Palo Vol. XXXVI, Number 8 Q November 28, 2014 Alto SPECIAL REPORT:RT: Goodbye, free parking Page 2020 www.PaloAltoOnline.comwww.Pa l o AltoOnline. com Concerts and gatherings make spirits bright PAGE 36 Donate to the HOLIDAY FUND page 4 Transitions 17 Arts 27 Eating Out 29 Shop Talk 31 Movies 32 QTitle Pages Richard Ford resurrects his key character Page 35 QHome Decor ideas galore on holiday home tour Page 40 QSports Stanford football leaps back into bowl picture Page 51 “It’s better to find something earlier than later. You have hope.” —Santwona Behera, Stanford Patient November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month Lung cancer isn’t just a smoker’s disease. Each year, more than 224,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer in the U.S., many of whom are non-smokers. But there is hope. Early detection and the most advanced care can save lives. 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But Russ loyalty will prevail over deep discounts Retail businesses traditionally do the Cohen, the group’s executive director, said majority of their annual sales during the the work of delivering hundreds of magnets, by Sue Dremann holiday season. pens, mats and bags was overwhelming, and owntown Palo Alto will launch the tion people not to expect the big discounts Last year the Palo Alto Downtown Busi- the revenues didn’t markedly increase. holiday shopping season on Satur- and holiday frenzy of the big-box stores. ness and Professional Association focused Mom-and-pop store owners interviewed D day, Nov. 29, with the annual holi- There’s no way the mom-and-pop retailers its efforts on promoting Small Business this week agreed. The mediocre results day tree lighting at Lytton Plaza, music, can compete with Black Friday and Cyber Saturday, an event started by American were partially due to shoppers’ mindsets, carolers, frolicking elves, make-and-take Monday, they say. Express in 2010 to encourage shoppers to they told the Weekly: Customers flock to ornaments, face painting and food and Instead, merchants plan to attract holi- patronize small stores by offering cardhold- the mall or online for the big discounts; drinks. day customers by offering what they say ers a credit when they spend at participating they don’t look to smaller retailers for But while the event is intended to encour- they provide year-round: quality, interest- retailers. The association provided business- age visitors to “shop local,” merchants cau- ing products that make great gifts and top- es with door mats, stickers, shopping bags (continued on page 9) DEVELOPMENT Three-story building proposed for Olive Garden site Existing restaurant would be demolished, replaced with mixed-use development by Gennady Sheyner n the latest sign of the construction another development proposed by Hayes: boom happening around California a four-story office building that would go I Avenue, Palo Alto planners are con- up on a currently vacant parking lot on the sidering a proposal to demolish the Olive corner of Page Mill and El Camino Real. Garden building on El Camino Real and While Hayes’ proposal for 2755 El Cami- replace it with a three-story development no Real initially sought zoning exceptions that would be four times as dense as the through the controversial — and now sus- existing structure.