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Page 2ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Tunnels still possible in Palo Alto, rail officials say New ‘alternatives analysis’ will evaluate marized their progress on the de- options for high-speed rail on the built along the Caltrain corridor. sign of the controversial system Peninsula, is currently scheduled Spaethling, who is in charge of underground, elevated options for high-speed rail at a hearing in Palo Alto Tuesday for release March 4. the San Francisco-to-San Jose seg- by Gennady Sheyner afternoon. More than 150 people On Tuesday, Dominic Spaeth- ment, said the width of the Caltrain turned out for the meeting, many ling, a regional manager for the right-of-way changes at different nderground tunnels, elevated Los Angeles. of them concerned and skeptical rail authority, said the agency’s locations throughout Palo Alto. The tracks and even “stacked The agency also plans to consider about the proposed line. analysis is considering below- authority’s analysis is considering a U trains” running through Palo a “hybrid” option that would end the The meeting was scheduled to grade, at-grade and above-grade range of design options to accom- Alto are all options still on the table high-speed train line in San Jose give the community a sneak peak options for the system in the Palo modate these widths, he said. for the California High-Speed Rail and allow passengers to switch to at an “alternatives analysis” for the Alto area. These include the popu- “There are spots in Palo Alto Authority, the agency charged with Caltrain for trips further north, rail Bay Area segment of the 800-mile lar but costly tunneling option and where the (right of way) is 100 feet building a $42.6 billion high-speed- officials said Tuesday. line. The document, which will in- the locally reviled elevated-tracks rail line between San Francisco and Rail-authority officials sum- clude details about various design option, which could involve a wall (continued on page 7)

CIVIL RIGHTS Cop’s Facebook comments anger rights groups East Palo Alto police detective advocated beating and killing open-carrying

Veronica Weber gun advocates by Sue Dremann

omments allegedly made by an East Palo Alto detective C on his Facebook page that COMMUNITY advocated beating and potentially killing members of a pro-gun-rights group have sparked a debate about the right to publicly bear arms. Palo Alto man’s valuables Rod Tuason, an East Palo Alto detective, allegedly posted comments in returned — after 11 years response to a friend’s post that pro- gun Open Carry members should dis- State’s lost-and-found holding play their unloaded weapons in cities $5 billion in ‘dormant’ property such as Oakland, Richmond and East Palo Alto — and not limit themselves by Sue Dremann to “hoity-toity” cities. The comments from Tuason’s hen Victor Lee went The status? “Abandoned.” page, which were copied and re- to the Chase Bank on Since 1959, a law allows the posted on an online forum called W Homer Avenue in Palo state to take the content of dor- “Calguns.net,” suggested beating Alto last month, he expected the mant accounts from banks, to the gun carriers to the ground and

valuables in his safe-deposit box avoid continuing service fees and Veronica Weber shooting them if they made “a fur- were safe and readily available. charges, according to Garin Casa- tive movement.” But Lee got a surprise: His safe- leggio, a spokesman for the Cali- “Haha we had one guy last week deposit box was gone and there fornia State Controller. try to do it! He got proned out and was no record the bank ever had In 80 percent of cases, owners reminded where he was at and that it. Gone were his mother’s dia- of unclaimed accounts were not turds will jack him for his gun in a mond earrings and the gold coins told their valuables were sent to Victor Lee holds up the 3K diamond earring given to him by his heartbeat!” the post read, comment- he had collected, along with other the state, even though by law they mother and stored in a security deposit box, and shows seven Kru- ing on an incident in which an Open belongings. should have been, he said. gerrand coins from South Africa that were placed in the box. The Carry member was removed from “There was no record. It was Neglected checking and sav- box was sent to the state because it was considered an inactive ac- the Mi Pueblo Food Center in East gone. I was never notified of any- ings accounts, IRAs and retire- count. After five weeks, Lee got the coins and earring back. Palo Alto Jan. 27. thing. There was no record of the ment plans, certificates of deposit “We gave him a real quick re- account — no name, address, So- (CDs) and safe-deposit boxes are cords are generally kept for seven accrue interest, he said. The State minder how things will go bad real cial Security number,” the archi- turned over to the state after three years, so it isn’t unusual that re- Controller’s Office can now con- quick!” he added. tect said. years, according to the controller’s cords of Lee’s account would be tact owners to let them know their In response to a friend’s post, Lee, and thousands of unsus- website. Some forms of valuables expunged. property is about to be taken by Tuason continued: “Sounds like pecting people like him, didn’t re- can be taken within a year. But 2007 reforms by current the state, something not permitted you had someone practicing their alize the bank won’t keep inactive In Lee’s case, the box hadn’t State Controller John Chiang have for 20 years. 2nd amendment rights last night! accounts open in perpetuity. The been accessed since 1998. He added more consumer protections, Since 2007, approximately 3.2 Should’ve pulled the AR out and years might pass quickly for busy opened the account at Great West- Casaleggio said. million notices have been sent — prone them all out! And if one of account holders, but at the banks, ern Bank, which was sold to Wash- If the owner has other active 1.27 million warning owners their them made a furtive movement ... the clock is ticking. In 2001, three ington Mutual and recently was accounts, banks can’t close the property was about to be sent to 2 weeks off!!!” The final comment years after Lee locked his box for sold to JP Morgan Chase, he said. dormant account. This was done the state and 1.89 million notify- implied being placed on adminis- safekeeping, the bank turned his Tom Kelly, a spokesman for largely to protect IRAs and time trative leave following a shooting valuables over to the state. Chase Bank, said account re- deposit accounts that continue to (continued on page 6) (continued on page 7) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 3

GRAND OPENING Upfront 7EDNESDAY &EBRUARYTH QUOTE OF THE WEEK For the 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ Ultimate PUBLISHER William S. Johnson 3TYLING EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor 3ALON Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor 3ALON Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Keith Peters, Sports Editor Experience Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor We’re attempting to close the barn Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor door after the horses have left. s-EN 7OMENAND#HILDREN Chris Kenrick, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers —Arthur Keller, Palo Alto planning commissioner, 50% OFF Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor s(AIRCUTs7AXING Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant about the city’s effort to discourage new housing All Services Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer around East Meadow Circle. See story on page 5. New Clients Only s#OLOR(IGHLIGHT Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, s0ERMs3TRAIGHTENING Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, ‘‘ Sheila Himmel, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Renata Polt, Jeanie Forte Smith, 453 California Avenue, Palo Alto (650) 322-1983 Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors -ON &RI s3UN Martin Sanchez, Mike Lata, Editorial Interns DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director Raul Perez, Assistant Design Director Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, Around Town Real Estate Matters Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers Laura Don, Gary Vennarucci, Designers HOT POTATO ... Palo Alto’s stations are now on display in income, and proven ability to make TIMES HAVE set closing costs or have time PRODUCTION Compost Blue Ribbon Task Lytton Plaza, just finished build- THREE POSSIBLE a respectable down payment. Pre- Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Force was created last year to ing a similarly styled “modular CHANGED contingencies, the "clean" offer Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, help city officials answer a politi- house prototype” that he hopes PRICES approvalof asking goes price several might steps actually beyond Sales & Production Coordinators Now that we’ve experienced the prequalifi cation, and gives you the cally sensitive question: What to to bring to the earthquake-rav- put more money in your pocket. ADVERTISING do with Palo Alto compost when aged country. This “HouseArc” falloutThere from arethe subprimemany factors lending that di- best indication of how much home Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing It's wise to seek representa- Judie Block, Esmeralda Flores, Janice the city’s current landfill closes shares the bike racks’ elliptical saster,affect there how is you no longerprice suchyour a home thing you can afford. In spite of market conditions, tion and assistance with pricing, Hoogner, Gary Whitman, Display Advertising Sales in 2012? The committee met shape and minimalist construc- as easy money. Now you need 15% to Maximize the time spent on your Neil Fine, Rosemary Lewkowitz, between March and September tion, which, Bellomo believes, interest rates, and so on, every marketing, negotiation and clos- Real Estate Advertising Sales 20% down, an excellent credit record home search by taking the all-impor- and submitted its final report would make it ideal for tropi- transaction is unique. So you ing. Put a real estate profes- David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, and verifi able proof of income. tantsional step withof seeking local fi nancingexperience fi rst. to Inside Advertising Sales in October. The report urged cal countries. It could also be should seek the assistance of a Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. the city to build an anaerobic- shipped in boxes and quickly One reason for all this scrutiny is work for you. Diane Martin, Real Estate Advertising Assistants thatreal many estate lenders professional sell their andloans pre- on Jackie Schoelerman is a Realtor Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. digesting plant near Palo Alto assembled, he said. Bellomo, withJackie Alain PinelSchoelerman Realtors is and a Realtor a Real Airport — a recommendation who has designed garages, bike thepare secondary yourself mortgage and yourmarket, home and EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES Estatewith AlainSpecialist Pinel for Realtors. Seniors. Call that took the airport community stations and buildings through- theywell are in usingadvance required of placingsoftware theto Rachel Palmer, Online Operations Coordinator JackieJackie forfor realreal estate estate advice. advice. Molly Stenhouse, Online Sales Consultant by surprise. The City Council out Palo Alto, said he hopes factorFor Sale in all sign the variablesout front. in the equa- Sometimes a home will have BUSINESS thanked the task force in Oc- to eventually ship 1,000 of the tion that result in a thumbs up or a Mona Salas, Manager of Payroll & Benefits tober but after hearing from new houses to Haiti. But first, thumbsthree down.different possible prices: Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Sana Sarfaraz, the airport community rejected he plans to ship the system to the price the sellers want to net, Cathy Stringari, Susie Ochoa, Doris Taylor, Save yourself time, stress and Business Associates any plan that would negatively Hawaii to test it for “hurricane the price the buyers want to of- heartbreak by seeking preapproval ADMINISTRATION impact the airport. The debate load forces.” More images of the forfer, fi nancingand the before final you sales even price. look Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher is expected to resume next HouseArc are available at www. Your home's ultimate value is & Promotions Director month, but some task force bikearc.com/houseArc.html. at House One. I say preapproval, not Alana VanZanten, Promotions Intern members are already grumbling prequalifidetermined cation, by localbecause sale prequalifi prices. - Janice Covolo, Receptionist While an asking price offer Ruben Espinoza, Courier about the circuitous route the 100-YEAR-OLD BOYS ... Doz- cation is only an estimate of the loan ens of Boy Scouts joined the doesn't seem to appear as good EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. council chose to take toward amount for which you might qualify. William S. Johnson, President a major decision. According to Palo Alto City Council this asPreapproval an above putsasking you inprice the driver’s offer, Michael I. 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TECHNOLOGY The Silicon Valley strategy Palo Altan Christopher Radin hopes technology marketing can help stabilize Afghanistan by Sue Dremann alo Alto resident Christopher strategists? Radin has never set foot in By applying the tools of Silicon P war-torn Afghanistan, nor Valley marketing to the problems has he ever served in the military. of instability and war, he said re- The closest he’s gotten to war is as cently. an avid strategy enthusiast play- “The kinds of things you do to ing “Diplomacy” and other board develop high-technology products games. are similar to the kinds of things PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL But on Feb. 18 at Tufts University you do for economic development,” CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE near Boston, Mass., the Silicon Val- said Radin, who writes for “The BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 ley product-marketing manager will Long War Journal,” a nonprofit Weber Veronic join 25 experts and policy makers website dedicated to reporting and CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT to discuss political settlement and analysis of the “Global War on ACCESS CHANNEL 26 the role of military operations in Terror.” Afghanistan. Radin writes on the Afghanistan He will speak on a panel beside National Security Force, which is Chris Radin is taking Silicon (TENTATIVE) AGENDA –– COUNCIL CHAMBERS Ali Jalali, former interior minister integral to stabilizing the country Valley technology marketing DUE TO PRESIDENTS’ DAY HOLIDAY THE REGULAR of Afghanistan, Noor-Ul-Haq Olo- and withdrawal of U.S. troops. His know-how — in which he records CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2010 mi, chairman of the Armed Services 2008 map of areas of rising violence areas of rising violence against HAS BEEN CANCELLED Committee of the Afghan National in Afghanistan appeared in the Feb- Afghanis and members of the U.S. Assembly, and others at the nation’s ruary 2009 Brookings Institute Af- military — to a panel discussion oldest graduate school of interna- ghanistan Index on reconstruction of political settlement and the role STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS tional relations, The Fletcher School and security in post-Sept. 11 Af- of the military in Afghanistan. The High Speed Rail Committee Meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. of Law and Diplomacy. ghanistan. He has been interviewed on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 How did the former Intel Corpora- by Public Radio International and the military, he said. And although tion engineer with a master’s degree the British Broadcasting Corpora- the two are oceans apart, he sees The Finance Committee Meeting will be held at 7:00 p.m. on in chemical engineering go from his tion (BBC). parallels between the rebuilding of Tuesday, February 16, 2010 regarding 1) Long Range Financial laptop to hobnobbing with interna- Radin has had a lifelong interest Forecast and 2) Auditor’s Ofﬁce Quarterly Report as of December tional policymakers and military in politics, international affairs and (continued on page 8) 31, 2009

LAND USE Less housing, more businesses NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING for East Meadow Circle? of the City of Palo Alto New ‘concept plan’ for growing neighborhood also includes highway overpass, bike path Historic Resources Board

by Gennady Sheyner Please be advised the Historic Resources Board shall conduct a meeting at 8:00 bustling business park, a fresh barn door after the horses have left, ditional housing. AM on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st crop of stores, a new overpass in case there are any more horses “We have to take housing off the Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may A above U.S. Highway 101 and out there,” Commissioner Arthur table,” Martinez said. “You can’t appear and be heard on these items. a bike path along Adobe Creek are Keller said Wednesday, referring have research parks next door to APPROVAL OF MINUTES: February 3, 2010 all part of Palo Alto’s latest vision to the city’s effort to discourage apartment buildings.” NEW BUSINESS for a neighborhood in the city’s new residential developments in Property owners and neighbor- southeast corner. the area. hood residents also said they would Public Hearings The traditionally industrial The concept plan for the area — support an effort to revitalize East 1. 300 Homer Avenue (Roth Building): Request by the Department of Plan- neighborhood around East Mead- which includes Fabian Way and Meadow Circle and restrict hous- ning and Community Environment on behalf of the City of Palo Alto, for Historic ow Circle has witnessed an explo- portions of San Antonio Road and ing, though a few cautioned against Resources Board review and recommendation to the City Council authorizing sion of housing units over the past Charleston Road near the Moun- changing the zoning just yet. staff to send a letter of support for the nomination of the Category 2 Roth Build- decade, prompting city officials to tain View border in addition to Developer Jim Baer said many of ing to the National Register of Historic Places. revise the zoning code and to cre- East Meadow Circle — was created the buildings in the East Meadow 2. 535 Ramona Street [09PLN-00291]: Request by Cody Anderson Wasney ate a new “concept plan” for the over the past year with input from Circle area were built about half Architects for Historic Resources Board review and recommendation regarding area. area residents and businesses. a century ago and have been de- a proposed historic rehabilitation of a Historic Inventory Category 1 building that The concept plan, which was It seeks to bring new research graded by age. He praised the new is located in the National Register Ramona Street Architectural District. The unveiled to the city’s Planning facilities to East Meadow Circle concept plan as an “exceptional proposed rehabilitation plan includes the preservation and rehabilitation of the and Transportation Commission and new stores, including possibly document.” character-defi ning decorative features of the street-facing façade and the inte- Wednesday night, is part of the a supermarket, to Charleston Road. But he also asked the commis- rior courtyard, new traditional stained wood windows and doors at the exterior city’s revision of its Comprehensive It also envisions a new overpass sion to refrain from making any fi rst fl oor, the provision of a new handicap ramp with decorative open railing, a new courtyard fountain, waterproofi ng of the courtyard structural slab and Plan — the city’s land-use bible. spanning U.S. Highway 101 that specific changes to the city’s den- installation of a decorative tile courtyard fl oor, and new awnings. An approved The East Meadow Circle neigh- would give residents better access sity regulations at this time. historic rehabilitation plan would generate a fl oor area bonus of 2,500 square borhood is one of two areas sched- to the baylands. City staff and resi- Boris Foelsch, a resident of the feet that would be used in the City’s Transferable Development Rights (TDR) uled for an extreme makeover. The dents are also pushing for a new Palo Verde neighborhood, said he program. Zone District: CD-C(GF)(P). area around California Avenue, pedestrian and bicycle path along and his neighbors support the city’s which includes Fry’s Electronics Adobe Creek. effort to improve bike and pedes- OTHER BUSINESS 3. D iscussion of potential topics for the Joint City Council-HRB annual meeting. south of Oregon Expressway, is The commission supported the trian access in the area. He also facing a similar re-evaluation. bulk of the staff recommenda- said residents feel new jobs should Questions. If interested parties have any questions regarding the above applica- Both areas have seen major tions, though members split over take precedence over new housing tions, please contact the Planning Division at (650) 329-2441. The fi les relating to changes in the past decade. some components of the plan. around East Meadow Circle. these items are available for inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM Around East Meadow Circle, Commissioners Samir Tuma and The commission will have at to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and staff reports will be available for inspec- major new housing developments, Lee Lippert both said they’d like least one more public review of the tion at 2:00 PM the Friday preceding the hearing. which include Echelon, Vantage to see much more retail in the concept plan, which the city plans The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To and Altaire, brought more than area. to integrate into the Comprehen- request accommodations to access City facilities, services or programs, to par- 500 units to the neighborhoods, Planning commissioners Keller sive Plan. The plan is scheduled to ticipate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City’s compliance with the frustrating nearby residents and and Eduardo Martinez supported be completed in 2012. N Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coor- prompting city officials to look for staff’s proposal for economic revi- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner dinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. new ways to restrict housing. talization and argued that the new can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ Steven Turner, Advance Planning Manager “We’re attempting to close the plan should specifically restrict ad- paweekly.com. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 5 Upfront

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ing owners their property is in possession of the state, according to the Blogging the Olympics controller’s office. Property seized isn’t only from Palo Alto Online will host commentary banks. Property can include every- from 1976 Olympic gold medalist John Naber thing from refunds from electric companies to insurance and wages, ohn Naber, a 1973 Woodside at the Games. he said. High graduate, won four gold “The Olympic Games are dif- The state currently has more than J medals and one sil- ferent because many $5 billion in unclaimed property ver at the 1976 Olym- visitors come to watch and 8 million accounts. pic Games in Montreal the event, and they Chiang’s office has sought leg- in swimming. He was don’t really care who islation to lengthen the dormancy inducted into the U.S. wins. They just want to period to five years. He is pursuing Olympic and Bay Area witness excellence. The restoration of interest paid on claims, Sports halls of fame applause for the winner imposition of strict penalties on in- and was twice elected is almost universal and stitutions that fail to notify custom- president of the U.S. always genuine,” Naber ers of unclaimed property they are Olympians (America’s said this week. holding and allowance of the state to Olympic Alumni As- “Since my Olympic keep property having no commercial sociation). success in Montreal, I value for seven years instead of 18 A Guide to Starting Feb. 14, John Naber cannot hear the ‘Star- months, so owners can claim family the Spiritual Community Naber will be attend- Spangled Banner’ with- heirlooms such as photos. ing the 2010 Winter Games in out being reminded of the pride Legislation to require banks to First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto Vancouver, Canada, and posting and patriotism I felt on that day.” tell customers of the three-year his observations and impressions Naber has written an inspi- dormancy rule when they open ac- Sunday School for all ages – 9:00 a.m. on a blog on www.PaloAltoOn- rational book, “Awaken the counts was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Sunday Services – 10:25 a.m. line.com. Olympian Within: Stories from Schwarzenegger. “The children in our midst, the mission at our He will be traveling to Seattle America’s Greatest Olympic Mo- The state keeps all seized posses- doorstep, a place of hospitality and grace” first to pick up Olympic teammate tivators,” which is available at sions in a vault in Sacramento, but 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto Wendy Boglioli and her husband www.JohnNaber.com. N at some point, it can be sold. Pro- (650) 323-6167 sWWW&IRST0ALO!LTOCOM before joining thousands of fans — Palo Alto Weekly staff ceeds from auctioned property are converted into cash and if a claim- FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC ant comes forward, they are reim- £nxÊÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê bursed. Since Chiang took office in -Õ`>ÞÊ7ÀÃ «Ê>`Ê-Õ`>ÞÊ-V Ê>ÌÊ£ä\ääÊ>°° Want to get news briefs e-mailed to you every weekday? 2006, no auctions have taken place, Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. Casaleggio said. This Sunday: Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. Love, Exciting and New... The average “payout” in terms of property value is $1,000, according Rev. David Howell Preaching to Casaleggio. Last fiscal year, from Join us for "Dimanche Gras" featuring our band July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009, the An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ state received $488.6 million and PALO ALTO returned 215,000 properties worth Stanford Memorial Church $209 million, he said. GRAND PRIX To keep accounts from being sent University Public Worship to the state, Casaleggio suggested ROAD RACE SERIES going into the bank once a year to Sunday, February 14th, 10:00 am keep the account active. If bank notices have stopped coming, a cus- “God and Global Warming: tomer should contact the institution Who Are We and How Shall We Live?” to let them know he or she wants to Rev. Joanne Sanders keep the account active. All are welcome. Lee said he went online to http:// Music featuring the Memorial Church Choir and scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/ to begin Information: University Organist, Dr. Robert Huw Morgan 650-723-1762 the process of getting his belong- http://religiouslife.stanford.edu ings back, which can take up to 180 days. (Residents can also call 800- We Invite You to Learn and Worship with Us. 992-4647, Casaleggio said.) JOIN IN THE Lee filed a notarized claim. After about a month, the state found the FPCMV welcomes our new Pastor contents of his box, but officials said 2010 SEASON! they did not know what was in it. Timothy R. Boyer. Lee waited. Biblically based Sermons and Earlier this week, after several anxious days he received a parcel Worship Service 10:30 AM. — containing all of his valuables. FEBRUARY 20 He laughed when asked if he would trust ever having a safe-deposit box www.fpcmv.org again. “I think so, but I think I have to 1667 Miramonte (Cuesta at Miramonte) 650.968.4473 remember to use it again occasionally,” he said. N INSPIRATIONS Staff Writer Sue Dremann can MAY 9 SEPTEMBER 24 be e-mailed at sdremann@paweek- A resource for special events and ongoing ly.com. religious services. To inquire about or make space reservations for Inspirations, please contact Corrections Human Relations Commissioner Ray Blanca Yoc at 326-8210 x6596 or Bacchetti was inaccurately identified as OCTOBER 23 NOVEMBER 14 vice chair of the commission in a Feb. 1 email [email protected] story. Daryl Savage and Olana Khan are the commission’s chair and vice chair, respectively. The Weekly regrets the For more information go to: error. To request a correction, contact Managing Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650- www.paloaltogp.org 326-8210, [email protected] or P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302.

Page 6ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront FIFTY-FOURTH SEASON 2009-10 from a high-speed train to Caltrain speed-rail project after learning BOX OFFICE 650.424.9999 High-speed rail or having the high-speed trains pro- that the Authority based its ridership (continued from page 3) ceed on existing Caltrain tracks at forecasts on a model that didn’t go Tickets online at WBOpera.org lower speeds. through a peer review. These options will not be included The findings were first reported and there are spots where it’s 60 in the new alternatives analysis, but by Californians Advocating Re- Der Freischütz feet,” Spaethling said. “We’re look- would be considered in a later docu- sponsible Rail Design based on a Carl Maria von Weber ing at a variety of solutions that can ment, he said. Jan. 29, 2010, memo from Cam- in German, with English titles accommodate these widths.” The authority is also planning to bridge Systematics, the rail agency’s Tim Cobb, whose firm HNTB is release a revised environmental re- consultant. performing engineering work for view for the San Francisco-to-San However, rail officials said the Peninsula segment, said the al- Jose segment in March or April, Wednesday that the memo with ternatives analysis is also consider- Spaethling said. The authority com- information about ridership projec- will ing stacking train tracks in sets of pleted the report in 2008 but had tions contained a “typographical Love two. This could entail keeping the to decertify it after a Sacramento error” that made the model seem triumph? two existing Caltrain tracks in their Superior Court judge ordered revi- implausible. current alignment and building two sions. The information included a wrong new high-speed-rail tracks either Palo Alto resident Nadia Naik, “frequency coefficient,” a technical above or below them. This appears co-founder of the group Califor- term used in determining ridership, to be a particularly viable option at nians Advocating Responsible Rail rail authority Deputy Director Jef- areas where the right-of-ways are Design, encouraged attendees to re- frey Barker said Wednesday. Lucie Stern Theatre 1305 Middleﬁeld Road Palo Alto narrow, such as Churchill Avenue, view carefully both the alternatives The rail authority also acknowl- rail officials said. analysis and the revised environ- edged that the model used to proj- February 19, 21, 27 and 28, 2010 The design of the line became mental report and to send comments ect ridership numbers never went José Luis Moscovich conductor Yuval Sharon director a hot topic in Palo Alto last year to the authority. through a peer review. Paula Goodman Wilder Ben Bongers Peter Graham Gregory Stapp Eric Coyne David Hodgson Patrycja Polushowicz Joaquin Quilez-Marin when residents learned that the She also suggested that the al- Spaethling and Cobb are sched- and system might entail a wall along ternatives analysis may be prema- uled to present the alternatives anal- Yannis Adoniou’s KUNST-STOFF Dance Company the Caltrain tracks with trains run- ture, given that the environmental- ysis for the Bay Area segment of the ning along its top. Rail officials impacts document supporting the line at the March 4 meeting of the didn’t say Tuesday which of the analysis hasn’t been officially ap- authority Board of Directors. Rail alternatives is currently the most proved. officials are also planning to hold Ofﬁcial Media Sponsor viable but emphasized that all re- “We’re picking out curtains before public meetings on the new analysis main possible. the bank has approved the mortgage in late March and early April. N Spaethling said the authority will on our property,” Naik said. also consider investigating what he Earlier this week, a coalition of Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner called a “hybrid” model. This could nonprofit groups threatened to bring can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ entail having passengers switch a new lawsuit against the high- paweekly.com.

who shot and killed a man in a sta- duty. We are held to different stan- Gun advocates tion last year and later claimed he dards,” he said. (continued from page 3) thought he was firing his Taser. Carrying an unloaded handgun in “If the BART officer said on his a holster is not illegal in California, incident. Facebook page, ‘I can’t wait to plug according to police and gun advo- More than 500 outraged posters one of these little punks,’ then he cates. on the pro-gun Calguns.net forum could be charged with murder. You Hoffman said the state’s law for commented on Tuason’s remarks. never know what would happen if a licensing of concealed weapons has Many vowed to flood East Palo Alto few weeks from now this East Palo caused pent-up frustration in Cali- with protest letters and to march Alto officer is involved in a shoot- fornia. through the city. ing,” he said. The state is one of the few remain- “Saying that you will enjoy the Tuason’s comments are exactly ing where issuing concealed-weapon shooting of an innocent and use a why the Unloaded Open Carry permits is not mandatory, he said. In pretext — ‘furtive motions’ — to (UOC) movement is a bad idea, many major cities, including Phila- justify the slaying, is an indication Kilmer said. delphia, Detroit, Seattle, Portland, of sociopathy. ... He has a badge and On the street, where police of- Reno and Las Vegas, people can a gun, he is aware that his position as ficers face constant danger from carry unloaded weapons openly or a police officer makes it possible for criminals, an officer won’t know the concealed weapons with a permit. him to justify acts of homicide under good guys from the bad guys walk- In the old days, open-carry was certain situations. ... Such individu- ing around with a gun on the hip. considered the noble way to carry als should be dealt with harshly,” a “A police officer can’t get immune a gun. Peninsula resident wrote. to that,” he said. “I’ve never seen an actual bad guy Tuason could not be reached for East Palo Alto Police spokesman carry a gun openly. It’s a very rare comment. He is a Calguns member, Capt. Carl Estelle agreed. occurrence. Most gang members however, according to Gene Hoff- “We have over 1,200 ShotSpot- you find are hiding a gun concealed man, president and CEO of the Cal- ter activations a year,” he said, re- under their belt,” he said. guns Foundation, a civil-defense and ferring to a city-wide system that Tuason remains on duty and is not civil-litigation group dedicated to pro- detects when a gun has fired. “We expected to be placed on adminis- tecting Second Amendment rights. just got a conviction of a cop killer trative leave during the course of Tuason has apologized in the online (Alberto Alvarez) who committed the investigation, which Estelle said forum to its members, he said. a cold-blooded murder of a police would be thorough and efficient. Hoffman said he thinks Tuason’s officer. To carry guns in East Palo But the department is being cau- comments are sad and were made Alto just might not be the smartest tious not to trample on the officer’s in jest. thing to do even though under the First Amendment rights, Estelle “As a public servant, they were Second Amendment they can, with said. out of line, quite frankly,” he said. some conditions. “The First Amendment applies to Donald Kilmer, a San Jose fam- “That’s not a threat to anybody — everyone but a police officer? The ily law and civil rights attorney who we don’t mean it as a threat. We have officer has the same rights as other has represented law-enforcement to be careful about anybody carry- individuals. We just have to be care- officers and as well as prosecuted ing a weapon out there. Our officers ful not to violate Second Amend- police misconduct cases, said that don’t have the time and convenience ment rights,” he said. N Tuason may have jeopardized his to assume that a gun is unloaded or Staff Writer Sue Dremann can career with his comments. that they are Open Carry members,” be e-mailed at sdremann@paweek- If the detective were to be in- he said. ly.com. volved in a shooting, and his mo- But Estelle also said police offi- tives were to be questioned, his past cers are held to a higher standard TALK ABOUT IT comments could lead people to be- than the general populace in terms www.PaloAltoOnline.com lieve he acted intentionally instead of their behavior. Sign up today of accidentally. “Off-duty behavior can affect and What do you think of people carrying unloaded guns in public? Share your www.PaloAltoOnline.com Kilmer cited the recent case of reflect on the department. We have opinion on Town Square, the community BART officer Johannes Mehserle, to behave a certain way on or off discussion forum on Palo Alto Online.

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 7 Upfront Afghanistan News Digest (continued from page 5) Afghanistan and Silicon Valley, he PAUSD faces $3.7 million in proposed budget cuts said. Palo Alto school board members voiced concern Tuesday over a slate Both situations have competitors: of 25 proposed cuts for 2010-11 totaling $3.7 million that would boost the In Silicon Valley, the competition is size of ninth-grade English classes, among numerous other impacts. other companies and global trade. In Cuts recommended by Superintendent Kevin Skelly included “incre- Afghanistan, it is war lords and the mental” class-size increases in elementary and middle schools as well as Taliban, he said. high schools. But board members expressed particular concern about the Both scenarios also must satisfy high school freshman English classes. people: In Silicon Valley, one’s cus- “Our first value is academic excellence, and writing is very important,” tomers must be satisfied; in Afghan- board member Dana Tom said. “If anything, I would hope to maintain istan, it’s the residents, he said. and enhance that critical skill.” But Silicon Valley is a land of Other budget-reduction proposals included saving $600,000 by boost- abundant resources; Afghanistan is ing kindergarten- through third-grade class size to 22, and fourth- and wracked by poverty, limited natural fifth-grade class size to 24. resources and war. “Incremental” increases to sixth-grade classes, bringing them to 26, Getting control over the country would yield another $240,000. through military means costs so Board members asked for more information on the impact of proposed much money the government can’t cuts to principals’ discretionary budgets, from $105 per student to $70 per get ahead economically, he said. student. Part of that reduction would be made up by donations from the “The Afghan government can af- education foundation Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE). ford to fund the security forces by Skelly indicated he would be able to answer some questions at the about $9 billion over a 10-year pe- next board meeting, Feb. 23, when members may also be asked to vote riod but it would cost $20 to $50 bil- on the cuts. lion to fight the war over that time The district is trying to plug a projected $7.6 million deficit in its period. That’s an enormous amount roughly $154 million operating budget for 2010-11. Besides the $3.7 of money in a country where the million in cuts, Skelly hopes to make up the gap by using $2.1 million GDP is $13 billion. They can’t pay in general fund surplus and $1.8 million in revenue from a proposed for it all. That leaves the U.S. and increase in the parcel tax. N NATO footing the bill,” he said. — Chris Kenrick Creating a strong national force while freeing up enough money ‘Evil killer’ sentenced to death to develop an economy is a tricky Convicted cop-killer Alberto Alvarez showed little emotion in a packed proposition, but that’s at the heart of Redwood City courtroom Monday morning as a judge handed him a the Tufts conference, he said. death sentence for the Jan. 7, 2006, murder of East Palo Alto police Of- Economic and educational oppor- ficer Richard May. tunities and infrastructure building Surrounded by four sheriff’s deputies, Alvarez, 26, looked squarely at must be developed in tandem to San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Parsons as the sentence draw in insurgents who want to was read, biting his lower lip and raising his eyes toward the ceiling only disarm. At some point, a tipping once as the weight of the sentence appeared to sink in. point draws down the need for over- It took Parsons an hour to spell out his reasons for imposing the sen- whelming military force and frees tence. He called the officer’s murder “particularly savage and brutal.” up more money for government and “There was no moral justification ... for the defendant’s conduct,” Par- economic growth, he said. sons said, rejecting defense arguments that Alvarez shot the officer under Radin applies risk analysis and duress. the high-tech iterative process — Jurors had voted to recommend the death penalty for Alvarez on executing a plan, using a team to Dec. 22, having convicted the drug dealer and former gang member of quickly assess what parts are going first-degree murder with special circumstances on Nov. 25, just before wrong and adapting quickly to move Thanksgiving. a plan forward, he said. Alvarez shot and killed May during a gun battle in a residential Weeks Each step in a plan, from putting Street driveway. May had pursued Alvarez after being dispatched to in wells to growing cash crops and the nearby Villa Taqueria to investigate a fight in which Alvarez was building medical clinics, would be involved. weighted in light of how it could Alvarez faces 25 to 30 years on California’s death row before all of his create substantial change that could appeals are exhausted prior to execution. An appeal is automatic under lower security needs, he said. state law. N “I may change my plan complete- — Sue Dremann ly tomorrow because I have learned something new and need to develop Hotel guests to pay for Palo Alto tourism efforts a different approach. You have to Seeking to save some cash and “get out of the hotel business,” Palo have a team to monitor very well” Alto officials agreed Monday night to end the city’s funding of the tour- and adapt quickly, he said. ism program “Destination Palo Alto.” Instead, local hotels will pay for That approach differs from usual efforts to attract visitors to the city through a regional “Tourism Business military thinking, which is more Improvement District.” long term and plans in five- or 10- The move, which the City Council touted as a perfect transition for the year increments, he said. city’s 2-year-old visitorship effort, would save the city between $60,000 Radin shares his Midtown home and $120,000 in the current fiscal year, ending June 30. with wife Pamela, a legal analyst Hotels will now add anywhere from 15 cents to $1 to a guest’s hotel who has worked with nonprofits bill to pay for “Destination Palo Alto” activities. and community neighborhood as- Council members lauded the $240,000-a-year “Destination Palo Alto” sociations in Palo Alto and has been program as a huge success and an important boost to the city’s ongoing involved in transportation and park effort to attract more visitors. issues in south Palo Alto. Both Destination Palo Alto and the San Mateo County Tourism Busi- Even one Silicon Valley engineer ness Improvement District are operated by the San Mateo/Silicon Valley sitting at his laptop can make a huge Convention and Visitors Bureau. In December, the bureau sent the city a difference in helping to solve an in- letter recommending a switch from Destination Palo Alto to participation tractable global problem, he said. in the regional effort. With Silicon Valley’s enormous Some of the city’s largest hotels — including the Westin, Sheraton and pool of talent and resources, Radin Dinah’s Court — have already expressed support, according to a city hopes his example will lead others to staff report. apply the knowledge of the valley to The council is scheduled to formally approve a resolution to join the help solve world problems, he said. San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District at its March “Just because you’re 8,000 miles 8 meeting. N away doesn’t mean they really can’t — Gennady Sheyner make a change,” he said. N LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines Staff Writer Sue Dremann can and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com be e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly.com. Page 8ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront

COURTS State high court rejects Stanford trails lawsuit Ruling clears way for construction of southern trail, but northern Alpine Road alignment still stalled by Jay Thorwaldson

tanford University can pro- ed to Stanford by Santa Clara County ceed with building a new trail for a long-term expansion of Stanford S link to the foothills along campus and housing buildings. Page Mill Road, according to a “Absolutely, for sure, full speed state Supreme Court ruling issued ahead,” Larry Horton, Stanford se- Thursday. nior associate vice president for pub- The ruling rejects claims in a law- lic affairs, said Thursday when asked suit filed by the Midpeninsula-based if the ruling means that work on the Committee for Green Foothills that southern trail will commence. Stanford and Santa Clara County The trail is actually a bike lane missed a crucial deadline in starting that follows Page Mill and a trail work on two trails on the south and that veers off at Deer Creek Road north boundaries of Stanford lands. and winds up over a steep parcel of The trails are required as mitiga- tion for a “general use permit” grant- (continued on page 10) Online This Week These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news or click on “News” in the left, green column. Lego scenes shown in Palo Alto stolen in Fremont The elaborate Lego creations displayed at Palo Alto’s Museum of American Heritage last month were stolen from a locked truck in Fre- mont the night after the exhibit was taken home, Feb. 3. Fremont police are asking for help in finding them. (Posted Feb. 10 at 10:11 p.m.) Police arrest gang members in East Palo Alto East Palo Alto police and officers from surrounding jurisdictions seized six guns and arrested two known gang members and one of their associates Tuesday as part of an ongoing operation to take firearms off city streets. (Posted Feb. 10 at 9:59 a.m.) Closing the ‘digital divide’ east of Bayshore A decade ago East Palo Alto embarked on an effort to “close the digital divide” that was separating less-affluent communities and mi- nority cultures from the Online Age. (Posted Feb. 10 at 9:02 a.m.) PiE raises $2.9 million for Palo Alto schools Parent volunteers have raised a record-breaking $2.9 million to provide help to Palo Alto’s 17 cash-strapped public schools, the foundation Part- ners in Education (PiE) announced Tuesday. (Posted Feb. 10 at 8:48 a.m.) Safeway clerk sentenced for dealing drugs Cayetano Figueroa-Fernandez, a 32-year-old stock clerk at the Safe- way supermarket on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, was sentenced to eight months in San Mateo County jail on Monday (Feb. 8) after plead- ing no-contest to two felony counts of selling methamphetamines to an undercover informant in the store parking lot in May 2009, prosecutors said. (Posted Feb. 10 at 8:19 a.m.) Two injured in East Palo Alto shooting Two male victims were injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto on Saturday night, police said Monday. (Posted Feb. 8 at 10:29 p.m.) Hunger crisis hits local counties, survey shows One in four people are at risk for hunger in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, according to a report to be released by the nationwide hunger-relief charity “Feeding America” in mid-March. (Posted Feb. 8 at 9:17 a.m.) Expert: Treat junk food like cigarettes America will solve its obesity problem when eating junk food be- comes as socially unacceptable as smoking cigarettes. That was the message of David Kessler, former chief of the Food and Drug Admin- istration, who famously took on the tobacco industry when he was commissioner in the 1990s. (Posted Feb. 5 at 9:55 a.m.) Five Atherton homes hit by daytime burglars A home was burglarized Thursday (Feb. 4), the latest in a string of bold daytime burglaries in Atherton over the past week. (Posted Feb. 5 at 8:43 a.m.) Palo Alto police launch texting tip line A new anonymous tip line that allows police to receive cell phone text messages and e-mail communications from the public was launched Thursday, Palo Alto Police announced. (Posted Feb. 5 at 9:49 a.m.)

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San Mateo County’s position still expansion, Stanford must provide Trails lawsuit remains as a challenge to the align- an equivalent amount of money to (continued from page 9) ment proposed by Stanford. Santa Clara County Parks Depart- “The end of litigation means that ment to mitigate for impacts caused land along the site of a horse-pastur- San Mateo County’s previous de- by the massive new development ing operation. cision and any potential change of permitted on campus since 2000.” The Supreme Court overturned mind will ultimately decide the trail Schmidt said he understands San an appeals court ruling that a key issue,” he said. “If San Mateo Coun- Mateo County will take up the align- deadline had been missed. ty continues to reject the sidewalk ment question again later this year. N The Committee for Green Foothills lawsuit actually challenged only the northern trail alignment. But the university maintained both trails were linked as part of the same county requirement and that Stanford could not proceed with the southern trail until the lawsuit was resolved. Horton said start of construction CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week on the southern trail will depend on We hold the monopoly weather conditions this spring. Meanwhile, the northern trail has Public Art Commission (Feb. 4) been stalled due to a refusal by San Palo Alto buses: The commission discussed a proposal by former Mayor Jim Burch Mateo County to accept a multi- to consider putting art on Palo Alto’s shuttle buses. The commission had questions on the best pizza in town. about the types of art that could be used on buses and agreed to discuss the sub- million-dollar offer by Stanford ject further with Burch. Action: None LT O W A E E Social networks: The commission discussed increasing public awareness of the city’s O K to rebuild parts of Alpine Road to L 2008 L A Y art collection through the city’s website and social-networking tools. Action: None P make way for a paved pedestrian/

BEST OF BEST OF bike path link instead of a trail along 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 Los Trancos Creek. City Council (Feb. 8) Brian Schmidt, legislative advo- Destination Palo Alto: The council voted to direct staff to end the city’s current 1001 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (650) 324-3486 “Destination Palo Alto” funding with the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention %L#AMINO2EAL -ENLO0ARK s&IRST3TREET ,OS!LTOS cate for the Committee for Green & Visitors Bureau and to pursue joining the San Mateo County Tourism Business Foothills, said Thursday he is dis- Improvement District. Yes: Unanimous appointed in the ruling, but that El Camino Real: The council voted to support grant-funded improvements to the in- tersection of El Camino Real and Stanford Avenue, which include a wider pedestrian island, larger sidewalks and elimination of the pork-chop islands. Yes: Unanimous Board of Education (Feb. 9) 2010-11 budget: The board discussed a list of 25 budget cuts proposed by the superintendent, including “incremental” increases to class size. The $3.7 million in cuts will help bridge a $7.6 million anticipated budget gap, with the rest made up by a general-fund surplus and a proposed parcel-tax increase. The board is expected to vote on some or all of the cuts Feb. 23. Action: None City Council High-Speed Rail Committee (Feb. 9) Alternatives analysis: The committee heard a presentation from High-Speed Rail Authority officials about the alternatives analysis for the San Francisco-to-San Jose segment of the high-speed-rail line. Rail-authority consultants said they are considering a stacked alignment for Caltrain and high-speed rail in Palo Alto, with two tracks on each level. Deep tunnels and elevated trains are also options still under consideration. The document is scheduled for a March 4 release. Action: None City Council Policy & Services Committee (Feb. 9) Committee work plan: The committee discussed the process for organizing the City Council’s 2010 priorities, as stated at last month’s council retreat. The committee also discussed its plans to work on rollover items from last year. Action: None Planning & Transportation Commission (Feb. 10) East Meadow Circle: The commission discussed the concept plan for the East Meadow Circle/Fabian Way area. The plan is part of the city’s ongoing update to its Comprehensive Plan. Commissioners were generally in favor of greater intensity in commercial and retail uses in the concept-plan area. They also encouraged restrictions on new housing around East Meadow Circle. Action: None

SOME OF LIFE’S TOUGHEST Public Agenda When was the last time you had that PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL HIGH-SPEED-RAIL COMMITTEE ... The CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN committee plans to discuss a memorandum of understanding with conversation about Life Insurance? the Peninsula Rail Program; to discuss the impact of the high-speed- /6%2#/&&%% rail project on Caltrain service; and to recap the Feb. 9 briefing on the Talk to me today about your life insurance needs. alternatives analysis for the San Francisco-to-San Jose segment of the line. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).

PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the update to the city’s long-term financial forecast for the years 2010-20, and to discuss a quarterly report from the city auditor. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).

PALO ALTO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board is scheduled to review the proposed design for the Mitchell Park Li- brary and Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road. The meeting Jeri Fink, Agent will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Council Cham- Insurance Lic. #: 0590896 bers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). 2225 El Camino Real PALO ALTO PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, STATE FARM IS THERE.® Palo Alto, CA 94306 The commission plans Bus: 650-812-2700 to discuss a new fountain for the area near the California Avenue State Farm Life Insurance Company (Not licensed in NY or WI) www.jerifink.net Caltrain station and the ongoing streetscape improvements on State Farm Life and Accident Assurance Company (Licensed in NY and WI) California Avenue, and to talk about public art at the Mitchell Park (OME/FlCES"LOOMINGTON ),sSTATEFARMCOM® Library and Community Center. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. P062020 0806 on Thursday, Feb. 18, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).

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ÊÃÃiÌÃ° In 1951, he began work for Lenkurt with honors, from Northwestern Uni- Electric (later part of General Tele- versity; she also was elected to Phi UÊÊÊÀi>ÌÊvÀÊ,ÊqÊ{ä£ÊqÊ{äÎ Ê phone and Electronics) in San Carlos Beta Kappa. -!2'!2%4-924,%#/34%,,/ She served as managing editor and >`ÊÕÌÞÊ,ÛiÀÃ° as a technical editor. From 1960 to *5.% ¯*!.5!29 1967, he worked as advertising man- West Coast correspondent for Arts ager at Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto. Magazine from 1955 to 1964. With Call for our FREE She passed away quietly on January 19, 2010 due to heart failure. Born In 1967, he joined Farinon Electric, a sculptor Sidney Geist, she produced in Auckland, New Zealand and made Palo Alto her home for the past 60 an alternative arts newsletter, Scrap, safe money brochure microwave-manufacturing company years. She is survived by her son Patrick Costello, daughter Ann Marie (later purchased by Harris Corpora- from 1960 to 1962. (415) 810-7661 tion). He served as vice-president of Moving to San Francisco in 1962, Palmer, granddaughters Angelica Costello, Victoria Costello and great- marketing and corporate secretary for she worked at the Maritime Museum granddaughter Keira Gainer. and married physicist Robert Mozley FPS Financial Farinon before “retiring” in 1978. An insurance and Predeceased by her husband John Patrick Costello and son Martin For the next 15 years, he worked before joining the Stanford Museum Joseph Costello. in 1970. financial company as a marketing consultant, mostly CA insurance Lic #OBO 1142 Mom was always ready for conversation over a cup of tea. for the American Electronics As- She was named curator of photog- sociation where he developed a raphy in 1971, and the following year *Some restrictions apply She will be laid to rest at Alta Mesa Cemetery in Palo Alto California method for establishing the size of organized her most significant exhi- on 2/11/10. Arrangements handled by Spangler Mortuary of Los Altos, bition, “Eadweard Muybridge: The the American electronics industry, Annual yields may vary depending California. Stanford Years, 1872-1882.” according to his family. on various strategies. In lieu of flowers, donations to your favorite charity in her honor would After her retirement in 1986, she He was one of the original share- Yields are not indicated of any be appreciated. holders in the Palo Alto Weekly’s par- again took up drawing and paint- one particular company. ing, and exhibited in California and There may be surrender fees or ent company, Embarcadero Media, PAID OBITUARY IRS penalties for early withdrawal. and served on the company’s board at shows near her summer home at of directors for many years. Southport, Maine. 7),,)!-"),, 3%44,% MEMORIAL SERVICES 0/24/,!6!,,%9 #! A memorial service for John Berwald, a former Palo Alto City Council Bill passed away School, Theta Xi Fraternity, Palo Alto Masonic member and longtime resident of Palo Alto who died Wednesday night after a long period of failing health, has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Albert 01/29/2010. He was Lodge F & AM # 346, Scottish Rite-San Jose the Great Catholic Church, 1095 Channing Ave., Palo Alto. born in Long Beach, Bodies, SIRS-Branch 51 Palo Alto, Menlo Country California. He served in Club and Barbershop Peninsulaires. He served as the US Army Armored director of Southern Pacific Retired Executives Club, Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 52 Forces in Europe, 1942- San Jose Society of Model Engineers, Santa Fe 3 8 7 1 4 9 6 2 5 1946, World War Two as Modelers Association and Union Pacific Historical 6 4 5 7 8 2 1 3 9 a Private First Class. He Society. Bill was involved in many committees and 2 9 1 6 3 5 8 4 7 married Eleanor, his wife activities with The Sequoias Retirement Community 7 2 8 9 1 3 4 5 6 of 63 years, and moved in Portola Valley, his last residence. 4 6 9 2 5 7 3 1 8 to Palo Alto, CA in 1946, where he finished his He is survived by his wife Eleanor, daughter 1 5 3 4 6 8 7 9 2 BS degree from Stanford University also in 1946. Lynne Gums (husband Jerry), son Norman Settle 9 7 6 3 2 4 5 8 1 He completed his MBA from Stanford University (wife Nancy), grandson Tom Hamilton (wife Meghan) 8 1 4 5 9 6 2 7 3 Graduate School of Business in 1956. and great grandchildren Jack and Emma Hamilton, 5 3 2 8 7 1 9 6 4 He had a long career with Southern Pacific granddaughter Katie Shaffer (husband Ethan). He Transportation Company from 1947 to 1982. He is preceded in death by his parents Dr. and Mrs. Fresh news began as a ticket agent and worked his way up to a Francis B. Settle of Long Beach, CA. delivered daily special assistant in the executive department in San The family has chosen not to have a public Sign up today Francisco. Bill enjoyed memberships in the Stanford service. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be www.PaloAltoOnline.com University Alumni Association, Stanford Business made to any charity of your choice. PAID OBITUARY

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 11 Editorial Heed warnings on Silicon Valley’s future New ‘Index of Silicon Valley’ shows disturbing signs of economic erosion and huge challenges to recovering area’s historic economic/technical leadership SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions conference in San Jose today is laying out some hard facts to several hundred government and business leaders. Youth forum they will come.” bike and visit on a daily basis be- A The key message in this year’s “Index of Silicon Valley” is Editor, To every young person who fore and after school. Walgreens is that the Valley’s future may be in trouble and there is no easy way On Saturday, Feb. 6, the Palo Alto did come to City Hall last part of the Barron Park residential back to its historic position of being a world leader in technological Youth Collaborative organized a Saturday:Tthank you. To every neighborhood. leadership. Youth Forum to give teenagers the adult, please come Feb. 27 and April The railroad crossing, where se- As the Weekly’s cover story this week shows, the bad news chance to share their thoughts on 3, 2 to 5 p.m. to the Mitchell Park curity stands guard, is also in near has many facets in the Index, an annual product of the Silicon ways to promote youth well-being Community Center, to hear what proximity to Walgreens. Valley Community Foundation and Joint Venture: Silicon in our community. our kids have to say. Just weeks ago, Walgreens was Valley Leadership Network organization. A big factor is that Before the start, organizers were Carrie Manley the hub of a drug-related offense, other economies, such as India and China, are now competing understandably nervous as to wheth- Palo Alto where police were dispatched. Just aggressively for a bigger slice of the world economic pie — and are er any kids would actually show up, last year, police descended upon wooing back the best and brightest of the foreign students who came especially on a Saturday afternoon, No liquor license Walgreens’ area because of a gang to America to study, and stayed. with the skies finally clearing after Editor, related shooting originating from an Even “cleantech” as a new era in Silicon Valley hasn’t surged so much rain. They put up balloons, One of the Palo Alto City Coun- apartment complex a block away. in terms of jobs or economic impact, as many had hoped. In fact, they put up their colorful banner, cil’s top priorities for 2010 is “youth Youths are clearly at high risk in federal stimulus dollars in this important new industry are going “Youth Forum, Be Heard,” and well-being.” this neighborhood. Knowing this, elsewhere, to Alabama or Texas and other places that have lobbied they waited to see if anyone would The youth well-being in the Bar- how can we as a community allow for them with a unified voice of political, business, education and come. ron Park neighborhood will be se- escalation of the risk to our youth community leaders. The youth and adult organizers verely undermined if Walgreens, by this Walgreens obtaining a liquor All is not gloom. The Valley has tremendous resources and need not have worried. As the 2 p.m. located on Maybell and El Camino license? world connections, and it remains a vital source of innovative start time neared, teenagers on their Real, starts selling alcohol. Providing opportunity and ac- endeavor and links to venture capital. The bottom-line warning is own or in small groups of two and The youths in this neighborhood cess, albeit indirectly, to a stressed- that the leadership of the Valley and California must realize they three, rode their bikes or walked up are clearly an at-risk population, out and desperate youth population, can’t rest on past successes in this hard new world of international to our Palo Alto City Hall to take manifest by a string of suicides by hanging out at Walgreens, clearly competition. part. Before long, the City Council youth from Gunn High School and subverts our city’s priority to elevate We must not allow our educational system to erode further, chambers was filled with nearly 100 Terman Middle School. “youth well-being.” or our environmental and traffic problems to get worse, or our teenagers willing to give their time These schools, including Briones A crisis center at Walgreens seems infrastructure to decay. These are huge problems that need a and many talents to helping them- Elementary School, are in close vi- more appropriate at this time than unified approach of many elements in our society, including divided selves, their peers and our entire cinity to Walgreens. an alcoholic-beverage selection. political leaders, if we are to remain a player in the world economy. community. The youths from these schools Jennifer Fryhling This is not a new warning. It was an incredible start to an seem to treat Walgreens like it’s a Barron Park The Joint Venture conference provides us clear, urgent important process, now widening community center. They congregate Palo Alto handwriting on the wall. It is up to us to heed the message and to everyone. there, chat, eat snacks, skateboard, demand better cohesion and focus of our local, county and state On Feb. 27 and again on April 3, leaders instead of blame games and political posturing for short- all Palo Alto residents and business term gain, as they deal with our future. owners are invited to come hear YOUR TURN directly from our Palo Alto teens about the many ways we can all sup- The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on ‘Destination PA’ — port youth well-being. issues of local interest. Kudos to the many student leaders from the Palo Alto Youth Council, What do you think? Do you think Silicon Valley can maintain it’s A success or not? YMCA Youth in Government and leadership position as an “innovation economy”? eclare victory and move on!” was the key message of the Youth Community Service Fellows Palo Alto City Council Monday night relating to the city’s for organizing this Youth Forum Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. “Destination Palo Alto” tourism-attraction program. series. Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. “D We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel The council was almost giddy as it leapt at the opportunity to Credit and appreciation also go and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- let go of the $240,000-a-year program. Council members praised to the adults who have supported cepted. the program and wished it well in a new configuration free of city this much-needed process: Rob You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town financial involvement. deGeus and Adam Howard from Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read The mood was a far cry from last November, when council City of Palo Alto Recreation De- blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any members lambasted the effort for having inadequate “metrics” partment; Linda Lenoir from Palo time, day or night. and being less than effectual. Their criticisms were so targeted Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- Alto Unified School District; Scott mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish that Anne Le Clair, president and CEO of the San Mateo County/ Glissmeyer and Danny Koba from it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau (which oversees YMCA; Becky Beacom from the the “Destination” program), quipped Monday night that she had Palo Alto Medical Foundation; and For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Online Editor Tyler considered wearing a bullet-proof vest to the meeting. Alicia Gregory and Leif Erickson Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. The “pilot” program was costing the city more than it was from Youth Community Service. producing in terms of additional hotel-tax (officially “transient- As a way of thanking teens for occupancy tax”) revenues directly credited to it — although the taking the lead in supporting youth dismal economy makes a fair analysis difficult if not impossible. well-being, a number of fine local In addition, Le Clair told the council, Palo Alto meetings and businesses did their part on Sat- questions were taking up a disproportionate amount of her staff’s urday by donating raffle prizes. time, distracting from the real work of drumming up more meetings Special thanks to DS/Newman Sa- and conferences for the area. There’s got to be a “Palo Alto Process” lon, Butterfly Life, Nature’s Alley joke in there someplace. Florist Shop, DiPietro Todd Salon, Yet all’s well that ends well: The council opted to end the Village Stationers, Accent Arts, “Destination Palo Alto” contract and begin a process to fund the The Counter Custom Built Burgers, program by a modest add-on to hotel bills — thus saving Palo Alto Culture Organic Frozen Yogurt and up to $120,000 in this year’s tight city budget. YMCA. The city’s “Destination” website will still be online, and a local There can be no doubt that the last committee will continue to meet, so the program won’t disappear, it year has been a hard one for many will merely become free of city-government oversight. Palo Alto youth and families. But It’s been a circuitous route for a program championed by former for me last Saturday was a welcome City Manager Frank Benest as a way to boost city tax revenues. But break from uncertainty and sad- severing financial ties with the city and aligning directly with the ness. hotels is a good move and will, one hopes, allow Destination Palo As teens poured into City Hall, I Alto eventually to return strong benefits to the city. whispered, with gratitude, to a few of the organizers, “If you build it, Page 12ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town!

Guest Opinion Winter Games in Vancouver will be spectacular

by John Naber I am no longer a competitive athlete, but I to encourage the devoted, not just to honor the celebrations when that string gets broken, Before every Olym- still consider myself an ardent Olympics fan. the excellent. as much as I fear the local sadness if Canada pic Games people pre- That’s one of the reasons I made my travel Whenever I watch mainstream professional does not with the men’s hockey tournament. dict disaster. They say plans to attend the upcoming Winter Games sports with their multi-millionaire, 7-foot-tall The needle of human drama is off the scale. Olympic tickets will be in Vancouver, and it is also one of the reasons centers and 380-pound linemen, I am im- I also appreciate how everyone is always so unavailable, accommo- I have been invited to send back my thoughts pressed by the competitors’ athleticism, but I well behaved. Most sporting events feature dations will be grossly and reports in the form of an online “blog” on find it hard to relate to them as individuals. two teams and two separate groups of fans, unaffordable, transpor- my impressions of what takes place in Canada When I watch Olympic competition, I see where half the spectators go home disappoint- tation will be so chal- this month to the Weekly’s community web- ordinary-shaped young men and women who, lenging that athletes site: www.PaloAltoOnline.com. with little more than help from their moms ed, and jeers are as likely heard as cheers. and visitors may not My love affair with the Olympic Games be- and dads, have found a way to be the fin- The Olympic Games are different because make it to their events on time. gan long before I started competitive swim- est performers on the planet in their chosen many visitors come to watch the event, and I like hearing those comments, because ming. On a Mediterranean cruise in 1966 my fields. they don’t really care who wins. They just such “gloom and doom” predictions make it family visited Olympia, Greece, to learn about Olympic Champions are not extraordinary want to witness excellence. The applause for much easier for the rest of us to find what we the Ancient Olympic Games. people. They are ordinary people who have the winner is almost universal and always need. The tour guide told us about the tunnel found a way to achieve extraordinary results genuine. As the Olympic Winter Games in Vancou- entry to the stadium, which was in reality a in the area of life that matters most to them. And if a fellow countryman or woman ver get underway, I will be traveling to Seattle “Hall of Shame” filled with statues carved In the next few weeks, America’s finest ath- wins gold, the entire nation rejoices. Since to pick up an Olympic teammate (Wendy Bo- in the likeness of athletes who were caught letes will make their way to Vancouver and my Olympic success in Montreal, I cannot glioli) and her husband, and the three of us cheating. The cost of the statue was billed to nearbyski resorts to prove themselves to be hear the Star Spangled Banner without being will join thousands of visitors in search of a the athlete’s home town. The threat of such the best in the world at something. Just the reminded of the pride and patriotism I felt on great time. shame and disgrace surely reduced much of thought of that accomplishment fills me with that day. If an American is fortunate enough Just last week I found affordable, convenient the temptation to cheat. At age 10 I fell in love anticipation, because I may very well see housing on Craigslist. When the expected with the concept of a sporting program where someone do something that has never been to earn gold while I am in attendance, I know crowds do not appear, ticket brokers will be ethics and character were as important as vic- done before. that they’ll be playing “my song” before the trying to “offload” their extra seats at bargain tory — long before I discovered my talents in The “Flying Tomato” Shawn White has end of the day. N prices. Friendly locals will open doors and the swimming pool. prepared a special trick for us. Apolo Anton At the 1976 Olympic Games, in Montreal, share surplus opportunities with the visitors, To this day, each Olympic Games Open- Ono will try to earn more Olympic Winter John Naber (Woodside High, 1973) won four all in the name of international harmony. I ing Ceremony includes an “Athlete’s Oath” Games medals than any American in history. gold and one silver medals in swimming. He expect that opportunities for fun in the snow to sportsmanship and fair play. I’d like to see Lindsey Vonn is so good on skis that people was inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Bay cannot be far behind. such an oath delivered by the competitors be- are already referring to these Games as the Area Sports Halls of Fame, and was twice It’s been 34 years since I represented the fore the start of the Super Bowl and the World “Vonn-couver Olympics.” elected president of the U.S. Olympians United States, Woodside High School and Series. Another Lindsey (Jacobellis) has been es- (America’s Olympic Alumni Association). Menlo Park’s Ladera Oaks Aquatic Club at In my experience, Olympians prize healthy tablishing her dominance in the snowboard- His book, “Awaken the Olympian Within,” the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. As competition and personal progress above vic- cross event where she earned a silver medal is available at www.JohnNaber.com. He will wonderful as that experience was, I doubt that tory at all costs. The Olympic motto, “Citius, last time. The prior two times Canada has be filing regular blog reports from Vancou- I could have imagined how much grander the Altius, Fortius” translates to “Swifter, Higher, hosted the Olympic Games (in 1976 and 1988) ver on www.PaloAltoOnline.com. He can be Olympic Games would become since those Stronger,” not “Swiftest, Highest, Strongest.” athletes from the host country were unable e-mailed at [email protected]. days. I believe the goal of the Olympic Games is to win a single gold medal. I look forward to Streetwise What are your Valentine’s Day plans? Asked around California Avenue. Interviews by Mike Lata. Photographs by Vivian Wong

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“I’m just going to improvise.” “My plans are to go to Alice’s Restau- “I’m going to a convention and we’re “I’m working on something secret for “I have a lady friend but she lives rant for a Valentine’s Day dinner.” going to have neo-pagan religious my wife.” across the hills and I don’t have a car sessions. Besides religion, folklore, so Valentine’s Day will be a quirky cultural issues and lots of parties will alone day.” take place.”

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Join the community discussion on the Feria Don California Avenue Streetscape Improvements Project, Phase II Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 6:30 PM Historian Edith Gelles, author of “Abigail and John,” pauses with her dog Shadow in their Palo Alto home. Escondido Elementary School 890 Escondido Road Stanford, CA 94305 The City of Palo Alto invites public input on planned streetscape improvements designed to Passion further enhance the California Avenue area, from El Camino Real to the CalTrain Depot. AND POWER Meeting hosted by City of Palo Alto Public Works Historian looks at public impact on private (650) 329-2151 lives of Abigail and John Adams

“Abigail and John: Portrait of self was formed. City of Palo Alto a Marriage,” by Edith B. Gelles; Gelles, who was trained as a co- HarperCollins Publishers; 339 lonialist at Cornell, Yale and U.C. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT pp.; $26.99 Irvine, can be said to have lived by Charlotte Muse with the Adamses for nearly 40 hen the ambitious young years. In the 1970s, she began look- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has ing anxiously below, tried to dis- Massachusetts lawyer John ing for a way to write the history of tract himself by writing a pamphlet been prepared by the Palo Alto Department of Planning and Community women during the colonial era and Environment for the project listed below. In accordance with A.B. 886, this WAdams first noticed Abi- extolling the wisdom of his Puritan document will be available for review and comment during a minimum gail Smith, she was only 15 years became interested in Abigail Ad- forebears, and drawing distinctions 20-day inspection period beginning February 12, 2010 through old — 10 years his junior — and ams. Many of her letters had been between their American vision of March 10, 2010 during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. he was still in love with a woman preserved, with their wealth of de- government and that of the mother to 4:00 P.M. at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, who’d married someone else. But tail and emotional immediacy. country’s. California. he continued to tag along to the Gelles wrote a full chronological The new little Abigail, called Smith parsonage with his close biography of Abigail, but, she said, This item will be considered at a public hearing by the Planning and Nabby, was born safely, and John friend Richard Cranch, who was it turned out to be about John. The Adams’ pamphlet gained him Transportation Commission on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:00 public events of the time obscured P.M. in the Palo Alto City Council Chambers on the ﬁrst ﬂoor of the Civic courting Abigail’s older sister, un- praise and the beginning of fame. Center, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. til gradually, the witty, intelligent, the private world of women. For He was often asked to travel and high-spirited yet sensible Abigail this newest book, however, Gelles to speak. 805 Los Trancos Road [04IPT-2217]: Request by Mark Conroe on drew his attention. hit upon the idea of writing a biog- “It seems lonesome here, for My behalf of Langenskiold Family Trust for Site and Design Review of an 11,184 Slowly at first, then with deep- raphy of both concurrently, so that Good Man is in Boston,” Abigail square foot single family home at 805 Los Trancos Road. Environmental ening ardor, the young couple be- we see both great historical events wrote to her sister, in a lament that Assessment: An Initial Study has been completed and a Draft Mitigated gan the dance of courtship. When and their impact on private life. Negative Declaration has been prepared in accordance with California would become all too familiar as at last John Adams married Abi- John and Abigail, descendants events progressed. Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. Zone District: Open of Puritan stock, believed in ser- Space (OS). gail Smith, the two made one of The country was becoming more the most remarkable and heart- vice and sacrifice for a greater and more discontented under Brit- ### wrenching love matches in Ameri- good. Almost from the beginning ish rule. In 1765, the courts were can history. of their marriage, after they moved closed. Because of Britain’s mount- Curtis Williams, Director of Planning and Community Environment Through her compelling joint into their small house in Braintree ing debt, George Grenville, the biography, “Abigail and John,” where John set up his law practice prime minister, proposed to tax the In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, listening assistive in the front room, there were long devices are available in the Council Chambers and Council Conference Room. Sign Palo Alto historian Edith Gelles colonies. When Parliament levied a brings us into 18th-century colo- separations. When Abigail gave stamp tax on all paper goods used language interpreters will be provided upon request with 72 hours advance notice. birth to their first child in the bed- nial America, where the Adams’ (continued on page 16) stories unfolded and the nation it- room above the parlor, John, wait- Page 14ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Notice of a Special Public Meeting of the Palo Alto Planning & Transportation Commision NO Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission (P&TC) shall conduct a Special Meeting at 4:30 PM, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton WORRIES. Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. 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nual Photo C An on h te t s Judges 9 t 1 VERONICA WEBER Veronica Weber, a Los Angeles native, first began working at the Palo Alto Weekly in Call for Entries 2006 as a photography intern. Following the internship, she was a photographer for The 19th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest Almanac in Menlo Park. She is currently the Weekly staff photographer responsible for covering daily assignments and producing video and multimedia projects for PaloAltoOnline.com. She has a BA in Categories and Prizes Journalism from San Francisco State University and currently resides in San Francisco. U PENINSULA PEOPLE ANGELA UÊÊ* -1Ê - BUENNING FILO *Los Altos north to San Francisco *Los Altos north to San Francisco 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art, Angela Buenning Filo photographs landscapes 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art, in transition, most recently focusing on Silicon and a One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art Center and a One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art Center Valley and Bangalore, India. Her photographs 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Jungle Digital 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Jungle Digital have been exhibited at the San Francisco ADULT 3rd Place – $100 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images ADULT 3rd Place – $100 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images Museum of Modern Art, the San Jose Museum of Art and will be on view later this year in the new terminal of the San Jose Airport. 1st Place - $100 Cash 1st Place - $100 Cash DAVID HIBBARD 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art David Hibbard, a Menlo Park resident, has

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YOUTH photographed natural landscapes and wild places most of his life. He is represented by Modernbook Gallery in Palo Alto. He is the U VIEWS BEYOND THE PENINSULA author of, "Natural Gestures," published by *Any image of people or places shot outside the Peninsula ENTRY DEADLINE: April 2, 2010, 5:30pm Edition One Studios last year. 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art, BRIGITTE CARNOCHAN and a One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art Center In November-December, Moderbook Gallery in Entry Form and Rules available at: Palo Alto will be exhibiting Brigitte's new 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Jungle Digital photographic series "Floating World". Her ADULT 3rd Place – $100 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images www.PaloAltoOnline.com series "Imagining Then: A Family Story 1941- 47" was recently featured in Color Magazine. 1st Place - $100 Cash For more information call 650.223.6508 or e-mail She teaches regularly through the Stanford Continuing Studies Program. 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art [email protected]

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responsibilities entailed. When she Abigail and John gave birth to a stillborn daughter, (continued from page 14) he did not return. When her mother within the colonies, John Adams died, and a good many others he was galvanized. His law practice knew, in a dysentery epidemic, he th was directly affected, and his live- did not come. Abigail coped, and As part of our February 25 , 2010 lihood threatened. Gradually, as accepted her situation. A wine and hors d’oeuvres Gelles shows us, John was drawn They loved one another. They celebration of 80 evening with Trek Travel into public service. More and more were committed patriots, not plas- years in business often, he left Abigail and their fam- ter saints. Their lives included ex- ily, which grew to five children traordinary sorrows and extraor- Palo Alto Bicycles Please be our guest for an who survived to adulthood, alone. dinary successes, which brought evening of wonderful wines and “Abigail didn’t do ‘poor me,’ ” them across the ocean to the courts would like to Gelles said. She had convictions of of the old world, and to the pin- food from around the world and her own about the country’s need nacle of power, the presidency, in invite you to our an extraordinary presentation by for independence and the impor- the new. They regretted their sepa- tance of John’s role in bringing it rations, but each time reunited with ﬁ rst in a year long Trek Travel. The evening’s about. Together, she and John wove gratitude and lack of rancor. series of events festivities will culminate with a a kind of family myth of John’s in- Edith Gelles, in clear, masterly dispensability to the revolution. prose, lets us see their lives. She drawing for a FREE TREK TRAVEL In the meantime, she raided his gets out of the way of her char- Trip (Three days/Two nights) for library, and taught herself from acters, allowing them to tell their its books. They kept up a daily own stories wherever possible. The Two to the Napa Wine Country — sometimes twice daily — cor- book is exciting. Abigail and John respondence, in which each offers were those rare people who faced Space is limited - advice and counsel to the other, as so much life that they themselves worldwide bicycling vacations bicycling worldwide Reservations Required well as love and complaints and became fully alive. They are wor- news. thy subjects of such a fine biogra- As the war began, John grew pher. Sign up on our website even busier. He was elected del- To write her book, Gelles read www.paloaltobicycles.com egate to the First Continental Con- their letters on microfilm over or call 650-328-7411 gress, and to the Second. He rarely a period of 10 years and copied went home at all. Abigail was left portions of them by hand. “They 171 University Ave, to raise the children, provide the went into my hand, into my brain,” Palo Alto income, pay the bills, manage the and finally, she said, “into my farm and see to all the details those heart.” N Page 16ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Cover Story File/Robert Bradshaw File/Robert Yearly measure of area’s health, wealth shows ‘region at risk’

by Chris Kenrick has happened before, or whether it’s time now for a complete s4HENUMBEROFhGREENJOBSvHASINCREASEDBUTSTILLREPRESENTS ith rising competition from Bangalore to Beijing, overhaul.” a small fraction of the Valley’s overall economy. Silicon Valley’s dominance as the world’s innovation This year’s index is co-sponsored by the Silicon Valley s2EALPER CAPITAINCOMEHASFALLENLOCALLY THOUGHITREMAINS W hub is “at risk as never before,” a local think tank has Community Foundation. far higher than state or national averages. concluded. The 72-page index analyzes scores of barometers of the In an exhaustive study of the region’s economy and health, region’s health, from the number of global patent collabo- s3ILICON6ALLEYShECONOMICENGINEHASCOOLEDvBYMANY measures such as patents, venture-capital investment and Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network said the rise of countries rations and industry-by-industry venture investment to the office vacancies. such as China and India, coupled with California’s legislative English language proficiency of third graders in Santa Clara gridlock, is “draining the lifeblood of funding and foreign tal- and San Mateo counties. The report can be found online at s$RIVENBYFOREIGNIMMIGRATION THE6ALLEYSPOPULATION ent from Silicon Valley.” www.jointventure.org or www.siliconvalleycf.org. CONTINUEDTOGROWINBUTATASLOWERPACETHANBEFORE “Silicon Valley’s innovation engine has driven the region’s Key findings include: s(OUSINGPRICESAREDOWN prosperity for 60 years, but at the moment we’re stalled,” Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock stated in the group’s 16th an- s3ILICON6ALLEYLOST JOBSBETWEENAND s(IGHSCHOOLGRADUATIONRATESAREUPSLIGHTLY BUTTHE nual Index of Silicon Valley. leaving 11 percent of the workforce unemployed, about a proportion of graduates meeting entrance requirements “What’s hard to say is whether we’re stuck in neutral, which point above the national unemployment average. for the University of California or the California State University systems has dipped below 50 percent. 30 s3ILICON6ALLEYDRIVERSAREDRIVINGLESSANDSHIFTINGTO $27.7 cleaner-running vehicles. s#OMPAREDTOOTHERREGIONS 6ALLEYTAXPAYERSSTILLCONTRIBUTE 25 Venture Capital Investment a disproportionately high share of personal income tax Billions of dollars invested in Silicon Valley revenue to the state, though the share has fallen. 20 s.EARLYHALFTHERESIDENTSOF3ANTA#LARAAND3AN-ATEO COUNTIESPERCENTDONOTSPEAK%NGLISHATHOME

15 (continued on page 18) $11.5 10 $8.7 $7.2 $8.2 $8.0 $6.4 $6.1 $6.8 $5.2 5

0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Data Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree™ Report, Data: Thomson Reuters. Analysis: Collaborative Economics

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Income Distribution Distribution of households by income ranges Santa Clara & San Mateo counties California United States 100% 13% 19% 21% 28% 36% 80% 44%

46% 60% 46% 45% 43% 44% 40% 38%

20% 41% 35% 29% 34% 20% 18% 0 2002 2008 2002 2008 2002 2008 Less than $35,000 $35,000 - $99,000 $100,000 or more

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Analysis: Collaborative Economics Valley residents hurting, but better off than others By most measures, the Valley workers earn, and contribute, more he Valley’s unemployment rate of 11 And the proportion of area households households have not escaped the ravages of least amount of foreclosure activity relative percent stands above that of the state earning $35,000 or less has dropped to 18 the recession. to population size included Palo Alto, Los T and nation. percent from 20 percent since 2002. “Evidence of increasing pressure on Altos, Atherton and Portola Valley. But by nearly every other economic mea- With higher incomes come more taxes. the region’s households can be observed Food-stamp usage, at 4 percent of Valley sure, Silicon Valley’s skilled workforce is Silicon Valley is a solid contributor to state in rising personal bankruptcy rates and residents, was half that of statewide usage. considerably better off than California’s or coffers. residents receiving food stamps,” the re- The recession’s silver lining for many the nation’s as a whole. While representing only 7 percent of port said. families has come in housing costs. Median household income in Santa Clara the state’s population, the region contrib- Yet bankruptcy rates, at 2.6 per 1,000 Average rents declined 6 percent from and San Mateo counties is $87,000 — 69 uted 16 percent of total state revenues from residents, were significantly lower in the 2008 to 2009 — the first drop since 2005. percent higher than that of the U.S. and 44 personal income tax in 2008. The region’s Valley than in California as a whole, where And last year, 54 percent of first-time percent higher than that of California. share of state tax revenue reached a high in they were 4.5 per 1,000. home buyers could afford to buy a median- Forty-four percent of Valley households 2000, accounting for 24 percent of state tax And while the Valley had 5,400 home priced single-family home, up from just 22 earn $100,000 or more — a far larger propor- revenue, according to the Index. foreclosures in 2009, the Palo Alto area percent in 2007. N tion than in the state or nation as a whole. Despite relatively high incomes, local was relatively unscathed. Cities with the —Chris Kenrick

Foreign Students High School Graduation Percentage of degrees in science & engeneering Rate of graduation and share of graduates who meet 20% conferred to temporary nonpermanent residents UC/CSU requirements 100% 85% 86% 81% 80% 80% 15%

60% 52% 47% Silicon Valley 40% 36% 34% 10% California 21% 20% 19% United States 12% 10%

0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Silicon Valley California Note: Data are based on fi rst major and include bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees. Data for 1999 is not Graduation rates Percentage of graduates who available. Data source: National Center for Educational Statistics, IPEDS. Anaylsis: Collaborative Economics Dropout rates meet UC/CSU requirements

Fully 60 percent of the Valley’s science and Data source: California Department of Education. Analysis: Collaborative Economics Silicon Valley engineering workforce was born outside of (continued from page 17) the United States, mostly in India, China and In addition, the percentage of foreign-born ing whatever possible to keep the region at- Korea, according to the Index. students earning science and engineering tractive to talent from around the world. s/FTHENON %NGLISHTONGUES !SIANOR But “some who have lived and worked here degrees in Silicon Valley has declined since At the same time, he said, “I don’t think it’s Pacific Islander languages top the list at for years are beginning to ‘go home,’” ob- 2003, dropping from 18 percent to 16.6 per- realistic or healthy to continue to rely on such 43 percent, with Spanish at 39 percent. serves Tom Friel, retired board chair of the cent in 2007. The influx was hit first by tight- a large inflow of engineering and science tal- executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles. ened restrictions under Homeland Security ent from abroad, particularly from Asia. This oreign-born talent, particularly in science “This is a troubling trend, exacerbated by our after Sept. 11, Hancock said. inflow has been the source of much of the and engineering, has been a linchpin of dysfunctional national immigration policy agen- Friel stressed the importance of supporting Valley’s historic edge in innovation, but con- F the Valley’s success in past decades, but da, and if not addressed will have significant education and training for the local popula- that dynamic is at risk, Hancock believes. negative impact on our future as a region.” tion, U.S.-born and immigrant alike, and do- (continued on page 20)

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Silicon Valley significant returns for the past de- (continued from page 18) cade. “Investment is shifting away from software and semiconductors and ditions for these immigrants, sup- into biotechnology, energy, medi- port for their education, financing cal devices and media.” for their business ideas have im- Silicon Valley venture-capital proved in their home countries and investment in clean technology declined here.” dropped to $1.2 billion last year af- Even as attracting and retaining ter peaking at $1.9 billion in 2008. top talent remains important to The bulk of those investments the region, California’s investment were in energy generation (41 per- in higher education is declining. cent) and energy efficiency (26 per- While the total number of science cent). and engineering degrees has lev- But patent registrations in green eled off, the percentage conferred to technology in the Valley are grow- foreign students has been sliding in ing. both the state and nation as a whole, From 2006 to 2008 more than the report notes. 100 green-tech patents were regis- “California state policy has be- tered from the region. The Valley come a hindrance to our innovation accounts for an increasing percent- potential, not only because of our age of green patents nationwide. failure to invest but also because And the region “has continued our government is not addressing to generate new companies and at- important problems,” Hancock tract existing companies,” the re- said. port said. Friel added, “Many in the region, Between 2007 and 2008, Silicon including some in our local and Valley had a net gain of some 9,500 state leadership, somehow have businesses of all kinds. come to believe that we occupy In terms of environmental habits, this position of leading economic Valley residents are driving less region by divine right rather than and shifting to cleaner-running ve- hard work, prudent investment and hicles. sound policy. Per-capita fuel consumption has “Nothing could be more wrong dropped 13 percent since 2000, far or more dangerous for our future in greater than the 2 percent statewide my view than this sense of entitle- decline. Last year, Valley residents ment and complacency. consumed 50 gallons of fuel fewer “What we have been able to do per person than other Californians. historically, other countries and re- gions can also do and are beginning hen it comes to preparing to show that they can and will.” Silicon Valley’s workforce W of the future, the picture is he 90,000 Silicon Valley jobs mixed. We invite you to experience our lost between 2008 and 2009 The percentage of eighth-graders Tinvolve nearly all sectors, from enrolled in Algebra 2 is slightly information products and services higher in Silicon Valley than in the to life sciences, community infra- state as a whole and, of those tested, beautiful residential structure and manufacturing, ac- 72 percent scored at the advanced cording to the Index. level. So-called “green” (environmen- On the other hand, fewer Silicon community tal) business establishments and Valley students are graduating from jobs showed a significant increase high school with a college-prep cur- but still represent just 14,000 jobs riculum under their belts. Take a stroll down our walking paths and in Santa Clara and San Mateo coun- The region’s dropout rate is only lovely landscaped gardens. ties — about the same number as in 10 percent — about half the state- the medical-device industry. wide rate — but only 47 percent As you tour our spacious apartments enjoy the “Silicon Valley’s economic and of high school graduates in 2007- view from the balcony or patio. innovation engine has cooled off,” 08 met entrance requirements for the report said, citing dips in pat- the University of California or the Take advantage of our many amenities and ents and venture investment and California State University systems. concierge services. a spike in office vacancies — the That’s 5 percent lower than the pre- We offer independent and assisted living highest since 1998. vious year. “The level of investment contin- At the same time, state general- options with six levels of care available. ues to decline, and venture capi- fund spending on higher education talists generally have not realized dropped 17 percent in 2008, and to-

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“We still have amazing assets,” he said, citing strong global connections to other growing economies; high numbers of scientists and engineers still residing and working in the valley; and a historic pace of innovation going back more than 60 years, from defense to space to the Internet. Nationally there is much buzz STANFORD about so-called “cleantech” indus- ARBOR tries such as solar or wind power MEDICINE and other renewable energy sources, IN THE or new ways to conserve energy and FREE CLINIC reduce pollution, the Index reports. A program of Stanford School of Medicine COMMUNITY But a close look at federal spending or investment indicates much of it is going elsewhere than to Silicon Valley, such as to Huntsville, Ala., Stanford Hospital & Clinics thanks the and other places. The reason Silicon Valley may 50 Stanford physicians and 65 medical students not be getting its full share is not per quarter who volunteer at Arbor Free Clinic favoritism or social-engineering as much as because the other areas for their commitment to community service. have aligned their interest groups The Arbor Free Clinic ﬁlls an important role in into a cohesive single voice of government policymakers, business our community by providing health services and leaders, educators and community medications free of charge to uninsured patients organizations. Silicon Valley, while it has strong in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. legislative leadership, is “scattered” into separate groups, Hancock said, Patients are accepted on a walk-in basis every citing another longstanding tradition Sunday from 10 am – 2 pm. The Clinic is located of valley history. N at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson Park Division. For more information, visit can be e-mailed at jthorwaldson@ paweekly.com. http://arbor.stanford.edu WATCH IT ONLINE www.PaloAltoOnline.com A video of Russell Hancock discussing the report is posted on Palo Alto Online. Visit us at: http://stanfordmedicine.org About the cover: The San Jose skyline sparkles on a clear day in January 2009. Photo by Michael from San Jose, California, USA. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 21 ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Entertainment movies and more, edited by Rebecca Wallace

VOICES story by Rebecca Wallace photographs by Vivian Wong UPLIFTED nterview a few members of the Stan- The Talisman ensemble celebrates ford University world-music a cappella group Talisman, and you hear the 20 years of soulful storytelling through wordI “soulful” a lot. The student singers a cappella world music say they feel a profound connection with the songs, many of which come from the apartheid era in South Africa. Interestingly, their passion for the music sometimes leads them to wonder whether they should be singing it. “We grapple with this: Do we have the right to sing these songs? We weren’t there. We can’t know what they went through,” freshman Mia Divecha says at a recent rehearsal. “But,” she adds, “we’re acknowledging their history.” The history and stories behind the songs are what draws many of the singers to choose the group. Stanford vocalists have plenty of options; as at many colleges, there are numerous a cappella ensembles on campus. But while other groups may focus on pop songs or Chris- tian or South Asian music, Talisman’s repertoire of mostly music from Africa and the African diaspora gives the group a different niche. Songs like “Soweto Blues” drew in Scott Frank, a Stanford senior and the Clockwise from top: ensemble’s musical director. He de- Talisman singers at a scribes a vivid version sung by the late recent rehearsal; Anna South African singer and activist Miriam Rasmussen consults her Makeba, saying that the song recalls the sheet music; vocalists 1976 deaths of hundreds of South African 100 former members are expected to join true to the pronunciation, and often there add some soul to “Ho- schoolchildren who were protesting a law the 23 current singers at Memorial Au- is someone in the group who has studied sanna”; Talisman singer forbidding them from learning in their lo- ditorium on Feb. 15, when the ensemble a language and can help. and business manager cal dialects. holds a 20th-anniversary concert. Gradu- Before rehearsal, senior Shantelle Wil- Will Tarpeh calls for bet- “When we sing that song, it’s a hard ates will sing in groups from the various liams, Talisman’s assistant director, dem- ter diction. step to take,” he says. “But we need to re- years and then together with the current onstrates the clicks she’s learned to make spect these stories. ... When you put your students, with songs including the tradi- while singing in Zulu. “I sing best in soul into this conversation that happens tional spiritual “Soon Ah Will Be Done”; English,” she says, grinning, “but I also through music, it really changes you.” “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing,” often called like Xhosa, a South African language. Overall, Frank says of Talisman: “We the African-American national anthem; It has soft vowels. It’s just soothing to don’t think of it as a cappella. Our mission and “Babethandaza,” Talisman’s signa- listen to.” is the subject matter.” He turns less seri- ture opening piece, sung in Zulu. Williams, a self-described “proud ous, adding with a smirk, “And it attracts A big part of being in Talisman is alto,” joined as a freshman after hear- the best singers on campus.” learning how to sing in various African ing Talisman on a visit to the campus Talisman draws alumni back, too. About languages. Singers study hard to stay before she started college. “I thought, ‘If Page 22ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ I wasn’t convinced about com- It wasn’t always easy getting a ing to Stanford, I was now,’” she new group to thrive, especially Question: Where can you get a 4 course recalls. “They sounded like one when Talisman was competing dinner in Palo Alto for less than voice, one soulful voice.” for singers with more estab- Williams grew up singing and lished groups, Pigato said. He $15? appreciates that in Talisman she recalled long nights of audi- gets to use a jazzy, expression- tions and callbacks, and being Answer: Bistro Maxine istic style. Solos are typically disappointed when top singers descants, sung above the choir, opted for other ensembles. In giving the soloist freedom to fact, Talisman nearly disbanded "Le Menu" prix fixe The only authentic French crêperie on the Peninsula express individuality and emo- in 1993. Served after 6pm tion. “That’s just a problem of be- A Talisman song with spe- ing a new group. But then you Includes cial meaning to Williams is get enough good people, and 548 Ramona Street j Palo Alto Soupe du jour (vegetarian) “Wanting Memories,” written then success breeds success,” 650-323-1815 by Ysaye Maria Barnwell of the he said. www.bistromaxine.com House salad African-American a cappella In 1997, Talisman won the Na------Savory crêpe of your choice ensemble Sweet Honey in the tional Championship of Colle- Tuesday - Friday: 8am to 2.30pm Dessert Rock. It’s about grieving for a giate A Cappella and performed 6pm to 10pm loved one, learning to focus on at Carnegie Hall. A 10-year an- the beautiful memories rather niversary concert in 2000 drew Saturday: 8am to 10pm Only $14.95 than the pain. more than 100 alumni, and this Sunday: 9am to 4pm Williams worked on that song year the group releases its eighth with Talisman shortly after her album, a two-disc album called father died. In one rehearsal, she “Twenty.” was in tears, and other members These days, the group is gear- sympathetically told her she ing up for the anniversary con- should go home. But she stayed, cert. On a recent evening, the LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S saying that was where she want- singers gather in the lounge at ed to be. Lagunita Court, where a large HOSPITAL OBSERVES NATIONAL Also memorable to Williams piano awaits Frank’s start- EATING DISORDERS WEEK were the two trips she made to ing note. The singers warm South Africa with Talisman. up, their tones echoing off the With a wide smile, she recalls high wooden ceiling. Then they singing “Be Like Him,” a piece prepare to launch into “One with a gospel flavor, in Zulu in By One,” a resistance song in a retirement home there. Sud- Xhosa. Williams translates the It’s Time to denly one woman got up, and lyrics, which read in part: “Hold then the room was filled with on tightly, my people. Do not elderly people dancing. Several lose your strength. Do not get told Talisman how amazed they weary.” Talk About It were that the students had come It’s pulsing music, with chang- so far, across an ocean, “to sing ing dynamics; there are sections our songs in our language,” Wil- of energetic clapping, and slow, liams says. almost mournful parts. Singers During the last two decades, hum, then sing out. Soloists trade Talisman has made several trips off as the music moves in swells. to Capetown, performing in Divecha beams at another singer schools, churches, senior homes, across the circle from her, then Get the information you need about the music centers and other venues sings with her eyes closed. in partnership with the Amy Frank then runs some mini- risks, warning signs and latest advances in Biehl Foundation. The founda- auditions, in which various sing- tion was named after a Stanford ers try out different solo lines graduate killed by South Afri- and duets. Williams stands out, the treatment of eating disorders. can township violence in 1993. her voice round and poignant. Talisman performed at Biehl’s She gives each word its time memorial service. and place, and listeners can feel Th e Comprehensive Eating Disorders Program at Over the years, other mean- the truth even if they don’t un- ingful highlights have included derstand the language. There’s a Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Invites You To: performances at the 1996 At- pause afterward, and Frank says lanta Olympics and at the White simply, “That’s beautiful.” N House, Talisman founder Joseph A Panel Discussion and Ask-the-Experts Session Pigato said. Bill Clinton heard Th ursday, February 25, 2010 the singers on campus during What: “Sankofa,” a 20th- daughter Chelsea’s freshman anniversary concert put on 6:30 - 8:30 pm orientation, and invited them to by members and alumni sing at the White House Christ- of the Stanford a cappella mas party. group Talisman Th e Auditorium Pigato, who now lives in San Where: Memorial Audito- Francisco after stints in India rium, Stanford University Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Singapore, founded Talis- When: 7 p.m. Monday, man as a Stanford sophomore Feb. 15 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, California 94304 in 1990. He had a choral back- Cost: Tickets are $8-$26. A ground and wanted to keep sing- $43 VIP ticket includes the No reservation required. ing, but found the a cappella album “Twenty.” scene too pop-oriented. Info: Go to stanfordtalis- Free Parking. “I wanted a group that was man.org. Videos of the open to singing folk songs from group performing can be around the world. They just have seen on Facebook under For more information call (650) 724-3783 a lot of meaning,” he said in an Stanford Talisman. interview. “Great melodies, har- http://eatingdisorders.lpch.org monies, rhythms.”

Another Stanford a cappella ensemble is holding a concert this month — with quite a different flavor. At 8 p.m. tonight, Feb. 12, the co-ed group Mixed Company puts on its 24th annual “Love Sucks” show, with songs and skits taking a lighter and rather raun- chy look at Valentine’s Day. The free show is aimed mainly at Stanford undergrads, but is open to the public. It’s at Toyon Hall on campus; more info is at www.mixedco.com/events/. Recom- mended for ages 14 and up. The people depicted in this brochure are models and are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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The you hear something really close to “Tarantella Del Gargano,” which two singers were both drawn to that the madrigal. There’s the Middle showcases the sweet sounds of the very American sound, jazz. Ages, Renaissance influence in the flute. Life sometimes spins us in music. It’s a really raw street sound, Throughout the music, the songs circles, though. After meeting at and then a beat later on you hear are fueled by Rossi’s and Marsico’s Berklee, the women attended an this classical, very nice melodic strong, bright voices, which carry international folk festival held by sound — sometimes both in the both soulful emotion and powerful the college. They found one coun- same song.” belting. It’s a style of singing that try wasn’t represented: Italy. Overall, Newpoli’s repertoire must be expertly supported by the Rossi and Marsico thought of the spans from the 1200s to the 1800s, diaphragm, Rossi said. “If it’s done Neapolitan tarantellas and other with a range of musical styles, re- properly, you can go for hours.” vivacious songs and dances they gions and dialects, and lots of tam- In 2006 and 2008, the Newpoli grew up knowing. Their musical bourines. A Boston Herald writer musicians also had a special honor: impulses turned back toward their once praised the group’s sound as They got to be on Italian televi- homeland. a “fresh spin on Italian folk tunes.” sion. “We decided to present Italy,” Newpoli performs many types of Rossi had invited a journalist Steppin’ Out Rossi said. tarantella, a term that refers both to from Rai International to a con- Together with double bass player the spirited, twirling dance and the cert in Cambridge, and the net- for Björn Wennås, Rossi and Marsico music that accompanies it. Rossi work ended up featuring the group Ecumenical Hunger Program founded the Newpoli ensemble in and Marsico especially like the twice. With their families watching 2003 to focus on southern Italian type of tarantella from the Puglia back home, Rossi and Marsico per- (formerly the crabfest) folk music. While they still sing region, called the pizzica or “bite.” formed with the band in Massachu- jazz with other bands, Rossi and An old legend linked to the tar- setts, presenting Italy to Italy. N Marisco have been performing, antella had people whirling franti- Saturday, touring and recording with the cally to cure the bite of a tarantula What: The Newpoli ensemble Boston-based Newpoli ever since. by sweating out the poisons. At March 6, 2010 performs southern Italian folk On Feb. 17, Newpoli will present Newpoli concerts, the singers do music. 5:30-9pm Italy to a Stanford University au- the dance on stage just for fun. Where: Campbell Recital Hall, dience with a concert in Campbell “It’s very high-impact. Lots of Bistro 412 Stanford University Recital Hall. jumping,” Marsico said. “There are When: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 412 Emerson St. Palo Alto The band’s other members, all basically two or three basic steps from 8:15 to 10 p.m. graduates of either Berklee or the around which evolves the whole Cost: Free New England Conservatory, are: dance. Once you learn, you can Support EHP’s critical programs by attending our major Info: For more about the con- percussionist/vocalist Fabio Piroz- dance on your own, in groups or cert, call 650-736-8169. The fundraising event. We need your support now more than zolo; bass player Kendall Eddy; in couples.” band’s website is www.new percussionist Michael Daillak; Building Newpoli’s repertoire ever! polimusic.com. accordionist Roberto Cassan; vio- has involved some research, as linist Megumi Sasaki; and flutist southern Italian folk music isn’t Enjoy: delicious food, complimentary wine, no-host bar, Geni Skendo. (Rossi and Marsico always the best known nowadays, live entertainment and of course our phenomenal silent also play the castanets.) It’s a mix especially in America. The musi- Your typical Valentine’s Day auction. of musicians representing not only cians have dug up old recordings, celebration may not involve Italy but also Albania, Japan, Swe- done library research and called planting wetlands seeds, trying den and the United States. relatives in Italy. 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Wave, and so on. been a popular Castro Street young, hip boutique that’s fun,” Dessert is definitely worth waiting ShopTalkby Daryl Savage destination in Mountain View, will Patel said. “Before you make for, but not this long. unveil its second restaurant for a that proposal to a VC, you might In palate-cleansing vanilla and scheduled March opening. want to write something down. peppermint, a Matterhorn of soft- GONE: SAUERBRATEN & than a block away. “It couldn’t And Walgreens is scheduled to So we’ve included whiteboards serve ice cream ($4) can be topped SPAETZLE ... Elbe Restaurant, compete. Old Pro’s got better open in March, with the hope in every room.” Patel also owns with house-made butterscotch, su- which may have been Palo Alto’s food, a better vibe and more that it will bring new life to the the Cabana Hotel on El Camino perb hot fudge or candied orange/ only German restaurant, closed TVs,” said a Lytton Avenue resi- restaurants and boutiques on Real in Palo Alto. The anticipated toasted almond ($1). The ice cream last month. Tucked into the Alma dent who made the Old Pro his Bryant Street and along Univer- opening is May 2010. And the at Howie’s Artisan comes from the Street curve (“The Circle”) at 117 preferred hangout after a major sity Avenue. answer was a simple “No” when local, organic Straus Family Cream- University Ave., Elbe shared a renovation in 2003. asked if the hotel was named ery. Naturally. N kitchen with its neighbor, Rudy’s ANOTHER STEP FOR VANS ... after Palo Alto City Manager Jim Pub. As a result of the closure, FOOD HOPSCOTCH ... Mean- Vans will be the newest shoe Keene. Rudy’s has expanded to include while, a few new restaurants store on University Avenue. the old Elbe space and has are descending on downtown It plans to soon take over the WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH ... Howie’s Artisan Pizza promised to offer a sampling of Palo Alto. The first newcomer is storefront at 222 University It pays to be resourceful. Take Town and Country Village German food on its Friday menu, Crepevine, set to open March 9 Ave., the former location of Wolf Rick’s Rather Rich ice cream 855 El Camino Real, Palo even though Rudy’s seems an in the former spot of Madison & Camera. But this move rep- parlor in Palo Alto’s Charleston Alto unlikely venue to offer spaetzle Fifth at 367 University Ave. “We resents more than just a shoe Shopping Center, the home of 650-327-4992 and sauerbraten. Elbe’s demise love the space. It’s beautiful,” store coming to Palo Alto, ac- the “hot milk shake.” Even in the www.howiesartisanpizza. also brings back memories of Crepevine co-owner Maher Fak- cording to Susan Barnes, Palo best of times, sales are tradition- com the old Black Forest, the Ger- houri said of the existing restau- Alto’s economic development ally slow during winter months Hours: Daily 11:30 a.m.-9 man restaurant on First Street in rant. So much will stay the same manager. “It’s a hopeful sign. for most ice cream shops. p.m. Los Altos, a popular place in the in the 2,600-square-foot space, Retail is coming back to the “That’s why we have the hot 1980s and 1990s. including the furniture. Reservations Banquet downtown area and we’re seeing milkshake,” said Rick’s manager, Only for large Fahkouri owns seven other a younger demographic. Look at Alfredo Alves. Served in a 12- parties Catering ALSO GONE: BLUE CHALK Crepevines, all in the Bay Area. Black Diamond, American Ap- ounce coffee cup, it’s the only CAFE ... This month’s big sur- “We’re a family business. We Credit cards Outdoor parel and the upcoming move of hot drink Rick’s serves and was seating prise was the closing of Blue own and operate. It’s three Gamestop,” she said. invented by a former employee Lot Parking Chalk Cafe. A mainstay at 630 brothers and 500 cousins,” he of the ice cream shop, accord- Noise level: Ramona St. in Palo Alto for 17 said. Fakhouri believes what sets Beer and wine High NEW BOUTIQUE HOTEL ... A ing to Alves. The most-ordered years, the cafe has now left the his business apart are the prices new 43-room boutique hotel is flavors? Eggnog and pumpkin Takeout Bathroom two-story Birge Clark building and portions. “Nobody has ever taking shape at 425 High St. in during the holidays; chocolate Cleanliness: gated and dark. Word on the finished a salad at Crepevine. Highchairs Excellent Palo Alto, following a renovation. and coffee at other times. street is that Blue Chalk was no We serve big portions,” he said. The location of Hotel Keen is the Another resourceful entrepre- Wheelchair match for the new Old Pro less Madison & Fifth closed in De- access former low-income residential (continued on next page)

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A weirdly arresting exception to the rule Still, the script is sporadically clever and there’s is a darkly comic sequence involving a carnival em- plenty of V-Day cheer to make even the grumpiest ployee (John Cho) indefinitely cursed to hellfire. loners crack a smile. This is a decent date movie — Buscemi and Malco give finely tuned performanc- not great, but not terrible. And it will likely be a long es, as does Peter Dinklage as John and Virgil’s boss, time before we see this many recognizable actors to- but they’re operating above the level of the script, gether again in one film. demonstrating that a good actor proves his worth Geared more toward women than men, “Valentine’s never more so than when he’s improving his material. Day” is harmless romantic fare. 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Crazy Heart (R) ((( Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 2, 4:35, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:40 & 7:15 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also Rated R for a scene of sexuality/nudity. This film raises intriguing questions that at 9:55 p.m. One hour, 52 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed will linger long after the lights come up. Dear John (PG-13) (( Century 16: 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 12:30, 1:45, 3, 4:25, 5:35, 7, Feb. 5, 2010) Rated: R for some disturbing content 8:10 & 9:50 p.m. involving violence and sexuality. In Ger- Up in the Air ---1/2 man, Italian, Polish and Latin with English Edge of Darkness (R) ((( Century 16: 5:15, 7:55 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. (Century 16, Century 20) George Clooney subtitles. 2 hours, 24 minutes. — S.T. From Paris with Love Century 16: 12:25, 3, 5:25, 7:50 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 & 10:35 is professional downsizer Ryan Bingham, (Reviewed Jan. 29, 2010) (R) (( p.m. a “transition specialist” with an arsenal It’s Complicated (R) ((( Century 16: 1 & 6:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 4:10 & 9:10 p.m. of platitudes for doing a company’s dirty work. Ryan meets his match in Alex The Last Station Guild: 3:15, 6 & 8:45 p.m. Fri.-Mon. also at 12:30 p.m. Goran (Vera Farmiga), a sexy mileage (R) ((1/2 junkie equally as turned on by elite status Legion (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 10:45 p.m. and sleekly wheeled luggage. Theirs is a Percy Jackson & the Century 16: Wed. & Thurs. 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Tue. also at 12:50, 3:35, 6:20 & match made in heaven — and hour-long Olympians: The Lightning 9:10 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 12:25, 1:50, 3:15, 4:40, 6:10, 7:30, 9 & 10:20 p.m. intervals in Omaha and Wichita. Ryan’s Thief (PG) (Not Reviewed) cocoon threatens to rupture when savvy supervisor Craig Gregory (Jason Bateman) Saint John of Las Vegas Palo Alto Square: 2:30 p.m. Fri.-Wed. also at 5 & 7:20 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 9:15 p.m. hires wet-behind-the-ears consultant Nat- (R) (1/2 Fri/Sat/Sun ONLY 2/12-2/14 alie Keener (Anna Kendrick) to eviscerate Saint John of Las Vegas - Sherlock Holmes Century 16: 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:25 10:20 p.m. 85 percent of the travel budget. Ryan and Crazy Heart - 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 ((( (PG-13) 1/2 Natalie set off on a series of test firings to Mon thru Weds 2/14-2/17 The Spy Next Door Century 20: 1:55 & 6:50 p.m. prove their points. His that the proper sack Saint John of Las Vegas - 2:30, 5:00, 7:20 (PG) (Not Reviewed) requires face-to-face commitment; hers Crazy Heart - 2:00, 4:40, 7:15 that a disembodied computer presence Thurs ONLY 2/18 Saint John of Las Vegas - 2:30 Tooth Fairy (PG) Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15 & 8 p.m. Crazy Heart - 2:00, 4:40, 7:15 is just as effective. Let the games begin! (Not Reviewed) Rated R for language and sexual content. Up in the Air (R) (((1/2 Century 16: Noon, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 2:25, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. 1 hour, 49 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Valentine’s Day Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:35, 1:35, 2:30, 3:40, 4:35, 5:35, 6:35, 7:30, 8:25 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: Dec. 11, 2009) (PG-13) ((1/2 11:10 a.m.; 12:05, 1, 2, 3, 3:50, 4:55, 5:55, 6:45, 7:45, 8:50, 9:45 & 10:35 p.m. When in Rome Century 16: 12:20 & 2:40 p.m. Century 20: 12:50, 3:05, 5:25, 7:55 & 10:10 p.m. When in Rome 1/2 Discover the (PG-13) 1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) Come, play the FRENCH FILM CLUB cliche-counting game with me! “When OF PALO ALTO at The White Ribbon Aquarius: 4:30 & 8 p.m. Fri.-Mon. also at 1 p.m. in Rome” stars Kristen Bell as Beth, a # "+&!&&%'&,PALO #ALTO " ART+&!&& CENTER%'& , (R) (((( 1313 Newell Road workaholic New Yorker who’s unlucky The Wolfman (R) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 12:30, 1:20, 2:10, 3:05, 3:55, 4:45, 5:40, 6:30, 7:15, 8:10, 9:05, 9:55 & 10:40 in love. When she zips to Rome for her '* (Not Reviewed) p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 12:45, 2:10, 3:10, 4:35, 5:35, 7:05, 8:05, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m. sister’s wedding, she reaches new lows Save the date ##&#$ $"February 19th The Young Victoria Century 16: 4:10 & 9:45 p.m. of embarrassment. At the same wed- Doors#( $" open at 7:00pm (PG) (((1/2 ding is Nick (Josh Duhamel), the hunky best man. Their boozy flirtation takes a Movie at 7:30pm bad turn, leaving distraught Beth soak- +, ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding ing in the “Fontana D’Amore.” There, she “Le Beau ' Mariage” purloins four of the coins wishful lovers “A!!$# Good Marriage” have tossed, setting in motion a painfully !# ! Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) unfunny comedy of stalking. You see, by 1982 ﬁ lm by Eric Rohmer &#" ( Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers plucking out the coins, she has magically with Beatrice Romand $ View (800-326-3264) and more information about films playing, go to Palo Alto made herself the object of the wishers’ Andre Dussollier Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ love mania. They follow her back to New !! Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood $ !'$"Arielle Dombasle City (800-326-3264) York to make her — and us — miserable. Rated PG-13 for suggestive content. One Pascal Greggory CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, hour, 31 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Jan. "!%' $!"##" $# #Thamila Mezbah ))) !"!'#$!#!## Palo Alto (493-3456) 29, 2010) Award: César – Best Writing

The White Ribbon ---- Established in 1977, the French Film Club is an independent non-profit (Aquarius) Malicious incidents occur in a Dear John -- Organization, open to the public. Myers plays James Reece, an aide to the development” as he proves he’s learned small northern German village before the For full program and archives, go to: (Century 16, Century 20) John (Channing U.S. ambassador and an aspiring CIA his “training day” lesson. Rated R for outbreak of World War I. A deliberately frenchfilmclubofpaloalto.org Tatum) is one hunky dude: broad chest, operative. At last given his chance at a strong bloody violence throughout, drug good head of dark hair. And Savannah mission, Reece is partnered with brusque content, pervasive language and brief (Amanda Seyfried), with her little round agency superstar Charlie Wax (John sexuality. One hour, 32 minutes. — P.C. “THE MOST OVERWHELMINGLY ROMANTIC“ gerbil face and enormous turquoise eyes, Travolta). A seemingly screw-loose can- (Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010) is certainly a cutie. During a two-week non, Wax proves he’s crazy like a fox as .’ ” MOVIE SINCE ‘THE NOTEBOOK.’” spring break — hers from college, his from the odd couple descends into a terrorist The Last Station --1/2 the army — they meet and fall in love on conspiracy. After a vain attempt to drum (Guild) The film opens in 1910, with Leo the beach near Charleston. But what they up a rooting interest in Reece, Morel and Tolstoy (Christopher Plummer) more or have in common besides their good looks screenwriter Adi Hasak open the flood- less happily ensconced at his family estate “A true blue American love story.” (she’s a horse-country rich girl, he’s the gates to a rush of action and “buddy cop” Yasnaya Polyana. He’s irritably aware bad-boy son of a reclusive coin collec- banter. A predictable mid-film plot twist of the contradiction represented by this tor) is a mystery. “Dear John” is a sweet provides fodder for a stupid climax, the piece of private property, a notion he enough romance-cum-war story, though purported “payoff” for Reece’s “character has publicly renounced. With his career its cloying score and the numbing nobility of all its characters are off-putting. The plot had enough complications to hold my interest. Rated PG-13 for some sensuality and violence. One hour, 48 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Feb. 5, 2010) Edge of Darkness --- (Century 16, Century 20) The violent shooting death of Thomas Craven’s (Mel Gibson) 24-year-old daughter, Emma (Bo- jana Novakovic), ignites the story. Resolute and eager for answers, Craven begins questioning those who knew her best, often using brutal techniques to withdraw the truth. Craven’s prodding eventually leads to Emma’s clandestine work at a weapons-manufacturing corporation and its seedy president, Jack Bennett (Danny Huston). As Craven gets closer to dis- covering the real reason behind Emma’s death, he develops a surprising mutual respect with British-born “problem solver” Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) while poisonous adversaries and government ! "# " conspiracies surround him. Rated R for strong bloody violence and language. 1 hour, 48 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Jan. 29, 2010) NOW PLAYING CHECK LOCAL LIST INGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES From Paris with Love -- SORRY, NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT (Century 16, Century 20) Jonathan Rhys 2 COL (3 8 ") X*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU " 10" FRI Page 2/12 31 Sports BOYS’ PREP BASKETBALL SHP gets Shorts AWARD FINALIST . . . Coming into the out of Palo Alto High in 2006, Jer- emy Lin did not receive a single scholarship offer from a Division I spirit basketball school. For some reason, it was believed Lin couldn’t play at the next level. Lin wound Gators overcome week up going to Harvard and, as they of crazy activities say, the rest is history. On Mon- day, Lin was named one of 11 fi- to stay atop WBAL nalists for the coveted Bob Cousy by Keith Peters Award as the nation’s top point his has been Spirit Week at Sa- guard. Lin is recently coming off cred Heart Prep, when every- a weekend in which he averaged T thing shuts down and students 19.0 points, 5.0 assists, 4.5 steals, take part in competitions among the 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per classes. game as he once again filled the For Sacred Heart Prep boys’ bas- box score in impressive style. The ketball coach Tony Martinelli, Spirit other Cousy Award finalists are: Week is more of a Hell Week. Matt Bouldin (Gonzaga), Sherron “The kids lose their minds,” Mar- Collins (Kansas), Devan Downey tinelli said as he summed up the (South Carolina), Trevon Hughes activities leading up to, and includ- (Wisconsin), Kalin Lucas (Michi- ing, Spirit Week. “The whole week, gan State), Ronald Moore (Siena), there’s nothing getting done — ex- Scottie Reynolds (Villanova), Jon cept the kids concentrating on their Scheyer (Duke), Greivis Vasquez competitions. They wear themselves (Maryland), and heavily favored out . . . it’s like this every year.” freshman John Wall (Kentucky), Martinelli, in his sixth year at the who’s already being projected as school, said it’s just another element perhaps the No. 1 pick in the NBA of being a coach at Sacred Heart Draft after this season. Prep. “When the schedule comes out COLLEGE HONORS . . . UC each year, I always look at who Davis freshman Katie Yama- we’re playing during this week. If mura from Gunn High has been we’re at home, it’s not too bad. If named Gymnast of the Week in we’re on the road, it’s a little bit of the Mountain Pacific Sports Fed- an adventure.” eration. This marks the second The Gators will be at home on such award for Yamamura, who Friday night to play Eastside Prep scored a career-high 38.825 to at 6:30 p.m. A handful of the play- win the individual all-around in ers are battling various illnesses that Friday’s conference dual against Martinelli believes can be traced to Seattle Pacific. Stanford junior the Spirit Week activities. Tim Gentry, meanwhile, was Illnesses aside, the SHP players named the MPSF Gymnast of the have to be ready and on guard. They

Week for the men after leading Keith Peters come into the game riding an eight- the Cardinal at the Winter Cup game winning streak and leading Challenge in Las Vegas over the the West Bay Athletic League with weekend. Gentry earned a spot a 10-1 record (16-5 overall). While on the U.S. Senior National team only three games remain in the last weekend after placing fifth Sacred Heart Prep’s Reed McConnell had his hands full with Pinewood’s Aaron Daines (25), but the Gators in the all-around. Stanford fresh- were able to pull away in the second half for a 59-48 victory on Tuesday to remain atop the WBAL standings. (continued on page 34) man Ashley Morgan earned her first Pac-10 Conference Gym- nast of the Week honor for her Stanford seniors get a final chance to make performance in the Cardinal’s quad meet victories Sunday at another big splash in swim dual against Cal Burnham Pavilion. Competing in by Rick Eymer the all-around for the first time as three seconds. Jenny starts yelling will be swimming in a college dual a collegian, Morgan set four col- tanford women’s swimming at me, ‘get up and cheer!’ We just set meet for the last time. legiate career bests and won two coach Lea Maurer sees a lot a record and she was still focused on “It’s gotten more interesting than events on the way to capturing a S of Jenny Thompson in senior the team effort. I remember it being,” said Maurer, third, the all-around title. Julia Smit. Maurer should know; “There’s no question Jenny car- who never lost to Cal as a swimmer she swam with the most-decorated ried the banner for Stanford relays,” and is 3-1 against the Bears as a ON THE AIR female swimmer in Olympic history Maurer said. “She always got the coach. “It was more of a qualifying when both were at Stanford. job done. Julia is part of my first re- meet for the NCAA and we’d look Friday Smit, an Olympian in her own cruiting class and she has definitely toward the Pac-10 championships. It Women’s basketball: Stanford at right and world recordholder to carried the banner for us since her will be an intense battle and I under- Washington, 7 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) boot, embodies many of the same freshman year. She’s accountable stand more than 80 parents, family Men’s volleyball: UCLA at Stanford, 7 characteristics that made Thompson every Monday morning at 6 a.m. and friends will be in attendance.” p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) so successful. after a hard weekend or when others Junior Kate Dwelley, one of the Saturday “The best way I can explain it is might want to give in; her attitude tri-captains with Smit and Breeden, Men’s basketball: Washington at telling a story about accountabil- emboldens the rest of the team not Stanford, 5 p.m.; Comcast Sports Net said the week leading up to the Cal Bay Area; XTRA Sports (860 AM); KZSU ity,” Maurer said Wednesday as the to give in.” meet is exciting not only because of (90.1 FM) fourth-ranked Cardinal (4-0, 8-0) Smit is easily the most-honored the natural rivalry but because “it Men’s volleyball: UC Irvine at Stan- prepared for its final dual meet of Stanford swimmer since Thompson, means the beginning of the champi- ford, 7 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) the regular season, a Senior Day ex- and has rewritten the school’s record onship season,” she said. “We defi- Sunday travaganza with visiting California books like no other. nitely want to be beat Cal and carry Women’s basketball: Stanford at at 1 p.m. Saturday in the annual Big Smit currently leads the nation that into the Pac-10 and the NCAA. Washington St., noon; KZSU (90.1 FM) Splash. with the fastest times in the 200 When we get to Cal, we know it’s “We were swimming on a relay IM (1:55.45) and 400 IM (4:03.31), almost there.” SPORTS ONLINE team together and after I finished my while junior Kelsey Ditto sets the Dwelley, one of Stanford’s top Keith Peters For expanded daily coverage of college leg I looked up at the clock,” Mau- pace in the 1650 free (9:46.80). swimmers who generally is over- and prep sports, please see our new site rer said. “It was my first American Smit, fellow senior and Olympian Stanford swim coach Lea Maurer at www.PASportsOnline.com record and I glanced up for maybe Elaine Breeden and seven others (continued on page 33) has plenty to cheer about. Page 32ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Palo Alto girls gain measure of hoop revenge with a big upset Pinewood and Eastside Prep, meanwhile, remain tied for first place in the West Bay Athletic League (Foothill Division) following big victories by Keith Peters tempt with her rebounding. Holland tallied nine for the Pan- feat of her own as she connected on they hit a jumper to beat the third- he Palo Alto girls’ basketball Victoria Shih, Lauren Mah and thers. Freshman Drew Edelman a three-point field goal to become quarter buzzer. team had lost four of its past Stephanie Allen also were singled had another big double-double of the first player in WBAL history to A three-pointer by Mercy in the T five and was about to face out by coach Scott Peters for their 24 points and 12 rebounds while score 700 career league points. That opening seconds of the fourth made first-place Mountain defensive effort and Whitney Hooper added 12 points shot gave Castilleja a 15-6 first- it one-possession game, but Cas- View in a SCVAL ability to break Moun- and Jasmine Williams had nine. quarter advantage. tilleja eventually found its offense De Anza Division tain View’s press in In Los Altos Hills, Pinewood Unlike the previous matchup, the again by outscoring the Skippers, game. It was not the the late going. Paly stayed in a first-place tie with East- Gators’ dominance lasted the entire 19-5, to finish the game. Zelinger formula for a suc- junior Katerina Peter- side Prep following a 73-40 romp first half as Castilleja had what ap- tallied 18 points to give her 1,800 in cessful outcome. son tipped in a missed over visiting Sacred Heart Prep on peared to be a comfortable 29-14 her career. She also had three steals But, this has been free throw with 4.2 Senior Night for the Panthers. Junior halftime advantage — thanks to and two blocks. such an up-and- seconds to play to pre- guard Miranda Seto, who played at Zelinger and von Kaeppler, who In the PAL Bay Division, host down season for vent the Spartans from SHP her freshman yet, scored 12 of accounted for all of the Gators’ 14 Menlo-Atherton couldn’t handle the Vikings that it getting off a potential her 23 points in the third quarter to second-quarter points. In the third first-place Terra Nova and dropped was only a matter of game-tying shot. pace Pinewood (8-1, 18-5). Hailie period, Mercy came roaring back as a 62-50 decision on Tuesday night. time before the team In the West Bay Ath- Eackles added 15 points and seven Castilleja’s shooting went cold. The Victoria Fakalata led the Bears (4-5, rebounded. That letic League (Foothill rebounds while Emily Liang added Skippers closed the gap to six as 9-14) with 19 points. N time came Tuesday Division), senior Feli- 14 points. Kelsey Morehead had night. cia Anderson knocked seven rebounds and six assists to go In perhaps the big- down seven three- with her five points while SHP (0-9, gest surprise of the pointers and scored a 7-15) was led by freshman Melissa week, host Palo Alto season-high 30 points Holland’s 14 points. shocked first-place on Senior Night and On Wednesday, Castilleja won PALO ALTO UNIFIED Mountain View, freshman Hashima its 10th consecutive Senior Night SCHOOL DISTRICT 40-37, to tighten Carothers grabbed 11 as the Gators took care of visiting an already close rebounds as Eastside Mercy-San Francisco in a WBAL division race. The Prep remained tied for (Foothill Division) game, 56-39, Spartans (7-3, 14-8) first place with a 66- avenging a two-point loss to the Notice is hereby given that proposals will be received from previously still own first place, 51 victory over visit- Skippers late last month. The vic- prequalified contractors by the Palo Alto Unified School District for but Wilcox (6-4), ing Menlo on Tuesday tory moved Castilleja (4-5, 16-7) the: Lynbrook (5-4) and night. into a tie with Mercy-SF (4-5, 18-5) Monta Vista (5-4) Emilee Osagiede The Panthers (8-1, for second place. Palo Alto High School Baseball/Softball Multi-Use Field Improve- are close behind. 19-4) raced to a 19-8 As was the case in the previ- ments Contract No. PMU-1 Paly (4-5, 11-8) moved up, but only first-quarter lead before the Knights ous meeting, Castilleja dominated three games remain in the regular (3-6, 12-10) made a game of it. early. Junior Natasha von Kaeppler DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: The work includes, but is not nec- season. Menlo, however, had to foul in the scored four points early to become essarily limited to: Removal of existing playfields and associated struc- The Vikings’ defense was the key, late going in an attempt to catch up, the fourth Castilleja player in school tures. Construction of a new Multiuse field and Associated Structures in making up for the team’s 6-of-19 with Eastside scoring 10 points from history to score 1,000 career points. its place. Contractor shall reference the bidding documents for the full shooting from the free-throw line. the foul line in the fourth quarter. She finished with 22 points and 14 description of work. Sophomore Emilee Osagiede led Ahjalee Harvey added 15 points rebounds to go along with seven the way with 10 points while hold- and six assists while Carothers blocked shots and three steals. There will be a mandatory pre-bid conference and site visit at 11:00 ing off the Spartans’ comeback at- chipped in with 12 and Ausjerae Eve Zelinger followed up with a a.m. on February 25, 2010 beginning at the District Facilities Office at 25 Churchill Ave, Building D, Palo Alto, California. “It’s a lot of fun,” she said. “When social reasons. Swimming I came in as a freshman, Julia and “It’s a lot better fit here,” she said. Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Facilities Of- (continued from page 32) Elaine took me under their wing and “I’m happier outside the pool.” fice Building D, 25 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto CA no later than 1:00 p.m. I learned a lot from them. It’s my Ditto gives Stanford depth in the on March 16, 2010. shadowed by her fellow captains. turn to implement those things. Be- distance races, although she ac- That’s just fine with her. fore the 200 free at USC, Julia took knowledges that she’d rather do the PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful Bidder must comply “I like to be a little under the ra- me aside and told me the (medley) 50 free. with all prevailing wage laws applicable to the Project, and related re- dar,” she said. “I like being the un- relay ‘took a lot out of me. I need “I’ve just always been a distance quirements contained in the Contract Documents. derdog and surprising people.” your help here.’ “ swimmer,” she said. “I do enjoy the Palo Alto Unified School District will maintain a Labor Compliance Pro- Dwelley is a valuable member of Ditto transferred to Stanford this longer races where you get into a gram (LCP) for the duration of this project. Stanford’s relay teams as year from Geor- rhythm and can almost In bidding this project, the contractor warrants he/she is aware and will well as being a top-notch gia and it didn’t loose yourself. I like the follow the Public Works Chapter of the California Labor Code com- performer in the freestyle. take her long to feeling of a longer race.” prised of labor code sections 1720 – 1861. A copy of the Districts LCP She may have even blown get caught up in The Stanford women is available for review at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D, Palo Alto, her cover by winning the the rivalry with have won eight NCAA CA 94306. 200 free over USC sopho- Cal. titles, but none since 1998 1. A pre-job conference shall be conducted with the contractor more Katinka Hosszu last “Depending when Olympian Misty or subcontractors to discuss federal and state labor law requirements ap- weekend in addition to on the meet, I Hyman was on the team. plicable to the contract. winning both the 50 free might have a The Cardinal has never 2. Project contractors and subcontractors shall maintain and fur- and 100 free events. time in mind or finished lower than sixth nish to the District, at a designated time, a certified copy of each payroll Dwelley’s 200 free time a different race in the 29-year history of with a statement of compliance signed under penalty of perjury. 3. The District shall review and, if appropriate, audit payroll re- of 1:46.19 set the Mc- Kate Dwelley strategy,” she Julia Smit the NCAA meet, and that Donald’s Stadium pool said. “Against happened only once. In 23 cords to verify compliance with the Public Works Chapter of the Labor record. Hosszu held the previous Cal, the goal is to win. I don’t care of those 29 years, Stanford has fin- Code. mark. Hosszu is a two-time Olym- what my time is as long as I hit the ished among the top three. 4. The District shall withhold contract payments if payroll re- pian from Hungary and was a gold wall first. It’s the one meet I have Emotions will run high Saturday cords are delinquent or inadequate. medalist at the World Champion- been looking forward to, especially as Stanford salutes its seniors. 5. The District shall withhold contract payments as described ships. since they are the defending national “I’ll try not to get too sad,” Mau- in the LCP, including applicable penalties when the District and Labor Cal’s Sara Isakovic, an Olympic champions.” rer said. “We try to stay focused on Commissioner establish that underpayment of other violations has oc- silver medalist from Slovakia, ranks Ditto originally chose Georgia the present. We can worry about curred. second nationally in the 200 free and an academic scholarship over everything else when the 400 free with a 1:44.95. Stanford and an athletic scholarship. relay is over in March.” Beginning Monday February 15, 2010, by appointment, bidders may Dwelley could be competing She had been accepted at Stanford, Training has just entered its examine Plans and Specifications at Facilities Office, 25 Churchill Ave against Palo Alto grad Liv Jensen in but was attracted to Georgia be- “purgatory” period, when swim- Building D, Palo Alto, California 94306. Bidders may purchase copies both the 50 free and 100 free. For- cause of its national prominence in mers are beginning to taper and of Plans and Specifications at Peninsula Digital Imaging, 599 Fairch- mer Vikings’ star Colleen Fotsch the sport. The Bulldogs have won start resting for the bigger meets ild Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, Phone Number (650) 967-1966 swims the 100 fly and 100 back for four national titles and are favored down the line. upon payment of $200 per set with the check made out to Palo Alto the Bears. to win No. 5 this year. They have “Your body starts to feel different Unified School District. “Kate had a breakthrough meet finished second or better in eight of and you can get nervous about how All questions can be addressed to: at USC,” Maurer said. “She’s really the past nine seasons. you’re feeling,” Maurer said. “But Palo Alto Unified School District grown into her captain’s shoes and Ditto, a native of Austin, Texas, the enthusiasm of this meet is pal- 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D she’s been asked to lead.” has earned one of the 891 All-Amer- pable and generates its own energy. Palo Alto, CA 94306-1099 Dwelley, one of four juniors, em- ican honors in Georgia history. We’re confident as a dual-meet team Attn: Heidi Rank braces her role as a leader. After all, Her decision to transfer to Stan- and the goal is to carry that into the Phone: (650) 833-4205 Fax: (650) 327-3588 E-mail: [email protected] he said, she learned from Smit. ford was based on academic and championship season.” N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 33 Sports Boys’ basketball (continued from page 32) ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

regular season, there is no room to slip up. The Gators’ lead is only one game over second-place Harker (9-2, 17-4). After Friday’s games, Sacred Heart will host Crystal Springs (2-9) and King’s Academy (5-6) to wrap things up. “It kind of keeps it in our hands,” Martinelli said of the impending title. “With three games left at home, it’s a good situation. We haven’t won a league title since 2006, so the guys are focusing on taking that next step.” Sacred Heart took a big step toward the title by beating host Pin- ewood on Tuesday, 59-48. The Pan- thers came in just a game back of SHP, were playing at home and still smarting from a bad loss to the Ga- Keith Peters tors last month. “I knew Pinewood was good Kelsey Morehead Will & Reed McConnell and our health situation had me on Pinewood School Sacred Heart Prep edge,” Martinelli said. “And playing The junior guard scored 43 The junior twins combined Spencer Rosekrans of Sacred Heart Prep (right) ended up winning this in their gym is never easy. We didn’t points, had eight assists, for 51 points and 11 re- battle for the loose ball with Pinewood’s Dante Fraioli. win there last year.” seven steals and six rebounds in addition to a The other problem was that junior bounds, despite being sick, handful of blocked shots and Reed McConnell, the team’s leading to help the Panthers win assists while sparking the NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE LIBRARY scorer, was sick with a sinus infec- ADVISORY COMMISSION tion. three basketball games and Gators to a pair of basketball FOR ONE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING “But, he knew how important the remain tied for first place in victories to keep them in JANUARY 31, 2011 game was,” Martinelli said. “Just the WBAL Foothill Division. first place in the WBAL. (Term of Mashruwala) having him on the floor meant Pin- ewood had to pay attention to him.” Honorable mention NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking applications for McConnell scored just two points Felicia Anderson Joseph Bolous the Library Advisory Commission from persons interested in serving in one in the first half and finished with Eastside Prep basketball Sacred Heart Prep soccer unexpired term ending January 31, 2011. nine, but made four free throws Massiel Castellanos Ty Cobb during an 8-0 run to close out the Priory soccer Sacred Heart Prep basketball Eligibility Requirements: The Library Advisory Commission is composed of game and the Panthers (8-3, 15-5), Hailie Eackles* Riley Fallon seven members who shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure who fell to third place. Pinewood basketball Sacred Heart Prep soccer of the City Council, but who shall not be Council Members, officers or Sacred Heart trailed at halftime, Ahjalee Harvey* Reed Foster employees of the City of Palo Alto. Each member of the Commission shall 28-24, and was still down at 35-30 Eastside Prep basketball Menlo-Atherton basketball have a demonstrated interest in public library matters. All members of the before Martinelli made a lineup Miranda Seto Jeff Keller* Commission shall at all times be residents of the City of Palo Alto. Regular change that clicked. With reserves Pinewood basketball Menlo-Atherton basketball meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday the month, at least one Zach Watterson, Pat McNamara and Maeve Stewart Max Lippe* month per quarter. Cal Baloff on the floor with starters Colin Terndrup and Will McCon- Palo Alto soccer Pinewood basketball Purpose and Duties: The purpose of the Library Advisory Commission shall nell, the Gators’ fullcourt press be- * previous winner be to advise the City Council on matters relating to the Palo Alto City Library, gan to work and the game changed To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com excluding daily administrative operations. The Commission shall have the quickly. following duties: 1. Advise the City Council on planning and policy matters pertaining to: The Gators went on a 14-0 run Wednesday night, 62-51. defense and rebounding ignited the a) the goals of and the services provided by the Palo Alto City Library; as Baloff scored seven of his 10 The Vikings improved to 8-1 in fast break, which created the scor- b) the future delivery of the services by the Palo Alto City Library; c) the points. One three-point play came league (15-6 overall) and remained ing opportunities.” City Manager’s recommendations pertaining to the disposition of major when he drove to the basket and, re- in first place after securing their Brown also scored 16 points to gifts of money, personal property and real property to the City to be alizing he was going eighth straight win. pace Paly while Brendan Rider add- used for library purposes; d) the construction and renovation of capital to get fouled, turned The third-place Eagles ed 13 and Max Schmarzo had 12, facilities of the Palo Alto City Library; and e) joint action projects with his back and flipped a fell to 6-4 (15-7). Paly all coming on three-pointers. Los other public or private information entities, including libraries. two-handed shot over received a big boost Altos made a great comeback be- 2. Review state legislative proposals that may affect the operation of the his head. The ball from Homestead, hind Spencer Wells, who scored 16 Palo Alto City Library. went in and Baloff which handed second- for the game and nine in the fourth 3. Review the City Manager’s proposed budget for capital improvements made the free throw place Los Gatos (7-3, quarter when Los Altos outscored and operations relating to the Palo Alto City Library, and thereafter for a 40-35 lead. 18-4) a 65-64 defeat. Paly 23-10. The Vikings, however, forward any comments to one or more of the applicable committees of Martinelli said the It was the second time held a 40-14 halftime lead, thanks the Council. group that made the the Mustangs have to their hot shooting that resulted in 4. Provide advice upon such other matters as the City Council may from difference had never beaten the Wildcats a 26-2 run at one point as the Eagles time to time assign. played together be- this season. missed nine straight shots in the 5. Receive community input concerning the Palo Alto City Library. fore. With only three second quarter. 6. Review and comment on fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Palo Alto “We’ve never even games remaining in In other highlights this week: City Library. put that team on the the regular season, the In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo- floor in practice,” Vikings can clinch no Atherton followed up its shocking The Library Advisory Commission shall not have the power or authority to Ty Cobb (44) cause the expenditure of City funds or to bind the City to any written or implied Martinelli explained. worse than a tie for one-point win over previously un- contract. It says what a different team we can the division title by beating host beaten Burlingame last Friday with be.” Homestead on Friday night (7 p.m.). a 45-34 win over visiting Terra Nova Appointment information and application forms are available in the City Clerk‘s It also says the Gators are as Should that happen, Palo Alto can on Wednesday. The Bears (5-4, 13- Office, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (Phone: 650-329-2571) or may be deep as they are tall, with eight claim the title outright next Wednes- 10) won their third straight as Nils obtained on the website at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org. players standing 6-foot-2 or taller. day by beating visiting Fremont (7 Gilbertson scored 17 points and Jeff Most important, Martinelli appar- p.m.). If Paly continues to play as it Keller added 16. Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk‘s Office is 5:30 p.m., ently can go to his bench and put did in the first half of Wednesday’s In the WBAL, Menlo School Monday, March 8, 2010. together various combinations that game, it’s a done deal. moved into a tie for fourth place in will work. “The defense was outstanding in the WBAL with a 55-51 victory over PALO ALTO RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT Another team in a similar situa- the first half as was the passing and host Eastside Prep on Tuesday. The tion is Palo Alto. The Vikings, too, shooting (seven made 3’s),” said Knights (5-6, 7-14) got a career-high can control their own destiny in the Paly coach Bob Roehl, whose team 30 points from 6-foot-6 junior Rich- DONNA J. GRIDER SCVAL De Anza Division race af- held Los Altos to just 14 points in the ard Harris, who also grabbed 11 re- City Clerk ter rolling over visiting Los Altos on first two periods. “Kevin Brown’s bounds in his standout effort. N Page 34ÊUÊiLÀÕ>ÀÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ WBCA Pink Zone® Breast Cancer Awareness Night

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