ‘Are you OK?’ and say ‘I’ll check on you tonight.’ At this time, we all need to do that,” Tenerowicz said.

Many neighbors are doing exactly that. Sunita de Tourreil, a downtown Palo Alto resident, reached out to several neighbors who are elderly or immunocompromised and offered to shop for them. De Tourreil has seven neighbors whom she helps out, including a group of women — three in their

“We have our instructions from the school; we’ve been working remotely for the past few weeks from work anyway, so we’re just trying to keep it business as usual,” Taylor said.

On Tuesday at midday, Ruqayyah Ernestine, who is homeless, stood outside the Bluemercury cosmetic store in a decidedly quiet downtown Palo Alto, hoping to get enough money for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If she’s lucky, she’ll have some leftover funds to set aside for a new job-interview outfit from clothing store T.J. Maxx.

“I gave myself a goal,” the former nursing assistant said. “I want to save three $20 bills over what I

70s or one in her 80s — who share an apartment.

At first, people were reluctant to take her up on her offer. Recently, they’ve reached out and accepted it.

“I think this is what needs to happen,” said de Tourreil, who has a background in microbiology. She follows a strict regimen to make sure the groceries don’t get contaminated and that she doesn’t get too close to neighbors who may be vulnerable.

“It’s not that I’m just delivering this food. There’s an intimacy and a social bond that’s there,” she said.

Joy Zhang, founder of Mon Ami, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that provides companionship to seniors by pairing them with volunteers, has recently set up a phone bank to allow anyone around the world to volunteer to make calls to socially isolated seniors. Prior to the crisis, when Mon Ami offered room visits, the nonprofit served close to 500 families, about 20% in Palo Alto.

In recent weeks, it has expanded the program to make it available to anyone across the country.

Though the phone bank is brand new, 50 people have already signed up to be volunteers and Mon Ami’s capacity now exceeds the demand, Zhang said.

Before, the volunteers were mostly college students. Now, there are different kinds of people, including San Francisco programmers who are working remotely and have more time to make calls.

Results can be profound. Nora Kusaka Herrero, a 26-year-old with a full-time job at a civil engineering firm, has recently switched from providing in-person companionship to volunteering by phone with Mon Ami. On Wednesday, she was scheduled to do a second call with a woman who is in her 80s.

“She was telling me that she had lived through the Great Depression and World War II,” said Kusaka Herrero, who like many others is now working remotely. “This is just one more thing in the book.” Q Staff writers Gennady Sheyner and Kate Bradshaw can be emailed at gsheyner@paweekly. com and kbradshaw@mv-voice. com. originally saved. I had two $50 bills and nine $20s — this was 12 weeks ago.”

Ernestine, like other individuals experiencing homelessness, is exempt from the shelter-at-home order. Though officials strongly urged homeless persons to find shelter, she prefers to stay out in the cold because she was once attacked in a shelter in New York City.

“What am I doing about all the craziness?” she asked rhetorically.

“Doing the same thing. Nothing is different for me.” Q Editorial Assistant Lloyd Lee can be emailed at llee@paweekly. com.

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by Palo Alto Weekly staff

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he biggest news this week?

The shutdown of six Bay Area counties, whose public health officials announced Monday that aggressive action is needed in order to slow the spread of the sometimes-deadly coronavirus and prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed in the days and weeks ahead.

Here’s the latest on the pandemic and how local agencies are responding.

NEW COVID-19 CASES, DEATHS: A man in his 60s died from the coronavirus on March 17, marking the sixth death in Santa Clara County, the Public Health Department announced. The man had been

hospitalized since March 5. The county confirmed 189 coronavirus cases as of March 19. On March 17, Palo Alto Unified reported a Fletcher Middle School student has tested positive for the coronavirus. In San Mateo County, 89 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and one person has died from the disease.

CITY LAUNCHES CALL CENTER: On March 18, the city of Palo Alto rolled out a Community Support Call Center where residents and businesses can find information related to the coronavirus crisis weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The center can be reached at 650-272-3181. The city has also created utility rate relief programs for residences and businesses. Utilities customers can

expect a temporary ban on service shut-offs for not paying a bill, and extended repayment plans. The city has also expanded medical rate and financial rate assistance programs to help customers in financial hardship with a 25% discount on gas and electricity charges and 20% on storm drain charges, if eligible.

The city activated its emergency operations center on March 15 and convened a meeting of the Citizen Corps Council, which provides coordination between government and community institutions including Stanford University and Healthcare, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto Unified School District, as well as business and volunteer organizations.

Palo Alto libraries and community centers and many other facilities are closed. More information can be found at cityofpaloalto.org.

NEW SYMPTOM CHECKER: Sutter Health, which includes the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, has added an online symptom assessment for COVID-19. Palo Alto Medical Foundation and other Sutter Health patients can access the assessment tool through their My Health Online portal. The platform assesses the patient’s symptoms and gives appropriate care options, from selfcare to attending a walk-in clinic to seeking emergency assistance.

EAST PALO ALTO DECLARES EMERGENCY: The East Palo Alto City Council declared a local state of emergency on Tuesday, March 17, one day after the Palo Alto City Council ratified its own emergency declaration. The declaration allows the city manager to request a federal declaration to aid residents with financial aid for losses and emergency repairs. The council will vote on additional emergency measures, including an emergency moratorium on evictions and protections for tenants, seniors, children, RV dwellers, small businesses, nonprofits, homeowners and other impacted groups at a later date. For updates on the city’s response to the coronavirus, visit facebook.com/ CityOfEastPaloAlto.

GROCERS ACCOMMODATE SENIORS: Whole Foods Market, Piazza’s Fine Foods, Country Sun Natural Foods, Safeway, Bianchini’s Market and Roberts have made special accommodations for seniors shopping at their stores on the Midpeninsula amid the public health crisis. The downtown Palo Alto Whole Foods Market at 774 Emerson St. will exclusively service customers ages 60 and older from 8 to 9 a.m. each day. The company also plans to restock shelves and sanitize surfaces after closing each day. Similarly, Piazza’s Fine Foods at 3922 Middlefield Road will give seniors priority checkout from 7 to 8 a.m. daily and is conducting

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“comprehensive cleaning, sanitizing and restocking” every day. Country Sun Natural Foods at 440 California Ave. is giving seniors special access on Wednesdays from 8 to 10 a.m.

Safeway is reserving early-morning shopping hours for seniors and other at-risk community members, including pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems. The accommodations vary by store, but the company said that all locations will designate from 7 to 9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Many grocery stores are also reducing their hours to provide time to restock and sanitize.

Target is also giving “vulnerable guests,” including seniors and people with underlying health conditions, a chance to shop at their stores for one hour on Wednesdays.

BROADCASTS TO CONTINUE: The Palo Alto-based Midpeninsula Media Center will continue to broadcast Palo Alto city and school district meetings, according to Midpen Media CEO Keri Stokstad. “Continuing this coverage is especially crucial for our cable viewers that depend on their local channels for information from their city representatives,” Stokstad told the Weekly in an email. The south Palo Alto center has cancelled classes, events and equipment reservations, among other nonessential functions.

HOUSING CONSTRUCTION CRITICIZED: Local residents have raised concerns about construction work continuing despite a shelter at home order that went into effect at midnight Tuesday. However, the public health order does allow for work related to “Essential Infrastructure,” such as public works construction and housing construction.

STAY OUT OF PLAYGROUNDS: Midpeninsula cities have advised families to keep children away from playgrounds, reinforcing a public health order. In an email Tuesday, the Magical Bridge Playground called on the public to stay out of its playground in Palo Alto and other public playgrounds in the Bay Area. “While this breaks our hearts, we know these necessary steps are needed to stop the spread of the COVID-19,” the email states. East Palo Alto’s parks, in addition to restrooms at those sites, remain open, but playgrounds have been shut down through April 7, according to a press release.

JURORS ARE EXCUSED: The Santa Clara County Superior Court is minimizing its services during the coronavirus shutdown. The clerk’s office will be closed to the public. Potential jurors scheduled to appear March 16-30 for service are excused and mustn’t arrive at court.

Empaneled jurors already in trial will receive instruction on a case-by-case basis. The court strongly encourages social distancing and using CourtCall (1-888-88-COURT) to appear telephonically whenever possible.

CORONAVIRUS TESTING: Verily, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has launched an online tool to help screen patients for COVID-19 testing. The tool, called Project Baseline, triages people

who are concerned about their COVID-19 risk and sends them to testing sites if they fit criteria based on their symptoms, according to an announcement by the company. The pilot program is available to residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties who can take the screener survey starting Monday, March 16. To use the screening tool, visit projectbaseline.com.

FREE SCHOOL MEALS: In light of Santa Clara County school closures, announced on March 13, both the Palo Alto Unified and Ravenswood City school districts are providing free meals for all students at pickup sites during the school closures.

More information about the Palo Alto Unified meals and pick-up locations can be found at pausd.org and Ravenswood at ravenswoodschools. org.

EMERGENCY RELIEF: The Ravenswood Education Foundation has launched an emergency fund to provide financial relief related to the school closures for families, teachers and staff in the Ravenswood City School District in East Palo Alto. The district is working to identify needs for the funds, including food access and distribution; support with rent, bills and groceries; and distance learning.

As of March 19, the fund had raised $150,000.

STANFORD HEALTH CARE COVID-19 TESTING: Stanford Health Care announced on March 15, that drivethrough appointments for COVID-19 test are now available for patients who have been referred by their medical providers. Patients remain in their cars for the tests, which take a few minutes and are administered by a physician, advanced practice provider or nurse outfitted in protective clothing, including a gown, goggles, mask and gloves, Stanford Health Care said. Patients will be notified of their COVID-19 test results within 24 hours; if the result is positive, their doctors will make sure they get appropriate care, which can range from hospitalization for people showing severe symptoms to telemedicine visits and self-quarantine for those with mild cases. The drive-through tests are available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week. Patients can call 650-498-9000 to speak with a nurse who will assess the next step for their care.

MASS TRANSIT SCALES BACK: Caltrain reduced its weekday service “in response to a significant decline in ridership stemming from efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus” as of March 17. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), which plans and operates the county’s road and transit network on March 16 reduced its capacity on its light rail vehicles, running one-car trains instead of two- and three-car trains. Q

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are exempt under Monday’s public health order closing most Bay Area businesses. However, Embarcadero Media has directed its employees to work mostly from home for their own safety unless it is impossible to get essential work done.

“We will be assessing our capacity to continue producing both a home-delivered printed newspaper and our widely used website as the coronavirus crisis continues,” Johnson said. “Much will depend on our success at increasing the number of paid subscribers to offset falloffs in advertising.

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and visit open spaces, Dueker said.

Those venturing out are asked to stay at least 6 feet away from others.

And while the order requires residents to work from home (or not work at all) until April 7, it also makes an exception for those in “essential functions,” a category that includes — but isn’t limited to — emergency responders and utility employees who are critical to the city-run electricity, gas and water operations.

The city issued a statement Wednesday underscoring that while public health orders can be enforced criminally, that is a measure of “absolute last resort for the Palo Alto Police Department.”

“The priority for our police officers will always be to educate and then ask for compliance with any public health order, and we are confident that our residents, businesses, and visitors will do their part to comply with temporary restrictions,” the Wednesday announcement states. “The Palo Alto Police Departmentís patrol division will continue to be out and about in the community, ready to respond to any calls for service that may come in.”

The city also announced that it will lift several parking restrictions, including enforcement for timed parking. It is also suspending the residential parking permit program, which limits parking for non-residents on residential streets unless they have permits.

City Manager Ed Shikada said he is planning for what he expects to be at least a “multimonth” situation.

As such, the city is trying to minimize person-to-person interaction

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with books at their reading level, writing prompts, math exercises and login information for online learning programs. Middle schoolers will have access to online learning through the Summit Learning Platform. The Ravenswood Education Foundation worked with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to obtain 300 WiFi hotspots for families in need of internet access, prioritizing

Johnson said that traffic to PaloAltoOnline.com, the Weekly’s website, has exploded over the last two weeks, with more than 700,000 unique visitors in the last 30 days, about double the normal volume.

Embarcadero Media’s other Peninsula newspapers, the Mountain View Voice and Menlo Park Almanac, will temporarily suspend their print editions next week so that their staffs can focus entirely on online reporting, Johnson said.

Those suspensions will continue until the coronavirus crisis has been brought under control, businesses reopen and consumer activity resumes.

“As an advertising-dependent

business, it is simply not viable to continue absorbing the high costs of printing and mailing each of our newspapers in this environment,” Johnson said. “Our hope is that readers and major community institutions will recognize the important role we play and step up to help stabilize all three news organizations with subscriptions and institutional memberships.”

“That will help us shift our revenue model from one dependent on struggling small businesses to one that relies on readers each contributing a modest amount of as little as $5 per month,” Johnson said. Q Readers can sign up to become subscribing members at Palo AltoOnline.com/subscribe.

between employees. Dueker said the Fire Department’s natural structure, with rotating shifts, allowed the city to require those firefighters and paramedics who are currently on training and planning assignments to telecommute. The city had implemented that measure several days before the county’s March 16 order, Dueker said.

Fire Chief Blackshire said the Fire Department has been putting together “plan after plan after plan” for what to do if it runs low on protective gear. Though the department has been transporting many patients with symptoms that are associated with COVID-19, there haven’t been any “red flags” for paramedics because they’ve been able to protect themselves with appropriate equipment, Blackshire told the council.

He called the shortage of protective equipment across the country a “national crisis.”

“If there’s anything to worry about, that’s it. But we’re on top of it,” Blackshire assured council members.

Dueker also said the city is following guidance from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and planning for an absenteeism rate of 40% or more.

“It’s absolutely one of the many contingencies we’re trying to work on,” Dueker said.

Shikada said the city’s police and utilities departments are following a similar strategy to the Fire Department in protecting essential staff, minimizing interaction and the sharing of equipment and vehicles.

Jonsen said that, to protect the health of Police Department employees, public tours and police ridealongs are discontinued. For nonemergency services, members of the public who are ill are being asked to

stay home and call the department at 650-329-2413. The department is modifying patrol operations for nonemergency calls so that they can be completed by phone and video.

“We have staff that really is essential and we’re trying to do our best ... to protect their well-being,” Jonsen said. “They are resources that we’re going to need all the way through this. Hopefully, we’ll be able to sustain our workforce. And if not, we’ll modify and adapt.”

Emergency responders and council members acknowledged that their ability to respond is limited, given the scope of the crisis and the functions that the city and the state are playing. They also agreed that the city needs to have a consistent communication channel with the public. To help with that, the city launched on Wednesday afternoon its Community Support Call Center, which allows the public to find answers to coronavirus questions. The center can be accessed at 650-2723181. It will be open Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

City leaders also acknowledged that with the pandemic still in its early stages, much about it remains unknown. Dueker told the council that the city is in “uncharted territory.” The pandemic, he said, is different from the typical emergencies that responders plan for, including earthquakes, major crimes and cyberattacks. His biggest concern, he said, is “what we don’t know — the unknown unknowns.”

“We’ve been a little bit ahead, but we can’t confuse lucky with being good,” Dueker said. “There may be other shoes that drop that are hard for us to imagine.” Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

middle school students to make sure they can get onto Summit while the schools are closed.

While schools are closed temporarily, students and families in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto will still have access to free meals provided by the public school districts. Both districts are offering daily drive-through meal pickup at designated school sites.

Students in Palo Alto Unified’s Voluntary Transfer Program (VTP) who live in East Palo Alto can pick up meals at Ravenswood schools and do not have to go to

Palo Alto pickup sites. Palo Alto Unified also is delivering meals to students who live in the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.

Ravenswood is offering meals to any children 18 years and younger in East Palo Alto, regardless of whether they attend district schools, and also is offering home delivery for families who cannot make it to the schools. Q A broader article comparing distance learning at 10 local districts can be read at PaloAlto Online.com.

EDITORIAL

Message from the publisher Why your support is needed, at this pivotal moment, to sustain local journalism

by Bill Johnson

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hese are frightening and disorienting times, and on behalf of our organization I wish you and your families the strength we all need to get through the weeks and months ahead. I’m afraid the impacts will be profound but am equally confident that we will pull together to get through it.

Local news organizations and the journalists who work so hard to provide their communities with reliable and thoughtful news were facing financial challenges long before the COVID-19 crisis hit.

But today’s public health emergency, and the economic devastation that threatens all small businesses, may very well be the final blow that ends local journalism as we know it.

Across the country, even local newspapers that are adapting to the migration of readers to the web and are successfully transitioning from print publishing to online publishing face an existential threat to their survival.

We, unfortunately, are among them. But since we are betting our future on you — loyal readers who understand the importance of an independent press to our democracy — we remain optimistic.

I started our company 40 years ago with the help of 14 local residents who believed in the need for an independent and locally owned newspaper that would be responsive to the community and dedicated to producing thoughtful, quality journalism that is trusted and respected.

We’ve successfully managed our way through many economic ups and downs, including the dot com bust, the launch of Craigslist, Google and Facebook, 9/11, the 2008 financial collapse and Great Recession and many other challenges large and small. And we were at the forefront of the news industry back in 1994, when we became the first in the nation to publish our entire editorial content on the web, and have become essential to our communities.

We have expanded our editorial staff to deepen our reporting and to provide coverage of news as it happens.

But the COVID-19 crisis represents, by far, the greatest threat to the survival of good local news organizations. While advertising revenues are plummeting, the work we do has never been more urgent. Our reporters and editors have been working around the clock to keep you informed on every angle of this terrible story, now working mostly from home but venturing out into the community when necessary.

If readers who value journalism don’t step up to support their local newspapers and their websites now, many will become additional victims of the coronavirus crisis.

Local news has been funded primarily by the advertising of independent local retail businesses.

But as local retail has struggled, cut its ad budgets and all too often gone out of business, most local newspapers across the country have had to cut costs, usually by reducing staff, to stay in business.

It’s a recipe for failure because when staffs are cut, good journalism isn’t possible and readership quickly evaporates.

We are determined not to let that be our fate. This community needs the Palo Alto Weekly and PaloAltoOnline.com.

Our ask is simple: Please join your many neighbors and support the work of our staff in bringing you the local news. For as little as $5 per month, you can make a difference. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com/subscribe to get your subscription membership started.

Thank you, and best wishes to all of you doing what’s needed to support each other and to get through this difficult time. Q Email Bill Johnson at bjohnson@paweekly.com.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to get a verbal update about the cityís response to the COVID-19 health emergency, discuss the cityís direction for placing a business tax on the 2020 ballot and consider adopting an urgency ordinance prohibiting eviction of residential and commercial tenants. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. Residents interested in viewing the meeting are encouraged to do so on TV (Channel 26), on 90.1 KZSU radio or by livestream at https:// midpenmedia.org/category/government/city-of-palo-alto/.

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The new normal: Life during the coronavirus crisis Ordinary people share how they’re coping during these extraordinary times

by Linda Taaffe, Sue Dremann, Karla Kane, Kali Shiloh and Kate Bradshaw

Esther Tiferes Tebeka Wuhan quarantine survivor For Palo Alto resident Esther Tiferes Tebeka, the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Santa Clara County is deja vu.

Tebeka was in Wuhan, China when the coronavirus outbreak began back in January. She and her eldest daughter arrived there for a one-month visit starting Jan. 1, just one day after the first case was announced.

The panic, fear, isolation and bare grocery store shelves in the Bay Area are all too familiar, she said. Although she remained positive throughout her initial ordeal and two weeks of quarantine on an air reserve base in southern California, she feels less positive back in the U.S. “When I’m shopping, I no longer feel safe. I predicted what’s happening now. This crazy shopping has created the best chance for the coronavirus to spread out,” she said.

She sees the aisles packed with frantic shoppers at the Mountain View Costco, and she can’t understand why people aren’t protecting their faces.

“If they were in Wuhan, trust me, they would put on a mask.

Do you think the virus is going to spare you because you are rich or because you are strong?”

In Wuhan, everyone wore face masks. Tebeka also still wears one when she goes out. She doesn’t agree with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advice that wearing a mask won’t help prevent contracting the disease, she said.

Tebeka is a healer, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and acupuncturist. Her business,

Kerry Boynton is a health care worker in Mountain View.

Esther Tiferes Tebeka and her daughter left Wuhan, China, on a cargo plane last month to escape the novel coronavirus outbreak. Now back in Palo Alto, they are facing life in lockdown for a second time.

Tiferes Medical Acupuncture, experienced cancellations due to coronavirus fears.

“Overall, there’s a big hit. It’s going to be a challenge this year.

But we still have to pay the rent,” she said.

Her children are doing alright with their home schooling, using online services for their lessons.

She is managing her household by paying the children for their chores and making sure they do their homework, she said.

Tebeka didn’t wait for her children’s school to officially close.

She took her younger daughter and son out of their private school even before the mandated school closures; she purchased a plane ticket and flew her eldest daughter home from boarding school in Chicago after classes

As one of the first people to were suspended. On short notice, the one-way ticket was costly, she return from China and to live in said, but higher costs and incon- quarantine, Tebeka also faced veniences are things she takes in people’s concerns after her release. She had outed herself stride in the COVID-19 age.

“You can’t take a chance,” she publicly, granting multiple interviews while in quarantine and said.

The same concerns she felt in afterward, so everyone knew she had come from Wuhan she feels today infected Wuhan. in Palo Alto, and she At first, she felt expects things to get ‘There’s no worse as the virus ex- such thing as the eyes upon her of some people who pands and people beoverreacting were a bit wary. come more scared.

Tebeka sought to as“The danger is not to this.’ sure people she was necessarily the coronavirus, per se, but the panic and safe to be around by self-quarantining for an additional week chaos,” she said.

After seeing what happened in at home.

Those concerns seem to have China, Tebeka said people can’t abated, she said. “That’s a good be too careful.

“There’s no such thing as over- sign,” she said. Q reacting to this,” she said.

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Kerry Boynton

at-risk patients from contracting saw increased foot traffic from the coronavirus. (Many of the people worried that they may appointments will be conducted have come down with the disease, she said. Boynton estimatover the telephone instead.)

“Suddenly, it’s a ghost town,” ed that the clinic screened about four people a day to Boynton said. “We see if they should be only have one door open, and it’s moni- ‘Yes, we are tested for COVID-19.

“And mind you, I tored by our managhave a small clinic ers. And you’re not al- scared.’ compared to the big lowed to even enter the building if you have any cold or hospitals,” said Boynton, whose flu symptoms. So unless there’s clinic does not provide emersome emergency, we don’t want gency care, urgent care or afterhours care and is not a testing site people coming in.

“But if we don’t have patients for the coronavirus.

Boynton said the stress level coming in, what are we doing here? All of us employees are has been the most noticeable very worried. It’s a big concern.” change at work.

There’s conversation about The sudden change seems especially amplified because during previous weeks, the clinic

Health care worker

Courtesy of Kerry Boynton

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Photo courtesy of Esther Tiferes Tebeka

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hen Esther Tiferes Tebeka and her 15-year-old daughter returned home from Wuhan, China, last month after being on lockdown, the Palo Alto mother was relieved to escape the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak and get back to a normal life.

She thought the ordeal was behind her, but now weeks later, Tebeka is trapped for a second time by the virus that has spread across the globe. She is among the nearly 7 million residents in six Bay Area counties who were ordered to shelter at home at the start of this week to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, which has spiked in the region in recent days. As of Wednesday afternoon, Santa Clara County reported 175 confirmed cases and six deaths; and San Mateo reported 80 cases and its first death.

In a span of one week, the coronavirus outbreak has created a new reality along the Midpeninsula: Schools have shut down, Stanford University students have been ordered off campus, all concerts and sports events have been canceled, tech campuses are empty and most residents are now stuck at home.

Life as we knew it has come to a screeching halt.

As residents adjust to the new normal over the next few weeks, the Weekly plans to share personal stories of how ordinary people are coping during these extraordinary times.

This week, we talked to Tebeka as well as a health care worker on the frontline, a gig worker weighing the risks of making deliveries, Stanford University students facing eviction and an artistic director who had to cancel his first premiere. Here are their stories.

On most days during her 22 years as a medical assistant on the frontline at a medical clinic in Mountain View, Kerry Boynton has greeted a steady stream of patients at the front desk, gotten them settled into an examination room and taken their vitals.

Not this week: The lobby is empty. The halls are quiet. And nobody off the street is walking through the doors.

On Tuesday, March 10, the internal medicine clinic locked its downtown doors and canceled most in-person appointments scheduled for the next two months as a precautionary measure to protect potentially

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they support the measures taken by the university, the disruptions come at a critical time in the school year when they already are under substantial academic pressure.

“There’s a petition being signed by students for the finals to be canceled,” Michael said last week.

“There are people being stressed about what they’re going to do, if they’re going to go or stay here — there’s a lot going on.”

When the spring quarter commences on March 30, the students said they are worried where they might be taking classes: Williamson could be taking Stanford classes from his childhood bedroom on the East Coast; Michael could be sitting alone in a desolate dorm.

All of them are coming to terms with the possibility of learning without going to school. None of them have experienced anything like this before, they said. They’re just trying to figure it out. Q

Daniel Nguyen, Kendall Williamson, Haile Michael and Emily Yuan were among the handful of students still living on campus at Stanford University at the end of last week. Most of their 7,000 classmates left in droves on Wednesday, March 11, after the university canceled in-person classes and asked undergraduate students to leave the campus by the end of winter quarter this Friday, if possible, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Stanford University senior Jeffrey Chang, 21, was among the nearly university announced that classes 7,000 students who packed up their belongings and headed home on will not meet in person during March 11 after the university asked students to leave campus. By the spring quarter until further notice. end of the week, only a handful of students remained on campus.

“If they tell us to stay home, and then they tell us they want us “I would have to buy another her,” Yuan said. “If she’s (in Hong to come back to campus, (plane) tickets are going to be very expen- plane ticket to go back home,” he Kong) doing online classes, she sive,” Nguyen said last week as he said, explaining that he’d booked has to become nocturnal because paused from his four-person game his flight for after finals week all the classes are between midof basketball on the virtually va- before in-person classes were night and 6 a.m. for her.”

Although the students said canceled. “Do I really have the ficant campus.

— Kali Shiloh The freshman said he plans to nances to do that right now? Problive in his dorm until his finals are ably not.”

For Michael, going home means over at the end of the week.

“It’s kind of on us just to study traveling halfway around the for the finals at this point,” he world to Ethiopia.

“There’s 11 hours difference said. “They’re giving us review between my home materials, so people and here,” said the are pretty much lookfreshman. Just the ing at that, but no one really has an incentive ‘It’s kind of on thought of manto watch the (pre-re- us just to study aging his finals the beginning corded) lectures.” for the finals at and Although Avenidas has temporarily of spring quarter Williamson, a sophfrom such a great omore who planned to this point.’ closed its three facilities to help contain distance convinced fly home to Georgia and mitigate the COVID-19 virus, Seniors this week, said he has struggled him to continue living in his camcan still turn to Avenidas for information, to take advantage of the online pus dorm indefinitely, despite the resources and lectures that pro- threat of the coronavirus. resources, support, or just a friendly voice!

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“My roommate was saying she the cost of leaving early was prohas her final, but it’s at 3 a.m. for hibitive for him.

released new guidelines earlier that day recommending that Theater director mass gatherings maintain “social It was supposed to be a time of distancing” of 6 feet between celebration at the Pear Theatre attendees.

In the intimate Pear space, in Mountain View. Tickets to the opening weekend of “The Curi- with around 80% of seats already booked, that ous Incident of the simply wouldn’t be Dog in the Nightpossible. So, Jones Time,” based on ‘It’s a little bit and the Pear board the popular novel, were selling well. heartbreaking.’ made the difficult decision to cancel Theatergoers, cast and crew alike were looking for- opening weekend, reception and ward to the reception planned for all. By the following day, Santa Clara County had banned gathFriday, March 13.

Instead, on Thursday, new Ex- erings of more than 100 people. ecutive Artistic Director Sinjin And on the following Monday, Jones found himself alone at the Santa Clara was among six Bay theater, answering emails and Area counties to issue a stay-atcalls from disappointed patrons. home order limiting all activity, Because of the COVID-19 travel and business functions to outbreak, the California De- only the most essential need.

“It sucks, but it’s the right thing partment of Public Health had

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the disease all the time, she said.

About every four hours, the staff has to huddle with management to get updated on the newest information that is coming out and figure out new workflows and processes depending on what kind of symptoms people coming through the doors had.

“So that’s constantly changing,” she said. “First they told us to stay 3 feet away. Then they told us 6 feet away in the early stages when they weren’t sure if it was airborne. Now we are being instructed to try and stay 3 feet away from (patients), but how do you do that when you’re taking their vital signs, doing EKGs on them, swabbing their throat for strep cultures?”

Everyone is washing their hands so often that “we all have hands that are like sandpaper,” she added.

Boynton said, at one point, many of the health care workers had to do their jobs without disposable protective masks after the clinic decided to put all masks under lock and key because of a supply shortage. The clinic needed to conserve the masks for people coming in with the cold and flu, she explained.

Early last week, her department received a box of masks, which she said was enough for about 13 staff members and eight doctors.

To avoid bringing potential work hazards home at the end of their shifts, Boynton said, “All of us at work, we decided that our scrubs come off almost before we even come in the door because they do get contaminated, and we don’t want to bring anything into the house with us. We are washing and washing and washing with hot water as soon as we get home.”

This has created anxiety among everybody, she said.

“And yes, we are scared, but there’s plenty of people out there with lots of health problems that still need us … so that’s what gets me motivated to go in.”

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to do,” Jones told the Weekly.

“People are being really lovely about understanding that it’s in everyone’s best interest. I think it’s going to get worse before it gets better. We just want to make sure we’re on top of it.”

Jones said he is holding out hope that the show might be able to go on at a later date, but the nonprofit will take “a pretty big financial hit” regardless.

“It’s not even about money for us. We’ve worked hard; we think the show is great,” he said.

Even if the production does eventually make it to the stage in the future, “There’s no way we’re going to get the number through the door to see the show that we would have otherwise,” he said.

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Upfront Vanessa Bain Gig worker

Public Notices 995 Fictitious Name Statement MAYVIEW COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PALO ALTO A MEMBER OF RAVENSWOOD FAMILY HEALTH NETWORK FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN663761 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Mayview Community Health Center Palo Alto A Member of Ravenswood Family Health Network, located at 270 Grant Avenue, Suite 102, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SOUTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. 1885 Bay Road East Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 20, 2020.

(PAW Feb. 28; Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2020) MR. ELECTRIC OF PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN663684 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Mr. Electric Of Palo Alto, located at 1814 Armand Dr., Milpitas, CA 95035, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: A Corporation.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): SAITAMA INC. 1814 Armand Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/17/2020.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on February 18, 2020.

(PAW Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2020) SUPREME PAINTING AND MORE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.: FBN664539 The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Supreme Painting And More, located at 888 McCreery Ave., San Jose, CA 95116, Santa Clara County.

This business is owned by: An Individual.

The name and residence address of the registrant(s) is(are): HECTOR A. CASTILLO 888 McCreery Ave. San Jose, CA 95116 Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 03/10/2020.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on March 10, 2020.

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ORDER FOR PUBLICATION Case Number: D19-03305 Publication Granted: The court finds that the respondent cannot be served in any other manner specified in the California

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA Case No.: D19-03305 DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLICATION OR POSTING OF SUMMONS DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR PUBLICATION/POSTING I, KEVIN WOMACK, declare: I am the Petitioner in this action.

My last contact with Respondent December of 2012, was as follows: Since that time I have made a thorough, systematic and good faith investigation to determine his/her whereabouts as follows: I have made reasonable, diligent efforts to effect service by mail including service at the Respondent’s last known mailing address as follows: I tried serve Respondant at last known address at 8243 Grand Staff Drive, Sacramento, CA 95823.

I have asked relatives, friends, co-tenants, the occupants of any real estate involved in the litigation and others likely to know of the Respondent’s whereabouts as follows: I have had contact with any relatives of respondant since 2003. Any contact infor to relatives no longer work. Her father’s last known residence was in Palo Alto.

I have made searches of local, telephone, and internet-based directories and social network sites as follows: I have tried to contact respondant on facebook and last known address. I got last known address from background check.

On facebook her last current last address location was in East Palo Alto.

I have searched the county assessor’s real and personal property index and the county recorder’s office for the locale where the Respondent was last known to have resided, owned property, or conducted a business as follows: Went to Sacramento County Hall of records to search for Respondant and found that Respondant had a Domestic Violence case, however no address.

I have contacted the Respondent’s last known place of business as follows: There is no last place of business.

In the alternative, I have obtained the services of a professional searcher who has made the necessary investigation. A true and complete copy of the report prepared by this investigator is attached hereto.

No Professional searcher. Did a Background Check online.

To the best of my knowledge, no person or entity other than as mentioned above knows or is likely to know the whereabouts of the Respondent and I know of no other source from which his/her whereabouts may be ascertained.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on 1/6/2020 at Martinez, California.

Signed: ____________________ Petitioner

‘We don’t have the option of not working.’

Because of the increased orders, Instacart and other delivery-based app businesses have begun to offer contract workers extra incentives to make deliveries. For the first time in a long time, the demand for shopping and delivery is greater than the supply, she said.

But these incentives have a dark side, said Bain, who’s become known widely as a leader in the campaign for gig worker rights.

“It’s luring us into a situation that’s actually putting us in danger,” she said.

People who work for delivery services on top of other jobs, who have other sources of income in their household, are more likely to weigh the risks of making deliveries in this area — a pandemic hotspot in the U.S. — and, wisely, stay inside instead, she said.

But, she said, “For people like

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the options of getting a refund or donating the ticket cost back to the Pear.

“So far, we have had a good number of folks who have chosen to donate their tickets. It’s a nice feeling,” he said. “We can only hope that if and when this production gets up and running, the patrons are still as excited to see the show. Right now, the health concerns are going to far outweigh that.”

Vanessa Bain, a gig worker who makes deliveries for Instacart, said last week that work was busier than ever. myself who rely on this income pretty much exclusively to live, we don’t have the option of not working for a week, or two or three weeks, until we feel safe to work again.”

Many apps have also launched a “contactless” delivery option for customers that allow delivery workers to drop items off at the door without coming into close proximity with the customers.

But that doesn’t fully eliminate a customer’s risk of exposure to the new coronavirus, she said.

The shopper and delivery workers are still coming into contact with the ordered items and with their surroundings.

“We’re still touching all of their

items, carts and (pin)pads,” she said.

While a number of deliverybased app companies have issued statements that they will provide workers up to 14 days’ pay in the case of a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis, she said she wants more clarity about what that really means. What is 14 days’ pay to a contract worker who isn’t even guaranteed the minimum wage?

And what about all the people who come down with symptoms that align with COVID-19 but aren’t able to get tested? Q Note: On March 17, Bain decided to follow the shelter-inplace order and stopped making deliveries.

— Kate Bradshaw

Regardless of what happens, “We will continue to pay anyone involved with the show what they’re owed, whether the show opens or not,” Jones said, adding that the people working behind the ticket counter and at concession stands are a mix of staff and volunteers.

Though the organization will suffer financially, “Emotionally, the actors and the crew have been most impacted,” he said.

“It’s a little bit heartbreaking to be working so hard on a show and then to have it be ripped out from underneath people. We

have a phenomenal cast; they’ve been really thoughtful and kind during this whole process.”

As news of the coronavirus pandemic has steadily spread and escalated, he said, the possibility of having to cancel performances became very real, very quickly.

“It wasn’t a surprise, but that doesn’t make it less painful. We have to keep repeating the mantra that we want to do what’s best in terms of health,” he said.

Jones said they have discussed other options for presenting the production, including recording or livestreaming performances, but due to the complications involved with theater copyrights, it is not feasible at this time.

As he worked alone in the thoroughly sanitized theater last week —”I don’t think it could smell any more like cleanser” — Jones said he was putting some things, including grant proposals, plans for an upcoming season gala and ticket sales for next season, on hold to concentrate on answering patrons’ questions and handling ticket issues.

“It’s quite the whirlwind,” the Redwood City resident said.

Since joining the Pear in January, curve balls such as the coronavirus and California Assembly Bill 5, which puts new restrictions on freelance workers, have been unexpected challenges.

“It’s part of the work. As long as I feel confident we’re being responsible, it’s all worth it in the end,” he said. Q — Karla Kane

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at higher volumes than usual. Plus, the items many customers request are in limited supply — hand sanitizers, face masks, toilet paper and Tylenol — which can be frustrating for both shoppers and people making the orders.

“Our work has been incredibly busy and incredibly demanding,” she said.

Sammy Dallal

Work is busier than ever for Vanessa Bain, a full-time gig worker who lives in Menlo Park.

Last week, while making deliveries for Instacart, she did her best to reduce her risk of catching or transmitting COVID-19, sanitizing her hands often and wearing gloves.

Bain is a delivery person providing essential services to those who need food and other necessities, and is exempt from the shelter-at-home order that went into effect on Tuesday in six Bay Area counties, including San Mateo and

Santa Clara, to limit social interactions among residents for three weeks.

Bain works primarily for Instacart but also occasionally delivers for Caviar, Uber Eats and DoorDash. Her husband works for Caviar, Uber Eats and Postmates.

Instacart is an app that customers can use to order groceries or other goods and have them delivered.

Demand for delivery services in areas such as Seattle, the Bay Area and New York City has risen about twentyfold recently, she said.

As a shopper and deliverer on the ground, she said, this means that there are more orders placed

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. Ă&#x; ““œ“•˜“”

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â—Â™Â˜Ă Â˜ÂœÂ˜Â›Ă› 650.740.7954 . Ă&#x; Â“Â“ÂœÂ—Â™Â™Â›ÂšĂ› ““œ˜•™˜š

Greg Celotti & Candi Athens

Colleen Foraker Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â–Â›Â“Ă Â“Â“Â›Â˜ colleen.foraker@ compass.com . Ă&#x; “”–—œ“œœ

PALO ALTO $3,850,000

SAN CARLOS $3,600,000

Sold! WpsdoWK -tOOb bbO 8WKsdoWBb — JOModdaÛ • JBsVodda home in the heart of downtown Palo Alto!

Coming Soon! BJt_dtp — JOM l_tp dT KOĂ› Â–Ă Â˜ JBsVĂ› Â—Ă›Â˜Â˜Â˜Ä°ĂŚĂ¸ pT VdaOĂ› plOKsBKt_Bo ”•Û—”—İÌø pT _dsĂ› ntWOs Kt_øMOøpBKĂ› _OyO_ JBK^|BoMĂ› dtspsBbMWbU bOWUVJdoVddMĂ

Â™Â˜Â“Ă ÂšÂ—Â“Ă Â”Â˜Â›Â“Ă› Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â˜Â“Â—Ă Â•Â›Â•Â— . Ă&#x; “”–™“”“–Û “”œš–”•“

Harry Chang Â—Â”Â˜Ă Â™ÂœÂœĂ ÂœÂ“ÂœÂ• . Ă&#x; “•“•˜—›”

Shari Ornstein Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â›Â”Â—Ă Â™Â™Â›Â•

Charlene Chang Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â›Â”Â—Ă Â•ÂœÂ”Â– . Ă&#x; “”–˜–˜œ—

LOS ALTOS $3,800,000

MENLO PARK CALL FOR PRICE

1646 Dallas Court. 5 BR/4BA Cape Cod custom built by Komo dbpsotKsWdbĂ {ntWpWsOĂ› VWUV ntB_Ws| MOsBW_p BbM zdo^aBbpVWlĂ Meticulously maintained.

/dlVWpsWKBsOMĂ› oObdyBsOM — JM̖ JB VdaO db JOBtsWTt__| _BbMpKBlOM Â”ÂœĂ›Â›Â“Â“ pnĂ TsĂ _ds Bs ObM dT Kt_øMOøpBK zWsV Bp daWsBp and La Entrada Schools.

shari.ornstein@compass. com . Ă&#x; “”“•›™œ–

Leika Kejriwal Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â•Â”Â›Ă Â˜Â–Â—Â˜ . Ă&#x; ““œ—•—›•

Alan Dunckel Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â—Â“Â“Ă Â“Â–Â•Âš alan.dunckel@compass. com . Ă&#x; ““›™™“”“

PALO ALTO $3,795,000

PALO ALTO CALL FOR PRICE

Coming Soon! š›› doOps yOĂ ÂšĂ›Â˜Â“Â“ pT _dsĂ› •Û“—™ pT _WyWbUĂ› – JOMpĂ› • JBsV #_M 9do_M VBoa Wb KdbyObWObs daatbWs| ObsOoĂ #lOb ‚ddo l_BbĂ WUV OW_WbUĂ WbtsOp BzB| sd Mdzbsdzb 3bWyOopWs| Ave.

Coming Soon! VBoaWbU sVoOOøJOModdaÛ szd JBsV VdaO db B ntBosOo BKoO _dsà /OoObO oOO^pWMO _dKBsWdb Wb oOOb BJ_Opà 9B_^ to top ranked schools.

compass.com Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoWÂ OMĂ VBbUOp Wb loWKOĂ› KdbMWsWdbĂ› pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOĂ !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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Arti Miglani Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â›Â“Â—Ă Â™ÂœÂ—Â• . Ă&#x; “””˜““›˜

Os B VOBM psBos  bMWbU |dto VdaO Bs KdalBppà Kda

Sophie Tsang

Supriya Gavande

650.687.7388

650.556.3890

sophie@compass.com DRE # 01399145

PALO ALTO $3,230,000

SAN CARLOS CALL FOR PRICE

Sold! Charming new construction near California Ave. Quality  bWpVOp BbM BssObsWdb sd MOsBW_pà WUV zB_^ pKdoOà 9B_^WbU distance to California Ave, Train stop, restaurants. Bike to schools.

Sold! Gorgeous new construction 3,550 SQ FT home featuring 4 bedrooms & 4.5 bath. Luxurious home in the heart of the +ObWbpt_B zWsV aBUbWÂ KObs KBb|db BbM VW__p yWOzpĂ B__ /tloW|B for price and more info. Represented buyer.

supriya.gavande@ compass.com DRE # 01856590

Stacey Woods 650.793.4583 DRE # 02002137

Hebe Li 415.866.4799 tophebeli@gmail.com DRE # 02024787

SARATOGA $3,200,000

PALO ALTO $3,120,000

20380 Hill Ave, Saratoga. Large vacant lot in the famous Villa Montalvo area. This 1.08 acre (buyer to verify) site gives you an excellent opportunity to build your dream home in the Saratoga Hills. Above art is rendering.

Sold! 3 bed/2bath stately English country home in Green Gables on desirable street. Two story home with garden views on 6600+/sq ft lot.

Claire Zhou

Ray Hogue 650.964.3722 DRE # 01980343

Desiree Docktor

650.245.5698

650.291.8487

claire.zhou@compass. com DRE # 01143296

PALO ALTO $3,199,000

PALO ALTO CALL FOR PRICE

Absolutely adorable single-story house on a tree-lined private street in highly desirable Green Gables neighborhood of North Palo Alto. This ranch style property boasts extensive updates throughout. Close to top ranked Palo Alto schools.

Coming Soon! Gorgeous atrium style Eichler with 3 bedrooms 2 JBsVpÛ TOBstoWbU Bb dlOb ‚ddo l_BbÛ _dsp dT _WUVs� {KO__Obs +B_d Alto Schools.

desiree.docktor@ compass.com DRE # 01808874

Colleen Foraker

Arti Miglani

650.380.0085

650.804.6942 Arti@ArtiMiglani.com DRE # 01150085

PALO ALTO $3,195,000 Sold! This Mid Century Modern Home with 14000 sq ft out of the ‚ddM dbOĂ› Wb Boodb +Bo^Ă› JBK^WbU sd sVO d_ +Bo^Ă

PALO ALTO $3,020,000

colleen.foraker@ compass.com DRE # 01349099

Sold! Classic storybook cottage in prestigious Crescent Park!

compass.com Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoWÂ OMĂ VBbUOp Wb loWKOĂ› KdbMWsWdbĂ› pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOĂ !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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Compass Campaign

Carol Carnevale & Nicole Aron

Julie Tsai Law 650.799.8888

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â—Â™Â˜Ă Â˜ÂœÂ˜Â›Ă› 650.740.7954 . Ă&#x; Â“Â“ÂœÂ—Â™Â™Â›ÂšĂ› 00952657

PALO ALTO $3,010,000

PALO ALTO $2,798,000

Sold! 2VWp —JOM̕JBsV VdaO KBlstoOp sVO OppObKO dT WKV_OoĆp creative vision and simplicity of design.

Sold! _OUBbs_| oOadMO_OM œ O{lBbMOM VdaO bOBo WMsdzbÛ —

OModdapĂ› – BsVoddapĂ› BodtbM ”Û™–™ / db İÌø™Û”™“ / _dsĂ

John Forsyth James

Denise Simons 650.269.0210

650.218.4337 John@JohnForsythJames. com DRE # 01138400

julie@julietsailaw.com DRE # 01339682

LOS ALTOS HILLS $2,988,000

PALO ALTO CALL FOR PRICE

Wonderful large 3 acre lot with great mountain views and bay yWOzpĂ OyO_ JtW_MWbU lBMĂ Â˜Ă›Â“Â“Â“ /nĂ sĂ Ĺ“ ÂšĂ›Â˜Â“Â“ /nĂ sĂ Call agent for more details.

Coming Soon! /s|_WpV_| oOadMO_OM – JOMÛ • JBsV VdaO zÌ KVOTĆp ^WsKVObÛ MtB_ lBbO zWbMdzp œ VBoMzddM ‚ddopà MOB__| _dKBsOM Wb MOpWoBJ_O WMsdzb bOWUVJdoVddM K_dpO sd pKVdd_pÛ lBo^p BbM shopping.

Colleen Foraker

denise.simons@compass. com DRE # 01376733

Judy Decker

650.380.0085

650.799.4294

colleen.foraker@ compass.com DRE # 01349099

SAN CARLOS $2,980,000

PALO ALTO $2,698,000

Sold! Mid-Century Modern Home with Breathtaking Bay Views BbM M]BKObs ”Ì–İ KoO 8BKBbs dsĂ? – JOModdapĂ› BbM • JBsVpĂ› plus a lower-level recreation room with an entertaining bar and  oOl_BKOĂ

Sold! 9BoaÛ soBMWsWdbB_ VdaO zWsV btaOodtp tlUoBMOp Wb #_M +B_d _sdà WUVsø __OM sVodtUVdtsü plBKWdtp _WyWbU BbM TdoaB_ MWbWbU oddapà 2VWp Wp B JOBtsWTt__| _WyBJ_OÛ zO_KdaWbU VdaO Wb dbO of the most desirable neighborhoods in the Bay Area

Sophie Tsang

judy@judydecker.com DRE # 01199563

Tasneem Fatima

650.687.7388

650.799.0404

sophie@compass.com DRE # 01399145

REDWOOD CITY $2,938,000

SARATOGA $2,611,000

Exceptional 2018 build. 4 bed and 4.5 baths. Separate family room dlObp sd pstbbWbU VOTĆp ^WsKVObĂ odtbM ‚ddo JOModda zWsV ObøptWsO JBsVĂ oBbM aBpsOo ptWsOà ”Ì• aW_O sd 9ddMpWMO +_B BĂ Bp| BKKOpp sd ›— BbM •›“Û bOz /sBbTdoM OMWKB_ BbM /sBbTdoM 3bWyOopWs| .9 Ă› BKO dd^Ă› OsKĂ

Sold! /lBKWdtp ™øJOModdaÛ –øJBsV VdaOÛ zWsV TdoaB_ _WyWbU oddaÛ _BoUO zWbMdzpÛ MWbWbU oddaÛ Kd | TBaW_| oddaÛ JOModda BbM JBsV MdzbpsBWopÛ zWsV ldd_ db B loWyBsO _BoUO _ds BbM B yWOz dT sVO Saratoga hills. Top Cupertino schools.

compass.com Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoWÂ OMĂ VBbUOp Wb loWKOĂ› KdbMWsWdbĂ› pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOĂ !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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tasneem.fatima@ compass.com DRE # 00916894

Os B VOBM psBos bMWbU |dto VdaO Bs KdalBppàKda

Greg Celotti & Candi Athens

Derk Brill 650.814.0478

650.740.1580, 650.504.2824 DRE # 01360103, 01973120

REDWOOD CITY $2,588,000

MENLO PARK $2,325,000

Gorgeous 4 bed, 2.5 bath, single level, 2,795 sf on a 1.17 acre lot.

Serene/private setting with breathtaking views! 1031Palomar.com

Sold! Smart and sophisticated, this spacious 3BR/2.5BA corner unit spans 2,140sf of living space. Conveniently location close to Stanford and commute routes.

Claire Zhou

Julie Tsai Law

650.245.5698

650.799.8888 julie@julietsailaw.com DRE # 01339682

MOUNTAIN VIEW $2,595,000

SAN CARLOS $2,298,000

Sold! Sold with 4 offers! Blossom Valley updated ranch with Los Altos schools. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, around 1537 sq.ft. on +/- 8085 sq.ft. lot.

Sold! Gorgeous North San Carlos home with park like backyard nestled in coveted neighborhood! Centrally located between San Francisco & San Jose.

Carolyn Aarts Keddington

650.546.1360 MENLO PARK $2,445,000

MENLO PARK $2,288,000

Sold! Stylish Cape Cod Contemporary Home in the Heart of the Willows.

Stunning remodeled home in the highly sought-after Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park. 3 beds/2 baths , ±2459 sq ft home on a ±7400 sq ft lot.

Carol Carnevale & Nicole Aron

charles.jacob@compass. com DRE # 02000123

Ling Lau 650.269.6809 ling.lau@compass.com

650.465.5958, 650.740.7954 DRE # 00946687, 00952657

claire.zhou@compass. com DRE # 01440807

Charles Jacob

650.946.8122 carolyn.keddington@ compass.com DRE # 01490400

derk@derkbrill.com DRE # 01256035

PALO ALTO $2,400,000

DUBLIN $2,239,000

Adorable 3bed/2bath Mid-Century Modern home in excellent South Palo Alto location!

Sold! Stunning Mediterranean by Troll Brothers in 2019 with amazing view on a 10,000+ lot.

DRE #01177889

compass.com Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoW OMà VBbUOp Wb loWKOÛ KdbMWsWdbÛ pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOà !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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Compass Campaign

Raymond Ni

Pat Kalish

650.788.9235

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â›Â•Â–Ă Â—Â™Â•Â— pat.kalish@compass.com DRE # 00702818

SUNNYVALE $2,200,000

SUNNYVALE $1,900,000

Sold! Perfectly located near all 3 designated Cupertino District /KVdd_p BbM O{KO__Obs ToOOzB| BKKOppĂ /lBKWdtp oddapĂ› Tt__| tlMBsOMĂ› tbWntOĂ› Ktpsda JtW_sĂ› JOBtsWTt_ TObKOM ldd_Ă

Sold! Pending in 7 days with multiple offers! Sold over asking loWKOĂ b O{KO__Obs –øJOModda ‚ddol_BbĂ !OBo_| ™˜““ pnĂ TsĂ _ds size provides tremendous opportunity to expand and increase the home value substantially.

Arti Miglani

raymond.ni@compass. com DRE # 02021517

Charles Jacob

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â›Â“Â—Ă Â™ÂœÂ—Â•

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â˜Â—Â™Ă Â”Â–Â™Â“

Arti@ArtiMiglani.com DRE # 01150085

REDWOOD CITY CALL FOR PRICE

MENLO PARK $1,898,000

Coming Soon! Conveniently located in Horgan Ranch bOWUVJdoVddM K_dpO sd pVdlpĂ› ToOOzB| BKKOpp BbM adoOà — JOModdaĂ› Â•Ă Â˜ JBsV Ă› •”•“ pn Ts pWstBsOM db B ™“›š pn Ts _dsĂ

Coming Soon! ByWpV_| oOadMO_OM — JOModdaÛ • JBsV VdaO Wb B desirable Menlo Park neighborhood.

Denise Simons

charles.jacob@compass. com DRE # 02000123

Shelly Roberson Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â—Â™Â—Ă Â–ÂšÂœÂš

650.269.0210 denise.simons@compass. com DRE # 01376733

MOUNTAIN VIEW CALL FOR PRICE

MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,898,000

Coming Soon! VBoaWbUÛ zO__øaBWbsBWbOM – JOMÛ • JBsV VdaO Wb the desirable Cuesta Park neighborhood. Ideally located close to Bubb elementary school and local parks.

!Ops_OM db B ToWObM_|Û ntWOs Kt_øMOøpBK _dKBsWdb sVWp VdaO zBp extensively remodeled in 2015 with tasteful appointments sVodtUVdtsà ObsoB__| _dKBsOM Wb sVO VOBos dT dtbsBWb 8WOz zWsV a short stroll to the convenient downtown Castro Street.

Michael Johnston

shelly.roberson@compass. com . Ă&#x; “””—•”œ™

Pamela Rummage Culp

Â—Â”Â˜Ă Â™Â—Â“Ă Â–Â•ÂœÂ–

650.533.5102 Michael@ MichaelJohnston.com DRE # 01131203

EAST PALO ALTO $1,998,000

SOLEDAD $1,898,000

Coming Soon! Â˜Ă¸JOMĂ› –øJBsVĂ› –Û——“ pnĂ TsĂ VdtpOĂ› zWsV B ”øJOMĂ› ”øJBsV ™™“ pnĂ TsĂ KdssBUO db B Â”Â–Ă›Â•Â˜Â“ pnĂ TsĂ _dsĂ OBtsWTt_Ă› 8WKsdoWBb farmhouse style home; Meticulously designed and built in 2005.

9dbMOoTt_ ˜“““ / VdaO db —“ KoOp zWsV B 8WbO|BoM BbM Bb Olive Orchard that is perfect for a weekend retreat or investment income.

compass.com Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoWÂ OMĂ VBbUOp Wb loWKOĂ› KdbMWsWdbĂ› pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOĂ !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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pamela.culp@compass. com DRE # 00896337

Os B VOBM psBos bMWbU |dto VdaO Bs KdalBppàKda

Greg Celotti & Candi Athens

Sophie Tsang 650.687.7388 sophie@compass.com DRE # 01399145

CUPERTINO $2,100,000

EMERALD HILLS $1,600,000

Sold! Fantastic Cupertino duplex. Close to all the conveniences and Apple campuses. Excellent Cupertino Schools. Each unit offers 2 bd/1ba, updated kitchen, bright living room, private yard, 1 car attached garage.

Fantastic 30,900+/- sf lot with wide frontage, coveted neighborhood & excellent school. Remodel or build your dream home. 3369OakKnoll.com

Jane Wei

650.740.1580, 650.504.2824 DRE # 01360103, 01973120

Julie Tsai Law

650.788.7861

650.799.8888

jane@janewei.com DRE # 01994669

PALO ALTO $1,750,000

SUNNYVALE $1,599,000

Sold! Sophisticated contemporary style Town Home in desirable Mid-town. Close to Mitchell Park, library, shopping and restaurants.

Sold! Sold off-market with 3 offers! 5 years new townhome at Tasman Square. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms around 1908 sq.ft.

julie@julietsailaw.com DRE # 01339682

Mandy Montoya & Monica Corman

Julie Tsai Law 650.799.8888 julie@julietsailaw.com DRE # 01339682

PALO ALTO $1,695,000

PALO ALTO $1,595,000

Sold! Sold with 8 offers in 7 days! Ultimate South Palo Alto Living!

Stylish newer townhome in a secure community. Designed for entertaining—gourmet kitchen, open layout, French doors to patio. Excellent Palo Alto schools. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms around 1461 sq.ft

Welcome home to 101 Alma – Palo Alto’s distinguished high-rise condominium in the heart of downtown Palo Alto! Move right in BbM WaaOMWBsO_| Ob]d|Ýę

Jenny Teng

650.823.8212, 650.465.5971 DRE # 01911643, 01111473

Julie Rossi Rideau

650.245.4490 jenny.teng@compass. com DRE # 01023687

PALO ALTO CALL FOR PRICE

SAN CARLOS $1,550,000

Coming Soon! Desirable downtown high-rise condo with 24/7 site security guard. Close to Stanford University, Stanford Shopping Mall, Restaurants and shops.

Sold! 3 bedroom 2.5 bath retreat has been carefully loved and upgraded. Incredible San Carlos Schools, walking distance to parks, hiking, biking and living life to the fullest! If San Carlos is on your list...welcome home!

650.543.1191 julie@rossirideau.com DRE # 01996940

compass.com

Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01079009. All material presented herein is intended for informasWdbB_ ltoldpOp db_| BbM Wp KdalW_OM Toda pdtoKOp MOOaOM oO_WBJ_O Jts VBp bds JOOb yOoW OMà VBbUOp Wb loWKOÛ KdbMWsWdbÛ pB_O do zWsVMoBzB_ aB| JO aBMO zWsVdts bdsWKOà !d psBsOaObs Wp aBMO Bp to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate.

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Compass Campaign

Sherry Bucolo & Christy Giuliacci

Colleen Foraker Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â–Â›Â“Ă Â“Â“Â›Â˜ colleen.foraker@ compass.com DRE # 01349099

REDWOOD CITY $1,510,000

PALO ALTO $1,350,000

Sold! d | _Wss_O  {Oo tllOo db B ptbb| ‚Bs _ds Wb loOpsWUWdtp Emerald Hills neighborhood!

Enjoy luxury living at The Hamilton in downtown Palo Alto.

WUVsø __OM BbM plBKWdtp • JM̕ JB KdobOo tbWsĂ 2VWp VWUV ObM KdaatbWs| Tdo BMt_sp ˜˜İ dTTOop zdo_M K_Bpp BaObWsWOp zVW_O JOWbU just steps to vibrant University Avenue.

. Ă&#x; ““™”–•—•Û “”˜“™š™”

Sophie Tsang

Shelly Roberson

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â™Â›ÂšĂ ÂšÂ–Â›Â›

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â—Â™Â—Ă Â–ÂšÂœÂš shelly.roberson@compass. com . Ă&#x; “””—•”œ™

LOS ALTOS $1,499,950

SANTA CLARA $1,257,000

oOBs loWKOÛ _dKBsWdbÛ BbM KdbsOaldoBo| ps|_WbU Wb sVWp pstbbWbU pWbU_O _OyO_ tbWs zWsV VWUV KOW_WbUpÛ oO bWpVOM VBoMzddM ‚ddopÛ bOz WbsOoWdo lBWbs BbM bOz loOaWta KBolOsà daatbWs| oddaÛ sdl dp Altos schools and close proximity to San Antonio shopping center.

Sold! Old world charm with modern amenities. Completely tlMBsOM – JOModda VdaO db dbO _OyO_Ă› lBosWB_ JBpOaObs zWsV _dsp dT odda Tdo psdoBUOĂ 9B_^WbU MWpsBbKO sd /BbsB _BoB 3bWyOopWs| BbM TBoaOoĆp aBo^OsĂ› bOBo ddU_O TtstoO /Bb dpO TBKW_Ws|Ă

sophie@compass.com . Ă&#x; “”–œœ”—˜

Colleen Foraker

Greg Celotti & Candi Athens

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â–Â›Â“Ă Â“Â“Â›Â˜

Â™Â˜Â“Ă ÂšÂ—Â“Ă Â”Â˜Â›Â“Ă› Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â˜Â“Â—Ă Â•Â›Â•Â— . Ă&#x; “”–™“”“–Û “”œš–”•“

Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â•Â“ÂšĂ ÂœÂœÂ“ÂœĂ› Â™Â˜Â“Ă Â–Â›Â“Ă Â˜ÂœÂ›Âœ

REDWOOD CITY $1,498,000

MENLO PARK $981,000

Coming Soon!

OBtsWTt__| oOadMO_OM – JOMĂ› • JBsVĂ› Â•Ă›Â”Â˜Â“Ä°ĂŚĂ¸ pT VdaO zWsV B UdoUOdtp ^WsKVObĂ› yBt_sOM KOW_WbUpĂ› JOBtsWTt_ backyard & excellent schools.

Sold! _OUBbs KdbMdaWbWta Wb sVO pdtUVs BTsOo Ob_d daadbp community!

colleen.foraker@ compass.com DRE # 01349099

.

Alan Dunckel

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POLICE CALLS Palo Alto

March 5-March 18 Violence related Armed robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Arson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Child abuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sexual assault. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Strong arm robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft related Attempted burglary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Checks forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle related Attempted auto theft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . . . . 1 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 7 Vehicle accident/prop damage. . . . . . . 7 Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . 2 Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 5 Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Pasteur Drive, 3/2, 7:45 a.m.; sexual assault 702 Alester Ave., 3/2, 8:30 a.m.; arson/ structure East Meadow Drive, 3/3, 12:30 p.m.; sexual assault/foreign object 3391 Middlefield Road, 3/3, 5:39 p.m.; arson Bryant Street, 3/4, 12 p.m.; sexual assault Kellogg Avenue, 3/5, 4:56 p.m.; child abuse/physical 700 block Urban Lane, 3/6, 11 a.m.; battery/simple Pasteur Drive, 3/6, 5:59 p.m.; domestic violence Ventura Avenue, 3/10, 8:22 a.m.; domestic violence/battery 500 Pasteur Drive, 3/17, 7:55 a.m.; battery/simple Seale Avenue, 3/17, 9:17 a.m.; domestic violence/battery

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January 31, 1950 – March 4, 2020 Charles Fordyce (Charlie) Bisbee, 70, died March 4th at his home in Palo Alto, CA. Charlie was born January 31, 1950 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Mac and Dorothy (Shaw) Bisbee.

He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and his MBA-Finance in 1979 from the University of Southern California.

Charlie’s work ethic was formed at an early age working a variety of jobs including delivering papers, detasseling corn and roofing. After graduating from UNL, Charlie joined Bechtel, working initially in Houston, then transferring to San Francisco before heading to Alaska during construction of the trans-Alaskan pipeline. After three years in the cold he attended USC, spending summers working in London and the North Sea. He rejoined Bechtel in San Francisco and worked on projects in the USA, Mexico and Canada. In 1992 he had the opportunity to work for a year in Kuwait managing the rebuilding of the oil facilities following Desert Storm.

In 2002 Charlie joined Genentech’s Engineering Team as a project manager supporting the development of pharmaceutical production facilities. He found it gratifying to be part of an organization which made so many important medical breakthroughs.

He was an excellent mentor to many young project managers. He was known for his boundless passion for the teams he worked on and for always bringing a wry humor when needed. His efforts will continue to deliver for years after his passing, whether they be scientific labs or production facilities for the most advanced medicines.

Throughout Charlie’s long career, he valued building relationships while working with others to meet demanding challenges. He enjoyed that his work took him to so many

places around the world.

In 1991, he and Mary Elizabeth Clifford married and they were blessed with Christopher and Danielle. When they moved to Palo Alto in 1998, they knew they had found their lifelong home.

His generosity and enthusiasm for life included bringing home lobster tails, passing out full size candy bars at Halloween, annually pre-ordering large turkeys on November 1st, and buying overly tall, massive Christmas trees that sometimes had to be engineered to stay upright with a pulley system.

Charlie’s many passions included Public Radio; Nebraska, USC and 49ers football; Giants baseball, rock bands, movies, mysteries, and musicals (especially Les Miserables and Hamilton).

He was a loving and devoted husband and Dad. He cherished his children and his wonderful wife, Mary. He treasured his many cousins who were like siblings to him and doted on his nieces and nephews.

He made lifelong friends wherever he was: the UNL Bourbon Street group, his Alaska cohorts, his Bechtel and Genentech teams, the annual Gentlemen’s Lunch, and the New Year’s Eve Dinner Club. Charlie was always kind and considerate, and showed great compassion toward others. He was generous to his family and friends, and his wonderful sense of humor will be missed.

He is survived by his sisters Ann Willis and Marjorie Bisbee. He was proceeded in death by his parents and his sister, Mary Louise Bisbee.

The memorial service has been postponed, with a date still to be determined. Thank you all for your understanding.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to KQED or your Public Radio Station, Doctors without Borders, or the Stuhr Museum-Prairie Pioneer in Grand Island, NE PAID

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Robert Vincent Violante Longtime Palo Alto resident Robert “Bob” Vincent Violante died on Feb. 25. He was 80.

Born July 13, 1939, in Queens, New York, he was raised by his Polish American mother, Anne Carol Strusinki Violante, and Italian American father, George Carmine Violante.

In 1957, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, then Stanford University School of Medicine in 1961.

After finishing his medical residency, he joined the U.S. Army and was based in Bangkok, Thailand, for three years. Following his service in the Vietnam War, he settled down in California and built his lifelong home in Palo Alto.

A pioneer in the emergency medicine field, according to his family, he managed the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center’s Emergency Department and other emergency departments in the Bay Area. He was also involved in the creation of several institutions in Santa Clara County such as the Poison Control Center and the Rehabilitation Center for brain injury. In addition, he was the treasurer of the nonprofit Valley Medical Center Foundation and an adviser to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biomedical Engineering Department.

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Lauren C. Weissman brought him his stepdaughter, Danika Kohler.

“Bob’s love was indeed expansive,” his family wrote. “He glued together four lovely families into one.”

He is survived by his wife, Lauren; six children; his sister, Susan Rode; his nephew, Matt Rode; 12 grandchildren; and many in-laws.

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Charles Lawrence Swezey, a devoted father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully at the age of 96 on February 10, 2020 surrounded by family at Palo Alto Commons. He was preceded in death in 2013 by his wife of 69 years, Betty Ann Swezey.

Lawrence was a generous and humble man who lived with integrity. A member of the Greatest Generation, he grew up during the Great Depression and served in World War II and the Occupation and Reconstruction of Japan.

Born on October 5, 1923 to J. Marshall and Hazel Swezey in Goshen, NY, Lawrence graduated from Goshen Central School in 1940. He was Goshen’s first Eagle Scout and attended the 5th World Scout Jamboree in 1937 in Holland (Netherlands). In high school he played football and managed the baseball team.

Lawrence attended Cornell University on a Regents Scholarship where he met his future wife Betty Ann Bischoff of Middletown, NY, at a Victrola dance. They were married in 1944. He was a member of the Theta Chi fraternity and ROTC, and lettered in lacrosse. He initially studied political science but graduated with a degree in economics when he realized he had the credits to graduate in three years. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Directly after college he attended Officers Training School in Fort Sill, OK. Following his service in the U.S. Army, the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1946, where Lawrence attended Stanford Law School on the GI Bill. After graduating in 1948, he clerked for Justice Homer R. Spence on the California Supreme Court. He worked for a short period with the firm of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles. Lawrence served the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) in several capacities for 31 years, including 12 years as referee in charge of its San Jose office; four years as a Board staff referee, five years as its Secretary and Deputy Commissioner, and ten years as a Board commissioner in San Francisco having been appointed by both Governors Ronald Reagan and Jerry Brown, Jr. He was Senior Counsel at the State Compensation Insurance Fund, and for nearly 30 years he lectured for the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the University of California San Francisco, and the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He authored the seminal work on California workers’ compensation law – California Workers’ Compensation Practice – and continued to write case summaries and consult into his 90s. Lawrence was also Contributing Editor of the California Workers’ Compensation Reporter from 1990 to 2013.

Among other service activities, Lawrence served

Beyond his career, he was fond of the art of storytelling and creative writing, often entertaining his family through his letters. In addition, he enjoyed skiing, sailing, fly fishing, admiring sports cars and learning about other cultures through his travels — especially as a transatlantic sailor aboard his sailboat, Mayanang.

His first marriage was to his high school sweetheart Marianne Gach.

He had two children, George Violante and Gina Haynes. Then, while practicing medicine in Thailand, he married Lek Folknin and had his daughter Tida Violante. During his third marriage, to his sailing partner, the late Barbara Violante, for 25 years, daughters Suzanne Lytle and Cristina Violante were born.

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Lawrence was passionate about cycling. He returned to Goshen over several years as a gold sponsor and participant in the Tour de Goshen charity bicycle ride and participated in the Paso Robles Great Western Bicycle Rally on Memorial Day Weekends. He was also a patron of the arts, enjoying traveling abroad and continuing education through Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Oxford University. He toured museums in the U.S. and around the world.

Lawrence lived in the family’s Palo Alto home on Fulton Street for 50 years where he raised his nine children. He was an avid reader and fan of the New York Times Crossword puzzle. Up until his passing, he attended Stanford football and basketball games religiously and enjoyed keeping score from his club seats at San Francisco Giants baseball games. He was a big fan and supporter of his grandchildren’s athletic and theater pursuits.

Lawrence is survived by his sister Mary-Gray Griffith of Goshen, NY; nine children: Tim West (Mary) of Novato; Kirk Swezey (Lauren Bonar Swezey) of Palo Alto; Sean Swezey of Corralitos; Blair Swezey (Linda) of Healdsburg; Erin Swezey (Tim Leary) of Seattle, WA; Adam Swezey (Weeraanong Hansa) of Los Altos; Rory Swezey (Lisa Rock) of Palo Alto; Megan Swezey Fogarty (Mike) of Palo Alto; and Tanya Swezey Stabinsky (Seth) of Phoenix, AZ.; as well as 21 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two daughters-in-law, Christine Sippl of Santa Cruz and Wienda Octavia Buccigross of Menlo Park, and four nieces and their families.

A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 20 at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto. In lieu of flowers, gifts of remembrance can be made to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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

Art as an antidote:

Local artist says virtual reality can combat social isolation

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by Karla Kane

Palo Alto Weekly: How has your art studio been directly impacted?

DK: Repeat business is a big part of our work, and the good news is that such projects keep moving forward irrespective of Covid-19. However, Covid-19 has significantly affected new customers, especially from abroad, who often would need to meet me and my team and do a studio visit before commissioning a work.

My art studio serves a large international collector base, so we’ve already felt a few ripples in the last three months due to travel cancellations. But at the end of the day, we too are in a mode of minimizing contact with outside visitors. Naturally, I encourage my team to work from home as much as possible. So some work is being re-shuffled but we are OK. Health is most important.

Weekly: You mentioned that several trips have had to be

canceled and that international travel plans are up in the air.

Could you please tell me a bit more about those events?

DK: I’ve had to cancel trips to New York, L.A., Austin and Arizona, and now my international engagements are completely on hold. Some trips were meetings about art projects with clients and collaborators. Other trips were for speaking engagements, including a panel I was doing at SXSW; however, my co-panelists and I may independently take the conversation online or into virtual reality.

Weekly: Many artists, because they are self-employed or freelance, do not have a safety net of health insurance, sick pay, unemployment pay, etc. Do you feel like you’re secure for things like this? Are you worried either for yourself or for friends in the art community?

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rue Kataoka is a local artist, activist, speaker and CEO of Drue Kataoka Art Studios LLC who works in material mediums, such as painting and sculpture, as well as in VR (virtual reality). An alumna of Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton and Stanford University, she’s been a Young Global Leader & Cultural Leader of the World Economic Forum, an artist-in-residence with Google and an advocate for arts education, technology and social justice.

She corresponded with the Weekly in an email Q&A to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on her studio, as well as the art community in general, and how VR might be harnessed to help combat social isolation.

Midpeninsula artist Drue Kataoka said she believes that art and virtual reality can be used to combat social isolation.

DK: (The) coronavirus will have a big but uneven impact on the arts community locally and globally. One thing the coronavirus has underscored for every industry is how deeply interconnected and interdependent we all are.

Any type of health disaster can be a significant challenge for the arts community, which is more entrepreneurial and doesn’t rely on big companies providing fat benefits on a consistent basis.

That’s why I think it is important for everyone in the creative community and entrepreneurs in

general to be very judicious and minimize social contact. While I’m fortunate to have insurance, I’m worried about some of my friends and fellow creatives who don’t.

Weekly: You are an artist with a lot of experience in tech and VR. How can you foresee using VR to help mitigate the impact of isolation, loneliness and education?

DK: Now is a good time to use VR to create, share and experience new art, as well as to

interact spatially with other humans without having to exchange germs with them. Self-quarantining and staying home can be very isolating and even depressing long term. Hopefully we can use VR to mitigate some of this social isolation, creating a bridge to the time when we eradicate COVID-19.

In the process, together we will be pushed to come up with new innovations in the VR space that will be useful far into the future. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at KKane@paweekly.com.

Arts in a time of social distancing Locals hope to harness social media to stay connected

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T Flo Grosskurth and Chris Saccheri are the new owners of Linden Tree Books in Los Altos. While the store is closed during the coronavirus pandemic, Saccheri is hosting storytimes via Facebook Live.

he local arts scene is, like most sectors, being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancellations of concerts, plays, book talks and galleries are impacting everyone, and many artists are hoping to find innovative ways to reach out and share art during this time of social distancing and sheltering at home.

Wondering if there’s a way to stay connected and help keep the scene alive? Look to the social media accounts of your favorite musicians, actors, writers, dancers, authors and artists of all kinds

by Karla Kane to keep up with their projects and find ways to support the arts from a distance.

And to the parents with children at home, look for children’s musicians offering songs and movement classes, and for authors, illustrators and bookshop staff offering drawing lessons and storytimes online, including Chris Saccheri of Los Altos’ Linden Tree Books. He is hosting storytimes via Facebook Live (facebook.com/ lindentreebooks/) thrice weekly and book clubs via Zoom.

“We really miss seeing kids in

the store, sprawled out on the floor or curled up on their parents’ laps reading books,” Saccheri told the Weekly. “These storytimes help us stay connected with those families and spread some warmth and fun during these uncertain times.”

While the Palo Alto Art Center is closed, it’s hosting weekly virtual collage classes with artist Sam Price, Fridays at 11 a.m. (register at paacf.org).

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Here’s how to safely support local food businesses

by Elena hile it’s clear the coronavirus shutdown is going to keep people from gathering together in local restaurants for some time, there are still many eating establishments that are fighting tooth and nail to stay open during what’s already a monumental economic crisis for the industry.

To that end, we put together a running list of the many Peninsula restaurants still offering delivery and takeout, from neighborhood spots to fine-dining establishments pivoting to new service models.

It’s not an exhaustive list and is subject to change given how

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Kadvany rapidly things have been shifting on the public health front, so we’ll be updating it as much as possible and appreciate your help in letting us know about any places we’ve missed.

There’s no question that the coronavirus is going to have a devastating, unprecedented impact on restaurants and their workers. So if you feel safe doing so, take a night off from cooking and order from a local restaurant (and tip well!).

To check out the list, go to thesixfifty.com. Feel free to email any updates, additions or inaccuracies for this list to editor@thesixfifty.com. Q

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Acoustics Associate Professor and “Artful Design” author Ge Wang is launching a free, public, weekly salon via Zoom called “Artful Design TV (COVID-19 edition).”

“Each week we will explore a topic/prompt, have a conversation, and attempt a collaborative activity, like group audio programming (what could go wrong?) or maybe mass humming over Zoom (where everyone can sound equally lo-fi!).

We will have virtual fireside chats with guests, and we will take time to check-in with one another,” he wrote in an email to followers.

Those interested can sign up at https://artful.design/tv.

Local theater mainstays Max Tachis and Roneet Aliza Rahamim, along with actor Maria Marquis, are hoping to offer entertainment, to keep their spirits up and the creative juices flowing and raise awareness and support for

Ge Wang, acoustics associate professor at Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music, is launching a free weekly salon via Zoom. local arts organizations. They’re holding a Facebook Live public event (https://www.facebook.com/ events/203178127683214/) on Friday, March 27, starting at 8 p.m. during which they’ll perform dramatic scenes and sketches and hold

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley plans to livestream its production of “They Promised Her the Moon,” for ticket holders who had to miss the live performance due to its cancellation. virtual rounds of pub trivia.

“The current plan is using video conferencing to do two-to-threeperson scenes that everyone reads from their home, but all of us are on the screen, ‘Brady Bunch’-style,” Tachis told the Weekly on Tuesday.

Since bars are now closed, Tachis said they’ll also offer pub trivia questions for viewers to play along with at home.

“I’m trying to write a bunch of sketches that take place in video conferencing, and we’ll figure it out from there,” he said.

In between the entertainment, he and his co-creators will highlight various arts organizations that may be struggling right now due to canceled events and encourage people to donate if they can.

“I think it will be something along the lines of a variety show that’s done digitally,” he said.

Tachis and Rahamim were both in the cast of Hillbarn Theatre’s production of “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” which closed after one preview performance on March 12, before opening night. “We got one really nice audience in there,” he said.

Though doing livestreams and videos doesn’t make up for the cancellation of a show they worked tirelessly on, it does help combat the feelings of loneliness and disconnection that come along with social distancing.

Tachis said he’s seen a lot of interest from theaters and other types of artists either already releasing new content via social media or planning to do so in the future.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced via press release Wednesday that it is finalizing a version of its canceled play, “They Promised Her the Moon” (recently reviewed by the Weekly), to stream for ticket holders, who will receive a link via email. “TheatreWorks is looking into providing streaming access for the general public with a paywhat-you-will ticket price — more information will be announced at a later date,” the release states. Q Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane can be emailed at KKane@paweekly.com.

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Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 38.

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“The Invisible Man” is among the newly released movies that Universal Studios has sent to video on demand for home viewing.

Hollywood goes livestream A guide to ‘shelter-in-place’ home entertainment

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n tough times, we crave comfort food. Now that staying home is vital to doing our part to stall the spread of COVID-19, home entertainment will taste like chicken soup for the soul at the end of an emotionally exhausting day of telecommuting, teleschooling, obsessive CNN watching and householdsurface sanitizing.

Smart TVs, laptops and phones can access not only Netflix but also Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube, soon-to-launch Quibi and oldstalwarts HBO and Showtime, among every other basic and premium channel in the TV marketplace.

Kids can find a couple of highquality new films on Disney+: In addition to the newly added “Frozen II,” there’s the utterly charming mystery-comedy “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” and the heartwarming dog-sled adventure “Togo,” starring Willem Dafoe.

For slightly more grownup fare, I recommend the best medicine: laughter. Netflix Is A Joke, the official hub for the company’s comedy specials, is a great place for laughs, whether it be the standup of Wanda Sykes, Tom Papa or Patton Oswalt, or binge-worthy sitcoms like “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” and the underseen, but terrific,

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New theatrical releases In an unprecedented move reacting to the closure of movie theaters, Universal Studios has sent its current crop of theatrical releases to video on demand. As of today, gory, tongue-in-cheek blue-state-versus-red-state thriller “The Hunt,” psychological thriller “The Invisible Man,” and the Jane Austen revamp of “Emma” can be streamed online for $19.99 or less.

All have their virtues if you’re jonesing for the latest Hollywood product. “Trolls: World Tour,” and no doubt other studio-banked films, will soon follow the same path.

You can also watch new films from home while simultaneously supporting your favorite local shuttered indie cinema.

Starting today at phoenixoregonmovie.com, you can buy a virtual ticket to the James Legros/ Lisa Edelstein comedy “Phoenix, Oregon,” and select which indie cinema should benefit from your purchase.

Indie films have offered quick on-demand access for quite some time, although they are increasingly being snapped up for exclusive streaming windows on streaming platforms. Today, for example, Amazon Prime Video

premieres the indie gem “Blow the Man Down,” a feminist drama in the key of The Coen Brothers (think “Fargo” meets “Steel Magnolias”).

Last Friday, Hulu released the coming-of-age dramedy “Big Time Adolescence,” starring Pete Davidson of “Saturday Night Live.”

Netflix also has launched the superb true-crime drama “Lost Girls,” starring the brilliant Amy Ryan, and is premiering two foreign acquisitions — Spanish thriller “The Platform” and Italian drama “Ultras” — as well as Formula One documentary “A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story.”

Original web series My personal favorite recommendation has enough content to last you for weeks. The “On Cinema at the Cinema” web series is a sprawling comedy masterpiece that includes 12 seasons of bitesized movie-review spoofery, each culminating in a disastrous live-Oscar special.

The web series also has produced the spinoff series “Decker” and the truly incredible five-hour “Trial of Tim Heidecker.” All are available for free on YouTube or at Adult Swim.

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Early Learning Institute

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Improve your student’s writing skills this summer at Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton. Courses this year are Expository Writing, Creative Writing and Presentation Skills.

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Harker Summer Programs

San Jose

Let’s Go Crafting

Palo Alto

Let’s Go Crafting’s Studio is where your child will have fun while learning many different fiber related arts. We teach sewing, knitting, crochet, weaving and jewelry making to children ages 8 to 15 years. AM or PM camps $275/week. Full day camps $550/ week. 5 student minimum for all sessions; 10 student maximum.

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Oshman Family JCC Camps

Palo Alto

The Harker School’s summer programs for children K - grade 12 offer the perfect balance of learning and fun! Programs are led by dedicated faculty and staff who are experts at combining summer fun and learning. Strong academics and inspiring enrichment programs are offered in full day, partial and morning only sessions.

Camps at the OFJCC introduce your child to new experiences while creating friendships in a fun and safe environment. We work to build confidence, stretch imaginations and teach new skills.

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i2 Camp at Castilleja School

Palo Alto

i2 Camp offers week-long immersion programs that engage middle school girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The fun and intimate hands-on activities of the courses strive to excite and inspire participants about STEM, creating enthusiasm that will hopefully spill over to their schoolwork and school choices in future years.

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STANFORD EXPLORE: A Lecture Series on Biomedical Research

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Stanford Jazz Workshop

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Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls Palo Alto

Palo Alto

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Castilleja Summer Camp for Girls Palo Alto Casti Camp offers girls entering grades 2-6 a range of age-appropriate activities including athletics, art, science, computers, writing, crafts, cooking, drama and music classes each day along with weekly field trips. Leadership program available for girls entering grades 7-9.

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Community School of Music

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Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) Mountain View 50+ creative camps for grades K-12! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, Summer Music Workshops and more!

One and two-week sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care from 8:30am-5:30pm. Financial aid offered.

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Campers bring their plays to life, make new friends, and practice collaboration skills at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s PlayMakers Camp (grades K-5). TheatreWorks offers four sessions in Palo Alto and Atherton from June 8 – July 31. Campers learn acting, playwriting, movement, and stagecraft from professional teaching artists from the Tony Award-winning local company.

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Art, cooking, tinkering, yoga and mindfulness. We celebrate multiple perspectives and recognize the many ways for our children to interpret their world. Summer Unplugged! is appropriate for ages 6-11 years. Located at Walter Hays School.

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Stanford

World-renowned jazz camps at Stanford. Week-long jazz immersion programs for middle school musicians (July 6-10), high school (July 12-17 and July 19-24), and adults (July 26-31). All instruments and vocals. No jazz experience necessary!

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ARTS, CULTURE, OTHER CAMPS Art and Soul Camp

Palo Alto

PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades 1st to 6th, a wide variety of engaging opportunities. We are excited to announce all of your returning favorites: Leaders in Training (L.I.T.), Camp YOUnique, F.A.M.E. (Fine Arts, Music and Entertainment), J.V. Sports, Operation: Chef and Chef Jr.! Periodic field trips, special visitors and many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the variety of offerings at PACCC Summer Camps. Open to campers from all communities. Register online.

EXPLORE biomedical science at Stanford. Stanford EXPLORE offers high school students the unique opportunity to learn from Stanford professors and graduate students about diverse topics in biomedical science, including bioengineering, neurobiology, immunology and many others.

Stratford infuses its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) curriculum into an innovative and enriching summer camp experience. Younger campers learn, explore, and engage in hands-on learning projects, while Elementary-age students collaborate to tackle real-world problems by utilizing academic principles and concepts in a fun and engaging way. At the Middle School level, individual subject-based enrichment classes are offered and tailored for each grade level.

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ATHLETICS Dance Connection Palo Alto

Palo Alto

Share the joy of dance with us! Our studio is an extended family and a “home away from home” for our community of children and teens. At Dance Connection, we value the positive energy and atmosphere that we continuously strive to provide. Summer Dance Camps include all styles of dance for ages 4 and up and features our new “This is Me!” Empowerment Camp along with Teen Jazz and Hip Hop Camps. A Summer Session for ages 3 to adults will be offered from June 8 – July 31.

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Kim Grant Tennis Summer Camps

Palo Alto Monterey Bay

Fun and specialized Junior Camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, High Performance and Elite tennis levels. Weekly programs designed by Kim Grant to improve player technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness and all around game.

Weekly camps in Palo Alto and Sleep-Away Camps in Monterey Bay. SO MUCH FUN!

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ATHLETICS Nike Tennis Camps

Stanford University

Junior Overnight and Day Camps for boys & girls, ages 9-18 offered throughout June, July and August. Adult Weekend Clinics (June & Aug). Camps directed by Head Men’s Coach, Paul Goldstein, Head Women’s Coach, Lele Forood, and Associate Men’s and Women’s Coaches, Brandon Coupe and Frankie Brennan. Come join the fun and get better this summer!

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Run for Fun Camps

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Run for Fun’s mission is to provide creative and engaging play for all youth by getting kids active in an inclusive community centered around outdoor fun! We pride ourselves on hiring an enthusiastic, highly trained staff who love what they do. Summer 2020 features four weeks of Adventure Day Camp and two weeks of Overnight Camp High Five. Adventure Day Camp is a new discovery every day filled with sports, crafts and nature, including explorations to Camp Jones Gulch, Capitola Beach, Foothills Park, Shoreline Lake and Great America. Camp High Five is six days and five nights of traditional overnight camp mixed with challenge-by-choice activities, campfires, friendships and lots of laughter.

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Spartans Sports Camp

Mountain View

Spartans Sports Camp offers a wide variety of sports, performing arts, and academic enrichment camps for kids entering grades 1-9.

Experienced staff ensures everyone has fun. Daily on-site swimming is offered for all camps. Camps begin June 8th and run weekly through July 31st at Mountain View High School. The camp is run

by MVHS coaches and student-athletes and all proceeds benefit the MVHS Athletic Department. Lunch and extended care are available for your convenience. Flexible cancellation policies.

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Stanford Athletics & Youth

Stanford

We can’t wait to have you join us this summer at Stanford! We hope you’re ready for engaged and safety-focused staff, phenomenal facilities, and innovative programs. We’ll have camps that challenge your camper’s physical, mental, and social skills in age-appropriate activities. When your camper registers for Camp Cardinal, they are a Cardinal Kid for life. Our main camper program is for grades K-6 and then campers graduate to our Counselor-in-Training Program where they become camp leaders!

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Stanford Baseball Camps

Stanford

At Sunken Diamond on the campus of Stanford University. A variety of camps are offered to benefit a wide range of age groups and skill sets. Campers will gain instruction in several baseball skills, fundamentals, team concepts, and game play.

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Stanford Water Polo Camps

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New to water polo or have experience, we have a camp for you. Half day or full day options for boys and girls ages 7 and up. All camps provide fundamental skills, scrimmages and games.

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YMCA of Silicon Valley Summer Camps

Silicon Valley

At the Y, children and teens of all abilities acquire new skills, make friends, and feel that they belong. With hundreds of Summer Day Camps plus Overnight Camps, you will find a camp that’s right for your family. Sign up today, camps are filling up! Financial assistance is available.

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WEBINAR: VIRUS’ EFFECTS ON LOCAL REAL ESTATE ... Learn how the coronavirus pandemic may affect Silicon Valley real estate at a webinar offered Friday, March 20, noon, and again on Friday, March 27, noon by Peninsulabased real estate firm DeLeon. Michael Repka, DeLeon’s CEO will discuss the current real estate landscape. The webinar is free. Register at eventbrite.com.

GETTING OUTSIDE DURING A SHUTDOWN ... Like nearly every other organization in the Bay Area, local habitat restoration nonprofit Grassroots Ecology has cleared its event calendar for the time being. Since the group cannot host its regular events where volunteers gather to help rid the local landscape of invasive plants and restore habitat for local wildlife, Grassroots Ecology has begun using its newsletter to offer ideas to get out and (responsibly) enjoy nature during the current shelter-in-place conditions. First up is a recommendation that may also offer a little help to families temporarily conscripted into homeschooling: Engage children in exploring the natural world, whether at a park, nature preserve or on your patio, by having them start a nature journal. Encourage children to use the journal to describe the different plants or insects they encounter outside and show them that the beauty of nature is all around, the newsletter stated. Find more information about Grassroots Ecology and the group’s newsletter at grassrootsecology.org. Q 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 editor@paweekly.com. Deadline is one week before publication.

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A Q&A with real estate legend Alain Pinel

by Linda Taaffe

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or decades, the name Alain Pinel has been synonymous with Silicon Valley’s booming real estate scene. The former French journalist cemented his name in the industry in 1990 as the founding CEO and president of the luxury brokerage firm Alain Pinel Realtors.

The firm eventually grew into a Peninsula powerhouse and was among the nation’s top 10 brokerage firms when it consolidated with New York startup Compass in March 2019.

During his 46 years in the industry, Pinel has launched and led several real estate companies around the world. In May, he is set to release “Real Estate Behind the Scenes — Games People Play,” a business guide based on his years of experience in the international and national markets.

When he penned his book, Pinel said he thought he had seen it all — until now.

He spoke with the Weekly on Tuesday to share his perspective on the coronavirus pandemic and its potential impacts on the market.

Palo Alto Weekly: Have you ever experienced anything that compares to the current situation that’s going on with the coronavirus pandemic?

Alain Pinel: Never, not even close. Today, everybody, everywhere is concerned and in the dark. Uncertainty and apprehension are freezing major decisions, including buying and selling homes. There is little or no visibility on the horizon, so we all stand on the side of the road, waiting for something we don’t even know and have very little control over.

Weekly: How do you think this is going to impact the local market?

AP: In our business, the wait-and-see attitude will unquestionably slow the activity and soften the prices. I don’t know if, overall, prices will go down, but I know that they will not go up until the horizon clears up.

The market will pause, just like we all will because of new market dynamics and also in the name of basic security. Open houses are going to be rare or go away altogether for a while. MLS (Multiple Listing Service) tours of properties new to the market will probably follow the same path. Previewing or showing properties will be a serious challenge. Professionals are also human beings; they have the same questions as their clients, and they don’t have more answers.

Weekly: How does this compare to the dot-com crash in the early 2000s?

AP: We knew back then that tomorrow would be another and better day. When the bubble burst, property values crashed 25% or more overnight, so to speak, in Silicon Valley. The fall precipitated the closure of some businesses, the loss of many jobs and the loss of those IPOs’ millions of dollars that lots of tech employees had filled their pockets with during the previous two years or so ... but nobody died then or got sick without knowing what hit them. Big difference.

We’ll take health and life over money any time.

Weekly: With the low interest rates, is now a good time to buy a house?

AP: In any market, good, bad or ugly, there are buyers and sellers. The market is always good for someone. With more affordability, more negotiable terms and cheap mortgage money, some buyers will do very well indeed.

Weekly: Do you think the declining stock market is going to have greater impacts on Silicon Valley’s market, where tech workers often sell stock to accumulate down payments?

AP: I don’t. More and more people

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DEVELOPMENT CENTER CLOSED ... Palo Alto’s Development Center is closed as part of the city’s response to the coronavirus. As of this week, Development Center services are available by phone, according to the city’s website. Additionally, those who need to view fire or building permits, request or cancel inspections or review their inspection history can use the city’s Request mobile app or the online Citizen Access Portal at aca.accela.com/ PALOALTO/Default.aspx to accomplish those tasks. Some permit categories are available online for licensed contractors, such as permits for water backflow devices, furnace or boiler replacement, gas leak repair, re-roofing, re-piping, residential window retrofits and water heaters (except tankless). Those in need of assistance with other permit types should call the Development Center at 650-329-2496. Further details are available on the city’s Development Center web page at cityofpaloalto.org/ gov/depts/ds/default.asp.

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will work from home and receive their checks as usual. Technology has never been more essential. It may very well prove to be the solution rather than a problem.

Weekly: You were among the earliest real estate leaders to incorporate technology into the home-buying process.

How do you think technology is going to be leveraged in this new era of social distancing?

AP: Social media, for the good or for the bad, is now a communication medium far more common than a chat on the porch with a glass of wine. If nothing else, this concrete way of “social distancing” will further grow. No risk of contamination. Q Associate Editor Linda Taaffe can be emailed at ltaaffe@paweekly.com.

If you are interested ...

A Alain Pinel’s “Real Estate Behind the Scenes — Games People Play” is set for release on May 1. A copy of the P book can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com. b T book represents Pinel’s take on all aspects of The tthe real estate business and gives readers an expert llook at industry strategies, tactics, challenges and controversies.

Pinel said lots of books have been written on the art of salesmanship, but he wanted to take a deep dive into the values and culture of the industry.

“Over the years, I got to wear different hats from sales associate to CEO,” he said. “I figured that I finally knew enough about the business to tell all the pros out there what not to do, what to do.”

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There’s a chance the tennis courts at Palo Alto High will be used again next month when CIF state commissioners convene for its April 3 meeting.

A chance to continue high school sports Decision delayed until early April

by Palo Alto Weekly Staff/CIF

W

hile both Stanford University and Menlo College have had spring sports programs and winter championships canceled for the rest of the year, there’s still some hope for California high school sports.

The California Interscholastic Federation State Office and the 10 Section Commissioners announced Tuesday that no further action will be taken until at least April 3 regarding spring sports.

The CIF will continue to monitor guidelines from federal, state and local agencies.

The announcement was made during the regularly scheduled spring meeting, which included a discussion concerning the impact of COVID-19 on the 2020 CIF spring sports season.

“While the time may come when we have to cancel post-season events, today is not that day,” the CIF wrote in a statement.

“In anticipation of further guidance and directives issued by federal, state and local government agencies regarding COVID-19, the CIF has not determined the future of spring sports events at this time and intends to reconvene with the 10 Section Commissioners on April 3 to revisit this issue.

“Pending that time, Sections will continue to confer with their local leadership and the State CIF will continue to monitor any directives and recommendations issued from the above entities.”

At the college level, there will be no amazing finish for Stanford’s men’s golf team, no avenging its

only loss of the season for the women’s tennis team, no surprise championship for the men’s gymnastics and no way for lightweight crew to row for another title.

March Sadness continued over the weekend when the spring season was delivered into oblivion due to the coronavirus threat.

The Pac-12 Conference, following a meeting of the Pac-12 CEO Group and Athletic Directors announced that all Pac-12 conference and non-conference sport competitions and Pac-12 championships through the end of the

academic year, including spring sports that compete beyond the academic year, are canceled.

This decision follows both the Pac-12’s earlier decision to suspend all sports until further notice, and the decision by the NCAA to cancel the Division I men’s and women’s 2020 NCAA basketball tournaments as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships.

In addition, the Pac-12 Conference has made the decision to prohibit all organized team athletically related activities until at least March 29, at which time it will revisit this decision.

The NAIA cancelled spring

sports and announced that they will grant an additional year of eligibility for all spring sport athletes.

The Menlo College women’s wrestling team had already arrived in Jamestown, North Dakota for the NAIA championships and were preparing for the tournament when they received the bad news.

Several Menlo wrestlers qualified for the Olympic team trials and others were on the cusp.

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GOING HOME … Stanford grad and assistant women’s basketball coach Lindy La Rocque was introduced as the head coach at UNLV on Wednesday by Lady Rebels Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois. La Rocque returns to her native Las Vegas, where she was a standout at Durango High School and became the school’s (boys’ and girls’) all-time leading scorer with 2,678 points. La Rocque played in four straight Final Fours at Stanford and has been an assistant on Tara VanDerveer’s staff the past three years. While coaching at Stanford, the program ranked among the top 10 in the country. The Cardinal reached two Sweet 16s, an Elite Eight and won the Pac-12 Conference tournament championship. She helped guide Stanford to an overall record of 8222. Prior to coaching at Stanford, La Rocque spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Belmont University in Nashville, helping the Bruins to a pair of NCAA tournament berths, including the program’s first in nine seasons. Belmont went 5115 overall and 29-3 in Ohio Valley Conference play during La Rocque’s tenure, winning the league’s regular-season championship and the conference’s tournament title both seasons. La Rocque began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma, working for Hall of Fame coach Sherri Coale while pursuing her master’s degree in education. La Rocque played at Stanford between 2008-12, appearing in 138 career games, eighth on the all-time list.

She helped the Cardinal compile a 137-12 overall record during her four years, including a 71-1 mark in Pac12 play. Her team won four regular season conference championships and four league tournament titles, appearing in the NCAA Tournament each season and advancing to the national title game in 2010.

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Swimming and diving meets have been put off at least through the end of spring break at Paly.

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College, Pennsylvania, has been postponed indefinitely, along with a Last Chance qualifier in late March.

Locally, the Palo Alto Babe Ruth baseball organization hopes to open its 15U season on schedule on May 16 and the District 52 Little League all-star tournament remains on the docket for late June.

Palo Alto’s Prep League, for

13-15-year-olds not playing on a high school team, is in limbo as its season is currently on hold until at least April 10. Prep League teams have held several clinics and were supposed to start their season on March 7.

The Palo Alto Babe Ruth board of directors met over the weekend and will continue to monitor the situation concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PABR board of managers will continue to provide updates and is in the process of adding a FAQ section on its website

“Freeducation”— a freestyle puzzle for now. by Matt Jones

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4 Turned from white to pink, maybe 5 Pot top 6 Big pictures?

7 Company behind Hello Kitty 8 “You’re a better man than I am” poem 9 “Allergic to Water” singer DiFranco 10 Travel expert Steves

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11 Words before Base or spades 12 Quit messing around 13 Japanese appetizer 14 Advisory councils 21 Healed up 25 Dry, as Italian wine 28 Former New York Jets owner Leon 29 Muppet whose tweets often end with “Scram!”

31 “___ Hope” (1980s ABC soap) 34 Three-note chord 36 Machine that helps with sleep apnea 38 Fix firmly in place 39 “Wide slot” device

(pababeruth.org).

The various local Little Leagues (Alpine-West Menlo, MenloAtherton, Palo Alto, Ravenswood) have all suspended play in accordance with existing city, county and state guidelines.

There’s been no word regarding the USA Water Polo Junior Olympic Championships scheduled for Stanford and surrounding high school pools between July 18-26.

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40 “Cautionary Tales for Children” author Belloc 41 Evasive sorts 43 Enjoy immensely 44 Instrument in a “Legend of Zelda” title 45 Spins around 48 “Little Women” author 51 Furious with 53 Actress Linney of “Kinsey” 56 “Africa” band 58 “So ___” (Kid Rock song) 60 Wheaton of “The Big Bang Theory” 62 Malleable metal © 2020 Matt Jones

Los Altos | $4,195,000 Situated on an expansive, 22,000+ sqft. lot in a desirable neighborhood, this beautiful 4br/3ba, approximately 3,555 sqft. home is move-in ready. Thoughtfully remodeled over time to maximize comfort, functionality and indoor/outdoor living. This inviting home includes a large master suite, office, separate living, family, and dining rooms, and a beautifully remodeled kitchen. Many views of stunning gardens.

Alan Huwe 650.917.4392 alan.huwe@cbnorcal.com CalRE #01706555

Portola Valley | $1,100,000 Approximately 4.55 acre buildable parcel with sweeping views. Next to Windy Hill open space preserve. Access to hiking & equestrian trails and road & mountain biking routes. Less than 2 miles to intersection of Alpine & Portola roads. Approved plans to build an approximately 3,100 sqft. off-the-grid by choice home with solar power & backup generator. Property has water rights to creek, well & spring box. 5588Alpine.com Michele Morhenn 650.471.9066 michele.morhenn@cbnorcal.com CalRE #02006379

Palo Alto | $2,398,000 3br/2ba Arbor real home with greenbelt views. Harwood flooring & high ceilings. Kitchen with center island, granite counters & ss appliances. Fireplace.

Carmel | $1,550,000 Located at Carmel Valley Ranch, this freestanding townhome has three bedrooms, three and one-half baths, an updated kitchen and an office/library.

Jinny Ahn 650.833.9439 jinny.ahn@cbnorcal.com CalRE #01158424

Ben Heinrich 831.915.7415 team@theheinrichteam.com CalRE #00584641

COLDWELLBANKERHOMES.COM The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service, and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty are independent contractor sales associates, not employees. ©2020 Coldwell Banker. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker logos are trademarks of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. The Coldwell Banker® System is comprised of company owned offices which are owned by a subsidiary of Realogy Brokerage Group LLC and franchised offices which are independently owned and operated. The Coldwell Banker System fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.

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Atherton | $16,800,000 Stunning 11,300 sqft. 7 bedroom, 7.5 bath on 2+ acres featuring gourmet kitchen and a four-car garage. This one-of-a kind, spectacular home combines architectural integrity with the finest craftsmanship and quality materials! The property has easy access to Stanford University, Stanford Hospital, Sand Hill Road, tech companies, SFO International Airport, Highway 280 and shopping!

DiPali Shah 650.529.2440 shah.dipali@gmail.com CalRE #01249165

Palo Alto | $4,998,000 Spacious Professorville 4br/3ba, approximately 2,912 sqft. home originally built in 1975 on a rarely available approximately 10,500 sqft. lot. Expansive foyer leads to the backyard. Interior with vaulted wood-beamed ceilings in living/dining rooms & entire second level. One bedroom and full bathroom on first level. Desirable Palo Alto schools including Addison Elementary, Greene Middle & Palo Alto High.

Clara Lee 408.568.5576 clara.lee@cbnorcal.com CalRE #01723333

Portola Valley | $4,980,000 Portola Valley Ranch new construction. 5 bedroom, 5.5 custom contemporary house with an enclosed 2-car garage. High-end appliances, elevator, spacious decks & open floor plan. Upper floor has spectacular views.

2 bedroom suites, including a master with vaulted ceiling, airy bath & walk-in closet. Lower floor boasts 3 bedrooms, 3 baths & wine cellar. Resident amenities include 2 pools & 3 tennis courts.

Jenny Deng 408.807.7419 jennydeng007@gmail.com CalRE #01944686

COLDWELLBANKERHOMES.COM The property information herein is derived from various sources that may include, but not be limited to, county records and the Multiple Listing Service, and it may include approximations. Although the information is believed to be accurate, it is not warranted and you should not rely upon it without personal verification. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Realty are independent contractor sales associates, not employees. ©2020 Coldwell Banker. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker and the Coldwell Banker logos are trademarks of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. The Coldwell Banker® System is comprised of company owned offices which are owned by a subsidiary of Realogy Brokerage Group LLC and franchised offices which are independently owned and operated. The Coldwell Banker System fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act.

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