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Whether you’re new to the area or a longtime Mountain View resident, this year’s Info Mountain View off ers a feast of learning about your community. Wonder how many Mountain View residents walk to work or when Google started city-wide Wi-Fi? The answers lie within. Michelle Le Check out the Arts and Entertainment section for inspiration for a night out: Will it include live music and dancing, an outing to the theater or perhaps a reading at a bookstore? outdoors & recreation | 14 Whole chapters are devoted to kids, with information on child care centers and sports leagues, as well as education, both public and private. Another focuses on recreation, with hundreds of options for biking, hiking, sailing or enjoying parks. To contact a member of the Mountain View City Council or for information on boards and commissions, turn to the Public Offi cials section. In addition to the thousands of listings inside, you can visit www. mv-voice.com and fi nd even more. Online you’ll also fi nd information about our surrounding communities, including Palo Alto, Stanford and Menlo Park, as well as others in our region. Our cover photo this year — an egret in fl ight over Shorebird Way — was shot by Staff Photographer Michelle Le. Michelle Le If you’ve got content suggestions for year, please email editor@ mv-voice.com. We appreciate your feedback. kids | 29 Carol Blitzer Editor, Info Mountain View

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Other: 9.8%ˆ Median monthly rent (2000): $1,679 (one bedroom, one bath)** Racial/ethnic breakdown (1990): (Source: Census 2000; * Valley White: 64.5% Association of REALTORS® from Black: 4.7% MLSListings Inc.) **RealFacts Hispanic: 16% Business Asian/Pacifi c Islander: 14.1 Commercial and industrial space Other: .5% (2000): 30 million sq. ft. (Sources: U.S. Census, Community Services Commercial and industrial space at City of Mountain View, Mountain View (1900): N/A Housing Element Update 2009) Total Assessed Valuation (Jan. 1, 2012): $17.34 billion* Education and income Total Assessed Valuation (1990): N/A Median household income (2007): (Source: Santa Clara County Assessor’s $82,904 Offi ce) Male FT year-round workers: $76,866

Michelle Le Climate Female FT year-round workers: $60,954 Hottest day in city history: June 14, 2000 (106 degrees) Adults with bachelor’s degree or higher (2010): 26.5% Coldest day in city history: Jan. 5, 1949 (21 degrees) Bicyclists and pedestrians check out the new extension to the Trail, (Sources: U.S. Census, ABAG) after the public dedication ceremony in June. (Source: Western Regional Climate Center, Housing Reno, NV — Moff ett Field) City facts: Acres of city parks: 189 Total Households (2010): 31,957 Miscellaneous Year incorporated: 1902 Acres of city-owned open space: 775 Total Households (1990): 31,487 Mean travel time to work: 21.1 minutes (includes Shoreline) Square miles: 12.2 Average household size (2010): 2.31 Number of Mtn. View residents who City-maintained trees: 28,500 (street, walk to work: 885 2012-13 city General Operating Fund park and median) Average household size (1990): 2.23 Number of Mtn. View residents who budget: $95.8 million Sister cities: Hasselt, Belgium; Iwata, Single-family housing (2000): 12,848 work at home: 1,683 City employees: 558 Japan Median home price (2012, through Number of Mtn. View residents who June): $1,050,000 (single family)* Police offi cers: 95 use public transportation (including People Median home price (2011, through taxicabs): 2,231 Fire stations: 5 Median age (2010): 35.9 June): $982,500 (single family)* Language spoken at home (5 years Fire Department employees: 88.5 Median age (1990): 32.8 Median home price (1990): $342,700 and older) (2010): Libraries: 1 (single family) Seniors - 65 and older (2010): 10.6% English only: 52% Median condo price (2012, through Language other than English: 48% Seniors - 65 and older (1990): 9.8% June): $612,500* Vital signs Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; American Population (2010): 74,066 Racial/ethnic breakdown (2010): Median condo price (2011, through Community Survey; Association of White: 56% June): $495,000* Bay Area Governments; Population (1990): 67,460 Association of REALTORS® (from RE Average monthly (asking) rent (2012): Black: 2.2% InfoLink); City of Mountain View; Offi ce of Parks: 37 (includes Shoreline Regional $2,679 (two bedroom, two bath)** the County Assessor, Santa Clara County; Park) Hispanic: 21.7% Average monthly (asking) rent (2012): RealFacts; California Department of Miles of city-maintained streets: 139.2 Asian/Pacifi c Islander: 26.5% $1,894 (one bedroom, one bath)** Finance)

Historic fi rsts First railroad station: 1864 NASA lab established: 1939 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts opens: 1991 Mariano Castro, the Father of Mtn. Chinese community establishes in Slater School opens: 1956 Mtn. View: circa 1882 Naval Air Station closed: 1992 View, establishes Rancho Pastoria co-invents de los Borregas: 1851 Mountain View incorporated as a transistor: 1947 Light rail line opened: 1999 city: 1902 Mountain View named by pioneer William Shockley wins Nobel Prize Google moved to Mountain View: Jacob Shumway and others at Carr’s First Free Library established by the in physics: 1956 1999 General Store: 1852 Women’s Club: 1904 The birth of Silicon Valley: 1956 New library opened: 1999 First Post Offi ce: Jan. 18, 1854 Pacifi c Press opens establishing First plans for Shoreline Park drawn Mountain View celebrates Seventh Day Adventist community: First School: 1854 up: 1958 Centennial: 2002 1904 Weilheimer General Store and Jack Kilby co- History Museum opens in First town hall and jail: 1909 established: 1874 invent integrated circuit: 1959 Mtn.View: 2003 First high school open in downtown Maria Trinidad Peralta de Castro becomes Google starts city-wide Wi-Fi: 2006 Mtn. View: 1924 donates land for fi rst cemetery: Silicon Valley’s fi rst start-up: 1959 New Senior Center inaugurated: March 19, 1861 First Mtn. View movie theater: 1926 Frank Drake founds Search for 2006 Henry Rengstorff arrives in Mtn. Moff ett Field Naval Air Station Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) View: 1864 established: 1933 Institute: 1984

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Dance parts of Mountain View. Site contains native grasses and gravel paths. No dogs Bayer Ballet Academy0ME allowed. Middlefi eld Way, Mtn. View. Classical ballet instruction in the Russian Size: 27 acres. TUZMF 7BHBOPWB BHFUISPVHI t tXXXDJNUOWJFXDBVT TFBSDIi$SJU pre-professional with semi-annual tenden Site” performance opportunities. t Midpeninsula Regional Open Space tJOGP!CBZFSCBMMFUBDBEFNZDPN District%JTUFM$JSDMF -PT"MUPT" tXXXCBZFSCBMMFUBDBEFNZDPN regional greenbelt system in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is comprised Pacifi c Ballet Academy#1PMBSJT Ave., Mtn. View. Academy off ers a full PGNPSFUIBO BDSFTPGMBOEJO range of graded classes, from pre-ballet PQFOTQBDFQSFTFSWFTQSPUFDUFE for public enjoyment, making a to pre-professional training. Focuses on preserve system of diverse and the traditions and discipline of Russian unparalleled beauty in one of the largest Ballet. Annual student showcase, metropolitan areas in the country. “Nutcracker” performances and others. Preserves are free to explore from dawn t tEJSFDUPS!QBDJöDCBMMFUPSH to dusk. tXXXQBDJöDCBMMFUPSH t tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSH Western Ballet/3FOHTUPSò"WF  Santa Clara County Parks Santa Clara 6OJU" .UO7JFX'PVOEFEJO UIF County off ers many opportunities for school emphasizes the art of classical the hiker who loves a rugged trail, as ballet and off ers classes for both adults well as for those who prefer smoother, and youth. Classes tailored to age level paved roads and paths. Michelle Le for children. tXXXQBSLIFSFPSHQPSUBMTJUFQBSLT t tJOGP!XFTUFSOCBMMFUPSH Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter tXXXXFTUFSOCBMMFUPSH &#BZTIPSF3PBE4UF 1BMP"MUP5IF DIBQUFSIBT NFNCFSTJOUISFF Golf (private courses) counties. Variety of hiking and outdoor A sunny day in June is a fi ne time for a stroll through Cuesta Annex. experiences, including backpacking, Los Altos Golf & Country Club singles groups, whitewater paddling. Basketball Open Space District with diverse Country Club Drive, Los Altos. Private Three regional groups and 12 activities environments: oak woodland, creek club with 18-hole golf course, pool, sections plan hiking, day trips, social Adult Basketball League 1185 Castro and meadow, with abundant wildlife tennis courts. Special events and activities. Operates Hiker’s Hut in Sam St. (Mtn. View Sports Pavilion) and and views of the Bay Area. Deer Hollow dining in a beautiful setting. Club is in MacDonald County Park, La Honda, Whisman Sports Center, Mtn. View. Farm has turn-of-the-century buildings Mission-style architecture. Three types XIJDIBDDPNNPEBUFTVQUPQFSOJHIU The City of Mountain View Community and a working farm. Bicycles allowed on of memberships are available: Social by reservation only. Services, Recreation Division off ers designated trails from the county park membership (no golf), proprietary t men’s basketball leagues October- entrance to Deer Hollow Farm. No dogs membership with all amenities and tIUUQMPNBQSJFUBTJFSSBDMVCPSH March, Tuesday and Wednesday nights. intermediate membership for adult BMMPXFE4J[F BDSFT Stanford Foothills Stanford Avenue Season is 12 games plus play-off . Players DIJMESFO BHF PGQSPQJFUBSZ t & Junipero Serra Boulevard, A network must be 18 years or older, and not in members. The clubhouse is undergoing tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSH TFBSDIi3BODIP of paths in and around the Stanford high school. SFOPWBUJPOUISPVHI+VOF San Antonio” foothills west of Junipero Serra t t tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW Santa Clara County Parks(BSEFO tXFCNBTUFS!MBHDDDPN Boulevard off ers opportunities for )JMM%SJWF -PT(BUPT4BOUB$MBSB$PVOUZ tXXXMBHDDDPN hillside trail runs and hikes. The most Biking / mountain biking off ers 28 regional parks with dedicated QPQVMBSSPVUFJTBNJMFMPPQVQUP bike-friendly trails. There are many Golf (public courses) the giant radio telescope known as “the Bike to Work Day Mtn. View. The city of opportunities for the biker who loves Dish,” with entrance at Stanford Avenue. Mountain View participates in an annual a rugged ride, as well as for those who Shoreline Golf Links/4IPSFMJOF Access to foothills limited to daylight Bay Area wide Bike to Work Day in May. prefer smoother, paved roads and paths. Blvd., Mtn. View. Par-72 golf course, hours. No pets. Several locations in Mountain View t .PO'SJBNQN  18 hole, practice facilities, pro shop, t will have “energizer stations” that off er no holidays) SFTUBVSBOU3FTJEFOUQMBZ3FHVMBS tTUBOGPSEEJTI!MJTUTTUBOGPSEFEV refreshments, giveaways and bicycling tXXXQBSLIFSFPSH SBUFT.PO'SJ 4BU4VOBOEIPMJEBZT Stevens Creek Trail Mtn. View. This information. +VOJPSTBOEVOEFS 3FEVDFE Shoreline at Mountain View Mtn. View. NJMF QBWFE BMMXFBUIFSQBUIXBZ t1VCMJDXPSLTBU twilight prices. Open year-round, sunrise 5IJTBDSFTBODUVBSZGPSXJMEMJGFBOE runs from Shoreline Park to El Camino. tCJLFTJMJDPOWBMMFZPSHCUXEFT to sunset. Frequent player rates and cart migratory birds, including endangered Provides users with woodlands, tidal BicyclingJTBMMPXFEJOPGUIF rentals also available. marshes and city neighborhood parks. species, is interlaced with a network of t(0-'  BOE Midpeninsula Regional Open Space 8 miles of paved pedestrian and biking The trail has easy connections to major %JTUSJDUTQSFTFSWFT CVUPOMZPO GPSSFTUBVSBOU bus routes and Caltrain. Open from trails at the north edge of the park. To tXXXDJNUOWJFXDBVT TFBSDI clearly designated paths. Helmets are the west, trails link up with the Palo Alto dawn to dusk. Dogs are allowed on leash i4IPSFMJOF(PMG-JOLTw from El Camino to Crittenden Trail head; required at all times. A speed limit of 15 Baylands. On the east of Stevens Creek, none are allowed beyond it. mph (5 mph when passing) is enforced. visitors can travel to Crittenden Marsh t t USBJMDPOEJUJPOT (owned by Midpeninsula Regional Open hotline) Hiking/walking tXXXTUFWFOTDSFFLUSBJMPSH Space District) and San Francisco Bay, tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSHBDUJWJUJFT Crittenden Site Shoreline Blvd. Vista Slope Permanente Creek and ideas_for_bikers.asp which contains wildlife, native grasses and gravel paths. between Crittenden Lane and North Amphitheater Parkway, Mtn. View. Rancho San Antonio Cupertino. t4IPSFMJOF1BSLBU Road, Mtn. View. This 27-acre site has 5IJTBDSFTJUFJTQBSUPG4IPSFMJOFBU "QSFTFSWFXJUINJMFTPGUSBJMT tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW TFBSDI NJMFPGUSBJMTMFBEJOHUPBQBOPSBNJD Mountain View. The 1.5 miles of trails owned by the Midpeninsula Regional “Shoreline at Mountain View” view of Stevens Creek, Moff ett Field and lead to one of Mountain View’s most 14 sInfo Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com i Palo Alto

spectacular viewing areas of the South FEVDBUJPOBMDFOUFSTJUVBUFEJOUIF  Did you know that 25% of Bay that includes Stanford’s Hoover acre Rancho San Antonio Open Space Tower, nearby marshes, Shoreline Preserve. The farm program is managed Dogs suffer from Arthritis? Golf Links and, on clear days, the San by the City of Mountain View Recreation Francisco skyline. Parking is available Division. School classes, community across Amphitheatre Parkway at groups and families can explore and Charleston Park or in Shoreline at participate in the farm. Programs Mountain View. No dogs are allowed on are designed to help participants Vista Slope. Size: 65 acres. experience farm and wilderness life t and Native American history. There tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW TFBSDI JTBMTPBTVNNFSDBNQQSPHSBNGPS “Vista Slope” kids to explore the preserve, farm, animals and garden. Great hiking trails Horseback riding in a wilderness environment for the BEWFOUVSPVT'BSNIPVST5VF4VO Fremont Hills Stables 1VSJTTJNB BNQN 8FEBNQN"OJNBMT Road, Los Altos Hills. Off ers a wide WJTJCMFBNQN variety of programs and training to tGPS accommodate riders of all skill levels, camp information from beginner to advanced and tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSH TFBSDIi%FFS competitive showing. Summer riding Hollow Farm” camps for ages 5 and up. The facility includes two riding rings, a lunging ring, Hidden Villa Farm and Wilderness MBSHFBOETNBMMUVSOPVUT B&VSPXBMLFS  Preserve.PPEZ3PBE -PT"MUPT indoor and indoor/outdoor stalls. Hills. 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Fires and hour after sunset, weather permitting. smoking are prohibited at the preserves. On Saturdays and Sundays, the park is Dogs permitted in some preserves. SFTFSWFEGPSTLBUFSTBHFTBOEVOEFS David Daniels Nature Center at Skyline GSPNBN/POTVQFSWJTFE Ridge Open Space Preserve. facility, must wear helmet, kneepads, t elbow pads. No bikes and scooters. tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSHBCPVU@VT Various ramps, rails, pipes in the park. Dr. Katy BellersDr. Patty Evans Dr. Koko Shishida t SFDSFBUJPOEJWJTJPO Rancho San Antonio Open Space tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW TFBSDI Preserve Cristo Rey Drive, above Los Medical Services include: “Skate Park” "MUPT)JMMT8JUINJMFTPGUSBJMT UIJT open space area off ers hiking, biking t*OUFSOBM.FEJDJOF t1BSBTJUF5FTUJOH t.JDSPDIJQQJOH Lawn bowling and equestrian opportunities. 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accessible to wheelchairs and baby Shoreline Aquatic Center at Shoreline strollers: one encircling Alpine Pond Lake/4IPSFMJOF#MWE .UO7JFX Fall Renewal and another hugging the shores of Classes in small boat sailing, kayaking, Horseshoe Lake. The David C. Daniels windsurfing, dinghy sailing (day sailors Nature Center at Alpine Pond is open and children). Week-long summer youth on the weekends, April through mid- DBNQTFTTJPOTGPSBHFT.POEBZ November. The preserve offers ridge Friday, all summer. Weekend teen/ vistas, meadows, a pond for nature adult classes ages 14 and up; program study and lake frequented by migrating for nonprofits and churches at reduced birds. Restrooms. No dogs allowed. Size: rates. Shoreline rents canoes, kayaks, 2,143 acres. pedalboats, sailboats, rowboats, t standup paddleboards, windsurfers, tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSH TFBSDIi4LZMJOF wetsuits, bicycles and tandem bicycles. Ridge” Open year-round, seven days a week. Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature t Study Area Shoreline Blvd., Mtn. View. tXXXTIPSFMJOFMBLFDPN Located adjacent to Mountain Views Shoreline Park, Stevens Creek preserve Skateboarding offers a half-mile trail where visitors Skate Park43FOHTUPSò"WF .UO may spot pied-billed grebes, great blue View. The Skate Park is open daily from herons and other shoreline birds. Two BNVOUJMPOFIBMGIPVSBGUFSTVOTFU endangered species, the clapper rail and On Saturdays and Sundays, the park salt march harvest mouse, make their is reserved exclusively for skaters age IPNFTIFSF4J[FBDSFT BOEVOEFSGSPNBN"MM t tXXXPQFOTQBDFPSH TFBSDIi4UF- skaters must wear helmets, kneepads vens Creek Shoreline” and elbow pads. All bikes (including BMX bikes) and scooters are prohibited Parks at this facility. The Skate Park is a non-supervised facility. The park will See map on page 13. be closed if features are wet. Features SPECIAL Mountain View parks and trails include: Trick Ramp, Quarter Pipe, Mini .PVOUBJO7JFXQBSLTBSFPQFOGSPN Half Pipe, Fun Box with a Handrail, a.m. to one-half hour after sunset. No Pyramid Ramp, Arch Rail, Kink Rail, Slider 10 units of Complimentary Botox alcohol permitted in parks. Dogs must Rail and a Plain Box. be on leash in public areas. Dog owners t with $250 purchase of KCMD may train a dog off leash in designated tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW areas of parks by permit only. Permits skincare products or are available through recreation. Soccer t Off the Wall Soccer.BUIFX4U  $250 of Facial services tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW TFBSDI Santa Clara. Indoor soccer arenas iQBSLTw Offer expires Sept. 30th, 2013 available for rental. Hosts youth camps and adult soccer clinics and leagues, as Parks (further well as regular pick-up play. information) t The Trail Center&#BZTIPSF3PBE  tXXXPòUIFXBMMTPDDFSDPN Palo Alto. Nonprofit organization that Silicon Valley Soccer Association P.O. hosts a website with guides, maps and #PY 3FEXPPE$JUZ"EVMUOPOQSPöU other trail-related information. Publishes soccer league that hosts women’s, co-ed a newsletter as well as a calendar of and mens leagues throughout the year. outdoor events sponsored by a variety t of organizations, for a diversity of trail tXXXTJMJDPOWBMMFZTPDDFSDPN users. Organization also organizes trail building and repair events. Softball t tJOGP!USBJMDFOUFSPSH City of Mountain View Adult Softball tXXXUSBJMDFOUFSPSH League43FOHTUPSò"WF .UO View. Games are played at Whisman Sailing and sailboarding Sports Center (Crittenden and Callahan 'JFMET .PO5IVBUQN5XP To make your appointment today, Baylands Sailing Dock&BTUFOEPG seasons per year are offered — the &NCBSDBEFSP3PBE 1BMP"MUP-PDBUFE Spring/Summer League beginning in please call, text or email: near the mouth of what used to be April and the Fall League beginning in the entrance to the old Palo Alto Yacht August. Harbor, the dock provides access to 408.646.2114 t south San Francisco Bay for sailboarders tXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW TFBSDI [email protected] and any other small craft that can be iBEVMUTQPSUTw carried by hand. Make sure to check the tides before going out. Canoes and Northern California Softball 398 State Street, Los Altos kayaks can explore the sloughs through Association Check website for leagues www.YourSkinSpace.com the Baylands when tides permit. and tournament information for the t Bay Area. tXXXDJUZPGQBMPBMUPPSH tXXXOPSDBMBTBPSH 16 sInfo Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

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36 sInfo Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com Mountain View City Government $JUZ)BMM$BTUSP4U .UO7JFX t(FOFSBMQIPOF t8FCTJUFXXXNPVOUBJOWJFXHPW City Council Ronit Bryant City Council meetings: 6:30 p.m. second and fourth First elected to council 2007, vice mayor 2009, mayor 2010. Term expires 2015. Tuesdays, in Council Chambers, City Hall. "EESFTT8%BOB4U .UO7JFX Website: www.mountainview.gov/city_council/ Home phone: 650-964-1966 &NBJMSPOJUCSZBOU!NPVOUBJOWJFXHPW

Mike Kasperzak, mayor Laura Macias First elected to council 1999 and termed out in 2007, elected to First elected to council 2005, mayor in 2007. Term expires 2013. third term in 2009, Vice mayor in 2011. Term expires 2013. "EESFTT&SOFTUJOF-BOF .UO7JFX "EESFTT.PSUPO$PVSU .UO7JFX  )PNFQIPOF Home phone: 650-941-2479 &NBJMMBNBDJBT!NPVOUBJOWJFXHPW 0óDFQIPOF

John Inks, vice mayor Tom Means First elected to council 2009. Term expires 2013. First elected to council 2005, vice mayor 2007, mayor 2008. "EESFTT4IPXFST%SJWF8 .UO7JFX Term expires 2013. Home phone: 650-941-4167 Home phone: 650-961-4414 Offi ce phone: 650-941-4167 0óDFQIPOF &NBJMKPIOJOLT!NPVOUBJOWJFXHPW &NBJMUPNNFBOT!NPVOUBJOWJFXHPW

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