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Page 2 • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis The high cost of higher education Parents, however, know it takes step” for 95 percent of the high- that is more important than educa- With skyrocketing tuition fees, more than hard work to get into school grads every year. While the tion. It’s worth paying what you can it’s a challenge to send grads to the best schools college — it takes money, lots of teenagers spend their high-school in order to ensure that your child it. Parents of this year’s graduates careers loading up on challenging has the best opportunity,” said Gail without breaking the bank from Gunn and Palo Alto high courses, doing community service Price, a Palo Alto school board by Alexandria Rocha schools combined will pour at least and playing sports to increase their member whose son graduated from $10 million into higher education chances of “getting in,” parents are Gunn this month and will attend the t happens at the end of every tigious colleges across the country, institutions this fall. stretching the family budget, socking University of Arizona this fall. school year: Hundreds of high signaling that all the students’ hard And that’s just for the students’ away thousands of dollars to make Most parents in Palo Alto are well I school graduates in Palo Alto work has finally — and officially first year. that college education a reality. aware of the rising costs of college learn they are accepted into pres- — paid off. In Palo Alto, college is the “next “There is probably no expense (continued on page 5)

CRIME Police step up patrols in south Palo Alto Interrupted burglary results in massive manhunt by Don Kazak fter a frustrating five-hour search Monday afternoon and Aevening for a gun-wielding burglar who carjacked a vehicle, crashed it into a tree and appar- ently escaped, Palo Alto police have stepped up patrols throughout south Palo Alto, Sgt. John Costa said. Officers sealed off an area south of Greer Park following the chain of incidents that began about 2:15 p.m. Monday. They ended the man- Norbert von der GroebenNorbert hunt shortly before 8 p.m. when a bloodhound failed to pick up the man’s scent following a yard-to- yard-search by four other K9 units and officers. Now, the police are processing ev- idence from the two cars the burglar appropriated, one of which he stole from the Middlefield Road home he At the edge of magic entered and the second that he forc- Rebecca Snowball, a Menlo Park resident, dances to the rhythm of drums during the 11th annual drum recital at the New Guinea Sculpture Gardens ibly took and crashed into a tree near at Stanford University on Sunday. The recital features students of teacher Zorina Wolf, who teaches Ta Ke Ti Na drumming in Palo Alto. West Bayshore Road on the edge of Greer Park. Costa said the police are checking any evidence from the CITY COUNCIL the Constitution. We need this proj- dations from a “Blue Ribbon Task two vehicles, including latent finger- ect to move forward.” Force” that spent six months study- prints. ing why, how and where to rebuild Detectives are also determining if Council chooses site the city’s police headquarters. the two victims are able to remem- "A compelling case Those recommendations call for ber enough to help put together an has been made tonight the building — which also includes artist’s sketch. The man is only de- for police HQ the 911-call center and the Emer- scribed as Hispanic or dark-skinned for a new public safety gency Operations Center — to grow with collar-length black hair, wear- Eminent domain could be used to seize land, but still no building.” from around 25,000 square feet to ing a grey T-shirt and black or blue way to pay for project —LaDoris Cordell, 49,600 square feet. jeans. by Bill D’Agostino city councilwoman The project will use “green build- The events unfolded quickly Mon- ing” techniques to be environmen- day afternoon. Police received a 911 he City of Palo Alto will begin nation exists for,” Councilman The council voted unanimously, tally sustainable. call at 2:13 p.m. from a man living in negotiations to acquire vacant Larry Klein said during Monday with Councilman Jack Morton ab- Despite voting to support the the 4100 block of Middlefield Road Tprivate land on Park Boulevard night’s council meeting. “We can sent, to begin negotiations with the project, Mayor Judy Kleinberg said who came home to find the suspect for its rebuilt police headquarters, acquire the property. I certainly site’s two landowners: Essex Prop- she worried the city’s options were inside his house. The intruder bran- and city leaders are prepared to use hope it’s through negotiations that erties Trust Inc. and Vance Brown too narrow. dished a gun and took the keys to the eminent domain if necessary. are friendly. ... But the rights of the Builders. The council also unani- “I’m concerned that we have nar- victim’s green Toyota pickup truck “This is precisely what condem- government are clearly set forth in mously approved the recommen- (continued on page 11) (continued on page 10) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson Our EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Marc Burkhardt, Managing Editor Jocelyn Dong, Associate Editor Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor Town Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor by Don Kazak Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer Bill D’Agostino, Alexandria Rocha, Staff Writers Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer Nicholas Wright, Staff Photographer A good guy Adam Heyman, Photo Intern Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & Online Editor Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections on Andersen and his wife, Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor Jan, are back in the Bay Area, Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Benson, “There is life after Lynn Comeskey, Tim Goode, Jill Slater, Rmuch to their surprise and de- Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors Anabel Lee, Andrew Thompson, Editorial Interns light. Palo Alto, and life Brooke Thomas, Arts & Entertainment Intern Andersen, 67, served eight years after teaching,” DESIGN on the Palo Alto City Council, Carol Hubenthal, Design Director 1990-97, and was vice mayor in -Ron Andersen Diane Haas, Lynda Lumish, Sue Peck, Senior Designers; his last year. He was a surprise vic- Royd Hatta, Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, tor in the 1989 council election, he Charmaine Mirsky, Scott Peterson, Designers says because the Weekly endorsed for their children who were absent PRODUCTION him. any nearby grandparents. Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Dorothy Hassett, Brooke Fox, I just thought he was a good When a son from one family mar- Sales & Production Coordinators guy. ried a daughter from the other, Ron ADVERTISING Election night parties are crowd- and Jan were invited to stand in the Michael Howard, Advertising Manager ed, wild and noisy, so when I drove receiving line at the reception, but Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Assistant Jasbir Gill, Janice Hoogner, Sandra over to Andersen’s party on elec- didn’t know whether to stand on the Valdiosera, Display Advertising Sales tion night in 1989 I was stunned bride’s side or the groom’s. Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. to find Ron and maybe eight other Andersen is an avid fisherman 180 Prominent California Clay and Glass Artists Linda Franks, Classified Advertising Manager people calmly sitting in a semi- so he loves living in southern Ore- Brian Canson, Nerissa Gaerlan, Evie Marquez, circle. That’s when I found out he gon, a fisherman’s paradise. But he FREE Admission • Demonstrations and Special Exhibits Irene Schwartz, Classified Advertising Sales was Mormon. complained about how politically At the Palo Alto Art Center • Embarcadero at Newell Blanca Yoc, Classified Administrative Assistant ONLINE SERVICES He became the bishop of a Palo conservative the region is, except July 8th & 9th, 10 to 5 Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online Alto Mormon church while serv- for the university town of Ashland, Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster ing on the council, but he kept his home to the famed Oregon Shake- BUSINESS religion in his pocket. speare Festival, one reason they Iryna Buynytska, Business Manager Miriam Quehl, Manager of Payroll & Benefits He was a thoughtful council moved to nearby Medford. Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant member. Many parents and their I’m a subscriber to the festival, Valentina Georgieva, Judy Tran, Business children may remember Andersen too, and he said he wants to take me Associates Tina Karabats, Cathy Stringari, Doris Taylor, because he spent most of his 35- fishing when he and Jan are back in Business Associates year teaching career in the Palo Medford after their 18-month Bay ADMINISTRATION Alto Unified School District, and Area stay and I go up there to see Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & developed a respected, ahead-of- a few plays. Promotions Director; Rachel Palmer, Promotions & Online Assistant its-time “family life” course. We talked briefly about the war Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Ruben Espinoza, “I love it,” he said of teaching. in Iraq, which disturbs both of us Jorge Vera, Couriers “But it was time to walk away. I greatly. EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. didn’t want to leave burned out.” He has fond memories of serving William S. Johnson, President Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO; Robert D. He was courageous on the coun- on the Palo Alto City Council, and Thomas, Vice President, Corporate Development; cil, killing a political career he had of the people with whom he served. Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing; Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations no interest in pursuing further by “It’s a great community,” he said. & Webmaster proposing that Palo Alto’s Foothills He still keeps up a little with Palo Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales Manager; Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation Park be opened to non-residents, Alto issues. “There is life after Palo & Mailing Services; Alicia Santillan, Circulation which deeply outraged many long- Alto, and life after teaching,” he Assistant; Chris Planessi, Joel Pratt, Chip time Palo Altans. said, smiling. Poedjosoedarmo, Computer System Associates “It was just wrong,” he said of the He and Jan took me to lunch, The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) is published every Wednesday and Friday by residents-only policy. “Some things aiming at an Asian restaurant, but Embarcadero Publishing Co., 703 High St., Palo are just wrong.” I agreed with him, when I admitted I am not an Asian- Alto, CA 94302, (650) 326-8210. Periodicals post- and said so in writing. Still do. food fan and liked hamburgers, he age paid at Palo Alto, CA and additional mailing offices. Adjudicated a newspaper of general circu- His religion brought him and Jan re-aimed his truck and took us to lation for Santa Clara County. The Palo Alto Weekly back to the Bay Area. a hamburger stand with outdoor is delivered free to homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, to faculty They moved to Medford, Ore., seating. and staff households on the Stanford campus and five years ago. 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the affordable tuition, the coastal Tuition campus offered a beautiful setting (continued from page 3) and great educational and recre- tuitions and start planning when ational opportunities. The tuition at their children are still wearing size U.C. Santa Cruz is $6,949 per year. “4T” pants and painting with their The family toured some schools in fingers. the northwest, called the “Interstate “The point is, if you want to plan 5 Tour,” and fell in love with a small for it, the sooner you start the better. private school in Oregon. David ap- The more you can put aside, the bet- plied and was accepted, but it wasn’t ter,” said David Ach, a Palo Alto at- the right choice for the family. torney who has given talks to parents Hill said David was well-informed about estate planning and saving for about the college costs, and the idea college educations. was for him to make a decision he This year, about 880 students to- could live with, knowing it would tal graduated from Gunn and Paly. not break the family bank. Besides four students joining the It’s “the allure of Santa Cruz, the military, 11 traveling or studying, Redwoods. It’s only 45 minutes from and 14 working, the rest are headed home and yet it’s a world away. He to colleges across the country and knew three or four kids who were SLIP INTO A BEAUTIFUL SMILE! the world. going,” Hill said. “For the money, This year, Paly parents will spend you can’t beat the education.” at least $5.8 million, or an average of Hundreds of other families share Rutner Dental is now offering LUMINEERS Find out just how easy it can be $13,806 per student for 419 gradu- Hill’s point of view. The University ates, on college tuition. At Gunn, of California campuses are consid- BY CERINATE, the latest in porcelain to slip into a beautiful smile. parents will spend at least $4.2 mil- ered a bargain for the stellar educa- veneer technology. Incredibly thin, they lion, averaging $9,957 per student for tions offered. The only problem is can correct chips, stains, and most other Call today for a $500 a total of 426 graduates, on tuition. that it’s getting increasingly competi- cosmetic problems in as little as two visits. discount on LUMINEERS! (Scholarship and financial-aid in- tive to land a seat. 866.57.SMILE formation was not available and was About 160 graduates from Gunn They slide right over your own teeth, not factored into the calculations.) and about 100 from Paly decided to in most cases without any shots, Rutner Dental, for beautiful Across the country, college tuitions attend U.C. schools this fall. In terms grinding, or drilling! smiles that work. increased an average of 7 percent of tuition, UCLA is at the low end, from the 2004-’05 year to 2005-’06, costing $6,504 per year, and U.C. and officials expect schools to keep Davis is at the high end, charging getting more expensive. One Paly $7,457 per year. student will attend the University While that kind of tuition is more of Richmond in Virginia, where the affordable for families, it too has still tuition and fees jumped 31 percent to gone up steadily in the past 40 years. $34,850 in 2005-’06. In 1966, as school board member Some of the most popular private Price points out, U.C. Berkeley cost 1040 Grant Road, Suite 103, Mountain View, CA 94040 college choices this year include: $88.50 per quarter. 650.314.0100 • www.rutnerdental.com Harvard University at $32,097, Whether parents are planning for seven students; Boston University a private or a public college, the pro- at $31,966 per year, eight students; cess is likely to change a family’s Stanford University at $31,600 per lifestyle in some way. Palo Alto year, 22 students; Cornell University school board President Mandy Low- at $31,467 per year, eight students; ell said she has known parents who Santa Clara University at $29,159 have returned to work to save for per year, eight students; and the their child’s college education. University of Colorado at Boulder at Lowell also said many families an out-of-state tuition of $22,826 per consider living in Palo Alto and year, eight students. sending their children to the public One Paly senior will attend the schools a way to save for college, as most expensive school of her peers: they might otherwise spend thou- Bates College, a liberal arts school in sands of dollars on private-school Maine with 1,700 students, a 10-to-1 tuition. teacher-to-student ratio and a cost of Some financial-planning institu- $39,900 per year. tions are projecting astronomical There are also a few students go- rises in college tuitions over the next ing abroad to attend the University of two decades. SallieMae, a student- British Columbia in Canada, Bar-Ilan loan management company, esti- University in Israel, the International mates that one year at Stanford Uni- Christian University in Japan and versity will cost more than $87,000 Istta in France, for which exchange in 15 years and one year at U.C. rates have to be factored in. Berkeley will cost about $18,000 in Most students start thinking about 15 years. where they want to go to college dur- “Tuition keeps going up, room ing their junior year in high school. and board keeps going up. It’s really It’s also the year teens consider the amazing if you look at the escalation most grueling academically. They over time,” Price said. “I don’t know take the SATs, advanced placement how our adult children will ever be classes, and most tour colleges with able to afford the education of their their parents during spring break. own children. I have no idea.” Many parents say tuition plays an It is also important to note that important role when choosing a col- some of the more affordable col- lege, but it is secondary to finding a leges are in Palo Alto’s backyard. campus where their kids will feel at Sixty-six of this year’s Gunn and home, have plenty to do and be able Paly grads, for example, will attend to explore their interests. Foothill and De Anza colleges for Although parents also look into $1,596 a year, and four others will teacher-to-student ratios, the size attend Cabrillo College in Aptos for of the lecture halls, study-abroad $1,636 a year. ■ programs and professors, students What do you think of the cost of are more interested in the size of higher education? Talk about it at the dorms, sports teams and social Town Square at www.PaloAltoOn- scenes. line.com. Kate Hill, whose son David gradu- Staff Writer Alexandria Ro- ated from Gunn this month and will cha can be e-mailed at arocha@ attend U.C. Santa Cruz, said besides paweekly.com. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Page 5

MARTHA "MARTY" LOUISE MARSHALL Upfront

Passed away on June 4, 2006 from heart complications in degree in humanities in 1948. She and Clyde soon married Santa Rosa. and moved to Hayward and then Palo Alto to raise their 3 boys. QUOTE OF THE WEEK For the last 2 years Marty was a resident of Sonoma and before Marty enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, knitting, needlepoint that a 49 year resident of Palo Alto. and traveling. She was open and honest and loved discussing Her husband Clyde Marion Marshall, a retired army colonel, anything that made the front page. In the 1960s she volunteered ‘‘ died 2 1/2 years before she did. During his lifetime he had been at Stanford University Hospital as a Gray Lady. In the 1980s she a traveling salesman for a pharmaceutical company. They had came back to the hospital where she used her mastery of the been married fi fty-fi ve years. She was the devoted mother of Japanese language as a translator for visiting Japanese patients. Architect Keith Marshall of Brooklyn, NY, Artist Craig Marshall of Marty also was a bay area tour guide for Interstudy. It makes them feel special — and San Francisco and Dr. John Marshall of Sonoma. Marty was the Marty is survived by her older sister Patricia Struthers and her beloved grandmother to Aarian, Ean and Gabriel Marshall. younger sister Ruth Jacob, both of whom are from the San Diego makes them feel ordinary. Born in Seattle, WA on January 12, 1926, she was the third area. Her older brother John Malcolm Ahrens died in 1991. —Little League coach Brad Elman, on the child of Lillie (Wallbrook) and Paul Downing Ahrens, a tea Her interment was private and a celebration of her life will be Palo Alto Giants, a team for kids who have merchant. Marty spent her youth in Shizuoka, Japan, Miledgeville, held at the Palo Alto Cultural Center in mid August. ‘‘ disabilities. See story in Section 2. IL and San Carlos, CA. She attended Stanford University where Marty will be missed greatly by her family and friends. she met her future husband Clyde. Marty earned her bachelor's Memorial contributions may be sent to the Arthritis Foundation. PAID OBITUARY Around Town CHIP SHOT . . . The Palo Alto into a confrontation with anyone Parks and Recreation Com- like that. It could be a recipe for mission is not likely to make a disaster.” recommendation about the fu- ture of the city’s golf course this REDISTRICTING . . .The Palo year. “We believe we need more Alto City Council weighed into a information on playing areas/ thorny statewide issue on Mon- recreational needs,” Chair Jean- day night, when it voted to ap- nette Marquess said. Earlier prove a resolution calling for an this year, the City Council asked 11-member independent com- the commission to weigh in on mission to draw the districting Mayor Judy Kleinberg’s plan to boundaries of statewide offices. revamp the city’s golf course to The current method, having the create additional playing fields. officeholders themselves do The commission, though, is the work, produces districts not currently undergoing a study based on geography, Council- on all the different recreational man Peter Drekmeier said needs for the city, and wants to Monday night. “We felt this was complete that study before mak- the least Palo Alto could do,” he ing a recommendation about said. The voted was 7-1, with the future of the golf course. Councilman Bern Beecham op- “We really need data, not just posed. He said he doesn’t vote emotions,” Marquess said. At a on issues not immediately under future meeting, the commission Palo Alto’s jurisdiction. Council- will draft a letter to the council man Jack Morton was absent. stating their position. In a related matter, the council voted Mon- READY, SET, PAY FEE! . . . day night to ask the commission Filmmaker Daniel Engelhardt, to include water recreation, such a Menlo-Atherton High School as boating and wind surfing, in graduate, is working with other its study. local high-school graduates on pre-production on his first fea- A DISASTER STEW? . . . Palo ture film, titled “Palo Alto.” But Alto leaders have now warned the production has run into a residents twice this month that stumbling block, a City of Palo taking justice into their own Alto fee for filming on public hands could be “a recipe for di- land. Monday night, Engelhardt, saster.” Concerned about a rise who’s currently a student at the in home and auto burglaries, University of California, Los An- residents have begun patrolling geles, came to the City Council their streets at night, hoping to and asked the city to waive the spot criminals in the act. At the charge, saying it was impor- City Council meeting in early tant to have the film be shot on June, Mayor Judy Kleinberg “authentic Palo Alto streets.” called that a potential “recipe for Trouble is, the production is disaster.” This week, police were for-profit and the city rules only using the same phrase after allow for lifting the fees for non- an alert neighbor who helped profits. The council, though, has stop a crime also spoke with the final say and, after hearing the alleged car thief. After the Engelhardt’s plea, voted to re- neighbor saw what was hap- consider the fee for the filmmak- pening and called the police, ers at a future meeting. The film officers arrested an East Palo will follow the story of four Palo Alto resident who allegedly en- Alto high school graduates who tered an unlocked SUV parked return to the city after their first in a driveway in the 500 block year in college. Engelhardt, a of Greer Road about 11 a.m. producer on the film, described Sunday. The witness, from the it as an update of “American 1900 block of Edgewood Drive, Graffiti,” George Lucas’ classic also approached the woman tale of youth in southern Califor- and confronted her before police nia in the early 1960s. ■ arrived. “Be a good witness and let the officers handle the en- Got a funny, “only in Palo Alto” counter,” Sgt. John Costa said. anecdote to tell? Share it on Town “We admire the vigilance but Square at Palo Alto Online, at remind people to avoid getting www.PaloAltoOnline.com.

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NeighborhoodsA roundup of neighborhood news edited by Jocelyn Dong

AROUND THE BLOCK FLUKES OR HAZARDS? . . . The Barron Park Association will be holding a special meeting for residents on “Hazardous Mate- rials at CPI (former Varian)” on Wednesday, June 28, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the fifth-floor meet- ing room of the Creekside Inn, 3400 El Camino Real. Dan Firth, acting fire marshal of the Palo Alto Fire Department, will speak about the status of the depart- ment’s investigation of the ac- cidental release of toxic gases at the company CPI on Feb. 2 and how the department moni- tors hazardous materials and their usage at CPI. The meeting will be moderated by Maryanne Welton of the Barron Park Asso- ciation. For information, e-mail [email protected].

HEATING UP . . . The 25th an- niversary of Palo Alto’s annual Summer Festival and Chili Cook-Off is scheduled to set taste buds ablaze on July 4 from noon to 5 p.m. at Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive. Teams of amateur and profes- Adam Heyman sional chili cooks will battle it out for cash and prizes in a contest judged by local community leaders. Admission is free and chili-tasting kits can be pur- Al Stura, 85, has filled a garage wall with photos and memorabilia from his life — all of which he has lived in Palo Alto. chased for $5.

CRIME TIME . . . The Midtown Residents Association will hold ‘A wonderful life’ in pictures a meeting about neighborhood crime the evening of Tuesday, Palo Alto man’s garage is both a personal and historical photo gallery July 18 at Friends Meeting Hall at 957 Colorado Avenue. Palo by Sue Dremann Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson ther people hang their family In his long, active life, Stura has days as a halfback on the Palo Alto Stura into the world spent the entire and Neighborhood Watch pro- photos in their study, but Al amassed a singular portrait of Palo High School football team; and the day with mother and newborn son. gram coordinator Susie Jones O Stura decided to display his Alto that is both personal and his- historic snowfall on the Palo Alto “Afterward, he stayed for Thanks- will give an overview of crime in pictures in the garage. torical. golf course in 1962. giving dinner,” Stura said. south Palo Alto and then offer Study walls afford limited space; There are photos of Stura’s father Stura was born on Thanksgiving Stura started the history wall in training for block captains. For the garage seemed as good a place working in his auto paint shop on Day, 1920, in a back room of his fa- 1980, after retiring from his job as information, see www.Midtown- as any to show the myriad photos High Street, where he painted early ther’s paint shop. The shop was next chief claim adjuster with Southern Residents.org. Stura has accrued in his 85 years, Fords and also varnished President door to the blacksmith’s — where Pacific Railroad. He enjoyed the he said. Herbert Hoover’s furniture. Also the Palo Alto Weekly building is project, picking up picture frames A NIGHT ON THE TOWN . . . Stura is among an increasingly pictured are the long-gone Mayfield today. at Saturday morning garage sales, Palo Alto police are encourag- rarified group of people who spend School; Sherman School, where the Doctors still made house calls he said. Stura never intended the ing neighborhoods to celebrate their entire lives in their hometown. courthouse is today; Stura’s glory then, and the doctor who brought National Night Out on Tuesday, (continued on page 11) August 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The gathering of Neighborhood EVERGREEN PARK Watch groups, neighborhood neighborhood and began burning said she has taken her daughter to associations, emergency pre- their eyes and throats on June 3. the emergency room three times paredness and other groups is Fuming over “It’s been really hard. We can’t since November, and doctors can’t intended to strengthen neighbor- open our windows. I’ve been living explain why she is ill. hood ties through social events. here since 1990, and off and on, The girl has also had nose bleeds This is the second year Palo construction odors they’ve been trying to clean the site for the last month and a half. Alto groups will participate. To but never with this intensity. Years Across the street, black ser- register a block party, contact Residents charge city with ago when it first began, with all of pentine hoses quiver and make Community Service Officer Su- unresponsiveness to health concerns the noise I tried to call the city, but small jumps. The ground is being sie Jones at 329-2632 or e-mail they said it’s private land and they heated to vaporize leaked gasoline ■ by Sue Dremann [email protected]. can’t do anything about it,” said trapped in the soil. The vaporized trange smells leaking from The gas station site at 1795 El Samina Sundas, who lives directly gas is pumped into a series of large Talk about the events and issues an abandoned gas station Camino Real is undergoing high- across the street from the site. metal holding tanks in the back going on in your neighborhood! S and the subsequent lack of tech cleaning to remove seeped Sundas said she’s been having of a truck. The fumes that drove Post your thoughts and ques- response from City Hall have resi- gasoline from the ground. Resi- powerful headaches, and added her neighbors indoors have been con- tions at Town Square at www. dents of a Park Boulevard neigh- dents living nearby say strange daughter has experienced difficul- tained by the cleaning company’s PaloAltoOnline.com. borhood fuming. odors from the site permeated the ties breathing for months. Sundas (continued on page 11)

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Giordano allegedly molested the victim almost weekly, ending the rela- tionship in March 1994 when she was 17 years old, Wagstaffe said. The woman did not report the molestations until memories of the en- counters surfaced during a counseling session in 2005, Wagstaffe said. Giordano was arrested at his Menlo Park home on Aug. 18, 2005 and has been free on more than $1 million bail since September. ■ —Bay City News Service ‘Revenue enhancement’ committee shelved @ Foothill College. Find All You Need Right Here. A proposed committee to study ways to enhance city revenues was abruptly shelved Monday in favor of a full-council study session targeted for July 31. Recent Mayor Judy Kleinberg Monday pulled her June 15 memo from Monday’s high school City Council agenda. The memo cited major concerns about loss of sales- tax revenues and the city’s commitments to infrastructure rebuilding and graduates employee retirements. “Before we set up another committee that will take a lot of staff and • council-member time, I felt it was important for the full council to get an College update on what has been done to follow the recommendations of the last two committees,” she said. students on Kleinberg said she began to re-think the idea last week after talking to summer break residents, staff and some council colleagues. “It became clear that I didn’t have all the facts on where staff was at the • moment, and if I didn’t, the other eight members didn’t either. Not only we but the public needs to have this accounting — to see if there’s a reason Career for the committee.” professionals In her memo, she had named Vice Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto and Coun- cil members Bern Beecham, Jack Morton and John Barton to the new preparing for an committee, officially the “Ad Hoc Committee on Revenue Creation and advanced degree Enhancement.” Its purpose would be “to research, discuss and propose measures that can be taken by the city to creatively meet the city’s revenue needs in the short and long term.” In January 2004, then-Mayor Bern Beecham created a “Revenue Re- tention Committee” to try to slow or halt losses of sales-tax revenues, chiefly from auto dealerships leaving. It completed its work in the fall, Choose from a variety recommending creation of an “auto row” along the east side of Bayshore of general education, Freeway. In December 2004, Beecham and then-Vice Mayor Jim Burch created a career development “Revenue Enhancement Committee” that recommended trying to attract and personal a new large hotel to Palo Alto, among other ideas. Kleinberg said directions from those two committees have provided the enrichment classes. staff with objectives on which to work. Classes run just She also said she felt the full council should be involved in the discus- six to eight weeks. sion. Three council members, Dena Mossar, LaDoris Cordell and Larry Klein, are precluded from discussing issues relating directly to Stanford View course listings University — where Cordell and the spouses of Mossar and Klein all work online at — but could participate in a more general discussion. She said the study session also should address issues of cost reductions, www.foothill.edu. following the lead of the council’s Finance Committee this month. ■ Talk about these and other news stories at Town Square at: wwwPalo- AltoOnline.com. 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Featuring No monthly payments. Foothill Musical Theatre’s Production of No income qualifying. ShopTalkby Daryl Savage Pay off debts. Tax free income. Use money THE BAKERY the space will go to 24 Hour THAT ALMOST WASN’T . . . Fitness, a current tenant of the for any purpose. For Esther’s German Bakery, the little center that has major expansion ages 62+ Palo Alto business that’s created plans. Also coming to the San a big buzz, looks as if it will have Antonio Center is a new day (650) 325-8032 a retail bakery up and running spa, which will offer facials and by October — but not in Palo massages, according to Mike Senior Funding Alto. Although it’s been selling Couch, the center’s operational CA DRE License 01322497 hearty breads and tantalizing manager. pastries to specialty stores on the Peninsula for two years, the COOK’S RECLAIMS CORNER hope has always been to have BUILDING . . . Cook’s Seafood, “our own little shop,” according the landmark seafood market to Esther Nio, who owns the and restaurant famous for its fish Sunday, July 30 WEST COAST GLASS wholesale operation with her & chips since 1928, is reclaiming husband, Robert. But it wasn’t the building formerly occupied 1:30 pm – Registration & theater performance easy for the Nio’s. “It’s been two by Arby’s on the corner of El 4:30 pm – Wine tasting & silent auction long years of searching. I was a Camino next to its 751 El Cami- 6 pm – Dinner & live auction desperate woman,” Esther says. no Real location in Menlo Park. “We looked everywhere in Palo For decades, Cook’s operated Including an exciting silent and live auction, and a tribute to Foothill College’s Alto.” It was one year ago that out of an old farmhouse-type president who is retiring after 36 years of exemplary service. the Nio’s planned to open their building on the site, then re- Proceeds from the gala will support the Bernadine Chuck Fong Innovation Fund materials to continue a legacy of excellence and innovation at Foothill College. 10% off bakery in Midtown at the former placed it in the early 1960s with 4020 FABIAN WAY PALO ALTO location of OneHour Photo on two new buildings, a fish market To purchase tickets and learn about sponsorship opportunities, 493-1011 Middlefield Road. “It didn’t work on the side of the property and please call the Foothill-De Anza Foundation at RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL out. It got way too complicated,” a new building on the corner. (650) 949-6230 or visit www.foundation.fhda.edu. Family Owned since 1929 she said. It also didn’t work out But patrons were unimpressed This event is presented by the Foothill Commission, community volunteers who engage JOE BAXTER when she looked into the old with the more modern style, and in projects and fund raising activities to support Foothill College and its students. Caffe Verona on Hamilton Av- Cook’s restaurant retreated into Contractor License #227972 Media Sponsors: enue. And another no from the the side building, letting Arby’s Mon. - Fri., 8:00 - 5:00 prime South Palo Alto spot next take over the corner spot. Now INSULATED & BROKEN WINDOWS REPLACED, MIRRORS to Piazza’s in the Charleston Cook’s is planning to open a grill HEAVY GLASS TOPS & BEVELS Center, which has been vacant there, while keeping its fresh-fish since last December when a store and existing fish restaurant liquor store moved out. But in the side building. The new patience has paid off. They are sign is already up but the corner now poised to open Esther’s building is still being remodeled. STANFORD CONTINUING STUDIES German Bakery in the San An- tonio Shopping Center in Moun- DIGITAL DOES IN PHOTO tain View. “It’s not Palo Alto, but SHOP . . . Another photo shop presents it’s close,” Esther said, filled with has fallen victim to the digital excitement as she talks about revolution. Photo Express at 479 her negotiating the space in the University, is closing June 30. former site of the San Antonio “Business was way down. Blame Hobby Shop, which closed in it on digital. It didn’t make sense January. “I’ve been waiting for to stay open anymore,” a Photo SOUND TRACKING: this for two years. I can’t wait Express employee said. The Web to open,” she said. The hobby- site of Photo Express, however, HOW TO LISTEN TO FILM MUSIC shop site will be sub-divided and is still offering Christmas cards. the bakery will occupy about Go figure. When you are at the movies, how do you know 1,000 square feet. The bulk of three K9 units from the San Ma- something is funny? Or scary? Often it’s the Search teo County Sheriff’s Department. (continued from page 3) About 30 officers were involved in music that prompts us how to respond. the response. and fled. At about 5:30 p.m., the officers Join Dr. Laura Roman for a lively lecture- At 2:22 p.m., the burglar pulled dispersed in four search teams — into the parking lot of the Unitar- each with three officers and a po- demonstration on how to listen to fi lm music. After this, you’ll ian Universalist Church at 505 E. lice dog — to begin a yard-to-yard Charleston Road and carjacked a search of nearby homes while other be surprised by what you hear the next time you go to the red Toyota Corolla at gunpoint. At officers kept the area sealed off. that time, officers were rushing into Residents received Teleminder movies. the area, Agent Tami Gage said. calls from the city asking them to Four minutes later the red Toyota stay indoors. was found crashed into a tree along A bloodhound, Luke, was later Thursday, June 29 Colorado Avenue, with the gun- called in but could pick up no trace man/driver nowhere in sight. Gage scent of the man. Shortly before 8 said officers rushed to seal off an p.m., the search was called off. Wallenberg Theater area bounded by Greer Road, West Neither the resident whose home Bayshore Road, Colorado and Loma had been broken into nor the per- (Bldg. 160) Verde avenues. Officers with shot- son driving the red Toyota that later guns stood at blocked intersections crashed were hurt, Costa said. ■ and police briefly stopped cars trav- What do you think police and Stanford University eling along West Bayshore Road. residents can do to stop the recent Around 4:30 p.m., officers from rash of burglaries? Talk about it at Mountain View, East Palo Alto, Town Square at www.PaloAltoOn- 7:30 pm Stanford and San Mateo County line.com. poured into the incident command Senior Staff Writer Don Kazak can post at West Bayshore Road and be reached at dkazak@paweekly. Free Loma Verde Avenue, including com. Page 10 • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront Friends of Foothills Park Fumes said of the city’s response. “I’ve In fairness to the city, they have (continued from page 7) never seen anything like this in my been diligent in making sure all A Better Park for the life. I’m living next to a toxic dump. work is properly permitted, he project manager, who flew down ... It just seems like no one cares, or said. Future from Seattle to fix a malfunction in it fell through the cracks. I’m happy Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne 3300 Page Mill Road, Los Altos Hills the intake truck. they are going to develop it, but I Johnson and Fire Chief Nick Marin- V.Kolence Volunteer info: www.FoFPark.org Pamela Hornik, who lives three want to make sure the city is taking aro both checked into the incident 650.321.7882 houses away from the site, is satis- proper precautions. ... It’s the city’s at the Weekly’s request. They said fied the problem has been fixed but responsibility to keep citizens safe. residents who believe there is an said it imprisoned neighbors in their They were really neglectful.” emergency with a medical compo- own homes. The only place where Hornik re- nent should call 911. Johnson said pgg At first, City Utilities inspectors ceived help was, ironically, from the dispatch would automatically send checked her home for gas leaks, but company in charge of the cleanup, police and fire crews if a gas leak or 25% the fumes — carried by the wind she said. Jim Jeffs, project man- danger of explosion or fire exists. bmm!Ipu!Uvc!Sppnt — were sporadic. Concerned about ager for Current Environmental For non-emergency incidents, neighborhood safety, she called the Solutions, boarded a plane from residents should call the fire depart- Palo Alto Police Department. Police Seattle on a Saturday and worked ment at 329-2413. dispatch offered to send paramedics all weekend to correct the problem Chief Building Official Fred Her- if someone was ill, and recommend- — including taking hydrocarbon man said code enforcement only ed she call the city’s code enforce- readings at Hornik’s home. investigates if there is construction ment division. Jeffs said the site has been prob- dust generated at a project, “but no “The second time, (dispatch per- lematic. Other firms have attempted one is capable of evaluating gases.” sonnel) said he didn’t know what to cleanup over the years, but weren’t He also said the Bay Area Air Qual- tell me,” Hornik said. able to do an adequate job. ity Management District, is respon- She left numerous phone messag- Jeffs’ company, Current Environ- sible for handling emissions com- es for city code enforcement person- mental Solutions, started cleaning plaints. ■ nel, but Hornik said it took five days the site March 9. He expected work Bay Area Air Quality Manage- for someone to respond with a mes- to be completed in early May, but ment District can be reached at sage, stating the resident should call the gasoline had seeped deeper than 415-771-6000. back if the problem persisted, expected. He remains cautiously op- Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be Couples Package Special That left Hornik steamed. timistic that work will be completed e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly. Cppl!b!qbdlbhf!gps!uxp-!)gsjfoe!ps!mpwfe!pof*!xijdi!jodmveft “It should scare people,” Hornik by August. com. 31!njovuf!tufbn!boe!tjef!cz!tjef!nbttbhft/ boe!pof!ipvs!jo!b!uvc!pomz!sppn!xjmm!cf!jodmvefe!GSFF/ %241!qfs!qfstpo!gps!b!3!203!ipvs!sfmbyjoh!fyqfsjfodf/ History tographs of Stanford sports coaches, city limits. His friends thought he Ipu!uvc!sppnt!xjui!tbvob!ps!tufbn!bsf!OPU!jodmvefe!jo!uijt!tqfd! jbm/ and PALO Club Pop Warner Award- was crazy: Across the road, where (continued from page 7) Cpui!Tqfdjbmt!bwbjmbcmf!Npoebz!uispvhi!Uivstebz winners for most outstanding foot- the fire station is today, was the city voujm!uif!foe!pg!Bvhvtu!3117 photo gallery as a history exhibit, ball player on the West Coast: Ty dump. Opu!bwbjmbcmf!xjui!boz!puifs!ejtdpvou/ but given his longevity and the con- Cobb, Y.A. Tittle, Ernie Nevers “It cost a grand sum of $2,500,” tinuity of living in one place, his — even O.J. Simpson, “before he he said. “It’s ridiculous; now they 276!Diboojoh!Bwfovf-!Qbmp!Bmup collection of photographs opens a became famous as an accused mur- are talking millions.” qipof;!761/573/3111 window onto Palo Alto’s past. derer,” Stura said. Money hasn’t brought a better WatercourseCbuiipvtf!Tqb Way Palo Alto was a small town dur- Stura’s own days as a star ath- way of life to Palo Alto, he said. xxx/xbufsdpvstfxbz/dpn ing Stura’s youth, filled with fields lete at Palo Alto High School fig- The character of neighborhoods has for a boy to explore and a dairy farm ure prominently. The photos bring changed. where the main library is today. Stura’s youth to life. “Palo Alto isn’t as friendly as it “It was great. We didn’t have tele- With movie-star good looks used to be. Everybody is so busy,” vision to distract us; we made our and athletic prowess, Stura arches he said. own enjoyment. You could play on gracefully in a pole vault, soberly He misses the laughter of chil- the streets. Everyone walked down- stares down a batter from the pitch- dren, and when neighbors mingled town on Sunday evenings. You er’s mound during a baseball game, outside. People worked in their gar- knew everybody. It was an easy-go- and runs in the 1938-39 decathlon, dens, where they frequently caught ing life,” he said. which he won. up on neighborhood news. They Teens didn’t do much on Saturday Stura met his wife, Claudia, at a kept an eye on each other’s kids. nights. Mainly, they saw movies or softball game in Mountain View. Now, most people have gardeners, had parties, he said. Stura had his The couple had two daughters and he said. Neighbors merely come and own band, playing old Italian songs five grandchildren, and their pic- go, and children are off somewhere at dances and parties in the early tures are also part of the memory else in their busy lives. There are 1930s. Peering from the fading pho- wall. too many distractions now, too tographs, Stura sports an accordion; Claudia died three years ago, af- much emphasis on success. his band members included a clari- ter 61 years of marriage. Stura and one longtime neighbor netist, sax player and drummer. “I feel blessed. I met the best gal are left to reminisce. “We didn’t even think about alco- in the world. She gave me a beauti- “We talk about it all the time. We hol or drugs. It just wasn’t there. We ful life,” Stura said. think we grew up in the best of times. were raised by immigrant parents. Palo Alto is still a lovely place to ... It’s been a wonderful life.” ■ We just knew how far we could go,” live, but it has changed, he said. The Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be he said. lot he bought on Newell near Em- e-mailed at sdremann@paweekly. The garage walls teem with pho- barcadero Road in 1949 was at the com.

Council designs of the new building and is how the city will pay for the pur- (continued from page 3) conduct required environmental chase of the land and construction rowed the circle so small and con- analyses. of the new building, roughly esti- stricted the staff in a way that may The city has studied rebuilding mated to cost $38 million to $45 not be advantageous,” she said, its police headquarters for more million total. City staff will return referring to the possibility that than 20 years. The current 38-year- with an analysis of the options in unforeseen environmental-impact old facility lacks adequate space December or January. The council problems or other property issues and fails to meet health and safety has already set aside June 2008 for could make the site infeasible. codes, according to the task-force’s a possible ballot measure. The task force had considered leaders. They showed the council By then, four of the current nine numerous other sites but they all photos of police officers’ lockers in council members will be out of of- failed to be as appealing as the one the building’s hallways and of the fice. Cordell, one of those, said she on Park Boulevard, which is located building’s lobby, where interviews would work hard to make sure the near Page Mill Road. All the other with witnesses are sometimes con- electorate approves the funding. viable parcels were more expensive ducted due to lack of space. “This will take a lot of work to and many were not large enough, “A compelling case has been educate the public,” she said. “But according to the task force’s re- made tonight for a new public safe- it can be done.” ■ port. ty building,” Councilwoman LaDo- Staff Writer Bill D’Agostino In coming months, the city and ris Cordell said in response. can be reached at bdagostino@ its consultant will draft detailed The major outstanding question paweekly.com. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Page 11 Who’s the BEST? Cast your vote in the 21st Annual

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Sherry PALO ALTO – Classic 1930s Old Palo Alto Emely PALO ALTO – Beautiful new home in great home. This 3bd/2ba richly appointed home Midtown location. 4bd/3ba, large kitchen Bucolo with remodeled kitchen and baths offers Weissman in cherry, granite, and fir. Please call for an 650.543.1060 2 fireplaces, hardwood floors and 2-car 650.543.1057 appointment to see this gorgeous offering. [email protected] garage. Call for Price [email protected] $1,995,000

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Pamela PALO ALTO - Charming 4bd/3ba craftsman Pamela PALO ALTO - This delightful 3bd/2.5ba style home will be completed by Summer home will be completed early this summer. Culp 2006. Hardwood floors in the central areas. Culp The appointments are lovely and of the 650.543.1051 Separate dining and family room off the 650.543.1051 highest quality and there is a comfortable [email protected] kitchen allow for both casual living and [email protected] floor plan which makes for easy living. formal entertaining. $1,895,000 $1,795,000

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Shari PALO ALTO – Coveted location for Colleen LOS ALTOS – Spacious Los Altos gem with magnificent older, updated home. 4bd/3ba well designed floor plan offers 5bd/2.5ba Ornstein with detached studio in Old Palo Alto. Foraker plus an office and loft, ideal for work-at- 650.543.1077 Original Spanish charm with modern 650.543.1043 home. Its knoll top location affords privacy [email protected] conveniences. $1,795,000 [email protected] and views. Call for Price

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Shelly PALO ALTO – This meticulously maintained Pamela MENLO PARK – Two fabulous town homes 2bd/2+ba home is situated on a wonderful currently under construction in Menlo Roberson tree-lined street in the desirable North Culp Park. The lot is wooded and delightful and 650.543.1093 Crescent Park neighborhood. $1,549,000 650.543.1051 the units are close to town. Each unit has [email protected] [email protected] 3bd/2.5ba and appointments are of the finest quality. $1,500,000

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Karen PALO ALTO – Beautifully remodeled and Lisa LOS ALTOS – Nestled on a 10454+/-sf lot, expanded atrium style Eichler. 3+bd/2ba. this lovely 2bd/2.5ba home has formal Lemcke 4th bedroom has been opened to create Liu living, dining and family rooms and an 650.543.1116 bedroom suite with sitting room office. 650.543.1030 eat-in kitchen. Large patio and lush [email protected] Professionally landscaped. $1,399,000 [email protected] gardens. $1,325,000

Jennifer OPEN SAT/SUN Buenrostro 650.543.1097 [email protected]

Margaret PALO ALTO – This 4bd/2ba home has total PALO ALTO – Sunlit 3bd/2ba on large privacy on its extra large lot. Master 9600+/-sf lot in desirable Green Acres O’Reilly suite upstairs with 3bd on the first floor. neighborhood. Large separate family Hardwood floors and fireplace in LR. room and formal living room. Charming 650.543.1073 Nancy Mott [email protected] Excellent Palo Alto schools. $1,295,000 courtyard entry. $1,250,000 650.543.1049 [email protected]

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Derk MOUNTAIN VIEW – One year new custom Wendy PALO ALTO – Updated 4bd/2ba home on built 3bd/2.5ba home with charming rose 8300+/-sf lot on cul-de-sac in the desirable Brill filled garden and welcoming wrap around Kandasamy Green Gables neighborhood with dual- 650.543.1117 porch. Lovely cherry wood floors and 650.543.1012 paned windows, remodeled kitchen and [email protected] cabinetry. Call for Price [email protected] bathrooms. $1,195,000

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Nick Granoski COMING SOON 650.543.1024 [email protected]

Michael MENLO PARK – Tucked behind a rose PALO ALTO – Beautifully updated 4bd/2ba covered fence this sunlit 3bd/2ba home Eichler near Midtown. Spacious home Hall has hardwood floors, new carpet and fresh with wood deck and hot tub off kitchen and 650.543.1084 paint in and out. Centered at the rear of Michael Hall large back yard off sunny family room. [email protected] the home is a large patio and lush lawn 650.543.1084 Call for Price edged with more roses. $1,195,000 [email protected]

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Gloria & Phil MENLO PARK – 3bd/2ba on large lot. Pamela SAN MATEO – Spacious 2bd/2ba Sheehan Mature landscaping adds to privacy. Move condominium. Located on the 3rd floor in or remodel to suit. Menlo Park schools. Culp of a secure building. Granite kitchen 650.543.1013 Close to shopping and downtown. 650.543.1051 counters, crown molding, wainscoting 650.543.1113 Call for Price [email protected] and more. Located near freeways, movie [email protected] theatre, restaurants and shops. $1,095,000 [email protected]

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Ling SUNNYVALE – Sharp Ditz Crane home Connie PALO ALTO – Charming 2bd/2ba bungalow with 5bd/2.5ba. Light and bright with in North Palo Alto with a den/office and Lau an excellent floor plan. Located in quiet Linton private gardens. 650.543.1055 neighborhood close to Ponderosa Park. 650.543.1037 Call for Price [email protected] Call for Price [email protected]

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Greg BELMONT – Beautifully remodeled 4bd/2ba Nick SUNNYVALE – Sunny and bright 3bd/2ba home with granite counters, crown home located in a great neighborhood Celotti molding, chef’s kitchen, wonderful yards Granoski within the Cupertino school district. 650.543.1114 and outstanding location/neighborhood. 650.543.1024 Sparkling hardwood floors and dual pane [email protected] Call for Price [email protected] windows. Call for Price

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Wendy PALO ALTO – Beautiful period home with Connie MENLO PARK – Fabulous townhome with fabulous architectural details. Located 3bd (including 2 master suites), 3.5ba, Kandasamy on a quiet street in Crescent Park close to Linton hardwood floors, soaring ceilings and 650.543.1012 downtown amenities. Represented Buyers 650.543.1037 many designer upgrades. Built by Pacific [email protected] Call for Price [email protected] Peninsula Group in 1996. Call for Price

SOLD Nancy Mott 650.543.1049 COMING SOON [email protected] Sandy Harris 650.543.1071 [email protected] PALO ALTO – Charming 3bd/1ba on cul- Pamela REDWOOD CITY – 3bd/2ba home located in de-sac in desirable Midtown. Hardwood the Woodside Plaza area. New windows, floors, updated European kitchen and bath. Culp cook’s kitchen with granite counter tops and Jennifer 2-car attached garage. Courtyard entry 650.543.1051 a brand new bathroom. Hardwood floors Buenrostro with deck. Call for Price [email protected] throughout the living area. Deck with hot 650.543.1097 tub overlooks the backyard. $799,000 [email protected]

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Arti FREMONT – Lovely 3bd/2.5ba home with David PALO ALTO – Quiet 2bd/1.5ba rear unit in 1384+/-sf built by Kaufman and Brood small complex close to downtown Palo Miglani in 1996. Oak cabinetry, tile counters, Olerich Alto. Inside laundry. Direct access to 650.543.1015 landscaped yard. Close to BART, main 650.543.1059 secure parking. Private patio. Close to [email protected] library and Central Park. $775,000 [email protected] inviting pool. $725,000

Daryl SUNNYVALE – Only 14 years old, this Pamela FREMONT – Charming 4bd/2ba home is 3bd/2.5ba townhome boasts 2156+/-sf, 9’ located on a quiet cul-de-sac. Remodeled Sid vaulted ceilings, enormous bonus room, Culp kitchen and bathrooms, cozy family 650.543.1118 2-car garage. Come see this bright end- 650.543.1051 room and a formal dining area. Tenant [email protected] unit. $709,000 [email protected] occupied and perfect for investor or owner occupancy. $699,000

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David LOS ALTOS – Stunning and luxurious Judy Jarvis PALO ALTO – High demand for this quiet, penthouse in downtown. Bright and open downtown Palo Alto complex with a Chung floor plan. New hardwood floors, granite Ellis European ambiance. 2bd/1ba, wood floors, 650.543.1058 counters, Jacuzzi tub. $699,000 650.543.1027 custom built-ins, private back yard, pool. [email protected] [email protected] $695,000

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Michael MENLO PARK – Former model overlooking Holly PALO ALTO – Downtown condo living. the pool. Lots of custom touches. Granite Beautifully maintained in the heart of Palo Johnston kitchen, high ceilings, marble entry, marble Wilke Alto. Cozy 2bd/1ba, nice kitchen. Close to 650.533.5102 bath, AC, marble fireplace. Close to park 650.543.1119 shops, restaurants and train. [email protected] and town. $669,000 [email protected] Call for Price

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Estela MOUNTAIN VIEW – Stunning 2bd/2.5ba Denise REDWOOD CITY – Move right into this Estrada townhouse with private courtyard setting. charming 2bd/1ba home with bonus room. Beautifully remodeled gourmet kitchen Simons Features include updated kitchen, bath, Freeman with breakfast area. Double master floor 650.543.1104 new roof, Pergo floors and double pane 650.543.1061 plan, separate Dining Room. 1-car garage [email protected] windows. New paint inside and out. [email protected] with storage. Call for Price $569,000

Michael Johnston 650.533.5102 [email protected]

Sandy Harris LOS ALTOS – Rare one story end unit. LOS ALTOS – Beautifully remodeled Light, spacious open floor plan. Large spacious 2bd/2ba condo. Gourmet kitchen, Nancy Mott private patio. Inside laundry. Small new cabinets and granite. Fireplace, 650.543.1071 complex. Close to village. Top Los Altos Mindy Reynolds balconies. Los Altos schools, near 650.543.1049 schools. $449,000 650.543.1092 downtown. $675,000 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths Introducing SILKPEEL Summer Special- 1st Treatment $100.00 ($75.00 Saving) The most dynamic skin treatment available today, Silk- Deaths Peel leaves your skin looking better and feeling fresher. Bertha L. Andrews A memorial service was held at Velma L. Priddle Silkpeel effectively treats all skin types and a wide range Bertha L. Andrews, 96, a longtime Crossroads Community Church in Velma L. Priddle, 84, died peace- of skin conditions such as: resident of Palo Alto, died June 13. Palo Alto on June 16. Interment fol- fully at Lytton Gardens on June 19. She was born on March 20, 1910 lowed at Alta Mesa Memorial Park Born in San Diego in 1921, she   to John Frederick Turner and Eliza- Cemetery. married her late husband, F. John Hyperpigmentation Sun Damage beth Heath Turner in Everest, Iowa. Memorial donations may be Priddle, a U.S. Navy Officer, and  Dry Skin  Acne She graduated from Oskaloosa High made to the Crossroads Community in 1948 the two moved to Stanford. School in 1933 and spent a year in Church or a charity of choice. There they resided happily and were  Fine Line Wrinkles  Uneven Texture nurse’s training at Iowa Methodist actively involved in their community Hospital in Des Moines. for many years. On October 20, 1934, she married Harry M. Newman She traveled extensively as a tour Call To Book Your Free Cosmetic Consultation Today! Ray Beatty Andrews at the Method- Harry M. Newman, 93, a longtime coordinator for the Naval Air Sta- ist church in Oskaloosa. They lived Palo Alto resident, died in Mountain tion at Moffett Field. She loved to Jean Gordon, M.D. Ph. D. Stanford-Trained, Board-Certifi ed in Iowa for the first 25 years of their View on May 28. paint and was an accomplished im- 2660 Solace Pl, Suite C, Mtn. View marriage and moved to California Born in New York in 1912, he pressionistic artist. in 1959. was raised in Detroit and moved to She is survived by four nieces, her 650.938.6559 Family was central to her life, California in 1949. He lived in Palo husband’s nephew and his wife, her Next to El Camino Hospital loved ones recall. She remembered Alto for 56 years and was a licensed goddaughter, and many loving, de- each grandchild and great grand- architect in the state for 57 years. He voted friends. child’s birthday. For several years, was associated with several major her family included many foster architectural firms in San Francisco children whom she cared for as if for decades until he went into pri- Alvin Tibbs # they were her own. vate practice. Alvin “Tex” Tibbs, 90, a longtime WITH JULY # Her interest in sewing was well- He was the architect for several resident of Palo Alto, died June 21 # CELEBRATION THE known and included sewing for her commercial buildings in Palo Alto, after a six-month-long illness. # # PRESERVATION HALL family, doing wedding and atten- including a dental office and a busi- He was born in Thurber, Texas # dant dresses for others and many ness center. He designed a half- and grew up in Mingus, Texas. In # # alterations over the years. After her dozen houses in the city as well. He 1939 he moved to California, where # JAZZ BAND AND husband’s death, she expanded her was also the lead project architect he met his wife of 52 years, Alice, # hobby of raising canaries to include for the library at the University of and was a member of Plumbers and # 3 # cockatiels, finches and parrots. She California at Santa Cruz. Steamfitters Local 467. He spent the 2006 FIREWORKS won many trophies and ribbons A founding member of Congre- last 15 years of his life with his part- from the Santa Clara Valley Canary gation Kol Emeth of Palo Alto, he ner, Lillian. and Exotic Bird Club. was the architect who designed the He is survived by his children, Monday, July 3, 2006 She was preceded in death by her synagogue. He was also a founding Duane Tibbs of Santa Cruz and 7:30 pm husband in 1976 and eight brothers member of Congregation Beth Am. Melody Phillips of Soquel, as well Gates open at 5:30 pm and sisters. She is survived by five Loved ones recall him as a be- as seven grandchildren and three children, Eleanor Jones of Benoit, loved husband to his late wife, a lov- great grandchildren. Frost Amphitheater, Miss.; Patricia Heid of Mission, ing father and a devoted brother. Services were held at Roller Hap- Stanford University Texas; Bruce Andrews of San Car- He was preceded in death by his good Tinney in Palo Alto on June los, Calif.; Phyllis Andrews of Pio- wife, Belle Newman, and one broth- 25. He was interred at Alta Mesa In what has become neer, Calif.; and J. Paul Andrews of er. He is survived by his son, Mark Memorial Park on June 26. Dona- a joyous annual Grants Pass, Ore. She is also sur- Newman of Palo Alto; and four sib- tions in his name may be made to tradition, Stanford vived by a sister-in-law, 17 grand- lings and their spouses. the Hospice Caring Project in Santa children, 51 great grandchildren and Funeral services and interment Cruz. Lively Arts presents a step-great grandchildren and seven have been held. pre-Independence Day great-great grandchildren. celebration outdoors in beautiful Frost Births Amphitheater. Shawn Colo and Deidre O’Neil of Getting married? Atherton, a daughter, June 9. Anthony Tam and Heidi Bullock Join us on July 3rd as The Palo Alto Weekly’s Transitions page is devoted to births, weddings, of Palo Alto, twin daughters, June 8 we welcome back the anniversaries and deaths of local residents. Preservation Hall Jazz Those interested in having a free wedding announcement published Band. The lively and must submit information about the event within four weeks after the L T O W A E E spirited music will be ceremony day. Publication of photographs will be at the discretion of the O K L L

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SOLAR POWER...Palo Alto- based Nanosolar announced last week it has raised $100 million to build what it claims to be the world’s largest solar-cell manufacturing factory, Bay City News reported. The company will soon reveal where in the Bay Area the new factory will A monthly section on local business news and trends, edited by Marc Burkhardt be located. The start-up com- In Business pany claims to have developed a “breakthrough photovoltaic (PV) solar electricity technology,” a less expensive and mass- manufacturable solar cell that, when bulk-produced in a few years, could power hundreds of thousands of homes in the Bay Area. Once fully built, the factory would produce some 200 mil- lion solar cells per year. “We are excited about working with our extended team to build a com- pany that contributes to ensur- ing a safe future where there will be affordable electricity without the risk from carbon emissions,” Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Nanosolar, said in a statement. Nanosolar, originally created in 2001 with seed money from the founders of Google, also announced it plans to build an advanced assembly factory with the capability to produce more than 1 million solar panels per year in Berlin, Germany.

GETTING INSIDE...The wealth of data about local businesses keeps expanding. Earlier this month, Backfence.com launched its Palo Alto site, allow- ing local residents to post local news, photos and reviews about local restaurants and business- es. And InsiderPages.com, a Mullady Michael Redwood City-based Web site, recently completed a fundraiser with numerous Palo Alto clubs to generate reviews of local busi- nesses and services. Members Bill Nguyen, founder of Lala.com, a Web service that allows music fans to trade CDs. of groups such as the Palo Alto Community Childcare and Palo Alto Soccer Club contributed reviews in exchange for $1 to $2 donations. “What came out of it was really great content,” Trade you that Springsteen said Stu MacFarlane, the CEO and founder of Redwood City- based Insider Pages. “People who are part of these groups are for a Radiohead... very engaged in the Palo Alto community and know a lot.” The New online service aims to restore ‘value’ of music fundraiser raised nearly $8,000 by Bill D’Agostino and amassed 4,500 reviews.

emember Audrey II from “Little Shop of Hor- I registered on Tuesday, hastily entering my credit rors,” which grew from a simple house plant to a card and foolishly skipping the fine print. I listed 12 Rman-eating monster? Well, the compact discs in CDs I had for trade, and catalogued 14 others I want- my one-bedroom apartment are looking a little peck- ed. ish. Within a couple of hours, Jonathan C. from Sacra- They’re in piles under and next to the desk. They’re mento sought my Hangdogs’ album and other members stuffed beside the bedside table. They’re tossed on top were sending me discs from Bruce Springsteen and Ed- of the stereo. die from Ohio, a folk rock band I’ve wanted to explore And then there’s a stack of 12 CDs that I am ab- for years. Voila. solutely, positively sure will never be played again. Lala.com was founded two summers ago by 35- Mostly, they’re albums I bought for cheap — $3 or less year-old wunderkind entrepreneur Bill Nguyen. He’s apiece — at Ameoba, the huge San Francisco used re- a music fan and new dad. The walls of the company’s cord store, and disliked immediately. They’ve sat next airy downtown Palo Alto office hold both a painting to the front door for many months, waiting for me to his young son made and one given to him by the band In Business is published every find the motivation to shovel them to Tower Records Cake. fourth Wednesday of the month. for a few dollars. With Lala.com, Nguyen wants to recapture the joy Send notices of business news, Last week, I learned about Lala.com, a Palo Alto- of discovery that he says local record stores and radio events and appointments to In based Web service that allows music addicts to trade stations used to provide. Business, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. CDs with other online junkies for $1.49 each. That’s “Our hope was, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we could build Box 1610, Palo Alto CA 94302 49 cents for postage, 80 cents to the company and 20 this place online that had a ton more selection for mu- or e-mail bdagostino@paweekly. cents to the artists. sic, not just the limited choice you have at Walmart or com. (continued on next page) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Page 25 In Business

“Our view was to make it much more about the art and music, not just another condiment like ketchup.”

Intern Stephen Chang pre-

Michael Mullady pares envelopes to ship CDs.

even on iTunes?’” he said. “Yet we don’t have any shelf anything to encourage a company In addition to trading CDs, the space,” said John Kuch, director like this?” easy-to-use site also allows mem- of business development for Lala. Lala.com discourages copying bers to post recommendations, com. “All of our inventory rests in the CD before trading it, an illegal commentary, blogs, and photos. the collections of our members. So practice Nguyen called a “no-no.” Recommendations also instantly the members really own the store. “At Lala, we have your credit pop up when you search for artists We don’t hold any stock, we just card, we have your address,” Nguy- or albums. facilitate transactions.” en said. “If you’re a thief, this is not “It’s not intended to be a Although the company has been really the place to hang out. It’s like MySpace,” Nguyen said. “MySpace compared to the early incarnation hanging out in front of a jail, it’s not is great, I totally think it’s wonder- of Napster, the then-blatantly ille- a real bright idea. It’s really a place ful, but it’s not for me because I gal site that allowed users to anony- for adults, it’s not about kids.” think I’m too old and I’m not roam- mously trade digital songs online, Realistically, however, the com- ing the high schools for girls, so it’s Lala.com appears to fall within the pany has no real way to enforce the not my model. law. law. “But the thing that I think is kind Since you own a CD, the theory The site, Nguyen also argues, will of unique about our stuff is that the goes, you have the right to trade it. not have new CDs readily available social aspects on Lala are not about “You can do whatever you want for trade, since demand will typi- trying to create a community, but with it,” Nguyen said. “You can cally outstrip supply. It plans to sell Michael Mullady it’s just about trying to help you turn it into a Coke coaster or you new CDs, and — using its list of Lala.com provides envelopes for shipping to their customers. find music.” can sell it or give it away.” members, their music tastes and There is one obvious downside Nevertheless, record label execu- their addresses — to market con- for some music fanatics: Because tives are giving the service a cold certs. ists. you can get a free iTunes.” the pre-paid postage for the plastic reception. Also, Lala.com — unlike used As I listened to Nguyen in the “The bummer of that is that peo- cases and paper envelopes only cov- “This is a nudge-nudge, wink- CD stores or other online sites Lala.com office, it became clear ple don’t value music the same way ers the disc itself, you likely won’t wink way to get around the law,” — gives 20 cents per trade to the he’s an idealist who hopes the in- anymore,” Nguyen said. “Our view receive the album art. Ted Cohen, senior vice president of artists. To claim the money, an art- dustry will come around to his new was to make it much more about the The site went live to the public digital development at EMI Music, ist only needs to register. For de- model. He told me he dislikes the art and the music, not just another earlier this month, and already has told the Los Angeles Times last ceased performers and those who “would you like fries with that” condiment like ketchup.”■ nearly 100,000 members. It claims month. “It makes it easier for peo- don’t register, the money goes into a commercialization of music, which Staff Writer Bill D’Agostino to have 2 million CDs available for ple to copy CDs and steal music. charitable foundation the company he described as, “You buy some can be reached at bdagostino@ trade. Why would the music industry do formed to provide benefits to art- really crappy hamburger and then paweekly.com.

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The first committee Editor, right to know that their taxes and velop a comprehensive revenue recommended in 2004 creating an “auto row” along Bayshore Freeway I, too, have joined the ranks of fees are being spent appropriately, strategy. to stem the exit of auto dealerships, and the second recommended more bikers. and if they are not they should know It could be argued that a signifi- recently finding a new large hotel interested in moving to Palo Alto. I am an environmentalist, but it that, too. cant potential source of revenues to The City Council and administration knows what needs to be wasn’t the energy crisis that finally In addition, if it is legal, I believe mitigate Palo Alto’s budget problems done, along with cutting costs wherever possible — as discussed got me on my bike. It was being over the names of the managers who su- is charitable donations. Palo Alto is last week by the council’s Finance Committee. 50 and taking a desk job, resulting pervised the employees who mis- a wealthy community with residents Mayor Judy Kleinberg on Friday abruptly pulled her June in a personal-fitness crisis. I needed used city funds should be known who are willing to give generously 15 memo to the council proposing an “Ad Hoc Committee on to find a way to integrate exercise as well. If nothing else, perhaps it to good causes. However, giving Revenue Creation and Enhancement,” scheduled for Monday into my routine. will discourage further abuses of monies to the City of Palo Alto is night’s meeting. Instead, she is proposing a full-council study In the 20-30 minutes a day I can this sort. not an attractive option. Donations session for July 31. manage, I found walking didn’t This whole matter has been a dis- to the City of Palo Alto are not tax She said the staff will bring the council members up to date provide enough of a workout. I re- grace — I am very surprised and deductible and the donor may not membered when I lived in Boston disappointed in our government. have the time or inclination to moni- on assignments that emanated from the two earlier committees, that fitness was never a problem. I Sue Kemp tor the use of the donated funds. both named by Councilman Bern Beecham when he was mayor rode a bicycle or walked to public Seale Avenue Fortunately, Palo Alto is blessed in 2004, and continue discussion of cost-cutting ideas, both short- transportation daily. Palo Alto with an existing infrastructure of and long-term. So I bought a bike at a yard sale non-profit organizations: Avenidas, This makes ultimate good sense. It will save hundreds of hours for $15 and added a comfy seat. But La Comida, Friends of the Junior of staff time between now and when the new committee was to I hesitated using it because I thought Donations out there Museum, Friends of the Children’s have a report to the council, in October or, more likely, November. driving saved time. Editor, Library, the Palo Alto Community And it will allow the entire council to be briefed — and we hope I was surprised to discover that it Palo Alto’s 2007-2008 general- Fund, and on and on. These non- ask penetrating questions — about directions the staff has been took no more time for me to bike fund budget is facing a multi-mil- profits can offer a donor tax deduc- taking in the multiple areas identified by the earlier committees. from my home office to the post of- lion dollar shortfall, which raises tions and can monitor the use of the And it will free the four council members named to the fice or copy shop than driving. I can the probability of layoffs of staff and funds for the donor. committee (Vice Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto, Beecham, John even carry two bags of groceries in cuts in services. In the years ahead, In the past, the use of non-prof- Barton and Jack Morton) from hours of meeting time plowing the saddle baskets. Palo Alto will need to pay for $200 its as a liaison between donors and much the same ground as the earlier committees. In fact, for short and medium er- million in infrastructure repairs and the City of Palo Alto has resulted The problem is as acute as any that has faced the city in rands, biking is ideal. I save money improvements and $200 million in in significant donations to preserve decades. and energy, while getting aerobic legacy costs (health benefits, etc., (continued on page 30) Despite a surplus in this year’s budget, the following year exercise that works my abdominals for current and retired employees). declining revenues will surpass $7 million or more, while and thighs as well. I don’t have to get rebuilding infrastructure (from aging buildings to streets and in a boiling hot car, or frazzle my sidewalks) is estimated at about $200 million and retirement nerves dealing with heavy traffic or YOUR TURN searching for parking spaces. medical obligations may cost a like amount. My bike is quiet and doesn’t pol- The Weekly earlier endorsed the new “green initiatives” lute, and being outdoors is pleasant The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on proposed by Mayor Kleinberg, but only on condition that they not and invigorating. Palo Alto is ideal issues of local interest. be allowed to overshadow the fundamental revenue issues with for biking with its gentle slopes, which the city has been attempting to grapple in recent years. shady, tree-lined streets and bike What do you think? Is the cost of college a threat to America's We are not convinced either that the city is doing enough or that lanes. I feel great when I bike, for economic future? (See page 3.) it is doing it in the right way with the right people. myself, and the environment. It was particularly distressing that the council and public were Molly Rose Letters: Address to Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, informed only recently that the Municipal Services Center site Avalon Court or hand-deliver to 703 High St., (at Forest Avenue), Palo Alto. would not be possible to convert to a cluster of auto dealerships Palo Alto Fax: (650) 326-3928 because it would be prohibitively expensive to rebuild the E-mail: [email protected] buildings elsewhere and there is not good site anywhere. So the “auto row” concept is dead, at least in that location. Delightful ‘Lives’ But why did it take more than 18 months from the time the Editor, No anonymous letters or “open letters” to other organizations or individuals will revenue-retention committee made that recommendation for the What a delightful production be printed. Please provide your name, street address and daytime telephone city to wake up to the economic and practical realities of moving to finish out the Palo Alto Play- number. Please keep length to 250 words or less. We reserve the right to edit the MSC? A number of other alternatives to retain dealerships ers season — “Private Lives.” The contributions for length and style and for factual errors known to us. might have been explored during that time. cast seemed to enjoy performing as The idea of attracting a big new hotel to Palo Alto also sounds much as we enjoyed watching. great — but where is the groundwork and the designated site and I saw some similarity between Bill Olson’s Elyot Chase and John the ability to move things forward (both in terms of approvals and Cleese’s Basil Fawlty character incentives) that attracts the interest of hotel chains? (Fawlty Towers of some years ago). Where is the rapid response of key city staff to new He was wonderfully entertaining, developments, such as the announcement last week that Palo especially through the “fight” scene Alto-based Nanosolar, Inc., will be building a major solar-cell and the dropped pajama bottoms. manufacturing plant somewhere in the Bay Area, either San Jose, Funny, funny play. Santa Clara or San Francisco? One can bet those cities are falling The costumes and sets were love- over each other to attract a plant that will elevate Nanosolar into ly and the actors very professional. the second position worldwide in solar-cell production, with Looking forward to the Palo Alto potential sales in the billions. Players 76th season. The question for Palo Alto is whether Nanosolar will keep its Barbara Cleveland headquarters (and sales office) in Palo Alto or whether it will Kipling Street move it to the community where the cells are made as a dowry to Palo Alto repay the expected incentives package — a reasonable expectation of those communities. When is the formal meeting planned with the city manager and mayor with Nanosolar leaders? Catch and release In the real world, this type of top-priority response is what it Editor, will take to turn Palo Alto’s revenue fortunes around, not another Should the city release its findings ad hoc committee. about the Utilities Department in- vestigation? Of course! Page 28 • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Diamond's Facets Those beautiful green soccer fields will lose the city greenbacks by Diana Diamond to a problem to create another new committee hey are beautiful! to study the issue. I never thought I It’s strange that there’s such a passion in Palo Alto about But I digress from the soccer fields. As I said, T would say that soccer. I guess it’s because it’s for our kids. Not that soccer they are beautiful. Stanford has done a classy about a couple of soc- job. The synthetic field turf was so real-looking cer fields, but the new itself nationwide is drawing similar interest. According to a and so soft to walk on that I had to bend down “Stanford/Palo Alto recent Pew poll, only 4 percent of Americans named soccer to touch it to make sure it was plastic. Community Playing as their favorite sport to watch. The lawns have two full-size fields (marked Fields” at Page Mill in white) or four smaller practice playing Road and El Camino fields (marked in blue) with night lights Real — due to open in It’s strange that there’s such a passion in a new hotel at Sand Hill Road near Interstate available for all. The perimeters of the play- July — are lovely. Palo Alto about soccer. I guess it’s because 280. In two years, when the hotel is complet- ing area are graced with many young 10- to Stanford spent a it’s for our kids. Not that soccer itself nation- ed, Menlo will get at least $1.4 million a year 15-foot-high saplings, and hundreds of wild whopping $2.5 million to build these fields wide is drawing similar interest. According in additional revenue. grass plants. for the children of Palo Alto to play on, and to a recent Pew poll, only 4 percent of Ameri- And where is Palo Alto? Well, in January Between the fields is a building containing it has cost the city an additional $1 million cans named soccer as their favorite sport to 2004, then-Mayor Bern Beecham appointed bathrooms and a kitchen — with a few picnic to cover the playing area with synthetic field watch. Baseball had a 13 percent following, a Retail Retention Committee, which he tables. There are bike racks and parking for 90 turf (a much-improved successor to the old basketball 14 percent, and, certainly not to my chaired. It concluded that the city needed an cars, and autos can enter from southbound El Astroturf). surprise, football garnered a 34 percent rat- auto row on the east side of Highway 101 to Camino or the westbound Page Mill Road en- That is nothing compared to the estimated ing. And even the 20- to 30-year-old Ameri- halt an exodus of auto dealerships. trance (two-way traffic). There are no bleach- $2 million or so a year in lost revenue to the cans — those who actually played soccer as In December, Beecham named a new Retail ers or benches, but there is plenty of room for city for the next 51 years for devoting this kids — preferred watching football five times Attraction Committee, which he chaired under parents to stand around to watch a game. prime piece of property into playing fields, more than soccer. Mayor Jim Burch. It concluded a few months If I were a little kid playing on those fields, rather than use the land for a hotel or other That’s why I am surprised at Palo Alto’s fer- ago that we need a hotel in town. Never mind I think I would be inspired to play the best I revenue-generating commercial use. Had vor, and the willingness of our council to say that for eight years the city had not acted on possibly could. World Cup dreams? Hyatt Rickey’s stayed, the city could have yes to those fields. The entire council at the Hyatt Rickey’s request to expand. As the hotel So are these fields really a win-win? If our counted on about $1.5 million in hotel and time lauded this as a “win-win” decision for market slumped badly, Hyatt got frustrated kids enjoy those soccer fields, that could be sales tax revenues, so a big new hotel could Stanford and for Palo Alto, as they congratu- and left town, and housing will now replace priceless. But there’s still a price to pay for bring in even more. lated each other over their collective wisdom. the hotel. Housing costs the city money, be- the joy. And if the city’s deficit continues to Yes, the soccer fields will ultimately cost Stanford, in turn, will now be required to cause residents need services. increase (now at a projected $7 million for this city a lot of money. Plus it’s the city’s re- build 250 housing units along California Av- As of now, no new hotel has expressed any next year plus a $200 million backload of in- sponsibility to maintain these fields, year af- enue in College Terrace and along El Camino, interest in locating in Palo Alto. As for the frastructure repairs), or if soccer interest lags, ter year, for upkeep, lights and even replacing which can be used for faculty and staff. In auto row, city staff recently nixed the idea, we should surely wonder about the wisdom of the artificial turf every 10 years or so. addition, Stanford will be allowed to add and saying it would be too expensive to relocate this soccer decision. ■ I sure hope our kids continue to show an replace up to 300,000 square feet of office and the Municipal Services Center buildings there Diana Diamond is a longtime Palo Alto interest in soccer for the next 51 years (the research space in Stanford Research Park. now to make room for an auto row. resident and journalist. For other commen- length of the $1/year lease from Stanford for As to lost tax revenue, well, the deal is done So what’s next? Mayor Judy Kleinberg has tary, visit her blog site under Town Square the fields), because if they don’t we have a big and we can’t undo it. That corner was once been considering naming a new committee at www.paloaltoonline.com. Her column ap- problem with unused fields on probably one of viewed as a prime location for a major hotel. — but as of Monday decided on a full-council pears in the Weekly every other week and the priciest parcels in Silicon Valley. East Palo Alto and Menlo Park beat Palo Alto study session instead with a committee pos- she updates the online blog twice each week. Remember how years ago everyone in town to the punch by luring the posh Four Seasons sibly to follow. She can be e-mailed at diana@dianadia- was playing tennis? hotel into EPA, and Menlo Park just approved But it would be a typical Palo Alto solution mond.com. Streetwise Who would you like to win the World Cup? Asked at Whole Foods on Homer Avenue and Midtown Shopping Center on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Question and interviews by Anabel Lee. Photographs by Michael Mullady.

Bob Yanofsky Christian Mulready Louis Hicks Anne Feldhusen Jun Zhu Owner of My Gym Children's Fitness Catering director Musician Marketing Self-employed Center Hamilton Avenue Oak Court University Avenue Christine Drive Kenneth Drive “I think Brazil is going to win, but I “Since the United States is out, Aus- “I would like Italy to win because that’s “I was pulling for the U.S. and then “I’d like England to win because my think England also has a good chance tralia just for the novelty of it because part of my nationality. I feel that since Mexico next. Right now I’m kind of boss is British, and I’m supporting at it.” they’re not one of the main ones usu- the U.S. is out of it my next choice is neutral on it.” him.” ally in it.” Italia.”

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Page 30 • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Spectrum )&)43./4).4()36!5,4 )43./43!&% offers “fee for service” buses to neighborhood have been remodeled face a significant rise in violent various schools, including Gunn or rebuilt. Most of them are extraor- crimes and property crimes — un- High School, there is no bus service dinary, some of them are magnifi- heard-of assaults on the Stanford to Gunn for high school students cent. campus and in residential areas. living on and around the Stanford But then I walk past our local Each month about 20 home burglar- campus. park where half of the equipment ies, 25 auto thefts and 80 auto bur- However, by slightly altering the has been removed and orange “stay- glaries occur. current PAUSD “J” bus route (that away fencing” surrounds a center- The police have their hands full. runs through campus without stop- piece of the play area. I just can’t But with the exception of Jack ping), Stanford residents and neigh- help but think about the contrast. Morton, the City Council has un- boring Gunn students could ride Forty years ago, when I was wisely voted to hire a police “audi- this bus to school. This would be a growing up in Palo Alto, most of tor.” Why? Mayor Judy Kleinberg fantastic alternative to driving single the houses were modest but the city says, “There’s a perception of a cars along the Foothill/Arastradero facilities and services were great. problem.” Earth to Kleinberg: In ,/3!,4/36!5,43!&% corridor, not to mention reducing Those services and facilities were Palo Alto, there are people with all traffic around the Stanford campus. established deliberately by people possible perceptions. For the tiny mi- $%0/3)4#/ Biking always should be encour- who were committed to their com- nority, perhaps less than 10 percent, aged, but we know that in the real munity. who dislike/distrust/hate the police, !PRIVATEDEPOSITORY world, there are days when biking How it is that people can move no audit will change their attitude. 7 Ê
, ʛ£t is difficult and potentially danger- here, spend millions of dollars on Lawyers who prey on cities know 3AFEDEPOSITBOXESOFALLSIZES / iÀiÊÃÊ œÊ›Ó ous for students who carry heavy sprucing up their own 7,000 square that the very existence of an auditor 3TRICTANDTOTALCONlDENTIALITY  6 Ê/t loads of books, instruments or sports feet of personal property and then creates a presumption of bad polic- equipment, or if it’s raining. seem to care very little about any in- ing and puts money in their pockets. 3ECUREDANDAMPLEPARKING This minor change to the “J” bus kind contribution to the community Kleinberg et al need to be leaders, &ORYOUROWNSAKEWESHOULDHAVEYOURBUSINESS route would have a major impact on in which they live is beyond me. not politicians. Politicians hide be- 6ISITOURFACILITIESANDJUDGEFORYOURSELF our local traffic and pollution prob- Maybe if my letter is printed there hind “there is a perception” and call lems. It would present a “win-win” will be a few more people who will for a process. Leaders step up and $ATABANKFORIMPORTANTANDCONlDENTIALRECORDS option for our community and show consider their community and what express their own opinions: “I have our children that with a concerted they can give over what they take. If seen no evidence of a problem with &IRST3TREET ,OS!LTOS #! effort, we can work together to act you look at the “forest” and not just the police and I will not waste city 4EL  WWWLOSALTOSVAULTCOM locally and make a positive change the “trees,” it looks pretty sad. money, city time or especially police right here in our own back yard. Deborah Goldeen resources on this.” Leslie Fiedler Birch Street We must do better. Very few Palo Lathrop Drive Palo Alto Altans would vote to hire a police The City of Palo Alto Stanford auditor. Have another vote. Any Arts & Culture Division council member who doesn’t believe Lack of community? Anti police auditor there is a real problem with the po- and the Palo Alto Weekly Editor, Editor, lice should vote against this burden- present I walk my dog every morning and Why is Palo Alto doing yet another some process. get to spend a lot of time looking at “process,” this time to find someone Dan Bloomberg the beautiful houses that people have to “audit” the police? Paradise Way 25th Anniversary built in Palo Alto. This is happening precisely when Palo Alto Almost all the houses in our police in once-peaceful Palo Alto BROWN BAG

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Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, June 28, 2006 • Page 31 PALO ALTO…Light, Open and Spacious living in this 4 BR/2 BA BOULDER CREEK…Three Bedroom/Two Bath Weekend retreat ATHERTON... Instant curb appeal for this Classic Lindenwood Eichler home. Updated baths, new carpet & recently painted. Spanish or Year Round residence this beautiful home with Southwest design Ranch home. Beautiful and sunny property with park-like grounds and tile floors w/a beautiful patina. Beautiful Japanese garden lends a sense features has views of the Boulder Creek Golf course . Boasting a family perimeter privacy. 4+ BR’s, Den, Formal Living room, Dining room, of peace & serenity. Great North Palo Alto location. room, separate office garage and RV parking, private and serene setting remodeled Kitchen, Family room, Sun room, Knotty Pine Guest House, LEON LEONG / KIM FLETCHER $1,128,000 in the Redwoods. Must see. Lifetime Pool and spa, 4+ car garage. Menlo Park schools. 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Ken Reeves $1,875,000 Paul Skrabo $499,000 LOS ALTOS HILLS… Unsurpassed quality, architectural detail, and thoughtful design are elegantly reflected in this Old Word European- Stunning 5BR/4BA custom contemporary home located N PALO ALTO N style gated estate. Extraordinary opportunity to put the finishing near a private, quiet area in the Las Lomitas School District. touches on this 5 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms. Limestone/Slate and Lush, mature landscaping. Large sunny pool and hot tub. Charming 3BR/2BA in Old Palo Alto, great potential to Pecan floors, 5 Limestone fireplaces. Formal office, Media Rm, Wine Spacious flat lawns. Vaulted ceilings. Move right in, remodel or build new dream estate! build new or remodel. Two separate units can be accom- cellar, Exercise room, Hobby Room, Entertainment Room, 8-12 car modated. Home has sep. FR & DR. Deep lot w/big bkyd. garage. Completed guesthouse. Stephanie Savides $3,195,000 Detached 2-car garage. SUSAN FURSTMAN $13,500,000 Sally Kwok $1,999,000 N CUPERTINO N Coming Soon! 2 bedroom/2 bath, vaulted ceilings, walls of Cupertino…This spacious 5BD/3BA home has been exten- glass, hardwood floors, living room with fireplace, best Palo sively remodeled. Gourmet kitchen, Custom baths, beautiful grounds include: garden and pool. Award winning Alto schools, inside laundry, patio. Cupertino Schools! Carol Christie $605,000 Shellie Fletcher $1,542,000 N SAN JOSE N N HOLLISTER N Investment property located in rapidly transforming neigh- Truly sophisticated 5+BA/4+BA country home on level and borhood with new development. Ten units that are being lush acreage with 3 stall barn. Spacious and exceptionally updated while property is on the market. New units avail- LOS ALTOS…Gracious Los Altos Country Club home boasts well built with total privacy. Generous 2 BR guest house 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms. Well appointed inside and out. Bay, city able for previewing. complete with kitchen. 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