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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Palo Alto may switch to even-year elections Move would save city money, decided to stay on odd years. legal staff to draft a charter amend- and Greg Scharff made the proposal A switch from odd to even years ment and ballot language that would to request an ordinance changing the extend terms of current council members would require the council to change allow current council members to election year. The council will dis- by Gennady Sheyner the City Charter. It would also serve five-year terms and that would cuss the proposal on Aug. 2, the final stretch the terms of four council not effect their ability to serve two meeting before its August recess. alo Alto officials could soon proposed last month by Santa Clara members — Pat Burt, Sid Espinosa, terms. The council agreed at the end of switch to even years for lo- County Supervisor Liz Kniss. The Greg Schmid and Yiaway Yeh — Kniss acknowledged during her its meeting — which spilled over P cal elections — a move that switch would have to be approved until 2012. Their terms are currently presentation last month that the po- from Monday night into early Tues- would save the city about $200,000 by city voters. scheduled to expire in 2011. litical aspect of the switch could be day morning — that Kniss’ proposal every two years and extend the Kniss, a former Palo Alto mayor, The five council members who the most difficult obstacle. But she deserves a closer look. terms of current City Council mem- told the council at the June 21 meet- were elected (or, in Larry Klein’s said the switch would both save the “I think it’s important to have a bers by a year. ing that most cities in the county case, reelected) last November city money and raise voter turnout. discussion on the matter, given that The council asked the City Attor- already hold their elections on even would see their terms expire in 2014 “Voters are much more engaged, she raised it and it’s an important ney’s office early Tuesday morning years, which coincides with state if the measure gets on the ballot and especially in a presidential year, and issue,” Scharff said. N to draft an ordinance that would and federal elections. Los Altos and the voters approve it. the buzz of running is always a big- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner change the city’s election year from Gilroy had recently switched from The council voted 8-1, with ger buzz,” Kniss told the council. can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ odd to even years, a switch that was odd to even years, while Cupertino Schmid dissenting, to ask the city’s Councilwoman Karen Holman paweekly.com.

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION Stanford goes electronic Intensive with newest library summer Online-based library will provide easier access school draws and convenience, librarian says by Angela Chen to a close Two-semester classes hen Stanford University coffee devices are replacing the Veronica Weber unveils its new engineer- books at Stanford. are new this year W ing library Aug. 2, students The new Jen-Hsun Huang En- by Chris Kenrick will notice that the shelves now hold gineering Library is part of an en- fewer books than ever. gineering quad and occupies only early 100 high school stu- And that’s just how the university 6,000 square feet — less than half dents are immersed in a new wants it. the 16,000 square-foot area of the Struttin’ his stuff N summer-school offering in Stanford is one of the first part- original Terman Engineering Li- A peacock displays all his glory at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Palo Alto this year — two-semester ners in the Google Books Library brary. Accordingly, its shelves Zoo, which recently reopened the bobcat exhibit area after extensive classes. Project, an initiative to digitize con- will hold only 10,000 books, an renovation. Of the 2,958 children and teens tent into an online database. The 85 percent decrease from the total currently enrolled in summer university has moved thousands of volumes housed in Terman. That school, 98 are high school students volumes to off-campus storage and 85 percent translates to more than years are relegated to the Livermore have new duties that include things completing courses such as algebra added subscriptions to more than 80,000 books being stored 40 miles facility, while often-used materials such as scanning, helping with 1, geometry, biology and world his- 25,000 Web journals as a result. away in Livermore. — including those requested by pro- Google Book search and helping tory. It’s a practical solution for a uni- “We’re not throwing away a sin- fessors for instructional use in the facilitate access of information no The “second semester” will end versity that buys books at a rate of gle book, but we do need another classroom — remain on campus. matter what format,” she said. July 30. First semester ran from 273 per day and is running out of place to store them,” Stanford Dean Other considerations include the However, mechanical-engineer- June 21 to July 9. on-campus storage space, officials of Engineering Jim Plummer said. age of material, especially since in- ing undergraduate Ben Kallman The two-semester program — say. “So many of our students and fac- formation in engineering becomes said that moving books off site is a squeezed into six weeks of inten- Stanford is only one of the schools ulty already use online resources for outdated very quickly, and the con- loss, despite the ease of online ma- sive, five-hour days — is a new of- moving toward electronic libraries. most of their work. The new library dition of the book. terials. fering, created in response to pleas From the University of California reflects the way the world of engi- “Storing off-site is actually better “The prospect of browsing a shelf from teachers, students and parents, system to Cornell University in New neering works today.” for the books since it’s a climate- online is not appealing for a student according to Assistant Superinten- York, the trend has been growing It is natural for the engineering controlled facility,” Josephine said. in need of inspiration,” he said in an dent Virginia Davis. in recent years. The University of library to have its books stored off The 80,000 volumes in Liver- e-mail. “There is no replacement for a Previously, Palo Alto summer Texas-San Antonio opened a new site, Stanford Director of Library more will still be available to Stan- shelf of books all on the same topic.” school offered at most only one- library this year with study rooms Communications Andrew Herkovic ford students, retrievable within 24 Herkovic said that another disad- semester’s worth of class. and computers but without a single said. In engineering, as in physics hours. vantage is that people may not be “Students were having to go to book, while Arizona State Univer- and similar departments, a “book” On the whole, Josephine said, the prepared to read large quantities of other districts or to private high sity presented undergraduates with is often a bound set of journals or new library is more convenient for material on the screen. schools in the area to make up the Kindles loaded with course materi- periodicals instead of a narrative students. They don’t even have to However, electronic media has credits they needed or wanted, so als, only to be sued by blind students read in chronological order. They come to the library to use its con- other uses, such as potentially reduc- we added the extra weeks,” Davis over the e-reader’s inaccessibility. are easy to digitize, and as a result, tents. ing paper usage, he said. Whereas in said in an interview Wednesday. Nor is this phenomenon limited engineering content is readily found “Having this material online the past people would buy an entire “Our kids have changing and to institutions of higher education. online. makes it so much easier to find, and book, students can now print only emerging needs, and we’re try- One notable example is Cushing For the past three years, Head of simultaneous students can access the chapter as needed, which will ing to change to address those Academy, a Massachusetts prepa- Stanford Engineering Library Hel- the materials. They’re available to result in less overall paper usage. needs.” ratory school that has purchased en Josephine has been in charge of students 24/7 instead of just when He believes that universities will About one out of every four Palo e-readers, discarded half its library deciding which books remain and the library is open, which gives continue to switch to the Stanford Alto students is enrolled in the dis- and replaced the traditional refer- which are shipped away. She said students much more freedom,” she model because it provides high-tech trict’s summer school program. ence desk with a coffee shop and that the overriding factor is how said. convenience while preserving the Students sign up for both “en- cappuccino maker, according to the often the book has been used. As It also changes librarians’ respon- original volumes. richment” and “remedial” reasons, school website. a general rule, books that have not sibilities. 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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Instead of thinking in millions, Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor I’m thinking in billions. Chris Kenrick, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor — Martha Kanter, former Foothill-De Anza Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant Community College District chancellor, now U.S. Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, undersecretary of education, on her new, national Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, role. See story on page 5. Sheila Himmel, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, ‘‘ Renata Polt, Jeanie Forte Smith, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors Katia Savchuk, Carolyn Copeland, Robin Migdol, Piyawan Rungsuk, Ryan Deto, Georgia Wells, Coryanne Hicks, Angela Chen, Sophie Stid Editorial Interns DESIGN Around Town Shannon Corey, Design Director Raul Perez, Assistant Design Director WE’RE NOT NO. 1? ... The num- BEATING THE ZONE ... For Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers bers are in, and it’s one of those years, Palo Alto’s Planned Com- Gary Vennarucci, Designer half-full, half-empty situations: munity (PC) zone has been the PRODUCTION Palo Alto trails behind Bethesda, bane of local land-use watch- Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Md., and Greenwich, Conn., in dogs. The zoning designation, Dorothy Hassett, Samantha Mejia, Blanca Yoc, CNN Money Magazine’s 2010 list which allows developers to Sales & Production Coordinators of “top-earning towns.” Median exceed density requirements in ADVERTISING family income here is $153,615, exchange for “community ben- Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Judie Block, Esmeralda Flores, Janice and the median home price is efits,” has been a part of almost Hoogner, Gary Whitman, Display Advertising Sales $1,180,000, the magazine said. every controversial development Neil Fine, Rosemary Lewkowitz, In Bethesda, home of many fed- the city has approved in recent NIGHTLY JAZZ THROUGH AUGUST 7TH! Real Estate Advertising Sales David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, eral government employees and years, including Alma Plaza, the Inside Advertising Sales Washington D.C.-area profes- College Terrace Centre and the Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. 800 High St. STANFORD JAZZ Diane Martin, Real Estate Advertising Assistants sionals, median family income is condominiums at FESTIVAL Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. $172,541, but homes cost less Critics have maintained that these This Sunday! EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES — $725,000 is the median price. “benefits” usually get reduced or Rachel Palmer, Online Operations Coordinator In New York City’s tony bedroom forgotten, leaving neighborhoods BUSINESS community of Greenwich, me- saddled with massive projects Penelope Ng, Payroll & Benefits Manager dian family income is $164,807 with little upside. This week, a Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, and the median home price is group of local land-use watch- Cathy Stringari, Susie Ochoa, Doris Taylor, Business Associates $997,498. dogs united and asked the City Council to do something about ADMINISTRATION SUN. 7/25: RUTH DAVIES’ BLUES NIGHT Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher HAIL TO THE CHIEF ... As a the notorious zoning designa- WITH SPECIAL GUEST KEB’ MO’ MON. 7/26: TUE. 7/27: & Promotions Director young man, Nick Marinaro con- tion. Winter Dellenbach, Bob DENA DEROSE TRIO JUNIOR MANCE TRIO Janice Covolo, Receptionist Moss Tom Jordan Mark Ruben Espinoza, Courier sidered careers as an attorney, a , and doctor and a professional golfer Nadim all characterized the EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. William S. Johnson, President before he chose to become a zoning designation as one that Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO firefighter. 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Page 4ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront Commitment To Excellence $500 Discount Coupon MEDIA (with purchase of new roof) Original Ownership Since 1975 All Types of Rooﬁ ng & Gutters Weekly launches apps for iPhone, Android Residential & Commercial S.C.L#785441 ‘Palo Alto’ applications provide access to news, allow users to submit story tips, photos 1901 Old Middleﬁ eld Way, Mtn. View 650-969-7663 by Palo Alto Weekly staff wo mobile-phone applications ality offered in most mobile-news that will give iPhone and applications,” Johnson said. Avenidas presents the 7th Annual T Android users access to Palo The applications were developed Alto news, sports and other local by SachManya, a Santa Clara start-up information are being launched this and creator of award-winning YAP- week by the Palo Alto Weekly and PER (Your APP makER), an online, Caregiver Palo Alto Online. easy-to-use self-service mobile ap- The apps also allow individuals plication maker, and 360News, an Conference to submit highly personalized news, interactive geo-aware program that photos and story tips, according to allows users to keep up with local Saturday, August 21 Bill Johnson, Weekly publisher and news and submit and comment on 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Embarcadero Media president, who news, photos and videos. announced the new apps Thursday When introduced earlier this year, (July 22). YAPPER won the distinguished Learn how to: Johnson said the free applications 2010 Macworld DEMO Best of (named “Palo Alto”) are available in Show award and showcased its revo- Deal with family dynamics the iTunes Store and Android Mar- lutionary WYSIWYG app creation Cope with a loved one's ket. Applications for Apple iPad and technology on the main stage. dementia Blackberry devices will be released “YAPPER is a platform for news soon. organizations and other publishers Create order out of clutter The apps include real-time news to easily build mobile applications Care for yourself to avoid and sports feeds from Palo Alto On- with rich functionality,” said Chintu burnout line, as well as access to the Palo Parikh, chief YAPPER and CEO of Alto Online Twitter feed and vid- SachManya. SachManya was found- Discover forgiveness eos. Those who download the ap- ed by veterans of Yahoo!, Apple, plication will see the same news and HP, NeXT, Infosys and Wipro. Register at Avenidas.org sports information, including pho- The free “Palo Alto” app can The Palo Alto Weekly and its par- or (650) 289-5445. tos, appearing on Palo Alto Online be found at the iTunes Store and ent company, Embarcadero Media, but formatted specifically for the Android Market. have long been pioneers in online mobile phone and without needing publishing. The Weekly was the to open a Web browser. Twitter, 360News and CNNireport first newspaper in the United States In addition, users can use the sites, with credit going to the user. to publish its contents directly on the 360News tool to submit anything The applications also feature “push” Web in 1994. It since has developed Where age is just a number from a breaking news report to a tip notifications to users about breaking numerous online features, including about a pothole in the road to a vid- news or special offers. local sports and real-estate websites, eo of their daughter’s winning goal “The Palo Alto mobile applica- video advertising, a popular com- in a soccer match. Once approved, tions will evolve and improve in the munity discussion forum (Town submitted material appears on the weeks ahead, but they already bring Square), a classified-ad website app, on Palo Alto Online and, where a level of interactivity and engage- (Fogster), and a daily news digest appropriate, on YouTube, Flickr, ment that goes beyond the function- distributed by e-mail (Express). N

EDUCATION \PM8ITW)T\W Chancellor Kanter goes to Washington Now U.S. undersecretary of education, former chancellor percent of the nation’s students come to kindergarten poorly prepared, pushes hard to give U.S. students a boost leading to stagnation of math and *TIKS by Chris Kenrick reading scores by fourth grade. Another 30 percent of the coun- rom a hushed corner office I’m thinking in billions. try’s students — 50 percent in some overlooking the Capitol dome “Instead of trying to scale ‘best urban and rural areas — drop out of F and the Washington Mall, for- practices’ at two community col- high school. mer Midpeninsula resident Martha leges, I look at the evidence from Many others enter college, includ- Kanter pursues on a grand scale her the entire research community and ing community college, ill-prepared, ?PQ\M quest to help the underdog. say, ‘What can the federal govern- leading to a 50 percent dropout rate Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill- ment do to help institutions scale in undergraduate and even in later De Anza Community College Dis- what works?’” doctoral programs. trict from 2003 to 2009, was tapped With a doctorate in organization “This is not the America we *ITT last year by President Barack Obama and leadership, Kanter is well-versed want,” she said. “We have to do bet- to be undersecretary of education — in the realm of education jargon, ac- ter for the next generation.” the first top-level federal education ademic research and statistics. Her goals are clear-cut: increase official with a deep community- But her animating passion, from access to higher education, improve college background. the days of her own relatively privi- its quality and get results, as mea- She now oversees some 1,500 leged, private-school upbringing in sured by higher rates of achieve- federal employees — about 40 per- Boston, is deeply human — working ment, retention, graduation and cent of the Department of Education on behalf of students who are poor, employment. staff — in areas including higher have disabilities, are immigrants or “What are the best incentives? education, vocational and career are members of minority groups. How can we scale things, and how 1\¼[+WUQVO education, workforce preparation, Kanter’s driving goal is to boost can we pay for this?” she asks. special White House initiatives for the nation’s low-income, often ill- She is proud of the recent simpli- Hispanic students, tribal colleges, prepared students to improve their fication of the federal student-aid historically black colleges and oth- success rates in getting through col- application, made possible “because ers, plus overseeing billions of dol- lege and into the higher-pay work- we were able to work in collabora- lars of student loans. force. tion with the Treasury and use in- “I tell people I have to add three For years, Kanter has rattled off formation the government already zeroes to everything,” she said in an the grim statistics — not so visible had.” www.ThePaloAltoBlackandWhiteBall.org interview with the Weekly in Wash- in a community such as Palo Alto “We need to do a lot more of ington, D.C. — with the sense of a crusader. Media Sponsors: “Instead of thinking in millions, She cites statistics, such as that 30 (continued on next page) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 5 Upfront

Kanter called for the United States to have Kanter was back recently — with (continued from page 5) “the best-educated, most competi- Duncan, who spoke at the June 23 tive workforce in the world,” includ- and June 24 graduation ceremonies News Digest ing the world’s highest rate of col- of Foothill and De Anza. that!” she said. lege graduation. The Harvard-educated Duncan School board backs lower tax threshold Her department’s Office of Inno- To reach that goal, the U.S. must told graduates that community col- Saying they want to help cash-starved schools throughout California, vation is sifting through more than increase from 40 percent to 60 per- leges are “central to building a vi- members of the Palo Alto school board Tuesday endorsed a measure to 1,700 “best practices” proposals cent the proportion of students who brant economy and resilient work- reduce the school-tax threshold. from districts across the country to earn associate and baccalaureate force, and are critical to meeting If passed by the Legislature and approved by voters, the constitutional find those grounded in “robust, ev- degrees, Kanter said. President Obama’s goal of America amendment would lower from two-thirds to 55 percent the majority re- idence-based research” that should The administration believes some once again having the highest per- quired to pass a school parcel tax. be spread to more schools. ways of achieving that are reforming centage of college graduates in the It is sponsored by State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, who began his An energetic conference-goer and the $40 billion Pell Grant program; world by 2020.” political career as a member of the Palo Alto school board. speechmaker, Kanter has used her paying more attention to historical- With the higher-education portfo- A similar bid by Simitian has failed three times before, most recently bully pulpit to spread the word in 40 ly black colleges, Hispanic-serving lio, Kanter is not directly involved last year. states and foreign countries, includ- institutions and tribal colleges; and in Duncan’s signature $4.35 billion In a phone interview from Sacramento Tuesday, Simitian said he will ing India, France and Morocco. launching policies to ease loan-re- “Race to the Top” incentive pro- “force the issue” this year because of the state’s inability to adequately While not promoting specific pro- payment terms for those who enter gram for K-12 education. But she fund education. grams, Kanter said she can shine a teaching, nursing and other areas of calls it critical in helping to prepare “We’re very clearly in a place where the state is unable to provide the spotlight on strategies that have public service. students for college. level of funding for a quality program of instruction, so the least we can proven effective, including summer In suggesting reforms to Pell Pieces of Race to the Top — some do is give this tool to local folks so they can make the choice about local bridge programs, performance- grants, the administration has taken of which are vigorously opposed by needs,” he said. based scholarships and programs on the for-profit education industry, teachers’ unions — include greater Palo Alto’s two most recent school parcel-tax elections have comfort- that permit high-school students to whose students use the grants in dis- use of student-achievement data, ably exceeded the two-thirds requirement. take some of their classes in com- proportionate numbers. turning around low-performing In May of this year, 79.4 percent of voters approved an annual $589- munity colleges. Proposed rules would make it schools, improving teacher quality per-parcel tax. That vote replaced a $493-per-parcel tax approved by 78 That approach, known as “early harder to load students with debt and lifting caps on charter schools. percent of voters in June 2005. college high school” — similar to levels not justified by their prospec- “For me it all boils down to help- But seven months earlier, in November 2004, a bid to boost an existing the Middle College now offered to tive careers. ing more students stay on grade lev- tax from $293 per parcel to $521 per parcel narrowly failed. It received Palo Alto students — recently re- Today’s “reality,” Kanter said, is el, cutting down on our high-school 66.03 percent of the vote, just short of the 66.67 percent needed to pass. ceived a significant investment from that two-thirds of the nation’s un- dropout rate and having them better Simitian amended his measure to limit the 55 percent threshold to philanthropist Bill Gates. dergraduates hold jobs while they prepared for college,” Kanter said. parcel taxes of $250 or less. Measures seeking funds beyond that level In a typical day, Kanter meets a are in school and need programs Besides her large desk, Kanter’s would still be subject to the two-thirds requirement. N colleague at a Starbucks at 7 a.m. to tailored to their schedules. expansive office in the huge LBJ — Chris Kenrick carpool into the office. She holds a Since many enter college unpre- Department of Education Build- staff meeting; meets with a deputy pared, remedial programs must be ing contains a long conference Musical ‘gala’ Sunday to fund disability center secretary; hears a research brief- streamlined to allow students to table, a sofa, a framed copy of her As education budgets are slashed across California, volunteers are ing from a Columbia University catch up quickly and get on with White House appointment, a wall working to preserve services to students with disabilities at Foothill Col- professor; discusses ways to im- real college work, she said. of books, and mementos from home lege. prove international benchmarking Foothill’s self-paced “Math My — including a photo of her late hus- A July 25 gala — kicking off performances of the Cole Porter musi- of education data; meets with her Way” program is one such exam- band, Carl Brown, and another of cal “Anything Goes” through Aug. 15 — will raise funds for Foothill’s boss, Secretary of Education Arne ple. her “classmates” from the American Adaptive Learning Division, which serves 400 students each quarter. Duncan; attends a meeting in the It caught the attention of Gates, Leadership Forum of Silicon Valley, The center offers “everyday services” to students with physical disabili- West Wing; returns to her office who dropped in on a session at a local networking group. ties and learning disabilities — as well as to veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan for a meeting about student-loan Foothill in April during his search Kanter also brought with her a and even Vietnam with post-traumatic stress disorder. reforms, including “direct lending” for “best practices” he can spread few people from home, including The help comes in many forms, from class note-taking assistance, to to cut out the middleman; discusses across the country. Special Assistant Jon O’Bergh, who extra time on tests, to voice-to-text technology that enables a student to civil rights and technologies to help “Foothill-De Anza prepared served in a similar capacity at Foot- dictate school assignments, to counseling and tutoring. students with disabilities; dines with me well for this job,” Kanter said. hill-De Anza, and former Foothill- Sara Moussavian, a 2009 Gunn High School graduate who just fin- her chief of staff; goes home; edits “When you have labor, business, De Anza district trustee Hal Plot- ished her first year at Foothill, uses software called “Dragon Dictate two speeches; spends more than an government and education in a re- kin, who works from a cubicle next Naturally Speaking” to dictate and edit her essays. hour responding to e-mail and goes gion, a publicly elected board and to Kanter’s office as a senior policy Moussavian — who has had multiple surgeries for congenital problems to bed at midnight. 45,000 students, it’s a great micro- adviser. and has difficulty using her hands, walking and processing lectures — By 2020, President Obama has cosm.” Kanter’s chief of staff is Alejan- also gets help from note-takers and uses a special test-taking room, where dra Ceja, a Los Angeles native and she gets extra time on exams. former staff member for the House After Foothill, she hopes to transfer to a four-year state college or Education and Labor Committee. university and aims for a “high demand” job. International School of the Peninsula “I met Martha, and in the first five Budget cuts earlier this year meant layoffs for three of the 19 staff minutes her energy and passion for members in the Adaptive Learning Division, according to coordinator education was just contagious,” Ceja Margo Dobbins. :MSP1J?ACDMP"DRCP4AFMMJ said. “We were cut quite substantially so a lot of our resources that went to “We talked about the need to in- things like note-takers and tutoring — which is not state-mandated but -?LES?EC-C?PLGLE crease opportunities for minority is critical to student success — has been reduced.” students, in particular the Latino The Foothill College Summer Musical Gala is scheduled for Sunday, community, and I was sold. July 25, beginning at 1:30 p.m., followed by an auction and wine-tasting Offering Mandarin Chinese, French & Spanish “How can you say no to this buffet reception. Tickets are available at 650 949-6230 and https://secure. 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He also worked with Placer County in the (650) 251-8519 in Washington. Sierra foothills. www.istp.org/languageclasses “I miss ‘California casual.’ The He started work in Palo Alto on Friday, July 16. layers of lawyers, policy wonks and Curtis Williams, Palo Alto’s director of planning and community envi- Palo Alto, CA decades of special interests make it ronment, said the primary function of the chief transportation official is ever more important to keep the fo- to oversee transportation planning. His job includes taking on neighbor- cus on what’s best for students. ... hood requests for traffic calming, conducting bike and pedestrian studies, “But when you get called to ser- measuring existing parking-permit programs and handling complaints N vice, you serve.” about signals and stop signs. 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Volunteers Kamolluck Trateng, left, and Hannah Schwartz serve dinner to Julie Stephenson, far right, and fellow diners at the Macro Chef Monday Night Dinner, sponsored by the Peninsula Macrobiotic Community at the First Baptist Church in Palo Alto. Dining for health and friendship Nearly 100 neighbors meet up for weekly gourmet vegetarian dinners by Coryanne Hicks

early every Monday night people,” Pollak said. She currently loss — and for Jeff Rulifson, low- a room at Palo Alto’s First manages the dinners. ered cholesterol, they said. N Baptist Church in Old Palo The word “macrobiotics” comes “In general we just know that we Alto is transformed into a healthy- from the Greek roots “macro,” feel a whole lot better,” Janet Rulif- eating sanctuary and a gathering meaning large or long, and “bios,” son said. place for neighbors and friends who which means life. A long life is ex- Karen Kramer became acquainted bond over macrobiotic and vegan actly what consumers of macrobiot- with macrobiotics and the possibili- cooking. ics hope for, according to Becker. ties of vegan eating through her 11- As many as 90 to 120 people The theory is simple: Eat in ac- year-old son, Grant Kramer-Weis. flock to the church to share or take cordance with nature. In practice Now, the two attend the dinners home the Peninsula Macrobiotic that means strive for variety and eat every week when they’re in town, Community’s Macro Chef Monday lots of whole grains, organic foods she said. Night Dinner, which is prepared and only those fruits and vegetables Grant spent his early years on an by professional chef Gary Alinder that are grown locally and currently almost constant slew of antibiotics of Vallejo. The group has come to- in season. because he suffers from an immune gether weekly for 23 years. On Monday, guest chef Chuck deficiency. The dinners were started by “a Collison prepared cream of summer “He was on antibiotics 13 times in group of people who just really squash soup; quinoa pilaf with cum- his first year of life,” Kramer said. wanted to eat well, so they hired a in-scented shiitake sauce; corn, ba- Grant explained the difficult, chef,” said Patricia Becker, former sil and olive tofu tart; broccoli with early years. manager of the Monday night din- rosemary-caper dressing; fresh salad “My mom kept bringing me to ners. greens with strawberry vinaigrette; doctors and asking if there was ! " Many long-term friendships have blueberry crunch bars and mint tea. a way they could cure my health # developed through the dinners, at- Each week during the summer a dif- problems, but they said there was tendees say. Aficionados range from ferent chef has taken the helm while nothing they could do,” he said. The $ % & % '( newborns to grandparents and regu- Alinder is out of town. family met a doctor who told them % lars to first-timers. After dinner, there are lectures, changing Grant’s diet might be the ) ( * + For Sky Ann McGrath, the draw usually on macrobiotic or health- solution. Now he feels much better " ( is simply an interest in having a related topics and given by macro- thanks to his vegetarian and macro- ,-. good meal in good company, she biotic counselors, doctors, cooking biotic diet, he said. said. McGrath’s husband introduced teachers and people who have dealt Grant said he has been a vegetar- ) / her to the macrobiotic way of eating successfully with diseases using ian since before he could talk. and used to cook meals for the two macrobiotic or similar approaches. “Meat just grosses me out,” he of them until he passed away. Events have included performances said. “The chefs cook just like my hus- by folk singers and vegetarian Chi- Kramer recalled that Grant band used to,” she said. nese acrobats. seemed to know what was good for It was love at first sight for Ilona Janet and Jeff Rulifson are regu- him. Pollak, who was introduced to the lars at the multi-course dinners. The “He would hold his milk and look dinners by a friend in hopes of cur- Rulifsons have been attending for at me, smile and throw it in the gar- ing her chronic stomach ache. (It six months, ever since they decided bage,” she said. did.) to become vegans. Both have seen Information about the Peninsula $0 1203,4 5 6.7689:;77 “I loved the community aspect, considerable health benefits such Macrobiotic Community is avail- , loved the lectures, loved all the as diminished allergies and weight able at macrochef.org. N

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A BURGLARY ‘FAMILY’? ... A burglary team consisting of a child and two adults is active in Palo Alto, police Capt. Bob Beacom told residents during a “Meet the Chief” get-together in Juana Briones Park on Wednesday. The burglars have attempted three residential break-ins in the past month. Beacom said the group resembles a family operation, although there is no confirming evidence of that. Residents who see something suspicious can call the police department’s anonymous hotline at 650-329-2190 or text paloalto@tipnow. org. Those who relay information anonymously are assigned a number to maintain confidentiality. IN REMEMBRANCE ... The College Terrace Residents Association (CTRA) will honor longtime resident Colin Mick, who died April 7, with a memorial bench and plaque at Werry Park. Mick was active in College Terrace issues. He helped organize the neighborhood against the College Terrace rapist, which led to the rapist’s capture in 1980. He worked to cut down on cut-through traffic and parking problems on the neighborhood’s streets and worked on the recent residential parking-permit program. He had been elected the association’s communications director in March. ARSON WATCH ... Summer brings an increase in open-land fires, and arson is a concern as the summer progresses, according to Palo Alto police Capt. Bob Beacom. Last summer, several sus- pected arsonists were identified and arrested. Now more could be at work, he said. Five suspicious fires have been set since April 15, including one at Herbert Hoover Elementary School. The fires are being set between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m., and police and fire officials are asking citizens to watch for suspicious activity. NO MONEY HERE ... Palo Alto won’t get a $1.7 million grant from the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for improvements to Cali- fornia Avenue. The city applied for the grant money, which required about $500,000 in city matching funds, to pay for new street lights, wider sidewalks, landscaping on the median strip, a new fountain, refurbished plaza benches, bike kiosks and other improvements. The money was to come from a $5 million-plus federal Community Devel- opment and Transportation grant. The city could still apply for some of that grant money if VTA reopens bids, since $3.1 million has yet to be allocated, according to a VTA spokesperson. N Send announcements of neighborhood events, meetings and news to Sue Dremann, Neighborhoods editor, at sdremann@paweekly. com. Or talk about your neighborhood news on Town Square at www. PaloAltoOnline.com.

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Shuttle bus blues One of the larger Facebook employee shuttles makes a left turn from Hanover Street to South California Avenue on July 19. College Terrace neighbors are concerned about the frequency and noise of the bus runs. See the story at www.paloaltoonline.com and join the discussion.

further behind because formulas Stanford library translate badly on the screen. For- (continued from page 3) eign languages vary by writing sys- ! tem. For example, Google has not “Stanford students had access to digitized non-Roman alphabets, "# $ half a million volumes last quarter so while physics books are easy to and there’s going to be even more,” find online, texts in Chinese, Japa- %%% Herkovic said. “Nobody is losing ac- nese and Korean are more difficult ! cess to a single book. It’s the method to access. " # $!#! of how we store and access them “It will be decades, maybe even that’s changing with the times.” generations, before everyone goes However, he acknowledged that down that path,” he said. “Our li- Stanford has yet to reach the age braries can’t get too far ahead of & ' () ( " # " *' + of the true bookless library. While where our users want to be.” N ) , - )) . + /# 0 // 1 engineering and physics already Editorial Intern Angela Chen have large amounts of their research can be e-mailed at editor@paweek- materials online, mathematics is ly.com.

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 11 Editorial Binding arbitration needs a public vote Palo Alto should place proposal to drop arbitration provision from City Charter on the November ballot as part of a broad cost-containment effort SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions lready faced with a firefighters’ union initiative proposal on the November ballot, Palo Alto city officials are wrestling with a sec- Computerized classrooms ended wherein they extended their 2009 op-ed in the Palo Alto Weekly, Aond proposal to seek voter approval to drop “binding arbitration” Editor, ideas of freedom and related concepts, and I regard DMB’s attack as a badge as a City Charter provision. My tenure at Gunn High School sub rosa. As these ideas became more of honor. This would be a long-overdue clean-up of an anachronistic is more distant each day, but forever acceptable, the Masons emerged in And I am hardly alone in my op- provision, initially intended in the 1970s to prevent strikes by are memories of playing Tetris on my England in 1717 and in the American position to paving over this fragile police and fire personnel and perhaps assuage unions. It was classmates’ graphing calculators. But colonies shortly thereafter. Many of open space site. My fellow candidate likely unnecessary at the time. But it has since become completely the time I logged playing Tetris was the founders of our country as well as Josh Becker also came out against the established that such strikes are illegal, and this outdated provision minimal, and my teachers ensured signers of the Declaration of Indepen- Cargill project. Rich Gordon has kept needs to be dropped. that I used my graphing calculator for dence were Masons. Over the centu- mum on the project citing his current The City Council is to discuss the proposal again July 26 and on its intended purpose of, well, graph- ries many American political leaders role as a commissioner of the Bay Aug. 2 decide whether to put it on the ballot. ing. were Masons, in particular, 14 of our Conservation and Development Com- The firefighters union proposal already on the ballot would Now a college senior, I, unlike many presidents. mission, which has to issue permits for require voter approval before the city could close any fire station of my peers, dare not bring my lap- Thank you for the very informative any projects under its Bay protection or reduce staffing — an attempt to protect jobs under the mantle top to class with me in order to avoid article. jurisdiction. I trust Rich has not been of preserving public safety. In reality, it would create a protected distractions far more distracting than Bernard F. Bayuk unduly influenced by this expenditure area within the city at the cost of other city departments and Tetris. College professors have begun Paloma Road from Cargill’s developer, and will soon employees at a time when the city must severely control expenses to incorporate computers into their Portola Valley make his opposition known as well. and close a multi-million-dollar gap in the annual city budget. curricula, but I have yet to experience Cargill looks to be getting desperate As we’ve said before, creating such protectionist bubbles a class in which an in-class computer Cargill development as more and more Bay Area elected within any organization is a terrible idea, disruptive to the entire was as integral a part of my learning Editor, officials come out publicly against operation, and voters should reject this ill-conceived proposal. as my graphing calculator has been for Like many people on the Peninsula, their big scheme on the salt ponds The binding-arbitration ballot measure should not be perceived integrating. I was startled to read the latest disclo- in Redwood City. In fact, there isn’t as a get-back at the firefighters union but as one action of many The distraction brought from an in- sure from supporters of the controver- one Bay Area elected official not on in a broad context of cities and counties re-taking control of their class laptop probably still outweighs sial Cargill salt pond development in DMB’s payroll who has stated their labor expenses (including retirement and health benefits) that have its educational benefits, but it is dif- Redwood City, not least because this support of Cargill’s proposed new city ballooned out of control in the past decade. Details were reported ficult to refute that computers will be disclosure involved an unwarranted in our bay. in the July 16 Weekly, (www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story. significant aids for future educators. attack on me. McGovern is threatening to “look php?story_id=13278) and on Palo Alto Online on Tuesday (www. While extending Wi-Fi in Palo Alto Political consultant Ed McGov- for opportunities in November to do paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=17613). schools will probably not dramatically ern just announced that DMB spent the same thing.” While binding arbitration initially was an insurance policy increase Palo Altans’ standardized test $30,000 in the recent Democratic pri- I hope the voters learn from this and against public-safety strikes during labor negotiations, but in scores (or their learning) immediately, mary to inspire the South Bay Labor do not allow corporate manipulation practice it tends to benefit unions because an arbitrator looks at Palo Alto Unified does have an oppor- Council to produce misleading mail such as this to further distort the in- comparables in other cities and deprives a city from making its tunity to be a leader in the inevitable pieces against me. tegrity of our local elections. own decisions on compensation. Comparing cities drives up costs movement toward computers in the I am proud to have led the early op- Yoriko Kishimoto for all, to the point of crisis, as now. classroom and, in the process, prepare position from elected officials to this Embarcadero Road The magnitude of the crisis is outlined in stark detail in a new its students for their computerized col- misguided project, with my October Palo Alto report by the Santa Clara County Grand Jury, initially published lege experiences. quietly in late May but circulated to Palo Alto city officials last Stephan Campbell YOUR TURN week. Waverley Street The report’s title sums up the hard conclusion: “Cities Must Palo Alto Rein In Unsustainable Employee Costs.” The report outlines The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on issues of local interest. in detail how costs got out of control and makes 13 specific Masonic information recommendations for cities to follow to begin to bring costs into Editor, What do you think? Would you favor moving Palo Alto City Council line with present economic reality. I am a member of the Masonic elections from odd to even years as part of general elections, or The report notes that “reasonable, intelligent people” approved Lodge of Palo Alto and was very keeping them separate in odd years? the wage, benefits and retirement packages during a flush pleased to see the pictures of our main Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. economic time when it was difficult to recruit employees in a lodge room in the Palo Alto Weekly Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. high-flying private-sector boom. But when the boom went bust edition of July 16. The Rebekahs in the We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel the public-employee wages and benefits surged ahead of those for pictures are typical of the members of and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- comparable jobs in the private sector — sometimes dramatically. fraternities, sororities and others who cepted. use the Masonic facilities. You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town The full report is well worth the reading, and is available at: Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/jury/GJ.html . The Masonic Lodge of Palo Alto blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any The startling findings show that wage-and-benefits costs haven’t celebrated its centennial in 2002. A time, day or night. just escalated but have in some cases increased by nearly 50 great many prominent men from Palo Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- Alto and Stanford University, who mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish percent in the past decade, while available revenues to cities have it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. plummeted. might be considered the builders of these communities, were members of In Palo Alto, for instance, the median wage/benefits for non- For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Online Editor Tyler the lodge. Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. safety employees went from $75,814 in fiscal year 2000-2001 to The lodge does not solicit mem- $113,841 in 2009-2010, while costs for public-safety employees bers but welcomes applicants of all jumped from $89,059 to $146,061. religions, ethnicities or races, to first It is even worse in Mountain View, where non-safety contact the lodge or a Mason. compensation jumped from $79,033 to $123,754 and safety- The Masonic Fraternity is a world- employee costs soared from $106,654 to $190,591 during the same wide organization with many concor- decade, according to the Grand Jury report. dant bodies and with lodges in most Palo Alto has already begun to act on several of the countries. The Masons’ wide range of recommendations in the jury’s report, including enacting a two- philanthropies total more than $1 mil- tiered system for retirement and health benefits, in which new lion a day. employees are on a lower scale than existing employees. The Masonic Fraternity has ancient But it and other cities and public agencies have far to go, and roots deriving from the craft guilds the road there is laden with challenges of how to negotiate such of operational masons who built the scaling back with unions, how to deal with vested entitlements for great cathedrals of Europe in the Mid- existing employees and retirees, and how to respond to a crisis that dle Ages. These men were known as is virtually unprecedented during what is becoming known as the Freemasons since they were allowed “Great Recession.” free passage between countries where For Palo Altans, pruning “binding arbitration” from the City their skills were needed. Charter would be an excellent first step. The Masonic Guilds continued as fraternities after cathedral building Page 12ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! 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Guest Opinion Shifting the paradigm of Palo Alto to the world

by Wolf Price worked hard at Whole Foods to save, I real- learn from experience — and get paid. I im- will invite you to eat with them, or inquire ’m just another ized I could do the trip solo for far less. mersed myself in sustainable communities where you’re headed. person from Palo At 17, my summer after junior year at in Central America. I analyzed Buddhist It’s important for young people to rec- IAlto working to Paly, I went to Europe for six weeks with and Vedic teachings in temples and ashrams ognize that there are teachers and lessons continue this city’s my bicycle. in Thailand, Nepal and India. everywhere for one’s entire life and to un- pattern of innovation. That trip changed my life. I came home, I studied and worked in 50 countries derstand that the most significant lessons I was born and raised graduated early and returned to Europe for around the world and returned to many in life aren’t in the curricula of Harvard or here by a family of three months. In Spain I took a ferry to Mo- places several times. Stanford. The push for high-profile educa- artists, both parents rocco, and my experience in North Africa “So who paid for it?” I have been asked. tion can leave one with little or no time for professional photog- again changed my perspective. The signs In a given month I spent $100 to $300. I’m introspection and developing life skills, in- raphers, so I didn’t fit were clear: Traveling was my passion, and self-supporting from my photography busi- tegral to deciding one’s future. into the normal Palo would help me realize my dream of contrib- ness in Palo Alto. After six years discovering and practic- Alto trend. uting to Palo Alto innovation. While exploring the meaning of life ing my international lifestyle what do I have My parents filled my life with artistic op- Never on vacation, never with a guide- around the world I expressed myself through to show for it? A global community and a portunities and encouragement. Growing book, the aim of my travels was education. photography, writing and video. I discov- portfolio of media and inventions that can up in Palo Alto brought together technol- I immersed myself in different cultures, and ered wonderful people, visited paradisaical change the way people perceive the world. I ogy and art. I discovered invention to be the learned about the human condition and the places and learned valuable lessons. believe I’m ready to help reinvent the travel sculpture of technology. world via direct transmission. Many changes people want and wait for industry, or part of it. By writing a universal At 16 I was granted a film-making schol- I studied books on history and culture, in the world already exist. I saw the dif- guidebook I’ll expose people to the possibil- arship to Innerspark, a residential col- and networked with other travelers to help ference between the lonely individualist ities of the modern world, and teach people lege-level course for the top artists from decide where to go next. I traveled through Western ideal and non-Western culture of that virtually anybody can do this. California school districts, at Cal Arts in Nepal, rural Thailand, India, Bangladesh community: a friendly togetherness that is Over the years I’ve taken photos, made Valencia. The teachers there advised against and all over Central and South America. impossible to ignore. films and created a website to share my joy art school, and said I should learn from ex- I liked the Third World because for me it The point of this nomadism is clear — to in independent experiential travel. perience. So the conventional college track made life meaningful. I was immersed in devote my life to leading a new movement As time goes by I understand more that wasn’t for me. reality. There was no escaping the constant in alternative travel and education. I want one does not need to live like me to realize How could it be? My experimental men- experience of minimalism and the benefits to inspire young people to take time before that simply seeing one’s surroundings in an tality was reflected in my role models: of a frugal life. All around me in the most or during college to see the world from a open-minded and friendly way will change Gandhi, Ansel Adams and Alexandra Da- simple surroundings were the happiest peo- more three-dimensional perspective, so as everything, at home and abroad. vid-Neel, the early 1900s explorer whose ple I had ever met. to maximize the value of their college ex- I’m always happy to help people make the works supposedly influenced early voices While my peers were binge drinking or perience. most out of their hard-earned travel time. Six of America’s Beat Generation. using study drugs to stay awake cramming I’m ready to share my tools to experience years on the road may seem like a long time, I wanted to be the American Richard in some college, I was ordaining as a monk a world where people are happy with food, but insha’Allah, it’s just the beginning. N Branson billionaire but with minimalism, in rural Thailand, or working 10 hours a water, shelter and family. Wolf Price is a native Palo Altan and or the next Kerouac, without a drug addic- day building an Eco-dome and digging up Now that I’ve seen how people can be gen- attended Palo Alto High School before tion. Mayan artifacts in the Guatemalan jungle. uinely happier with simple lives than with embarking on creative and educational But understanding the world — experi- I knew I had discovered an unconven- money, I am free to be satisfied with any travels. His website is www.WanderWolf. ence — was my most pressing need. I ap- tional path to success. Instead of spending outcome of my own life. With my methods com, and he can be e-mailed at wolfprice@ plied to a study-abroad program, but after thousands of dollars to study a subject, one one can go anywhere and be welcomed with gmail.com. seeing the price tag, and having already can work under practitioners in the field, open arms. Bike down a street and dozens Streetwise What do you like to do around Palo Alto in the summer? Asked on California Avenue. Interviews by Sophie Stid. Photographs by Kimihiro Hoshino.

Madeline Wright Mariana Esparrell Joe Bay Collin Hoctor Jennifer Borenstein Personal Trainer Student Scientist Retailer Speech Pathologist Belmont Canyon Road, Belmont El Camino Real, Stanford Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park Peralta Street, Hayward College Terrace, Palo Alto

“Hanging out with my kids. We go to “Play tennis. In Brazil, where I come “I love going to Harley Farms. I love “I like going to farmers markets. I like “We get gelato on Emerson.” Half Moon Bay or the parks with the from, everyone plays tennis.” looking at the goats and my 2-year-old seeing the different varieties of fruits fountains. We like the water.” son does, too.” and vegetables.”

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 13 Schneider has been a frequent target of climate-change doubters, some of whom have cited his early predictions that particulates or aero- Roller & Hapgood & Tinney sols in the atmosphere could trigger a new cold spell or even ice age by blocking sunlight. But he soon shift- The Peninsula’s Premier Transitions ed his conclusions based on research that showed a rapid buildup of car- Funeral Service bon dioxide and other “greenhouse and Cremation Provider ‘Climate warrior’ Steve gases” that could cause the global atmosphere to warm. Schneider dies at 65 The warming would cause ice Serving all faiths since 1899 caps and glaciers to melt, and cause Offering Pre-need Arrangements Stephen Schneider, 65, a Stanford personal battle havoc worldwide due to rising sea biology professor who for decades with lympho- levels and more volatile weather. 980 Middleﬁeld Rd, Palo Alto, California 94301 has been a central figure in the de- ma in a book, An article quoting Stephen Sch- bate on global climate change, died “Patient from neider at length is in a recent issue (650) 328-1360 of an apparent heart attack July 19 Hell.” of Stanford Magazine, online at: while flying from a scientific meet- He has been www.stanfordalumni.org/news/ www.rollerhapgoodtinney.com ing in Stockholm, Sweden, to Lon- dubbed “the magazine/2010/julaug/features/ don. climate war- schneider.html . Se Habla Español Funeral Home FD132 A memorial service is being rior.” His inter- In the extended Q&A interview, planned for September after the start est in climate Schneider expressed a basic opti- of Stanford’s fall quarter, according change mate- mism. to a colleague at Stanford. rialized early on his career. He re- “I really trust this generation of He was a lead author of the U.N.’s ceived his Ph.D. in mechanical en- kids to make a difference. I know Intergovernmental Panel on Climate gineering and plasma physics from we can invent our way out of some Change. The panel shared a Nobel Columbia University in 1971, and of the problem. We have to get to Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice by 1975 he had founded the journal, them to create a tipping point for a President Al Gore. He and his wife Climatic Change. majority. And that can be done. ” and collaborator, Terry Root, won He joined the Stanford faculty the 2003 National Conservation in 1992 as part of the Woods In- FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC Achievement Award from the Na- stitute for the Environment — the MEMORIAL SERVICE £nxÊÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê tional Wildlife Federation. same year he won a prestigious -Õ`>ÞÊ7ÀÃ «Ê>`Ê-Õ`>ÞÊ-V Ê>ÌÊ£ä\ääÊ>°° Schneider had been a consultant MacArthur Foundation $500,000 Norma Brounstein Levitan, on climate change to the White “genius grant” fellowship. He was 96, died July 19. A memorial This Sunday: "In Search of House under presidents Richard the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor service will be held Sunday, the Sacred Feminine" Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Rea- of Interdisciplinary Environmental July 25, at 11 a.m. at Congrega- Reena Burton preaching gan, George H.W. Bush, William Studies in Stanford’s Department of tion Etz Chayim, 4161 Alma St., An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ Clinton, George W. Bush and Ba- Biology, and was a senior fellow at Palo Alto. rack Obama. the Woods Institute. In recent writings, speeches and interviews, he acknowledged the fierceness of the debate over cli- Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 60 mate change and environmental 6 2 8 7 5 4 3 1 9 policies. He recently had become a vocal advocate for scientists becom- 1 9 7 8 2 3 5 6 4 ing more assertive in voicing their 5 3 4 1 9 6 8 2 7 conclusions in a ways that would be clear to the public and political and 2 8 1 9 6 5 4 7 3 governmental leaders worldwide. 4 7 3 2 1 8 6 9 5 The title of his last book encap- 9 6 5 4 3 7 1 8 2 sulated the struggle over climate change: “Science as a Contact Sport: 7 5 6 3 8 9 2 4 1 Inside the Battle to Save Earth’s Cli- 3 4 2 6 7 1 9 5 8 mate.” He earlier had chronicled his 8 1 9 5 4 2 7 3 6 INSPIRATIONS A resource for special events and ongoing religious services. To inquire about or make space reservations for Inspirations, please contact Today’s news, Blanca Yoc at 326-8210 x6596 or email [email protected] sports & hot picks

Look inside *OAN-ANNING0AULIN today’s insert "ORN&EB ¯0ALO!LTO$IED*ULY ¯0ALO!LTO for savings! Joan Manning Paulin, a 4th- and Dharma Friends events at her home. She was generation Palo Altan, has died predeceased in 1974 by her husband, Sherwood Paulin unexpectedly at age 79. She (Woody). She is survived by her sister Meredy Keller of graduated from Palo Alto High Portland, OR; her son Jack and daughter-in-law Janna (class of ’48), from the University of of Lakeport; son Andy of Santa Cruz; son Ted and Oregon (class of ’52) and worked as daughter-in-law Julie of Menlo Park; her companion, a Realtor in Palo Alto for 57 years. Owen Hackett of Palo Alto; and grandchildren Bret, She spent 5 years in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone Grant, Kira, Lee, Hanna, Jason, Niki and Justin. and Belize with her husband and 3 sons. There will be a celebration of her life on August Joan was larger than life! She was much loved 15 from 1-5pm at her home in Palo Alto. In lieu by her wide circle of friends and will be sorely missed. of ﬂowers, please make a donation to a charity of Always great PLUS Club Card A Unitarian Buddhist, she pursued her spirituality Joan’s interest. Please bring photos and stories of SAFEWAY CLUB Specials That’s our promise... that’s Ingredients for life. in her world-wide travels and often hosted Buddhist Joan to share. PAID OBITUARY NC Page 14ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Cover Story The retirement-home dilemma

Miriam Angus dines with fellow Channing House residents George Knoles and Maryann Coulson.

When it comes to one’s golden years, plan now for the future, experts say Story by Susan Kostal. Photographs by Kimihiro Hoshino.

iriam Angus, 92, has lived ning House staff she wanted to have waiting lists (see sidebar on Because the most desirable facili- you to live by yourself,’” Ogle re- at Channing House, a se- move into an assisted-living unit on next page). ties have waiting lists — and some called. M nior living center in Palo a lower floor, so she could adjust to Those who work with the elderly impose maximum age limits for She knew someone who lived at Alto, for nearly 20 years. When she the new surroundings before she lost say many residents who raised fami- entry — there are seniors who will Vi, and she liked the location across moved in, the former bookkeeper her sight entirely. lies in the community want to stay miss out on the chance to live in a from Stanford Shopping Center. was 73 and very active, driving the “I did not want to be a burden to here, if they can afford to do so. But particular senior community. Last- Ogle put her name on the waiting state to visit her children and grand- my floor,” she explained. not all seniors make the transition minute choices often mean going list. But it was a year before an children and taking advantage of all Today, Angus, “Mim” to her to assisted living as gracefully as where there is an opening, which apartment came available, and even Palo Alto had to offer. An extrovert, friends, lives with surprising self- Angus. Often, the decision is made may not be the senior’s first choice then she had little choice. she participated in many activities sufficiency, thanks to her razor- in a time of crisis, when illness or or the best fit for his or her immedi- “I took what opened up,” she and was known for hosting cheery sharp mind, sunny disposition and depression forces the situation. Con- ate condition. said. happy hours. her facility with technology, like sequently, at a time requiring a clear In that short time, Ogle struggled “I had been burdened with my voice-activated e-mail from Google. head, many instead feel vulnerable with home repairs without her hus- own mother’s care for far too many She is able to give a tour of the entire and grief-stricken over the loss of ‘ I had been burdened band’s help. The fence fell down, years,” she said of her decision to 11-story facility quite easily, having their independence, which makes it with my own mother’s and the sprinkler system broke. move into a retirement community memorized its layout. The only as- difficult to make good decisions. “Now I go to bed at night without where health care would be an op- sistance she requires is when she Experts such as Michael Griggs, care for far too many worrying about tree branches falling tion. “I did not want my children to drops something on the floor and head of social work at Palo Alto’s years. I did not want my on the roof, and so on,” she said. do what I had done.” then requires a staff person to find Avenidas senior center, said the No. children to do what I Angus was on the waiting list for it for her and pick it up. 1 problem for most seniors is wait- he array of choices for residen- a unit at Channing House for five ing too long to make decisions about had done.’ tial care can be overwhelming, years. By the time she moved into a alo Alto is home to more than their future care. – Miriam Angus, resident, T said Joe Matthews, an attor- one-bedroom overlooking the glossy a half dozen senior living “You want control, I understand, Channing House senior living center ney, author of “Long-Term Care,” magnolias on Webster Street, her P communities. Some are non- but you have to take control early and an editor at Caring.com, a web- husband had suffered an extended profits; others are run by religious on. If you wait, it will be taken from Fran Ogle, 77, has lived at Vi on site devoted to helping seniors and illness and died. organizations. Still others are part you,” he said. Sand Hill Road for one year. Two their families manage their care. Angus has thrived at Channing of large corporate chains, such as It can be difficult to parse the years ago, she and her late husband, Seniors are not only renting or House — for example, completing Sunrise and Vi (formerly known as choices and separate facts from H. Kelly, were happily living in the buying an apartment, they are also her memoirs. She remained in good Classic Residence by Hyatt). Most emotion during the search for resi- Sharon Heights home they built in buying a contract for care such as health until a nasty bout of shingles include a range of services, from dential care. 1960. But when her husband was assistance with daily-life tasks or cost her the vision in one eye. Then, recreational programs for those liv- “Let’s face it, next to buying a diagnosed with terminal liver can- skilled nursing. eight years ago, venal occlusion being independently to various levels home, this is probably one of the cer and his health quickly declined, Channing House and Vi are con- gan restricting the blood flow in her of health care for people in assisted- biggest decisions of your life. When she knew she did not want to live tinuing-care retirement communi- good eye. Her physician told her she living and skilled-nursing units. we are older, and often more frail, alone. ties. That means they have increas- would lose her sight completely in Some homes, but not all, provide there are also issues of health and “In the week before he went into ing levels of care, so residents can six to nine months. care for those with Alzheimer’s. mental health. All this stuff makes the hospital for the final time, I said remain at the same facility as their Though she loved her apartment, Few, however, are designed for low- it much more complicated,” Griggs I didn’t want to live in that house by she immediately notified the Chan- income seniors, and most facilities said. myself. And he said, ‘I don’t want (continued on page 21) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 15 Cover Story

Palo Alto* senior-housing options Reported by: Angela Chen, Carolyn Copeland, Coryanne Hicks and Piyawan Rungsuk

Age requirement Apartments Costs Monthly costs Waiting Type of health Total numbers Other to enter owned or rental to enter to live there list care available of residents restrictions Channing House 650-327-0950 Must be between Residents buy $133,000-$637,000 Starting at Several-year Medical care, 260 Must be 65 and 83 membership $2,466-$7,000 waiting list assisted living, independent and into community skilled nursing, in good health (with refund option) life-care community to move in *Glenwood Inn (Menlo Park) 650-322-5550 60 Month-to-month $2,600 $3,750-$5,200 No waiting list for a Varies 85 plus None rental standard one-bed room but there is a waiting list for a deluxe one bedroom The Hamilton 650-463-1400 55 Owned Ranges from Around $800,000 No waiting list No health care 36 None $3,932-$4,743 available unless one decides to hire their own caregiver Lytton Gardens 650-617-7434 62 Rental Varied, based on 30% of income Yes, varies Social services and About 500 None residents’ income for rent counseling, respite care and hospice, spiritual support, physical, and speech therapies Lytton Gardens Assisted Living 650-617-7338 62 Rental Varied, based on 30% of income Yes, for non-subsidy, Varies 50 None residents’ income for rent no for subsidy independent living Lytton Gardens Health Care Center (skilled-nursing facilities) 650-617-7350 62 Rental Varies depending Varies depending No waiting list Social services, 145 None on health needs on health needs counseling, respite care and hospice, spiritual support, physical, and speech therapies Moldaw Family Residences 650-433-3629 62 Residents buy $333,000- $2,805-$6,600 No waiting list Independent living 86 Financial membership $1,200,000 and assisted living qualification required into community (with refund option) Palo Alto Commons 650-494-0760 None Month-to-month N/A N/A No waiting list Independent living, 141 None rental assisted living, dementia care, focused care, elite care, 24/7 nurse available *The Sequoias (Portola Valley) 650-851-1501 65 Residents buy $226,000-$733,700 $3,500-$6,353 Yes, for larger units, Residential living, 312 Review of medical membership (studio to duplex) for single person 200 on list assisted living, and financial history into community skilled nursing, required (with refund option) memory care Sunrise of Palo Alto 650-326-1108 62 Rental Starting at Starting at No waiting list Assisted living 97 Certain health $3,300 per month $3,300 per month and memory care conditions not accepted Vi at Palo Alto (Formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt) 650-838-0300 62 Residents buy Starting at $682,700 Starting at $3,598 Yes, close to 300 Full continuum of 530 Medical membership care: independent, and financial into community assisted living, skilled qualifications (with refund option) nursing, memory support Webster House 650-327-4333 62 Residents buy Starting from $3,100 No waiting list Independent living, 34 Doesn’t provide membership $355,000 assisted living memory care into community (with refund option) Page 16ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ 3XOO2XW6HFWLRQ 5DYHQVZRRG)DPLO\6SHFLDO Committed to providing the 3URGXFHGE\ +HDOWK&HQWHU Highest quality

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This is a watershed year for us with has a major new center that features a was an ardent supporter of RFHC and the April opening of Ravenswood Family branch of the Stanford Health Library. the father of our staff member Shyvonne Dentistry, an amazing “high tech” state- For this federal support we’re grateful to Lewis. He is irreplaceable. of-the-art full service dental clinic and a our Congresswoman Anna Eshoo who As always, we appreciate how handsome Center for Health Promotion has been proactive in backing us at every responsive and interested many of you featuring a branch of the Stanford Health stage of development to ensure equality in have been over the years. You have an Library. healthcare for the underserved. open invitation to come for a tour. Feel For the second time in our short Another major achievement this year free to contact our Development Office history the David and Lucile Packard was the convening of the first meeting of (650-617-7828) for more information. Foundation stepped up to fund a major our newly appointed Advisory Council. capital project. The first was in 2000 To strengthen our capacity we’ve Wishing you well, with the building of the main clinic. This recruited men and women with skills and

time the foundation’s gift of $1.5 million experience to enable us to build for the Luisa Buada Luisa Buada brought to life the first full service dental long-term in preparation for the surge in Chief Executive Officer clinic serving low-income families in the number of uninsured and those newly our service area. Right next door to it insured once the Health Exchange is we built a Center for Health Promotion, enacted in 2014. (See Page 3) the inspiration of our board member In closing I want to acknowledge our Gordon Russell who has always seen the collective sadness with the tragic death of importance of providing the resources David Lewis, the founder of Free at Last, needed to improve health outcomes in a community partner that has provided the community. With a major gift from housing to hundreds of our patients him and timely federal stimulus funding while in recovery from addiction. The through the American Recovery and community lost a charismatic leader who Reinvestment Act, the community now had led the recovery movement in East Where Healthy Living Takes Flight Palo Alto for the past 15 years. David

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Center: Integrated Behavioral FDUHUHIRUPWKURXJK GHPRJUDSKLFVKLIWVVSUHDG our partnership has become Jonathan Lindeke Nancy Lee, Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Spin Fellows, Christina Littler WKHOHQVRIWKHQDWLRQҋV GLYHUVLW\DFURVVWKHQDWLRQ more public with the addition Health Services Gordon Russell , Officer. Far right Rose Jacobs Gibson. AND#HRISTINA+RATSCHMERJOINED VDIHW\QHWRIFRPPXQLW\ &+&VDUHZHOOSRVLWLRQHG of a branch of the Stanford RFHC to set up and coordinate s#RISISINTERVENTION Rev. Elisapeta M. 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Fran Ogle, 77, moved into her Vi apartment a year ago, after her husband passed away. She no longer wanted to live in — and maintain — their Sharon Heights home alone.

day rather than moving to the assist- in the future without paying an en- ed-living floor at Channing House. trance fee.) (According to the settlement, Her- Matthews’ own mother, now de- Channing House’s harmonica club meets on Saturday mornings. riot moved out of Channing House ceased, bristled when she found she but has the right to move into Chan- ning House’s skilled-nursing wing (continued on next page) Seniors stand the repercussions — or an- agreements,” Matthews said. “Prob- ticipate them. And it’s tempting, lems usually arise around whether CUSTOM SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY (continued from page 15) experts agree, for a senior to want the criteria are clear enough, who to fudge certain criteria in order to needs to be consulted and who STYLE AND EVERY BUDGET health declines and they need more stay in a unit or on a floor where makes the ultimate decision.” help. A resident may progress from they feel comfortable. These con- Such issues came into play recent- independent living, in their own tracts will also spell out whether ly in litigation, now settled, between apartment, to one of two levels of seniors are able to hire outside help Channing House and a former resi- assisted care, where they may have to assist them or if they must rely dent, Sally Herriot. Herriot’s health private or shared rooms, to skilled- solely on the services provided by was declining, but she did not want nursing care, which has more of a the facility. to move from her apartment and so hospital-like atmosphere. “There are always going to be dis- hired private help for 16 hours each Not all health situations are covered, however. At Channing House, for example, those who develop Al- zheimer’s must go to another facility; Channing House is not equipped for late-stage (violent, combative or wandering) Alzheimer’s care.

‘ You want control, I understand, but you have to take control early on. If you wait, it will be taken from you.’ – Michael Griggs, head of social work, Avenidas senior center Palo Alto And there may be social draw- backs to consider. At Vi, residents who need assisted living or skilled- nursing care move into adjacent buildings and may not see their old neighbors on a regular basis. Lengthy contracts spell out who $500 decides when seniors will move into ——— OFF ——— advanced levels of care, and why. MUST ACT BEFORE 9-30-10 Facilities licensed as continuing-care retirement communities MINIMUM $5,000 PURCHASE. (CCRCs), sometimes called “life SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY. care” facilities, such as Channing House, have extensive contracts and must adhere to a slew of state laws, most falling under the state’s Health OUR PENINSULA SHOWROOMS HAVE CONSOLIDATED. and Safety Code, when it comes to VISIT US AT OUR NEWLY EXPANDED AND RENOVATED the care they provide at each level. CAMPBELL SHOWROOM. THE BAY AREA’S LARGEST! Thus both state law and facility policy dictate the level of indepen- CERTIFIED GREEN dence seniors must achieve in order CAMPBELL SHOWROOM 1190 DELL AVENUE to be able to stay in a given level of care. Often these are simple and WWW.VALETCUSTOM.COM 408.370.1041 sound straightforward, such as be- FORMERLY EURODESIGN ing able to get out of a chair unas- sisted. HOME OFFICES MEDIA CENTERS But seniors don’t always under- WALL BEDS CLOSETS GARAGES *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 21 PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Cover Story

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1. Recommendation from the Policy & Services Committee (P&S): Council Priorities Workplan 7:00 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter 2. Public Hearing: To Consider Stanford University Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement Project- Meeting to Accept Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Stanford University Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement Project, Including an Overview of the Alternative Chapter and Mitigation Measures of the DEIR 3. Approval of Rail Corridor Stakeholder Task Force and Direction to City Manager to Appoint Task Force Members (Continued from July 12, 2010) 4. Discussion Regarding a Potential Measure on Repealing Binding Arbitration 5. Recommendation from Council Appointed Officers Committee (CAO) regarding City Attorney Recruitment 6. Approval of an Electric Enterprise Fund Contract With Pacheco Utility Line Builders, Inc. for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of Miriam Angus, with friend Barbara Gordon, has thrived in the Channing House community for nearly 20 $3,000,000 for Providing Overhead Electric Transmission and years. Distribution System Construction Services – Capital Improvement Program Budget EL 98003 Matthews said a lawyer should attention and care to ensure he eats 7. Approval of Four Multiple Prime Contracts for the Civic Center Seniors review the complex legal contracts properly and doesn’t wander from (continued from previous page) Infrastructure Improvements - Capital Improvement Program required to buy into a continuing- the facility. She lives in the couple’s Project PF-01002: 1) Contract with Nexgen Builders, Inc. in the care facility. spacious one-bedroom, with tomato Amount of $367,313 for General Work Items and Finishes;2) needed to move, briefly, into assist- “Many times, you are sinking plants on her balcony and a spec- Contract with Everest Waterproofing and Restoration, Inc. in the ed care following an illness. your life savings into one place,” tacular view of the leafy Stanford Amount of $648,934 for Exterior Improvements; 3) Contract with “She ended up back in indepen- Matthews said. University campus, while he lives ACCO Engineered Systems, Inc. in the Amount of $1,270,695 dent living but wound up hiring As careful as seniors are in se- on a floor where he gets greater as- for Mechanical, Plumbing, Fire Sprinkler and Controls; and 4) someone to come in a certain num- lecting their retirement homes, dis- sistance. The arrangement gives her Contract with H.A. Bowen Electric, Inc. in the Amount of $749,000 ber of hours a day to help her. Her agreements do arise. Then, Griggs a degree of freedom she would not for Electrical And Fire Alarm facility allowed that, and allowed and other experts recommend going otherwise have. She is in and out of 8. Approval of Amendment No. One to Existing Contract No. caregivers to spend the night.” to either the Long Term Care Om- his room constantly, she said, and C09127499 with Assetworks, Inc. in the Amount of $9,832 for the But, Matthews said, not all do, budsman Program at Catholic Char- the two eat meals together. Purchase of Additional Components Required to Complete the and it gets quite expensive. ities of Santa Clara County or the Angus views her floormates as Implementation of the Fuel Transaction Management System “That’s why assisted living can be Ombudsman Services of San Mateo her family. One of her daughters 9. Approval of the Sale of Surplus Fire Equipment to Oaxaca, Mexico a great thing for people.” County, a nonprofit that investigates lives in Palo Alto, and she and her in the Amount of $20,000 and works to resolve complaints on husband are considering signing up oth Griggs and Matthews urge behalf of residents in long-term care at Channing House, Angus said. 10. Approval of a Wastewater Treatment Enterprise Fund Contract seniors and their families to facilities. Ombudsman Services, for For her part, Ogle said her three with Carollo Engineers, P.C. in an Amount of $981,266 for get help when comparing re- example, will send a volunteer to ac- adult children are “thrilled” she Preparation of the Long Range Facility Plan for the Regional Water B tirement communities, the services company a senior to a meeting with lives at Vi, and Ogle likes knowing Quality Control Plant; and Adoption of a Budget Amendment they offer and the regulations that staff about transitioning into a dif- they don’t have to call her daily to Ordinance to Transfer $481,266 from Capital Improvement govern their operations. ferent care level. check on her. Program Project WQ 04010, Replace Existing Reclaimed “Geriatric-care managers can be Difficult transitions rarely lead to “It has worked out extremely Water Pipe to Capital Improvement Program Project WQ immensely useful in the search pro- litigation, as they did in the case of well,” she said. “The whole family 10001, Plant Master Plan cess,” Matthews said. Herriot. But the case points out the would move in if they could.” N 11. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing Use of a Design-Build Project Geriatric-care managers and social problems when seniors find it dif- Freelance writer Susan Kostal Delivery Method for Design and Construction of Replacement Fuel workers who serve older adults will ficult to accept they need more care can be e-mailed at skostal@mac. Pumps and Related Equipment at Foothills Park (VR-92006) help seniors investigate the levels of than they needed previously. com. 12. Adoption of Budget Amendment Ordinance (BAO) Amending the care into which they may progress Not all seniors find the changes Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 to Provide Additional Appropriations and steer them away from making upsetting, though it is a natural reac- On the cover: Miriam of $22,780 for Verification of Petition Signatures Within the General decisions based on surface details, tion, experts say. Angus’ neighbors, Angus, 92, moved into Fund for the County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters Regarding such as the light in the day room or a married couple, live in two sepa- Channing House 19 years ago Palo Alto Professional Firefighter’s, Local 1319, Initiative Costs the quality and variety of desserts. rate units, on two separate floors, at and now lives in the assisted- “The problem is people tend to Channing House. She is lively and in living section. Photo by look almost exclusively at the front good health, but her husband has a (TENTATIVE) AGENDA-SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING Kimihiro Hoshino. end and not at the back end or mid- form of dementia and needs careful Special City Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 27, at dle parts,” Matthews said. 6:00 p.m. regarding: 1) Interview of Candidate for the Planning and Likewise, Griggs recommends Transportation Commission for Two Four Year Terms Ending July 31, having a third-party involved in the 2014., and 2) Performance Evaluation for City Clerk & City Auditor process. “I would encourage any older adult who is planning on making STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS that move (to a senior living facility) to have an advocate with them and The Policy and Services Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, to ask as many questions as possible. July 29, at 7:00 p.m. regarding: 1) Oral Communications, 2) Follow-Up You should probably compile a list Discussion of Options to Implement a Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Hotline of questions before you sign any Program, 3) Continued Discussion of and Recommendation to Council contract. ... The more you know, the on Proposed Changes to the City Council Procedures and Protocols, more empowered you’ll be,” Griggs 4) Selection of Top Focus Areas for Policy & Services Workplan from said. Council Priorities Workplan In addition to health care services, seniors should ask whether fee in- The High Speed Rail Committee will be held on Thursday, July 29, at creases, which cover ongoing care, 8:30 a.m. regarding: 1) Discussion of Engineering On-Call Services for example, will be capped at a with Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) 2) Discussion of Technical certain percentage, or what the pro- Working Group Worksheets (tentatively scheduled) 3) Legislative cedures are for resolving problems Update, 4) Updates and Informational Items or complaints, such as issues with Avenidas’ Michael Griggs conducts an interview with Eldon Everett on roommates. his housing situation. Page 22ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Entertainment movies and more, edited by Rebecca Wallace

From left, guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Jorge Roeder and violinist Victor Lin will perform July 28 in “100 Years of Django.” Joel Simon

a fitting tribute to their original his first solo album, “Sounding performance and the master mu- Point,” and performs all over the sician whose music continues to world in addition to teaching inspire jazz artists and aficiona- each year at the Stanford Jazz dos today. Workshop. The annual Stanford Jazz Fes- Lage said he is happy to shed Joel Simon Joel tival and Workshop, now in its his “child prodigy” image, 39th year, kicked off on June 25 though he never took the label and will continue with camps, a too seriously. residency program, workshops “You can take it as pressure, or and two dozen concerts through as you grow up you can kind of Tribute Aug. 7. “100 Years of Django” let go of that and realize that it will be held on July 28 at Stan- doesn’t have as much to do with ford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium. your self-image or self-worth as Born in 1910, Django Rein- it might have as a younger per- hardt was raised among gypsy son,” Lage said. “I think it’s a settlements and began playing relief to be getting a little older Joel Simon the guitar, violin and banjo as and go, ‘Wow, that word doesn’t a child, according to a Stanford really apply to me as much.’” Jazz press release. At 18, he was Lage met violinist Victor Lin badly burned in a fire that left at the Stanford Jazz Workshop times him unable to use two fingers when he was 15 years old. De- on his left hand, though he despite the nearly 15-year age dif- ou could say that it was Django veloped his own technique that ference between them, the two Reinhardt, the master jazz guitar- still allowed him to play with became good friends, though ist whose 100th birthday would breakneck speed and agility. with Lin’s focus on jazz educa- Yhave been this year, who brought “The urbane, lilting tones of his tion in New York City and La- guitarist Julian Lage, bassist Jorge guitar and his ornamented, me- ge’s Boston-based performance 3 Roeder and violinist Victor Lin togeth- lodic improvisations defined the career the two don’t get to play er. genre known as ‘gypsy jazz,’” together often. Lage, Roeder and Lin first played as a the release reads. “Over the years he’s become Trio of friends to trio at the Stanford Jazz Festival last year, Though they are united by one of my best friends. He was in a concert that featured faculty and sev- their love of jazz, Lage, Roeder, actually one of the groomsmen honor jazz giant eral musicians playing music from the and Lin have each had vastly in my wedding about a month year 1959. The three came out into the different careers. ago,” Lin said of Lage. “But over Django Reinhardt middle of the stage, gathered around one Lage has been front and center the last couple of years, we’ve microphone, and played a Django-style in the jazz scene since he was been playing a lot of violin and in Stanford Jazz medley of three John Coltrane tunes. 8 years old. Labeled a guitar guitar stuff. Every time we get In a matter of minutes they had stolen prodigy, he played with Carlos a chance to play together it’s a Festival concert the show, and the crowd went wild. Santana and other guitar masters riot. It’s just so much fun. And Now, the trio is set to put on a tribute and was the subject of the 1996 then musically, it’s like, get out BY ROBIN MIGDOL concert entitled “100 Years of Django” documentary “Jules at Eight.” — it’s on such a high level. It’s at this year’s Stanford Jazz Festival, in Now 22, he recently released (continued on next page)

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Tribute their instruments and they also it, as long as the spirit of that is tween (Julian, Victor and me) can for two kids sitting on the side- (continued from previous page) are very eager to communicate, to present, that hypnotic, addictive eradiate to the audience the same walk and a bunch of cars driving have fun and share the experience. rhythmic quality and that roman- way it captured me. I think it can by, you’re definitely going to have fantastic.” For me it’s just a pleasure every tic and dramatic aspect, you can be enjoyed on many different lev- a good time when you’re actually Lage also met bassist and Peru time I play with them.” go wherever.” els.” in a place designed for music.” N native Jorge Roeder at Stanford All three agree that Django con- “I could never (try to) play the For Lage, Roeder and Lin, the Jazz. Roeder is now a member tinues to be one of the most influ- way he played; that’d be a lost concert is simply another chance to What: “100 Years of Django with of Lage’s band, the Julian Lage ential voices in the history of jazz cause!” Lage said. “I don’t see it play great music in great company. Julian Lage, Victor Lin, and Jorge Group. He met Lin at Calhoun music. Lin and Lage said that their as much as a tribute — it’s more As Lin recounted, the three musi- Roeder,” a concert presented by the School, where Lin is a music teach- concert will not attempt to repli- of a celebration of that kind of ex- cians have fun playing together no Stanford Jazz Festival Where: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stan- er, in New York City. Roeder said cate Django’s sound, but rather citing, innovative quality he had matter where they are — even on ford University he is looking forward to playing capture the spirit and recognizable throughout his career.” the streets of Palo Alto. When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 with Lage and Lin once again. style of his music. Roeder said that anyone will be “Last year when we had some Cost: $32 general, $18 for students “To share the common rhythm “Django is inextricably linked able to appreciate the trio’s take on down time, just for fun, we would Info: A pre-concert talk by Julian with string instruments is some- to that guitar style that he played Django’s music. drive to the middle of Palo Alto. Lage is set for 6:30 p.m.; admission thing that I find very appealing. and the violin style of Stephane “I am from Peru, where jazz is We’d just stand on the street cor- is free with concert ticket. For more There’s a great sense of commu- Grappelli (with whom he founded not something that you hear very ner and play as a trio,” Lin said. information, go to stanfordjazz.org, nication,” Roeder said. “Julian and the Quintette of the Hot Club of often,” he said. “But the sense of “If you can have fun playing on which contains Django-related audio Victor are incredibly proficient in France),” Lin said. “The way I see communication that exists be- the corner of University Avenue, and video links, or call 650-725- 2787. FREE VVOLOLVVOO #.8t.&3$&%&4t#.8t.&3$&%&4t It once hosted vaudeville; now DELIVERY the historic Fox Theatre in Red- (with min. order) "/%.*/* wood City will be home to a re- "/%.*/* spected Peninsula theater group. “THE BEST Read more on Weekly arts editor PIZZA WEST CORPORACORPORATETE AUTOAUTO WORKSWORKS Rebecca Wallace’s blog. Ad Libs OF NEW YORK” Top Rating For Quality By Bay Area is located at adlibs.paloaltoon- Consumer Check Book line.com. —Ralph Barbieri and KNBR 680 $PNQMFUF 4FSWJDF 3FQBJS :VCB .U 7JFX Correction 226 Redwood off El Camino An article in the July 16 880 Santa Cruz Ave Shores Pkwy near Hwy 85 Weekly misstated the admis- .PO'SJ sion price for the “Encounter” Menlo Park Redwood Shores www.corporateautoworks.com (Next to Pacific lectures at the Music@Menlo (at University Drive) festival. Tickets cost $42 for Athletic Club) adults and $20 for students. Since 650-691-9477 s r r (650) 329-8888 (650) 654-3333 1981 Go to musicatmenlo.org for Distributor JT Design Products more. APY APY 3-year 2-year CD1 CD1 Special rates. Smarter checking. One solid financial partner. 5=09(.8,(::03,:59:8,4.:/,4?5;8-04(4*0(260*:;8,58(2030:,+:03,.,:(96,*0(28(:,54(=/,4?5;20410::5(4?%4054(41A */,*104.(**5;4:!2;9?5;C22/(<,:/,(++,+*54-0+,4*,5-()(41=0:/4,(82? ?,(895--04(4*0(2,>6,80,4*,),/04+?5;$/,:0304. *5;2+4C:),),::,8:59:(8:62(4404.(9:854.-04(4*0(2-;:;8, Open a checking account and get a special CD rate. Stop by a branch for this limited-time offer, or visit unionbank.com/cdoffer. Menlo Park: #(4:(8;@<, Mid-Peninsula: %40<,890:?<, Palo Alto: 2(3045",(2

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and touching. It’s a vigorous and subsists on auctioning the remnants the house draws Avery home for the refreshing work from a young play- of other people’s lives, the Ainsleys first time since her father’s death, wright not afraid to let the theater have a tendency to organize their and Kettenring is saddled with be theatrical. own lives around stuff. oblique exposition about the abusive The production is stylishly direct- Take daughter Amelia. Amelia patriarch. With a weaker actress, the ed by Meredith McDonough, who has a talent for grouping auction play might implode under this sub- heads the New Works Festival, and items into lots, collections of things plot, but Kettenring makes it work. features masterful performances that will sell better together than Splendid performances aside, from all six cast members. separately. She believes she can much of this production’s flair de- judge the health of her own mar- rives from its technical elements. riage (poor, as it turns out) by com- Annie Smart’s black and white, Molly Anne Coogan paring a pile of her possessions to a two-and-a-half-story set has a sense takes the show’s pile of her husband’s, determining of hand-drawn whimsy about it: a Wildest Comic Moment if her objects are a good match for Victorian interior from a New York- his. Smartly played by Jessica Lynn er cartoon. It is also spectacularly award when, in a Carroll, Amelia is hopelessly naïve functional, rotating to reveal three desperate moment, but never shallow. living spaces in addition to Alice’s Her sister Annalee is responsible attic and Aiden’s basement. (On her character staples for the auction house’s paperwork. opening night, the first set change herself to her father’s Wielding the meanest stapler in the provoked an audible “Oooo ...” from

Tracy Martin desk. Midwest, Annalee guards her niche the audience.) Playing sisters, Heidi Kettenring and Molly Anne Coogan fight over by creating a filing system that is But it is the combined work of their father’s desk. Diane Dorsey is quietly resolute utterly undecipherable to everyone lighting, sound and properties de- as Alice, a woman who chooses to else. Actress Molly Anne Coogan signers that creates the most im- focus on the task at hand with all plays Annalee’s various neuroses pressive effects. Each time one of the clarity she can muster. Happily, and coping mechanisms to the lu- Alice’s memories decays, a physi- Worth the highest bid Dorsey also has a talent for deliv- dicrous hilt while still keeping the cal item on stage disappears with a TheatreWorks’ new play about an auctioneering family ering trunkloads of exposition in a character believable. (Coogan also synaptic sizzle and a flash of light. completely natural manner. She is edges out her costars for the show’s Even though these items are invis- is vigorous and refreshing largely responsible for setting the Wildest Comic Moment award ible to Alice and the audience, the by Kevin Kirby rhythm and tone of the piece, and when, in a desperate moment, An- other characters continue to see, she does it well. nalee staples herself to her father’s touch and use them. The attendant lice Ainsley has a problem: Faithful scribe Arthur is played desk.) sound cues — the reverberant crack Her cherished mementos are THEATER REVIEW by Lance Gardner, the embodiment Liam Vincent is deliciously dis- as Avery wields an invisible gavel, A vanishing. It’s not that they’re of efficiency and dedication in rasp- agreeable as brother Aiden, a gifted the rubber-ducky squeak as Arthur being stolen; in fact, they never tival, that help comes in the form berry slacks. Arthur is also a sort restorer who can polish or tarnish, squeezes an invisible finger puppet leave their shelves. But Alice’s syn- of Arthur, a young man with a sin- of magic looking glass for the Ain- repair or distress with equal skill, — are timed with an almost miracu- apses are failing her. Her memories gular gift for taking thorough and sleys, taking in their quirks without whichever will maximize an object’s lous precision. are evaporating, and each time she accurate notes, even under stressful judgment and mirroring them back value. Aiden chooses to keep life’s “Auctioning the Ainsleys” is loses a memory, the keepsake as- conditions. Alice hires him to jot with a gentleness and wisdom be- chaos at bay by renouncing mate- bursting with theatrical magic, from sociated with that memory becomes down her reminiscences before it’s yond his years. In time, he becomes rial possessions altogether, and his audio-visual illusions to unexpected invisible to her. too late. the trusted friend that each of the basement apartment is barer than a revelations of the human heart. It is Alice is the widowed matriarch of She also enlists Arthur’s help in Ainsleys needs to move forward in monk’s cell. (The budding romance also a tremendously funny, inventive the Ainsley clan, a family of Mid- preparing the house and its contents their lives. between Arthur and Aiden seems play. Catch it while you can. N west auctioneers, and in her waning for auction. Of course, this task is And move forward they must, more like the playwright’s idea than years she has secluded herself in the not nearly so daunting as preparing for each of the Ainsleys is, in some the characters’, but Vincent and What: “Auctioning the Ainsleys,” a family’s Queen Anne house, com- sense, stuck. In “Auctioning the Gardner play it with a light touch play presented by TheatreWorks Alice’s grown children for the sale Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 municating through an intercom. of their home and the family busi- Ainsleys,” Schellhardt is concerned that renders it charming.) But when the memories begin blink- with the elaborate tactics that each As the wayward eldest sibling, Middlefield Road, Palo Alto ness. When: Through Aug. 8, on Tues. and ing out, Alice seeks outside help. The ensuing turmoil forms the of us uses to deal with the chaos of Avery, actress Heidi Kettenring has In “Auctioning the Ainsleys,” Wed. at 7:30 p.m.; Thurs. and Fri. at 8 core of Schellhardt’s story, and she day-to-day life. Like the grand Vic- the toughest role. The only one of p.m.; Sat. at 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sun. at the world-premiere play by Laura mines it for all the humor it’s worth. torian house where most of Alice’s the Ainsleys to leave home, Avery 2 and 7 p.m. Schellhardt that launches The- The play, billed as “a dramatic com- children still reside, these tactics is now an itinerant auctioneer, deal- Cost: Tickets are $19-$67. atreWorks’ 41st season and ushers edy,” is by turns absurd, insightful can both protect and entrap. ing with the painful things in life by Info: Call 650-463-1960 or go to the- in the company’s New Works Fes- Not surprisingly for a family that selling them off. Alice’s plan to sell atreworks.org.

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Nancy and Charlie are at a Welcome to evolution Edward direct. Even their lizard manner- crossroads in their life together. Albee-style. It turns out that we isms — twitchy bodies, flicking Beyond the sea After raising three children, they humans, with our privileges, our tongues — cease to be comedy as Dragon’s ‘Seascape’ looks at marriage and evolution each view the remaining years in educations, our “gracious” living, we come to accept the notion of different ways. Nancy wants the have an awful lot of time to think talking lizards on a New England with insight and humor golden years to be full of activity about what we want or what we beach. by Chad Jones and meaning. “The only thing to don’t want, what we have or don’t The creatures possess inno- do is to do something!” she urges, have. Could that be devolution? cence limned with the common lithering swiftly into the while Charlie is of the opinion Perhaps our over-thought, over- sense of the natural world. They swirl of evolutionary debate, THEATER REVIEW that, “We’ve earned a little rest.” burdened lives have run their know some impressive words but SEdward Albee surmises that Charlie makes the mistake of course, and now it’s time for a not too many of them. They also sea creatures are better at mar- reminding Nancy that she has newer, simpler species to come display striking chemistry with riage than human beings. It’s hard to imagine another “had” a good life, while Nancy along and try it all again. And one another, which makes them In his Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright who could charges that she is “having” a to think this was written before even more believable as a fully 1974 play “Seascape,” now at so successfully blend a straight- good life. Turns out that Charlie the advent of e-mail and smart invested married couple. the Dragon Theatre in Palo Alto, forward discourse on spouses and has wrestled with melancholia phones. For two hours, Dragon’s “Sea- Albee takes one of his favorite mortality with an utterly daffy before, and in his youth, he was Director Ana-Catrina Buchser scape” rolls merrily along, with punching bags — the supposed take on evolution represented by fond of what you might call “re- takes a straight-ahead approach to Albee unspooling ideas and no- bliss of matrimony — and dunks two highly intelligent sea lizards. verse evolution.” He found great this tricky material, and that’s a tions about the fate of humankind it into the dangerous riptide of Try as you might, YouTube fails comfort in loading his pockets smart choice. In Jones and Tyler, and the intricacies of married life. absurdity. In the early ‘60s with to provide video documentation with stones and allowing himself she has two comfortable, capable This is pleasurable theater that his landmark “Who’s Afraid of of that key moment in the plan- to sink to the bottom of the sea for actors who are able to set a fa- entertains and tickles the brain — Virginia Woolf?” he pitted two etary history when sea creatures as long as he could stand it. miliar tone: a husband and wife but not so much you feel taxed. warring, game-playing spouses stepped onto dry land and began He wants to go backward, while rummaging through well-worn There’s fun and substance to against one another and let the fur the relatively swift — and some Nancy gamely charges forward. arguments about who they are as be found as the real world col- fly in the presence of a younger, might say downhill — evolution Their contentious impasse is individuals and as a couple. lides with a fantastical biological flabbergasted couple. toward oil spills and Us Weekly. broken by the appearance of an- Things get much more interest- experiment, all laboring to say As Albee matured as a play- Thankfully, in “Seascape,” Al- other, younger couple, Leslie ing with the arrival of Hero and something simple: Being married wright, he became more artful in bee imagines what that moment (Alex Hero) and Sarah (Jeannie Naughton, outfitted like Cirque is rough, wonderful and, very oc- his evisceration of the connubial might have been like. Naughton). Their relationship ap- du Soleil acrobats by designer casionally, astonishing. N conundrum. By 1966, with “A On a gorgeous sunny after- pears to be quite healthy — going Magenta Brooks. Their shiny liz- Delicate Balance,” he was turn- noon, an older couple savors the swimmingly, in fact. In large part, ard outfits, complete with tails, What: “Seascape” by Edward Al- ing marriage and relationships pleasures of what appears to be a they don’t think too much about are topped by marvelously expres- bee, presented by Dragon Produc- into something profound and ab- Cape Cod-ish sort of beach (the marriage. They just live it. sive metal gills along the sides of tions surd by rendering it with hints of dunes and pier of the set is ren- It’s not that they lack smarts. On their heads. Where: Dragon Theatre, 535 Alma St., Palo Alto monsters in suburban homes. dered nicely by Gavin Takase- the contrary, they’re both bright, The presence of the lizards When: Through Aug. 8, at 8 p.m. By the time he got to “Sea- Sanchez, and the filtered sunlight inquisitive and well spoken. And, could easily turn the play into a Thursday through Saturday and at 2 scape” in the mid-’70s, he was, as and ocean waves are courtesy of as mentioned before, they’re sea sketch, but the level of discourse p.m. on Sundays. the play’s title suggests, a skilled Andrew Custer). Nancy (Patri- lizards who, for some inexplicable is too high, and often too funny. Cost: Tickets are $20 general, and artist working his dramatic can- cia Tyler) is sketching the ocean, reason, felt compelled to break the Hero and Naughton could eas- $16 for seniors and students. vas in shades of reality, comedy while her husband, Charlie (Bill watery bonds of their ocean home ily be ridiculous if they weren’t Info: Go to www.dragonproduc- and absurdity with aplomb. C. Jones), relaxes and grumbles. and cast their lot on dry land. so sincere and so wonderfully tions.net or call 650-493-2006.

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For the audience, there’s a larger Mia Wasikowska), is, as they say, a “major motion question: Whose side is Salt on? picture,” not a macro-budget art house indie. If only Noyce didn’t make it so easy to predict Bening plays Nic, a doctor, biological mother of where “Salt” is going, maybe it would be harder to Joni (Wasikowska), a straight-A student about to predict where Salt is going — so to speak. Still, the EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS START FRIDAY, JULY 23RD leave for college. Jules (Moore), biological mom first act’s breakout of good old-fashioned “Fugi- Cinemark #$!' %# %San Mateo 800/FANDANGO 968# Cinemark #$!' %# %Redwood City 800/FANDANGO 990# ##!!# !' ! !" $ !# " %#" " #" """ !" $# $ " # of 15-year-old Laser (Josh Hutcherson), has stayed tive” action allows for some preposterous but cool $"!"46".4;8/2,7?#,<8" ;/8.=496( 84 & home with the kids and tried a variety of careers, stunts of the James Bond school, and the able Jolie including her latest, landscape design. Laser, who thrives on every such opportunity. (It’s a testament excels at sports, is “exploring”: trying drugs, may- to Jolie’s action-star credibility that she replaced be a little gay sex with his unsuitable buddy Clay. the once-attached Tom Cruise.) “SALT IS THE NEWEST, What Laser is really curious about, though, is Salt’s ingenuity, hyper-speed reaction time and his biological father, and with Joni’s help, he finds application of brute force make her a kind of Jackie ” him. Paul (Ruffalo), the sperm donor, is a hang- Bauer who we’d better hope is working for the good SEXIEST SPY IN TOWN. loose restaurateur and organic farmer. How cool is guys. Jolie gets pro support from Liev Schreiber, Dave Basner, MTV/ VH1 RADIO NETWORKS that? Everything about Paul is cool, the kids find, as longtime colleague Ted; and Chiwetel Ejiofor from his motorcycle to the easy way he seems to as the skeptical Peabody (sample line: “There’s a fit in. mole in Russia House, I’m sure of it”). Both are But not so fast. Nic in particular resents Paul’s tasked with hunting down Salt, who may or may apparent assumption that he’s part of the family. not be poised to assassinate the Russian president. For one thing, it turns out he lied in his statements This question gets answered in another novel set to the sperm bank: He was not studying interna- piece — this one set in a New York City cathedral tional relations and in fact never finished college. — that’s emblematic of the movie: momentarily Will he turn out to be a father, or an interloper? exciting but utter nonsense, a Burmese Tiger Pit The film, co-written by Stuart Blomberg, excels built over a gaping plot hole. in the naturalness and wit of its dialogue and its So “Salt” is a wild ride, crazy-ridiculous, pre- sympathetic examination of the ambiguities and dictable to anyone who’s ever seen a big-budget spy tensions of sex. How can Joni win the love of her picture, but also pleasingly stunt-happy. Whether sometimes-boyfriend Jai? Why do Nic and Jules or not audiences will want to sign up depends on watch male porn videos? And is Jules really gay? what they’re in the mood for: a gourmet meal like In a world where the old certainties seem to be col- “Inception” or fast food. Add “Salt” to taste. lapsing, what are the new rules? Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, lan- and action. One hour, 40 minutes. guage and teen drug and alcohol use. One hour, — Peter Canavese 44 minutes. — Renata Polt Agora -1/2 (Aquarius) Swords and sandals, astronomy, Salt --1/2 and Christians behaving badly: If this admittedly (Century 16, Century 20) In her new action thrill- snarky description doesn’t quite sum up “Agora,” er “Salt,” Angelina Jolie doesn’t just play a spy. She it comes close. doesn’t just play a superspy. She plays a sooooper- A Spanish film directed in English by Chilean- COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH RELATIVITY MEDIA A di BONAVENTURA PICTURES PRODUCTION spy. (The better to stoooopefy, my dears.) born Alejandro Amenabar (“The Others,” “The A FILM BY PHILLIP NOYCE “SALT” LIEV SCHREIBER CHIWETEL EJIOFOR DANIEL OLBRYCHSKI As you might imagine, the approach of Jolie, di- Sea Inside”), the film is set at the end of the fourth MUSIC EXECUTIVE rector Philip Noyce (“Clear and Present Danger”) century A.D. in Alexandria, Egypt (but filmed in ANDRE BRAUGHER BYJAMES NEWTON HOWARD PRODUCERSRIC KIDNEY MARK VAHRADIAN RYAN KAVANAUGH WRITTEN PRODUCED DIRECTED and screenwriter Kurt Wimmer (“Law Abiding Malta). Governed by Rome, Alexandria is the site BYKURT WIMMER BYLORENZO di BONAVENTURA SUNIL PERKASH BYPHILLIP NOYCE Citizen”) has its merits. The story of a career CIA of the magnificent Royal Library. There Hypatia intelligence officer informed that she’s been a Rus- (based on a historical character and played by Ra- sian sleeper agent all along, “Salt” gives Jolie plenty chel Weisz) studies mathematics, philosophy and of opportunities to bust out her perfected, pursed- astronomy and teaches classes of eager young men, STARTS FRIDAY, JULY 23 CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR lip “I’m about to do something naughty” look. The all of them, apparently, in love with her. THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES problem is that what may seem at first blush like But there’s trouble, as the Christians aggressively an unconventional action movie has within it, wait- proselytize while the Jews and pagans (or some of CITY OF PALO ALTO RECREATION PRESENTS ing to break out, its own sleeper agent: a highly them) resist. These conflicts aren’t merely intel- conventional action movie designed for franchise lectual or theological. Battle after battle is fought THE 26TH ANNUAL – Palo Alto Weekly potential (a star is “Bourne”?). in this two-hour-plus film, with massive digitally Suddenly on the run, Jolie’s highly trained opera- produced crowd scenes and plenty of blood. The MOONLIGHT tive Evelyn Salt must contend with two problems: film’s centerpiece is the Christians’ sacking of the eluding the full force of the CIA and tracking down library, as the pagans attempt to rescue some of its RUN & WALK her beloved husband (a German arachnologist (continued on next page) played by August Diehl), who’s likely a victim of MOONLIGHT SEPTEMBER 24, 2O1O RUN&WALK Register at www.PaloAltoOnline *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 27 Movies

(continued from previous page) related to the sun, and occasion- MOVIE TIMES precious scrolls. ally uttering such lines as, “Why are slaves never around when you Two of Hypatia’s students, Movie times for the Century 16 theater are through Monday only, and times for the the upper-class Orestes (Oscar need them?” Century 20 are through Sunday or Monday only, except where indicated. For more times, go to PaloAltoOnline.com Isaac), and her slave Davus (Max The film makes some timely points about fundamentalist reli- !"# Minghella), convert, with Davus Agora (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. $% gions, as the Parabolani, a radical becoming a follower of the black- (1/2 clad preacher Ammonius (Ashraf Christian sect, preaches women’s " &' ( submission and “modesty.” You’d The Belle of New York Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 5:55 & 9:40 p.m. Barhom). But Weisz’s Hypatia (1952) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) ) * floats ethereally above the fray, think the filmmakers had taken +(# the fundamentalists’ advice, as, Clifford’s Really Big Century 16: Wed. at 10 a.m. refusing either to convert or to Movie (G) (Not Reviewed) aside from Hypatia, women are get emotionally involved with her Cyrus (R) ((( Aquarius Theatre: 2:45, 5, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Century * admirers, speculating about the virtually MIA from this film. Hy- 20: 12:35, 3, 5:20, 7:45 & 10:10 p.m. , !# patia doesn’t even appear to have ) shape of the Earth and its position Despicable Me Century 16: 12:10, 2:40 & 5:10 p.m.; In 3D at 10:50 any female servants. What the film (PG) ((1/2 a.m.; 1:20, 3:40, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Sun. does have, in splendid abundance, at 12:30, 2:50 & 5:10 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Mon. at 11:15 a.m.; are impressive sets: the library and 1:45, 4:15, 7:10 & 9:40 p.m. other public buildings, lavish inte- Dinner for Schmucks Century 20: Thu. at 12:01 a.m. riors, a ship at sea. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) “Agora” leaves us with the im- Elvis on Tour: 75th Century 16: Thu. at 7 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 7 p.m. pressions that the ancients lived Anniversary Celebration (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) amidst constant religious strife, Eric Clapton’s Century 16: Tue. at 7:30 p.m. Century 20: Tue. at Crossroads 2010 (PG) 7:30 p.m. butchery and upheaval, interrupt- (Not Reviewed) Fri & Sat ONLY I Am Love 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Winter’s Bone 2:15, 7:20 ed by short periods of speculation 7/23-7/24 Restrepo 4:45, 9:45 The Girl Who Played Guild Theatre: 2, 5 & 8 p.m. Sun - Tues ONLY I Am Love 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 about the solar system. with Fire (R) (( 7/25-7/27 Winter’s Bone 2:15, 7:20 Restrepo 4:45 Maybe that’s the way it was, but Weds ONLY Grown Ups (PG-13) Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 1:55, 4:50, 7:45 & 10:35 p.m. I Am Love 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 7/28 Restrepo 2:15 you have to wonder. (Not Reviewed) Century 20: Fri.-Sun. at 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:25 & Thurs ONLY I Am Love 1:45, 4:30, 7:15 9:55 p.m. 7/29 Restrepo 7:20 Not rated. Two hours, six min- Harvey (1950) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Tue. at 5:35 & 9:35 p.m. $ utes. (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) $ - . - / - — Renata Polt I Am Love (R) Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:30 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. (Not Reviewed) also at 10 p.m. Inception (PG-13) Century 16: 10:30 & 11:40 a.m.; 12:50, 2, 3:10, 4:20, (((1/2 5:30, 6:40, 7:50, 9 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Mon. at 11:35 a.m.; 12:25, 1:15, 2, 2:50, 3:45, 4:35, 5:25, 6:15, 7:05, 7:55, 8:45, 9:35 & 10:25 p.m. The Karate Kid Century 20: Fri.-Sun. at 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. (2010) (PG) ((( The Kids Are All Right Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 1, 2:15, 3:50, 5, 6:30, 7:40, 9:20 (R) (((( & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Mon. at 11:30 a.m.; 2:10, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:50 p.m. Knight and Day Century 16: 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Sun. ! (Not Rated) ((1/2 at 8:10 & 10:45 p.m. The Last Airbender Century 20: In 3D Fri.-Mon. at 11:20 a.m.; 1:50, 4:20, -Patrick-Patrick Goldstein,Goldstein, LOSLOS ANGELES ANGELES TIMES TIMES (Not Rated) ((1/2 6:50 & 9:20 p.m. The Metropolitan Opera: Century 16: Wed. at 6:30 p.m.; Thu. at 10 a.m. Cen Carmen (Not Rated) tury 20: Wed. at 6:30 p.m.; Thu. at 10 a.m. CinéArts (Not Reviewed) at Palo Alto Square: Wed. at 6:30 p.m.; Thu. at 1:30 p.m. Predators (Not Rated) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:15 p.m. ! ((1/2 Century 20: Fri.-Sun. at 11:50 a.m.; 2:40, 5:15, 8 & 10:35 p.m. -David Edelstein, -David Edelstein, Ramona and Beezus Century 16: 10:40 a.m.; 1:15, 3:45, 7:10 & 9:45 p.m. NEW YORK MAGAZINE (G) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: Fri.-Mon. at 11:25 a.m.; 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Rear Window (1954) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Tue. at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. (Not Rated) also at 3:30 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Restrepo (R) Palo Alto Square: 4:45 p.m.; Fri. & Sat. also at 9:35 (Not Reviewed) p.m. Royal Wedding (1951) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Salt (PG-13) Century 16: 11 a.m.; 12:20, 1:30, 2:50, 4, 5:20, 7, 8, !! ! ((1/2 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Mon. at 11:10 a.m.; -A.O.-A.O. Scott,Scott, THETHE NEW NEW YORK YORK TIMES TIMES -Mike Sargent, WBAI RADIO noon, 12:50, 1:40, 2:30, 3:20, 4:10, 5, 5:50, 6:40, 7:35, 8:20, 9:10, 10:05 & 10:45 p.m. Silk Stockings (1957) Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 7:30 p.m. (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) The Sorcerer’s Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:30, 5:40, 7:15, 8:50 & 10 p.m. Apprentice Century 20: Fri.-Mon. at 11:05 a.m.; 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 & (PG) ((1/2 10 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 12:40, 3:15, 6 & 8:50 p.m. Toy Story 3 (G) (((( Century 16: 10:25 a.m.; 1:10 & 4:10 p.m.; In 3D at noon, 3, 6:50 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Sun. at 12:20, 2:55 & 5:35 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Mon. at 11 a.m.; 1:35, 4:25, 7 & 9:45 p.m. The Twlight Saga: Century 16: 10:35 a.m.; 1:40, 4:30, 7:25 & 10:25 p.m. Eclipse (PG-13) ((1/2 Century 20: Fri.-Sun. at 11 a.m.; 1:55, 4:55, 7:50 & 10:40 p.m. Winter’s Bone (R) Palo Alto Square: 2:15 p.m.; Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also at (Not Reviewed) 7:20 p.m. Yolanda and the Thief Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 5:30 & 9:15 p.m. (1945) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. 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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 31 1ST PLACE BEST SPORTS COVERAGE California Newspaper Publishers Association Sports Shorts ON THE PITCH . . . The Stanford women’s soccer team will be well-represented in the next round of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany, with four Cardinal players still competing. Stanford’s Alina Garciamendez scored a crucial equalizer to lift Mexico to a 1-1 draw with Nige- ria and into the knockout stages of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup on Wednesday in Bochum, Germany, when Mexico was in danger of not advancing. And the United States, with three Stanford players, beat South Ko- rea, 1-0, in Bielefeld to win Group D. The U.S. (2-0-1, 7 points) plays Nigeria on Sunday in a quarter- final in Augsburg while Mexico, the Group C winner, follows with a match against South Korea in Dresden the same day. In the 78th minute of Mexico’s match, Garcia- mendez controlled a ball with her chest and struck a right-footed Kyle Terada volley from close range to shoot It has been a long a successful road for Palo Alto’s Jeremy Lin, who led Palo Alto High to the CIF Division II state championship (left) in 2006, helped Harvard Mexico from third to first in Group (center) compile one of the best records in school history while earning All-Ivy League honors and Wednesday (right) joined the NBA’s Golden State Warriors. C. The Mexicans (1-0-2, 5 points) tied Nigeria on points, but won on total goals (5-4), with Japan (4 points) eliminated from the tourna- The journey continues for Jeremy Lin ment despite finishing only a point behind. Garciamendez, who will Palo Alto High graduate moves closer to fulfilling be a sophomore central defender for the Cardinal this fall, is the his dream of becoming an NBA player after captain of the Mexican team. For signing with the Golden State Warriors the USA, Rachel Quon played the entire match at right outside back, by Rick Eymer where I was going to go.” and Stanford teammates Teresa he ink had hardly dried from That meant even more hard work, Noyola and Courtney Verloo were Jeremy Lin’s signature on a a little bit of luck and the willing- second-half substitutes. Noyola, T Golden State Warriors’ con- ness of an NBA executive to give who entered in the 57th minute tract and the reaction was swift, him another chance. as an attacking midfielder, nearly positive and overwhelming. With Donnie Nelson, a former assis- scored on a dipping shot from the one smooth stroke of the pen the tant coach with the Warriors in the top of the box that was pushed Warriors not only ended Lin’s draft- 1990s under his father, called Lin wide by South Korea’s keeper. day disappointment but engaged a just before the NBA draft and of- large segment of the Bay Area fered him the opportunity to play SOFTBALL HONOR . . . Recent population. in the NBA’s summer league in Las Cardinal graduate Alissa Haber Lin, the Palo Alto High grad who Vegas. He was originally scheduled was voted the U.S. Olympic Com- led the Vikings to a state basketball to play in the San Francisco Pro-Am mittee (USOC) Female Athlete of championship in 2006, was formally League, which hosts games at Kezar the Month for June 2010, based introduced as the newest Warrior on Pavilion. on her record-breaking play at the Wednesday in a decidedly informal The Mavericks’ president of bas- 2010 ISF Women’s World Cham- setting at the team’s training facility ketball operations, the only person pionship in Caracas, Venezuela. in downtown Oakland. from the NBA to contact Lin, invit- The USA Softball Women’s Na- Kyle Terada “I thought I would be a borderline ed him to Dallas to train, and gener- tional Team was also selected as draft guy,” Lin said. “It was obvi- ally gave him every opportunity. June 2010’s Team of the Month ously a disappointing night for me. “Donn Nelson took care of me,” for its performances leading to a The last three months have been Lin said. “He invited me to July 4th seventh consecutive World Gold Jeremy Lin has wanted to play in the NBA most of his life and now will very anxious for me. It was the first Medal. get the chance after signing with the Warriors on Wednesday. time in forever that I didn’t know (continued on page 34)

COACH OPENINGS . . . Sacred Heart Prep and Menlo-Atherton are looking for some coaches for Bank of the West Classic will have plenty to celebrate the upcoming school year. Sacred by Rick Eymer toli of France returns but will be Hall of Famer, has already won two two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Heart needs a girls JV head ten- he 2010 Bank of the West tested by many of the world’s best titles in three finals appearances Kimiko Date Krumm, former No. 1 nis coach and boys JV head ten- Classic certainly will be all players. Three-time Grand Slam this year. Dinara Safina and 18th ranked Vic- nis coach. Interested applicants T about celebration when it champion Maria Sharapova is just In addition to Sharapova, the tour- toria Azarenka. please contact AD Frank Rodri- makes its annual appearance next one of the many standout players nament field includes 2008 French And if that wasnít enough, the guez at 473-4031 or via email at week at Stanford’s Taube Family who will battle Bartoli, along with Open champion Ana Ivanovic, 2008 doubles draw will feature three- [email protected]. Tennis Stadium. three top-10 players and at least 12 Olympic gold medalist Elena De- time Grand Slam champion Lind- This will be the event’s 40th of the top 30 players in the world mentieva, 2010 Wimbledon finalist say Davenport playing with Liezel birthday party, so to speak, and will overall. Vera Zvonareva, 2010 French Open Huber, the worldís No. 1 ranked READ MORE ONLINE have a field worthy of the celebra- Sharapova, who will play in the finalist Samantha Stosur, 2010 Aus- doubles player. www.PASportsOnline.com tion during the week-long event that featured 7 p.m. match on Tuesday, tralian Open semifinalist Zheng Jie, The Bank of the West also will For expanded daily coverage of college begins Monday and wraps up Sun- is one of the most popular and suc- 2009 US Open semifinalist Yanina have its usual handful of past, pres- and prep sports, please see our new day, Aug. 1. cessful tennis players in the world. Wickmayer, 2008 Australian Open site at www.PASportsOnline.com Defending champion Marion Bar- The former World No. 1, and future semifinalist Daniela Hantuchova, (continued on page 35) Page 32ÊUÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ HIGH SCHOOLS Castilleja coach has mettle and medals Olympian Brenda Villa will bring plenty of international experience to new job as Gators’ water polo coach

by Keith Peters For Villa, it’s an opportunity to t was only a few weeks ago that return to the Stanford community members of the Castilleja water where she built the foundation of her I polo team were in tears after career after arriving on The Farm in hearing the shocking news that their 1998 as the nation’s top recruit. coach, Ted Minnis, had accepted “I am excited to return to the Bay the job of coaching the men’s and Area and be a part of a long-stand- women’s water polo teams at Har- ing tradition of athletic and academ- vard University. ic achievement at Castilleja,” Villa There still were a few tears last said in a statement. “I am eager to Friday morning when a handful of build on the program’s success over Castilleja players received more the last several years and look for- shocking news. This time, however, ward to working with the girls. I am it was tears of joy as the Gators dis- grateful for this opportunity and covered that three-time Olympian look forward to becoming a part of Brenda Villa will be the team’s new the Castilleja community.” head coach. This will be Villa’s first time as “No way,” said senior Sayeh Bor- a head coach at any level. She has zorghadad upon the announcement been an assistant water polo coach by Castilleja Athletic Director Jez at Cerritos College since 2005 and McIntosh. “You’re lying, right? She a swim instructor since ‘08. is like my idol.” “It will be great for our girls,” “This is so cool,” said another McIntosh said. “She can get in the player. pool and show them how to do it. Kyle Terada Added teammate Erica Lantzsch” That’s the biggest key, having a coach Three-time Olympian and former NCAA Player of the Year Brenda Villa from Stanford will coach the Cas- “I’ve got to start working out!” who the girls have seen compete. tilleja water polo team this fall while continuing her preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Villa comes to Castilleja as per- She’s an amazing role model and we haps the most recognizable name in are thrilled to have her on board.” dad and other players to have role When Villa makes her coaching weekend when Villa will have to the history of USA women’s water From the reaction of the Castilleja models. debut with Castilleja on Sept. 3, it train in Los Alamitos at the Olym- polo. In addition to being a three- players on Friday, the selection of “When I was in middle school, will be at Stanford. pic training facility, there are no time Olympic medalist (2000, ‘04 Villa is a hugely popular one. Ted would say we should have cer- Before that happens, Villa will other conflicts. and ‘08) and Team’s USA captain “I’m totally stunned she’s going to tain athletes to look up to. I looked compete with Team USA at the “The opportunity to have her own from 2005-09, the Stanford graduate coach us,” said Borzorghadad. “It’s up to Villa. She’s sort of my size 15th FINA Women’s World Cup in program was exciting to her,” he received the Peter J. Cutino Award such an honor.” and we play similar positions. She New Zealand from Aug. 17-22. That said. “She knew of the program that was the female College Player of the Borzorghadad was smiling was always one of those players I means she will miss the start of Cas- Ted had built because she knew Ted. Year in 2002 and was named the fe- through a few tears upon hearing watched.” tilleja’s workouts, which begin Aug. She was excited that it was a quality male Player of the Decade by FINA the announcement. It was quite a Bozorghadad and her teammates 16. Castilleja assistant Jessie Wood program and a senior-heavy team.” Aquatics World Magazine this past reversal of emotions after hearing did just that last month when Villa will take charge in Villa’s brief ab- Villa’s only concern, McIntosh April. about the departure of Minnis. and her USA teammates played Chi- sence. said, was whether she could fill “To replace Ted, it had to be “It was really sad,” she said. “I na in an exhibition match at Stan- Having some flexibility in her Minnis’s popular shoes. someone big,” McIntosh said Fri- definitely did not see it coming. ford. Interesting enough, everything schedule was important to Villa, “I just told her to bring a few of day morning. “He, after all, was the But, I was also very happy for him leads back to Stanford, where Villa said McIntosh. her Olympic medals to practice,” big, lovable coach here for 11 years. because I knew he wanted to coach was a three-time All-American, the “She knew we could support her McIntosh said. For the seniors, I’m really happy for at the next level. He worked so hard NCAA Women’s Water Polo Player during her training for the (2012) Brenda Villa likely will bring a them -- especially after losing Ted for us for so long.” of the Year in 2001 and led the Car- Olympics,” he said. lot more than that to the Castilleja for their senior year.” Minnis also had told Bozorgha- dinal to the national title in 2002. McIntosh said other than a few water polo program. N

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on 6-of-12 shooting in just 28 min- Paul Sakuma/Associated Press utes while Wall scored 21 points on Palo Alto High grad Jeremy Lin and former Paly basketball coach Peter 4-of-19 shooting in 33 minutes. Diepenbrock enjoyed the spotlight on Lin’s signing day. Lin has overcome several ob- stacles and preconceived notions to He became the fourth Asian- against the Big Red in two games. reach this level. After graduating American player signed by the NBA Harvard played in its first post- from Palo Alto, only Pac-10 schools, since 1947. In an area with a large season tournament in 64 years, The Bowman program builds Harvard and Brown showed any in- Asian population, Lin becomes an losing to Appalachian State in the terest. instant celebrity. first round of the collegeinsider.com confidence, creativity and “The Pac-10 schools wanted me to “I consider myself a basketball tournament. academic excellence. walk-on,” Lin said. “I didn’t want to player more than Asian-American,” Lin moved into the Harvard start- walk on and then not make a team he said. “I’m ready to play at this ing lineup as a sophomore, the year so I had to choose between Harvard level and I appreciate the support Tommy Amaker took over as head +"#'$) and Brown.” of the Asian community. This is a coach. Amaker, a former assistant at Anyone who knows Lin knows dream come true. I always wanted Duke, also knows point guards. He $$"#'$) his drive for excellence. 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He finished his college career as Gie-ming, mother Shirley and Lin’s effort against the Huskies, Harvard’s all-time leader in games +)*$#' brothers Josh and Joseph — Lin also and his ability to draw large crowds played (115) and fifth in points with shared Wednesday’s moment with to Bay Area venues such as Santa 1,483 points. the two coaches. Clara and Stanford, attracted inter- Now he has the chance to live a www.bowmanschool.org “He was always the best player est and placed value on his skills. dream. on any team he played for,” said The Ivy League doesn’t generate “They want me to come in and Diepenbrock, a point guard in his much attention from the national compete,” Lin said of the Warriors. playing days at Burlingame High media in general, and Harvard has “They have a need at the guard posi- and Menlo College. “He made the hardly been a powerhouse. The tion and that speaks volumes to me. varsity as a freshman and just kept Crimson (a school record 21 wins) My opinion is I’m ready to go. I’m getting bigger, stronger and bet- completed one of their most suc- ready to play at this level. It’s up to ter. He has a different body now cessful seasons this year, finishing me how I develop. I know I have to &&&(&!&& than what he had in high school. second to Cornell in conference develop a consistent jump shot out to & & & (& &&& He turned that small body into a play. Cornell reached last season’s the NBA 3-point line. All I wanted (& & & & & & strength as a big point guard.” Sweet 16. Lin averaged 21.5 points was the chance.”N &,& & 2& & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & !& (& & & What They Are Saying About Jeremy Lin: & & & ,& 2& & 2& & & (& & & & & & & & & (& & & & & & (& & * “He’s easily one of the na- “Jeremy Lin is probably one of men that can & & & & & && &,& tion’s best-kept secrets. 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