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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis City proposes to peek at people’s garbage New Palo Alto ordinance aims to reduce amount of and a new surcharge for some of materials and, ultimately, fines. “It’s trying to focus on those the city’s most egregious violators Reigel said the penalties would who are really egregious and who recyclable, compostable materials in trash cans of the new policy. only apply to the city’s worst viola- wouldn’t do it any other way.” by Gennady Sheyner Clay Reigel, the city’s Zero Waste tors of the recycling policy — those Public Works staff estimated that supervisor, said the ordinance would who ignore the warnings and con- about 43 percent of the city’s gar- alo Altans who repeatedly Ordinance with the goal of sig- not include any punitive measures in tinue to throw away recyclables. bage is actually recyclable and 29 throw recyclable items into nificantly reducing the percentage its first year, instead focusing exclu- They would find that their garbage percent is compostable. The goal P their trash bins could soon of recyclables that end up in local sively on education. But in the sec- is no longer collected. of the ordinance is to dramatically find themselves slapped with fines garbage. On Tuesday night, staff ond year, residents and businesses “It’s not meant to be heavy-hand- reduce that percentage and to help and without a garbage-collection from the Public Works Depart- that throw large volumes of paper, ed,” Reigel told a gathering of about the city meet its goal of Zero Waste service. ment said the new ordinance would plastic and other recyclable goods 30 residents Tuesday night. “The in- by 2021 (sending no — or minimal The city is in the midst of revis- likely involve an intense effort to into their black garbage bins will tent is not to make it punitive for ing its Recycling and Composting educate the public about recycling be hit with warnings, educational people making an effort to comply. (continued on page 7)

CRIME Trial of accused ‘City Hall shooter’ begins Witnesses in trial of Otto Emil Koloto reveal details of July 13, 2008, homicide by Sue Dremann and Bay City News wo men — one the best friend of a man who was gunned T down outside Palo Alto City Hall in July 2008 and the other a friend of the man accused of the fatal shooting — took the witness stand this week in Santa Clara County Su- perior Court. It was the start of the trial of Otto Emil Koloto of Gilroy. He has been charged with the murder of 27- Veronica Weber year-old Philip Lacy, with an enhancement for use of a firearm during the commission of Gone fishin’ a felony — rob- Nathan Ellisen, left, Grace Peek, center, and fellow students and volunteers from Walter Hays Elementary School prepare to cast a net at the bing Lacy of his Baylands during a field trip in early March. The trip’s aim was to teach kids about animal life and conservation. Shiner Surf perches caught Otto Emil Koloto expensive jew- that day will be featured in the Lucy Evans Nature Interpretative Center’s aquarium. elry. Faramarz Maleki, who census workers will be knocking on ing addresses and maps, required had been friends U.S.CENSUS the door. for the upcoming count. with Lacy since Jim Kamenelis, a longtime Silicon “There’s an incredible pool of ca- high school in Valley IT director, is one of those pable people available right now,” Millbrae, said Economy creates wealth of with ample qualifications. An IT Kamenelis said. Monday that manager who was looking for work “It’s amazing how many talented Lacy was enam- qualified census takers after a failed startup, Kamenelis people we hire — we have lawyers, ored of the long, was hired by the Census Bureau in business executives, a lot of retired gold chain and Philip Lacy Countdown is ticking to ‘Census Day’ April 1 the summer of 2008 as the local of- military, and one lady here is a heavy diamond- fice manager to help ramp-up to the Ph.D. in computer science. encrusted crucifix that played a cen- by Chris Kenrick big count. He expects his job to end “These are a lot of accomplished tral role in his death. he U.S. Census-taker who now on final countdown to “Census this September, he said. folks who, for whatever reason, are The flashy gold chain that promi- knocks on the door this spring Day” April 1. Kamenelis said he has tested unemployed and this is the best nently hung down to Lacy’s abdomen T just might have an M.B.A., or By that date, every U.S. resident about 15,000 local applicants for thing available to them.” was his “pride and joy,” Maleki said. even a Ph.D. should have returned the 10-ques- census jobs, which are on-again- The census jobs are hourly and Lacy wore the chain and cross Silicon Valley’s high jobless tion form received this month. off-again depending on tasks at sporadic, with no benefits. The low- every day. It was valued at between rate has created a wealth of talent If one hasn’t mailed back the hand. He has also managed a vari- est-level position, office clerk, pays $5,000 and $10,000. to staff the 2010 Census, which is form, one of those ultra-qualified ety of preparations, such as updat- (continued on page 7) (continued on page 8) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 3

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day that businesses cannot switch INSURANCE to Healthy Workers from another Census (continued from page 3) plan. Only small businesses that are not now offering health coverage are eligible, he said. $16.50 an hour and the top position, Business owners unsure Paula Sandas, the president and which Kamenelis holds, pays $37. CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of The Palo Alto Census Office about county health plan Commerce, said the majority of — its official name even though the chamber’s estimated 575 mem- it’s actually located in downtown Hundreds of Palo Alto businesses are small enough ber businesses are small enough to Mountain View — has 60 people to qualify, Chamber head estimates qualify for Healthy Workers. currently working in the office and by Martin Sanchez “In Palo Alto, I would guess we 70 working in the field, he said. are talking about small retail and The biggest hiring surge will alo Alto business owners for a cheaper plan when his origi- restaurants. ... This is a really good come after April 1 when Kamene- appear uncertain about join- nal plan’s costs peaked. He said he thing for businesses,” she said. lis expects to hire as many as 1,000 P ing a new county health care wants to do “a lot of research” be- Healthy Workers has been in de- people. Those workers will person- of U.S. the Courtesy Census Bureau plan for uninsured workers, despite fore forming an opinion on Healthy velopment since 2006, Meacham ally visit households who have not promises it would cut monthly in- Workers. But, he said, “Whatever said. returned their census forms. surance premiums in half. they’re going to do is better than The plan provides standard medi- Tracking people down in person The plan, “Healthy Workers,” what it is now.” cal care at a discount to people who nationally costs the government was developed by local advocacy Under the plan, which debuted last would otherwise rely on Santa Clara $80 million to $90 million for ev- groups Working Partnerships USA week, employers pay a $150 monthly Valley Health and Hospital System ery 1 percent of people who don’t and Santa Clara Family Health premium and employees pay a $75 emergency rooms — the county’s return the forms. The effort is mas- Plan and the county-run Santa monthly premium. These premiums medical “safety net” — for treat- sive, even on a local level, he said. Clara Valley Health and Hospital are roughly half the cost of other ment, he said. The Palo Alto Census Office cov- System. Healthy Workers is open comparable plans, Meacham said. Since emergency-room visits cost ers about 194 census tracts, with 45 to those who earn less than $18 per Some business owners already the county more than regular doc- of those considered “hard to count” hour and work more than 20 hours provide health insurance to their tor’s appointments, the money the — including Stanford University, East Palo Alto seventh grader per week at businesses with two to employees. Jeff Selzer, who runs Santa Clara Valley Health and Hos- he said. The 194 tracts are in Palo Angela Ayala’s poster won a San 50 employees, Working Partner- Palo Alto Bicycles on University pital System saves through reduced Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mateo County-wide poster contest ships USA spokesman Jody Mea- Avenue, said his current plan’s pre- emergency-room use will make up Mountain View and all of San Ma- to encourage participation in the cham said. miums have increased by 12 to 20 for the discount, he said. teo County. upcoming U.S. Census. “Don’t the “There are such a great number in percent per year in recent years. “Even if (discounted care) is still Kamenelis tries to hire people who people of E.P.A. need more $? So, our county who are without care,” If he did not already offer insur- costing us money, we still come out live in the census tract where they’ll make yourself count for the 2010 Santa Clara County supervisor Liz ance and adopted Healthy Workers, ahead,” Kniss said. be working. People are more likely to Census,” the poster urges. Kniss, a registered nurse, said. “This some of his employees would not Sandas said that Healthy Work- open their doors to a neighbor than to plan will give them the dignity and re- qualify due to earning higher than ers’ limited selection of participat- a stranger, the reasoning goes. spect of having health care coverage.” the county plan’s maximum. ing clinics could be a problem for “When we look for people we look Mateo County coast in Montara and Hassem Bordbari, the owner of Gillian Robinson, who co-owns business owners. The only par- for them based on where they live, the El Granada, as well as in the wooded Barron Park Florist on El Camino the ZombieRunner athletic shop ticipating clinic in Palo Alto is the languages they speak and how well community of La Honda, he said. Real, said he canceled health insur- and café on California Avenue, MayView Community Health Cen- they do on our test, which looks for This week, the workers turned ance for himself and his two employ- noted Healthy Workers’ monthly ter on Grant Road. accuracy and precision,” he said. their attention to homeless shelters ees one year ago because their com- premium is cheaper than Zombie- Meacham said Working Partner- Kamenelis said he expects to hire and soup kitchens, contacting man- bined monthly premium reached Runner’s current plan’s. ships USA will monitor the pro- 40 or 50 Stanford students to do the agers and seeking their cooperation $2,400. He knows several neighbor- “The tough part is finding every- gram’s effectiveness and accessibil- work on campus. Bilingual workers for the April 1 count deadline. ing shop owners who cannot provide thing that’s out there. ... I have a lot ity in the coming months. are also desired. Spanish, Russian, “On the night of (March 30) or insurance either, he said. to do every day, and if it would re- “If there’s tweaking that needs to Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, the morning of the 31st, from mid- “(Health care) in this country is quire a lot of work for (only) some be done ... we want to be involved in Cantonese and Tagalog are among night to 7 a.m., we mobilize and go all getting bad, especially when you savings, I don’t know,” she said. that,” he said. N languages spoken by those hired. to the homeless encampments and are getting older. ... We live by the Robinson said she might look into Editorial Intern Martin Sanchez Last week, field workers hand- we count the folks there,” he said. grace of God that nothing happens Healthy Workers when she hires can be e-mailed at msanchez@ delivered census forms to 2,500 The workers will approach homeless to us,” he said. new employees. paweekly.com. residents who do not have mailing persons in teams and will be mindful Bordbari unsuccessfully looked But Meacham clarified Thurs- addresses. Most were on the San not to wake up campers, he said. Because homeless persons are transient, the bureau may issue The tag system would only apply manager, said the city also plans to he said. blankets or other identifying mark- Recycle to those whose garbage consists of unveil new programs in the next year Staff had estimated that about ers once someone is counted in a (continued from page 3) more than 10 percent recyclables, or so to make it easier for residents 25 percent of the current garbage soup kitchen so he or she won’t be Reigel said. to reduce their waste. This includes consists of items that cannot be double-counted elsewhere, he said. “One banana peel, Coke can or picking up residents’ food scraps and recycled or composted — a cat- Approximately $436 billion in — waste to landfills by 2021). newspaper in the garbage will not other compostable materials — a ser- egory the city has characterized as federal funds for highways, hospi- The ordinance revision, which trigger anything,” Reigel said. “The vice the city currently only offers to “problem materials.” This includes tals, schools, roads, nursing homes is modeled on similar laws in Se- expectation is that there will not be commercial customers. objects that are too soiled or con- and more are allocated based on attle, San Francisco and Portland, perfect compliance.” “We got a lot of feedback from the taminated to go anywhere but the census data. would take effect in July. In the first Several residents said Tuesday community that this is important for black bins, as well as materials such “There’s a huge amount of money year, the city would send residents they were concerned about the new a lot of people,” Eyerly said. “We’re as Styrofoam, which are too light in play,” he said, emphasizing the recycling guides, hold community proposal, particularly the punitive working as quickly as possible to and bulky to be recycled in a cost- importance that every person be meetings on recycling and update measures in the second year. Doug provide that service and considering effective manner. counted. the city’s website to include all the Moran said his garbage bins often the most economic way to do so.” “You will never have zero waste,” Kamenelis said workers are pertinent recycling information. include trash that was placed there The city also plans to start offer- Moss told staff Tuesday night. “If trained neither to be invasive nor to Meanwhile, the city’s garbage col- by construction workers working at ing residents smaller trash bins in you talk about minimizing waste get inappropriate personal informa- lector, GreenWaste, would be peek- a site near his Barron Park house. the next few months to encourage instead of zero waste, people will tion about anyone. ing in local garbage bins to identify Bob Moss, meanwhile, wondered less garbage disposal and more re- give you more credibility.” N “We simply want to count,” he who is throwing away large quanti- what exactly constitutes an “egre- cycling, Eyerly said. Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner said. ties of recyclable materials. Those gious” violation. A garbage col- But some participants in Tues- can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ There is no reporting of persons who do will find a yellow tag on lector could, for example, lift the day’s meeting remained skeptical. paweekly.com. to U.S. Citizenship and Immigra- their garbage can, identifying the lid, see a few sheets of paper in the One resident asked what problem tion Services, he said. problem and providing additional garbage bin and conclude that the the city is trying to solve with the Correction “We have to be very careful be- information about recycling. resident is flouting the law. But the new enforcement measure. Another In the story on the Yiddish Cul- cause there’s a fear about the census In the second year, violators paper could have food product such one characterized the city’s effort ture Festival (Palo Alto Weekly, — a fear about the government — and would be identified with red tags as jelly smeared on the other side, to target non-recyclers as “garbage Feb. 5, 2010), the percentage we wrestle with that with everybody. of Yiddish speakers murdered on their trash cans and given a which would make it ineligible for Gestapo.” in the Holocaust was incorrect. “We all take an oath and we face few weeks to correct the problem. recycling. Moss also questioned the city’s According to Jon Levitow, the five years in prison and a $250,000 Those who don’t shape up will find Reigel said residents who dis- use of the term “zero waste” to de- correct estimate is about 50 fine for disclosing any personal in- a surcharge on their bills. If they agree with their notices would have scribe its ongoing effort to encour- percent. The Weekly regrets the formation. We treat it as national error. To request a correction, continue to trash their recyclables, the opportunity to call the city and age recycling. Even with stringent contact Managing Editor Jocelyn security — top secret,” he said. N their garbage would no longer be work things out before any fines are new regulations, Palo Alto will Dong at 650-326-8210, jdong@ Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can collected, according to the tenta- issued. never be able to eradicate all the paweekly.com or P.O. Box 1610, be e-mailed at ckenrick@paweek tive proposal. Rene Eyerly, Palo Alto’s solid-waste garbage and reach “zero waste,” Palo Alto, CA 94302. ly.com.

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Meanwhile, Lacy, Maleki and Koloto four friends started their night at Compost (continued from page 3) The Glow bar in San Mateo then (continued from page 6) drove to Palo Alto. In the early morning hours of July The men parked in the under- But the site is scheduled to revert to 13, 2008, the chain also became the ground parking structure under City parkland when the landfill closes in The Bowman program builds object of desire for accused killer Ko- Hall and took turns drinking from a 2012. Any attempt to build a new loto, who allegedly approached Lacy $30 or $40 bottle of vodka, Maleki facility on the dedicated site would confidence, creativity and and his friends at their parked gold testified. need to be approved by Palo Alto academic excellence. Lexus on Bryant Street in Palo Alto On questioning from Santa Clara voters. after both parties returned from the County Deputy District Attorney Bobel said the city could consid- Lower School - Grades K - 5 Blue Chalk Cafe on Ramona Street. Matt Braker, Maleki admitted he er dedicating other parkland sites “Cuz-o, you got a ‘Port?” Maleki “did a couple of key shots of co- in exchange for the right to build recalled Koloto asking, seeing the caine.” He described a key shot as a new composting facility on the Middle School - Grades 6 - 8 Newport cigarette Maleki had just lit. sticking a key into a bag of the white Byxbee Park site. Koloto walked around the car to powder and putting it up one’s nose, “We think something can be Individualized, self-directed program where Lacy was sitting in the rear a common technique. The men then done,” Bobel said. “The big hurdle passenger seat with the car door went to the Blue Chalk. is the vote.” Rich international & cultural studies open. Maleki handed the cigarette Lacy, at about 5 feet, 6 inches and But several residents told the to Lacy to give to Koloto, he said. 150 to 160 pounds, was standing out- council Monday night they would Proven, Montessori approach Lacy placed the cigarette in Ko- side the Blue Chalk in a brand-new oppose plans involving dedicated loto’s hand. Koloto allegedly pulled white T-shirt, jeans and red-and-white parkland, even if other areas in the State-of-the-art facility out a 9mm handgun from his waist Air Jordan shoes, Maleki recalled. city become dedicated parkland. band. He cocked the gun and, with The necklace hung down to his waist, “No more committees, no more his arm outstretched, held the gun prominently displayed, he said. land trades. Just direct staff to com- Low student-teacher ratio at an angle, pointing it directly at Koloto and Lee were standing near- plete the park at an earliest possible Lacy’s forehead. by, but never entered the bar, Maleki time,” urged Enid Pearson, a former www.bowmanschool.org “Gimme your chain, bitch,” Male- recalled. Koloto wore a black knit cap, Palo Alto mayor. ki recalled Koloto saying. black hooded sweat shirt and had fa- The lack of easy choices makes it 4000 Terman Drive l Palo Alto, CA l Tel: 650-813-9131 Lacy did not react. Koloto repeated: cial hair, long bushy hair and a distinc- increasingly likely that the city will “It’s a jack move, bitch. Gimme tive long braid, Maleki said. begin shipping its compostable ma- your chain, bitch,” Koloto said. It was shortly thereafter, as both terial to the Z-Best facility in Gil- Lacy looked over at Maleki and parties were leaving the area around roy once the current landfill closes slowly shook his head. He proceed- 1:30 a.m., that Koloto allegedly fa- in 2012. Last year, dozens of resi- RELATIONSHIP BANKING ed to remove the chain from around tally shot Lacy, prosecutors said. dents argued in a series of heated his head and handed it to Koloto, As Lacy’s friends reacted to the public meetings that the city has an Maleki said. shooting, Koloto returned to Lee’s car. obligation to take care of its own Business | Personal Suddenly Lacy lunged at Koloto, Lee, who said he was unaware of what compost. pointing his head at Koloto’s chest. had taken place, testified that there David Coale, who sits on the Maleki heard a scuffle. was no change in Koloto’s demeanor. board of directors of the environ- “Phil flew at him like Superman ... Lee drove to a warehouse party in East mental nonprofit Acterra, urged like he was catapulted,” Maleki said. Palo Alto, where someone said a mur- staff to seriously consider the Byx- business banking: Lacy wrapped his arms around der had just occurred in Palo Alto. bee Park site, noting the new com- business loans, messenger Koloto and appeared to push the Lee said when Koloto found out posting facility would only occupy a service, cash management gunman backward. there had been a murder, his facial small fraction of the park. He asked Koloto fired a single shot so close expression changed. the council to take the proposal to it made Maleki’s ears ring, he said. “His face dropped,” Lee said. “He the voters. “I jumped in the air. I checked my- looked shocked.” “A vote of the people is the fair self to see if I had been shot,” he said. Lee testified that while they were thing to do,” Coale said. “In an era “I heard a bang and saw Phil turn at the warehouse, Koloto had told where we have minorities strong- and drop on the ground. The gun- him he “popped someone.” arming our democracy at the state man looked bewildered, like, ‘What At around 4 a.m., they went to rest and federal level, I’d hate to see this did I do?’” Maleki said. at Koloto’s cousin’s house in East happen at the local council level.” Maleki identified Koloto in court Palo Alto. The compost task force also rec- as the shooter. Upon waking at 7 a.m., Lee said ommended arranging compost in “The perpetrator’s face is the he saw Koloto getting his hair cut in “aerated static piles” on airport same. It’s as clear to me as it was the backyard. Koloto left the house land in the near term, while city of- personal banking: that day,” Maleki said. at about 10 a.m. ficials pursue an advanced waste- checking, online banking, Lacy was rushed to Stanford Hos- As part of an extensive manhunt, to-energy facility. Bobel estimated home loans, cds pital and later died after being re- Lee was arrested in Albuquerque, that the aerated static piles would moved from life support. N.M., and initially charged with mur- cost the city about $3 million. Staff Both groups of men had been party- der. The charge was later reduced to opposes the task force’s recommen- ing that Saturday prior to their ill-fated felony accessory, to which Lee plead- dation, however. At Borel Private Bank in Palo Alto, our success encounter in downtown Palo Alto. ed no contest. He was sentenced to “It’s not recommended primarily Donald Lee, Koloto’s friend, testi- one year in prison in June 2009. due to cost and not having an avail- is built on relationships, both business and fied in court Wednesday that their Koloto was arrested Oct. 2, 2008. able site,” Bobel said. personal. Having a bank that understands both is day began around noon on July 12 During opening statements Brak- Councilman Greg Scharff said at Koloto’s house in Gilroy, where er, the prosecutor, said a bullet cas- the Byxbee Park site appears to be like having, well, money in the bank. Koloto showed him a 9mm semi-au- ing found near Lacy’s body matched the only possible option, based on tomatic handgun. The friends then a casing police found at the Sparrow the staff study. He suggested poll- Borel – where business and personal banking meet. took off in Lee’s white Toyota Yaris, Court home in East Palo Alto. ing the public for opinions about the stopping in San Jose to pick up ec- Braker claimed the casings and Byxbee option. stasy pills, bottles of Hennessy and other circumstantial evidence shows Former Mayor Peter Drekmeier, a pack of Budweiser, before head- Koloto killed Lacy. a leading advocate of building a ing to a party at a home on Sparrow Andrew Gutierrez, Koloto’s at- local waste-to-energy facility, also Court in East Palo Alto later that torney, made only brief opening re- urged the city to conduct a citizen evening, Lee testified. marks. survey. In the 45 minutes they spent at “In every case where there’s a “Unfortunately, we’re not too the house, Lee said he and Koloto needless and senseless loss of life much further along because staff mixed ecstasy and alcohol. At one there’s always a lot of sadness and feels they can’t move forward un- 245 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 point, he said he heard three or four tragedy,” he said. But “this was not til the park-dedication issue is re- gunshots fired but didn’t know who a random and opportunistic act of solved,” Drekmeier said. “I think

MEMBER FDIC EQUAL HOUSING 650.463.8700 | www.borel.com LENDER was responsible. violence at 1:30 a.m.” it’s a good solution to have a survey By 1 a.m., they arrived in down- Gutierrez urged the jury to keep that lets us know what the will of town Palo Alto, where they tried an open mind. The defense was the people is.” N to get into the Blue Chalk Cafe but scheduled to start questioning its Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner were turned away because it was witnesses Thursday, after the Week- can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ closing. Lee said he later told police ly’s press deadline. N paweekly.com. Koloto appeared “wasted.” SAN FRANCISCO · BURLINGAME · SAN MATEO · PALO ALTO · LOS ALTOS Page 8ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront News Digest Three local schools land on state’s ‘worst’ list Three local schools — including a charter school run by Stanford University — have landed on the California Department of Education’s “preliminary” list of the state’s worst-performing schools. One of the schools, Edison-Ronald McNair Intermediate School, had its charter revoked for poor performance in 2008 by East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood City School District. The Stanford-run East Palo Alto Academy Elementary School was reorganized with a new principal last fall and recently petitioned Raven- swood trustees to allow it to continue operating. The third school on the list, the K-8 Costano, has a new principal and has been cited by Ravenswood officials and others as a campus in the midst of a turnaround. The rankings, representing the bottom 5 percent of schools in the state, were based on state achievement tests and graduation rates, the Depart- ment of Education said. Given the fact that one of the schools had its charter revoked two years ago, it was unclear whether there was a time lag in the state data. Depart- ment of Education spokeswoman Pam Slater could not immediately be reached for comment. Once the list is final, each school will be required to engage in one of four school intervention models and be eligible to apply for federal funds to implement the changes. N — Christina Kenrick Palo Alto drops ‘prevailing-wage’ study Palo Alto has scrapped its plan to study the impacts of union-level wages on capital projects after the City Council concluded Monday that such a study could be inconclusive and that its results may end up costing the city money. After an extensive debate, the council voted 5-4 to reject the recommendation from its Policy and Services Committee. The committee and staff from the Public Works Department had recommended in December that the city conduct a study to evaluate the costs and benefits of paying workers employed by contractors the prevailing union wage for local capital projects. While most cities are required by state law to have prevailing-wage laws, Palo Alto is exempt because of its status as a charter city. But some city leaders, most notably former Councilmember John Barton, argued that Palo Alto has a moral obligation to ensure that workers involved with major capital projects receive union-level wages, which incorporate the costs of training workers and providing them with health benefits. City staff has evaluated more than a dozen studies on prevailing wage, many of which featured conflicting results on the cost impacts. A council majority, some alluding to the city’s current budget woes, argued Monday that the city cannot afford to consider a policy change that could lead to wage increases. N — Gennady Sheyner Informational meeting Monday on Google plan An informational meeting has been set for 6 p.m. Monday on how residents and businesses can support Palo Alto’s application to Google to be a test community for a Google Open Fiber plan, racing against a March 26 deadline. Google has invited communities across the nation to apply for a “fiber to the premises” installation that could link homes and businesses throughout the community with high-speed broadband fiber — an idea that has been discussed for about 15 years in Palo Alto. The meeting will be in the City Hall lobby, 250 Hamilton Ave., preced- ing the 7 p.m. City Council meeting. “Experts from the city and community will provide an overview and answer questions about the Google conditional offer to test a 1 gigabit fiber-to-the-home network in one or more selected American cities,” Bob Harrington, adviser to the mayor on fiber and the Internet, said of the meeting. “The City of Palo Alto wants to be one of the cities selected.” Harrington said “making the cut requires two things: (1) a compelling response by the City of Palo Alto to Google, and (2) a compelling response from the community to Google. “In this case, our community is defined broadly. It includes everyone who works and/or lives here, those who electronically come to Palo Alto from throughout the globe, and all the organizations that employ or educate or serve them,” Harrington said. More information is available from three websites: www.CityofPaloAlto. org; www.Facebook.com as a fan page, “Palo Alto for Google Fiber”; and www.iPaloAlto.com. Google has said it wants to test how a fully connected community could find innovative ways in which to communicate, and the impact that might have on business, social and educational interactions. N — Palo Alto Weekly staff

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(Posted March Saturday: 8am to 10pm Only $14.95 Sunday: 9am to 4pm 10 at 1:53 p.m.) Paly team takes another first in a science contest For the second time in a week, Palo Alto High School’s science club has earned top honors in a regional competition. (Posted March 10 at 9:54 a.m.) Airport reps, public discuss February crash LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Palo Alto Airport representatives met with community members Tuesday morning in an effort to improve communication between the airport and the general public in light of the fatal Feb. 17 plane crash that damaged several East Palo Alto homes. (Posted March 9 at 5:33 p.m.) Man arrested for robbery after altercation at Fry’s A man was arrested for strong-arm robbery Sunday after stealing a pocket knife from Fry’s Electronics in Palo Alto and scuffling with the store’s security guards, the Palo Alto police department said. (Posted March 9 at 4:16 p.m.) Your Child’s Health University Small fire erupts at HP construction site Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital offers classes and seminars designed A small fire broke out today in an HP building that is currently being renovated, the Palo Alto fire department announced Tuesday to foster good health and enhance the lives of parents and children. afternoon. (Posted March 9 at 3:32 p.m.) City Council wants earlier release of staff reports Palo Alto will consider banning last-minute submissions by develop- INFANT AND CHILD CPR ers and releasing staff reports earlier in the week — measures that the Th is 2-1/2 hour course provides an opportunity for new parents, grandparents and other City Council hopes would promote government transparency. (Posted childcare providers to learn the techniques of infant and child CPR and choking prevention. March 9 at 11:43 a.m.) Infant and child mannequins provide hands-on training. Power outage hits 700 homes in Palo Alto - Saturday, April 10: two classes offered: 9:00 - 11:30 am & 12:00 - 2:30 pm About 700 Palo Alto homes were without power from about 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Tuesday because of downed power lines, city officials said. (Posted March 9 at 11:31 a.m.) COMFORT TECHNIQUES FOR LABOR For couples who have already completed Childbirth Prep, this class provides additional East Palo Alto seeks to revise its rent-control law tools and practice for relaxation, breathing and comfort measures for labor. After suffering legal setbacks last year, East Palo Alto officials are once again looking to revamp the city’s much disputed rent-control - Saturday, April 17: 1:30 - 3:00 pm ordinance. (Posted March 9 at 10:41 a.m.) Feds award $17 million in transit grants to Valley DADS OF DAUGHTERS: THE JOYS & CHALLENGES OF Nearly $17 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act RAISING TEENAGE GIRLS grants have been awarded to the Silicon Valley public-transportation Julie Metzger, RN, creator of our “Heart to Heart” program, hosts an evening for systems. Two grants will fund hybrid buses for Santa Clara County and fathers who want to foster better understanding and open communication with their San Mateo County transit systems and the third will fund new Caltrain railroad bridges in San Mateo County. (Posted March 8 at 11:29 p.m.) teenage daughters. - Tuesday, April 27: 7:00 - 8:30 pm Energy secretary: ‘U.S. lagging in clean-tech race’ The U.S. lags behind other countries in the race for clean technology even though it has the greatest “innovation machine” in the world, U.S. MOTHER-BABY MORNINGS Secretary of Energy Steven Chu told a Stanford University audience LPCH oﬀ ers a group forum for new mothers with infants 0-6 months of age. Monday. (Posted March 8 at 9:45 p.m.) Our group provides support and camaraderie for new parents while promoting Phil Lacy’s gold chain was his ‘pride and joy’ conﬁ dence and well-being. Homicide victim Philip Lacy was enamored of the long, gold chain - Tuesday mornings, 10:00 - 11:30 am and heavy diamond-encrusted crucifix that played a central role in his death, his best friend said during the opening day of trial for Lacy’s accused murderer, Otto Emil Koloto. (Posted March 8 at 2:17 p.m.)

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Contaminants present in soil and groundwater at these sites include volatile organic compounds, semi-volatile organic compounds, near Embarcadero Road would be prohibitively expensive and that building one on Palo petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and metals. The remedies selected for the Site 1 Landfill and the Site Alto Airport land would impact the airport. Staff said it could be possible to build an anaerobic digestion facility at Byxbee Park, but only if voters approve using the dedicated 22 Landfill include covering the landfills, performing post-closure care of the landfills, implementing institutional controls, and monitoring parkland for the new facility. The discussion will continue on April 5. Action: None the groundwater and landfill gas. The remedies selected for the Site 26 and Site 28 groundwater plumes include groundwater Prevailing wage: The council voted to turn down a recommendation from the Policy extraction/treatment and groundwater monitoring. and Services Committee to conduct a pilot study examining the impacts of prevailing wage on local capital projects. Yes: Klein, Schmid, Holman, Scharff, Burt No: Espinosa, Yeh, Shepherd, Price Protectiveness of the remedies was determined through assessment of groundwater monitoring data, review of documents, interviews, New task force: The council voted to have the city’s Policy and Services Commis- and site inspections. The Navy found that the remedies for Sites 1, 22, 26, and 28 are currently protective of human health and the sion consider forming a new task force to evaluate the city’s infrastructure backlog, environment because (1) contaminant concentrations are stable or decreasing, and (2) potential exposure pathways that could pose currently estimated at about $500 million. Yes: Unanimous unacceptable risks are incomplete or being controlled. Recommendations and follow-up actions to ensure future protectiveness are Board of Education (March 9) detailed in the Five-Year Review. Photovoltaic project: The board authorized the installation of a photovoltaic system on the 2-year-old Science Resource Center building located between JLS Middle The next Five-Year Review for Sites 1, 22, 26, and 28 will be completed by February 2015. The February 2010 Five-Year Review report School and Hoover Elementary School, and the execution of an agreement with Sun is available at: Chariot Solar of San Carlos to design and install the system. Yes: Unanimous Information Repository Administrative Record (AR) City Council Policy and Services Committee Mountain View Public Library Contact: Ms. Diane Silva, AR Coordinator (March 9) 585 Franklin Street Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Infrastructure: The committee discussed a colleague’s memo urging the creation Mountain View, CA 94041 Southwest of a new task force to analyze the city’s infrastructure backlog. The new task force would look at each item in the backlog, prioritize the items and consider ways to pay (650) 903-6337 937 N. Harbor Drive for them. Committee members expressed concern about the tight deadlines pro- Building 1, 3rd Floor posed in the colleagues’ memo recommending the new task force. Action: None San Diego, CA 92132 Utilities Advisory Commission (March 10) (619) 532-3676 Energy efficiency: The commission recommended approval of the 10-year energy- efficiency plan proposed by staff. The plan seeks to achieve a 10-year cumulative Additional information about Navy activities at Moffett Field can be found at: energy-efficiency saving of 7.2 percent by fiscal year 2020. Yes: Unanimous http://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/basepage.aspx?baseid=52&state=California&name=moffett Revenue requirements: The commission heard reports from staff about the long- term financial projections and revenue requirements for the city’s water and wastewater-collection funds. Action: None Questions about the Five-Year Review may be directed to: Ms. Kathryn Stewart, Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Environmental Coordinator, 1 Avenue of the Palms, Suite 161, San Francisco, CA 94130-1806, (415) 743-4715, Planning and Transportation Commission [email protected]. (March 10) Open space: The commission voted to recommend not setting maximum house sizes for the open space (OS) district. The commission also recommended that if the City Council chooses to impose maximum house sizes, it should consider 12,000 square feet as the possible maximum size. Yes: Garber, Tuma, Lippert, Keller No: Fineberg, Martinez Join the Community Discussion Learn about the Library Bond Measure Projects Public Agenda

PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ... The council will hold a joint study session with the Planning and Transportation Commission. The council also plans to hold a study session on the proposed high-speed rail project; to consider a new farmers market at Lytton Plaza; and to hold a public hearing on the water-supply assessment for Stanford Uni- versity Medical Center expansion project. The study session with the Planning and Transportation Commission is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Monday, March 15, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). Regular meeting will follow in the Council Chambers. Community Meeting PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to adopt resolutions approving four power-purchase agree- /1,- 9Ê , Ê£nÊUÊÇÊÊn\ÎäÊ* ments and to discuss the long-term financial projections and revenue MITCHELL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER requirements for the city’s electric, water, gas and wastewater collection funds. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3800 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD 16, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). AGENDA: PALO ALTO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to conduct an architectural review for 1213 Newell Road, a request Speciﬁc Topics include: by the city’s Utilities Department to construct an emergency water Overview by Group 4 Architecture well facility adjacent to the Community Gardens at the Main Library on current plans for the new UÊ1«`>ÌiÊÊÌi«À>ÀÞÊLÀ>ÀÞÊ>ÌÊ facility; and to discuss storefront façade changes at 222 University Cubberley Community Center Ave. The meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 18, Mitchell Park Library in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). >`Ê ÕÌÞÊ iÌiÀ]Ê UÊ-Ìi]ÊÌÀiiÊ>`ÊyÀÊ«>ÃÊvÀÊ ÌV iÊ a Temporary Library at Park Library and Community Center PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Human Relations Commission. The interviews will be- Cubberley Community Center UÊÌiÀÀÊwÃ iÃÊvÀÊ ÜÌÜÊLÀ>ÀÞ gin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, in the Council Conference and the Downtown Library Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). UÊ ÃÌÀÕVÌÊÃÌ>}}ÊÊÜ >ÌÊÌÊiÝ«iVÌ renovation UÊ/iiÊiiÌ}ÊÕ«`>Ìi PALO ALTO PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss allocating funds for photographing the city’s art collection. The photos would be on display on the city’s website. The commis- More information available on the Library’s website: sion also plans to hear updates on the California Avenue streetscape www.cityofpaloalto.org/library improvements and to discuss its upcoming joint meeting with the City Council. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 18, Meeting Hosted by City of Palo Alto Public Works in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). (650) 329-2151

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To inquire about or make · VIOLENT CRIMES Experience mindful meditation space reservations for Inspirations, please contact · Palo Alto · Find your inner author Evergreen Drive, 3/5/10, 10:02 p.m.; do- Blanca Yoc at 326-8210 x6596 or mestic violence/battery. email [email protected] Durand Way, 3/5/10, 11:30 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Call (650) 289-5400 or Arastradero Road, 3/6/10, 11:44 a.m.; fam- visit Avenidas.org to find ily violence/battery. 300 Block Portage Avenue, 3/7/10, 7:32 the right class for you! Where age is just a number p.m.; strong-arm robbery. Guinda Street, 3/8/10, 1:12 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. Page 12ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ dent spirit. She is survived by her children, Anne Richards, Katharine Lock- hart and Timothy Meyer; and four grandchildren. Memorial donations may be made to All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 555 Transitions Waverley St., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Maria Bujanovich Rakovszky of or the Alpha Omega Pi Foundation, Deaths Hungary; and one niece. She will 5390 Virginia Way, Brentwood, TN Ursula Bujanovich also be missed by many friends and 37027. Ursula Johanna Bujanovich, 88, a neighbors, loved ones said. longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Donations may be made to the Feb. 13. Palo Alto Humane Society. She was born in Berlin, Germany. She attended university in Vienna, Lela Meyer Austria, where she met her husband, Lela Coe Mey- Gyulius Bujanovich. She worked for er, 95, a long- several years as a translator for the time resident of Today’s news, German government and eventually Palo Alto, died immigrated to Wisconsin, where she Feb. 14. sports & hot picks worked as a marketing assistant for She was born A.O. Smith International. in Mound City, In 1962 she moved to Palo Alto. Kan. She attend- She became a U.S. citizen in 1969. ed Oregon Epis- She was an active volunteer with the copal School Palo Alto libraries and tutored stu- and graduated from Stanford Uni- 4(/-!3&$!-/. dents in English at Stanford Univer- versity in 1934. sity. She attended the Unitarian Uni- In 1928 she married Dr. Robert Thomas F. for the District from 1967-82. versalist Church of Palo Alto. She Meyer, an orthopedic surgeon. Damon of Portola Thomas served on Adult Education associations was a voracious reader and enjoyed In the 1960s she took her children Valley was born at the county, state, and national levels. Key positions entertaining friends at her home. around the world. She was devoted on November 18, included Consultant in Adult and Vocational She is survived by her sister-in-law to her family and church, and known for her warmth, values and indepen- 1921 in Sunnyside, Education, Santa Clara County Office of Education, Ilse Trampe of Berlin; stepdaughter Washington, died 1966-69; Adult Education Chair, Association of peacefully in his California School Administrators from 1973-76 Commitment To Excellence sleep February 18, and President, National Association for Public $500 2010 in Redwood Continuing and Adult Education from 1978-79. His Discount Coupon City, California work with NAPCE included international contacts (with purchase of new roof) Original Ownership Since 1975 surrounded by his with adult educators from around the world. He family. also served on many accrediting assignments for All Types of Roofi ng & Gutters He was born in Sunnyside, Washington, the the Western States Accreditation Commission. Residential & Commercial S.C.L#785441 only child of Frank A. Damon of Toledo, Ohio and Thomas was a lifelong member of the Kiwanis 1901 Old Middlefi eld Way, Mtn. View 650-969-7663 Deborah Elizabeth Curtis of Browns, Illinois. He Peninsula Club, serving as club president, and Lt. was an excellent student at Prosser High School Governor of the Region 1997-98 and maintaining in Washington, where he was editor of the high a perfect attendance record. He was President of PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL school newspaper and graduated in 1939. He Neighbors Abroad and the Palo Alto sister cities CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE then attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, program and an active member of the Covenant BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 Washington where he served as newspaper editor Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto. Tom and Rosemary CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT of The Whitman Pioneer and graduated in 1943 were host parents for five foreign exchange students ACCESS CHANNEL 26 with a Bachelor’s degree in English. from Germany, Mexico and Turkey. (TENTATIVE) AGENDA-SPECIAL MEETING-COUNCIL He enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served Thomas is survived by his wife Rosemary CONFERENCE ROOM under General George Patton in Germany in 1944 W. Damon, Stanford MBA class of 1948, retired MARCH 15, 2010 - 6:00 PM and 1945, eventually was promoted to Class Professor of Accounting at Canada College who 1. Joint Study Session with the Planning and Transportation Commis- sion (P&TC) to Discuss Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Issues E-5 Technical Sergeant. He participated in the resides in Portola Valley; his daughter Mary 7:00 PM or as soon as possible thereafter campaigns at The Ardennes, The Rhineland and D. Burke (married to Frank), Stanford class of COUNCIL CHAMBERS 2. Proclamation Recognizing the Contributions and Achievements of the Central Europe and received the American Theater 1976, who resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona; Late Elizabeth T. (Betty) Meltzer Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the his daughter Nancy D. Johnston (married to 3. Proclamation Welcoming Exchange Students and Chaperones from European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal Dana), Whitman class of 1979, who resides in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki, Japan 4. Selection of Candidates to be Interviewed for the Library Advisory and the American Victory Medal. Sunnyvale, California; his granddaughter Caitlin Commission for One Unexpired Term Ending January 31, 2011 After the war, he enrolled in the Stanford School M. Burke, Vanderbilt class of 2006 and University 5. Approval of a Contract with Davey Resource Group in the Amount of of Education where he received a Masters in of Southern California Masters in Accounting $156,894 for Street Tree Inventory – Data Integration and Analysis 6. Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Association of Bay Area Education in 1948. While there he met his beloved class of 2008 who resides in San Francisco, CA; Governments (ABAG) to Accept an American Recovery and Reinvest- wife, Rosemary Watson Damon. They were married his grandsons Thomas F. Burke and Andrew D. ment Act Residential Building Retrofit Program Grant Award on Behalf on July 24, 1949, and recently celebrated their 60th Johnston, who both attend Cornell University in of the City of Palo Alto and to Enter Into all Necessary and Related Contracts, Agreements and Amendments wedding anniversary. Ithaca, New York; and his granddaughter Megan 7. Approval of Change of High Speed Rail Subcommittee from Ad Hoc Thomas had an extensive career in adult E. Johnston who attends The Kings Academy Committee to Standing Committee education. He began his teaching career in 1948 High School in Sunnyvale. 8. Update on High Speed Rail Project 9. Approval of Revised Plan for Downtown Weekday Palo Alto Farm teaching English and Journalism at Los Gatos High Thomas and Rosemary were avid world Shop School and served as Principal of the Los Gatos travelers, having visited six continents and the 10. Public Hearing: Consider the Approval of Water Supply Assessment Evening High School from 1954-57. Seven Wonders of the World. Thomas was also for the Stanford Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement Project (Item continued from 2/8/10 and 3/8/10) He received his doctorate in education from a talented photographer who photographed their Stanford University in 1957, and initially advised world travels and all family events and celebrations (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM MARCH 18, 2010 – 5:30 P.M. a number of school districts around the state as in black and white and color photographs and in 16 1. Interviews of Candidates for the Human Relations Commission a Consultant to the Bureau of Adult Education of mm home movies. the California State Department of Education in A private family memorial was held February STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING The Finance Committee Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1957-58. 21 at Spangler Mortuary in Los Altos followed 16, 2010 Regarding 1) Adoption of Four Resolutions Approving Four Power In 1958 he commenced a 25 year career by interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Saint Purchase Agreements with Ameresco Forward Landfill LLC, Ameresco San in the Palo Alto Unified School District. He Clare Mausoleum on February 22 in Los Altos. A Joaquin Landfill LLC, Ameresco Avenal Landfill LLC, and Ameresco Crazy Horse Landfill LLC for the Acquisition of Up to 130 Megawatt-hours per Year specialized in Adult Education, initially serving Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday of Energy Over Twenty Years at an Estimated Cost Not to Exceed $309 Mil- as the principal of the Cubberly Adult School March 20th at Covenant Presbyterian Church in lion, 2) Long-term Financial Projections and Revenue Requirements for the from 1958-67, then Director of Adult Education Palo Alto at 2:30 p.m. Electric, Water, Gas and Wastewater Collection Funds PAID OBITUARY

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 13 Editorial Is Big Brother dressed in green? Palo Alto’s proposed recycling ordinance that would have refuse-pickup crews watching for recyclable materials in people’s garbage is a backwards approach SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions alo Alto has the proud distinction of being one of the first com- Complete park as planned wonít unwrap garbage bags to look lions in developing and managing munities to implement recycling just over 40 years ago. Editor, inside. Google Fiber for Communities in P But there’s a huge difference between getting a large There is a long history of using After the first year if the trash col- selected cities. majority of residents to separate cans and bottles and paper and Byxbee Park for refuse operations, lector sees significant amounts of If Palo Alto is selected, Google the proposal now circulating to try to push the recycling level including compost. I was 24 when recyclables in the garbage can they is willing to invest approximately higher in Palo Alto. The initial approach was to provide an Byxbee Park was dedicated. With will leave a tag plus send another list $2,000 to hook-up your place as well opportunity for residents to recycle their household waste in a luck I will be 72 when the whole park of what is and isn’t recyclable. It’s un- as every premise in our community. reasonably convenient manner. is finally opened to the public! clear what is significant, but it’s more This totals about $50 million of new There were serious skeptics, including then-City Manager Recently staff identified 4.7 acres than a small amount of recyclables. leading-edge infrastructure in Palo George Morgan, who derided the notion that anyone would go to of the park that could be used for a If there are more significant amounts Alto. the trouble of sorting out their waste stream. He was as surprised compost facility. Appendix H-3 of of recyclables in the trash will they Google Open Fiber promises rock- send a formal warning. A third such solid reliability, competitive pricing, as anyone when within months thousands of households were the Composting Task Force Report says, “This site is not recommended event will lead to a small fine. Only service choice and speeds of more doing so. Other communities quickly followed suit, once it was if there is a fourth amount of signifi- than 1 gigabit per second. With that demonstrated that the public was willing to take an extra step. for several reasons. The site is on parkland. The site’s southern extent cant recyclables in the trash will they capability, each of us has the potential Curbside-pickup of recycled materials followed in 1978, also a would be constrained by the edge of take actions like refusing to pick up to create new and innovative break- great success in terms of participation. the landfill’s lift, ... would interfere the trash. through services in technology, health An earlier generation’s effort was the widespread recycling of with anticipated screening between Zero waste is unattainable. There care, medicine, business, entertain- tin cans during World War II, also voluntary. the Byxbee Hills Park and the water- will always be things that can’t be re- ment, games and in every conceiv- What was missing from those proud moments of history is pollution-control plant, and also be cycled, like Styrofoam. They agreed able field directly from our homes, the punitive component that is part of the city’s current recycling too narrow and small to accommo- but prefer calling the program Zero garages, offices and businesses. proposal. Under the plan, there would be a full year of education date a practical operation. Its access Waste as that is the goal. To merit this Google investment, before any punitive steps kicked in. Then refuse collectors would would also conflict with the park.” Let’s see what they what the final each of us must make it clear to only check for “egregious” violators who put large amounts of A 2008 Compost Feasibility Study proposal is taking into account the Google that their proposal is wel- recyclable materials in their black garbage bins, according to pointed out that a 1,000-foot buffer comments at the meetings and on come. Simply click tinyurl.com/ the city staff. And there would be several warnings before a zone would be required for noise, the web page. My sense is it won’t iWantGoogleFiber and fill in the dust and odors. That buffer would be nearly as draconian as was sug- blanks. “surcharge” was levied or, ultimately, there would be no garbage gested. Do it now, the deadline for submis- pickup from the offender. City staff points to other cities that require 138 acres — basically all of Byxbee Park. Bob Moss sions is March 26. have such ordinances and cite a low incidence of penalties being Orme Street Help and further information is invoked. After years of waiting for our park, it should not be relegated to being a Palo Alto available at: iPaloAlto.com. But the overall plan raises serious issues of privacy, individual buffer zone! Joe A. Villareal rights and inappropriate use of “police powers,” especially Most of the renderings of an an- Google fiber Sheridan Avenue when delegated to a private firm, GreenWaste, and its garbage aerobic-digestion facility show tidy Editor, Palo Alto collectors. rows of containers, usually painted Google is proposing to invest mil- Practically, it raises the question: Why didn’t anyone in charge green. What they do not show is the realize that this would be a violation of privacy and rights? enormous pre-processing building YOUR TURN And why didn’t anyone realize that including such a provision that would be needed for food waste would jeopardize the entire recycling effort, which falls under and four days worth of feedstock for the broad mandate of “Zero Waste”? That term in itself is at a 24/7 operation. Nor do they show The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on best a fantasy and at worst a deception, as noted by a number the post-processing piles of compost issues of local interest. to be cured. Beeping truck traffic of commentators in the Town Squire forum of the Weekly’s What do you think? Does your garbage have privacy rights? community website, www.PaloAltoOnline.com. and engines generating power from Zero Waste is an impossible goal, even spread over more than recovered methane are also missing. Once the city commits to a multi-mil- a decade. And even if it were theoretically possible to reach zero, Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. lion dollar project like this, operated the cost in terms of dollars and staff time and impact on residents Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. by a private contractor, it will be im- We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and businesses would be prohibitively high for each smaller-and- possible to put the genie back in the and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- smaller increment achieved. bottle. Byxbee Park users will have to cepted. That is not to say that we as a community and society should bear the brunt of the inevitable opera- You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town not strive mightily to be efficient in terms of how we use tional problems and future demands Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any resources, or how we respect the environment and take actions to for more space or more lenient rules, time, day or night. mitigate global warming. Or that we should not lobby to require etc. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- the food industry and its marketing arm to find less wasteful ways It would be most unpleasant to mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish of packaging products — to avoid the need to recycle in the first have an industrial composting facil- it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. place. ity at the gateway to Byxbee Park and dominating its northerly viewshed. For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Online Editor Tyler But for a city to come up with an onerous plan to spy on and Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. punish violators of its recycling law, even after much education Council should complete Byxbee and repeated warnings, simply undermines both the city’s Park as planned. credibility and the acceptability of the entire plan. Our elected Emily M. Renzel Forest Avenue and appointed officials should be protecting our privacy and Palo Alto individual rights of free choice, not looking for ways to exercise their police power in the name of a theoretical goal that itself is a Zero Waste? sham. Editor, If someone chooses not to recycle, that should be their right as After listening to the presentation a citizen, as irresponsible as that may be. on recycling and many questions From a practical standpoint, even raising this plan in its present Tuesday night, the actual proposal form has created a wave of concern and opposition that will be seems very different from what has counterproductive to legitimate, well-meaning, urgent efforts been written in some local papers and to reduce our “carbon footprint” in the face of global warming. posted online. Locally, it threatens to be the genesis of a “green backlash.” A year will be spent informing ev- The correct effort should be one of education, voluntary eryone what is and isn’t recyclable, participation, perhaps some incentives in pricing and rewards, what to recycle and what not to put building on the proud community history of recycling that Palo with garbage. Trash collectors will Alto shares with its residents and businesses. not do extensive inspections of gar- The enforcement facet of the recycling plan should instantly be bage, they will just look at what can buried as deep as possible in the city’s landfill. be seen when they open the can to take it to the truck for dumping. They

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Guest Opinion Local take-home lessons from a rocking, rolling Chilean bus ride by Peter Katz son Crusoe, off the coast, had split and half was that there was no organization to the “res- Exhausted and concerned for our Chilean s I looked out from the relative safe- had fallen into the sea. We heard that a huge cue effort.” Language was a barrier. Many neighbors, we were nonetheless ecstatic to be ty and luxury of our hotel room at tsunami was 10 minutes from Hawaii and that homes were damaged, but about every third back in control of our destiny. Everybody gave A the Grand Hyatt in Santiago, Chile, I there was a tsunami warning for California. It or fourth house was destroyed. I later learned each other hugs and well wishes as we unload- started reflecting on the experience of living felt like the outside world was all havoc. that the police station, electricity, telephone ed our luggage. I expressed hearty thanks for a through a major earthquake. We were told the Santiago airport had col- lines and possibly water supplies were all de- job well done to the driver, who I felt had gone Five days earlier my wife, Jennifer, step- lapsed — so much for our flight home. The stroyed. There was no communication with above and beyond the call of duty. We grabbed daughter Jessie and I sat in an unremarkable earthquake hit at 3:34 a.m. with its epicenter the rest of the world. a taxi back to Jessie’s apartment, where we fi- bus station, about to get on an overnight bus about 40 kilometers off the coast of central Curiously, there didn’t seem to be many nally were able to use Skype to call family and ride that should have been a 10-hour journey Chile. The magnitude would officially be medical emergencies. Second-hand informa- friends and let them know we were safe. The from Pucon back to Santiago. Jessie, a junior recorded as 8.8, or the fifth most powerful tion was that there were just six deaths in Par- emotional voices we heard on the other end of at the University of California, San Diego, is earthquake since reliable seismic measure- ral due to the quake. My guess is that it was each of these calls were unforgettable. spending her spring semester at the University ments have been taken — more than 800 the long duration of the quake that brought It’s definitely much easier to be the one in of Chile in Santiago. Jen and I decided to visit times as powerful as the one that struck Haiti many buildings down, and that most inhabit- a situation than to be a mom or dad, son or and explore Chile with her during a break. only six weeks before. ants had time to get out safely. daughter, or brother or sister on the other end We spent three glorious days at a wonderful We sat on the bus in the dark for hours, But how could we help? We joined a 30- just wondering if we are all right. Jen and I Tyrolean-style hotel on Lake Villarrica, where and felt numerous powerful aftershocks. We year-old American woman from our bus who were glad to be there with Jessie, even with we climbed the Villarrica volcano and white- dozed. At some point, whether through impa- had spent the last two months visiting her kay- that awful bus ride. water-rafted the Trancura River. tience, sense of duty or adventure, our driver aker boyfriend in Pucon, who was somehow We confirmed the next morning that the After a near disaster of getting on the wrong decided to pick his way back down the road, managing to sleep. On one trip back to the airport would not be open to outgoing inter- bus, in large part due to my limited Spanish, navigating around obstacles. We passed buses bus, without so much as a verbal warning the national flights for at least six days. Again we we headed out of Pucon to return to Santiago disabled with flat tires and even one on its driver started it up and backed his way pre- wished we could somehow help in recovery overnight. We were in the next to last row, side. cariously through the parking lot toward the efforts. This proved impossible due to phones near the lavatory door. This would prove ex- In the small city of Parral people were walk- street. The drivers had determined that they not being answered and blocked roads. tremely unfortunate in the next 24 hours. ing or riding their bicycles with no particular could continue their journeys — curious giv- Our hearts and prayers go out to the won- Several hours later I was awakened by a purpose or destination. There was a haze of en what we saw and learned later: The main derful people of Chile and we are confident strange lurching, as if from a flat tire. None of dust and heavy smoke. At the city center bus highway was severed in many places. Bridges that the country will rebuild itself even better us were clear on what was happening. Others depot other buses and some large trucks began had collapsed. But we were delighted to be on and stronger than before. began saying “terremoto,” Spanish for earth- to arrive and pile up in and around the depot. the road because we had imagined being stuck Since our return my thoughts have turned to quake. We did not feel in danger. It was only It seemed we were going to be there days if in that bus for days. Palo Alto and the Bay Area, and what would after daylight that we saw the devastation and not weeks. We had water and some food and For the next 12 hours our driver navigated have happened if an earthquake of that magni- imagined what could have been. agreed we needed to ration what we had. Ruta 5 and its obstacles, detours and closures tude — almost a thousand times more power- The driver shared news from his radio that We were finally allowed off the bus so and slowly we inched back toward the capital. ful than the 1989 Loma Prieta quake — were there had been a powerful earthquake, first we gathered camera and blankets to keep us We began to wonder about petrol, as we had to hit our region. Or even one such as the 7.2 measured as a 9.0 magnitude. I thought of warm in the cool morning and headed out. been on the road for more than 20 hours. magnitude quake that hit Santiago Thursday Santiago with its tall buildings, dense popula- We had little idea of the destruction. We saw As we approached Santiago we could see morning. Consider that a reminder. N tion and history of quake-related destruction. dark smoke coming from a building about a lights and eventually traffic signals. We took Peter Katz is the managing partner of The Tidbits of information and misinformation block away, facing a beautiful park. We set photos of failures of bridges and highways, Counter Northern California restaurants, came over the radio or cell phone calls from out to walk several blocks in each direction to scenes that later showed up on CNN. We re- including one on California Avenue in Palo friends and family of our bus-mates. We heard survey the damage and determine if there was ally had been right in the middle of it. Alto. A longer version of his Chilean experi- that Pucon, from which had just come, had anything we could do to help. We finally pulled into the terminal at 9:15 ence is at http://peterkatz.wordpress.com. He been “flattened.” We heard that Isla Robin- A most frustrating part of the experience p.m., about 22 hours after we left Pucon. can be e-mailed at pkatz@thecounterburger. Streetwise What is your favorite part of this time of the year? 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Carol Palo Alto — Quiet location & amazing Palo Alto — Vintage craftsman 3bd/2ba home Li upgrades! 3beds, 2.5baths, approx. 2,081sf. End with classic touches. French doors, wainscoted unit with great privacy, feels like a singlehouse. Lynne Mercer walls, built-in cabinets. Large lot with specimen 650.281.8368 650-543-1000 trees. [email protected] [email protected]

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Jeremy Mountain View — Warm inviting home on a Te d Menlo Park — Beautiful home in The Willows Robinson cozy cul-de-sac. Pristine well cared for 3br/2ba 2 Paulin neighborhood. Walk to the market, coffee, car garage. Exc school district. Bonus summer cleaners, yoga & downtown Palo Alto. Large lot 650-543-1053 room. Beautiful gardens. $950,000 650-766-6325 and move-in condition. [email protected] [email protected]

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Palo Alto — Don’t miss this affordable Sandy Palo Alto — Great downtown location. This opportunity for this move in condition 3bd, 1ba Harris home is being sold as lot value only. Currently Nick Granoski on approx. 6000+/- sf lot in Midtown Palo Alto. zoned RM-15. Buyer to confirm with city what 650-269-8556 $899,000 650-888-5022 can be done with the property. $895,000 [email protected] [email protected]

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Michael Palo Alto — Downtown Palo Alto townhouse, Christy Mountain View — Incredible value! Hall 1/2 block from University, 2 bedrooms 2 baths. Giuliacci Spectacular new 4 bd/2.5 ba townhome near Large Patio, quiet setting, in rear of complex. Castro Street shopping & dining. Landscaped 650-465-1651 $799,000 650-380-5989 backyard & attached two-car garage. $799,000 [email protected] [email protected]

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Terry Mountain View — Spacious 3 bedroom 2 bath Michael Sunnyvale — Remodeled with designer Rice condo 1500+/- sf. Washer and Dryer in the unit, Johnston touches everywhere including high ceilings with swimming pool, close to San Antonio Shopping crown molding, granite kitchen counters and 650.207.4142 center. Los Altos Schools. $598,000 650.533.5102 marble & limestone baths. $475,000 [email protected] [email protected]

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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 23 Priced out of the Davic Cenzer market n weekend mornings throughout the Midpeninsula, fruit and vegetable vendors call out from Ostalls brimming with small mountains of fresh produce: dark-green wavy chard and lime-green lettuces; orange carrot bunches arranged like sentinels; shapely apples and pears in crimsons and yellows. Farmers markets are big business, spilling over in downtown spaces from Redwood City to Sunnyvale and beyond. But not in East Palo Alto. There, despite an arguably greater need for residents to have access to fresh vegetables and fruit, the city’s fledgling East Palo Alto Community Farmers’ Market is close to shutting down after only a two-year run. It’s not the first time that such an enterprise has failed to gain traction in the city of 34,000. At least three other start-up farmers markets debuted in East Palo Alto in the last 30 years. All folded. There were great hopes for the most recent iteration of the market when it launched, ac-

Veronica Weber cording to Luisa Buada, CEO of Ravenswood Family Health Center, which helped fund the venture with a Tides Foundation grant. The idea came out of a 2006 At top, Rosalinda Barolome-Barrun selects potatoes at the 2008 grand opening of the East Palo Alto farmers market. Above, a shopper browses the health roundtable dedicated to produce aisles at Mi Pueblo Food Center in East Palo Alto last November. improving East Palo Alto residents’ health and spearheaded by East Palo Alto City Council- man Ruben Abrica. The group

Page 24ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Clara Hartley grows around 50 collard plants in her East Palo Alto backyard garden, along with mustard greens, garlic, onions and tomatoes. Veronica Weber Veronica Future murky for East Palo Alto’s farmers market, now scheduled to close by Sue Dremann involved professionals, officials, residents and nonprofit groups, including Stanford and Lucile Packard Children’s hospitals, Ravenswood Family Health Center and San Ma- teo County Department of Health. They commissioned a study that found 27.7 percent of public-school students in grades 5, 7 and 9 were obese, according to 2004 data. They also focused on nutrition as a key component. They identified lack of access to fresh, healthful foods as contribut- ing to residents’ poor health, which included a high rate of diabetes as well as obesity. A farmers market was seen as a way to provide not only fresh produce but also health education. It opened with considerable opti- mism. But in February, Wolfram Alder- son, then-executive director of the nonprofit charged with running the enterprise, posted this note on the market’s website: “The worst economic downturn in recent history has impacted non- Veronica Weber profit organizations like Collective Roots in enormous ways and makes it challenging — if not impossible — to sustain the operations of a financially costly project like the Left, East Palo Alto City Councilman Ruben Abrica, at City Hall, market,” he wrote. says East Palo Alto will be able to support a farmers market in the He went on to say that Collective Veronica Weber future. Above, Lauretta Bennett, a member of the East Palo Alto Roots welcomed another group to Community Farmers’ Market Organizing Committee, is looking fund the market; otherwise his non- for new ways to keep the market viable. profit would seek to promote fresh produce in another way, perhaps in (continued on next page)

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 25 Cover Story Farmers market lard and frying foods, he said. (continued from previous page) “It’s an awakening process,” he said. tandem with its gardening program Then there have been the social at schools and homes. benefits of the weekly gathering East Palo Alto’s market has cost spot. between $40,000 and $70,000 per Rev. Bob Hartley and his wife, season, with money allocated for Clara, sold produce from their back- everything from staff time and de- yard garden at the market last year. veloping a website to storing tents, More than just vegetables will be tables and chairs, and fees and taxes missed, Clara Hartley said. to the city, according to David Kane, Hartley said the farmers market Collective Roots interim executive provided a means for meeting up director. with old friends and was a social conduit for people living in the near- by Runnymede Garden Apartments, ‘It’s not a deficit of which houses seniors and persons support. It’s a deficit with disabilities. “It’s really something for people of funding.’ to meet up. I met a lot of people. —David Kane, interim executive Some, we hadn’t seen each other for director for Collective Roots a year,” she said. It also helped the seniors to sup- plement their income, she said. “We sold everything we could A significant amount was spent raise,” she said. on getting the word out, Kane said, Saree Mading, a Collective Roots as was encouraging residents to buy board member, said shopping at Mi fresh food through the EPA Fresh Pueblo is not the same as her forays Checks program, by which people to the farmers market. receive a $5 produce voucher when “It was a nice time to get out and they purchased $5 worth of fresh walk and get my fruits and flowers. fruit and vegetables. I didn’t have to spend money in an- “Our market is costly because we other area. You see the same faces are not able to collect revenue in the there each week and you catch up. way farmers markets traditionally It’s about the relationships that are do, through stall fees,” which were built,” she said. waived in order to entice vendors, he said. ut financially, the farmers The market has been supported by market was non-sustaining, grants, mainly from the Tides Foun- B according to Alderson. dation, the Brin Family Foundation At its height, the market could and the Silicon Valley Community only muster four or five produce Foundation, he said. vendors and a couple of sporadically But it’s not just a lack of funding attending food trucks and artisans, that has threatened the market’s he said. Roughly 260 people at- viability. Supporters cite numer- tended weekly during the six-month ous other reasons for its probable season from June to December. demise: cultural customs, lack of a In comparison, when the Down- central downtown, and competition town Palo Alto Farmers Market from more lucrative markets, such started in 1981 it attracted 800 as Mi Pueblo Food Center, which people on the first day. The down- opened in November. town market now has 50 vendors and hundreds of patrons, according he farmers-market organiz- to its website. ers say the venture — hosted T on Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. at East Palo Alto City Hall — has ‘It’s not how many been successful by some measures. people come but how Customers made 14,000 visits over 58 market days, according to much they spend.’ Alderson. — Linda Sharg, And the fresh, wholesome food a vendor at the California Avenue has gotten to where it’s been needed Farmers Market in Palo Alto most. For example, Collective Roots used the market to provide a safety- Farmers at East Palo Alto’s market net for the hungry by accepting gov- didn’t make enough money to pay ernment food stamps and WIC (spe- for stalls, so that fee was waived. cial supplemental nutrition program Buada said Ravenswood Family for Women, Infants and Children) Health provided $80,000 for two vouchers, according to Kane. years running to support the market Collective Roots also distributed out of a Tides Foundation grant the more than $22,000 in farmers- center received. But it is unlikely market produce to families in need another grant could be obtained to through the EPA Fresh Checks pro- keep the market going if so much gram, he said. money couldn’t get it off the ground The market also helped alter in two years. people’s eating habits, according to Alderson said he couldn’t attract Andres Connell, director of Nues- farmers to set up stands in the city tra Casa, a nonprofit organization because many said they were al- helping the city’s Latino immigrant ready committed to farmers markets population. elsewhere. Nuestra Casa’s English-as-a- Linda Sharg, a vendor at the Cali- Second-Language (ESL) program, fornia Avenue Farmers Market in which introduces thematic units to Palo Alto, said the underlying rea- teach language and culture, used son keeping vendors away from East a market-themed unit to “change Palo Alto is economic. residents’ mindsets to more body- “It’s not how many people come friendly ingredients” and away from but how much they spend,” said Page 26ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Cover Story Haircuts $18.00 having the right form. A 2006 study Some restrictions apply. found that East Palo Altans spent With this ad. $68 million annually on food, with much of the money spent out of the BARBER STYLIST city, according to the Community Development Institute. Serving the Bay Area for 43 Years - Open 7 Days Economic feasibility studies com- s#ORNEROF3AN!NTONIO2OAD%L#AMINO2EAL pleted when Mi Pueblo Food Cen- ter planned to open a full-service supermarket showed the city could sustain a second supermarket in 10 years, he said. Such statistics indi- cate a farmers market could survive if the right conditions were created, he said. Veronica Weber Kane said all across the country communities are able to support a full-service grocery store and a farmers market, and he thinks East Palo Alto can do the same thing. Top, Rev. Bob Hartley works in his back yard vegetable garden in East He disagreed with speculation Palo Alto. Collard greens, above left, and tomatoes, above right, are that Mi Pueblo reduced the farmers among the crops he grows. market’s clientele. In the two final months of the market, attendance was higher than in the first year of operations, even with the presence of the supermarket, he said. “It’s not a deficit of support. It’s a deficit of funding,” he said. Now the East Palo Alto Commu- nity Farmers’ Market Organizing Committee — a group of residents, gardeners and health professionals — are looking for new ways to keep the market open and vibrant. One possibility is to pool the produce from backyard gardens, Clara Hartley said.

Veronica Weber Veronica Weber About 20 people are part of the East Palo Alto Backyard Garden Network, which links backyard food producers who share ideas, gardening tips and other agricultur- al knowledge, she said. The network Sharg, who works with Heirloom eign born. is organized and aided by Collective Organics, a Hollister-based special- “In many countries, in the Pacific Roots. ty-greens business. Islands and Latin America, people Lauretta Bennett, another resi- Farmers want to go where they go to outdoor markets where they dent, said proponents plan to meet can get the most money for their ef- get the cheapest vegetables because and brainstorm. The group is look- forts to recoup their sizeable outlay there is no middleman. Here, it’s the ing at trying to find someone to take of expenses: labor, gas and travel, reverse. You go to a farmers mar- ownership of the market or approach she said. Palo Alto and Menlo Park ket and pay more than in a grocery local hospitals for funding as part of offer clientele who want the more store. It’s illogical,” she said. “There exotic specialty produce and are is not the cultural appreciation.” (continued on next page) willing to pay a higher price. Abrica said the farmers mar- Some people in East Palo Alto ket also has competition from the suspect those prices have kept the city’s underground economy, which market from building a customer reflects the custom of how people base. often bought food in their native 'MBHTUPOF #PVMEFST 8BMM3PDL %FDPNQPTFE(SBOJUF Buada, of Ravenswood Family countries. Health Center, recalled that the first “On any given day little trucks %FDPSBUJWF(SBWFM1FCCMFT 3FEJ.JY$PODSFUF 4BOE time she learned of organic produce drive into neighborhoods, roll down $VTUPN4PJM.JYFT -JHIUXFJHIU3PPG5PQ.JYFT she was outraged by the higher the back and it’s like a farmers mar- prices. ket right in the truck. The trucks %JFTUFM4USVDUVSFE$PNQPTU (SPWFSµT'JOJTIFE$PNQPTU In East Palo Alto, especially with are coming to people’s homes,” he /VSTFSZ.JY 1PUUJOH.JY 0SHBOJD&TTFOUJBM4PJM a high-unemployment rate, residents said. are looking for value, she said. Then there’s the location of the .VMDIFT "DUJWFMZ"FSBUFE$PNQPTU5FB 0SHBOJD'FSUJMJ[FST “We can sit there and tell people market, at the back of the City Hall to eat five fruits and vegetables a day parking lot. Its low-visibility has but they are limited by money and limited the number of customers, working several jobs,” she said. Buada and others said. Cultural attitudes about food and Abrica agreed, saying that the lack shopping habits also affected how of a centralized downtown makes it people responded to the farmers challenging for such an enterprise. market, Buada said. In the city’s June 2007 health profile, 64 per- ut Abrica believes a farmers cent of survey respondents said at market has a future in East least one family member was for- B Palo Alto — it’s a matter of Classes every Saturday!!! XXXMZOHTPHBSEFODPN Zumba is a ﬁ tness dance workout. Dance to Salsa, Merengue... 4FBQPSU#PVMFWBSE mention this 11:30AM-12:30PM 3FEXPPE$JUZ ad for 1923 Menalto Ave, .PO°4BUUP 1st lesson Menlo Park www.asya.us 4VOUP FREE 650-996-1583 (Two blocks from University Ave)

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Nancy Hom has chronicled Bay Area colors and communities in her prints

by Rebecca Wallace he politics of identity were big in the 1970s: Who are you? T What’s your ethnicity? Who’s your community? Fresh out of art school, China native Nancy Hom leapt into chronicling the colors, issues and events of San Francisco in silkscreen.

“I tried to see the commonality of my identity with other communities that have struggled for social justice,” she wrote in an artist’s statement. “I painted murals with Latina artists, mounted exhibits for an African-American gallery, pro- tested with Filipino tenants in Ma- nilatown, silkscreened posters at Mission Grafica and in Japantown, danced in Carnaval ...” All the while, Hom was falling for the vivid hues of silkscreen prints. In those days, oil-based inks were more common than today’s water- based inks, which she finds less vibrant. And in a non-digital world, silkscreen prints were some of the easiest media to reproduce. “It’s a very democratic medium,” Hom said in an interview, laughing. “I liked that aspect of it.” These days, a show of the San Francisco artist’s work, hung at Stanford Art Spaces, is like a Bay Area history in silkscreen. Many of the pieces hail from decades past and promote events or causes, such as her exuberant Carnaval posters, and a 1980 print for International

(continued on page 31) Left: Nancy Hom’s silkscreen print “Dancer With Birds” (photographed behind glass in the current exhibition). Above: One of many Hom’s posters advertising Soaring in silkscreen community events. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 29 PALO ALTO Arts & Entertainment GRAND PRIX Illustrating a life ROAD RACE SERIES Palo Altan crafts a picture-book biography of sculptor Isamu Noguchi by Diana Reynolds Roome

ith 16 children’s books to her credit, Palo Alto illustrator Christy Hale has expanded her hori- W zons: Her latest book is her first as both author and illustrator. “The East-West House: Noguchi’s Childhood in Ja- pan,” a picture-book biography, focuses on the early years of Japanese-American sculptor, designer and land- scape architect Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). It looks JOIN IN THE at his experience as a biracial child in Japan, and his growing creativity. 2010 SEASON! “Isamu never felt he belonged anywhere,” Hale said. “He was a fascinating person, so mercurial, and his work life spanned more than six decades.” “The East-West House” has proved to be a highlight of Hale’s work life as well. It has garnered high praise, including being named as one of the best children’s FEBRUARY 20 books of 2009 by the book-review journal Kirkus Re- views, where it was described as “a welcome entrée to one artist’s inspiration, aspiration and imagination.” (Another local on the Kirkus Reviews list is Palo Alto’s Betsy Franco, chosen for her book “Zero Is the Leaves on the Tree.”) While Hale was creating “The East-West House,” MAY 9 SEPTEMBER 24 what particularly stuck in her mind was the influence of Noguchi’s lonely, peripatetic childhood in Japan with his European-American mother, after his Japanese fa- Vivian Wong ther left them to start a new family. Spurned or teased by other children because of his different looks and West- ern dress, the young Isamu “looked inside and looked to OCTOBER 23 NOVEMBER 14 the natural world,” Hale said. “His mother ... taught him botany, exposed him to art, gardening, and saw early on In her Palo Alto home, Christy Hale uses a paper that he got pleasure from working with his hands. She puncher to create flowers and leaves for her book il- For more information go to: wanted him to have an opportunity to meld his dual lustrations. www.paloaltogp.org heritage.” as author as well as illustrator, she has been prepar- This wish culminated in the building of a house with ing to write a book for a long time — possibly since both Eastern and Western features on an abandoned winning an honorable mention in the California State piece of coastal land in Japan — an experience that Poetry Contest while she was at Paly. Among other writ- profoundly affected the young Isamu, and became the ing workshops, she has attended poetry classes through central metaphor of Hale’s new book. Though only 8 Stanford’s Continuing Studies program, and feels that years old, Isamu helped to design, supervise and even poetry is very much connected with children’s books. build elements of the house. “You’re working towards an essence,” Hale said. “Po- Later, he returned to the United States where he was etry is very visual, and a picture book has very little lan- born, becoming successful in several fields. For ex- guage. So you think through sound, patterns and rhythm ample, he was a stage designer for choreographer Mar- as you do in poetry, even if you’re aiming for prose. I tha Graham for 30 years, and worked with visionary wanted the language of my book to be very spare and Bringing the community together to create solutions architect Buckminster Fuller, and the Noguchi Museum open.” In addition, Noguchi’s father was a poet, and in New York is dedicated to his work. Today, his work his own work often expresses a stark simplification of is still sought after, as evidenced by the recent unveiling forms, she said. of a Noguchi sculpture at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center. The qualities of simplicity and elegance are reflected Yet despite his later success both in the United States in the soulful illustrations for “East-West House,” which and Japan, the source of his creativity was always his capture a Japanese sensibility in terms of design yet “longing for affiliation,” Noguchi once said. have an originality that is all Hale’s own. One aspect is " !# &! !'! Hale moved to Palo Alto from Massachusetts at age Hale’s unusual choice of materials. The subtly colored # !&& "" " " "!$ 10, which coincidentally was the year she decided she and textured backgrounds come from such materials " " # ! wanted to become a children’s-book author and illustrator. She graduated from Palo Alto High School and (continued on page 31) !$%! )$! earned fine-arts and master’s ! $( " ! degrees in teaching at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. $$ ! ! She later lived in New York, & ! $!& ! receiving a degree in illustra- " $!! "! tion and design at the Pratt In- stitute in Brooklyn, but moved ! ! back to Palo Alto with her husband and young daughter in 2001 after finding “burnt papers from the twin towers ('("% #& #*& &(%,"*#$'*) on our front stoop.” “My own version of East- +)-(! *& '$ West was a different one,” she "! "!# said, but included loneliness $ ! as well. ! Hale’s bi-coastal career has been long and full. She has been an art teacher, designer &"!&# ! ! and art director for several &! # &!&!!! New York publishers, and a Vivian Wong ! ! " curriculum designer for educational publisher Scholastic’s Instructor magazine. Though “The East-West An original page from Hale’s book “The East-West House,” showing her House” is Hale’s first book multi-textured approach.

Page 30ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Arts & Entertainment Join the community discussion on the California Avenue Streetscape Silkscreen Improvements Project, Phase II (continued from page 29) Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 6:30 PM Women’s Day that features one woman’s uplifted face and the slo- Escondido Elementary School gan “Working Women: We can shut 890 Escondido Road this country down.” Stanford, CA 94305 Hom’s serigraphs are being shown with Larry Richardson’s paintings The City of Palo Alto invites public input on planned streetscape and mixed-media works, many deal- ing with his African heritage; and improvements designed to further enhance the California Susan Goldsmith’s dreamy, layered Avenue area, from El Camino Real to the CalTrain Depot. mixed-media images of trees. Stan- ford Art Spaces exhibitions show art Meeting hosted by mainly in the halls of the Paul G. City of Palo Alto Public Works Allen Center for Integrated Systems, Bob Hsiang (650) 329-2151 but there are some other pieces up in the David Packard Electrical Engi- neering building and Building 420 (the Psychology Office). Hom, right, is showing her work at Stanford Art Spaces with fellow The artworks of Hom and Richard- artists Larry Richardson and Susan Goldsmith. The three were photo- son share a particular kinship when graphed at the exhibit reception. NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL they make powerful statements about STUDY SESSION race. For instance, Richardson’s “To teen mothers to get proper prenatal ON HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT Be Sold,” a dramatic painting about health care. It’s a straightforward slavery that depicts a black man be- image with graceful lines, like much hind an old advertisement for a slave of Hom’s art. sale, is displayed across from Hom’s That’s part of what attracted Stan- Date: Monday, March 15, 2010 stark 1996 print “No More Violence ford Art Spaces curator Marilyn Against Asians.” Grossman to Hom’s work when she Time: 7:00 PM The Hom work has an open- first saw it in the Chinese Culture Venue: Council Chambers mouthed face looking at bullet holes Center of San Francisco. and small red splashes of blood. It’s “I liked the purity of her work,” 1ST Floor, City Hall done mostly in silkscreen, but Hom she said. “It’s so simple, but it really used paint for the splashes, she said. grasps you.” 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto “It just seemed like a very immedi- Several of the prints on exhibit, ate, sudden violent act, as opposed like “No More Violence Against to carefully drawing the blood and Asians,” incorporate some paint, screening it. It’s a different mind- and these days Hom is working General update and status report on set when you create it, and then the more pastels and paint. And hark- High Speed Rail activities. viewer will feel it.” ing back to her early Carnaval days, Hom said the print drew its pain- she’s pursuing salsa, swing and ful inspiration from violence against blues dance. Asians in the Bay Area and in other “I’ve always gravitated toward the parts of the country, particularly the things that interest me,” she said. 1982 Detroit beating death of a Chi- “Art and performance and just the nese-American man whose white Hom’s silkscreen print “Celebra- joy of community life.” N killers had allegedly blamed the tion of the Spirit.” Japanese for the declining Ameri- What: Silkscreen prints by Nan- can auto industry. shop, which promotes and produces cy Hom, shown with mixed-me- Another powerful piece in the Asian-American arts in San Francisco, dia works by Susan Goldsmith Stanford show is the 1985 silkscreen stretches back 30 years and includes and paintings and mixed-media “A Future For Our Children,” which an eight-year stint as executive direc- art by Larry Richardson shows Hom’s 3-year-old daughter tor. In 2003, she was granted a KQED Where: Stanford Art Spaces gal- looking lost in front of a beach-like Local Hero award. Hom has also lery; works are shown mainly in scene with a mushroom cloud. Hom written poetry and prose, and been a the Paul G. Allen Center for Inte- created the piece as part of a multi- graphic designer and an illustrator of grated Systems at 420 Via Palou artist calendar project opposing children’s books. on campus. nuclear war. Many of her works feel less po- When: Through April 15. Build- “I chose August,” she said. “It was litical and more family-oriented and ings are open weekdays from the month of Hiroshima.” gentle, including a series of mother- 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. During her career, the Pratt Institute and-baby prints. In 1982’s “Mother Cost: Free graduate has been active in developing and Child,” a woman smiles serene- Info: Go to cis.stanford.edu/~ neighborhood arts organizations. Her ly as she feeds her infant. The piece marigros or call 650-725-3622. work with the Kearny Street Work- was part of a campaign to encourage

Seeing waste materials as a poten- Hale’s illustrations of family life in Illustrating life tial resource “allows everything to Tanzania won accolades. She also BecomeVolunteer a Volunteer to Mediate Mediator (continued from page 30) become a possibility,” she said. “We got to exercise her skill at rendering were always really poor,” she added, faces in all their variety in “You’re to make PaloPalo Alto Alto morepeaceful peaceful as shelf paper, Whole Foods Market referring to her childhood, “and one Not My Real Mother” by Molly The City of Palo Alto Mediation Program is now accepting applications for grocery bags, and paper she crafted year as a teacher I had a $400 bud- Friedrich, a story that celebrates volunteer mediators. This free Program handles disputes involving tenant/ from castoffs, such as “an old gray get. All that is a great advantage.” transracial adoption. landlord, neighbor-to-neighbor, and consumer and workplace issues. Burberry coat.” Hale shares her ideas as an art In her next book, Hale hopes to Collage elements are culled from director through articles and teach- take the architectural theme farther, Help fellow citizens resolve conflicts and: business-envelope liners and rub- ing guides, and as an instructor and “juxtaposing the way children build bings taken from the weathered presenter at local schools, where she and works by contemporary inter- back step leading into Hale’s garden. speaks on creating and publishing national architects,” and further These textures and patterns evoke a children’s book. Her books often exploring the theme with concrete sky, water, wood bark, pathways present curriculum tie-ins and mul- poetry, in architectural shapes. This The %*&$$* application deadline is March 26, 2010 and fabrics, sometimes echoing No- ticultural themes that make them is still in the development stage, but guchi’s brush paintings. By carving popular with teachers and librar- Hale is clearly raring to go. shapes of leaves and blossoms from ians. She says these come easily; Ever the educator, she adds: # the tops of gum erasers, she has con- her interest in other cultures was “Building is considered absolutely www.paloaltomediation.org jured the effects of the modern Japa- awakened early by a visit to Oaxaca, essential for early-childhood educa- nese woodblocks that she admires. a Palo Alto sister city in Mexico, tion.” N !)($"*()'$)& This kind of resourcefulness has while she was a Paly student. been a strength for Hale, leading In “Elizabeti’s Doll” by Stepha- Info: For more about Christy Hale’s her to innovate in unexpected ways. nie Stuve-Bodeen, and its sequels, work, go to christyhale.com. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 31 invasion. And there’s Freddy (Kha- Jerins). They and their divorced par- lid Abdalla of “The Kite Runner”), ents (Pierce Brosnan and Lena Olin) a shudderingly angry yet noble lo- live in the shadow of Tyler’s older cal who agrees to help Miller while brother, who committed suicide. reminding him, “It’s not for you to Tyler and Ally meet in a way nev- decide what happens here.” er seen outside of a romantic movie: Audiences have already proven Tyler makes a move at the behest of time and time again that they see his obnoxious roomie, who has vi- nothing escapist in the Iraq War, so sions of prankish revenge against why did Greengrass go there, bring- Ally’s father, the gruff cop (Chris ing his signature shaky cam? Pre- Cooper) who just hauled the boys MoviesIn 2003 Baghdad, Miller and defies orders to chase down the truth sumably to get away with telling an in on drunk and disorderly charges. OPENINGS his unit are charged with rooting about the WMDs that predicated the “important” story in the guise of a Would you believe that Tyler and out weapons of mass destruction. Iraq War. With that, action thriller popcorn picture. But “Green Zone” Ally wind up in love, and that the Green Zone -- Burned three straight times, Miller “Green Zone” is off to the races. is tired and corny — not meaning- truth of how they met will eventu- (Century 16, Century 20) Chief complains that he and his men have Those naysayers who questioned ful — and frantic in its action rather ally threaten — zzzzzzzzz ... Oh, Warrant Officer Roy Miller could been risking their lives on bad intel. the appropriation of the Iraq War than genuinely exciting. Despite his wha — sorry. Yes, I’ll finish the teach Sarah Palin a thing or two So when his team happens on some for entertainment purposes in the ever-impressive command of mise- review. about “going rogue” — assuming he first-hand intelligence about fugitive newly minted Best Picture “The en-scène (best demonstrated by an With the full support of first-time lives long enough to tell the tale. General Al Rawi (Igal Naor), Miller Hurt Locker” will have a cow over opening sequence that gives us an screenwriter Will Fetters, Pattinson the latest collaboration of star Matt insider perspective on the bomb- does his best James Dean. Smolder- Damon and director Paul Green- ing of Baghdad), Greengrass deals ing bad-boy poses? Check. Angry, grass (“The Bourne Supremacy,” a bad hand from his deck of Iraq emotionally intoxicated rants at “The Bourne Ultimatum”). Unlike War playing cards. “Green Zone” Dad? Check. Jokey declaration of “The Hurt Locker” (incidentally, is a study in futility, in more ways “whatta you got?” rebellion? Check. also shot by cinematographer Bar- than one. (Ally: “I don’t date sociology mary Ackroyd), “Green Zone” shows jors.” Tyler: “Lucky for you I’m little interest in characterization, Rated R for violence and lan- undecided.” Ally: “About what?” instead assembling clunky narra- guage. One hour, 55 minutes. Tyler: “Everything.”) Though he tive machinery that amounts to an can be volatile (like Ally’s dad — action-packed fiction remake of — Peter Canavese go figure), Tyler is also a thinker: Charles Ferguson’s 2007 doc “No He holds down a job at the Strand End in Sight” (rather, the film cites Remember Me - when he’s not quoting Gandhi or as “inspiration” Rajiv Chandraseka- (Century 16, Century 20) Twi- scribbling in his notebook. All in ran’s 2006 non-fiction book “Impe- hards, start your engines. Those all, he just feels more than the most rial Life in the Emerald City.” on “Team Edward” will swoon for of us, y’know? In some ways, the story here — “Remember Me,” a romantic drama Pattinson does well with what like Greengrass’ acclaimed “United starring and executive-produced by he’s given, but the contrivances 93” — seems “too soon” for useful Robert Pattinson. For those non- compound, and after a while, it’s perspective; in other respects, it initiates who don’t recognize the apparent that the movie isn’t very already feels like old news. Given “Twilight” jargon, discreetly begin interested in Ally, after all (de what we know about WMDs, how backing away. Ravin’s vacuousness doesn’t help). can “Green Zone” be anything other “Remember Me” is engineered to Though requisite to make the movie than two hours of anticlimax? As make teen and tween girls giggle, a romance, she’s poorly drawn and Miller, Damon does his best to be swoon and weep. It’s only slightly fades out of the plot as the Hawkins a sterling, steely distraction from edgier and no more sensible than a family drama takes precedence. the script’s deficiencies, but even he Nicholas Sparks story, but it does Absent a careful balance between can’t make credible the preposterous build to the mother of all tragic rug- the leading characters, “Remember loose cannon he’s asked to play. pullers (which viewers not blinded Me” might have been better off as The script, credited to rewriter by Twi-life will see coming all the a family drama rather than a ro- Brian Helgeland (“L.A. Confiden- way up Liberty Street). The story mance. Brosnan does good work tial”), serves up soldiers, spies, opens in 1991 Brooklyn, where as the workaholic businessman so politicians, reporters and Iraqi civil- 11-year-old Alyssa Craig witnesses damaged that he comes off pride- ians who speak almost entirely in her mother’s death. Ten years later, fully aloof (for that matter, Cooper clichés. There’s Brendan Gleeson Ally (Emilie de Ravin of “Lost”) is flawless as Ally’s pained father). as Martin Brown, the CIA’s Bagh- is a New York University student In short, let me bogart the movie’s dad bureau chief (who tells Miller, prone to falling for a man who un- “carpe diem” message: Seize some- “You’re right. This thing doesn’t add derstands personal loss. thing other than this movie. up”). There’s Greg Kinnear as Paul That’d be Tyler Hawkins (Pattin- Bremner stand-in Clark Pound- son), also 21, a “brooding introvert” Rated PG-13 for violence, sexual stone, a Pentagon rep who spars who always smells of beer and content, language and smoking. with Brown and Miller. There’s cigarettes and unfulfilled potential. One hour, 53 minutes. Amy Ryan as suckered Wall Street His Bohemian odor cannot hide his Journal reporter Lawrie Dayne (read sensitive soul, proven in his loving — Peter Canavese Judith Miller), whose articles on the attentions to his equally sensitive, intel of mysterious source “Magel- 11-year-old (ah, the symmetry!) To view the trailers for “Green lan” stoked political support for the Zone” and “Remember Me,” go to sister Caroline (a precocious Ruby Palo Alto Online at www.PaloAl- toOnline.com Discover the FRENCH FILM CLUB OF PALO ALTO at WinterWinterPALO ProgramP roALTOgram ART ““LesLes CENTERClassiClassiques”ques ” 1313 Newell Road SAVE THE DATE March 26 Doors open at 6:45pm Presentation 7 pm ! Movie 7:30 pm In the Eric Rohmer‘s series " #$%&'() * + , ”Comedies and Proverbs” ÇAÈ6b^YZbdc6b^ZÇ ÇBn<^ga[g^ZcYÈh7dn[g^ZcYÇ Jean-Marie Apostolidés, Moderator 1987 film by Eric Rohmer. 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- A Prophet (R) (((1/2 Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:45 & 8 p.m. A Single Man (R) (((( Guild: 3:15 & 8:30 p.m. Alice in Wonderland Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 1, 2:25, 3:45, 5:10, 6:30, 7:55, 9:15 & 10:30 p.m.; In 3D at 11 a.m.; 12:20, 1:35, (PG) (( 3:05, 4:30, 5:50, 7:15, 8:35 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 1:20, 2:40, 4:05, 5:20, 6:40, 8:05, 9:25 & 10:45 p.m.; In 3D at 11:15 a.m.; 12:45, 2, 3:20, 4:45, 6, 7:30, 8:45 & 10:10 p.m. Avatar (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 3:25, 7 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: In 3D at 12:35, 4:20 & 8 p.m. The Bad Sleep Well Stanford Theatre: Wed 7:30 p.m. Thu 7:30 p.m. (1960) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Brooklyn’s Finest Century 16: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 1:05, 2:45, 4:10, 5:50, 7:10, 8:55 & (R) ((1/2 10:15 p.m. Cop Out (R) (( Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 4:45 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 2:35, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m. The Crazies (R) Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:30, 4:55, 7:25 & 10:05 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Crazy Heart (R) ((( Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:25, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. ! The Ghost Writer Century 20: Fri-Thu 11:25 a.m.; 1, 2:20, 3:55, 5:15, 6:55, 8:10 & 9:50 p.m. (PG-13) (((1/2 Palo Alto Square: 1:25, 4:20 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. 7 Sat. also at 10:10 p.m. Green Zone (R) Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 12:50, 2:10, 3:30, 4:50, 6:15, 7:30, 8:55 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; (( 12:55, 2:20, 3:40, 5:05, 6:25, 7:50, 9:10 & 10:35 p.m. The Hidden Fortress Stanford Theatre: Sat 3 & 7:30 p.m. Sun 3 & 7:30 p.m. Mon 7:30 p.m. Tue 7:30 p.m. (1958) (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) ! High and Low (1963) Stanford Theatre: Fri 7:30 p.m. (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) The Hurt Locker Aquarius: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. (R) (((1/2 I Live in Fear (1955) Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:35 & 10:05 p.m. “A SWEEPING ROMANTIC (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) The Last Station (R) ((1/2 Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; 5:05 & 10:35 p.m. Guild: 6 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 12:30 p.m. MASTERPIECE.” Lord, Save Us from Your Aquarius: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Followers (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) – Greg Russell, WMYD-TV Our Family Wedding Century 16: Noon, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:30 p.m. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) “A heartwarming – Manny De La Rosa, NBC-TVlove story.” Percy Jackson & the Century 16: 12:45, 3:50, 6:50 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:40, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. Olympians: The Lightning Thief (PG) (Not Reviewed) Remember Me (PG-13) Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:40, 4:20, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:30, 7:15 & 9:55 “Robert Pattinson and ( p.m. Emilie de Ravin are She’s Out of My League Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 12:30, 1:45, 3, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8, 9:20 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; – Steve Oldfield, FOX-TVterrific.” (R) (Not Reviewed) 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:25 p.m. Shutter Island (R) ((( Century 16: 12:35, 3:40, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 12:20, 3:45, 7:05 & 10:20 p.m. “So perfectly acted, Throne of Blood (1957) Stanford Theatre: Wed 5:30 & 9:55 p.m. Thu 5:30 & 9:55 p.m. 5:30 & 9:55 p.m. (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) so brilliantly directed… Valentine’s Day Century 16: 1:55 & 7:35 p.m. Century 20: 2 & 7:45 p.m. This movie will become a (PG-13) ((1/2 Yojimbo (1961) Stanford Theatre: Sat-Tues 5:30 & 10 p.m. part of you (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) – Mark S. Allen, CBS/CW.”

( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding “A must-see – Kevin Steincross, FOX-TV!”

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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 33 Sports NORCAL BASKETBALL Shorts Moving on NEW COACH . . . The Menlo- will be Atherton football team, which struggled through a 1-9 record last season and has gone through three coaches in the past two difficult seasons, has a new head coach. Sione Taufoou, 27, who for the Pinewood girls may have past three seasons has been an best shot of reaching assistant football coach at Menlo School, will guide the Bears this a championship game fall. Taufoou replaces Tony Rosso, by Keith Peters who lasted only this past season. our local basketball teams took Prior to that, Philip Brown finished the floor on Thursday night in the up the 2008 season as the interim second round of the CIF Northern head coach after Bob Sykes left F California playoffs. Only one, however, just a few games into the cam- was favored to advance to the semifi- paign. Taufoou, a San Carlos na- nals on Saturday night. tive and a graduate of St. Francis Since the Pinewood girls are seeded High, expects to be around a lot No. 1 in the Division V playoffs, they longer than his predecessors. He will be favored each night they take the comes from a long line of football floor. That doesn’t mean the Panthers players in his family — Kaoi, Will have an easy path to the NorCal final and Matt. It’s a family that is highly and state championship game. regarded in San Mateo County. In fact, Pinewood’s game against vis- Taufoou was the defensive coor- iting St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda) dinator at Menlo School this past on Thursday night was expected to the fall, which saw the Knights reach Panthers’ most difficult of these play- the Central Coast Section Small offs. School Division championship Pinewood, however, is a veteran game for the first time in school when it comes to the postseason. The history. Panthers have missed the NorCal playoffs only once since 1998, that one blip OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Menlo coming in 2008 when Pinewood failed School grad Blake Schultz, a to reach the Central Coast Section fi- senior basketball standout at Wil- nals. liams College, has been named The Panthers also have three state winner of the Jostens Trophy. The Division V titles to their credit. They award models the Rotary Inter- were ranked No. 2 in the state in their national motto of “Service above division last week and were No. 1 ear- Self” by recognizing those who lier this season. truly fit the ideal of the well-round- Veteran coach Doc Scheppler, who ed Division III student-athlete. The has guided the program to all three award recognizes playing abil- state crowns, has another talented ity, academic performance and team (albeit young). The Panthers community service. A nationwide (23-6) took only three seniors into the committee voted on the 10 final- NorCal playoffs, one of which (Rachel ists for the 2010 Jostens Trophy Marty) has missed nearly the entire that will be presented to Schultz year with an ACL injury. Seniors Em- by the Salem [Va.] Rotary Club

Kyle Terada ily Liang and Lauren Taniguchi have at their luncheon on Thursday, been solid contributors to a squad that March 18th at the Salem Civic starts four juniors — Kelsey Morehead, Center. . . Palo Alto High junior Hailie Eackles, Jenna McLoughlin and Kevin Anderson will continue his Sacred Heart Prep junior Reed McConnell (23) scored 24 points on Tuesday in a 62-50 victory over Wal- Miranda Seto. football career close to home after Everyone shoots threes, which committing to Stanford recently. lenberg in a NorCal Division IV first-round playoff game. That earned the Gators a second-round game The 6-foot-4, 240-pound Ander- Thursday. (continued on page 35 son, who carried a 3.8 GPA, was the 2009 SCVAL Defensive Line- Pac-10 Player of Year Ogwumike leads man of the Year while helping the Vikings win the SCVAL De Anza Division championship . . . Former Stanford women into conference tourney Stanford football All-American by Rick Eymer Duncan McColl is on the ballot egardless of how convincing Stanford coach automatic bid.” for the 2010 College Football Hall Tara VanDerveer can be, the second-ranked Perhaps the motivation to win the conference tour- of Fame. McColl, who played de- Cardinal (28-1) has clinched a No. 1 seed for nament is to help sell tickets to the first- and second- fensive end from 1973-76, was a R the upcoming NCAA tournament no matter how round tournament games at Maples Pavilion next two-time All-Pac-8 selection and it performs in the upcoming Pac-10 tourna- weekend. still holds the school record for ment. “It doesn’t matter what seed a team is,” most quarterback sacks (17) in a The odds are Stanford will at least VanDerveer said. “It’s that day, that season. reach the championship game, hav- time and you better show up to ing done so in each of the previous play.”

nine conference tournaments, win- VanDerveer hopes senior center David Gonzales/Stanford Athletics ON THE AIR ning seven of them. Jayne Appel will be showing up at Friday Stanford opens the Pac-10 tourna- some point this weekend. The All- Women’s basketball: Stanford at ment Friday at 1:15 p.m. and will American sat out Stanford’s 63-48 Pac-10 Tournament, 1:15 p.m.; KZSU play either Arizona or Washington victory over California last week (90.1 FM) State, which played Thursday night with a foot injury. Saturday in the first round. “Jayne is out of her boot and she Women’s basketball: Stanford at The Cardinal is attempting to become the first is walking,” VanDerveer said. “She went swim- Pac-10 Tournament, 2:30 p.m.; Comcast Sports Net Bay Area; KZSU (90.1 FM) conference team to go 18-0 in Pac-10 play and capture ming and she’s a little sore from that. She’s getting Sunday the Pac-10 tournament title. treatment and we’re hoping it will continue to improve. “We have not clinched the automatic berth to the It looks a lot better than it did a week ago.” Women’s basketball: Championship of Pac-10 Tournament; 3 p.m.; Comcast NCAAs,” VanDerveer said. “I’m pretty sure we’ll get Appel was part of a contingent of six Stanford play- Stanford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike is Sports Net Bay Area; KZSU (90.1 FM) in but we want to win the tournament and get that ers named to various All-Pac-10 teams. the Pac-10 Player of the Year.

Page 34ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Pac-10 hoops Pohlen leads the Pac-10 with a (continued from previous page) 1.95 assist-to-turnover ratio and is second in the conference with 4.54 Nnemkadi Ogwumike was named assists per game. Pohlen leads the the Pac-10 Player of the Year and Cardinal with 51 3-pointers and is Rosalyn Gold-Onwude was named shooting 35.9 percent from long co-Defensive Player of the Year on range. Thursday. Gold-Onwude helped Stanford Three-time selections Appel and lead the Pac-10 in scoring defense, Kayla Pedersen were joined by Og- limiting opponents to an average of wumike and Jeanette Pohlen on the 54.3 points. 15-player All-Pac-10 team. Gold- The biggest concern remains Ap- Onwude was an honorable men- pel’s health. VanDerveer indicated tion. she would play sparingly, if at all, “It would have been nice if we should there be a chance of hurting could have three players share the the foot any further. Player of the Year award,” VanDer- “Jayne is very important to our veer said. “I don’t think that was success,” VanDerveer said. “We ever discussed, but I am happy one will have to wait and see what she’s of three (Appel, Ogwumike or Ped- able to do. At the same time, I liked ersen) got it.” the way ‘Neka and Kayla took the Joslyn Tinkle was named all- challenge and stepped up against freshman honorable mention, while Cal.” Gold-Onwude was named to the Stanford is built upon team chem-

Kyle Terada All-Defensive Team. Pedersen was istry as much as it is on the talented honorable mention. players that make up the roster. The Appel became the eighth Stanford Cardinal might do just fine without player to earn All-Pac-10 honors Appel this weekend, but it wouldn’t Sacred Heart Prep’s Reed McConnell (left) and Pat McNamara (5) helped put defensive pressure on Wallen- three times. She broke the Pac-10ís go too far into the NCAA tourna- berg during the Gators’ 62-50 victory to open the NorCal Division IV playoffs on Tuesday night. all-time rebounding record, eclips- ment without her. ing former USC great Lisa Leslie, Stanford has stumbled a few times NorCal basketball one. The Gators beat Branson in ments later Cole McConnell buried also becoming the seventh player when it had to make do without one (continued from previous page) a tournament finale earlier this a three followed by another trey by in league history to join the 2,000- of its guards or when one or more of season, 39-36, rallying from eight Reed McConnell on the next posses- point, 1,000-rebound club. its post players was in foul trouble. has been a staple for the Panthers points down to win. sion. Cole hit another seconds later Appel ranks 11th in the league Appel has the ability to keep the throughout the years. They may not If Castilleja was able to duplicate for a 43-35 Prep advantage going in scoring (14.3) and second in Cardinal focused and the opposition have much height — McLoughlin that triumph, the Gators more than into the fourth quarter. rebounding (9.9), recording 13 honest. Her leadership is as vital as is the tallest at 5-foot-10 — but they likely will be on the road Satur- Sacred Heart Prep made all 13 of double-doubles this season while her playing ability. press, help out on defense, create day — unless No. 2 seed Bradshaw 14 free throws in the fourth quar- helping the Cardinal clinch its 10th Either Arizona (13-16) or Wash- turnovers and don’t often make the Christian (Sacramento) is upset by ter and Wallenberg did not threaten consecutive regular-season title and ington State (8-21) would enter Fri- kind of mistakes that lead to losses. University (San Francisco). If Uni- again. 19th overall. day’s contest with much to lose. If Pinewood is still alive after its versity prevailed, Castilleja will host Reed McConnell led all scorers Ogwumike averaged a confer- The Wildcats enter the tourna- second-round game, the Panthers University on Saturday. Those teams with 24 while Will McConnell add- ence-leading 18.2 points and was ment on a five-game losing streak likely will host No. 4 Branson on also have met this season, with the ed 16. Cole McConnell and Ty Cobb third in rebounding with a 9.4 av- after a stretch of four wins in five Saturday at 7 p.m. The winner of Gators posting a 68-53 triumph. both had six points. Zach Watterson erage. games over the first half of Febru- that game will advance to the Nor- Thus, it could be a favorable led Prep rebounders with five. Ogwumike shoots at a 63.8 per- ary, while the Cougars, after drop- Cal finals on March 20 at Folsom bracket for Castilleja, which would The McConnell’s shooting was cent pace, fourth in the nation. She ping 12 of its first 13 Pac-10 games, High. love to reach the NorCal finals and fortuitous for the Gators, who were has recorded a conference-leading have impressive victories over USC It is possible that the NorCal title spend the 2 1/2 hours on the road to challenged inside and also expe- 14 games of 20 or more points. and Oregon over its final five regu- game could be an all-local affair. face league rival Pinewood — with rienced trouble taking care of the Pedersen recorded career highs lar-season games. That depends on No. 3 seed Cas- hopes of avenging last Saturday’s ball during the first half. Wallen- in scoring (16.7), rebounding (9.0) “We have to be focused no mat- tilleja (20-9), which opened play 53-32 loss to the Panthers in the berg (20-8), the runnerup from San and 3-pointers to help Stanford go ter who we play,” VanDerveer said. Thursday night at home against CCS championship game. Franciscoís Academic Athletic As- undefeated in conference play. “Hopefully we will have Jayne.”N No.6 Head Royce, a 59-36 winner From here on in, it’s all about sociation, was able to successfully over Ripon Christian on Tuesday making the most of opportunities. work the ball inside and control night. That’s what the Sacred Heart Prep both offense and defensive boards. Stanford’s Fields on All-Pac-10 Castilleja hosted its first-ever Nor- and Pinewood boys did on Tuesday The Bulldogs outrebounded the Ga- Cal game and, earlier in the day, had in their respective NorCal openers. tors, 24-12. Green earns a spot on the all-conference second team a school-wide pep rally to generate It took a timely streak of three- “That was a little bit of a surprise some added excitement. Ted Minnis, point shooting, some opportunistic to us. They dug in and took the ball here was no question Stan- game). Fields is one of five play- who is filling in as athletic director defense and flawless fourth-quarter inside and I don’t think we were as ford’s most valuable player ers in school history to score more while Jez McIntosh is on sabbatical free throw shooting for Sacred Heart ready as we should have been,” said T this men’s basketball sea- than 600 points in a single season. (he’s still coaching the basketball Prep to earn its first-ever Division SHP coach Tony Martinelli. “We son was senior Landry Fields. He has 667 points this year, third team as an off-campus coach), was IV NorCal victory, a 62-50 decision were a little scattered in the first His consistency of performance on the all-time single-season list planning on bringing extra bleachers over visiting Wallenberg. The vic- half. We took shots early in the pos- both on the court and in the lock- behind only Adam Keefe, who to accommodate an expected crowd tory was SHP’s 15th straight. session and had little patience. The er room was a major reason why scored over 700 points twice. in excess of 400 last night. In Los Altos Hills, Pinewood second half was more characteristic he was recognized as a first team Fields has scored in double- Castilleja reached the NorCal made the most if its first NorCal of how we play.” selection on the All-Pac-10 team figures in every game this year, playoffs last season for the first time appearance in 14 years by pulling Sacred Heart pressed Wallenberg announced Monday. Sophomore becoming the first Stanford play- in school history, advancing all the away from Bradshaw Christian, into nine second-half turnovers but Jeremy Green earned a spot on er to accomplish that feat since way to the semifinals before finish- 55-42. The No. 8-seeded Panthers equally important, it settled down the second team. Keefe in 1991-92 (29 games). ing with a 23-9 record — best in played at No. 1 Branson (22-6) on when it had the ball. Sacred Heart Fields averaged 7.1 points and Green was an All-Freshmen school history. Thursday night. turned the ball over eight times in 3.7 rebounds over his first three team pick last year and continued Like Pinewood, the Gators have The No. 4-seeded Gators (23-5), the first half but only three times years, playing in the shadows of his emergence as one of the Pac- only three seniors on this year’s meanwhile, hosted a second round in the second half when it put the Brook and Robin Lopez and then 10’s premier players this year. team — Eve Zelinger, Tayo Amos game Thursday against No. 5 St. game away. a senior class that included An- Green averaged 16.9 points per and reserve Natalie Morin. Zelinger Patrick/St.Vincent (Vallejo), a 65-35 The path to the NorCal final is an thony Goods and Mitch Johnson. game this year, a total that ranks is the school’s all-time leading scor- winner over No. 12 Calaveras. The extremely difficult one for Sacred This season belonged to Fields. second on the team and sixth-best er and will be sorely missed when victory was the first ever for the Ga- Heart Prep, as a second-round win He produced one of the most con- among Pac-10 players. Green’s this season concludes. tors at the Division IV level. Prep would earn a semifinal date with sistent seasons in school history. scoring average this year is 10 “It’s been great having her,” lost last yearís first-round game and No. 1 St. Mary’s (Berkeley) on Sat- Fields ranks ninth in the nation points better than last year’s 6.4 McIntosh said of Zelinger. “We’ll won once (2005) in three tries at the urday. St. Mary’s, along with No. 2 in scoring at 22.2 points per game points per game clip as a rookie. miss her next year.” Division V level. Salesian, are considered head and after becoming the first Stanford Green, who leads the Pac-10 in Fortunately for McIntosh, he’ll The Gators overcame a five-point shoulders about the entire NorCal player to lead the Pac-10 in that three-pointers made (90) while have junior Natasha von Kaeppler deficit in the third quarter with a Division IV field and either team category since Casey Jacobsen in ranking 21st nationally in three- back. The versatile 6-footer could long-distance bullseye-shooting run could win the state title. 2001-02. point field goals made per game wind up holding all the school re- by the three McConnell brothers. While the Gators aren’t favored to In addition to leading all (3.0), also broke Casey Jacobsen’s cords before she’s done. Down 32-27 midway through the get past Saturday, should they make conference players in 20-point record for three-pointers made in Castilleja not only received a fa- third, Will McConnell hit a three it that far, Martinelli will have all games (20), double-doubles (12) a single season when he knocked vorable NorCal seed (bracket oppo- and then stole the ball in the back- three McConnell brothers back and minutes played (36.1 per down two triples against Arizona site Pinewood), but its second-round court while pressing, making the next season along with six others. game), Fields ranked second in on Feb. 27.N opponent (Branson) was a familiar ensuing layup to tie the game. Mo- (continued on next page the league in rebounding (8.7 per -- Rick Eymer

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Local swimmers star while helping PASA ATHLETES OF THE WEEK win team title at Southern Sectionals by Keith Peters day night as she blew away the meet alo Alto High sophomore Jas- record with a sizzling 1:56.29 in the mine Tosky put on a remark- 200 fly. The old mark was 1:58.38 P able, record-breaking show at by Moldenhauer last year. the U.S. Swimming Southern Sec- Also on Friday, Tosky finished tionals that concluded Sunday night third in the 500 free (4:44.05). The in College Station, Texas. All Tosky top three finishers surpassed the old did was win six individual events meet record of 4:45.87. and help her Palo Alto Stanford Tosky also teamed with Schaefer, Aquatics team win the overall team Julia Ama and Jessica Bergman to championship with 841 points. set a national record (girls 15-18) of More than 800 swimmers com- 3:19.81 in the 400-yard free relay. peted. PASA brought 35 athletes to Shaefer also had a big meet. She the meet. Tosky won the women’s Kyle Terada set a meet record while winning the high-point award while teammate 100 free in 48.90. That lowered the Tom Kremer, from Sacred Heart previous mark of 49.01 set last year Prep, was the men’s high-point win- by Moldenhauer, who lowered a ner. Jasmine Tosky national high school public record “While Jasmine and Tom will a breakthrough evening with three earlier this year. The time also was get a lot of recognition for their ac- a Pacific record. Jenna McLoughlin Reed McConnell complishments at this meet, I really victories all in meet-records. Tosky opened up the evening with Schaefer earned her second po- Pinewood School Sacred Heart Prep feel that it was truly a team effort,” dium with a 22.49 victory in the 50 said Tony Batis, one of PASA’s head a time of 1:46.07 to win the women’s The junior center scored The junior had 12 points, five 200-yard free. That swim eclipsed free. She just missed the national re- 20 points and grabbed 16 assists, three rebounds and coaches. “We had young kids who cord of 22.39 set by Amanda Weir. swam on our girls ‘C’ relays that re- Lily Moldenhauer’s meet record of rebounds with two steals in the game-winning basket in Schaefer did break a seven-year-old ally stepped up and scored points for 1:46.77 set back in 2009. meet record, a 23.05 set by Brooke two CCS Division V basket- a 55-54 semifinal win before us. We had swimmers make break- Tosky then shot down another ball victories, including 15 pouring in 24 points with Moldenhauer meet record with the Bishop back in 2003. Bergman throughs and make new national points and seven rebounds four rebounds in a 54-45 win or junior national standards for the former recordholder in the pool. grabbed third in 23.45. Tosky captured the 100 fly in 52.84 Schaefer also finished second in to spark the Panthers to past over No. 1 Palma in the CCS first time. We had two strong swim- Castilleja in the title game. Division IV title game. mers who were third respectively in to beat Moldenhauer’s 2009 record 100 back (54.28) and took third in the women’s (Maddy Schaefer) and of 53.19. Tosky’s time ranks her third the 100 fly (54.51). men’s (Adam Hinshaw) high point on the girls’ 15-16 all-time list. The In other PASA highlights: Hin- Honorable mention standings. time also set a 15-16 Pacific record, shaw was second in the men’s 500 Sammy Albanese Ty Cobb “We were represented by kids breaking Natalie Coughlin’s mark free (4:24.65), second in the 1,000 Castilleja softball Sacred Heart Prep basketball from over 10 high schools around and just missing the national age- free (9:06.70) and second in the Maggie Brown Danny Diekroeger* the area and nearly every one of group record (52.61) by Katie Hoff. 1,650 free (15:20.45). He set 15-16 Menlo lacrosse Menlo baseball them contributed to our team effort. Tosky completed an incredible Pacific records in the 1,000 and Victoria Fakalata* Nicky Hu I, personally, was most pleased with triple with another meet record, 1,650 frees. Alicia Grima picked Menlo-Atherton basketball Palo Alto tennis the fact that we could take 35 kids this time in the women’s 400 IM. up third in the women’s 200 IM Kelsey Morehead* Max Lippe* deep into the heart of a swimming Tosky clocked a 4:11.01 to shatter (2:03.92); and Ally Howe set a girls Pinewood basketball Pinewood basketball hotbed (Texas) compete against the 4:16.27 set by Spindrift Beck in 13-14 Pacific record in the 100 back Mila Sheeline Cole McConnell some of the top teams in the Mid- 2007. (55.13), breaking another Coughlin Menlo lacrosse Sacred Heart Prep basketball west/South and come out with a On Sunday night, Tosky turned in mark. Natasha von Kaeppler Will McConnell* Kremer was as busy as Tosky as he team victory. It says to me that West another meet record with a 1:57.46 Castilleja basketball Sacred Heart Prep basketball Coast swimming is not dead and victory in the 200 IM. That swim took second in the 200 IM (1:49.80), * previous winner still very competitive.” smashed Beck’s 2007 mark of third in the 100 back (49.65), second To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com While PASA received plenty of 1:59.66. Tosky returned in the 100 in the 200 free (1:37.99), second in standout efforts, the most acknowl- breast and won that in 1:01.95. She the 200 fly (1:48.36), fourth in the Fraioli added 11 points and two edged came from Tosky. Her big- also added a third place in the 100 1,000 free (9:16.95) and fourth in NorCal basketball while junior Aaron Daines had six gest night of the four-day meet was back of 54.83. the 500 free (4:26.86). He set a 15- (continued from page 35) assists. His defense was sparkling as Saturday, where the 15-year-old had Tosky got her first victory on Fri- 16 Pacific record in the 200 IM.N could win the state title. he held Bradshaw Christian scoring While the Gators aren’t favored leader JJ Mina to a season-low four to get past Saturday, should they points. New coach has Paly baseball off to winning start make it that far, Martinelli will have Bradshaw held a 36-35 lead at the all three McConnell brothers back end of three quarters but Pinewood t was a homecoming of sorts for up with those teams as Paly grabbed 6-4, 6-4 triumph while Ball won eas- next season along with six others. held Bradshaw to 3-of-11 shooting Palo Alto’s first-year baseball a 14-1 lead after just two innings. Joc ily, 6-3, 6-2. Sophomore Justin Chan The team loses only starter (Cobb) in the fourth quarter as Pinewood Icoach Erick Raich, who made Pederson had three hits while fellow blanked his opponent at No. 3 while among its seniors. The other is Spen- went on a roll to score 20 points in a splashy debut in the SCVAL De senior Scott Witte drove in three runs. senior Patrick Chase won at No. 4 in cer Rosekrans. the final period. Anza Division with a 16-4 thump- Conor Raftery, Drake Swezey, Will straight sets as the Knights improved The Pinewood boys, meanwhile, ing of visiting Saratoga in a season Glazier and Wade Hauser all had two to 5-0. will lose only two seniors off this Girls’ Division I opener Wednesday. Raich finished RBI as Paly pounded out 14 hits. On Tuesday, Menlo perhaps took team, one of which is a big one — Senior Victoria Fakalata scored 24 up a standout prep career at Saratoga Menlo School also is off to a solid control of the West Bay Athletic 6-6 Max Lippe. He’s one reason why points and added nine rebounds but High in 2000, helping the Falcons start (4-1) after dominating St. Igna- League with a 7-0 romp over visit- the No. 8 Panthers (20-7) advanced it wasn’t enough as Menlo-Atherton win a CCS title in 1999. tius on Tuesday, 9-1, in nonleague ac- ing Harker, which earlier had beaten to the second round on Thursday saw its season end in a 52-44 loss While Raich admitted it felt a little tion. Jake Batchelder (2-0) threw six Sacred Heart Prep. Menlo will host night. to Lowell in a first-round game at strange to be facing his old team, he innings of one-run ball while while SHP next Tuesday. Lippe shook off a scoreless first Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco on was more focused on getting his new out six. Fellow sophomore Dylan While Menlo looks to be a run- quarter and scored 23 of his 27 points Tuesday. club off to a good start. Mayer had two hits and drove in four away winner in the WBAL, Menlo- in the second half to lead the Pan- The No. 12-seeded Bears (15- “The first year (of coaching a new runs. Atherton could be that team in the thers to a 55-42 victory over visiting 17) got to within 43-42 with three team) is the toughest, with all the ex- PAL Bay Division Bradshaw Christian (Sacramento) in minutes to play, but Lowell ran off a pectations,” Raich said. “But, we’re Boys’ tennis The Bears are off to a 3-0 start in the opening round of the Division V string of unanswered points to pull ahead of schedule.” Defending CCS and NorCal cham- league play following a 5-2 win over playoffs on Tuesday night. away. Sophomore Tennyson Jellins The Vikings (1-0, 5-2), who will pion Menlo looks to be in fine shape host Burlingame on Tuesday. Burl- Lippe added 16 rebounds as Pin- finished with nine points and six re- complete their home-and-home series to possibly repeat those efforts after ingame is expected to challenge for ewood bounced back from its loss on bounds for M-A.N at Saratoga on Friday, have played a two impressive victories this week. the league title this season. Saturday in the CCS championship tough preseason schedule that in- With freshmen Richard Pham and M-A rode a sweep of the doubles to game. That 45-43 loss to St. Francis- (Tim Goode contributed to this cluded losses to Wilcox and Mitty Andrew Ball posting solid wins at its victory. The teams of Zeke Brown- Central Coast Catholic proved very story) and victories over Scotts Valley and No. 1 and 2 singles, the Knights re- Matt Giordano, Jess and Christian costly as the Sharks received the No. Monterey — all perennial CCS con- mained perfect with a 7-0 whitewash Perkins, plus Matt Menninger and 2 seed in NorCals and a favorable For results of Thursday’s NorCal tenders. of host Los Gatos in a nonleague Avi Shah provided key points for the path to the finals. games, go to www.pasportson- Saratoga certainly didn’t measure match on Wednesday. Pham posted a triumph. Pinewood sophomore Dante line.com

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Page 40ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Randall Millen Registry 322-7032 Vaganova and Cecchetti styles. Creative 921 Colorado Ave. www.danceconnectionpaloalto.com dance, pre-ballet and full curriculum for Palo Alto [email protected] all levels starting at age 5. Adult classes 856-1419 Dance Connection offers graded class- include beginning, intermediate and Individual private tutoring in Midtown es for ages 3 to adult with a variety of advanced. Please call for more informa- Palo Alto home for grades 7-12, college programs to meet every dancer’s needs. tion. and adults. Subjects include English Ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, boys program, grammar and composition, English as a lyrical, Pilates and combination classes Western Ballet second language (ESL), French, Latin, are available for beginning to advanced 914 N. Rengstorff Ave., Unit A mathematics, history and social studies, levels. Find information and download Mountain View and humanities in general. Also: test registration from the Web site. 650-968-4455 preparation for all standardized tests www.westernballet.org/ (including S.A.T.), and manuscript writ- DanceVisions [email protected] Class Guide ing and editing. Stanford graduate with 4000 Middlefield Road Western Ballet has a welcoming, car- 40 years of experience as a tutor. Fees L3 Palo Alto ing place to study ballet. We offer adult from $18 per hour. 650-858-2005 classes for absolute beginners to profes- www.dancevisions.org sionals, providing the largest selection Make the most of spring by taking a [email protected] QWERTY Education Services [email protected] of drop-in classes in the San Francisco class in something you’ve always want- Emerson School, a private, non-sectarian 1050 Chestnut St., #201 DanceVisions, a unique nonprofit com- Peninsula and South Bay. For children ed to learn. 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For the cational evaluation for K-12 and college. and schedules. youth program, see www.westernballet. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Learning Strategies Our professional educators and diagnos- org for tuition rates. Challenger School a650-747-9651 ticians work with students to build un- International School of the Pen- 3880 Middlefield Road www.creative-learning-strategies.com derstanding of their learning, resulting insula Zohar Dance Company Palo Alto victoriaskinner@creative-learning-strat- in improved confidence and academic 151 Laura Lane 4000 Middlefield Road, L4 650-213-8245 egies.com progress. Professional education servic- Palo Alto Palo Alto ChallengerSchool.com A highly qualified Learning Strategies es since 1976. Contact Michael Perez, di- 650-251-8519 494-8221 Celebrating 45 years of learning and fun, tutor rector, for a no-cost phone consultation. www.istp.org www.zohardance.org we are an independent private school will come to the home, work around va- [email protected] [email protected] that focuses on academic excellence, in- cation schedules and set up individual After-school programs for preschool, Founded in 1979, Zohar is unique in that dividual achievement, critical thinking learning programs curtailed to the stu- DANCE Brazilian Dance elementary and middle-school students. it offers classes to adults in jazz, ballet skills, and self-reliance. Our uniquely dent’s needs. and modern dance. Under the direction Lucie Stern Community Classes include: French cooking, Asian structured classes yield astonishing re- of Ehud & Daynee Krauss, the studio is Center Ballroom cooking, chess, science, robotics, Chi- sults. Challenger students achieve scores Palo Alto Adult School known for its professional instructors on average in the 90th percentile on the 1305 Middlefield Road nese dance, art & craft, watercolor, 50 Embarcadero Road gymnastics, soccer and multi-sports. For and inspiring classes. national Stanford Achievement Test Palo Alto Palo Alto (SAT). Come tour our campus to learn 650-463-4940 a complete list of classes available visit 650-329-3752 www.istp.org. about our preschool through eighth- 650-329-8515 www.cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy HANDICRAFTS grade programs. Brazilian dance for ages 16-99 with Ani- Custom Handweavers www.paadultschool.org L’Ecole de Danse Hands-on computer, language, test ta Lusebrink. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 2267 Old Middlefield Way Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Emerson School preparation, writing, investment and Thirteen-week session for $130. Drop-in Mountain View Middlefield Road 2800 W. 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(continued from previous page) your body a fabulous spring cleaning. Betty Wright Swim Center @ ness levels welcome! Classes are on-go- insula (ISTP) As AlaVie Fitness’s signature program, Abilities United ing, go directly to class to register! Mon., 151 Laura Lane Ongoing classes in weaving, spinning, PowerVie is different from other mili- 3864 Middlefield Road Tue. 6 p.m., Thu. at 5:40 p.m. and Sat. Palo Alto and knitting for beginner and intermedi- tary-style boot camps. Visit www.alavie- Palo Alto mornings are at Burgess Rec, 8:30 a.m. 251-8519 ate students. Day and evening sessions. fitness.com or call for more information 494-1480 www.istp.org Explore the ancient art of Temari, a and to register. www.abilitiesunited.org/ Private Yoga Instruction by [email protected] Japanese folk art, or learn to weave the [email protected] Eyesha ISTP offers extensive adult language Navajo Way. Enhance your lifestyle with Andre’s Boot Camp (ABC) Improve your health and wellness 650-224-0150 classes and children’s after-school lan- an art form almost forgotten. Visit the Stanford through aquatic exercise and therapy in Sivananda-certified yoga instructor with guage classes. For preschool students, studio and watch the students work. Call 724-9872 the fully accessible, public, warm-water extensive experience in both private and ISTP offers classes in Arabic, French, for more information, e-mail or visit the www.andrestraining.com (92 degree), in-door pool. Classes in- group class settings. First class is free. Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. For Web site. [email protected] clude aqua aerobics, aqua arthritis, back Subsequent classes are $50/ hour. elementary and middle-school stu- No two sessions are the same but every basics, body conditioning, Aichi yoga dents, ISTP offers classes in Arabic, HEALTH & FITNESS session will offer either circuit training and prenatal. Physical therapy, personal Palo Alto Adult School Farsi French and Mandarin Chinese. or interval training. ABC is designed for AlaVie Fitness training, Watsu and land massage by 50 Embarcadero Road For adults, ISTP offers separate classes those who enjoy multi-sport activities. 777 Embarcadero Road appointment. Group and private swim Palo Alto for varying proficiency levels for each A variety of athletic “toys” are used to Palo Alto lessons. Hours: Monday-Thursday, 6:30 650-329-3752 language: Arabic, English ESL, Farsi, make the classes both fun and challeng- 415-567-7411 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Friday, 6:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; 650-329-8515 French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japa- ing. Call, e-mail or visit the Web site for www.alaviefitness.com Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon. www.paadultschool.org nese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and more information. [email protected] Hike for Fitness or empower yourself Spanish. Join PowerVie Boot Camp and give California Yoga Center (Palo with Tai-Chi. Join Jeanette Cosgrove’s Alto) Pilates class. Bring balance back to your Mountain View-Los Altos Adult 541 Cowper St. life with Yoga. Our fitness classes start School Palo Alto at $48. 333 Moffett Blvd. 947-9642 Mountain View www.californiayoga.com Studio Kicks 940-1333 [email protected] 796A San Antonio Road www.mvlaae.net The California Yoga Center offers class- Palo Alto The MV-LA Adult School has a long his- es for beginning to advanced students. 855-9868 tory and commitment to adult education. With studios in Mountain View and Palo www.studiokickspaloalto.com Learn or practice a language. Offering: Alto, classes emphasize individual at- [email protected] Chinese, English, French, Russian and tention and cultivate strength, flexibility Studio Kicks is a family fitness center Spanish. Older-adult classes (55+, $18). and relaxation. Ongoing yoga classes are offering high-energy cardio kickbox- scheduled every day and include special ing classes and fun martial-arts train- classes such as prenatal, back care and ing for kids 2 and up. Taught by owner/ German Language Class pranayama. Weekend workshops explore instructor Richard Branden, six-time 50 Embarcadero Road a variety of yoga-related topics. world champion and original stunt cast Palo Alto member for the “Power Rangers.” Get 650-329-3752 Darshana Yoga the whole family healthy and fit. Stop 650-329-8515 654 High St. by for a free class. www.paadultschool.org Palo Alto [email protected] 325-YOGA Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto Willkommen! (Welcome!) Learn to www.darshanayoga.com 3790 El Camino Real #185 speak, read, and write German, with [email protected] Palo Alto an emphasis on conversation. Basic Fresh and inspiring yoga classes in Palo 327-9350 grammar and Germanic culture are Alto. A blend of alignment and flow. www.ttopa.com also covered. The instructor, a college- Great teachers, beautiful studio. Direc- Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto. Estab- credentialed teacher, lived and studied in tor Catherine De Los Santos has taught lished in 1973. Learn the classical Yang Germany through Stanford, from where yoga in Palo Alto more than 25 years. Chengfu style of Taijiquan (T’ai chi she later received a master’s degree. ch’uan). Beginning classes start month- Thursdays, 7-9:15 p.m. March 25-May Elite Musketeer Fencer’s Club ly. Classes are held at the Cubberley 20. No class April 15. $112. 160B Constitution Drive Community Center. Menlo Park Istituto Educazione Italiana 353-0717 Yoga at All Saints’ Episcopal 650-868-5995 408 317 0480 Church www.italybythebay.org www.emfc.net 555 Waverley St. Italian Language for adults in the eve- [email protected] Palo Alto ning on the campus of Menlo College. Fencing programs for kids and adults, 322-4528 New offering for Winter 2010 is a course recreational and competitive. Summer www.asaints.org on Italian travel. Courses in Italian camps, birthday parties, private lessons Kundalini-style yoga, combining asana cooking in Redwood City. Workshops and group classes. (physical poses), breathing exercises and in painting Tuscan and Venetian land- meditation. Practice is best done on an scapes/cityscapes using acrylics in col- Jazzercise at Little House empty stomach. Please bring a mat and laboration with the Pacific Art League Activity Center blanket and wear comfortable, easy-to- (668 Ramona St., Palo Alto). Workshops 800 Middle Ave move-in clothes. If floor work is dif- in Florentine silversmithing at the Allied Menlo Park ficult, exercises can be modified to be Arts Guild in Menlo Park. Full fee and 650-703-1263 done in a chair. All ages. No registration schedule information can be found on- www.jazzercise.com necessary. Every Saturday, 8-9 a.m., in line. [email protected] the Parish Hall. $5/person. Cost: $47 a month. $14 Drop-in. Jazzer- MISCELLANEOUS cise blends aerobics, yoga, Pilates, and Lucy Geever, Flight Instructor kickboxing movements into fun dance LANGUAGE %GEHIQMGW International School of the Pen- and Advantage Aviation routines set to fresh new music.All fit- 1903 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto integrated with the 650-533-4018 Newcomers http://www.advantage-aviation.com/ %VXW Offering learn-to-fly seminars, private pilot ground school and flying lessons, Take a Free Class! along with free seminars for pilots.

County of San Mateo RecycleWorks 555 County Center, 5th Floor (]REQMG 2YVWIV] s!BSOLUTE"EGINNERSTO0ROFESSIONALS Redwood City 599-1498 learning through s&ACULTYOF0ROFESSIONAL$ANCERS 361-8220 s9OUTH'RADED0ROGRAM RecycleWorks.org Become a certified master composter. )RZMVSRQIRX ,MKL7GLSSP s,ARGEST3ELECTIONOF$ROP IN#LASSES Learn to compost and garden without the FOR!DULTSINTHE0ENINSULA use of toxic chemicals and make 2010 a healthier year for you, your family and 7EHAVEAWELCOMING CARING the environment. Classes are free to San Mateo County residents. 1SVE(V0SW%PXSW PLACETOSTUDYBALLET 7MKRYTJSVEXSYV Elite Musketeer Fencer’s Club Alexi Zubiría, Artistic Director 650.968.4455 160B Constitution Drive 7MKRYTJSVEXSYV [[[[EPHSVJTIRMRWYPESVK Menlo Park www.westernballet.org 914 N. Rengstorff Ave. near Rt. 101 in Mtn. View 353-0717 408 317 0480 Page 42ÊUÊ >ÀV Ê£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Class Guide www.emfc.net classes especially welcoming people international faculty. Financial assis- [email protected] with special needs. AFWB is open to the tance available. Fencing programs for kids and adults, public. Drop-in or 6-8 week sessions are recreational and competitive. Summer available. All materials provided. Please Kindermusik with Wendy camps, birthday parties, private lessons call to register or visit website for more Mountain View and group classes. information. 968-4733 www.kindermusik.com Lip reading/managing hearing Art with Emily [email protected] loss 402 El Verano Ave. Group music classes for children ages 450 Bryant St Palo Alto birth to 7 and their caregivers. All classes Palo Alto 856-9571 include singing, instrument play, move- 650-9497-999 www.artwithemily.com ment, musical games, and home materi- foothill.edu [email protected] als, and aim to develop the whole child [email protected] Emily Young teaches mixed-media, through music. Five levels of classes as Lip reading/managing hearing loss. multi-cultural art lessons for children at well as a multi-age class. Cost per class Classes start quarterly and meet weekly her fully equipped studio in Palo Alto. session ranges from $100 to $225 de- but you can join anytime. Learn ways to Individual lessons or small group classes pending on class and session length (8-15 cope with hearing loss and improve lip- available. weeks per session). reading skills. Pay per quarter, register in class. Beginning class meets on Mondays Chinese Brush Painting Midpeninsula Community Media 1:30-2:50 p.m. Palo Alto Center 948-1503 900 San Antonio Road Studio Kicks Chinese brush painting with master cal- Palo Alto 796A San Antonio Road ligrapher and painter Anna Wu Weak- 494-8686 Palo Alto land. Class meets eight Tuesdays, 2:30- www.communitymediacenter.net 855-9868 4:30 p.m. Classes held at the Cubberley The Media Center offers classes every www.studiokickspaloalto.com Studio in Palo Alto. Learn to paint with month in a wide range of media arts, [email protected] minimum strokes and achieve maximum including publishing media on the Web, Studio Kicks is a family fitness center results. The techniques of all the popular pod casting, digital editing, field produc- offering high-energy cardio kickboxing subject matters will be taught. Beginners tion, TV studio production, Photoshop classes and fun martial-arts training for and advanced students welcome. for photographers, citizen journalism, kids 2 and up. Taught by owner/instruc- and autobiographical digital stories. tor Richard Branden, six-time world Community School of Music and One-on-one tutoring is also available. champion and original stunt cast member Arts at Finn Center (continued on next page) for the “Power Rangers.” Get the whole 230 San Antonio Circle family healthy and fit. Stop by for a free Mountain View class. 917-6800 917-6813 MUSIC & ART www.arts4all.org Art For Well Beings [email protected] German International School of Silicon Valley 2800 West Bayshore Road The Community School of Music and Palo Alto Arts (CSMA) offers classes year-round GISSV 776-8297 in music, visual and digital arts for The Best of two Worlds - Learning in German and English 855-9067 ages 18 months to adult. Vacation and artforwellbeings.org summer camps, one- and two-day arts [email protected] workshops offered throughout the year. Art for Well Beings (AFWB) offers art Private music lessons offered, taught by

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Andy Harader Each week our preschool and kindergarten students take an Tennis Camp imaginative trip to a new and exciting place. Students might go on a pretend trip to the Outback looking for wombats during @ Palo Alto High School Down Under Week or explore the depths of the ocean during Sea World Week. (Formerly Paly Tennis Camp) JUNE 14-AUG 20 While having fun discovering, interacting, and singing, they’re JUNE 14 - AUG. 20 also learning to read! Since 1963, Challenger School has been 2007 NorCal USPTA High School Coach of the Year teaching children—as young as three years old—to read using our proven methods. !GES s!- .OONs- & .JEEMFmFME(650) 213-8245 a small, fun, very educational camp Discover why Challenger is the perfect way to enrich your 3880 Middleﬁ eld Road, Palo Alto (650) 364-6233 child’s summer days! License# 434403575 1SFTDIPPMt&MFNFOUBSZt.JEEMF4DIPPM www.andystenniscamp.com(650) 364- 6233 Because You Know the Value of Education Visit ChallengerSchool.com today!

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(continued from previous page) Art classes and workshops by qualified, [email protected] Palo Alto experienced instructors for students from Village Heartbeat is an organization 493-5770 International School of the Pen- Biweekly free orientation sessions and beginners to advanced and even non- dedicated to building and educating a www.cpsccares.org insula tours. Web site has specific dates, fees, artists. Classes in collage, oil painting, rhythmic community. The organization [email protected] 151 Laura Lane and scholarship information. portraits and sketching, life drawing, facilitates classes in African drumming, Open arms, Open hearts — Opening Palo Alto acrylic or watercolor and brush painting. dancing, and TaKeTiNa. Classes offer minds together. Every day at CPSC holds 251-8504 New Mozart School of Music Sculpture. Registration is ongoing. the opportunity to learn adapted tradi- new adventures for your children from www.istp.org 305 N. California Ave. tional music of the African Diaspora, as the youngest infant to the oldest pre- [email protected] Palo Alto Palo Alto Art Center well as modern trance grooves. schooler. Your child will experience the Nursery-8th grade, co-education, dual 650-324-2373 1313 Newell Road joy of finger painting, the thrill of danc- language immersion day school special- www.newmozartschool.com Palo Alto Violin and Music Studio of Mid- ing, the pleasure of building towers, and izing in French/English and Chinese/ [email protected] 329-2366 town Palo Alto the satisfaction of mastering pre-literacy English (Mandarin) programs. Celebrat- New Mozart provides private lessons on www.cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter 2862 Bryant St. and pre-math skills with the support and ing more than 25 years of providing aca- all instruments and excellent early child- [email protected] Palo Alto guidance of a dedicated, loving, multi- demic bilingual excellence in Palo Alto. hood music classes for children 2-7 years Classes and workshops for adults in ce- 650-456-7648 cultural teaching staff. School accepts monolingual children of age. ramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, book linglingviolin.blogspot.com for nursery, pre-kindergarten and kin- arts, printmaking, collage and more. [email protected] Circle of Friends Preschool dergarten. No previous second language Opus1 Music Studio Register online or stop by the Art Center Group music classes for children aged Alameda de las Pulgas experience required. To learn more, visit 2800 W Bayshore Road for a class brochure. from 3 to 7. This “Intro to Music” in- Menlo Park the Web site. Palo Alto cludes singing, music note reading, 854-2468 408-821-5080 Private Piano Instruction by movement and other activities that can [email protected] Jim Gorman Swim School musicopus1.com Eyesha. help children learn and enjoy music at We offer a well-rounded curriculum in 3249 Alpine Road [email protected] 650-224-0150 the same time. It will also give them a a warm personal environment. Our goal Portola Valley Opus1 Music Studio is offering private [email protected] solid foundation when they’re ready to is to promote the development of the 854-6699 ext. 100 & group music lessons for all kinds of Private piano teacher, with an emphasis learn any music instrument later. Year- whole child: physical, emotional, social, [email protected] instruments to aged 1.5 and up. Begin- in classical music, beginner to intermedi- round enrollment. Taught by profes- language and intellectual. Detailed as- Patient, professional instructors and ners to advanced level. ate levels. First class is free. Subsequent sionally trained music teacher. Director: sessment of each child helps us to build warm, clean pools make it fun to learn classes are $50/ hour. Lingling Yang. partnerships with families to support to swim. Private and small group les- Pacific Art League emerging competencies. All this in a sons for all ages and abilities, from water 688 Ramona St. Village Heartbeat SCHOOLS play-based program where children have babies (3-30 months) to national cham- Palo Alto 883 Ames Ave. opportunities to create, explore, prob- pions. Weekday and weekend lessons 321-3891 Children’s Pre-School Center lem solve, learn concepts, and integrate available for sign-ups now. Palo Alto (CPSC) www.pacificartleague.org 493-8046 knowledge in a hands-on environment. [email protected] 4000 Middlefield Road Trinity School 2650 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park 854-0288 www.trinity-mp.org [email protected] Fully Early childhood through grade 5. Trin- ity School encourages preschool to grade Summer School at 5 children from all backgrounds to love Accredited learning. Trinity fosters rigorous academics grounded in child-centered content. The legacy of a Trinity education is a curious mind and a discerning heart.

Woodland School LYDIAN ACADEMY 360 La Cuesta Drive Portola Valley 854-9065 www.woodland-school.org Preschool-8th grade. Woodland School’s focus is a challenging academic program with a strong enrichment program of art, music, drama, computers, gymnastics and physical education. Science, math Offering all and technology are an integral part of the 5th-8th grade experience. Extended Care is offered 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Please call High School subjects for a brochure or to set up a tour. Yew Chung International School (YCIS) 310 Easy St. Mountain View Call or visit our website 903-0986 www.ycef.com/sv YCIS provides multi-cultural and bilin- to enroll: gual, English and Mandarin Chinese, education to children from preschool to 5th grade. Yew Chung education aims to liberate the joy of learning within each child. No prior Chinese experience is 650.321.0550 required.

www.lydianacademy.com Class Guide The Class Guide is published quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly. Descriptions of classes offered in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Stanford, Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto and beyond are provided. Listings are free and subject to editing. Due to space con- straints, classes held in the above cities are given priority. To inquire about placing a listing LYDIAN ACADEMY in the Class Guide, e-mail Editorial Assistant Karla Kane at KKane@ paweekly.com, call 650-326-8210 or 81581 El Camino Real, Menlo Park visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com. To place a paid advertisement in 65 the Class Guide, call our display advertising department at 650-326- 8210.

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