A Local Resource Guide Published by the Almanac Arts & Entertainment

It’s easy to ﬁnd Dr. Right We believe you deserve the right doctor. That’s why doctors at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, part of Sutter Health, make you their No. 1 priority, whether it’s in person or online. It’s one more way we plus you.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation 1 (888) 398-5677 pamf.org 2 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo Successfully Representing Sellers & Buyers for 32 years

Woodside • Menlo Park Portola Valley • Atherton • Palo Alto Los Altos Hills • Redwood City • Los Altos

SEAN FOLEY YOUR ADVOCATE IN EVERY TRANSACTION!

Homes, Estates & Investment Properties Direct: 650-529-2486 | Cell: 650-207-6005 [email protected] 2969 Woodside Road, Woodside www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 3 arts & entertainment | 11 Michelle Le

outdoors & recreation | 18

WELCOME TO INFO MENLO

Editor’s note You have in your hands the 18th annual edition of Info Menlo, a resource guide published by The Almanac.

Flipping through you will discover useful information about services, Michelle Le businesses, features and more in Atherton, Menlo Park, Portola Valley and Woodside. The bounty of open spaces with striking flora to admire, museums and galleries boasting the work of local artists, and hardworking nonprofits operating just around the corner may surprise even the most knowledgeable of local residents. kids | 24 Info Menlo also places key resources for contacting city or town councils, public and private schools and various other important groups right at your fingertips.

We like to think of Info Menlo as a living document, and we'll admit that we don't know everything. If you have suggestions or advice for what to include in future guides, please email [email protected] or [email protected]. We greatly appreciate your feedback.

Sam Sciolla Editor, Info Menlo ihleL Michelle Le Michelle Le

Inside Info

By the Numbers ...... 8 Community ...... 48 community | 48 Arts & Entertainment ...... 11 City & Towns ...... 54 Public Officials ...... 58 Outdoors & Recreation ...... 18 More Kids ...... 24 City & Towns Map ...... 57 Education ...... 37 Index ...... 61

On the cover: A woman checks out the lunch menu at Bistro Vida in downtown Menlo Park. Photo by Michelle Le.

4 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

Trust Your Face to a Specialist

Grand Opening We’ve Expanded and relocated! -RLQXVDWRXUQHZ3DOR$OWRRIÀFHDQGVXUJHU\FHQWHU

www.hesslerplasticsurgery.com

320 Lambert Ave Palo Alto 650.799.9009 www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 5 ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±REAL COMMITMENT, REAL RESULTS±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±

5922Alpine.com 330Dedalera.com 8Acorn.com $6,400,000 $2,895,000 $2,750,000

SOLD

6Montecito.com 375OldLaHonda.com Central Portola Valley $2,750,000 $1,995,000 Represented buyer and seller, offered for $4,850,000

SOLD SOLD in 10 DAYS SOLD in 4 DAYS

280Nathhorst.comCentral Portola Valley Portola Valley Ranch Portola Valley Ranch $6,250,000Represented buyer and seller, offered for $3,475,000 Multiple offers & overasking of $2,695,000 Multiple offers & overasking of $2,395,000

G G

SOLD OVERASKIN SOLD in 10 DAYS SOLD OVERASKIN

Central Portola Valley Ladera Los Trancos Woods Multiple offers & overasking of $2,150,000 Multiple offers and overasking of $1,695,000 Overasking of $1,795,000

Ginny Kavanaugh Direct: 650.400.8076 | [email protected] | KavanaughGroup.com | CalBRE #00884747

Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

6 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

Stanford Primary Care

Stanford Primary Care specializes in you. More convenient locations in a neighborhood near you! We offer adult, child, and senior primary care, as Hoover Pavilion well as programs customized to fit your lifestyle in 211 Quarry Road a location near you. Palo Alto, CA 94304 Portola Valley Stanford Primary Care offers: 3240 Alpine Road, • Expert medical attention and care for everyone in the family Portola Valley, CA 94208 • Medical care for chronic conditions Los Altos • Compassionate senior care and caregiver resources 960 N San Antonio Rd. Los Altos, CA 94022 • MyHealth online services—providing access to your health information and care anytime

To learn more or schedule an appointment today, visit stanfordhealthcare.org/primarycare or call 650.498.9000. www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 7 FACTS AND STATISTICS ABOUT ATHERTON, MENLO PARK, PORTOLA VALLEY AND WOODSIDE

Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): Median home selling price (2005): $1,927,000 White: 70.2% Black: 4.8% Education and income Hispanic/Latino: 18.4% Adults with bachelor’s degree or higher Asian/Pacific Islander: 1.4% (2008-12): 82.5% American Indian/Alaska native: 0.5% Median household income (2008-12): $166,389 Multiracial: 4.5% Woodside Housing Occupied households (2008-2012): 12,554 Town facts Persons per household (2010): 2.53 Incorporated: Nov. 16, 1956 Family households: (2008-2012): 58.7% 2014-15 town operating budget: $6 million Median home selling price (through June Town employees: 17 full-time employees 2014): $1,845,000 and one intern Median home selling price (2005): Police employees: By contract with San $1,270,000 Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Median condominium/townhouse selling ZIP code: 94062 price (through June 2014): $1,225,000 People Education and income Michelle Le Population (2010): 5,287 Adults with bachelor’s degree or higher Population (2000): 5,352 (2008-12): 69.2% Population (1990): 5,035 Median household income (2008-12): $113,774 Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): New world Carniolan Italian hybrid bees buzz on a beehive frame on Golden Harvest Bees’ White: 89.2% property in Redwood City. Portola Valley Asian: 6.3% Town facts Hispanic: 4.6% Persons per household (2010): 2.8 Atherton Incorporated: July 14, 1964 Multiracial: 2.7% Family households (2008-12): 84.9% Town facts 2014-15 town operating budget: $6.5 Median home selling price (through June million Housing Incorporated: Sept. 12, 1923 2014): $4,050,001 Occupied households (2008-12): 1,879 (Population then: 650) Town employees: 14 full-time; 1 part-time Median home selling price (2005): Persons per household (2010): 2.67 2014-15 town operating budget: $3,012,500 Police: By contract with San Mateo County $11.46 million Sheriff’s Office Family households (2008-12): 79.1% Police employees: 24 Education and income ZIP code: 94028 Median home selling price (through June Adults with bachelor’s degree or higher 2014): $2,435,000 ZIP code: 94027 People (2008-12): 84.2% Median home selling price (2005): People Median household income (2008-12): Population (2010): 4,353 $2,065,000 $228,393 Population (2000): 4,462 Population (2010): 6,914 Education and income Population (2000): 7,194 Population (1990): 4,194 Menlo Park Adults with bachelor’s degree or higher Population (1990): 7,163 Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): (2008-12): 69.7% City facts Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): White: 91% Median household income: $212,649 Incorporated: Nov. 23, 1927 White: 80.5% Asian: 5.6% 2014-15 general fund budget: $72.1 million Asian: 13.2% Hispanic: 4.0% City employees: 237.5 full-time equivalents Hispanic: 3.9% Multiracial: 2.4% (Sources: Town and city halls, state Sworn police officers: 37 legislature websites, Association of Bay Area Black: 1.1% ZIP code: 94025 Housing Governments, California State Department American Indian/Alaska native: 0.1% of Finance, Bay Area Census and American Occupied households (2008-12): 1,826 FactFinder. 2008-12 figures are from the Multiracial: 3.1% People Persons per household (2010): 2.47 2008-2012 American Community Survey Population (2010): 32,026 5-year Estimates. Housing prices are from the Housing Family households (2008-12): 67.3% Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.) Population (2000): 30,785 Occupied households (2008-2012): 2,291 Median home selling price (through June Population (1990): 28,040 2014): $2,440,000

8 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com Representing over 479 buyers & sellers in Menlo Park & Atherton since 1998.

SOLD by Tom LeMieux

Superior real estate representation for those who expect only the very best.

WWW.TOMLEMIEUX.COM

650 465 7459 Over $1.9 billion in sales since 1998 [email protected] Ranked #80 Nationally, The Wall Street Journal, 2014 tomlemieux.com

3PJLUZL

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 9 Best Nursery and Ladera Best Gift & Novelty Garden and 2014 Gifts 3130 Alpine Road Portola Valley 650.854.3850

arpaccio, is Ccelebrating 27 years and is a multiple time 2014 Readers’ Choice best Italian restaurant winner. Located in downtown Menlo Park, diners experience the best Italian Cuisine while enjoying the vibrant decor. Managing partner, Ciya, is the longtime familiar ﬁgure greeting patrons. Carpaccio continues to offer specialities such the Ostriche Asiagwo— baked oysters with spinach and asiago cheese and a range of pastas, ﬁsh, and meat dishes. Soups, salads, pizzas and desserts round out the menu.

Northern Italian Cuisine Bob and Ciya

Open for lunch Mon - Fri 11:30 - 2 Y Lite lunch Mon - Fri 2 - 5 Y Dinner Mon - Thurs 5 - 9:30 Y Fri & Sat 5 - 10 Y Sun 5 - 9 1120 Crane Street Y Menlo Park Y 650.322.1211 Y [email protected]

10 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER AND MORE

history, art, science fiction and math. Master Community Calendar Customers also have access to a courtyard Readers can get timely information on in the back of the store. arts and entertainment or submit a listing • 650-326-5300 at www.AlmanacNews.com. Click on “Master Community Calendar.” Kepler’s Books 1010 El Camino Real, • 650-223-6515 Menlo Park. The Peninsula’s landmark independent bookstore, Kepler’s Books (est. 1955) offers contemporary adult and Art galleries children’s literature. Nonprofit Peninsula Anderson Collection in Menlo Park A Arts & Letters produces literary events large private collection of 20th-century art. at Kepler’s, in schools and at community Major post-war movements represented venues in partnership with Kepler’s Books. include color field painting, California • 650-324-4321 funk art, Bay Area figurative art and • www.keplers.com contemporary abstract painting. Free public Stanford Bookstore 519 Lasuen Mall tours; advance reservations required. (White Plaza), Stanford. In addition to • 650-854-5160 stocking all materials for university • www.aacollection.com courses, this four-story bookstore contains

Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts general books, Stanford clothing and Le Michelle Guild 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. gifts, supplies, computers (software and Representational art by regionally and peripherals) and a café. Artist Drue Kataoka gazes into her piece “After the Celestial Axe” at Djerassi Resident nationally recognized artists. • 650-329-1217 Artists Program in Woodside. • 650-321-0220 • www.stanfordbookstore.com • www.portolaartgallery.com permitting. Topics include all facets of Museums and collections Redwood City Art Center 2625 Broadway Dance earth science. Cantor Arts Center at Stanford St., Redwood City. Works by 32 in-house • 650-853-8300 Menlowe Ballet 1163 and 1137 El University 328 Lomita Drive at Museum artists, including painting, Chinese • online.wr.usgs.gov/calendar Camino Real, Menlo Park. Under the Way, Stanford. Exhibits art works in 24 calligraphy and jewelry design. Classes artistic direction of Michael Lowe, this galleries, many from its collection of are offered for children as well as adults. Live music and dancing professional company performs classical, 32,000 objects from around the world. Scholarships available. Outreach programs contemporary and cultural works during Cafe Borrone 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Free admission. Café. Free docent-led to schools and the community. Nonprofit fall and spring seasons and provides Park. Popular café with a young crowd, tours, family tours and events. Rodin groups display their arts in the front professional performing opportunities outdoor seating and live jazz music on Sculpture Garden and more works window. for aspiring students from the Menlo Park most Friday evenings. Be prepared to outside. Hours: Wed-Mon, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; • 650-366-6178 Academy of Dance. stand in line. Smoking allowed outdoors. • www.redwoodcityartcenter.org Thu, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. • 650-231-2025 • 650-327-0830 • 650-723-4177 Stanford Art Spaces 420 Via Palou, Paul G. • menloweballet.org • www.cafeborrone.com • museum.stanford.edu Allen (C.I.S.), Stanford. Exhibitions change Western Ballet, The Mountain View Pioneer Saloon 2925 Woodside Road, Hoover Institution 434 Galvez Mall, every two months, with more than 50 Ballet Company and School 914 N. Woodside. A brothel and upscale Stanford. Free exhibits on President works per show. Works are by established Rengstorff Ave., Unit A, Mtn. View. restaurant from 1880 until the 1940s, the Herbert Hoover (and his wife Lou Henry and emerging artists. Each exhibit is mainly Founded in 1976, the school emphasizes saloon now offers live music Friday and Hoover) and rotating exhibits that focus in the Paul G. Allen building (C.I.S.) and also the art of classical ballet and offers classes Saturday nights, mostly rock. Casual, full on archival holdings in the Herbert Hoover continues in the David Packard building for both adults and youth. bar. Hours: beginning at 9 p.m. daily Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, adjacent to and in Jordan Hall’s Psychology office. • 650-968-4455 • 650-851-8487 Hoover Tower. • 650-725-3622 • www.westernballet.org • www.pioneer-saloon.com • www.facebook.com/pages/Stanford- • 650-723-1754; Hoover Library, Art-Spaces/1442654239323789 650-723-2054; Hoover Archives, Lectures Movies 650-725-7750 • www.hoover.org Bookstores and readings Peninsula Open Space Trust’s Wallace Always check out Palo Alto Online for the Stegner Lectures 222 High St., Palo Alto. most current movie times and information, San Mateo County History Museum Barnes & Noble Bookstore 1091 El The lecture series held at the Mountain including reviews and movie trailers. 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. Camino Real, Redwood City. Books, View Center for the Performing Arts have • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Housed in the 1910 county courthouse, magazines, author events, children’s music concluded for this year but will continue the museum operates the courthouse and “visits” from book characters. next year. Since 1993, this annual lecture Century 20 Downtown Redwood City museum along with the Woodside Store • 650-299-0117 series has explored issued related to nature 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. and Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica, and offers • www.bn.com and conservation. Movie multiplex showing mainstream new tours, monthly programs and historical releases. Bell’s Books 536 Emerson St., Palo Alto. • 650-854-7696 demonstrations. It also publishes a twice- • www.openspacetrust.org • 650-701-1341 yearly journal, books on county history Open since 1935, family-owned and • www.cinemark.com independent, Bell’s offers more than SLAC National Accelerator Lab 2575 Sand and a monthly newsletter. 300,000 new, used, rare and out-of-print Hill Road, Menlo Park. Every other month, Guild 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. • 650-299-0104 • www.historysmc.org titles on two floors in an historic building in SLAC hosts evening lectures highlighting Two blocks south of Santa Cruz Avenue. downtown Palo Alto. the science underway at the laboratory. Foreign, independent and art house films. Stanford Papua New Guinea Sculpture • 650-323-7822 Past lectures have featured diamonds, dark • 650-566-8367 Garden Located at Santa Teresa Street • landmarktheatres.com • www.bellsbooks.com energy, the making of molecular movies (off Campus Drive West) and Lomita Drive, Books Inc. 855 El Camino Real #74, Palo and the hunt for the Higgs. Stanford Theatre 221 University Ave., Palo near Roble Hall, Stanford. Large, carved Alto. A California bookstore chain since • 650-926-3300 Alto. Restored 1925 movie house showing wood and stone relief sculptures by artists 1851. New books, toys and sale tables. • slac.stanford.edu the classics, including silent films. Live from the Sepik River region of New Guinea • 650-321-0600 USGS Lecture Series 345 Middlefield Wurlitzer organ music before and after the can be found among the trees. Tours of • www.booksinc.net Road, Bldg. 3, Conference Room A, 7:30 p.m. show. Calendars of programs are this sculpture garden meet at the corner of available at the theater. Santa Teresa Street and Lomita Drive the Feldman’s Books 1170 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Free lectures are offered at U.S. Geological Survey, usually on the • 650-324-3700 third Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., rain Menlo Park. Used, out-of-print and rare • stanfordtheatre.org or shine. Free. books. The types of books offered include last Thursday of the month, holidays www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 11 i Arts & Entertainment

• 650-723-3469 • www.barbershop-harmony.org Flint Center in Cupertino. Also performs • www.scholacantorum.org • museum.stanford.edu/view/ an annual Holiday Concert at Stanford El Camino Youth Symphony See entry in Stanford Live (formerly Stanford Lively outdoor_sculpture.html Memorial Church with Stanford’s Kids section. Arts) 365 Lasuen St., 2nd floor, Stanford. Symphonic Chorus and holds a free Woodside Community Museum 2961 Committed to sharing, celebrating and Los Trancos Woods Community outdoor Pops concert every June. Woodside Road, Woodside. Located in advancing the art of live music, dance, Marching Band Free-spirited • 650-941-5291 the restored Mathisen Family farmhouse, theater and opera, Stanford Live unites improvisational bunch, featuring no sheet • peninsulasymphony.org on the west side of Town Hall, the original celebrated and emerging artists with the music, one annual rehearsal, classic sing- house was completed the day before the Peninsula Women’s Chorus P.O. Box Stanford campus and greater Bay Area along tunes, goofball costuming and beer 1906 earthquake. Exhibit space is used for 50532, Palo Alto. Fifty-voice women’s communities. Most performances in the cart. Newbies welcome, from tambourine changing displays and artifacts related choir specializing in serious music from 2014-15 season, which runs September to to tuba. to Woodside history. Hours: Open first the medieval through contemporary May, will be held in Bing Concert Hall. • ltwcmb.com and third Saturdays of the month, May to periods. Concert seasons are December • 650-723-2551; box office: October, and first Saturdays, November to Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra and May, with several performances in the 650-724-2464 April, or by special appointment 5221 Rafton Drive, San Jose. Ensemble, Palo Alto area. Experienced singers are • live.stanford.edu • 650-851-1294 under the direction of David welcome to audition. • [email protected] Ramadanoff, showcasing local soloists. • 650-327-3095 Concert series Performs in St. Bede’s Episcopal Church’s • www.pwchorus.org Woodside Store 3300 Tripp Road, Arts at St. Bede’s 2650 Sand Hill Road, Woodside. The store has been restored to art series, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Ragazzi Boys Chorus See entry in Kids Park; Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Menlo Park. Monthly concerts, plays, its 1800s appearance and offers hands-on section. exhibits and speakers. displays and an educational slide show Portola Road, Portola Valley; United Redwood Symphony 1031 16th Ave., • 650-854-6555 available to pre-arranged groups for a fee. Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Redwood City. Contemporary works • www.stbedesmenlopark.org General admission is free. Tours available. Los Altos. • 650-851-7615 • www.MasterSinfonia.org and classics. Established in 1985 by Music Music at Kohl Mansion 2750 Adeline Director Eric Kujawsky. Most performances Drive, Burlingame. Chamber music • www.historysmc.org Menlo Park Chorus 701 Laurel St., are at Cañada College Main Theatre. concert series in the historic Kohl Mansion. Menlo Park. Sponsored by Menlo Park • 650-366-6872 Reception follows each concert. Free and Music Recreation Dept., the group performs • www.redwoodsymphony.org low-cost family and children’s concerts in at local venues throughout the year and Barbershop Harmony Society, community venues. welcomes new singers. Schola Cantorum 2218 Old Middlefield Peninsulaires Men’s Chorus P.O. Box • 650-762-1130 • April McNeely, 510-504-4784 Way, Ste. G, Mtn. View. Founded in 1964, • www.musicatkohl.org 2055, Mtn. View. Rehearses at First • www.menloparkchorus.org the 90-voice auditioned chorus, under United Methodist Church Hall, 535 Old the artistic direction of Gregory Wait, Music at Menlo 50 Valparaiso Ave., San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale. Guests Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra See entry in performs a spectrum of choral works, Atherton. Chamber-music festival from are welcome to listen or to audition. Kids section. offers a participatory Summer Sings Series mid-July to early August, with some Established in 1947, the 40-member Peninsula Symphony 146 Main St., Ste. and annual Messiah Sing, and engages performances in other seasons. With chorus sings four-part a cappella music at 102, Los Altos. The symphony performs community groups through educational world-class concerts, multi-media lectures community events and two annual shows, a subscription series mainly at the San outreach programs. by musicologists and a chamber-music as well as performs for Valentines. Mateo Performing Arts Center and the • 650-254-1700 institute for young musicians. • 650-618-8600

Making The Difference For You...

QExtensive Neighborhood Knowledge

QCreative, Resourceful, Connected

QExceptional Service

QDedicated Advocate

QTrusted Partner

650.201.1010 Dan Ziony [email protected] CA DRE #01380339 Serving buyers and sellers in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and other www.DanZiony.com Peninsula communities for more than a decade

12 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo Menlo Park’s Premier Real Estate Professionals paciﬁcunion.com | A Member of Real Living

Amy Sung Blake Hajek Carol MacCorkle Carolyn Rianda Charlene Cogan Cindy Liebsch

650.468.4834 650.766.6447 650.868.5478 650.400.8361 650.868.0434 650.591.7473 License #01436684 License #01778150 License #00548367 License #01501805 License #01380340 License #01324217

Deanna Tarr Doyle Rundell Elyse Barca Estela Freeman

415.999.1232 650.722.1385 650.743.0734 650.380.3588 650.464.3022 650.455.3735 License #00585398 License #01732918 License #01006027 License #00994614 License #01264055 License #01313666

Ginna Lazar Jason Sewald Jennifer Pollock Katherine Carroll Kristin Cashin Maya Sewald

650.302.6666 650.307.8060 650.867.0609 650.564.7122 650.387.2603 650.346.1228 License #01202746 License #01732384 License #01215021 License #01909507 License #01438764 License #00993290

Nathalie de Saint Shane Stent Slava Polinkova Susan Furstman Suzanne Scott Tom LeMieux Andrieu 650.804.9696 650.787.3775 650.288.2814 650.400.9321 650.387.4333 650.465.7459 License #01351482 License #01868925 License #01363590 License #01233303 License #01386007 License #01066910 www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 13 i Arts & Entertainment

• 650-330-2030 supper. Events held Wednesdays 6:30 to 8 Three productions from October to May. son of Procter & Gamble founder. Self- • www.musicatmenlo.org p.m., late June to mid-August. • 650-424-9999 guided tours and admission free. Formal, • 650-330-2200 • www.wbopera.org woodland and demonstration gardens. Music in the Redwoods 945 Portola • menlopark.org Docent tours for groups of eight or more Road, Portola Valley. Local musicians and by reservation. ensembles perform concerts in front of a Stanford Jazz Festival P.O. Box 20454, Places to tour • 650-329-1356 during office hours Stanford. Annual jazz-education programs dramatic backdrop facing the redwood Allied Arts Guild 75 Arbor Road, Menlo (weekdays 9 a.m.-noon) grove at Valley Presbyterian Church. for all ages and the Stanford Jazz Festival. Park. Allied Arts has Spanish Colonial- • www.gamblegarden.org • 650-851-8282 The festival runs June to August and style buildings in a garden setting with • www.valleypreschurch.org includes more than 100 performing artists. fountains and flower-lined walkways, Filoli 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. A Some free events are held for kids and 654-acre historic country estate with a Stanford Music Department 541 Lasuen studio artists, paintings, pottery, sculpture families. Activities are held at Dinkelspiel 40-room mansion and 16 acres of English Mall, Stanford. Concerts and recitals, and woodwork, in a garden setting. Profits Auditorium, Campbell Recital Hall and Bing Renaissance garden. Open early February with student, faculty and guest artists in donated to Lucile Packard Children’s Concert Hall. through October, except for the annual Bing Concert Hall, Campbell Recital Hall, Hospital. • Tickets: 650-725-ARTS; info and week-long holiday event scheduled for Memorial Church, The Knoll or Dinkelspiel • 650-325-2405 schedule: 650-736-0324 the week after Thanksgiving. Advanced Auditorium on campus. • www.alliedartsguild.org • stanfordjazz.org/jazz-festival reservation encouraged for docent-led • 650-723-3811; tickets: 650-725-ARTS CuriOdyssey See entry in Kids section. • music.stanford.edu Stanford Shopping Center Summer Jazz tours and guided nature hikes. Self-guided Concert Series 680 Stanford Shopping Djerassi Resident Artists Program tours do not require reservation. • 650-364-8300 Center, Palo Alto. Free summer jazz Woodside. Founded in 1979, the program Summer concert series • www.filoli.org concerts produced by SFJAZZ are held hosts national and international artists for Filoli Jazz Series 86 Cañada Road, on Thursday nights at Stanford Shopping 30-day residencies. The property is home Hanna House 3160 Porter Drive, Ste. 200, Woodside. Outdoor jazz concerts on the Center. Ten-week series begins in June and to a collection of site-inspired sculptures Palo Alto. Docent-led tours of a Frank garden stage at historic Filoli mansion, ends in August. created by resident artists. Tours on Lloyd Wright-designed home, based on June through August. • 650-617-8200, 866-920-5299 select dates from April to October, with hexagonal module. Reservations required; • 650-364-8300 ext. 508 • www.sfjazz.org reservations required. children must be at least 12 years old. • filoli.org • 650-747-1250 • 650-725-8352 • www.djerassi.org Menlo Park Summer Concert Series Opera • hannahousetours.stanford.edu Fremont Park, corner of Santa Cruz West Bay Opera 221 Lambert St., Palo Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden 1431 Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Avenue and University Drive, Menlo Park. Alto. Now in its 57th season, this opera Waverley St., Palo Alto. A 2.5-acre estate (Stanford) Sand Hill Road, Woodside. Free music includes a variety of musical company performs at the Lucie Stern with gardens and 1902 Georgian Revival Docent-led educational tours of biological styles, from jazz to country hits of today Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. house, built for Edwin Percy Gamble, field station. Tour season is Oct. 1 to May and yesterday. Bring a blanket and picnic

Inspirations A guide to the spiritual community

Covenant PresbyterianP Church Multi-Cultural,M Multi-Generational A community that embraces justice, creation, Serving Together and the diversity of human life.

9:30 am: Sunday School Our Sunday Services: 10:30 am: Worship 8:30 am: Early Church Noon: Fellowship 10:30 am: Communal Worship 12:30 pm: Youth Connection 12:30 pm: Adult Education 1140 Cowper St. 650-325-5659 WELCOME HOME! Palo Alto, CA 94301 wwwfprespa.org 670 East Meadow, Palo Alto 650-494-1760 • www.covenantpresbyterian.net More Life. More Love. More Light.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Woodside Village Church A Vibrant Community of Faith for All Ages Sunday Our Sunday Service Inspirations 8:00 am Holy Communion Service A guide to religious services in your 10:00 am Holy Communion Service 9:30 a.m. with Music & Children’s Programs with Sunday School & Nursery community newspaper. Childcare & Nursery available For advertising information, Teen Programs 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside email Blanca Yoc at 5:00 - 6:00 pm High School 6:00 - 7:00 pm Joint Dinner 650-851-1587 www.wvchurch.org [email protected] or 7:00 - 8:00 pm Middle School call 650-223-6596 600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto Come see what we’re about (Between Middleﬁ eld & Cowper) CELEBRATE - PROCLAIM - REACH [email protected] (650) 326-3800 www.saint-marks.com

14 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Arts & Entertainment

31. Pets are not permitted. Reservations campus are conducted daily by student Hillbarn Theatre 1285 E. Hillsdale Blvd., • 650-723-2576 required and tours scheduled on an guides. Tours depart from the Visitor Foster City. Community production • taps.stanford.edu individual basis. Center and are free for groups of nine company entering its 73rd season. TheatreWorks P.O. Box 50458, Palo Alto. • 650-851-6813 or fewer. Larger groups must call for Dramas, musicals and comedy; six Presents dramas, comedies and musicals • jrbp.stanford.edu reservations. Private tours and golf-cart productions a year. year-round at the Mountain View Center tours can be arranged for a fee. • 650-349-6411 ext. 2 Menlo Park Science Center (U.S. for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., and • 650-723-2560 • www.hillbarntheatre.org Geological Survey) 345 Middlefield Road, • visit.stanford.edu at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Menlo Park. Self-guided tour handout: Palo Alto Children’s Theatre 1305 Road, Palo Alto. pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3072/ Sunset Magazine and Gardens 80 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Children’s • 650-463-1950 • 650-853-8300 Willow Road, Menlo Park. Gardens Theatre offers on-stage and back-stage • www.theatreworks.org • usgs.gov designed by landscape architect Thomas experiences, including a full summer SLAC National Accelerator Lab 2575 Church represent distinct Western and school-year season. Classes in the Wineries climate zones and showcase plants performing arts, as well as summer camps Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park. Tours include Chaine d’Or Vineyard 140 Sunrise Drive, an overview of particle physics research for each region: Central and Northern and a Teen Arts Council (TAC). • 650-463-4930; box office: 650-463- Woodside. This tiny vineyard grows all of conducted at SLAC, a view of the giant California, the Southwest and the 4970 its own grapes to produce 500 cases a year detectors required to observe subatomic Northwest. The gardens display many seasonal plants, as well as a coast live oak • cityofpaloalto.org/childrenstheatre of chardonnay and cabernet. Hours: by particles and a peek at its linear particle appointment only accelerator, housed in the world’s longest called “the Old Man.” Test garden where Stanford Savoyards c/o ASSU, Old Union Sunset plants and plans for upcoming • 650-851-8977 building. Free tours. Advanced reservation - 1st floor, 520 Lasuen Mall, Quad 2, Bldg. • chainedor.com is required. coverage in the magazine. Groups 580, Stanford. A student-run community • 650-926-3300 of 10 or more should call ahead for theater troupe producing Gilbert & Sullivan Thomas Fogarty Winery and Vineyards • www.slac.stanford.edu reservations at 650-321-3600 between 8 and light operetta twice a year, winter and 19501 Skyline Blvd., Woodside. Fogarty a.m. and 4 p.m. spring, on the Stanford Campus. Winery produces pinot noir and Stanford University’s Hoover Tower 434 • sunset.com • [email protected] chardonnay made from mountainous Galvez Mall, Stanford. The tower is one of • savoyards.stanford.edu estate grapes. Weddings and corporate three buildings that make up the Hoover Theater events. Institution, dedicated to the study of war, Stanford University Department of • 650-851-6777 revolution and peace in the 20th-century. Cañada College Theatre Arts Dept. Theater and Performance Studies • www.fogartywinery.com The tower’s observation deck offers a 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. (TAPS) 551 Serra Mall, Memorial Hall, sweeping view of the Midpeninsula. Season runs from fall to spring and Stanford. The Department of Theater Woodside Vineyards LLC 205 Tours available. Cost is $2 for adults, $1 for includes a variety of productions held in presents many student productions Constitution Drive, Menlo Park. Operating seniors and children 12 and under. the Flex and Main Theatres, Building 3, throughout the year, usually at Pigott since 1960, the winery produces • 650-723-2053 on the Cañada College campus. Casting Theater and the Nitery Theater in the chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, • stanford.edu/dept/visitorinfo/plan/ open to all — actors must enroll in the Old Union at Stanford. Also, Ram’s Head zinfandel and pinot noir and sparkling guides/hoover.html production course. Theatrical Society performs three times a wine, from 24 sites within Woodside. • Tickets: 650-306-3396; Hours: By appointment only Stanford University Campus 295 Galvez year. Stanford Summer Theater puts on a info: 650-306-3331 production during the summer. • 650-851-3144 St., Stanford. Free one-hour tours of • www.canadacollege.edu • www.woodsidevineyards.com monicacormanbroker 650.543.1164 • [email protected] • www.monicacorman.com

SERVING YOUR MENLO PARK WOODSIDE COMMITTED NEIGHBORHOOD ATHERTON PORTOLA VALLEY CREATIVE PALO ALTO LOS ALTOS STANFORD LOS ALTOS HILLS CONNECTED

FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS CALL MONICA: 650.543.1164

FOR SALE // 297 Polhemus Avenue, Atherton FOR SALE // 589 Coleridge Avenue, Palo Alto 539 Madison Way, Palo Alto Offered at $9,950,000 | 297POLHEMUS.COM Offered at $8,950,000 Offered at $3,998,000 | SOLD

221 Kingsley Avenue, Palo Alto 316 McKendry Drive, Menlo Park 35 Golden Oak Drive, Portola Valley Offered at $9,000,000 | SOLD Offered at $1,395,000 | SOLD Offered at $3,700,000 | SOLD

Michael Dreyfus, Broker Summer Brill, Sales Associate Noelle Queen, Sales Associate 650.485.3476 650.468.2989 650.427.9211 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] License No. 01121795 License No. 01891857 License No. 01917593

Downtown Palo Alto Sand Hill Road dreyfussir.com 728 Emerson Street, Palo Alto 2100 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park )EGL3J½GIMW-RHITIRHIRXP] 650.644.3474 650.847.1141 3[RIHERH3TIVEXIH

Local Knowledge • National Exposure • Global Reach

16 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo Los Altos Hills Menlo Park

Menlo Park Menlo Park

Atherton Portola Valley

Menlo Park Woodside

your home is my business

“Suzanne is a pleasure to work with, and she is a thorough professional. We would definitely recommend Suzanne. She will provide first class services and she will do it with kindness and consideration of the clients needs.” Anne McCune, Chief Operating Officer Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Menlo Park Ed Klinenberg, Retired Advertising & Public Relations Executive, Menlo Park

650.387.4333 SUZANNE SCOTT BRE# 01386007 [email protected] fine homes, fine neighborhoods suzannescotthomes.com www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 17 WHERE TO HIKE, BIKE, SWIM AND PLAY

Parks Pulgas Water Temple Cañada Road between Hwy 92 and Edgewood Road, City of Menlo Park The City of Menlo Park Redwood City. Parking lot open weekdays website has pictures and information on all 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed weekends. Weekend of the city’s parks and facilities. access best by bicycle or foot. No pets. No • Community Services Department: picnicking. 650-330-2200 • 650-872-5900 • menlopark.org/255/Parks • sfwater.org Bedwell Bayfront Park Marsh Road at Wunderlich County Park 4040 Woodside Bayfront Expressway, Menlo Park. Size: Road, Woodside. Size: 942 acres. 150 acres. • 650-851-1210 Burgess Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. • http://parks.smcgov.org/wunderlich- park Size: 9.3 acres. • Gymnasium: 650-330-2220; after- school program: 650-330-2293 Parks (further • menlopark.org/departments/com/ information) parks/burgess.htm San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Flood Park 215 Bay Road, Menlo Park. Size: Foundation 215 Bay Road, Menlo Park. Michelle Le 21 acres. Committed to conserving and improving • 650-363-4020; group reservations: quality of county parks. 650-363-4021 • 650-321-5812 • http://parks.smcgov.org • www.supportparks.org Fremont Park Santa Cruz Avenue and The Trail Center 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Rebekah Witter gets a kiss from her horse Slick at her Woodside property. University Drive, Menlo Park. Size: 0.38 Palo Alto. Nonprofit organization that acres. hosts a website with guides, maps and other trail-related information. Publishes a of Hwy 92. Trails: 24 miles of developed Jack W. Lyle Park Middle Avenue and Open space areas Fremont Street, Menlo Park. Size: 4.55 newsletter as well as a calendar of outdoor trails and historical logging roads provide events sponsored by various organizations Midpeninsula Regional Open Space acres. opportunities for hikes, bikes or horse and tailored to a diverse trail users. District 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos. rides. Dogs are not allowed. Trails out of Kelly Park 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. Organization also organizes trail building More than 60,000 acres of undeveloped the canyon climb up to 1,600 feet. The Size: 8.3 acres. and repair events. public lands, with most areas open for centerpiece of this preserve is Purisima Marketplace Park Ivy Drive and Market • 650-968-7065 hiking, cycling and horseback riding. Free Creek Canyon, with towering redwoods, • www.trailcenter.org docent-led activities. Steep trails, redwood rushing creek and understory of ferns, Place, Menlo Park. Size: 1 acre. canyons, madrone and pine forests berries and wildflowers. Size: 4,412 acres. Nealon Park 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Archery mark the 26 preserves, which are open Size: 9 acres. year-round from sunrise to a half-hour Ravenswood Open Space Preserve King’s Mountain Archers P.O. Box 2794, after sunset. Helmets are required for End of Bay Road, east of Hwy 101, East Seminary Oaks Park Santa Monica Redwood City. Located at Huddart bicyclists at all times. Fires and smoking Palo Alto. This preserve is comprised of Avenue near Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. County Park, 1867 Kings Mountain Road, are prohibited at the preserves. Dogs two non-contiguous areas located south Size: 3.5 acres. Woodside. Field-archery club meets for permitted in some preserves. of the Dumbarton Bridge and adjacent Sharon Hills Park West of Alameda de las tournaments the second Sunday of each • 650-691-1200 to San Francisco Bay. The marsh attracts month. Informal archery range open to • openspace.org/about_us/ a variety of migrating birds including Pulgas on Valparaiso Avenue, Menlo Park. Size: 1.5 acres. the public daily from 8 a.m.-dusk. Practice sandpipers, dowitchers and avocets. Great range in distance from 10 to 60 yards. Coal Creek Open Space Preserve blue herons, white pelicans and egrets are Trails: 5.4 miles for hiking, bicycling and Sharon Park Sharon Park Drive and Monte • 650-851-4546 (recorded message) also common. 1.3 miles of trail. Wheelchair Rosa Drive, Menlo Park. Size: 9.8 acres. • www.kingsmountainarchers.org horseback riding. Rolling meadows, oaks, accessible. Hiking and bicycling are grasslands, large madrone trees, and allowed, but horses and dogs are not Stanford Hills Park Sand Hill Road at forested headwaters of two creeks. Ideal allowed on the trails. Size: 376 acres. Branner Drive, Menlo Park. Size: 3.1 acres. Badminton for hiking with dogs (leash required). Arrillaga Family Gymnasium 600 Alma Teague Hill Open Space Preserve Teague Tinker Park Santa Cruz and Elder avenues, Caltrans vista point on Skyline Boulevard St., Menlo Park. Drop-in badminton on Hill Open Space Preserve is primarily Menlo Park. Size: 0.54 acres. approximately 1.2 miles north of Page Mill Sun 6:30-9:30 p.m. (one court); on Friday reserved for wildlife habitat and is only Road. Size: 507 acres. Willow Oaks Park Willow Road and nights Court #2, 7-10 p.m. (four badminton accessible to hikers and equestrians along Coleman Avenue, Menlo Park. Size: 2.6 courts), $3 fee. El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Located in the Preserve Skyline Boulevard, south of Kings acres. • 650-330-2220 Santa Cruz Mountains just above the town • www.menlopark.org Mountain Road. Trails: 36 miles for hiking, of Woodside. Size: 626 acres. Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins Ave., bicycling and horseback riding. Steep, Atherton. Size: 22 acres. Synergy Badminton Club 190 heavily forested terrain; rare and fragile Thornewood Open Space Preserve La • 650-752-0534 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park. Geared for sandstone formations; redwoods; creek Honda Road, between Woodside Road and • www.ci.atherton.ca.us every level of play from novices to Olympic headwaters. Popular with bicyclists. No Skyline Boulevard, Woodside. Trails: 1.5 hopefuls, Synergy Badminton Club offers dogs allowed. Size: 2,817 acres. miles. Hiking and horseback riding. Historic Parks - nearby lessons taught by championship-level Thornewood Estate; redwoods and oaks; professionals, summer camps, private Los Trancos Open Space Preserve Edgewood County Natural Preserve 10 Schilling Lake. Leashed dogs permitted. and group lessons. Monthly and annual Page Mill Road, 1.5 miles east of Skyline Old Stagecoach Road, Redwood City. Size: Size: 167 acres. memberships; drop-in and prepaid court Boulevard. Trails: 5.2 miles. Hiking and 467 acres. rentals available. horseback riding allowed. Bicycles Windy Hill Open Space Preserve Skyline • 650-368-6283 • 650-838-9318 and dogs are not allowed. Views of Blvd., Portola Valley. Trails: 12 miles for • www.eparks.net San Francisco and Mt. Diablo; 1.5-mile hiking, biking, horseback riding and flying • www.synergybadminton.com self-guided San Andreas Fault trail with kites. Views of the Peninsula and coast, Huddart County Park 1100 Kings brochure on earthquake features. Size: picnic tables, creeks, grassland ridges and Mountain Road, Woodside. Size: 974 acres. Basketball a portion of the Bay Area Ridge Trail. Hang • Info: 650-851-1210; reservations: 274 acres. Arrillaga Family Gym 600 Alma St., Menlo gliding, paragliding and remote control 650-363-4021 Park. Drop-in basketball on Mon, Wed (two Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space gliding are allowed with a permit. Size: • www.eparks.net courts), Fri (one court) noon-2 p.m. $2 fee. Preserve Skyline Boulevard 4.5 miles south 1,335 acres. 18 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com 1010 Doyle St., Menlo Park • (650) 326-2501 www.cafedelsolrestaurant.com Mon-Sat 11am-2:30pm; 5-10pm

‘A Ray of Sunshine in Menlo Park’ Inviting you to discover the fresh and vibrant tastes of modern Mexican cuisine in a warm and relaxed atmosphere.

2014 Voted “Best Mexican Restaurant” 3 years in a row

7 Sandstone St., Portola Valley* 210 Pope Street, Menlo Park* 1181 Greenwood Ave., Palo Alto*

Omar Kinaan Representing Buyers and Realtor®, GRI, CDPE Sellers of Fine Peninsula Homes Certified International Property Specialist CalBRE#01723115 650.776.2828 [email protected] *Represented the Buyers 1475 Woodland Ave., Menlo Park

784 Palo Alto Avenue, Palo Alto* 1325 Hoover Street, Menlo Park 133 Burns Avenue, Atherton*

648 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park Phone: 650.776.2828

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 19 i Outdoors & Recreation

• 650-330-2220 way to climb to Skyline or ride to the are required at all times. A speed limit of 15 Hiking/walking • www.menlopark.org coast. Access is from Portola Road, less mph (5 mph when passing) is enforced. than a mile after it merges with Sand Hill • Trail conditions: 650-691-2150 Bay Area Orienteering Club Sport Biking Road. The climb is a 3.5-mile ascent of a • openspace.org/activities/ideas_for_ of navigation with map and compass, narrow, winding road, climbing 1,700 feet. bikers.asp coupled with walking or running. Usually Road biking What really makes this area meets Sundays from 9 a.m.-noon at Descending the road is tricky, however, and Alpine Road This road winds into the hills a haven for cyclists is the abundance of various parks around Bay Area. Fees vary. not recommended. Take Hwy 84 instead. along Corte Madera Creek from Portola nearby routes that offer something for Families welcome. Instruction provided for • Palo Alto Bicycles: 650-328-7411 Valley. It turns to dirt when it starts to everyone, from competitive pedal-pushers • http://paloaltobicycles.com/ beginners. climb, a couple miles west of Portola Road. to recreational riders. Here are some of resources/old-la-honda/ • www.baoc.org the better-known foothill and valley bike The rutted dirt road climbs 2.5 miles before routes: Page Mill Road - Kings Mountain By far it merges with Page Mill Road near Skyline. Bedwell Bayfront Park See entry in Parks. the most strenuous climb around, Page Total loop is 18 miles, rising 2,540 feet and Edgewood County Park and Preserve 10 Cañada Road This mostly flat road Mill Road twists and turns 7 miles from the lasting about three hours. Old Stage Coach Road, Redwood City. Five (pronounced “Kan-ya-da”) parallels I-280 valley floor to Skyline Boulevard, where it • trails.com/tcatalog_trail. trails, meadow area, amphitheater, three for 7.3 miles from Woodside Road to Hwy tops out around 2,000 feet. This is a killer, aspx?trailid=BGS100-025 92, past such scenic attractions as the drop-in family picnic areas, restrooms. No especially on a hot day. From 1900 Park Pearson-Arastradero Preserve 1530 Filoli Estate and the Pulgas Water Temple. dogs, bikes or smoking. Size: 467 acres. Blvd., Palo Alto, driving distance is 38.3 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Open • 650-368-6283; reservations: 650-363- Bike lanes accommodate riders for the miles. Time: 2 hours, 47 minutes. grasslands, bay views, small lake. Single 4021 entire length. On most Sundays the road • www.rahul.net/kenton/fun/bike/ track, fire road 10.25 miles, 6.6 miles open • https://parks.smcgov.org/edgewood- is closed to auto traffic 9 a.m.-3 p.m. from PageMill_KingsMountain.html all year, 3.6 open depending on season. park-natural-preserve Edgewood Road to Hwy 92, creating an Woodside-Portola Valley Loop This local Deer, bobcats, coyotes and a variety of ideal refuge for cyclists and in-line skaters. Filoli 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. Property • San Mateo County Bicycle Sunday favorite is a 26-mile loop of flat to mildly birds. includes 654 acres, 36,000-square-foot Info Line: 650-361-1785 hilly terrain. The total climb is 1,170 feet. • 650-329-2423 country house and 16-acre English • cityofpaloalto.org, bahiker.com • www.chainreaction.com/canada_ This route heads southwest from I-280 Renaissance garden and a café. Prices vary. road.htm along Sand Hill Road. Self-guided tours and guided tours (by • http://paloaltobicycles.com/ Camping Kings Mountain Road Beginning out of reservation). Size: 654 acres. resources/the-loop/ • 650-364-8300 Woodside, Kings Mountain Road provides Huddart County Park 1100 Kings • www.filoli.org a good route to reach Skyline. The climb is Mountain biking Mountain Road, Woodside. Group 4.3 miles long with numerous switchbacks campsites only, open May-September, by Midpeninsula Regional Open Space and ascends 1,540 feet. Weekend traffic is The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space reservation. Picnic grounds, barbecues, District See entry in Open space areas. heavy compared to the weekdays, but the District allows bicycling in 16 open space grassy areas, 25 miles of hiking and horse Sawyer Camp Trail San Mateo through scenery is always worth it. preserves, totaling approximately 150 trails (no bikes allowed), play area. No pets. • graphics.stanford.edu/~lucasp/ miles of trails open to mountain bikes. Entry fee per vehicle per day. Size: 973 Millbrae. Enter off Skyline Boulevard at grade/kingsmountain.html Before heading out, check the district’s acres. Crystal Springs Road, San Mateo (along trail conditions and seasonal closures • 650-851-1210; reservations: Crystal Springs Reservoir, north of Hwy Old La Honda Road This narrow, winding information by phone or email. Helmets 650-363-4021 92). Six-mile linear asphalt walkway for road is the easiest and most peaceful • www.eparks.net hiking, jogging, bicycling and equestrians; mileage marked every half mile. Portola Redwoods State Park • 650-589-4294 9000 Portola State Park Road, #F, La • www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/portal/site/ Honda. Portola has 53 family and four parks group campsites. Fees for campsites. BEST Reservations needed for weekend Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter 3921 campsites, mid-May-Labor Day. Family E. Bayshore Road, Ste. 204, Palo Alto. The campsites can take up to eight people and chapter has 18,000 members in three AUTO REPAIR have fire rings, picnic benches. Leashed counties. Variety of hiking and outdoor dogs are allowed at campsites and paved experiences, including backpacking, singles roads, but not on trails. groups and whitewater paddling. Three 55eas Yearsea in a ao Rowowow • Info: 650-948-9098; Portola Red- regional groups and 12 activities sections woods reservations: 800-444-7275; plan hiking, day trips and social activities. 2014 Slate Creek reservations: 831-338- • 650-390-8411 8861 • http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org • parks.ca.gov “The Dish” at Stanford Foothills Stanford Avenue and Junipero Serra Boulevard, Palo Fishing Alto. A network of paths in and around the Licenses Fishing licenses are required in Stanford foothills west of Junipero Serra California for all fishing endeavors. You Boulevard offers opportunities for hillside can get a license at sporting goods stores trail runs and hikes. The most popular or online. Annual California resident’s route is a 3.5-mile loop up to the giant For Quality & Performance fees vary. Other short-term licenses are radio telescope known as “the Dish,” with available. entrances at Stanford Avenue and Alpine Servicing European, Asian and domestic vehicles with the • 916-928-5805 Road. Access to foothills limited to daylight • www.wildlife.ca.gov hours. No pets. most qualiﬁed and trained ASE certiﬁed technicians using • 650-926-0275 Dumbarton Fishing Pier 2 Marshland • http://dish.stanford.edu factory diagnostic and programming equipment. Road, Fremont. Closed to vehicle traffic April 1-Aug. 31 to protect nesting birds. Windy Hill Open Space Preserve See During road closure, the pier is available entry in Open space areas. by foot, bike (6-mile round-trip) or a small Wunderlich County Park See entry in shuttle bus on the weekends. Parks - nearby. • 510-792-0222 Since 1948 • fishit.freeshell.org/dumbarton.htm Horseback riding South San Francisco Bay Fishing Horse rentals There are many places to Reference site for all of the South Bay and 4170 Alpine Road, Portola Valley 650-851-7442 rent horses from Portola Valley to Half Peninsula fishing areas, both fresh and Moon Bay, and many have trails and offer saltwater fishing. lessons. Check Yellow Page directory [email protected] • www.ichthy.com under Horse Rentals and Horse Stables.

20 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com A Portfolio of Properties

WOODSIDE WOODSIDE ATHERTON

Representing Exceptional Properties in Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Woodside, Portola Valley, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills

ATHERTON ATHERTON ATHERTON PORTOLA VALLEY

FOR INFORMATION ON OUR CURRENT LIST OF PROPERTIES VISIT: GULLIXSON.COM

ATHERTON WOODSIDE ATHERTON

MARY AND BRENT ARE THE #6 TEAM, PER THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.

ATHERTON ATHERTON PORTOLA VALLEY

MARY GULLIXSON BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 650.888.4898 [email protected] [email protected] License# 00373961 License# 01329216 gullixson.com

Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Buyers to verify all information to their satisfaction. Properties shownwww.AlmanacNews.com may be sold. Info Menlo Park • 21 i Outdoors & Recreation

• www.horserentals.com Spring Down Equestrian Center 725 patio. Open sunrise to sunset year-round. • 650-330-2232 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Riding lessons Rates vary. Reservations available. • menlopark.org, search “pool” California Riding Academy 100 Ansel daily, beginner to advanced. English hunt • 650-368-7820 Lane, Barn #2 and #15, Menlo Park. English Burgess Memorial Pool 501 Laurel St., seat and dressage. Private, semi-private • www.emeraldhillslodge.com western lessons for all ages. English, Menlo Park. Outdoor pool, open year- and group lessons. Year-round camps, western and cowboy summer camps, round for lap and recreational swimming. celebration parties for kids and Girl Scout boarding and training for boys and girls Skateboarding Group and private swim lessons and a badge parties. swim team. Pool rental available. ages 5-16. Horses and ponies available for • 650 -851-1114 Burgess Skate Park 700 Alma St., Menlo • 650-328-7946 lease. Jumping and reining instructions. • springdown.com Park. Open for general skateboarding a Birthday parties. half hour before sunrise to sunset. Users • menloswim.com • Info: 650-740-2261; barn: 650-854- The Horse Park at Woodside 3674 Sand are required to wear helmets and elbow 1037 Hill Road, Woodside. Site for equestrian and knee pads. Facility is for skateboards Tennis • californiaridingacademy.com events and training. Eventing, hunter/ and in-line skating only. Adult supervision jumper, dressage, polo, carriage driving, Atherton Tennis Center 150 Watkins Ave., Folger Stable Wunderlich County Park, required for children under age 14. reining, pony club and other equestrian Atherton. Tennis keys are issued for six 4040 Woodside Road, Woodside. Public • 650-330-2223 events. Facilities open for dog walking and courts at Holbrook-Palmer Park. The center horse boarding. Western and English • menlopark.org/skatepark training. offers tennis mixers, social events and lessons for all ages, beginner to advanced. • 650-851-2140 tournaments as well as lessons, clinics and Trail rides, spring and summer camps, • www.horsepark.org Soccer junior camps. clinics, parties. Arena access. Historic facility. Menlo Atherton Adult Soccer League • 650-400-0464 • Equi Kneads: 408-828-8721 Webb Ranch 2720 Alpine Road, Menlo P.O. Box 232, Menlo Park. Recreation soccer • www.alanmargot-tennis.net • wunderlichfolgerstable.com Park. Webb Ranch offers English and league for women ages 23 and up. All skill western riding lessons, spring and summer Menlo Park Tennis keys may be purchased Glenoaks Equestrian Center 3639 levels are welcome. Spring and fall seasons. camps, trail rides, birthday parties and at the Arrillaga Family Gymnasium; keys Alpine Road, Portola Valley. Full-service Games are held on Saturday, Tuesday boarding. Horsemanship badges for Girl are issued after Jan. 15 of each year and are equestrian facility providing training, and Thursday evenings at Burgess and Scouts available. valid through Jan. 14 of the following year. boarding and riding lessons for all ages Willow Oaks parks. Teams are formed from • Lesson office: 650-854-7755; board- Fee is $50 per year ($100 for non-residents). and experience levels. Hunter/jumpers, ing: 650-854-RIDE completed applications received by Jan. 15 Keys are valid for courts at Burgess Park, dressage and three-day eventing training. • webbranchinc.com for spring season and July 15 for fall season. La Entrada School, Kelly Park, Willow Oaks Jumper rings, private cross-country course, • maasl.com Park and Nealon Park. dressage court and derby field. Woodside Junior Riders 3375 Tripp Road, Portola Valley Parks and Recreation • 650-330-2200 • 650-854-4955 Woodside. Summer program in English • menlopark.org/tennis • www.glenoaksequestrian.com riding and horsemanship for children ages Committee 765 Portola Road, Portola 6-16 who live in the Woodside-Portola Valley. Co-ed, sponsored leagues March- J. L. Dixon Stable 190 Park Lane, Atherton. Valley Fire District. Course culminates June and September-November, for Private swim & tennis Saddle seat and driving lessons. Private in horse show in late August. Horses men over 30 and women over 18. Games clubs and semi-private lessons. Kids must be 4 provided. are on Sundays at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., yrs old by the day of the lesson. at the Portola Valley Town Center field. Ladera Oaks 3249 Alpine Road, Portola • 650-766-9511 Valley. Family-oriented swim, tennis and • 650-740-4344 • www.woodsidejuniorriders.org Sign-up fee. • jldixonstable.com • Jon Myers: 408-823-8188 fitness club with two year-round pools, six Woodside Vaulters 3375 Tripp Road, • www.pvasl.org lighted tennis courts, a fitness center and Misty Ridge Farm 1600 Arastradero Road, Woodside. Equestrian vaulting (most sports activity lawns. Offers swimming and Portola Valley. English hunt seat riding often described as gymnastics and dance tennis lessons, personal training, youth lessons for children and adults (beginner Softball on horseback); the club has 60 members and masters swim teams, junior tennis through advanced) stressing the welfare and welcomes new ones, ages 4 to adult. Menlo Park Adult Softball Program program and USTA teams. of both horse and rider. Includes horse Horses, coaches and teammates are Frank Sequeira Field at Nealon Park, 800 • 650-854-3101 care, grooming and safe handling. Horses provided. Classes are available for Tiny Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Three leagues, • laderaoaks.com available for lease and show. Tots (4-6 yrs), Beginning Trot (~6-12 yrs), made up of pre-formed teams; men’s Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club • Bobbi Petrov: 650-851-3030 and co-ed leagues. Adults over 18 only. • www.bpetrov.com plus Advanced Trot and Canter A/B/C and 4139 Alpine Road, Portola Valley. The Bronze/Silver/Gold teams (8-80 yrs.). Two programs: late-April-mid-July and Alpine Hills club offers variety of swim National Center for Equine Facilitated • 650-434-3375 mid-August-late-October. Leagues are and tennis activities, including lessons, Therapy (NCEFT) 880 Runnymede Road, • woodsidevaulters.org held at Nealon Park and consist of 10 an intensive youth tennis program, Woodside. Specializes in “hippotherapy”: games, including playoffs. Games are masters swimming, water polo and physical, occupational or speech therapy Ice skating played Mon, Wed-Thur 6:30 p.m. Leagues more. In addition, the club has fitness using the movement of the horse as a are set at experience levels of “C,” “CC,” programs, a basketball court and social Nazareth Ice Oasis 3140 Bay Road, treatment strategy to address physical “D” and Co-Ed. events for all ages. Redwood City. Public sessions, skating disabilities. Also offers adaptive riding • 650-330-2222 • 650-851-1591 and driving for suitable clients and parties, adult and youth hockey, dance and • menlopark.org/233/Adult-Sports • alpinehills.us interactive vaulting, therapeutic driving private and group lessons. Home to the Ice Oasis Skating School. Northern California Softball and recreational programs for people Association Check website for leagues Volleyball with disabilities. • 650-364-8090 • www.iceoasis.com and tournament information for the Bay • 650-851-2271 Area. Arrillaga Family Gym 600 Alma St., Menlo • www.nceft.org Winter Lodge See entry in Kids section. • norcalasa.org Park. Drop-in volleyball (two courts) 7-10 p.m., $3 fee; on Tuesday, Thursday (two San Mateo County Horsemen’s Redwood City Señors Softball Club P.O. courts), Friday (one court) noon-2 p.m., $2 Association P.O. Box 620092, Woodside. Golf (private courses) Box 3904, Redwood City. Plays year-round fee; on Sunday (two courts), 6:30-9:30 p.m., Learn more about horses and issues Stanford Golf Course 198 Junipero Serra at various parks around Redwood City. $3 fee. Gym shoes required. important to the equestrian community. Blvd., Stanford. Open to Stanford Alumni Made up of about 300 recreational and • 650-330-2220 Events include horse shows, game nights Association members, students and tournament level softball players over the • www.menlopark.org and horseback rides. faculty of Stanford University and their age of 50. Registration fee. • 650-568-1045 • 650-363-1140 • www.smcha.org accompanied guests. Fees vary depending Water sports on membership. • http://rcseniorsoftball.weebly.com Shoestring Farm 1600 Arastradero • Golf course: 650-327-6595; Spinnaker Sailing Club 451 Seaport Road, Portola Valley. Located at Portola driving range: 650-498-4461 Swimming Court, Redwood City. Classes in keelboat Pastures, Shoestring offers private and • stanfordgolfcourse.com sailing, sailing club memberships, sailing group lessons in one of two outdoor Belle Haven Pool 100 Terminal Ave., vacations, youth summer programs, arenas on the premises. Cross-country Golf (public courses) Menlo Park. Outdoor pool open mid- sailboat charters and team-building lessons can be given at The Horse Park June-late-August. Recreational, lap and events. An American Sailing Association at Woodside (CTETA), a short trailer ride Emerald Hills Golf Course 938 family swimming, as well as private rentals, Certification Facility since 1980. Hours: 9 away from the barn. Wilmington Way, Redwood City. Nine-hole, lessons and safety classes. Mon-Thur 9 a.m.-5 p.m., seven days a week. • 415-640-4513 par-three course. Practice range, putting a.m.-6 p.m.; Fri-Sat noon-5:30 p.m. and • 650-363-1390 • shoestringfarms.com and chipping greens. Snack shop and closed Sunday. • www.spinnakersailing.com 22 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

#1 Market Share in Menlo Park www.kerinicholas.com

keri nicholas Top 30 Agents Nationwide - Wall Street Journal International President’s Premier | Top 1% Internationally - Coldwell Banker

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 23

dre: #01198898 dre: 650.329.6654 ofﬁce | 650.533.7373 mobile | [email protected] CHILD CARE, CLASSES, FUN THINGS FOR KIDS TO DO

organizations. or half day, and prekindergarten (ages 4-5). • 650-342-8785 • 650-233-1860 • [email protected] • discoverchampions.com • www.ragazzi.org Crescent Park Child Development Center 4161 Alma St., Palo Alto. Preschool Child care centers program for children 2-5 yrs, with full- and and preschools half-day offerings. Child care available two, Applebee Preschool 107 Clover Lane, three or five days per week. Enrollment Menlo Park. year-round. Hours: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. • 650-322-0192 • 650-322-9668 • [email protected] • [email protected] • www.crescentparkpreschool.org Belle Haven Child Development Center 410 Ivy Drive, Menlo Park. This center Footsteps Preschool 490 Willow Road, serving preschoolers 3-5 yrs has a bilingual Menlo Park. Footsteps Preschool offers staff and a teacher to child ratio of 1:8. an open, child-directed curriculum where Hours: Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. the teacher serves as a facilitator in an environment with many choices. For Michelle Le • 650-330-2270 • [email protected] children 2 yrs, 9 mos (and potty trained)-5 • www.menlopark.org/219/Belle- yrs. Two-, three- and five-day programs. Haven-Child-Development-Center September-June. Hours: 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. • 650-324-3668 Belle Haven School-Age Child Care • [email protected] Students ages 7-10 practice a position called Gazelle in the Introduction to Aerial class Program 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. • footstepspreschool.com at Arrillaga Family Gymnastics Center. Licensed after-school care and recreational summer camp for children K-6th grade. GeoKids/Menlo Survey Day Care Arts organizations exhibitions of professional and students’ Transportation offered from local school to Center 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop work. Studio rentals and open studio time program for the Tinsely program students. #204, Menlo Park. Play-based program for California Youth Symphony 441 available. Summer arts camp offers artistic Hours: noon-6 p.m. for kindergartners; 2:30 infants 3 mos to pre-kindergarten, located California Ave., #5, Palo Alto. Founded in programs on everything from traditional p.m.-6 p.m. and early dismissal days for all on Menlo Park campus of the United States 1952, the Palo Alto-based youth orchestra arts to cartooning. others. Geological Survey. NAEYC accredited. performs at Spangenberg Theatre in Palo • 650-321-3891 • 650-330-2297 • 650-329-4236 Alto, Foothill College, Flint Center and San • [email protected] • www.menlopark.org/221/Belle- • [email protected] Mateo Performing Arts Center. Many local • www.pacificartleague.org Haven-Youth-Center • www.geokids.org players are among 500 students enrolled Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra 4000 Beth Jacob Preschool 1550 Alameda de Kirk House Preschool 1148 Johnson St., in nine ensembles. Open to ages 8-18. Middlefield Road, M1, Palo Alto. This las Pulgas, Redwood City. Program one Menlo Park. 3-5 yrs. Half-day morning and Auditions in April. afternoon classes two to three times per • 650-325-6666 award-winning youth orchestra has been to five days a week, 20 mos-5 yrs. Offers performing locally for more than 45 years. six-week summer camp for ages 2.5-5. week, Monday-Friday. Summer sessions • [email protected] available. • www.cys.org One of the few youth groups in the nation The school emphasizes Jewish values and devoted exclusively to chamber music. The experience. • 650-323-8667 Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon season runs September-June and features • 650-366-8481 • [email protected] • www.kirkhousepreschool.org Valley 461 Orange Ave., Los Altos. world-renowned soloists and string • www.bethjacobrwc.org Established in 1994, Cantabile Youth orchestra masterpieces performed at the Carillon Preschool 815 Portola Road, Ladera Community Church Preschool Singers of Silicon Valley operates six choirs highest level. Portola Valley. Carillon Preschool offers 3300 Alpine Road, Portola Valley. Four-year, serving children ages 4-18. Activities • 650-856-3848 families with children 2 yrs, 7 mos through part-time program for 2-5 yrs. NAEYC include weekly rehearsals, quarterly • [email protected] accredited, opportunities for scholarship training workshops and weekend retreats; • www.pacomusic.org 5 yrs, 9 mos a developmentally appropriate and play-based program set on a beautiful financing. programs include vocal training, diction • 650-854-0295 Palo Alto Children’s Theatre 1305 campus. and language coaching, movement and • [email protected] Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. The Palo • 650-529-1335 dance, training in theory, music-reading • www.laderapreschool.org Alto Children’s Theatre serves more than • [email protected] skills, interpretation and history. Auditions 30,000 community members annually • carillonpreschool.com Littlest Angels Preschool Bethany and demonstration classes in August, with quality performing arts education Lutheran Church, 1095 Cloud Ave., Menlo January and May. Casa dei Bambini Montessori School experiences, including year-round • 650-424-1410 1215 O’Brien Drive, Menlo Park. Preschool Park. 2-year-old classes are Mon-Fri 9 a.m.- performances, classes, camps and a • [email protected] and kindergarten for children 2-6 yrs. noon (no potty training required); 3-4-year- Teen Arts Council. Productions include a • www.cantabile.org Association Montessori Internationale old classes Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (no potty Main Stage Season, a Summer Outdoor member; NAEYC accredited. International training required); pre-K classes Mon-Fri El Camino Youth Symphony 4055 Fabian “Hot Dog” Theatre Festival, Playhouse and multicultural. Classes in gardening, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Before-school care available Way, Palo Alto. The award-winning group Productions for children ages 3-6 and cooking, poetry and the arts are held beginning at 8:30 a.m. and after-school sponsors eight ongoing ensembles that PAUSD Elementary School Outreach throughout the day. Enrichment classes care available until 5:30 p.m. for kids 3-5 yrs. rehearse weekly and perform regularly. Productions. include gymnastics, French and Spanish Flexible schedule; enrollment offered for They include the Senior Symphony, the • Info: 650-463-4930; two, three or five days per week. Sinfonietta Orchestra, two preparatory box office: 650-463-4970 language lessons, music and choir. • 650-321-2773 • 650-854-4973 orchestras, a string ensemble and a wind • [email protected] • [email protected] • www.cityofpaloalto.org/ • [email protected] orchestra. Musicians 6-18 yrs old may • www.cdeib.com • www.bethany-mp.org/preschool request an audition. childrenstheatre • 650 -213-7111 Menlo Children’s Center 801 Laurel St., Ragazzi Boys Chorus 178-A Clinton St., Champions at Las Lomitas Elementary • [email protected] 299 Alameda de las Pulgas, Atherton. Menlo Park. The preschool program runs • www.ecys.org Redwood City. Ragazzi is a Bay Area center Mon-Fri 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Licensed and for music education for boys and young After-school and before-school programs for K-6th grade. Enrichment curriculum subsidized program through City of Menlo Pacific Art League 668 Ramona St., Palo men ages 7-18. Holds auditions in January, Park for children 18 mos- 5 yrs. School-age Alto. Founded in 1921, the Pacific Art May/Summer and September. Provides a activities and homework support, plus activities promoting character program for children between 5 yrs and League offers art classes for children, teens complete musical education to boys who 5th grade available Mon-Fri 2:30-6 p.m., and adults and enrolls more than 1,600 love to sing. Concerts on the Peninsula; development, literacy, science and fitness. NAEYC-accredited preschool (ages 3-4), full except Thursdays (1:30-6 p.m.). students a year. Galleries with monthly collaborations with other prestigious arts • 650-330-2262 24 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 25 i Menlo

CAMPBELL 408.871.8890 DANVILLE 925.866.6164 SAN CARLOS 650.508.8317 CORTE MADERA 415.924.6691 MOUNTAIN VIEW 650.964.7212 16 LOCATIONS IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA & TEXAS

www.thehomeconsignmentcenter.com 26 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Kids

• [email protected] • [email protected] programs offered: Tue, Thu 9-11:45 a.m., Child care/referrals • www.menlochildrenscenter.com, • www.knoxplayschools.com ages 2-3; Mon, Wed, Fri 9-11:45 a.m., ages www.menlopark.org/224/Menlo- 3-4; Mon-Thu 1-4 p.m., ages 4-6. Summer AuPairCare Agency recruits, screens The Roberts School 641 Coleman Ave., Childrens-Center programs available. and places English-speaking au pairs for Menlo Park. Preschoolers, pre-K and children. Approximately $340 for 45 hours Menlo-Atherton Cooperative Nursery • 650-851-0771 Young Fives, ages 2-5 yrs. 7:30 a.m.-6 • [email protected] of flexible, live-in child care per week. Since School 802 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. p.m., year-round. Curriculum includes • www.windmillschool.com 1989, AuPairCare has placed more than Preschoolers and pre-K, ages 21 mos-6 yrs. age-appropriate academics, art, music, 40,000 au pairs in homes across the nation. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Parent cooperative. gymnastics, Spanish, cooking and more. Woodland School 360 La Cuesta Drive, • 800-4AUPAIR • 650-434-2667 • 650-322-3535 Portola Valley. Preschoolers, K-8th grade. • www.aupaircare.com • [email protected] • www.robertsschool.com Academic independent preschool. 6:1 • www.maco-op.org student-teacher ratio, 270 total students. Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) Sacred Heart Schools/Preschool and 330 Twin Dolphin Drive, Ste. 119, Redwood New Horizons School Age Center 200 • 650-854-9065 Kindergarten 150 Valparaiso Ave., • [email protected] City. 4Cs is a resource for child care and Shawnee Pass, Portola Valley. K-6th grade. Atherton. Children 3-6 yrs. Montessori • www.woodland-school.org preschool needs for parents living and Mon-Fri noon-6 p.m. program in a division of Sacred Heart working in San Mateo County. 4Cs also • 650-851-5671 Woodside Parents’ Nursery School Schools Atherton and a part of the supports the county’s 1,000 licensed child- • [email protected] 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside. Four- international Network of Sacred Heart care providers and preschool programs, year parent participation play-based Palo Alto Preschool 4232 El Camino Real, Schools. Class Size: 24. investing in professional development and learning program for children 15 mos-6 Palo Alto. Palo Alto Preschool is a bilingual • 650-322-0176 improving program quality. yrs. Morning programs, Mon-Fri. Parent (Mandarin) Montessori preschool for ages • [email protected] • 650-517-1400 2-5. • www.shschools.org participation required. • [email protected] • 650-739-0137 • 650-851-7112 • www.sanmateo4cs.org Trinity Early Childhood Program 330 • [email protected] • [email protected] Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park. Mon-Fri. • www.paloaltopreschool.org • www.woodsideparents.org Children’s Health Council 650 Clark Way, NAEYC accredited. 3-4 yrs at Preschool Palo Alto. The center, two schools and Woodside Preschool 3195 Woodside Peninsula School 920 Peninsula Way, Campus (Trinity Church) from 9 a.m.- community clinic serve families on the Road, Woodside. 2 yrs, 9 mos-5 yrs as of Menlo Park. Progressive preschool- noon or extended day until 3:30 p.m.; Peninsula and in Silicon Valley. Areas of Sept. 1. Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-noon. Five-day 8th grade, with an enrollment of 255. junior kindergarten at Elementary School expertise include education, assessment pre-K and two-, three- and five-day Founded in 1925 and situated on 6 acres. Campus (St. Bede’s Episcopal Church) from and treatment for learning differences, Specialists in music, physical education, 8:15 a.m.-1 p.m. or extended day until 3 preschool programs. • 650-851-1571 anxiety and depression, ADHD and autism. science, Spanish, art, weaving, clay, p.m. Developmental/project approach Also provides parent education classes with indoor and outdoor play and small • [email protected] woodshop, jewelry, dance and drama. • woodside.k12.ca.us (free) and parent consultations. Summer school: June-August for group projects. • 650-326-5530 children 5-13 yrs. • 650-854-0288 • [email protected] • 650-325-1584 • [email protected] Child care/hotlines • www.chconline.org • www.trinity-mp.org • [email protected] PACE APP (Professional Association • www.peninsulaschool.org Stanford Park Nannies 713 Santa Cruz Trinity School 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo for Childhood Education Alternative Ave., Ste. 1, Menlo Park. An owner- The Phillips Brooks School 2245 Avy Park. Pre-K-5th grade. CAIS accredited. Payment Program) 350 Sansome St., Ste. operated nanny agency offering long-term Ave., Menlo Park. Preschoolers-5th grade. Early-childhood program is NAEYC 1000, San Francisco. Administers subsidy and temporary child care as well as baby Founded in 1978. An independent, accredited. Art, religion, Spanish, physical program for income-eligible families. nurses for families in San Mateo and Santa coeducational day school. 276 students. education, music, library and garden in • 800-541-9922; 408-278-1214 Clara counties. Specialized classes in art, music, physical addition to core curriculum. • [email protected] • 650-462-4580 education, science, technology and • 650-854-0288, ext. 100 • www.paceapp.org • www.spnannies.com, www.facebook. • [email protected] Spanish. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital com/StanfordParkNannies?ref=ts • 650-854-4545 • www.trinity-mp.org Referral Center 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto. Stanford University WorkLife Office 3160 • [email protected] University Heights Montessori Referral specialists answer questions about • www.phillipsbrooks.org Porter Drive, Ste. 250, Stanford. Stanford Children’s Center Inc. 2066 Avy Ave., how to access physicians and services University offers a variety of child-care The Playschool Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Menlo Park. Preschoolers, kindergarten. at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at alternatives including four full-time centers Watkins Ave., Atherton. Preschoolers 18 Mon-Fri 7:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Stanford. Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. for infants-5 yrs (Stanford affiliates only), a mos-6 yrs. NAEYC accredited. Morning and • 650-854-6993 • 800-995-5724 part-time nursery-school program and a afternoon programs. Summer camps for • [email protected] part-time lab school, and an after-school Windmill Preschool 4141 Alpine Road, • www.lpch.org, search “referral center” children beginning at 3 yrs, June-August. Portola Valley. Preschoolers. Three program for K-2nd grade. The program in • 650-325-1623

Great stuff just for kids

Girls’ Volleyball Club Roberts School year-round Ages 10-18 enrollment! caring & teaching since 1975 schedule a tour today! UÊÊ iÛi«iÌ>É 650-618-3325 3864 middleﬁeld road in palo alto “Winning isn’t everything, ÀV iÌÊ*À}À>Ê9i>ÀÊ Why choose Milestone Preschool? but wanting to is!” ,Õ` UÊÊ}iÊ««À«À>ÌiÊ • excellent and experienced teacheÀÃ Offering team options for girls of varying abilities V>`iVÃ • low 1:5 teacher to student ratio Development: New to volleyball. Rules, basic skills, team work. Grades 3-5. UÊ1µÕiÊ*>ÞÊÀi>Ã • classroom size fewer than 20 children Premier: Beginner to intermediate girls UÊ>ÞÊ"Üi` • developmentally-based curriculum wanting a challenging, rewarding experience. • kindergarten readiness Power: Highly committed girls wanting to schedule a visit! 650-618-3325 compete at the highest level [email protected] Accepting applications for ages 2 to Pre-K and Young 5’s State of California license 434407984 www.paloaltoelite.com Èxä®ÊÎÓÓÎxÎxÊÊÜÜÜ°ÀLiÀÌÃÃV °VÊ www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 27 i Kids

Stanford West for infants-5 yrs gives priority • www.hiddenvilla.org adults. Galleries. Eight week-long summer and nature, yoga, zumba and more. to Stanford West residents and Stanford camps from June-August for kids and • 650-851-1700, ext. 200 Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins affiliates but also accepts community teens, plus spring and summer art classes. • [email protected] Ave., Atherton. Classes include music for enrollment on a space-available basis. • 650-321-3891 • www.portolavalley.net, search “com- families, folk dance, dog training, spinning Stanford Madera Grove Children’s Center • [email protected] munity classes” and tennis. offers first priority to faculty and second • www.pacificartleague.org • 650-752-0534; tennis classes: San Mateo County History Museum priority to students and post-docs. Alan Margot at 650-752-0540 Palo Alto Art Center 1313 Newell Road, See entry in Arts (Museums) section. • 650-723-2660 • [email protected] Palo Alto. Offers year-round art classes • [email protected] • www.ci.atherton.ca.us; search and workshops for preschool-age • worklife.stanford.edu Outings “holbrook-palmer” children and up. Project LOOK! offers a CuriOdyssey 1651 Coyote Point Drive, TrustLine Database for nannies and Menlo Park Community Services docent-led tour of current exhibitions caregivers. Conducts background checks with a hands-on activity that follows in San Mateo. Located in a park overlooking Department 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. San Francisco Bay, this family-oriented on in-home child care, provided by the Dance, art, martial arts, gymnastics, the Project LOOK! studio. • 650-329-2366 museum’s theme is environmental California Department of Social Services. sports, swimming, picnics and more, plus • 800-822-8490 • [email protected] education. Hands-on interactive displays, numerous community-wide special events • www.trustline.org • www.cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter outdoor wildlife habitats and a walk- throughout the year. through aviary. Science-based and wildlife • 650-330-2200 Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo 1451 Classes/places to go exhibits, wildlife programs, and school- • [email protected] Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Fun and based and public education programs. • www.menlopark.org/212/ Hidden Villa 26870 Moody Road, Los learning go together for children and Picnic facilities, beach, playgrounds, Community-Services Altos Hills. Hidden Villa is a nonprofit their families in the hands-on, interactive marina and walking trails. educational organization that uses Museum of American Heritage 351 exhibits and mini-zoo. The zoo houses • 650-342-7755 its organic farming, wilderness and Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Permanent and bobcats, a red-tailed hawk and bats. The • [email protected] community to teach and provide rotating collections of antiques and museum offers science classes, summer • www.CuriOdyssey.org opportunities to learn about the selected items from private collections, camps and an outreach program to local schools. Free admission, donations are Hiller Aviation Museum See entry in Arts & environment and social justice. Programs celebrating the effects of innovation. Entertainment section. include summer camp, environmental Classes, lectures and events. welcome. education, public programs, community- • 650-321-1004 • 650 -329-2111 Palo Alto Lucy Evans Baylands Nature supported agriculture, hostel and facility • [email protected] • [email protected] Interpretive Center 2775 Embarcadero • www.cityofpaloalto.org/jmz rentals, volunteers and more. • www.moah.org Road, Palo Alto. Duck pond on site. • 650-949-8650; public programs: Wooden walkway runs over adjacent Pacific Art League 668 Ramona St., Palo Portola Valley Town Center 765 Portola 650-949-6326 marsh to the edge of the bay. Displays and Alto. Art classes for children, teens and Road, Portola Valley. Various classes for • [email protected] kids and adults such as art, karate, science laboratory at the nature center. Occasional

REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Top Residential Specialist in Silicon Valleyy and International Clients It’s not about the market, it’s about your situation and what you need! t’s not about my sale, it’s about your purchase! I • A Buyer’s & Seller’s Advocate • A consultant t’s not about my area, it’s about your lifestyle • An Analyst • A Negotiator & MMarketerarkarketeer I • A business manager and goals! Just to name a few of my qualities and traits. “Call Me for a Change of Place” Call me today to help you find your dream home [email protected] Denise Welsh, SRES [email protected] Direct: (650) 917-7983 Broker Associate www.Denise-Welsh.com 161 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos 650.209.1566 BRE#00939903 Cal BRE #01191911 RIC PARKER 3 MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE Knowlege and expertise to counsel you through major Experience the difference - Visit my website for ðQDFLDODQGOLIHVW\OHWUDQVLWLRQVLQYROYHGLQUHORFDWLQJ information on property listings and virtual tours. buying a new home or selling your existing home. Trust a life long resident with years of experience to help you sell or buy your next home

JERYLANN MATEO Phone 650.962.8611 Broker Associate or 408.398.0054 Realtor PRESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE [email protected] Direct: 650-209.1601 | Cell: 650.743.7895 www.RicParker.com [email protected]| www.jmateo.com )XOOWLPH5HDOWRUIRU\HDUV BRE# 01362250 Experienced with Trusts and Estates CalBRE#00992559 apr.com | LOS ALTOS 167 S. San Antonio Road | 650.941.1111

28 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

2270 Camino A Los Cerros, Menlo Park )EGL3J½GIMW-RHITIRHIRXP] Offered at $3,598,000 | SOLD 3[RIHERH3TIVEXIH

CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST SENIORS REAL ESTATE SPECIALIST Annette Smith, Sales Associate 650.947.4798 650.766.9429 | [email protected] AnnetteSmithHomes.com PamBlackman.com CalBRE# 00584333 License No. 01180954 Julie Tsai Law Serving Palo Alto and surrounding area

Put Dawn’s unparalleled negotiation Julie Tsai Law 蔡湘琴 skills to work for you! Broker Associate, CRS, MBA, SRES Call today! 650.799.8888 [email protected] (650) 701 7822 www.JulieTsaiLaw.com Dawn Thomas LIC # 01339682 Silicon Valley and Beyond SiliconValleyandBeyond.com Local Knowledge • National Exposure • Global Reach

Michael Galli Rated as one of America’s best agents!

I Uncompromising Service

I Proven Negotiator ConnieI MillerMid-Peninsula & Silicon Valley Expertise “Give me a call with any Reall Estate Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care questions you may have.” 650.279.7074 | [email protected] | ConnieMiller.com Michael Galli 650.248.3076 | MichaelGalli.com | BRE #01852633 “Make the RIGHT MOVE...” LYNN Call Tori for your Real Estate needs NORTH Buying or selling—calling me 4th GeGenerationneration ResResidentident Serving the communities of Los Altos, Mountain View, is the move in the right direction Sunnyvale and Cupertino Tori Ann Atwell Lynn North I am personally committed to your success in selling or Broker Associate SRES President’s Club ﬁnding your dream home. (650) 996-0123 DIRECT 650.209.1562 CELL 650.703.6437 $BM#3& #00927794 [email protected] RESULTS: Sold the last 25 homes in an average of 9 days, www.LynnNorth.com and all for over the asking price! www.ToriSellsRealEstate.com BRE# 01490039

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 29 i Menlo Experience the DeLeon Difference Sign up now to sell your home in the fall so DeLeon Realty can begin your home’s transformation!

Before After

This South Palo Alto home listed for $1,998,000 and sold for $2,420,000 in 9 days.

Before After

This Mountain View home listed for $998,000 and sold for $1,315,000 in 8 days.

650.488.7325 |www.deleonrealty.com | CalBRE #01903224

30 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

List your home with DeLeon Realty

Call for a free information kit!

DeLeon Realty will cover all of the following at no additional charge: • Staging* • Property Inspection • Pest Inspection and more!

*Includes: Design, Installation, 1 Month of Furniture Rental and Removal

www.deleonrealty.com| 650.488.7325 | CalBRE#01903224

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 31 Meet Youri Menlo Best Local Experts Menlo Park, Woodside, Atherton & Porto

Dana Cappiello Denise Villeneuve 650.206.6205 650.274.8560 [email protected] 'HQLVHYKRPHV#JPDLOFRP Woodside & Portola Valley Specialist. Making home selling & buying Experienced in Country Land Sales smooth & stress-free!

Visit Me Online: www.danacappiello.com Visit Me Online at: www.peninsulahomesbydenise.com

Cutty Smith, REALTOR® Sophie Tsang, MBA 650.580.8286 650.947.4655 [email protected] [email protected] The partner you demand, Marketing Master, Bi-Lingual, The results you expect! Local Expertise with Global Reach.

Visit Me Online: www.CuttySmith.com Visit Me Online: www.SophieTsang.com Sam Zerarka Virginia Supnet 650.996.2911 650.575.1932 [email protected] [email protected] Local Expertise, When Sales Skills, Experience and Team Work, Professionalism is what you need... Track Record Call Virginia!

Visit Me Online: www.SailingHomes.com Visit Me Online: www.VirginiaSupnet.com Lauren Tokko Alex Sandoval 650.283.3373 650.605.5980 [email protected] [email protected] Exceptional Service “Security, Results & Peace Exceptional Results of Mind”

32 • InfoVisit Menlo Me Park www.AlmanacNews.comOnline: www.LaurenRealEstate.com Visit Me Online: www.alexsandoval.net i Menlo la Valley Menlo Park | 650.543.7740 Woodside | 650.206.6200

Tom Dallas, REALTOR® David Kelsey 650.222.2788 650.223.5588 [email protected] [email protected] $2 Billion in Peninsula sales!!!, Top 1%, #1 Menlo Park/ $300 Million in one year, :RRGVLGHRτFH<7' Peninsula record Serving Atherton, Menlo Park, Woodside and Portola Valley Visit Me Online: www.PeninsulaEstatesGroup.com Visit Me Online: www.PeninsulaEstatesGroup.com

Karen Gunn, REALTOR® Greg Goumas 650.888.9457 650.492.1764 [email protected] [email protected] Woodside, Portola Valley 25+ TOP 1% years of market knowledge & local #1 INTERO PRESTIGIO AGENT UHODWLRQVKLSVZRUNLQJWRVHOORUðQG \RXU&DOLIRUQLD'UHDP+RPH Visit Me Online: www.KarenGunnHomes.com Visit Me Online: www.GregGoumas.com Violaine Mraihi Alice Huntington 650.868.1237 650.421.6106 [email protected] [email protected] An International experience Personally tailored Real Estate grounded in the Peninsula Services. Strategic Local and International Marketing.

Visit Me Online: www.violainefrench.com Visit Me Online: www.alicehuntington.com Claire Hagman Melinda Dy 650.388.6565 650.776.0330 [email protected] [email protected]

Visit Me Online: www.ClaireHagman.com 9LVLW0H2QOLQHZZZ0HOLQGD'\FRPwww.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 33 i Kids workshops, slide shows and nature hikes; Menlo Park Gymnastics Arrillaga Family program is for ages 5-15. Kepler’s Kids Kepler’s Books, 1010 El facility space available by appointment. Gymnastics Center, 501 Laurel St., Menlo • 650-216-7249 Camino Real, Menlo Park. A variety of • 650-329-2506 Park. Programs for boys and girls ages • [email protected] programs for children ages 3 and up, • [email protected] 1 and up, all skill levels. Classes include • www.rc49ers.com including storytelling and visits by popular • www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/ artistic and preschool gymnastics, circus authors. Book clubs for all ages. Winner of csd/parks/preserves/baylands.asp Sequoia YMCA 1445 Hudson St., Redwood arts, tumbling, special needs, birthday City. Sports programs for children ages the 2008 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award for Woodside Community Museum See entry parties and private lessons. 3 and up with an emphasis on positive best general bookstore inspiring young in Arts & Entertainment section. • 650-330-2224 coaching and success for each player. All people’s interest in books and reading. • ca-menlopark.civicplus.com/236/ sports leagues are instructional in nature. • 650-324-4321 Woodside Store See entry in Arts & Gymnastics • [email protected] Swim and kickboxing classes also available. Entertainment section. • www.keplers.com Menlo-Atherton Little League 680 • 650-368-4168 Ringwood Ave., Menlo Park. Boys and • [email protected] Menlo Park Library 800 Alma St., Menlo Sports girls, ages 5-15, for residents west of. Hwy • www.sequoiaymca.org Park. Baby story time (up to 23 mos); Alpine/West Menlo Little League 325 101 and east of El Camino Real in Menlo Solo Aquatics Burgess and Menlo- toddler story time (ages 2-3); preschool Sharon Park Road #544, Menlo Park. Park (incorporated area only) and all of Atherton High School pools, mailing story time; family story time (all ages); Alpine/West Menlo Little League, west of Atherton. address P.O. Box 7266, Menlo Park. bilingual Spanish story time (ages 2-3). El Camino Real. Majors, Minors and Coach • [email protected] Programs: Spring/summer recreational Annual summer reading program June- • www.m-all.org Pitch leagues based on desired level of swim team, ages 3-14; Summer Day Camp August. • 650-330-2530 competition. Ages 5-16. Girls’ softball for Menlo-Atherton Pop Warner Football swim/water polo, ages 5-14; year-round USA • www.menloparklibrary.org ages 5-12. P.O. Box 809, Menlo Park. Menlo-Atherton Swim team (ages 5 and up); private swim • [email protected] Vikings, ages 5-15; season runs August- lessons year-round. For swim team, athletes • www.alpinelittleleague.com November. Teams separated by size and must have overarm crawl stroke proficiency. Youth and service groups American Youth Soccer Organization age. • 650-851-9091 Boy Scouts of America, Pacific Skyline (AYSO) Region 25 Kids ages 4.5-18 in • [email protected] • [email protected] Council 1150 Chess Drive, Foster City. Cub • www.soloaquatics.com Portola Valley, Woodside, La Honda, • www.mapopwarner.com Scouts, ages 7-10; Boy Scouts, ages 11-17; Ladera. Registration starts online May 1. Palo Alto Babe Ruth League P.O. Box Stanford Soccer Club Competitive youth Sea Scouting, Exploring and Venturing, • 650-888-6406 1363, Palo Alto. For ages 13-15. Spring soccer for ages 8-19. Affiliated with the ages 14-20. Also 1305 Middlefield Road, • www.ayso25.org season March-early July. For baseball California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) Palo Alto, 650-327-5900. • 650-341-5633 Arrillaga Family Recreation Center 700 players in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, East Palo and U.S. Club Soccer. Player development Alto, Atherton, Woodside, Portola Valley with experienced coaching and team- • [email protected] Alma St., Menlo Park. Offers rentals for • www.pacsky.org eight rooms to residents and nonresidents, and Redwood City. Sign-ups and tryouts centric management. Spring and fall with preference to ongoing and city for spring play in early February. Majority regular seasons. Boys and Girls Clubs of the Peninsula programs. Rentals include tables and of games played at Baylands Athletic • 650-327-0421 401 Pierce Road, Menlo Park. With nine • [email protected] chairs, kitchen and patio. Appropriate for Center, Gunn High School and Palo Alto sites in Redwood City, Menlo Park and • www.stanfordsoccerclub.org range of activities including weddings, High School. East Palo Alto. Serves youth ages 5-18 birthdays, corporate events. Surrounded • [email protected] Winter Lodge 3009 Middlefield Road, after school and all day during summer. by park with barbecue area, playground, • www.pababeruth.org Palo Alto. The only permanent outdoor Academic services include extended pool and tennis courts. Palo Alto Girls’ Softball P.O. Box 60027, skating rink west of the Sierras is open late learning day, summer instruction and small • 650-330-2200 Palo Alto. Softball league for girls ages September-April. Public skating, group group instruction. Social activities include • www.menlopark.org/101/Services 5-14. Recreation season runs mid-March- lessons in basic skills offered Mon-Sat for one-on-one mentorship. • 650-646-6140 Atherton Lacrosse Summer camps, May. Summer and fall travel teams are children ages 4 and up. • 650-493-4566 • [email protected] classes and clinics throughout the year. also organized. Fliers are sent to district schools, and previous players should • [email protected] • www.bgcp.org Beginners to intermediate levels. Open • winterlodge.com to boys and girls ages 5-14. Locations in receive information via email. Residents of Friends for Youth Inc. 1741 Broadway, Atherton, Belmont, Palo Alto and Los Gatos. the greater Palo Alto area, including East Woodside Junior Riders 3375 Tripp Road, Redwood City. Serves at-risk youth, ages • 888-501-4999 Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Los Woodside. Summer program in English 8-17; mentoring program matches adult • [email protected] Altos and Stanford, are welcome. riding and horsemanship for children volunteers with children. Mentoring • www.athertonlacrosse.com • 650-209-0454 ages 6-16. Program goes from mid-June- Institute provides technical assistance, • [email protected] guidance and training to other mentoring Blue Angels Youth Ski & Snowboard mid-August; open for children living in • www.paloaltogirlssoftball.org agencies. Program 1630 N. Main St., #128, Walnut Woodside Fire Protection District. • 650-766-9511 • 650-368-4444 Creek. Offered each winter through the Palo Alto Knights Youth Football and Cheer For ages 5-13 grouped in levels • [email protected] • [email protected] City of Menlo Park, City of Palo Alto and • www.woodsidejuniorriders.com/ • www.friendsforyouth.org the Town of Los Altos Hills, the Blue Angels based on age and weight. Season runs operates a five-Saturday ski and snowboard August-November. Registration open now. Woodside Pony Club P.O. Box 620113, Girl Scouts of Northern California 1310 program that includes transportation, • 650-743-3211 Woodside. Provides instruction in English S. Bascom Ave., San Jose. Girls 5-17 yrs. lift tickets, all-day professional coaching, • [email protected] riding, horsemanship and the care of Traditional troops, virtual troops, math and lunch, adult supervision and a ProTec • www.paloaltoknights.com horses and ponies, for girls and boys ages science technology programs, as well as Helmet. Bus departs from the Lucie Stern Palo Alto Soccer Club P.O. Box 50831, Palo 7-25. Classes are every weekend year- summer camp programs. Adult volunteers Community Center. Alto. Forty teams for boys and girls ages round. Annual membership fee. Students also sought. Look for postings at schools • 925-939-7669 8-18. Affiliated with the California Youth provide own horse and mount. about Girl Scout registration. • [email protected] Soccer Association (CYSA) and U.S. Club • [email protected] • 408-287-4170 • www.BlueAngelSnow.com Soccer. Training by professional coaches. • bigtent.com/groups/wspc • [email protected] • girlscoutsnorcal.org Ice Oasis 3140 Bay Road, Redwood City. Scholarships available. Woodside Vaulters See entry in Outdoors & Public skating plus parent and kids stick • [email protected] Recreation section. Menlo Park Police Explorer Cadet and shoot, broom ball and special skaters • www.pasoccerclub.org Program 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park. classes. Ravenswood Youth Athletic Association Story hours Police Explorer Post #844 is affiliated with • 650-364-8090 2379 Dumbarton Ave., East Palo Alto. Faith- the Exploring Division of the Boy Scouts • [email protected] based, affordable youth sports programs, Atherton Library 2 Dinkelspiel Station of America for young adults who wish • www.iceoasis.com including soccer, tennis, flag football, Lane, Atherton. Toddler Storytime for to explore a career in law enforcement. ages 18-36 mos; Preschool Storytime for Participants must be ages 14-21. Police Menlo Atherton Youth Lacrosse P.O. Box summer camps and more. ages 3-5 yrs; Musical Storytime for all ages; cadets perform a wide array of duties 7642, Menlo Park. Youth-based boys and • 650-331-0382 Baby Bounce and Rhyme Time for ages within the Menlo Park Police Department, girls lacrosse teams for the spring season. • [email protected] 0-18 mos. from riding along on patrol for observation Register in the fall for the Spring Season. • www.ryaa.org • 650-328-2422 to providing security at teen dances. Summer and Fall Ball programs as well. Redwood City 49ers/Pop Warner • [email protected] • 650-330-6300 • [email protected] Football and Cheer P.O. Box 3541, • www.smcl.org/en/content/atherton • [email protected] • www.menloathertonlacrosse.com Redwood City. This football and cheer • menlopark.org/563/Police-Explorers 34 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 35 i Menlo Open House October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm

NOW ENROLLING Respect • Kindness • Acceptance • Responsibility

www.mid-pen.com A Community for Learning since 1979 36 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE AREA Las Lomitas Elementary approved an additional parcel tax now $81.76 per year. The nonprofit Menlo School District Park-Atherton Education Foundation Administration Office 1011 Altschul contributed $3.6 million to the district to Ave., Menlo Park. Superintendent: Lisa fund library, science, technology, music Cesario. Class Size: K-3: 21-22; 4-8: 24-25. and teacher development programs in the Enrollment: 1,384. The district operates 2013-14 school year. two schools for children who live in parts Board members: Joan Lambert, of Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and president, [email protected], term ends unincorporated areas, including Ladera. 2014; Maria Hilton, vice president/clerk, Ethnic/racial percentages (2013-14): [email protected], term ends 2016; Jeff Caucasian, 69.4; Asian, 16.4; Hispanic, 9.5; Child, [email protected], term ends 2016; multiple ethnicities, 2.5; African American, Scott Hinshaw, [email protected], term 1.4; Pacific Islander, 0.7. ends 2014; Terry Thygesen, tthygesen@ In March 2001 voters approved a $311 mpcsd.org, term ends 2014. parcel tax, which continues with voter • 650-321-7140 approval. In 2013 voters passed, by • [email protected] 74 percent, a bond measure that will • district.mpcsd.org authorize $60 million for facilities Encinal School 195 Encinal Ave., expansion and upgrades. The nonprofit Atherton. Principal: Sharon A. Burns. La Lomitas Education Foundation annual Class Size: 24. Enrollment: 776. Grades giving campaign raised $2.35 million for K-5. Encinal was recognized as a National school programs in the 2013-14 school Blue Ribbon School in fall 2007. year. • 650-326-5164 Board members: Jay Siegel, president, • district.mpcsd.org, search “schools” term ends 2014; William Steinmetz, clerk, Laurel School 95 Edge Road, Atherton. term ends 2016; Richard Ginn, term ends Principal: Linda Creighton. Class Size: 21. 2014; Christine Marie Heaton, term ends Enrollment: 483. Grades K-3. California 2014; Diane Honda, term ends 2016 Distinguished School in 2008. • 650-854-2880 • 650-324-0186 • www.llesd.k12.ca.us • district.mpcsd.org, search “schools” Las Lomitas Elementary School 299 Oak Knoll School 1895 Oak Knoll Lane, Alameda de las Pulgas, Atherton. Principal: Menlo Park. Principal: David Ackerman. Sue Sartor. Class Size: 21-22. Enrollment: Class Size: 18-23. Enrollment: 777. Grades 634. Grades K-3. Las Lomitas was K-5. recognized as a California Distinguished • 650-854-4433 School in April 2010. • www.oakknollschool.com • 650-854-5900 • www.llesd.k12.ca.us/llhome.html Hillview Middle School 1100 Elder Ave., Menlo Park. Principal: Erik A. Burmeister. Michelle Le Michelle La Entrada Middle School 2200 Sharon Class Size: 25. Enrollment: 851. Grades 6-8. Road, Menlo Park. Principal: Shannon Hillview was recognized as a California Potts. Class Size: 24-25. Enrollment: 750. Distinguished School in 2009. Menlo-Atherton High School graduate Livira Leebong is embraced by her music teacher Grades 4-8. La Entrada was recognized as • 650-326-4341 Kent Kurrus during the commencement ceremony in June. a California Distinguished School in 2007 • district.mpcsd.org, click on “schools” and 2011. • 650-854-3962 Portola Valley School raised more than $1,000,000 with 85 Woodside Elementary • le-llesd-ca.schoolloop.com percent parent participation during the District 2013-14 school year. School District Administration Office Woodside Menlo Park City School Administration Office 4575 Alpine Board members: Linda Wong, Elementary School, 3195 Woodside Road, Portola Valley. Superintendent: president, term ends December District Road, Woodside. Superintendent and Dr. Lisa Marie Gonzales. Class Size: 21 2015. Caitha Ambler, clerk, term ends Principal: Beth Polito. Built in: 1851. Class Administration Office 181 Encinal Ave., or fewer in grades K-5; 25 or fewer in December 2017. Timothy McAdam, term Size: 15-20. Enrollment: 452. The district Atherton. Superintendent: Maurice grades 6-8. Enrollment: 651. Portola Valley ends December 2017. Jocelyn Swisher, has one K-8 elementary school. Ethnic/ Ghysels. Class Size: K: 24; 1-3: 23 or School District operates two schools for term ends December 2015. racial percentages (2013-14 ): Caucasian, fewer; 4-8: 25 or fewer. Enrollment: elementary-school-age students who • 650-851-1777 2,887. The district operates four schools: live in Portola Valley, the unincorporated • www.pvsd.net 73; Hispanic, 11; multiple ethnicities, Laurel, grades K-3; Encinal, grades K-5; areas of Los Trancos Woods and Vista 6; Asian, 3; African American, 2; Pacific Corte Madera School 4575 Alpine Road, Oak Knoll, grades K-5; Hillview Middle Verde, a portion of Woodside, and along Islander, 1.5. Community support: Voters Portola Valley. Principal: Michael Corritone. School, grades 6-8. Spanish Immersion parts of Skyline Boulevard. Ethnic/racial approved three bond measures since Class Size: 20. Enrollment: 369. Grades program available at Encinal and Laurel. percentages (2013-14): Caucasian, 75; 1999. the most recent, approved in 4-8. Named a 2007 Distinguished School; See website for boundaries. Ethnic/ Hispanic, 10; multiple ethnicities, 6; Asian, June 2014, is for $13.5 million for repair National Blue Ribbon School 2008. racial percentages (2013-14): Caucasian, 5; African American, 1; Pacific Islander, 1. and modernization projects, including • 650-851-1777, ext. 2250 (principal); 63; Hispanic, 15; multiple ethnicities, 12; Community support : Passage of two bond replacing the auditorium. Voters also Asian, 7.4 ; African American, 1.5; Pacific ext. 3 (office) approved an eight-year parcel tax in measures — $17 million bond measure • www.pvsd.net Islander, 1. Community support: In 2013, in June 1998 and a $6 million measure 2009, which was $242 in the 2013-14 voters passed a $23 million bond issue to in 2001 — to renovate classrooms and Ormondale School 200 Shawnee Pass school year. The nonprofit Woodside renovate and expand educational facilities build new facilities at the two schools. Road, Portola Valley. Principal: Kevin School Foundation annual giving at the O’Connor School site. In 2010, voters Construction was completed at both sites Keegan. Class Size: 20. Enrollment: 281. campaign contributed $1.8 million for approved another parcel tax of $178. A in 2003. In spring 2013, voters passed Grades K-3. Ormondale was recognized as school programs in the 2013-14 school record $91.1 million bond measure was Measure O, which consolidated and a California Distinguished School in May year. passed in June 2006 to expand facilities at increased two existing education parcel 200 and 2014. Board members: Warren Roth, president, all four schools. Voters in 2003 renewed taxes to $581 per parcel per year, for eight • 650-851-1777, ext. 1151; ext. 2 (office) term ends December 2017; Rudy Driscoll, a parcel tax, currently set at $108.62, and years. Portola Valley Schools Foundation • www.pvsd.net term ends December 2015; Kevin Johnson, www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 37 i Menlo

Trinity School ...the right size to give each child a voice

Encouraging preschool to Grade 5 children from all backgrounds to love learning. We foster rigorous academics grounded in child-centered content. Trinity upholds the values and traditions of the Episcopal Church.

The legacy of a Trinity education is a curious mind and a discerning heart. 4BOE)JMM3PBE .FOMP1BSLtYtXXXUSJOJUZNQPSH

38 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Education term ends December 2015; Claire operated by the Sequoia Union High Pollionie, term ends December 2017; Marc School District, designed for 16-18-year- Tarpenning, term ends December 2017. old students who are at risk of dropping • 650-851-1571 out. It received one of the highest WASC • www.woodside.k12.ca.us accreditations available. • 650-369-1411, ext. 7315 Cabrillo Unified School • sequoiadistrict.org/Page/953 District Woodside High School 199 Churchill Administration Office 498 Kelly Ave., Half Ave., Woodside. Principal: Diane Moon Bay. Enrollment: 3,357. Established in Burbank. Enrollment: 1,780. Ethnic/ 1965, the district operates four elementary racial percentages (2013-14): Hispanic, schools, one intermediate school, one high 59.3; Caucasian, 27; multiple ethnicities, We believe education can be school, a continuation school, and an adult 4; Pacific Islander, 3; Asian,1.4; African education program. American, less than 1. engaging and joyous • 650-712-7100 • 650-367-9750 • www.cabrillo.k12.ca.us • woodsidehs.org Valuing: Authentic Interactions • Community Kings Mountain Elementary School Charter schools Equity • Freedom and Responsibility 211 Swett Road, Woodside. Principal: Meaniful Academics • Play John Corry. Class Size: K-3: 24, 3-5: max 34. Everest Public High School 455 5th Ave., Enrollment: around 85. Kings Mountain Redwood City. Executive Director: Kelly OPEN HOUSES Nursery and Kindergarten Elementary School is part of the Cabrillo Garcia. Class Size: 25 students maximum; Sat, Nov. 15 and Sat, Jan. 10, 10-11:30am Children welcome 16-to-1 student-mentor ratio. Enrollment: Unified School District. It has been a SCHOOL TOURS Oct. 23, Nov. 6 & 13, California Distinguished School in the 410. Ethnic/racial percentages (2013-14): Hispanic, 56; Caucasian, 29; Asian, 4.4; Dec. 4 & 11, and Jan. 8, beginning at 10:00am past. School has three classes of combined Parents only please – registration not required. grades: K-1, 2-3, 4-5. African American, 3.4; multiple ethnicities, • 650-712-7180 2.9; Pacific Islander, 2.4. Everest’s mission is • cabrillo.k12.ca.us/kingsmountain to prepare a diverse student population for For an appointment, please call (650) 325-1584, ext. 5 college and to be thoughtful, contributing APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 2015 Sequoia Union High members of society. Admission: Applications due in March. School District • 650-366-1050 Administration Office 480 James Ave., • [email protected] Peninsula Schl Redwood City. Superintendent: Jim • everest.summitps.org Lianides. Enrollment: 9,393. Operates four Summit Preparatory Charter High high schools, a continuation school and School 890 Broadway St., Redwood a Middle College program in partnership City. Principal: Penelope Pak. Class Size: with Canada College for students living in 25 maximum class size; 16-to-1 student- the southern and central portion of San mentor ratio. Enrollment: 421. Established Mateo County. Ethnic/racial percentages in 2003. Ethnic/racial percentages (2013- (2013-14 ): Hispanic, 49; Caucasian, 33; 14): Hispanic, 53.4; Caucasian, 32.4; Asian, Summit Public Schools Asian, 5.4; African American, 2.8; Pacific 7.0; Pacific Islander, 1.5; Filipino 0.7, African Islander, 2.7; multiple ethnicities, 5.2. American, 2.5; 2 or more races 2.2, declined invites you to our Board members: Allen Weiner, president, to state, 0.2. Recruitment Open Houses 650-724-5892, term ends December 2015; • 650 -556 -1110 Olivia Martinez, vice president, 650-323- • [email protected] for 7311, term ends December 2015; Carrie Du • www.summitps.org/summit-prep Bois, 650-766-9069, term ends December Summit Preparatory 2015; Alan Sarver 650-592-6129, term ends Home schooling December 2017; Chris Thomsen, 650-387- Homefires 327 Saint Francis St., Redwood Charter High School 8269, term ends December 2017. City. Information, resources and support • 650-369-1411 for homeschooling families. and • www.seq.org • 650-365-9425 Cañada Middle College 4200 Farm Hill • www.homefires.com Everest Public High School Blvd., Redwood City. An alternative high school program for juniors and seniors Private elementary Wednesday, October 1, 7 pm (Summit Prep) Tuesday, November 4, 7 pm (Everest) located at Cañada College in Redwood and middle schools City. It combines high school and college classes in a collaborative effort between Beechwood School 50 Terminal Ave., Thursday, December 4, 7 pm (Summit Prep) Saturday, February 7, 10 am (Everest) the Sequoia Union High School District Menlo Park. Principal: David Laurance. Class Size: 18-20. Enrollment: 170. Tuition: and Cañada College. Admission: Online Locations will alternate between schools. Please check school website for details. application. $160/month per child ($20 off on each • 650-306-3120 additional child) with scholarships For more information on the Open Houses: • [email protected] available. This private school offers a traditional academic program. Enrollment Menlo-Atherton High School 555 is restricted to students who live within Public, Tuition-Free, Middlefield Road, Atherton. Principal: the boundaries of the Ravenswood City Summit Preparatory Charter High Schools Matthew Zito. Enrollment: 2,073. Ethnic/ School District in East Palo Alto and Menlo Charter High School racial percentages (2013-14): Caucasian, Small and Personalized Park. Grades: KinderPrep-8. Extended 650.556.1110 41; Hispanic, 42.8; Asian, 4.3; African 215-day school year for KinderPrep and Education American, 2.9; Pacific Islander, 2.8; multiple grades K-3. Admission: Application, Guaranteed College ethnicities, 5.2. interview, student screening. • 650-322-5311 • 650-327-5052 Everest Public Preparation • mabears.org • [email protected] High School Physically and Emotionally • www.beechwoodschool.org Redwood High School 1968 Old County 650.366.1050 Safe Environments Road, Redwood City. Principal: Miguel Bowman International School Rodriguez. Enrollment: 309. Redwood High 4000 Terman Drive, Palo Alto. Head of Summit Public Schools | www.summitps.org School is a model continuation high school School: Mary Beth Ricks. Class Size: 10:1. www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 39 i Education

Enrollment: 225. Tuition: $24,000. K-8 and standardized testing required. Size: average ratio 8:1; average class size January. Wait pool. Uniforms for K-5. program with a Montessori approach. • 650-342-4175 18. Enrollment: 315. Tuition: $26,075 a • 650-854-4545 Individualized, self-directed learning is • [email protected] year for grades K-4 and $29,250 a year for • [email protected], mshaw@ offered through a flexible day and year- • www.csus.org grades 5-8. Financial aid available. This phillipsbrooks.org • www.PhillipsBrooks.org round program. Admission: Application German-American International School coed school offers education for grades form, $100 application fee, parent and 275 Elliott Drive, Menlo Park. Managing K-8 — Lower school, grades K-4 at 2890 The Roberts School 641 Coleman Ave., child interview required. Director: Dominic Liechti. Class Size: 15. Middlefield Road; Middle school campus, Menlo Park. Owner: Brenda Roberts; • 650-813-9131 Enrollment: 315. Tuition: $6,855-$24,950 grades 5-8, at 3981 El Camino Real, Palo Director: Elisa Barrett. Class Size: between • [email protected] per year, depending on program, grade Alto. Dress code. Admission: Apply by 10 and 12. Enrollment: 46. Tuition: $1,390- • www.bowmanschool.org level and payment type. Preschool-8th early January; Tours/Open Houses for $1,755 per month depending on schedule Castilleja School 1310 Bryant St., Palo Alto. grade. Classes in this coeducational school prospective students October-January. chosen (full or half days, number of days Head of School: Nanci Kauffman. Class are in German and English. Students Parent interview and student visit required. per week). Preschoolers, pre-K and Young Size: 15. Enrollment: 444. Tuition: $38,800. should speak German by first grade. • 650-328-1711 Fives, ages 2-5. 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. year • [email protected] All-girls, grades 6-12. Fosters intellectual, • 650-324-8617 round. Program includes age-appropriate • www.keysschool.com physical, creative and emotional growth • [email protected] academics, art, cooking, music, through a college preparatory experience • www.germanamericanschool.org Menlo School 50 Valparaiso Ave., gymnastics, Spanish, yoga and more. • 650-322-3535 within a diverse and supportive The Girls’ Middle School 3400 W. Atherton. Head of School: Than Healy. • www.robertsschool.com community. Uniforms. Admission: Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. Head of Class Size: 18. Enrollment: Grades 6-8: Application, recommendations, interview School: Jennifer Ayer. Class Size: 16-18. 219. Tuition: $39,500 for all grades. Sacred Heart Schools, Lower & Middle and standardized testing required. Enrollment: 200. Tuition: $28,000; financial Financial aid is available. An independent, School 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. • 650-328-3160 aid available. GMS promotes intellectual coeducational college preparatory Principal: Francesca Brake. Class Size: • [email protected] curiosity and disciplined study habits day school for students in grades 6-12. 16-18. Enrollment: 500. Tuition: Grades • www.castilleja.org through a stimulating curriculum that Admission: Applications due in January; 1-5: $26,925; Grades 6-8: $35,335. Lower Crystal Springs Uplands School 400 provides a well-rounded exposure standardized testing required.. School grades 1-5; Middle School grades Uplands Drive, Hillsborough. Head to the arts and the humanities while • 650-330-2001 6-8. A private, independent Roman • [email protected] of School: Amy Richards. Class Size: emphasizing science, math and computer Catholic school, a division of Sacred • www.menloschool.org Averages 14; student/teacher ratio science. GMS applies a hands-on, project- Heart Schools, Atherton, and a part of is 6-to-1. Enrollment: 350. Tuition: based approach that allows students to Nativity School 1250 Laurel St., Menlo the International Network of Sacred $38,990. Coed. Grades: 6-12. An collaborate and think critically. Admission: Park. Principal: Carol Trelut. Class Size: Heart Schools. (See entry in Kids section on independent, college-preparatory Interview, recommendations, testing. 31. Enrollment: 276. Tuition: $6,700-9,700 preschool and kindergarten.) Admission: school that promotes self-discovery Application fee of $75. depending on family participation. Lower Application deadline in January; and independent thinking. Emphasis • 650-968-8338, ext.133 fees for multiple children. Catholic school admissions tests required. Interview. on community building through • [email protected] for grades K-8. Extended care for Nativity Waiting list. mutual trust and respect and • www.girlsms.org students is available from 7-8 a.m. and • 650-322-1866 • [email protected] personal intellectual development. Keys School 2890 Middlefield Road, Palo from school dismissal until 5:45 p.m. for • shschools.org Admission: School visit, interview, Alto. Head of School: Alona Scott. Class an additional fee. Uniforms. Admission: recommendations, written application Placement testing for grade levels; St. Raymond School 1211 Arbor Road, waiting lists for some grades. Menlo Park. Principal: Dr. Tara Rolle. Class • 650-325-7304 Size: 16:1 student-teacher ratio. Two • [email protected] FOR THE RESULTS YOU EXPECT qualified teachers in each classroom • www.nativityschool.com grades K-5, split classes in middle school. Peninsula School 920 Peninsula Enrollment: 305. Tuition: Tuition: $8,000- Way, Menlo Park. Head of School: Jim $11,000, depending on Catholic status Benz. Class Size: 16-21. Enrollment: and choice to volunteer and purchase 255. Tuition: $13,620-17,860/year. A $5,000 in SCRIP; multiple student discount nonprofit, progressive school situated and tuition assistance available. Catholic, on 6 acres that focuses on the whole coeducational elementary school. Grades: child by offering a rich and engaging JK-8.Admission: Applications made curriculum in academics, social available in September, due in January. emotional development and the arts. Tours are offered September-January. Special instruction in art, science, math, Open House in January. drama, ceramics, weaving, music, dance, • 650-322-2312 Spanish, physical education and wood • [email protected] shop. 3-4-year-olds-8th grade. Child care • www.straymond.org offered year-round. Admission: Visit, Synapse School 3375 Edison Way, Menlo interview; application due Jan. 16, 2015. Park. Head of School: Jim Eagen. Class Size: • 650-325-1584 18-20. Enrollment: 160. Tuition: $24,800 for • [email protected] all grades. An independent elementary • www.peninsulaschool.org and middle school (K-8) Synapse offers The Phillips Brooks School 2245 Avy an advanced academic curriculum Ave., Menlo Park. Head of School: Dr. fully integrated with social emotional Scott Erickson; Director of Admissions: learning. The program is designed as a Melanie Shaw. Built in: 1978. Class Size: model school to demonstrate the power Average of 18. Student-teacher ratio of blending Six Seconds emotional MARGOT LOCKWOOD 8:1. Enrollment: 280. Tuition: 3-year- intelligence programs with brain-based, olds, $16,430; 4-year-olds, $20,760; K-5, project driven, constructivist learning $29,040. Tuition assistance is available in school-wide themes. Admission: for all grade levels. Preschoolers-grade Application, IQ test, parent interview, play TOP 1% 5. An independent, coeducational day group interview for younger children, COLDWELL BANKER school with a comprehensive and skills- home visit. Application fee $75. REALTOR based educational program focused • 650-294-4570 on the intellectual, social-emotional, • synapseschool.org 650.400.2528 Cell character, and community development Trinity School 2650 Sand Hill Road, of the young learner. Specialized Menlo Park. Head of School: Mary [email protected] www.margotlockwood.com classes in art, music, physical education, Menacho. Class Size: Approximately science, technology, Spanish and more. 20 (one class per grade). Enrollment: 2696 WOODSIDE ROAD, WOODSIDE Admission: Applications due early 160. Tuition: Starting at $17,900 for

40 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 41 i Education

Early Childhood Program and junior Menlo School 50 Valparaiso Ave., kindergarten; $27,795 for K-Grade Atherton. Head of School: Than Healy. 5. A co-ed Episcopal school. Early Class Size: 18. Enrollment: Grades 9-12: Childhood Program-grade 5. Early 579. Tuition: $39,500 for all grades. Childhood Program for ages 3 and 4, at Financial aid is available. An independent, Holy Trinity Church, 330 Ravenswood, coeducational college-preparatory Menlo Park. Elementary school is at St. day school for students in grades 6-12. Bede’s, 2650 Sand Hill Road. Uniforms Admission: Applications due in January; required. Admission: Call for select grade standardized testing required. openings. Tour posted on website. • 650-330-2000 • 650-854-0288 • [email protected] • [email protected] • www.menloschool.org • www.trinity-mp.org Mid-Peninsula High School 1340 Woodland School 360 La Cuesta Willow Road, Menlo Park. Head of School: Drive, Portola Valley. Head of School: Douglas C. Thompson. Class Size: 12. John Ora. Class Size: 18. Enrollment: Enrollment: 135. Tuition: $30,930. Coed for 260. Tuition: Preschool/PreK $15,770 grades 9-12. A community for learning, full day and $17,130 extended day; K-4 the school is designed for students with $21,960; 5-8 $23,340. Junior K-8. Private, academic potential who can benefit from Loves:ovess: thethe BeatlesBBeattlle and playing coeducational day school focusing on a smaller environment and a flexible, s and pllayiing academics with a strong enrichment individually focused academic program. babaseball (and ba program, including French, Spanish, art, Accredited by CAIS and WASC. College- seball (and ba music, computers, PE, after-school sports prep curriculum approved by UC/state sketball,sketball, and gymnastics. Extended day care for university systems. Admission: Year-round anandd flagfla football!) enrolled students is offered year-round enrollment. Contact the school to arrange g football!) from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. an information interview and to receive • 650-854-9065 an application packet. • [email protected] • 650-321-1991 • woodland-school.org • [email protected] • www.mid-pen.com Trying:Tryiy ng: spspinachin and a public Woodside Priory School 302 Portola ach and a publ Road, Portola Valley. Head of school: Pinewood School 26800 Fremont ic Timothy Molak. Class Size: 15-18. Road, Los Altos Hills. Principal: Mark spspeakingeaking class (not as Enrollment: 350. Tuition: Comprehensive Gardner. Class Size: 20. Enrollment: 7-12: as tuition and fees: $38,750 for day approximately 300. Tuition: $29,850 per students; financial aid is available. year. This college preparatory school scscaryary as I thought!)tho Middle school grades 6-8; Coed Catholic/ teaches grades 7-12. Dress code in place. ugght!)) Benedictine school. College preparatory. Admission: Applications accepted Oct- Casual dress code. Admission: mid Jan. Waiting lists. Testing, academic Application for 2014-15 school year due records and teacher recommendations Jan. 15, 2015; entrance exam required. are required. Student interviews and • 650-851-8221 shadow days are required for grades Real students, real stories. • [email protected] 4-12. Late applications will be considered • www.PrioryCA.org on an individual basis only if there is space available. Private high schools • 650-209-3010 • [email protected] Castilleja School 1310 Bryant St., • www.pinewood.edu Palo Alto. Head of School: Nanci Kauffman. Class Size: 15. Enrollment: Sacred Heart Schools/Preparatory 444. Tuition: $38,800. All-girls, grades 150 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton. Principal: 6-12. Preparing students for the wider James Everitt. Class Size: 15. Enrollment: world, Castilleja infuses a challenging 600. Tuition: $36,985. Grades 9-12. A private, independent Roman Catholic Each child is unique, and we college-preparatory curriculum with a global program that fosters awareness, school, a division of Sacred Heart celebrate them all at Harker. compassion and engagement. Uniforms. Schools, Atherton, and a part of the Now offering Admission: Applications due in January; International Network of Sacred Heart standardized testing required. Schools. Admission: Applications due We’re getting a kick out morning and • 650-328-3160 in January; admissions tests required. of helping Zach find his • [email protected] Interview. Waiting list. afternoon shuttle • www.castilleja.org • 650-473-4006 for admissions passions. Let us help your services • [email protected] Crystal Springs Uplands School 400 • www.shschools.org children discover theirs! Uplands Drive, Hillsborough. Head of School: Amy Richards. Class Size: Woodside Priory School 302 Portola Averages 14; student/teacher ratio is Road, Portola Valley. Head of school: 9-to-1. Enrollment: 350. Tuition: $38,990. Timothy Molak. Class Size: 15-18. Coed. Grades: 6-12. An independent, Enrollment: 350. Tuition: Comprehensive college-preparatory school that promotes tuition and fees: $38,750 for day self-discovery and independent thinking. students; $57,050 for boarders; financial Emphasis on community building aid available. High school grades 9-12; through mutual trust and respect and Coed Catholic/Benedictine school. The Harker School personal intellectual development. College preparatory. Casual dress code. Admission: Deadline Jan. 16, 2015. School Admission: Application for 2014-15 school San Jose, CA | K-12 I Preschool | Summer visit, interview, recommendations, year due Jan. 15, 2015; entrance exam www.harker.org written application and standardized required. testing required. • 650-851-8223 • 650-342-4175 • [email protected] • [email protected] • www.prioryca.org • www.csus.org

42 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo HeadsUp!® CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS ® HeadsUp! Child Development Centers offer children an enriched environment in which they can grow to fulfill their full potential. Their goal is to help make every child a HeadsUp! child: bright, alert, motivated, independent, self-confident, and social. Our dual-career families know their children are receiving the finest care and developmental guidance available. Cultivating astonishing potential! • Year Round, Full-Day Program for Ages 0-6 • Individualized Montessori Curriculum • Bilingual (Chinese-English) Preschool Classroom • International Curriculum (Chinese, Spanish) • Focus on Thinking Skills & Personal Values • Cultivation of Gifts & Talents Palo Alto San Jose Pleasanton 2800 W. Bayshore Road 2841 Junction Avenue 4671 Chabot Drive 650-424-1221 408-432-1644 925-463-2885 Tracy Bootz, Dir. Danielle Ewing, Dir. Imelda Acosta, Dir. www.headsup.org

Affiliated Programs: Emerson School - Palo Alto Hacienda School - Pleasanton KEYS SCHOOL THE GIRLS’ MIDDLE SCHOOL

ALL GIRLS Woodshop Deep roots... Engineering Field Science Computer Science 2014 Grades K-8 OPEN HOUSES Skateboarding SAT. OCT 18 Independent SUN. DEC 7 Start-Ups 1-4 PM OPEN HOUSES DATES REDEFINED Lower School (K-4) Sat., Nov. 8, 2014 10-1pm Sat., Jan. 10, 2015 10-1pm ...Bold dreams Three years that make all Middle School (5-8) the difference Sat., Oct. 18, 2014 10-1pm

Lower School Campus • 2890 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 3400 West Bayshore Road, Palo Alto Middle School Campus • 3981 El Camino Real, Palo Alto www.girlsms.org | 650.968.8338 (650) 328-1711 • www.keysschool.com

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 43 i Education

Special education German-American School of Palo Alto (Saturday School) GAIS Campus, 275 Elliot Esther B. Clark School at Children’s Drive, Menlo Park. Director of Education: Health Council 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto. Sabine Eisenhauer. Class Size: 10-20. Tuition: Head of School: Chris Harris, M.Ed. Class $850 +$150 non-refundable registration fee Size: Grades 2-5, 10 students; grades 6-10, (for 30 Saturdays per school year). German 12 students. Enrollment: 75. Tuition: Per Language Instruction for children ages 3-18 diem: $225/day for 205 days per year; on Saturdays from September to May as Therapy: $155.98/hour. EBC is a licensed well as Summer Camp. No prior German non-public school (NPS) for children ages knowledge required. 7-16 struggling with anxiety, depression • 650-520-3646 Where scholarship and values matter or other emotional and behavioral • [email protected] regulation challenges. The school • www.gaspa-ca.org provides a comprehensive, academic Hwa Shin Bilingual Chinese School and positive behavior teaching program 750 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. Principal: in a therapeutic milieu with the goal of Thomas Lee. Class Size: 12. Enrollment: returning all students to their home district 150. Tuition: $340/semester at Jordan. as productively engage and appropriately This nonprofit, bilingual Chinese school self-managed after 24 to 36 months at EBC. (for students who do not speak Mandarin Admission: Rolling based on availability. • Renicka Brown at 650-688-3634 at home) is open Sat from 9 a.m.-noon • [email protected] for students age 5-18; Chinese language • chconline.org/esther-b-clark-school/ and culture (dance, kung fu and Chinese overview painting). Also at Laurel School (Menlo Park) Tue, 3-5 p.m.; Encinal School (Menlo Sand Hill School at Children’s Health Park) Fri, 3-5 p.m.; Oak Knoll School (Menlo Council 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto. Head Park) Thu, 1:30-3 p.m.; Briones Elementary of School: Cindy Lopez. Class Size: Small, School (Palo Alto) Mon, 2:50-4:50 p.m.; and PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12th GRADE multi-age classes with 6:1 student/teacher Fairmeadow Elementary School (Palo Alto) ratio. Enrollment: 50. Tuition: $33,000. K-6, Wed, 1:50-3:40 p.m. ON ONE CAMPUS expanding to K-8. Sand Hill School works • 408-807-1088 with bright children with dyslexia, language- • [email protected] đƫ+)*ƫ0$+(% Čƫ%* !,!* !*0ƫ/ $++( based learning differences and attention • www.hwashinschool.org and social challenges and prepares them to ƫ đƫ%#+.+1/ƫ* ƫ $((!*#%*#ƫ !)% ƫ,.+#.) Kumon Math and Reading Center transition back to a traditional classroom. 2730 ƫ đƫ+! 1 0%+*( Admission: Application, parent visit. Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Kumon is an ƫ đƫ2!.#!ƫ (//ƫ/%6!ƫġƫāć • 650-688-3605 after-school learning program designed • [email protected] to help children master reading and math ƫ đƫ10/0* %*#ƫ0$(!0% ƫ,.+#.)/ • sandhillschool.org skills. Also located at 1551 El Camino Real, ƫ đƫ+),(!0!ƫü*!ƫ.0/ƫ,.+#.) Redwood City, 650-799-4099. • 650-969-1978 ƫ đƫ+))1*%05ƫ/!.2% !ƫ+,,+.01*%0%!/ Enrichment • [email protected] ƫ đƫ!10%"1(ƫćąġ .!ƫ ),1/ƫ3%0$ƫ*!3ƫ* ƫ Bay Area Arabic School 4000 Middlefield • www.kumon.com ƫ ƫ )+ !.*%6! ƫ" %(%0%!/ Road, Cubberley Community Center, Lydian Academy 815 El Camino Real, Wing B & C, Palo Alto. Principal: Omar Menlo Park. Principal: Matthew McClain. ƫ đƫ%** %(ƫ//%/0* !ƫ2%((! Hamwi. Class Size: 12-15. Enrollment: 90. Class Size: One-on-one. Enrollment: Tuition: $120-$180 per quarter depending 100. Fully-accredited high school where on program. Provides Arabic language 2014 Open House Schedule students earn credits towards college instruction to children by teaching Arabic eligibility and high-school graduation. Preschool & Kindergarten Middle School Preparatory language literacy and conversation, Also offers summer school, a homework 0+!.ƫą 0+!.ƫāĉƫ 0+!.ƫāĊ educating students about Arabic culture center and tutoring in high-school subjects +2!)!.ƫāĆ +2!)!.ƫĉ +2!)!.ƫĊ and heritage, promoting the spirit of and AP test prep. Focus on personalized friendship among the students and education and collaborative learning. Please visit our website for open house details and reservation information. their families, building a positive and Students accepted year-round. supportive community of students and • 650-321-0550 families, and offering separate, optional • [email protected] Islamic Religion instruction. • www.lydianacademy.com • 408-462-2120 • [email protected] Mathnasium 605 Cambridge Ave., • www.bayareaarabicschool.org Menlo Park. Learning center with goals of building math skills and understanding Center for a New Generation @ Belle math concepts. Specializes in grades Haven Community School 415 Ivy Drive, 2 to 12. Children receive personalized Menlo Park. Director: Liz Calderon. Class instruction and customized learning plans. Size: 15 during school year; 20 during the • 650-321-MATH (6284) summer. Enrollment: 225 during the school • [email protected] year; 340 during summer. Tuition: Free. The • www.mathnasium.com/paloalto- Center for a New Generation at Belle Haven menlopark Community School is an after-school and summer program run by the Boys & Girls Palo Alto School for Jewish Education (PASJE) 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. āĆĀƫ(,.%/+ƫ2!*1!ƫđ 0$!.0+*ČƫƫĊąĀĂĈ Clubs of the Peninsula in collaboration with schools, community members, and Director: Cathy Taylor. Class Size: 12-20. *-1%.%!/ƫ* ƫčƫ )%//%+*Į/$/ $++(/ċ+.# other community-based organizations. Enrollment: 86. Tuition: Parents are 333ċ/$/ $++(/ċ+.#ƫƫƫƫ CNG Belle Haven provides members with encouraged to contact the school for academic support, extracurricular activities tuition information. No one is turned ĥ .! !.0 $++(/0$!.0+*ƫƫƫƫƫ like sports and arts, and education away for lack of funds. Grades K-8 about college and career opportunities. Sunday School nurturing children’s Jewish identity while focusing on Jewish ĥ0$!.0+* Admission: Only for Belle Haven students. • 650-561-3135 tradition, history, culture, values and • [email protected] holidays. Music, art, dance. Offers a B’nai ĥ .! !.0 $++(/ • bgcp.org Mitzvah class. Optional Hebrew lessons. 44 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com NATIVITY CATHOLIC SCHOOL

Educating Children JK-8 in the Catholic Tradition to Know, Love and Serve God and His Faithful Community DISCOVER Benefi ts of a Nativity Education: • 98% acceptance • Team sports (Gr. 4-8) WALDORF EDUCATION to high schools of choice • SMART boards • Full day kindergarten in every classroom Nursery - High School • iPad stations for K-8 • Year round tours • Electives by appointment

1250 Laurel Street • Menlo Park 650.325.7304 • www.nativityschool.com

Founded in 1956 by the Sisters of the Presentation “Nativity School: Where every child is exceptional.”

There’s no more profound gift parents can give DISCOVERY their children than the chance to discover what they are capable of — the chance to achieve all they can. Inßpi®ed by St®atfo®d What Matters…

Nurturing, Safe Environment Experienced teachers with a passion Engaging Curriculum for education Music and Art for all students Thriving school community that Enriching Social Development welcomes parent involvement Spanish and Science beginning 95% of our graduating middle school in preschool taught by students accepted to their high school specialty teachers of choice in the Bay Area Join us for a personal tour Stratford School 870 North California Avenue, Palo Alto Call (650) 493-1151 www.StratfordSchools.com/The_Stratford_Difference

ASSOC N IAT R IO E T N

S O E F

S C Accrediting Commission E H for O G Preschool Elementary Middle School Schools E O L LS L A N D C O

Preschool State License Number: 434408056

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 45 i Education

Small classes. Interfaith families welcome. Shoreway Road, Ste. 400, Belmont. Dean: degrees and several professional certificate Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto • 650-444-2117 Diana Wu. Class Size: 8-25. Enrollment: programs.Admission: Open enrollment. University (PAU) offers select but diverse • [email protected] Approximately 8,000. Tuition: $200 • 650-306-3100 range of undergraduate, master’s, PsyD • www.pasje.org for some short workshops to $650 (on • www.canadacollege.edu and Ph.D. programs, emphasizing the average) for full-term classes. UC Berkeley Foothill College 12345 El Monte Road, integral role of psychology and the social Adult education Extension is the continuing education arm Los Altos Hills. President: Judy Miner. sciences in a wide variety of academic of the University of California, Berkeley. Class Size: 29. Enrollment: 13,347. Tuition: and applied disciplines. PAU offers clinical Sequoia District Adult School 3247 The Peninsula Center offers more than doctorate degree (Psy.D.) through a Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. Principal: $31 per quarter unit for California 300 classes in professional and personal residents. Middlefield Road Campus: consortium with Stanford’s Department of Lionel de Maine. Class Size: Varies. development per year. Classes include Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; dual Enrollment: 2,000. Tuition: Fees vary, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Open project management, microbiology, enrollment, two-year community college. J.D./Ph.D. degrees through a joint program some courses have no charge. A wide finance, computer skills, marketing and with Golden Gate University, in addition variety of classes are offered, including Associate degrees, transfer program and a summer college application workshop. career programs. Day, evening, online and to our PhD program. Also offers masters English as a Second Language, GED, Evening and weekend classes available. level teaching in North America, China High School Diploma, computers and weekend classes. UC Berkeley Extension also offers courses • Main campus, 650-949-7777; Middle- and Argentina and bachelor's programs Spanish. Partner programs offer classes in in San Francisco, Berkeley and online. in Business Psychology and Psychology & entrepreneurship. The school operates an field campus, 650-949-6950 • 650-594-9623 • www.foothill.edu Social Action. Admission: Jan. 15 or rolling official GED test center. • [email protected] admissions. • 650-306-8866 • www.extension.berkeley.edu • 800-818-6136 • adultschool.seq.org Colleges and universities • [email protected] Stanford Continuing Studies 365 Lasuen Community colleges Menlo College 1000 El Camino Real, • www.paloaltou.edu St., Stanford. Dean and Associate Provost: Atherton. Class Size: 17. Enrollment: 700. Stanford University Stanford. President: Charles Junkerman. Class Size: 17-200. Cañada College 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Tuition: $36,900 per year; $12,260 room Redwood City. President: Larry Buckley. John Hennessy. Class Size: Varies. Enrollment: 14,000. Tuition: $150-750 and board per year; $620 student body Enrollment: 6,980 undergraduates; 8,871 depending on course. Discounts available Class Size: 25. Enrollment: 6,700. Tuition: fee. Four-year private college specializing $46 per credit. Cañada College is a graduate students. Tuition: $44,184 tuition; for seniors, Bay Area teachers and Stanford in undergraduate business-management $13,631 room and board. SAT Scores: See affiliates. A program for Bay Area adults comprehensive community college education, which is built upon a strong offering hundreds of classes for students http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2013. that annually offers around 400 diverse foundation in the liberal arts. Admission: In addition to its undergraduate- and courses taught mostly by Stanford faculty, looking to transfer to four-year institutions Application fee $40; student screening. or earn a professional certificate. graduate-degree programs, Stanford academic staff and professionals in their • 800-556-3656 offers Continuing Studies Programs, open High school students may start their • [email protected] fields. Class offerings include liberal to the community throughout the year; college experience at no cost through • www.menlo.edu arts and sciences, creative writing and cultural programs, such as Stanford Live; professional and personal development. the concurrent enrollment program; the college has an on-site high school Palo Alto University 1791 Arastradero music department concert series; and • 650-725-2650 Road, Palo Alto. President: Allen Calvin, lectures, plays, art exhibits and athletic • [email protected] program, called Middle College, through Ph.D. Class Size: 32 (PsyD); 80-85 (PhD). events. Admission: Application due Jan. 3. • continuingstudies.stanford.edu collaboration with the Sequoia Union High School District. The University Center at Enrollment: 1,000. Tuition: $18,000-$48,000 • 650-723-2300 UC Berkeley Extension - Belmont 1301 Cañada College offers on-site bachelor’s (yearly). Founded in 1975 as the Pacific • www.stanford.edu Emerson School NURTURING TOMORROW’S LEADERS . Superior Academic Preparation . Individualized Montessori Curriculum . Cultivation of Gifts & Talents . Emphasis on Thinking Skills & Personal Values . International Curriculum (Chinese, Spanish) . Year-Round, Full-Day Program

Jo Anne Camara, Director 2800 W. Bayshore Road [email protected] Palo Alto, CA 94303 650-424-1267 Affiliated Programs: Hacienda School - Pleasanton HeadsUp! Child Development Centers - * Palo Alto * San Jose * Pleasanton www.EmersonPaloAlto.com

46 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com Time to Move? Overwhelmed by the thought of (and hassle involved in)...

• Cleaning out decades of accumulated “stuff”? • Sprucing up landscaping? • Doing (and paying for) necessary upgrades/improvements? • Living amidst a “work zone”?

What if you could hand off the job completely? This family did… SELLER SPOTLIGHT Just 21 days to prep, stage, market and CLOSE on this house… AND for $250,000 above estimated market value.

LIST/SELLING PRICE: PREP COST: SALE TYPE: PERSONAL $2,500,000 / $23,000 All cash, TIME INVESTED: $2,750,000 (10X+ ROI) no contingencies Virtually none

We handle everything, quickly and professionally, and—ideally—with minimal involvement on your part...

The market is right—right now. Contact Chris Iverson 650.450.0450 or [email protected] and fast-track your home prep today! FREE For a free report OR REPORT detailing the above success Visit NoStressMove.info story (plus others!) and to download the FREE report. our proven system for OR maximizing your home’s Call 650.918.1101 selling price... (ask for the “The Quick, No-Hassle Way to Get The Highest Price for Your Home Report”; no salesperson involved!)

Let’s get moving!

Sand Hill Road MovingToWoodside.com Chris Iverson 2100 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park )EGL3J½GIMW-RHITIRHIRXP] License No. 01708130 650.847.1141 3[RIHERH3TIVEXIH

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 47 SOCIAL SERVICES, ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES

Suicide Crisis Hotline 828 S. Bascom Ave., on Santa Cruz Avenue, between Chestnut Ste. 200, San Jose. and Crane streets, Menlo Park. Sundays, 9 • 650-368-6655 or 855-278-4204 a.m.-1 p.m. • 831-688-8316 YWCA Silicon Valley 375 S. Third St., San • http://blockwild.com/palo-alto-ca/ Jose. all/farmers-market/7/Next-30-days • 408-295-4011. 24-hour hotlines: domestic violence, 800-572-2782; rape crisis, 408-287-3000 or 650-493-7273 Foundations/fundraising • www.ywca-sv.org organizations Menlo Park-Atherton Education Drug and alcohol services Foundation 181 Encinal Ave., Menlo Park. Free at Last 1796 Bay Road, East Palo Alto. • 650-325-0100 • 650-462-6999 • www.mpaef.org • www.freeatlast.org Silicon Valley Community Foundation 2440 W. El Camino Real, Ste. 300, Mtn. View. Emergency services • 650-450-5400 • www.siliconvalleycf.org American Red Cross Bay Area, San Mateo County 1710 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame. Michelle Le • General: 650-259-1750, 888-443-5722; Garden clubs 24-hour hotline: 650-259-1765 Atherton Garden Guild P.O. Box 685, • www.redcrossbayarea.org Menlo Park. Blackberry REACT, Volunteer Radio • http://athertongardenguild.org Communications 1467 Chilco St., Menlo Kings Mountain Garden Club P.O. Box Katie, left, Malaya and Zane turn the apple cider press during Filoli’s Autumn Festival in Park. 620372, Woodside. September. • 650-336-8227 • [email protected] • www.blackberryreact.org Woodside-Atherton Garden Club P.O. Animal services/ Community centers Environment Box 838, Menlo Park. protection • www.woodsideathertongc.com Lewis and Joan Platt East Palo Alto Acterra 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA 12 Family YMCA 550 Bell St., East Palo Alto. • 650-962-9876 Gardens Airport Blvd., San Mateo. • 650-328-9622 • www.acterra.org • 650-340-7022 • www.epaymca.org Filoli 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. Baylands Conservation Committee • http://paloaltohumane.org Onetta Harris Community Center 100 • 650-364-8300 1056 Forest Ave., Palo Alto. • www.filoli.org Pets In Need 871 5th Ave., Redwood City. Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. • 650-321-4165 • 650-367-1405 • 650-330-2250 • www.petsinneed.org • www.menlopark.org/departments/ Citizens Committee to Complete the Health and support com/ohcc.html Refuge 453 Tennessee Lane, Palo Alto. services • 650-493-5540 Business organizations Oshman Family JCC - Taube Koret • www.cccrrefuge.org Alcoholics Anonymous 2215 S. El Camino Campus for Jewish Life 3921 Fabian Way, Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce 1100 Real, Ste. 204, San Mateo. Palo Alto. Committee for Green Foothills Merrill St., Menlo Park. • 650-577-1310 • 650-223-8700 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. • 650-325-2818 • www.aa-san-mateo.org • www.paloaltojcc.org • 650-968-7243 • www.menloparkchamber.com • www.greenfoothills.org Alzheimer’s Association 1060 La Avenida Peninsula Volunteers Little House 800 Silicon Valley Association of REALTORS St., Mtn. View. Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Environmental Volunteers 2560 (SILVAR) 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd., Ste. • Helpline: 800-272-3900; • 650-326-0665 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. 100, Cupertino. office: 650 -962-8111 • www.peninsulavolunteers.org • 650-493-8000 • www.alz.org/norcal • 408-200-0100 • www.evols.org • www.silvar.org Sequoia YMCA 1445 Hudson St., Bay Area Cancer Connections 2335 El Redwood City. Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) SVForum-Sobrato Ctr. for non-profits Camino Real, Palo Alto. • 650-368-4168 222 High St., Palo Alto. Redwood Shores 330 Twin Dolphin Dr. Ste • 650-326-6686; toll free: 888-222-4401 • www.sequoiaymca.org • 650-854-7696 • http://bcconnections.org 101, Redwood City. • www.openspacetrust.org • 408-414-5950 Counseling Center for Independence of Individuals • www.svforum.org Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter with Disabilities 1515 S. El Camino Real, Adolescent Counseling Services 1717 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Ste. 204, Palo Alto. Ste. 400, San Mateo. Cable television Embarcadero Road, Ste. 4000, Palo Alto. • 650-390-8411 • Lois Glover: 650-645-1780, ext. 119 • 650-424-0852 • www.lomaprieta.sierraclub.org • www.cidsanmateo.org Comcast 620 Emerson St., Palo Alto. • www.acs-teens.org • Customer service line, 24-hours/day: The Trail Center 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Children’s Health Council 650 Clark Way, 1-800-COMCAST Family and Children Services of Silicon Palo Alto. Palo Alto. • www.comcast.com Valley 375 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto. • 650-968-7065 • 650-326-5530 • 650-326-6576 • www.trailcenter.org • www.chconline.org Midpeninsula Community Media Center • www.fcservices.org 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto. Genealogy Community Overcoming Relationship • 650-494-8686 HAND of the Peninsula (Helping After Abuse P.O. Box 5090, San Mateo. • www.midpenmedia.org Neonatal Death) Mills Health Center, Palm Family History Center 1105 Valparaiso • Support hotline: 650-312-8515; legal Room, 100 S. San Mateo Drive, San Mateo. Ave., Menlo Park. line: 650-259-1855; toll-free: 800-300- Career/job services • Office: 650-367-6993; crisis line: 650- • 650-325-9711 1080; business line: 650-652-0800. 579-0350 • www.mpfhc.org • www.corasupport.org JobTrain 1200 O’Brien Drive, Menlo Park. • http://handsupport.org • 650-330-6429 Funeral Consumers Alliance of San • www.jobtrainworks.org Kara 457 Kingsley Ave., Palo Alto. Farmers markets Mateo and Santa Clara Counties • 650-321-5272 Menlo Park Farmers Market In the 463 College Ave., Palo Alto (Mail: P.O. Box • www.kara-grief.org parking plaza behind Wells Fargo Bank 60448, Palo Alto, CA 94306) 48 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Community

• 650-321-2109 334, Menlo Park. Stanford University Medical Center St., Palo Alto. • www.fcapeninsula.org • Sunday Clinic: 650-493-5000, ext. 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford. • 650-299-8700 22844; weekdays: 650-724-1332 • 650-723-4000 • http://communityworkinggroup.org Peninsula Healthcare Connection • https://arbor.stanford.edu • www.stanfordmedicine.org 33 Encina Ave., #103, Palo Alto. Food Closet 425 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. • 650-853-0321 Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Q Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital • http://streetsteam.org • www.peninsulahcc.org Medical Center 1150 Veterans Blvd., Stanford 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto. Haven Family House 260 Van Buren Road, Redwood City. • 650-497-8000 Peninsula Stroke Association 3801 • 650-299-2200 • www.lpch.org Menlo Park. Miranda Ave., Bldg. 6, A162, Palo Alto. • www.kaiserpermanente.org • 650-685-5880 • 650-565-8485 Q Stanford Hospital and Clinics • www.ivsn.org • www.psastroke.org Menlo Medical Clinic 1300 Crane St., • 650-723-4000; appointments InnVision Shelter Network 181 Menlo Park. and referrals: 800-756-9000 Planned Parenthood 2907 El Camino • 650-498-6500 Constitution Drive, Menlo Park. Q Real, Redwood City. • www.menloclinic.com Stanford Medical Center medical • Main: 650-685-5880 • 650-503-7810 groups Medical groups affiliated with • www.ivsn.org • www.plannedparenthood.org Palo Alto Medical Foundation Stanford Hospital & Clinics: Stanford Q Breaking Bread hot meals program 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Family Practice, 650-723-6963; Stanford San Mateo Medical Center 222 W. 39th • 650-685-5880 • 650-321-4121 (24-hour switchboard) Medical Group, 650-723-6028; Menlo Ave., San Mateo. • www.pamf.org/paloalto Q Hotel de Zink Shelter • 650-573-2222 Medical Clinic, 650-498-6500. Stanford • 650-685-5880 • www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org Q Urgent Care Center Referral Center, 800-756-9000. • Adult: 650-321-4121; Q Opportunity Services Center Willow Clinic 795 Willow Road, Bldg. 334, VA Palo Alto Health Care System pediatric: 650-853-6558 33 Encina Ave., Palo Alto. Menlo Park. 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park. • www.pamf.org/urgentcare • 650-853-8672 • 650-599-3890 • 650-614-9997 • www2.va.gov • www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org/ Ravenswood Family Health Center Second Harvest Food Bank 1051 Bing St., content/WillowClinic.htm 1798 Bay Road, East Palo Alto. San Carlos. • 650-330-7400 Historical associations Stanford Blood Center 3373 Hillview Ave., • Info: 650-610-0800; • www.ravenswoodfhc.org food: 800-984-3663; Palo Alto. Lathrop House 627 Hamilton Ave., donations: 866-234-3663 • 650-723-7831 Ravenswood Family Health Center Redwood City. • www.shfb.org • http://bloodcenter.stanford.edu at Belle Haven 100 Terminal Ave., • 650-365-5564 Menlo Park. • www.lathrophouse.org St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room Stanford Health Library 211 Quarry Road, • 650-321-0980 3500 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park. Ste. 201, Palo Alto. San Mateo County History Museum • www.ravenswoodfhc.org • 650-365-9664 • 650-725-8400 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City. • http://paduadiningroom.com • http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu Sequoia Hospital 170 Alameda de las • 650-299-0104 Pulgas, Redwood City. Health clinics and hospitals • Main hospital: 650-369-5811; Homeless services Law find a doctor: 650-482-6000 San Mateo County Law Library Arbor Free Clinic 795 Willow Road, Bldg. • www.sequoiahospital.org Community Working Group 2507-A Alma 710 Hamilton St., Redwood City.

8QVGF “Best New Retail Business”

g%WUVQO7RJQNUVGT[ %CUG)QQFU$GFFKPI 9KPFQY6TGCVOGPVU g)KHVU#EEGUUQTKGU g.KIJVKPI4WIU 850 Santa Cruz Ave. Menlo Park, CA g&GUKIP5GTXKEGU K\6jL^6bG

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 49 i Menlo Local knowledge you can trust with International reach

36 Amador Avenue, Atherton

156 Stockbridge Ave, 1331 Cotton St, 221 Blackburn Ave, Atherton Menlo Park Menlo Park (Representing Buyer) (Representing Buyer) (Representing Buyer)

Sand Hill Road ® 2100 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park David A. Weil, Realtor 650.847.1141 650.823.3855 | [email protected] dreyfussir.com davidweilhomes.com )EGL3J½GIMW-RHITIRHIRXP]3[RIH License No. 01400271 ERH3TIVEXIH

Local Knowledge • National Exposure • Global Reach

50 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Community

• 650-363-4913 Recycling and hazardous • www.avenidas.org/care American Association of University • www.smcll.org Women - Menlo-Atherton branch Q Avenidas Village waste disposal Menlo Park. • 650-289-5405 • 650-323-4066 Literacy Goodwill of Silicon Valley 1080 N. 7th St., • www.avenidasvillage.org San Jose. Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid 10 Books A Home 1117 Woodland Ave, • 408-998-5774 East Palo Alto Senior Center Inc. 560 Bell Peninsula Inc. 555 Ravenswood Ave., East Palo Alto. • www.goodwillsv.org St., East Palo Alto. • 650-271-0738 • 650-329-5900 Menlo Park. • www.10booksahome.org RecycleWorks - County of San Mateo 555 • 650-321-5026 County Center, 5th Floor, Redwood City. Institute on Aging Peninsula 881 • www.thejuniorleague.org • 888-442-2666 Fremont Ave., Ste. A2, Los Altos. Political groups Kiwanis Club - Menlo Park P.O. Box 311, • www.recycleworks.org • 650-329-1411 Menlo Park. Green Party of San Mateo County • www.ioaging.org San Mateo County HHW Product Give- • http://menloparkkiwanisclub. 1081 Granada St., Belmont. Away Program 310 Pine St., Redwood City. Lytton Gardens Senior Communities thewebsecretary.net/home.asp • 650-593-7032 • 650-372-6200 • http://greenpartysanmateocounty. 437 Webster St., Palo Alto. • www.smchealth.org/node/378 Menlo Park Live Oak Lions Club P.O. Box wordpress.com • 650-328-3300 • http://lyttongardens.org U, Menlo Park. San Mateo County Household • 650-593-6372 League of Women Voters of South San Hazardous Waste Program 32 Tower Meals on Wheels 800 Middle Ave., Menlo • www.lions4c4.org/clubs.html Mateo County 713 Santa Cruz Ave., Ste. 9, Road, San Mateo. Park. Menlo Park. Mid-Peninsula Newcomers Club • 650-363-4718 • 650-323-2022 • 650-325-5780 • http://events.smhealth.org/events • http://www.penvol.org/ Menlo Park. • http://lwvssmc.org mealsonwheels/ • Victoria Bennett: 650-233-0423 Computer Recycling Center Sunnyvale. • www.midpeninsulanewcomers.org Libertarian Party - Santa Clara County • 888-887-3372, 408-327-1800 Menlo Park Senior Center 110 Terminal P.O. Box 60686, Sunnyvale. Portola Valley Men’s Club • http://crc.org Ave., Menlo Park. • 408-243-2711 • www.portolavalleymensclub.org • 650-330-2283 • http://scclp.org Recology 225 Shoreway Road, Gate 2, San • www.menlopark.org Rotary Club - Menlo Park P.O. Box 876, Carlos. Palo Alto Republican Women • 650-595-3900 Peninsula Volunteers Inc. 800 Middle Menlo Park. Federation P.O. Box 60415, Palo Alto. • 650-321-7343 • www.alliedwastesanmateo.com Ave., Menlo Park. • www.paloaltorwf.org • www.menloparkrotary.org • 650-326-0665 Sierra Pacific Recycling 2700 Middlefield Peace & Freedom Party • www.penvol.org Rotary Club - Woodside-Portola Valley Road, Redwood City. • 510-465-9414 • 650-364-3333 Q Peninsula Volunteer Properties Inc. P.O. Box 620700, Woodside. • www.peaceandfreedom.org • www.wpvrotary.org • www.sierrapacificrecycling.net (senior housing) Peninsula Democratic Coalition • 650-326-0665 Stanford Recycling Drop-Off Center The Parents’ Club of Palo Alto and P.O. Box 97, Los Altos. Menlo Park (PAMP) 701 Serra St., Stanford. Q Rosener House Adult Day Services Menlo Park. • 650-949-1009 • 650-321-4236 • www.pampclub.org • www.peninsulademocrats.com 500 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. • http://bgm.stanford.edu/home_ • 650-322-0126 Toastmasters International Menlo Park Santa Clara County Republican Party - pssi_main Seniors At Home Koret Family Resource and Palo Alto. Silicon Valley 522 N. Monroe St., San Jose. • 650-859-2236 Center, 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. • 408-246-6600 Seniors • www.toastmasters.org, www.d4tm.org • www.svgop.com • 650-688-3070 Avenidas 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. • www.seniorsathome.org • 650-289-5400 Services for people Radio stations • www.avenidas.org Service groups with disabilities KCEA 89.1 FM 555 Middlefield Road, Q Avenidas Door to Door Allied Arts Auxiliary 75 Arbor Road, Abilities United 525 E. Charleston Road, Atherton. • 650-289-5411 Palo Alto. • Business: 650-306-8823; Listener Menlo Park. • 650-322-2405 • 650-494-0550 requests: 650-306-8822 Q Handyman Services • www.abilitiesunited.org • http://kcea.org • 650-289-5426 • http://alliedartsguild.org • www.avenidas.org/services/ BOK Ranch 3674 Sand Hill Road, Woodside. KZSU 90.1 FM Memorial Hall, 540 American Association of Retired handyman Persons (AARP-Redwood City - West • 650-366-2265 Memorial Way, Stanford. • www.bokranch.org • Requests: 650-723-9010; business: Q Rose Kleiner Center 270 Escuela Ave., Chapter 3137) Meets at Veterans 650-725-4868 Mtn. View. Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Community Gatepath 350 Twin Dolphin • http://kzsu.stanford.edu • 650-289-5499 Ave., Redwood City. Drive, Ste.123, Redwood City. • www.aarp.org

P ROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Efﬁ cient Quality SUNNY EXPRESS

FREE MOVING COMPANY Painting ESTIMATES TAPIA g the Peninsu UÊÌiÀÀÊ>`Ê ÝÌiÀÀ Servin la # CalT 191198 UÊ >LiÌÊ,iÃÌÀ>ÌÊEÊÃ } Lic. • New customer discount ROOFING UÊ iVÊ-ÌÀ««}ÊEÊ,iÃÌÀ>Ì UÊ*ÀiÃÃÕÀiÊ7>Ã } • Seniors Dry Rot, Gutters & Down Spout Repair discount Excellent References FULLY INSURED / LICENSED & BONDED Lic. #840292 • Affordable Strategies for creating an extraordinary home • Reliable (650) 367-8795 Rob Ogden • References 650.722.6586 Serving the Peninsula for over 30 years 408-306-5578 408.904.9688 WWW.TAPIAROOFING.NET www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 51 i Community

• 650-259-8500 Emergency Services Partnership 1798 TOOLS FOR • www.gatepath.org B-Bay Road, East Palo Alto. • 650-330-7431 POSITIVE AGING Learning Ally 2445 Faber Place, Ste. 103, • http://el-concilio.com Palo Alto. • 650-493-3717 Fair Oaks Community Center 2600 AVENIDAS LIFELONG LEARNING & LEISURE PROGRAM • www.learningally.org Middlefield Road, Redwood City. • 650-780-7500 helps you strive for a higher level of personal growth National Center for Equine Facilitated • http://redwoodcity.org/parks/cc/ s Brain Fitness & s Exercise Classes s Games & Clubs Therapy (NCEFT) 880 Runnymede Road, fairoaks.html Lectures Woodside. s Foreign Languages s Computer Classes • 650-851-2271 Jewish Family and Children’s Services s Creative Arts & s Pilates, T’ai Chi & s Improv • www.nceft.org Koret Family Resource Center, 200 Writing Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Yoga Vista Center for the Blind and Visually s Current Events s Wine Tasting • 650-688-3030 Impaired 2470 El Camino Real, Ste. 107, • www.jfcs.org Palo Alto. AVENIDAS HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAM • 650-858-0202 Peninsula Family Service 24 Second Ave., • www.vistacenter.org San Mateo. provides the nuts and bolts for living well • 650-403-4300 s Free Health s Reiki s Free Loan Closet Social services • www.peninsulafamilyservice.org Screenings s Massage s Health Insurance Catholic Worker House 545 Cassia St., Service League of San Mateo County s Podiatry & Nail Care Counseling 727 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. s Meditation Redwood City. • 650-366-4415; evening language • 650-364-4664 s Annual Flu Shot s Advance Health Care • http://serviceleague.org s Acupuncture Directives classes: 650-366-8315 • http://rwdcw.wordpress.com St. Francis Center 151 Buckingham Ave., Redwood City. AVENIDAS ROSE KLEINER CENTER Child Abuse Reporting (San Mateo County Child Protective Services) • 650-365-7829 gives families a blueprint to follow for aging loved ones • 650-802-7922, 800-632-4615 • http://stfrancisrwc.org s Daily Nursing s Caregiver Support s Physical & • www.smcgov.org, search for “Child Teen Talk Sexuality Education c/o Occupational Protective Services” SUHSD 480 James Ave., Redwood City. s Nutritious Lunches s Foothill College Therapy Deborah’s Palm 555 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto. • 650-367-1937 Courses • www.teentalkca.org s Transportation s Music, Art & Crafts • 650-473-0664 s Group Exercise • http://deborahspalm.org s Speech Therapy Veterans Emergency Social Work Fund Ecumenical Hunger Program 2411 Pulgas 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park. AVENIDAS CARE PARTNERS Ave., East Palo Alto. • 650-614-9997 • 650-323-7781 • www.paloalto.va.gov help families cut through confl ict and confusion • www.ehpcares.org s Geriatric Care s Assessments s Information & Management Assistance s Housing Guide s Caregiver s Support Groups Conference s Counseling AVENIDAS DOOR TO DOOR PROGRAM A research and innovation center helps you nail down your transportation needs Part of the Menlo Park community for 68 years s Door to Door Rides s Weekly Grocery s Low-Cost, Reliable to Appointments & Shopping Trips Service Errands AVENIDAS HANDYMAN SERVICES hammer out effi cient home repairs s Enhance Security s Yard Service s House Painting s Increase Accessibility s Computer s Carpentry Troubleshooting s Plumbing s Electrical

AVENIDAS VILLAGE helps you get a grip on aging-in-place s Stay in Your Own s Keep Your Mobility s Ease Your Family’s Home Worries s Remain Connected s Maintain Your s Enjoy Peace of Mind Independence s Make New Friends

AVENIDAS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES fi t you like a glove Facebook.com/sri.intl s Teach Kids to Read s Tutor Computer s Be an Activity Leader Twitter.com/sri_intl Classes .com/company/sri-international s Help with Ofﬁ ce s Administer Blood LinkedIn Projects s Provide Rides Pressure Screenings Youtube.com/user/innovationsri Google.com/+sri

Call (650) 289-5400 to join or visit www.avenidas.org www.sri.com

52 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo apr.com ALAIN PINEL REALTORS Specializing in the Marketing of Distinctive Properties and Estates

Joe Bentley Gary Bulanti Pat Briscoe Carol Carnevale & Diane Chesler Judy Citron Susan Clay Monica Corman [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Nicole Aron [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 650.543.1162 650.543.1186 650.543.1171 CarolAndNicole@ 650.888.7899 650.543.1206 650.743.6786 650.543.1164 apr.com 650.543.1195

Willa Falk Mary Gilles Quetzal Grimm Stefani Hartsell Maggie Heilman Nancy Hobson Heidi Johnson Peter Kitch [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 650.207.1093 650.814.0858 650.400.7879 650.438.3334 650.888.9315 650.464.3284 650.434.4310 650.391.3444

Steve Korn Gary Kurtz Connie Linton Joe & Mary Merkert Ned Moritz Linda Murphy Nancy Palmer Joe Parsons [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 650.208.5425 650.543.1202 650.400.4873 650.387.5464 650.798.7996 650.543.1172 650.492.0200 650.543.1233

Mani Razizad Wayne Rivas Diane Rosland Diana Shen Janise Taylor Doss Welsh Mary Gebhardt [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] VP-Manager 650.465.6000 650.740.5746 650.575.6594 650.543.1169 650.543.1189 650.543.1174 650.462.1111

MENLO PARK | 1550 El Camino Real, Suite 100 650.462.1111 WOODSIDE | 2930 Woodside Road 650.529.1111

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 53 ATHERTON, MENLO PARK, PORTOLA VALLEY AND WOODSIDE

meetings are held either the first and for adults, children and teens is offered third Mondays or the second and fourth weekly. Mon-Thu 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Fri 8 Mondays of the month at 7 p.m. in the a.m.-6 p.m. See Outdoors & Recreation Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St. section for more information. • Staff contact: Deanna Chow, 650- • 650-330-2200 330-6733. Arillaga Family Gymnastics Center 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. Gymnastics training Other Menlo Park commissions for children, teens and adults and exercise Bicycle Commission Staff contact: Nikka classes. Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Sat 8:30 Nagaya, 650-330-6781. a.m.-6 p.m., Sun varies. See Outdoors & Recreation section for more information. Environmental Quality Commission • 650-330-2224 Staff contact: Rebecca Fotu, 650-330-6765. Menlo Park Teen Support Services 100 Housing Commission Staff contact: Clay Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. Geared for Curtin, 650-330-6615. 12- to 18-year-olds, the program organizes Library Commission Staff contact: Susan weekend trips and events, including snow Holmer, 650-330-2510. trips and group getaways. A drop-in after- school program is open in the Teen Room Parks & Recreation Commission Staff at the Boys & Girls Club from 3-6 p.m., contact: Derek Schweigart, 650-330-2267. Mon-Fri, during the school year and special Transportation Commission Staff hours depending on school schedules. contact: Rene Baile, 650-330-6775. • 650-330-2245 • www.menlopark.org/departments/

Michelle Le com/teens.html Menlo Park city services Belle Haven Pool 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park Library 800 Alma St., Menlo Menlo Park. Open year-round. Mon-Fri Park. Mon, Wed 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Tues noon- 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 9 p.m.; Thu, Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-5 Closed Sundays. 650-330-2237. Danna Breene unfurls the new Portola Valley flag with Ann Wengert and Cindie White p.m.; Sun noon-5 p.m. during a celebration commemorating the town’s 50th anniversary at the Portola Valley • 650-330-2500; reference: 650- Burgess Pool 501 Laurel St., Menlo Park. Town Center Historic Schoolhouse. 330-2520; children: 650-330-2530; Mon-Fri 6 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat 6 a.m.-6 p.m.; outreach services: Roberta Roth, 650- Sun 7 a.m.-6 p.m. 330-2512; Project Read: 650-330-2525 • 650-330-2232 Menlo Park Police Chief: Robert Jonsen. 650-330- • www.menloparklibrary.org 6300, [email protected]. Friends of the Menlo Park Library Other Menlo Park Menlo Park Civic Center Director of Community Services: Cherise • 650-330-2521 community services Brandell. 650-330-6618, cebrandell@ Laurel Street near Ravenswood Avenue. • www.friendsmpl.org menlopark.org. Menlo Park fire service Service is Burgess Park, which is located at the Civic Belle Haven Community Library 413 Ivy provided by the Menlo Park Fire Protection Center, includes swimming pools and Manager of Environmental Programs: Drive, Menlo Park. Located on the grounds District. a locker room, renovated baseball and Rebecca Fotu. 650-330-6765. of Belle Haven Elementary School, the • 911 (emergency); 650-688-8400 (non- soccer fields and a skate park. The Arillaga Finance Director: Drew Corbett. library serves students and the public. emergency); Fire Prevention Bureau: Family Gymnasium opened in 2010. 650-688-8425 650-330-6645, [email protected]. Most of its reading selection is geared Menlo Park City Council Chambers 701 toward children and families. Tues, Wed Menlo Park garbage and curbside Menlo Park Library: 650-330-2500. Laurel St., Menlo Park. The Menlo Park 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thu, Fri noon-6 p.m.; Sat recycling service Recology Waste Zero. City Council meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in Human Resources Director: Gina noon-5 p.m. Closed Mondays and Sundays. Administrative office: 225 Shoreway Road, the council chambers. Agendas, minutes Donnelly. 650-330-6670, gmdonnelly@ • 650-330-2540 San Carlos 94070. and staff reports are posted on the city’s menlopark.org. Menlo Park Police Department 701 • 650-595-3900 website at www.menlopark.org. The Laurel St., Menlo Park. Community • www.recologysanmateocounty.com site also contains general information Public Works Director: Vacant as of June policing program encompasses basic Menlo Park Historical Association Menlo about the city as well as links to the police 19. crime prevention, neighborhood Park Library, lower level, 800 Alma St. Tues department, library and recreation center. watches and home-security checks, and noon-2 p.m., Wed 10 a.m.-2 p.m. • 650-330-6620 (city clerk) Menlo Park planning deals with neighborhood and traffic • 650-330-2522 commissioners issues. Special programs include an Menlo Park post offices Oak Grove Menlo Park city staff Ben Eiref 650-324-2188 (home). Chair. earthquake-preparedness meeting every other year, and school programs that Station, 655 Oak Grove Ave., Menlo Park. City Council: Please see Public officials Term ends 2014. focus on issues such as vandalism and Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 650-321-0954. section. John Onken 650-862-8444. Vice chair. drugs. Counselors meet with at-risk kids West Menlo Park Branch, 2120 Avy Ave., City Manager: Alex McIntyre. 650-330- Term ends 2015. and their families. Neighborhood crime Menlo Park. Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 650- 6610, [email protected]. Vincent Bressler 650-380-3459. Term statistics are available at the library and 854-5536. ends 2015. are posted on the city’s website, www. Assistant to the City Manager: Clay menlopark.org. Front desk hours: Mon- Atherton Contract Station, 91 Ashfield Curtin. 650-330-6615. Andrew Combs 650-924-1890. Term ends Thu 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; every other Fri Road, Atherton. Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-noon, Assistant City Manager: Starla Jerome- 2018. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed daily noon-1 p.m.; 1-4 p.m. 650-752-0500. report a crime 24 hours a day, seven days Robinson. 650-330-6610, slrobinson@ Katie Ferrick N/A. Term ends 2016. menlopark.org. a week. Belle Haven John Kadvany 650-322-2313 (work). Term • 911 (emergency); 650-330-6300 (non- Community Center complex City Attorney: William McClure. 650-330- ends 2015. emergency) 6620, [email protected]. Onetta M. Harris Community Center 100 Katherine Strehl 650-326-7246. Term Arillaga Family Recreation Center City Clerk: Pam Aguilar. 650-330-6621, Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. The 8.3-acre ends 2017. 700 Alma St., Menlo Park. A wide variety center contains a baseball and a soccer [email protected]. of dance and health and fitness classes The Planning Commission’s regular field, outdoor basketball courts, Belle 54 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i City & Towns

Haven Pool and the Menlo Park Senior The Planning Commission’s regular Mateo County, 610 Elm St., Ste. 202, San Alexandra Von Feldt. Center. Activities and classes for children, meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the fourth Carlos 94070. The Planning Commission meets at 7:30 adults and teens. An exercise room is Wednesday of the month at the Town • 650-802-3500 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of available for adults. Mon-Fri noon-8 p.m. Council Chambers, 94 Ashfield Road at • www.recologysanmateocounty.com the month in the Historic Schoolhouse. • 650-322-4578 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton. 650- Atherton Library 2 Dinkelspiel Station [email protected]. 752-0544. Menlo Park Senior Center 110 Terminal Lane, Atherton. Mon-Wed 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Ave., Menlo Park. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Thu-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Portola Valley Architectural • 650-330-2280 Other Atherton commissions Sun 1-5 p.m. & committees • 650-328-2422 & Site Control Commission Belle Haven Child Development Center Members: Danna Breen, chair; Jeff Clark; 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo Park. Children Park & Recreation Commission Staff Friends of the Atherton Library Iris Harrell; Megan Koch; Dave Ross. ages 3-5 are offered multicultural learning contact: Steve Tyler, 650-752-0541. • 650-328-2422 experiences in an environment with a The Architectural & Site Control Atherton Rail Committee Staff contact: Atherton post office Town Hall, 91 teacher/child ratio of 1:8. The subsidized Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. on the Mike Kashiwagi, 650-752-0532. Ashfield Road, Atherton. Accepts program is designed for children of international packages. Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.- second and fourth Mondays of the month low-income parents at work or in work- Transportation Committee Staff contact: noon, 1-4 p.m. in the Historic Schoolhouse. training, or who are incapacitated or have City Manager, 650-752-0504. • 650-752-0500 • [email protected]. an incapacitated child. Breakfast, lunch and a snack are served daily. Mon-Fri 7:30 Atherton advisory/study Holbrook-Palmer Park 150 Watkins Ave., Portola Valley town services a.m.-5:30 p.m. Atherton. Recreational, cultural and social • 650-330-2270 committees activities take place on the grounds and Portola Valley police services Provided Atherton Civic Interest League info@ in three buildings at the 22-acre park: the by San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office under Ravenswood Family Health Center at athertoncivicinterestleague.org; www. Holbrook-Palmer House, Jennings Pavilion contract. Hall of Justice and Records, 400 Belle Haven 100 Terminal Ave., Menlo athertoncivicinterestleague.org. and the Carriage House. Classes for County Center, Redwood City 94063. Park. A joint venture of the city of Menlo children and adults, preschool program, • 911 (emergency); 650-363-4911 (non- Park and San Mateo County, the clinic’s Atherton Heritage Association 94 six tennis courts. Rooms can be rented for emergency) family practice focuses heavily on Ashfield Road in the council chambers meetings, social events and weddings, preventive medicine. Mon 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. building, Atherton; Tue 10 a.m.-noon; Portola Valley fire services Fire including an outdoor wedding arbor. A protection and enforcement of codes are Wed-Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues 12:30-5 p.m. Marion Oster, 650-688-6540. one-mile walking/fitness path follows the Closed 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for lunch and provided by the Woodside Fire Protection Holbrook-Palmer Park Foundation 650- perimeter of the park. District. See Public Officials section for more Saturdays and Sundays. • 650-752-0534; tennis lessons: 650- • 650-321-0980 752-0536, hppfoundation.org. information. 752-0540 • 911 (emergency); 650-851-1594 Atherton Dames Open to female Belle Haven Police Substation 1197 • [email protected] (non-emergency) Willow Road, Menlo Park. members of the Holbrook-Palmer Park • www.woodsidefire.org • 650-858-3328 Foundation, including non-Atherton Portola Valley residents. The Dames and the foundation Portola Valley garbage and curbside raise money for special projects in the park. recycling service Run by GreenWaste Atherton [email protected], athertondames. Portola Valley Town Center Recovery. Administrative address: 1500 org. 765 Portola Road. Town Council and Berger Drive, San Jose 95112. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Atherton Town Hall commissions meet in the renovated 1909 • 650-568-9900, 408-283-4800 91 Ashfield Road at Dinkelspiel Station Atherton town services Historic Schoolhouse. The new building Portola Valley Town Center classes Lane. It houses the offices of the and playing field complex at Town Atherton Police Department 83 Ashfield • Town Hall: 650-851-1701, ext. 210 city manager, city clerk and finance Center includes the Town Hall, library, Road, Atherton. department, a branch post office and the a community hall and activity rooms. Portola Valley volunteer committees • 911 (emergency); 650-323-6131 (cell- Town Hall hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-1 police department. Across the street are phone emergencies when in Ather- For more information, go to the Town p.m., 3-5 p.m. the Town Council Chambers. ton); 650-688-6500 (non-emergency) Government link at www.portolavalley.net • www.portolavalley.net or call Town Hall at 650-851-1701. Crime prevention Atherton town staff Portola Valley town staff: 650-851-1701 • 650-688-6500 Bicycle, Pedestrian & Traffic Safety Town Council: Please see Public Officials Town Council: Please see Public Officials Committee Security program Will conduct a security section. section. inspection and make suggestions to Cable & Utilities Undergrounding City Manager: George Rodericks. 650- ensure protection. Residents may hook Town Manager: Nick Pegueros. Ext. 215. Committee 752-0504, [email protected]. their home alarms directly to the police Community Events Committee department. Assistant Town Manager: None at this Police Chief: Ed Flint. 650-752-0508, • 650-688-6500 time. Conservation Committee [email protected]. Home checks during vacation Town Clerk: Sharon Hanlon. Ext. 210. Cultural Arts Committee City Attorney: William B. Connors. 650- • 650-688-6500 Town Planner: Tom Vlasic. 650-324-8600. 752-0500. • Online: www.ci.atherton.ca.us/police Emergency Preparedness Committee City Clerk: Theresa DellaSanta. 650-752- and click on “Police Services.” Public Works Director: Howard Young. Finance Committee 0529, [email protected]. Ext. 214. Senior citizen check-up Geologic Safety Committee Public Works Department Mike • 650-688-6500 Deputy Town Planner: Karen Kristiansson. Ext. 212. Historic Resources Committee Kashiwagi, director. 650-752-0532. Atherton Police Activities League Nature & Science Committee Building Department 650-752-0560. Conducts a variety of programs, including Planning Technician: CheyAnne Brown. classroom presentations on bicycle safety, Ext. 216. Open Space Acquisition Advisory Finance Director: Robert Barron. 650- drug abuse and stranger awareness. Sustainability & Special Projects Committee 752-0552, [email protected] Sponsors an annual safety patrol picnic. Manager: Brandi de Garmeaux. Ext. 222. • 650-688-6500 Parks & Recreation Committee Town Attorney: Leigh Price. 650-324- Atherton planning Atherton fire service Service is provided Public Works Committee 9300. commissioners by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District. Sustainability Committee William Grindley Term ends 2015. Atherton fire station: 32 Almendral Ave., Recreational Facilities Coordinator: Atherton. Tony Macias. Ext. 221. Teen Committee Eric Lane Term ends 2016. • 911 (emergency); 650-688-8400 (non- Trails And Paths Committee emergency) Portola Valley Planning Philip Lively chair. Term ends 2015. • Fire Prevention Bureau: 650-688-8425 Commission Portola Valley Library 765 Portola Road. Paul Tonelli Term ends 2017. Atherton garbage and curbside Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-5 Members: Denise Gilbert, chair; Judith Mary Widmer Term ends 2016. recycling service Recology San Mateo p.m. County. Billing information: Recology San Hasko; Nate McKitterick; Nicholas Targ; • 650-851-0560 www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 55 i City & Towns

• www.smcl.org/content/portola- Town Attorney: Jean Savaree. 650-593- Woodside Architectural and Site County Center, Redwood City 94063. valley 3117. Review Board • 911 (emergency); 650-363-4911 (non-emergency) Friends of the Portola Valley Library Deputy Town Manager/Town The Woodside Architectural and Site • 650-851-0560 Engineer: Paul Nagengast. 650-851-6790, Review Board meets at 4:30 p.m. on the Woodside fire service Fire protection and enforcement of codes are provided Portola Valley post Portola Valley no [email protected]. first and third Mondays of the month by the Woodside Fire Protection District. longer has a post office. Residents with at Independence Hall, Woodside and Town Clerk: Janet Koelsch. 650-851-6790, See Public Officials section for more Internet connections can order stamps [email protected]. Whiskey Hill roads, Woodside. Staff contact: Town Clerk, 650-851-6790. information. and arrange for pickups. Postal carriers • 911 (emergency); 650-851-1594 take stamp orders; stamp vending Planning Director: Jackie Young. 650-851- 6790, [email protected]. (non-emergency) machines are available in Menlo Park Other Woodside committees • www.woodsidefire.org post offices. • UPS store in Ladera: 650-529-1692 Woodside planning Arts & Cultural Committee Woodside garbage and curbside commissioners Audit Committee recycling service Run by GreenWaste Woodside Recovery. Administrative address: 1500 Karen Rongey-Conner District 1. Term Circulation Committee Berger Drive, San Jose 95112. 8 a.m.-5 ends February 2016. p.m. Woodside Town Hall Emergency Preparedness Committee Marilyn Voelke District 2. Term ends • Customer service line: 650-568-9900, 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside. Houses February 2015. History Committee 408-283-4800. the town administrative offices and the Livestock and Equestrian Heritage Woodside Library 3140 Woodside Road, Planning and Building Department. Town Grant Huberty District 3. Term ends February 2018. Committee Woodside. Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Fri-Sat Council and commission meetings are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. held in the historic Independence Hall. Adolph Rosekrans District 4. Term ends Open Space Committee • 650-851-0147 The Planning and Building Department February 2018. Public Safety Committee • www.woodsidelibrary.org holds counter hours Mon-Fri 8-10 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. 650-851-6796. Aydan Kutay District 5. Term ends Recreation Committee Friends of the Woodside Library • 650-851-6790 February 2016. • 650-851-0147 • www.woodsidetown.org Sustainability and Conservation Elizabeth L. Hobson District 6. Term ends Committee Woodside branch of Redwood City February 2015. Post Office 2995 Woodside Road #200, Woodside town staff Trails Committee Woodside. Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Suzanne Muller District 7. Term ends Staff contact: Town Clerk, 650-851-6790. • 800-275-8777 Town Council: Please see Public Officials February 2016. • www.usps.com section. The Planning Commission’s regular Woodside town services Town Manager and Director of Finance: meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the first Kevin Bryant. 650-851-6790, kbryant@ and third Wednesdays of the month at Woodside police services Provided by woodsidetown.org. Independence Hall, Woodside and Whiskey San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office under Hill roads, Woodside. 650-851-6790. contract. Hall of Justice and Records, 400

My Closet. My Home. My Style. My Budget. My Life.

Closets

20% OFF Plus FREE Installation Some restrictions apply.

GARAGES | ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS | MURPHY BEDS | AND MORE...

Call for FREE Design Consultation

650-595-9999 www.facebook.com/closetfactory www.closetfactory.com follow us: www.twitter.com/closetfactory

Government/library/police

1 Atherton Town Hall, Library, Police 2 Menlo Park Civic Center/Police El Camino Real 3 Portola Valley Town Center and Library

4 Woodside Town Hall and shopping district 1 84 5 Woodside Library Bay Rd

A Redwood City Landmarks:

l a 5 m Bay Rd

e 3 1 VA Palo Alto Health System d a

d 2 Stanford Hospital/Lucile Packard e Middlefield Rd 5 7 l Children’s Hospital a Atherton 4 8 s P 1 3 u 3 Sharon Heights Golf and Country l El Camino Real g a Club s 9 Willow Rd 10 2 2 4 Holy Cross Cemetery Woodside Rd 14 13 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Center 6 1 Stockbridge Ave 1 6 16 Atherton Ave Palo Alto 6 Menlo Country Club Menlo 2 84 6 Santa Cruz Ave Huddart 4 2 County Park Park Alma St Woodside Valparaiso Av4 Selected parks: 4 8 11 Stanford 5 Mo 5 Stanford University 1 Bayfront Park

W Golf

15 u his El Camino Real n k Course e 2 Burgess Park t y 3 7 a H Sand Hill Rd J Woodside Rd in Horse Park u i l n 3 l Woodside Flood County Park H i o R p m d e r o 4 e Se Holbrook-Palmer Park r R r

d a

B 5 lv Kelly Park Jasper Ridge d 1 Biological 3 6 Nealon Park Wunderlich Preserve County Park 7 Sharon Hills Park idge Portola Rd str e D r 8 Sharon Park 35 W

d R

e Arastradero Shopping: 12 in p 3 l Regional A Portola Valley Preserve 1 Downtown Menlo Park shopping district La Honda Creek Regional 2 Stanford Shopping Center Open Space 2 Windy Hill Regional 3 Ladera Country Shopper Open Space

Schools: 6 Las Lomitas Elementary School 12 Ormondale School 1 Cañada College 7 Laurel School 13 Sacred Heart Preparatory 2 Corte Madera School 8 Menlo-Atherton High School 14 St. Joseph’s School of the Sacred Heart 3 Encinal Elementary School 9 Menlo College 15 Woodside Elementary School 4 Hillview Middle School 10 Menlo School 16 Woodside High School 5 La Entrada Middle School 11 Oak Knoll Elementary School HOW TO CONTACT U.S., STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

County Parks Commission Human Resources Department: Donna Vaillancourt, director. 650-363-4343. 455 County Center, 4th floor, Redwood City 94063 Human Services Agency: Iliana • 650-363-4020 Rodriguez, director. 650-802-7500. • [email protected] • www.smcoparks.org Planning and Building Department: Jim Eggemeyer, director. 650-363-4161 for Commission members: Michael J. planning; 650-599-7311 for building. Cooney, Marico C. Enriquez, Neil Merrilees, Meda Okelo, Mel Pincus. Probation Department: John T. Keene Jr., chief probation officer. 650-312-8873. The commission meets the first Thursday of even-numbered months at 4 p.m. Public Works Department: James C. (and as necessary) in the Supervisors Porter, director. 650-363-4100. Chambers, Hall of Justice and Records, San Mateo Medical Center: Dr. Susan 400 County Center, Redwood City. Ehrlich, chief executive officer. 650-573- 2222. www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org San Mateo County Office Superior Court: John Fitton, court of Education executive officer/jury commissioner. 650- 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City 363-4766. www.sanmateocourt.org 94065-1064

Michelle Le • 650-802-5300 Town of Atherton • www.smcoe.k12.ca.us Board members: Beverly Gerard, Town Hall president; Jim Cannon, vice president; Susan 91 Ashfield Road, Atherton 94027 Alvaro; Hector Camacho Jr.; Rod Hsiao; Ted Former Menlo Park Mayor Peter Ohtaki and Padraig Conneely, mayor of Galway, Ireland, Lempert; Joe Ross. 2014-15 town operating and capital shake hands after signing a friendship agreement at the Stanford Park Hotel. budget: $11.46 million County Superintendent: Anne E. • 650-752-0500 Campbell • www.ci.atherton.ca.us State government Carole Groom District 2. 650-363-4568. County Office of Education staff: Term ends January 2019. Marcia Serpa-Garcia, Nancy Magee Atherton council members State Senate Don Horsley District 3. 650-363-4569. The Board of Education meets on Cary Wiest mayor. 650-357-7122. Term Term ends January 2019. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) scheduled Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the ends November 2016. District 13. Term expires 2016. First elected Warren Slocum District 4. 650-363-4570. County Office of Education, 101 Twin Rick DeGolia 650-793-2800, rdegolia@ to this office in 2012. Term ends January 2017. Dolphin Drive, Redwood City. See website ci.atherton.ca.us. Term ends November for specific dates. District office: 1528 S. El Camino Real, Ste. Adrienne Tissier District 5. 650-363-4572. 2014. 303, San Mateo 94402 Term ends January 2017. Other elected county officers Elizabeth Lewis 650-533-8830, elewis@ • 650-212-3313 The San Mateo County Board of ci.atherton.ca.us. Term ends November • http://sd13.senate.ca.gov Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder: Mark Supervisors holds meetings at 9 a.m. 2016. Church. 650-363-4500. www.smcare.org on scheduled Tuesdays in the board State Assembly Bill Widmer 650-853-8408, bwidmer@ chambers, Hall of Justice and Records, 400 Tax Collector-Treasurer: Sandie Arnott. ci.atherton.ca.us. Term ends November Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) County Center, at the corner of Bradford 650-363-4142 (Tax Collector), 650-363- 2014. District 24. Term expires 2014. First elected and Hamilton streets, Redwood City. Board 4580, option #2 (Treasurer Division). to this office in 2010. agenda and supporting items are posted www.smcgov.org/tax The Atherton City Council’s regular on the website on the Thursday before the meetings are held on the third Wednesday Controller: Bob Adler. 650-363-4777. District office: 5050 El Camino Real, Ste. 117, board’s Tuesday meetings. of the month and start at 7 p.m. at the Los Altos 94022 • 650-363-4653 www.smcgov.org/controller Town Council Chambers, 94 Ashfield Road • 650-691-2121 • www.smcgov.org Sheriff: Greg Munks. Administration: at Dinkelspiel/Station Lane, Atherton. • http://asmdc.org/members/a21/ 650-599-1664; non-emergency dispatch: 650-752-0529. County Planning Commission 650-363-4911. www.smcsheriff.com San Mateo County Atherton town staff government 455 County Center, Redwood City 94063 District Attorney: Stephen Wagstaffe. • 650-363-1859 650-363-4636. www.smcgov.org/DA City Manager: George Rodericks. • [email protected] 650-752-0504. County administrative offices Coroner: Robert J. Foucrault. 650-312- Commission members: Steve Dworetzky, 5562. www.smcgov.org/coroner City Clerk: Theresa DellaSanta. 400 County Center (entrance at corner of Frederick Hansson, Zoe Kersteen-Tucker, 650-752-0529. Hamilton Avenue and Bradford Street), Manuel Ramirez, Laurie Simonson. Redwood City 94063 Other county officers & services Police Chief: Ed Flint. 650-752-0508. Commission secretary: Heather Hardy County’s 2013-14 operating budget: $2.2 County Manager: John L. Maltbie. billion Planning and Building Department 650-363-4123. City of Menlo Park • 650-363-4000 Director: Jim Eggemeyer County Counsel: John Beiers. • www.smcgov.org City Hall The San Mateo County Planning 650-363-4250. Commission generally meets the second 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025 San Mateo County Board Health System: Jean Fraser, chief. and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 650-573-2582. www.smchealth.org 2014-15 general fund budget: $72.1 million of Supervisors 9 a.m. in the Supervisors Chambers, Hall • 650-330-6600 Housing Department: Duane Bay, of Justice and Records, 400 County Center, • [email protected] Dave Pine District 1. 650-363-4571. director. 650-802-5050. Term ends January 2017. Redwood City. • www.menlopark.org

58 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Public Ofﬁcials

Menlo Park City Council • 650-851-6790 Meets third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. sequoiahealthcaredistrict.com members • www.woodsidetown.org at district headquarters, 300 Middlefield • www.sequoiahealthcaredistrict.com Road, Menlo Park. Call 650-329-9266. The district’s mission is to improve the Ray Mueller mayor 2014. 650-776-6995. Woodside council members Term ends November 2016. health of district residents by enhancing Dave Burow mayor. District 5. 650-364- Woodside Fire Protection access to care and promoting wellness Catherine Carlton vice mayor 2014. 650- 0697. [email protected]. Term District in Redwood City, Menlo Park, Woodside, 575-4523. Term ends November 2016. Atherton, Portola Valley, Belmont, San ends November 2015. Headquarters station: 3111 Woodside Carlos and parts of San Mateo and Rich Cline 650-207-1677. Term ends Deborah Gordon District 2. 650-851-1642. Road, Woodside 94062 November 2014. • Emergencies: Call 911; business: 650- Foster City. The Board meets on the first [email protected]. Term Wednesday of even-numbered months ends November 2017. 851-1594 Kirsten Keith 650-308-4618. Term ends • www.woodsidefire.org at 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, 525 November 2014. Anne Kasten District 6, 650-867-5002. Veterans Blvd. in Redwood City. Fire Chief: Dan Ghiorso Peter Ohtaki 650-328-0300. Term ends [email protected]. Term ends 2014-15 budget: $13.1 million November 2014. November 2017. 2014-15 budget: $14.3 million Board of Directors The Menlo Park City Council’s regular Peter Mason District 7. 650-851-8818. Fire stations: Headquarters: 3111 meetings are on Tuesdays, starting at [email protected]. Term ends Woodside Road, Woodside; 650-851- Jerry Shefren president. gshefren@ 7 p.m. Meetings are broadcast live on November 2015. 1594. 135 Portola Road, Portola Valley; sequoiahealthcaredistrict.com. Term ends 650-851-1626. 4091 Jefferson Ave., 2014. Channel 26 and via the Internet at the Ron Romines District 1. 650-851-8475, unincorporated San Mateo County; 650- city’s website, www.menlopark.org. [email protected]. Term ends Art Faro vice-president. [email protected]. 368-2155. Agendas, minutes and staff reports November 2015. Term ends 2014. are also posted on the website. It also Board of Directors contains general information about Tom Shanahan District 3. 650-561-2238, Katie Kane secretary/treasurer. kkane@ the city as well as links to the police [email protected]. Term Patrick Cain, John Gardner, Matt Miller. sequoiahealthcaredistrict.com. Term ends department, library and recreation ends November 2015. 2016. Meets the last Monday of the month center. Dave Tanner District 4. 650-851-4918, at 7 p.m. in the Woodside fire station, Kim Griffin director. pedihearts@ [email protected]. Term ends 3111 Woodside Road, Woodside. 650- sbcglobal.net. Term ends 2016. Menlo Park city staff November 2017. 851-1594. To contact one of the board Jack Hickey director. jhickey@ members, email [email protected]. City Manager: Alex McIntyre. 650-330- Send all correspondence to Town Hall. sequoiahealthcaredistrict.com. Term ends 6610, [email protected]. The Town Council’s regular meetings 2014. begin at 7:30 p.m. on the second California Department of Town of Portola Valley and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Forestry and Fire Protection Water districts Independence Hall, Woodside and Skylonda Fire Station: 17290 Skyline Whiskey Hill roads, Woodside. 650-851- Town Hall Blvd., Woodside. Covers unincorporated Los Trancos County Water 6790. Agenda hotline: 650-306-0327. 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley 94028 areas of San Mateo County from Kings District Mountain Road to Alpine Road, and west 162 Los Trancos Circle, Portola Valley, Weekday hours: 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 3-5 Woodside town staff to Pescadero. 94028. Visit ltcwd.org to find the names p.m. Town Manager/Finance Director: • Emergencies: 911; business: 650-851-1860. and phone numbers of board members. 2014-15 town operating budget: $6.5 Kevin Bryant. 650-851-1594, kbryant@ The board meets in the Buckeye Room million woodsidetown.org. of the Portola Valley Town Center, 765 • 650-851-1701 Special districts Portola Road, Portola Valley, at 7 p.m. on • [email protected] Menlo Park Fire Protection the first Thursday of every month except • www.portolavalley.net District Midpeninsula Regional Open August. Space District Portola Valley Town Council 170 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park 94025 • All emergencies, call 911; business: District address: 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, West Bay Sanitary District John Richards mayor. jrichards@ 650-688-8400, Mon-Thu 8 a.m.-5 CA 94022 500 Laurel St., Menlo Park 94025. portolavalley.net. Term ends November p.m.; Fire Prevention Bureau: 650- • 650-691-1200 • 650-321-0384 2017. 688-8425 • www.openspace.org • [email protected] • www.menlofire.org • www.westbaysanitary.org Jeff Aalfs [email protected]. Term Stephen Abbors general manager. ends November 2015. Fire Chief: Harold Schapelhouman. 2014-15 total budget: $43.9 million Meets second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at district offices, 500 Maryann Moise Derwin mderwin@ Interim fire chief: Douglas Sporleder. Board meets second and fourth Laurel St., Menlo Park. District staff: Phil portolavalley.net. Term ends November 2014-15 operations budget: $37.7 million Wednesdays of the month at 7 p.m. in Scott, district manager. 2017. the district office. Board of directors has Fire stations: 300 Middlefield Road, Board of Directors Craig Hughes [email protected]. seven members representing five wards Menlo Park; 2290 University Ave., East Term ends November 2017. in Santa Clara County and two wards in Palo Alto; 32 Almendral Ave., Atherton; Ronald Shepherd president. Term ends San Mateo County. 2015. Ann Wengert awengert@portolavalley. 3322 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park; net. Term ends November 2015. 4101 Fair Oaks Ave., Menlo Park; 700 Oak David Walker secretary. Term ends 2015. Grove Ave., Menlo Park; 1467 Chilco St., San Mateo County Community The Town Council meets at 7:30 p.m. on Menlo Park. College District Fran Dehn member. Term ends 2015. the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month in the Historic Schoolhouse at Town Board of Directors 3401 CSM Drive, San Mateo 94402 Edward P. Moritz member, treasurer. Center, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. • 650-574-6550 Term ends 2017. Rex Ianson president. rexfordi@menlofire. • http://smccd.edu org. Term ends November 2017. Roy Thiele-Sardiña member. Term ends Portola Valley town staff Chancellor Ron Galatolo. 2017. Virgina Chang Kiraly vice president. Town Manager: Nick Pegueros. Ext. 215 [email protected]. Term ends Board of Trustees generally meets at 6 p.m. All board members can be contacted at November 2015. on the second and fourth Wednesdays [email protected]. Town of Woodside at the district office board room. Contact Peter Carpenter director. pcarpenter@ board members through the district office. menlofire.org. Term ends November 2017. Town Hall Chuck Bernstein director. cbernstein@ Sequoia Healthcare District 2955 Woodside Road, P.O. Box 620005, menlofire.org. Term ends November 2017. Woodside 94062. 525 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City 94062. Rob Silano director. roberts@menlofire. 650-421-2155. 2014-15 town operating budget: $6 million org. Term ends November 2015. • lmichelson@ www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 59 i Menlo

Coldwell Banker#1 IN CALIFORNIA

MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS LOS ALTOS HILLS PALO ALTO

PORTOLA VALLEY MENLO PARK ATHERTON LOS GATOS

My clients always want to know what is happening in the real estate market. As part of your ﬁnancial team, it is my responsibility to keep you informed of the general and speciﬁc real estate market conditions.

I have all the current market trends, conditions and statistics. If it’s happening, I know about it. Houses are selling! 95% of my business is referrals from past clients and previous clients. Clients trust me to help them make decisions. Want to make the right ﬁnancial decision? I will guide you to success.

TERRI COUTURE TOP 1% COLDWELL BANKER DIRECT: (650) 917-5811 [email protected] TERRICOUTURE.COM BRE#01090940

60 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com Adult education, 46 Animal services/protection, 48 MENLO Archery, 18 i2013-14 nfo Art galleries, 11 Arts, 11 Arts organizations, 24 EDITORIAL Atherton, town of, 55, 58 Editor: Richard Hine Badminton, 18 Info Editor: Sam Sciolla Basketball, 18 Researchers: Renee Batti, Carol Blitzer, Dave Boyce, Sandy Brundage, Biking, 20 Benjamin Custer, Christina Dong, Richard Hine, Melissa Landeros, Bookstores and readings, 11 Lena Pressesky, Doris Taylor Business organizations, 48 Photographer: Michelle Le Cable television, 48 ART & PRODUCTION Cabrillo Unified School District, 39 Info design director: Lili Cao Camping, 20 Maps & graphics: Shannon Corey Career/job services, 48 Production manager: Charter schools, 39 Jennifer Lindberg Child care centers and preschools, 24 Contributing designers: Linda Atilano, Lili Cao, Shannon Child care/hotlines, 27 Corey, Diane Haas, Colleen Hench, Child care/referrals, 27 Rosanna Leung, Paul Llewellyn, Peter Sorin Classes/places to go, 28 ADVERTISING Colleges and universities, 46 Major accounts sales manager: Community, 48 Connie Jo Cotton Community centers, 48 Le Michelle Display advertising: Adam Carter, Community colleges, 46 Elaine Clark, Janice Hoogner, Isaiah Leyva hands a Blendid dessert organic shake to Ruby Johnson on the opening night Meredith Mitchell Counseling, 48 of Off the Grid, a food truck event in downtown Menlo Park. Real estate advertising: Neal Fine, Dance, 11 District, 59 Rosemary Lewkowitz, Diane Martin, Disabilities, services, 51 Lectures, 11 Carolyn Oliver San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, 58 Drug and alcohol services, 48 Libraries, 54, 55, 56 Inside advertising: Irene Schwartz Seniors, 51 Education, 37 Literacy, 51 Advertising services: Diane Martin, Live music and dancing, 11 Sequoia Healthcare District, 59 Blanca Yoc Education/enrichment, 44 Map Sequoia Union High School District, 39 Elementary and middle schools, private, 39 , 57 Menlo Park, city of, 54, 58 Service groups, 51 Info Menlo is a special project Emergency services, 48 Skateboarding, 22 of The Almanac. Environment, 48 Menlo Park City School District, 37 Soccer, 22 Copyright (c) 2014 by Embarcadero Farmers markets, 48 Menlo Park Fire Protection District, 54, 59 Media. All rights reserved. Mountain biking, 20 Social services, 52 Reproduction without permission Fishing, 20 Softball, 22 is strictly prohibited. Foundations/fundraising organizations, 48 Movies, 11 Special districts, 59 Garden clubs, 48 Museums and collections, 11 Special education, 44 Gardens, 48 Music, 12, 14 Sports, 34 Genealogy, 48 Open space areas, 18 State government, 58 450 Cambridge Ave. Golf, 22 Opera, 14 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Outdoors & Recreation Story hours, 34 Health and support services, 48 , 18 650-854-2690 Swimming, 22 www.AlmanacNews.com Health clinics and hospitals, 49 Outings, 28 Email: [email protected] Tennis, 22 High schools, private, 42 Parks, 18 Info Menlo contains some information Places to tour, 14 Theater, 15 about neighboring communities, Hiking/walking, 20 Volleyball, 22 but more complete details are in Info Historical associations, 49 Political groups, 51 Palo Alto and Info Mountain View — Portola Valley, town of, 55, 59 Water districts, 59 available at Embarcadero Media, 450 Home schooling, 39 Water sports, 22 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, as well as Homeless services, 49 Portola Valley School District, 37 at local bookstores and other outlets. Wineries, 15 Horseback riding, 20 Post offices, 54, 55, 56 Go to www.AlmanacNews.com Radio stations, 51 Woodside Elementary School District, 37 for the latest local news, classifieds, Ice skating, 22 Woodside Fire Protection District, 56, 59 movies, restaurant info, Town Square Kids, 24 Recycling and hazardous waste disposal, 51 chat room, current and past issues Woodside, town of, 56, 59 Las Lomitas Elementary School District, 37 of the Almanac, special offers and San Mateo County government, 58 Youth and service groups, 34 much more. Law, 49 San Mateo County Community College

www.AlmanacNews.com Info Menlo Park • 61 i Menlo Expert Knowledge | Proven Results 4th generation Peninsula resident 6th generation San Francisco Bay Area resident Over 70 years of Real Estate Experience

Lyn Jason Cobb & Associates brings an emphasis on innovation and service to the local real estate market and our connections to the areas we serve go back for generations. That personal experience and in-depth market knowledge give our clients a distinct advantage when buying or selling a home.

Our Clients Receive: s%XPERT-ARKET!NALYSIS s3UPERIOR.EGOTIATION3KILLS s0ROFESSIONAL0HOTOGRAPHY"ROCHURES 0ERSONALIZED %FFECTIVE-ARKETING3OLUTIONSINCLUDING% &LYERS .EWSPAPER-AGAZINE!DS #USTOM7EBSITES 6IRTUAL 4OURS 7ORLDWIDE% -ARKETING#AMPAIGNSxANDMORE s!CCESSTOOURPRIVATELISTOFHOMEREPAIRSPECIALISTS s&ULL TIME3ERVICE3UPPORT s3TAGING#ONSULTATION #ERTIlED(OME-ARKETING3PECIALISTS

Other Qualiﬁ cations: s0ROPERTY-ANAGEMENT s2EAL%STATE,AWAND#ORPORATE s%XCHANGE%XPERTISE -!%XPERTISE s#ERTIlED2ELOCATION3PECIALISTS s$IGITAL-ARKETING3PECIALIST s3ENIOR2EAL%STATE3PECIALISTS s%COBROKERv'REENv#ERTIlED ,YN*ASON#OBB!SSOCIATES !THERTON\-ENLO0ARK\7OODSIDE\0ORTOLA6ALLEY\0ALO!LTO\2EDWOOD#ITY\3AN#ARLOS -OUNTAIN6IEW\,OS!LTOS\,OS!LTOS(ILLS\"ELMONT\3AN-ATEO\(ILLSBOROUGH\"URLINGAME\-ILLBRAE\&OSTER#ITY

Lyn Jason Cobb: 650.566.5331 Herschel Cobb, J.D.: 650.566.5331 Regan Byers: 650.678.7765 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] President’s Premier Team WWW,YN*ASON#OBBCOM

Top 250 Teams Nationwide by Wall Street Journal 62 • Info Menlo Park www.AlmanacNews.com i Menlo

Coldwell Banker #1 IN CALIFORNIA

WENDI SELIG-AIMONETTI SUE CRAWFORD 650.465.5602 650.566.5341 [email protected] [email protected] www.wendiselig.com www.SueCrawford.com CalBRE # 01001476 CalBRE # 00587710 4VSJIWWMSREP/RS[PIHKIEFPI Start with a dream; make it your home! Specializing in helping buyers and sellers with Experienced their Real Estate needs on the Peninsula.

ERIKA DEMMA KAREN FRYLING 650.740.2970 REBECCA JOHNSON [email protected] 650.329.6620 650.329.6676 www.erikademma.com [email protected] CalBRE # 01230766 [email protected] Erika is committed to the community and the www.duo-homes.com business of real estate. Her expertise is second BRE #’s 01326725 / 01332193 to none and has earned her the distinguished ]IEVWSJGSQFMRIHI\TIVMIRGI[MXLSZIV VEROMRKEWXLIEKIRXMRLIVSJ½GIMR 1MRWEPIW PMWXMRKEKIRXMRERHMRXLI 8LITS[IVSJTEVXRIVWLMTKMZIW]SY Top 1% of Coldwell Banker Internationally. She double the support WTIGMEPM^IWMR;SSHWMHI%XLIVXSR4SVXSPE:EPPI] • Selling real estate is our passion; community Emerald Hills & surrounding area. MRZSPZIQIRXMWSYVGSQQMXQIRX 7IVZMRKFY]IVW WIPPIVWSRXLI1MH4IRMRWYPE

KRISTIN GRAY STEVE GRAY 650.636.6883 650.743.7702 [email protected] [email protected] Kristin-gray.com CalBRE # 01498634 CalBRE # 01930068 My Clients Say it best: “Because of all your 'PMIRXWEKIRXWJVMIRHWERHGSPPIEKYIWORS[QI ORS[PIHKIEFPIERHLSRIWXEHZMGI]SYV JSVQ]IRXLYWMEWQPSRKXIVQVIPEXMSRWLMTW QIXMGYPSYWERHXLSVSYKLEXXIRXMSRXSHIXEMP PSGEPVIWSYVGIWREXMZIORS[PIHKIERHMRXIKVMX] Q]LSQIWSPHUYMGOP]ERHJSVQSVIXLER-IZIV I am passionate about real estate and am dreamed possible. Growing up here and being GSR½HIRXXLEX]SY[MPPLEZIEWYGGIWWJYP VIWTIGXIHMRSYVGSQQYRMX]SRP]EHHWXS]SYV enjoyable experience working with me. Please genuine appreciation and understanding of this KMZIQIEGEPP unique housing market.”

©2013 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ofﬁcewww.AlmanacNews.com is Owned by a Subsidiary of NRT Info LLC. Menlo BRE License Park #01908304. • 63 i Menlo

Coldwell Banker #1 IN CALIFORNIA

LYN JASON COBB DOUGLAS ANDREW REGAN BYERS GONZALEZ 650.464.26226 650.678.7765 O: 650-566-5324 www.LynJasonCobb.comw M: 650-465-8930 CalBREC #’s 01332535 / 01034761 Email: [email protected] %LSQIMWYRMUYIERHMQTSVXERX;ITVSZMHI% Website: DougGonzalez.com SFNIGXMZIEHZMGIWS]SYQE]QEOIWQEVXS CalBRE #: 00895924 HIGMWMSRW;ILEZIWYGGIWWJYPP]GSRGPYHIHH &SVR 6EMWIH1IRPS4EVO LYRHVIHWSJXVERWEGXMSRWHYVMRKSYVQER]]IEVWL ;SVO)\TIVMIRGI]IEVWEWE6IEPXSV SJEWWMWXMRKFY]IVWERHWIPPIVWSRXLI4IRMRWYPES 1SXXS±(SXLI6MKLX8LMRK² 'EPPYW;IEVILIVIJSV]SY (I½RMRK'LEVEGXIVMWXMG7MRGIVI,SRIWX] ,MW4VSQMWI6ITVIWIRX]SYVFIWXMRXIVIWX %VI=SY6IEH]#+MZILMQEGEPP©

PAM HAMMER MARGOT LOCKWOOD KATIE HAMMER RIGGS 650.400.2528 650.400.1039 650.515.5255 [email protected] www.PamAndKatie.com CalBRE # 01017519 CalBRE #’s 01216437 / 01783432 Although recognition is pleasing, the most ;LIRMXGSQIWXSFY]MRKSVWIPPMRKELSQI GLIVMWLIHVI[EVHMWEWEXMW½IHGPMIRX1] ]SYRIIHXLI,EQQIVXIEQXSREMP]SYVLSQI GPMIRXWETTVIGMEXIQ]EGUYMVIHORS[PIHKISJ WEPI8LMWQSXLIVHEYKLXIVXIEQLEW]IEVWSJ VIEPIWXEXISTTSVXYRMXMIW*SVXLIVIWYPXW]SY GSQFMRIHVIEPIWXEXII\TIVMIRGI[MXLTVSZIR I\TIGXGEPP1EVKSX VIWYPXW'SRWMWXIRXP]VEROIHMR'&´WXST EKIRXWMR2'EPMJSVRME

CHRIS MCDONNELL ELAINE BERLIN WHITE KELLY GRIGGS 650.566.5323 650.207.2500 650.464.1965 Top 1% Coldwell Banker [email protected] Worldwide [email protected] Real Estate Broker, www.ChrisAndKellyHomes.com Attorney at Law CalBRE #’s 00870468 / 01812313 www.ElaineWhite.com • 8[SKIRIVEXMSRWSJ6IEP)WXEXI)\TIVXMWI CalBRE # 01182467 • Consistent top producer in residential sales )PEMRI´W]IEVWEWEFVSOIVGSQFMRIH • 'SQFMRIHSZIV]IEVWSJVITVIWIRXMRK with her experience in negotiation, FY]IVWERHWIPPIVW remodeling and home presentation • 7XVSRK6IEP)WXEXIEREP]XMGW MRZIWXQIRX GSRWMWXIRXP]EGLMIZISYXWXERHMRKVIWYPXWJSV EREP]WMW LIVGPMIRXW;LIXLIV]SY´VIFY]MRKSVWIPPMRK • Impeccable reputations )PEMRIMW]SYVFIWXEHZSGEXI

©201364 • ColdwellInfo Menlo Banker RealPark Estate www.AlmanacNews.com LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Ofﬁce is Owned by a Subsidiary of NRT LLC. BRE License #01908304.