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LAND USE Palo Alto VA plans big expansion Center to rehabilitate the blind will be largest in VA system by Sue Dremann

$750 million reconstruction crease in the last 11 years,” Nietup- project is underway at the ski said. A Veterans Affairs Palo Alto The VA Palo Alto Health Care Health Care System in Palo Alto. System as a whole includes inpatient The redevelopment work in- facilities at Palo Alto, Livermore cludes a 375,000-square-foot and Menlo Park, though construc- ambulatory-care/research center; tion will be focused in Palo Alto. >ÀiiÊ ÕV >À` a 93,000-square-foot polytrau- The system — which also in- ma rehabilitation center; a new cludes six outpatient clinics in San 64,000-square-foot Western Blind Jose, Capitola, Monterey, Stockton, Rehabilitation Center; an 80-bed, Modesto and Sonora — treated 80,000-square-foot acute psychi- 745,000 outpatients in 2007, up atric inpatient facility; a 32,000- from 494,000 in 1997, according to Shoe fetish Alexandra Yesian, 16, stacks boxes holding nearly 150 pairs of shoes, which she do- square-foot rehabilitation research Nietupski. nated last week to the Ecumenical Hunger Program in East Palo Alto. Dubbing her charity effort “Got and development bone-and-joint The Palo Alto projects are part of Extra Shoes?” Alexandra has been collecting shoes from friends, neighbors and strangers for more center; and a 20,000-square-foot a nationwide upgrade of facilities than a month. For the full story on Got Extra Shoes? go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com. central plant and generator facili- serving veterans. In July 1999, a ties and 600-stall parking structure General Accounting Office (GAO) and helipad. study found the Veterans Adminis- of the annual $5.2 million that a A new emergency department tration was diverting a million dol- BUSINESS new police headquarters is expect- opened on July 14. lars a day — or $3.6 billion during ed to cost over the next 30 years, The projects will consolidate a decade — from veterans’ health according to Lalo Perez, the city’s services that are currently scat- care to maintain unneeded or un- City seeks tax administrative services director. tered around the 93-acre Palo Alto used facilities. The major corporations in Stan- campus and will also replace aging The average age of the Veteran ford Research Park — such as buildings that became structurally Affairs’ 4,900 buildings is more to raise revenues Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lock- deficient after the 1989 Loma Pri- than 50 years, and the need to re- Palo Alto tax could target major firms heed Martin — pay relatively low eta earthquake, according to Jason duce vacant space and unneeded property and sales taxes and would Nietupski, facilities manager for the buildings has been the focus of sev- and fund police building, supporters say be appropriate targets of such a tax, Palo Alto VA. eral reports by the GAO. by Arden Pennell according to former City Council The Palo Alto center has seen a “This approach to facilities man- member Bern Beecham, who orig- marked growth in its number of pa- agement means the dollars once n need of money for a new $80 is moving forward with consider- inated the tax idea. tients over the past decade. wasted on old and vacant buildings million public-safety building ation of a business tax. But the business community “In 1997, we treated 24,051 pa- can be used to enhance services in I that voters seemed unwilling A business tax could generate tients; in 2007, that number hit to pay for, the City of Palo Alto between $1 million to $2.5 million VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ5) 49,370. That’s a 100-percent in- VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ5)

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He attended St. Louis Country Day School; Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Associate Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor Town graduated from Salisbury School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Tyler Hanley, Online Editor by Don Kazak and Harvard Business School; worked for Monsanto in Malaysia and Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor MEMC in Woodside, CA; founded several companies including Wafer Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer Arden Pennell, Becky Trout, Staff Writers Helping students, bit by bit Solutions, Zoomers and David’s Cookies. Funeral arrangements are Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant private. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Little Marjan Sadoughi, Veronica Weber, Staff ince 2005, former Palo Alto fornia Community College Mental Traverse Bay; 3434 Main Street, Suite 7; Harbor Springs, Michigan Photographers Mayor Vic Ojakian and his Health and Wellness Association. Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, wife, Mary, have been work- Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Jack McKinnon, S The California State University 49740 or Little Traverse Conservancy; 3264 Howell Road; Petoskey, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Craig Wentz, ing tirelessly to try to improve system is also taking notice and is Michigan 49770. Contributors student mental health programs in starting to form a new group, he Monica Guzman, Christine Karavas, PAID OBITUARY Thea Lamkin, Megan Rawlins, Editorial Interns California. said. He hasn’t worked with the Jill Kimball, Arts and Entertainment Intern They have a special motivation CSU system yet, but intends to. Darlene Bouchard, Photography Intern because their son, Adam, was a 21- “We can put down the UC report DESIGN year-old University of California and what the community colleges Shannon Corey, Design Director Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers Davis senior when he killed himself have done,” Ojakian said of the Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, in December 2004. CSU system. “We’re pretty happy Charmaine Mirsky, Scott Peterson, Designers In the more than four years since, with the college stuff.” PRODUCTION the Ojakians have amassed a moun- Vic and Mary are both members Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, tain of information on suicides by of Santa Clara County advisory It‘s an easy way to make a difference. Sales & Production Coordinators young people and have spoken committees in the final stages of fi- ADVERTISING whenever possible to try to improve nalizing a plan to create new mental Vern Ingraham, Advertising Director student mental health programs. health programs using state Propo- Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. Working with others, substantial sition 63 funds, which is happening Judie Block, Adam Cone, Janice Hoogner, Display Advertising Sales progress has been made. all over the state. Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales After the Ojakians spoke to the Two-thirds of that effort is aimed Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, UC Board of Regents in September at new programs for young people, Inside Advertising Sales 2005, former UC President Robert he said. Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. Dynes and the regents quickly cre- “Next year, funding for the coun- ONLINE SERVICES ated an oversight committee and ties will be available and new sourc- Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online raised student fees to pay for more es of funding for all three college BUSINESS counselors. systems will be available,” Ojakian Theresa Freidin, Controller Haleh Yee, Manager of Payroll & Benefits The Ojakians also have worked said. Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant with community colleges and are On the K-12 level, the Palo Alto Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Cathy involved in county efforts that will Unified School District added a Stringari, Doris Taylor, Business Associates soon have additional mental health mental-health priority to its new ADMINISTRATION Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & funding. 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That’s “a penny Incredulous business owners have on the dollar,” relative to other op- is wary of a tax that several of its even demanded the city provide erational costs for big firms, Bee- members said could be based on them with a written letter stating cham said. false assumptions and that might there is no tax, so they won’t later Such a tax would be unlikely to estrange businesses from the city. be fined for not paying it, he said. deter major companies from doing Foot Spa Jean Snider, director of the uni- Accordingly, the city lacks staff business locally, Burt said. versity’s research park, said the area members familiar with such a tax, “In many cases they’re very GRAND OPENING does indeed carry its weight in taxes. the reason for seeking an outside successful companies who really Sales tax was on the rise from 2005- consultant, Perez said. wouldn’t have so much heartburn Neck, Shoulder, and Back included-FREE 2006, and property taxes increase He said the tax would help fund over a moderate tax,” he said. Alma St. 3731 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA significantly each time a property the new public-safety building — Yet Snider, the director of the is renovated, she said. projected to cost $80 million includ- research park where many of the El Camino Real (650) 565-8855 Wilton Ave. Page Mill Rd. And the city must be careful not ing construction, interest and other major firms possibly targeted by Curtner Ave. or to alienate the businesses whose expenses — that would house police the tax are tenants, said the firms current taxes already pay for a ma- headquarters and an emergency-op- already pay plenty. Sales tax grew W. Charleston Rd. (650) 793-7080 jority of municipal services, accord- erations center. from $1.3 million in 2005 to $2.2 Barron Ave. Ample parking in the rear. ing to Sandra Lonnquist, president Earlier this year, the city decid- million in 2006, she said. And, like and CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber ed instead to issue “certificates of residential areas, the park’s parcels of Commerce. participation” (COPs) to support pay varying taxes under Proposition The City of Palo Alto Arts & Sciences Division Businesses pay 60 percent of the the construction costs. COPS are 13, she pointed out. and the Palo Alto Weekly present city’s tax revenue but receive only 40 a self-financing method that still County records show the lots have percent back in services — the rest require the money to come from wildly varying assessments. goes to residents, Lonnquist said. somewhere. The Palo Alto Research Center on “There comes a breaking point While Perez said it’s too early to Coyote Hill Road, formerly Xerox that the business owner says, ‘Well, say exactly how the business tax PARC, was purchased in 1972 and if it costs me less to have a business would be structured, he suggested is assessed at about $35 million, ac- in Mountain View than it does in it could combine a flat rate with a cording to the Santa Clara County Palo Alto, what’s the main pull?’” tiered rate that depended on factors Assessor’s Office. On neighboring she said. such as business size and revenue. Hillview Avenue, the lot occupied This month, the city received one Beecham and Burt said a tax should by VMware and purchased in 1997 response to a proposal request for avoid hurting smaller retailers and in- is assessed at — and therefore taxed BROWN BAG CONCERT SERIES an outside firm to survey local busi- dependently owned businesses. on — nearly $236 million. Thursdays, 12 – 1 pm: July 10 – 31, 2008 nesses. That firm suggested a tiered The current tax structure already Lonnquist said at least one tax, tax, Perez said. asks smaller businesses for relative- business-to-business sales, ac- Cogswell Plaza: Lytton & Ramona Streets The city is reviewing the proposal ly more money, Burt said. counts for rising tax revenue from and can’t release details but could “You could have a little stationery the park. Free to the public decide this week whether to employ store on California Avenue (and) I Despite the opposing interests of the firm to create a possible tax won’t at all be surprised if they’re the city and businesses, the tax issue 7/17 KAWEH Flamenco, Rumba and Salsa music - www.kaweh.com structure, he said. paying more in taxes to the city has not become an us-versus-them the duchess of Ragtime If the city pursues the proposal, it than a billion-dollar software com- 7/24 MISS ANN GIBSON, debate. FREDERICK HODGES, famed society pianist would still need the approval of vot- pany,” he said. City staff members, including Hit songs and piano solos by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and ers. The city would need the coun- The large research and develop- Perez, are talking with the Cham- George Gershwin - www.frederickhodges.com cil’s OK to put the tax on the voters’ ment powerhouses in Stanford’s ber of Commerce to study tax-rev- ballots by November 2009, he said. park generally pay low sales taxes enue data and keep businesses in 7/31 DME/DAMIEN MASTERSON ENSEMBLE, The tax would need 51 percent ap- because they don’t sell products the loop on the possible upcoming The Beauty of the Chromatic Harmonica - Harmonica, guitar and piano proval to pass under state Proposi- from Palo Alto, Burt said. And un- tax, Lonnquist said. renditions of classical, American and Latin American music tion 218, Beecham said. der state Proposition 13 — which Meanwhile, the Chamber is sur- www.damienmasterson.com This latest step from the city caps freezes property-tax growth at a low veying businesses to determine how a several-year discussion that has percentage when properties aren’t much tax would be too much, she Bring your small sun umbrellas morphed from considerations of a sold or renovated — companies that said. For more information call 650-463-4940 business registry — which would have operated in Palo Alto for a long “Nobody should be under the or visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com have brought no net profit to the city time pay relatively little in property impression businesses don’t give but allowed it to keep a database of taxes, he said. enough,” Beecham said. The key is local businesses — to an outright, One way to fairly tax businesses making a fair tax to capture a bit of revenue-generating tax. could be based on the amount of money from firms that aren’t paying Palo Alto is one of only several employees, charging, for example, a lot, he said. N ver yourself at Av California cities with neither an $50 per worker annually, or $100 Staff Writer Arden Pennell can isco enid annual business tax nor a registry per worker if the firm had more be e-mailed at apennell@paweek- e-d as! of local businesses, according to than 100 workers, Beecham said. ly.com. r

veterans with traumatic brain inju- care at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. VA expansion Re-ENERGIZE yourself ries has blindness, Nietupski said. Many have to drive 50 miles from with fitness classes VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊÎ® To streamline operations, some affordable housing while receiving departments will be relocated. Ad- treatment, according to the Penta- Re-VITALIZE yourself the communities where health care ministrative offices will be moved to gon Federal Credit Union Founda- with massages is provided,” according to a VA the Jones Hall Army Reserve Center tion. The foundation is trying to statement. at 1776 Old Middlefield Way, Moun- raise $13 million for the facility by Re-CONNECT yourself The two most costly components tain View, according to Nietupski. December, to create 33 suites that with counseling of the Palo Alto system’s upgrade A “dry-lab” research facility — a can accommodate up to 66 people are the Centers for Ambulatory national coordinating center with at a time, Nietupski said. Re-INSPIRE yourself Care and Polytrauma and the Blind 900 scientists — will move from In addition to the changes in Palo by volunteering Center, according to Nietupski. seismically deficient 1929 buildings Alto, the Menlo Park campus will Re-INVENT yourself The ambulatory-care center will in Menlo Park to a two-story office have a new 120-bed nursing home with creative arts consolidate all outpatient care into building at Onizuka Air Force Base and 23,000-square-foot engineer- one facility, including optometry, in Sunnyvale. ing center to replace a warehouse. physical therapy and prosthetics, The research operation is the third A 9,000-square-foot radiology cen- he said. largest in the country, with studies ter will break ground in the fall and “The state-of-the-art polytrauma on dementia, brain injury, mental will be capable of pulling up records center will be on the level of a pri- health, infectious diseases and ge- from anywhere in the country, Niet- vate hospital,” he said. riatrics, Nietupski said. upski said. N Palo Alto is one of four facilities A guest house, the Hometel “De- Plans for the VA redevelopment 450 Bryant Street in the country that takes care of fender’s Lodge,” is also planned for are available at www.PaloAltoOn- Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 289-5400 war-wounded veterans with brain the Palo Alto campus but would line.com. www.avenidas.org trauma. be funded by donations. Last year, Staff Writer Sue Dremann can The blind center will be the larg- 11,000 patients had to find tempo- be e-mailed at sdremann@paweek- est in the VA system. One in three rary housing while they received ly.com.

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— Attorney Jon Parsons, on Children’s Winners Theatre Director Pat Briggs, who has reached a settle- ‘‘ ment with the City of Palo Alto. See story on page 3. announced August 27th Around Town MARKETING TO MOM AND building in the city’s Baylands, DAD ... Local playtime promoter is halfway to its goal, the group Mike Lanza has a new mis- announced recently. The $4 sion — convince Realtors to million project of lifting the sell to Mom and Dad. Lanza, flooded building off its founda- creator of the pro-play Web site tion, restoring the foundation, Playborhood.com, spent three then returning and restoring years bouncing between rental the building has garnered $2 houses in Palo Alto as he and million so far, according to his wife sought a kid-friendly Carol Broadbent Field, a board Your Child’s Health University neighborhood for their toddler member. And a new donation son, Marco. They settled recent- broke records recently, she Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital offers classes, seminars and resources ly in Menlo Park, and Lanza’s said. The hefty $146,250 three- learned a thing or two from the year grant from the Toyota USA designed to foster good health and enhance the lives of parents and children. experience, he said. Realtors Foundation is the largest cor- often didn’t know whether a porate grant the group has ever house had neighbors with kids received, according to Broad- MAMA YOGA or a good community feel. And bent Field. It’s sorely needed, Join other prenatal and postpartum mothers in a Yoga class designed to enhance many are afraid they’ll violate the EV Executive Director Allan strength, flexibility and tranquility. Practice Yoga stretches and poses while pregnant federal Fair Housing Act if they Berkowitz said. The money will and return after your delivery for a gentle shape-up and relaxation time. explicitly market to families, ac- fund EV’s environmental sci- cording to Lanza. But families ence programs at 60 schools - Saturdays, August 9-23 are a protected group under in Santa Clara and San Mateo the act, he said. He’s hoping to counties. Last year, reserva- PREPARING FOR MULTIPLES lobby the federal Department tions for the group’s 90-minute Are you expecting twins, triplets or more? With the potential for early delivery, expectant of Housing and Urban Devel- science programs and field parents of multiples are encouraged to learn everything there is to know about carrying opment to notify Realtors that trips at schools were snapped promoting family friendliness is up in an hour — another re- and delivering multiple infants. — pun intended — street legal. cord, according to Berkowitz. - Sunday, August 17 Meanwhile, Lanza has advice The group charges less than it for parents who don’t live in a costs to produce the programs, BECOMING GRANDPARENTS so-called “playborhood.” Take he added. To meet demand, EV walks in the neighborhood, greet is starting a volunteer-training Designed for new and expectant grandparents, this class examines the change in labor and get to know the neighbors, program with stipends for col- and delivery practices, the latest recommendations for infant care and the unique role then call on each other when it’s lege students this fall. Those of grandparents in today’s society. time to play, he said. interested in spreading ecologi- cal awareness to kids should - Thursday, August 21 HERE’S WHAT THEY PAY FOR e-mail Nicole Wilson, nicole@ UTILITIES ... Palo Alto’s electric evols.org. ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER rates remain below most other MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR PARENTS Northern California providers, AND THE NEW CITY AUDITOR Does your child have difficulty focusing, paying attention or sitting still? If so, your but its water rates are sig- IS? ... Now well-versed at grill- child could have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The Child nificantly higher, a comparative ing job candidates, the Palo Alto chart recently released by the City Council will kick off inter- Psychiatry Clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is offering ways for parents of Utilities Department shows. views this week with candidates children (ages 5-12) with ADHD to help their children improve behavior and function Palo Alto’s average resident for the city auditor position, more independently. If interested, please call (650) 723-5511. pays about $69 per month for which was vacated by Sharon - Tuesdays, September 9 – November 11 water, as much as 43 percent Erickson, who left in March to higher than surrounding cit- serve as chief auditor for San ies such as Los Altos, which Jose. Mayor Larry Klein said he charges $39 for the same expects the council will meet Call (650) 723-4600 or visit www.lpch.org to register or obtain more amount of water. An average with four finalists, selected from information on the times, locations and fees for these and other courses. Palo Alto household pays $69 an initial pool of 32 applicants. for electricity, below $95 for Pa- About 10 of those applicants cific Gas & Electric, but above dropped out, however, after they Santa Clara’s $57. Gas prices learned how much houses cost LUCILE PACKARD are also expected to slip below in Palo Alto, he said. Follow-up those of PG&E this year, with interviews could be held July CHILDREN’S Palo Alto residents paying $163 29, and the council expects to per month this winter and PG&E introduce the next auditor at its HOSPITAL charging $205. Aug. 4 meeting. The new auditor won’t get a warm-up period: His HALFWAY TO A BAYLANDS or her first assignment will be to HOME ... Environmental Vol- examine the city’s cash-handling CALL TODAY TO SIGN UP FOR CLASSES (650) 723-4600 unteers (EV), the Palo Alto- and travel policies, an inquiry based nonprofit that’s hoping that stems from the Palo Alto to restore the former Sea Scout Children’s Theatre imbroglio. N

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already angry theater community, who had been protesting the investigation and the treatment of the late ShopTalkby Daryl Savage Assistant Director Michael Litfin, Costume Supervisor Alison Wil- liams and former Program Assistant Richard Curtis. Yogurt explosion rocks Palo Alto Curtis also has been terminated, but Williams has been allowed to NO MELTDOWN IN SIGHT ... The immediate success of Fra- return to work. The Service Em- Palo Alto loves yogurt — but iche was closely watched by ployees International Union (SEIU), LOS ALTOS VAULT & SAFE DEPOSIT CO. not necessarily the store- others. “We see people in here which represents Curtis but not A private depository bought variety in little round with clipboards and cameras. Briggs, has said it will take Curtis’ containers. Palo Altans seem They take notes,” Gilmartin case to arbitration. Safe deposit boxes of all sizes 7 Ê, Ê£t to go for the more expensive, said. “We know what they’re Since January, dozens of theater Strict and total conﬁ dentiality / iÀiÊÃÊ ÊÓ frozen variety that is swirling doing, but, hey, imitation is a participants, parents and support- Secured and ample parking 6 Ê/t around town in small, upscale, compliment, right?” ers have entreated the City Council For your own sake we should have your business. crowded shops in what some The two friends don’t scare and city administrators weekly to Visit our facilities and judge for yourself. have called the “yogurt war.” easily. They are not fazed by resolve the situation. Red Mango, 429 University similar yogurt shops popping up Benest, who plans to retire in Data bank for important and conﬁ dential records. Ave., opened just two months in the area. “We’re different. We September when new City Manager ago. Although the Red Mango make everything from scratch. James Keene takes office, had been SAFE FROM STATE & FEDERAL INTRUSION brand is popular in Southern We do our own pasteurizing. urged by a number of city leaders to IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HACKERS TO PENETRATE OUR COMPUTER California with more than a We’re the first and only that we resolve the Children’s Theatre situa- SYSTEM. REASON — WE HAVE NO COMPUTERS. WE DO BUSINESS dozen shops, local owner Yul know of that has a pasteurizer’s tion prior to the transition to the new THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. Kwon is surprised that his first license,” Gilmartin said. manager. N 121 First Street, Los Altos, CA 94022 store in the Bay Area already California Avenue is also Staff Writer Becky Trout can be has a booming business. “Palo getting into the yogurt act. e-mailed at [email protected]. Tel: 650-949-5891 www.losaltosvault.com Alto seems to have a large ap- Although the shopping area petite for frozen yogurt,” Kwon is heavy on restaurants and said. He’s already planning hair-and-nail salons, there is a another Red Mango for San scarcity of ice-cream parlors or STANFORD Carlos and is hoping to have dessert shops. Two Palo Alto- one soon in San Jose’s San- area moms noted the dearth Summer Theater TH tana Row. and sprang into action. Alexis A former Google employee, Beckman and Mary Randolph- 10 SEASON Kwon just finalized an agree- Hundt founded Culture, an ment with his former company organic frozen-yogurt shop in which Google will begin serv- at 340 California Ave. that is ing Red Mango frozen yogurt in scheduled to open on Labor several of its cafes in Mountain Day. The pair’s main goal is to View in the next few weeks. be eco-friendly. “We are both Brian Friel Kwon, who’s had quite a run really dedicated to a local, sus- in the last few years, takes the tainable effort,” Beckman said. (and other Irish voices) Google coup in stride. He was Their yogurt store will reflect the $1 million winner in 2006 of that. “Our floors will be made of July 7—August 18, 2008 the CBS-TV show, “Survivor,” cork, and our counters will be and was later named one of made from recycled glass.” “Some of the most beguiling dialogue of the contemporary theater, People magazine’s sexiest men It was pure chance that the as , and as the rural Irish landscapes.” of 2006. Earlier this year, he two women got together. “We fresh pungent lyrical flirted briefly with a possible run were at the big slide in Johnson —The New York Times for Tom Lantos’ Congressional Park, at the corner of Waverley seat. And he had a helping Street and Hawthorne Avenue hand in drafting sections for the in north Palo Alto. We both have Homeland Security Bill, when 3-year-old little boys, and they FAITH HEALER he worked as a legislative aide were playing together, so we starring Andrew Robinson, directed by Rush Rehm to Senator Joseph Lieberman. started talking. Mary has a cu- linary background, and I’m the But Kwon, despite his fame and Exquisitely written, deeply emotional, and success, is surprisingly down- entrepreneur. We discovered we to-earth, and he is all about were both crazy about organic occasionally uproarious, Faith Healer interweaves yogurt these days, working food,” Beckman said. Their the stories of Frank Hardy, an itinerant miracle hard to get Red Mango shops 1,300-square-foot store will worker; his loyal wife Grace; and his manager throughout Northern California. have both indoor and outdoor Teddy as they recount their lives together on seating for about 30 people. The frozen-yogurt trend in Palo the road. A powerful and deeply moving Alto got a jumpstart last year, Even more frozen yogurt shops when Palo Altans Jessica Gil- are eyeing the Palo Alto area. account of love, and loss, Faith martin and Patty Roj formed a Pinkberry is a 3-year-old sensa- Healer is a tour de force for actors, partnership and opened Fra- tion in Southern California. “Palo delving into the fears and loyalties iche Yogurt at 644 Emerson Alto is definitely on our radar but that surround the charismatic faith we are not prepared to make St. The appeal was the quality healer Frank Hardy. of their product — they pas- an official announcement yet,” teurized their own yogurt and Pinkberry spokesperson Heath- made it on-site, in the back of er Wilson said. And Yogurberry, Thursdays through Sundays, the store. Word spread quickly. another Los Angeles-based July 31–August 17 at 8:00 PM Customers often are waiting frozen-yogurt chain, is making in lines that spill out onto the its way up the Peninsula. It will with additional Sunday “pay what sidewalk. Business became open stores in both San Jose you like” matinees at 2:00 PM so prosperous that the two are and Mountain View. One more Pigott Theater, Memorial Hall about to open their second shop, Frozen Yogurt Bar, is Tickets: $20 / $15 / $10 shop in San Mateo. “We had so planning an autumn opening on available at the door or online many customers who traveled Main Street in Los Altos. N down here from Burlingame Heard a rumor about your and San Mateo. There was a favorite store or business mov- need and a great opportunity, ing out, or in, down the block or so we took it. Opening a sec- across town? Daryl Savage will http://summertheater.stanford.edu ond Fraiche was the right thing check it out. She can be e-mailed to do,” Gilmartin said. at [email protected]. PHOTOGRAPH: BOBBY HANVEY

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The council voted 7-0 (with Yiaway Yeh and Greg Schmid absent) There is strong consensus that the earth’s growing population, as it demands higher to have staff research the concept and return with a recommendation standards of living and uses of cheap, available technologies (e.g. burning coal, and this fall. driving gas-consuming large automobiles), will cause the carbon dioxide content in Kishimoto and Espinosa suggested adopting a $65,000, six-month the atmosphere to double or even triple by the year 2100. This implies many trial with 20 bikes based out of a central facility and operated by potentially serious impacts, though not all are negative. Library Bike, an Arcata-based organization that manages public bi- cycling programs in several communities. Join Stephen Schneider, Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, as According to Library Bike’s proposal, anyone could purchase a card he discusses the local, regional, and international actions that are already being taken for $11 a month or $29 for six months, giving access to the bike shed and the ability to borrow a bike for up to two hours. After that, hourly to address the problem. charges would accrue. Councilman Pat Burt said a program with a single drop-off location Thursday, July 24 and two-hour limit isn’t likely to succeed, because Palo Alto’s workers 7:00 PM would want to commute from the train station to an office. Lawn Outside Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Kishimoto said the city could tailor the program to Palo Alto’s needs, given additional funding. N FREE! —Becky Trout Come early to wander through the galleries, and bring a picnic to enjoy on the lawn. 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to San Francisco at the age of 3. 1985 Louis Road. Lester Hebard. pecially by ship), painting, opera She graduated in the first graduat- In 1951, the family moved to Palo and the ballet. Walter preceded her Deaths ing class of Menlo-Atherton High Elizabeth Vance Alto. She worked for many years as in death in 1992. Elizabeth D’Arc School in 1952 and then went to San Elizabeth Singer Hebard Vance, a secretary at Lockheed Research In 1993 she met Arthur Furst. Jose State and San Francisco State 90, a resident of Palo Alto, died July Facility but her dream was to be- Their companionship lasted until Elizabeth “Betty” D’Arc, 86, a universities. come a real-estate broker, which she Arthur’s death in 2005. resident of Menlo Park, died June 5. She was a vocal political activist, She was born in San Francisco. achieved in 1965. After her divorce She is survived by her son, Stephen 30 at Sequoia Hospital of appendi- working closely with William By- from Lester Hebard, she married Hebard of Alpine Meadows, Calif.; citis. She graduated from Lowell High ron Webster to create a solid base School and Heald Business Col- fellow broker Walter Vance in 1969. daughter, Elaine “Lane” Singer of Born in Alexandria, Va., she for rent stabilization in East Palo Together they were able to pursue Boulder, Colo.; four grandchildren; graduated from Hollins University lege. Alto. In 1943 she married neighbor their joint interests of traveling (es- and one great-grandchild. in 1944 with a degree in French. She co-founded a specialized In January of 1944 she married swim program more than two de- a naval dental officer, Commander cades ago, along with her long-time Howard Thorton D’Arc, and in 1954 THE PALO ALTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE friend Pat Johnson. They created THANKS OUR NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS FOR JUNE & JULY 2008 they moved to Menlo Park to raise a water-exercise program for large their four children. women who otherwise could not She was a loving housewife and Your Partner Building Economic Vitality Renewing Members exercise. They affectionately called Thank you for continuing your support of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce mother who relished organizing 9Supports a Strong Local Economy themselves “The Water Lilies.” She and the business community block parties and annual New Year’s was still teaching water exercise at 9Promotes the Community Eve parties. She dabbled in cooking, 9Provides Networking Opportunities All Saints’ Episcol Church Gamble Garden Piazza’s Fine Food the age of 72, in two Mid-Peninsula American Storage Home RedeÀ ned Reach Fitness Club sewing, needlepoint and was espe- 9Engages in Political Action YMCAs and also at the former Bet- 9Represents Business to Government Associates Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana Roche Palo Alto LLC cially proud of her ballroom danc- ty Wright Swim Center. Atherton Plastic Surgery Inns of America FairÀ eld Sand Hill Advisor ing abilities. Center Inns by Mariott Schiller Construction Inc. She spent 17 years working in the The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is here beside you Blue Chalk Cafe Jan Cummins, Atty. Smith Venture Group She was preceded in death by her pediatric department of the Palo offering government advocacy of business interests, C V Therapeutics At Law Stanford Electric Works son, William D’Arc. California PaciÀ c Julian Chase Hair Design Stanford Lively Arts Alto Medical Foundation as a pedi- networking opportunities, special events, web presence, Coldwell Banker Comer- Lifetime Pools, Inc. Stoecker & Northway She is survived by three chil- atric phone receptionist. and presenting educational opportunities to help you grow cial - Ann Wilbur Magnolia Audio Video Architects, Inc. dren, Dr. Thorton A. D’Arc of Pla- She was also a volunteer in the a successful business. We extend a special thank you to Comfort Inn Magnussen Toyota Stuart Leeb and centia, Calif.; Robin J. Blossom of Conference Consultants Mantra Restaurant Associates schools of East Palo Alto. Her con- our business partners who have joined or continued their Congdon & Crome, Inc. Marriott Residence Inn SummerHill Homes Oakhurst, Calif.; and Gary V. D’Arc tribution to “The YES Reading Pro- Cool Café at Cantor Arts Mock Photography Sunrise Senior Living of Menlo Park; four grandchildren; June & July New Members Center Morrison and Foerster The Fun Cruise - Paul gram” was a top priority for her. Dang, Finley, Jurosky & NICORPA Virtual Hsia and three great-grandchildren. She also loved to sing. She was Am/PM Billboard.Com IDEA Box Baldassari-Cruz Services, Inc. The Healing Lab A memorial service will be held most recently in the choir at the Avanoo, Inc Ingrbritt Christensen Dolan Capital Manage- NOVA Connect Business Threestory Studio Saturday, August 2, at Holy Trinity Cultural Care Au Pair Design ment Services Ventana Property First Congregational Church of Palo Dr. Kevin Low/ Whitney Palo Alto Art Center Services The Decision Education McRoskey Mattress Co. Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave. in Alto. Lenz Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Rhino Network Solutions Draper Fisher Jurvetson Palo Alto Commons West Bay Opera Menlo Park. She was a 17-year season-ticket The family requests memorial Designs by Theresa Rosewood Sand Hill Ecumenical Hunger Palo Alto Partner in World Wildlife Fund holder for Theatre Works and loved Emily Cohen State Farm Safeway, Inc Program Education WSI Serious Web contributions to be sent to The Vi- Explore Publishing, Inc. Pathways Health Solutions the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Insurance Four Seasons Hotel Peninsula Open Space ZAO Noodle Bar sion Academy of the Arts, P.O. Box She is survived by her three chil- 1272 Oakhurst, CA 93644. dren, Lucetta Tuttle, Sheldon John- ston and Laurel McCarthy; three Audrey Johnson grandchildren; and sister, Barbara Audrey Johnson, 73, a resident of Ellis. East Palo Alto, died July 5 of ovar- A memorial service will be held ian cancer. Sunday, July 27, at 2 p.m. at the First PALO ALTO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 122 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: 650-324-3121 She was born in Great Falls, Congregational Church of Palo Alto, Mont., and moved with her family For more information about member beneÀ ts and joining the chamber, visit us at www.paloaltochamber.com

NOTICE OF HEARING ON REPORT AND ASSESSMENT FOR WEED ABATEMENT NOTICE OF DIRECTOR'S HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 14, 2008 To be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, August 7, 2008 in the Palo Alto City Council Conference the Fire Chief of the City of Palo Alto filed with the City Room, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Clerk of the City of Palo Alto a report and assessment on abatement of weeds within the City of Palo Alto, a copy of which is posted on the bulletin board at the Documents related to these items may be inspected by the public as follows: Palo Alto Downtown Library. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:00 a.m.- noon, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Wednesday 9:00 a.m.- noon, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on August 4, 2008 at the City of Palo Alto’s Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. at the hour of seven p.m. in the Council Chambers of Palo Alto City Hall, the Palo Alto weed abatement 370 Lowell Avenue [08PLN-00000-00131]: Request by Stephen Reller, owner, for a Preliminary report and assessment list will be presented to the Parcel Map to create two lots: 10,024 and 12,474 square feet from one existing residential parcel. City Council of Palo Alto for consideration, confirma- Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt from CEQA, Class 15. Zoning District: R-1 tion, and order that costs of abatement to be a spe- (10,000). cial assessment on the respective properties described Curtis Williams therein, and that any and all persons interested, hav- Director of Planning and Community Environment ing any objections to said report and assessment list, or to any matter or thing contained therein, may appear at said time and place and be heard. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, listening assistive devices are available in the Council Chambers and Council Conference Room, Sign language interpreters will be provided upon request with 72 hours advance notice.

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ7i`iÃ`>Þ]ÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓäänÊU Page 11 Editorial Honorable settlement for city and Briggs Agreement nearly concludes a sad saga of suspicion, innuendo, investigation and tragedy relating Editorials, letters and opinions to Palo Alto Children’s Theatre Spectrum he settlement agreement between the City of Palo Alto and Chil- dren’s Theatre Director Pat Briggs appears to be a fair compro- T mise for all sides in what had become a deepening morass of Adopt an adult At least two questions need to be cate the issue by bringing in irrel- suspicion, innuendo, fear and outright tragedy. Editor, answered: What is the additional evant issues to the table. “Now that we’ve reached a mutually acceptable agreement, we It’s kitten season at the Palo Alto cost of operating the downtown Howard Selznick can begin the healing process,” City Manager Frank Benest said animal shelter. Many are adopted and College Terrace branches? Waverley Street in an announcement of the settlement mid-afternoon Monday, by kind people who visit and can’t Are residents willing to pay that Palo Alto within 30 minutes of it being signed. resist the furry little charmers. additional amount to maintain and “This has been an extremely difficult time for our community, Meanwhile, the older cats wait in operate five branches? Climate change the (Children’s) Theatre, the city and Ms. Briggs,” he their cages. Gail Woolley Editor, acknowledged in the brief announcement. Sometimes a kitten is the right Mariposa Avenue Walt Kimball’s letter on July 2 Palo Alto Benest expressed “confidence that everyone can put aside their choice but before you decide really doesn’t deserve a reply; it’s a differences and work towards ensuring the continued success of consider that an adult cat may be put-down without substance. our beloved institution, the Children’s Theatre.” calmer, more predictable and may- Library support He is quite right that climates on Following several months of investigation, police on Jan. be even better with children. Editor, Earth have changed drastically in Cats like Bubba, a handsome The bond measure for Palo Alto’s the past. So what? Life forms were 24 abruptly closed the theater and Benest suspended four staff tom who jumped hopefully into libraries already has my support. A very different from what they are members: Briggs, Assistant Director Michael Litfin, Program a potential adopter’s lap only to visit to any branch should convince now and there were no humans liv- Assistant Richard Curtis and Costume Supervisor Alison be passed up for a tiny tabby. Or anyone of the need for new, state- ing then — except toward the end Williams. Litfin died a week after the closure after protesting Sasha, a healthy, companionable of-the-art facilities. of the last ice age. Now there are that he and others did nothing wrong. Curtis has been terminated. gray lap cat who barely gets a The bond measure is about capi- 6.7 billion of us — and the num- Williams has been allowed to return to work. glance once folks note her senior tal expenditures for the libraries, bers are fast rising — happily pol- Briggs praised the settlement and expressed optimism about the status. Or Topaz, a tortoiseshell not operating them. Bonds do not luting our home planet on an ever theater’s future. beauty who would blossom in a fund staff salaries and benefits larger scale. “Following the loss of Michael Litfin and the strain and quiet home with a loving owner if and acquisitions. Regardless of Our activities, i.e. consumption disruption of the last seven months, I think the interests of the she only had the chance. how you feel about audits, hours of fossil fuels, agriculture and de- Children’s Theatre are best served by my retirement and assistance Many others are waiting — open or staffing, new facilities forestation, have been continuously with the transition to a new director,” she said in the announcement. some, like Decker, Mara and Miss are still needed. The only issue to increasing the levels of greenhouse She also set a healing tone: “I am grateful for the support of Kitty, are wonderful with kittens. be debated is whether this capital gases, mainly carbon dioxide. This the city, my staff, and the community for so many years, and So if you can’t resist a kitten and expenditure is appropriate. The li- causes global warming which be- look forward to helping ensure the Children’s Theatre remains a can make a commitment to two brary’s day-to-day operations are gins to accelerate (positive feed- treasure for future generations.” cats, consider also adopting an not germane. The agreement would allow Briggs’ termination (never actually “aunt” or “uncle” to help you raise Please, PA Weekly, do not obfus- VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ13) implemented) to morph into a formal retirement Aug. 1 and an the baby. arrangement that would allow her to return to work as “advising Larkin Lapides artistic director” (with no financial responsibilities) to help Pasa Robles Avenue Los Alto YOUR TURN transition the Children’s Theatre into new management through next January. The agreement includes a repayment of $15,000 by Briggs to cover any overpayments by the city. Five branches worth it? The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on Briggs, 72, had planned to retire soon in any event, before a Editor, issues of local interest. I wholeheartedly agree with the burglary in late June 2007 launched an intensive 11-month police questions relating to the library What do you think? What would you be (or are you) in your Second investigation into messy financial matters at the theater. The bonds raised in the Weekly edito- Life? otherwise unrelated burglary has never been solved, although rial of July 9. $32,500 in equipment ultimately turned up missing, not including To the best of my recollection, Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] several thousand dollars in stolen traveler’s checks. or shorter comments to [email protected]. Include your name, neither survey offered a clear address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right By mid-May the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office choice between maintaining five to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors concluded that the case involving theater staff was too complex and branches with shorter hours, known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be accepted. flawed to present to a jury. A separate administrative investigation smaller collections, less space You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town concluded that Briggs and Curtis should be terminated. and fewer amenities versus three Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any The agreement with Briggs does not affect Curtis’ status. He is branches with longer hours, larger time, day or night. represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), collections, more space and more Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- which has said it will take the case to arbitration. One source amenities. mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish speculated that with Briggs’ settlement it follows there might be a Or, put another way, a new sur- it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. settlement of some type with Curtis, which seems logical. vey could offer a choice between For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Assistant to the Editor The settlement heads off potentially months of continued maintaining three branches with a Tyler Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. disruption. It also keeps the situation from landing in the lap reduced bond (or possibly no bond) of the new city manager, James Keene, when he takes office in versus five branches with the bond September, following Benest’s retirement. at a cost of about $120 to $160 per The settlement does not include any acknowledgement by the homeowner per year. Police Department of possible mistakes or weaknesses of the Simply asking if one supports having five branches is not the investigation, which may be just as well. Nor is it clear whether same as choosing between alter- an “investigation of the investigation” ordered by the City Council natives. will be curtailed. We believe the shortcomings of the investigation Moreover, with the proposed are self-evident. plan, additional staff and mainte- Yet even though hundreds of thousands of dollars have been nance will be needed. The cost is expended in police or consultant work on this matter — and even estimated at $750,000 to $1 mil- though there might be benefit in knowing more precisely what went lion and will be an ongoing ex- wrong and how a similar situation might be avoided in the future pense which councils are usually — it seems in everyone’s interest to simply stipulate that things loath to undertake. went a bit haywire and get on with rebuilding a valuable community The Council members have institution. Tighter supervision of future police investigations could based their decision to retain five be handled as an administrative/management matter. branches on the initial poorly con- As with all good settlements or compromises, no one is likely structed survey and loud support to be completely happy or satisfied with the results. But this may from a well-organized group. But be the best of all possible outcomes, and all who helped make this do these sources reflect the prefer- settlement happen deserve kudos. ences of the required two thirds of the voters? Page 12ÊUÊ7i`iÃ`>Þ]ÊÕÞÊ23]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a Guest Opinion reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our community website at www.PaloAl- toOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town! Bikes, feet and automobiles

by Mimm Patterson again. Of course there should have been when I have the right of way on my bike or in Letters proper records kept but why wasn’t this can’t cope. It’s all becoming a bit much. my car. Whatever you’re discussing, seriously, VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊ£Ó® reviewed yearly when problems could With a career in the healing arts (massage it can wait. have been corrected? I and yoga) I should Drivers: I know it’s absolutely critical that back). The people who have run this popular be one of Palo Alto’s you have a caffeine fix before your aerobics No need to panic, Mr. Kimball, it may and very beneficial venture for so many more mellow citizens. class/business meeting/dental appointment already be too late for us to prevent the years certainly don’t deserve the kind of But on a recent com- but still that’s no reason to be rude. Let’s re- collapse of civilization on our overheat- attacks and innuendo leveled at them. mute home I found member, when two cars approach an intersec- ed Earth by the end of this century. But It’s so sad that Michael Litfin died myself hanging out tion at the same time, the car on the right has you, Mr. Kimball, and all of us living while this ugly blight was put on the my car window hurl- the right away. And please, don’t roll through the good life now need not worry; we’ll staff who had spent so many happy and ing insults at the cy- any stop sign along Bryant Street’s Bike Bou- be dead by the time when the climate dedicated years doing what they loved to clist running through levard. Bicyclists feel safe there and some- changes really become hellish. do for children and adults alike. the stop sign at Homer times let their guard down. If you’re curious about the likely fu- I hope more of the staff will continue and Bryant. We are a “cross-transportational commu- ture scenarios on a hotter planet, read to protest. Sure, I was a little nity.” As fuel prices rise and we all seek al- “Six Degrees” (Mark Lynas, 2008) or Tibby Simon bit tense but that’s no ternatives, the roads are going to become a at least read Hillary Rosner’s review of Oberllin Street reason to take it out on some ignorant ... er, I veritable cornucopia of bikes, Segways, pe- this book in the March-April issue of Palo Alto mean innocent bicyclist. destrians, Penny Farthings and scooters. Audubon. It’s wonderful, of course, to see so many We all need to be better prepared to share Of course, there is no certainty that people choosing non-oil-reliant methods Fiber disappointment the road; to become more observant and more these predictions will come true but the Editor, of transport. Count me as one of them, as I evidence has accumulated to such an ride my bike as often as possible and I love considerate. For most of us that will require Thanks for your piece “Faster than some deep breathing and more than a little extent that the probability of destruc- a speeding data stream” (Weekly, July to walk. But when I need my massage table, tive climate changes can no longer be only my car will do. patience. 9). So, to the cyclist I hurled expletives at, I’m ignored by anyone who cares for the fate The street-level view is far less rosy So as a bicyclist, a walker and a driver, of our grandchildren and their descen- here’s what I would like to say: sorry. I will try to be a better driver, bicyclist than what the article sounds like. For and pedestrian. dants. one, it does not mention the much tout- Bicyclists: Stay off Alma Street. Who told Hans Weber you that was a good idea? Have you not no- There, I feel better already. Just don’t get ed “Fiber to the Home.” More than five me started on motorcycle dudes who split Patricia Lane years ago, I contacted the city to get ticed how many close calls you cause? You’re Palo Alto a hazard. And please give me the courtesy of lanes.N the service and was told to convince 25 neighbors before the city would even at least slowing down at a stop sign. Helmets Mimm Patterson served as president of the Shameful actions are protective but at the end of the day when Pacific Art League in the 1980s and 1990s, talk with me. As the taxpayer who Editor, I’m in my car I weigh a heck-of-a-lot more when she worked for the city’s Department helped fund the fiber, I was, and re- Each time I read about the shame- than you. of Art and Culture. She now practices thera- main terribly disappointed at the street ful actions perpetrated by the “George Pedestrians: Please don’t saunter diagonally peutic massage, Reiki and reflexology at the level. Orwellian” types carrying on their self- across the street engrossed in deep, crucially Body Therapy Center on California Avenue. Arvind Khilnani righteous investigations of the Chil- important conversation on your cell phone She can be e-mailed at [email protected]. Loma Verde Avenue dren’s Theatere staff, I feel sad all over Palo Alto Streetwise Are online communities like Second Life productive uses of time? Asked at Town and Country Shopping Center on El Camino Real in Palo Alto. Interviews by Christine Karavas. Photographs by Darlene Bouchard.

Dick Scott Caitlyn Dazey Felicia Anderson Heather Davila Mitchell Confer Professor Student Student Parent Artist Lathrop Place, Stanford Parkinson Street, Palo Alto El Camino Real, Palo Alto El Monte Avenue, Los Altos Barron Street, Menlo Park “The short answer is no. I think people “I would say it is but my mother would “I think so. It’s better than being “No, absolutely not. It keeps individu- “No, because I don’t think people do ought to interact with people instead say it’s not. She doesn’t like things like outside. It keeps people from dealing als away from going out in the world enough with their first life. If you have of people through a picture or a wire.” that.” dope and things like that. It keeps and experiencing it for yourself. I think enough time to do something in the them inside.” you should be trying to live this life, virtual world, you can do something not one that’s not you. There’s only so more productive if you applied that much time in the day. You need to go time to doing something in the real out and interact with people. world that may have much more beneficial outcomes.”

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ7iìÃ`>Þ]ÊÕÞÊ23]ÊÓäänÊU Page 13 Weekend PreviewWeekend Preview time, hit songs and day at 7:30 p.m. The tale features piano solos (think dancing cows and a cowboy who Irving Berlin and rides tornadoes. Tickets are $8 Cole Porter) at a for adults and $4 for children. Call free concert from 650-463-4970. Movie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley, noon to 1 p.m. at Movies and Susan Tavernetti Cogswell Plaza at Friday Lytton Avenue and A ballroom-dancing evening Ramona Street kicks off at 8 p.m. with West in Palo Alto. The Coast Swing lessons for begin- "6 Ê/ - event is part of the ning and intermediate levels; a Note: Screenings are for Wednesday through Thursday only. Brown Bag Con- general dance party follows from The Dark Knight (PG-13) Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 12:05, 12:45, 1:15, 2:40, 3:25, 4, cert series; go to 9 p.m. to midnight. The event is in www.cityofpaloalto. --- 4:40, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8, 9:35, 10:05 & 10:30 p.m. the Cubberley Community Center Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 12:10, 12:40, 1:15, 1:50, 2:25, 3:05, org/concerts. Pavilion at 4000 Middlefield Road 3:35, 4:05, 4:40, 5:15, 5:50, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 8:05, 8:40, 9:15, “Doubt, A Par- in Palo Alto; tickets are $8, with 9:55 & 10:25 p.m. Thu. also at 10:55 & 11:30 p.m. able,” a play by free refreshments. Call 650-856- Encounters at the End Aquarius: 1:30 & 9:45 p.m. John Patrick Shan- 9930 or e-mail fridaynightdance@ of the World (G) ley, is at the Lucie yahoo.com for more information. (Not Reviewed) iÝ>`ÀÃÊ>LÀÛ>ÃÃÃ Stern Theatre at Vibraphonist Joe Locke is the special guest on Get Smart (PG-13) --1/2 Century 16: 7:10 & 9:55 p.m. Century 12: 1:10, 4:20, 7:40 & 1305 Middlefield Saturday 10:25 p.m. July 26 when the Geoffrey Keezer Quartet per- Road in Palo Alto forms at the Stanford Jazz Festival. The Geoffrey Keezer Quartet Gonzo (Not Rated) Aquarius: 4:30 & 7:15 p.m. through Aug. 10, performs with special guest Joe (Not Reviewed) Thursday presented by The- Locke, a vibraphonist, at 8 p.m. Hancock (PG-13) ---1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:30, 2:35, 3:50, 4:55, 6:20, 7:25, 8:45 Two new Richard Diebenkorn ex- atreWorks. Tickets are $21-$64. at the Campbell Recital Hall at & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 & 11:50 a.m.;1:30, 2:15, 3:55, hibits are opening at the Cantor Go to www.theatreworks.org or Stanford University. Tickets to the 4:35, 6:20, 7:05, 7:55, 8:50, 9:25 & 10:15 p.m. Thu. also at Arts Center at Stanford University, call 650-903-6000. Stanford Jazz Festival show are 11:10 p.m. one focusing on the paintings, “Landscape: America the Beau- $40 general and $20 for students. Hellboy 2: The Golden Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 12:50, 1:55, 3:45, 4:50, 6:40, 7:35, watercolors, prints and drawings tiful” is the theme of this month’s Go to www.stanfordjazz.org Army (PG-13) 9:25 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 12:05, 1, 2, 2:55, (Not Reviewed) 3:50, 4:50, 5:45, 6:40, 7:40, 8:35, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. owned by collector Carey Stan- main exhibit at the Pacific Art John Bentley, chef and owner ton and the other including large League at 668 Ramona St. in of the John Bentley’s restaurant The Incredible Hulk Century 12: 12:30, 4, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. (PG-13) --- gouaches and monotypes. Both Palo Alto. Various artists and me- in Woodside and Redwood City, shows run through Nov. 9, open dia are represented. Go to www. joins fellow chefs Isaac Miller (231 Indiana Jones and the Century 12: 12:40, 3:50, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (PG-13) --1/2 Wednesday through Sunday from pacificartleague.org or call 650- Ellsworth in San Mateo) and Jo- 1/2 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays 321-3891. siah Slone (Sent Sovi in Saratoga) Iron Man (PG-13) --- Century 12: 12:50, 4:10, 7:35 & 10:35 p.m. until 8. Go to museum.stanford. “Pecos Bill,” a musical, is being at Kepler’s Books at 2 p.m. to talk Journey to the Center Century 16: 11:55 a.m. 2:20, 4:45, 7:15 & 9:40 p.m. edu or call 650-723-4177. performed by the Palo Alto Chil- and sign copies of San Francisco of the Earth (PG) --Century 12: 12:05, 1:20, 2:30, 3:45, 5, 6:15, 7:30, 9 & 10 p.m. Singer Ann Gibson and pianist dren’s Theatre’s summer conser- Cuisine. The magazine includes Frederick Hodges perform rag- vatory today at 2:30 p.m. and Fri- restaurant listings, menus and Kit Kittredge: An Century 16: 11:15 a.m. Century 12: 1:30, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:45 American Girl (G) p.m. recipes. The free event is at 1010 (Not Reviewed) El Camino Real in Menlo Park; go ; 0'%*#,*:'*.)/4#.& Kung Fu Panda Century 16: 11:20 a.m.;1:40 & 4:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 30*%9&*3)'3-*,&#,3/ to www.keplers.com or call 650- (PG) ---1/2 a.m.; 1:40, 4:10, 6:50 & 9:10 p.m. 324-4321. Szechwan & Hunan Gourmet #6#*,#$,' The Last Mistress Aquarius: 2, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m. ;#.15'4#.&%#4'2*.( (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) ', #2'#6#*,#$,' Mamma Mia! Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 2:15, 5:05, 7:05, 7:45, 9:45 & 10:25 #8 Call for special banquet and (PG-13) ---p.m. Century 20: 11:25 a.m.; 12:50, 2, 3:25, 4:35, 6, 7:15, -'23/. 4 catering menu COMING UP IN 8:40 & 9:55 p.m. #,/,4/ Meet Dave (PG) Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 1:50 & 4:15 p.m. Century 12: 11:55 +*.(+*.((/52-'4%/- ;!" , 9½-Ê7 Ê (Not Reviewed) a.m.; 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. /" Mongol (R) Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. (Not Reviewed) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:50 p.m. Music Sex and the City Century 12: 12:20, 3:40, 7:05, 10:20 p.m. Damien Masterson, who per- (R) --1/2 City of Palo Alto forms at Palo Alto’s Twilight Space Chimps (G) Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 1:20, 3:30, 5:35, 7:40 & 9:45 p.m. Environmental Assessment Concert on July 31, plays a mix (Not Reviewed) Century 12: Noon, 1*, 2:20, 3:30*, 4:40, 5:45*, 7, 8* 9:20 & of blues, jazz and even classical 10:10* p.m. *Spanish subtitles tunes on his harmonica. Tell No One Guild: 1, 4, 7 & 9:55 p.m. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Draft Negative Declaration has been prepared (Not Rated) ---1/2 by the Palo Alto Department of Planning and Community Environment for the The Visitor (PG-13) Century 12: 1:40, 4:15, 7:45 & 10:15 p.m. CinéArts at Palo project listed below. This document will be available for review and comment Theater Alto Square: 2, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:35 p.m. during a minimum 20-day inspection period beginning July 23, 2008 through A review of TheatreWorks’ pro- August 12, 2008 during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 duction of “Doubt.” WALL-E (G) ---1/2 Century 16: 11 & 11:45 a.m.; 1:35, 2:25, 4:10, 5, 7, 7:30 & P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, 10 p.m. Wed. also at 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; California. noon, 12:55, 1:55, 2:40, 3:25, 4:25, 5:10, 5:55, 7, 8:25 & Movies 9:35 p.m. Wanted (R) ----Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Cen- This project is tentatively scheduled for consideration by the Planning and A review of “The X-Files: I tury 20: 11:35 a.m.; 1:05, 2:20, 3:45, 5, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m. Transportation Commission at a public hearing on Wednesday, August Want To Believe.” Wed. also at 6:25 & 9:05 p.m. 13, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. in the Palo Alto City Council Chambers on the first floor of the Civic Center, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. ON THE WEB: Comprehensive Wargames (PG) Century 16: Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 7:30 p.m. entertainment listings at www. (Not Reviewed) PaloAltoOnline.com The Water Horse: Century 12: Wed. at 10 a.m. Baylands Master Plan 2008 Update: The Planning Division has prepared Legend of the Deep (PG) an update to the existing Baylands Master Plan. The updated Baylands Master (Not Reviewed) Plan document provides historical background information and incorporates City Council approved policies and actions from 1988 through 2007. No new The X-Files: I Want To Century 20: Thu. at midnight. policy recommendations are being proposed in the Plan update. Environmental " Ê1*Ê BelieveÊ, 9½-Ê7 (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Ê /" Assessment: An Initial Study has been completed and a Draft Negative Music Theater Eating Out Declaration has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. 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concert season.Mongol We’ll (R) tell you all about “The Tales of Hoffman,” the latest pro- Curtis Williams, Interim Director of Planning and Community Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers, theater addresses the acts that1:30, are 4:15, slated 7:00, to 9:50 appear at ductions by Foothill College and West Environment this year’s Brown Bag and Twilight Bayand Opera, more informationrespectively. about films playing, go to Palo Alto Online at http:// The Visitor (PG-13) Concert Series in Palo Alto, as well www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, listening assistive as the artists at Stanford Shopping devices are available in the Council Chambers and Council Conference Room. Sign (Times are Fri thru Thurs) language interpreters will be provided upon request with 72 hours advance notice. Center. ON THE WEB: ComprehensiveON THE WEB: The entertainment most up-to-date listings movie at www.PaloAltoOnline.com listings at www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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Suzanne Ely was not yet 30 when she began to notice numbness and tingling in the fingers of her right hand. Then came the fiery pains, those changes

as shattering as electrical shocks, that shot up and down the inside von der GroebenNorbert Cutting-edge therapies to regain a good life can have a real of her right arm from wrist to elbow. Mackey’s team has headed ground-breaking clinical trials in the use impact on our of MRI technology to reveal the location of the brain’s pain centers and whole body’s She couldn’t figure it out. She hadn’t hurt her arm in any way. Fi- how people might learn to control their pain. “It’s all about improving a physiology – for nally, she realized that the injury was probably the hours and hours patient’s quality of life,” Mackey said. “What people want most is to take the better.” of taking notes by hand each day at her job. Little by little, the pain With her pain diminished, Suzanne Ely again back control of their life.” bit into her ability to do the simplest things – like opening the door can work full-time and enjoy a full life. The Pain Cen- to her office. That’s what Ely wanted to do, of course. The Stanford Pain Center is the ter will move lenging, pain conditions. Her evaluation showed she suffers from complex location for more than dozen trials for new treatments which often can next year to the The Menlo Park woman wasn’t a complainer. “I love what I do and I didn’t regional pain syndrome, a chronic pain ailment described first by a Civil

become part of its patients’ treatment new Stanford von der GroebenNorbert want not to work,” she said. That was why, when doctors said they could War surgeon caring for soldiers still in pain despite the healing of their “ I have tried a lot and I know plans, as one did for Ely. She was an Medicine Out- move what they believed to be the problematic nerve, she took a chance. musket wounds. early recipient of one of the Center’s patient Center But that surgery, and then another one, didn’t work. If anything, the pain it could be worse, but I’m newest approaches – Botox injected in Redwood was worse, harshly altering Ely’s life. After six months of not being able Mackey and others have gained important ground in understanding such able to work and I can lead directly into a nerve center. Others City, to con- to work and isolated by increasing depression, frustration and dependence chronic pain and the Stanford pain clinic was one of the first to incorpo- have benefited from implant pumps to solidate and en- Learning how to defuse stress in her daily life was an important part of Suzanne’s on others to do even small tasks, she turned for help conveniently close to rate the medical community’s new thinking about pain. After a time, pain a relatively normal life.” deliver paced doses of medication and large its clinical re-entry into the world where entertaining at home was not an impossibility. home – the Stanford Hospital & Clinics’ Pain Management Center. can become chronic, taking on a life of its own, altering brain activity and — Suzanne Ely, Pain implanted stimulators to convert pain space. the nervous system to become its own disorder, even after an original in- Management Center patient to a tingling, buzzing sensation. She is one of thousands enduring acute and chronic pain who arrive each jury has healed. Such pain can surpass its original level. Ely worked her way through the package of treatments designed for her – year at the Center because nothing else has worked and no one else could the nerve blocks, medication, physical and psychological therapy and acu- make a difference. That newly-recognized pain behavior is what Mackey hopes people can Engaging the brain to change pain puncture – each with its own impact. But one of chronic pain’s uncomfort- avoid by not waiting to see a physician about their pain. “We do believe Mackey is excited about emerging tools to improve outcomes, including able realities is that sometimes there is no complete fix. That’s difficult to Ely had great hope for what she might find at Stanford’s Pain Manage- that it’s much better to catch it early on to reduce the overall impact – and Ely’s – new medications to target specific locations in the nervous system, accept in an age where medicine has conquered so many ailments. Then, ment Center. It is just one of 12 treatment facilities in the U.S. to win prevent it from becoming an intractable problem.” new interventions the goal at the pain clinic becomes changing chronic pain from incapaci- the American Pain Society’s designation as a Center of Excellence. That to prevent pain and tating to manageable. “No one should be sentenced to live with pain for- status honors the Stanford clinic for its The precise nature of pain is still so difficult to understand and eradicate new ways to predict ever,” said Dr. Ian Carroll, a pain center doctor. “We can help people live a special combination of multi-disciplinary that effective treatment requires pain specialists such as those working “ We don’t just treat whether a certain pa- better life despite it.” expertise, cutting-edge therapies and and being trained at Stanford. tient will respond to clinical research, delivered in a sympa- someone as an injured leg a certain treatment. Ely’s pain isn’t completely gone, but her treatment at Stanford gave her thetic and sensitive setting. “If it hurts, Pain’s disruption of Ely’s life is, unfortunately, not unusual. More than or back. We take a look at Where Stanford’s Pain back her independence and her work. Now, she understands the role we take care of it,” said the Center’s 50 million Americans are estimated to be living with pain so debilitating Center is most ad- played in her pain by anxiety and distress and has tools, including mind- director, Dr. Sean Mackey. “We have the whole person.” that it is cost- vanced is neuroimag- fulness meditation which she learned at Stanford, to ease her ability to always been known as the place to send ing billions — Dr. Sean Mackey, Pain ing to create very clear moderate her stress, prevent flare-ups and get a good night’s sleep. the most complex patients.” Management Center director in lost work Norbert von der GroebenNorbert windows into the brain and medi- to watch how it re- “I’m getting the strength back in my arm. I have tried a lot and I know it cal care. And sponds and generates could be worse,” Ely said, “but I’m able to work and I can lead a relatively Thinking differently about pain many times pain. “We can learn to normal life.” Once again, she can cook, open doors and work full days, as The Center’s clinical philosophy sees patients from a mind-body perspec- its cause may take advantage of the well as do those simple acts so important for a balanced, full life. “I’m able tive – an approach that data shows to be a powerful enhancement for be unclear. For many months, Suzanne could not do the simplest of tasks, including power of the brain to to carry things I couldn’t carry – like my four-year-old nephew! I have healing. “We don’t just treat someone as an injured leg or back,” Mackey Research to preparing meals. Now, she’s able and independent in the kitchen. change,” he said, “and definitely improved.” said. “We take a look at the whole person.” understand its

behavior and von der GroebenNorbert Treatment begins, as it did with Ely, in an extensive evaluation by a team how to man- of physicians, nurses, physical and psychological therapists and other age it has only staff to fashion a customized and broad-ranged treatment plan. “We ex- recently begun Stanford Hospital & Clinics is known worldwide for advanced treatment of complex disorders in areas such as cardiac care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery, and organ transplants. Consistently ranked among “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News plore all the options,” Mackey said. to find expla- and World Report, Stanford Hospital & Clinics is internationally recognized for translating medical breakthroughs into the care of nations and Dr. Sean Mackey is tracking what pain does to the brain with new imaging techniques to help patients overcome the grip of pain. patients. The Hospital is part of the Stanford University Medical Center, along with the Stanford University School of Medicine and Ely’s diagnosis was one that reflects a common, but one of the most chal- solutions. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.

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The world of Second Life includes, from top left, a party complete with hovering avatar; night club scene; aerial view of a city; flying; and shopping. Above, avatars gather for a theater performance. Internet site Second Life blurs line between real and virtual worlds by Sue Dremann ome things never change. ing the last 60 days. More than 14 million collaboratively to address global problems When Ritu Marwah entered Sec- residents are registered, according to the such as starvation, health care and global S ond Life, an Internet site resembling Second Life Web site. Sixty percent are warming. (See side bar.) a 3-D virtual world, she was hoping to men; 40 percent are women, with most Second Life even has its own economy

Courtesy Linden Lab Linden Courtesy make new friends. But Marwah, a South being 30 years old or older, according to and currency — Linden dollars (L$) — Bay resident, was treated pretty much the Stanford researcher Nick Yee, a researcher which can be exchanged for U.S. dollars at way any new neighborhood kid gets treat- at Stanford's Department of Communica- rate of approximately L$270/US$1. People ed: She was ignored — or teased. tions. buy and sell virtual land, buildings, homes, “I didn’t know how to use it. I was trying Created in 2003 by San Francisco-based furniture, cars, clothes and take vacations, to find a mentor,” the 47-year-old market- Linden Lab, a privately held company, Sec- all within Second Life. ing executive said. ond Life evolved out of virtual role-playing Services range from group and individual “Three people on the screen killed me as games such as Dungeons and Dragons and therapy to complete avatar makeovers. they played paint-balling. They called me the popular sword-and-sorcery World of And people find common ground in ‘newbie.’ I wandered onto the beach, but I Warcraft. Second Life, forming groups affiliated by didn’t know anybody. My son had a similar But Second Life isn’t a game, according similar interests that establish a persistent experience,” she said. to Linden Labs, which touts the site as the presence in the virtual world. Marwah entered Second Life because next evolutionary stage of the Internet. It her son, a high school student, was inter- merges the Web with online games, social n Second Life, even Alice in Wonder- ested in simulated games. They decided to networking, user-generated content, cre- land would no longer be a work of fic- start a soccer field in Second Life, where ativity and telecommunications technolo- I tion.

Courtesy Linden Lab Linden Courtesy the boy could play online soccer and invite gies. People who dive through the looking others to join him. But after many attempts, In Second Life, one can imagine, create glass can join the Church of the Reformed it proved too difficult to get everyone to and even own a part of the virtual world. Squid or the Ancient Order of Bumbling show up at the same time. To participate, users take on “avatars” — Twits. There are vampires and troglodytes, Eventually, mother and son gave up. onscreen characters that may have noth- faeries and crime syndicates. It is even But thousands of other people haven’t. ing to do with their real selves. Men can be possible to “kill” someone but never go to More than 65,000 users log in to the Web women; the old can be young again. jail. site every day to socialize, stroll beaches, Businesses and universities also par- For a 24-year-old woman who in real life visit islands and cities, shop, attend lectures ticipate in Second Life, using the site for works in collections, Second Life offered a and classes, visit libraries and night clubs teaching, global conferences, product test- chance to have a second family that would and do business. ing and merchandise sales. And nonprofit hopefully be an improvement over her ac- One million Second Life “residents” and philanthropic organizations use Second tual childhood. from across the globe have logged in dur- Life as a platform for outreach, working Using an avatar named Sayluhus Flaks, “Second Life can be used as an escape from real-life stress, but

Courtesy Linden Lab Linden Courtesy sometimes Second Life can be stressful,” she said. “It does in some ways mirror RL (real life). It does help work out issues for a lot of people and for me it does.” — a 24-year-old using an avatar named Sayluhus Flaks

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Businesses, universities get Second Life People can use virtual worlds to view old documents, Sistine Chapel by Sue Dremann tanford University’s 8,818- houses one of the world’s largest opportunities to meet in-world acre real-estate empire has chess-set collections, has gigan- and discuss how they can better S gotten bigger. tic in-world chess boards, said serve people. Courtesy Stanford University Libraries University Stanford Courtesy The university has added an Lynn McRae, Stanford libraries’ “Stanford is part of a huge in- island to its repertoire of oak- integration architect. formation archipelago,” Wick- studded hills, grasslands, col- Through Stanford’s island, the lund said. lege campus and commercial general public around the world Jessie Keck, the libraries’ Web properties. can access works formerly hid- developer, created a collection of Operated by Stanford Univer- den from public view, according books in the collections building sity Libraries, the island boasts a to Deni Wicklund, the libraries’ separated into four groups: gen- tea house, 18 collections librar- manager of technical support. eral works, science and technol- ies, research tower, archive of Avatars — users’ onscreen char- ogy, history and language. Visi- recorded sound, lecture dome, acters — teleport to the island tors can view the books through exhibit garden and — as befits and can access the 18 libraries the Google Books Project or can Leland Stanford’s legacy — a through a series of kiosks. download public-domain books. Universities use Second Life for teaching. Above, Stanford University steam-powered train. The Green Library, the uni- Since March 3, the library is- Libraries holds conferences; below, art students learn about The island’s location? Second versity’s main undergraduate land has had 2,800 visitors, or an Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel. Life. library, has government docu- average of 23 per day. 1,075 are Stanford is just one of many ments and special collections. unique visitors, Wicklund said. educational and research, philan- Researchers can go into Second “Many materials, nobody has thropic and business institutions Life, link to the library’s Web access to,” Wicklund said, as with a presence in Second Life, site and request a book or call Keck clicked on a box that stores the 3-D virtual world with more from anywhere in the world to digitized rare documents. A let- than 14 million “residents.” talk to a librarian. ter by Mark Twain, written in his Vassar College and San Jose In the archive of recorded own hand, appeared. State have presences there, as sound, visitors will be able to Keck said he likes to snow- does Sun Microsystems, Inc. listen to jazz collections. board and sometimes does so in Sun’s seven islands are used for With the click of a mouse, a Second Life, but Wicklund said training and experimentation, series of antiquated books open she doesn’t use Second Life out- client meetings and project col- to reveal the scanned texts of side of work. She has attended laboration, according to Russ 16th- and 17th-century books. It a wedding and some dances Castronovo, director of new and is a way for the libraries to teach with library groups, and she has social media. There is even a visitors about the university’s bought her avatar all kinds of public virtual sandbox, where rare collections, such as a first clothes. She did indulge in one

Marjan Sadoughi people can go to learn about edition of the King James Bible. passion, though — she bought a building 3-D objects that can be “These images could arguably black Friesian horse, which she textured, animated and lit. be found on the Web, but we can rode all around the island before Vassar has a virtual, 3-D recre- bring people in to look at them the buildings were up. ation of the Sistine Chapel, which together,” McRae said. The island “was so big. It was is used to teach art students. The Wicklund said the island gives a blank huge space, and flying Cleveland Public Library, which librarians from around the world wasn’t helpful,” she said. ■ the woman, who would not give her socially desirable,” said Bailenson, real name, depicts herself in Second who began his career as a cognitive Life as a little girl with dark, curly psychologist. locks, a red polka-dot dress and red Second Life offers more than es- Mary Janes. capism, proponents and researchers “My mommy use to have a ’dop- say. It helps people try on different tion agency an’ das how I finded lives they wouldn’t or couldn’t have hers den eberybody else jus’ kinna experienced before, with a potential got found,” she said of her virtual for greater empathy. family while sucking on a pacifier. What makes the virtual self so But even in Second Life, family powerful is that the human brain relationships can be “very, very in- isn’t wired to differentiate between tense,” Flaks said. the real and the virtual, Bailenson “I found a great mommy and aun- said. That failure to distinguish can ties, but the dad and the brother left create many complex feelings and because of relationship issues and reactions, he said. family issues that we couldn’t re- The experience is not unlike the solve,” she said. suspension of disbelief that drives “Second Life can be used as an es- people’s abilities to empathize with cape from real-life stress, but some- fictional characters, he said. People times Second Life can be stressful,” have been experiencing the same she said. “It does in some ways mir- sense of immersion since the rise of ror RL (real life). It does help work technology.

out issues for a lot of people and for “When you are talking on the Marjan Sadoughi me it does.” phone, you don’t know what some- If all this transference into the vir- one on the other end is doing. There tual world seems strange, in many is this sense that they are hanging on ways, it isn’t so far removed from to our every word,” he said. what humans have been doing in In the lab at Stanford, research real life all along, according to Jer- subjects wearing a pair of virtual Patricia Levinson, a Sun Microsystems, Inc., senior technical writer, uses Second Life for business purposes. emy Bailenson, director of Stanford goggles who are asked to walk a University’s Virtual Human Interac- virtual plank across a 30-foot deep tion Lab (VHIL). pit can go into freak-out mode when On the cover: Patricia Levinson, Sun Microystems, Inc. senior “We have multiple social selves asked to jump off, according to technical writer, is superimposed beside her avatar, or onscreen now. Minor alterations such as hair- researcher Jesse Fox, VHIL’s lab character, in Second Life, a 3-D virtual world used for business, cuts, makeup and dressing up are manager. Fox guards the subjects education and socializing. Photo of Levinson by Marjan Sadoughi; seen as socially acceptable if not with outstretched arms, to keep background and avatar photo by Patricia Levinson; illustration by (continued on page 20) Shannon Corey.

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Page 19 Your Partner Building Economic Vitality Cover Story ✓Supports a Strong Local Economy ✓Promotes the Community ✓Provides Networking Opportunities ✓Engages in Political Action ✓Represents Business to Government (Not so) real world 2008 Outstanding (continued from page 19) Professional Woman of the Year The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce them from flailing around and stag- the 22nd Annual ATHENA Award to be presented gering into walls as they attempt to grab on to objects as their brain ex- on September 10, 2008 at the Garden Court Hotel. periences plunging, she said. Many Created to honor an outstanding leader in Palo Alto, this people won’t even attempt to jump, award will be presented to a woman who has attained and she added. personiﬁed the highest level of professional excellence in business and the community. n online environments, the avatar is not simply a uni- The Athena candidate must be a local woman in business “Iform that is worn, the ava- in our community who: tar is our entire self-representation,” according to Yee, who has collabo- UÊÊÊ iÃÌÀ>ÌiÃÊiÝViiViÊÊ iÀÊLÕÃiÃÃÊ rated with Bailenson in the lab. or profession Virtual life is powerfully seduc- ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ UÊÊÊÊÊ*ÀÛ`iÃÊÛ>Õ>LiÊÃiÀÛViÊÌÊ iÀÊLÕÃiÃÃÊ tive, Yee said. For some adults and for teens, the virtual world can be a

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Page 20 • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Cover Story Stanford formed an Ugly Avatars group. The cultural shift taking place “This is a group for those guys the Mountain View resident said. through virtual reality will con- Driving School who have chosen not to look like an It also raises questions about how tinue to accelerate, Bailenson said. 8-foot-tall mountain of muscle or virtual worlds intersect with real Already, technologies are emerging DRIVERS ED/TRAINING PACKAGE for those women that don’t inflate life and what drives people to spend that will allow avatars to move in www.StanfordDrivingSchool.net their breasts to epic sizes. You don’t time in the immersive experience, nuanced ways that can mimic fa- necessarily have to be ugly to join she said. cial expressions and body language. this group. This is moreso a group Her interest in Second Life was Bailenson took part in research that Summer in-Class Schedule for those people who have created an piqued after reading a 2007 Wall mapped facial expressions on ava- Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 avatar for themselves that is unique, Street Journal article about a man tars while they worked, to predict $ Mon 7/21 Tue 7/22 Wed 7/23 Thur 7/24 that doesn’t necessarily fit into any who spent up to 14 hours daily in when an accident would occur as a Mon 8/4 Tue 8/5 Wed 8/6 Thur 8/7 of the SL clichés,” the group’s page Second Life with his more attractive, result of fatigue. 30off Sat 8/9 Sun 8/10 Sat 8/16 Sun 8/17 notes. vastly more successful avatar self Because the instantaneous quality WITH THIS AD Mon 8/18 Tue 8/19 Wed 8/20 Thur 8/21 Patricia Levinson, 53, a senior — and with a beautiful avatar wife of human interaction is masked by technical writer at Sun Microsys- — while his real wife was watching the avatar, virtual life gives people (Èxä®Ê{Î£ÇnÊUÊÎÈäÊ Ê >Ê,i>]Ê*>ÊÌ tems, Inc., in Menlo Park, uses Sec- television in the living room. 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You of the City of Palo Alto professional at Linden Labs — for ship in Second Life and would it be don’t know who you are talking to, Architectural Review Board (ARB) a fee. Levinson wants her avatar to cheating? and that applies even more in Second look like herself, wrinkles, body “The psych major in me wanted to Life. You could be anyone dressed Please be advised that Thursday, August 7, 2008, the ARB shall shape and all, she said. find out what this is about. ... What up. You can be a wolf in sheep’s conduct a public hearing at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers, ■ “It felt dishonest,” she said of the is propelling people in real life to go clothing, literally,” she said. 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested idealized avatar. “Second Life is a and find a second life? I don’t know Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be beautiful-person place. I’ve never the answer to that. Has something in e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly. persons may appear and be heard. seen a disabled person in Second our culture changed?” she said. com. Life. I don’t see anyone who isn’t tremendously successful,” she said. Stanford University Medical Center Modernization and Expansion Project: Request by Stanford University Medical Center evinson, like would-be soccer on behalf of The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior mom Marwah, sees other bar- University for Preliminary Architectural Review of the proposed L riers to immersing herself in Second Life. medical office building and parking garage at the Hoover Pavilion Aside from the technology chal- site. Zone District PF (Public Facilities). lenges — there is a steep learning curve to mastering the program — for persons not prone to fantasy, 805/825 El Camino Real [08PLN-00215]: Request by Kathryn Second Life can seem cartoonish. 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FREE MEALS DURING DOG DAYS ... Schoolchildren from economically disadvantaged families will get a boost from the state this summer, according to the State Superintendent Jack A monthly section on local schools edited by Arden Pennell O’Connell. While free school At School lunches are not available during summer, students can get meals at locations statewide, including in Palo Alto at Camp Unalayee at 3921 East Bayshore Road. For more information, call the camp at 650-962-8234 or visit the state Web site at www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ sh/sn/sfs200843.asp.

A BIT OF MENTAL MASSAGE ... Ever wonder what the only English word with five consecutive vowels is? Then queue up for Score Edu- cation Centers’ Trivia Challenge, free and open to kids from 4 to 14 years old. The contest will focus on academic subject areas, and kids will be grouped by grade level, according to a press release from Center Director Kristen Harvey. It will take place at the El Camino YMCA at 2400 Grant Road in Mountain View on Satur- day, July 26, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

HIGH-SCHOOLERS FROM AFAR ... Teens from far afield are coming to Palo Alto this fall and need a place to sleep, according to Sean Taddiken, a coordinator for the STS Foundation. The Arizona- based nonprofit places students from abroad with host families. Describing some of the students, Marjan Sadoughi Taddiken said that Thea from Ger- many enjoys teaming up for a tennis match, while Napat from Thai- land wants to cook Thai food for his host family. For more information, call Lillian at 1-800-522-4678 Marketing Director Marci Reichelstein, center, comments on the company’s Web site during a staff meeting as Nazila Alasti, left, founder of or e-mail [email protected] Jooners.com, and Vice President of Engineering Ashit Patel and Director of Product Management Debby Shepard follow along. or visit www.stsfoundation.org. LAST-MINUTE CAMP ... There Mom and dad’s duties get virtual nip-tuck are still spots available in the Digiquest Workshop on Studio Web startup aims to streamline parenting, joins trend of moms online Production running Aug. 4-8, the Community Media Center by Arden Pennell has announced. Students ages 11 to 17 will create a show in the eing a parent is a bit like con- range carpooling, snacks, volunteer- realized it was a service she herself helping users avoid what Director of center’s professional TV studio ducting a symphony, to hear ing and other activities. When par- had been dreaming of, she said. Product Management Debby Shepa- by using programs including Pho- B Palo Alto resident Nazila ents schedule events, the site e-mails Early feedback from users indi- rd calls “e-mail hell” — an endless toshop, Final Cut Pro, Live Type, Alasti describe it. Just to attend a others asking them to sign up, then cates the scheduling service is indeed cycle of reply-all responses. And it’s GarageBand, Motion and Flash kids’ soccer game, a slew of move- later sends out reminders. a sort of scheduling saving grace. markedly easy to maneuver, initial Animation. Each day runs 9 a.m. ments must be coordinated among For the first time ever, the book users said. to 4 p.m., and the week costs families, from carpooling to snack fair at Escondido Elementary Jooners is also part of a Palo Alto $495. For more information, call duty — all subject to last-minute “I didn’t have to School was fully staffed this spring, tradition — building parent commu- Danielle at 650-494-8686, ext. 37, cancellation if another child’s plans according to Michaela Presti, the nities online. e-mail danielle@communityme- change, she said. make 30, 40, 50, 60 PTA co-president. The Silicon Valley Moms Blog diacenter.net or visit www.com- While raising two daughters, schedules, e-mails “I didn’t have to make 30, 40, 50, was started by local parents Hornik munitymediacenter.net/digiquest. Alasti realized parents lacked a [and] phone calls.” 60 schedules, e-mails [and] phone and Jill Asher in 2006. There were html. good tool for keeping it all straight, calls,” she said. Parents simply already plenty of so-called mommy- she said. She found her system of — Michaela Presti, PTA co- logged on and penciled themselves blogs, but none that were directly TRAVELS BRING SCHOOLS planners, Post-it notes and long e- president, Econdido Elementary in, she said. relevant to Silicon Valley mothers, DOLLARS ... When shoppers mail chains to be overwhelming and “It makes it really simple to see Hornik explained shortly after the stocking up on travel goods turn under-effective. Regular users can create personal who’s bringing the cupcakes, who’s site was created. to Edwards Luggage in the Stan- So she created Jooners, an online calendars and receive a Sunday- bringing the construction paper. It The chatty, brightly-colored blog ford Shopping Center, Palo Alto scheduling service meant to smooth night list of what the week has in makes it very efficient and saves a has since taken off, growing at a schools will get a bit of cash, the out the planning wrinkles of every- store, Alasti said. lot of time,” agreed parent Pamela speed Asher said reflects mothers’ store has announced. In a combi- day life. The e-mails allow users to “rest Hornik, a classroom volunteer at desires to take a bit of loneliness out nation of eco-consciousness and The free service, now in beta, auto-assured,” according to Marci Escondido. of parenting by finding a commu- school-boosting, the travel store went live in late June at Jooners. Reichelstein, the marketing direc- The idea of organizing online isn’t nity of like-minded souls. will donate a quarter to Partners com. tor. new. Parents have long used e-mail The local blog nets 2,000 to 5,000 in Education for every plastic Its name means “dear ones” and Reichelstein, also a mother, first chains and group services offered by visitors daily, and has spawned nine bag customers decline to use is a play on the Persian diminutive met Alasti when the two worked companies such as Yahoo! to stay in sister sites nationwide, Asher said. when checking out, according to “joon,” or dear. at Apple years ago, she said. She touch, according to Hornik. Bloggers say advertisers are well co-owner Laura Reininger. The The site’s main feature is a block was wooed away from another job Jooners’ uniqueness stems from aware of the cachet of moms on- (continued on page 23) of scheduling applications to ar- to come promote Jooners when she putting all the details in one place, line. Page 22 • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Asher and fellow directors Tekla Firms have targeted moms as a Nee and Beth Blecherman — Palo demographic since the days of Won- Alto and Menlo Park moms, respec- der Bread and Tupperware, Butler tively — get frequent calls from said, but the amount of online atten- CQXO[YQ T[YQ companies looking to push products tion is notable. on the mom-blogs, she said. “While marketing to moms is Units available immediately! So does Stefania Butler, another nothing new, there’s such a glut of 40 NEWELL ROAD 45 NEWELL ROAD Palo Alto blogger and mom. companies trying to get at parents “I get 50 P.R. pitches in my inbox [online], especially moms,” she every single day from companies said. trying to reach out to parents,” ac- Alasti is counting on that phe- cording to Butler, a producer at The nomenon for Jooners’ profits — the Savvy Source for Parents, a San revenue will come from ads, she Francisco-based network of blogs said. And if Jooners is successful, dedicated to helping parents pick other online parenting ventures may the right preschool. In her free time, follow it, she added. Marjan Sadoughi Butler writes CityMama, a blog she Meanwhile, some users may be 2BR/1BA Studio Units Gated Community, 2 story units, Utilities Included, Covered Parking, created — like Asher, Hornik and frustrated — in Weekly tests, the Fixed Utilities, Assigned Parking, Gated Community, Pool & Rec Room, Alasti — when she couldn’t find site foundered on an older version of Spacious Bedrooms, Private Patio Private Balconies, Laundry OnSite what she sought online, in her situa- Internet Explorer. Using a different 1777 WOODLAND AVENUE 1609 WOODLAND AVENUE tion a blog about urban motherhood. browser solved the problem. (Butler started CityMama when liv- Looking ahead, there are no dis- Nazila Alasti is the founder of ing in San Francisco.) cernable limits to the online pres- Jooners.com, an online schedul- ence moms will build. Asher and co. ing service designed to make par- are planning additional blogs for the ent-child planning less stressful. Blackboard Deep South and Los Angeles. trend of mothers creating services (continued from page 22) Alasti’s team is busy creating new and communities they want to see 62-year-old business is owned by features meant to draw more users to online. the Reiningers, a Palo Alto family the site. “Team Roster” and “Class- “Every mom reinvents the wheel and an original tenant in Stanford room Party” are among a handful for herself,” she said. Or, in this 1BR/1BA 1BR/1BA of applications scheduled for debut case, the Web. ■ Large Spacious Units, Fixed Utilities, Secured Parking, Large Units, Shopping Center, she added. The Gated Community, New Carpets, Professional Landscaping, store sells leather goods, wallets, later this summer, Shepard said. Staff Writer Arden Pennell can Laundry OnSite, High Ceilings Fixed Utilities, Gated Community travel accessories and gifts. 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INSPIRATIONAL ED ... School’s out, but students seeking to beat summer doldrums can turn to NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING the Entrepreneurship Corner, a of the City of Palo Alto Stanford University Web site featuring videos and recommended Historic Resources Board reading. Speakers from venture capital firms and tech giants such Please be advised the Historic Resources Board shall conduct a meeting as Google weigh in on topics in- at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 in the Civic Center, Council cluding innovation, risk-taking and Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any failure. The site, http://edcorner. interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. stanford.edu, is debuting this STUDY SESSION week and is a revamp of the earlier Educators Corner. ■ 1. 265 Lytton Avenue (08PLN-00183): Request by Michael King on behalf of 505 Hamilton Avenue Partners, LP, for Preliminary Architectural On the Blackboard is a monthly and Historical Review for a new 3-story mixed use building and partial feature announcing news and demolition and rehabilitation of the Historic Tinney building. events related to schools and youth. Send news to School’s Out NEW BUSINESS Public Hearings Editor Arden Pennell at apennell@ 205 S Santa Cruz Ave, Suite 308 • Los Gatos CA 95030 paweekly.com. 408.354.0535 • www.mpmsv.com 2. 2560 Embarcadero Road (07PLN-00219): Request by the Environmental Volunteers on behalf of the City of Palo Alto for Historic Resources Board Review for the historic rehabilitation of an existing Category I historic resource, the former Sea Scout Base, and the other site improvements that would generate bonus square footage IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE that would be used as Transfer of Development Rights. The proposed use for this site is a non-profit educational facility. Environmental with quick & easy meal solutions! Assessment: An Initial Study has been completed and a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. Zone District: PF(D). A fun and innovative concept in meal preparation moving the meal assembly process out of your kitchen and into Questions. If interested parties have any questions regarding the above our specially equipped dinner assembly store. applications, please contact the Planning Division at (650) 329-2441. The files relating to these items are available for inspection weekdays between Dream Dinners guests preview a monthly menu online at the hours of 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM and staff reports dreamdinners.com and select their dinners – book a date to attend will be available for inspection at 2:00 PM the Friday preceding the hearing. a meal assembly session at our Dream Dinners retail The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with location – paying for each session online. disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services or Life just got easier! programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City’s At Village Court in Los Altos compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please Entrée contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing Onewith FREE your scheduled session. 4546 El Camino Real - Suite B12 [email protected]. 4546 El Camino Real - Suite B12, Los Altos Los Altos, CA 94022 • (650) 948-8794 (650) 948-8794 www.DreamDinners.com Cathy Siegel, Advance Planning Manager First time customers only please. Expires: 07.31.08

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Page 23 Sports Shorts OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Former Stanford basketball standout Robin Lopez of the Phoenix Suns will join the original 10 NBA players named to the 2008 USA Bas- ketball Select Team to complete the 12-member roster. Lopez was named along with former UCLA standout Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Lopez and Love have made strong im- pressions in the NBA Summer League. The two will remain in Las Vegas through Thursday and will join the USA Select Team — comprised of youthful NBA standouts — that will help pre- pare the USA Men’s Senior Na- tional Team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics . . . Recent Stanford grad Rob Grube was granted a sponsor’s exemption into the 2008 Legends at Sparks Marina Reno-Tahoe Open, set for July 28-Aug. 3. The PGA Tour event will be held at Montreaux Golf & Country Club. Grube led Stanford to the 2007 NCAA golf championship and is Stanford’s only second four-time All-American, will join a field that includes former Stanford All-American Notah Begay III . . . Palo Alto High grad Teresa Noyola (girls soccer) and fellow incoming Stanford fresh- Nneka Ogwumike iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ men (girls bas- Aleksandra Wozniak, 20, battled her way through three qualifying matches and then won five main-draw matches to win the 38th annual Bank of Chris Derrick ketball) and (boys the West Classic on Sunday at Stanford. It was the first WTA Tour title of her career and the first by a Canadian in 20 years. cross country) came up short in the final voting for the 2008 Ga- torade High School Athlete of the BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC Year. The three Stanford-bound national winners lost out to Matt She’s most unlikely Barkley (football) and Chanelle Price (track and field) in the final voting for the nation’s top high champ of them all school athletes. Barkley threw for 3,576 yards and 35 touchdowns for Mater Dei and compiled a Canadian qualifier Wozniak survives and wins 3.77 GPA. Price set numerous the first WTA tour title of her career state records in the 800 meters by Keith Peters five months old when Hetherington while clocking world-class times anada is home to great hock- won in 1988. at Easton Area High in Pennsyl- ey players, a strange brand of “I’m just proud of being Cana- vannia. C football and some of the great- dian,” Wozniak said. “It’s great. I est mountain vistas in the world. think I made history at home. Ev- LOOKING FOR HOSTS . . . Palo When it comes to tennis, however, erybody was watching the match.” Alto Babe Ruth Baseball needs one has to run to the history books Wozniak became the first Canadi- a number of local families to help to discover the Who’s Who of Cana- an to win a WTA Tour singles title in host players who’ll be competing dian tennis. It’s a short list, for sure. 20 years when she capitalized on an in the 2008 Pacific Southwest Patricia Hy-Boulais. Helen Kelesi. injury to Marion Bartoli to win the Regional 14-year-old all-star Carling Bassett-Seguso. Jill Hether- 38th annual Bank of the West Clas- tournament July 30-Aug. 6 at ington. All have won singles titles on sic, 7-5, 6-3, Sunday at Stanford’s Baylands Athletic Center. Host the WTA Tour. The newest member Taube Family Tennis Stadium. families will host 2-4 players (age of that small, exclusive club is Alek- The triumph vaulted Wozniak to 14) in your home for 3-6 days, A $95,000 paycheck made winning eight matches in nine days very sandra Wozniak, a 20-year-old from No. 45 in the world (from No. 85) on with some stays shorter when bearable for Bank of the West champ Aleksandra Wozniak. Blainville, Quebec, who was only VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊÓx® teams are eliminated. Regions represented include Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Guam, plus Cali- Some interesting scenarios for Area 2 Legion finale fornia. The host’s role is to provide housing, transportation (to by Colin Becht Since the double-elimination at 7:30 p.m., and await the winner Mateo broke the deadlock when practice and games) and meals ood timing and timely hitting tournament is set up to prevent of the 4:30 p.m. contest. Thus, the Alex Sortwell led off the top of the for the players during the tourna- means one thing in the Area teams from meeting twice before Blues’ victory over San Mateo on third with a triple on a fly ball that ment. There will be an opening G 2 American Legion baseball the championship game, Palo Alto Monday was huge. Redwood City leftfielder Trevor night barbeque and activities for tournament at Palo Alto’s Baylands was moved into Tuesday’s early “It’s a team unity. I think they Williams of Menlo School lost in all players, teams and host fami- Athletic Center: Palo Alto or Red- game against San Mateo while Red- reach down and take it upon them- the lights. Sortwell was driven in for lies on July 30 at Mitchell Park wood City will be playing in the wood City drew Burlingame for the selves as individuals to go to the the game’s first run on a sacrifice from 5-8 p.m. Those interested championship game Wednesday. late game. next level,” said Redwood City fly by catcher Scotty Kalush. can contact Kitzi Marchant at Both teams made the most of their That means victories by Post 375 manager Tink Reynoso. “There’s Kalush also provided the game’s [email protected] or Mike Piha respective timeliness on Monday to and the Blues will match the teams no individual players on our team. next glimpse of offense when he at [email protected]. earn berths in Tuesday’s semifi- in Wednesday’s title game at 4:30 It’s really a good bunch of kids that sent a towering shot over the left- nals. p.m. Redwood City would have to play together as a team.” field wall for a solo home run. Palo Alto Post 375 rallied for a 9-7 lose twice to be denied a trip to the The game was, for the most part, San Mateo was able to add what SPORTS ONLINE triumph over San Carlos in the con- State Tournament in Yountville. a pitcher’s duel between Ryan All- appeared to be an insurance run For expanded daily coverage of college solation bracket and Redwood City If Redwood City loses to Burl- grove of San Mateo and Blues’ when Cody Larson doubled in the and prep sports, please see our new site at www.PASportsOnline.com upset defending champion San Ma- ingame, the Blues will go directly pitcher Matt Blaemire. top of the seventh and later scored teo, 4-3, in the winners’ bracket. to Wednesday’s challenge game After two scoreless innings, San VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊÓÇ® Page 24ÊUÊ7i`iÃ`>Þ]ÊÕÞÊÓÎ]ÊÓäänÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Tennis titles elude local threesome on ATP Tour stop Menlo School product Tursunov falls in singles final while ex-Stanford teammates Martin and Lipsky beaten in doubles finale in Indianapolis by Keith Peters ATP semifinal in the United States singles titles in Indianapolis since “He played a few good points and “I’ve never played him before, so hree tennis players with local before the Indianapolis tournament, 1981. Tursunov beat Frank Dancvic then I made some silly errors,” Tur- it’s a bit surprising how many balls ties had to settle for second which moved to a hardcourt surface in last year’s final. sunov said. he can get to, and he moves really T place at the Indianapolis Ten- in 1988. “To be honest, I didn’t really feel Simon said he didn’t feel like the well around the court,” Tursunov nis Championships. Former Menlo “That’s special for me because that pressure,” said Tursunov, who underdog, despite playing against said. School standout Dmitry Tursunov it’s not the kind of court I like to was seeking his fifth career ATP the defending champion. Tursunov reached the finals by dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision in the play usually,” said the 23-year-old title. “I do get a bit of jitters and my “Like every match I play, I think upending American James Blake singles final to Gilles Simon of Simon, who earned his fourth ca- game doesn’t work that well when I can win,” he said. “Even if I’m on Saturday, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a rain- France on Sunday. In the doubles reer ATP title. “I beat some good I’m nervous. I really have to go for playing bad or good, I think I have delayed match. finale, former Stanford teammates players on this kind of court, that’s my shots and there’s very little mar- a chance . . . I fight every time. “I had time to think about the David Martin and Scott Lipsky fell why it’s a very good thing to win gin for error.” “Today was my best match of the match, what I had to do,” Tursunov to Ashley Fisher and Tripp Phillips, this tournament.” Tursunov finished with 32 un- week. I was very close to playing said of the 32-minute delay. “I 3-6, 6-3, 10-5. Tursunov, seeded third and ranked forced errors, compared to 13 by my best tennis.” picked my level up a bit. He dropped Simon, seeded second and ranked 32nd, was hoping to become only Simon, and went 0-for-9 on break- Tursunov was impressed with Si- his level a little bit.”N 25th in the world, had not reached an the third player to win back-to-back point conversions. mon’s performance. iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ Bank of the West Classic champion Aleksandra Wozniak (left) and runnerup Marion Bartoli show off their trophies following a post-match ceremony on Sunday at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium. In a week-long battle of attrition, short in her quest for her first singles Bank of the West Wozniak proved to be the fittest. title since 2006. VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊÓ{® She won her semifinal when Wil- “The whole first set I tried to for- Monday in this week’s Sony Erics- liams pulled out with a knee inju- get the pain, but I was not able to son WTA Tour singles rankings. It’s ry in the second set. In the finals, play at the level I was during the the highest ranking in Wozniak’s Bartoli limped through the second week,” Bartoli said. “It started to get career. set on a bad hip. All told, Wozniak real bad in the second sete.” “It feels great,” Wozniak said. “I’m finished ahead of 17 players ranked Tied at 1-1 in the second set, iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ really excited and proud of what I higher than her this week. Wozniak looked dominating as Aleksandra Wozniak became the first Canadian player to win a WTA have accomplished here, advancing “I don’t know what’s happen- she ripped off three straight games Tour singles title in 20 years with her victory Sunday. through the qualifying round . . . I ing,” Wozniak said. “I to take a commanding focused so hard this week on win- guess I make them run 4-1 advantage. Bartoli from mononucleosis, but felt she had year and 18th overall. ning one match at a time. I believe in too much or something. closed to within 5-3 be- started to regain her form in recent Black and Huber coasted past myself, but I never thought I would Yesterday (Serena) fore Wozniak served out weeks. their first two opponents by allow- win this tournament.” pulled out and today for the match and the “It’s really disappointing for me,” ing only 14 games overall. Saturday, Most likely, no one else did ei- she (Bartoli) got hurt. I championship. Bartoli said. “I was able to play they outlasted Tatiana Poutchek ther. don’t know. I just keep Bartoli had put togeth- some really great tennis to be able and Anastasia Rodionova 4-6, 6-3, In a tournament that has seen playing aggressive and er a strong run of her to be in the final. I thought I really (10-7). On Sunday in the final, they such champions as Billie Jean King, doing what I needed to own in the tournament, had a shot to win a Tier II event. But grabbed early leads in both sets en Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, do to win.” reaching her first final each day is different.” route to the straight-set victory. Andrea Jaeger, Monica Seles, Mar- Wozniak also became of the year with wins Wozniak earned a $95,500 pay In the first set, Black and Huber tina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, just the third qualifier to Marion Bartoli. over defending Bank of day, the biggest of her career and jumped out to a 3-0 lead, main- Venus Williams and appearances by win a tournament this the West Classic cham- almost as much as the $111,777 tained a 5-2 edge and broke serve Anna Kournikova, Wozniak is the year and the first to do it in a Tier II pion Anna Chakvetadze and tour she had earned all year before this for a 6-4 victory. In the second set, most unlikely winner (and personal- tournament — one with more than veteran Ai Sugiyama. week. Her previous best pay day was Black and Huber went ahead 4-0 be- ity) of them all. $600,000 in prize money. She was “It’s hard to retire during the final $54,773 for making it to the third fore eventually winning the match First off, Wozniak had to survive the first qualifier to win this event of tournament,” said Bartoli. “I just round of the French Open earlier on the strength of Black’s serve. eight matches in nine days to win her since the inception of computer wanted to give the fans a complete this year. She lost her only previous “We are very excited,” said Black. first WTA Tour singles title. After rankings in 1982. match and even if I knew I was un- final in a much smaller tournament “We came here with a goal this winning three matches in the quali- Against Bartoli on Sunday, able to win it, it was just better for in Morocco last year. week of winning the tournament. fying tournament, Wozniak defeat- Wozniak dictated play with 33 win- everyone to try and keep going to Bartoli earned $51,000 for her It’s awesome when you meet your ed No. 8 seed Francesca Schiavone ners and continued to keep the 2007 the end.” gutty performance this week. goal so we are very pleased with the of Italy, eliminated Sybille Bammer Wimbledon finalist off balance Bartoli, who has three career In the doubles final, the world’s outcome . . . I think we were defi- of Austria, toppled Samantha Stosur throughout the match. 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bacher, another Menlo grad was in- iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ tentionally walked to create a force- Abi Arias (left) greets Michael Masket at home after Masket scored to out situation. give Palo Alto a 2-1 lead against San Carlos on Monday. However, San Mateo made another call to the bullpen and brought tee moved the runners to second two strikeouts, Diekroeger said of in sidearmer Craig Sargent. The and third and brought the Redwood his late-inning success: “It’s just ÕÀÌiÃÞÊ ÕÀÌiÃÞÊ bullpen call did not quell the Red- City infield in. But Diekroeger one of those things in baseball. I wood City bats as Bordy singled in slammed the door on San Mateo, just wasn’t seeing the ball well. But Morris, immediately followed by striking out Sortwell and inducing he (Allgrove) threw me a good pitch a single from Diekroeger to score a routine ground ball to Davila at in the third at-bat and I just took ad- Mosbacher and tie the game at 3. third for the final out. Diekroeger vantage of it.” Menlo Park’s Nick Sako shot rounds of 70 and 69 and then won a four- After catcher (and Menlo grad) picked up the save to go along with Blaemire finished the game the player playoff to win a prestigious NorCal junior title. Anthony Bouvier popped up, Sa- his 2-for-4 performance at the plate victor, pitching eight innings and al- cred Heart Prep grad Eric Davila with two RBI. lowing only three runs on five hits LOCAL GOLF provided a clutch two-out at-bat, When asked what allowed for and two walks, while striking out singling to right field to score Bordy Redwood City to come back for the six. and give the Blues their first lead of second time in a row in this Ameri- “He went to the next level,” Rey- Trainer in good shape the game at 4-3. can Legion tournament, Diekroeger noso said. “He was out there pitch- Blaemire took the mound in the responded: “It’s just our team, man. ing his heart out. I mean, he pitched ninth inning seeking a complete We’ve got great chemistry. It’s just really well. He’s not a dominant at U.S. Junior Amateur game, but after a hit batsman and a great bunch of guys . . . so we pitcher, but he’s a smart pitcher . . . Sako wins NorCal Junior Players’ Championship a walk, was replaced closer Diek- didn’t back down. We have that in- He hits his spots.” roeger. ner fire.” Mosbacher quietly led by reach- by Keith Peters At the second annual NCGA/ A sacrifice bunt by Kevin McEn- After starting off the game with ing base three times. He went 2-for-3 alo Alto’s Martin Trainer JGANC Northern California Junior with a walk and a run scored. Mos- appears set for match play Players’ Championship at Rancho bacher’s hits were two of the only P at the U.S. Junior Amateur Canada West in Carmel Valley, five hits Redwood City got off of Golf Championships following a Menlo Park’s Nick Sako won a Allgrove. solid opening day at Shoal Creek three-hole playoff with three other Davila, in addition to driving in Alabama. players to capture the overall title in the winning run, concluded the Trainer, who’ll be a senior at last week. game 2-for-3 with a walk as well. Gunn High this fall, shot a 2-over Players competed in a modified Allgrove finished with a final par 74 on Monday. While that left Stableford scoring format, where line of seven innings pitched, one him nine shots behind the sizzling points were awarded as follows: 5 earned run, five hits, one walk, and 65 shot by Jorge Fernandez Valdes points for eagle; 3 points for birdie; 11 strikeouts. “Allgrove pitched one hell of a of Argentina, Trainer was tied with 2 points for par; 1 point for bogey game,” said Diekroeger. “We were 11 other players for 24th on Tuesday and no points for double bogey or pretty much fooled the entire night. morning. Sixteen players were un- more. der par in the opening round. We were lucky he came out.” Sako had 37 points after Thurs- In Monday’s earlier game, Palo The top 64 players from the 36- day’s first-round 70 on the par-71 hole stroke play will advance to Alto put itself a victory away from course and then added 38 points Fri- the title game when Gunn grad Kyle match play on Wednesday. All day after his fine 2-under 69. That Trainer needs to do is match his Einfalt blooped a bases-clearing hit gave him 75 points and left him in down the right-field line in the bot- first-round effort to assure himself a four-way tie for first with Matt a berth in the next round. tom of the sixth to provide the win- Williams of San Jose, Ben Geyer While Trainer is in good shape ning runs in a 9-7 elimination-game of Arbuckle and Dash Lindsell of to advance, Palo Alto High junior win over San Carlos. Alexandra Groetsema is on much- Burlingame. The game was tied at 6 when Ein- shakier ground at the U.S. Girls’ At the Junior World Champion- falt came to the plate. All three runs Amateur in W. Hartford, Conn. ships last weekend at San Diego’s were able to score when the ball got Groetsema shot an uncharacteris- Torrey Pines, site of the 2008 U.S. past the diving right fielder. 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Call for discount Free Estimates Parking. Side-by-side washer and dryer. at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321- prices. 650-568-3297 Grant 949-1820 805 Homes for Rent CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons Atherton, 4 BR/3 BA - $4150 Easy to manage, low expenses, and great cash flow. $2,800,000. Call Carol taking jobs that total less than $500 East Palo Alto, 3 BR/1 BA - $2400 must state in their advertisements Meyer 408/888-5558. that they are not licensed by the Los Altos Hills, 4 BR/4+ BA - $7200/mo Brand New Custom Home In Portola Contractors State License Board. Los Altos Hills, 5+ BR/4+ BA - Valley, 4 BR/3.5 BA $15,000/mo Open July 20-th ( 1;30-4;30) Virtual tour at www.14ohlone.com Page 30 • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Office Space Available NEW MEXICO SACRIFICE! Silicon Painting Company, 2.) Redwood cated below to show cause, if any, why is hereby given that the real property Rancho shopping center Los Altos. 140 acres was $149,900, Now Only Painting Company, 3.) East & West the petition for change of name should for which the address is purported Util., Internet, BA/RM. Contact Bob $69,900. Amazing 6000 ft. elevation. Painting Company, 4.) Dolphines not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: to be: 750 Maplewood Avenue Palo $800.00/mo 650-245-0245 Incredible mountain views. Mature tree Painting Company, 990 Minnesota August 5, 2008, 8:45 a.m., Room 107. Alto, CA 94303 Assessorâ ™s Parcel cover. Power & year round roads. Public Ave., San Jose, CA 95125, Santa Clara Superior Court of California, County of Number: 127-17-049 will be sold at Office Space for Lease 600 square feet. Excellent location. 3 Excellent financing. Priced for quick County: Santa Clara, 191 N. First Street, San public auction at At the entrance to the Portola Rd. phone 650-851-1467 sale. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-888-204-9760. MORA’S PAINTING, INC. Jose, CA 95113. A copy of this ORDER Superior Courthouse, 190 N. Market (Cal-SCAN) Notices 990 Minnesota Ave. TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published St., San Jose, CA on 08/13/2008, at PA: Downtown NEW TO MARKET- San Jose, CA 95125 at least once each week for four suc- 10:00AM to the highest bidder, pay- 120-4355 sf offices for lease. Colorado Mountain Ranch. 35 acres- This business is owned by a corpora- cessive weeks prior to the date set for able at the time of sale, for cash or Photos, plans, pricing: $39,900. Priced for Quick Sale. 995 Fictitious Name tion. hearing on the petition in the following cashierâ ™s check drawn by a state www.paoffices.com Overlooking a majestic lake, beautifully Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to newspaper of general circulation, or national bank, a check drawn by a 650/776-5390 treed, 360 degree mountain views, Statement transact business under the fictitious printed in this county: state or federal credit union or a check adjacent to national forest. EZ terms. business name(s) listed herein. PALO ALTO WEEKLY. drawn by a state or federal savings and éanda ahrt This statement was filed with the Date: June 30, 2008 loan association, savings association, Prime downtown suite 1-866-353-4807. (Cal-SCAN) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara /s/ Mary Ann Grilli or savings bank specified in section Retail Space NEW TO MARKET. STATEMENT County on June 25, 2008. JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 5102 of the Financial Code and autho- Mountain View, Retail Strip Mall, 205 E. New Mexico Ranch Dispersal 140 acres File No. 511160 (PAW July 23, 30, Aug., 6, 13, 2008) (PAW July 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008) rized to do business in California. The Middlefield Rd. 1000sf 415-652-3811 - $89,900. River Access. Northern New The following person (persons) is (are) undersigned Trustee disclaims any Mexico. Cool 6,000’ elevation with stun- doing business as, éanda ahrt, 1361 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL RWC/Ath: Office 997 All Other Legals liability for any incorrectness of the ning views. Great tree cover including Stanford Ave., Palo Alto, CA 9306, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Quiet bldg. 150 sf, $500. Incl. janitor, property address and other common Ponderosa, rolling grassland and rock Santa Clara County: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS # Date of Filing Application: carpet, utils, prkg. 1 yr min. designation, if any, shown herein. Said outcroppings. Abundant wildlife, great ERIK J. WELSH CA-08-149753-BL Loan # 0326260494 June 24, 2008 650/208-8624 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED To Whom It May Concern: sale will be made without covenant or hunting. EZ terms. Call NML&R, Inc. 1361 Stanford Ave. warranty, express or implied, regarding 1-866-360-5263. (Cal-SCAN) Palo Alto, CA 94306 OF TRUST DATED 12/19/2006. The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO SPOT A PIZZA PLACE title, possession, or encumbrances, 840 Vacation ANNA T. ROBBERT to satisfy the indebtedness evidenced 1361 Stanford Ave. PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE The applicants listed above are apply- Rentals/Time Shares SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED ing to the Department of Alcoholic by said Deed, executed by Sep Hines Palo Alto, CA 94306 and Barry Hines, Husband and Wife 2bdrm Mayan Palace - Mexico 855 Real Estate This business is owned by general AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE Beverage Control to sell alcoholic OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, beverages at: as trustor, recorded on 08/17/2007 Bed & Breakfast B&B Hotel partnership. Registrant/Owner has not Services YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 115 HAMILTON AVE. as Instrument No. 19555348, in Book yet begun to transact business under No. , page and of the Official records Five Star Resort the fictitious business name(s) listed A public auction sale to the highest PALO ALTO, CA 94301-1617 Studio,$7950 cash, 650-210-9054 bidder for cash, cashier’s check Type of license(s) Applied for: of Santa Clara County, California. The herein. This statement was filed with total amount of the unpaid balance of Pajaro Dunes Condo the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa drawn on a state or national bank, 41 - ON-SALE BEER AND WINE - EATING check drawn by state or federal credit PLACE the obligation secured by the property 2BR/2BA or 1BR/1BA. On beach, Clara County on June 24, 2008. to be sold and reasonably estimated ocean view. Cable TV, VCR, CD, tennis, (PAW July 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) union, or a check drawn by a state or (PAW July 9, 16, 23, 2008) federal savings and loan association, costs, expenses and advances at the W/D. Pvt. deck, BBQ. Owner, DACUS COMPANY NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE UNDER time of the initial publication of the 650/424-1747. [email protected] or savings association, or savings DEED OF TRUST File: 08007 RDK Loan: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME bank specified in Section 5102 to the Notice of Sale is $1,063,062.29. In Palo Alto Architect STATEMENT 205-011 Other: 3206-69512 Investor the event tender other than cash is Financial code and authorized to do Loan #: - A.P. Number 158-15-029 You File No. 510937 business in this state, will be held by accepted the Trustee may withhold Residential Architecture + Desig The following person (persons) is (are) are in default under a Deed of Trust, the issuance of Trusteeâ ™s Deed 0.5% commission to Buy/Sell home duly appointed trustee. The sale will dated February 10, 2005, unless you doing business as, Dacus Company, be made, but without covenant or war- until funds become available to the 845 Out of Area Gohalfpercent offers a smart 0.5% 281 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA take action to protect your property, payee or endorse as a matter of right. commission option. No hidden cost. ranty, expressed or implied, regarding it may be sold at a public sale. If you 94301, Santa Clara County: title, possession, or encumbrances, to Dated: 07/22/2008 Five Star Service Call 650.988.8813 or browse www. KEN DACUS need an explanation of the nature of Corporation, as said Trustee C/o its gohalfpercent.com pay the remaining principal sum of the the proceeding against you, you should 281 Embarcadero Road note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, agent Pite Duncan, LLP 525 East Main Palo Alto, CA 94301 contact a lawyer. Notice is hereby given Street El Cajon, CA 92022-2289 For with interest and late charges thereon, that Community Properties, Inc, as Residential Property BRYNA DACUS as provided in the note(s), advances, Sales Information Call: (714) 573-1965 281 Embarcadero Road trustee, or successor trustee, or sub- By: Julissa Grossmann P442671. Management under the terms of the Deed of Trust, stituted trustee pursuant to the Deed Palo Alto, CA 94301 interest thereon, fees, charges and PAW 7/23, 7/30, 08/06/2008 • Full Service This business is owned by husband of Trust executed by Estelle K Balaty, expenses of the Trustee for the total a married woman as her sole and NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. • Reasonable Rates & wife. amount (at the time of the initial publica- No. 2008-8580870-R Loan No. Land Consultants Registrant/Owner began transacting separate property Recorded on 03-08- tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably 2005 as Instrument No. 18262348 in 0008580870 Title Order No. 3655130 business under the fictitious business estimated to be set forth below. The YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED Gentlemen’s Horse Farm 650.917.4222 Book - Page - of Official records in the name(s) listed herein on 02/29/2008. amount may be greater on the day of OF TRUST DATED 10/08/1992. Lovely property for you and your office of the County Recorder of Santa This statement was filed with the sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO horses. See Fogster ad. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara Clara County, California, and pursuant 860 Housesitting LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. to the Notice of Default and Election to PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE County on June 18, 2008. Trustor(s): EDWARD TICHY, TERESA M. SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED 850 Acreage/Lots/ Housesitter for Palo Alto area (PAW July 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008) Sell thereunder recorded 03-18-2008 TICHY, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT in Book -, Page -, as Instrument No. AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE Storage BANYR TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY PROPERTY WITH RIGHT OF 19780982 of said Official Records, OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME SURVIVOSHIP Recorded: 12/29/2006 YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A *LAND AUCTION* will sell on 08-06-2008 at At the North STATEMENT as Instrument No. 19244609 in book Market Street Entrance to the County public auction sale to the highest bidder 200 Properties Must be Sold! Low Did you File No. 511236 xxx, page xxx of Official Records in for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a Down / EZ Financing. Free Brochure. Courthouse 190 North market Street The following person (persons) is (are) the office of the Recorder of SANTA San Jose, CA at 11:00 A.M. at public state or national bank, check drawn 1-800-756-2087. www.LandAuction. know? doing business as, Banyr Technology, CLARA County, California; Date of Sale: by a state or federal credit union, or a com (Cal-SCAN) auction to the highest bidder for cash 281 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 7/29/2008 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: (payable at the time of sale in lawful check drawn by a state or federal sav- ABSOLUTE STEAL • The Palo Alto Weekly is 94301, Santa Clara County: At the North Market Street entrance money of the United States), all right, ings and loan association, or savings River Access! Washington 6 AC - adjudicated to publish KENNETH DACUS to the County Courthouse, 190 North title and interest conveyed to and now association, or savings bank specified 281 Embarcadero Road Market Street, San Jose, CA. Amount in Section 5102 of the Financial Code $49,900; 15 AC - Old Farm Buildings in the County of Santa held by it under said Deed of Trust in - $89,900. Top quality acreage in Palo Alto, CA 94301 of unpaid balance and other charges: the property situated in said County and authorized to do business in this stunning setting! Limited available. EZ Clara. BRYNA DACUS $636,681.81 The purported prop- and State hereinafter described: As state will be held by the duly appointed Terms. Call WALR 1-866-836-9152. 281 Embarcadero Road erty address is: 148 COLLEGE ST more fully described on said Deed trustee as shown below, of all right, (Cal-SCAN) • Our adjudication Palo Alto, CA 94301 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040 Assessors of Trust . The property address and title, and interest conveyed to and now This business is owned by husband Parcel No. 148-38-124 The under- held by the trustee in the hereinafter ARIZONA LAND BARGAIN includes the Mid- other common designation, if any, of and wife. signed Trustee disclaims any liability described property under and pursuant 36 Acres - $29,900. Beautiful mountain the real property described above is Peninsula communities Registrant/Owner began transacting for any incorrectness of the property to a Deed of Trust described below. property in Arizona’s Wine Country. purported to be: 1114 Villa Street 176 business under the fictitious business address or other common designa- The sale will be made, but without cove- Price reduced in buyers market. Won’t of Palo Alto, Stanford, Oak Street Mountain View, CA 94041 name(s) listed herein on 01/01/2007. tion, if any, shown herein. If no street nant or warranty, expressed or implied, last! Good access & views. Eureka Los Altos, and The undersigned Trustee disclaims any This statement was filed with the address or other common designation regarding title, possession, or encum- Springs Ranch offered by AZLR. ADWR liability for any incorrectness of the Mountain View County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara is shown, directions to the location brances, to pay the remaining principal report & financing available. property address and other common County on June 26, 2008. of the property may be obtained by sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed 1-877-301-5263. (Cal-SCAN) • The Palo Alto Weekly designation, if any, shown herein. The (PAW July 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008) sending a written request to the ben- total amount of the unpaid balance of of Trust, with interest and late charges FORECLOSURE SPECIAL! publishes every JALAPENO PAPERS eficiary within 10 days of the date of the obligation secured by the property thereon, as provided in the note(s), 100+ Acre Colorado Ranch for Wednesday and Friday. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME first publication of this Notice of Sale. to be sold and reasonable estimated advances, under the terms of the $49,900. Year-round roads, utilities. STATEMENT If the Trustee is unable to convey title costs, expenses and advances at the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, Access to 6,000+ acre recreation Deadlines: File No. 511474 for any reason, the successful bidder’s time of the initial publication of the charges and expenses of the Trustee land. Call 1-866-OWN-LAND x4392. The following person (persons) is (are) sole and exclusive remedy shall be the Notice of Sale is: $1,162,683.98 for the total amount (at the time of the (Cal-SCAN) Wednesday Publication: doing business as, Jalapeno Papers, return of monies paid to the Trustee, In addition to cash, the Trustee will initial publication of the Notice of Sale) MONTANA HORSE RANCH Noon Thursday 2330 Sierra Court, Palo Alto, CA and the successful bidder shall have accept a cashier’s check drawn on a reasonably estimated to be set forth and Hunting Camp. 160 acres w/moun- 94303, Santa Clara County: no further recourse. Date: 7/8/2008 state or national bank, a check drawn below. The amount may be greater on tain views, $139,900. 480 acres - bor- Friday Publication: CARLA J. B. MARSHALL Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th by a state or federal credit union or the day of sale. Trustor: THE RAUSA ders BLM Land, $349,900. Great birds Noon Tuesday 2330 Sierra Court Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645- a check drawn by a state or federal FAMILY TRUST, DATED SEPTEMBER 19, and huge elk and deer. Miles and miles Palo Alto, CA 94303 7711 For NON SALE information only savings and loan association, savings 1991, VINCENT RAUSA AND SEVERA of BLM trails. Call 1-877-229-7840 Call Alicia Santillan This business is owned by an indi- Sale Line: 714-259-7850 or Login to: association or savings bank specified in M RAUSA, TRUSTORS AND TRUSTEES www.WesternSkiesLand.com (Cal-SCAN) (650) 326-8210 x239 to vidual. www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Section 5102 of the Financial Code and Duly Appointed Trustee: GOLDEN WEST Registrant/Owner began transacting Line: (877) 867-7378 /s/ Bounlet authorized to do business in this state. SAVINGS ASSOCIATION SERVICE CO., NEW ARIZONA LAND Rush! assist you with your legal Louvan, If you have previously been A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Recorded 1 or 2-1/2 “Football Field” Sized Lots! business under the fictitious business In the event tender other than cash is advertising needs. name(s) listed herein on 7/1/08. discharged through bankruptcy, you accepted the Trustee may withhold the 10/20/1992 as Instrument No. $0 Down. $0 Interest. $159-$208 per may have been released of personal 11590440 in book -, page - of Official month! Money Back Guarantee! 1-877- This statement was filed with the issuance of the Trustee’s Deed until E-mail asantillan@ County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara liability for this loan in which case this funds become available to the payee or Records in the office of the Recorder of 466-0650 or www.SunSitesLandRush. letter is intended to exercise the Santa Clara County, California, Date of com (Cal-SCAN) paweekly.com County on July 2, 2008. endorsee as a matter of right. Said sale (PAW July 9, 16, 23, 30, 2008) note holder’s rights against the real will be made, but without covenant or Sale: 08/13/2008 at 11:00 AM Place property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT of Sale: At the North Market Street ROCK’ N SOUL ALLEY warranty, express or implied regarding FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A title, possession or encumbrances, to entrance to the County Courthouse, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO 190 North Market Street, San Jose, STATEMENT satisfy the indebtedness secured by BIG LAND AUCTION COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE said Deed, advances thereunder, with California Amount of unpaid balance File No. 511643 HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. and other charges: $124,641.63 Street The following person (persons) is (are) interest as provided therein, and the PRIME HOMESITE LOTS ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY unpaid principal balance of the Note Address or other common designation 146 doing business as, Rock’ N Soul Alley, OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE of real property is purported to be.: Sold Individually! 3144 David Avenue, Palo Alto, CA secured by said Deed with interest on "California's Lost Coast" CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT thereon as provided in said Note, fees, 361 EASY ST MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94303, Santa Clara County: PURPOSE. As required by law, you are 94043 A.P.N.: 160-21-016 The under- DAVID GREENE charges and expenses of the trustee hereby notified that a negative credit and the trusts created by said Deed of signed Trustee disclaims any liability for SHELTER COVE OCEANFRONT RESORT 3144 David Avenue report reflecting on your credit record any incorrectness of the street address Palo Alto, CA 94303 Trust. Dated: 06-29-2008 Community may be submitted to a credit report Properties, Inc, as said Trustee, 257 or other common designation, if any, Saturday, July 26, 2008 This business is owned by an individual. agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of shown above. If no street address or Registrant/Owner began transacting E Campbell Ave Suite 3, Campbell, Ca (Auction conducted off-site at the) your credit obligations. other common designation is shown, business under the fictitious business 95008 (408)379-1274 By: Roland D $100 FREE ASAP# 2799042 Keffer, Agent for Trustee directions to the location of the prop- Hyatt Vineyard Creek Hotel name(s) listed herein on January 1, PAW 07/09/2008, 07/16/2008, erty may be obtained by sending a writ- GAS CARD! 2008. ASAP# 2809705 07/23/2008 PAW 07/16/2008, 07/23/2008, ten request to the beneficiary within 10 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA For each lot purchased This statement was filed with the days of the date of first publication of Sale begins at 11:00 AM - Registration at 10:00 AM Redeemed at Closing! County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE 07/30/2008 OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE this Notice of Sale. Date: 07/17/2008 County on July 9, 2008. Loan: 0657050889 Investor No.: Fidelity National Agency Sales & OPEN HOUSE on Commercial Building & 2 Residential Homes: (PAW July 18, 25, Aug., 1, 8, 2008) STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE Other: 3703332 TS#: 08-75079 A.P.N. Saturday, July 19th 10AM - 5PM Sunday, July 20th 1PM - 5PM COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Posting Agent for GOLDEN WEST THE MASTER OF SILICON PAINTING 127-17-049 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SAVINGS ASSOCIATION SERVICE CO., No. 108CV116228 SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST YOU COMPANY TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION 15661 FREE AUCTION PACKAGES BY CALLING TOLL FREE REDWOOD PAINTING COMPANY ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF Red Hill Ave. Ste. 200 Tustin, California Petitioner DIWAKAR AND MANISHA filed TRUST, DATED 08/10/2007, UNLESS EAST & WEST PAINTING COMPANY a petition with this court for a decree 92780 Telephone Number: (800) 840- DOLPHINES PAINTING COMPANY YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT 8547 Sale Status Line: (714) 259-7850 changing names as follows: YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD 1-800-523-1964 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME A.) DIWAKAR to DIWAKAR DAS. SETH WHITE, OFFICER Of Golden West STATEMENT AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN Savings Association Service Company or download our website at www.talconauctions.com B.) MANISHA to MANISHA DAS. EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF File No. 511214 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons ASAP# 2827834 The following person (persons) is (are) THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU PAW 07/23/2008, 07/30/2008, Talcon Auctioneers • Lexington, KY • John L. Wilson • Auctioneer interested in this matter shall appear SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice doing business as, 1.) The Master of before this court at the hearing indi- 08/06/2008 Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, July 23, 2008 • Page 31 PALO ALTO 3 2.2.5 REDWOOD CITY 3 2.5 REDWOOD CITY 3 2 SANTA CLARA 2 2

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Virtual tour: www.tourfactory. double paned grid windows, dining & living room CONVENIENT LOCATION! $574,800 Cesar Cervantes 650.328.5211 com/438859 combo 2 BR 2 BA Move-in ready! Bright, 2-level well-main- Vic Spicer 650.325.6161 Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 tained quiet corner-unit townhome. SUNNYVALE Teri Lee 650.325.6161 CHARM & LARGE BACKYARD $595,000 DOWNTOWN PA TOWNHOUSE $1,295,000 NEAR SHOPPING AND 101 $299,000 2 BR 2.5 BA Approx. 1692 sq. ft. Stunningly remod- 2 BR 1 BA Hardwood floors, tiled kitchen with 2 BR 1 BA Updated kitchen w. tile floors, dining and REMODELED WITH A WOW! $399,000 eled. in 2004. All the finest materials & appliances. breakfast bar, separate dining area, 1 car garage. living room combo, bonus rm. Fully fenced yards 2 BR 1.5 BA “Short Sale” Make your best offer and Zach Trailer 650.325.6161 Owen Halliday 650.325.6161 Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 the bank might accept it! Opportunity of a lifetime! Geraldine Asmus 650.325.6161 ATTENTION BUILDERS!! $1,250,000 WOODSIDE LOS ALTOS HILLS FABULOUS TOP FLOOR UNIT! $349,000 2 BR 1 BA 7500 sq. ft. lot (per city) in prime COLONIAL ESTATE $9,500,000 1 BR 1 BA This wonderful top floor is bright & spa- Evergreen location,SALE close PENDINGto Cal. Ave. Business Dist NEW OASIS $12,950,000 5 BR 5 BA Secluded on 6 ac beyond a gated entrance cious! It has high ceilings & renovated kitchen. Lynne Mercer 650.325.6161 7 BR 7.5 BA Unparalled luxury & landmark architec- w/pool & TC. Sep. & fully equipped gsthse w/2BD. DiPali Shah 650.325.6161 Lehua Greenman & Tom Dallas 650.851.2666 ture await you at this home w/10,666 sf on 1+ acre. EXPANDED & REMODELED $1,199,000 Hanna Shacham 650.324.4456 PALO ALTO 3 BR 2.5 BA Remodeled kitchen,granite,hardwood floors,new appliances.Family Room,dining room. MENLO PARK EXQUISITE ELEGANCE $7,750,000 Rod Creason 650.325.6161 4 BR 4.5 BA Historic Crescent Pk hm. Exceptional NEWLY BUILT IN MENLO PARK $4,995,000 wood detail, magnificent staircase, grand recep. hall ONE-OF-A-KIND HOME $899,000 RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE 6 BR 5 BA Stunning new home on large lot in prime Linda Fahn 650.325.6161 3 BR 1 BA Charming home with unique wood inte- Menlo Park rior beamed ceilings, lg windows & dramatic skylights. MENLO PARK . EL CAMINO NEW CONSTRUCTION! $5,850,000 Tom LeMieux 650.323.7751 Dorothy Gurwith 650.325.6161 5 BR 4 BA Approx 4,700 SF of living space spread 650. 324.4456 STUNNING HOME IN PRIV LOC $1,250,000 over 3 levels. Approx 8,079 SF lot in Leland Manor. BEAUTIFULLY UPDATED $679,000 Hanna Shacham 650.324.4456 MENLO PARK . SANTA CRUZ 3 BR 2 BA Elegant L/R, gourmet kitchen, sparkling 2 BR 2 BA Fabulous updated ground flr single level pool. unit in prime complex.In-unit laundry, PA schools 650. 323.7751 NEW CONSTRUCT. IN OLD PA $3,899,000 Keri Nicholas 650.323.7751 Kathleen & Dave Pasin 650.325.6161 5 BR 4 BA Stunning Craftsman by J5 Homes. Open PALO ALTO . LYTTON Floor Plan, Imported Materials, High-End Finishes!! MOUNTAIN VIEW Mandana Nejad 650.325.6161 PORTOLA VALLEY 650. 325.6161

HOME + INCOME IN MT. VIEW $2,100,000 SPECTACULAR, SPACIOUS HM $3,750,000 FABULOUS NEW CONSTRUCTION $6,995,000 PALO ALTO . MIDDLEFIELD 3 BR 2 BA Remod&like new SFR vacant, six 1bd/1ba 6 BR 4.5 BA This amazing 4,489 sqft state-of-the-art, 5 BR 4 BA Stunning new contemporary ofrs magnifi- 650. 328.5211 units w/tenants, hwd flrs,FP,new custom tile baths nearly new home is thoughtfully designed. cent mountain, valley views. Completed Fall 2008. Tim Trailer 650.325.6161 Hanna Shacham 650.324.4456 Hanna Shacham 650.324.4456 PORTOLA VALLEY

GREAT PROPERTY $1,298,000 NEW SPANISH VILLA $3,499,000 COUNTRY ESTATE $5,750,000 650. 851.1961 4 BR 2 BA Expansive owner's home plus large 5 BR 4.5 BA ~3600sf of living space, open flr pln, 3 4 BR 4 BA Luxurious compound on approx. 3.3 acres 2br/1.5ba rental with bonus room and 1-car garage. levels. Designed: Stephen Pogue; Built: J5 Homes in prime Westridge neighborhood. WOODSIDE Greg Stange 650.325.6161 Mandana Nejad 650.325.6161 Ed Kahl 650.851.2666 650. 851.2666

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