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A Look at Upcoming Exhibits and Performances Page 34 Vol. XXXIV, Number 50 N September 13, 2013 Moonlight Run & Walk SPECIAL SECTION page 20 www.PaloAltoOnline.com A look at upcoming exhibits and performances page 34 Transitions 17 Spectrum 18 Eating 29 Shop Talk 30 Movies 31 Puzzles 74 NNews Council takes aim at solo drivers Page 3 NHome Perfectly passionate for pickling Page 40 NSports Stanford receiving corps is in good hands Page 78 2.5% Broker Fee on Duet Homes!* Live DREAM BIG! Big Home. Big Lifestyle. Big Value. Monroe Place offers Stunning New Homes in an established Palo Alto Neighborhood. 4 Bedroom Duet & Single Family Homes in Palo Alto Starting at $1,538,888 410 Cole Court <eZllb\lFhgkh^IeZ\^'\hf (at El Camino Real & Monroe Drive) Palo Alto, CA 94306 100&,,+&)01, Copyright ©2013 Classic Communities. 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California Avenue business district permit program” that neighbor- The new memo proposes another parking that’s spilling into In a memo released Wednesday, and Stanford Research Park. hoods would be able to adopt; and strategy: reduce the number of cars. F downtown neighborhoods, Mayor Greg Scharff, Vice Mayor If the full City Council votes to increasing the capacity of garages It calls parking and traffic “one of four Palo Alto City Council mem- Nancy Shepherd, and Council- support the memo Monday night, through a valet program. the toughest challenges facing the bers have issued a sizable chal- women Liz Kniss and Gail Price it will task city staff with yet an- The staff is currently tasked City at this time and a major con- lenge to the city’s planning staff: call on city staff to develop a other program aimed at solving with returning, in the next 45 cern for our residents” and argues Come up with a program that “comprehensive” transportation- the city’s complex and frustrating days, with proposed changes to that new garages, parking pro- would get almost a third of solo demand management (TDM) plan, parking problems. the city’s parking regulations, car commuters to switch to other a system that will give drivers in- The city is already evaluating the including elimination of a provi- ­VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£x® EDUCATION New Paly athletic center to echo historic campus Groundbreaking for state-of-the-art facility likely next spring with 14-month construction by Chris Kenrick planned state-of-the-art feature a large arched window athletic center for Palo Alto similar to that in the Tower Build- A High School will likely ing. In addition to the gym space, break ground next May or June the building will also contain pool and be ready for use in the fall of locker rooms, a new wrestling/ 2015, Palo Alto school officials multi-purpose room, and a dance said Tuesday at a meeting of the and yoga studio. Board of Education. On a lower level will be physi- 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ The complex is expected to cost cal-education locker rooms, a P.E. more than $20 million and to be classroom, a larger weight room funded largely by the Peery fam- and storage. ily of Palo Alto, which has sent Construction is expected to take three generations to Paly. The dis- just 14 months under a “lease- trict plans to contribute $5.4 mil- leaseback” delivery method Peace on Earth lion to the project, officials said with Palo Alto contractor Vance JianYing, abbot of the Chung Tai Zen Center of Sunnyvale, addresses a crowd gathered at King in February. Brown, who recently built a simi- Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall to talk about peace and a few teachings of the Buddha, while Sara The new complex — two gyms lar facility at Menlo School. Jaka listens during the Multifaith Peace Picnic on Sept. 11. connected by an enclosed loggia, During the 2014-15 school year, or hallway — will sit in the foot- athletic and P.E. programs will print of the school’s two existing be run out of portable classrooms gyms and architecturally echo on the quad as well as a tempo- ENVIRONMENT Paly’s historic Tower Building. rary locker and restroom facility It will wrap around three sides around Paly’s wood shop. Offi- of the existing swimming pool, cials said they may also erect a but the pool itself will not be covered area near the new conces- Wildlife experts: Cats are killing disturbed. sions building to create space for School board members Tues- P.E. on rainy days and also may day were enthusiastic as archi- use part of the existing student Baylands wildlife tect Jeremiah Tolbert walked center for dance classes. Proposed ban on feeding feral cats in Palo Alto open space them through schematic designs In addition, officials said they’ve for the complex. contacted Stanford about renting could help save endangered species, officials say The new main gym will have a temporary facilities but will likely by Sue Dremann “Hall of Fame” corridor, a cov- keep the Paly pool open because ered entry and large lobby with Stanford may not have pool space eral cats are being accused said Daren Anderson, the city’s sitive wildlife species, including a ticket booth, concession stand available. of eating the Palo Alto Bay- division manager of open space, the California clapper rail and and athletic store, a new large Tolbert, the architect, said he’s F lands’ endangered species, parks and golf. salt marsh harvest mouse, are training room and space for kept in close touch with archi- and a proposed city ban on the Not only do feral cats kill mam- affected by the cats, wildlife of- visiting coaches, with a sunken tect Erwin Lee, who is design- public feeding of the cats could mals, reptiles, insects and birds, ficials said. main gym floor. ing many other upgrades to the give the endangered wildlife a they also eat their eggs and can The populations of the Bay- Team locker rooms will be di- Paly campus. Among those are fighting chance, land managers spread diseases. They also com- lands’ endangered species are rectly off the main gym floor. a planned addition to the science and biologists said. pete for prey with other predators, shrinking. In 2011, about 14 clap- The hallway connecting the building, which will look out onto “From my personal experience who shift to hunting endangered per rails were found there; as two gyms will be on the side of the athletic center. as Palo Alto park ranger for over species, he said. many as 19 are known to exist the swimming pool closest to “Erwin and I talk about materials a decade, I have personally seen It’s unknown how many feral at Palo Alto Harbor and Hooks Paly’s quad. — they’re going to be compatible feral cats hunt and catch birds in cats live in the Baylands, but 14 The smaller gym — located the Baylands Nature Preserve,” endangered, threatened and sen- ­VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ££® toward El Camino Real — will ­VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£ä® ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ-i«ÌiLiÀÊ£Î]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 5 Upfront 450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson (223-6505) EDITORIAL Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) Associate Editor Carol Blitzer (223-6511) Sports Editor Keith Peters (223-6516) Express & Online Editor Eric Van Susteren (223-6515) If I’m a crank, then Palo Alto Arts & Entertainment Editor Rebecca Wallace (223-6517) is full of cranks. Assistant Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6521) Spectrum Editor Tom Gibboney (223-6507) — Douglas Smith, who surveyed Palo Alto Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Chris residents on their preferences for traditional vs.
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