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6°Ê888]Ê ÕLiÀÊxÊUÊÀ`>Þ]Ê-i«ÌiLiÀÊx]ÊÓäänÊ N xäZ Worth a Look: Montage mania WeeklyWeekend Edition Page 12 www.PaloAltoOnline.com ARTOF THERIDE Painter draws inspiration from local cycling scene Page 7 Courtesy Terri Hill Terri Courtesy Worth A Look 12 Eating Out 13Movie Times 19 Goings On 20 ■ Upfront Roche workers face layoff uncertainty Page 3 ■ Sports High school football season kicks off Page 23 ■ Home & Real Estate Spotlight on Charleston Gardens Section 2 HOME OF THE LATEST Traditional Homes from the mid $1,000,000s (888) 644-7935 To San Francisco MENLO MIDDLEFIELD RD 101 PARK WILLOW RD LINFIELD DR EL CAMINO REAL UNIVERSITY AVE 82 New Homes — Menlo Park Pricing effective as of publication deadline. Rendering is artist’s conception. Map not to scale. YourNewPeninsulaHome.com MODELS OPEN Condominiums from the mid $700,000s PALO ALTO (800) 993-5316 101 PALO ALTO MIDDLEFIELD RD 82 EL CAMINO REAL FABIAN WAY E. MEADOW DR ANTONIO RD SAN Pricing effective as of publication deadline. New Homes — Palo Alto Rendering is artist’s conception. Map not to scale. *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÀ`>Þ]Ê-i«ÌiLiÀÊx]ÊÓäänÊU Page 2 UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Layoffs planned with Roche departure Wallach, Roche’s vice president of ed Roche’s initial $43.7 billion offer move to Nutley, N.J., and virology Future murky — but perhaps not so bad communications. as too low in August, Wallach said research will move to the Genentech — for 1,000 employees “Some people will lose their jobs,” Roche is confident the transaction facility in South San Francisco, ac- she said, declining to state how will be a success. cording to Wallach. by Arden Pennell many, in which divisions, or when. The company’s current headquar- A nearly three-hour meeting ne of Palo Alto’s biggest em- firmed this week. Roche’s departure, first reported ters is at 3431 Hillview Ave., near for Roche employees took place ployers, Roche, will be leav- And as it departs, a portion of by the Weekly in July, is triggered the intersection of Arastradero Road Wednesday morning at the Crowne O ing its million-square-foot the Swiss drug maker’s 1,000- by its bid to acquire biotechnol- and Foothill Expressway. Plaza Cabana hotel. campus in the Stanford Research strong Palo Alto workforce will be ogy giant Genentech, Wallach con- When Roche leaves the city, the Park next year, the company con- laid off, according to Jacqueline firmed. Although Genentech reject- inflammation-research division will VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ4) LAND USE Board to affordable-housing group: Be a good neighbor Alma Street structure proposes 101 affordable units, plus a new, bigger Palo Alto Hardware by Arden Pennell and Sue Dremann plan to build affordable hous- Hardware building — to make room ing for Palo Alto’s service for two five-story buildings. A workers, their families and The project is proposed by Palo seniors is meeting with criticism Alto Family Limited Partnership, a from neighbors — and vows of co- joint development by the nonprofit operation from architects and city Community Housing Alliance of officials. Palo Alto and Eden Housing Inc., The plan for 101 low-income- a Hayward nonprofit with 40 years housing apartments on Alma Street of experience in affordable-housing between Homer and Channing av- development in seven counties from enues was presented to the city’s Manteca to San Jose and north to Architectural Review Board Thurs- Healdsburg. day for a non-voting, preliminary- The mixed-use plan realizes a feedback session. goal of SOFA II, a zoning plan ham- The project would demolish all ex- mered out 11 years ago for the area isting structures — including Ole’s south of Forest Avenue to Addison Car Shop, an abandoned electrical Avenue and from Emerson to Alma substation, a small office building and the building housing Palo Alto VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊx) PARKS AND RECREATION Rinconada runneth over? Cold showers leave city in hot water with some swimmers by Karla Kane t Palo Alto’s Rinconada Pool, has started to address the problem, frustrated shower users are acknowledging that the shower sys- A complaining of long-running tem is indeed due for repairs. Staff — and wasteful — problems with members hope to resolve the prob- the facilities and have petitioned the lem within a few months. city for repairs. Killen, a longtime member of the The current locker-room show- Rinconada Masters program, swims ers are activated by a button and at the pool three times a week. She shut off automatically, theoretically said the showers in both male and fe- curbing water flow after a minute or male locker rooms have been a prob- two. Often, however, the water just lem for nearly 15 years — since she >À>Ê->`Õ} keeps coming, long after the show- started swimming there in 1994. er was used and the supply of hot- She estimated the showers mal- water supply depleted, according to function three or more times per frequent visitor Josephine Killen. month. Often she has arrived at 6 Eventually, Killen said, someone a.m. to find the showers still run- calls the city, which then sends a ning from the day before, she said. Hey, could I take him home? worker out to fix the problem. In the Repeated complaints to city staff Jack Newman, 3, of Palo Alto is enthralled as 25-year-old boa constrictor Cleo reaches high in meantime, “tremendous amounts of over the years have not yielded re- its cage at the Palo Alto Junior Museum last Friday. Fun facts: A boa constrictor can reach a water and heat energy are being sults, she said. wasted,” she said. length of 12 feet, is primarily nocturnal, and can birth 15 to 40 young snakes at a time. The city, for its part, contends it VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ4) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÀ`>Þ]Ê-i«ÌiLiÀÊx]ÊÓäänÊU Page 3 Upfront Where languages Under a power-purchase agree- 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 Roche VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊή ment, Solar Power Partners will pay are just the (650) 326-8210 for installing panels and Roche will PUBLISHER While Roche declined to com- simply buy power, he said, adding beginning... William S. Johnson www.istp.org ment on what was said at the meet- Roche is already the city’s top pur- French-English Program Chinese-English Program EDITORIAL ing, officials reportedly moved to chaser of green power. Information Night Information Night (650) 251-8504 Jay Thorwaldson, Editor th th Palo Alto, CA Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor quell jitters about the future. As to whether the green prac- September 30 at 6 p.m. October 14 at 6 p.m th Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Associate Editors th th Nursery - 8 No employees are believed to November 4 at 6 p.m. November 18 at 6 p.m. Keith Peters, Sports Editor tices would continue under the Tyler Hanley, Online Editor have lost their jobs yet nor are they site’s future tenant, Sonberg said Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor expected to until next year. it’s unclear, explaining the com- Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor The firm is reportedly willing to pany is focused on transitioning its E Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer co Arden Pennell, Becky Trout, Staff Writers provide “incredibly generous” sev- divisions rather than finding a new Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor l erance packages to laid-off employ- renter. (Under the firm’s ground e Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant i Marjan Sadoughi, Veronica Weber, Staff ees, according to one person who lease with Stanford Research Park, n te Photographers attended the meeting. it is Roche’s responsibility to secure Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, rn After Roche executives spoke to a new tenant, according to park Di- ̽ Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Jack McKinnon, atio Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors employees in the hotel ballroom, rector Jean Snider.) ࣑ Megan Rawlins, Johanna Toivio, Kris Young, workers filing out appeared up- Sonberg said he didn’t know n Editorial Interns a Jill Kimball, Arts and Entertainment Intern beat, without tears or visible dis- whether he would remain at the site l e Darlene Bouchard, Photography Intern tress. At a company-hosted buffet or travel with Roche but praised ᄑ de DESIGN luncheon, they ate sandwiches and Roche’s helpful attitude to employ- l Shannon Corey, Design Director chatted steadily. ees at an uncertain time. a Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers ዕ P Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, Scott Peterson, Roche has been in Palo Alto since “Everyone on this site is evaluating é Designers its 1994 acquisition of Syntex. what their options are, and Roche is ओ n i PRODUCTION It has won accolades for an eco- doing a great job trying to make that n su Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager friendly campus that Keith Son- process go very well,” he said. Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, l berg, senior director of site opera- City officials have said Roche’s e Sales & Production Coordinators tions and the man behind many of departure marks the loss of a long- ADVERTISING Walter Kupiec, Advertising Director the green initiatives, said has in- time community partner. Promoting Global Responsibility Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. fluenced Roche offices worldwide. Roche has been a “superb corpo- Judie Block, Janice Hoogner, Display The campus’ 95 percent recycling rate citizen,” teaming up with the Advertising Sales Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales program and general re-use philos- city on environmental and safety Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. ophy have caught on, he said. initiatives, Mayor Larry Klein said. David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, Inside Advertising Sales Roche’s plan to install enough roof- The president of the Palo Alto Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst.