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TRANSPORTATION Rulings deal financial blow to high-speed rail Monday decisions by Sacramento judge force rail authority to revise its funding plan by Gennady Sheyner alifornia’s proposed high- more than $20 billion under speed-rail system ran into current estimates and would C a legal barrier Monday stretch either from Bakersfield when a Sacramento judge ruled to San Jose or from Merced to the funding plan for the $68 bil- the San Fernando Valley. lion project must be rescinded, The rulings came in response and he refused to endorse the to a lawsuit from a group of Cen-

6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ selling of bonds for the project. tral Valley plaintiffs — John The two rulings by Sacramento Tos, Aaron Fukuda and Kings Superior Court Judge Michael County — represented by local Kenny dealt what opponents of attorney Stuart Flashman; and the project described as “dual to a request from the rail author- body-blows” to the California ity to “validate” the issuance of Marc Rodenas, left, with his mom, Montse Guasch, steps into the festively decorated Paperwhirl High-Speed Rail Authority, more than $8 billion in bonds. store on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto Wednesday. Some stores will be participating in which is charged with building In both cases, Kenny sided with Small Business Saturday this year, a push to encourage people to support mom-and-pop retailers. the rail line between San Fran- opponents of the rail project, cisco and Los Angeles. The though in some cases he didn’t project received a major boost in go as far as the plaintiffs had ECONOMY 2008, when state voters approved hoped. He declined, for instance, a $9.95 billion bond for the proj- to order the rail authority to re- ect, and another one in July 2012, scind its existing two contracts when the state Legislature autho- for the construction of the first Palo Alto shops look rized spending the first $2.7 bil- segment, which total about $1.1 lion from this bond, as well as billion. He also did not challenge $3.2 billion in federal grants, on the rail authority’s ability to to Small Business Saturday the line’s first segment. spend the federal funds, despite The Monday rulings, spurred arguments from Flashman that One toy store has partnered with Google Shopping Express to capture online sales by a lawsuit from Central Val- doing so would commit future by Elena Kadvany ley, threaten to halt the proj- expenditure of “matching funds” ect in its tracks. One of them from the state. he holidays go hand-in- Association. “They’ve started Small Business Saturday was orders the rail authority to re- Rail authority Chair Dan Rich- hand with a massive push even Black Friday specials be- launched by American Express scind the 2011 business plan ard said in a statement that the T for shopping, driven by fore the traditional Black Friday. in 2010 in the hopes of remind- that the Legislature had relied agency is “reviewing both deci- special sales and offers. I don’t think the smaller retail- ing people to “shop small” and on to authorize the funds for the sions to chart our next steps” and With shoppers’ focus ers can compete with that.” support local businesses during first segment of the line, a 130- stressed that the judge did not grabbed by larger retailers, the In efforts to better vie for the holiday shopping season. mile stretch between Fresno invalidate the bonds and that the local, independently owned shoppers’ dollars, for the first American Express gives card- and Bakersfield. In late August, court “again declined the oppo- stores find themselves doing time Palo Alto is participating holders a $10 credit when they Kenny ruled that the business sition’s request to stop the high- more to compete. in Small Business Saturday, a spend $10 or more at participat- plan violated state law because speed-rail project from moving “I think you’ve seen some of nationwide event dedicated to ing stores. Small Business Sat- it listed only the available funds forward.” the major retailers start early,” supporting small businesses. urday always takes place the for this $6 billion “construction Even so, the rulings could said Russ Cohen, executive di- The event will take place on Saturday after Thanksgiving, segment,” rather than the first delay, if not derail, a project rector of the Palo Alto Down- Saturday, Nov. 30, in down- segment that could actually be that has become hugely un- town Business and Professional town Palo Alto. VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£ä® used, as required by law. The first usable segment would cost VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ££®

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HOLIDAY FUND Finding a voice through film An after-school program teaches high schoolers how to make documentaries, tell their stories by Elena Kadvany n “Janet and Wendy’s Story,” Though the films, all about 10 eral philosophy.” two students at Menlo-Ather- minutes in length, are the tan- Most New Voices students have I ton High School talk to a video gible end products, New Voices never been exposed to film pro- camera, held by a fellow student, for Youth’s larger purpose is all duction before. about being teen mothers. in the name. “There’s still a gap between The camera follows them into “We wanted to give kids a what these kids are capable of do- intimate situations: their fami- voice,” said Kathleen Weisenberg, ing and what’s available to them lies’ homes, one baby’s 1-year one of the League of Women in the classroom a lot of times,” birthday celebration, the other’s Voters members who created the Chopra said. “The kids who do 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ bath time. program in 2004. “We wanted the want to make videos and (do) Menlo-Atherton High School juniors Jasmine Ibarra, left, and The eight-minute documen- kids to focus on an issue that they editing are filmmakers by heart; Michelle Tu watch the footage they shot for a music video they are tary, made by Nimsi Garcia, is really cared about and could edu- they’re in those classes specifi- producing for New Voices for Youth. one of many films that have been cate the rest of us about.” cally. But I think that a lot of created by students in New Voic- Two program directors — Tanuj these kids, especially a lot of girls Amaya is now a freshman at film, also on teen parenting, were es for Youth, an after-school me- Chopra, a filmmaker from Palo in this program, they don’t always Cañada College in Redwood City screened at an annual Youth Tech dia-production training program Alto, and Ana get opportunities with technology but stayed on with New Voices as Health Conference held in San based out of Menlo-Atherton Angel, service in the classroom.” an intern. Francisco this April. The two High School. Other documen- coordinator Erik Amaya, a Menlo-Atherton Nimsi Garcia, the student be- films are also shown in freshman tary topics — all brainstormed and technol- graduate, joined New Voices with hind the teen mothers movie, sexual education classes at Men- and chosen by the students them- ogy educa- no film experience but left the said filmmaking taught her better lo-Atherton and other schools in selves — have included cliques, tion specialist program having interviewed for, time management. But more im- the Sequoia Union High School de-facto social segregation and with the Palo filmed and edited multiple docu- portantly, it gave her insight into District, Angel said. transitioning to high school. Alto Housing mentaries. other people’s lives. “It felt good to know, even New Voices for Youth, orga- Corporation “I fully expressed the message Garcia said she used to mis- though we have this small cluster nized by the Leagues of Wom- — teach the that I wanted (to get) across,” understand teenage girls who of kids, that we could reach out en Voters of South San Mateo ins and outs of filmmaking once Amaya said of the three films he get pregnant, assuming they had well beyond it and hopefully have County and Palo Alto, teaches a week: how to use a camera, in- made. made poor decisions or were “not an impact,” she said. groups of 10 to 12 students each terview someone, research, edit The first film was about transi- really thinking about their lives.” New Voices recently launched year how to create a short docu- in Final Cut Pro, upload footage tioning into high school and bal- “But once I got to know (the an Indiegogo.com campaign, aim- mentary film, from start to fin- online. ancing new academic demands girls in the film) ... they’re people ing to raise $15,000 by Dec. 31. ish. Twice a year, students are re- “We don’t try to hover over too with “fun time.” who are struggling and they’re “We have been struggling with cruited, with pizza meetings and much on them, which is cool be- “How do you manage?” he said still doing so well,” She said. funding, and in order to be able to film showings, for the voluntary cause they end up coming up with he wanted to find out from fellow “It’s really cool. (The film) defi- continue at M-A, we have to be program. Each session runs for something that they want to do,” youth. nitely made me aware of more successful with this campaign,” eight to 10 weeks. Angel said. In the end, he said: “It felt things around me, and I think if Angel said. N New Voices received a $2,500 “I’m a little less interested in great, having the ability to create a lot more people got into film Editorial Assistant Elena Kad- grant last year from the Palo Alto them making the perfect or the a documentary and deliver a mes- it would open up doors to their vany can be emailed at ekadva- Weekly Holiday Fund, to support greatest or the best production,” sage that you wanted to deliver. I community that they might not [email protected]. the program’s current film proj- Chopra said. “I want them to have believe that was one of the great- have known. It really connects More information about the ect, which focuses on young men exposure and feel like they cre- est feelings I (had) had in such a people.” Holiday Fund, including how to and sexual responsibility. ated it themselves. That’s the gen- long time.” Garcia and another student’s donate, can be found on page 8.

EDUCATION Schools loosen purse strings after property-tax revenue jumps Years of belt-tightening give way to added staff, raises for teachers by Chris Kenrick alo Alto school officials are ing of new teachers and technol- career teacher would go from State funds now account for “We just have to be prudent as loosening the purse strings ogy support. $85,924 to $89,360, plus a one- only 11 percent of revenue to the we go forward and keep check- P for the first time in years as That comes atop a $2.6 million time bonus of $1,718. The most school district — slightly lower ing and verifying along the way. a booming real-estate market has package of additional spending senior teachers on Palo Alto’s sal- than the share provided by an It would be awful to put things boosted property-tax revenues approved in April, which has gone ary schedule now earn $106,951, annual $613-per-parcel tax, ap- in place and have to pull them more than 6 percent yearly for primarily to boost principals’ dis- and an additional 4 percent would proved by voters in 2010, on resi- out again, so I want to make sure two years running. cretionary funds and add teach- bring them to $111,229, plus a dential and commercial property we’re making good decisions on Without a pay raise since 2008 ers. The district also has set aside onetime bonus of $2,139. owners. additional investment.” — except for the automatic, se- $5 million to be spent over three In addition to good news on As a so-called “basic aid” dis- Palo Alto remains far better off niority-based “step and column” years on professional development property taxes — which comprise trict funded primarily from local than the vast majority of Califor- increases in the union contract for teachers and staff. 72 percent of school district reve- resources, Palo Alto does not get nia’s 1,000 school districts. Per- — teachers are likely to get two The prospective 4-percent rais- nue — the school district will gain revenue on a “per-pupil” basis as pupil spending here is between salary hikes this year totaling 7 es will cost an ongoing $5 mil- $2.4 million annually for the next most other districts do. Thus, of- $13,000 and $14,000, compared percent, plus bonuses. lion, according to Cathy Mak, the six years due to last November’s ficials are constantly on edge that to a statewide average in recent The first, a 3 percent raise plus district’s chief budget official. passage of Gov. Jerry Brown’s enrollment growth will outpace years hovering around $8,600. 1.5 percent bonus, was awarded The raises apply to all teachers, Proposition 30, which boosted revenue growth and cause a drop According to a 2012 analysis in May, retroactive to fall 2012. staff and administrators except for state sales tax by 0.25 percent for in per-pupil spending. by the National Journal, Califor- The second — to be voted on next Superintendent Kevin Skelly. The four years and increased personal However, this has not happened nia is among the 10 lowest-spend- month — gives teachers, staff and board did not propose a raise for income tax of Californians with in the past decade except for the ing states on a per-pupil basis. administrators an additional 4 Skelly this year but did propose a incomes of more than $250,000 years 2010-11 and 2011-12. Higher-spending states include percent raise for 2013-14, plus a 2 3 percent, one-time bonus on his for seven years. “We had some bad years on Vermont ($17,847); New Jersey percent bonus. regular pay of $287,163. On the other hand, Brown’s new property taxes and now we have ($15,116); Connecticut ($13,959); In addition, the Board of Edu- The raises, scheduled for a Local Control Funding Formula, a good one this year, but we don’t New Hampshire ($13,519) and cation last week approved $1.9 Dec. 10 vote, would bring the which shifts state resources to- know how long that cycle will be Massachusetts ($13,361). N million in new spending under salary of an entry-level teacher ward low-income schools, means either,” board member Melissa Staff Writer Chris Kenrick the district’s $180 million oper- from $52,965 to $55,083, plus a an ongoing annual loss of $7.5 Baten Caswell said at the Nov. 19 can be emailed at ckenrick@ ating budget, mostly for the hir- one-time bonus of $1,059. A mid- million to the Palo Alto district. meeting. paweekly.com. ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 7 Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund.

Last Year’s Grant Recipients ach year the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund Give to the Palo Alto raises money to support programs serving 10 Books A Home ...... $5,000 Weekly Holiday Fund and Abilities United ...... $5,000 families and children in the Palo Alto area. Since Ada’s Café ...... $25,000 E your donation is doubled. the Weekly and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Adolescent Counseling Services ...... $10,000 You give to non-profit groups Art in Action...... $5,000 cover all the administrative costs, every dollar raised goes Breast Cancer Connections ...... $5,000 that work right here in our California Family Foundation...... $5,000 directly to support community programs through grants to CASSY...... $10,000 non-profit organizations ranging up to $25,000. community. It’s a great Cleo Eulau Center ...... $5,000 Collective Roots ...... $7,500 And with the generous support of matching grants way to ensure that your Community School of Music & Arts...... $5,000 charitable donations are Community Working Group ...... $5,000 from local foundations, including the Packard, Hewlett, Creative Montessori Learning Center ...... $5,000 Arrillaga & Peery foundations, your tax-deductible gift will working at home. Downtown Streets Team ...... $10,000 DreamCatchers ...... $15,000 be doubled in size. A donation of $100 turns into $200 East Palo Alto Kids Foundation...... $5,000 with the foundation matching gifts. Environmental Volunteers ...... $5,000 Family Connections...... $7,500 Whether as an individual, a business or in honor of Family Engagement Institute...... $4,000 someone else, help us reach our goal of $350,000 by Foothill College Book Program ...... $4,000 Donate online at Foundation for a College Education...... $10,000 making a generous contribution to the Holiday Fund. CLICK AND siliconvalleycf.org/ Friends of Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo ...... $5,000 With your generosity, we can give a major boost to the GIVE Hidden Villa ...... $5,000 paw-holiday-fund InnVision Shelter Network ...... $10,000 programs in our community helping kids and families. JLS Middle School ...... $5,000 Jordan Middle School ...... $5,000 Kara...... $15,000 Magical Bridge ...... $25,000 Mayview Community Health Center ...... $10,000 Enclosed is a donation of $______Music in the Schools Foundation...... $5,000 New Creation Home Ministries ...... $5,000 Name ______New Voices for Youth...... $2,500 Business Name ______Nuestra Casa...... $5,000 One East Palo Alto (OEPA)...... $5,000 Address ______Palo Alto Art Center Foundation...... $5,000 Palo Alto Community Child Care...... $10,000 City/State/Zip ______Palo Alto Housing Corporation ...... $5,000 Palo Alto Humane Society...... $1,500 E-Mail ______Peninsula Bridge Program ...... $7,500 All donors and their gift amounts will be Peninsula College Fund ...... $5,000 Phone ______published in the Palo Alto Weekly unless the Peninsula Youth Theatre ...... $5,000 Credit Card (MC, VISA, or AMEX) boxes below are checked. Project WeH.O.P.E...... $10,000 Quest Learning Center ...... $5,000 ______Expires ______/______Q I wish to contribute anonymously. Racing Hearts ...... $2,500 Please withhold the amount of my Raising A Reader...... $5,000 Q Ravenswood Education Foundation ...... $5,000 contribution. Silicon Valley FACES...... $7,500 Signature ______Please make checks payable to: South Palo Alto Food Closet ...... $2,000 Silicon Valley Community Foundation St. Elizabeth Seton School...... $7,500 I wish to designate my contribution as follows: (select one) St. Francis of Assisi Youth Club ...... $5,000 Send coupon and check, if applicable, to: St. Vincent de Paul ...... $6,000 Q In my name as shown above Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund c/o Silicon Valley Community Foundation TheatreWorks ...... $5,000 Q In the name of business above 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 YMCA ...... $5,000 Mountain View, CA 94040 Youth Community Service ...... $10,000 OR: Q In honor of: Q In memory of: Q As a gift for: Youth United for Community Action (YUCA) ...... $5,000 The Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund is a donor ______(Name of person) advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Non-profits: Grant application Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) charitable and guidelines at organization. A contribution to this fund allows www.PaloAltoOnline.com/holiday_fund your donation to be tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Application deadline: January 10, 2014

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A remodel that opens the Art & Helen Kraemer ...... * after ‘compassionate’ within the next year, you are probably kitchen to the family room or even Barbara Riper ...... * wondering whether there are any to the formal existing living room is Betty Gerard ...... 100 Bob and Diane Simoni ...... 200 remodeling projects that will provide another project with a good return Carolyn and Richard Brennan ...... * parole a good return on your investment. on investment. Formal living rooms, Gerald and Donna Silverberg .....100 Optimizing the use of space in Hersh & Arna Shefrin ...... * as well as formal offices with wood Jim & Alma Phillips ...... 250 Kenneth Fitzhugh was convicted in 2001 a home will not only attract more cabinets, are not in high demand in Lawrence Naiman ...... 100 buyers but also give sellers a good today’s market. Leif & Sharon Erickson ...... 250 return on their investment. Mr. George Cator ...... 100 of killing his wife, a music teacher Upgrading kitchens and baths is Ray & Carol Bacchetti ...... * You must first decide on the size of still a smart bet. However, home Rita Vrhel...... 250 by Sue Dremann the project you are willing to tackle. owners usually will benefit more by Steve & Karen Ross ...... * Creating a memorable first impression Susan & Doug Woodman ...... * foregoing super deluxe projects in Tad Nishimura ...... * enneth C. Fitzhugh Jr. had according to prosecutors. often can be accomplished through Tom and Neva Cotter ...... 2,000 always claimed innocence He received 15 years to life small-scale projects. For example, favor of mid-range kitchen and bath Al & Joanne Russell...... 250 remodels. Alice Smith ...... 100 K after being convicted in in prison for the second-degree a nice entry door replacement or a Judicious home remodeling is still Caroline Hicks & Bert Fingerhut 100 one of Palo Alto’s most brutal murder, which occurred on May garage door replacement will bring a Drew McCalley & Marilyn Green .100 murders, even fighting his case in 5, 2000. He would have had his good return on your investment. worth the investment. Discuss your Iris Harrell ...... * future remodeling plan with your Jan & Freddy Gabus...... * the California Supreme Court. first chance at Adding a master suite or a room in agent before you start the remodeling Joe and Nancy Huber ...... 100 He ultimately obtained his free- parole in 2015. the attic is a more extensive project John & Olive Borgsteadt ...... * that also offers a good return. Be sure project. Your agent can help you plan Lynn & Joe Drake ...... * dom, but not through exoneration. Fitzhugh was Patricia M. Levin ...... 100 to hire a good architect to help you a remodel that will bring buyers to Robert and Josephine Spitzer ....100 He received compassionate-release paroled in 2012 come up with a functional floor plan. your home and increase the return on George & Betsy Young ...... * parole from San Quentin Prison in after multiple Harriet & Gerald Berner ...... * Having a family room that opens to your investment. Hugh O. McDevitt ...... 200 February 2012 due to a terminal stays in the San Mary Lorey ...... * illness. And 8 1/2 months later, on Quentin hos- If you have a real estate question or would like a free market analysis for your home, Nancy Steege...... 100 please call me at 650-384-5392, Alain Pinel Realtors, or email me at [email protected]. Sheryl & Tony Klein ...... * Oct. 27, 2012, he died, according pital. He had For the latest real estate news, follow my blog at www.samiacullen.com Sue Kemp ...... 250 to state prison officials. been trans- Andy and Liz Coe ...... * Ben & Ruth Hammett ...... * Fitzhugh was convicted in ferred there Hal & Iris Korol ...... * 2001 for bludgeoning and stran- Kenneth from High Des- Jessie Ngai ...... 100 Fitzhugh John and Mary Schaefer ...... 100 gling his wife, Kristine, a mu- ert State Prison Mahlon and Carol Hubenthal ...... * sic teacher, in their Southgate in Susanville Peter and Beth Rosenthal ...... * Maria Basch ...... 55 neighborhood home. The trial for medical care, state prison of- Owen Vannatta ...... 5,000 had exposed an unraveling 33- ficials said. He died in Santa Clara Gennette Lawrence ...... 500 The Havern Family ...... 4,500 year marriage and an affair and County, according to the Santa Brigid Barton ...... 250 money as motives for the crime. Clara County Coroner’s office. Donald & Adele Langendorf ...... 200 Gil and Gail Woolley ...... 300 It included an admission by his During Fitzhugh’s trial, pros- Greg & Penny Gallo ...... 500 wife that one of the couple’s two Hugh MacMillan ...... 500 sons was fathered by a friend, Mike and Jean Couch ...... 250 (continued on page £Î) Nancy Hall ...... 1,000 Schola Cantorum Presents Page & Ferrell Sanders ...... 100 Peter & Lynn Kidder ...... 100 Peter S Stern ...... * Robert & Barbara Simpson ...... * Holidays Are For Singing! Scout Voll ...... * Public Agenda Stephen Berke ...... * A fun, family concert with Oxford Street Brass Tom & Ellen Ehrlich...... * A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week Art and Peggy Stauffer ...... 500 Bill Johnson and Terri Lobdell ....500 CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a closed session to discuss Carroll Harrington ...... 100 Richard Zuanich ...... 200 potential litigation involving the Mitchell Park Library and Community Daniel Cox ...... 200 Center. The council then plans to hold a study session with the Parks Michael & Frannie Kieschnick ...... * Richard Hallsted and Recreation Commission and discuss initiating a community con- and Pam Mayerfeld ...... 100 versation on the future of the city, including the Comprehensive Plan, Steve and Nancy Levy ...... * Xiaofan Lin ...... 50 planned-community zoning, parking and traffic strategies, and related Diane E. Moore ...... * matters. The joint meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, in Ellen & Tom Wyman ...... 200 Roger Warnke ...... 300 the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). The rest Stu & Louise Beattie ...... * of the meeting will follow in the Council Chambers. The Ely Family ...... 250 Bob & Ruth Anne Fraley ...... 50 Ellen Lillington ...... 100 COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss Jerry and Linda Elkind ...... 250 Linda & Steve Boxer ...... * the financial results from the first quarter of fiscal year 2014; consider Tony & Judy Kramer ...... * modifications to the city’s street-sweeping program; and discuss a long- Keith & Rita Lee ...... 100 Roy & Carol Blitzer ...... * range financial forecast for the years 2014 to 2024. The meeting will John & Barbara Pavkovich ...... 200 begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Council Conference Room at Tish Hoehl ...... 100 Don & Ann Rothblatt ...... * City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). In Memory Of Bob Makjavich ...... * UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to dis- Carol Berkowitz ...... * cuss the PaloAltoGreen gas program and consider approving three new Bob Donald ...... 100 Alan K. Herrick ...... * gas-rate schedules; consider the department’s 2014 legislative guide- Don and Marie Snow ...... 100 lines and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of residential gas-to-electric Kathy Morris ...... 1,500 Our traditional afternoon of Carols and Hymns, Helene F. Klein ...... * fuel-switching options for appliances and vehicles. The meeting will Pam Grady ...... 150 begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the Council Chambers at City both tender and funny, guaranteed to get you in the Ruth & Chet Johnson ...... * Robert Lobdell ...... * Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). mood to decorate the tree! Henry Radzilowski ...... * John Davies Black ...... 1,000 Yen-Chen and Er-Ying Yen ...... 250 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss Ernest J. Moore ...... * 500 University Ave., a request by Thoits Brothers for a review of a new Sunday, December 8 at 3 PM Florence Kan Ho ...... * Joe, Mary Fran & Stephen Scroggs ..* 26,806-square-foot, three-story office building that would replace a Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Steve Fasani ...... 100 one-story building. The project includes a request to exceed the 50-foot David Sager ...... 100 William Settle ...... 500 height limit by 11 feet. The board also plans to discuss 1050 Page Mill Free parking Dr. David Zlotnick ...... 200 Road, a proposal for four two-story office buildings that would replace Boyd Paulson, Jr ...... * two existing buildings in the Stanford Research Park; and 385 Sherman Al and Kay Nelson ...... * Tickets $16-$30 In Honor Of Ave., a proposed three-story mixed-use building. The meeting will begin Karen Ross ...... 100 at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Council Chambers at City Hall Order by phone at (650) 254-1700 or online at Shirley Sneath Kelley ...... 100 (250 Hamilton Ave.). Foundations, Businesses scholacantorum.org & Organizations Packard Foundation ...... 25,000 COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to hear an update Hewlett Foundation...... 25,000 on California’s proposed high-speed-rail system. The meeting will begin Arrillaga Foundation ...... 20,000 Peery Foundation ...... 20,000 at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, in the Council Conference Room at City The Milk Pail Market ...... * Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). Alta Mesa Improvement Company ...... 1,200 ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 9 Upfront

Twenty Years Transforming its own early morning Black Fri- free gift-wrapping. The store Lives Retail day for the first time last year and also participates in Google Shop- VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊx® will do so again this year. The store ping Express, an online platform opens at 6 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 25. that provides same-day shipping Eric Hager, who has been the from local Bay Area businesses. between Black Friday and Cyber manager at Palo Alto Sport Shop Hager said Palo Alto Sport Shop Monday. and Toy World for 26 years, said: and Toy World was a test store “We are really stressing the “There’s always competition.” for the service, which launched ‘shop small’ idea because that’s the way we compete with the larger retailers,” Cohen said. the king’s academy “The more you shop local, the ‘We are really stressing the “shop small” CHRIST-CENTERED COLLEGE PREPARATORY better off your local services idea because that’s the way we compete with *UNIORAND3ENIOR(IGH3CHOOLs'RADES (funded by sales taxes) will be.” Cohen said the City of Palo Alto the larger retailers. The more you shop local, also moved up its annual holiday the better off your local services (funded by OPENHOUSE tree-lighting event to coincide sales taxes) will be.’ with Small Business Saturday. , 11:00 From 4 to 7 p.m. at Lytton Plaza, —Russ Cohen, executive director, Sat. December 7 a.m. there will be live music, various Palo Alto Downtown Business and Professional Association holiday activities and coat do- SCHEDULE A SCHOOL TOUR OR STUDENT SHADOW TODAY! nations. Stores will have “Shop Contact Marissa Lockett, Admissions Assistant Small” doormats and give away “It’s just different types of in late September and is available 408.481.9900 x4248 or [email protected] free, reusable shopping bags. competition,” he added. “Online only in the Bay Area. 562 N. Britton Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Other local businesses stay is probably more competitive for The only other two Palo Alto (Near Fair Oaks and Hwy 101) competitive during the holidays us than, say, a big-box retailer. stores listed on Google Shopping by doing everything the big box But we also offer things that other Express are Staples and Office www.tka.org s!#3)!.$7!3#!##2%$)4!4)/. retailers do — and more. places don’t.” Depot. Other participating stores, TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION Palo Alto Sport Shop and Toy The sport goods and toy store not in Palo Alto, are all chains: World, for example, started hosting offers in-store services such as Target, REI, Walgreens, Staples, Costco, Whole Foods Markets, Nob Hill Foods, American Eagle Outfitters and Guitar Center. “We always have to remain competitive, of course,” Hager said. “It’s not any one competitor as much as we always try new things. That’s Join us for a personal introduction how we stay in business.” The holiday shopping season is also dictated by when the holidays to Palo Alto’s exciting new themselves fall each year. A late concept in senior living. or early Thanksgiving can make Come see what’s all the difference for smaller stores, said Charlie Affrunti, vice brewing at The Avant. The Avant is where active president of University Art Center in Palo Alto. and independent seniors “For us, it’s just hard because it hurts November a lot whenever Coƛee & Cookie will find a wealth of Thanksgiving is late,” he said. Last year, Thanksgiving fell on amenities and activities to Nov. 22. This year, it’s six days Tuesdays later. Hanukkah was also early live life to the fullest while this year, the first night starting 11am-3pm at sundown on Nov. 27 (versus maintaining financial control. last year on Dec. 8 and the year before, Dec. 20) “It definitely hurts November With just 44 rental units, this is a sales because people start thinking Christmas right after the (Thanks- rare opportunity to get in on the giving) holiday,” Affrunti said. Fred Ebert, owner of Edwards ground floor. Luggage at the Stanford Shopping Center, said he started preparing for the “tighter season between Thanksgiving and Christmas” by doing some holiday buying in July and bringing in a holiday gift selection three weeks earlier than usual. He said the luggage store also experienced a slightly slower No- vember for the first three weeks. “This last week really makes a big difference,” he said. But Hager said he’s of the belief that there’s not much stores can do Visit our sales oƛice at: to deal with the impact of a later Thanksgiving. “You really just have to roll with the holiday punches,” he 3441 Alma Street, Ste. 150 said. “You can’t change people’s behavior that much just because Palo Alto, CA 94306 Thanksgiving is a week later. You theavantpaloalto.com just change a little bit of your expectations.” N OPENING IN 2014 650.320.8626 Editorial Assistant Elena Kad- vany can be emailed at ekadva- [email protected]. Page 10ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Upfront Rail News Digest VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊx® North Koreans holding American, officials say popular in various parts of the There has still been no contact with Merrill E. Newman, the state, including sections of the 85-year-old Palo Alto man whose family and friends say has been Peninsula, but that continues held in North Korea since Oct. 26, and U.S. State Department offi- to garner the support of Gov. cials said the Swedish Embassy has not been allowed access to him. Jerry Brown. Last year’s fund- North Korean officials this week acknowledged they have detained ing allocation came by a single an American. vote in the state Senate, with Newman, a Korean War veteran who had traveled with a friend to several Democrats joining ev- North Korea as part of a tourist group, was removed from an airplane ery Republican in opposition. headed to Beijing just five minutes prior to takeoff. He has not been Palo Alto, Atherton and Menlo heard from since. Park had all been involved in On Monday, his wife, Lee, released a statement regarding the lawsuits against the rail author- incident: “We were heartened to hear that the DPRK (Democratic ity, with Flashman represent- People’s Republic of Korea) has advised the Swedish embassy in ing them in those efforts. The Pyongyang that they are holding an American citizen who clearly Palo Alto City Council, which appears to be Merrill Newman. supported the project in 2008, “We remain concerned about his well-being,” she said, referencing has since taken an official and Newman’s heart condition. “We hope the DPRK will quickly confirm unanimous stance against it. that he is being looked after, is in good health, and that he has re- Flashman called the Monday ceived his medication. We also hope that it will be possible to resolve rulings “major roadblocks.” this misunderstanding so that he can quickly rejoin his family.” “If you’re the captain of the Ti- The United States does not have a diplomatic relationship with North tanic and you’ve just been hit by Korea, and the Swedish Embassy in North Korea handles cases related two icebergs, what do you do?” to Americans who are detained, ill or who have died in the country. Flashman told the Weekly. “It Swedish officials have requested consular access to Newman on a seems like what (rail authority daily basis, but State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said at a board Chair) Dan Richard is saying is, ‘Full speed ahead!’” N press briefing on Nov. 22 that access has not been granted. N —Sue Dremann Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ Builder gets a legal boost against city paweekly.com. Seven years after the development company Sterling Park received Palo Alto’s blessing to construct a condominium complex on West READ MORE ONLINE Bayshore Road, the project remains in legal limbo, with the devel- PaloAltoOnline.com oper and the city clashing over affordable housing. But thanks to a recent ruling from California’s highest court, Ster- A longer version of this article has ling Park can proceed with the project even as it continues to chal- been posted on PaloAltoOnline.com. lenge Palo Alto’s requirements that it devote 10 units of the 96-condominium project to below-market-rate housing and contribute funds toward the city’s affordable-housing program. The October ruling from the state Supreme Court reversed two prior rulings from the Superior Court and the state Court of Appeals, both of which sided with the city. The two courts had concurred that Sterling Park cannot challenge the conditions of approval laid out in its 2007 agreement with the city because the 90-day statute of limitation had long expired. Sterling Park first challenged the city’s affordable-housing requirement in 2009. The Supreme Court ruled that the Mitigation Fee Act applies. The act allows developers to contest fees imposed to support parks, libraries and other city infrastructure or defray some of the cost of the new development to the city. Under this act, the statute of limitations doesn’t kick in until after the city notifies the developer of the fees owed and the right to protest. In this case, Sterling Park claimed it never received such a notice and the time limits thus don’t apply. The Supreme Court’s decision means the case will now return to the appeals court. N — Gennady Sheyner Renewable-energy plant debuts in north San Jose A facility that can turn people’s food scraps and yard trimmings into energy and compost opened in north San Jose Nov. 22, and some Palo Alto leaders are hailing it as an encouraging sign that the city might be able to build one, too. The low-lying, concrete-and-steel structure sits atop 23 acres of San Jose’s former landfill, next to the Don Edwards National Wildlife Ref- uge off Highway 237. It is the world’s largest plant to employ a technology called “dry-fermentation anaerobic digestion,” according to Zero Waste Energy Development Company, which built the plant. Using bacteria and an oxygen-deprived environment, the process breaks down matter so that it releases a gas, methane, that can be used for electricity and auto fuel. The remaining waste is treated, turning it into compost. Two years ago, Palo Alto voters agreed to set aside 10 acres in the Baylands as the potential site for a facility that would convert the city’s organic waste — the refuse that is neither recyclable nor considered garbage — into energy and compost. At the time, proponents of Measure E cited anaerobic digestion as a promising technology. In early 2014, Palo Alto staff is scheduled to update the City Council on plans for the Baylands site. The city has been reviewing proposals from local waste-management companies to build the Baylands waste-to-energy operation, or otherwise handle the city’s organic waste, which would also include sewage sludge. N — Jocelyn Dong

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are even more stark. Sales taxes are documentary-transfer revenues to Budget up by 48 percent when compared continue their upward climb. Joe City of Palo Alto general fund revenue VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊx® with the first quarter of 2013, hav- Saccio, deputy director of Admin- 1st quarter actuals (000’s) ing risen from $3.7 million to $5.4 istrative Services, told the com- tax, which was driven by depart- million. Hotel taxes, meanwhile, mittee on Nov. 19 that the high FY 2014 FY 2013 % Change ment store, electronics and auto jumped from $1.3 million in the number of real-estate transactions Property tax $43 $24 79% sales,” the report states. “Increased first quarter of 2013 to $2 million the city has been seeing in recent business and real estate activities in the first quarter of 2014, a 57 months is forcing the city to revise Charges for services $3,253 $4,725 -31% within the city resulted in higher percent increase. its projections. Sales tax $5,421 $3,652 48% transient-occupancy tax and docu- The surging revenues helped “We are going to be raising it Utility user tax $2,614 $2,556 2% mentary-transfer tax revenues.” offset a 31 percent dip in service (projected documentary-tax reve- The trend is expected to continue fees, a trend related to the reno- nues) in the midyear considerably, Transient occupancy tax $1,977 $1,260 57% in fiscal year 2014, which began on vation of the city’s golf course and it is going to exceed $6.8 mil- Documentary transfer tax $1,602 $1,261 27% July 1. On Wednesday, the city re- (which resulted in a dip in golf lion, we believe, based on what leased the financial results from the fees) and a $1.2 million decrease we’re seeing now,” Saccio said. Permits and licences $1,323 $1,988 -33% first quarter of 2014 (the Finance in plan-check fees, which indi- He noted that the number of real- All other revenue sources $7,667 $7,083 8% Committee is scheduled to discuss cates less building activity. estate transactions are up almost this report on Dec. 3). The numbers City officials also expect the 10 percent from the prior year, and Total revenue $23,900 $22,549 6% that property values involved in the Source: City of Palo Alto transactions are exceeding the prior PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL year’s. It also doesn’t hurt that the city has several new hotels prepar- CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE ing to open their doors, including ‘We now find that California’s state budget is BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 at the downtown site of the recently even more promising than we projected one CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT shuttered Casa Olga and on the for- year ago.’ ACCESS CHANNEL 26 mer Palo Alto Bowl site near the southern edge of the city. —Legislative Analyst Office report ***************************************** The committee welcomed the THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL financial news, with Vice Mayor DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: Nancy Shepherd lauding the fact Legislative Analyst’s Office re- since last year.” http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp that revenues are now higher than leased a report earlier this month “Accordingly, we now find that they were before 2008 and Coun- that projects a $5.6 billion surplus California’s state budget is even cilman Greg Schmid congratulat- in the state’s budget reserve. Much more promising than we project- (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING ing staff on the revenue outlook. like the city, the state has revised ed one year ago,” the LAO report – COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM “We seem to be in the midst of its expectations upwards in recent states. MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2013 - 5:00 PM a very nice period,” Schmid said. months. The report cited the “re- In Palo Alto, the brightening out- CLOSED SESSION The committee’s discussion strained state budget” that Gov. look is expected to give the city a 1. Potential Litigation came at a time when state and Jerry Brown and the Legislature big boost in addressing its backlog county officials are also shaking agreed on for 2013-14 and notes of infrastructure problems, which 2. Labor off the doldrums of the recent eco- that the office’s “forecast of state include more than $200 million STUDY SESSION nomic meltdown. The nonpartisan revenue collections has increased in needed new facilities. These 3. Joint Meeting with Parks and Recreation Commission SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY include a new police headquarters 4. Selection of Candidates to be Interviewed for the Storm Drain to replace the small and seismi- cally unfit one at City Hall and the Oversight Committee for Three Terms Ending on October 31, 2018 rehabilitation of two obsolete fire CONSENT CALENDAR stations. A specially appointed In- 5. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. C13148737 with frastructure Blue Ribbon Commis- Advanced Design Consultants, Inc. in the Amount of $84,786 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $319,655 for Design of Fire/Life sion also identified about $42 mil- Safety and Sprinklers for the Lucie Stern Community Theater and CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week lion in needed maintenance, work Community Center as Part of the Lucie Stern Buildings Mechanical that the new revenues are expected to help fund. / Electrical Upgrades Project PE-14015 City Council 6. 636 Waverley Street [13PLN-00262]: Approval of Continuation of The council did not meet this week. In addition to approving the Council Consideration of an Appeal of the Director of Planning and Comprehensive Annual Financial Community Environment’s decision to approve the Architectural Report, the committee agreed to Review of a new mixed-use development. The proposed four-story transfer $8.9 million from the 10,278 sq. ft. building includes 4,800 sq. ft. of commercial uses city’s General Fund to the Infra- on the first and second floors and two residential units on the third structure Reserve, bringing the to- and fourth floors in the CD-C(P) zoning district; the project provides Palo Alto Unified School District 20 parking spaces in a below grade garage. Environmental tal amount of surplus funds trans- Assessment: Exempt from the provisions of the California Notice to Bidders ferred between the two to $16.5 Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15303 (STAFF million since 2012. Even after the transfer, the city ended fiscal year REQUEST THIS ITEM BE CONTINUED) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be 7. Approval of Amendment Number 2 with Waste Management 2013 with a General Fund reserve of California, Inc. that will reduce the City’s annual “Put or Pay” received by the Palo Alto Unified School District for: of more than $30 million. tonnage commitments through 2021 and modify other terms and “Those are healthy contribu- conditions of the 30 year disposal agreement. Bid # 13-P-12-SN: Vended Lunches for Terman tions to the infrastructure priority 8. Second Reading: Adoption of an Ordinance to Add Chapter 16.61 Middle School as set out by Infrastructure Blue to the Municipal Code to Establish a Public Art Program for Private Ribbon Commission and also the Developments (First Reading: November 12, 2013 PASSED: 8-0 City Council,” Ramberg told the Burt absent) There will be a Mandatory Walk-Through on committee. “Clearly, there is still 9. Notification of Pending Participation in the Georgetown Energy December 6, 2013 @10:20 AM sharp. Prize a liability on the infrastructure side that must be addressed, but 10. Certification of the Election Results Proposals must be received at the Purchasing STUDY SESSION these are opportunities for us to 11. Initiating a Community Conversation on the Future of the City, Department, 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA contribute in the years that we’ve including the Comprehensive Plan, Planned Community Zoning, 94306, by 10AM on December 18, 2013. recently had and again this year.” parking and traffic strategies, and related matters It helped, Ramberg said, that the city had achieved greater sav- All questions concerning the proposals should be ings than expected from City Hall STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS directed to Denise Buschke by mail or emailed to staffing vacancies. Furthermore, The Finance Committee will meet on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at [email protected]. recent negotiations with labor 7:00 P.M. to discuss: 1) First Quarter Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Results, groups, which resulted in greater 2) Proposed conceptual plan for modifications to Palo Alto’s Street Sweeping and Cleaning Programs, and 3) CalPERS Annual Valuation BY ORDER of the Business Department of the Palo cost-sharing on medical expenses and new contributions for health Reports for the City’s Miscellaneous and Safety Pension Plans as of Alto Unified School District, Palo Alto, California. June 30, 2012 care by employees, are expected to save the city nearly $9 million The Rail Committee will meet on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at 9:00 Dated: November 15, & November 22, & November annually. N A.M. 29, 2013 Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com. Page 12ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Upfront R.J. Perez Fitzhugh VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊ® CONSTRUCTION INC. Online This Week “Custom built to fit your needs” ecutors alleged he killed his wife These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online because he was angry that she throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto Online.com/news. Honesty & Quality planned to tell their eldest son Rich Perez Serving the Peninsula that Fitzhugh was not his biologi- General Contractor cal father. Lawsuit filed against driver who struck boys Lic. #659060 for 20+ years In addition, the Fitzhughs’ fi- A Menlo Park family has filed a lawsuit against the driver of a Residential nances had collapsed over the two car that reportedly jumped a curb and pinned two 6-year-old twin 10091 Byrne Ave UÊ ÕÃÌÊiÃ years prior to the murder. Evidence brothers against a wall near Walgreen’s on Santa Cruz Avenue. Cupertino, CA 95014 UÊ Õ`}Ê iÃ}Ê-iÀÛViÃ showed the family’s three invest- (Posted Nov. 27, 11:17 a.m.) ment accounts plunged from nearly (408) 313-9323 UÊ,iìÉ``ÌÃ $400,000 in early 1998 to approxi- Undefeated football team needs cash www.rjperezconstructioninc.com UÊ-«iV>â}ÊÊÌV iÃ mately $11,000 in May 2000. UÊ"ÕÌ`ÀÊÌV iÃÉ*>ÌÃ The East Palo Alto Greyhounds, a group of 21 boys, have an Call or visit our website for a free estimate On the day of her death, Kristine unblemished 33-0 record this year, but the team is facing a cash UÊÜiÀÊÛ}É >ÃiiÌ Fitzhugh had returned to her house crunch. (Posted Nov. 27, 9:35 a.m.) on Escobita Avenue around noon, bringing home coffee and two muf- fins. She was in the kitchen eat- City advances to next round to buy post office ing and reading classroom papers Palo Alto’s effort to buy the downtown post office from the when she was attacked, according cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will advance to the next round to Palo Alto police. She was struck after the city was selected to make a second bid for the historic from behind on the head seven Birge Clark-designed building, officials announced Monday. (Post- times with a blunt instrument and ed Nov. 27, 9:11 a.m.) beaten in the face while being strangled with one hand. She died Teen injured in East Palo Alto shooting of several head wounds; strangula- A teenager was injured in a drive-by shooting in East Palo Alto tion was a contributing factor, ac- on Tuesday evening, according to police. (Posted Nov. 27, 9:09 a.m.) cording to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner. FDA orders 23andMe to stop selling DNA tests Fitzhugh said he had received a The Food and Drug Administration has ordered Mountain phone call from Addison Elemen- View-based 23andMe to immediately stop marketing its DNA tary School in Palo Alto, alerting sequencing kits directly to consumers. (Posted Nov. 26, 2:37 p.m.) him that his wife had not shown up to teach her afternoon class. Robotics builds community for Space Cookies Although he told police he had A 5-foot-tall, 120-pound, Frisbee-throwing contraption that was then called his wife on her cell built by a group of Girl Scouts and is being pitted in competitions phone and at the house, caller ID around the country might make some Girl Scout cookie buyers do records showed he had not, ac- a double take. (Posted Nov. 25, 1:22 p.m.) cording to police. Instead, he went to the home of two friends in Palo Shots fired at occupied vehicle Alto and asked the women to ac- Shots were fired Sunday afternoon at a parked vehicle in Menlo company him to find out why his Park that was occupied by two young children and their mother. wife could not be reached. (Posted Nov. 25, 10:03 a.m.) Prosecutors said Fitzhugh had staged his wife’s death and brought the friends with him to Man found dead at Opportunity Center “discover” her body. After killing A Palo Alto man who lived at the Opportunity Center was found her in the kitchen, he had moved dead in his room, according to a spokesperson for InnVision Shel- her to the bottom of the basement ter Network, which runs the adjacent Opportunity Services Center stairs to make it seem as though on 33 Encina Ave. (Posted Nov. 25, 9:57 a.m.) she had fallen. Her injuries were not consistent with a fall down the Three from Stanford to be Rhodes scholars stairs, the coroner found. A Stanford University senior as well as two recent graduates are Forensic testing found blood among the 32 Americans who will head to Oxford University next spattered throughout the kitchen. fall as Rhodes scholars. (Posted Nov. 25, 9:45 a.m.) Much of it had been cleaned up prior to the arrival of police. Kris- Photos show devastation in sister city tine Fitzhugh’s blood was on run- New photos show the devastation caused by Super Typhoon ning shoes, a towel and a shirt be- Haiyan to Palo Alto’s Philippine sister city, which a local volunteer longing to Fitzhugh, which were organization said was 90 percent destroyed by the disaster. (Posted found in his Chevrolet Suburban. Nov. 22, 1:06 p.m.) Fitzhugh had said the shoes were in his closet, and he could not ex- Palo Alto woman dies after car crash plain the presence of the bloody A 57-year-old Palo Alto woman has died after suffering injuries items in his car, police said. in a car crash on Wednesday in Menlo Park. (Posted Nov. 22, 12:05 Prosecutors also dismantled p.m.) Fitzhugh’s alibi. He had said he We help you make was in San Bruno looking at a Want to get news briefs emailed to you every weekday? sure insurance vacant property for a client when Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. the murder was committed. But Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. cell phone calls he received that claims, payments, afternoon were routed through an antenna on University Avenue in and questions are Palo Alto, which proved he was in the area at the time, they said. nd handled quickly. Fitzhugh claimed an intruder 22 Annual Photo Contest killed his wife. He appealed his case. The California Supreme Serving the community for over 24 years! Court rejected his appeal in 2006. CALL FOR ENTRIES The Fitzhugh family did not return a request for comment for DEADLINE Jan. 3, 2014 Charlie Porter Farmers® Agency this story. N License # 0773991 Staff Writer Sue Dremann For information and to enter, 671-A Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park can be emailed at sdremann@ visit PaloAltoOnline.com/photo_contest [email protected] paweekly.com. ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 13 Flute soloist Composer Isabelle -in- Residence Chapuis Lee Actor

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Stanford’s team Warrant arrest...... 4 CPS report ...... 1 of lung cancer experts has been at the forefront of lung cancer screening and detection, VIOLENT CRIMES performing minimally invasive and lung-sparing surgeries, developing novel radiation therapy Palo Alto Pasteur Dr., 11/20, 3:08 p.m.; Domestic violence techniques and leading clinical trials resulting in new treatments. Learn how Stanford’s team 300 Pasteur Dr., 11/21, 7:20 a.m.; Battery can help you. Middlefield Rd., 11/23, 7:33 p.m.; Family violence University Ave., 11/23, 1:02 a.m.; Battery For more info, call 650.498.6000 Alma St., 11/23, 8:33 a.m.; Family violence or visit stanfordhospital.org/lunghealth 0 block Churchill Ave., 11/23, 6:17 p.m.; Battery Greer Rd., 11/23, 11:00 p.m.; Family violence Page 14ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Transitions Jing Lyman, activist and former Stanford first lady, dies at 88 Elizabeth “Jing” Lyman, the tory housing initiative in the early munity Partners in Maryland. “first lady” of Stanford University 1960s and later became a national She is survived by her sons from 1970 to 1980 and an activist figure in community development Christopher “Cricket” Lyman of in her own right, died Thursday, and women’s economic empower- Searsmont, Maine, Timothy Ly- Nov. 21, at Channing House in ment. man of New Hartford, Conn.; Palo Alto after a two-and-a-half Among the many groups she daughters Jennifer P. Lyman of year illness. She was 88. helped organize and sustain were Washington, D.C., and the Rev. Lyman, wife of Stanford’s sev- Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Holly Lyman Antolini of Cam- enth president Richard Lyman, Housing, Stanford Midpeninsula bridge, Mass.; and four grand- who died last year, was a key play- Urban Coalition, Women and Phi- children. er in launching the university’s in- lanthropy in Washington, D.C. and Memorial services are pending. ! "! ! "! stitute for gender research. the National Coalition for Wom- In lieu of flowers, Jing Lyman re- !!!!!!! ! She was “a social network unto en’s Enterprise in New York. quested that donations be made in herself, long before the invention She was a member of the Wom- her name to the Enterprise Com- ! "! ! ! of computerized social networks,” en of Silicon Valley Donor Circle munity Partners, an affordable !!!!!!"! ! !! ! said the institute’s founding direc- of the Women’s Foundation of housing advocacy organization, ! "! ! ! tor Myra Strober, a labor econo- California in San Francisco and a or to the Michelle R. Clayman ! "! "!! mist and retired professor of edu- trustee and member of the execu- Institute for Gender Research at cation. tive committee of Enterprise Com- Stanford. !!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! #! “It’s not too strong to say that if it were not for Jing, there would be &* ) # no Clayman Institute for Gender $ $%%# % # Research at Stanford.” She arrived at Stanford in 1958 Pam Keyes '!"'!''' with her husband, who had ac- November 1926 – October 19, 2013 "*( # *'" "' cepted a position teaching British history, and four young children, Born in Oakland, went to Oakland aged 1 to 8 years old. The family High and Pomona College, graduating was bound up with Stanford’s for in 1948 with a BA in Art. Pam worked more than 20 years, as Richard W. at Yosemite before she married Reed “Dick” Lyman rose through the Keyes in 1950, and they moved to Palo professorial and administrative Alto in 1954. Landscape Designer for ranks. Congressman Pete McCloskey and As the university’s “first lady,” she was known for her ready others, then a local Travel Agent for smile, quick wit and warmth, and 25 years – during which time Pam and Alice Powell as a skilled and gracious campus Reed traveled extensively. Member of June 4, 1936-November 19, 2013 hostess. Friends described her as P.A. Garden Club, Neighbors Abroad, Co-Op Council. Local energetic, ebullient, efficient and Precinct Inspector. Survived by four children (William, Beverly, Alice Evans Powell, 77, of Rogers, Ark., passed away on generous with her time. Carolyn and Gary), and three grandchildren. Memorial 10:30 Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Friends and family said Lyman am Sat. 12/7, First Congregational Church in Palo Alto. She was born to the late George and Elma Evans on June 4, was known for her knitting, which PAID OBITUARY 1936, in Palo Alto, Calif. Alice graduated from Palo Alto High accompanied her everywhere, including meetings and sports School in 1954. She resided in the San Francisco Bay area until events. At her 80th birthday party, her retirement in June of 1998. people wore their own Jing-made Alice worked for Hewlett Packard, Zack Electronics, and sweaters. Donald Tasto then Storm Products until she retired and relocated to Carson The Lymans left Stanford in Donald L. Tasto, a resident of City, Nev., where she became very active as a volunteer at the 1980 when Dick Lyman became Atherton, CA, passed on November Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center and the Children’s president of the Rockefeller Foun- 21 at the age of 70. Museum of Northern Nevada. In 2006, she received the pres- dation. They returned in 1988 Dr. Tasto was born in Evanston, — moving to downtown Palo tigious Jefferson Award for Public Service in Carson City. IL, and grew up in Denver, CO. In 2007, she moved to Mesa, Ariz., to be closer to her daugh- Alto — when he was asked to de- He moved to the Bay Area in 1978. velop a forum for interdisciplin- ter, Patricia Higgins. In 2011, Alice moved with Patricia’s fam- He received his PhD in Psychology ary research on international is- ily to Rogers, AR. She continued her years of volunteer service sues, now known as the Freeman at St. Louis University in 1967. He worked as a college professor, re- in both Arizona and Arkansas. She volunteered at Banner Bay- Spogli Institute for International wood Medical Center in Mesa, and at the Northwest Regional Studies. searcher at the Stanford Research Jing Lyman was born Elizabeth Institute, and then as a clinical Medical Center of Bentonville, AR. She also delivered meals Schauffler in Philadelphia on psychologist in Menlo Park. He re- for Meals on Wheels with her granddaughter and served at Feb. 23, 1925. But for reasons her ceived his law degree from the New the Christ the King Lutheran Church food bank. mother was never able to explain, College of California School of Law Alice was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Family in Carson she said “Ah, the Lady Jingly in 1998. He worked as a private-practice attorney in Redwood City, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Mesa and the Christ Jones” when she was presented City for the past 15 years. His personality and zest for life far the King Lutheran Church of Bentonville. with her daughter eight hours after exceeded his professional accomplishments. Alice is survived by one child, Patricia Higgins, wife of her birth, Lyman said. It was the He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Flores Tasto of Atherton, name of a character in an Edward Warren Higgins, of Rogers, AR. and by six grandchildren and Lear nonsense rhyme. CA; his son Joseph Tasto of Rockville, MD; his daughter Jen- six great-grandchildren. Lyman attended high school nifer Thenhaus of Denver, CO; his two sisters Mary West and Alice is an absolutely fabulous Mom, Grammy, Great- at the Putney School, a boarding Patricia Schmitz; eight grandchildren; and numerous nephews Grammy, Hero, and Best Friend Forever! school in Vermont. She met Dick and nieces. A memorial service will be held in Mesa, Ariz., on Saturday, A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, November 29 at Lyman at Swarthmore College, Dec. 28 at Mesa Cemetery. where she earned a bachelor’s de- 11:00 AM at The Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Ave, gree in English, with a minor in Menlo Park, CA. In lieu of ﬂowers, Alice requests that donations be made to history, in 1947. The couple mar- The family requests that in lieu of ﬂowers, contributions be made your local Humane Society, the Wild Horse Protection Agen- ried that same year. to Live2GiveYou c/o 98 McCormick Ln, Atherton, CA 94027. cy or Guide Dogs of America.

She battled a local discrimina- PAID OBITUARY PAID OBITUARY

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Guy Miller was Palo Alto’s first city historian. The city’s archives are now named after him.

treetcar tracks run down Uni- that now bear his name. Avenue, where people caught the cial newsletter, along with putting history with more of ourselves in versity Avenue. A horse and Miller had file cabinets and latest motion pictures; the Palo on talks and exhibits and working it than other kinds. It is immedi- wagon roll through Professor- books and a typewriter; today’s Alto Poultry Market (listed as “lo- with the city to preserve historic ate, intimate, personally appre- ville. A suffragette wears a sash city historian, Steve Staiger, has cation unknown” — could it have places and structures. hended, and least in America it is over her dress that reads “Voter.” file cabinets and books and a desk been in your neighborhood?); a As the society marks 100 years, by definition recent.” If someone had handed these that looks a lot like Miller’s did, if man in a three-piece suit driv- those fascinated by the history of Staiger smiles. Local history, photos to Guy Miller in 1913, you cover up the PC. Staiger also ing a load of lumber down Alma Palo Alto say the past is still very he adds, “doesn’t scare people as when he started his job as Palo has a century more of perspective Street. much with us. Fundraising efforts much.” Alto’s first city historian, might and the futuristic technology to Drop in on Staiger, who works are in progress to open a new Palo he have momentarily wondered: make his artifacts instantly avail- Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Alto History Museum in the 1932 t was rare in 1913, and even for “Are these historic?” These were able globally. Guy Miller Archives, and he may Roth Building. “The Roth Build- several years after that, for a just scenes of life around him. Some 4,000 of the Palo Alto be able to tell you the backstory ing restoration project is ‘shovel- city as small as Palo Alto to History, of course, has a way Historical Association’s 13,000- of your Palo Alto neighborhood, ready,’” said Karen Holman, a city have its own historical associa- of sneaking up on us. A hundred plus photographs can be viewed your street, maybe even your councilwoman and the museum’s tion, Staiger said. In many Cali- years ago, Miller was maintaining through the organization’s web- house. He might have a menu former director. fornia cities it wasn’t until the Palo Alto’s archives, clipping out site. Type in “nineteen tens” for from the restaurant where your In addition, PAHA board mem- 1940s, when the state’s centen- articles and obituaries from news- your decade of choice, and you grandparents went on their first bers Jeanne McDonnell and Doug nial was approaching, that there papers that dated back 60 years. see the streetcar tracks, the horse, date. He could find your great- Graham are at work on the as- emerged a strong interest in local A hundred years later, his own the suffragette. You also get the grandmother’s obituary in his sociation’s newest book project, history. world is part of the same archives Novelty Theatre on University collection of 30,000. a history of the city of Mayfield Staiger himself came to Palo These are very that first neighbored Palo Alto to Alto in 1984, after growing up in specific, local the south and then became part of Marin and going to library school searches in a world it in 1925. As Staiger and others at U.C. Berkeley. He worked for where the Internet are quick to point out, that’s why Palo Alto as a reference librar- has everything. And a city the size of Palo Alto has two ian until retiring 12 years ago perhaps that’s part of downtowns: California Avenue and staying on in his current job. the enduring appeal (formerly Lincoln Street) used to Some of that time overlapped of a small municipal be Mayfield’s main drag. with his work at the historical as- historical society. In addition, Staiger said the sociation. He’s now PAHA’s only The nonprofit number of visitors and inquiries staffer amongst volunteers and Palo Alto Histori- to the archives is still healthy interns. cal Association has and in fact seems to be increas- Family ties sparked his interest been around for a ing. When asked why, he said that in local history, he said. “I had two century in one form PAHA’s active website makes the grandparents born in California. or another (it was group easy to find. In addition, lo- They were here during the (1906) founded in 1948 as cal history just plain remains in- earthquake,” he said. “They had a successor to the teresting, especially to longtime histories and stories to tell.” city’s historical so- residents of a city. Palo Alto is a pretty interest- ciety that began in In his office in the archives, ing place for a historian as well. 1913). Technology which are temporarily housed at Early on, it became clear that the comes and goes, Cubberley Community Center city would become more than just but a city historian while the main library is being another 19th-century farm town. is still minding the renovated, Staiger picks up the For one, Staiger pointed out, it has store, keeping track 1989 book “History of Palo Alto: long owned its own utilities, a rare of Palo Alto. The The Early Years,” by Pamela Gul- thing for a city and one that has association con- lard and Nancy Lund, and reads a paid off financially. Steve Staiger, who was a longtime Palo Alto reference librarian before becoming tinues to publish quote from Wallace Stegner: “Lo- “A hundred and 10 years ago, city historian, looks at an old municipal map. books and an offi- cal history is the best history, the it was expected that utility com-

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Why did tory. “We didn’t start he added. in the street signs for Page Mill people come there, and what did out on an original Palo Alto, too, has been bol- Road, which was named after they create that was so vital?” basis anywhere stered by donations from residents lumberman William Page. The Photos in “Palo Alto: A Cen- in the world. It’s over the decades, including just a road was built as a thoroughfare tennial History” give clues about extremely im- few odds and ends from Lucie for transporting wood down from the vitality of the community. portant to know Stern, the Depression-era philan- his yard into Mayfield.) Mustachioed misters pose with how this land thropist whose dollars supported Officially incorporated as a their instruments in an 1889 that we’re liv- theaters and a community cen- town in 1903, Mayfield had its photo of Mayfield’s University ing on has ter, among other growing pains, Brass Band. A woman in a bustle been trans- well-appreciated not the least of curtsies at a dance academy. Pic- formed. And donations. which was an tures in PAHA’s archives show a what does it In addition, ¼ÊÌ½ÃÊiÝÌÀiiÞÊ ongoing com- Fourth of July grand marshal on mean to us since 1885, the «ÀÌ>ÌÊÌÊÜÊ petition with its horseback, Rosenblum’s General today?” city has had northern neigh- Merchandise Store, Jane Lathrop the influence how this land that bor. Stanford’s Mayfield Free Kinder- rom of neighboring Palo Alto was garten and an unusually snowy her Stanford to en- Üi½ÀiÊÛ}ÊÊ >ÃÊ swiftly being day in 1887. seat rich it culturally LiiÊÌÀ>ÃvÀi`°Ê seen as a uni- However, no photo is known to on the Palo and academically versity town, exist of one of Mayfield’s most Alto City — and financial- And what does it intellectual and influential residents, Sarah Arm- Council, ly. (It was two i>ÊÌÊÕÃÊÌ`>Þ¶½ attractive, while strong Montgomery Green Wallis Karen Hol- Stanford profes- Mayfield for a — the very Sarah Wallis who has man also does sors, Charles – Jeanne McDonnell, while had no lu- a park named after her off Cali- a lot of think- “Daddy” Marx PAHA board member crative business- fornia Avenue. ing about how A circa-1980s jacket from the defunct and Charles Ben- es other than its She came west to San Francisco local history Cameo Club on El Camino Real might become jamin Wing, who saloons. Real-es- in 1844 as an 18-year-old bride, affects what part of an exhibit when the Palo Alto History were instrumen- tate development later remarking that “it was a de- she does today. Museum opens. tal in developing the city-owned and population influx slowed in lightful trip except when we got Many in Silicon utility service.) Mayfield, Winslow wrote. The into the mountains,” Staiger wrote Valley think about history in the Hostess House gave me an under- Stanford has also had other ef- Bayside Cannery on Park Bou- in a Weekly column about Wallis sense of making it — creating standing of the care with which fects on Palo Alto’s history that levard (its building now houses in 1999. While her early marital the latest high-tech something development ... should be respect- are less well known. In the early Fry’s Electronics) was a major life was checkered (her first hus- that will echo down the years (or ful of that building (that is) listed years of the 20th century, Palo employer for several years, but band left for Hawaii and never months). But as a council member, on the National Register, designed Alto was home to many teeto- its fortunes turned as the Santa returned; her second had another Holman has to be immersed more by a revered female California ar- talers, and even after the repeal Clara Valley’s orchards dwindled. wife), she eventually found solid in the concrete, the brick-and- chitect and first home to the Chil- of Prohibition the city remained In May 1925, Mayfield’s citizens nuptials with justice of the peace mortar history of local buildings dren’s Theatre,” Holman said. largely dry for several years, voted 357 to 288 to be annexed and state senator Joseph Wallis. and streets and neighborhoods. As another example, she added thanks to a state law that banned into Palo Alto. She also became a leading advo- “Having a good understanding that knowing the background of the sale of hard liquor near col- Winslow’s book had a chapter cate for women’s rights. of how we got to where we are to- Cubberley Community Center lege campuses of a certain size. on Mayfield, and PAHA’s Mc- For many years, the Wallis day, what guidance was laid out helps determine how to govern Meanwhile, “San Mateo County Donnell and Graham are in the family lived in the Palo Alto area. previously, provides a good foun- its future. The south Palo Alto was one of the wettest counties in midst of creating the complete Sarah Wallis was an investor in dation in how to approach current center, now a home to numerous the country,” Staiger said. Mayfield book, which they hope the San Francisco and San Jose and future actions,” she said. cultural and educational organi- will be published next summer. Railroad — and a major reason Holman cited a current propos- zations, was originally opened in lso positively sloshy — at “I’m being reintroduced to why today’s California Avenue al to build a downtown office and 1956 as Cubberley High School least for a time — was the Mayfield. It’s really quite a thrill,” train station is where it is. “They theater complex at 27 University but closed in 1979 in the wake of town of Mayfield, which said McDonnell, who has been on were going to put the train station Ave. The plan would displace the declining enrollment. Most of it is once had so many saloons that PAHA’s board for six years and is on the corner of Churchill and building that houses the MacAr- still owned by the school district Stanford students sometimes also the historian for The Wom- Alma,” McDonnell said. “But thur Park restaurant, a structure and leased by the city; with the sang a drinking song about the an’s Club of Palo Alto. She and the local people and Sarah Wallis designed by Hearst Castle archi- lease expiring at the end of the “road to Mayfield,” according to Graham are currently immersed wanted the station in their town tect Julia Morgan. next year, the center’s future is an “Palo Alto: A Centennial His- in research for the book, going (Mayfield), so they could get to it. “Knowing the history and im- tory,” a tome published by jour- through archives and newspapers She was a leader in that sense.” portance of the Julia Morgan (continued on next page) nalist Ward Winslow and PAHA and, especially, photos. Later, McDonnell added: in 1993. they’ll formalize the structure of “She was also very Unfortunately for the barflies, chapters. prominent in getting Mayfield succumbed to the dry “To me, pictures say a lot more good schools estab- spirit and voted in a saloon ban than words. There are some really lished. That wasn’t that took effect on New Year’s good pictures of the houses that always common in Day of 1905. are quite amazing for that era,” those days.” No history of Palo Alto would McDonnell said. “But mainly you The Wallises be complete without a look at look at the people there. That’s lived first on May- Mayfield, which emerged as a what matters.” field Farm in what town in the 1850s. Its first school As McDonnell does her re- is now the Barron was established in 1855, in a log search, she’s constantly asking Park area of Palo cabin. By the early 1890s, when herself, “Why?” Alto, and then neighboring Palo Alto was taking “Why did they come there in moved to a smaller form, Mayfield “lay somewhat the first place?” she muses about house in Mayfield isolated, dependent on farming, Mayfield. “The ecology is terri- after the economic downturn of 1875. Sarah Wallis Park marks the site of that home. Long interested in women’s history, McDonnell has been fascinated with Wal- lis for years, and helped get a his- From the archives: A 1935 advertisement for the Peninsula toric plaque put up The University Brass Band in Mayfield celebrates the Fourth of July in 1889, Creamery, taken from a city directory. in her honor at the depicted in a Palo Alto Historical Association photo.

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VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® cil and the Historic Resources about the brand- Board and is simply awaiting suf- ing of Palo Alto,” open question. ficient funding to break ground, Staiger said. Holman is looking ahead to a Holman said. Giving a visitor future that includes a new Palo The museum’s board is still a tour of the ar- Alto History Museum downtown. studying what its final fundrais- chives, he ambles While she stepped aside as execu- ing goal will be and is consult- between rows of tive director last year and PAHA ing with potential donors, Green file cabinets la- board member Rich Green now said. “Funds are needed for re- beled by subject. heads the museum, she clearly rehabilitation of the Roth Building, One is marked mains passionate about the need operations, a reserve and an en- “Organizations,” for the facility. dowment. Construction funds to with the Penin- The museum would “serve as a complete the rehabilitation of the sula Women’s core resource to connect people building are estimated to be in the Chorus, the Par- from around the world to our city’s area of $2.5 million.” ents’ Club of dynamic past,” she said. “It will Green said the board is also Palo Alto and be a place of great inspiration, de- looking for funds for the first two Menlo Park, the signed to help us better understand to three years of operations. “The Rainbow Girls, and more effectively influence the expectation is that our campaign the Rebekahs. At world in which we live.” will be aggressive,” he said. 30,000 strong, As planned, the museum would the obituaries house the city’s archives as well as or Staiger, the close of that take up a lot exhibits on such topics as the local campaign can’t come soon of space in the history of education, technology, enough. He gets a little cabinets. More sports and the arts. Classes for dreamy when he talks about a prominent Palo children and adults are also envi- new history museum, one that Altans like Birge This photo from the Palo Alto Historical Association shows police and protesters sioned, along with joint programs could be part of a historic district Clark get bigger, in a 1960s war protest. with such organizations as the in the neighborhood of the Mu- “obituaries-plus” Stanford Historical Society and seum of American Heritage, the files; his folder also contains an cific photos. from San Francisco, where would history classes at local schools. Hewlett-Packard garage and the autobiography and a genealogy of Another possible reason why he stay, what would he eat? “We The museum’s proposed home, Woman’s Club. his family. fewer recent photos are being showed him city directories, old the Birge Clark-designed Roth While the archives have more Staiger also points out files of donated is that they’re often shot menus, where the character could Building at 300 Homer Ave., has commonly housed two-dimen- houses listed by address. They digitally and never printed. PAHA get alcohol,” Staiger said. plenty of history of its own. Be- sional artifacts, Staiger also keeps might include details on when and is fine with receiving digital im- Mission accomplished. And yet, sides formerly housing the Palo an eye out for items that would how an early-20th-century house ages — its website’s wealth of as any historian — or gumshoe — Alto Medical Clinic, the structure look good in a museum display was built or something as recent images attests to that — but one knows, there is often a part of the holds the dubious honor of spark- case. Those include the black as last week’s newspaper listing. technology-related challenge it is story that remains unknown. ing Palo Alto’s first traffic jam. satin jacket that hangs on the wall “One of the things we most avidly still grappling with is how best to “He was very excited with the Victor Arnautoff’s Art Deco of the archives, sporting the logo collect is real-estate ads,” Staiger share high-res versions with the information,” said Staiger, who murals created a commotion in “Cameo Club.” The cardroom said. Ads can give great insight public. then looked a little disappointed. 1932 for depicting half-naked pa- used to be on El Camino Real into architectural styles that were Technology evolves, but many “But we never saw the book.” N tients in the examination room; in south Palo Alto. The jacket is popular in a given era, or just of the questions that visitors ask after the San Francisco Chronicle probably from the 1980s. tell how many bathrooms people the city historian remain the same. Arts and Entertainment Editor ran a critical article in the Sunday Other items include a host of liked to have. People still ask about their own Rebecca Wallace can be emailed paper, “everyone drove by after pens and pencils with logos for Also prevalent are old phone genealogy, who built their house at [email protected]. church to see for themselves,” the city’s utility department and books; old newspapers stored on and when. Kids still love historic Staiger said. libraries. Everyday, perhaps, but microfilm, some of them defunct mysteries; when Staiger gives pre- Today, the museum project has they could mean something more. (the Palo Alto Live Oak, anyone?); sentations at third-grade classes, been approved by the City Coun- “This could be part of an exhibit and old Polk’s city directories that the students love speculating listed a person’s name, address, about why Mayfield landowner phone number and profession. A Peter Coutts built the medieval phone book from the turn of the Frenchman’s Tower in 1875. (It’s The Palo Alto Historical 20th century combined Palo Alto still a mystery.) Association’s archives are with the whole county, because For decades, Staiger has kept currently housed in Room there were only about 100 tele- track on index cards of all the H-5 at the Cubberley Com- phones in the entire county. inquiries he receives each year. munity Center, 4000 Mid- And there are lots of yearbooks. The cards show the numbers are dlefield Road, Palo Alto, A city historian can never have growing, he said. As an example, and open Tuesdays from 4 to too many yearbooks. They’re he pulls out his neatly inked card 8 p.m. and Thursdays from great for looking up past fashions from fiscal year 1994-95: 266 in- 1 to 5 p.m. and hairstyles, but they can also person visitors, 161 phone inqui- PAHA also presents provide important insight into ries, 13 mail or other (“other” is free public programs at genealogy and changes in demo- probably email). That’s a total of its monthly general meet- graphics, Staiger said. 440 for one year, compared to 40 ings the first Sunday of the So Staiger would like your for September 2013 (15 in-person, month. The next is 2 p.m. yearbook, if you don’t want it any- 10 phone, 15 mail or email). Dec. 1 at the Lucie Stern more. Especially if you graduated Some of the most interesting Community Center, 1305 after 1970, which is when the col- inquiries are the most specific. Middlefield Road, Palo lection starts to drop off. One man had a passion for vin- Alto. This is true of the archive as a tage menus, Staiger said, pulling For details, go to whole. It’s less strong on docu- out his menu file. A pink one for pahistory.org. Information ments, photos and other items a restaurant called Blum’s offers about the Palo Alto History from more recent years, perhaps Ham Steak Dixie with candied Museum project is posted because people don’t think their sweet potato for $1.50. at paloaltohistorymuseum. own “present-day” things are re- Palo Alto author Meg Waite org. ally historic. Staiger estimates that Clayton worked with Staiger to fewer than 10 percent of the ar- do research for her novel “The chives’ photos are from the 1990s Wednesday Sisters,” about five or beyond. “We’re always asking women living in Palo Alto in the About the cover: In a people to send photos of things 1960s. “She thanked me in her ac- circa-1913 photo drawn that might be historic or paint a knowledgments,” he said. from Palo Alto’s city picture of a place or time, even if Then there was the man who archives, Harry Brown and they don’t think it’s worth any- came in because he was writing a C.C. Walker sit in Brown’s thing,” Staiger said. “Guy Miller noir novel about a Sam Spade type car on University Avenue would say, ‘Let me throw it away in the 1930s and ‘40s. The char- near the Eagle Drug Co. The city archives contain many menus and other items from Palo for you.’ I say, ‘Let me recycle it acter was going to come through (next to the bicycle), which Alto’s restaurant history, including this menu from the bygone for you.’” PAHA has even enlisted Palo Alto, and the author wanted Walker owned. L’Omelette (which was later known as Chez Louis). people to go out and shoot spe- to know: How would he get here

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This year is the 50th anniversary of Robert Frost’s death, and the passing years have not displaced him from his standing as one of America’s favorite poets. His poems invest commonplace realities with eerie significance, give voice to bittersweet ironies in crisp vernacular language, and cultivate a sense of wonder (and often elegiac loss) in a mythic New England landscape. Monday, December 2 Frost’s poems are often little dramas, quirky soliloquies and 7:30 pm darkly comic monologues, plain spoken, deceptively simple Cubberley Auditorium School of Education yet complex and ambiguous—perfect for the stage. Stanford University Free and open to the public In Fire and Ice, Frost’s poems will be performed as dramatic readings in a unique production assembled and produced by Hilton Obenzinger and directed and performed by Kay Kostopoulos with acclaimed actor James Carpenter. The performance will be followed by a discussion with Professor of English Emeritus Albert Gelpi on Frost’s reputation and the understanding of his work in the 21st century.

Give blood for life! bloodcenter.stanford.edu For more info: continuingstudies.stanford.edu

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Guitarist Will Ackerman, who grew up in the College Terrace neighborhood, returns to Palo Alto for a Dec. 7 guest appearance.

Seasoned producer and Windham Hill Records founder credits Palo Alto for lighting his musical fire by Rebecca Wallace

p in the mountains of Wind- The trio’s Dave Guard went to music, contemporary instrumen- great fun to produce.” Navel.” His 2004 album “Return- ham County, Vt., Will Ack- Stanford, and Ackerman regular- tal. (Ackerman is not fond of the As for Ackerman, he says his ing” won a Grammy Award for U erman’s Imaginary Road ly watched the group try out new term “New Age.”) role at the Dec. 7 concert will be Best New Age Album, and “Med- Studios has a fine Steinway and material on campus. By the time The new record, Shambhu as guest musician to Shambhu’s itations,” “Hearing Voices” (2001) sweeping views. There, the gui- the trio did a benefit concert up wrote in a press release, is also main act: playing three or four and “Sound of Wind Driven Rain” tarist and founder of Windham at the Masonic Auditorium in San meant to be inspiring. songs, and a duet or two with (1998) were also nominated for Hill Records finds fulfillment in Francisco, Ackerman was such a “I wrote ‘Dreaming of Now’ Shambhu. Other musicians from Grammys. His guitar sometimes producing a variety of acoustic “crazy fan” that one of the man- as a feeling of how the world the new album will join the two blends with strings, horns and music, much of it meditative and agers got him a box seat, he said. could be, right now — imagin- on stage: percussionist David Di- other sounds, or even electric bass bright. He was 12. ing a peaceful planet in this very Lullo, bassist Dewayne Pate, key- or subtle vocals. Ackerman has But when Ackerman thinks Even before that, when he was moment with music that aims to boardist Frank Martin, drummer also published a book, “The Will about his own musical roots, he small, a favorite sitter (whom touch the perfection, beauty and Celso Alberti and Premik Russell Ackerman Collection,” with 14 sees not the autumn colors of the everyone called “the beatnik diversity that we are as a people Tubbs on wind instruments and songs transcribed note for note. Northeast but the Stanford hills babysitter”) would take him to and a global home,” he said. Jeff Oster on flugelhorn. Earlier this year, Ackerman and the fields that surrounded downtown Palo Alto to see Joan The album also shows Shamb- Listeners will probably hear also netted the Lifetime Achieve- Palo Alto’s College Terrace neigh- Baez sing at an underground cof- hu’s versatility, Ackerman said. at least one of Ackerman’s most ment Award, among other honors, borhood when he was growing up fee house in downtown Palo Alto. “He’s done serious rock music, popular songs, like “The Brick- at the ZMR Music Awards in New there. The city was a major hub of folk he’s done electric, he’s done real layer’s Beautiful Daughter,” which Orleans. The Zone Music Report- Born in 1949, Ackerman lived music then, Ackerman recalled. jazz, and is a really fine player can be heard on albums including er is a website that monitors radio in Palo Alto for the first 13 years “That was what really colored my and has a tremendous range,” he 2008’s “Meditations.” airplay of acoustic instrumental, of his life. That’s where he started early life and got me into guitar.” said. “The record we just did is “I haven’t done a new record in world, ambient and other genres. playing guitar, and where he fell Next month, Ackerman will probably more jazz-influenced many years, although I feel the Ackerman had no idea he was for folk and acoustic sounds. As head west to return to his Pen- than anything I’ve been involved stirrings of it now,” Ackerman up for the award until he saw his a kid, he would ride his bike over insula roots. On Dec. 7, he’s set with in a long time.” said. picture up on the screen at the to the old Stanford student union to perform at the Unity Palo Alto Most of the music Ackerman A new Ackerman recording ceremony, along with videos of to watch musicians playing there. church at a CD-release party for produces has a focus on melody would become part of an ample friends and colleagues singing his The crowds could be small, but Marin guitarist Shambhu. Acker- and harmony, and is typically and popular collection. The plat- praises, he said. “I just burst into some of the names were about to man co-produced Shambhu’s new acoustic. “With Shambhu you inum-selling artist has released tears. It was so lovely.” be big. “I watched the Kingston record, “Dreaming of Now.” also have real rhythm and inter- 14 albums of his lyrical, graceful Throughout his career, some el- Trio come up,” he said in an in- Shambhu describes his sound as esting time signatures,” he said. work, going back to the 1976 re- ements of Ackerman’s music have terview. world music or, like Ackerman’s “It’s adventuresome. It was such cording “In Search of the Turtle’s remained the same: an emphasis

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Info: The CD-release concert, put on by East West Bookstore, goes from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7 at Unity Palo Alto, 3391 Middle- Inspirations is a resource for ongoing religious services field Road, Palo Alto. Tickets and special events. To inquire about or to reserve space in are $25 in advance and $30 at Inspirations, please contact Blanca Yoc at 223-6596 the door. Go to eastwest.com or email [email protected] or call 650-988-9800.

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Century 20: 12:05, 2:35, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 p.m. When “Nebraska” sticks with Blue is the Warmest Color (NC-17) (((1/2 the elegiac, the mournful and the Aquarius Theatre: 12:30, 4:15, 8:15 p.m. sliver-of-hopeful, it lets us know The Book Thief (PG-13) (1/2 Century 20: 10:20 a.m. & 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, it cares and isn’t just another 10:20 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 4, 7 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 10 p.m. Managing Broker glib, condescending, Coen-esque The Dallas Buyers Club (R) ((1/2 Century 16: 10:25 a.m. & 1:25, DeLeon Realty comedy of “morons” (Woody’s 4:25, 7:35, 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m. & 1:50, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 p.m. JD - Rutgers School of Law insult of choice). A visit to the Delivery Man (PG-13) ((1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m. & 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, hollowed-out erstwhile fam- 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m. & 2, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05 p.m. L.L.M (Taxation) ily homestead effortlessly haunts, Ender’s Game (PG-13) Century 16: 7:15, 10 p.m. NYU School of Law tapping into the universal horror Century 20: 11:30 a.m. & 2:25, 5:10, 8:05, 10:45 p.m. of life’s swift entropy. Though Enough Said (PG-13) ((( Aquarius Theatre: noon & 4:45, 9:45 p.m. Woody and David are inevitably Free Birds (PG) Century 16: 9:25 & 11:50 a.m. & 2:15, 4:50 p.m. (650) 488.7325 Century 20: 11 a.m. & 4, 6:50 p.m. In 3D 1:30, 9:10 p.m. careening toward disappointment, DRE# 01854880 | CA BAR# 255996 small victories are just as inevita- Frozen (PG) Century 16: 9 a.m. & noon & 2:50, 5:35, 8:20, 11 p.m. bly in store. In 3D 10:45 a.m. & 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 p.m. [email protected] Dern finely delineates Woody Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1:20, 4:05, 7, 9:45 p.m. In 3D 11:34 a.m. & 2:20 p.m. as someone who’s described as Gravity (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 10:10 a.m. In 3D 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 12:35 p.m. always having been confused but Century 20: 10:45 a.m. & 1:15, 3:40, 6, 8:25, 10:45 p.m. www.deleonrealty.com capable of moments of cruel lucid- Homefront (R) ((( ity: cruel to himself (in his disap- Century 16: 9:15 & 11:50 a.m. & 2:25, 5:10, 7:55, 10:35 p.m. pointed lack of accomplishment) Century 20: 11:55 a.m. & 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 p.m. and cruel to those around him. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 9, 9:45, He’s a persistently annoyed, insis- 10:30, 11:15 a.m. & noon & 12:30, 1:15, 2, 2:45, 3:30, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:30, tently selfish alcoholic, but Dern 8:15, 9, 9:45, 10:30 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 11 p.m. Century 20: 10:20, 11, 11:45 a.m. & 1:05, 1:40, 2:20, 3:05, 4:25, 5, 5:40, 6:25, 7:45, 8:20, 9, 9:45 p.m. gives him a pitiable humanity that The Lady Eve (Not Rated) makes it impossible to write him Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat-Sun also at 4:15 p.m. off. Meanwhile, Forte’s essential Last Vegas (PG-13) ((( Century 20: 11:25 a.m. & 2, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 p.m. decency shines through his gentle, skillfully reactive turn. Monkey Business (1952) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 6, 9:15 p.m. Payne knows of what he depicts, Nebraska (R) ((( Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 9:55 p.m. clearly, and that audiences can ap- preciate this “little change of scen- Oldboy (R) Century 16: 9:20 & 11:55 a.m. & 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:35 p.m. ery” at least as much as Woody. If Philomena (PG-13) ((( Century 20: 11:40 a.m. & 2:10, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 p.m. Guild Theatre: 1:45, 4:15, 7, 9:30 p.m. you can grin and bear eye-rolling Thor: The Dark World (PG-13) Century 16: 12:30, 3:35, 7:05 p.m. In situations like Stacy Keach giv- 3D 9:30 a.m. & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m. & 7:55 p.m. In 3D 1:55, 4:50, ing a musty karaoke performance 10:40 p.m. of “In the Ghetto,” there’s found White Christmas (1954) (Not Rated) poetry in the film’s slow builds of Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 p.m. respect and its deeply understated emotional climax: a father and son crossing past each other as est ally. But when Maddy puts a have made him the most bank- they switch seats. licking on a school bully and an- able martial-arts star of the past gers the youngster’s addict mother 15 years. Rated R for some language. Cassie (an almost unrecognizable The weak link comes in the form One hour, 55 minutes. Kate Bosworth), Phil gets caught of Winona Ryder as Gator’s strung- in the crossfire. out girlfriend. While Ryder cer- — Peter Canavese Cassie turns to her ne’er-do- tainly looks the part, her delivery well brother, Gator (Franco), to is erratic and she doesn’t immerse Homefront --- put a little scare into Phil. And herself in the role with the same Gator — being the area’s meth- gusto as Franco and Bosworth. (Century 16, Century 20) Stan- making head honcho — has plen- There is a certain seediness to dard Statham action gets a solid ty of loathsome friends to help. To the happenings here, darkened acting boost courtesy of James make matters worse, Gator quick- by the abundance of meth use, Franco in the Louisiana-based ly uncovers the truth about Phil’s so don’t expect a blithe, uplifting “Homefront.” We can put this furtive past, and soon old enemies tone. The bayou backdrop sparks in the “co-stars you thought you are rearing their ugly heads. Phil comparisons to similar Big Easy would never see” category. will have to protect his daughter actioners such as Jean-Claude Van British jaw-breaker Jason and his home with every upper- Damme’s “Hard Target” (1993), Statham and Palo Alto native cut, wheel kick and arm lock he though “Homefront” has more in Franco square off in a small has in his arsenal. common with Patrick Swayze’s southern town, Statham’s ex-DEA “Homefront” presents one of family-grudge thriller “Next of agent versus Franco’s meth-deal- the more unusual collaborations Kin” (1989). ing dirtbag. And while the film of recent memory, with Statham Ultimately, this unlikely team- periodically feels predictable and and Franco working off a screening of Statham and Franco proves formulaic, Franco’s gritty portray- play by Rambo himself, Sylves- to be a clever blend of action and al coupled with Statham’s fighting ter Stallone. Fortunately for the acting. And the production values skills make “Homefront” a worth- viewer, it all seems to work. Stal- are strong throughout, especially while cinematic escape. lone’s script (based on the novel in the sound department, so every Phil Broker (Statham) and his by Chuck Logan) is sharp, and bone-cracking punch has a little young daughter, Maddy (Iza- the film moves at a smooth pace. extra emphasis. bela Vidovic, outperforming her Franco is particularly good in the age), are living the quiet life in acting department and his pres- Rated R for strong violence, Louisiana. 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Upcoming au- Within Us All,” by David Kelley David, a Stanford University Fear to Courage; Spark: From incorporated not only the MRI thors at Books Inc., 301 Castro and Tom Kelley; Crown Busi- graduate, founded IDEO. He also Blank Page to Insight; and Leap: machine, but the entire room. St., Mountain View: Tim Teeman, ness; 304 pages; $28 founded Stanford’s Hasso Plattner From Planning to Action, the book Colorful decals turned the for- “In Bed with Gore Vidal: Hustlers, Institute of Design at Stanford, starts by knocking down myths bidding-looking machine into a Hollywood, and the Private World ver hear a friend or col- commonly known as “d.school.” that form barriers and building pirate ship. A captain’s wheel of An American Master” (Dec. 5, league — or even yourself Tom helped IDEO grow from 15 self-esteem. surrounded the chamber’s open- 7:30 p.m.) and Robin Chapman — say “I’m not the creative designers to a staff of more than One of the first concepts: em- ing. A boat picture inside made “California Apricots: The Lost E type?” 600, and led the company in busi- bracing failure so that it leads to the chamber seem less claus- Orchards of Silicon Valley” (Dec. Palo Alto authors David Kelley ness development, marketing, hu- innovation. Examples include trophobic. Technicians turned 14, 1 p.m.). Information: www. and Tom Kelley, two innovation man resources and operations. Thomas Edison and the Wright the exam into play by creating booksinc.net wizards who head up the global He authored the bestsellers “The brothers, in whose work failure was a fantasy. The exam table was a design and innovation firm IDEO, Art of Innovation” and “The Ten a built-in part of the process rather boat entering the water and the THE WAY OF DYING ... Nearly half aim to debunk that self-defeating Faces of Innovation.” than sources of defeat, they note. children must stay still and not of all Americans now die in hospice thinking. rock the vessel. care, often at home, and the new Creativity is a mindset and an After the “voyage,” children book “Changing The Way We Die, approach to finding new solutions picked a small treasure from a Compassionate End-of-Life Care — and that is the driving force be- pirate’s chest on the other side of and the Hospice Movement” ex- hind successful business and any the room, the authors wrote. As amines that quiet revolution. The successful goal in life, according a result, the majority of children book, which is written by New York to the brothers’ new book, “Cre- did not need anesthesia during the journalist Fran Smith and author ative Confidence: Unleashing exam, the authors wrote. and Palo Alto Weekly contributor the Creative Potential Within Us Such “human factors” are Sheila Himmel, takes a deep look All.” where the best opportunities for into this $14-billion-a-year industry A bold, positive book brim- innovation reside, they argue. But and the cultural shifts in attitudes ming with the confident brush inspiration isn’t pulled from thin and practices related to dying. The strokes of two masters of creative air. Creative thinking means go- authors argue that hospice care thinking, “Creative Confidence” ing out into the world to have ex- should be routine, like surgery and reaches down inside the reader ÕÀÌiÃÞÊvÊ " periences and collaborating with antibiotics, and standard practice to loosen up the kind of freedom other people to look at problems in medical care. Hospice care is that has been locked up by years from other perspectives. more about living well until the end of pragmatic conditioning. “Don’t wait for the proverbial of life for the terminally ill than a As children, everyone enjoyed apple to fall on your head,” they bedside vigil of waiting for death to the free flow of creative ideas Palo Alto-based IDEO founder David Kelley and IDEO partner wrote. arrive. The book compassionately and thinking: devising games, Tom Kelley are the authors of “Creative Confidence: Unleashing And change the way one frames offers perspectives from hospice role playing, putting on plays and the Creative Potential Within Us All.” the question, they said. patients, family members of ter- puppet shows and painting. That “In retail environments, we’ve minally ill patients and hospice spirit is still within each person. With “Creative Confidence,” Throughout the book, the au- discovered that if you change the professionals that take the reader Everyone is inherently creative, rather than a rule book or “how thors focus on building empathy. question from ‘how might we re- on a journey through what hospice the authors say, even if they don’t to’s,” the Kelleys have crafted a The opening chapter examines duce customer waiting time?’ to is and what it can be, and it ends artistically rise to the level of volume where humanness perme- how inventions can fail when one ‘how might we reduce perceived with an analysis of the lucrative Leonardo DaVinci. ates its lessons. In fact, the book’s is focused only on elegant design. waiting time?’ it opens up whole hospice business and the cultural But creativity is now widely inception came from a very hu- The magnetic-resonance im- new avenues of possibility, like revolution that is changing the way recognized as an important com- man place. aging (MRI) machine is a case using a video display wall to pro- people die. The book will soon be ponent driving business innova- David was diagnosed with in point, they said. Developed vide an entertaining distraction,” available at Kepler’s Books and tion, and problems ranging from cancer in 2007, and the broth- by Doug Dietz, the MRI was they wrote. Books, Inc. fundraising to solving the world’s ers, who have always been a brilliantly designed piece of Fear, the single biggest ob- crises increasingly depend on cre- close, talked endlessly during medical machinery that is now stacle to creative success, ac- FOR WOMEN FACING CANCER ... ative solutions. “Creative Confi- the months of chemotherapy, a ubiquitous medical tool. Dietz cording to the Kelleys, is the Palo Alto author and artist Mimm dence” is therefore an important radiation and surgery. They thought he would receive acco- subject of an entire chapter. But Patterson has published “A book because it opens the mind promised that if he got well, lades when the machine was tri- developing a constructive view Woman’s Face,” a book of photo- to explore ways to tap creativity, they would take a fun brother/ aled in a hospital. But instead, of failure can move ideas for- graphic portraits of 50 women or with the greatest obstacle being brother trip — and they would he felt he had failed, the Kelleys ward. all ages and backgrounds by four one’s own fear. Never dogmatic work on a project together that note. Video gamers use this skill photographers. The book was or preachy, the book is a straight- would share their ideas with Why? Because the machine continuously to move to a higher motivated by the cancer diagno- forward read in muscular prose. It each other and the world. That frightened children, the very level because the next goal is nev- sis of a friend, and offers a visual is filled with real-world anecdotes collaborative project became people he was trying to help by er completely out of reach, the au- sense of community and encour- from the authors’ own innovative “Creative Confidence.” creating a non-invasive, painless thors noted. It is “the desire to act agement for women who feel journeys to create new products “If there’s an upside to that diagnostic tool. But instead of giv- immediately to tackle an obstacle, alone in any crisis. Proceeds will and insights into the creative terrible disease, it’s that cancer ing up, Dietz attended a workshop motivated by the belief that you go to help the Arbor Free Clinic in processes of some of the world’s forces deep reflection, causing at Stanford’s d.school, where he have a reasonable hope of suc- Menlo Park and the YWCA Sili- greatest creative minds, from the you to think about purpose and learned a “human-centered” ap- cess. Gamers always believe that con Valley’s Support Network for Wright brothers to Steve Jobs. meaning in your life,” they wrote proach to product development. an ‘epic win’ is possible — that it Battered Women. The book can The Kelleys know their mate- in the preface. He didn’t redesign the machine, is worth trying, and trying now, be purchased at Samyama Yoga rial. They have 30 years of expe- The good news is that David’s but he redefined the experience. over and over again,” the Kelleys Center, 2995 Middlefield Road, rience employing their creative cancer is in remission and the Dietz got into his diminutive wrote. muscle. They have helped design public gets this wonderful book. patients’ minds. He observed (continued on next page) everything from low-cost clean- Divided into eight boldly defined children at a day care center; he (continued on next page) ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 27 Title Pages

VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® on like the brilliantly illuminated surroundings like a visitor to a turing the kind of open mind that to recognize the door was always light bulb over a cartoon charac- foreign land; be open to chance allows one to experience an epiph- open in the first place. N As inspiring as the Kelleys’ ter’s head. It must be cultivated, discoveries and happy accidents any, the Kelleys said. By building Staff Writer Sue Dremann book is, the authors also caution the authors said. To get from the — rather than trying to clean creative confidence, the reader can be emailed at sdremann@ readers not to expect overnight blank page to insight, think like them up, they suggest. And culti- accepts a gentle push through the paweekly.com. success. Creativity doesn’t flash a traveler, turning fresh eyes on vate “creative serendipity” by nur- mind’s open doors — and comes Book Talk Family Caregiving 101 VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® Palo Alto, or purchased online as a download from Magcloud at www. BACK BY POPULAR magcloud.com/shop. FREE DEMAND: Interactive GETTING NAKED ... In the new Thursday, Dec. 5, 7pm book by Palo Alto author Betsy Workshops! Franco, “Naked,” a young acting major touches the Rodin sculpture How to Increase “Meditation” and burns his finger Balance & on the bronze. Returning to the garden that night, he meets a naked, Decrease Falls disoriented girl who has emerged from the statue. The fictional story of Ellen Corman, MRA, the relationship between the young Stanford University Medical Center woman, Camille, and the young actor explores love, loss and the power Limited Space. of art through her sinister memories of a past 19th-century relationship RSVP to (650) 289-5498 or as sculptor Rodin’s muse and the [email protected] young man’s own conflicts with his abusive father. The book is available Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center at Kepler’s Books and Books, Inc. N 270 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040 Items for Book Talk may be RSVP to (650) 289-5498 sent to Associate Editor Carol Blitzer, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 93202 or e-mailed to cblitzer@paweekly.com by the last Friday of the month.

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traditionalto ❉ eclectic Designers off er tips on blending old and new by Carol Blitzer olidays come year after year. While some look for- H ward to digging into those stored crates of family mementos and hand-made baubles, remind- ers of Christmas past, others are thinking: What’s new? One way to gain inspiration is to check out the Finishing Touch- es Home Tour, a benefit for the Junior League of Palo Alto*Mid Peninsula that includes four homes in Atherton and Menlo Park. Nancy Evars, an interior designer with Evars + Anderson Design, Menlo Park, will be designing holiday decor for one of the homes. Although she’s done this twice before, this year she’ll be doing her own home, which was completed just a year ago. “I usually don’t do conventional Christmas colors — red and green. I bring in pink, purple, gold or turquoise,” she said. This year she plans to do a formal setting in her dining room, whose chairs are upholstered in Kelly green. Bloomingdale’s is supplying the china, with touches of gold and purple.

“It’ll be an elegant table. ... The >VÞÊ Û>ÀÃ green chairs will complement Nancy Evars likes to pull out the stops when hosting a small dinner nicely,” she said. party or a large Christmas dinner. That means crystal, china and The main tree will be placed in a themed touch: masks for Mardi Gras, above, or perhaps an the front window facing the street, ornament for the holidays. which just happens to be in her home office. Her choice of decor she and her husband were dating. and white flowers, which she is “elegant,” with ornaments in The kitchen will sport more marched across her table. Anoth- gold, white, dark pink and green. organic decorations: artichokes, er year she found candles in tall “It’s nice to see the tree from fruits and vegetables showcased glasses to serve as a centerpiece outside,” she said, recalling that on the kitchen table, along with — all from Target. they put it in the spacious family branches and berries. Cathy Ettel, with her partner room last year; afterward they’ll And outside there will be a Laura Pohlen, of ParkGate Home, decide which they prefer. s’mores bar set up, next to the out- Menlo Park, will begin in a more A separate tree will be set up for door fireplace and seating area. traditional mode: First, they’ll find her three children in the basement, Evars said one doesn’t have to out what’s important to the client, which serves as a play area. spend a fortune to create stunning what they want to keep and use. “We’ll decorate with ornaments holiday decorations. She suggests “It’s all about family and mem- collected over the years,” she said, buying a lot of the same blossom ories,” she said. “Then, we incor- recalling how they pull each one — three white orchid plants put in porate new and fresh in with their out and talk about where it came a large pot with moss, or create a things.” from. One came from their previ- tight ball of red carnations. “It looks In this home there’ll be two ous neighbors in their old neigh- more expensive than they really are trees, one in the family room in- borhood, who gave them one with and has more impact,” she said. corporating what they already own, both families’ names on it. Anoth- One year she popped into Mi- er has a heart and was a gift when chael’s and bought gold reindeer (continued on next page) ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 29 HAPPY HOLIDAYS ❉ ❉ ❉

S E RV LD ING OR TH E W E CHILDREN OF TH VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® plus children’s ornaments made in school, preschool and at home. .FOMP1BSL,JXBOJT$MVC For the living room tree, they’ll go new, with lots of white, silver $ISJTUNBT5SFFT and blue — and lots of glitter, Et- tel said. Our 42nd Year! Given that the owner likes contemporary but has family antiques, Ettel will help create an “eclectic Beautiful Noble Fir Trees delivered blend. ... To us it’s all about main- FRESH WEEKLY from Oregon taining what belongs to the client and making it her home, not our Located: On the Stanford Campus next to the home. We’ll reflect her style in an Football Stadium on El Camino Real updated way.” >VÞÊ Û>ÀÃ That style will include incor- The circular accent dishes take center stage at this Christmas near Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto porating some family history, her dinner table, which is done up in gold, dark pink and purples. The Opens: Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 grandfather’s artwork, antique floral arrangement was kept simple, with white and green flowers. pieces and her children’s art, “yet Hours: Daily - 2 PM to 8 PM with a contemporary twist: new, Weekends - 9 AM to 8 PM fresh and eclectic,” she added. Jo Ann James, of Jo Ann James Interiors, Menlo Park, also will be Delivery Available working with a client to decorate her home for the holidays. So far Proceeds from your tree purchases goes to support many local organizations: she’s laid out a floor plan, color- ❃ Scholarships for Menlo Atherton Graduates coded, and had a meeting where ❃ Saint Anthony’s Dining Room ❃ Local Adopt-a-Teacher they decided on using plenty of fresh greens. They’ll go to the flower market to gather up an ar- ray of holiday greens, including pine cones, holly and pyracantha. “We’ll decorate the house so it is fragrant, very Christmasy feeling, HAPPY HOLIDAYS with some ornamentation — not a

lot,” she said. >VÞÊ Û>ÀÃ As part of the presentation, Instead of the usual red and green, Nancy Evars brought in pink and James is creating two easels with blue with touches of gold for this festive Christmas dinner party. poster board with suggestions for For place cards she added each guest’s initials to framed ornaments art supplies... unique gifts... docents to explain how old pieces from Pottery Barn Kids. The ornaments doubled as gifts. can be integrated into a new de- custom framing... toys & games... sign, she said. it’s appropriate to do a traditional “Each home is matched with a James noted that old ornaments Christian Christmas. We’ll keep it designer, who works with the ho- ready-made frames... cards & calendars.. can often be reused, with a new neutral, contemporary,” she said. meowners to use their decorations twist. To change clear ornaments That means no swags or wreaths and bring in more. There’ll be ev- canvas & brushes... acrylics & oils... used last year, for example, one inside, but maybe some clean, erything from a traditional family could roll up little pieces of rib- square lanterns, plus a series of Christmas to a very modern Christ- photo frames... framed prints... bon, or break a colored ornament, white wreaths that are lit, on the mas, to just some holiday/winter/ then place the pieces inside. Add windows facing the street. the season” decor, Hyatt said. journals... and more! glue, shake up and the new bits “It’ll be cheerful and holiday-ish, “It’s fun to have the designer and pieces will adhere. “There are but not traditional,” she added. N come in and see what you have, various other ways to freshen up bring in a couple of new pieces to what you have,” she said. Last year for home tour shake it up a little bit,” she added. For the very contemporary house Caitlin Hyatt and Katherine In addition to the tour, a series she’s holiday-designing, James is Glass are putting the “finishing of mini-events will take place at thinking of filling the glass dome touches” on organizing the sixth the hotel, including boutiques, a of a pedestaled cake platter with annual Finishing Touches Home luncheon, cocktail party and a silver and gold ornaments. “It’s Tour, now in its final year. party-planning demonstration. contemporary but we’ll make it Four homes in Atherton and Jeffrey Allen Marks, a Los An- interesting to do but not too tra- Menlo Park will be decked out for geles designer and author of “The ditional Christmas. We feel that the holidays and shown via self- Meaning of Home,” will be key- we have such a wide, wonderful driven (with valet parking at each note speaker on Friday morning. basket of different people from all home) or by shuttle (leaving from All proceeds from the event over the world, so we don’t feel the Four Seasons Hotel). support Junior League community projects and grants, Hyatt said. N

Russian Orthodox Church What: Finishing Touches 1220 Crane Street, Menlo Park Home Tour When: Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Christmas Festival Where: Four homes in Ather- ton and Menlo Park; plus events at the Four Seasons Saturday, December 7th Hotel, 2050 University Ave., 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. East Palo Alto Cost: Shuttle-drive tour, $40; self-driven tour, $65; luncheon and lecture on Fri- ~ Russian Food day (includes self-drive tour), ~ Gifts $150; cocktail party Friday, $125; party demonstration Downtown Palo Alto 267 Hamilton Ave. 650-328-3500 ~ Live Music Saturday, $45 Visit The Annex and our stores in San Jose and Sacramento UniversityArt.com Info: www.thejuniorleague. org/home-tour

Page 30ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V ❉ ❉ ❉ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ❉ Arts for ❉ ❉ the holidays ❉ December calendars are full for local arts groups, BLACK FRIDAY offering performances, exhibits, bazaars and other events WEEKEND WINE SALE * by Rebecca Wallace $14. Go to cityofpaloalto.org. ols,” presented by Stanford’s Case Memorial Church Choir under 15% Discount till making holiday plans? There are “Nutcracker” per- the direction of Robert Huw There are plenty of festivi- formances aplenty on the Mid- Morgan. Admission is free, and S ties to choose from in the peninsula each winter. They the Memorial Church concert Mix or match on all coming weeks, whether you’re include several at the Mountain starts at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. The looking for choral music, the View Center for the Performing next night, the Friends of Mu- imported & domestic wines Sugar Plum Fairy, kids’ activities Arts at 500 Castro St.: Pacific sic at Stanford put on the yearly or artwork to give as gifts. Ballet Academy on Nov. 29 and “Holiday Musicale” spotlight- *On purchase of 12 or more 750ml bottles. Limited to stock on-hand. Read on for a sampling of sea- 30 and Dec. 1; and Western Bal- ing music-department ensem- In-store only. November 29 – December 1, 2013. sonal events in the Palo Alto area. let on Dec. 6 and 7. Also: Dance bles. Tickets are $15 general and Connection of Palo Alto at Gunn $10 for seniors and students. Go Art and exhibits High School’s Spangenberg The- to music.stanford.edu. Youngsters ages 5 and up can atre at 780 Arastradero Road in develop their creativity by doing Palo Alto Dec. 6 through Dec. The second week of December holiday-themed activities during 8. “Nutcracker” times and ticket is also big for holiday music at the Palo Alto Art Center’s Holiday prices vary; go to mvcpa.com or MemChu. On Dec. 11, “A Chan- 1.5 miles north of the Stanford Shopping Center Family Day from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. danceconnectionpaloalto.com. ticleer Christmas” features the 1540 El Camino Real Menlo Park ❖ 650.325.2806 7. The free event is at 1313 San Francisco men’s chorus at Newell Road. Go to cityof- Smuin Ballet also makes 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $28-$56 www.beltramos.com paloalto.org/artcenter. regular trips to the Mountain ($10 for Stanford students); go View Center for the Perform- to live.stanford.edu. The next At the 26th annual ❉ ing Arts. The “XXMAS” day, the Stanford Baroque Solo- Christmas Crêche Exhibit program will be performed Dec. ists perform a free concert called at the Church of Jesus Christ of 11-15: Wednesday through Friday “There were shepherds abid- Latter-Day Saints in Palo Alto, at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8, and ing in the fields ...” at 7:30. Go artists from around the globe offer Sunday at 2. Tickets are $49-$65. to music.stanford.edu. Dec. 13 up their own visions of one thing: Go to smuinballet.org. brings the popular “Messiah the nativity scene. Media typically Sing Along / Play Along,” at include glass, wood, ceramics and Music 7:30. Tickets are $15 general and even straw. Marionette shows and It’s all about tradition at “A $10 for students and seniors. Go musical performances will take Festival of Lessons and Car- to music.stanford.edu. N place throughout the exhibit, which runs Dec. 7-11, noon to 9 p.m. The church is at 3865 Middlefield Road, and admission is free. A full schedule is at christmascreche.org.

Many art galleries have holiday shows and sales in December, often with smaller works of art displayed as gift suggestions. To name two: Gallery House’s event is at 320 S. California Ave. in Palo Alto through Dec. 24, open Mon- day through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sundays from 11 to 3. Go to galleryhouse2.com. Portola Art Gallery has an “after- Thanksgiving shopping event” on Nov. 29 and 30 and a group show focused on gift-worthy art during the month of December. The gallery is in the Allied Arts Guild at 75 Arbor Road in Menlo Park. Go to portolaartgallery.com.

Dance &INE#RAFTSs(/,)$!93&!)2s,OCAL!RTISTS The Palo Alto Children’s The- December 6, 7, 8, 2013 atre presents a theatrical adaptation Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10-5 of “The Nutcracker,” adapted by June Walker Rogers, at the theater Hoover House (aka “The Girl Scout House”) at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo 1120 Hopkins, Palo Alto Alto. Performances are Dec. 5, 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m.; Dec. 7, 8, 14 for information and 15 at 2 p.m.; and Dec. 11 and 650-625-1736 or [email protected] 12 at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $12- ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 31 OPEN HOME GUIDE 40 Home & Real Estate Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com Home Front GLASS REINDEER? ... The Arts at Palo Alto High School, under the direction of Steve Ferrera, is Christmas At Our House the beneficiary of the first Winter Glass Sale, from 3:30 to 6:30 tour offers a look at p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, and from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, beautifully decorated at Palo Alto High School, 50 Em- barcadero Road, Palo Alto. The exceptional homes sale, which includes hand-blown glass ornaments, acorns, snails, apples, pears and more, includes free glass demonstrations and refreshments. Information: facebook.com/PalyFieryArts or Holiday http://tinyurl.com/kapzmd8

HOLIDAY GREENS SALE ... Gamble Garden’s flower ar- rangers will offer holiday ar- by Carol Blitzer / photos by Veronica Weber rangements — either in your container or one you purchase urlap, moss, driftwood: Expect this year is the brand-new Tuscan Villa, on sale day, from 9 a.m. to noon the unexpected at this year’s which owner Julie Panaccione has on Saturday, Dec. 14, in the InspirationsBChristmas At Our House home decorated using mostly natural materi- Tea House at Gamble Garden, tour, the 25th annual fundraiser put on als, from garlands made of bay-leaf and 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. by the Women’s Club of Saint Francis olive branches or grapevines to large Container drop off is at the Main High School in Mountain View. ornaments created from burlap-covered House between 8 and 11 a.m., Among the four homes in Los Altos striped balls. or 1 to 2 p.m., between Monday, and Los Altos Hills that are featured Carlo Panaccione calls the home Dec. 9, and Friday, Dec. 13, with more of an Italian farmhouse, and the pick up on sale day. Cost for decorations reflect the more rustic the arrangements range from aesthetic. He calls it “a comfortable $30 to $50. All proceeds benefit house,” clearly designed for family liv- Gamble Garden. Information: ing, complete with a doggy door. 650-329-1356 or www.gamble- The family moved in last Febru- garden.org ary, after a close to two-year planning and construction process. At first they CREEKSIDE PLANTING ... Vol- thought they’d remodel the 1963-built unteers of any age (with minors rancher, sitting on 1.4 acres. under 18 requiring a signed But, the house was built backwards, waiver and children 12 and un- with the best views mostly obscured der requiring an accompanying by overgrown trees and overlooking a adult) are needed for a workday blacktopped backyard. from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “It was going to be a remodel, but we on Saturday, Dec. 7, at El Palo got carried away,” Carlo Panaccione Alto Park, at intersection of Alma admitted. Street and Palo Alto Avenue. Today the 5,000-square-foot home Part of the Acterra Steward- boasts high ceilings, views of both the ship Program, volunteers will be hills to the west and the Bay to the east. helping to restore the food chain Panaccione, who grew up on the East by planting along the banks of Coast and spent time in Italy every San Francisquito Creek. Park- year, wanted his new home to reflect ing is best on the Menlo Park side of Alma, near East Creek VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊÎ{) Drive. Volunteers are asked to bring a reusable water bottle and to wear sturdy shoes and long pants. Gloves and tools will be provided. Information: www. acterra.org

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and brown, contrasted with shiny gold and red balls, or In addition to the home tour, the Christmas At Our Holiday inspirations red sprigs. House fundraiser offers a series of events, from lun- VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊÎÓ® Much is done with whimsy, from the owls sitting on cheons to shopping experiences and raffles. Entertain- a shelf in the kitchen, to the snowman on a trunk in the ment will be provided by St. Francis family musicians his Italian roots. family room. Another plaque, spelling out “Noel” and and vocalists. N The Panacciones started the project by having the also made of driftwood, rests on a row of soup cans, Associate Editor Carol Blitzer can be emailed at old house deconstructed, with various materials offered cloaked by a garland. [email protected]. to recycling companies. That proved to be a win-win, Fairy lights are encased in “cloche” globes. because the cost of the deconstruction was balanced READ MORE ONLINE against tax savings. www.PaloAltoOnline.com Then they sought recycled materials to incorporate in READ MORE ONLINE their new home: Beams found on Craigslist came from For more Home and Real Estate news, visit www.paloaltoonline. a 150-year-old barn in Tennessee; hickory beams were com/real_estate. used as mantels over fireplaces and incorporated into the kitchen island base; 200-year-old reclaimed tiles became part of the new roof. What: Christmas At Our House home tour “We wanted to seem like it had been here forever,” When: Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, 10 Panaccione said, adding, “We tried to keep it as au- a.m. to 3 p.m. thentic as possible and use real, natural textures.” That Where: Four homes in the Los Altos Hills area included the wide, character-grade hickory floor planks Cost: $45 in the living room, limestone flooring in the kitchen/ Info: http://tinyurl.com/of29qae family room and 200-year-old cherry wood turned into a What: Christmas At Our House other events powder-room vanity. When: Twilight Tour & Gala Preview Party: “It’s not a real Tuscan home, but at least most of it’s Thursday, Dec. 5, 4-10 p.m. (includes home real,” he added. tour on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. or on Friday When decorating for the holidays, that passion for us- or Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.); Elegant ing natural materials comes through over and over. The Luncheon Buffet: Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, large Christmas tree in the living room, for example, is Dec. 7, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Wine, Women and adorned with balls made from natural and dyed burlap, Shopping: Friday, Dec. 6, 4-7 p.m.; Christmas as well as moss, with pyracanthus sprigs for dashes of Boutique, Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 red. Above the living-room fireplace is a plaque spelling a.m.-3 p.m. out “Peace,” made of driftwood. The garland is really Where: The Holiday Boutique, Gala Preview grapevines, reminiscent of the recent planting of 100 Party, Luncheon, and Wine, Women and Shop- Sirrah grape plants in their front yard. ping Night will be held at Fremont Hills Country Julie Panaccione created much of the holiday decor Club, 12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos Hills. herself, along with a design assistant and of course, her Cost: Christmas Party and Tour, $125; Elegant three children. They pitched in by spray painting gold Luncheon Buffet, $30; Wine, Women and Shop- the bare trees that run down the center of the dining Outside, the natural-materials theme continues, with a ping, free with home-tour ticket, or $10 at the bay-leaf garland on the reclaimed mantel and woodsy door table. Info: http://tinyurl.com/of29qae The color scheme is quiet, with many shades of beige stars. The driftwood NOEL plaque gets its height from hidden soup cans.

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California Ave. change windows, $1,746 Total sales reported: 1 Total sales reported: 6 path leading to entrance, $n/a; roof framing over master bed- 2642 Ramona St. residential PV Lowest sales price: $6,220,000 Lowest sales price: $610,000 install equipment in clean room, room, $n/a system, $n/a; re-roof, $6,456; re- Highest sales price: $6,220,000 Highest sales price: $1,937,000 $45,000 347 Ferne Ave. expand half bath- roof garage, $1,345 435 Tennyson Ave. copper re- room, $5,000 440 Cesano Court, Unit 109 East Palo Alto Mountain View pipe entire house, $n/a 3500 Deer Creek Road install remodel bathroom, $n/a Total sales reported: 4 Total sales reported: 4 522 Jackson Drive bathroom ad- transformers, electrical work, 101 Alma St., Unit 602 water Lowest sales price: $340,000 Lowest sales price: $315,500 dition and sideyard entry, $17,463 $36,000 damage repair, $13,000 3000 Hanover St.install diesel 273 Whitclem Drive re-roof, 455 El Capitan Place re-roof, Highest sales price: $425,000 Highest sales price: $1,490,000 backup power generator, $75,000 $9,680 $14,810 Los Altos Portola Valley 536 Forest Ave. remodel kitchen, 634 Georgia Ave. remodel 2316 South Court rewire, up- $7,300 master bath, second bathroom, grade meter, $n/a Total sales reported: 1 Total sales reported: 3 365 Kingsley Ave. copper repipe $13,796 3060 South Court re-roof, Lowest sales price: $2,029,500 Lowest sales price: $1,040,000 entire house, $n/a 1881 Page Mill Road replace $16,921 Highest sales price: $2,029,500 Highest sales price: $2,199,000 810 San Antonio Ave. electrical HVAC equipment, $10,000 3209 Maddux Drive re-roof, $n/a for illuminated signs, $n/a 1412 Hamilton Ave. extend 892 Bruce Drive level foundation Los Altos Hills Redwood City 315 W. Meadow Drive re-roof, gasline from meter to gas fire- by adding 16 push piers, $17,000 Total sales reported: 1 Total sales reported: 12 $n/a place, $n/a Lowest sales price: $820,000 Lowest sales price: $195,000 3775 Nathan Way re-roof, $7,000 3990 El Camino Real re-roof, 235 Walter Hays Drive re-roof, $41,500 Home Front Highest sales price: $820,000 Highest sales price: $2,250,000 $11,142 2300 Emerson St. re-roof, VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊÎÓ® -ÕÀVi\Ê >vÀ>Ê, ÃÕÀVi 1124 Byron St. re-roof, $12,500 $17,000 4279 El Camino Real re-roof, 4307 Miranda Ave. re-roof ga- $6,000 rage, $3,940 of the whole year’s worth of 563 Lowell Ave. re-roof, $12,000 950 Industrial Ave. spec space, tips, visit http://do1thing.com// 1063 Sonoma Ave. Girton Trust sale 1/12, $171,500 1038 Loma Verde Ave. re-roof, including electrical, mechanical, things HOME SALES to Beausang Trust for $885,000 209 Shorebird Circle C. Home sales are provided by $13,500 plumbing, $4,000 on 10/17/13 Dombek to S. Ko for $510,000 California REsource, a real estate 3766 La Donna Ave. re-roof, 375 N. California Ave. re-roof, COLLECTION DRIVE 317 Yale Road Reyes Trust to G. on 10/18/13; previous sale 9/10, information company that obtains $24,000 $13,300 KICK-OFF ... Coldwell Banker Rozensweig for $1,937,000 on $435,000 the information from the County 3198 Emerson St. re-roof, 42 Morton St. new accessory 10/22/13 100 Tanager Lane A. Kanavarioti Residential Brokerage kicked Recorder’s Office. Information $12,610 structure with covered porch, to D. Hardman for $1,270,000 off its annual Toys for Tots and is recorded from deeds after the Mountain View 2776 Kipling St. re-roof garage, $15,000 on 10/15/13; previous sale 8/02, $2,500 721 Webster St. change roof One Warm Coat collection close of escrow and published 427 Chiquita Ave. I. Keenan $890,000 3677 Louis Road re-roof, from trussed system to sistering within four to eight weeks. to Siress Trust for $315,500 on drives, which run through Dec. 477 Upland Road Labrousse $10,000 joists, $n/a 6/26/98 13. People may drop off new, Atherton Trust to B. & D. Posey for 180 El Camino Real, Suite 183 899 Charleston Road remove 1940 San Ramon Ave. Block 51 Marymont Ave. Machlin Trust $2,250,000 on 10/18/13; previous illuminated wall and blade signs, interior walls and infill doorway unwrapped toys, which will be Trust to D. Mister for $730,000 on to Broadspread 2 for $6,220,000 sale 4/05, $2,000,000 $n/a; drywall ceiling, corrugated at Moldaw Residences common distributed through the United 10/30/13 on 10/15/13; previous sale 5/96, 425 Upton St. D. Engel to T. Rog- metal at rear, ductwork, $n/a area, $8,000 49 Showers Drive #W202 V. States Marine Corps, as well $935,000 ers for $770,000 on 10/18/13 311 Seale Ave. gas line repair, 905 Forest Ave. remodel kitchen, & C. Mishra to H. Chuang for as new or gently used winter 1801 Virginia Ave. Lambert red tag, $n/a laundry room, upgrade electrical $465,000 on 10/30/13; previous East Palo Alto Trust to M. Sharma for $910,000 958 Van Auken Circle add three service, $85,000; replace rafters clothing items — coats, sweat- sale 5/11, $445,000 2124 Addison Ave. F. Venegas on 10/16/13; previous sale 2/04, windows, relocate skylight, add in detached garage, $15,000 ers, jackets, sweatshirts, hats, 2142 Sun Mor Ave. J. Mc- to K. & C. Ho for $340,000 on $659,954 skylight, $n/a 2530 Waverley St. new shed Carthy to R. & D. Robinson for mittens, towels and blankets 10/15/13; previous sale 6/05, 126 Warwick St. Gallagher 433 Melville Ave. fence along with two plumbing fixtures, $1,490,000 on 10/30/13 which will be distributed by $580,000 Trust to A. & A. Swanson for front yard and revised trees on $4,000 2027 Dumbarton Ave. Chainey Portola Valley $1,729,000 on 10/18/13; previous city property, $n/a 480 California Ave. Benetech: local organizations. Drop-off Trust to G. Auxier for $421,000 on sale 3/07, $1,681,000 21 Old Spanish Trail M. McCool 788 San Antonio Ave. re-roof, tenant improvement, remodel of- points include Coldwell Banker 10/18/13 to E. Fleming for $1,350,000 on $4,500 fices, $72,000 offices in Palo Alto (630 Ra- 2191 Dumbarton Ave. Gold 10/15/13; previous sale 1/05, 1684 Channing Ave. addition, 164 Waverley St. re-roof, $6,667 Standard Banc to M. Riley for BUILDING PERMITS mona St. and 2754 Middlefield $1,400,000 remodel, $35,000 940 Sycamore Drive re-roof, $425,000 on 10/16/13; previous Road), Menlo Park (1377 El 27 Old Spanish Trail B. & D. Palo Alto 228 Walter Hays Drive revised $9,600 sale 5/02, $385,000 Vura-Weis to M. & C. Styer for 581 University Ave. Wells Fargo siding to stucco, add skylights, 2590 Marshall Drive extend roof Camino Real and 930 Santa 196 Jasmine Way R. Hoover $1,040,000 on 10/22/13; previous Mortgage: tenant improvement, $n/a where trellis was, $n/a Cruz Ave.) and Woodside to K. Nguyen for $368,000 on sale 6/04, $861,500 construct one larger office, 2321 Middlefield Road replace 2430 Cowper St. demo shed, 10/23/13 (2969 Woodside Road). 330 Old Spanish Trail A. & $20,000 main sewer line from house to city $n/a Los Altos D. Brauer to S. Amdahl for 1174 Emerson St. re-roof ga- 162 Alta Vista Ave. Hubbard $2,199,000 on 10/17/13 rage, $6,900 180 El Camino Real, Suite 800 Trust to D. Reidy for $2,029,500 Redwood City on 10/30/13; previous sale 7/80, commercial tenant improvement, 1052 8th Ave. D. Hurni to $104,500 $40,000 S. Tokheim for $465,000 on 1094 Tanland Drive, Apt. 204 Michael Repka Los Altos Hills 10/17/13; previous sale 2/00, remodel kitchen and bath, 26459 Taaffe Road C. 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ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 43 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Sports Palo Alto, Shorts Menlo keep ALL-AMERICANS . . . Menlo School graduate Allie Frappier, a 5-foot-10 outside hitter for Pomona Pitzer Col- on playing leges, has been named an NCAA Division III First Team All-American in Vikings, Knights take women’s volleyball by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. different routes Frappier, a junior from Atherton, to NorCal semifinals leads the nation (in Division III) by averaging 5.96 kills per set while hit- by Ari Kaye ting at an even .300 clip. The honor marks Frappier’s first appearance on he girls’ volleyball season an AVCA All-American team. has been extended for Men- Megan Cole- T lo School and Palo Alto, but Palo Alto High grad man, a junior libero from Clare- not for Priory following the open- mont-Mudd-Scripps, received ing round of the CIF Northern All-American honorable mention. California playoffs on Tuesday Coleman earlier was selected to the night. All-Tournament team of the Atlanta The top-seeded Knights swept Regional for her efforts in the team’s their Division IV opener and the two matches during NCAA Division No. 4 Vikings took five games to III postseason play. In the NCAA Divi- advance, but the No. 4 Panthers sion III Championships, CMS played dropped a 3-2 decision at home. two matches — winning its first 3-0 Palo Alto rallied from two sets over Thomas More before being down to pull out a 20-25, 23-25, eliminated by Colorado College 3-1. 25-22, 25-22, 15-7 victory over In the two matches, Coleman had North Coast Section champ San a combined 51 digs. Coleman also Ramon Valley. The Vikings im- Ê- ÀÉÃ« ÌÃ°V was named to the All-SCIAC team proved to 25-10 and will face this season and earned All-Region top-seeded Granite Bay (42-0) honors. on Saturday in the semifinals in Sacramento. OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Palo Alto “Always hard to win on the High grad Kelly Jenks and Menlo- road, especially in the playoffs,” Atherton High grad Diane Seely both said Paly coach Dave Winn. “We were honored last week with player weren’t quite ourselves in the first of the year awards in their respective Stanford’s Ty Montgomery (left) gets one of many hugs during the 116th Big Game as the Cardinal wide two sets. Don’t get me wrong, San sports on the collegiate level. Jenks, receiver scored five touchdowns in a 63-13 rout of Cal. Stanford will host Notre Dame on Saturday at 4 p.m. Ramon Valley is a great team and a senior forward at California Baptist, they were doing a lot of good was named the 2013 Pacific West things, but a lot of it was on our serve-receive and confidence. Our Conference Women’s Soccer Player Another big game for Stanford of the Year. Seely, a junior on the kids just found a way to make big plays down the stretch. And we Colgate volleyball team, had a break- Cardinal hosts Notre Dame on Saturday, with Pac-12 Championship Game looming out season and was named Patriot road the momentum all the way by Rick Eymer League Player of the Year in voting the list. “It’s still a rivalry,” said Hogan, into the fifth set. A very big win conducted by the League’s nine ost of Kevin Hogan’s Last year his relatives may have who is coming off his best game, for the program.” head coaches. Seely also earned relatives attended Notre still leaned toward the Irish. After statistically speaking, in Stan- Paly senior Becca Raffel kept First Team All-Patriot League honors. M Dame and Stanford’s all, Hogan was not yet the starter. ford’s 63-13 victory over Califor- the Vikings’ hopes alive with a Elsewhere in women’s volleyball, quarterback thought he might be This year it’s a different story. nia in the 116th Big Game. “We’re kill to end the marathon victory. Palo Alto High grad Shelby Knowles, going to South Bend too. That is, “Everybody will be wearing playing for a trophy and that’s mo- Raffel finished with 17 kills and a freshman at Wheaton College in until he started looking at other Cardinal,” Hogan said. tivation enough. You can’t look at 19 digs. Freshman Jessica Lee Illinois, was named to the CCIW All- schools and what may be best for Nationally No. 8-ranked Stan- it as a revenge game.” provided the assist, her 39th of Conference team after helping her him. ford (9-2) hosts No. 25 Notre Hogan threw for a career high the match. team to a 24-12 overall record this “I was always watching their Dame (8-3) on Saturday, with 329 yards and five touchdowns Paly coach Dave Winn said the season. Knowles had an outstanding games,” Hogan said. “So, yeah, I a scheduled kickoff of 4 p.m. in the Big Game victory over the victory was a milestone for his debut season for the Thunder, earn- guess I did want to go there.” (FOX) Bears. He became the first Car- team, which had yet been able to ing Second Team All-CCIW honors. Before the current coaching The Cardinal and Irish are dinal quarterback with as many rally from an 0-2 deficit this sea- . . . Palo Alto High grad Davante Ad- staff was in place, Notre Dame both guaranteed to play in a bowl touchdown passes in a game since son. The third set was crucial, as ams had nine catches for 246 yards was certainly a place of interest game, with Stanford already Todd Husak did it in 1999. Paly bounced back from an early and four touchdowns to help Fresno and he took several visits there. knowing it will play a 13th game Hogan spent most of last year’s 7-3 deficit to win that take the State rout New Mexico State, 69-28, Then he started focusing on other next week against Arizona State Notre Dame game on the sideline next two. on Saturday. schools and, when it came time to for the overall Pac-12 title and a Junior Jade Schoenberger added decide, the Irish had slipped down berth in the Rose Bowl. VÌÕi`ÊÊiÝÌÊ«>}i® 15 kills and 18 digs for Paly, which hit just .187 as a team. Sophomore ON THE AIR Claire Dennis came up with six CCS FOOTBALL Friday total blocks while senior Keri Gee Women’s volleyball: California at had 30 digs and junior Anna Duk- Stanford, 6 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; There’s little postseason history ovic added 12. KZSU (90.1 FM) Paly, M-A and SHP head into semifinals against ‘new’ foes Palo Alto, which fell to Home- Prep football: Menlo-Atherton at stead in the Central Coast Sec- Los Gatos, 7 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM) by Keith Peters Sacred Heart Prep (10-1) in Divi- tion Division I finals on Saturday Saturday or three local football teams, sion IV. The Gators will be play- (17-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19), now College football: Notre Dame at the semifinals of the Cen- ing No. 5 Monterey 8-3) for the faces its toughest opponent of the Stanford, 4 p.m.; FOX (2); KNBR (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) F tral Coast Section playoffs first time in the postseason when season in Granite Bay. Sunday offer up opponents with familiar they meet Saturday in Atherton at “Very solid team with a great Men’s basketball: South Dakota St. names but little history in post- 1 p.m. setter,” Winn said of Granite Bay. at Stanford, 5 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; season play. Palo Alto (6-5), meanwhile, “We played them early in the sea- KNBR (1050 AM) When No. 3-seeded Menlo- will take its No. 5 seed to Moun- son when we were running a very Atherton (8-3) visits No. 2 Los tain View on Friday night (7 p.m.) iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ different lineup, and hung with READ MORE ONLINE Gatos (8-3) on Friday night in Di- to face top-seeded St. Francis them for the first half of both sets. www.PASportsOnline.com vision II action at 7 p.m., it will be (8-3). The teams have played a It will take great performances only the first time the teams have combined total of 131 postseason from all our players to have a shot, For expanded daily coverage of met in section play. college and prep sports, visit SHP’s Andrew Segre rushed for www.PASportsOnline.com The same goes for top-seeded VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ{Ç® 190 yards last weekend. VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ{Ç®

Page 44ÊUÊ ÛiLiÀÊÓ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V CCS WATER POLO scored all three times on goals by Enright, Conner and Chris Hin- richs to take a 12-7 lead with just SHP teams 1:31 left to play. Division I girls make quite Second-seeded Gunn (22-7) ended an historic season on a somewhat disappointing note, a splash losing in the Division I finals to top-seeded St. Francis, 9-2. It was Gators sweep, now have Gunn’s first-ever appearance in a combined 13 titles the section title match. in past seven years Gunn’s two goals were provided by star senior Caroline Anderson, by Keith Peters who finished with 126 goals on or six of the past seven years, the season. She’s headed to Mich- Sacred Heart Prep water igan in the fall to continue her F polo coaches Jon Burke and playing career. Brian Kreutzkamp have finished In a contest that was mostly a their respective seasons by being defensive struggle, Gunn had a tossed into the pool. They have hard time getting by St. Francis been pushed and dragged in so senior goalie Katherine Moore, many times they could make a who totaled 21 saves for the Lanc- highlight reel. ers. Burke, who coaches the girls, Despite the loss, Gunn coach has been dunked seven straight Mark Hernandez felt his girls had times. Kreutzkamp, the boys’ iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ an excellent overall season. coach, has gotten wet six times “This was a year where we — including the past three sea- thought we could make the sons. No other school in the Cen- championship game. So that was tral Coast Section has seen two Sacred Heart Prep coach Jon Burke prepares to get wet for a seventh straight year with his players after the the expectation,” said Hernandez. coaches celebrate so often. Gators won their seventh consecutive CCS Division II water polo title with a 14-7 triumph over Castilleja. “We did a really nice job of not Burke got his seventh title, sec- letting ourselves rest at any point ond only in section history to the “From the very start, we set it in a CCS championship game. To The Gators did just that with (this season). We knew the expec- eight won by St. Francis, at last as our goal to play today,” Burke do it as a freshman is very impres- a less-experienced lineup. They tation and we lived up to them. I Saturday’s Division II finals at said. “Getting into this champion- sive.” equaled the 26 wins by the 2007 am really proud of this group.” the George F. Haines Internation- ship game. I think we played the Castilleja’s lone senior, Stepha- team, second-most in school his- al swim center. The top-seeded toughest schedule of any team in nie Flamen, led her team with tory to the 27 won in 2003, and Division I boys Gators (22-7) dunked No. 3 Cas- CCS while preparing to play our three goals. Fernanda Kramer gave the program its seventh Third-seeded Menlo-Atherton tilleja, 14-7. best in November. I think that was added two. section title — six under Kreutz- fell in the Division I CCS finals, Kreutzkamp completed a the case this game; we were play- kamp. losing to top-seeded Bellarmine three-peat as his No. 1-seeded ing our best water polo, and that’s Division II boys Senior Harrison Enright and ju- by 12-6. Junior John Knox led team (26-3) held off No. 2 Menlo not always been the case.” It was a highly successful sea- nior Will Conner led the way Sat- Menlo-Atherton (15-10) with School, 12-9. For both winning This year’s team perhaps wasn’t son for Sacred Heart Prep even urday as each scored four goals. three goals, while senior Dimitri coaches, the victories were as sat- as deep in talent as others, but before the Gators headed into the But, only Conner had a goal in Herr chipped in two goals. isfying as the postgame celebra- Burke prepared them like all the CCS playoffs. the first half as Menlo held a 4-3 The Bears finished in second tions were wet. previous squads and the results SHP stamped itself as the best lead. place in the CCS for the second “Getting old? No. Each of these were the same. This year’s team in Northern California by win- “We were down at the half,” straight year, as M-A lost to Bel- are unique,” Burke said. “This is actually had a better record than ning the NorCal Championships. Kreutzkamp acknowledged, “but larmine in last year’s finals as all about the girls. It’s a different last year’s 20-7. Then, the Gators put themselves I knew those guys (Conner and well. team every year; different smiles The Gators had one win over among the best in the state by Enright) wouldn’t let us down.” “Nobody expected us to be in every year.” CCS Division I champ St. Francis finishing third in the North-South They didn’t. Conner had two the finals this year,” M-A head There were plenty of smiles by and had solid efforts against the Challenge. goals and Enright one as SHP coach Giovanni Napolitano said. the SHP players after they kept best in Northern California. SHP won the West Catholic scored four goals in the third pe- “This was a good learning pro- their historic streak intact with “They’re pretty tested,” Burke Athletic League regular-season riod to grab a 7-6 lead. Enright cess for them. Against a team like a dominating performance over said of his team. title and then claimed the playoff scored again early in the fourth Bellarmine you cannot make too Castilleja, which was making only On Saturday, the Gators showed crown, pretty much accomplish- quarter after grabbing a rebound many mistakes and we did make its third appearance in the title just how tested by scoring six ing every thing it could. off his own missed shot and put- too many mistakes today.” match — the first under Olympic goals in the first quarter while Yet, there was one task left un- ting it back in for an 8-6 advan- Napolitano was still very proud gold-medalist Brenda Villa. rolling to a 10-3 halftime lead. done until Saturday. That’s when tage. of the way his squad was able to Castilleja’s two previous ap- At that time, the game was effec- the top-seeded Gators defeated ri- Menlo got back to within 8-7 on finish the season. pearances in the finals resulted in tively over. val Menlo (23-4) in the first meet- a second goal by Andreas Katsis. “We peaked at the right mo- losses to SHP, as well. SHP freshman Maddy Johnston ing of the teams this season. But, the Knights soon lost one of ment. For us CCS was most im- While Sacred Heart Prep pre- had three goals in the first quar- “I didn’t think we could top their key players, junior Nick Bis- portant,” Napolitano said. “We pared itself for Saturday’s finale ter, five by halftime and finished last season, after losing eight se- conti, to fouls. are a public school, and we don’t by playing an extremely difficult with seven. She played sparingly niors to Division I programs,” “That was a game-changer,” have as many opportunities (as schedule and finishing as high in the second half, as she easily said Kreutzkamp, whose team Kreutzkamp said. “That allowed Bellarmine). But, still, this is the as third at the NorCal Champi- could have scored more. finished 25-4 last year. “Our goal us to go on our counter-attack.” second year in a row we were in onships, the season-long goal “She was on fire,” Burke said of (after last season) was to reach With Bisconti out, Sacred Heart the finals.” N was being ready to defend once his young standout. “We’ve never this game and find a way to keep Prep beat the Knights down the again. had an athlete score seven goals this streak alive.” pool three straight times and – Ari Kaye contributed

past four games in a series that to play there, though he’s spent Palo Alto grad Davante Adams of Shaw, a receiver at Stanford in Stanford football dates to the 1925 Rose Bowl, in many weekends watching games Fresno State is the national leader the early 90s, is impressed with VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® which Notre Dame’s legendary there. Should Arizona State beat with 19. the overall improvement of the coach Knute Rockne and the Four Arizona this weekend, he would Montgomery, meanwhile, ranks receiving corps. and had little to say about the con- Horsemen won their first national get a chance to play there in the 10th nationally in all-purpose “Jordan Pratt has been playing troversial ending, in which Stan- title with a win over Pop Warner Pac-12 title game. yards and second in kickoff re- extremely well. Devon Casjuste ford’s Stepfan Taylor was ruled and Ernie Nevers. “I would not be upset if that turns. He finished with 191 all- is coming back and (freshman) down short of the end zone though Stanford linebacker Trent Mur- happened,” Murphy said. purpose yards in the win over Francis Owusu is coming on replays clearly showed otherwise. phy, who leads the nation in sacks, Stanford’s Ty Montgomery was Cal. strong,” Shaw said. Clearly, the Cardinal would like called last year’s game against injured and did not travel to South “That was a summary of what Injury-wise, cornerback Alex to reverse that ending. the Irish one of the most physical Bend last year. He watched the Ty is able to do,” Stanford coach Carter has the go-ahead to play “There are a lot of guys who games he played in all season. game on television and has also David Shaw said. “His big- after missing the Big Game, kick- do have connections with Notre “I was impressed with their of- let go of any leftover regrets. gest improvement has been run er Jordan Williamson is close to Dame,” said Hogan, who is 14-2 fensive line,” Murphy said. “I’m Montgomery scored five touch- blocking. He has the speed to get 100 percent and cornerback Barry as a starter, including 8-0 against sure it’s going to be another physi- downs, in the Big Game, includ- behind anybody, no matter how Browning, with a bruised shoul- ranked opponents. “That makes it cal game.” ing four on receptions from Ho- deep he’s being played. He’s also der, will take it easy in practice a fun game to play.” Murphy grew up minutes from gan. He ranks 16th in the nation in mastered the most difficult of but is expected to be ready to play Stanford has won three of the Sun Devil Stadium and has yet touchdown receptions with nine. pass routes.” on Saturday. N

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CCS football “This meant the world to us to- night,” said Nash, who has 1,756 VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊ{{® all-purpose yards on the season. “Our coach told us, ‘We can win games, but have met just once be- this and we control our own des- fore — in 2011 when the Vikings tiny,’ and we came out, had a good posted a 39-23 victory to reach week at practice and kept it going the finals. in the game.” Palo Alto is in the midst of its It wasn’t until the third drive worst season since 2002, when of the game that the Bears’ of- the Vikings finished 5-5 and lost fense found a way to crack the to Gunn by a 40-19 count. Paly Oak Grove defense. That’s when didn’t put together back-to-back senior quarterback Brian Keare wins until last weekend in its 54- found Nash on a swing pass, and 24 romp over host Leland to open the running back took it all the the playoffs. way for a 70-yard touchdown, Senior quarterback Keller putting M-A up 7-0 in the first Chryst threw for 271 yards and quarter. five touchdowns in only three In the second quarter, Keare quarters as the Vikings advanced. connected with Nash again on the He completed 15 of 19 passes same type of play, and he took it with no interceptions. Eight of for a 75-yard score as the Bears his completions went to Keesean grabbed a 14-0 halftime edge. Johnson for 191 yards and three In a Division IV opener, Sacred ÕÀÌiÃÞÊvÊ6VÊ TDs. Johnson also scored on a 55- Heart Prep grabbed a nine-point yard punt return. Malcolm Davis halftime lead and rolled to a 35-12 scored three times while rushing victory over visiting Seaside last 14 times for 107 yards. Justin Hull Saturday. came up with two interceptions to The Gators got touchdown runs spark the defensive effort by Paly. of 3, 71 and 1 yard from senior Should Palo Alto keep its post- Andrew Segre to lead the way. The Palo Alto girls had plenty to celebrate on Tuesday night as they rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat season record against St. Francis Segre carried 29 times for 190 NCS champion San Ramon Valley in five sets to open the CIF NorCal Division I volleyball playoffs. unblemished, the Vikings will yards. Senior Ricky Grau added a face the winner of Menlo-Ather- five-yard run in the third quarter Knights the rest of the game, and Cal finals last season, but limited ton and Los Gatos in the champi- and finished with 101 yards on 11 Volleyball Menlo took a 2-0 overall advan- numbers and a rash of injuries onship game on Dec. 7. carries while quarterback Cole VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊ{{® tage. slowed Priory this season. The Bears advanced as senior March finished off No. 8 Seaside Willows made one last come- Priory earned a NorCal home running back Isiah Nash piled up (5-6) with a 10-yard scoring run but at least we have a shot.” back attempt, controlling a 8-4 match by winning its second 145 yards on a pair of touchdown in the fourth quarter as the Gators Menlo School, meanwhile, will lead in the beginning of Game 3, straight CCS Division V title on pass receptions in a 21-7 first- rushed for 353 yards.N host the next two rounds as long but Houghton’s three aces sparked Saturday over Crystal Springs, round victory over visiting Oak – Andrew Preimesberger as the Knights keep winning. a 6-0 Knights’ run to put Menlo 25-9, 25-23, 25-19. N Grove. contributed. Menlo got off to a good start on back out in front. Menlo never Tuesday as everything came up trailed in the third game again, aces as the top-seeded Knights winning the match on Cairo’s fi- (30-5) rolled to a 25-11, 25-16, nal ace of the night. 25-12 victory over No. 8 seed “Any win like this is great, es- Willows (30-7) behind nine aces pecially when we can play a lot from senior libero Melissa Cairo of our players,” a beaming Cairo and three from freshman Jessica said of the clean sweep over Wil- Houghton. lows. “Everyone works so hard Menlo advances to Saturday’s in practice, they deserve to have semifinals (7 p.m.) where the some time out on the court.” Knights will host No. 5 Hilmar In order to defeat Hilmar and (38-8), which cruised to a 26-24, move on in the playoffs, Cairo ENGAGING YOUTH 25-22, 25-20 win over Justin-Sie- acknowledged that Menlo had na in the opening round. some areas which they could still “I think NorCals will get awful- tighten up. WITH FITNESS ly intense as we move forward,” “Tips and off-speed balls, those Menlo head coach Steve Cavella are the ones we struggle with the said. most,” Cairo said. “It’s also im- FRIENDS & FUN Senior outside hitter Lida Van- portant that we keep the ball in dermeer led the Knights’ attack and make as few errors as pos- Youth Basketball League against Willows with 13 kills on sible, because that is really go- a .542 hit percentage. Sophomore ing to matter in these tougher PALO ALTO FAMILY YMCA outside hitter Maddie Stewart matches.” contributed with eight kills. Should Menlo get past Hilmar, Menlo seemed a little lethargic the Knights will host the Nor- at the beginning of the match, Cal title match Tuesday at 7 p.m., falling behind 6-3 against a Wil- against either No. 3 Soquel or No. Grades lows team that had to travel over 2 Sonora. Menlo reached the Nor- Pre-Kindergarten to 6 REGISTER BY two hours to make it to Atherton. 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