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Palo Alto Historical Property Values - Year 2014
BARRON PARK
GREEN GABLES
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
29
40
40
33
25
15
30
Median $
2,388,000
2,195,000
1,823,500
1,482,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
1,607,000
Min $
1,550,000
1,070,000
1,050,000
830,000
682,500
1,055,000
675,000
Max $
3,844,000
3,650,000
4,300,000
2,275,000
2,969,250
2,700,000
2,500,000
Avg $ / SF
1,283
1,101
842
805
781
737
917
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
37
33
63
55
61
50
39
Median $
2,520,000
2,160,000
1,750,000
1,500,000
1,470,000
1,413,000
1,550,000
Min $
1,415,000
975,000
1,100,000
813,000
850,000
845,000
950,000
Max $
4,989,000
7,650,000
6,000,000
2,470,000
3,150,000
4,050,000
4,150,000
Avg $ / SF
1,417
1,146
1,024
812
866
796
914
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
18
21
25
22
24
18
16
Median $
2,323,000
1,950,000
1,450,000
1,275,000
1,735,000
1,105,000
1,441,000
Min $
1,200,000
1,050,000
850,000
630,000
675,000
746,000
892,000
Max $
3,800,000
3,000,000
2,850,000
3,695,000
2,700,000
2,310,000
2,778,000
Avg $ / SF
1,470
1,225
960
853
801
860
1,063
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
40
51
68
63
59
54
55
Median $
2,371,000
1,950,000
1,669,500
1,380,000
1,365,000
1,337,000
1,515,000
Min $
1,300,000
1,207,000
931,000
770,000
835,000
745,000
720,000
Max $
6,100,000
4,500,000
3,300,000
2,950,000
2,615,000
2,499,000
2,722,000
Avg $ / SF
1,412
1,182
985
844
800
754
865
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
20
18
34
22
21
18
19
Median $
2,850,000
2,875,000
2,409,000
2,151,000
1,790,000
1,827,000
2,000,000
Min $
1,200,000
859,000
800,000
800,000
985,000
1,170,000
750,000
Max $
6,010,000
4,900,000
5,550,000
4,908,000
3,650,000
4,830,000
3,900,000
Avg $ / SF
1,613
1,137
1,135
948
881
1,000
975
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
29
53
40
47
30
21
35
Median $
3,375,000
2,866,000
2,576,500
2,575,000
2,044,000
2,000,000
2,085,000
Min $
1,568,000
595,000
710,000
740,000
755,000
815,000
960,000
Max $
19,880,000
10,000,000
9,000,000
5,800,000
7,300,000
3,500,000
7,800,000
Avg $ / SF
1,798
1,339
1,204
1,016
994
925
1,031
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
28
25
29
33
25
28
20
Median $
3,575,000
3,010,000
2,400,000
2,535,000
2,425,000
1,910,000
2,075,000
Min $
2,025,000
1,725,000
840,000
701,000
710,000
800,000
1,269,000
Max $
7,988,000
6,500,000
4,800,000
6,025,000
4,450,000
4,995,000
6,900,000
Avg $ / SF
1,405
1,200
1,043
940
879
842
1,022
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
11
9
14
13
15
14
6
Median $
2,950,000
3,800,000
2,225,000
2,350,000
1,990,000
1,400,000
1,767,500
Min $
1,725,000
1,250,000
1,350,000
1,100,000
775,000
810,000
1,300,000
Max $
8,150,000
5,500,000
3,800,000
4,900,000
7,995,000
3,270,000
9,850,000
Avg $ / SF
1,329
1,143
1,054
834
933
742
1,080
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
18
17
18
22
19
14
20
Median $
2,522,000
2,165,000
1,801,000
1,610,000
1,367,000
1,544,000
1,658,500
Min $
1,225,000
1,550,000
880,000
610,000
645,000
1,000,000
899,000
Max $
5,480,000
4,350,000
3,225,000
3,775,000
2,200,000
2,995,000
3,800,000
Avg $ / SF
1,421
1,164
1,032
967
815
812
954
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
93
98
99
100
120
121
94
Median $
2,125,000
1,795,000
1,455,000
1,229,000
1,246,500
1,188,000
1,350,000
Min $
1,365,000
1,141,000
850,000
760,000
802,500
775,000
845,000
Max $
4,700,000
3,500,000
2,750,000
2,388,000
2,350,000
2,300,000
2,690,000
Avg $ / SF
1,222
1,089
880
794
719
704
839
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold
5
9
12
15
18
6
4
Median $
2,680,000
1,916,000
1,777,500
1,610,000
1,360,500
1,412,000
1,565,000
Min $
2,000,000
1,650,000
1,550,000
1,250,000
840,000
1,151,000
915,000
Max $
2,800,000
3,033,000
2,200,000
3,350,000
2,450,000
1,900,000
1,860,000
Avg $ / SF
1,161
995
845
833
809
751
829
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
# Sold Median $
15
1,425,000
15
1,199,000
15
1,205,000
9
900,000
13
815,000
9
903,000
6
900,000
Min $
880,000
975,000
760,000
672,000
690,000
703,000
825,000
Max $
2,688,000
2,430,000
2,300,000
1,590,000
918,000
1,195,000
1,285,000
Avg $ / SF
1,086
1,028
836
651
735
776
906
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Local news, information and analysis
Despite Stanford objections, city prepares to cap office growth
City Council members signal support for annual limit
on commercial growth; delay decision until March 2
by Gennady Sheyner
esponding to community
criticism about the rapid
growth of office space,
Palo Alto officials on Monday
offered measured support for a
complex and deeply contentious
solution: an annual cap on commercial development.
Several members of the City
Council signaled that they would
R
favor instituting limitations on office development, though the debate about what these limitations
would be has yet to take place. The
council stopped short of voting on
a development cap and has not yet
figured out whether it should be
instituted immediately on an interim basis or rolled out as part of the
ongoing update of the city’s Com-
prehensive Plan, the document
that guides land-use decisions.
Though the council didn’t
delve too deeply into the issue on
Monday because of limited time,
the members who had a chance
to speak made it clear that they
would support an annual cap on
office growth. They took this
position despite deep reservations and fervent objections from
various residents, businesses and
property owners, most notably
Stanford University. Critics of the
proposal argued that capping de-
velopment would not address the
impacts that the council is trying
to solve, namely, too much traffic
and not enough parking.
Jean McCown, Stanford’s assistant vice president for government
and community relations, urged
the council not to take “precipitous
actions” and encouraged members
to design solutions that fit the problems of specific parts of the city.
She was one of several speakers
from Stanford who warned about
the unintended consequences that
the cap would have on Stanford
Research Park, a sprawling hightech campus with a roster of hightech titans that includes Varian,
Tesla and VMWare.
“There is a community concern
about parking in the downtown
commercial area, but that’s not
the issue in the Research Park,
where properties do provide their
own parking,” McCown said.
She also noted that unlike in
downtown, developments at Stanford Research Park do not apply for
(continued on page 7)
EDUCATION
Board backs expanding
Mandarin program
Jordan Middle School could host new pilot program
by Elena Kadvany
alo Alto school board
members agreed Tuesday
night that expanding an
elementary school Mandarinimmersion program to Jordan
Middle School — filling a hole in
the district in Mandarin instruction between elementary and high
schools — is a common-sense decision that they support.
Staff brought a proposal to the
board to begin a pilot expansion
of Ohlone Elementary School’s
popular Mandarin-immersion
program at Jordan this fall. The
Ohlone program began in the
fall of 2008 with 40 students and
steadily grew to its targeted size
of 124 by the 2012-13 school year.
“We have all these kids, our warm
bodies, in elementary school,”
board Vice President Heidi Emberling said. “A bridge is needed.”
Modeled after Jordan’s Spanish-immersion program, the pilot Mandarin program would be
offered for one hour, four days
a week, to students who graduated from the Ohlone program.
The pilot is proposed for Jordan
rather than Terman or JLS middle
schools because that period of instruction was already built into
the school’s master schedule for
Spanish immersion, staff said.
If approved, the program would
begin with one section for sixthgraders this fall and increase over
the next two years (one section for
sixth- and seventh-graders in the
2016-17 year and one section at
all three grade levels in the 201718 year).
Currently, students who enroll
in Ohlone’s “choice” program each
year have no options for Mandarin
instruction at the district’s middle
schools. (Both Palo Alto and
Gunn high schools offer several
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UTILITIES
Five years later, city still
looking to safeguard power
2010 plane accident cut electricity for hours
by Sue Dremann
n the foggy morning of tor, the city reported that day. No
Feb. 17, 2010, Palo Alto one dared to estimate the losses
plunged into darkness at to local businesses.
the beginning of the morning
Palo Alto’s “Day the Earth
commute. All 28,000 customers Stood Still” was caused by a
lost power for 10 hours. Com- private plane that crashed into a
puter systems were down, traffic city’s utility tower near the Palo
snarled at intersections after stop- Alto Municipal Airport — taking
lights went out, Stanford Univer- out all three of the city’s power
sity Hospital and Lucile Packard conduits — and landed in a fiery
Children’s Hospital operated on blaze in an East Palo Alto neighemergency power, and most city borhood.
facilities, including City Hall
It was a wake-up call.
and the Police Department, lost
But five years after the twin-enelectricity, although police had gine Cessna 310R accident killed
limited power through a genera- pilot Douglas Bourn and two fel-
O
low Tesla Motors employees, Andrew Ingram and Brian Finn, little
has changed. Palo Alto officials
are still looking at alternative
power supplies to prevent another
disastrous blackout.
Negotiating for additional
electrical transmission lines and
building the infrastructure for
them could be years down the
line, a city Utilities Department
spokesperson said this week.
All of Palo Alto’s electrical
power comes from three power
lines located east of U.S. Highway
101. All three were impacted by
the crash or by the debris it generated.
The incident was later blamed
on Bourn’s failure to follow departure instructions by banking
left over the East Palo Alto neighborhood instead of right over the
San Francisco Bay and his failure to attain sufficient altitude
(continued on page 10)
levels of the language.) Parents of
current Ohlone students told the
board Tuesday of the impact that a
three-year gap in instruction could
have on their children.
“I think a bridge to high school is
definitely needed to keep this education and language proficiency —
and in the case of my kids, I think
the enhanced confidence they’ve
gotten from tackling a challenging experience like this — to keep
those things from being wasted,”
said James Porter, the father of a
second- and a fourth-grader in the
Ohlone program. “A three-year gap
is really significant at the sixthgrade level, especially given the
social and academic demands that
come up in middle school.”
Parent and Mandarin-immersion advocate Grace Mah told the
board that a study of the Ohlone
program, conducted by Amado
Padilla of the Stanford University
Graduate School of Education,
found that fifth-graders graduating from the program who took a
language proficiency test scored
at approximately the same level as
third- and fourth-grade level Mandarin students at Gunn and Paly.
“The importance of this is that
if (Mandarin immersion) students
exit Ohlone and then have no
Mandarin instruction until high
school, they will likely regress ...
and the full potential of the (Mandarin immersion) program is not
achieved,” Mah said.
Students who graduate from the
Ohlone program would be given
first priority for the Jordan course,
staff said. If there’s room, they
could open it up to students who
pass a qualifying test.
Board member Ken Dauber
(continued on page 11)
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Government Code
Section 66016, that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will
hold a Public Hearing at the Regularly Scheduled Council Meeting
on Monday, March, 2, 2015 at 6:00 p.m., or as near thereafter as
possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo
Alto, California to consider adoption of a Resolution amending
Water, Gas and Wastewater Connection and Capacity Fees and
Miscellaneous Utility Charges (Utility Rate Schedules G-5, W-5,
S-5 and C-1) of the City of Palo Alto Utilities Rates and Charges.
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— Kate Downing, Palo Alto planning commissioner, on people who complain about developments that
exceed zoning limits. See story on page 9.
Around Town
LOVE IS IN THE AIR ... During
the month of February, Palo Alto
residents are asked to send the
city a love letter or picture of their
favorite place. The notes and
images will be shared on both
the city’s website and as part of
the “For the Love of Palo Alto”
event, which encourages “community members to find out and
talk more about why we connect
with the place where we live and
the impact it can have in terms
of civic participation,” according to a press release. The event
is inspired by acclaimed author
Peter Kageyama’s book, “For the
Love of Cities: The Love Affair Between People and Their Places.”
Kageyama will be in Palo Alto on
Friday, Feb. 20, from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the Mitchell Park Community
Center, 3700 Middlefield Road,
to host the free and interactive
event, which will include a brainstorming session on how to make
“Palo Alto a better, more lovable
community with a budget of just
$500.” The attendees will get to
vote for their favorite idea. Love
letters can be sent through the
city’s new mobile app, Our Palo
Alto, which is available in the Android store and soon to be available in the iTunes stores.
AP TESTS DON’T COME CHEAP
... Palo Alto High School recently
lowered the cost of taking an Advanced Placement (AP) test from
$115 per test to $110 after recognizing the financial constraints
of taking the exam, Principal
Kim Diorio said. AP Chinese and
Japanese fees are still pricey at
$135 a pop (compared to last
year’s rate of $145). Paly charges
more than many high schools in
the area, which hover around the
College Board’s mandated fee of
$91. In the 2013-14 school year,
Gunn High School, too, charged
$115 per exam (and will again this
year), though Los Altos, MenloAtherton, Mountain View and
Monta Vista high schools charged
between $90 and $95. “We
recognized that our prices were
higher than some other schools in
the area and also heard from students and parents that one of the
reasons they do not take the AP
exam is because of the financial
constraint of the exams,” Diorio
wrote in an email. “We wanted
to see if there was wiggle room
in lowering the cost for students
while still being able to provide
the same services.” Aside from
the exam itself, the fees cover
the cost of administering the test:
additional staff to coordinate
registration, to set up and break
down exam stations, training and
proctoring of the tests.
GET YOUR HACK ON ... Stanford
University announced Wednesday that it will host the first-ever
national collegiate hackathon in
Silicon Valley on Friday, Feb. 20.
The most talented student programmers, designers, tinkerers
and creators from colleges across
the country will come to Stanford
for the inaugural TreeHacks,
which is organized by BASES
Hackspace, a Stanford group
that is dedicated to facilitating the
university’s hacking community.
Students will team up with likeminded individuals from their own
school or from other schools to
create websites, apps or hardware projects during the 36-hour,
non-stop technology competition.
The teams will take their ideas
from concept to an actual working project that will be presented
to a panel of judges on Sunday,
Feb. 22. (Presumably, all the
participants will be sleeping the
following day.) TreeHacks is focused on “bringing mentorships,
connections, and expertise to
students that they might not have
otherwise had access to through
standard education,” a press release states.
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE ...
The Palo Alto Art Center is one
of six museum programs in the
state to receive the 2015 Superintendent’s Award for Excellence
in Museum Education, the city
announced Wednesday. The
award — chosen by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction
in partnership with the California
Association of Museums — recognizes the accomplishments
in museum programs that serve
K-12 students and/or educators.
The Palo Alto Art Center received
the award for its Cultural Kaleidoscope program, which fosters
connections between students
from different backgrounds in
Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and
Menlo Park. The program uses
professional artists to guide students in art projects and exposes
them to art through field trips to
local museums. The Palo Alto Art
Center also received the same
award in 2013 for the school tour
program Project LOOK! Q
Upfront
EDUCATION
Palo Alto high schools prioritize culture change, achievement gap
Data, consistency also top goals in Gunn and Paly WASC reports
by Elena Kadvany
s a result of intensive selfstudies that Palo Alto’s
high schools undertook
over the last year, both Gunn and
Palo Alto High have committed
to tackling the achievement gap,
ensuring curriculum is consistent, and engendering major
cultural shifts at their schools.
Gunn Principal Denise Herrmann and Paly Principal Kim
Diorio presented their top goals
for the next several years to the
Board of Education on Tuesday.
Their goals, which overlap and
speak directly to many community concerns surrounding
the high schools, are the result
of a year-plus-long Western
Association of Schools and
Colleges (WASC) process the
high schools complete every six
years.
Both principals said they are
committed to working to close
the achievement gap at their
schools through more targeted,
personalized learning, increased
professional development for
teachers and improved intervention programs.
Gunn set a series of specific
goals around the achievement
gap, including developing and
implementing a “robust, universal academic and behavioral
intervention program” by the
fall of 2018; reducing the percentage of Latino students who
get Ds and Fs from 45 percent
to 20 percent or less by the end
of the 2016-17 school year;
and by 2018, boost Latino and
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“planned-community” zoning in
hopes of building more densely than
their sites would otherwise allow.
Tiffany Griego, managing director for Stanford Research Park,
made a similar point in a letter she
co-signed with McCown. The letter
noted that between 2004 and 2013,
the Research Park has grown at a
“modest average rate” of 16,000
square feet per year and that in
many cases it resulted in obsolete
facilities being transformed to accommodate modern technologies.
Griego asked the council to “encourage this sort of reinvestment,
which replaces existing improvements with modern, sustainable
facilities that are more appropriate for the conduct of cutting-edge
research and development.”
In the letter, she wrote that Stanford believes that an annual growth
limit “could have significantly detrimental impacts on the vitality of
the Stanford Research Park.
“Stanford is concerned that an
annual cap will compromise our
mutual ability to attract companies
that create long-term economic
black students’ enrollment in
Advanced Placement (AP) and
honors courses by 30 percent.
Herrmann said that some
lanes of courses at Gunn — such
as varying levels of biology (1,
1A and honors) — can “lead to
a sorting of students that is unhealthy.”
“We’re not saying every student should be in honors (classes) ... but we are saying that we
might have an artificial boundary there and that we want to examine that and to make sure that
as many kids who want to take
APs or who want to challenge
themselves feel that support but
that we’re not down-laning any
kid,” she said.
School board member Ken
Dauber offered data that shows
the district’s white and Asian
students perform in the top percentiles in the state, for example,
on math and science, while African-American, Hispanic and
low-income students don’t do as
well, especially when compared
to other districts statewide.
“Why is it in a school district
that is as highly resourced as we
are and does so well for certain
students that we do less well for
others compared to other schools
statewide?” Dauber asked.
He urged Diorio and Herrmann to think about what strategies could be developed to address differences between what
Palo Alto Unified is doing to
close the achievement gap and
what other districts are doing
more successfully.
Board Vice President Heidi
Emberling stressed that any
efforts to tackle the achievement gap must start before high
school, with processes in place
to connect with and analyze student achievement in elementary
and middle schools.
And as the district commences on a research study of consistency at the two high schools,
Paly and Gunn are, too, making
it a priority to align curriculum,
in response to student, parent
and staff dissatisfaction voiced
through surveys administered as
part of the WASC process.
Most Paly students reported
in a WASC survey that they
would like to see inconsistent
grading practices addressed,
citing grade “deflation” and differences among teachers of the
same course. Thirty percent of
Gunn students disagree — and
14 percent strongly disagree —
that teacher quality and difficulty is consistent across courses.
Similarly, 19 percent of Gunn
students disagree that grading is
fair across teachers and courses.
Diorio said Paly will be working to develop common summative assessments and common
syllabi in all courses that don’t
yet have them to make sure that
homework, assessments and curriculum are better aligned.
Herrmann emphasized that
alignment, though critical to addressing student stress, doesn’t
mean a loss of teacher autonomy.
“It doesn’t matter if you have
teacher ‘A’ or teacher ‘B;’ you
know that the outcomes for the
course, what you’re going to
learn, are going to be the same,”
she said. “Every teacher has
their own style; that’s not saying
that teacher personalities aren’t
going to shine through or their
sense of humor — all of that is
what builds the relationship part.
Relationships can’t be aligned,
but the curriculum and the instruction and the assessment can
be aligned.”
Diorio and Herrmann also
identified data collection and
analysis as an area of improve-
stability in our city,” Griego wrote.
Jeff Wright, vice president at
Varian, also expressed concern
about an office-space cap. The
company had recently renovated
110,000 square feet of office and
research-and-development space
at its Stanford Research Park
campus and had put together a
master plan that would accommodate a further build-out. The
company’s plan to continue its
growth could be jeopardized by
a new cap, which could take the
form of a “beauty contest” between development proposals,
with the council as the judge.
“We are concerned the contemplated annual-growth limit
erodes flexibility and predictability and could have the unintended
consequence of prohibiting Varian from ever building out its remaining FAR (floor-area-ratio),
particularly if the annual limit is
too low,” Wright wrote.
The call for caution and careful deliberation won some support
from the council, though members
were more swayed by the argument
from residents that office development has gotten too intense, particularly around downtown. Residents’ anxieties over recent growth
helped set the stage for a referendum in 2013, in which voters overturned a council-approved housing
development on Maybell Avenue,
and for the council election of 2014,
in which candidates who advocated
for slow-growth policies won seats.
Two of these candidates, Tom
DuBois and Eric Filseth, both
spoke in favor of a commercial
cap. DuBois cited the recent election and recalled that “all five winning candidates said there is a need
to moderate commercial impacts.
“We had very broad input from
the community through the last
election,” DuBois said. “It’s not
just about traffic and parking. It’s
about maintaining the aesthetics
of the city.”
Filseth aligned himself with
Vice Mayor Greg Schmid, who
made a motion for staff to move
ahead with exploring an annual
cap between 10,000 square feet
and 45,000 square feet as part of
the Comprehensive Plan update.
But the council never got to
vote on Schmid’s motion, with
most members agreeing that the
March 2 discussion should launch
from a clean slate and not be
based on a specific proposal. The
council voted 6-2, with Schmid
and Filseth dissenting and Councilwoman Liz Kniss absent, to
table the discussion until then.
“I think it’s pretty clear that for
a majority of Palo Alto residents,
we’re at a point in time where the
incremental benefits of more office expansion are outweighed
by the incremental costs,” Filseth
said in explaining his support for
a cap. “There is an argument that
negative impacts can be mitigated
but they can’t be mitigated completely. It’s the first rule of holes.
When you’re in one, stop digging.”
Though the council didn’t adopt a
cap on Monday, the discussion suggested that it’s only a matter of time.
Mayor Karen Holman and Councilman Pat Burt had both advocated
limiting commercial growth at past
discussions. And even Councilman
Cory Wolbach, who is not aligned
with the slow-growth “residentialist” camp, reiterated on Monday
his pre-election argument that what
Palo Alto needs is more housing,
not more office space.
Even so, Wolbach urged caution
when it comes to limiting development. By addressing the supply of
office space without addressing the
demand, the council’s action could
lead to rising rents, which could
Gunn and Paly student surveys
Percent who answered ‘very satified’ or ‘somewhat satisfied’
Level of
enjoyment
while learning
70
Satisfaction
with teachers
this year
86
Social and
emotional
experience this year
75
Satisfaction with
school counselors
this year
72
66
Gunn
Paly
83
78
71
Source: Gunn and Paly 2015 Western Association
of Schools and Colleges reports
ment for their schools.
“We don’t right now have a
culture of using data to guide
decision-making at our school
and we want to improve that,”
Diorio said. “We want to change
that.”
Herrmann, too, said there is a
lack of access to data to answer
ongoing questions about student achievement, wellness and
teacher effectiveness, among
other areas.
Dauber said data is necessary
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pose a challenge for small businesses. He likened an office cap
to a tourniquet and argued, “If you
aren’t careful you can lose a limb.”
“Small businesses in Palo Alto
could be among the limbs,” he said.
Wolbach proved particularly
sympathetic to a commonly stated
argument that the city shouldn’t
cap office development outright
but rather limit it by demanding
from developers amenities such as
housing, impact fees and “transportation-demand management”
programs that convince employees to commute by mass transit,
carpool, biking or walking.
“Tying commercial development
to housing, tying commercial development to TDM (transportationdemand management) measures
— those are the kinds of things we
need to focus on,” Wolbach said. Q
Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner
can be emailed at gsheyner@
paweekly.com.
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Call for ‘quiet zone’ gets louder in Palo Alto
City joins push to fossil-fuel divestment
A grassroots call to establish a “quiet zone” for a segment of Palo
Alto’s rail corridor picked up some volume Monday night when members of the City Council agreed to further study the proposal.
Quiet zones are sections of the rail line where approaching trains
do not routinely sound horns. For more than two years, downtown
residents near Alma Street have been lobbying the council to create
one near their homes. During the Monday night study session, several
residents reiterated their frustrations about the persistent and pervasive
noise from freight train horns at night and Caltrain horns during the
day and evening.
Martin Sommer said that roughly 90 trains pass by his neighborhood, sounding their horns each time they enter and exit the station.
Zouhair Mahboubi, who has been leading the drive for a quiet zone,
said freight trains routinely run at 2 and 3 a.m.
The Federal Railroad Administration, which defines quiet zones, allows cities to establish them provided they can institute certain safety
measures. These could be median barriers or so-called quad gates
near rail crossings.
The costs of these improvements would range from about $100,000
for the median barriers to $1 million or more for the gates. The city
attorney’s office also determined the city might be required to supplement its liability insurance for any incidents that occur at a quiet-zone
intersection. Q
— Gennady Sheyner
Spurred by concerns about climate change and a grassroots push
from Palo Alto’s faith community, the City Council enthusiastically
passed a resolution Monday urging the California Public Employees’
Retirement System to divest from fossil-fuel companies.
The council voted 8-0, with Liz Kniss absent, to go along with
the recommendations of a colleagues memo issued last week by four
council members: Marc Berman, Patrick Burt, Mayor Karen Holman
and Kniss. The memo recommends that city officials request CalPERS divest from fossil-fuel companies and frames the issue as one of
both environmental and fiscal responsibility.
The city’s resolution urges CalPERS, the state’s pension fund for
government employees, to “immediately instruct” its asset managers to stop any new investments in fossil-fuel companies; ensure that
“none of its assets include holdings in fossil fuel include holdings in
fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds” on or after Jan. 1,
2020; and publish quarterly updates starting in July 1, 2015, detailing
progress made toward full divestment.
The city’s action comes at a time when the movement for divestment
is picking up steam at cities, colleges and legislative chambers. State
Sen. Kevin de Leon has been leading the Sacramento push for a bill
that would force CalPERS to divest from fossil fuels, and students and
faculty at Stanford and Harvard University have been vocal in urging
their respective schools to divest. Q
— Gennady Sheyner
Palo Alto pursues minimum-wage law
East Palo Alto offers city manager job
An effort to raise Palo Alto’s minimum wage received a big lift
Monday night when the City Council enthusiastically agreed to pursue
the idea.
The council voted 8-0, with Liz Kniss absent, to refer to its Policy
and Services Committee a proposal to establish a citywide minimum
wage. Palo Alto’s new law will likely mimic similar ordinances that
were adopted last year in Mountain View and Sunnyvale.
The proposal was made in a colleagues memo from councilmen Pat
Burt, Marc Berman, Tom DuBois and Cory Wolbach, who argued that
the change is needed because of the high cost of living in Palo Alto.
California currently has a minimum wage of $9 an hour, which is set
to increase to $10 an hour next year.
“Despite our general affluence ... we currently have the same minimum wage as low cost regions of California and lower minimum
wages than some neighboring cities,” the memo stated.
Paul George, executive director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice
Center, submitted to the council a letter of support signed by more
than 300 residents and 13 organizations.
George told the council that while California’s minimum wage is
higher than the federal standard, it “still isn’t high enough.”
Councilman Eric Filseth, who also advocated moving ahead with
the ordinance, noted that the standard argument against a minimum
wage is that it would destroy service jobs.
“I don’t think this is likely to happen in Palo Alto,” he said. “I think
we should go for it.” Q
— Gennady Sheyner
East Palo Alto City Council unanimously extended a conditional offer to its interim manager, Carlos Martinez, to be its new city manager,
the city announced in a press release on Monday.
Martinez has served in a variety of management roles responsible
for redevelopment, economic development and housing for the past 11
years. He has served as interim city manager since October.
The council expects to make a formal appointment and approve
an employment agreement with Martinez at its regular meeting on
March 3. The city will conduct a thorough background check and
negotiate the terms of the agreement in the coming weeks, according
to the announcement. Mayor Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier has appointed
herself and Vice Mayor Donna Rutherford to represent the council in
the negotiations.
Martinez was selected after an extensive recruitment and evaluation
process led by CPS HR, a Sacramento-based public-sector executivesearch firm. The council reviewed more than 30 applications from
candidates, the most qualified of whom also met with a 10-person
community panel.
Martinez has master’s degrees in architecture and in city planning
from the University of California, Berkeley. He worked for the City of
Hayward in economic development, for a nonprofit economic-development corporation, as a San Francisco City/County supervisor and
in the private sector as an architect and planner. He has also run his
own small business. Q
— Sue Dremann
Police release video on unsolved homicide
Maria Ann Hsiao’s death has haunted Lt. Zach Perron for more
than 13 years, and now the Palo Alto Police Department has released
a video about the night she died in hopes of generating tips that will
lead to her killer.
Just after midnight on June 10, 2001, Hsiao, a 21-year-old film student,
was fatally shot in the head outside the Q Cafe in downtown Palo Alto.
She had been out for her birthday with her sister and several friends.
Perron was the second officer to arrive on the scene and immediately started CPR, he recounted in the 10-minute video. People were
screaming, and the police were uncertain about what had happened
and whether the shooter was still in the area. No gun was ever found.
A $100,000 reward is still being offered for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the person responsible for Hsiao’s death. Her
family, meanwhile, seeks justice, and soon: Her father has a terminal
illness and desires to know what happened to his daughter before he dies.
Because of the size of the crowd outside of the club that night, police
believe one or more persons saw something — and they’re still keeping what they know a secret. Police initially said they believed the
shooter was between 5 and 10 feet away from Hsiao.
Police are asking the public to watch the YouTube video at the Palo
Alto Police Department channel and share it on their social networks:
youtu.be/faP6-0NBNYM.
Anonymous tips about that night can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.
org or sent via text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984. Tips may
also be submitted anonymously through a free mobile app, downloadable at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. Q
— Jocelyn Dong
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Forums to address student wellness
The Palo Alto school district and community groups have organized three events over the next few weeks to provide further platforms for conversation about student wellness.
On Thursday, Feb. 19, the district will host a panel presentation
on sleep and health called, “Wake Up Call: The Role of Sleep and
Teen Health.”
The panelists will discuss the science behind sleep and health,
what parents can look for and strategies to ensure their children are
getting enough sleep and efforts the school district is considering to
better facilitate student sleep. The presentation will be followed by
a discussion.
The sleep event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Mitchell Park
Community Center’s El Palo Alto Room at 3800 Middlefield Road. It
is co-sponsored by the City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, youth well-being coalition Project Safety Net, Lucile Packard
Children’s Hospital and the Palo Alto Council of PTAs.
The district is also co-sponsoring “Let’s Talk: A Community
Conversation about Healthy Kids and Healthy Schools” at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, Feb. 25, with the City of Palo Alto and Project Safety Net
at the Cubberley Community Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, T2.
On Sunday, March 1, from 5 to 7 p.m., a forum dedicated to hearing
from Palo Alto students, “Listening to Youth Voices,” will feature a
youth panel, time for students to speak on open mic and remarks by
school board member Ken Dauber and City Councilman Pat Burt.
The forum will take place at First Congregational Church of Palo
Alto at 1985 Louis Road. Q
— Elena Kadvany
ing well, where they can
improve and to “break the
commitment to the status
quo way of doing things.”
“I would expect to see
from staff, from Dr. McGee
and from you folks a request
about what you need in order
to actually make that happen,” he said.
Perhaps the high schools’
most ambitious and overlapping goal is shifting school
culture from one that values
a narrow, traditional path of
success to one that is more
empathetic, creative and accepting of multiple definitions of success.
Herrmann said Gunn plans
to accomplish this with some
big-picture steps, such as ongoing work through a partnership with youth well-being
research group Challenge Success and creation of a comprehensive social- and emotionallearning curriculum.
More short-term changes
include a new time-management tool students will be
required to use when signing
up for classes this spring and
consideration of switching
over to a block schedule, in
which classes meet less frequently but for longer periods throughout the week.
Paly switched to a block
schedule five years ago.
Gunn students and parents
have been urging the school
in recent weeks to adopt a
block schedule, and Herrmann said last week that a
committee will be looking
at the possibility this spring,
with the goal of implementing a change in the fall of
2016.
Superintendent Max McGee told Herrmann that she
has the district’s “full support to get moving” on the
bell schedule, stressing that
a “sense of urgency” infuses
each of the schools’ goals.
“These plans aren’t going to sit on the desk for six
years,” McGee said at the
school board meeting Tuesday night, recapping the
WASC presentations. “They
are data-driven, they are actionable and they are urgent.”
Gunn’s and Paly’s full
WASC reports are posted
with the online version of
this article on PaloAltoOnline.com. Q
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PaloAltoOnline.com
READ MORE ONLINE
An article about the research
study on curriculum consistency, commissioned by the
district, is posted online. Go to
PaloAltoOnline.com and search
for “School district to evaluate
consistency, world-language
programs.”
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CITY OF PALO ALTO
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
DEVELOPMENT
City planners propose fixes
for controversial zoning
Palo Alto commissioners weigh reforms for ‘planned community’ zoning
upporters call it a valuable
tool for allowing flexibility
and encouraging the creation of much-needed housing for
seniors and low-income families.
Opponents call it a “racket” that
allows developers to line their
pockets by exceeding zoning regulations and providing meager “public benefits,” some of which fail to
materialize.
Everyone on the City Council
agrees that “planned community”
zoning is broken. Now, fixes are
on the way.
A year after Palo Alto put a halt
to planned-community (PC) proposals, the city is moving ahead
with reforms that officials hope
will add some clarity and predictability to the city’s most controversial zoning process. The Planning
and Transportation Commission
wrestled with proposed fixes on
Wednesday night during a threehour discussion that featured more
than a dozen informal votes.
One improvement proposed for
a new PC ordinance would be to
define “public benefit,” a term that
over the years has encompassed ev-
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by Gennady Sheyner
erything from sculptures and bike
paths to cash payments and affordable-housing units. The ordinance
also includes a rule that would require a developer to submit an economic analysis for the project — a
pro forma document that would
help the council weigh the value
of public benefits against the profit
the developer would earn as a result
of the zoning exemptions.
Yet the proposed ordinance
wouldn’t create a specific menu
of benefits. The definition remains
open-ended: “Public benefits shall
include affordable housing, significant monetary or ‘in kind’ contributions toward meeting goals of the
City’s adopted infrastructure plan
or human services needs assessment with a nexus to the proposed
project, or other similar amenities
or improvements identified by the
City Council,” the ordinance states.
It also notes that the council
could adopt a menu in the future
that reflects city priorities.
The commission agreed with
many of the proposed reforms,
though members quibbled with
a few and split on two. Members
generally agreed that the menu
isn’t necessary, but Commissioners Kate Downing and Eric
Rosenblum both favored including
“preferred uses,” such as affordable housing and senior housing.
Downing argued that PC projects should have intrinsic value
— that is, be beneficial in themselves. She gave as an example affordable housing and community
centers. She also argued against
allowing developers to make cash
payments as benefits because this
gives the city an incentive to allow
inadequate zoning and turns the
process into a “huge negotiation,
like buying a used car.”
She acknowledged that the process, as it stands, has been a cause
of much anxiety.
“People, when they talk about
zoning or a project out of zoning
(compliance), they talk about it
like a crime is being committed,
like we’re violating the law when
we’re doing something outside
zoning,” Downing said.
Przenek Gardias was the only
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City
Council will hold a public hearing at the special
scheduled meeting on Monday, February 23, 2015 at
6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as possible, in the Council
Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider
an appeal of the Director of Planning and Community
Environment’s Individual Review Approval of a new twostory home located at 3864 Corina Way. Environmental
Assessment: Exempt from the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15303(a) of
the CEQA Guidelines.
BETH MINOR
Acting City Clerk
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONMitchell Park Community Center
February 19, 2015, 9:00 AM
1. Peter Kageyama, author of for the Love of Cities will
be discussing his book and taking questions from
attendees. Attendees include City of Palo Alto
Executive Leadership Team and Council Members.
Brown Act Noticed meeting.
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to avoid striking power lines, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report.
Palo Alto was looking at alternative power supplies and their
costs for years prior to the crash,
Tomm Marshall, assistant director of the city’s Utilities Department, said at the time. Two studies
found that adding a transformer
at the Stanford Linear Accelerator
Center could cost about $45 million and require permission from
the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), which would operate the
new transformer. But the DOE has
not been supportive of the plan.
The city also considered converting its 115kV lines to 230kV
lines, which would save the city
about $1 million annually. The
new lines would be installed underground, safeguarding it from
aircraft and other hazards, Marshall said. Cost for that project
was estimated at $200 million.
But neither idea has gone anywhere so far.
Utilities spokeswoman Catherine Elvert this week said the
city has since been involved in
regional transmission-planning
efforts conducted by the California Independent System Operator
(CAISO) to develop an alternative
transmission system.
“Our participation in the annual
process has resulted in two alternatives to diversify transmission
routes to the city that are currently under consideration. The first
alternative under consideration
would entail PG&E building a
new transmission access point extending from the city’s receiving
station to a PG&E site at NASA
Ames (in Mountain View). The
second alternative under consideration would involve construct-
ing a new transmission line from a
city site near Sand Hill Road to a
site near the Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator
(SLAC),” she wrote in an email.
Both alternatives are considered
viable solutions to problems related to the airport, she said. But the
second alternative, a transmission
line to SLAC, still involves several groups that need to negotiate
impacts and costs. The preferred
alternative will be contingent upon
its feasibility and cost, she added.
“Currently, we expect that a
final decision on the alternatives
will be made by the end of 2015.
Construction may take from three
to five years after a decision is made.
A project of this size will require an
environmental-review process, followed by engineering design, manufacture of specialized equipment and
then construction,” she said.
Upgrading the system is taking
a long time due to its many moving parts, she said.
“There are many entities involved. It really is a very important issue to the community. We
want to make sure we fully arrive
at a decision that is best for the
community,” she said.
Palo Alto has put in backup generators to improve reliability and
redundancy in the system. The city
has made improvements to keep
essential water services going in a
power emergency, Elvert said. The
city maintains a fleet of generators to provide electricity to pumps
servicing city water wells and reservoirs. Two new generators have
been sited at reservoirs to provide
power during electric outages.
The city has also upgraded
large parts of its lines from 4kV
to 12kV, which is “pretty major”
and is an ongoing process that improves reliability, she said. Q
Staff Writer Sue Dremann
can be emailed at sdremann@
paweekly.com.
CityView
A round-up
of Palo Alto government action this week
City Council (Feb. 9)
Office cap: The council discussed the creation of an annual cap for office
development. The council did not vote on the proposal and will continue the
conversation next month. Action: None
Minimum wage: The council referred to its Policy and Services Committee the
creation of a local minimum-wage ordinance. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff, Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss
Divestment: The council adopted a resolution urging CalPERS to divest from
fossil-fuel companies. Yes: Berman, Burt, DuBois, Filseth, Holman, Scharff,
Schmid, Wolbach Absent: Kniss
Council Policy and Services Committee
(Feb. 10)
Airplanes: The committee recommended several actions, including funding a
study of airplane noise up to $30,000; directing staff to reach out to surrounding cities about participating in the study; and directing the city’s lobbyist in
Washington, D.C., to add aircraft noise as an elevated issue. Yes: Unanimous
Board of Education (Feb. 10)
Enrollment committee: The board approved a revised charge for a new enrollment-management committee. Yes: Unanimous
For more information, call 650.327.1642 or email [email protected]
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Planning and Transportation Commission
(Feb. 11)
Planned community: The commission discussed possible reforms to the
“planned community” process, including the creation of a definition of “public
benefit” and a requirement that an applicant requesting the zone change submit
an economic analysis. The discussion will continue on March 11. Action: None
Upfront
AVIATION
Lawsuits settled, but no
changes at Palo Alto Airport
Following 2010 plane crash, residents have rebuilt homes
by Sue Dremann
t’s been five years since a
Cessna piloted by Tesla Motors employee Douglas Bourn
crashed into an East Palo Alto
neighborhood, and it has taken
nearly that long for all of the litigation to resolve against Bourn’s
estate and Tesla Motors. In that
time, East Palo Alto families
have tried to rebuild their lives
and their homes, and relatives of
the two plane passengers killed,
Brian Finn and Andrew Ingram,
have received some compensation
for their loved ones’ deaths.
Settlements and community fundraising have brought some measure of closure to people’s lives.
But steps have yet to be taken to
ensure that such a crash by pilots
flying out of Palo Alto Municipal
Airport never happens again.
Court records show that the victims of the Feb. 17, 2010, disaster
received compensation, but the
settlement terms are not known.
Paula and Barbara Ingram,
Andrew Ingram’s parents, filed
suit in San Mateo County Superior Court against Bourn and his
company, Air Unique, on Aug. 17,
2010, for unspecified damages.
Their suit was settled in February
2013 for an undisclosed sum.
Finn’s wife, Sherina Yuk Chan,
and their young child, Erin Silei
Finn, filed suit against Air Unique
on Jan. 10, 2011. That suit settled
in December 2012, according to
court documents.
Lisa Jones, whose home was
completely destroyed after the
plane struck the roof and started
a fire, struggled with homelessness and lived with friends after
she lost her daycare business that
she operated out of the house. She
and six family members filed suit
against Bourn’s estate on Nov.
22, 2010, and settled on Aug. 12,
2013, for an undisclosed sum, but
the settlement was not adequate to
rebuild her home, she later said.
Atherton residents stepped in
to raise money to rebuild Jones’
home with the help of the nonprofit Rebuilding Together. Jones
returned to her home in September, the last victim to return to the
neighborhood.
Beech Street residents Ervin
and Pinkie Hudleton, whose vehicle and carport were destroyed
by parts of the disintegrating
plane, filed a lawsuit on Feb. 16,
2012, against Bourn, Air Unique,
Tesla, Santa Clara and San Mateo
counties, Palo Alto Airport and
Pacific Gas & Electric. Their litigation settled in August 2012.
Five family members living at
the home of Jose Cortes-Herrera,
whose house, belongings and vehicles were damaged by fire from
the crash and explosion, filed suit
in San Mateo County in 2010
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against Air Unique, Tesla Motors and Bourn’s estate. Most of
the victims settled in December
2013, but two family members
disputed the sum and were awarded $10,000 each on Aug. 4, 2014,
according to court documents.
As memories fade and lives
move on, Palo Alto Airport and
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which determines
flight paths and rules for airports
and aircraft, continue to point to pilot error as the reason for the crash.
National Transportation Safety
Board investigators did determine
that Bourn took off in heavy fog
conditions and did not obey the
approved flight route, which instructed him to bank to the right
over the San Francisco Bay. For an
unknown reason, Bourn banked
left after takeoff and at a lower elevation, striking a utility tower before crashing into the Beech Street
homes.
“Once flight clearance has been
obtained, no pilot may deviate from
that clearance unless an amended
clearance is obtained, an emergency exists, or the deviation is in
response to a traffic alert and collision avoidance system resolution
advisory,” FAA spokesman Ian
Gregor said in an email this week.
The FAA doesn’t close airports
due to weather conditions, but an
airport could choose to close a
runway if it is damaged or if an
aircraft is disabled on the runway.
But flying in bad weather is a pilot’s risk, Gregor said.
The FAA has not had any discussions with East Palo Alto or
Palo Alto officials regarding a
change in procedures or flight
patterns, Gregor said.
Palo Alto City Manager James
Keene said that following the
plane crash city officials had extensive conversations with East
Palo Alto, primarily around emergency response, communication
and coordination.
“At that time, the airport was
a county operation. Now that the
city has taken over the airport, we
expect working together with our
neighbors regarding the airport —
operations and planning — will
be the standard,” he said.
City Council member Pat Burt,
who was mayor in 2010 when the
crash occurred, said the city’s
takeover of the airport could
involve stronger education programs for pilots.
Ralph Britton, Palo Alto Airport
Association president, said the association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association held a
seminar for pilots at Cubberley
Auditorium on Sept. 20, 2010, to
discuss safety operating procedures and the risks associated with
low-visibility departures. Q
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acknowledged that there is a
community concern around expanding a choice program that
operates on a lottery basis, serving a select rather than broad
population of students.
“I think it would be desirable if
we were receiving this proposal
at the same time that we were
also considering a proposal for
an extension of language instruction into elementary grades as
well because I think part of the
concern in the community around
the first Mandarin-immersion
program, and to some extent, this
proposal is a sense that we should
be providing the good things
about foreign-language instruction more broadly,” Dauber said.
“I think that’s true, and I hope
that we will get to that point, but
it’s also the case that the timing
of this is such that this is kind of
a targeted opportunity, so I think
we should seize that.”
The district will likely be looking at further foreign-language
programming after this year,
when an outside research firm
finishes an evaluation of the district’s world-language offerings,
including the current Mandarin
and Spanish programs.
The board will vote on the proposal at its next meeting on Feb.
24. If approved, staff will move
forward with writing the course
curriculum, ordering textbooks,
developing a qualifying test for
students who move into the district and hiring a teacher. Staff
plans to return to the board on
June 23 to report on the progress
— and cost — of these efforts.
Jordan Principal Greg Barnes
said if approved, the school will
hold an information night for
parents interested in the pilot
program in early March. Q
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ENVIRONMENT
City may study airplane noise
Committee proposes spending up to $30,000 to gauge noise,
recommend alternative flight paths
alo Alto should fund a
$30,000 study of air-traffic
noise over the city and propose alternative flight paths, a City
Council committee unanimously
recommended Tuesday night.
The study results would be
used to try to sway the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA)
to modify plans it has developed
as part of its new NextGen flight
system. Some local residents fear
planned NextGen flight paths will
send an intolerable number of aircraft directly over their homes —
and bring greater noise with them.
Three of four flight paths arriving to San Francisco International
Airport currently converge over
the city. Residents said the problem will soon get worse when the
third and final phase of implementing NextGen narrows flight
routes into a conga line in which
planes will be spaced as close as
1 mile apart. That would create a
near-steady stream of jet noise,
according to members of Sky
Posse, a local group advocating
for changes to the FAA plan.
Sky Posse member Lee Crystal
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said that SFO-bound flights over
Palo Alto are already up 350 percent since 2001.
In other states where NextGen has
rolled out, residents have said the increased decibel levels and frequency
of flights are damaging their wellbeing and way of life. The uproar has
been such that the FAA is looking at
revising the plan in some cities.
Northern California is the last
part of the country scheduled for
the roll-out, which must be completed by Sept. 30. The third and
final phase of NextGen implementation is scheduled for March 5.
“There’s an urgency. We’re at
a tipping point,” said Jim Herriot, chief technology officer of an
aviation company and a member of
Sky Posse. “We’re living under a
perfect storm. Our health, livability, sleep and productivity are being
affected, and it’s getting worse.”
Sky Posse representatives said
that more flights should shift over
the San Francisco Bay and come
in at a higher altitude.
City Manager James Keene
said Tuesday that at a minimum,
the city should explore doing a
study with the goal of being able
to redirect flights over the bay.
But he recommended a review of
whether the study would be costeffective in altering FAA plans.
Would the study, or any study, “really fly with the FAA?” he asked.
Sky Posse and SFO representatives said there is precedent. Bert
Ganoung, manager of the SFO
aircraft noise-abatement office,
said that some other airports —
most notably Denver and Dallas
— have made radical changes.
Councilman Tom Dubois, one
of the Policy and Services Committee members, pointed out that
in California, the city of Newport
Beach has successfully lobbied
the FAA for flight-path changes
at John Wayne Airport.
Convincing the FAA to modify
routes could depend on developing a local collaboration with
political clout. Palo Alto could leverage its federal lobbyist, Keene
said. He and some council members will be in Washington, D.C.,
for the National League of Cities
Congressional City Conference in
March, and the air noise problem
Veronica Weber
by Sue Dremann
Stewart Carl stands in front of a projector displaying an image of
commercial airline flight paths over the Bay Area during a meeting
of Sky Posse on Oct. 16, 2014.
could be discussed, he added.
Palo Alto also has advocates in
Congress. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo
is a member, along with more than
25 other representatives, of the
Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus,
which is charged with advancing
solutions that abate aircraft noise.
The city can also build a regional coalition, Keene said. Palo Alto
already holds tri-cities meetings
with Menlo Park and East Palo
Alto on a number of issues. The
city also plans to have tri-cities
meetings with Mountain View and
Sunnyvale. Keene said he would
ask Menlo Park and East Palo Alto
to invite Portola Valley, Atherton
and Woodside to a meeting to dis-
cuss collaborating on the study.
Council members Tuesday
agreed that any flight-path recommendations should not push the
problem on another community.
“If the proposed route is raised
higher (in altitude) everybody
wins; if not, the problem will go
over other communities,” Councilman Marc Berman said.
Committee members voted
unanimously in favor of five
motions made by Councilman
Pat Burt: to recommend the full
council fund up to $30,000 for
the study, contingent on staff review of the costs and the value of
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LAW ENFORCEMENT
East Palo Alto workshop aims to bridge
police-community divide
There are three things you
should never do when a police
officer confronts you,” retired
Judge LaDoris H. Cordell told an
audience in St. Francis of Assisi
Church in East Palo Alto on Monday night. She pointed to a large
paper easel with “R.A.T.” scrawled
on it. “Never, ever run away, argue
with an officer, or touch an officer.”
Hosted by local activists and
community organizers, Cordell’s
“Know Your Rights” workshop
was a response to the upswell
of anger across the nation over
police-community relations, particularly among people of color.
“I think the lesson of Ferguson is that it was the result of the
community not being in control of
their own local government,” said
Gail Ortega, who has been involved in organizing three similar
events around the Bay Area. “So,
we just want to tell the community, ‘Hey, y’all got the power.’”
“When Ferguson happened,”
said Father Larry Goodie, a priest
at St. Francis, “I did not think the
protests would accomplish much.
What’s needed is a conversation
between the faith community and
the police department.”
Cordell, who now serves as inde-
“
by Joshua Alvarez
pendent police auditor for the City
of San Jose, explained on Monday
the rights citizens have when interacting with police, but she also
called on residents to demand
change in their police department.
“As residents of East Palo Alto
you have rights and responsibilities,” said Cordell to the predominantly black and Latino audience.
“If a police officer is rude to you, or
you think he or she has done something wrong, you can ask for their
name and badge number. They are
required by law to provide it.”
Teenagers who attended the
workshop and spoke with the
Weekly said they haven’t had bad
experiences with police officers.
But almost every one could think
of a friend or relative who has.
Audience members Monday
also shared anecdotes with Cordell
about their interactions with police
officers. Many of the anecdotes
centered on unexplained arrests
and warrantless home searches.
Some of the stories, many told
through a Spanish translator, were
cleared up as following legitimate
police protocol after further questions from Cordell. But other stories left her troubled.
She repeatedly urged the audi-
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ence to demand the establishment
of an independent police auditor
for the city. She also said she supported the requirement that police wear body cameras.
The taxpayer, she reminded
the audience, owns the police
department and should therefore
demand transparency.
“The only cities from Gilroy to
San Francisco with an independent
auditor are San Jose and Palo Alto,”
Cordell said. “And the only reason
Palo Alto has it is because I was on
the City Council and kept hearing
stories of people of color coming
from East Palo Alto and Menlo
Park into Palo Alto and not having
good interactions with the police.
It takes the people and those who
are in office to make this happen.”
She also brought copies of the
San Jose Police Department (SJPD)
Duty Manual, a 600-page document detailing all the rules governing police officers in San Jose.
“This document is publicly available on the SJPD website. You can
view a digital version and search
terms within it. That should be your
right as a taxpayer,” she said.
However, as of right now, the
East Palo Alto Police Department
manual is not online and a hard
Veronica Weber
Police auditor LaDoris Cordell urges residents to know their rights
Jaylin Holloimon, 12, asks LaDoris Cordell (not pictured) a
question regarding interactions with police at the “Know Your
Rights Youth Workshop” in East Palo Alto on Feb. 9.
copy is only available by request.
Police Chief Albert Pardini told
the audience that he and his staff
are currently updating the language in the manual and are working on making it available online.
Mayor Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier
announced that she and Pardini
are discussing the establishment
of an independent auditor.
Cordell, a graduate of Stanford
Law School, practiced law in East
Palo Alto and then became the
first female African-American
judge in all of northern California when she was appointed to
the Municipal Court of Santa
Clara County in 1982. She later
served in the Superior Court of
Santa Clara County, from which
she retired in 2001. She then
served one term on the Palo Alto
City Council, from 2003-07, and
in 2010 she was appointed by the
San Jose City Council to the position of independent police auditor,
which she continues to hold today.
Ortega said active involvement
with the police department is important.
“In every community of color
and in every community that is
economically disadvantaged, police can be perceived as occupying forces. The challenge is for
community leaders to step up and
educate the community so that
they can demand the type of policing they want,” he said. Q
Freelance writer Joshua Alvarez can be emailed at joshua.
[email protected].
Upfront
Zoning
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commissioner who supported limiting planned-community projects
to particular geographical areas of
the city and capping the exemption that a developer could request.
Downing and Vice Chair Adrian
Fine both argued against those proposals, as did Michael Alcheck.
“Common sense will help guide
these developers,” Alcheck said,
adding that the City Council
would still have the discretion to
approve or shoot down the projects if it doesn’t like what it sees.
Alcheck also lobbied for removing a requirement proposed by staff
that developers establish a fund that
would be used by the city to review
developers’ compliance on public
benefits on an annual basis. He argued that this requirement would
be “too burdensome” for some
property owners and developers.
He also disagreed with Downing and made an argument for
allowing developers to offer cash
and other “extrinsic benefits” in
exchange for zoning exemptions, a
proposal that split the commission
down the middle (Mark Michael
was absent). Chair Greg Tanaka
and Gardias generally agreed with
Alcheck, while Fine, Downing
and Rosenblum disagreed.
“I feel that we don’t want to sell
zoning,” Rosenblum said. “It’s an attractive thing because everyone likes
the money. But it’s a slippery slope.”
The commission directed staff
to return on March 11 with a revised proposal. Q
Online This Week
These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online
throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto
Online.com/news.
Lonsdale answers claims with defamation suit
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale has filed a defamation lawsuit
against Ellie Clougherty, a former girlfriend who last month accused him of sexually assaulting and abusing her during a yearlong relationship that took place while she was a Stanford University undergraduate. (Posted Feb. 12, 10:51 a.m.)
Stanford University approves tuition hike
Starting next school year, undergraduate Stanford University
students will foot a $45,729 tuition bill — 3.5 percent higher than
the current rate. (Posted Feb. 11, 4 p.m.)
Man groped in Macy’s restroom
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say groped
another man in a restroom at the Macy’s department store, at 180
El Camino Real. (Posted Feb. 11, 4:24 p.m.)
Man sought for Cubberley bathroom photo
Palo Alto police are seeking a man who they said entered a
women’s bathroom at Cubberley Community Center on Monday
night and used a cell phone to take a picture of a woman who was
in the stall. (Posted Feb. 10, 6:16 p.m.)
Menlo Park officers cleared in fatal shooting
The three Menlo Park police officers who shot and killed a fleeing burglary suspect on Nov. 11 used justifiable force, according
to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. (Posted Feb. 9,
8:29 a.m.)
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Avenidas Lifetimes of Achievement
honorees announced
Citizen leaders have shaped the lives of those around them for decades
William Kitchell Creelman
Aug. 5, 1923 - Jan. 29, 2015
William Kitchell Creelman passed away
at the age of 91 on Jan. 29 surrounded by his
loving family.
Born Aug. 5, 1923, in Guelph, Ontario,
he was an avid tennis player, playing almost
every day into his 80s. He lived several years
in Kansas before the family moved to La Jolla,
where Bill enjoyed ocean swimming and body
surfing. He was a second lieutenant in the
Merchant Marines in WWII and, as a result, saw the pyramids in
Egypt and did submarine runs in the North Sea. Bill graduated from
the University of Wisconsin with a degree in electrical engineering,
and received an MBA from Rutgers University. He lived in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey during the 1950s where he worked
for Westinghouse in the early days of TV. He loved electronics and
gadgets of all sorts. Later he was a longtime employee of Lockheed,
where he was a systems analyst. While at Lockheed, he was part of a
team who created the first touch screen medical information systems
(MIS) which set the standard for what is now commonly used in
every hospital around the world.
A gracious, caring, loving man, he now joins his wife Tanya,
who predeceased him. William is survived by his first wife, Janet
Creelman; his brother, John Creelman of Palo Alto; a half-brother,
John Baker of Decize, France; children, Micheal, Richard, Peggy and
Ann; stepson, Greg; and eight grandchildren.
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Jane Andrews Bedke
June 19, 1918 - January 24, 2015
Jane Andrews Bedke, age 96,
passed away January 24, 2015 in
Palo Alto, CA.
Born June 19, 1918 in Salt
Lake City to Eben Benton
Andrews and Ivy Chase Dix.
Preceded in death by husband
Hazen Bedke, brother William
Andrews, and sister Helen
Van Norman. Survived by
daughters Carolyn Coulam,
Suzanne Bedke, Janelle Bedke,
and Rosalin Bedke, sister-in-law
Marian Hoke, 16 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.
Jane graduated from the University of Utah in 1940 and
married Hazen Bedke on February 14, 1942. As an Air Force
wife, she travelled the world, living in Germany, Washington
D.C., Hawaii, and Salt Lake City, UT. She extended her travels
with pleasure trips world-wide including Europe, Russia, India,
Japan and Hong Kong. Her passion for genealogy resulted in
several books, recording histories of both Bedkes and Andrews.
Both as the wife of an Air Force officer and a “Weather
Wife”, Jane supported Hazen throughout his careers. She was
instrumental in organizing and unifying the women of the
weather bureau.
Family was the center of Jane’s life, and she gave selflessly to
all. Daughters and grandchildren compiled a book of personal
experiences with Jane, all confirming that it was the little
things she did for everyone that will always remain a beautiful
memory. She will be remembered for her boundless love,
internal strength, compassionate listening skills, and positive
attitude.
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hey are all leaders in their
own right and have had a
lasting influence on the
city’s civic life as well as on its elderly, women, children and disenfranchised. Barbara Carlitz, Ann
DeBusk, Bob Harrington, Gib
Myers, and Allan and Mary Seid
were announced on Tuesday as this
year’s recipients of the Avenidas
Lifetimes of Achievement Award.
A reception for the honorees is
planned for May and will also be
a fundraiser for Avenidas, a nonprofit organization that has been
serving seniors and their families
on the Midpeninsula since 1969.
Over the years, Barbara Carlitz has demonstrated her commitment to important causes by
serving as chair of six nonprofit
organizations in the Palo Alto
area: Association for Senior Day
Health, Avenidas, Environmental
Volunteers, Palo Alto Community
Child Care, Palo Alto Community
Fund and The Woman’s Club of
Palo Alto. Her thoughtful guidance and deep understanding of
the nonprofits makes her an “immense community asset,” wrote
one person who nominated Carlitz for the Avenidas honor.
At the same time, she also
carved out a successful career in
the highly competitive field of architectural design.
Leadership has been the hallmark of Ann DeBusk, who started
and was director of Leadership Palo
Alto, a training program for civic
leaders, and then was founder and
president of American Leadership
Forum - Silicon Valley. Through
T
both, DeBusk has used her energy
and vision to bring together leaders from business, government and
the community to strengthen their
commitment to work on public issues of crucial concern, according
to an Avenidas press release.
DeBusk also became a consultant to nonprofit organizations
with a focus on building boards.
She continues her involvement
with American Leadership Forum
as a senior fellow and adviser.
Bob Harrington has been the
quintessential “citizen volunteer,”
leading some of Palo Alto’s most
important initiatives over the
years, including critical stormdrain improvements, flood protection and a citywide plan for
faster and broader Internet connectivity known as Fiber to the
Home (FTTH) (now known as
Fiber to the Premises).
Professionally, Harrington was
a financial adviser who made
radio stock-market reports from
his desk at Dean Witter. He was
involved with the Band of Angels venture-capital organization
that helped numerous startup
entrepreneurs. In nominations
of Harrington for the Lifetimes
of Achievement Award, he was
called both a “tireless advocate”
and an “unsung hero.”
Gib Myers has become known
as a “venture philanthropist.” The
emeritus partner of the venturecapital Mayfield Fund began
the Entrepreneurs Foundation,
a nonprofit with the mission of
developing corporate citizenship
and philanthropic efforts to ben-
Public Agenda
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week
CITY COUNCIL ... The council is not meeting this week.
HISTORIC RESOURCES BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 939
University Ave., a request by Joyce Wang on behalf of Weina Yo for exterior alterations and additions to an existing Category 2 residence. The
meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Council
Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
STATE OF THE CITY ... Mayor Karen Holman is scheduled to present the “State of the City” speech. The event will begin at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the El Palo Alto Room at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road.
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 3274
El Camino Real, a request by Kevin DeNardi for a preliminary review of a
new three-story mixed-use building on a currently vacant lot. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a special
meeting to discuss its priorities for the coming year. The commission will
then hold a regular meeting to elect its chair and co-chair and review
the artwork for 1050 Page Mill Road. The special meeting will begin at
7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Community Meeting Room at City
Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. The regular meeting will begin at 8 p.m. in the
Council Chambers.
efit the community. He is also
the chairman of the American
Prairie Foundation, which has the
mission of assembling the largest
wildlife reserve in the lower 48
states, an American Serengeti.
Myers is also a co-founder of
the Center for Social Innovation
at the Stanford Graduate School
of Business and a senior fellow
and board member of the American Leadership Forum.
Psychiatrist Allan Seid and wife
Mary, a sociologist, are community builders. Their greatest achievement was the founding of Asian
Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) in 1974 in Palo
Alto. That nonprofit organization
has become the largest provider
in Santa Clara County of human
services to people of Asian heritage, offering culturally appropriate help in a variety of languages.
Among other achievements,
Allan Seid was the first Asian
American to serve on the California State Board of Education
and the California State Mental
Health Board, and Mary Seid was
the board president and a director
of the Midpeninsula YWCA.
Avenidas and its community
partner, the Palo Alto Weekly/
PaloAltoOnline.com, will host
a garden party on Sunday, May
17, from 3 to 5 p.m., in honor of
the six achievement awardees.
The event, at a location to be announced, is open to the public.
“This party is important to
both recognize the contributions
of some highly dedicated older
adults but also to help fund such
crucial programs as transportation and social work services that
Avenidas has been providing to
Peninsula seniors for 46 years,”
Avenidas President and CEO
Amy Andonian said in a press
release. “I extend an invitation to
the community to join us.”
Tickets can be purchased for $75
by contacting Avenidas at 650-2895445 or online at avenidas.org. Q
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the study; direct staff to use its
tri-cities meetings as a vehicle to
measure the interest of surrounding cities and to reach out to other
cities that are not in the tri-cities
group; have the city’s lobbyist in
Washington, D.C., add aircraft
noise as an elevated issue; recommend the council authorize the
mayor to appoint a council representative as a liaison to community group Sky Posse and as
a non-voting representative of the
San Francisco International Airport Roundtable; and direct the
city manager to continue to collaborate with Sky Posse. Q
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Births, marriages and deaths
Berhane Azage
Berhane Hiwot Azage, a graduate of Stanford University, died
unexpectedly on Jan. 8, 2015, in
Hong Kong. He was 27.
He was born
on Sept. 14,
1987, in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. He attended Manual Arts
High School in
Los Angeles
and went on to
study at Stanford University.
He graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in electrical engineering
and a master’s degree in management science and engineering. He
was also named a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi
societies and a Terman Scholar.
At Stanford, he enjoyed participating in Dance Marathon,
engaging in conversation and
debate, and sharing his Ethiopian
culture — often by taking people
to Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant in
San Jose. After graduation, he
worked at the consulting firm
McKinsey & Company and at
Flextronics, an electronics manufacturing company.
Throughout his life he traveled to many countries, including
Mongolia, the United Kingdom,
France, Costa Rica and Thailand.
He had a dream to one day create
an orphanage in Ethiopia.
He is survived by his mother
and father; brothers, Adane
Azage of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Manny Azage of Los
Angeles; and sister Selam Azage
of Los Angeles.
A memorial service and burial
were held in Ethiopia in January.
An informal service was held on
Jan. 31 at the Black Community
Services Center at Stanford. Memorial donations can be made to
a future scholarship fund in his
honor (southcentralscholars.org/
berhane).
Sally Kiely
Sally Ann Kiely, a Palo Alto
resident and longtime military
nurse, died on Jan. 15, 2015, at the
VA hospital in Palo Alto, with her
family by her side. She was 81.
She was born on Aug. 18, 1933,
in Weymouth,
Massachusetts,
to William and
Evelyn Kiely.
She graduated
from Abington
High School, as
well as Brockton Hospital
School of Nursing. In 1960,
she joined the U.S. Navy Nurse
Corps, following the example of a
close family friend. She served in
military hospitals for the next 20
years in Naples, Italy; Da Nang,
Vietnam; Yokosuka, Japan; Jacksonville and Key West, Florida;
and Oakland, Long Beach and
San Diego, California.
She retired in 1980 in San Diego, where she participated in
the Southern California Chapter
of the Navy Nurse Corps Association. She also volunteered
with Father Joe’s Village and
other charities there. Later in life
she also enjoyed traveling and
visiting her family and friends
around the country. When her
health began to decline, she
moved in 2012 to Palo Alto to be
near her brother Bill and other
family. She lived at the Palo Alto
Commons for just over two and
a half years.
She was predeceased by her
brother, Bill Kiely, in 2012. She
is survived by her sister, Linnea
Stanley of Butler, Missouri; her
sister-in-law, Nancy Kiely of Palo
Alto; her nephew, Paul Kiely, and
his wife, Laura, and daughter,
Madeleine, all of Seattle; her
niece, Lisa Nemmer of Mountain
View, and her sons, Jesse Nemmer of Mountain View and Sean
Henry of Paradise, California;
and many friends from the Navy.
A memorial service will be
held on Feb. 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the
Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Main Chapel, Building 100,
3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto. A
military burial and a celebration
of life will be held in San Diego
in the spring. Memorial donations
can be made to a charity of the
donor’s choice.
Zita Kudlacik
Zita Kudlacik, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died on Dec.
23, 2014, in Palo Alto. She was
94.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1920,
in Blandburg, Pennsylvania, to
James Brice McClenahan
February 13, 1931-December 25, 2014
James (Jim) McClenahan,
age 83, passed away Christmas
morning at his home in
Jackson, California. He was
a dear husband, father and
grandfather of nine. Jim was
born in Des Moines, Iowa,
to the late Elizabeth Ruth
(Johnson) and Edgar Andrew
McClenahan.
Jim graduated from DePauw
University (Phi Beta Kappa)
in Indiana in 1953 and from
Washington
University
Medical School (Alpha Omega Alpha) in St. Louis in 1957.
Jim was on the clinical medical staff at Stanford University
where he worked for 20 years primarily as the director of
Cowell Student Health Services, where he was known for his
kind and fair leadership. He lived in Palo Alto, California,
prior to relocating to Amador County, California, in 1983 to
become the county public health officer.
Jim was the public health officer for 10 years, where he
was known as Doc. He was active on the board of directors
of Operation Care, as well as the Homeless Shelter, the
Ambulance Committee and many other organizations
during his tenure. He retired in 1994 after a 37-year
medical career. After retirement, Jim and his wife Glenda
owned and operated an antique store in Amador City for
five years. Jim’s focus was on restoration which he enjoyed.
Jim is survived by his wife, Glenda Tracy McClenahan
of Jackson; children, Wynn Burkett (Bill) of San Francisco,
Kristin Bradach (Jeff) of Wellesley, Massachusetts, and
Brian McClenahan (Ellen) of Montclair, New Jersey;
sister, Nancy Skochdopole (Richard); nine grandchildren,
Elizabeth, Katherine, Will, Claire, Sarah, Molly, Wynn,
Meg and Charlotte; and former wife and mother of his
three children, Sharon Elsen of San Francisco.
Friends are invited to attend a celebration of life on
Sunday March 15, 2015 at 2 pm at Trinity Episcopal
Church, 430 State Hwy 49 Sutter Creek, CA. Memorial
contributions may be made to Operation Care 619 New
York Ranch Rd. Jackson, CA 95642, Salvation Army Lodi
or Hospice of Amador & Calaveras, PO Box 595, Jackson,
CA 95642. Condolences may be sent to the family by
visiting www.danerimortuary.com and signing the guest
book.
Joseph and Anastasia Niezgoda,
both Polish immigrants. She
moved with her family — which
included her two brothers Thaddeus (“Ted”) and Eugene (“Jimmy”) — to
Bayonne, New
Jersey, where
she graduated
from Bayonne
High School in
1937.
A f t e r wa r d,
she worked at
Macy’s department store in
New York City and won a Miss
Macy beauty contest in 1940. Not
long after, she met Adam Kudlacik, who was on a short leave
from the U.S. Army, and they
married in 1942. They moved
together to California in 1950 so
Adam could take a job with a San
Francisco publishing company.
The couple lived briefly in San
Mateo before settling in Palo Alto
in 1951.
She was a longtime member of
the St. Thomas Aquinas Church
and worked as a librarian at the
church’s school. Always willing
to lend a hand, she also hosted
a variety of people in her home,
including Polish survivors of
medical experimentation during
World War II, college students
from Mexico City, and family
and friends.
In her free time, she enjoyed
reading British mysteries, studying up on health and nutrition,
meeting new people, visiting old
friends, shopping for clothes,
long walks, staying at Pajaro
Dunes, traveling (specifically to
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Richard Delucchi
Richard was born in San
Francisco to Italian immigrants
and attended school there
through age sixteen. He started
his contracting business after
learning the trade from his
father. He took business and
technical courses to assist
him in his contracting work.
Richard married Blanche Urrere
in 1934. On their honeymoon
they drove to Susanville in
Northern California to bid on a
contracting job. He continued
his contracting business in San Francisco then moved it to San
Bruno. In 1941 he moved his family to Redwood City. During
WWII he gave up his contracting business to work for the war
effort assisting in building military facilities at Wendover, UT.
After the war he restarted his contracting business building
homes and commercial buildings. He was noted for driving a
hard bargain and doing a high quality job. He built his home
in Woodside and moved his family there in 1952. He developed
homes and several industrial buildings in the Redwood City and
Menlo Park areas, as well as other areas along the peninsula. His
most noted development is Marsh Manor Shopping Center in
South Redwood City bordering Menlo Park. Delucchi’s Market
in the Center is a new market that just opened on October 3rd
2014 and is named after him. His favorite pastimes were riding
horses, driving his motorhome and hunting. He was one of the
originators of the San Mateo County Mounted Patrol, now named
Mounted Patrol, and helped to develop the grounds at its present
location in Woodside. He served as captain in the Mounted
Patrol, president in both the San Mateo County Horseman’s
Association and the Peninsula Contractor’s Association. He was
also instrumental in forming the Woodside Trail Club. Richard
lost his wife, Blanche, in 2004.
He is survived by his daughters Claudette Vogel, Dorine
Secrest, Susan Sanchez, and seven grandchildren plus seven
great grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to attend visitation at 6:30
pm with rosary at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at
Redwood Chapel in Redwood City, with Funeral Mass at
10am on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Our Lady Of The
Wayside Catholic Church in Portola Valley with Graveside
Service to follow at Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in
Los Altos and reception immediately following at Los Altos
Country Club. The family respectfully requests any memorial
contributions be made to The American Heart Association or
Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital.
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Susan Lumm
London and Poland) and spending time with family.
She was predeceased by her
husband, Adam Kudlacik, and
sons, Andrew and John Kudlacik.
She is survived by her daughters,
Zita Macy of Palo Alto, Mary
Putterman of Davis, California,
and Martha Kudlacik of Palo
Alto; her three grandchildren,
Kimberly Macy, John-Paul Macy
and Jennifer Sumner; and five
great-grandchildren.
A memorial Mass was held on
Jan. 31 at St. Thomas Aquinas
Church in Palo Alto.
Susan Adams Lumm, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died
on Jan. 2, 2015, in San Luis Obispo, California.
She was 71.
She was born
on March 26,
1943, in Racine, Wisconsin. She attended John Adams
High School in
South Bend, Indiana, and went
on to graduate from Indiana University, where she was a member
of the Delta Gamma sorority. In
John Holmgren
1966, she married Steve Lumm,
whom she had first met in high
school. The couple lived in Palo
Alto for 35 years and together
raised three children.
In Palo Alto, she was a longtime member and volunteer with
the Second Church of Christ,
Scientist, on Cowper Street. She
also worked as an office clerk at
Ohlone Elementary School for
about a decade. She and her husband retired to San Luis Obispo
in 2006.
She was passionate about her
family, faith and community, and
she enjoyed spending time with
her cats and, in her retirement,
maintaining her historic home.
She is survived by her husband,
Steve Lumm, of San Luis Obispo;
her three children, Jeff Lumm of
Santa Maria, California, Mindy
Lumm of San Jose and Amy (Dan)
Baer of Albany, California; and
her three grandchildren, Caelum,
Terra and Theo Baer. She is also
survived by her sisters, Anita Gulin of Gothenberg, Sweden; Holly
(Barc) Gano of Granville, Ohio;
and Verna (John Boudett) Adams
of San Anselmo, California — as
well as many nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to thank her
friends and caregivers who provided care and support. In lieu of
Sharane Joyce Miller
December 2, 1923 – January 30, 2015
February 4, 1950 – March 1, 2014
John Dwight Holmgren passed
away peacefully at his home
in Menlo Park, California, on
Jan. 30, 2015, surrounded by
family, at age 91. He was born
on Dec. 2, 1923, in Evanston,
Illinois, the beloved son of
Swedish immigrants Joel and
Agnes Holmgren. After his
father suffered an untimely
death when John was 4 years old,
his mother moved with him to
Pasadena, California, where close family friends lived. John
was predeceased by four half-brothers Einar, Irving, Stanford,
and Myron, from his father’s first marriage. He graduated from
Pasadena Junior College and California Institute of Technology
in 1947, where he was on the tennis and debate teams.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946 as an
electronic technician. While stationed on reserve at Treasure
Island in 1951, he met the love of his life, the former Helen
Benson. Their first date was, of course, on the tennis court.
The early years of their marriage were spent in Palo Alto until
they moved to Menlo Park in 1964. John and Helen shared a
love of sports: running, biking, swimming and tennis, which
he played competitively most of his life. After retiring at age
68, he had more time to travel to tennis tournaments and was
nationally ranked 17th in the singles 70 to 75 age group. He
and his doubles partner won the Nationals at age 75 at Forest
Hills, New York.
John spent most of his professional life working at GTE as an
international marketing manager, a job he loved. He relished
the worldwide travels and friendships that came with his job.
The tennis racket was always tucked in his suitcase, ready to hit
the courts with business partners everywhere.
He lived life with a passion.
Along with tennis, he enjoyed the arts, playing piano and
bridge, traveling, yoga, tai chi, and keeping up with the news
and politics. He enjoyed a full and happy life. When making a
toast he always talked about how he felt like the luckiest man
alive. We were the lucky ones.
He met challenges with enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
Always felt concern and supported those less fortunate. His
outgoing nature, constant optimism and patience have served
as an example to his family and others. He will be missed by
all who knew him. A special thanks goes out to the Etu Family
whose love and care made getting old not so bad.
Devoted husband, father, grandfather and uncle, John is
survived by Helen, his wife of 63 years, their four children
David, Gary, Gail, and Keith and spouses/partners, and three
grandchildren Lars, Trevor and Aaron.
In lieu of a memorial donation, share a smile and laughter
with a stranger, or lend a hand to someone in need. That was
John’s way.
Sharane Joyce Miller was born
in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
raised in Palo Alto, California. She
attended Van Auken and Ortega
Elementary Schools, Wilbur Junior
High School and Cubberley High
School, graduating in 1968. When
she was 11, her little brother was
born; she helped raise him and
enjoyed showing him off to friends.
For a time in early life she liked to
hang out at the Winter Club and the
mall. She was involved in Brownies, Girl Scouts, swimming, pep
club, Russian Club, Friends of Frustrated Adolescents, yearbook
and the school newspaper.
Fall of 1968 she attended UC Davis. A friend described her
as “the amazingly beautiful, cool, hip and sophisticated girl on
our dorm floor.” At Davis she studied applied science with an
emphasis on early childhood development, and especially loved
working at the children’s day care center. She stayed in Davis
through 1975, when she moved to Washington, D.C. There
she worked in the food and restaurant business, including a
restaurant frequented by many national politicians. She later
moved to Baltimore, Maryland, where she worked in real estate.
Sharane and her partner purchased and rebuilt homes in the
Baltimore area and managed them as rental properties.
Sharane loved shades of the color purple — especially lavender.
She enjoyed cooking, taking chef courses and discovering quality
eating spots; she also loved to garden and loved the bustle of
the Baltimore farmers market scene. She was fascinated with
architecture and enjoyed travel in Mexico. She was opinionated,
stubborn and had an independent and unique style, a wicked
sense of humor and a love for animals. She especially loved cats,
although more recently she received great joy from her Labrador
dog “Chessie,” ironically named after a railroad cat.
Sharane was a fanatical supporter of Barack Obama during his
first campaign and was a founder of “Baltimore for Barack” in
2006. Sharane is especially fond of a photo of her standing with
Mr. Obama months before he was elected president.
Sharane is survived by her brother, Alan Miller of Davis,
California; her longtime boyfriend, Jim Parsons of Baltimore;
her niece Jenelle Gaultney, and Jenelle’s children, Taegan, Evan
and Kyle of Grants, New Mexico; as well as several cousins and
life friends. She is preceded in death by her father and mother,
Jack and Mona Miller of Palo Alto, California; and her brother,
Larry Miller of Albuquerque.
The accompanying photo is Sharane at age 32. She wrote on the
back, “I like this picture.”
A memorial service and gathering to honor her life will be held
on Sunday, March 1 from noon to 4 p.m. at Putah Creek Lodge
on the UC Davis Campus in Davis, California. Food/beverages
provided. Attendees taxied gratis from Davis train station or
Sacramento Airport. Info/Confirm: sharanejmiller.memorial@
gmail.com or 530-312-7320.
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flowers, memorial donations can
be made to The Christian Science
Church, 1326 Garden St., San
Luis Obispo, CA 93401.
Harry Markowitz
Harry Markowitz, a longtime
Mountain View resident and
Congregation Beth Am member, died on Feb. 3, 2015. He
was 103.
He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Nov. 26, 1911, to
Lewis and Deborah Markowitz.
He grew up in Providence, Rhode
Island, and went on to study and
graduate from the New England
Conservatory of Music. During
World War II, he played in the
U.S. Army Band. For years he
worked in Providence as a director of music programs, a private
teacher and a member of a small
jazz band that
played at special events (his
instrument of
choice was the
trumpet). There
he also met and
married his
wife Anne, and
together they
raised two sons.
In the late 1980s, he and his
wife moved to California to be
closer to family, and he lived in
Mountain View for 25 years. On
the Peninsula, he participated in
a variety of senior programming
at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish
Community Center and later the
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. He was
also a dedicated member of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos
Hills and read the Torah up until
the age of 102. Near the end of his
life he lived at Woodside Terrace
in Redwood City.
He was predeceased by his
wife, Anne Markowitz, and son,
Laurence Markowitz. He is survived by his son, Elliot (Aletha)
Markowitz of Pennsylvania;
daughter-in-law, Susan Markowitz of Menlo Park; grandchildren,
David (Jennifer) Markowitz of
Campbell; Joshua (Alison) Markowitz of Sunnyvale; and greatgrandchildren, Elysia, Shaun and
Jeremy.
A memorial service was held
on Feb. 6 at Congregation Beth
Am, and he was interred at the
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
in Colma, California. In lieu of
flowers, memorial donations can
be made to Congregation Beth
Am (www.betham.org) or the Oshman Family Jewish Community
Center Senior Program ([email protected]).
Memorial service
Esther Pfeiffer, a longtime resident
and piano teacher in Palo Alto,
died on Dec. 14, 2014, after a
short illness. She was 83.
A memorial service will be held on
Saturday, Feb. 28, at 12:30 p.m.
at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. A
reception in the church hall will
follow the service.
Pulse
POLICE CALLS
Palo Alto
Feb. 4-10
Violence related
Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Theft related
Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Vehicle related
Abandoned auto. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 9
Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Trailer theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 4
Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . 6
Vehicle impound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alcohol or drug related
Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Possession of paraphernalia . . . . . . . . 1
Under influence of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Miscellaneous
Education code/misc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
False info to police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Found dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Misc. municipal code violation . . . . . . . 1
Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . 2
Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sex crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Stalking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Warrant notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Menlo Park
Feb. 4-10
Violence related
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Theft related
Burglary undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Check fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Vehicle related
Auto burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Driving with suspended license . . . . . . 4
False display of registration . . . . . . . . . 1
Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle accident/injury . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . 2
Vehicle accident/no injury. . . . . . . . . . . 1
Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Alcohol or drug related
Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Sale of alcohol to minor . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Sale of drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Miscellaneous
Child endangerment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CPS referral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Disturbing/annoying phone calls . . . . . 1
Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Gang info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Obstructing officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Psychiatric evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Receive stolen property . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Registrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . 2
Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
VIOLENT CRIMES
Palo Alto
Clark Way, 2/7, 9:58 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.
Menlo Park
1200 block Willow Road, 2/5, 9:52
a.m.; battery.
1100 block Willow Road, 2/5, 7:11 p.m.;
domestic assault.
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4 5 0 C A M B R I D G E AV E N U E | PA L O A LT O
Colonel Frank E. (Ned)
Gallagher Jr., USMC ret.
Ruth Naomi Stockwell
Sawyer Clark
Colonel Frank E. (Ned) Gallagher
Jr., USMC ret. passed away Feb.
9, 2015 in the home that he loved
surrounded by his family.
Ned was born in Watervilet
New York, March 29, 1915. He
graduated from Brookline High
School, Lawrence Academy Prep.
and Boston University, where he
pursued his interests in Business
and Music. Ned enrolled in the
ROTC program and eventually
accepted a regular permanent
commission with the United States
Marine Corps in 1939, a decision that shaped and formed the rest
of his life.
With WWII imminent, he was assigned as a First Lieutenant
to USS Houston the Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet and President
Roosevelt’s favorite ship. Following an early sea battle, the
Houston was sunk with over 900 lives lost.
Ned swam alone for nine hours. He was eventually captured
by the Japanese, and spent the remainder of the war as a POW.
Ned’s musical skills came into play as he frequently sang the Ave
Maria and Broadway show tunes to lift the spirits of his fellow
prison mates.
Following the end of the war, Ned returned to the USA where
he met and married the love of his life, Tay. Together they raised
six children, Paul (Marcy), Frank, Mary, Brian (Cathy), David
and (Kevin who passed before Ned) each of whom learned and
cherished the tenants of faith, love, family and friends. Following
his service of 21 years in the Marine Corps, Ned retired as a full
Colonel and began working for Stanford University.
Ned continued his dedication of service, with terms on the
Palo Alto City Council, where he also served as Vice Mayor. In
retirement, he volunteered as an ombudsman for seniors living in
residential facilities.
Ned loved his faith, his wife, his family, this country, the Marine
Corps and he loved the game of golf. Ned always claimed that one
could identify a true gentleman by the way one conducted himself
on the golf course. He has the pleasure of even breaking 80 at The
Stanford Golf Course, where he was a long-time member.
Throughout his life, Ned lived by a code that he shared with
others. The code was unswerving, and it’s importance was
unmatched.
Ned began and ended each day on his knees in prayer until
the final year when his doctor gave him special dispensation to
stand while praying. Ned is survived by his wife and children,
eight grandchildren and a niece and two nephews.
In lieu of flowers please consider making a contribution to
Injured Marines Semper Fi Fund, in the name of Col. Frank E.
Gallagher USMC ret. https://semperfifund.org/
Ruth Naomi Stockwell Sawyer
Clark, a longtime Palo Alto resident,
passed away peacefully after a 10year battle with Alzheimer’s. She
would have been 93 years old this
March. Loving and caring for
others was her calling in this life, as
she found great joy and happiness
as a dedicated wife, mother,
grandmother and friend.
Ruth, the eldest of five children,
was born in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota to Harry and Ellen
Stockwell. She graduated from
Sioux Falls High School in 1940 and married in 1945. The Sawyer
family moved to Palo Alto, California to Greer Court in 1952
and continued to build a house full of girls. That same year,
Ruth became a devoted member of First Baptist Church, whose
congregation would become an important and essential part of
the rest of her life. Ruth was a pioneer of her time (for the small
city of Palo Alto), becoming one of a few women employed by the
city. She retired from the Palo Alto Controllers Office in 1982.
Ruth was a lover of music and song and no matter where she
was, there was a melody being sung. She was known for her early
morning humming - a sound that only she could create with
ascending falsettos and descending vibratos (in no particular
order). The tunes of the piano and Broadway show hits filled her
home with warmth and happiness. She loved to cook, and although
not all her meals were winners, her signature Baptist Cakes were
famous and couldn’t be passed up. She was talented with her
hands, always busy sewing, knitting, crocheting, gardening and
she was notorious for being the best back scratcher in town.
She loved more than anything her family. She was so proud of
being the matriarch of the wonderful people she helped shape
and raise. Many people called her home theirs, as most, if not
all of her descendants moved in and out throughout their lives.
She gave second chances and often thirds or fourths. She was
forgiving, kind and gracious. If she didn’t have such a terrible
back, she would have bent it backwards for those she loved. She
found her true love, Charlie Clark, through church and they
married in 2003. She found her peer, companion and best friend
in her husband. Although she spent her last years residing at Palo
Alto Commons, their love held steadfast until the end.
She has joined her parents, sisters and brother for coffee around
the kitchen table in Heaven. She is survived by her husband
Charlie; her daughters Judy (Terry), Carol, Deborah (Tony),
Pamela (Margaret) and Mary (Dave); her stepchildren Chip,
Phil and Susan (David); her brother Gil; her 7 grandchildren:
Steven (Cindy), Christopher (Colby), Heidi (Chris), David, Kim,
Christina (Paul) and Tom (Keiran); 8 great grandchildren: Chad,
Chelsea, Julia, Katie, Sawyer, Hope, Jackson and Georgia; her
many nieces, nephews and great great grandchildren.
Services will be held at The First Baptist Church of Palo Alto
on Thursday, February 19 at 1:00 PM. 305 N. California Avenue,
Palo Alto, Ca.
The family requests that all donations be made to alz.org
(Alzheimer’s Organization)
Rosary will be recited at St. Albert the Great Church, in Palo
Alto, CA Friday, Feb. 13 at 7pm. The Memorial Mass will be
celebrated on Saturday Feb.14 at 11am, also at St. Albert The
Great Church.
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Cover Story
Alibrary
for everyone
STORY BY SUE DREMANN // PHOTOS BY VERONICA WEBER
PALO ALTO BRANCH REOPENS WITH NEW NAME, NEW FEATURES
P
alo Alto’s Newell Road library
has held a secret for decades:
a soaring brick fireplace. It’s
been hidden behind the stacks in the
middle of the main room, according to
Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne, the
city’s library director.
The freestanding fireplace is one of
many surprises library patrons will
find in the renovated Palo Alto Main
Library — now renamed the Rinconada
Library. Rinconada’s completion marks
the conclusion of Palo Alto’s libraryrenovation spree, in which the city overhauled four of its libraries and rebuilt
its fifth, Mitchell Park. Measure N, a
$76 million bond measure approved by
voters in 2008, paid for Rinconada, the
Downtown Library and the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center. The Children’s Library and College
Terrace upgrades were paid for by both
city and community funds.
Rinconada’s $18 million makeover, taking the facility from a dated
1950s look to a heritage gem with a
contemporary twist, will be officially unveiled Saturday, Feb. 14, from
10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (See sidebar for
schedule.) Its Valentine’s Day-opening
theme, “Love your library past, present
and future,” reflects where the library
has been, where it is now, and what the
library can potentially become, said
Eric Howard, assistant library director, during a recent tour of the branch.
The updated library fits into the current trend of how libraries are being
reinvented as information hubs offering knowledge in a variety of formats
RINCONADA
LIBRARY GRAND
RE-OPENING
T
he Valentine’s Day celebration of the newly renovated Rinconada Library
will offer activities for people of all
ages, from live music, a docent-led
tree walk and robot-making demonstrations to historical presentations, storytelling and an art tour.
Library officials are asking the
public to walk or bike to the event,
take a shuttle bus or park on the
street. Much of the library’s parking will be closed off.
Where: 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto
Cost: Free
Info: cityofpaloalto.org/library
10:30 -11 a.m. Music by Palo Alto
Chamber Orchestra Ensemble
11 -11:30 a.m. Opening ceremony
(Outside south library entrance)
Noon-12:30 p.m. “Rinconada Library
Past, Present and Future,” with
Steve Staiger, Palo Alto Historical
Association historian, and Monique
le Conge Ziesenhenne, library
director (Embarcadero Room)
Noon-1 p.m. Tree Walk with a
Canopy arborist (Outside north
library entrance)
Anh Nguyen, left, a library specialist at Rinconada Library, helps Randy Wedlake of
Sunnyvale access the Internet on one of the library’s computers in early February.
Below: The exterior of the newly renovated Rinconada Library offers a new look while
retaining much of the original architectural detail.
while being true community spaces.
Rinconada has maintained its historical elements while updating its usefulness. Now there are four group-study
rooms equipped for electronic devices;
two outdoor patios with bistro-style
furniture for plein-air reading; a conference room that doubles as a space for
teen programs, such as makeX workshops, study groups or meetings; a special teen space; and a community room
overlooking the library’s heritage red-
wood grove and community gardens.
Gone are the impersonal tables stuck
in the middle of the room, surrounded
by walls of aging book collections
bearing a certain library smell. The
furnishings have been replaced by
padded seating with attached, swivel
laptop tables arranged as if in a salon.
A bank of windows and LED lamps
infuse the space with light.
(continued on next page)
12:30-1 p.m. “Your Dreams
Take Flight,” a presentation
about finding funding for
nonprofit organizations through
the Foundation Center with
Kathy Shields, senior librarian
(Embarcadero Room)
1-1:30 p.m. Sssnake Ssstorytime
with Ssspecial Visssitor Deborah
Anthonyson, senior librarian, and
the Palo Alto Junior Museum and
Zoo (Children’s area in the library)
1-1:30 p.m. Art Tour with Elise
DeMarzo, manager of the city’s
public-art program (Outside
between the library and the Palo Alto
Art Center)
1-4 p.m. makeX demonstrations
(Teen Zone)
1-4 p.m. Make a Valentine
(Activities in Palo Alto Art Center with
a display in the library)
2-3 p.m. Music by the Firebird
Chinese Orchestra with
introduction by local author Emily
Jiang (Embarcadero Room)
3-4 p.m. “Growing Up Humming,”
by local author Mike Spinack
(Embarcadero Room)
3:30-4 p.m. Children’s Theater
storytelling with the Palo Alto
Children’s Theater (Children’s area) Q
On the cover: Sony Upton looks through an art
book while seated by the brick fireplace at Rinconada Library on Feb. 9. Photo by Veronica Weber.
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(continued from previous page)
Books are still there, framed by redwood-clad bookcases, but now there are
warm-toned kiosks displaying new books
in bookstore style. There are double the
number of computers — 31 — Wi-Fi for
Internet access, televisions in the study
and conference rooms, and streaming
video and e-books.
Standing in the new 3,000-plus-squarefoot lobby that serves as a quiet space
and additional event location, Howard
admired the light streaming in from the
skylight roof.
“It is the space that attracts people,” he
said.
Howard and Ziesenhenne have high
expectations for Rinconada’s popularity.
“It’s the warmest library we have,” she
said of the ambiance.
In some ways, the makeover returns to
the original intent of founding architect
Edward Durell Stone in 1958. A photograph from the Palo Alto Historical Association taken that year shows a reading
room that once had the air of a ’50s modern living room, with sleek, black vinyl
sofas and a circular central table. Today,
the living-room ambiance has been restored with colorful padded chairs, coffee- and end-tables and rolling laptop
carts. The original clock on the chimney
and black metal chandelier remain.
Ziesenhenne and Howard are banking on teens flocking to the cozy lounge
chairs with flip-out leg rests in the new
Teen Zone, which was designed in consultation with teens.
Kids can do research on a bank of computers, read books geared toward their
interests, use their laptops or gather with
friends for study or conversation in the
meeting room.
A new 3,716-square-foot wing is suffused with light, which includes the
skylight lobby and the Embarcadero
Room, which is outfitted with a kitchen
and the technology needed for presentations. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out
on the landscaped grounds, including
a 100-year-old camellia tree, redwood
grove and sculptures that contain touchsensitive LEDs, allowing viewers to
change the light colors at night.
Rinconada will house a small collec-
WATCH IT ONLINE
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Take a virtual tour of the renovated Rinconada
Library via a new video by Veronica Weber,
posted on PaloAltoOnline.com.
Above: The new Embarcadero Room has large windows, terra-cotta brick trim and a view of the mature landscape outside.
Below right: New computers for scanning checkout materials are part of the library upgrade. Bottom left: Terra-cotta bricks
harken back to the original architecture by Edward Durell Stone.
RINCONADA LIBRARY HOURS
Monday Noon-8 p.m.
Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Wednesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday Noon-8 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
tion of children’s books.
“We’ve kept it to serve parents with
small children who come when the library is open late,” Ziesenhenne said.
The Palo Alto Library Foundation
raised more than $4 million for new furniture, equipment and books for all three
libraries in the Measure N bond. Of that,
$1 million was allocated to books and
other collection materials for the system,
she said.
The Friends of the Palo Alto Library
also provides annual donations to the
city’s libraries. One $88,000 project this
year will help update the libraries’ adult
nonfiction collections, which contain some
books dating back to the 1980s, she said.
Rinconada houses several special collections, including local interest, local
authors, gardening and arts and also historical items. The Palo Alto Historical
Association, which was once housed in
the library, has relocated to Cubberley
Community Center.
Rinconada also houses the Foundation
Center Funding Information Network, a
resource for nonprofit organizations and
individuals seeking grants.
One thing the renovated library will
not have is drive-up drop off for return-
Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sunday 1-5 p.m.
ing books. Instead people will have to
park (or walk) and return the books inside or drop them in exterior wall slots.
Programming for the library is still in
the development stage. Library officials
are putting together a three-year strategic plan that will develop many ideas for
programs.
“This library will sponsor more hardware stuff,” Howard said, giving as one
example a robot-making program that administrators hope to sponsor this summer.
“Mitchell Park focuses more on software.”
The popularity of libraries as community spaces and information centers
has been demonstrated in the numbers of
new patrons Palo Alto is already seeing,
Howard and Ziesenhenne said. Since the
rebuilt Mitchell Park Library opened on
Nov. 6, it has registered 2,566 new library
cards through Jan. 23, Howard said.
“Only 440 cards were issued to the
other four locations during that time,” he
said. By comparison, 6,400 cards were
issued at all branches in all of last year.
Mitchell circulated nearly 120,000
items in December and January; the last
fiscal year, it circulated about 585,000
items.
And it has had more than 400 bookings
RINCONADA LIBRARY FAST FACTS
ORIGINAL BUILDING
Year built: 1958
Original purpose: Part of Palo Alto’s civic center,
along with the building that’s now the Palo Alto
Art Center
Architect: Edward Durell Stone, an early
proponent of modern architecture in the U.S.
Landscape Architect: Eckbo, Royston & Williams
Square footage: 25,000, including the basement
Collection size: 100,000 volumes
Historic features: Lighted ceiling with redwood
dividers; light panels with a circle-and-grid motif;
high, gabled ceiling above the reading room;
redwood plank soffits and paneling; metal spoke
chandeliers; freestanding brick chimney; terra-
cotta screen walls; low horizontal wood-shake
roof; brick entrance walls
Cost: $500,000, including land acquisition
Funding source: $700,000 bond measure approved by Palo Alto voters in 1956 (for Main (now
Rinconada) and Mitchell Park libraries)
RENOVATION AND EXPANSION
Year built: 2014
Architect: Group 4 Architecture, Research &
Planning, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Gates & Associates
Square footage: 28,716 (3,716-square-foot
addition)
Collection size: 120,000 volumes
of its group-study room through Jan. 23.
“It’s almost like we doubled the library
system,” he said.
There could be growing pains for
the library system. Staff could have to
contend with people waiting in lines or
a higher volume of items on reserve or
more questions from patrons, he said.
And along with the evolution in services and technology, the community’s expectations of what a library is and can be
will also keep changing. Howard said the
time when technology seemed to threatened to make libraries obsolete is past.
“Libraries are still evolving, and we’re
never going to stop evolving. We’re trying
to be ahead of the curve,” he said. Q
Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be
emailed at [email protected].
New additions: Four group-study rooms;
Embarcadero program/community room;
additional public restrooms; vending machine
room; skylight lobby
Upgrades: Ground source heat pump system;
structural brace frames; radiant-heating floor slab;
low-flow plumbing fixtures; energy-efficient and
LED lighting; ecological bioretention areas. Landscaping achieves the original intent of creating a
unified campus with the Art Center.
Cost: $18 million
Funding source: Measure N, $76 million bond
measure approved by Palo Alto voters in 2008
(for Rinconada, Downtown, Mitchell Park libraries
and Mitchell Park Community Center) The Palo
Alto Library Foundation paid for new furniture,
equipment and books for the projects.
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A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Elizabeth Schwyzer
Lily Anne Hillis makes yoga work for everyone
by Elizabeth Schwyzer
Veronica Weber
pain or injury. Instead of requiring students
to get up and down from a yoga mat on the
floor, chair yoga utilizes a simple folding chair to provide stability in a range of
standing and seated poses. “People think
they need to be flexible to do yoga, but flexibility is a by-product of doing yoga, not a
prerequisite,” she explains. “I can take anybody and teach them yoga.”
On Friday mornings and Sunday afternoons, Hillis offers a more traditional matbased class at MPY.
When students start trickling in, Hillis
hops up from her spot on the floor and
heads over to greet them by name, laughing and welcoming each person through the
door. “How was your vacation?” she asks.
“Oh, I’m so glad you’re back!”
“You made it!” she cries when one couple enters, looking slightly game if slightly
uncertain. “I wasn’t sure if you’d actually
show up!” These are the recruits from the
alleyway; Hillis welcomes them like longlost friends.
In bare feet, with her white hair cropped
in a pixie cut framing a radiant smile, Hillis
has a kind of agelessness about her. It’s hard
to believe that just six months ago she was
wincing in pain with every step. “I put off
getting a hip replacement for as long as I
could,” she explains. “Then I couldn’t put
weight on the leg.”
If a yoga instructor with a hip replacement
sounds like an oxymoron, you haven’t met
Hillis. In her classes, it’s all about listening
to the body, respecting its limitations and
— most importantly — laughing about it.
“In my class we laugh a lot,” she says.
In fact, Hillis seems to have a knack for
cracking a joke just when students might
be about to take themselves or their yoga
practice too seriously. Among her signature
moves is the “rag doll,” which involves a
vigorous jiggling, shaking and flopping
of the limbs and head. She does it standing, and also seated for
chair-class participants.
“Where else is it legal to
just stand there and make
a jerk of yourself?”she
asks, grinning somewhat
maniacally as her head
lolls on her shoulders.
“That’s it, shake it out!”
The effect of all this
silliness on her students
is profound. “We all want
to be Lily when we grow
up,” says longtime student Candace Hathaway,
who has been coming to
Hillis’ classes since the
1990s. “I had to take a
break after my double
mastectomy,” she adds.
Students use their chairs for a modified warrior pose in
“Now I’m using Lily’s
chair yoga.
Veronica Weber
ave you ever had the feeling of
coming home?” asks Lily Anne
Hillis. “It was like that.”
The 77-year-old yoga instructor is sitting
in the middle of the main studio at Menlo
Pilates & Yoga, chatting before her afternoon class begins. Lowering herself slowly
into a one-legged forward fold, she searches
for words to describe what it felt like to discover yoga.
“I took my first yoga class when I was
50 years old,” she recounts, and begins to
smile impishly. “It was a terrible class with
a terrible teacher, but by the end of the hour
I knew I’d do it all my life.”
This reflection is typical of Hillis’ style:
In conversation and in her teaching, she’s
brash, slightly mischievous and prone to
hyperbole. She pairs her cheeky sense of
humor with a deep care for her students,
extensive knowledge about the body, and a
no-frills instructional style. It’s a combination that has earned her a devoted following
over her 25 years of teaching.
If the stereotype of the yoga instructor
is of a lithe, super-flexible body wrapped
in expensive lycra and exuding a reverent,
zen-like demeanor, Hillis defies the cliché.
She favors a tie-dyed T-shirt, some of her
joints have limited mobility, she uses Sanskrit words sparingly and cusses on occasion. In Hillis’ classes, silliness and sass
are de rigueur.
Her teaching style continues to earn her
new fans on a weekly basis. “I just picked
up two people in the alleyway who are
coming to class today,” she announces casually. It’s hard to tell whether she’s joking.
Hillis teaches three classes each week
at Menlo Pilates & Yoga. She also teaches
classes at the Oshman Family JCC, which
is where she developed “chair yoga,” a class
she now offers at MPY as well. Chair yoga
is Hillis’ answer to students who claimed
they couldn’t do yoga because of stiffness,
Lily Anne Hillis teaches chair yoga at Menlo Pilates & Yoga every Wednesday at 11 a.m.
classes to put myself back together.” Fellow
student Karen Ersted shares Hathaway’s
love of Hillis’ classes. “I’ve followed Lily
from one studio to another,” Ersted says.
“She’s contagious. Her outlook on life is
so positive. You just feel good when you’re
done with an hour with Lily.”
This level of loyalty seems to stem from
Hillis’ commitment to making yoga work
for every student who comes through the
door. All joking aside, she’s adamant that
yoga is for everyone, and she prides herself
on providing modifications as necessary, a
practice she calls “fitting the yoga to each individual body, not fitting the body to yoga.”
And while it’s clear Hillis is passionate
about the benefits of a yoga practice, she’s
loathe to suggest what students “should” be
getting out of her classes.
“My job is to open people’s bodies, and
what they experience from having their
bodies opened is personal; it’s really none
of my business,” she says.
Hillis’ ability to make yoga safe, fun and
accessible to everyone is especially evident
in her chair yoga class, which she insists “is
not for wimps.”
On a Wednesday afternoon at chair yoga,
four students stand facing Hillis, holding
on to the backs of their chairs and lowering
themselves into a modified triangle pose
as she peppers her instructions with witty
asides. “Everything in your house is a yoga
prop,” she announces. “If you don’t believe
me, invite me over to your house, and I’ll
show you.”
Later, the students are in a supported
warrior pose, their front legs bent in a
lunge with the seat of the chair beneath
their thighs, their backs arched, one arm
stretched overhead. It’s a fairly strenuous
position to hold, but no one is complaining.
Far from it. “This is awesome,” one woman
exclaims breathlessly. Then, it’s time to sit
down again. “Oh good,” someone else says,
and the whole class bursts into laughter.
Even when she’s giving serious instruction, Hillis can’t help from lightening the
mood.
“Don’t do this if it makes you dizzy or out
of breath or agitated — or especially if it
makes you mad at your teacher,” she warns.
For regular student Mary Ellen Sciarini,
it’s this balance of playfulness and attentive
instruction that makes Hillis’ chair yoga
class so appealing.
“She knows what we can do and what we
can’t do,” observes the 91-year-old student.
“She knows how not to hurt us. And what
a great sense of humor!” Remembering another student who hasn’t made it to class
for a while, Sciarini smiles. “We had a man
who joined us. He was deaf in one ear and
I’m deaf in the other, and Lily would joke
with us about it. But she makes allowances
for all these things.”
Menlo Park resident Judy Adams has
been coming to chair yoga for one month,
and says she finds it a great way to relax.
After two hip replacements, she explains,
“I tried conventional yoga, but it’s hard to
get into the poses and up and down from
the floor. I wanted to keep my flexibility
and balance.”
First-time student Shirley Collins from
Palo Alto says she’s an instant convert: “I
thought it was wonderful. It helped me feel
what my body needs to be able to do. I didn’t
realize how stiff my right side is. I’ll come
back as long as she keeps offering it.”
At 77, Hillis has no plans to retire. “My
goal is to teach yoga until my 10 toes go up
and they carry me out,” she quips before
growing earnest. “I’ve found something
that I’m 100 percent passionate about, and
it has become my life.” Then, widening her
eyes and dropping her voice to a whisper,
she adds, “It’s really just an excuse to go in
and love people.” Q
Arts & Entertainment Editor Elizabeth
Schwyzer can be emailed at eschwyzer@
paweekly.com.
What: Yoga classes with Lily Anne Hillis
Where: Menlo Pilates & Yoga, 1011 El
Camino Real, Menlo Park
When: Chair yoga, Wednesday, 11-11:45
a.m.; Alignment-based yoga, Friday, 6:307:30 a.m.; Yoga I&II, Sunday, 4:30-5:55 p.m.
Cost: $18 for a single class. Packages and
student rates available.
Info: Go to menlopilatesandyoga.com or
call 408-480-8977.
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Now playing at the Pear Avenue Theatre, Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” follows the unraveling of a
marriage over years of infidelity.
Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’
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Pear Avenue presents classic drama of love and loss
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sst. “Want to know a secret
to long-lasting romance?
Lie,” says Sunday’s New
York Times, promoting thricemarried philosophy professor
Clancy Martin’s reflections on
love.
The late Harold Pinter, whose
play “Betrayal” runs through Feb.
22 at Mountain View’s Pear Avenue Theatre, could have penned
those words. In nine short scenes,
Pinter traces the evolution of a
seven-year affair, but in reverse
order: from two years after it ends
to its spontaneous beginning. In
between, the characters engage in
clipped conversations, rarely saying what they really mean, except
perhaps when they’re drunk. With
much of the drama between the
lines, the three principal actors
— husband Robert (Bill Olson),
wife Emma (Maryssa Wanlass)
and her lover, Jerry (William J.
Brown III) — reveal more anxiety than amour. That’s because
everybody lies to everybody else,
including themselves (or, to riff
on Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New
World,” nobody really belongs to
anybody else). If, as Martin writes
in Sunday’s Times, “relationships
last only if we don’t always say
exactly what we’re thinking,” is
“Betrayal” really about the evils
of deception or about its necessity?
“Betrayal” unveils the evolution of Pinter’s own seven-year
affair with BBC journalist Joan
Bakewell while both were married — Pinter to his first wife,
the late actress Vivien Merchant.
When he wrote “Betrayal,” he was
having an affair with author Lady
Antonia Fraser, who later became
his second wife.
In clipped dialogue — few
speeches longer than a single sentence and many simply a word
or two — Pinter captures the cadences of restrained British intellectuals.
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THEATER REVIEW
It takes skill and solid direction
to reveal, or deliberately conceal,
the unspoken in such a way that
an audience can perceive the emotions. Director Ray Renati and the
actors do an admirable job. Andre
Abrahamians, who plays the Italian waiter, adds comic relief to a
drama whose weight is mitigated
by wit.
According to the backstory,
Jerry and Robert were once best
friends. In fact, Jerry was Robert’s
best man at his wedding to Emma,
and they were both poetry editors
at their respective universities.
Jerry is now a successful literary
agent, Robert a book publisher
who reveals his contempt for contemporary literature while basking in its sales.
Emma, who runs an art gallery,
is reportedly having an affair
with Casey: a writer represented
by Jerry and published by Robert.
It’s an open secret.
Not so with the now-defunct
affair between Jerry and Emma,
who had prided themselves on its
secrecy, even renting a flat in an
out-of-the-way section of London
for their afternoon trysts. In fact,
it’s secrets and lies that made it
work — especially when those
who knew kept quiet.
As the play opens in 1977, two
years after the end of the affair,
Emma and Jerry meet again in a
London pub, a meeting she has requested. Presumably, each thinks
the other wants to resume the affair, but that’s not what they say.
After much small talk, Emma reveals that her marriage is ending,
and that Robert has been having
affairs for years. Emma tells Jerry
that after all this time, she has told
Robert about their affair, presumably to get even. Jerry becomes
livid. How could she betray him?
The 49-seat Pear Avenue Theatre enables audiences to experience the intimacy — or lack
thereof — between the actors,
while producer Diane Tasca does
a creditable job of pulling it all
together in a small venue with
sets designed by Janny Coté.
However, with scenes shifting
back and forth in time, an onstage
signboard would have made the
sequence easier to follow.
Moreover, with the exception of
the final scene — which is actually the beginning of the affair
— the stagehands and the furniture move more than the actors,
elongating the play and blunting
the impact of the drama. It was
a particular distraction on Saturday, Feb. 7, when a foiled sound
system delayed the opening and
made the normal musical interludes impossible.
While one would hardly call
“Betrayal” a Valentine’s Day
confection — this is Pinter, after
all — witty dialogue and clever
delivery turn a story of dead-end
romance into a theatrical treat. Q
Freelance writer Janet Silver
Ghent can be emailed at [email protected].
What: “Betrayal” by Harold Pinter
Where: The Pear Avenue
Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K,
Mountain View
When: Through Feb. 22.
Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m.,
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Cost: $10-$30
Info: Go to thepear.org or call
650-254-1148.
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Ozomatli
Latin, jazz-funk, alternative,
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Ozomatli doesn’t sound quite like
anyone else. For 20 years now, the
multi-cultural, Grammy Awardwinning band has been rocking
explosive, high-energy shows that
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Redwood City’s Fox Theatre next
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playing classics from the mid-’90s
through to tracks from their newest album, “A Place in the Sun.”
Opening for the band will be a
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Concert
Redwood Symphony
Got plans for Valentine’s Day?
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(or yourself) to a wild, romantic
concert put on by Redwood Symphony. Known for blending contemporary and classical orchestral works, the symphony draws
talented musicians from around
the Bay Area. Their Valentine’s
Day program isn’t your ordinary
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Daugherty alongside works by
Berlioz and Rossini.
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Ozomatli will play Redwood
City’s Fox Theatre on Friday,
Feb. 20.
of the Palo Alto community.
Nearby, standing outside the
library’s north entrance is Hans
Wehrli’s “Nude in Steel,” the first
work of art purchased by the Palo
Alto Public Art Commission in
1976. Those still eager for more
art can walk over to the Palo Alto
Art Center, where there will be a
free valentine-making art activity from 1-4 p.m. and live performances inspired by the current
exhibition, “Hear This,” running
from 2-5 p.m.
To join the free public art tour,
meet at the library entrance facing
the Palo Alto Art Center at 1 p.m.
on Saturday, Feb. 14. For more
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women in an Alabama hamlet of
that name. The concerto features
California jazz guitar soloist Jon
Mulvey. Also on the program is
Berlioz’s “Fantastic Symphony,”
intended to conjure the effect of
opium hallucinations. The program opens with the Overture to
Rossini’s “La Scala di Seta” (“The
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advance purchase is recommended. Children age 17 and under
are free. A pre-concert lecture
begins at 7 p.m. For tickets, go to
redwoodsymphony.org. For more
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“Brilliance,” a site-specific art
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surfaces of the works feature text
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Eating Out
inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 book, “The
Little Prince.” It’s about appreciating “the little beauties of
life,” he said.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, check out the top treats
to snag from Tout Sweet, in no particular order.
Mille crepe cake ($6.75 for a slice; $65 for a 10-inch
cake)
The mille crepe cake is a classic French masterpiece
made of 20 or so layers (not quite the thousand that “mille”
translates to) of perfectly concentric crepes, each separated
by swaths of custard. Tout Sweet’s light, creamy custard is
made with vanilla bean plus Pura’s special touch: orange
flower water. The hint of citrus adds a “northern Mediterranean flair” to the traditional French dessert, Pura said. If
you want a dessert to eat in the shop rather than take home,
this is one of your best bets: Employees cut a generous slice,
then dust it with powdered sugar and caramelize it with a
hand torch before serving. Voilà.
Palo Alto’s Tout Sweet Patisserie, located in Town & Country Village, offers a range of delectable desserts.
Love
is sweet
Hot Lips ($7)
A Valentine’s must for both aesthetics and taste. This
milk chocolate-hazelnut cake, laced with Vietnamese cinnamon and oven-roasted blonde chocolate, comes in the
shape of full, hot-red lips. The decadent dessert gets its
color from red velvet. Valentine’s Day has always been a
difficult holiday for Pura to embrace, but he created this
dessert with a goal of simply having fun and being playful.
“It’s really great to remember to play out of the box whenever possible,” he said.
Tout Sweet
Patisserie does
Valentine’s Day
in style
Naughty peanut cookie ($2.25)
A sticky delight for nut lovers. Roasted peanuts and Tout
Sweet marshmallows (which are also for sale separately in
a range of flavors, if that’s your thing) form the base of this
cookie, which is then rolled in corn flakes and topped with
sea salt. Reminiscent of your mother’s old-school cornflake
crunchers.
by Elena Kadvany | photos by Michelle Le
s there any better way to say “I love you” than with 23 layers of
crepe and custard or a chocolate-hazelnut cake in the shape of full,
red-hot lips? Doubtful.
If you live anywhere near Palo Alto, forget that sad heart-shaped
box of chocolates you were thinking about buying a loved one (that
includes yourself) for Valentine’s Day and head straight to Tout Sweet
Patisserie at Town & Country Village to step up your sweets game.
Don’t let the size of the second outpost of Yigit Pura’s high-end bake
shop fool you: Its small glass cases are filled with some of the most
tantalizing desserts in the area.
Originally from Ankara, Turkey, Pura began his formal culinary
training at the age of 20 in San Francisco restaurants (and his informal
training at the age of 4 helping his mother make dark caramel). He next
moved to New York, where he worked at famed Le Cirque 2000 and the
Four Seasons Hotel before landing a coveted position as pastry chef at
Daniel, French chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud’s first restaurant.
After winning Bravo’s “Top Chef: Just Desserts” in 2010, Pura returned to the Bay Area, opening his first patisserie in Macy’s Union
Square in San Francisco in 2012 and his 500-square-foot Palo Alto
shop in late December of last year.
Pura, who reportedly has the molecular formula for sugar tattooed on
the back of his neck, said both the name and philosophy of the shop are
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Tout Sweet ($6.50)
This small rectangle of layered chocolate cake won
Pura the Top Chef desserts title, so you know it’s good.
The confection is actually flourless (gluten-free-friendly,
as are several other Tout Sweet items), with layers of dark
chocolate cake, Guittard Chocolate Company dark and milk
chocolate mousse and house-made candied milk jam: the
French take on dulce de leche. “We cook four different
kinds of milk over a 12-hour process,” Pura explained. “It’s
really rich, chewy, creamy milk candy.” Small chocolate
pearls are embedded in the dessert for a delightful crunch
in between bites of the pillowy cake. The Tout Sweet might
sound decadent, but it’s not overwhelmingly sweet. As Pura
likes to say: “We’re called Tout Sweet, but nothing should
ever be too sweet.”
Individual slices are available in the shop; if you want a
full cake, place an order by 1 p.m. at least one day before.
Above: Tout Sweet Patisserie’s red
velvet “Hot Lips” make the perfect
Valentine’s Day treat.
Middle: Tout Sweet Owner
Yigit Pura won “Top Chef: Just
Desserts” on the strength of his
flourless chocolate cake.
Below: Among the tastiest macaron
flavors at Tout Sweet are salted
caramel and lemon-yuzu.
Salted caramel and lemon-yuzu macarons ($1.85 each)
Patrons of the Palo Alto store are first greeted by rows
and towers of macarons from the traditional chocolate, vanilla bean and hazelnut to peanut butter and jelly to sour
cherry and bourbon. With the wealth of options, purchase to
your palate’s preferences, but the salted caramel and lemonyuzu were far and above this writer’s favorites. Both were
firm yet pliant and chewy in the way the best macarons
are. The salted caramel is as rich as the lemon is light. (Pro
tip: Watch out when you bite into the salted caramel. The
buttercream has a habit of slipping out the back — though
admittedly it’s so good, you’re likely to lick it up from wherever it falls.)
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If you’re making dinner at home for Valentine’s Day, take
advantage of Tout Sweet to cut some corners. Grab any of
the frozen cookie doughs to make the naughty peanut cookie, chocolate chunk with sea salt or fudgy cherry mudslides
at home ($8 for a pint of dough, which makes approximately
10-12 cookies, or $14 for a quart, which makes about 2025). There are also several frozen shortbread flavors — co-
Eating Out
ShopTalk
by Daryl Savage
THE MENU CLOSES ... It was a
bold move in 2012 when Prakash
Aswani took over an aging Indian
restaurant that had been vacant
for two years. He began a major
renovation, turning the dilapidated
10,000-square-foot building into
a swanky, upscale dining spot
that served organic, artisan Indian
cuisine. Aswani had high hopes
for The Menu, 2700 W. El Camino,
Mountain View, on the Palo Alto
border. But hope ended early
last month when the Santa Clara
County Sheriff’s Office slapped an
eviction notice on the front door.
“It’s sad it didn’t work out,” said
an industry observer. “The restaurant had a nice buffet and reasonable prices. You’d think that the
location alone would have brought
in customers. There are so many
hotels and businesses around
here, and Lozano’s Car Wash is
right across the street. Maybe that
corner is bad luck.” The previous
tenant, Southern Spice, occupied
the spot for a short time. Before
that, two other Indian restaurants,
Swagat and Dastoor also came
and went. The Menu did not go
down without a fight. Along with
a buffet that was continually trying to reinvent itself, it offered an
extensive a la carte menu, a wine
bar, live music, karaoke nights
and a happy hour.
VINTAGE SHOP THRIVES IN NEW
VENUE ... Vintage Empire owner
Tiffany Gush is a survivor. Forced
out of the Palo Alto retail market
last year because of escalating
rents, Gush moved her eclectic
vintage clothing store to downtown Mountain View. As Vintage
Empire enters its second year in
business at 831 Villa St., things
are looking up. “Mountain View is
stoked that we’re here because
we’re so different from everything
else around,” said Gush, who described the Castro Street area as
a hub for small and independent
businesses. She has recently
opened an adjoining space for
local artists to display their craft.
“It’s a pop-up store for artists
who want to rent out space on a
coa nib and sweet pasilla (dried
chilaca pepper), vanilla lavender,
salty walnut or Tahitian vanilla —
for $12 a pop (makes about 30-35
cookies).
Planning a romantic brunch
instead of dinner? Grab some
frozen scone dough ($12 for six
pieces) and impress your date
with bacon cheddar, cherry vanilla bean or Turkish apricot and
candied ginger.
For ice cream lovers, consider a
stop at the nearby Tin Pot Creamery for some pints of your choice,
temporary basis,” Gush explained.
“There’s so much foot traffic here,
especially on the weekend, so
why not help other people by having a retail gallery for them?”
NOW FOR SOMETHING
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ... For
those who claim there’s an overabundance of coffee shops, upscale restaurants and nail salons
in downtown Palo Alto, there may
be some relief in the form of an
unusual business. It’s called BHuman, and although its official designation is “restaurant,” it’s also
part art gallery, part lecture hall
and part event center. “Let’s just
call it an innovation center,” said
BHuman co-founder and entrepreneur Ari Eisenstat. Located at
233 University Ave. in the former
space of Workshop Burger and
before that, Bella Luna Ristorante, BHuman is “a work in progress,” according to Eistenstat and
his business partner, Kyle Mills,
both 26 years old. There was an
overwhelming curiosity about the
new venture last weekend, when
BHuman held an invitation-only
grand opening party. Nearly 200
people attended the event, which
featured a hand-made classical
harpsichord, 7-foot-tall acrylic
obelisks and a variety of food and
drink. Among the highlights was
the “Space Palette”: an interactive
instrument that allowed individuals to wave their hands through
holes in a wooden frame to create music and painted visuals.
A few partygoers described the
event as “Burning Man-inspired,”
referencing the annual week-long
festival in Nevada that promotes
unfettered creative expression.
Eisenstat and Mills, who met at
Draper University’s entrepreneurial program in San Mateo, have
big plans for BHuman, which will
be open to the public in less than
a month, according to Eisenstat.
RAIN OR SHINE.
KEEP SAVING WATER.
Despite the recent rainfall, we need many more
storms to help with the drought.
The
e recent rains are only a drop in the bucket.
Heard a rumor about your
favorite store or business moving out or in, down the block
or across town? Daryl Savage
will check it out. Email [email protected].
then indulge with Tout Sweet toppings. There are several flavors of
brittle ($8), Guittard dark chocolate fudge ($9), burnt caramel
sauce with fleur de sel ($9) and
Tory Farms nectarine and bourbon jam made with Bulleit bourbon ($12), to name a few. Q
Tout Sweet Patisserie, 855 El
Camino Real, #160, Palo Alto;
650-800-7293; toutsweetsf.com
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 11
a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday: 11 a.m.-5
p.m.
Make water conservation a daily way of life.
For water-saving tips, visit save20gallons.org
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00 1/2 (Century 16, Century 20)
If you’re reading this review,
you’ve probably read a few others in your day, and a number of
them have likely mentioned tone.
Tone’s a tricky thing (like “chemistry”), and contrary to what some
may think, not just an excuse critics make for not liking a movie.
Take “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” which chooses, with gusto,
style over substance.
Loosely adapted by writer-director Matthew Vaughn and his
screenwriting partner Jane Goldman from a comic book by writer
Mark Millar, “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is pretty much a spy
remake of “Kick-Ass,” Vaughn
and Goldman’s 2010 adaptation of
Millar’s tale of a comic book fan
who decides against all odds to
become a super-hero. Like “Kick
Ass,” “Secret Service” doubles
down on glib ultraviolence while
pressing buttons of class-consciousness and teasing out pop
culture allusions and self-aware
witticisms.
Colin Firth plays Harry Hart, a
well-tailored super spy in the vein
of “The Avengers” (the British
one, don’t you know). Hart works
for an “independent international
intelligence agency” called Kingsman, which finds itself in need of
a new recruit when a top agent
bites the dust. In part answering
for a familial debt, Hart selects for
his protégé Gary “Eggsy” Unwin
(Taron Egerton, unfortunately as
bland as his “chav” character),
Penthouse
forum
‘Fifty Shades’ brings
R-rated eroticism
to the multiplex
00 (Century 16, Century 20)
Here’s a modest proposal: Let’s
try to be grown-ups about “Fifty
Shades of Grey,” the big-screen
adaptation of E. L. James’ erotic
novel. Oh, go ahead and have a
giggle. Screenwriter Kelly Marcel (“Saving Mr. Banks”), director
Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere
Boy”), and star Dakota Johnson
(“The Five-Year Engagement”)
certainly have, and the movie’s
better for it.
For the uninitiated: This
comedy-drama of sexual brinksmanship begins when a college
journalism major with the sniffles gives up to her English lit
roommate an interview with “the
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Spy spoof “Kingsman: The Secret Service”
proves stylish but hollow
then guides him through training
and into active service as Kingsman battles the radical environmentalist madman Richmond
Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson), a
Bondian baddie.
Raise your hand if you’ve seen
a James Bond parody before.
Chances are you couldn’t count
the ones you’ve seen with all your
fingers and toes. “Kingsman”
includes its own hilarious Bond
mini-parody (kudos to actor Jack
Davenport) embedded within its
feature-length ode to British spy
movies of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s,
but the spy-flick pastiching feels
long in the tooth by now. Vaughn’s
oft-enjoyable fantasy has the same
benefit as New England weather:
If you don’t like it, wait five minutes. Besides an endearingly asskicking Firth and an amusingly
lisping Jackson, we get erstwhile
movie-spy Michael Caine as a spy
boss, Mark “Luke Skywalker”
Hamill as a professor in danger
and plenty of spectacular (though
cartoony) fight sequences — plus
a jaw-dropping long take of digitally assisted parkour.
For all its endearing Britishness, its halfhearted attack on
class snobbery and its Tarantinoid
self-referential “cool,” “Kingsman” lacks the freshness of “KickAss”’ subject and approach. All
the mayhem is ultimately exhausting, and yes, tonally off-putting,
as Vaughn’s capacity for sincerity takes a back seat to fetishized,
glamorized violence.
Rated R for sequences of strong
violence, language and some sexual content. Two hours, 9 minutes.
— Peter Canavese
Northern Irish model turned actor Jamie Dornan plays business
magnate Christian Grey in “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
world’s most eligible billionaire
bachelor” (right there’s a strong
signal to give up any hope of realism). Anastasia Steele steps up
to Seattle skyscraper Grey House
and regards its magnificent erection (tee hee). On the 20th floor,
she swoons and gasps her way
through an interview with business magnate Christian Grey
(Northern Irish model turned
actor Jamie Dornan, all smoldering woodenness), who, lustily
charmed, immediately begins putting the moves on her.
Those moves include an offer
to be Grey’s live-in sex slave, an
on-demand submissive beauty
to his dominant beast. Taking
this language out of the cultural
Movies
closet and into the mall theater
is, in itself, a fascinating and not
unwelcome phenomenon, despite
the “Bondage for Dummies” attitude it inevitably entails. Also
welcome is the return of R-rated
eroticism to the multiplex, where
it’s been largely absent.
Audiences are treated to Steele’s
and Grey’s anatomy (though, hold
your horses, not full-frontally) as
Taylor-Johnson tests the limits of
the ratings board with each carefully executed camera move and
edit, each choreographed salivation and thrust. Every small adjustment the movie makes to
James’ thinly veiled romance novel qualifies as an improvement,
especially the heightened self-
awareness of the comedic value
of its perversity and the laborious
parsing of non-disclosure agreements and a “binding” contract
to ensure mutual consent. There’s
drama and humor, too, in the positioning of power as aphrodisiac
and in the allegory the story offers for the paradox of committed
romance: having to take people
you love on their own terms while
undergoing the necessary negotiations of a relationship.
Yes, “Fifty Shades of Grey” is
absolutely ludicrous, dramatically
clumsy, 50 shades of wrong. Yet
with Taylor-Johnson’s lively projection of Anastasia’s thought process (which never cedes her agency) and the tortured Grey’s sexual
kink positioned more as a romantic obstacle than a woman’s wildest dream, the franchise can have
it both ways: “naughtily” turning
on audiences and at the same time
dramatizing enough bedroom dos
and don’ts for a year’s worth of
couples counseling. If audiences
can cool their loins long enough,
they may have a productive think
about the nature of their desires,
their hangups and their capacities
for giving as much as they get in
their relationships.
Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, some
unusual behavior and graphic
nudity, and for language. Two
hours, 5 minutes.
— Peter Canavese
MOVIE TIMES
All showtimes are for Friday – Sunday only unless otherwise noted.
For reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest.
A Most Violent Year (R) +++1/2
Century 20: 10:50 a.m., 4:40 & 7:40 p.m.
Oscar 2015: The Grand Budapest Hotel (R)
Century 20: Sat 4 p.m.
American Sniper (R) ++ Century 16: 12:20, 3:45, 7 &
10:10 p.m. Century 20: 10:05 a.m., 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 9:05
& 10:35 p.m., Fri & Sat 2:40 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.
Oscar 2015: The Imitation Game (PG-13)
Century 20: Sun 4 p.m.
Oscar 2015: Whiplash (R)
Black or White (PG-13) ++1/2
Century 20: 12:20 & 10:40 p.m.
Giant (1956) (Not Rated)
Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 p.m.
Project Almanac (PG-13)
Century 20: 12:05 p.m., 2:40, 5:15, 8 & 10:45 p.m.
The Imitation Game (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 7:45 &
10:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 11 a.m., 1:50 & 4:40 p.m., Sat 2 & 4:45
p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m., 2, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:40 p.m.
Selma (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 4:10, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m.,
Fri & Sun 10:10 a.m. & 1:05 p.m., Sat 10:05 a.m.
450 Bryant Street
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(650)289-5400
Seventh Son (PG-13) Century 16: 1:25, 4:20 & 7:40 p.m.
In 3-D at 10:55 a.m. & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m.,
2:25, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. In 3-D at 10:45 a.m., 1:20,
3:55, 6:30 & 9:20 p.m.
Kingsman: The Secret Service (R) ++1/2
Century 16: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.
Century 20: 10:15 & 11:45 a.m., 1:15, 2:50, 4:20, 5:50, 7:25,
8:55 & 10:30 p.m.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (G) ++
Century 16: 10:35 a.m., 3:35, 7:20 & 9:30 p.m. In 3-D at
11:50 a.m., 2:20, 4:50 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.,
noon, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 7:35 & 9:10 p.m. In 3-D at 10 a.m.,
2:30, 3:20, 5, 5:50, 8:15 & 10:05 p.m.
The Lady Vanishes (1938) (Not Rated)
Stanford Theatre: 5:45 & 9:30 p.m.
Still Alice (PG-13) ++1/2
7:20 & 9:55 p.m.
Met Opera: Iolanta/Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Not Rated)
Century 16: Sat 9:30 a.m. Century 20: Sat 9:30 a.m.
Palo Alto Square: Sat 9:30 a.m.
Strangers on a Train (1951) (Not Rated)
Theatre: 7:30 p.m., Sat & Sun 3:50 p.m.
National Theatre Live: Treasure Island (Not Rated)
Aquarius Theatre: Sun 11 a.m.
Whiplash (R) +++1/2
p.m.
Wild (R) +++
p.m.
Century 20: Fri 10 p.m.
Aquarius Theatre: 2:15, 4:40,
The Theory of Everything (PG-13) ++
4, 7 & 10 p.m., Fri & Sun 1 p.m.
Stanford
Palo Alto Square:
Century 20: Fri & Sun 11 a.m. &
The Wedding Ringer (R)
1:35 p.m., Fri 4:15 p.m.
Oscar 2015: American Sniper (R)
Century 20: Sat 10 p.m.
Century 20: Sun 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Bring a
friend and come kick the tires of Avenidas
classes and wellness services!
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Live Action
(Not Rated) Guild Theatre: 4:15 & 9:15 p.m.
Jupiter Ascending (PG-13) ++ Century 16: 10:25 a.m.,
noon, 3, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. In 3-D at 6:10 & 9:15 p.m., Fri &
Sat 1:30 & 4:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 5:45 & 7:15
p.m. In 3-D at 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:15 & 10:15 p.m.
Oscar 2015: Boyhood (R)
• Meet instructors & wellness providers
• Watch informative demos
• Take home fun giveaways
• Get your questions answered
• Enjoy light refreshments
• Have a chance to win door prizes
Century 20: Sat 7 p.m.
Paddington (PG) Century 16: 1:05 & 7:05 p.m.
Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1, 3:35, 6:50 & 9:30 p.m.
Oscar 2015: Selma (PG-13)
3-5PM
450 Bryant Street
Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015: Animation
(Not Rated) Guild Theatre: 2:15 & 7:15 p.m.
Fifty Shades of Grey (R) ++ Century 16: 10:30 & 11:30
a.m., 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30,
9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 10 & 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1,
2:30, 3:15, 4, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 8:30, 9:15 & 10 p.m. In X-D at
10:50 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m.
Century 20: Fri 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 3
Oscar 2015: The Theory of Everything (PG-13)
Century 20: Sat 1 p.m.
Birdman (R) +++ Century 20: 1:45 & 10:40 p.m.
Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m.
Oscar 2015: Birdman (R)
Come take a test drive
of Avenidas offerings
Aquarius Theatre: 4:20 & 7:05
Aquarius Theatre: 9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:45
+ Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding
Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260)
Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260)
Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264)
Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700)
Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264)
CinéArts at Palo Alto Square:
3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128)
Internet address: For show times, plot synopses,
trailers and more information about films playing, go
to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies
ON THE WEB: Up-to-date movie listings
at PaloAltoOnline.com
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Fri 2/13/2015
Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05
The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00,
7:00, 10:00
Sat 2/14/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05
The Theory of Everything – 4:00, 7:00,
10:00
Met Opera: Iolanta/
Duke Bluebeard’s Castle– 9:30 AM
Sun 2/15/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05
The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00,
7:00, 10:00
Mon 2/16/2015 Birdman – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15
The Theory of Everything – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00
Tickets and Showtimes available at cinemark.com
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OPEN HOME GUIDE 40
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Home Front
FREE FABRIC ... The next FabMo free fabric distribution event
is Friday, Feb. 13, 8:30 a.m. to
6 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 14,
9 a.m. to noon. Appointments
are required on Friday, but not
on Saturday, to help manage
the crowds (email gather.fabrix@
me.com with preferred date and
time). The distribution, with a
requested donation, takes place
at 970 Terra Bella Ave., Mountain
View. Volunteer greeters and
sorters are also needed. Info:
fabmo.org
CAMELLIA SHOW ... Nearly
1,000 blooms will be on display
at the San Francisco Peninsula
Camellia Society’s 54th annual
show and sale from noon to 4
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, and
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday,
Feb. 15, at the Community Activities Building, 1400 Roosevelt
Ave., Redwood City. This year’s
show is dedicated to the Nuccio
family of Altadena, California,
owners of Nuccio’s Nursery,
premier hybridizers of camellias
and azaleas (among them ‘Nuccio’s Gem,’ ‘Nuccio’s Pearl’ and
‘Nuccio’s Bella Rosa’). Highlights
include workshops on Saturday
(2:30 p.m.: Terry Lyngso of Lyngso Garden Materials, Redwood
City, “Nurturing Camellias in the
Bay Area”) and Sunday (2 p.m.:
Mike Craib, Suncrest Nurseries
Inc., Watsonville, “Camellias and
their Garden Companions”). Info:
camelliasfpcs.org or [email protected]
HAVE A QUESTION? ... UC
Master Gardeners will offer free
personal consultations and
handouts at a Spring Plant Clinic
on Saturday, Feb. 14, from 9
to 11 a.m., at Gamble Garden,
1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto.
Come with questions on water
needs, compost, soil types, plant
nutrition, organic sprays and
cultivation practices, as well as
issues with roses or tomatoes.
Info: Master Gardeners at 408282-3105, between 9:30 a.m.
and 12:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, or mastergardeners.org
TREE WALK ... Arborist Courtney Schumm will lead a free
tree walk at Rinconada Library
and the Palo Alto Art Center on
Saturday, Feb. 14, 9 to 11 a.m.,
meeting at the Rinconada Library
parking lot, 1213 Newell Road,
Palo Alto. Expect to see Jelecote Pine, Red Horsechestnut,
Chinese Pistache, Italian Stone
Pine, Black Mulberry, Japanese
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Carnivorous
plants join
orchids
at Pacific
Orchid Expo
BEASTS
by Carol Blitzer // photos by Veronica Weber
s a boy growing up in Phoenix,
like many 10-year-olds, Drew
Martinez was fascinated by
carnivorous plants. Today, his backyard
is filled with greenhouses containing
nearly 20,000 of them.
Although he describes it as a sideline,
he has grown his interest into a business:
Carnivero, a mainly mail-order nursery
he runs out of his Mountain View office.
Martinez will be exhibiting and selling close to 600 plants at the upcoming
Pacific Orchid Exposition in San Francisco next weekend. The 63rd annual
show, themed “The Thrill of Discovery,” will offer three days of show-andtell, with 150,000 plants to observe and
purchase, docent tours, potting demonstrations and lectures.
Growing up in the desert, Martinez
found it particularly challenging to
grow carnivorous plants because they
require very temperate climates. Some-
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how his interest in carnivores sent him
to Stanford University, where he majored in physics and biology.
Why physics?
“Math explains physics, physics explains chemistry, chemistry explains
biology. I wanted to get to the root of it
all,” he said.
That physics major led to his day job
at Google. He’s also been involved in
biotechnology startups.
But his sideline is a true passion.
He grows his carnivores and orchids
from seedlings to plants up to several feet
tall. Many grow fallow during the winter,
but others thrive in his greenhouses and
grow tent as the annual expo draws near.
He points to his pitcher plants, or
Nepenthes, which are native of Southeast Asia. “They grow side by side with
many orchid varieties,” he said.
(continued on page 32)
Clockwise, from top left: Nepenthes, or carnivorous pitcher
plants, dangle in Drew Martinez’s greenhouse; a slipper
orchid; Venus fly traps; and purple and white pinguiculas,
which resemble succulents but are actually carnivores.
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He notes a lot of crossover between the two plant types, noting
that in addition to sharing habitats, they also both have trapping
mechanisms that lure insects.
“One of the reasons orchids have
such beautiful flowers is because
the flower acts as a trap,” he said.
The insect is lured by color and
smell. It pollinates, and then the
orchid lets it go. Carnivores also
lure insects by color and smell.
But there the similarity ends.
A cobra plant, a native of
Northern California and Southern Oregon, is built like a cathedral, with light coming in through
the “roof.” The insect is attracted
to the light and flies in, then becomes trapped in the bulbous cathedral and sent down to the acidfilled base of the attached tube.
Martinez points to the Nepenthes hamata, which lures insects
with its sweet nectar. Beetles and
Flowering Crabapple, Plume Cryptomeria and others. Info: Canopy at
650-964-6110 or canopy.org
What: Pacific Orchid Exposition
When: Gala Preview Thursday, Feb.
19, 6:30-10 p.m.; Expo Friday, Feb.
20, through Sunday, Feb. 22, 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
Where: Fort Mason Center, Festival
Pavilion, Marina Boulevard, San
Francisco
Cost: General admission $14, seniors $11, three-day pass $25, Gala
Preview benefit $43, weekend pass
with Gala $60
Sponsor: San Francisco Orchid Society (SFOS)
Info: orchidsanfrancisco.org or 650548-6700
HOME SALES
Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains
the information from the County
Recorder’s Office. Information
is recorded from deeds after the
close of escrow and published
within four to eight weeks.
Los Altos
840 Campbell Ave. D. & W.
Dematteis to D. & T. Buck for
$3,450,000 on 1/14/15
1665 Fairway Drive Heeger
Trust to Solat Trust for
$2,725,000 on 1/13/15
1215 Larnel Place Hodgen
Trust to I. & P. Chowdhury for
$1,800,000 on 1/14/15
1841 Newcastle Drive Page
Trust to T. & C. Sohn for
$1,800,000 on 1/13/15; previous
sale 7/86, $281,000
1435 Richardson Ave. Harper
Trust to S. & D. Gallienne for
$1,800,000 on 1/16/15
Mountain View
181 Ada Ave. #29 N. Ackerman to N. Pattan for $910,000
on 1/20/15; previous sale 6/05,
$630,000
101 Chetwood Drive B. Tang to
R. Krishnamurthy for $1,350,000
on 1/15/15; previous sale 4/07,
$908,500
128 Fair Oaks Ave. H. &
F. Ehsan to T. Jousse for
$1,240,000 on 1/13/15
138 Holly Court Wilson Trust
to Z. & L. Zhang for $980,000
on 1/12/15; previous sale 6/99,
$385,000
701 N. Rengstorff Ave. #12 A.
Vafaei to W. Liang for $555,000
on 1/16/15; previous sale 6/08,
$417,000
1983 San Luis Ave. #5 L. Bandman to S. Jafarpour for $870,000
Drew Martinez talks about the many varieties of Nepenthes, or pitcher plants, that he grows in his
greenhouse. He’ll be bringing about 600 to the Pacific Orchid Exposition next weekend.
ants then slip down the sharp
fangs and — gulp.
Some plants even attract termites, he says, and some have
been known to demolish small
rodents or mammals.
Not all of the attracted animals
die. Nepenthes lowii exudes a
white, sugary substance that attracts tree shrews, which perch
on the toilet-seat shaped plant
and leave behind their excrement,
which in turn feeds the plant.
Both Martinez’s carnivores and
his orchids love sunny, humid
conditions, but he describes them
mostly as “very adaptable” and
able to thrive in greenhouses or on
a window sill. “Many are so hearty
they can grow outside,” he said.
Although his greenhouses are
completely automated, Martinez
on 1/16/15; previous sale 4/08,
$599,000
365 Tyrella Ave. #A Keck Trust
to D. Tarjan for $655,000 on
1/16/15; previous sale 8/13,
$490,000
Palo Alto
3647 Bryant St. A. Gebala to Y.
Zhuge for $2,115,000 on 1/20/15
4073 El Camino Real Eton Capital to P. McCallum for $1,493,000
on 1/16/15; previous sale 6/06,
$850,000
455 Grant Ave. #15 J. Tung
to X. Xiong for $850,000 on
1/12/15; previous sale 10/96,
$171,000
144 Monroe Drive B. Miley
to Palo Alto 14 Limited for
$1,690,000 on 1/15/15
checks on his plants every three
days, making sure his custombuilt watering system is functioning well, trimming dead foliage
and moving blooming plants to
the tent shed. He re-engineered
and downsized commercial
greenhouses and installed enough
backup systems that “even with a
major earthquake they could run
for three days,” he said.
He’s convinced that most of his
exotic blooms could survive as
house plants; they’re tougher than
they look.
In his grow tent he’s also growing some exotic fruits, including
snake fruit, which he described
as pear-shaped, hard and rubbery with a sweet, crisp taste. The
plants will need to be about 6 feet
tall before they bear fruit.
Twice a year, Martinez heads
out on jungle expeditions in search
of new varieties. “I’ve logged upwards of 20 jungle expeditions,”
he said, mainly to Southeast Asia,
Malaysia and Indonesia.
And he’s never lost his early
draw to carnivores: “They really
capture people’s fascination with
the natural world,” he said. They
exhibit how adaptable an organism can be to survive.” Q
Associate Editor Carol Blitzer
can be emailed at cblitzer@
paweekly.com.
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DESIGNING WITH RHODIES ...
Parker Smith, landscape architect
and rhododendron hybridizer, will
talk about “Designing a Garden With
Rhododendrons” at the next meeting of the De Anza Chapter of the
American Rhododendron Society
at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb.
18. The group meets at the Hillview
Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave.,
Los Altos. Parker will talk about rhododendron selection, planting and
care. Info: deanza-ars.com
COMING UP ROSES ... The Peninsula Rose Society will offer a slide
show and advice from consulting
rosarians at its next meeting at 7:30
p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, at the Redwood City Veterans Memorial Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood
City. Info: penisularosesociety.org or
650-465-3967
HARVEST HONEY ... Beekeeper
Kendal Sager will teach a class on
“Backyard Beekeeping” from 10
a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 21,
at Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road,
Los Altos Hills. Sager will cover
time, space and legal requirements;
equipment; honey-bee behavior;
caring for bees; and the benefits of
beekeeping. Cost is $20. Info: 650949-8650 or hiddenvilla.org Q
SALES AT A GLANCE
Los Altos
Portola Valley
Total sales reported: 5
Lowest sales price: $1,800,000
Highest sales price: $3,450,000
Total sales reported: 1
Lowest sales price: $550,000
Highest sales price: $550,000
Mountain View
Total sales reported: 7
Lowest sales price: $555,000
Highest sales price: $1,350,000
Redwood City
Total sales reported: 9
Lowest sales price: $794,000
Highest sales price: $1,500,000
Palo Alto
Woodside
Total sales reported: 4
Lowest sales price: $850,000
Highest sales price: $2,115,000
Total sales reported: 1
Lowest sales price: $2,000,000
Highest sales price: $2,000,000
Source: California REsource
Portola Valley
175 Los Trancos Circle I. &
H. Earnest to Earnest Trust for
$550,000 on 1/5/15
Redwood City
642 Bair Island Road #1016
One Marina Homes to F. Mahmoudi for $794,000 on 12/29/14
505 Breakwater Drive Peterson Trust to M. Wong-Chan for
$1,500,000 on 1/2/15; previous
sale 2/00, $750,000
1712 Brewster Ave. Working
Dirt to J. Dann for $1,300,000
on 12/30/14; previous sale 9/83,
$125,000
2740 Delaware Ave. Weems
Trust to P. Glasner for $915,000
on 12/31/14
21 Inyo Place C. Becker to
H. Brown for $1,325,000 on
12/31/14; previous sale 8/09,
$955,000
914 Madison Ave. Dufresne
Trust to Y. Liu for $881,000 on
12/30/14
167 Nueva Ave. D. Avalos to
J. Kornblum for $800,000 on
12/31/14
528 Shorebird Circle #8201 R.
& L. Curotto to B. & J. Sandy for
$902,000 on 12/31/14; previous
sale 7/86, $315,900
556 Skiff Circle Hash Trust to
Prathipati Trust for $1,325,000
on 1/5/15; previous sale 8/86,
$224,000
Woodside
560 California Way Woodruff
Trust to K. & J. Kelemen for
$2,000,000 on 1/2/15
BUILDING PERMITS
Palo Alto
430 Alger Drive enlarge opening
between entry and living/dining
area, $n/a
566 Hawthorne Ave. revise
grading, drainage plan to show
additional drainage, $n/a
456 University Ave. revise plans
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to include new water main and
backflow device, $n/a
875 Mockingbird Lane replace
exterior deck and add three new
windows, $n/a
1950 Newell Road revise first
floor living room floor to add two
glass floor panels, $n/a
1801 Waverley St. revision
to family room exterior pocket
door, adjust garage for floor-area
requirements, revise door onto
balcony, revise roofline, $n/a
2261 Greer Road relocate
bathroom and washer and dryer,
remodel bathroom, $n/a
819 University Ave. re-roof fourplex, $18,575
3864 and 3866 El Camino Real
Ace of Sandwiches: landlord improvement, including new accessible restrooms, path, lighting,
power, T-bar ceiling, $55,000
1730 Embarcadero Road Audi:
temporary dealership facilities,
restroom, office trailer, $40,000
440 Cesano Court, Unit 308
remodel bathroom, $12,000
2296 Bryant St. remodel
bathroom (code enforcement),
$4,800; convert detached garage to single-car garage, add
new foundation (code enforcement), $2,000
4009 Miranda Ave. Infosys: tenant improvement for Suite 110,
$641,000; install 100 amp 2 pole
breaker and power test equipment in equipment shop, $5,000
2593 Marshall Drive demo accessory structure, $n/a; new accessory structure with bathroom,
$24,000
702 Rosewood Drive repair dry
rot on trellis, $9,000
3160 Porter Drive extend outside air ducts on roof to gain
distance from kitchen exhaust,
$24,000
1844 Guinda St. repair fire damage in bedroom area, $30,000
3846 Magnolia Drive install
flush-mounted PV system, up-
grade service, $n/a
660 High St. IDEO: tenant improvement, including rooftop
HVAC, $550,000
1353 Martin Ave. install roofmounted PV system, $n/a
4151 Middlefield Road nonstructural demo, $n/a
1024 Emerson St. remodel
kitchen, $20,000
3241 Park Blvd. Mercedes
Benz: two new halo-illuminated
wall signs facing Park Boulevard
and two new illuminated logo
signs on side walls, $n/a
795 El Camino Real Palo Alto
Medical Foundation: install three
dedicated electrical circuits, $n/a
745 Barron Ave. demo pool and
associated equipment, $n/a
809 Northampton Drive re-roof,
$24,000
433 Kipling St. remodel kitchen,
two bathrooms in Historic Category 4 structure, $40,000
3174 Porter Drive Fuji Xerox: remodel tenant space on first and
second floor, reconfigure offices,
$65,000
1935 Waverley St. re-roof,
$30,000
3276 Kipling St. re-roof, $8,000
1745 Webster St. replace three
windows, $6,766
2421 Ramona St. replace three
windows, $6,331
1655 Alma St. replace four windows and one door, $13,956
638 Georgia Ave. replace five
windows, $8,808
708 Montrose Ave. replace
bottom 24 inches of Sheetrock
throughout the house due to
water damage, remodel kitchen,
$100,000
460 Margarita Ave. re-roof,
$14,000; re-roof garage, $3,000
2826 Greer Road re-roof,
$9,500
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403 Mountain Laurel Court, Mountain View
Sought-After West Court Complex
in the Heart of Silicon Valley
Bright and inviting townhome with great character and unique appeal. Features include two
en suite bedrooms, remodeled kitchen with granite countertops, high ceilings, wood flooring,
custom lighting and plantation shutters. The open living room and dining room create a great
room feel with ease for entertaining family and friends. Ideal location with close proximity to
downtown Mountain View, CalTrain and commuter routes.
· 2 bedroom suites with 2.5 bathrooms
· Both bedroom suites feature their own private bathroom, balcony and custom designed closets
· 1,225* square feet
· High ceilings, large windows and a wood-burning fireplace with gas starter
· Updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, ample cabinetry and pantry
· Inviting gated front courtyard with colorful plantings and lawn
· Cozy back patio perfect for barbeques or soaking in the sun
· 1-car garage with adjacent, dedicated parking space
· Convenient laundry hookups in the garage include LG high-efficiency washer and dryer
· Central A/C and new furnace
· HOA dues $360*
· Well maintained and inviting complex with community pool and spa
· Great location at front of complex and close to pool/spa
· MVLA Schools include: Therakauf Elementary, Crittenden Middle and Los Altos High (buyer
to verify enrollment)
*buyer to verify
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5 Betty Lane, Atherton
$35,000,000
$25,000,000
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10440 Albertsworth Lane, Los Altos Hills
25 Oakhill Drive, Woodside
Price Upon Request
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18630 Withey Road, Monte Sereno
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Offered at $1,498,000
Quiet Charmer in College Terrace
Fall in love with this 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home of 1,290 sq. ft. (per
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to many of the best shopping and dining options in the city. A hedge-lined
lawn and white picket fence grant privacy to the home, which features
natural hardwood floors with inlay, plantation shutters, and extensive
storage options. Other highlights include a large garden window and
Jenn-Air oven in the kitchen, and a granite vanity in the hall bath.
The master suite includes an oversized shower with seat, and a large
walk-in closet with built-in storage. A sky-lit sunroom overlooks an
enclosed brick terrace, perfect for outdoor entertaining. Complete
with a 2-car detached garage, this home features easy access to
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LOS ALTOS
220 Felton Dr
$2,499,000
Sat/Sun 1-4 Pacific Union International 314-7200
$2,189,000
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4 Bedrooms
2 Bedrooms
28 Farm Rd
Sat/Sun 1-5 Coldwell Banker
4 Bedrooms
227 West Edith Lodge
Sat/Sun 1-4
Sereno Group
$4,095,000
(408) 741-8200
5 Bedrooms
1350 Miravalle Avenue
Sun 1-5
Alain Pinel Realtors
$3,998,000
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LOS ALTOS HILLS
5 Bedrooms
12012 Adobe Creek Lodge Rd. $6,200,000
Sun
Sereno Group
947-2900
6 Bedrooms
23200 Mora Glen Dr
Sat/Sun
Sereno Group
815 Paulson Cir
$2,495,000
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$1,295,000
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$2,988,000
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2 Bedrooms
140 Forest Ln
$2,300,000
Sat 1:30-4:30
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OPEN SAT 1:30-4:30
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Beds: 3 Baths: 1
Inviting and tastefully
updated. The architectural
details of this classic modern
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2 Bedrooms
Sereno Group
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3745 Grove Ave
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3318 Waverley St
Sat/Sun
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3 Bedrooms
2 Bedrooms
$1,498,000
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$1,598,000
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$1,495,000
325-6161
3185 La Mesa Dr
$1,649,000
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483 Forest Av unit A
Sat/Sun
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3 Bedrooms
2240 St Francis Dr
Sun 1-5
Alain Pinel Realtors
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561 Driscoll Pl
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$2,495,000
101 Alma Street #1205, Palo Alto
$2,100,000
4 BD / 2.5 BA, 2,300 SF. Built new in 2009, beautifully appointed throughout,
hdw floors, gourmet kitchen, private yard with patio and fire pit for
entertaining. Menlo Park schools.
3 BR / 2 BA High-rise with views of the Peninsula. Great downtown location
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Tom LeMieux, 650.465.7459
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502 San Jorge Terrace, Sunnyvale
$1,037,500
220 Felton Drive, Menlo Park
$2,499,000
This desirable and rare luxury townhome, elegantly designed and built by
Toll Brothers in 2007; this family home is welcoming youwith three spacious
bedrooms and 3.5 luxury bathrooms. The home offers an open floorplan,
natural lighting throughout the house, high ceilings in the living room, dining
area and gourmet kitchen, which makes this home harmonious, elegant and
fit for all generations.
First time on market! Classic Cape Cod on large 11,360 sf lot in desirable
Felton Gables neighborhood on the Atherton border. 3 BR / 2 BA / eat-in
kitchen / separate DR / separate office/artist studio/pool/spa. Acclaimed
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Home & Real Estate
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995 Fictitious Name
Statement
ETCHED IN STONE
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600298
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Etched In Stone, located at 644 Azule
Ave., San Jose, CA 95123, Santa Clara
County.
This business is owned by: An
Individual.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
DAVID A. BECERRA
644 Azule Ave.
San Jose, CA 95123
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 12/19/2003.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 15, 2015.
(PAW Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2015)
Api.ai
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600295
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Api.ai, located at 443 Waverley Street,
Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: A
Corporation.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
SPEAKTOIT INC.
443 Waverley Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 15, 2015.
(PAW Jan. 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 2015)
NexMove
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600184
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
NexMove, located at 826 Rorke Way,
Palo Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: An
Individual.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
JEANNE YUE
826 Rorke Way
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 02 Jan. 2015.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on Jan. 13, 2015.
(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015)
SUMO
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 599912
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
SUMO, located at 450 Serra Mall,
Building 380, Stanford, CA 94305, Santa
Clara County.
This business is owned by: A General
Partnership.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
EDWARD DAI
655 Escondido Road
Stanford, CA 94305
MOOR XU
2070 University Avenue #219
Berkeley, CA 94704
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 6, 2015.
(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015)
GENESIS PAINTING & DECORATING
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600563
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Genesis Painting & Decorating, located
at 5497 Spinnaker Walkway, San Jose,
CA 95123, Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: An
Individual.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
VICTOR GARZA
5497 Spinnaker Walkway #4
San Jose, CA 95123
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 22, 2015.
(PAW Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 2015)
MAISON ADVISORS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600721
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Maison Advisors, located at 621 High
Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara
County.
This business is owned by: A General
Partnership.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
WENDY KANDASAMY
247 Ferne Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
ADAM TOUNI
685 High Street #2B
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 28, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015)
STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE
OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
File No. 600792
The following person(s)/ entity (ies) has/
have abandoned the use of the fictitious
business name(s).
The information given below is as it
appeared on the fictitious business
statement that was filed at the County
Clerk-Recorder’s Office.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S):
STANFORD TERRACE INN
531 Stanford Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON:
07/31/2013
UNDER FILE NO.: 581230
REGISTRANT’S NAME(S)/ENTITY(IES):
WILD RANGE INC.
531 Stanford Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED BY:
Corporation.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 29, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015)
STANFORD TERRACE INN
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600794
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Stanford Terrace Inn, located at 531
Stanford Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa
Clara County.
This business is owned by: A Limited
Liability Company.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
STANFORD GROUPS LLC
531 Stanford Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 10/19/2010.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 29, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015)
PALO ALTO DESIGN STUDIO
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600964
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Palo Alto Design Studio, located at 1128
Oregon Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303,
Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: Married
Couple.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
KYU YOUNG KIM
1128 Oregon Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
HANNA JOO
1128 Oregon Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on February 3, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015)
GUNN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FOUNDATION
GUNN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
GUNN FOUNDATION
THE GUNN FOUNDATION
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600326
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
1.) Gunn Senior High School
Foundation, 2.) Gunn High School
Foundation, 3.) Gunn Foundation, 4.)
The Gunn Foundation, located at 780
Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306,
Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: A Trust.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
ANN KELLY (Trustee)
268 Margarita Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
BETH SEARS (Trustee)
888 Robb Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
JOSE E. GARCIA (Trustee)
777 San Antonio Rd., #29
Palo Alto, CA 94303
JOAN LIN (Trustee)
931 Curlew Lane
Palo Alto, CA 9433
JAMES LUBBE (Trustee)
3430 Notre Dame Dr.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
KIMBERLY COWEL (Trustee)
2534 Hayward Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95051
JEAN HSIA (Trustee)
3126 Floweers Lane
Palo Alto, CA 94306
LYNN DRAKE (Trustee)
3415 Louis Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94303
LYNNE RUSSELL (Trustee)
3149 Ramona St.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
MARKUS FROMHERZ (Trustee)
4020 Amaranta Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
RENI NARAYEN (Trustee)
4246 Manuela Ct.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 06/01/1968.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on January 15, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6 2015)
BILINGUAL SPEECH & LANGUAGE
SERVICES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 600922
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Bilingual Speech & Language Services,
located at 503 Palo Alto Ave., Mountain
View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: An
Individual.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
MARTHA VERONICA GONZALEZ-BEINEKE
503 Palo Alto Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94041
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 10/10/2014.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on February 2, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015)
AKAMAI REAL ESTATE
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 601326
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Akamai Real Estate, located at 970 Palo
Alto Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa
Clara County.
This business is owned by: An
Individual.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
SETH SWENSON
970 Palo Alto Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on February 11, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015)
PALO ALTO SMART THERAPY
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 601185
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Palo Alto Smart Therapy, located at 825
San Antonio Rd., Suite 202, Palo Alto, CA
94303, Santa Clara County.
This business is owned by: A
Corporation.
The name and residence address of the
owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are):
KRISTA REGEDANZ
PH.D. A PSYCHOLOGICAL CORPORATION
825 San Antonio Rd. Suite 202
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Registrant/Owner began transacting
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on 1/1/2015.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara
County on February 9, 2015.
(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, Mar. 6, 2015)
997 All Other Legals
T.S. No.: 9986-2072 TSG Order No.:
00266636 A.P.N.: 127-21-017 NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED
02/09/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION
TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY
BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU
NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE
OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.
NBS Default Services, LLC, as the duly
appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in
that certain Deed of Trust Recorded
02/17/2005 as Document No.: 18238005,
Book No.: N/A, Page No.: N/A, of Official
Records in the office of the Recorder of
Santa Clara County, California, executed
by: CONAN S. YEM, AN UNMARRIED
MAN, as Trustor, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH (payable in full at time of sale
by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a
state or national bank, a check drawn
by a state or federal credit union, or
a check drawn by a state or federal
savings and loan association, savings
association, or savings bank specified
in section 5102 of the Financial Code
and authorized to do business in this
state). All right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said
(continued on page 47)
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Estate
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Deed of Trust in the property situated
in said County and state, and as more
fully described in the attached legal
description. LEGAL DESCRIPTION THE
LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS
SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA
CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 6, BLOCK
4, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP
ENTITLED TRACT NO. 1580 WHICH
MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE
OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1955
IN BOOK 62 OF MAPS AT PAGE(S) 56.
Sale Date & Time: 02/26/2015 at 10:00
AM Sale Location: At the gated North
Market Street entrance to the Superior
Courthouse at 190 N. Market Street, San
Jose, CA. The street address and other
common designation, if any, of the real
property described above is purported
to be: 3619 LUPINE AVENUE, PALO ALTO,
CA 94303 The undersigned Trustee
disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other
common designation, if any, shown
herein. Said sale will be made in an AS
IS condition, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances,
to pay the remaining principal sum of
the note(s) secured by said Deed of
Trust, with interest thereon, as provided
in said note(s), advances, if any, under
the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of
the Trustee and of the trusts created by
said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $452,222.50
(Estimated) as of 01/23/2015. Accrued
interest and additional advances, if
any, will increase this figure prior to
sale. It is possible that at the time of
sale the opening bid may be less than
the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO
POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you
should understand that there are risks
involved in bidding at a trustee auction.
You will be bidding on a lien, not on the
property itself. Placing the highest bid
at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be
aware that the lien being auctioned off
may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may
be responsible for paying off all liens
senior to the lien being auctioned off,
before you can receive clear title to the
property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size
of outstanding liens that may exist on
this property by contacting the county
recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you
a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should
be aware that the same lender may
hold more than one mortgage or deed
of trust on the property. NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown
on this notice of sale may be postponed
one or more times by the mortgagee,
beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant
to Section 2924g of the California Civil
Code. The law requires that information
about trustee sale postponements be
made available to you and to the public,
as a courtesy to those not present at the
sale. If you wish to learn whether your
sale date has been postponed, and, if
applicable, the rescheduled time and
date for the sale of this property, you
may call, 916-939-0772 for information
regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this
Internet Web site, www.nationwideposting.com, for information regarding
the sale of this property, using the file
number assigned to this case, T.S.#
9986-2072. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the
scheduled sale may not immediately be
reflected in the telephone information
or on the internet Web site. The best
way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. If
the Trustee is unable to convey title for
any reason, the successful bidder’s sole
and exclusive remedy shall be the return
of monies paid to the Trustee and the
successful bidder shall have no further
recourse. NBS Default Services, LLC 301
E. Ocean Blvd. Suite 1720 Long Beach,
CA 90802 800-766-7751 For Trustee Sale
Information Log On To: www.nationwideposting.com or Call: 916-939-0772.
NBS Default Services, LLC, Vanessa
Gomez, Foreclosure Associate This communication is an attempt to collect a
debt and any information obtained will
be used for that purpose. However, if
you have received a discharge of the
debt referenced herein in a bankruptcy
proceeding, this is not an attempt to
impose personal liability upon you for
payment of that debt. In the event you
have received a bankruptcy discharge,
any action to enforce the debt will
be taken against the property only.
NPP0241357 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY
02/06/2015, 02/13/2015, 02/20/2015 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No.:
2014-CA006823 Loan No. XXX47100
Order No. 5921178 APN: 158-44-003
YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 10/28/2010. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
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“It’s a Trap!”–this’ll give you some warm fuzzies. Matt Jones
OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT
A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the
highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check
drawn on a state or national bank, a
check drawn by a state or federal credit
union, or a check drawn by a state or
federal savings and loan association,
or savings association, or savings bank
specified in section 5102 of the Financial
Code and authorized to do business in
this state. Sale will be held by the duly
appointed trustee as shown below, of
all right, title, and interest conveyed to
and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and
pursuant to a Deed of Trust described
below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or
implied, regarding title, possession, or
encumbrances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured
by the Deed of Trust, with interest and
late charges thereon, as provided in
the note(s), advances, under the terms
of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon,
fees, charges and expenses of the
Trustee for the total amount (at the
time of the initial publication of the
Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated
to be set forth below. The amount
may be greater on the day of sale.
BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS
THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor:
VINCENT ISOLA AND CRYSTAL ISOLA,
AS TRUSTEES OF THE ISOLA LIVING
TRUST UAD 6/28/04, F/B/O VINCENT
ISOLA AND CRYSTAL ISOLA AND THEIR
HEIRS, and PLAZA BANK, as Beneficiary
Duly Appointed Trustee: R.E.F.S. Inc.,
A California Corporation Recorded:
11/3/2010, as Instrument No. 20940203,
in Book n/a, Page n/a, of Official
Records in the office of the Recorder
of Santa Clara County, California. Date
of Sale: 2/27/2015 at 10:00 AM Place
of Sale: At the Market Street entrance
to the Superior Courthouse, 190 North
Market Street.,San Jose, CA Amount
of unpaid balance and other charges:
$1,039,928.75 Street Address or other
common designation of real property:
185 MOFFET BOULEVARD, Mountain
View, CA 94043 A.P.N.: 158-44-003 Legal
Description: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED
IN SAID DEED OF TRUST. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the street address
or other common designation, if any,
shown above. If no street address or
other common designation is shown,
directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a
written request to the beneficiary within
10 days of the date of first publication of
this Notice of Sale. The property herein
is being sold AS IS. The beneficiary
under said Deed of Trust heretofore
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executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default
and Demand for Sale, and a Written
Notice of Default and Election to Sell.
The undersigned caused said Notice
of Default and Election to Sell to be
recorded in the County where the real
property is located and more than three
month have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS:
If you are considering bidding on this
property lien, you should understand
that there are risks involved in bidding
at a trustee auction. You will be bidding
on a lien, not on the property itself.
Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you
to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the
lien being auctioned off may be a junior
lien. If you are the highest bidder at the
auction, you are or may be responsible
for paying off all liens senior to the lien
being auctioned off, before you can
receive clear title to the property. You
are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority and size of outstanding
liens that may exist on this property by
contacting the county recorder’s office
or a title insurance company, either of
which may charge you a fee for this
information. If you consult either of
these resources, you should be aware
that the same lender may hold more
than one mortgage or deed of trust
on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: The sale date shown on this
notice of sale may be postponed one
or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant
to Section 2924g of the California Civil
Code. The law requires that information
about trustee sale postponements be
made available to you and to the public,
as a courtesy to those not present at
the sale. If you wish to learn whether
your sale date has been postponed,
and if applicable, the rescheduled time
and date for the sale of this property,
you may call 877-484-9942 or visit this
Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure.
com, using the file number assigned to
this case 2014-CA006823. Information
about postponements that are very
short in duration or that occur close
in time to the scheduled sale may not
immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet
Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the
scheduled sale. If you would like additional copies of this summary, you may
obtain them by calling (949) 474-7337.
If the trustee is unable to convey title
for any reason, the successful bidder(s)
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sole and exclusive remedy shall be the
return of monies paid to the trustee and
successful bidder(s) will have no further
recourse. If the sale is set aside for any
reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to return of the deposit
paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor,
the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s
Attorney. Date: 2/2/2015 R.E.F.S. Inc., A
California Corporation Gabrielle Leach,
Senior Trustee Officer R.E.F.S. INC. A
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION IS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT
A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. FEI
# 1064.244935 PUB DATES: 02/06/2015,
02/13/2015, 02/20/2015 PAW
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF:
DAVID W. HAGELBARGER
Case No.: 1-15-PR175816
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,
contingent creditors, and persons
who may otherwise be interested in
the will or estate, or both, of DAVID W.
HAGELBARGER.
A Petition for Probate has been filed by:
ANN M. EDENS in the Superior Court of
California, County of SANTA CLARA.
The Petition for Probate requests that:
ANN M. EDENS be appointed as personal representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
The petition requests the decedent’s
will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
probate. The will and any codicils are
available for examination in the file kept
by the court.
The petition requests authority to
administer the estate under the
Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority will allow
the personal representative to take
many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very
important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented
to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be
granted unless an interested person files
an objection to the petition and shows
good cause why the court should not
grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held
on March 18, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Dept.:
10 of the Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Clara, located at 191 N.
First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing
and state your objections or file written
objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may be in
person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent
creditor of the decedent, you must file
your claim with the court and mail a
copy to the personal representative
appointed by the court within the later
of either (1) four months from the date
of first issuance of letters to a general
personal representative, as defined in
section 58 (b) of the California Probate
Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of
mailing or personal delivery to you
of a notice under section 9052 of the
California Probate Code. Other California
statutes and legal authority may affect
your rights as a creditor. You may want
to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
You may examine the file kept by the
court. If you are a person interested in
the estate, you may file with the court
a Request for Special Notice (form
DE-154) of the filing of an inventory
and appraisal of estate assets or of
any petition or account as provided in
Probate Code section 1250. A Request
for Special Notice form is available from
the court clerk.
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF:
DEE CUTHBERT RUST, DEE C. RUST, DEE
RUST, D.C. RUST
Case No.: 1-15-PR-175973
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may
otherwise be interested in the will or
estate, or both, of DEE CUTHBERT RUST,
DEE C. RUST, DEE RUST, and D.C. RUST.
A Petition for Probate has been filed by:
SUSAN W. LYON in the Superior Court of
California, County of SANTA CLARA.
The Petition for Probate requests that:
SUSAN W. LYON be appointed as personal representative to administer the
estate of the decedent.
The petition requests the decedent’s
will and codicils, if any, be admitted to
probate. The will and any codicils are
available for examination in the file kept
by the court.
The petition requests authority to
administer the estate under the
Independent Administration of
Estates Act. (This authority will allow
the personal representative to take
many actions without obtaining court
approval. Before taking certain very
important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented
to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be
granted unless an interested person files
an objection to the petition and shows
good cause why the court should not
grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be held
in this court as follows:
Date: April 8, 2015 Time: 9:30 a.m.
Dept.: 10.
Address of Superior Court of California,
County of Santa Clara: 191 N. First St.,
San Jose, CA, 95113.
If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing
and state your objections or file written
objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may be in
person or by your attorney.
If you are a creditor or a contingent
creditor of the decedent, you must file
your claim with the court and mail a
copy to the personal representative
appointed by the court within the later
of either (1) four months from the date
of first issuance of letters to a general
personal representative, as defined in
section 58 (b) of the California Probate
Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of
mailing or personal delivery to you
of a notice under section 9052 of the
California Probate Code. Other California
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statutes and legal authority may affect
your rights as a creditor. You may want
to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. You may examine
the file kept by the court. If you are a
person interested in the estate, you may
file with the court a Request for Special
Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an
inventory and appraisal of estate assets
or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A
Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Barbara P. Wright
Finch Montgomery Wright LLP,
350 Cambridge Ave., Ste. 175
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650)327-0888
(PAW Feb. 13, 20, 27, 2015)
APN: 154-41-072 T.S. No. 016920-CA
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE
IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED 2/17/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE
ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY,
IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF
YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE
NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST
YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER
On 3/18/2015 at 9:00 AM, CLEAR RECON
CORP., as duly appointed trustee under
and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded
2/28/2005, as Instrument No. 18248777,
of Official Records in the office of
the County Recorder of Santa Clara
County, State of CALIFORNIA executed
by: ELLEN G POSO, AN UNMARRIED
WOMAN WILL SELL AT PUBLIC
AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR
CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON
A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK
DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A
STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION, SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE
AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN
THIS STATE: NORTH MARKET STREET
ENTRANCE, SANTA CLARA COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE, 190 N.
MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95113 all
right, title and interest conveyed to and
now held by it under said Deed of Trust
in the property situated in said County
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and State described as: AS MORE FULLY
DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED OF TRUST
The street address and other common
designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to
be:255 SOUTH RENGSTORFF AVE #170
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 940401762 The undersigned Trustee disclaims
any liability for any incorrectness of
the street address and other common
designation, if any, shown herein. Said
sale will be held, but without covenant
or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, condition, or
encumbrances, including fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed of Trust,
to pay the remaining principal sums
of the note(s) secured by said Deed of
Trust. The total amount of the unpaid
balance of the obligation secured by
the property to be sold and reasonable
estimated costs, expenses and advances
at the time of the initial publication of
the Notice of Sale is: $445,197.70 If the
Trustee is unable to convey title for any
reason, the successful bidder’s sole and
exclusive remedy shall be the return
of monies paid to the Trustee, and the
successful bidder shall have no further
recourse. The beneficiary under said
Deed of Trust heretofore executed and
delivered to the undersigned a written
Declaration of Default and Demand for
Sale, and a written Notice of Default and
Election to Sell. The undersigned caused
said Notice of Default and Election to
Sell to be recorded in the county where
the real property is located. NOTICE TO
POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you
should understand that there are risks
involved in bidding at a trustee auction.
You will be bidding on a lien, not on the
property itself. Placing the highest bid
at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear owner-
ship of the property. You should also be
aware that the lien being auctioned off
may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may
be responsible for paying off all liens
senior to the lien being auctioned off,
before you can receive clear title to the
property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size
of outstanding liens that may exist on
this property by contacting the county
recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you
a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should
be aware that the same lender may
hold more than one mortgage or deed
of trust on the property. NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown
on this notice of sale may be postponed
one or more times by the mortgagee,
beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant
to Section 2924g of the California Civil
Code. The law requires that information
about trustee sale postponements be
made available to you and to the public,
as a courtesy to those not present at
the sale. If you wish to learn whether
your sale date has been postponed,
and, if applicable, the rescheduled time
and date for the sale of this property,
you may call (800) 280-2832 or visit
this Internet Web site WWW.AUCTION.
COM, using the file number assigned to
this case 016920-CA. Information about
postponements that are very short in
duration or that occur close in time
to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone
information or on the Internet Web site.
The best way to verify postponement
information is to attend the scheduled
sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION: (800)
280-2832 Publish: 2/13/2015, 2/20/2015,
2/27/2015
PAW
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Friday
College baseball: Indiana at Stanford, 3 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM)
Women’s basketball: USC at Stanford, 6 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; KZSU
(90.1 FM)
Saturday
Women’s swimming: Stanford at
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Gators win first WBAL Foothill Division crown
since 2011; five other teams will have title shots
by Keith Peters
he Castilleja girls and Palo Alto boys took
aim at winning soccer titles on Thursday.
The Menlo-Atherton boys can do likewise on
Monday with the Gunn and Sacred Heart Prep boys
likely on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Sacred Heart Prep girls, however, beat all of
those contenders to the finish line by claiming the
West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division) crown
on Tuesday in Atherton.
It was Senior Day for the Gators and their four
eldest players went out in style in the final regularseason home match of the campaign.
While there were the requisite photos by their parents and flowers from the coaches, those were just
a lead up to the real celebration as the seniors won
their first league championship.
SHP ended rival Menlo School’s three-year run as
division champion with a 4-1 victory over the visiting
Knights. Sacred Heart Prep (9-0, 15-2-1) needed only
a tie to win its first division crown since 2011, which
capped a three-run title run by the Gators.
“This was one of our goals at the beginning of the
season,” said SHP coach Ramiro Arredondo. “We
wanted to win league and then see how far we could
go in CCS.”
The Gators also want to finish unbeaten for the
first time ever in league, which could have been
achieved by beating host Notre Dame-San Jose yesterday.
“This is the way want to send off our seniors,”
Arredondo said.
SHP appropriately celebrated Senior Day as its
four seniors — Mamie Caruso, Nicola Wheeler,
Brigid White and Emma Markey — had never won
a division title. White made it a double celebration
by scoring the Gators’ third goal.
After SHP sophomore Olivia Athens had a goal
T
Mia Shenk (11) and Brigid White (right) scored goals and Tierna Davidson (center)
had two assists as Sacred Heart Prep celebrated its first soccer title since 2011.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL
Stanford hopes pitching
wealth will pay off
Rick Eymer
tanford’s pitching staff
possesses as much depth
and talent as Cardinal
baseball coach Mark Marquess,
now in his 39th season, has had
over the years and that’s saying
quite a bit. Marquess has coached
a Cy Young Award winner and a
200-game winner in addition to
numerous first-round MLB draft
picks.
The six guys who started at
least one game for Stanford last
year remain on campus and six of
the other eight pitchers who appeared in at least one game are
also back.
“It’s unique for me,” Marquess
said. “I’ve never had that happen
before.”
This is a pitching staff that includes All-American and reigning Pac-12 Freshman of the year
Cal Quantrill (7-5, 2.68 ERA)
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and left-hander John Hochstatter
(10-3, 3.36). That’s the equivalent
of going 19-13 and 26-8, respectively, over the course of a major
league season.
The Cardinal (35-26 last year,
16-14 in the Pac-12) returned
to the postseason last year and
reached a Super Regional, where
it lost, in three games, to eventual
national champion Vanderbilt.
Stanford won 11 of its final 13
regular-season games, and went
16-6 over its final 22 games, with
all but six of those games on the
road.
The Cardinal opens its season
at Sunken Diamond with a threegame series against visiting Indiana, beginning with a 3 p.m. game
Friday, followed by a 6 p.m. start
on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. California comes to town for
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Men’s basketball: Stanford at
Colorado, 1 p.m.; Fox Sports 1; KNBR
(I050 AM)
College baseball: Indiana at Stanford, 1 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM)
Women’s basketball: UCLA at
Stanford, 4:30 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks;
KZSU (90.1 FM)
SHP girls are
first to the
finish line
Keith Peters
CARDINAL CORNER . . .
The Stanford women will be out to
defend their team title when they
host the 20th annual Peg Barnard
Invitational on Saturday and Sunday
at the Stanford Golf Course. Stanford took a four-shot lead into the
final round of the 2014 Peg Barnard
Invitational and never looked back,
claiming the title over the 14-team
field for the second straight season.
The Cardinal will open the spring
portion of its season this weekend.
The 12-team field includes No. 5
Stanford, Cal, Cal State Northridge,
Colorado, Denver, Gonzaga, Oregon, San Jose State, Nevada, UC
Irvine, UC Davis and USF . . . The
No. 10-ranked Stanford women’s
tennis team looks to remain perfect this weekend, hosting a pair
of matches at Taube Family Tennis
Stadium. Navigating through a challenging nonconference schedule,
the Cardinal welcomes No. 46 Harvard (Saturday, at noon) and No. 11
Vanderbilt (Sunday, at 10 a.m.) to
The Farm. . . . The No. 19-ranked
Stanford women’s basketball team
(9-3, 17-7) looks to get back in the
win column when it hosts USC (5-7,
13-10) in Maples on Friday at 6 p.m.
The Cardinal will host UCLA on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Stanford is coming
off a 60-57 loss at Arizona on Sunday afternoon after earlier falling to
Arizona as the Cardinal was swept
over a conference weekend for the
first time since 2008. Stanford has
not lost three straight since Jan.
2001 . . . Stanford’s Maksim Korolev
placed sixth at the U.S. Cross Country Championships last Saturday
and earned the American team’s
final qualifying spot for the upcoming
World Championships. Korolev, a
graduate student, covered the 12-kilometer course (7.46 miles) in the
men’s open race at the Flatirons Golf
Course in 37:03, earning the final
U.S. spot by 10 seconds. Korolev,
winner Chris Derrick, and women’s
open fifth-place finisher Sara Bei
Hall give Stanford three qualifiers for
the IAAF World Championships on
March 28 in Guiyang, China.
PREP SOCCER
Sophomore All-American Cal Quantrill is back to lead the Stanford
pitching staff, which returns all its starters.
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a nonconference game Monday at
1 p.m.
Stanford plays seven games
over the first 10 days of the season, which will test the depth of
the pitching staff from the start.
Brett Hanewich (4-4, 3.17) and
Logan James (3-4, 5.31) are the
leading candidates to make starts
this weekend, with Chris Viall
(2-3, 4.74) and Tyler Thorne (2-0,
4.76) in the mix for possible midweek starts. Marc Brakeman (1-3,
3.80) could also force his way into
the rotation at some point.
“We’re as ready as we’ve ever
been to start a season,” Marquess
said. “I think we’re all ready to
start playing someone else.”
The star-studded bullpen will
miss closer AJ Vanegas and Sam
Lindquist, but will have plenty of
experience remaining. Chris Castellanos (0-1, 4.12) was trusted
with late-inning situations and recorded three saves. Thorne saved
two and Brakeman also saved a
game.
“I think we’ll have four starters
who all have the stuff to go out
and pitch a complete-game shutout,” Cardinal second baseman
Tommy Edman said. “In fact, we
probably have more capable starters.”
Griffin Weir, Daniel Starwalt,
Gabe Cramer and David Schmidt
all took the mound for the Cardi-
nal last year. Junior Freddy Avis
from Menlo School, however, has
retired from the sport after numerous attempts to rehab an injury to his right (throwing) shoulder
were unsuccessful.
Edman (.256, three homers, 18
RBI last year), outfielder Zach
Hoffpauir (.324-7-35) and shortstop Drew Jackson (.167-0-4) are
the top returning position players.
Stanford will be looking to fill in
around those three from a group
that includes returners Alex Dunlap, Jack Klein, Austin Barr and
Jonny Locher, all of whom found
themselves in the starting lineup
at some point last season.
Barr and Dunlap are joined
by sophomore Matt Decker and
freshman Bryce Carter as a group
from which a catcher, first baseman and designated hitter will
ultimately emerge.
Menlo School grad Mikey
Diekroeger has a chance to start at
third base. Junior Bobby Zarubin,
who was 3-3 with a 2.16 ERA two
years, senior Luke Pappas, sophomore Brian Higgins and freshmen
Beau Branton, Matt Winaker and
Jesse Kuet are also potential candidates in the infield.
“Mikey is doing well,” Edman
said. “He’s swinging the bat well.
He’ll definitely get a start, most
likely at third base. That’s just my
conjecture.”
Five freshmen pitchers, along
with sophomore Joey Starling and
senior Jordan Kutzer, will push
for innings.
Edman said he likes the whole
group but singled out Keith
Weisenberg and Colton Hock
as two pitchers with a chance
to make an immediate impact.
Left-handers John Henry Styles,
Andrew Summerville and Quinn
Brodey, who can also play in the
outfield, give Stanford a deep
staff.
“Pitching is a strength,” Edman
said. “The key over the course of
a long season is having a lot of
pitchers back.”
Stanford was 14-18 against
teams that reached the postseason last year, including playing
the Hoosiers three times in the
Bloomington Regional, where Edman was named Most Outstanding Player after hitting .417 with a
walk-off home run that clinched
Stanford’s spot in the Super Regional.
Edman, a switch-hitter, has not
changed anything about his swing
just because of the home run. He
enters the season as Stanford’s
lead-off hitter and doesn’t mind
hitting with two strikes. The Cardinal was 23-12 when Edman batted at the top of the order.
Hoffpauir was a pleasant surprise last year, starting the baseball season slow after playing
football. He wound up second on
the team in batting average (.324)
and home runs (seven). As a freshman, Hoffpauir hit .077 (2 for 26).
As a safety for the Cardinal
football team, Hoffpauir was one
of the top players on a defense that
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vs. Washington
at Pacific
vs. Pacific
Time
3 p.m.
6 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
7 p.m.
1 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
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was one of the nation’s best.
He took a week off after Stanford won the Foster Farms Bowl
and hasn’t looked back since.
“Catching up the first month is
normal with the football guys,”
Hoffpauir said. “I just have to
grind through the nonconference
Date
Opponent
Time
April 10 at California
3 p.m.
April 11 at California
7:30 p.m.
April 12 at California
2 p.m.
April 14 at Santa Clara
6 p.m.
April 17 vs. Utah
6 p.m.
April 18 vs. Utah
2 p.m.
April 19 vs. Utah
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April 21 vs. California
6 p.m.
April 24 vs. UCLA
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May 3
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May 8
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May 9
at USC
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May 10 at USC
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May 15 vs. Oregon State
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May 16 vs. Oregon State
7 p.m.
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May 22 at Washington State
4 p.m.
May 23 at Washington State
1 p.m.
May 24 at Washington State
noon
May 29 - Jun 1 NCAA Regional
June 5 - 7 Super Regional
June 13 - 24 College World Series
part of the season.”
Hoffpauir, who hit .418 with
runners in scoring position last
year, saw his average steadily
climb through the course of the
season. He hit .453 in May, raising his average to .332 on June 1.
On March 1, he was hitting .172. Q
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waived off by an offsides call, the
Gators took a 1-0 lead when junior Tierna Davidson sent a cross
to freshman Mia Shenk that was
deflected by a Menlo defender
past keeper Schuyler Tilney-Volk
for an own goal.
SHP sophomore Lindsay Johnson made it 2-0 with under 11
minutes remaining before halftime when Tilney-Volk came too
far out of the cage, allowing Johnson to side-step her and roll a shot
some 30 yards into an open net.
Menlo senior Leah Swig kept
the Knights (6-2-1, 9-4-4) in the
match by scoring with under eight
minutes left before intermission
on an assist from Emily Demmon.
That goal charged up Menlo,
which came out in the second half
with renewed aggression and purpose. White ruined the Knights’
hopes, however, when she took a
pass from Davidson and fired a
shot at Tilney-Volk, who made a
diving stop but wound up having
the ball just inside the goal line.
Holding a 3-1 lead, SHP kept up
its attack, with Shenk tallying a
goal with under 11 minutes to play
off Davidson’s second assist.
The Gators now lead in the series, 5-4-7, since the teams began
playing in the WBAL in 2009.
This was the first time in seven
years that SHP swept Menlo in
their two regular-season matches.
The Menlo-Atherton boys
moved closer to securing the PAL
Bay Division title as senior Mario
Rodriguez scored three goals in
a 6-1 win over host Sequoia on
Wednesday. First-place M-A improved to 9-2 in league (12-3 overall) and stayed ahead of second
place Burlingame (7-2-1), which
suffered a 1-0 loss to South San
Francisco.
The Bears, who have won seven
straight, visit South San Francisco
on Friday before hosting Burlingame on Monday and Woodside
(2-4-5) next Wednesday, both at
4 p.m.
M-A currently has 27 points
and needs to win only twice in its
final three matches to claim the
league title. The most points Burlingame can total is 31.
The Gunn boys, meanwhile,
remained atop the SCVAL El
Camino Division following a 3-0
win over visiting Wilcox on Tuesday. The Titans (9-0-1, 12-4-2)
got the winning goal from Sean
MacPherson off an assist from fellow senior Alex Ruber.
The Titans have 28 points. Depending on the outcome secondplace Fremont’s match with Cupertino this week, Gunn may have
to win its final two matches to
claim the division crown. The Titans played at Fremont last night.
In the WBAL, Priory pulled a
big 2-1 upset of visiting Menlo
School on Wednesday, putting
first-place Sacred Heart Prep in
position to win the title perhaps
earlier than expected.
SHP took a 7-0-2 league mark
and 23 points into Thursday’s
home match against Crystal
PREP ROUNDUP
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
(continued from page 49)
Paly girls pin down
CCS wrestling titles
Local basketball teams are closing in on league crowns
by Keith Peters
t’s appropriate, perhaps,
that Alexa Austin and Sarah
Aguilar have last names that
begin with A, because both got a
A for effort and performance at
the Central Coast Section Girls
Wrestling Championships on
Saturday.
Austin, a senior, and Aguilar,
a sophomore, captured section
titles in their respective weight
divisions at Oak Grove High in
San Jose. In addition to medals,
each earned a trip to the CIF State
Championships set for Feb. 27-28
at the Visalia Convention Center.
Austin won the 111-pound title
by pinning top-seeded Brooke
Lacquata of Alvarez just 1:57
into the title match. She became
Paly’s first female section champion. Austin finished third at
116-pounds last year, also earning
a trip to the state meet.
Austin, the No. 3 seed, opened
with a pin of Karla Venegas of
Andrew Hill in 1:01. Austin then
pinned America Lopez of Overfelt in 2:00 before pinning freshman Gabby Sandoval of Scotts
Valley in the semifinals in 3:49.
Aguilar won the 160-pound
crown after she took down topseeded Kathrine Rossiter of
Scotts Valley just eight seconds
into overtime in the title match.
Aguilar escaped possible defeat
with seconds remaining in regulation when she scored a matchtying point just before the final
buzzer, forcing the one-minute
sudden-death extra period.
Given a second chance, Aguilar came out quickly in OT and
wrapped up her first CCS title.
She finished fourth at 189 pounds
last year, missing a state berth by
one spot.
Aguilar opened with a pin of
Kirsten Cagle of North Salinas
in 1:02 and followed that with a
pin of Alexis Castillo of Alisal in
2:29. In the semifinals, Aguilar
posted a 5-4 decision over Grace
Catton of Prospect.
Gunn sophomore Ruby Robinson suffered the same fate that
Aguilar did last year by taking
fourth at 131 pounds. Robinson
wrestled six times during the twoday meet while compiling a 4-2
mark, with every match decided
by a pin.
I
Sarah Aguilar,
Alexa Austin
Kevin Mullin
PALO ALTO HIGH
The senior produced 72
points, 13 rebounds and 17
assists in three basketball
wins, including a careertying 35 points against Los
Altos, as the Vikings earned
a share of first place in the
SCVAL De Anza Division
race.
Aguilar, a sophomore, won
the 160-pound crown at the
CCS Girls Wrestling Championships and Austin, a senior,
won the 111-pound crown
-- each winning their first
section titles ever -- as both
qualified for the state meet.
PALO ALTO HIGH
Honorable mention
Olivia Athens
Sacred Heart Prep soccer
Gabi Bade
Pinewood basketball
Alexis Harris
Palo Alto basketball
Coco Lovely
Palo Alto basketball
Jacey Pederson*
Palo Alto soccer
Ofa Sili
Menlo-Atherton basketball
Alex Gil-Fernandez*
Gunn basketball
Corbin Koch*
Sacred Heart Prep basketball
Sean MacPherson
Gunn soccer
Connor Moses
Sacred Heart Prep basketball
Jesus Ortega
Menlo-Atherton soccer
Johnny Rojahn
Palo Alto basketball
* previous winner
Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com
Springs, which upended King’s
Academy on Wednesday. Menlo
(6-3-1) is in second place with
19 points and King’s (6-3) is tied
with Harker (6-3) for third with
18. SHP needs to win only two of
its final three matches to capture
it seventh straight WBAL title.
Priory, meanwhile, continued
its late-season surge by upending Menlo’s title hopes. Bailey
Marsheck tallied the first goal on
an assist from Tim Dannis and
Sergio Lopez got the winner with
Alberto Coppola assisting for the
Panthers (3-6-1, 6-9-1).
Meanwhile, the Palo Alto boys
and girls faced off against their
respective Homestead foes on
Thursday in SCVAL De Anza
Division action. That’s where the
similarity ends.
The boys visited the Mustangs
with a chance to claim the outright
division championship, while the
girls hosted and, most likely, were
playing for second place.
Both teams’ championship
hopes went in different direction
on Tuesday as the Paly boys defeated visiting Mountain View,
3-0, while the Paly girls lost on
the road, 2-1.
The boys improved to 8-1-1
in league and 12-2-3 overall and
had 25 points. Homestead, a 4-2
winner over Los Gatos, was 8-2
in league for 24 points. A win
by the Vikings would give them
a four-point lead with one match
remaining.
A loss, however, means Paly
must beat visiting Los Gatos on
Tuesday while Homestead loses at
Los Altos in order for the Vikings
to win the crown.
Palo Alto, coming off a loss
and tie last week, got a quick
goal from senior Steve Blatman,
his first ever, on a volley past the
Spartans’ keeper. That gave Paly a
1-0 halftime lead. After intermission, senior Wesley Woo took a
cross and headed it to sophomore
Michel-Ange Siaba, who then directed it into the upper left corner
for a 2-0 lead.
In the WBAL Skyline Division,
Castilleja strengthened its hold on
first place as Julia Lodoen scored
three times in an 8-0 victory over
visiting Mercy-Burlingame.
That victory, coupled with Pinewood’s 1-0 upset over Crystal
Springs, means Castilleja (7-0-2
league) had a shot at winning the
division title yesterday with a win
or tie over Crystal Springs (7-1-1). Q
Girls basketball
Palo Alto can win its first outright SCVAL De Anza Division
title since 2011 by beating host
Mountain View on Friday night.
Tip-off is 7:45 p.m.
The Vikings are 10-0 (202) with two games remaining,
while the Spartans are 9-1 and
18-4. Paly has a shot at going
12-0 for the second time in program history. The ‘11 team ac-
complished that feat on the way
to winning the CCS Division I
title that year.
In the PAL South Division,
Menlo-Atherton clinched no
worse than a tie for the division
title with a 53-29 romp over visiting Burlingame on Tuesday night.
The Bears improved to 10-1 in
league (18-5) overall and held
a one-game lead over Hillsdale
heading into last night’s game
against last-place Woodside.
In the West Bay Athletic
League (Foothill Division), Pinewood maintained its lead with
a 67-25 romp over host Sacred
Heart Prep. The Panthers improved to 10-0 and 19-2 while the
Gators dropped to 2-7 and 11-10
overall.
In Palo Alto, Eastside Prep remained in a tie for second place
following a 50-43 victory over
host Castilleja. Seniors Destiny
Graham and Brije Byers each
scored 17 points for the Panthers
(7-2, 17-4) while senior Paige
Vermeer led the Gators with 15
points. Ellie Chen added 13.
Castilleja (2-8, 10-12) bounced
back with a 45-38 win over host
Mercy-SF on Wednesday. Maddie
Tarr finished with 12 points and
10 rebounds, Vermeer had 15 and
nine and Chen scored 10.
Boys basketball
Gunn can take over sole possession of first place in the SCVAL
El Camino Division with a victory over visiting Saratoga on Friday night (6:15 p.m.). Gunn is 8-1
and Saratoga is 9-1.
The Titans (15-3 overall) set
up that showdown with a 69-38
romp over host Monta Vista on
Tuesday. Alex Gil-Fernandez tallied 17 points with Jonathan Davis
and Jeffrey Lee-Heidenreich each
adding 11.
In the WBAL, Sacred Heart
Prep (11-0, 19-2) can move closer to winning the league title by
beating host Menlo School (8-3,
14-6) on Friday at 7 p.m.
The Gators won their 12th
straight with a 60-46 victory over
visiting King’s Academy on Tuesday. Junior Connor Moses continued to sparkle offensively with 20
points while junior Mason Randall and senior Corbin Koch each
added 15 points. Randall and Moses combined for eight 3-pointers.
In Campbell, Pinewood held on
to second place as Matthew Peery
hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to
lift the Panthers to a 42-39 WBAL
victory over host Harker. Pinewood (9-1, 15-5) lost senior scoring leader Ryan Brice to a knee
injury on the first possession of
the game. The Panthers battled
back from a 23-22 halftime deficit
with Peery leading the way with
11 points. Q
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