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Page 2 • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Stanford Hospital expansion spared fee for housing Council also selects park improvement projects Vice Mayor Larry Klein and His answer is a firm “no.” to the facilities. Councilwoman Dena Mossar were “About a year ago I became aware To figure out just how much af- by Becky Trout in Washington, D.C., at a National that hospitals were exempt from fordable housing that medical facili- n a vote favored by just two Palo Alto City Council members, the city League of Cities conference and the (fee),” Benest said. “I was very ties would have to build or pay for, decided Monday that Stanford Medical Center should remain exempt Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell concerned because hospitals create the city — at the urging of Stan- I from a development fee to pay for affordable housing. had to recuse herself because she substantial demand for affordable ford, which asked for fresh figures Hospitals are currently excluded members voting Monday agreed works at Stanford. housing.” — hired consultant Kate Funk of from the fee, instituted in 1984, that with the current policy — Council City Manager Frank Benest in- His concern was amplified be- Keyser Marston Associates to do developers must pay to provide af- members Bern Beecham and Judy sisted repeatedly the question was cause Palo Alto’s only two hospi- the calculations. fordable housing for the jobs their Kleinberg — the exemption will pure public policy — should hos- tals, Stanford Hospital and Lucile Funk found the need for 28 lower projects generate. stand because it required five votes pitals, despite their sizable staffs, Packard Children’s Hospital, are cost residences per 100,000 square And though only two council to change. be excluded from the development planning major expansions, pro- fee? posed to add 1.3 million square feet (continued on page 9)

EAST PALO ALTO Again, East Palo Altans gather for youth peace Turnout, spirits high, organizers say by Becky Trout everal hundred young people from East Palo Alto, and the S elders who care about them, packed the balloon-festooned Costaño Elementary School for “Goin’ Smart” Saturday as part of the city’s first extensive youth summit. In early January, the school was the site of yet another youth shooting, which left Melevea Fifita, 19, dead and Seu Tuimavave, 21, injured. But Saturday, the scene was quite different. There were rap and poetry per-

Norbert von der GroebenNorbert formances, police encounter work- shops, a guide to getting out of gang life, a “listening” panel of top community leaders, booths offering everything from job opportunities to cultural connections, and youth of every color wearing the event’s “Goin’ Smart” t-shirts. A.J. Spaizman, 11, joined fellow sixth-graders from Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School Tuesday in planting 500 native wetland seedlings Leaders tried to include all aspects at the mouth of San Francisquito Creek in the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. The students were taking part in Save The Bay's Water- of life in East Palo Alto, said Khab- shed Education Program, which has taught 40,000 students about the history and ecology of San Francisco Bay since 1997. ral Muhammad with One East Palo Alto, who helped organize the event. Muhammad, 27, is a life-long East work practices at the school and they live, he added. “Instead of Palo Alto resident. SCHOOLS what’s required by the district. 15 math problems, we want you The summit’s slogan, “Goin’ According to Addison Principal to play a mathematics game with Smart,” is a take-off on the hip-hop John Lents, about 75 percent of the your parents.” phrase “go dumb,” he explained. Much ado about homework parents saw usefulness in home- The effort to re-examine home- Originally, “going dumb” referred work but struggled with how to fit work practices started when a few to a dance that involved moving Addison Elementary leads homework everything a child needs to do in parents brought a newsletter article loosely, without control. discussions for elementary schools one day. written by David Ackerman, the “The dance was taken to a mental- ity (where) everything goes dumb,” by Susan Hong Lents’ new goal is to reduce the principal of Oak Knoll Elementary amount of busy work and improve School in Menlo Park, to the atten- Muhammad said. he mere mention of homework whether they were content with the quality of homework. tion of the Addison community, “Going dumb gets us 70 percent conjures up stress in Palo the quality of homework and the “Instead of maybe writing new Lents said. high school dropouts, a shooting ev- T Alto, but Addison Elementary amount of time it took to do it. Staff words out or looking up the defini- Oak Knoll recently reduced the ery week... This is what going dumb School is trying to take the anxiety also posted more than 100 articles tion in the dictionary, it could be homework load for their students. gets us.” down a notch. in favor of, against and neutral on looking at a word in a newspaper ar- “I was blindsided about the anxi- The purpose of the summit was to Addison is in the midst of review- the issue at www.addison.pausd. ticle and trying to find out the defi- ety that seems to be around home- combat the recent surge in violence ing and discussing its policies on the org/homework. nition from the context,” he said. work,” Lents said. “We took a very by showing the youth that others care nightly routine. Earlier this year, Addison held The school wants to connect the deliberate non-reactive approach to about them and they have options. The school surveyed parents on parent meetings to discuss home- children with the world in which (continued on page 10) (continued on page 9) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 3 )&)43./4).4()36!5,4 )43./43!&%

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LAND USE Planners rail against Alma Plaza plans More retail and “real” public benefits needed, commissioners and neighbors say by Molly Tanenbaum ShopTalkby Daryl Savage ive-and-a-half hours were ap- last year had been ignored. in the commercial space doesn’t feel parently not enough for the “What is the difference about comfortable to me,” Commissioner F Palo Alto Planning and Trans- tonight from last April?” Commis- Arthur Keller said. SLOW SOWING? ... The word bias? Patagonia, known as portation Commission and the pub- sioner Paula Sandas asked. “There has to be more retail here,” that Whole Foods in the form much for its environmental con- lic to tell developer John McNellis McNellis had added about 4,000 Chair Karen Holman added. of a Wild Oats (or Whole Foods) cerns as for its outdoor clothing, last week what they think is wrong square feet of retail — including a Commissioners’ statements market might be coming to Palo is set to open this summer in the with his latest Alma Plaza plans. community room — and a small echoed opinions from the 55-per- Alto’s Edgewood Plaza in a 6,000-square-foot site. By the Citing paltry retail space and park to his plan. However, 24,000 son audience in suggesting adding couple of years, reported in late way, don’t confuse Patagonia public benefits, commissioners square feet of retail is not nearly more shops with market-rate condos February in ShopTalk, is vastly with The North Face, another and neighbors came down hard on enough to make Alma Plaza work above them. premature, according to a Whole outdoor clothing store located McNellis’ proposal to build 39 sin- as a neighborhood shopping center, “The piddly amount of retail Foods spokesperson. When just four blocks away, at 217 gle-family homes and a mixed-use commissioners said. proposed at this site does not meet news broke that Whole Foods Alma St. Both appeal to the out- building with 17,300 square feet of Commissioners also criticized the needs of the neighbors around purchased the Wild Oats chain, door enthusiast, and both have ground-floor retail beneath 14 be- McNellis’ math in counting the there,” said Deborah Ju, who is on it led many to conjecture that clothing and accessories for hik- low-market-rate apartments. amount of retail in the plan. the board of the Charleston Mead- Whole Foods would simply re- ers, mountain climbers, camp- “I’m very disappointed at what I The 24,000-square-foot figure in- ows Neighborhood Association. brand Wild Oats, and voila, Palo ers and skiers. Is it possible for see here, and if I say anything more, cludes the 1,300-square-foot com- Commissioners and neighbors Alto gets another Whole Foods two similar stores within blocks I’m going to lose it,” Commissioner munity room, basement storage and also demanded better — or as they store. But hold on to your shop- of each other to coexist suc- Lee Lippert said. a 1,800-square-foot commercial said, “real” — public benefits. ping carts. “It’s way too soon. cessfully in Palo Alto? The short Commissioners said their sugges- building he hopes to sell to a dentist One of the perks McNellis pro- The merger deal doesn’t even answer, say some, is ‘yes.’ Take tion for close to 30,000 square feet or accountant. poses is the community room for happen until April. Then we’ll a look at Walgreens in Midtown. of retail from a preliminary review “Including (the community room) (continued on page 10) meet with the Wild Oats folks,” Five years ago it chose a loca- Whole Foods spokesperson tion on Middlefield Road, one Amy Schaefer says. She said short block from Longs Drugs. LAND USE every single Wild Oats, all 110 Today, both stores enjoy a brisk stores in the United States and business. Can that symbiotic Canada, will be studied and re- relationship occur with the out- Zoning change to “clean up” South of Forest viewed individually. “Some stores door clothing stores? “Why not?” will be renamed; others will be commented a salesperson in the Council Colleagues’ memo will ask that medical office be phased out for housing relocated,” she said, a process Alma Street North Face store. by Molly Tanenbaum that will take at least two years. “We’ve been here forever, and In the meantime, one knowl- we’re not going away,” she said. hree Palo Alto City Council houses on small lots” and is next to getting those properties zoned ap- edgeable naysayer predicts that members have stepped in to single-family homes. propriately,” Mossar said, referring an upscale grocer in Edgewood BAD HAIR DAY? NOT IN MID- T resolve a neighbor dispute- Mossar explained the memo as to a series of complaints from David Plaza is nothing more than a TOWN ... Another business turned-land-use dilemma south of a “clean up action,” intended to Baumgarten, the Waverley Street pipedream. “It will never happen. pleasantly coexisting with a simi- Forest Avenue. complete the redevelopment of neighbor to the radiology office. That location at Embarcadero lar one is DS Newman Hair Sa- Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto and the South of Forest Avenue area Property manager Jim Baer said and 101 is not conducive to a lon. It is celebrating its one-year Councilmembers Bern Beecham (SOFA), where Summerhill Homes Baumgarten, who did not return high-end store. Whoever is tell- anniversary in its upscale, Eu- and Dena Mossar have signed a built new homes and condos to take the Weekly’s calls, has complained ing you otherwise is just plain ropean-inspired shop, which is colleagues’ memo that will urge fel- the place of the former Palo Alto about noise and safety issues for wrong.” stuck way in the back of the Mid- low council members to eliminate a Medical Foundation site. a year and a half related to the in- town Shopping Center. It is the “nonconforming use” of a medical The memo directs staff to come stallation of a city-required pad- APRICOT SOUFFLES ON second hair salon in the Midtown office building in an area zoned for back to the council with a list of mounted transformer and an air CALIFORNIA AVENUE ... It’s center and the fourth in Midtown. housing. other nonconforming uses in the conditioning unit, following a 2005 more than just another French “The community here is starting The site in question is 400 Chan- SOFA area and to phasing them out, renovation of the building. restaurant. One reason — the to embrace us. People are realiz- ning Ave., owned by the Blase and Kishimoto said. “We did extraordinary sound apricot souffle. “It’s legendary,” ing they can get a high-end hair- Farman families as their former law “It probably is not the only non- mitigation,” he said, adding that he according to Susan Ross, owner cut right in their own backyard,” office. It currently houses a radiol- conforming, nonresidential land use also had a “dozen meetings with se- of the building at 201 California said Dontay Newman, who owns ogy practice equipped with an MRI in this area,” she said. nior (city) staff and electrical utili- Ave., where the new Basia’s the salon with his wife, Star. machine and other scanning tech- “The issues that arose at 400 ties” to address the issues. “It’s not Bistro will open this summer. “From the outside, it’s deceiving. nology. Channing over the past year raised an unsafe building,” he said. It’s the former location of Nora’s It looks like a little shop in a strip It is zoned, however, for “detached the importance of going ahead and (continued on page 9) Cafe, a creperie that suddenly mall. But people are blown away closed earlier this year amid fi- when they walk in here,” New- nancial problems. Ross has high man said. He sees plenty of foot EAST PALO ALTO hopes for Basia’s. “It will be both traffic outside his shop. “A lot of upscale and family-friendly,” she people walk their dogs and there said. The owner, Palo Altan Bar- are a lot of kids walking by here. Four Seasons and city reach tax accord bara Mora, has had several suc- They’re curious about this place. cessful restaurants in New York. When I see them peek in our Hotel loses $1.4 million due to delayed opening “They have plans to completely window, I run outside and invite by Becky Trout redo the kitchen, adding win- them in to have a look around.” dows so that diners can watch Newman, a 6-foot, 205-pound ast Palo Alto and the develop- The hotel didn’t officially open will get to keep up to $7 million in as they cook,” Ross said. Tenta- muscle builder, and Star, a Sha- ers of the Four Seasons Hotel until late January 2006, due in part the taxes — instead of the original tive opening date is July 1. ron Stone look-alike who is just E reached a mediated compro- to sinking ground under the build- estimate of $8.4 million. a couple inches shorter than her mise recently which will mean an ings. “Under this agreement, the delay PATAGONIA AND DOUBLE husband, make quite a couple. immediate cash award to the city The developers claimed the delay in opening the hotel will have the VISION ... An established “They should be on the cover and a break for the developers, ac- was not their fault, caused instead effect of penalizing the hotel at $1.4 outdoor clothing store is about of Vogue. They look like super cording to City Attorney Michael by nature, and insisted the initial tax million,” Lawson said. three months away from open- models,” said one dog walker as Lawson. break was still valid. The hotel developer will also being at 525 Alma St., just north she passed by the nondescript The agreement, which will give But the city saw the delay as a gin paying East Palo Alto $500,000 of Hamilton Avenue — in the building. “I’ve heard that. People the city $500,000 within weeks, way to begin collecting the tax a year; any taxes accrued beyond former location of Q Café — but tell us we make a really great caps a lawsuit filed by Four Seasons — 12 percent of the room fee — it that contribute to the $7 million in it has already started interview- team,” Newman said. N developer LDW Resorts in June charges overnight visitors. East Palo tax breaks. ing potential staff members. In 2006, Lawson said. Alto has no other hotels, Lawson After 60 months, the hotel will its announcement, it emphasizes Heard a rumor about your The lawsuit stemmed from a Sep- said. begin remitting all its taxes to the that applicants are preferred who favorite store or business mov- tember 2003 development induce- A night at the Four Seasons, a city, even if the full $7 million has live active outdoorsy lives, and ing out, or in, down the block or ment offered by the city — if the luxury 200-room hotel, can top not been collected, Lawson said. being a bit green environmen- across town? Daryl Savage will hotel opened by the end of 2005, $300. The hotel collects the tax and then tally speaking doesn’t hurt. Do check it out. She can be e-mailed the city would allow it to keep up to According to the agreement pays the city monthly or quarterly, we detect an anti-couch-potato at [email protected]. $8.4 million in taxes. reached last week, the Four Seasons (continued on page 10) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 5

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G Alto home Feb. 10. “I wouldn’t have said anything Before the 80 year old could get to (to the council) if someone had ex- INFANT AND CHILD CPR the front door, however, a group of plained it to me,” Wilks said. Conducted by a certified instructor, this interactive class is geared for parents, police, probation and parole officers Davis, who didn’t know the details grandparents and other caregivers of newborns to school-aged children. 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Beginners are welcome! said, were doing a sweep of homes parolee or person on probation at - Saturday, April 14 where people on probation and pa- any time. rolees live. It’s part of an anti-crime Wilks said she now understands crackdown started Jan. 20 by East what happened and why. But she is Call (650) 723-4600 or visit www.lpch.org to register or obtain more Palo police and other agencies. still miffed at how she was treated Wilks was upset enough by the in her own home, with no one offer- information on the times, locations and fees for these and other courses. experience to speak before the East ing an explanation. Palo Alto City Council last week. Wilks served 11 years on the Mu- She is angry no one took the time to nicipal Advisory Council that exist- explain to her what the police and ed before East Palo Alto incorporat- LUCILE PACKARD probation officers were doing in the ed in 1983. She headed the advisory Saratoga Street house where she has council for three years, akin to being CHILDREN’S lived since 1952. the city’s mayor in those days. “They didn’t show any consider- “As a senior, I felt very abused,” HOSPITAL ation,” Wilks said of the officers. Wilks said. “Let me know what Police Chief Ron Davis said one you’re trying to do.” N East Palo Alto officer was among Senior Staff Writer Don Ka- CALL TODAY TO SIGN UP FOR CLASSES (650) 723-4600 those who went to Wilks’ house on zak can be e-mailed at dkazak@ Feb. 10. The rest were parole and paweekly.com Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 7 Upfront +0*/ /084"7& Think (8 week minimum) Globally, expires 4/15/07 News Digest Make Your Chip lost Gunman robs Palo Alto 7-Eleven store Resolution a Reality 105 lbs. & Post Leslie lost 20 lbs. at A man with a handgun robbed the 7-Eleven store on Colorado Av- FREE Consultation Lite For Life enue in Palo Alto early Monday morning and escaped on foot. 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Davis was eventually arrested Dec. 1 at a home in Sunnyvale following a 12-hour standoff. Roosevelt Reed, the bowling alley’s janitor, was also charged with armed robbery and attempted murder because he opened a door to let Davis in the business. Reed intended to also plead guilty on Friday, but there is some confusion under state law of the maximum sentence he could receive, Hamilton said. “There is still some legal wrangling going on,” she added. Her office intends to ask for the maximum sentence for Reed. N —Don Kazak Steve Jobs takes lawsuit to state Supreme Court Steve Jobs is not a quitter. The CEO of Apple Inc. is asking the California Supreme Court to hear his case over the fate of a historic house he owns in Woodside. Jobs is seeking to demolish the Jackling house, a rambling Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion built in the 1920s and designed by noted architect George Washington Smith. 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negotiations),” McCown said. But rezones, proposed to increase the Council the amount of housing, or compen- city’s stock of commercial proper- (continued from page 3) satory fees, should be decided dur- ties, on April 3. feet of medical building in Palo ing the discussions, she said. ■ Parks in Palo Alto will soon Alto. She derived that figure by Her comments were echoed by see the first improvements due to linking the number of employees Kleinberg, who cited the “enor- development impact fees created in generated by a hospital or medical mously cutting edge services” the 2002, following council approval of building, per square foot, with the hospitals provide, both to those a project list and spending criteria. number of workers per residence, with money and to those without. The Stanford/Palo Alto Com- the average income of medical The hospital expansion plans will munity Playing Fields, construc- workers, the cost of housing in Palo need to account for housing, but the tion of a play structure in Heritage Alto, and the number of employees amount can be decided in the envi- Park, and the completion of Greer who might commute. ronmental review process, she said. Park top the list of projects. Other And the cost of developing that But Councilman Jack Morton and plans include replacing grass with housing, per square foot, is $58.29 others pointed out a development synthetic turf at El Camino Park, per square foot of hospital. fee would empower the staff to enter Greer Park and Cubberley Commu- So Stanford would actually be negotiations with Stanford equipped nity Center, lighting the Cubberley getting a deal paying a city-required with their tools of choice. tennis courts, and adding restrooms development fee of only $16.01, city Several people mentioned the at Seale and Eleanor Pardee parks staff suggested. And instead of a hospital’s profit, size and wealthy and Cubberley. set number, that figure could be in- clientele as justifications for deny- The combined cost of the projects creased during negotiations. ing the exemption. will be about $2.8 million. But Beecham disagreed, calling Just before the vote, Mayor Yoriko ■ The council codified a tem- the charge a “super burden.” Bee- Kishimoto gave Stanford officials a porary ordinance that required cham said the place to ensure Stan- hint of her expectations while prais- two residences on a single lot in ford compensates for its housing ing the center for its contributions to the “RMD” and “R-2” zones to be demand was via the environmental the community. owned by the same entity. The goal review process and development “We’re really talking about form- is to prevent second units from be- agreement — not an ostensibly ge- ing almost a new neighborhood . . . ing sold and properties subdivided. neric ordinance exempting hospitals and we really need Stanford’s help The RMD zone allows for two units from the fee. identifying where that neighborhood on a single lot in multi-family resi- Stanford representatives Jean is going to go,” Kishimoto said. dential districts, while the R-2 zone McCown, director of community In other business: allows for two units on a single lot relations, and Mark Tortorich, vice ■ The council did not take up the in single-family districts. The mea- president of facilities for Stanford proposed rezoning of the Mayflower sure was approved on a 7-0 vote, Hospital, agreed and emphasized Motel, Summerwinds Nursery, an with Mossar and Klein absent. ■ Stanford’s hospitals’ substantial so- office building at 4151 Middlefield More details about the parks cietal benefit. Road or the Palo Alto Bowl because discussion can be found online at “We also appreciate and acknowl- city staff failed to notify neighbors www.PaloAltoOnline.com. edge that housing and particularly of the properties about the chang- Staff Writer Becky Trout can affordable housing is going to be es, planning director Steve Emslie be e-mailed at btrout@paweekly. one of the issues discussed (during said. The council will discuss the com.

draped over their shoulder, or worn “I was really surprised at the turn- Youth summit with one arm only. out,” said volunteer Tameeka Ben- (continued from page 3) The orange and black colors were nett, 20, who pitched in when asked TheatreWorks Instead of “pointing the finger” at chosen because they don’t have any by members of her church, Walls of Trying - The Memoir of a Master another group — the old or young, gang significance in East Palo Alto, Faith Ministries. March 7-April 1 Lucie Stern Theatre the government, the police or rap Muhammad said. Just before the “Step Show” by 903-6000 www.theatreworks.org culture — Muhammad and oth- “We don’t want to offend anyone,” members of Stanford University’s ers — including Marina Latu, the he said. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Palo Alto Art Center Stanford employee who organized several young men shared why they Thru April 29 Actor! Actor! the Feb. 3 “Live in Peace” march “Going dumb gets us spent their Saturday at the event. and rally — wanted all the differ- “I feel this is a positive thing for Correspondence: Masami Teraoka & Ukiyo-e ent groups to get together and learn 70 percent high school the youth,” said Chris James, 17, of 329-2366 www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter about each other, he said. dropouts, a shooting East Palo Alto. “Youth need pro- “We’re letting them know this is grams and things like this.” West Bay Opera the same family,” he added. every week. ... This is His friend, Joshua Bennett, also The Merry Widow by Franz Léhar Mar 25, 26, June 1-3 Although some attendees — such what going dumb gets 17, said he really appreciated the Lucie Stern Theatre 424-9999 www.WBOpera.org as high school seniors and East Palo us.” presence of “dem Hoodstarz,” an Alto residents Karen Zamora, Jesena East Palo Alto rap group that made Palo Alto Children’s Theatre —Khabral Muhammad, A Little Princess March 16-24 Landaverde and Karina Flores, who organizer, "Goin' Smart" summit it to the summit. led a college workshop — had al- The event was sponsored by doz- 463-4930 www.cityofpaloalto.org/community-services/theater ready decided to “go smart,” others Muhammad said he estimated ens of groups and received major were clearly undecided. At lunch, as that 400 to 600 people attended the contributions from the Silicon Val- Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra attendees scarfed up the stacks of day-long event. As an inducement ley Community Foundation, San Mar 18, 25 A Bach Celebration Valley Presbyterian Church sub sandwiches, some youths, most- to attend, the organizers offered Mateo County Human Services 856-3848 www.pacomusic.org ly male, hung back from the crowd, prizes, including an Xbox 360 and Agency and the Philanthropic Ven- the event’s orange-and-black t-shirt a video iPod. tures Foundation. ■ Palo Alto Players Jekyll & Hyde, Electrifying Broadway Musical April 27-May 13 329-0891 Channing set an amortization period for the Emslie said the memo would likely phase out, at the end of which the come before the council in April. Pacific Art League (continued from page 5) property would become housing. The council is also in the process “Delicious, Divine & Decadent” March 1-29 Baer said he encouraged the Kishimoto recognized that the of addressing other nonconforming 321-3891 www.pacificartleague.org owners of 400 Channing to put in amortization period would not solve uses in Palo Alto, with a different a fence, but “the complaining just Baumgarten’s immediate concerns goal in mind: saving commercial Palo Alto Philharmonic didn’t stop.” over noise and safety. She did not properties — and sales tax rev- Tchaikovsky and Beethoven April 14 Cubberley Theatre Baer said the building, which he know how long the amortization enue. The council directed four www.paphil.org has managed since the early ‘90s, period would be, but it would take properties throughout the city to has been used for commercial pur- the recent renovation of the build- be rezoned as commercial. They City of Palo Alto Arts & Culture Division poses for at least 50 years. ing and the lifespan of its equipment are currently slated for housing but An evening of Beethoven Sonatas-Helene Wickett, pianist He called the potential council into account. are being used otherwise: the May- May 12 Palo Alto Arts Center Auditorium action “truly spot zoning based on “The intention is not to push out flower Motel, the Palo Alto Bowl, 463-4940 complaint” that would ultimately that use right away because I know Summerwinds Nursery and an of- harm small medical and dental they made a significant investment fice on Middlefield Road. ■ buildings in nonconforming offices to it,” she said. “We’re all trying to Staff Writer Molly Tanenbaum This ad is co-sponsored by The Palo Alto Weekly and The City of Palo Alto, Arts & Culture Division throughout the city. be reasonable.” can be e-mailed at mtanenbaum@ The council members’ goal is to City planning director Steve paweekly.com. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 9 Upfront

Homework Parents’ Place educator and coach clinical social worker. But there is (continued from page 3) Marleen Didech, whom Addison also a concern that parents feel the staff invited in to talk with parents kids are losing their childhood, she educating ourselves and the parents about homework, said the issue goes said. about homework. Parents really want beyond Addison. “There’s so much focus on work children to have a typical childhood,” “Homework is generally an emo- and work and work and is it in their he said, “with unstructured time to tionally charged subject for par- best interest?” play, piano lessons, Boy Scouts, and ents,” Didech said. “It’s also clear Moskowitz agrees with Harvard family time.” that the (Palo Alto school) district is University professor David Elkind, Addison is refining its homework struggling with what the homework who found that students’ sources of policy, not eliminating it, he empha- policy should be.” stress have grown dramatically over sized. According to Palo Alto school the years, including coming from Elementary school parents con- district Director of Elementary Ed- parents. firmed they have mixed feelings ucation Becki Cohn-Vargas, “This She said parents feel a general un- about homework. is the first time that this has come certainty about what it will take to “Some homework is valuable. up as a big issue in the last eight succeed in today’s world. They think Exercise your Creative Mind. Some homework is repetitive and years.” “we have to do everything we can useless,” Giuliana Fann, parent of a The district is not thinking about to prepare our kids for this highly Take a class at the Palo Alto Art Center fourth-grader at Walter Hays, said. eliminating homework or chang- unstable, uncertain and competitive “I think it’s better to do it all in ing it, just reviewing the policy, she world,” she said. “And we’re going View our on-line catalog at school,” Steffie Deleeuw, parent said. She is currently talking with to start early.” www.cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy of a first-grader at Addison, said. principals about the issue. Parents can tell whether their “I think at elementary school they “We don’t want homework to be child is stressed out, Karen Fried- Classes start in April. Register Now! should not have any homework.” extensive in the elementary school,” land Brown, a parenting educator at Olenka Villarreal, parent of an she said. “We also want to be sure Parents’ Place said. Addison first-grader, said she pre- that the assignments have a purpose, “If your child is irritable or hav- fers more homework. and they’re not busy work.” ing a lot of meltdowns, temper tan- “I wonder as a parent, are our There’s a diminishing return with trums, that can be a sign,” she said. children at a disadvantage by not too much homework, Cohn-Vargas “If their eating habits are changing, 1313 Newell, Palo Alto • 650. 329.2366 keeping up?” she said. said. Giving too much homework (that) can be another indication.” Her daughter’s friend attends may lead students to become unmo- Didech coaches parents to “call a Ormondale Elementary School in tivated, stressed out and lose time halt to homework if it goes on too Portola Valley, where the kids do to play. long or if it becomes too frustrat- homework everyday. However, homework benefits ing.” Both she and Cohn-Vargas said “It seems to me he’s progressing children by teaching them self-dis- they do not want children to become better,” she said. cipline and gives parents a chance to so frustrated about their school work Local kids seemed nonplussed see what their children are learning that they stop doing it. about the debate swirling around at school, she said. The most important thing parents them. The pressure created by the home- can do is help “make the experience “It makes you smarter,” Maria work issue may stem from worries more positive,” Didech said. Parents You Are Invited! Chabane, an Addison second-grad- about the future — and about the can spend “a lot of time recogniz- er, said about homework. present, experts said. ing and encouraging their child’s “Yeah, it’s pretty fun,” said Maki “We’re hearing that it’s so difficult strengths.” N “Living Choices for Older Adults” Yesuda, also an Addison second- for our kids to get into college,” said Editorial Intern Susan Hong can grader, adding that kids have time Gloria Moskowitz, a coordinator at be e-mailed at shong@paweekly. Q Educational forum on retirement and for play dates, too. Parents Place Express and licensed com. senior lifestyles Q Open to the public Alma Plaza plan will take away patient and staff testing McNellis’ current smaller (continued from page 5) parking, as well as convenient ac- proposal. Q Includes complimentary breakfast cess to Alma. “I see a lot of advice being given Q Keynote speaker, Dr. Margaret use by the apartment residents and They added that McNellis had by people who are not investing the Pacific Art League. He also said not met with them until a few days their own money,” said Larry Clark, Deanesly he’d be spending an extra $3 mil- before the planning commission who lives in Crescent Park. Q Receive valuable information at this lion to build the below-market-rate meeting. “This has been an eyesore for as apartments instead of merely paying “They made not one attempt to long as I’ve been in Palo Alto. I want event: the city’s in-lieu fee. call us until Kurt contacted McNel- something done there,” he added. Palo Alto Housing Corporation lis’ attorney,” van der Wilt said. McNellis said he wasn’t surprised Complimentary copy of ‘Where to Executive Director Marlene Pren- The peeved commissioners ar- by the commission’s scathing re- Live, a Housing Guide for Older dergast praised the rental units as gued not only that McNellis had sponse but called the five-and-a- Adults’ providing better affordable hous- done little to change his proposal half-hour meeting “very painful and ing to the community than would since last year but also that he shift- unpleasant.” Various residence options selling off a single-family home for ed his take on the viability of the He hopes for a more positive reac- a low price and having it be “gone plaza as a neighborhood shopping tion from the Palo Alto City Coun- Reverse Mortgage and Equity Line forever.” center to suit his immediate needs. cil. If the commission rejects the Estate Planning Basics But Lippert said McNellis’ pro- Burt quoted from a spring 1999 project, it will go before the council posed benefits — such as the be- handout from McNellis — when he in April. Preparing to downsize low-market-rate apartments — were was trying to build a 50,000-square- “We look forward to finishing Tax Savings: Prop 60 & 90, and actually elements required of the foot grocery store —calling Alma up our planning commission meet- project. Plaza “an ideal location for a new ing and then moving on to the city 1031 tax deferred exchange “It’s patronizing” to suggest re- supermarket” on Alma Street, “one council for closure,” he said. quirements are public benefits, Lip- of Palo Alto’s busiest arterials.” The commission will discuss pert said. However, the developer hasn’t Alma Plaza again on March 28 at Saturday, March 31, 2007 Those who work next to Alma been the only one accused of hy- City Hall. The commission heard Plaza also had objections to the pocrisy. 27 members of the public speak 8:30am - Noon project, beside the amount of retail Some residents following the his- on Thursday and will continue to Holiday Inn (formally the Hyatt Hotel) and public benefits. tory of the ramshackle shopping take public comments at the next 1740 North First Street Dentist David van der Wilt and center blame neighbors’ pickiness meeting. N real estate appraiser Kurt Reitman, for the lack of progress. First, they Staff Writer Molly Tanenbaum San Jose, CA 95112 whose offices are located at 3515 did not want a 50,000-square-foot can be e-mailed at mtanenbaum@ and 3525 Alma St., said McNellis’ supermarket, and now they are pro- paweekly.com. Please call or register online immediately: Four Seasons part of a mandatory out-of-court me- tax break, Lawson said. 1-800-445-1111 or (continued from page 5) diation for civil suits, Lawson said. Four Seasons declined to com- The actual mediation took 11 hours. ment on the issue, spokeswoman www.apr.com/seniors he said. The city has the right to au- The city opted for the agreement Alli Goldstein said. N dit the hotel’s records. in part because the delay of only a Staff Writer Becky Trout can The agreement was reached with month in the hotel’s opening might be e-mailed at btrout@paweekly. the assistance of a retired judge as not sway a court to withhold the full com. Page 10 • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly apr.com

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Sherry PALO ALTO – The Jewel of Palo Alto. Alan LOS ALTOS HILLS – Rare opportunity to A rare offering on over ¾ acres near build new and/or subdivide on 8+/-acres Bucolo downtown Palo Alto. This newly rebuilt Dunckel in prime location. Currently 5bd/3.5ba 650.543.1060 7,500+/-sf home offers state of the art style 650.543.1074 home with amazing Bay views. Topo map [email protected] and gold standard quality. [email protected] available. Buyer to verify subdivision Call for Price possibilities. $10,500,000

Grace LOS ALTOS HILLS - Stunning 3 year old Alan WOODSIDE – Prime Woodside location. home privately situated on 2.68+/-acres 5bd/4+ba plus pool and pool house Wu with spectacular views of the Bay, hills and Dunckel on 4.5+/-acres. Features 5 fireplaces, 650.543.1086 City lights. 5bd/5ba, 3-car garage, excellent 650.543.1074 hardwood floors, beam ceilings and an [email protected] finishes. Palo Alto schools. $6,500,000 [email protected] amazing setting. Remodeled master and guest baths. $5,900,000

Jenny Teng 650.543.1023 [email protected]

LOS ALTOS HILLS – Best value in Los Altos Connie PORTOLA VALLEY – Dramatic and Hills. Set on 1.96+/- flat acres. Custom- spacious 5bd/4.5ba remodeled estate on built home features superior craftsmanship Linton 2.6+/-useable acres with tennis court and Judy Jarvis Ellis and luxurious amenities. Main home with 650.543.1037 expansive lawn areas. Formal DR, library, 650.543.1027 6 suites and guest house with 2 suites. [email protected] oversized 3-car garage, 4 fireplaces. [email protected] $5,495,000 $4,995,000

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Scott and Sharon Symon Nick WOODSIDE – This one of a kind MENLO PARK – On a cul-de-sac in West architectural gem features 5700+/-sf of 650.543.1125 Menlo. Beautiful new home close distance Granoski living space located on a 1.19+/-acre lot 650.543.1079 to downtown Menlo Park. A 4,673+/-sf close to 280. Please call for details. [email protected] home on a nearly 15,000+/-sf lot. 650.543.1024 [email protected] [email protected] Call for Price Call for Price

COMING SOON Jenny Teng 650.543.1023 [email protected]

Suzie PALO ALTO – Fabulous 5bd/4ba home. PALO ALTO – The art of fine living. Huge kitchen and family room. 4bd/3.5ba with Home Theatre/Workshop Provo 11,390+/-sf lot; 4400+/-sf includes 1bd/1ba, on almost 10,000+/-sf lot. Enjoy modern in-law apartment with full kitchen and Judy Jarvis Ellis living in a beautiful Victorian house close 650.543.1020 living room. Outstanding North Palo Alto 650.543.1027 to downtown Palo Alto and Whole Foods [email protected] location. Call for Price [email protected] Market. $3,580,000

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Nick HILLSBOROUGH – Amazing views from Sherry MENLO PARK – Allied Arts. Dramatic, state this unique architectural gem featuring of the art home completed in 2001 with Granoski 5000+/-sf of living space located on a Bucolo high-end finishes on a large private lot 650.543.1024 2+/-acre lot. Please call for details. 650.543.1060 near downtown Menlo Park. $2,975,000 [email protected] Call for Price [email protected]

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Wendy PALO ALTO – Fabulous newer construction Sherry PALO ALTO – Crescent Park. 16,150+/-sf lot with 4995+/-sf in main house with 505+/ with classic English style 3bd/2.5ba home Kandasamy sf in cottage on 19,158+/-sf lot in prime Bucolo + studio apartment above 2-car garage. 650.543.1012 Barron Park neighborhood. 5bd/6.5ba, 650.543.1060 Refurbished pool and cabana highlight the [email protected] library, home theater, 3-car garage. [email protected] magnificent backyard. Call for Price $3,495,000

Jeff Stricker OPEN SUNDAY 650.209.1552 [email protected]

Ling LOS ALTOS HILLS – Fabulous 5bd/2.5ba LOS ALTOS – Spectacular hacienda-style bright home in great location. Close to retreat on 1 level. The 4,482+/-sf floor Lau the Village. Excellent views. Gourmet plan has 6bd/4.5ba, separate FR/DR and kitchen, granite counters, cathedral ceiling, Steve Tenbroeck detached studio. Tranquil 23,086+/-sf lot. 650.543.1055 hardwood floors and double decks. 650.543.1050 $2,750,000 [email protected] $2,700,000 [email protected]

Sherry PALO ALTO – Desirable Professorville Ali LOS ALTOS HILLS – Rare opportunity near downtown Palo Alto. Charming to own over one acre flat lot in popular Bucolo Mediterranean style home with 3 Rad unincorporated Los Altos Hills area. Total 650.543.1060 bedrooms + an office. Large picturesque 650.543.1105 livable space for the first and second floor [email protected] 9,375+/-sf lot offers separate cottage. [email protected] is 4,000+/-sf. 3-car garage. $2,395,000 Call for Price

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Bruce PALO ALTO – Prestigious Crescent Park. Greg MENLO PARK – Extensively remodeled Downtown convenience. Quiet tree-lined in 2005, this gorgeous 4bd/2.5ba home Whitson street. Private, elegant 3bd/2.5ba home. Celotti is nestled in one of West Menlo’s most 650.543.1112 Large living and dining rooms. Breakfast 650.543.1114 desirable neighborhoods and seamlessly [email protected] nook. $2,380,000 [email protected] combines traditional grace with contemporary comforts. $2,195,000

Sharon and SAN MATEO – Charming 1912 colonial PALO ALTO – Beautifully designed new home. Beautifully updated to blend Grace George Gerbing sunlit home. Luxurious amenities and traditional architecture with today’s Wu custom details. Exceptionally high ceilings 650.543.1083 amenities. French pane casement windows, 650.543.1086 (10ft+) one story:4bd/3ba top-of-line 650.543.1021 deep crown molding and beautiful [email protected] appliances, etc. $2,195,000 [email protected] hardwood floors with inlaid trim. $2,195,000 [email protected]

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Cathy LOS ALTOS HILLS – Magnificent private Kathleen MOUNTAIN VIEW – Stunning Resort-like Estate site for 6,500+/-sf Mediterranean property. 4 bedrooms with 2 master Chao Villa on 1.1+/-acre lot. Approved plans and Wilson suites. Separate living room, dining room 650.543.1089 permits ready. Great potential. $1,998,000 650.543.1094 plus large family room. Kitchen opens to [email protected] [email protected] yard with pool. Call for Price

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COMING SOON David Chung OPEN SAT/SUN 650.543.1058 [email protected]

Grace PALO ALTO – Totally remodeled and PALO ALTO – This 4bd/4ba home is 4 years expanded 3bd/3ba home located on tree- old and has many detail features not seen Wu lined street. High ceilings. Spacious in many new homes. Grand foyer, crystal 650.543.1086 rooms. Separate studio has 1bd/1ba, Caroline Ratelle chandelier, new designer carpet, 2 FP’s, extensive crown molding and paneling. [email protected] perfect for office/in-law. $1,898,000 650.543.1041 [email protected] Large backyard. $1,895,000

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Sherry PALO ALTO – North Palo Alto. Beautifully Pamela PALO ALTO – Charming 4bd/3ba Craftsman designed home on a desirable tree-lined style home. Finest quality appointments. Bucolo street. This 4bd/2.5ba and 2 family room Culp Hardwood floors in the central areas. 650.543.1060 spaces offers hardwood floors and custom 650.543.1051 Separate dining room and family room off [email protected] finishes. $1,849,000 [email protected] the kitchen allow for both casual living and formal entertaining. $1,795,000

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Arti PALO ALTO – Spacious upgraded Eichler. Ali LOS ALTOS HILLS – Hill views, perfect 5bd/3ba, 2450+/-sf with 8120+/-sf lot. Close setting to build a dream home. Two Miglani to Duveneck, Lucie Stern Community Rad existing structures, a main house and 650.543.1015 Center, Rinconada Park, Eleanor Park and 650.543.1105 cottage. Sewer line, Palo Alto schools. [email protected] main library. $1,699,000 [email protected] MFA=5,500+/-sf/MDA=10,000+/-sf. New construction plans available. $1,698,000

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SOLD COMING SOON

Scott and Sharon Symon Colleen MENLO PARK – Represented the buyer for MENLO PARK – Don’t miss this wonderful this inviting and ideally located 3bd/2ba 650.543.1125 home. Living room with vaulted ceilings, Foraker West Menlo home with a gracious floor 650.543.1079 wood-burning fireplace, hardwood floors. plan for entertaining and lovely gardens. [email protected] Big eat-in kitchen. 3bd/2ba with office. Las 650.543.1043 [email protected] [email protected] $1,695,000 Lomitas schools. Call for Price

SOLD David Chung COMING SOON 650.543.1058 [email protected]

Jennifer PALO ALTO – Beautiful 4bd/2.5ba 2450+/sf MENLO PARK – Beautifully remodeled home in desirable Community Center. Tuscan 2-story home in downtown. Buenrostro Granite kitchen opens to large FR. Formal 3bd/2ba, 2,080+/-sf, gourmet kitchen, 650.543.1097 DR and LR. Luxurious master. I represented Caroline Ratelle marble baths, lush landscaping in front and [email protected] the buyer. Call for Price 650.543.1041 back. 2-car garage. $1,399,000 [email protected]

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David PALO ALTO – Beautiful, updated 1922 Karen PALO ALTO – Charming home in desirable Craftsman Bungalow. Remodeled eat-in Southgate. 3 spacious bedrooms, 2 baths, Olerich kitchen, master bath and multi-use utilities McNay large separate DR, partial basement and room addition. Close to schools, shops very large, useable attic. Close to Stanford, 650.543.1059 650.543.1091 Palo Alto High School, transportation and [email protected] and parks. Sold in 5 days. $1,425,000 [email protected] shopping. $1,439,000

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PALO ALTO – Sold with multiple offers Ernesto PALO ALTO – Wonderfully expanded and Denise above asking price. Updated 4bd/2.5ba remodeled 3bd/2ba home in prime South Simons home on a large lot. Features include, Nassau Palo Alto. Large separate FR with wood- dual pane windows, hardwood floors, air burning fireplace. Hardwood floors just 650.543.1104 650.543.1040 conditioning and 2-car garage. $1,198,000 [email protected] refinished. $1,195,000 [email protected]

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Colleen PALO ALTO – Enjoy comfortable indoor/ Carol SAN CARLOS – Panoramic SF Bay and outdoor living at this bright and spacious canyon views. Exquisitely remodeled. Foraker 2bd/1ba home with a tranquil enclosed Li Stunning one-of-a-kind unit. Gourmet 650.543.1043 garden just blocks from downtown 650.281.8368 kitchen with granite and top line [email protected] Palo Alto. $1,075,000 [email protected] appliances. Hardwood floors. Courtyard CFORAKER@APR. entrance. Call for Price

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Gloria and PALO ALTO – Sold right away over Kathleen PALO ALTO – Spacious and open floor plan Phil Sheehan asking. 3bd/2ba, living room/dining room offers 3 bedrooms plus family space or combination. Separate family room, 2-car Wilson den. Cul-de-sac location. Newer kitchen 650.543.1613 garage, tree-lined street in wonderful South 650.543.1094 and private yard with hot tub. $1,025,000 650.543.1113 Palo Alto neighborhood. $1,050,000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Lizbeth REDWOOD CITY – Mt. Carmel charmer. Lydia Kou and CUPERTINO – Charming 4 bedroom, This sunlit 3bd/2ba home boasts a family John St. Clair 2 bath rancher close to DeAnza College Rhodes room. The spacious, secluded back yard is and conveniences. Eat-in kitchen, spacious 650.543.1066 a park like setting. 2-car garage. Coming 650.543.1011 master suite with walk-in closet. Attached [email protected] 2-car garage. Call for Price [email protected] soon. Call for Price [email protected]

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Lydia Kou and SUNNYVALE – Updated ranch-style home Shelly MENLO PARK – Charming 4bd/2ba home featuring 3bd/2ba, spacious and bright located on a quiet cul-de-sac in a country John St. Clair kitchen with generous cabinet and counter Roberson setting. Recently remodeled light filled 650.543.1011 space with adjoining family room. Central 650.543.1093 home featuring modern updated kitchen, [email protected] heat and air conditioning. $998,000 [email protected] new carpet, beautiful Oak floors, incredible [email protected] second story addition. Call for Price

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Pamela MENLO PARK – Adorable 2bd/1ba cottage Pamela SAN MATEO – Single level 2bd/2ba located that has been in the same family for 60 in the new Nazareth Plaza complex. Lovely Culp years. Close to shopping, schools and Culp unit with large kitchen, granite countertop, 650.543.1051 transportation. Situated on a large lot and 650.543.1051 plantation shutters other upgrades. [email protected] is perfect for buyer who wants to update or [email protected] $829,000 build new. Call for Price

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Connie MENLO PARK – Spacious 3bd/2.5ba, PPG Sandy Harris SAN JOSE – Beautifully updated rare townhome with high ceilings, slab granite 5bd/2.5ba in desirable Pinehurst with Linton kitchen, breakfast room, formal dining Nancy Mott optional cabana/club membership. 650.543.1037 room, slate patio and fenced yard. Connie 650.543.1071 Gorgeous kitchen, recessed lighting, [email protected] Linton represented the buyer for this 650.543.1049 air conditioning. All new windows and home. $814,000 [email protected] landscaping. $789,000 [email protected]

SOLD COMING SOON

Michael MOUNTAIN VIEW – Beautifully maintained Pamela SAN MATEO – 7 years new 2bd/2.5ba cozy cottage, updated kitchen and bath, townhome. Hardwood floors in all of the Hall three bedrooms, hardwood floors, newer Culp living areas, plush carpet on the bedroom level, crown molding, designer paint 650.543.1084 windows and roof, detached garage, nice 650.543.1051 backyard. $775,000 and more. Located near shopping and [email protected] [email protected] transportation. $749,000

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Ron REDWOOD CITY – 2bd/1ba front unit with Connie PALO ALTO – Sensational loft-style 2bd/1ba newer 1-car/office rear unit. Also, rare to penthouse condo with custom cabinetry, Marin find bonus feature. Don’t miss – come see Linton fireplace, wood floors, marble bath and 650.543.1035 for yourself. $729,000 650.543.1037 2 decks. $695,000 [email protected] [email protected]

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Nadr MENLO PARK – Beautiful 2bd/1ba condo Suzie PALO ALTO – Convenient downtown living. completely updated, single level with Beautiful 1bd/1ba condo. Huge balcony Essabhoy garage and additional storage. Provo overlooks pool. Spacious and light. 650.543.1124 Call for Price 650.543.1020 Complex offers recreation room, pool; [email protected] [email protected] 24-hour security, parking. Call for Price

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Nick SUNNYVALE – Close distance to Melinda MOUNTAIN VIEW – 2bd/2ba updated downtown Sunnyvale, this 2bd/2ba single townhome. Granite kitchen, new Granoski level condo offers high ceilings, granite Wedemeyer appliances, indoor laundry, new carpets 650.543.1024 kitchen counter-tops and much more. 650.543.1109 and fresh paint. Backyard patio. Situated [email protected] $549,000 [email protected] in a small complex. $575,000

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Ana MOUNTAIN VIEW – Sparkling well Nick SAN MATEO – Located on the top floor maintained 2bd/2ba ground floor end-unit. of the desirable Woodlake complex, this Hays New Pergo floors. Laundry in unit. Large Granoski 1bd/1ba end unit condo features new 650.255.3696 patio. Call for Price 650.543.1024 carpets, granite counter-tops and more. [email protected] [email protected] Call for Price

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Page 20 • Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 Health Notes

STROKE AND WOMEN LECTURE SERIES . . . The symptoms of stroke can be different for women than for men. Peninsula Stroke A monthly section on recreation and health, edited by Sue Dremann Association is sponsoring a lec- Health&Fitness ture series on the topic beginning March 14 at 11:30 a.m., at the same vibrancy to the vintage collec- Menlo Park Senior Center, 100 tion, she digitally restored the the Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. The aging, yellowed ads for the exhibit. talk will cover warning signs, risk One of her favorites is of Audrey factors and stroke prevention. Hepburn wearing a hat brimmed The talk will be in English and with cigarettes. Another stunner, a Spanish. For information on other Lucky Strike ad from 1932, depicts locations and dates, visit www. a man blowing smoke rings — one psastroke.org. Admission is free. of which becomes a diamond en- RSVP is recommended. Call 650- gagement ring slipping onto the fin- 565-8485 or e-mail support@ ger of a woman’s outstretched hand. psastroke.org. “Forever and ever.” Robert called the campaigns “an MINDFUL EATING . . . Palo Alto era of complete hucksterism.” Medical Foundation will offer the As the public began to associate class Mindful Eating: Changing oral and lung cancers with smok- Behaviors That May Lead to Eat- ing, tobacco companies embarked ing Disorders on April 10 from 7 on campaigns that shifted with the to 8:30 p.m. The class covers how prevailing social and political winds eating disorders can develop from of the times. The golden age of ciga- “disordered eating” behaviors rette ads ended in 1954, when the such as dieting and overeating, Federal Trade Commission clamped and how to change those habits. Marjan Sadough down on tobacco companies mak- The class is free and located at ing health claims. Palo Alto Clinic, Hearst Center for Tobacco was a known cause of Health Education, 3rd floor, 795 El oral cancer as early as the 18th Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 650- century, but the link to lung can- i 853-2960. cer wasn’t accepted until the early Dr. Robert Jackler poses by the exhibit of vintage tobacco ads at the Lane Medical Library at the Stanford 1940s and ‘50s, Robert said. When UNDERSTANDING DRUG PLANS University Medical Center. physician Isaac Adler made the con- . . . A lecture on Medicare, nection in 1912, he was forced to HMOs and the New Prescription apologize. At the time, lung cancer Drug Plan will be presented by disease was considered rare. the Stanford Health Library on But by the 1920s, the public was March 22 at 7 p.m. The discus- beginning to take a closer look, Got a light? forcing tobacco companies to shift sion will cover how the plans work and the latest changes. Free. strategies. People were calling ciga- Stanford Health Library, 2-B Stan- Vintage cigarette ad exhibit focuses on industry manipulation rettes “cancer nails.” The iconic im- ford Shopping Center, Stanford. by Sue Dremann age of the doctor in a white lab coat Call 650-498-7826. appeared in ads for three decades, he kindly looking doctor in a will share with the public at an ex- smoker, was diagnosed with lung often backed by pseudoscience. The AUTISM RESEARCH SEEKS white lab coat holds up a pack- hibition at Stanford’s Lane Medical cancer shortly after the couple be- industry sponsored “research insti- SUBJECTS . . . Researchers T age of Lucky Strike cigarettes, Library through May. gan their collection six months ago, tutes,” and handed out cartons of at Lucile Packard Children’s gazing at them fondly. Wise, beneficent physicians, sci- he said. cigarettes at medical conventions, Hospital are studying the safety “20,679 Physicians say ‘Luck- entists, celebrities, sports stars, San- The exhibit’s title, “Not a cough in Robert said. and effectiveness of a new anti- ies are less irritating.’ Your Throat ta Claus and even babies were used a carload,” comes from an Old Gold At a booth near the door, doctors psychotic medication to improve Protection against irritation, against by cigarette companies in a deadly, cigarette slogan, just one of many would be given a pack of Camels. behavioral problems such as ag- cough,” the colorful ad proclaims. manipulative campaign to lure new that billed cigarettes as being sooth- “The doctor would put the pack in gression and agitation in children Dr. Robert Jackler, professor and young smokers from 1920 to 1954. ing and healthful. his shirt pocket, and when he left, with autism. The medication has chair of otolaryngology at Stanford, The exhibit sheds light on tobacco Although the couple initially fo- another person would ask, ‘What been approved by the Food and was struck by the ad’s audacious company tactics by showing how or- cused on ads featuring doctors, the cigarette do you smoke, Doctor?’ Drug Administration for treatment misuse of the physician’s iconic im- chestrated campaigns have worked exhibit also features celebrities, and the doctor would pull out the of adults with bipolar disorder and age of authority. He purchased the over time. Together with Robert from W.C. Fields (“Even a sword pack of Camels. That’s how they schizophrenia. Participants should 1940s-era image at a Marin County Proctor, Ph.D., a Stanford profes- swallower needs the throat-ease of could claim, ‘The brand named be between 6 and 17 years old, flea market several years ago, never sor of history and science, they are Old Gold”) to Lucille Ball. Many most by doctors,’” he said. have a diagnosis of autism and realizing it would birth an exhibit. writing a book featuring many of of them died from lung cancer, he Often, ads contained vignettes: meet behavioral questionnaire Now, Jackler and his wife, artist the vintage ads. said. the doctor offering soothing as- guidelines. The study will take Laurie Jackler, have amassed hun- The exhibition has poignancy for The ads themselves are visually surances; making a house call to eight weeks. Contact Daphne dreds the glossy images, which they Robert, whose mother, a long-term stunning, Laurie said. To bring that (continued on page 22) Nayar, 650-736-8364.

DOMINOES FOR HEALTH . . . The Children’s Health Council Auxiliary will host the 45th An- nual Masters’ Domino Tourna- ment on March 24 beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the Menlo Circus Club. The tournament benefits the Children’s Health Council, which helps children with behavioral and developmental challenges.

Tournament fees are $140 per Marjan Sadough advanced player; and $70 per novice player, and include conti- nental breakfast and buffet lunch. Contact Nancy Schumacher at 650-854-5599 or CHC voicemail i at 650-617-3816. ■ Dr. Robert Jackler, left, and Robert Proctor, a Stanford University professor of science history, talk about the influence of tobacco companies on athletes of the ‘20s and ‘50s. They were at the exhibit of vintage tobacco ads (at right) at the Lane Medical Library. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 21 Health & Fitness Marjan Sadough i At the Lane Medical Library Dr. Robert Jackler poses with the ads featuring physicians who promoted the use of cigarettes.

Smoking The menthol cigarette caused a could smoke.)” leading cause of cancer death among (continued from page 21) huge jump in sales. Kool put forth The campaign was successful. women in 1987,” he said. a campaign calling their brand “a Only 5 percent of American wom- Filters helped boost cigarette sales an elderly grandmother; in the lab breath of fresh air.” en smoked in 1923, but that number dramatically, according to Proctor. creating antibiotics — images that Kools were targeted to African peaked at 33 percent in 1965, Proc- In 1950, only 2 percent of smokers instilled a connection of compassion Americans in the 1950s as part of tor said. smoked a filter cigarette. In 2005, and health. a lifestyle that included cool jazz, that number was 99 percent, he Over time, cigarettes were claimed Dr. Jackler said. The success of that said. But the most deadly industrial to aid everything from weight loss campaign is still apparent today “Smokers inhaled setting of the 1960s was the filter to digestion. — 68 percent of African American factory. At least one brand of filter The idea wasn’t so far-fetched. smokers use menthol cigarettes, he millions of deadly cigarettes, the Kent micronite filter, Stanford, which accepted $2.6 mil- In the 19th century, smoking was added. fibers per year and was made of asbestos. lion in Philip Morris support — still believed to help lower the risk of “Inhale to your heart’s content,” “Smokers inhaled millions of do, Proctor said. In the 1980s, 26 deadly diseases such as diphtheria an ad intoned. were never told of the deadly fibers per year and were nev- of 28 major baseball stadiums had and typhus. Women became early targets of hazards.” er told of the hazards,” he said. Marlboro or Winston billboards in During the London plague of tobacco companies when cigarettes - Robert Proctor, Today, 5.7 trillion cigarettes are the outfield. 1665, children were instructed to became symbols of emancipation. Professor of Science History smoked every year, and cigarettes “We still have Virginia Slims smoke in the classroom as a way to Trading on the women’s suffrage Stanford University are still targeted at 13- to 21-year- women’s tennis, Winston Cup NAS- avoid getting the disease according movement, the American Tobacco olds, he said. The exploitation has CAR and the Marlboro Cup horse to Robert Proctor, who has studied Company advertised cigarettes to “In the 1950s, lung cancer was a merely taken a different form. race,” he said.■ the history of the tobacco industry women as “torches of freedom.” rare disease. In 2000, it was killing Although some medical schools Staff Writer Sue Dremann for 20 years and helped put together And in a 1912 ad, a woman pro- nearly 70,000 people per year. Lung won’t take tobacco company money can be e-mailed at sdremann@ the exhibition. claimed, “I wish I were a man. (So I cancer surpassed breast cancer as the for research, others — including paweekly.com. Eat Local • Buy Local At Country Sun, we believe in supporting our local organic suppliers because local food is fresher, has better flavor, & benefits the environment. That’s why we buy organic milk, yogurt, butter and ice cream from our favorite local dairy, Straus Family Creamery. Country Sun Your Local Natural Foods Store 440 S. California Ave in Palo Alto 650.324.9190

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tion and targeted nutritional supple- of how the heart works as both a Maintaining a healthy heart ments; exercise; and mind-body pump and as an electrical organ. Us- techniques for stress reduction. ing case studies to introduce chap- Books discuss warning signs, lifestyle changes and arrhythmias The book focuses on the role of ters, the various types and causes of by The Health Library inflammation and plaque as causes arrhythmias are discussed, as are of heart disease, downplaying cho- medical and interventional treat- eart disease is the leading “practical and proven approach” lesterol’s role as prime suspect. The ments, including pacemakers. cause of death for both men includes a useful list of “101 things authors are reputable physicians, A section is dedicated to the Hand women in the United you can do now to prevent a heart but readers should be aware that electrocardiogram, the prime tool States. attack,” along with specifics on nu- some of the treatment methods rec- for diagnosing arrhythmias. The According to the Centers for trition, exercise and medication. ommended, such as chelation, are author also discusses the history of Disease Control (CDC), almost “Reverse Heart Disease Now” controversial and may not be uni- arrhythmia treatment and some of 700,000 Americans die of heart dis- (John Wiley & Sons, 2007), by versally accepted as scientifically the physicians who pioneered the ease every year. It is good news that The author names the “Big Five” Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., James C. proven and safe. field. This part is interesting but not these deaths have declined in recent killers: high blood pressure, diabe- Roberts, M.D. and Martin Zucker, Arrhythmias — rapid, slow or ir- as practical for patients as the rest years, but still nearly 30 percent of tes, smoking, obesity and a seden- presents a comprehensive program regular heartbeats — are common of the book. All in all, this book is a all deaths stem from heart disease. tary lifestyle. He also discusses the of lifestyle changes, along with in- problems and a cause for concern valuable read for those who experi- The American Heart Association latest methods of diagnosis and risk formation on medication, vitamins that may signal a benign condition ence cardiac arrhythmia. ■ asserts that 70 million people in the assessment. and other nutritional supplements to or life-threatening heart disease. There are many more excellent United States have some form of This book is motivational, as it prevent or even reverse risk of heart They are the subject of “You and heart health resources at the Stan- cardiovascular disease. carefully delivers information that disease. Your Arrhythmia: a guide to heart ford Health Library. Research assis- Several compelling books on the everyone should know, including The authors are clinical cardiolo- rhythm problems for patients and tance and information packets are subject were published in the past how to recognize the warning signs gists who, after decades of experi- their families” (Jones and Bartlett available free of charge. Branches year and are on the shelves at the of heart attack. ence, describe themselves as “born Publishers, 2006). are located at the Stanford Shopping Stanford Health Library. One useful chapter covers chest again,” now practicing integrative Author John A. Kastor, M.D., has Center near Bloomingdales’; on the “Heart Smart: A cardiologist’s pain, something many people expe- cardiology and blending conven- filled a void. There are not many third floor of Stanford Hospital or five-step plan for detecting, pre- rience, although most are not sure tional medicine with complemen- other consumer-level books that on the main level of Stanford’s new venting and even reversing heart when to be worried. To help readers tary methods. address arrhythmias. This book Cancer Center. The Health Library disease” (John Wiley & Sons, assess when it may be dangerous They present a detailed plan, covers the subject well, in just 142 can be reached at 650-725-8400, 2006), by Matthew DeVane, M.D., and should be evaluated by a doc- “The New Cardiology Unclog Plan,” pages. http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu or is a book that teaches readers, step tor, the different types and causes featuring “Four Pillars of Healing.” There is an excellent explanation [email protected]. by step, ways to reduce the risk of of chest pain are outlined. These “pillars” incorporate diet heart disease. The final step in Dr. DeVane’s and weight management; medica- whiter Model survivors years,” she said. brighter For Paula Power, 59, the fashion Women who successfully battled breast cancer take show means giving back to Com- faster to the runway in fashion event munity Breast Health Project for all Whiten your teeth in about an hour! the things the organization did for by Susan Hong her. When she first found out she take your first step to feeling good, looking great had breast cancer, she denied it. But and making a memorable impression every time you t most fashion shows, clothing to provide support services to wom- eventually Power realized she had to smile. You owe it to yourself! Find out more about is the main attraction. But at en who face breast cancer. Develop- take action and turned to CBHP for Zoom! in-office tooth whitening. Athe Community Breast Health ment coordinator for the Palo Alto support, she said. Project’s fitness and beach-wear nonprofit, Sophie Messer, is hoping “They meant so much in my life, Call today! show March 17, the focus will more to match last year’s donations and and they helped me get through an likely be on the 30 breast-cancer sur- draw 300 people to the event. interesting period,” she said. “The vivors who will be modeling — and Brighton Collectibles, Calla, 4 staff there, there’s nothing they Love Your Smile affirming their beauty and strength Clothing, Talbots, Tommy Bahamas won’t do for you. I was just lucky COSMETIC DENTISTRY despite their cancer diagnoses. and Harold’s designer brands are that we live in a community where David B. Love, D.D.S. The fashion show provides the donating clothes for the show. Tif- we have these services.” 703 Welch Road, Suite E-6, Palo Alto 650-327-9340 models with an opportunity to cel- fany & Co. is donating five pieces In addition to a tropical-themed (near Stanford Hospital) www.lovethedentist.com ebrate conquering breast cancer of jewelry, and Diamonds of Palo dinner, wine will be donated by alongside fellow survivors and to Alto will donate one loose diamond, Chatom and Marryvale, and cham- help build self-esteem among others Messer said. pagne from Beltramo’s. ■ with the disease. This year’s fund- The models range in age from 27 Editorial Intern Susan Hong raiser, with the theme of “Fit for to 80. The oldest among them, Juan- can be emailed at shong@paweek- Life Goes to the Tropics,” will be ita Brooks, discovered her breast ly.com. held at Hotel Sofitel San Francisco cancer on her own even though her Bay in Redwood City. mammogram tests showed negative, About the show One model hitting the runways is she said. She had a double mastec- double-mastectomy survivor Lori tomy in April 2005, followed by What: The Community Breast Are you interested in alternative medicine? Sinclair, who found out she had chemotherapy treatments. Health Project hosts “Fit for Life breast cancer in September 1994 For her, modeling in the fashion Goes to the Tropics,” a fashion — just before her wedding. show is important for sending an in- show and fundraiser PARTICIPANTS WANTED “We had to cancel the wedding. formative and hopeful message. When: Saturday, March 17; for Stanford Research Study of a It’s like we announced (the breast “I will be extremely happy. Cer- cocktails at 6:30 p.m., dinner at cancer), and I was really uncom- tainly women who have not had 7:30 p.m. Natural Supplement That May fortable with that. I couldn’t make breast cancer will look at me in a Where: Sofitel San Francisco those phone calls, so my husband positive way,” she said. Bay, 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, Improve Blood Pressure!!! did,” she said. She said she hopes the fashion Redwood Shores (part of Red- Thirteen years later, she and her show will also highlight the impor- wood City) You may qualify if you: husband have a son. tance of breast exams and mammo- Cost: Tickets are $250 per per- “I want to tell women that it’s grams. son. • Are between the ages of 35 and 70 hard. It’s not what you want, but “It’s a slow-growing cancer, and Info: Sophie Messer at (650) • Might have systolic blood pressure of 123 or higher there’s another side to it. When it probably had been in my body for 326-6299. www.cbhp.org. • Do not take blood pressure or diabetes medications you come through to the other side, you’re even better than you were Receive Free Health Screening for before — in many intrinsic ways,” • Specialize in hot and she said. Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease! spicy dishes (mild also No Monetary Compensation “I try to live it day by day. 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Before that are available I was doing what I needed to do; I Tel: (650) 328-6885 Call for special banquet and UPBEAT Study website: was a workaholic.” Fax: (650) 328-8889 catering menu This year marks the second an- 443 Emerson St. http://ppop.stanford.edu niversary of the fashion show, which Palo Alto, CA 94301 or call: (650)724-9293 raised more than $200,000 in 2006 jingjinggourmet.com FOOD TO GO • DELIVERY Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 23 THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE PALO ALTO WEEKLY are pleased to announce the 28TH ANNUAL TALL TREE AWARDS Pulse A weekly compendium of vital statistics April 12, 2007 Crowne Plaza Cabaña POLICE CALLS Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 Atherton Trespassing ...... 1 March 5-11 4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto Vandalism ...... 4 Theft related Mediterranean Ballroom March 5-11 Warrant/Palo Alto ...... 1 Grand theft ...... 1 Violence related Warrant/other agency...... 12 Vehicle related Attempted robbery ...... 1 Weapon disposal request...... 3 5:30-7:00 p.m. Silent Auction Hit and run ...... 1 Battery ...... 1 Menlo Park Misc. parking/driving violation ...... 2 & No Host Reception Domestic violence ...... 1 March 5-11 Suspicious vehicle ...... 11 Elder abuse...... 1 7:00-9:00 p.m. Dinner and Program Violence related Traffic hazard ...... 4 Robbery ...... 1 Attempted suicide...... 1 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1 Strong-arm robbery ...... 1 Battery ...... 3 Vehicle code violation ...... 2 Honoring Theft related Shooting ...... 1 Vehicle tow ...... 1 Attempted burglary...... 2 Theft related Miscellaneous OUTSTANDING CITIZEN Commercial burglary ...... 2 Fraud ...... 4 911 hang-up ...... 3 Fraud ...... 1 GARY FAZZINO Grand theft ...... 2 Animal call ...... 1 Grand theft ...... 6 Petty theft ...... 4 Citizen assist...... 5 Petty theft ...... 4 Residential burglary ...... 2 Civil matter ...... 2 OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL Residential burglary ...... 5 Vehicle related Construction complaint ...... 1 Vehicle related CHARLES (CHOP) KEENAN III Abandoned auto...... 1 Disturbance ...... 1 Abandoned auto...... 2 Auto theft ...... 1 Foot patrol ...... 2 Auto theft ...... 2 Driving w/suspended license ...... 3 Found property...... 2 Driving w/suspended license ...... 9 OUTSTANDING BUSINESS Driving without license ...... 4 Hazard ...... 1 Hit and run ...... 4 Hit and run ...... 3 Juvenile problem ...... 2 JJ&F MARKET Misc. traffic ...... 9 Theft from auto ...... 3 Medical aid ...... 1 Theft from auto ...... 2 Vehicle accident/major injury ...... 1 Meet citizen ...... 2 Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 6 OUTSTANDING NON-PROFIT Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 2 Missing person ...... 2 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .6 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1 Outside agency assist ...... 6 CHRISTMAS BUREAU Vehicle impound ...... 5 Vehicle tow ...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 4 Vehicle tow ...... 4 Alcohol or drug related Suspicious person ...... 2 OF PALO ALTO Alcohol or drug related Drunk in public ...... 1 Town ordinance violation ...... 9 Drinking in public ...... 1 Drunken driving...... 2 Watermain break ...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 1 Title Sponsor: Hewlett Packard Possession of drugs ...... 2 Drunken driving...... 5 Sale of drugs...... 3 Possession of drugs ...... 5 Online registration: www: PaloAltoChamber.com Miscellaneous VIOLENT CRIMES Possession of paraphernalia...... 2 Assist outside agency...... 3 Under influence of drugs ...... 1 Palo Alto FOR RESERVATIONS AND INFORMATION Coroner’s case ...... 1 Miscellaneous Unlisted location, 3/5, 3:32 p.m.; strong- Info. case ...... 4 Forgery ...... 2 arm robbery. 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Page 24 • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Participants Wanted for Stanford Study of a Natural Supplement That May Lower Blood Pressure and Improve Cholesterol! Transitions You may qualify if: A weekly compendium of vital statistics • Are between the ages of 35 and 70 • Systolic blood pressure of 123 or higher (if you do not know Menlo Park and burial was in the Park, Leslie Dezendorf of Duran- your blood pressure, you may still be eligible) Deaths Italian Cemetery in Colma. go, Colo., Jonathan Hunter of Ha- The family requests memorial waii and Amy Hunter of New York No Monetary Compensation Paula Callahan donations be made to the Com- City, N.Y.; 12 grandchildren and Receive Free Health Screening Paula Callahan, a 25-year resi- munity Breast Health Project, 390 his siblings, Helen and Robert. dent of Menlo Park, died Feb. 26 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, 94306; According to his wishes, a pri- for Diabetes and Heart Disease after a four-year battle with breast or the Northern California Com- vate memorial service was held For more information or to sign up, please go to our website: cancer. She was 61. munity Foundation, Paula Callah- March 2 at Skylawn Memorial http://ppop.stanford.edu or call: (650) 725-9293 She spent her entire life in the an Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 1268, Park. Memorial donations may Bay Area, graduating from Sunny- Menlo Park, CA 94026. be made to the Southern Poverty vale High School. She married Law Center (www.splcenter.org), James Edward Callahan in 1964 Paul B. Martin 400 Washington Ave., Montgom- and the couple had two daughters. Paul B. Martin, a resident of ery, AL 36104; or the Internation- Since her diagnosis in 2003, she Atherton, died Feb. 28 at his home al Center for Transitional Justice had been involved in projects and after a long illness. (www.icjt.org), 5 Hanover Square, advocacy for breast cancer survi- Born in 1922 in Batavia, Ill., a New York, NY 10004. Have you been wanting to vors. She was featured in a May suburb of Chicago, he attended 2005 Almanac article about the Batavia High School and Marmion Dorothea Sege “green” your driveway? Scribbling Women of CBHP — a Military Academy. He graduated Dorothea Sege, 60, a longtime Community Breast Health Project from Miami University in Oxford, local activist and former resident Let the San Francisquito Watershed Council give you some ideas! program led by Menlo Park writer Ohio, in 1948, where he played of Woodside, died Feb. 12 in San Sharon Bray that brought together baseball, basketball and football. Francisco. Join us for a GUIDED TOUR of our new breast cancer patients to write and He flew corsairs as a carrier pi- Born in Rinteln, Germany, she Eco-friendly driveway and parking lot demonstration projects to support one another. Her poem lot in the Navy during World War emigrated to the United States in “Scar” was published with the ar- II. 1966 and settled in the Bay Area in Sat, March 24 (10 am – 12 noon) OR ticle. After the war, he and his broth- 1976. In 1982 she married Thom- Sun, March 25 (1 – 3 pm) Her friends and colleagues re- er, Robert, moved to Miami, Fla., as Sege, later CEO of Palo Alto’s Meeting location: 735 Homer Ave, Palo Alto member her “as a woman always where they formed Martin Broth- Varian Inc. in charge, vocal with her opinions RSVP: Katie Pilat (650-961-1035 x305, ers Construction Co., specializing She was active in the Peninsula [email protected] and incredibly generous of spirit,” in building luxury homes. He was Peace and Justice Center, Jewish her family said in a written state- a past president of the Florida Na- Voices for Peace and the American More info at www.sanfrancisquito.org/runoff ment. tional Association of Home Build- Friends Service Committee. Funding for this project has been provided in full or in part through an Agreement with the State Water Resources In addition to her husband, James, ers. In 1967 he moved to Califor- She is survived by her husband, Control Board (SWRCB) pursuant to the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000 (Proposition 13) and any amendments and daughter and son-in-law, Amy nia and formed Paul B. Martin & Thomas Sege of Woodside; four thereto for the implementation of California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program. and Alaistair of Daly City, she is Associates, General Contractors, sisters, Karla Ebipane of Oregon, The projects feature PERMEABLE MATERIALS that allow rainwater to soak into the ground. survived by her daughter, Kristie and continued to build throughout Gabriele Toukan of Pennsylvania, By reducing runoff, you can help REDUCE POLLUTION AND EROSION in our local creeks! Callahn Gill of Wellesley, Mass.; his life. 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Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 25 Editorial The dirty secret of the ‘voluntary practice’ Stanford swimming coach was so careless he got caught red-handed, but pressure on both college SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions and high school athletes to participate in off-season training is rampant and reforms are overdue darin-immersion proponents’ plan Central Valley sprawl Nature vs. money to apply for a charter school, it oc- igh school and collegiate rules make clear that during the Editor, Editor, curred to me that the true colors of off-season, athletic teams are not to engage in organized I would be more sympathetic The lead sentence in the “green” their group are being revealed. H team practices, and off-season “training” must be entirely with Steve Raney’s suggestion education article on page 3 of the After making repeated proposals voluntary. (Weekly, March 7) if adding 3,716 March 7 Weekly incorrectly pres- and being turned down by two dif- In reality, coaches at NCAA Division 1 schools like Stanford homes in Palo Alto meant the end ents the “classic conflict” as be- ferent school boards, their attitude coaches almost universally find ways to skirt the rules and keep of sprawl in the Central Valley. tween “nature and public safety,” is: “You approve my proposal or their players working year-round. Some teams are instructed However, the most likely scenar- which it is not. else I’ll make you pay.” Given that io is that even if Palo Alto added It is between nature and money. the state law for charter schools to enroll in physical education classes that are essentially team many more homes, the sprawl in As the article makes clear, the requires that the district where the practices or weight-lifting sessions, others participate with the Central Valley would continue reason the school district destroyed charter school is housed is respon- coaches in small group training sessions designed to meet the unabated. the hillside was to save money. It sible for providing facilities and letter of the NCAA regulations. Some are expected to attend Of the 78,109 people who work was less expensive than maintain- given that opening a new elemen- and participate in summer camps aimed at recruiting prospects. in Palo Alto, only 2,798 live out- ing safety by mowing. tary school in Palo Alto costs mil- At the high school level the situation is not much better. side the nine Bay Area counties So what lesson did the kids lions of dollars, it is a disgrace that School and league policies spell out when organized practices and 1,310 of them live in Santa learn? That money talks louder the Mandarin-immersion group re- can begin for each sport, but high school coaches routinely Cruz. Only 135 live in Tracy and than nature and that the affluent fuses any alternative but to apply create unofficial “voluntary” sessions well in advance of the 333 from the rest of San Joaquin community of Palo Alto, no mat- for a charter school. start of the season. The Palo Alto High School baseball team, County. ter what it preaches, doesn’t choose The intent of the charter-school for example, has been practicing since the fall, even though it Will those Palo Alto workers to spend its money on keeping its law is to create innovative, quality is a spring sport. commuting from the Central Valley irreplaceable natural environment school options for students in un- The price for complaining or not participating? Kiss off your give up their four- or five-bedroom healthy. der-performing districts. Charter chances of starting or, potentially, of even making the team. suburban houses with garages and What a sad situation. schools don’t make sense in suc- There is, of course, a big difference between a Division 1 backyards for a comparably priced L. Peter Deutsch cessful, over-enrolled, basic-aid athletic program — where virtually all athletes have chosen Palo Alto postage-stamp condo? Santa Margarita Avenue districts like ours. to make collegiate athletics their highest priority — and local Please, please explain to me how Menlo Park There are other options than to high school sports teams. anything Palo Alto does will stop apply for a charter school. They But last week’s revelation that long-time Stanford swimming sprawl in the Central Valley. We don’t care if it costs the Palo Alto coach Skip Kenney had intentionally removed the names of don’t control their land-use poli- Do they care? school district millions, reducing cies. Editor, funding for all the other students five former star swimmers from the university’s media guide Arthur M. Keller, Ph.D. After reading the article in the record books demonstrates just how far a vindictive coach will Member, Palo Alto Planning March 2 issue regarding the Man- (continued on page 28) go to punish an athlete that falls out of favor — for whatever and Transportation Commission reason. Corina Way Worse, when asked by the Stanford Daily about the removal Palo Alto YOUR TURN of the names from this year’s guide, Kenney tried to blame it on a mix-up instead of admitting his actions and taking The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on responsibility for them. Opinion on the mark issues of local interest. To his credit, new Stanford Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby Editor, immediately made clear there was no mix-up. In a statement, I think Steve Raney’s Guest What do you think? Should Stanford swim coach Skip Kenney be Bowlsby condemned not only Kenney’s actions but also those Opinion (March 7) was right on fired for removing names from the media guide? of former Stanford media relations director Bob Vasquez, who the mark. knowingly went along with Kenney’s desire to remove the I was delighted when the City Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] Council made global-warming or shorter comments to [email protected]. Include your name, achievements of the five swimmers from the media guide. address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right The next day, Bowlsby suspended Kenney from the athletic reduction a top priority, but dis- to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors department pending a full investigation and possible further mayed when it relegated housing to known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be accepted. discipline. a secondary tier. As Raney points You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town out so well, the two are inherently Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read Stanford justifiably takes great pride in its scholar athletes, blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any and in its philosophy that great athletic achievement should not related. The Palo Alto Green Ribbon time, day or night. come at the expense of a diverse collegiate experience. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- Task Force report shows that 80 Conflicts between athletes and coaches are not uncommon, mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish percent of “commute greenhouse it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. and some arise because of athletes trying to balance their gas emissions” result from “in- For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Assistant to the Editor commitment to athletics with the many other opportunities a commuting” while emissions pro- Tyler Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. great university like Stanford has to offer. duced from in-town commuting is Bowlsby’s predecessor, Ted Leland, often described the negligible. institutional challenges of achieving this balance, since coaches Of course, there are enormous feel pressure from administrators, alumns and players to win social benefits from having more championships. That leaves the player who wants to attend an of the workforce housed in Palo overseas campus or do an internship during the off-season out Alto — just think of where our es- of favor and subject to the coach’s discipline. sential city workers will be after Leland once floated the idea of requiring each sport at an earthquake, when we need them Stanford to designate one quarter when players would have no the most and the roads and bridges athletic responsibilities, no “voluntary” training requirements, may not be open. and essentially no contact with the coaching staff. At the very least the city should If Stanford is serious about the integrity of its athletic not contest the 3,716 new housing program, it not only needs to fire coach Kenney but implement units required by the Association new policies to ensure that sports is not the only memory of Bay Area Governments in its athletes have of their Stanford education. Regional Housing Needs Assess- And high school administrators and athletic directors ment. should heed this wake-up call too. Creeping starting dates Instead, the city and its neighborhood associations should make ev- for pre-season “voluntary” practices should not be condoned, ery attempt possible to determine and school officials must stop looking the other way as they how and where to build them. become more and more commonplace. Irvin Dawid Alma Street Palo Alto Page 26 • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read Diana Diamond’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town!

Board of Contributors Fooling the conquerors to preserve our own history

by Jeff Blum people and old people accept each other as ager to raise money equals? Why do young people drive through for a project cre- Plundering our gold and silver reserves is one thing (if life so fast while old people drive through it E ated about three we actually had such reserves). Destroying our cultural so slowly? years ago with help from Intergenerational relations have important Sheila Mandoli, our lo- record is quite another. implications for community cohesion. The cal intergenerational Utter chaos would reign. Novel ideas, stories, philosophies videotape will provide a framework for under- relations guru, I jumped standing intergenerational relations, describe outside the box. and moralities — our entire vision of the world and our younger people’s and older people’s priorities, As I always tell my lives in it — would be trampled and lost forever. describe the nature of intergenerational rela- daughters when they tions in our community, consider the potential do well in school or ac- for social cohesion between the generations, complish some other im- and identify the challenges that lay ahead in pressive goal, it is time improving intergenerational relations. to “feel proud.” My novel approach to asking Consider the videotape as an investment people for money shines as big as my toothy other. Utter chaos would reign. Novel ideas, formerly homeless person will do likewise in creating cooperation rather than conflict smile at its best. stories, philosophies and moralities — our with a well-off teenager. A senior African amongst the generations. Perhaps the talk I attended about innova- entire vision of the world and our lives in it American will pair up with a teenage African What guarantee is there that a modern day tion at IDEO a few weeks ago did the trick: — would be trampled and lost forever. American. These are a few of the proposed marauding Pizzaro or DeSoto won’t destroy consider and look for aberrations. I did just This book made me realize that the same segments in the videotape. our tapes? Fear not because I have thought it that. Then again, the fund-raising approach thing may be happening to us, but more sub- The idea is to create an oral and visual his- through completely. The marauders may at- may be the product of my own aberrational tly — as we wrap ourselves in our over-busy tory of what relations between the generations tack our government sites and libraries and thought process. daily lives and our instant-communications are like now, and what they were like between destroy the Wisdom Sharer’s videotapes lo- It goes like this. I just read a book by technology. the generations many years ago. cated there but they will never find the extra Charles Mann called 1491. It discusses the We need to preserve important aspects of The videotape will show how teens and copy that I make, which I will hide inside a Americas before Christopher Columbus ar- our history, which is where our intergenera- elders communicate ideas, using humor and safe. You know those safes located inside fake rived. The book mentions how difficult it is tional relations project comes in. Consider our historical backgrounds, and how intergenera- heads of lettuce? I’ve got one. to piece together what occurred eons ago be- tidbits of history those beautiful masks, boxes tional relationships between community lead- This is a worthwhile project that needs your cause the recorded history was intentionally or bas-relief stone carvings unearthed by ar- ers and teenagers may lead to defining career help. We need to raise about $2,300 to make or recklessly destroyed by conquerors. chaeologists in a dig at an ancient site. options and goals. this project happen. Donations may be made Consider, for example, the Incas in Peru. It will be such historical gems that teach us The videotape will do more than preserve through the Palo Alto Community Child Care The Spanish conquered them about 500 years about our past and direct our future, and the history. It will be an educational tool to help Center, a non-profit corporation at 3990 Ven- ago. They took their gold and silver and de- future of our children, as we explore the new the different generations learn from one an- tura Court, Palo Alto, CA 94306, attention stroyed many of the remnants of their cul- themes and ideas of today and tomorrow. other and understand how and why they act Sheila Mandoli.■ ture. A group of us want to make a “Wisdom the way they do. Palo Altan Jeff Blum is a family law attor- Imagine Pizarro or De Soto ransacking our Sharer’s” video, a project that would consist of Consider the areas the generations can ex- ney practicing in Redwood City, a member city’s archives. a series of interviews between the generations. plore with one another. Does a young person of the Palo Alto Human Relations Com- Plundering our gold and silver reserves is It could be a prominent local leader who vol- enjoy being around old people? Does an old mission and is on the Board of Directors of one thing (if we actually had such reserves). unteers to exchange questions and viewpoints person worry that younger people will ignore the Palo Alto YMCA. He can be e-mailed at Destroying our cultural record is quite an- with a prominent local high school leader. A him or her because he or she is old? Do young [email protected]. Streetwise Do you find yourself shopping more at locally owned stores or “big box” chain stores? Asked at Midtown Shopping Center on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Question and interviews by Susan Hong. Photographs by Sam Tenney.

Tom LaGrandeur Nalini Erlich Carrie Daniel Jack Schaupp Kristin Johnson Amarillo Avenue Stone Lane North California Avenue Green Court Alma Street

“I prefer to support locally owned “Locally owned stores.” “I’d say locally owned. (Big box) for “Two-thirds chain, one-third local.” “That’s a hard one because I’ve been stores, so I’ll do that to the extent I grocery, kid’s clothes, WholeFoods.” here since the original Midtown market can. So I’ll go to that hardware store here, but there aren’t that many left. If (Peninsula Hardware) over Home De- you want drugs you gotta go to one of pot. Big box is the last resort.” the chain stores.”

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 27 The Spiritual Path to Health and Spectrum Well-Being starts here at square one. the basis of christian (continued from page 26) A Special Program science in the district and generates divi- at the Menlo Park Recreation Center siveness instead of unity. 101 Alma Street, Menlo Park healing pm Their plans show their true col- Friday Evening, March 23, 2007 at 7:30 . ors in that they don’t care about verified accounts of physical healings brought about improving overall education in Hear Palo Alto, but only about getting through this Healing Science. what they want. Rosa Huang Join Tim Myers, C.S. from La Canada, CA in exploring healing, El Capitan Place The Bible based on and explained in Mary Baker Eddy’s book, Palo Alto Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Learn how and why the Science of Christianity applies to you. Rail talk Editor, Convenient on-site parking. No admission charge. The Dumbarton Rail Project has Sponsored by First Church of Christ, Scientist, Menlo Park. insufficient ridership, but since For information call 650 322-5600 or www.christiansciencemenlopark.com federal law requires commuter- heavy rail lines to accept freight, CalTrain doesn’t care. If you facilitate light rail and heavy rail on the same line, freight would probably be required. A $60-per-passenger ride subsidy is too high to comply with federal- funding law. But whoever wants freight does not play by the rules — so far CalTrain does not mention freight traffic. I have been monitoring this project for many years, but my and others’ oral and written communications have vanished. CalTrain hasn’t located money for mitigations, as required by the reate California Environmental Qual- C ity Act. If you don’t have that, you don’t have a legal project, including mitigating all effects from le- gally mandated freight traffic. CreateRediscover artistic talents or There isn’t enough ridership to justify subsidies. The current tri- findfi an interest in something new. pled estimate seems speculative and without explanation. Appar- ently it would require a subsidy of $60 per trip and would remove approximately at most one-tenth of the cars. paintingpainting • drawing • ceramics • photography • theater The Metropolitan Transporta- tion Commission (MTC) study showed the Dumbarton Bridge For completecomp course listings, visit www.foothill.edu. commute was among the least congested of the more than 150 commutes measured. CalTrain is required to consider alternatives, including the Mountain View Rail- road Spur, Light Rail, the two-way High Speed Bus Alternative and a new route around, not through, the Don Edwards National Wild- life Refuge. It must avoid impacts on it and on the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife, Menlo Park’s Bayfront Park, East Palo Alto’s Ravenswood Open Space Preserve, Palo Alto’s Baylands Nature Preserve, Coyote Hills Regional Park, the Alameda Creek Regional Trail and Arden- wood Historic Farm. CalTrain is required to fund mitigations: electrification, noise, vibration, privacy, grade separa- Classes Start April 9. tions and compensation for property loss as mandated by the Su- preme Court. Traveling from Union City to Sunnyvale on any of the three East Bay rail lines around the bottom of the bay is a shorter distance than from Union City to Sunnyvale by way of the Dumbarton Railroad Spur and Redwood City, whether or not you include the Mountain View Railroad Spur. Transit time must be realistically estimated — actual time, not wishful time. All conclusions must fit the data rather than reach Page 28 • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Spectrum a conclusion and then invent data not for the common good. to fit it. Alberto Gonzalez also reinforc- Margaret Fruth es these false beliefs that they are Peggy Lane above the law and everyone else Menlo Park can no longer have their consti- tutional rights respected with the spying on Americans, including High hypocrisy critical opponents. In the Walter Editor, Reed Hospital scandal we see the The indictment of I. Lewis results of Bush’s privitization of “Scooter” Libby, the former chief the veterans care to corporation of staff of Vice President Dick cronies of Halliburton. We pay Cheney, is the latest saga of an ad- for their contracts and they deliver ministration utterly devoid of mo- substandard care. rality and ethics. This also applies to the priviti- Libby is the designated “fall zation of the military by this ad- guy” chosen by his White House ministration, which many scandals masters to shield them from im- have abounded. The same applies peachable offenses of high crimes. to Hurricane Katrina, another ad- There is little doubt that Libby will ministration failure.

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✭✭ • Mandarin Portuguese Russian Spanish Korean The Astronaut Farmer (PG) Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2 & 4:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. 350 Cambridge Ave. Ste. 100, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Because I Said So Century 12: 12:40, 3:40, 6:30 & 9:10 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Black Snake Moan (R) ✭1/2 Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 2:25, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12: 12:10, 1:30, 3, 4:20, 6, 7:20, 9 & 10:05 p.m. Breach (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 1:55, 4:30, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:15 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING p.m. of the City of Palo Alto Bridge to Terabithia (PG) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 2:15, 4:35, 6:55 & 9:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 12:55, 1:55, 3:15, Architectural Review Board (Not Reviewed) 4:35, 5:45, 7:10, 8:10 & 10:30 p.m. Charlotte’s Web (G) ✭✭1/2 Century 12: 11:50 a.m.; 2:40 & 5:20 p.m. Dreamgirls (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 1:10, 4:05, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Please be advised that Thursday, April 5, 2007, the Architectural Review Ghost Rider (PG-13) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:45, 4:20, 7 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 1:05, 2:30, 3:50, 5:15, Board shall conduct a public hearing at 8 AM in the Council Chambers, (Not Reviewed) 6:45, 7:55, 9:20 & 10:25 p.m. 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested The Host (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:25 p.m. Century 12: 1, 4, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. persons may appear and be heard. The Last King of Scotland Century 20: 1:15, 4:25, 7:15 & 10:10 p.m. Aquarius: 1, 3:45, 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. NEW BUSINESS: (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Letters from Iwo Jima Century 16: 7:10 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 12:30, 3:35, 6:50 & 9:55 p.m. 2027 East Bayshore Road, San Francisquito Creek Storm Water (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Pump Station [07PLN-00024]: The Lives of Others (R) ✭✭✭✭ Guild: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. Request by the City of Palo Alto Public Works Department on behalf of The Messengers (PG-13) Century 20: 9:35 p.m. the Santa Clara Valley Water District for Major Architectural Review of (Not Reviewed) a proposed pump station facility. Environmental Assessment: A Draft Miss Potter (PG) ✭✭✭1/2 Aquarius: 2:30, 4:45, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for public review and Night at the Museum (PG) Century 20: Noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m. comment. Zone District: GM. (Not Reviewed) 4251 El Camino Real [07PLN-00054]: Request by SummerHill Norbit (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 20: 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 8 & 10:35 p.m. Homes, LLC for Preliminary ARB review of a proposal for 46 multi-family The Number 23 (R) ✭ Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:40, 5, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. Century 12: 11:55 a.m.; 2:25, 5:10, 7:45 & detached homes on a 3.9 acre portion of the Elks Lodge site. 10:15 p.m. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with ✭✭✭1/2 Pan’s Labyrinth (R) Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55, 7:30 & 10:10 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services & 10:10 p.m. or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the The Queen (Not Rated) ✭✭✭✭ Century 20: 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25 & 9:45 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), p.m. please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by Reno 911!: Miami (R) Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 1:50, 3:55, 6, 8:05 & 10:20 p.m. e-mailing [email protected]. (Not Reviewed) Amy French Two Weeks (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 & 9:40 p.m. Manager of Current Planning The Ultimate Gift (PG) Century 12: 12:30, 3:30, 7:10 & 10 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Wild Hogs (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:30, 2:20, 3:15, 4:50, 5:40, 7:15, 8:05, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12: Noon, 12:50, 1:40, 2:30, 3:20, 4:10, 5, 5:50, 6:40, 7:40, 8:30, 9:20 & 10:10 p.m. Zodiac (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 12:45, 2:30, 4:15, 5:55, 8 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 12:50, 2, 3:05, 4:10, 5:20, 6:30, 7:35, 9 & 10 p.m. ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Moun- !" tain View (960-0970) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, ! " # $%" City (365-9000) trailers and more information about films playing, go to # $% &'& Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Red- &&( $ wood City (369-3456) ) %& * $+ & # , ON THE WEB: The most up-to-date movie listings at www.PaloAltoOnline.com " " &-./ &&0 STANFORD THEATRE ' ""( )*

The Stanford Theatre is at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Listings are for + ,$1! 0! 2 Wednesday and Thursday. For more information, go to www.stanfordtheatre. % &'& 3 4 org. &* ( White Heat (1949) A brutal gangster (James Cagney) with an Oedi- & 0 pus complex plans a robbery at a chemical plant, unaware that one of his henchmen is an undercover cop and another wants him dead. -* ! Ivana Barquero 7:30 p.m. PAN'S LABYRINTH (R) Wed. & Thu. 1:30-4:20-7:20-10:10 "5 4 & 3 $ & 4 &! ( The Body Snatcher (1945) Hansom cab driver John Gray (Boris Helen Mirren 0 (0 !6 Karloff) supplies corpses to medical professor Wolfe MacFarlane in THE QUEEN(PG–13) 4 & 0&&&& ! 1831 Edinburgh. Also starring Bela Lugosi. 6 & 9:35 p.m. Wed. & Thu. 2-4:30-7-9:30 Times Valid For Wednesday, 3/14 thru Thursday,3/15 Only © 2007 Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, March 14, 2007 • Page 31 MOUNTAIN VIEW...Exceptional Home! Beautifully LOS ALTOS... 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