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JULY 5, 2019 VOLUME 27, NO. 24 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 22 Judge finds witness tampering in ADA lawsuit RICO CASE FINDS LAWYERS ATTEMPTED TO SILENCE WITNESS By Mark Noack 450 businesses in the greater Bay Area and reportedly upward of wo defendants have been 2,000 across the state over acces- caught tampering with sibility violations. Businesses Ta witness in a lawsuit in Mountain View have been against a San Jose law firm that targeted in these suits, including has sued thousands of California Ava’s Market, Blossom True Val- small businesses for minor acces- ue Hardware and (as of March) sibility violations. A federal judge Taqueria La Espuela. While the last month determined that an Mission Law Firm has attracted attorney and a compliance con- scorn in the business commu- sultant linked to the Mission Law nity, it has rarely been challenged Firm had illegally eavesdropped in court over its practice. on a phone call with a witness That changed when Tanya and later coached him to act Moore and her colleagues were dumb on the stand. hit with a civil suit last year. SADIE STINSON The Mission Law Firm, head- Burlingame-based attorney Moji FRIDAYS IN THE PARK WITH PYT ed by attorney Tanya Moore, Saniefar filed a sweeping case has become notorious for filing against the Mission Law Firm Young thespians from Peninsula Youth Theatre perform “The Relectant Dragon” outside the Mountain countless lawsuits against small and its roster of frequent ADA View Center for the Performing Arts on June 28. Family-friendly free performances will be held every restaurants and shops, includ- plaintiffs, alleging they were Friday at 6:30 p.m. through Aug. 16. ing ones in Mountain View, essentially operating a criminal for violations under the federal enterprise that should be treated Americans with Disabilities Act under the Racketeer Influenced (ADA). and Corrupt Organizations Dense housing projects kick off Many small business owners (RICO) Act. describe the lawsuits as essen- Moore’s attorneys did not transformation of East Whisman tially being a shakedown. These respond to a request for com- so-called “drive-by” lawsuits ment by the Voice. By Kevin Forestieri buildings to urban mixed-use. seen — the Middlefield project have seized on asphalt cracks, The case is personal for Sani- The two proposals, located would include two seven-story table heights and faded parking efar: her father’s restaurant in wo developers are seeking on Logue Avenue and East buildings, while the Logue proj- lines to threaten large violation Fresno closed as a result of one to build some of Mountain Middlefield Road, would bring ect proposes an 11-story building fees. In most cases, the business of Moore’s suits, and it took her TView’s densest housing a combined 831 housing units to that would stand 128 feet tall. owners agree to pay out-of-court family three years to fight the projects to date, kicking off East Whisman, and both prom- The projects are a sign of settlements to avoid the legal cost case. That case against her fam- plans to dramatically change the ise a mix of rental and owner- changes to come for East of defending themselves. ily’s restaurant later fell apart East Whisman area of the city ship units. The projects are also Court records show that from light industrial and office among the tallest the city has See EAST WHISMAN, page 15 Moore’s firm has sued more than See ADA LAWSUIT, page 14 $830K needed for overnight parking at Foothill College, president says

By Elena Kadvany Locally, the Foothill-De Anza be as easy as some people think, Community College District is Nguyen said. The college would early 20 community col- remaining publicly neutral but ‘The question is whether this is a good idea have to increase its limited leges and districts as well watching closely as Assembly that should be required of all.’ nighttime security, potentially Nas the Community Col- Bill 302, which was proposed by contracting out the work, lege League of California and by Assemblyman Marc Ber- PRESIDENT THUY NGUYEN, FOOTHILL COLLEGE and consider how to accommo- Association of California Com- man, D-Palo Alto, makes its way date students who might have munity College Administrators through the state legislature. children or families who would have formally come out in oppo- In an interview, Foothill Col- about the financial and opera- is a good idea that should be sleep in a vehicle with them, she sition to a state bill that would lege President Thuy Nguyen tional challenges created by the required of all,” she said. said. The bill would also require allow homeless students to sleep called Berman’s effort “admi- bill. Rolling out safe overnight overnight in campus parking lots. rable” but said questions remain “The question is whether this parking at Foothill would not See OVERNIGHT PARKING, page 9

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Despite cuts, school board approves budget with deep deficit spending

By Kevin Forestieri provided by the city’s Shoreline Regional Park fund, and the new oming down from a peri- Vargas Elementary School will od of spectacular growth have its own designated librar- Cand booming budgets, ian. The district had previously the Mountain View Whisman planned to rotate librarians from School District adopted a budget other schools run the Vargas earlier this month that mixes library, an idea that was later red ink with a large drop in per- rejected by the school board in student spending. March. Even with school board- The budget assumptions do endorsed cuts to staffing and not include potential raises for programs, budget documents teachers and classified employ- show $7 million in planned defi- ees, which added an extra $2.4 cit spending over the next three million in costs last year. years. Despite concerns about a District spending has gone MAGALI GAUTHIER Emma Athey crosses Bryant Avenue using a newly installed crosswalk. The Mountain View High School balanced budget, some of the cut up significantly as property tax student successfully lobbied city officials to install it and another crosswalk to make it safer for students staffing and programs approved revenue reached staggering new walking to school. in February were restored in the heights, with annual double-digit final budget, and trustees are growth for the last three years. already making a list for what Per-student expenditures have else to restore if more money increased by 73% in the last five Why did the freshman cross the road? becomes available. years, reaching a high point of TEEN LOBBIES CITY FOR NEW CROSSWALKS TO MAKE GETTING TO HIGH SCHOOL SAFER The budget for the upcoming $15,797 for the 2018-19 school 2019-20 school year, unanimous- year. Due to a sudden drop in tax By Nisha Malley Maryam Amir, and pitched her study found that pedestrians ly approved on June 13, includes growth and the round of budget idea to school administration, and bicyclists heavily used deficit spending of just under $3 cuts that followed, per-student mma Athey spent her urging them both to install the intersection, while many million, which was tempered by spending is expected to sink back freshman year walking crosswalks at the intersec- students chose to jaywalk at numerous cuts recommended by down to $15,003 in the upcoming Eto Mountain View High tion. After a 10-month process, various points along the street. Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph. school year. School each morning. When a construction team recently Distracted drivers who were Fewer instructional coaches will The softening of the local she arrived at the intersection completed the project, painting texting as they approached the serve the same number of class- economy puts pressure on the of Bryant Street and Brower two crosswalks in the first week intersection added to the city’s room teachers, family outreach school district’s budget in mul- Avenue, she was surprised to of June. concerns, Lopez said. staff known as school com- tiple ways. The district has find a lack of safety measures “For a freshman to take the Lopez said the city hopes that munity engagement facilitators sought to pay for the construc- for people crossing, despite the charge and have the persever- a painted crosswalk will funnel (SCEFs) are getting cut and the tion of Vargas Elementary School high foot traffic by students. ance that she did with the City students to a safe, marked inter- districtwide summer school pro- through developer fees, but when “There was no designated Council, it was lovely,” Assis- section and alert drivers to the gram will be eliminated. School construction slows, so does the spot for pedestrians to cross,” tant Principal Teri Faught said. presence of pedestrians. support staff for at-risk youth are money. When developer fees dry Athey said. The city conducted an envi- The city also installed pedestri- also being cut, in part because up, the district has to dip further Not more than a month later, ronmental study to assess an crossing signs with reflective they were never budgeted as per- into lease revenue — generated she contacted the Mountain the site’s traffic, according panels and painted double-yellow manent positions, Rudolph said. by leasing school sites to Google View Public Works Depart- to Lorenzo Lopez, the city’s “These were only for one year, and a private school — that ment, talked with city engineer senior traffic engineer. The See CROSSWALK, page 9 and they were always contingent would have gone into the general on funding,” he said. fund. A vacant administrative posi- Although still deep in the red tion overseeing special education and far from the board’s own Grand jury report blasts VTA for will also go unfilled; Rudolph stated goal of having a balanced said the position was considered budget by the year 2020, school unnecessary. Bus drivers, main- board members reviewed June inefficiencies, poor oversight tenance staff, an accountant, a 13 a priority list for “reinstate- By Mark Noack inefficient organizations of its services than they have in the translator and an administrative ment” of budget cuts, in the kind. last 30 years. Ridership on bus secretary are all positions that event that more money becomes he taxpayer-funded agen- A new county Civil Grand Jury and light rail has dropped nearly were eliminated by the district’s available. Rudolph’s recommen- cy in charge of offering report released last month found 20% just over the last decade. leadership in 2018. dations called for bringing back Ttransit solutions to Santa that VTA is spending more and Taken altogether, this means Estimates in February show districtwide summer school as a Clara County’s traffic jams is accomplishing less than nearly VTA is losing about $9.30 per those cuts were supposed to first priority, followed by at-risk currently embroiled in a mess of every other comparable transit rider, according to the report. bring 2019-20 deficit spending supervisors, reinstatement of its own. agency in the United States. The grand jury report lays down to $1.5 million, but that community engagement coordi- The Santa Clara Valley Trans- Just over the last decade, the much of the responsibility for number nearly doubled to $2.9 nators and rehiring instructional portation Authority (VTA), the cost of running VTA’s buses this dysfunction on the VTA million in the months that fol- coaches for teachers. multi-billion dollar agency that and light rail system has nearly Board of Directors. The 12-mem- lowed. Textbook adoption that Board members strongly dis- plans and operates the county’s doubled, mainly due to labor ber governing board consists was originally postponed for two agreed with the priorities and road and transit network, has costs. Meanwhile, fewer riders years made it back into the bud- been called out as one of the most appear to be using VTA transit See VTA, page 11 get, which will draw from funds See BUDGET, page 6

July 5, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 5 LocalNews Daytime Care with Dignity County buys affordable housing complexes with Measure A funds By Kevin Forestieri other support services. on a tight budgets, relying on Supervisors voted in Decem- food stamps and Supplemental anta Clara County’s $950 ber to purchase two deed- Security Income (SSI), and don’t Alzheimer’s million housing bond has restricted affordable housing have Section 8 housing vouch- Shelped pay for the con- properties known as Markham ers. Even a modest rent increase struction of more than 1,000 Plaza in San Jose and provide by the property manager would Dementia new affordable units since it $10.2 million in loans to reno- leave these families with less passed in 2016, almost entirely vate the properties. Under the than $100 a month for food. Parkinson’s aimed at helping the neediest terms of the agreement, 100 “What we wanted to make residents at risk of homelessness. units would be redesignated sure of is that we were not, as Stroke But not all of that money is “permanent supportive hous- we’re investing in the preser- flowing into new construc- ing” for high-needs residents vation of housing, displacing tion. Late last year, the Santa most at risk of chronic home- people,” Chavez said. Clara County Board of Supervi- lessness. The property devel- Supervisors voted 4-0 to craft Ask about sors pivoted towards preserv- oper, Core Companies, is also guidelines that would ensure the our Free ing existing affordable housing seeking more Section 8 Project- county does not push any cur- projects, voting in December to Based vouchers. rent residents into homelessness, Week! invest more than $29 million in The deal was seen as an including weighing the “rent three housing properties in San effective way to preserve more burden” on the low-income Jose. With an eye toward buying than 300 apartments that were families and the range of sup- 650.289.5499 avenidas.org/care more properties in the future, plagued by problems. Core port services needed to retain 270 Escuela Ave, Mountain View supervisors said policies need Companies reportedly faced tenants. County Supervisor Joe to be in place to ensure a county rising expenses over the last 12 Simitian was absent. takeover doesn’t inadvertently years while rental revenue — To date, county supervisors displace tenants or make things restricted by tax credit regula- have approved $234 million in worse for the existing residents. tions — stayed flat. The finan- Measure A spending, the vast There has been plenty of cial crunch led to decreased majority of which has helped interest lately in leveraging the staffing, which in turn has pay for the construction of 1,437 county’s Measure A funds for caused more tenant dissatis- new housing units. The remain- affordable housing preservation, faction, higher turnover, more ing $29 million has gone into Supervisor Cindy Chavez said at wear and tear on the units and preserving the Markham Plaza the July 2 board meeting. Doing leasing challenges, according to and Curtner Studios apartments so can bail out property manag- a county staff report. in San Jose. None of the housing ers in financial straits, improve But Chavez said she worried developments supported by the quality of life in aged apart- about the existing tenants who Measure A funds are located in ments and earmark more units may be at risk of displacement Mountain View. V for formerly homeless residents under the deal with the county. Email Kevin Forestieri at in need of senior, disability and Many of the residents are living [email protected]

BUDGET the Bell program co-sponsored for families working full-time Continued from page 5 by the city. jobs to stay in Mountain View. Mistral Elementary School, Mistral parent Imelda Moreno, essentially flipped them upside- home to the district’s Dual speaking through a translator, down, arguing instructional Immersion language program, said she worries children from coaches and supervisors for at- used to have access to after- low-income families need a sup- risk youth were going to have school child care through portive environment to play and the greatest positive affect on Beyond the Bell when it was part do homework, many of whom students. of Castro Elementary. By split- live in small apartments. “For each dollar, what is the ting the program off as its own Mistral did not qualify for a maximum impact we’re going to separate school in 2015, those Beyond the Bell program, mak- have in terms of students and stu- services were no longer available ing it the only school with more dent gains, so we should frame to needy Mistral families. About than 40% low-income students (the priorities) along those lines,” 44% of Mistral students qualify without the after-school pro- said board president Tamara for free and reduced-price meals, gram. The alternative, the dis- Wilson. making it the district’s third- trictwide “Right at School” child Board member Ellen Wheeler highest concentration of low- care program, costs $480 each also made a pitch for some type income families, behind Cas- month, which is unaffordable to of after-school program for low- tro and Theuerkauf elementary many of those families, accord- income families and working schools. ing to the letter. parents with children at Mistral Parent Bridget Harrison pre- Board members did not take a Elementary. Earlier in the meet- sented a letter on behalf of 200 formal vote on either the priori- ing, close to a dozen parents parents urging the board to ties for budget reinstatement or — mostly speaking in Spanish consider investing in an after- the after-school program. V — urged the board to consider a school program at the school, Email Kevin Forestieri at program similar to the Beyond calling it a badly needed resource [email protected]

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Foothill College grads aim for their next adventure

By Ray Levy-Uyeda and stereotyping from other Chetna students and instructors. She Kumar ost college graduation was told that “her English was (left), ceremonies mark the pretty good,” that she ought to Ashley Mending of something, remain quiet and deferential to Fletcher but at Foothill College, June 28 other students and authority fig- and Tia marked the beginning of a new ures, and learned that she could Geri journey as students received their not navigate the world without listen to diplomas. first confronting other people’s a student Most students received their assumptions about her. speaker associate of arts degree and 45 She encouraged graduating during students received their bachelor students not only to embrace Foothill of science degree, only the second who they are, but go further by College’s class to earn a four-year degree at questioning which people or graduation Foothill. The program boasted institutions create definitions of ceremony a 100% passage rate of the Cali- belonging and dictate how they on June fornia dental hygiene licensing experience their identity. “I chal- 28. exam. lenge you to think about these At Foothill, teachers are able to stereotypes,” she said. “Grades do form relationships with students not define who you are. Stereo- because they understand the types do not define who you are.” experience of attending a com- Faculty and staff were forth- RAY LEVY-UYEDA munity college, as exemplified by coming with expressions of joy the faculty speaker, Debbie Lee, and affection for the students. noting that Foothill nurtured her Rosalez asked her peers to fall, winners of dean’s awards, who has taught math at the col- Foothill College President Thuy both academically and personal- think about all of those who honors scholars, first-generation lege since 2007. In her address to Nguyen urged the class of 2019 ly. Rosalez said she grew up in San would follow in their footsteps, college students, and affinity students, Lee chronicled her jour- to be fighters for justice and pro- Bernardino, where the local high many of whom were the first in group memberships. ney growing up in San Francisco moters of social good, and closed school has a 50% non-completion their families to graduate from After the ceremony, faculty and as a Chinese American woman, her remarks with, “I love you, rate. Before attending Foothill, college. “It is in your daily actions staff lined the walkway to the then as a community and state congratulations!” she joined the military and that you speak to the world about reception area near the Smith- college student, and becoming Daisy Rosalez introduced worked in fast food restaurants, who you truly are,” Rosalez said. wick Theater, offering hugs and the first in her family to graduate Eman Magzoub, the recipient gaining first-hand experience in Students were celebrated as words of advice and wisdom to from college. of the first Service Leadership both public service and the injus- they received their diplomas, the departing students. V Lee said she achieved her aca- Award, and used her time on tices levied against those working with faculty announced where Email Ray Levy-Uyeda at demic success in spite of racism stage to talk about her own story, minimum wage jobs, she said. they would attend school in the [email protected]

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Google funds free shuttles through 2024

By Mark Noack on in their daily routines,” said service, they also acknowledged City Manager Dan Rich. “With that the pilot could only con- Mountain View’s free com- this extension, Google will have tinue as long as Google wanted munity shuttle service will be committed more than $20 mil- it to. getting an upgrade. In a new deal lion from the program’s launch Under the new five-year fund- inked with the city, Google has in 2015 through 2024.” ing phase, Google officials will agreed to continue paying for the After launching in 2015, the reportedly hand off the shuttle transit system for another five community shuttle service has program’s day-to-day admin- years, ensuring the service will slowly drawn in a growing rid- istration. City officials intend remain in place through 2024. ership, reporting it served over to analyze ways to improve the With the benefit of that time, 200,000 passengers last year. shuttles and link them to other city officials say they hope to But up to this point, it was never services. take more control over the ser- clear how long the service would More information about the vice and better integrate it into remain in place. community shuttle service, the area’s larger transportation The program, which report- including routes, maps and network. edly cost about $2 million a year schedules, can be found on its “This is great news for the to operate, has been renewed by website, mvcommunityshuttle. continuation of the pilot pro- Google officials on an annual com. V VOICE FILE PHOTO gram and service, which many basis. While city officials made Email Mark Noack at Google agreed to fund Mountain View’s free community shuttle local residents have come to rely it clear they appreciated the free [email protected] program through 2024.

OVERNIGHT PARKING College Chancellor’s Office on wants to talk with local cities and Colleges and the Community community colleges have asked Continued from page 1 the services provided to home- the county about prioritizing College League of California, is that compliance with the bill be less students, the number and affordable housing and accesso- now pending in the Assembly’s optional. community colleges to connect type of students served and ry dwelling units for community Higher Education Committee. “We are concerned that this homeless students using the whether they remain in school college students. She’s working Berman’s bill has brought to well-meaning approach masks parking facilities with housing, or graduate. with the Foothill administration the forefront a student home- the deeper issue of lack of food and financial resources. Other amendments include as well to make housing assis- lessness crisis at California resources, such as financial “There’s way more complica- adding a Dec. 31, 2022, sunset tance and information part of community colleges, where aid for California’s community tion than one would initially date; moving up the implemen- the enrollment and orientation nearly one in five students are college students, and instead think of something as ... simple tation date from July 1, 2020, process for new students, just as either homeless or do not have potentially subjects students to as, ‘If they can park during the to April 1, 2020; requiring that financial aid and other support a stable housing, according to a sanitation and safety issues,” the day, why can’t they park over- students who use the lots be programs are. recent survey conducted by the Community College League of night?’” Nguyen said. enrolled in at least six units California Community Colleges California said in an opposition Preliminarily, the Foothill-De per semester; and requiring the Chancellor’s Office and The statement. “We are concerned Anza Community College Dis- Community College Chancel- Hope Center for College, Com- AB 302 perpetuates the struc- trict estimates that implemen- lor’s Office to conduct a follow- ‘The community munity, and Justice. But there tural inequities in California’s tation of the bill could cost its up survey on student homeless- is little agreement on whether higher education system.” campuses about $830,000 each ness and release the results by college leaders overnight housing is the right The bill passed the Assembly per year for additional secu- 2022. accelerated the solution to address this segment in May on a 60-8 vote and is set rity, custodial support, fencing, The California Faculty Associ- of the state’s housing crisis. for a July 9 hearing at the Senate signs and, if a parking lot is not ation, California School Employ- conversation of Supporters see AB 302 as Judiciary Committee. available close to bathrooms, ees Association, the Faculty a way to provide fast-acting, The safe overnight lot bill is portable toilets. This cost could Association of California Com- food insecurity and much-needed relief for students one of several possible solu- vary greatly depending on the munity Colleges and Student who live out of their cars and tions, in Nguyen’s eyes, includ- level of infrastructure spending Senate for California Commu- housing insecurity struggle to find somewhere safe ing giving students Airbnb required to support each parking nity Colleges all formally sup- to park at night. gift certificates for emergency, area, according to Foothill. port AB 302. well before the bill.’ “This is not meant to be a short-term housing (which If the Commission on State At a summit on student home- PRESIDENT THUY NGUYEN, long-term solution, but the Foothill is working to do) and Mandates determines AB 302’s lessness at Foothill in June, FOOTHILL COLLEGE crisis exists today and we can’t prioritizing students for afford- requirements to be a reimburs- students, faculty, community pretend like it doesn’t,” Berman able housing in the area. able state mandate, the state leaders and elected officials has said. “Quite frankly, the commu- would reimburse community spent a day brainstorming short- Opponents, however, have nity college leaders accelerated colleges. But that determination and long-term solutions to the “When students do not have criticized the legislation as the conversation of food insecu- is not guaranteed. issue. Ideas ranged from the money because of their family a one-size-fits-all, temporary rity and housing insecurity well “One of the challenges with feasible — providing 24-hour status to be able to pay for books, fix that will take resources before the bill,” she said, “but the bill for many community study areas and laundry services then we ask them, ‘Do you need away from long-term solutions, this bill has lit a fire of, ‘Then, colleges, including Foothill, is and expanding a campus food financial aid?’ We don’t make such as more substantial finan- what are we going to do, if it’s the financial one. Where are pantry — to the more ambitious, the assumption that students cial aid for community col- not this?’” V we going to find the mon- including building student hous- have an ability to pay for books,” lege students. Citing concerns Email Elena Kadvany at ey?” Nguyen asked, suggesting ing and fining owners of vacant Nguyen said. “If we go at it from about cost and liability, some [email protected] that local tech companies or “ghost houses.” that mindset, then we ask the wealthy donors could potentially During the summit, students question, ‘How can we provide contribute. who have experienced homeless- information or even actual ser- CROSSWALK not even be aware of the prob- Senate Committee staff has ness urged their campus leaders vices to (homeless) students?” Continued from page 5 lem,” Lopez said. “The residents recommended the bill be amend- and elected officials not to shy While she won’t take a firm and the drivers are the eyes and ed to allow community colleges away from out-of-the-box solu- position on AB 302, Nguyen is lines by the intersection to dis- ears around this city.” to opt out if they show they are tions that will help struggling supportive of another bill that courage drivers from cutting into Faught credited Athey with addressing student homeless- students in the near term. would change the way financial the lane of opposing traffic when compelling school administrators ness in other ways, including As a result of the summit, aid is calculated for community turning. to tackle an ongoing issue that by providing emergency hous- Nguyen said Foothill plans to college students by taking into According to Lopez, Athey’s otherwise may have idled on the ing grants, hotel vouchers and pilot a smartphone application account the total cost of atten- request was one of hundreds school’s list of items of address. rapid re-housing referral ser- that will list available housing dance, including housing. Senate that the department receives “She was the linchpin in get- vices. Exempt colleges would and food resources on campus Bill 291, which is co-sponsored annually through the city’s ting this whole thing imple- have to report to the Community and in the community. She also by the California Community online system AskMV. “We may mented,” Faught said. V

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VTA QOBITUARY Continued from page 5 entirely of political appointees CHRISTOPHER G. DAWES who must currently be serving as city council members or on Former CEO of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, the Santa Clara County Board of Christopher G. Dawes, died on June 29 as a result of amyotrophic Supervisors. Often, board mem- lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He bers face a steep learning curve, was 68 years old. and it doesn’t help that they often Dawes stepped down from his lack any experience in transpor- post as president and CEO of the tation, finance or management of hospital in March 2018 to focus on an agency of this size, the report his health. “I am particularly proud says. of the excellent clinical services we What results is that VTA board have created, several of which are members quickly become over- nationally ranked, the investments whelmed with their duties, which MAGALI GAUTHIER we have made in the Children’s include reading through board VTA, which runs the county’s light rail and public buses, came under Health Research Institute (CHRI), packets hundreds of pages long. fire in a new Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report that called it the network we have created to pro- It becomes too difficult to govern one of the most inefficient transit agencies in the country. vide more access to the care we pro- the transit agency in addition vide and, of course, our new ‘main’ to the communities they were than bus transit. If we can get this right, this tran- building,” he said at the time, in an elected to serve, so VTA board “A case can be made for dis- sit system will be at the core of open letter shared on LinkedIn. members tend to focus their mantling or phasing out the that.” According to his biography on the hospital website, Dawes was attention on their own com- light rail system altogether,” According to the grand jury instrumental during its developmental years, building it into the munities instead of VTA. VTA the grand jury report noted. “A report, the case for expand- nationally renowned medical institution it is today. reports generally go unread, and large reduction in the taxpayer ing light rail is weak and based “We went from being a very lovely community hospital, nicely board members tend to make subsidy of VTA operations could entirely on political pressure. designed and family-friendly, to a world-class children’s hospital decisions to benefit their own be achieved by focusing future The authors of the report say drawing patients from across the United States and around the constituents that are not in the investment in transit solutions they found “virtually no sup- world,” said Susan Packard Orr, a longtime member of the hospi- interests of the county as a whole, other than light rail.” port” for the Eastridge expansion tal’s board of directors and daughter of its founder, Lucile Packard. the report maintains. However, the VTA board actu- among VTA staff, and the project Some of Dawes’ contributions as CEO include directing a $500 After reading the grand jury ally seems to favor doubling seemed to be happening solely to million program to build centers of excellence in various medical report, Mountain View Council- down on light rail and expanding satisfy goals in Measure A on the specialties, including heart and cancer care; brain and behavior; man John McAlister described it the service. The transit agency is 2000 ballot. and pulmonary disease. He also developed a network of care for as “all true, and it’s long overdue.” currently considering a pair of The best way to fix VTA children and mothers, and oversaw the hospital’s expansion into a For about two years, McAlister light rail extensions to bring it administration would be to state-of-the-art 361-bed facility in Palo Alto, which opened in 2017. has represented Mountain View, to the Eastridge shopping center change its governance, the report Born in Great Britain, he and his family moved to California Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los in San Jose and near the Netflix concluded. Having fewer mem- when he was a child. His first career dream was to become a Altos Hills on the VTA board. In headquarters in Los Gatos. The bers but giving them longer commercial airline pilot, according to his biography. However, that time, he says he has been dis- 2.4-mile Eastridge extension will office terms would give the board he launched his career in hospital administration after earning a appointed by the lack of interest cost $453 million to complete more expertise and institutional bachelor’s degree in public administration from San Diego State and engagement by some of his ($146 million has already been knowledge. The report also rec- University in 1974. A decade later, he received a master’s degree in colleagues. There doesn’t seem spent). If built, it is expected to ommends directly electing board business administration from McLaren School of Business at the to be any political will to correct generate a net total of 611 new members to their seats, rather University of San Francisco. the problems, he said. riders. than having them appointed. He took on the role of chief operating officer at Lucile Packard “Some board members are The VTA board is starting Children’s Hospital Stanford in 1995 after spending 10 years work- there because their mayor plant- to investigate this possibility. ing in senior administrative positions at Pacific Presbyterian Medi- ed them, or they’re there to ‘Some (VTA) board McAlister is leading a new board cal Center in San Francisco (which later became the California pad their resume,” he said. enhancement committee tasked Pacific Medical Center), Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San “There’s no true continuity on members are there with restructuring VTA gover- Jose and Stanford Health Care. He moved up the ladder, becoming the board, and then there’s no nance. The committee has only CEO in 1997 upon proving himself a strong leader during the failed feeling of responsibility because because their mayor convened one meeting so far, but merger attempt between Stanford Health Care and University of you have this continual change it eventually will deliver recom- California, San Francisco. of characters.” planted them, or mendations back to the full board. “I wasn’t sure about becoming a CEO, in part because there’s a The grand jury report echoes a “My gut preferences would be lot of politics, a lot of diplomacy and I was more interested in day- common complaint from North they’re there to pad to make VTA an independent to-day operations,” he said in a 2017 interview with Lucile Packard County city leaders who say board not made up of elected Children’s Hospital. “I learned fairly quickly that as a CEO, you’re that San Jose exerts outsized their resume.’ officials,” McAlister said. “But I not there to problem-solve. You are there to help coach and guide influence on the VTA board. COUNCILMAN JOHN MCALISTER don’t want to rush it. It’s like the people so that they will make the right decisions. My job is to pro- San Jose is allocated five board Mueller report. I want to take the vide the vision, hire good people, set the direction and let them do seats, while another five are split time to get it right.” the problem solving.” between the other 14 cities in At a meeting on June 6, the The VTA board has not yet His former colleagues hold fond memories of him. “Beyond his the county. The county Board of VTA board voted unanimously commented on the findings in effective leadership, what I will remember most about Chris are Supervisors receives two seats. to approve the final environ- the civil grand jury report, but his kindness and dedication to the mission of helping children in In part, the report blames this mental impact report for the it is required by law to issue a need,” said Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. dominance by San Jose political Eastridge extension, one of the formal response within 90 days. “He leaves behind a significant legacy at the Lucile Packard Chil- interests for the problems with last steps before the project In a blog entry, VTA board dren’s Hospital Stanford, having taken the institution to a new level. the county’s underperforming moves forward. San Jose May- chairwoman Teresa O’Neill, a He truly created the children’s hospital of the future.” light rail system. The light rail or Sam Liccardo, who sits on councilwoman from Santa Clara, Lloyd Minor, dean of the Stanford School of Medicine, shared line extends more than 42 miles, the VTA board, acknowledged could only say that the report’s similar sentiments. “Chris was a tireless advocate for children’s running from Mountain View the project doesn’t make sense recommendations would be health. Through his passion and dedication, he helped bring south through much of San Jose, unless its usage wildly exceeds its investigated. extraordinary advances in clinical services to our young patients,” yet it has failed to link to many projections. “We intend to carefully Minor said. “An exceptional colleague and leader, he will be greatly obvious destinations such as jobs “It’s not because of the rider- review the report provided by missed by the entire Stanford Medicine community.” centers, shopping districts or the ship today, because the ridership the Civil Grand Jury,” she Dawes is survived by his wife, Elizabeth “Beth” Dawes of Los San Jose International Airport. today doesn’t support this kind wrote. “The report will help to Altos; his children, Scott Dawes of San Jose (Brittney), Matthew Taken on its own, the light rail of investment,” Liccardo said. inform the work we are cur- Dawes of San Francisco and Sara Dawes Hughes of Spokane, costs taxpayers about $11 in “But what we see happening in rently performing.” V Washington, (Caleb); and two great-nephews. In lieu of flowers, subsidies for each passenger who the city in terms of opportunity Email Mark Noack at memorial donations may be made to the Lucile Packard Founda- uses it — about three times more is an incredibly vibrant corridor. [email protected] tion for Children’s Health.

July 5, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 11 LocalNews Trump administration drops citizenship question from census By Bay City News Service week that U.S. Commerce Sec- advocacy groups in one of two in California and Maryland, Supreme Court ruling that there retary Wilbur Ross’ reason lawsuits in which the Supreme but had not yet reached the was no question that the Trump he American Civil Lib- for including the question — Court ruled. Those two cases Supreme Court. administration “is intention- erties Union confirmed allegedly to aid voting rights were filed in a federal court In all six cases, federal tri- ally and systematically trying to TTuesday that the admin- enforcement — “seems to have in New York and the other al judges issued preliminary intimidate Californians.” istration of President Donald been contrived.” one was filed by 18 states and injunctions blocking the ques- “Whether you were born here Trump has dropped its bid to The high court said the agen- a group of cities and counties, tion. The states and orga- 90 years ago, or moved here yes- include a citizenship question cy could not include the ques- including San Francisco and nizations filing the lawsuits terday, you are a Californian. on the 2020 census. tion unless it was supported by Monterey County. argued that a citizenship ques- Californians don’t get bullied, The administration’s action a reasoned explanation. ACLU attorney Dale Ho said tion would result in an unfair and we don’t get intimidated,” comes after the U.S. Supreme The ACLU represent- in a statement, “In light of the undercount of non-citizen Berman said. Court ruled in a 5-4 vote last ed a coalition of immigrant Supreme Court’s ruling, the immigrants and Hispanics. San Francisco City Attorney Trump administration had no California officials had esti- Dennis Herrera said in a state- choice but to proceed with mated a citizenship question ment after the ruling, “This printing the 2020 census forms could result in an undercount of decision is a triumph for all without a citizenship question. up to 1.6 million state residents, Americans and the rule of law. Everyone in America counts in leading to a decrease in federal The administration’s question the census, and today’s decision funding for public services. was designed to skew the cen- 995 Fictitious Name The Mountain View Voice means we all will.” State Assemblyman Marc Ber- sus and undercount the popu- Statement is adjudicated to publish in Four other challenges, includ- man, whose district includes lation in a way that benefited STOCKS & BLONDES SALON Santa Clara County. ing one by the state of Califor- Mountain View and Palo Alto, Trump’s agenda, no matter the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT nia, were filed in federal courts said in a statement after the cost.” File No.: FBN655489 Public Hearing Notices The following person (persons) is (are) doing business as: Resolutions • Bid Notices Stocks & Blondes Salon, located at Notices of Petition to 282 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA transient, on the 1000 block of told police he found in a dump- Administer Estate CRIME BRIEFS 94041, Santa Clara County. Continued from page 4 San Rafael Avenue in the Terra ster. Officers examined the boxes This business is owned by: An Individual. Lien Sale • Trustee’s Sale Bella area around 3:50 p.m. on and determined they had been The name and residence address of MAN FOUND WITH $1K Wednesday, June 25. The man stolen, Nelson said. the registrant(s) is(are): VANESSA DANY Deadline is 5 p.m. the CHOEUK STOLEN SPEAKERS was reportedly sitting on the The man was arrested on 282 Castro Street previous Friday. ground with his belongings and suspicion of receiving stolen Mountain View, CA 94041 A 49-year-old man was arrest- garbage strewn about, according property, misappropriation of Registrant began transacting business Call Alicia Santillan at under the fictitious business name(s) ed last week after police found to police spokeswoman Katie lost property and resisting arrest. 650-223-6578 or email listed above on June 04, 2019. him with speakers valued at Nelson. The man allegedly tried to walk This statement was filed with the County [email protected] more than $1,000 that were Among the things on the away when officers told him the Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on for assistance with your June 4, 2019. reported stolen. ground were several speakers speakers were stolen. legal advertising needs. (MVV June 21, 28; July 5, 12, 2019) Officers found the man, a still boxed up, which the man —Kevin Forestieri

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12 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q July 5, 2019 LocalNews ‘Historic discussion’ as Manzanita Talks on regional traffic problems move forward MOUNTAIN VIEW, MIDPENINSULA CITIES MEET WITH LOCAL TECH COMPANIES TO SEEK SOLUTIONS

By Kate Bradshaw Facebook, Genentech, Google, with solutions” or making gran- to driving solo. Ventures’ research. Intuit, LinkedIn, Palantir and diose statements. Infrastructure Hancock said that the eight The group is also looking fforts to bring together Tesla. projects have to be carefully tech companies taking part in at the possibility of forming public and private sector City Council members don’t studied, with environmental the talks run some 1,600 buses a subregional transportation Eleaders to talk about how often meet with people from the impact reports completed and in total that bring people from management association, or at to address regional transporta- private sector, especially outside many levels of city processes all over the Bay Area to their least linking the existing trans- tion problems moved forward of “contentious places” like conducted first, all of which are workplaces. Those employees portation associations to achieve on June 13 with what Joint council chambers or law offices, time-consuming. alone equal in number 11% of all better outcomes and economies Ventures Silicon Valley Presi- and most bring with them a Despite those differences, he Caltrain daily riders, and they of scale. Many, but not all, of dent and CEO Russell Hancock “chip on their shoulder” based said, “none of the partners have a combined 3,000 bikes on the existing associations operate called a historic discussion. on the sector they represent, stormed out (of the discussion). their campuses, Hancock said. within the boundaries of single It was the third in a series of Hancock said. Everybody is still talking.” Despite efforts by those com- cities and provide transporta- five such meetings that Joint Those from the private sector, Joint Ventures Silicon Valley panies, five out of six city tion routes that don’t necessarily Ventures has convened called Hancock said, often feel vilified is going to spend the summer officials surveyed expressed capture the needs of people who the Manzanita Talks, which for creating jobs, and believe doing research and analysis, and ambivalence toward the trans- work and live in different cities, aim to explore creating a “sub- that they’re being blamed for will come back to the group in portation demand management Hancock said. regional transportation man- traffic and housing problems, September with alternatives and programs they’d required of The Joint Ventures study also agement association (TMA)” as well as being pressured to pay recommendations for funding development projects in their is expected to analyze three key a nonprofit that develops and for everything. They’ve already and governance structures that cities. components of what makes Pen- manages a transportation pro- invested millions in their own might work. How to make those tech bus insula traffic so painful: getting gram to give commuters viable companies’ transportation pro- While the effort initially was and shuttle trips more effi- on and off U.S. 101, traveling alternatives to driving solo to grams, while the public sector intended to address the “first cient, whether by encouraging east to west, and the needs of get to work. TMAs generally appears to be doing less, he said. and last mile problem,” char- private sector companies to communities that have signifi- include cities and/or businesses. Public sector people, he added, acterized as the challenge of partner with each other or with cant cut-through traffic. Officials from East Palo Alto, feel frustrated because they connecting people with tran- the public sector and whether Conversations about how to Los Altos, Menlo Park, Moun- believe that people from the pri- sit options near where they these companies should take fund whatever is recommended tain View, Palo Alto, Redwood vate sector don’t understand that live and work, the effort now on greater efforts to provide bus in the study, Hancock said, will City, Sunnyvale and Atherton cities “can’t just build transpor- incorporates goals to encourage services to the contract work- begin in the fall. V are participating in the talks, tation infrastructure overnight” commuters who travel five to 10 ers they employ, is something Email Kate Bradshaw at as well as representatives from and can’t go “winging around miles to work to use alternatives that will be evaluated in Joint [email protected]

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July 5, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 13 LocalNews Governor endorses Josh Becker for state Senate RACE FOR SEAT INCLUDES FORMER ASSEMBLYWOMAN SALLY LIEBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW By Matthew Vollrath Senate next year due to in San Francisco, the endorsements and support on that only half of San Mateo term limits. pair worked together on the ground.” County third-graders currently osh Becker, a Menlo Park resi- Former Assembly- the Full Circle Fund, In addition to Newsom’s, Beck- read at grade level, and that dent running for California woman Sally Lieber of an organization Beck- er has received over 40 other admission to the University of Jstate Senate in District 13 next Mountain View is also er founded to provide endorsements from local elected California system is becoming year, landed an endorsement last running for the District grants to nonprofits officials. These include two U.S. increasingly difficult for in-state week from Gov. Gavin Newsom. 13 seat, as is Shelly Masur, working to improve the congressmen, numerous city students, problems that he hopes A Becker campaign press a member of the Red- Bay Area. Becker said council members, and nine local to address if elected. release quotes Newsom’s com- wood City City Council, Josh Becker both he and the governor mayors, including Ray Mueller District 13 runs from South ments about the candidate: Michael Brownrigg of Burlingame “favor bold action” around issues of Menlo Park and Daniel Yost San Francisco to Sunnyvale, and “Josh is a long-time, dedicated and Annie Oliva of Milbrae. of transportation, homelessness, of Woodside. includes the majority of San community leader. Josh Becker Becker, a former venture cap- and the environment. Key issues for Becker are cli- Mateo County and part of Santa has earned my confidence and italist and entrepreneur, has “Obviously (this endorsement) mate and transportation, includ- Clara County, including Moun- endorsement.” collaborated with Newsom for creates tremendous momen- ing government investment in tain View. V The District 13 incumbent, nearly 20 years, he said. Back tum for us,” Becker said, “but solar power and electric vehicles, Email Matthew Vollrath at Jerry Hill, will be leaving the when Newsom was a supervisor only in combination with local and public education. He noted [email protected]

ADA LAWSUIT referring to himself as a certified notice in March that he was there and be stupid,” McAdams were being truthful, he said. Continued from page 1 access specialist (CASp). Often being subpoenaed in the case. recalled Levinson telling him. “The circumstantial evidence these declarations are enough to He quickly called up Randy In his deposition, McAdams here is screaming loudly,” O’Neill after Moore’s disabled plaintiff, convince business owners that Moore, and asked what the said he was frustrated that he said. “The bottom line here is who alleged he was trapped in they will lose the lawsuit, and whole matter was about. Moore was thrown in the middle of that there was witness tampering his wheelchair in the restaurant’s they agree to a settlement. In encouraged him to call up Sani- this case. Instead of downplay- by both of the defendants ... and restroom, was later found walk- some cases, Levinson has later efar, and let him listen in on the ing what he knew, he decided to the court finds it is such serious ing on his own two feet. been hired by businesses to help conversation. tell everything he could. witness tampering that the court them become ADA-compliant. During the conversation, “I was angry that I got drug cannot condone it.” Witness tampering Saniefar was suspicious of Moore sent a string of 69 into something that I have no In his ruling, the judge struck Levinson’s credentials. In his text messages to McAdams, clue what the hell it’s about,” the answers by both defen- The new allegations of witness 2010 CASp application, Levin- essentially prompting him on McAdams said. “And I’m being dants, a rare action that means tampering center on Moore’s ex- son asserted he met the minimal what to say to her. These texts told to not remember things the actions by the defendants husband, Randy Moore, and her work experience requirements, include questions for him to ask that I don’t even know.” have been so inappropriate that son, Geoshua Levinson. claiming he had worked as a her (“What’s this about?” and McAdams testified that Levin- the court is revoking their abil- Randy Moore has served as project manager for four years “Tell me what you are after”), son had never worked as his ity to defend the case. a frequent plaintiff attorney in starting in 2006, when he would as well as suggestions for him to project manager. In fact, Levin- The ruling against Moore similar ADA and safe drinking have been 16 years old. Lying to not to disclose anything (“Stop son’s only experience working and Levinson is a major win for water lawsuits. Levinson alleg- obtain a state contractor license answering” and “I don’t know for him was a one-week stint the larger RICO lawsuit, which edly operates as a scout for the is a criminal act. anything”). Moore’s texts also when he was shadowing him. includes numerous other defen- law firm, visiting businesses Saniefar filed a subpoena asked McAdams to affirm that He also revealed that Levinson dants. That case is still ongoing. in advance and surreptitiously to question Levinson’s listed Levinson had worked as his and Moore had repeatedly tried The new allegations follow photographing the interior. Any employer during those years, project manager. to influence what he would say other criminal charges against violations that are found are later a contractor named Timothy McAdams later testified that in his deposition. other ADA-lawsuit attorneys. packaged into a lawsuit with McAdams. he was ignorant of what was With this testimony, Sani- In May, Scott Johnson, a Sac- a disabled person listed as the McAdams, who now lives going on. When he spoke to efar in April filed for sanctions ramento attorney who had plaintiff, Saniefar’s suit alleges. in Florida, had a longstanding Randy Moore and Levinson, against both defendants, urging also filed thousands of ADA In cases when defendants chal- friendship with Randy Moore they both urged him to say as the court to see their actions as lawsuits, was indicted on fed- lenge the allegations, Levinson and Levinson. As he later told the little as possible. criminal witness tampering. eral tax fraud charges. Johnson has provided sworn declara- court, McAdams said he “pan- “You don’t have to answer any “It was shocking, you just had allegedly understated his tions in support of his findings, icked” when he first received questions at all. You can just sit don’t think that people would income from his legal settle- do that, especially an attorney ments. He currently faces up to licensed through the California three years in prison. state bar,” Saniefar said. “This Despite the recent scrutiny, shows that level of egregious Tanya Moore and her col- conduct that two of the defen- leagues have continued to file dants have been engaged in to ADA lawsuits against local protect their enterprise.” businesses, although she now Attorneys representing the operates as the Moore Law Mission Law Firm dismissed Firm. In recent months, her McAdams’ testimony, describ- firm has sued businesses ing him as a drug addict and including the San Jose restau- alcoholic who had mental prob- rant Mini Gourmet, a Burling- lems. They assured the court ton Coat Factory department that Randy Moore could only store in Campbell, and the Palo hear McAdams when he lis- Alto cafe Pluto’s. tened in on the phone call. They Michele Bernal, co-owner insisted that Moore’s text mes- of Blossom True Hardware in sages telling McAdams to say Mountain View, said she was nothing were actually evidence savoring the turn of events. that he thought the phone call Moore had targeted her shop was a bad idea. for $20,000 in 2013, she said. In a hearing last month, U.S. “It’s good to hear that this is District Judge Lawrence O’Neill all coming back to bite her in was scathing in his response. the butt,” Bernal said. “Hope- He repeatedly called out Moore fully, she’s going to get her law VOICE FILE PHOTO and Levinson for telling blatant license revoked.” V Michele Bernal is the co-owner of Blossom True Value Hardware, which was targeted by a law firm that’s lies in their testimony. It simply Email Mark Noack at now the subject of a lawsuit over the many ADA lawsuits it’s filed against small businesses. wasn’t plausible to believe they [email protected]

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Mountain View envisions Altos School District gave both EAST WHISMAN East Whisman Precise Plan Area Continued from page 1 responsible, balanced growth projects swift approval to go in the area, he said, and Sum- through the city’s planning Whisman, which is the area merHill’s mix of rental and process as gatekeeper projects, south of Highway 101 between ownership homes would set a putting them far ahead of other North Whisman Road, the good tone for what could one redevelopment proposals for Sunnyvale border and Central day become “one of the most East Whisman. Expressway (excluding Whis- desirable places to live and The early start, however, man Station). The Mountain work in Silicon Valley.” means both housing projects View City Council has sought Conklin also warned that are subject to rules and require- to rezone it into an urban, Miramar if city leaders turn down the ments that are a moving target, pedestrian-friendly neighbor- Capital project, it would dash any near- and staffers at the Planning hood that closely balances project term plans to redevelop the Commission meeting pointed office and residential growth. E. Middlefield Rd. Ellis St. property. to several ways in which Sum- Today, East Whisman is Maude Ave. “In the absence of the city’s merHill Homes’ project fall mostly covered in one- and support for this project, the short of the draft East Whis- two-story office buildings SummerHill current owners will revert to man Precise Plan. One of the with huge expanses of surface Homes Logue Ave. what they’ve done since they roads between the buildings, parking. Council members are project developed these (buildings) in for example, is between 11 expected to vote in the fall the 1960s, which is to continue and 15 feet narrower than the on the new vision for the area leasing them as commercial standards for the area, which detailed in the East Whisman R&D facilities,” Conklin said. combined with the out-of- Precise Plan, a blueprint for “(The city) will miss a great compliance building setbacks future development. opportunity to see residential would create a stark canyon Even with the precise plan N. Whisman Rd. Central development on the site for the effect. months away from approval, Expy. foreseeable future.” City staffers also said the developers have sought to get a Both the SummerHill and project falls short on require- head start on transforming the Miramar projects are mov- ments to provide 100 square area, putting forth so-called E. Evelyn Ave. ing forward early because the feet of common open space gatekeeper projects with dense developers are subsidizing the per unit, and that SummerHill housing and office space in the construction of a new school on sought to use non-compliant past year. Mountain View’s East Whisman Precise Plan calls for redeveloping the other end of town. The Los open areas on the site to count Perhaps the most eye-open- nearly 370 acres of low-density office buildings into a balanced mix Altos School District recently toward that requirement. ing project is at 400 Logue of offices and housing. Two residential development proposals, by agreed to purchase land in the A majority of planning com- Ave., where developer Miramar Summerhill Homes and Miramar Capital, are already moving through San Antonio shopping center missioners agreed that Sum- Capital is proposing to build the city’s planning process. for $155 million, and is plan- merHill was asking for too 367 residential units on a 2.5- ning to defray the costs through much, but by varying degrees. acre site. The existing single- a complex process known as the Commission member Joyce story office building would be and the project is unlikely to Road, about one-third of a mile transfer of development rights Yin said the city would be set- demolished and replaced by meet the plan’s standards for away from Miramar’s Logue (TDRs). ting the wrong pace for future two residential buildings, one building setbacks, according to Avenue project. SummerHill’s The school district is purchas- East Whisman projects by 11 stories tall with 134 one-, a report by the developer. plans for the property have ing a property zoned for high- flatly ignoring parts of the pre- two- and three-bedroom own- Aiming to address the con- changed dramatically since density development, and has cise plan, and that she leaned ership units, and the other a cerns of city planning staff it was first proposed in Janu- agreed not to fully develop the toward allowing no exceptions. six- or seven-story structure earlier this year, the report ary 2018, and it now has five land and instead “sell” devel- Commission chair Pamela with 236 rental units. notes that the buildings will be buildings ranging from four to opers the remaining 610,000 Baird said future iterations of The Logue Avenue project, broken up into three compo- seven stories tall. The project square feet of density allowed the project should comply with which was reviewed at a Devel- nents — the base, middle and includes 194 ownership condos, on the property. Miramar Capi- more of East Whisman’s zoning opment Review Committee top — each with its own materi- 270 apartments and a 0.4-acre tal is purchasing 72,000 square restrictions, but that the city meeting last month, is pro- als, colors and details to break public park. feet of development rights to should be careful not to throw posing two-level subterranean up what would otherwise be a David Conklin, speaking supplement its Logue Avenue too many hurdles at a project parking with about 400 spaces, towering facade. on behalf of the owners of the project, which allows the proj- that’s the first out the gate and and is expected to run afoul Also in the city’s planning Middlefield property, urged ect to exceed the limits of the partially funding a new school. of at least a couple of zoning pipeline is a project by Sum- the city’s Environmental Plan- East Whisman Precise Plan. “I don’t want to put too many restrictions in the draft East merHill Homes, which is pro- ning Commission at its June SummerHill Homes purchased impediments on this project Whisman Precise Plan. The posing to build 464 homes 19 meeting to support the 10,000 square feet of extra den- going forward,” she said. V maximum height for buildings along a stretch of Middlefield project as the first step toward sity from the school district. Email Kevin Forestieri at in the precise plan is 95 feet, Road east of North Whisman transforming East Whisman. The TDR deal with the Los [email protected]

COURTESY OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW An 11-story housing project is being proposed on Logue Avenue by Miramar Capital. It’s Apartments and ownership condos are being proposed by Summerhill Homes for among the most dense housing proposals to date and would stand 128 feet tall. a stretch of East Middlefield Road that’s currently occupied by single-story offices. July 5, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 15 LocalNews

Summertime and the livin’ is jazzy QINFORMATION What: 2019 Stanford Jazz Festival. FOR MIDPENINSULA JAZZ LOVERS, THE SEASON LOOKS BRIGHT Where: Various venues on the Stanford University campus. By Yoshi Kato Charged Particles When: Through Aug. 3. (left to right: ith summer in full Murray Low, Aaron Cost: $8-$110. swing, the days are Germain and Jon Info: Go to stanfordjazz.org/ Wlong and the local Krosnick) will stanford-jazz-festival-2019/. live jazz offerings particularly perform at Portola plentiful. What: Jazz at Filoli 2019 Vineyards on Aug. Where: Filoli Historic House A long-running favorite for jazz 18. fans, The Stanford Jazz Festival & Garden, 86 Cañada Road, will see Still Dreaming, the col- Woodside. lective led by saxophonist Joshua When: July 14, July 28, Aug. 11, Redman (whose quartet opened Aug. 25; 1 p.m. the Stanford Jazz Festival last Cost: $85/$75 for Filoli members. year) make its Bay Area debut Info: Go to filoli.org/jazz/ with drummer Dave King (of The CHARGED PARTICLES What: 2019 Portola Vineyards Bad Plus fame) to conclude the Summer Jazz. festival at Bing on Aug. 3, with can be pre-ordered. Vocalist wine tasting). Cabanijazz, led by Fourth of July), starting at 6 Where: Portola Vineyards, 850 Los trumpeter Ron Miles and double Sara Niemietz and guitarist/ conguero and Pacific Mambo p.m. through Aug. 22. Attend- Trancos Road, Portola Valley. bassist Scott Colley rounding composer W.G. Snuffy Walden Orchestra member Javier Caba- ees can sit in the courtyard When: July 14, Aug. 4, Aug. 18, out the all-star quartet. Between headline on July 14, pianist nillas, performs July 14, while outside of Nordstrom to hear 6 p.m. now and then there are both inti- Larry Vuckovich and his Con- on Aug. 4 the Five Ten quintet harpist Destiny Muhammad Cost: $12-$24. mate and larger-scale concerts by temporary Swinging Hard Bop out of the East Bay (with its 510 (July 11); the fusion quartet Info: Go to portolavineyards.com/ Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty Ensemble play July 28, and area code) will offer its brand Mino Yanci (July 18); ‘50s West events.html. and others in Dinkelspiel Audi- vocalist Nicolas Bearde pays of globally electrified fusion Coast jazz-meets-bossa nova torium and Campbell Recital tribute to Nat “King” Cole’s featuring steel pans and Brazil- singer/songwriter Avi Wisnia What: Stanford Shopping Center Hall, including the beloved SJW centenary on Aug. 11. Con- ian percussion. Local favorites (July 25); “Spanglish Rumba/ 33rd Annual Summer Jazz Series. All-Star Jam on Aug. 2. guero, educator and all-around Charged Particles close out the Ska” purevyors Makr˙ (Aug 1); Where: Stanford Shopping Center, Jazz at Filoli has pretty good guy John Santos closes series on Aug.18 with a tribute to R&B/soul/funk/ska practitio- 660 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo much perfected the art of live at the 2019 live jazz season at the iconic pianist, composer and ners Stymie & the PLJO (a.k.a. Alto. jazz (and more) on a Sunday Filoli on Aug. 25 with his sextet. bandleader Chick Corea. Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Aug. When: Thursdays through Aug. 22 afternoon. The base level ticket Portola Vineyards in Portola Free outdoor jazz concerts are 8); blues harmonic maestro Aki (except for July 4); 6 p.m. includes a drink ticket for beer, Valley is offering three more sty- once again presented every Kumar (Aug.15); and Flamenco Cost: Free. white wine or flavored spar- listically varied concerts for its Thursday at the Stanford Shop- Gypsy dance and music octet Info: Go to sfjazz.org/stanford. kling water, and lunch boxes Summer Jazz series (paired with ping Center (except on the Barrio Manouche (Aug. 22). V

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Solving the housing ‘crisis’ Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly NEW IDEAS NEEDED TO ADDRESS SHORTAGE OF HOMES QSTAFF EDITOR Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) By Robert Pollak “crisis.” We don’t really have a energy-efficient, durable modu- Guest Opinion crisis. London, Dresden, War- lar homes. Google offered land EDITORIAL s an aftermath of the saw and other cities had a crisis — why not have a few thousand Assistant Editor Julia Brown (223-6531) financial crisis of 2008, eviction notice is immediately after World War II. What we manufactured homes installed when it was decided to issued. Then you are faced with have is a lack of will to solve there? In a year or less we could Arts & Entertainment Editor A Karla Kane (223-6517) bail out investors and let mid- late payment and other fees and, problems associated with pro- make a dent in the housing Special Sections Editor dle- and lower-income people if you can’t pay, eventual home- viding a roof over us. shortage. Manufactured homes Linda Taaffe (223-6511) fend for themselves, millions of lessness. Residents at the lower Alphabet and Stanford Uni- are a long way from the last cen- Staff Writers single-family homes went into end of the economic scale suffer versity have offered some contri- tury’s “boxes.” I would be proud Kevin Forestieri (223-6535) Mark Noack (223-6536) foreclosure. These homes went the most. Renters are captive butions, and Santa Clara County to live in one of them. Interns Ray Levy-Uyeda, Nisha Malley into the coffers of well-capital- victims. issued housing bonds. Alphabet Another example: Minne- Staff Photographer ized partnerships and syndi- As we crawled out of the finan- and Stanford will target their apolis decided to eliminate Magali Gauthier (223-6530) cates. They were the ones with cial crisis, there was not enough contributions toward benefit- single-family zoning, which Photo Intern Sadie Stinson the money to pick up bargains. foresight to ramp up housing ing their employees, and coun- creates space for second homes Contributors Today, rental housing is owned construction. Governments and ty bonds are minimal. That’s to reduce the shortage. Peter Canavese, Natalia Nazarova, mainly by large partnerships developers did not build enough not going to help the general There must be other cities here Ruth Schecter, Monica Schreiber and corporations far removed inventories to keep up with population. and abroad with new ideas. We DESIGN & PRODUCTION from renters. population, thereby creating a We need leaders that can think have enough brains in this area Design and Production Manager Many RV and manufactured shortage. Was this deliberate? out of the box. For example, to come up with solutions. This Kristin Brown (223-6562) home parks were also gobbled In addition to a housing London after WWII decided on doesn’t address the homeless Designers Linda Atilano, Amy Levine, Paul Llewellyn, Doug Young up, and now mom-and-pop RV deficit, industries in the area factory-built (mass produced) problem — that’s another more places are uncommon. Large became successful beyond our houses. They built hundreds intractable, real crisis, bound to ADVERTISING New York Stock Exchange cor- wildest dreams — Facebook, of thousands. By the end of get worse. Vice President Sales and Marketing Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) porations own RV parks. Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, to the program, a house could be The present system isn’t work- Advertising Representative Corporations know how to name a few. Their well-paid erected in 40 hours. ing. Do something. Now. Tiffany Birch (223-6573) maximize profits — raise rents, technocrats can afford to pay We have factories that pro- Robert Pollak lives on West Real Estate Account Executive postpone repairs, etc. One exorbitant rent. duce homes — attractive, Middlefield Road in Mountain Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) day late with the rent and an This created the housing modern, earthquake-resistant, View. Advertising Services Manager Kevin Legarda (223-6597) Published every Friday at LETTERS 450 Cambridge Avenue Q Palo Alto, CA 94306 VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 Email news and photos to: RESPECT The subcommittee includes along. 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mentoring talented young musi- From Bach to the movies cians just as he was mentored when he left France at age 15 to MUSIC@MENLO TAKES A TWO-CENTURY JOURNEY study at Juilliard with Itzhak Perl- man, whom he refers to as “my By Janet Silver Ghent Revolution,” with the music of teacher, Mr. Perlman.” Schumann, Chopin and Men- These days, Sussmann is pass- his year’s Music@Menlo delssohn; and “Moscow to Mont- ing those lessons on, not only at festival highlights seven martre,” spanning such disparate Menlo, but at Stony Brook Univer- T“Incredible Decades,” composers as Rachmaninoff and sity on Long Island. “One of the transporting audiences from the Debussy. most beautiful things about what age of Bach through the roman- “I’ve been drooling over that we do in this music world, or in the tic era to the Roaring Twenties piece for a long time and finally art world, is that the skills we learn and the new millennium. While feel I’m old enough to take the cannot be just passed on through last summer’s seven-city “Creative challenge,” Han said of “Winter- a book. You need a mentor. You Capitals” journey featured music reise.” Based on 24 poems by Wil- need someone who is going to pass from seven European cities, this helm Müller, the melancholy song on the information that was passed year’s event crosses the ocean cycle was composed in the year of COURTESY OF NINA AI-ARTYAN on to them through their mentor. into the 20th century, as jazz and Beethoven’s death, and just a year Music@Menlo co-founders and co-artistic directors, pianist Wu Han “Teaching really helps your own popular music coming out of the before Schubert’s own sad demise and cellist David Finckel, are set to perform in the first concert. playing, because you have to sit back New World inspired composers at age 31. Finckel translated the and analyze things and listen from worldwide. libretto from the German to help “This is where that music of Hol- said. “I think these seven decades the outside,” Sussmann said. “If Spanning two centuries of her get the feeling of the piece, lywood came from — immigrants have contributed to the strength you’re a great teacher ... hopefully, chamber music, the 17th annual which Russian baritone Nikolay from Vienna. Thank God we have of that house of chamber music you can apply (those lessons from festival runs July 12 to Aug. 3 at Borchev will sing. “It’s beautiful them.” that we’re building. Each of these listening) in your own playing.” the Center for Performing Arts at and heart-wrenching,” she said. Finally, “Music at the Millen- decades has its own room. It just Acquiring new audiences for Menlo-Atherton High School and The penultimate “Roaring nium” blurs classical distinctions makes the structure itself stronger classical concerts is a perennial Menlo School, both in Atherton. Twenties” concert shatters clas- with Mark O’Connor’s playful and more interesting and more concern. Sussmann, 34, uses social “Bach Ascending,” the first con- sical boundaries, with George “F.C.’s Jig” (short for “Fiddle Con- enjoyable.” media to reach out. In addition, cert program, opens in the 18th Gershwin’s “Lullaby” for string certo”) for violin and viola and What sets Music@Menlo apart running the summer program century, with the first “Branden- quartet, a Ravel sonata imbued John Adams’ “Road Movies” for from other summer festivals is its for young musicians with pianist burg Concerto” as well as a suite with bluesy Gershwin influences, violin and piano. Calling his title education component, not only and educator Gilbert Kalish is from Handel’s “Water Music.” and a romantic piano quintet by “total whimsy,” Adams points to with a lecture series but with heartening. Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who left the “swing mode” in the piano part master classes, informal Café “Every time I go to Menlo, I feel Finckel, co-founders and co-artis- troubled pre-war Vienna to score as well as the “tricky cross-hand Conversations and a series of better about the future of classi- tic directors of the festival, said Hollywood movies. style” in the final movement. Carte Blanche concerts in which cal music, when you see the level, they are particularly excited about The Korngold piano quintet, Multimedia lectures with musi- the artists curate their own pro- the dedication, the artistry of the performing those pieces at Menlo which Han is “dying to hear,” is cologists illuminate each of the grams. In addition, the festival young musicians we see there,” he for the first time. rarely performed. Both she and seven key decades, showing his- hosts a Chamber Music Institute said. “Music@Menlo becomes its Moving through the ages, Finckel are eager to introduce it to torical and cultural influences on and international program, train- own enclave, idealistic world for a programs include “Beethoven Menlo audiences. music, such as the upheavals and ing pre-professional musicians as few weeks and it’s all because of the Launched,” which also includes “People don’t know the name revolutions of the 19th century well as talented children, offering genius of David and Wu Han.” Haydn and Mozart; “Classical Korngold,” said Finckel, but the and the technological innovations them an opportunity to learn and Both Han and Finckel said edu- Twilight,” featuring Schubert’s quintet features “themes that show of the last century, when radios, perform with professionals. In the cation has been a central part of “Winterreise” song cycle, with up later in ‘The Adventures of Rob- record players, and later, the com- Aug. 2 Overture Concert, 11 stu- Menlo’s mission from its inception Han on piano; the “Romantic in Hood,’” which Korngold scored. puter, brought music of all genres dents in the festival’s international — not simply through mentoring into the home. program will perform pieces by new generations but by opening While all festivals have a theme, Beethoven, Brahms and César audiences to music they may not this year’s Music@Menlo illus- Franck with the festival’s main- know. trates how “music is created in rela- stage artists. “If you look back on Music@ tion to history,” Han said during a Violinist Arnaud Sussmann, Menlo on the internet, you would phone interview from New York, who is also associate director of see 17 years of education-centric where she and Finckel, called clas- Menlo’s international program, and performance-centric pro- sical music’s “power couple,” are emphasized the festival’s educa- grams,” said Han. “We’re not just artistic directors of the Chamber tional component. looking at music that is pleasing Music Society of Lincoln Center. “I’ve been going there for 10 but music that is meaningful.” V Although the chamber reper- years and I can’t tell you how many Freelance writer Janet Silver toire is massive, “we’re never at summers I’ve been blown away by Ghent can be emailed at a loss to find interesting ways to what I’ve learned,” he said. “Most [email protected]. present it,” Finckel added, using festivals you go, perform and have an analogy to the Grand Canyon, a wonderful time. At Menlo you which he and Han visited recently. really go to learn something extra.” QINFORMATION “Every time you turn a corner, In terms of performing, Suss- What: Music@Menlo Chamber it looks different. There’s no end mann will fiddle in O’Connor’s Music Festival and Institute. to the variety of ways the Grand “Jig” and play viola, not his usual Where: Center for Performing Arts Canyon looks. The literature of instrument, in a Mendelssohn at Menlo-Atherton, 555 Middlefield chamber music is kind of like that.” string quartet. He will also play Road, Atherton; and Menlo School, By concentrating on seven spe- second violin in Korngold’s piano 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. cific decades, it’s far easier to give quintet, a challenging piece with When: Friday, July 12, to Saturday, audiences a clear picture of the intricate rhythms he will be per- Aug. 3. evolution of classical music, Finck- forming for the first time. Cost: $34-$84 per concert, $15-$35 el observed. “It’s not the whole pie, But beyond performing, he said, for patrons under 30, with some free Russian baritone Nikolay Borchev will sing Schubert’s “Winterreise” but it’s seven very delicious slices, “teaching is another huge passion events. song cycle at this year’s Music@Menlo festival. each one with its own flavor,” he of mine.” He sees his mission as Info: Go to [email protected]

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22 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q July 5, 2019 VOICE MOUNTAINVIEW QHIGHLIGHT CONCERT ON THE PLAZA: TRIO SOL DE MEXICO Trio Sol de Mexico will perform. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring blankets to sit on the lawn. In addition to the music, there will be a food truck, a “pop-up park” area for children and for adults, beer and wine. July 5, 6-7:30 p.m. Mountain View City Hall, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info.

THEATER Prelude Performances Prelude Performances Artist Reception for Tinna Dinesen Using oil LESSONS & CLASSES feature young artists from the Chamber Music Institute. and cold wax, artist Tinna Dinesen brings a new look ‘The Language Archive’ A quirky, comic drama Representing a cornerstone of the festival’s educational at abstract painting to Viewpoints Gallery. July 12, Baby Sign Language This class covers the about communication — its potential and its limits — this mission, these concerts offer both veteran concertgoers and 5-8 p.m. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. basics of sign language, taught by Stefanie Jatta, modern romantic parable features a linguist at a loss for new listeners of all ages an opportunity to discover great viewpointsgallery.com/ an American Sign Language trained instructor. A words, especially the vocabulary of the heart. July 10- Aug. music. July 13, 19, 21; times vary. Free; ticket required. ‘Gadgets Galore! Transforming the American 20-minute “Play and Learn” session follows each 4; times vary. $25-$60; discounts available, pricing subject The Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Household’ Los Altos History Museum presents program, allowing babies and their caregivers more to change. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Atherton. musicatmenlo.org “Gadgets Galore! Transforming the American time to interact with each other. July 10 and Aug. 7, Alto. theatreworks.org Summer Sings Program Schola Cantorum Silicon Household,” an exhibit that looks at gadgets and where 1-2 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 South San Antonio PYT & City of Mountain View’s Theatre in the Valley’s Summer Sings Program offers “drop-in” choir. Eileen they originated, on display at the J. Gilbert Smith House. Road, Los Altos. sccl.evanced.info Park As part of Peninsula Youth Theatre and the city of Chang, founder and director of the New Choir, San Jose, and Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Goat Yoga Hidden Villa presents an hourlong yoga Mountain View’s children’s theater in the park program, director and conductor of Honors Choir and Chamber Choir, Altos. Losaltoshistory.org class led by certified instructor Jesse Muzzy, followed by kids will perform “Peter Rabbit” in a celebration of the conducts Bach’s “Magnifica” and Schubert’s “Mass in G.” West Bay Model Railroad Association Open 20 minutes of playtime with baby goats. July 13 and July stories of Beatrix Potter. July 5, 3-6 p.m. Free. Mountain July 8, 7:30 p.m. $17; free for students under 25 with ID. Los House Trains will run on a scenic two-level layout while 21, 10-11:30 a.m. $35. Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los club members answer questions. July 13 and Aug. 10; Los Altos Hills. hiddenvilla.org Mountain View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Altos. scholacantorum.org 1-4 p.m. Menlo Park Caltrain station, 1090 Merrill St., Ventriloquism and Puppets with Tortoise and Menlo Park. business.menloparkchamber.com/events OUTDOOR RECREATION Hare Los Altos Library presents a puppet program for MUSIC Fun for Families: Free Second Saturdays at children of all ages, featuring Tortoise and Hare. July 10, Open Mic @ Red Rock Coffee Performers sing in FILM Gamble Garden Garden Director Richard Hayden 3-3:45 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 South San Antonio front of a supportive audience and meet fellow musicians Kerry Tribe: ‘The Elusive Word’ The 2017 film and volunteer garden guides lead children on a nature Road, Los Altos. sccl.evanced.info and artists during Open Mic Mondays at Red Rock Coffee. “Afasia” pairs the verbal journey of Christopher Riley, a hunt around the 3-acre garden. Other activities include ‘Voices of the Earth: From Sophocles to Rachel Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. Red Rock photographer and friend of the filmmaker who struggles nature-inspired arts and crafts and a guided tour of the Carson and Beyond’ Compiled by Rush Rehm and Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org to speak after experiencing a left-hemisphere stroke that first floor of the Gamble House. Every second Saturday Charles Junkerman, “Voices of The Earth” deals with the left him aphasic, with Tribe’s own narrated effort to relearn through Dec. 14, 10-11:30 a.m. Gamble Garden, 1431 troubled relationship between humans and the natural FESTIVALS & FAIRS the Spanish language. Through Sept. 30, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Waverley St., Palo Alto. gamblegarden.org world. Along with powerful wilderness images and 2019 ACGA Clay and Glass Festival in Palo closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita SPORTS soundscapes, the staged reading features environmental Alto The ACGA Clay & Glass Festival in Palo Alto is a Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu pioneers, nature writers and more. July 11-14; times vary. celebration of clay and glass art. More than 140 juried Summer Outdoor Movie Night: ‘Incredibles 2’ Professional Ultimate Frisbee Spectators can $15; discount for students, seniors. Stanford Nitery Theater, artists will display fine and functional clay and glass work. The city of Mountain View Recreation Division and Youth watch a professional ultimate frisbee game played by 514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. stanfordreptheater.com Activities include pottery-making, ikebana and glass art Advisory Committee present a screening of “Incredibles 2” the San Jose Spiders. Halftime entertainment is tailored CONCERTS demonstrations. July 13-14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free; valet as part of the summer outdoor movie night series. July 12, to kids ages 3-17 and will give them a chance to run parking available. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, 8:30-10 p.m. Free. Cuesta Park, 601 Cuesta Drive, Mountain around on the field and catch a disc thrown by a Spider. Audiotistic Bay Area 2019 The annual two-day Palo Alto. clayglassfestival.com View. Search facebook.com/events for more info. Food, refreshments and Spiders Swag available for purchase. July 6, 7-9:30 p.m. $5.06. Foothill College Audiotistic music festival returns to the Bay Area with Farmer’s Market The Downtown Los Altos Farmer’s ‘LIKE’ “LIKE” is an IndieFlix original documentary that Stadium, 12345 S. El Monte Road, Los Altos. Search performances by various artists. July 13-14; 2 p.m. $100- Market, where shoppers can find fresh vegetables and fine explores the impact of social media on people’s lives. July eventbrite.com for more info. $175. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, foods, continues every Thursday through Sept. 26, 4-8 p.m. 12, 6:30 p.m. Free. Computer History Museum, 1401 N Mountain View. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Free. Located on State Street between 2nd and 4th streets, Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. computerhistory.org Erik Jekabson Sextet featuring John Santos Los Altos Hills. losaltoschamber.org Erik Jekabson Sextet will perform along with Latin Los Altos Art and Wine Festival The 40th annual percussion master John Santos. July 12, 8-9:30 p.m. $49; Arts & Wine Festival hosts fine arts and crafts booths discount for students. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lausen and offers live entertainment, kids’ area, food, wine and Mall, Stanford. stanfordjazz.org beer. July 13-14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 88 Main St., Los Altos. ‘Music is Magic’ Concert Series In partnership Search eventbrite.com for more info. with the city of Palo Alto, the Magical Bridge Foundation presents a summer concert series, featuring local artists TALKS & LECTURES and musicians. All concerts are family-friendly and sensory- Brandon R. Brown In his work, “The Apollo friendly. Every Friday through Aug. 30. 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Chronicles: Engineering America’s First Moon Missions,” Magical Bridge Playground - Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow author Brandon R. Brown, himself the son of an Apollo Drive, Palo Alto. Search facebook.com/events for more info. engineer, revisits the men and women who toiled behind San Francisco Symphony: Gemma New the lights 50 years after the moon landing. July 9, 7-9 Conducts Beethoven’s Ninth New Zealand-born p.m. Free. Books Inc. Mountain View, 317 Castro St., conductor Gemma New joins forces with the Grammy Mountain View. booksinc.net Award-winning San Francisco Symphony, chorus and Kalyn Josephson Kalyn Josephson launches her debut soloists in concerts featuring Beethoven’s monumental novel, “The Storm Crow,” a fantasy that follows a fallen Ninth Symphony. July 13 at 7:30 pm. and July 14 at 4 princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring back the magical p.m. $30. Frost Amphitheater, 365 Lasuen St., Stanford. elemental crows that were taken from her people. July 13, live.stanford.edu 3-5 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Twilight Concert Series 2019 Santana tribute band Park. Search eventbrite.com for more info. Caravanserai performs as part of the city of Palo Alto’s free Mathangi Subramanian Award-winning Indian summer concert series. July 13, 6:30 p.m. Free. Mitchell American writer Mathangi Subramanian shares her Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org critically-acclaimed debut novel, “A People’s History of Thursday Night Live: The Cheeseballs The Heaven.” July 10, 7-9 p.m. Free. Books Inc. Mountain View, Cheeseballs will perform as part of the “Thursday Night 317 Castro St., Mountain View. booksinc.net Live” event series presented by the city of Mountain View and Live Nation. July 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Castro MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS Street, Mountain View. mountainview.gov Josiah McElheny: ‘Island Universe’ Josiah Michael Tilson Thomas & Gil Shaham: Music McElheny’s “Island Universe” examines both cutting- of Tchaikovsky Michael Tilson Thomas leads the San edge art and physics. The monumental installation of Francisco Symphony in the inaugural series performance five hanging chandeliers is a visual response to recent of an all-Tchaikovsky program, featuring violinist Gil theories of the multiverse, an elaboration of the Big Shaham. July 10, 7:30 p.m. $30-$110; $15 lawn tickets Bang theory. Through Aug. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed for youth under 18. Frost Amphitheater, 365 Lasuen St., Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Stanford. Sfsymphony.org Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu Music@Menlo 2019 Opening Concert The Kahlil Joseph: ‘BLKNWS’ Kahlil Joseph, a visiting summer’s opening program brings together a colorful artist in the new Presidential Residencies on the Future of selection of music composed between 1710 and the Arts program, presents his work “BLKNWS,” a two- 1720, setting the stage for Bach’s resplendent First channel video projection that blurs the lines between Brandenburg Concerto. July 13, 6-8 p.m. $15-$74. art, journalism, entrepreneurship and cultural critique. The Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Through Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Free. 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