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Top: A customer walks down the champagne aisle at Beltramo’s in this 2014 photo by Michelle Le of the Almanac. The historic photos are courtesy of the Beltramo family. They are, from left: (1) Teresa Beltramo with sons Dan and John in front of the store at its present location, circa 1941. (2) Beltramo’s storefront in 1957. The wine and spirits store moved to its current location on El Camino Real in 1935. (3) Giovanni Beltramo, who opened a wholesale and retail wine and spirits business in Menlo Park in 1882, in his vineyard. Beltramo’s closes doors after 134 years By Barbara Wood ing the store at 1540 El Camino He said Beltramo’s employees wholesale and retail wine and and Kate Bradshaw Real in Menlo Park and selling ‘We raise a glass in do many wine tastings and are spirits business in Menlo Park Almanac Staff Writers the property. knowledgeable about the busi- in 1882. By 1935 Giovanni’s “The store will begin an thanks to our friends and ness, which he hopes will be an son Alexander Beltramo had hat’s devastating orderly wind-down process,” customers for supporting advantage in his job search. moved the business to its cur- news,” a customer at the family statement says, and rent location. He operated a ‘T Beltramo’s Wines & the owners and employee hope us for such a long and Beltramo history cocktail lounge along with the Spirits said Monday on hearing “customers will stop by soon memorable ride.’ According to the family, liquor store until 1979, when the news that the business, a while the selection is widest Beltramo’s got its start when the cocktail lounge was shut Menlo Park institution owned and say their farewells.” DAN BELTRAMO Giovanni Beltramo emigrated down to make more room for and operated by the Beltramo “That’s a big disappoint- from Asti, Italy, bringing cut- an expanded wine selection, family since 1882, is closing, ment,” said another customer is good, and it’s a community tings of Nebbiolo and Bar- the family says. probably by the end of summer. on Monday who has bought fixture.” bera grapevines with him. He “The store was a pioneer in John and Daniel Beltramo, beer, whiskey and wine at The closing will affect more worked in vineyards near what the California wine industry,” grandsons of founder Giovan- Beltramo’s since 1965. “There than 20 employees. One of is now Cupertino for a few years the statement says, and was ni Beltramo, are both close to are other liquor stores, but I’ve them, when asked what he before he began cultivating his also the first to import and 80, and will be retiring, the always patronized this place,” will do when the store closes, own vineyard in Menlo Park. family said. They will be clos- he said. “Prices are low, service replied: “Look for work.” Giovanni Beltramo started a See BELTRAMO’S, page 8
May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS Tax measures fail to get 2/3rds voter approval By Barbara Wood prepare a single parcel tax additional students, or $468.60 Q SCHOOLS Almanac Staff Writer measure for the November a year per parcel, plus an annual Even a last-minute general election that super- increase for inflation. or the first time in decades, Even a last-minute email appeal appeal from Facebook’s sedes all the district’s current The parcel tax total could voters in the Menlo Park for yes votes to district residents Sheryl Sandberg failed permanent parcel taxes, with a have varied year to year. If the F City School District have from Facebook’s chief operating six-year expiration date. 71-student prediction had been failed to approve a school finance officer and local resident Sheryl to change the outcome. He also asked the district to correct, and both measures had measure. Two parcel tax measures Sandberg, who also donated at “commit to doing everything been approved, the 2017-18 tax on a special May 3 election ballot least $10,000 to the campaign, submit it by June 30. possible within the next six years bill per parcel for all five parcel received less than the two-thirds failed to change the outcome. See AlmanacNews.com for to creating a unified elementary taxes would have been $1,007.80, majority needed to pass. Members of the public were to updates. school district serving Wood- plus the increase in inflation Measure A, which would have have a chance to air their views side, Portola Valley, Menlo Park, from 2016. renewed a parcel tax that will about what the district should do Reactions Atherton, East Palo Alto and the Property owners in the school expire at the end of June 2017, now that the tax measures have “We are disappointed in both adjacent unincorporated areas of district now pay four parcel taxes, received 3,528 “yes” votes, 60.2 failed at a school board meeting the results and the false infor- San Mateo County.” including the tax which is about percent of the total, and short of Tuesday night, May 10, after the mation spread by our oppo- to expire. The taxes appear as one the 66.7 percent needed to pass. Almanac went to press. nents without correction during The measures on tax bills, and total $851.60 for The “no” vote was 2,328. The school board had said the the campaign,” school board Measure A was identical to the the 2015-16 tax year. Measure C, which would have additional money is needed to president Jeff Child said on elec- parcel tax expiring at the end of The maximum parcel tax added an annual $2.20-per-parcel help the district cope with the tion night. “We will examine June 2017, but without an expira- with both measures and with tax for each student who enrolls fact that its student population is our options in the next several tion date. The expiring parcel tax 213 additional students would beyond the district’s current 2,938 growing faster than its revenues. months to determine future oper- is currently $201.38 a year per have been $1,320.20 per parcel students, received 3,156 “yes” Superintendent Maurice Ghysels ating plans.” parcel and provides about $1.58 per year, plus the amount of any votes, 54 percent of the total, also said the day after the election that Mr. Child said the district will million a year to the district. It inflation. short of the 66.7 percent needed. he has initiated a district hiring “continue to focus on providing was originally passed in 2010 According to the language of The “no” vote was 2,692. freeze. a great education for the 2,938 and can increase annually by the both measures, the parcel tax The measures were opposed by “The board will address options students” in the district. amount of the Bay Area consumer money could be spent only for an informal coalition that used to reduce our expenditures related Atherton resident Peter Car- price index. teachers, to maintain low student- mostly social media to question to district operations, compensa- penter, who had led much of the Measure C was directly tied to to-teacher ratios, to preserve the district’s need for additional tion, class sizes, and essential opposition to the two taxes, said increases in student enrollment. “comprehensive educational pro- money. There was also substantial programs, as well as discussing he wants the district’s board to If the enrollment rose by 71 stu- grams” and, if money remained, opposition to the fact that both parent donations,” he said. “understand the depth of misun- dents, the increase predicted for for purchasing classroom equip- measures, like the district’s three If a new parcel tax measure is to derstanding and mistrust in the next school year, the tax would ment, supplies and materials. existing parcel taxes, have no be put on the ballot for the Nov. 8 community.” have been $156.20 a year per par- None of the money could be spent expiration dates. general election, the board must He said the board should cel. The measure had a cap of 213 on administration costs. A
Emery O. “Mimi” Goity Support April 6, 1938 – April 25, 2016 7KH$OPDQDF·VSULQW Emery Ottey Goity, known to her and online coverage family and friends as “Mimi,” died on of our community. April 25th in Palo Alto at the age of 78. Mimi is survived by Jean, her loving husband of nearly 56 years, JJoinoin ttoday:oday: SupportLocalJournalism.org/AlmanacSupportLocalJournalism sons Roland and Larry (Trish), daughter Carol Olson (Steve), and four grandchildren: Sam, Rose, Chad, and Mira. In addition, she is survived by her brother David Ottey of Yelm, WA, and was preceded in death by her older brother William Ottey of Walnut Creek, CA. Mimi was a longtime resident of Woodside and lived in Palo Alto the past four years. She was the daughter of William H. and Marian Ottey of San Francisco, attended Burke’s School and Lowell High School, and graduated from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. Creating an She had many passions, including community service, the environmentally outdoors, tennis, gardening, and most of all music. She taught sound piano for 26 years and devoted much of her life to introducing community and teaching music to children. Mimi was one of the founders of Music for Minors, a nonprofit WATER EFFICIENT organization that now provides music education programs for 23,000 elementary school students in the San Francisco Bay Area. EDIBLES CLASS For the past 20 years she also volunteered as a music teacher at Redwood City’s Taft Community School. As an active member and volunteer in such organizations as This free class will cover how to incorporate organic maintenance Saturday, May 21, 2016 the Junior League and the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club, techniques into seasonal vegetable gardening such as how to use 9:00 am–12:00 pm Mimi touched many lives. She will be remembered by friends and compost and cover crops/green manure. family for her laughter, warmth, and kindness. Arrillaga Family For those wishing to celebrate her life, a service will be held at Bring gloves, a 6” minimum diameter plastic, acrylic or glazed ceramic Recreation Center Patio pot and take home your own planting. the Menlo Circus Club in Atherton on Tuesday, May 24th, at 4 pm. (next to Sequoia room) Memorial donations may be made in her name to Music for FOR MORE INFORMATION 700 Alma Ave. Minors, 1100 Industrial Road, Suite 10, San Carlos, CA 94070, or • Register at menlopark.org/waterefficient online at https://squareup.com/store/music-for-minors/. Menlo Park, CA • Call 650-349-3000 PAID OBITUARY
6QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 NEWS Willows neighbor saves family’s pets from house fire By Dave Boyce the house, saw a clothes-dryer dryer, but the cause is still truck and two battalion chiefs Firefighters mopped up and Almanac Staff Writer on fire on the second floor and under investigation. were dispatched to manage the left around 6:30 p.m., the chief evacuated two pets, a dog and The house is uninhabitable, operation — totaling 22 people said. n alert resident of the a bird, Chief Harold Schapel- with heat and smoke damage the chief said. “The attentiveness and Willows neighborhood houman said. to the second floor and water When firefighters entered quick-thinking of the neighbor Aof Menlo Park saw The call came at 4:56 p.m. damage to the first floor, the house, they saw fire at saved not only the family pets smoke coming from a neigh- and firefighters from the Men- mainly from a melted water the top of the stairs that had but essential(ly), the structure bor’s two-story home on Con- lo Park Fire Protection District line to a washing machine, begun to make its way down itself,” Battalion Chief Ben cord Drive on May 2, called were on the scene five minutes firefighters said. Investigators both sides of a hallway from Marra said. “The entire second firefighters and then saved the later, the chief said. They had estimate the structural dam- the direction of the dryer, floor would have been on fire family’s pets. the fire under control in about ages to the 2,200-square-foot Chief Schapelhouman said. in just a few more minutes if it After making the 911 call three minutes and there were house at $100,000, with at least “Hot dark smoke had banked wasn’t for the neighbor’s quick and hearing a smoke alarm no injuries reported. $100,000 more in property all the way down to the floor,” actions.” coming from the unoccupied The fire is believed to have damages, the chief said. according to Battalion Chief house, the neighbor entered started at or near the clothes Five fire engines, one ladder Rob Johnson. See WILLOWS, page 12
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May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ7 NEWS Walls rise on 90 affordable housing units for seniors
Q MENLO PARK By Kate Bradshaw Almanac Staff Writer It wasn’t until 2013, when emolition cranes in Feb- Menlo Park updated its housing ruary made quick work element, that the city rezoned the Dof the 48 below market property to allow for the building rate family and senior housing of more affordable apartments. units on the 1200 block of Wil- By then, the apartments had low Road, clearing the way for become “truly obsolete,” Matthew construction of 90 new apart- Franklin, president of MidPen ments for lower-income seniors. Housing, said. On May 5, MidPen Housing Construction on the 2.26-acre Corp., a nonprofit builder of lot is expected to be completed and “below market rate” housing, ready for occupancy in spring 2017. hosted a “wall raising” for elected Of the 90 apartments planned officials to see framing going up for the site, 86 will be one- for the new structure — chris- bedroom and four will be two- tened Sequoia Belle Haven. bedroom units, ranging in size The apartments that were torn from 513 to 705 square feet. There down used to be part of the Gate- will be a fitness center, computer way housing complex in the 1200 lab and a community room with block of Willow Road. Another a kitchen. An outdoor courtyard part of the complex, in the and walking path are planned. 1300 block of Willow Road, has To qualify to live there, resi- 82 apartments for lower-income dents must be 62 years or older families and seniors. and make no more than $49,200 Built in the 1960s, Gateway had for a two-person household, a total of about 130 apartments, which is 50 percent of the area’s with 48 located on the 1200 block median income. Willow Road. In 1987, MidPen In a second phase, MidPen Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac A worker checks out the specs on framing for 90 new apartments for lower-income seniors. Housing bought the entire apart- representatives hope the family ment complex and rented them building can also be rebuilt to add • $25.09 million from Wells the project seemed to be moving. to the senior center. “But even to lower-income families and an additional 36 units that are Fargo with a permanent loan of The compressed timeline, Mr. with (distance) being a barrier, seniors at prices that were below now allowed. The site is currently $9.2 million. Franklin said, is because the they make it to the center at least the market rate. undergoing a feasibility study, The remainder, roughly $2.12 residents of the 48 apartments once a week for programs and By 2011, plans to rebuild the said Beth Fraker, a spokesperson million, is from MidPen Housing previously on the site have been events,” she said. apartments began to take shape, for MidPen Housing. Corp., according to Ms. Fraker. temporarily relocated for the Seniors carpool to the senior Nesreen Kawar, project manager Loans to finance the construc- Public loans will be repaid with duration of the construction, center together or take the midday of the development, said. It was tion of the $43.2 million project remaining cash flow left after and MidPen Housing wants to bus through Menlo Park. decided that the first to be rebuilt came from public and private paying annual operating costs, resettle residents as quickly as It can be challenging to take would be the 1200 block apart- interests: and the Wells Fargo loan will be possible. The seniors who lived seniors out of their element and ments, and that when rebuilt, they • $5.10 million from the city repaid over 35 years, Ms. Fraker there will be given the first away from the environment would be dedicated exclusively to of Menlo Park said. choice to return. they’re used to, she said. However, lower-income seniors. • $1.69 million from the San Public officials at the wall-rais- Avideh Yaghmai-Samardar, she said, many are “excited about By separating seniors from Mateo County Department of ing event included Warren Slo- supervisor at the Menlo Park the idea of beautiful apartments families, designs and services can Housing cum, president of the San Mateo Senior Center in Belle Haven, being built for them.” be tailored to each group, said • $890,000 from the Feder- County Board of Supervisors, and said some of these seniors are Go to midpen-housing.org or Lilli Lew-Hailer, senior project al Home Loan Bank of San Rich Cline, mayor of Menlo Park. living farther away now, mak- call 650-356-2900 for more manager at MidPen. Francisco They commented on how quickly ing it more challenging to get information. A
BELTRAMO’S Go to tinyurl.com/bel592 to see com- continued from page 5 ments on Beltramo’s closing by long- time customers and to add your own. introduce many French, Ital- ian and other international wines to its clients. Dan Beltramo, who lives “We have always been direct- in Atherton, will remain in ed by the Beltramo family to the area, as will his daughter bring in the finest merchan- Diana Beltramo Hewitt, who dise from around the world,” lives in Menlo Park. operations manager Matt Sils- Ms. Beltramo Hewitt said she by said. has worked in Beltramo’s for the The store has been led by past five years and has “enjoyed Alexander’s sons, John and every minute of it.” But as the Daniel Beltramo, since the only Beltramo of her generation mid-1960s. Both are now in involved in the business, and their mid-80s “and the broth- with family obligations of her ers have deemed it time to own, she said she was not ready retire from the business.” to take over the reins of the busi- “We are proud of our store’s ness on her own. history and honored to have The company has had much served the community for 134 recent success and introduced years,” Dan Beltramo said. a number of innovations such “We raise a glass in thanks to as eBay sales and a phone app, our friends and customers for Ms. Beltramo Hewitt said, and supporting us for such a long Beltramo’s operations manager Matt Silsby takes a call while wine consultant James Michaud restocks and memorable ride.” See BELTRAMO’S, page 29 pinot noir bottles in this 2014 photo by Michelle Le of the Almanac.
8QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ9 FEATURE STORY
Right: Locals gather May 7 to catch the parade on Woodside Road. Below: Woodside School students participate in maypole dance. Opposite page, bottom: Sharon Palermo, left, and Angie Tsang make balloon toys for Payton and Cameron. Woodside marches on Locals line parade route for May Day festivities
Photos by James Tensuan | Story by Kate Daly
oung kids, old vehicles, horses, music and Lincoln Continental, the first of many older cars. candy filled the streets at Woodside’s 94th School front office staffers Cathy Stienstra and Yannual May Day Parade on Saturday, May 7. Amanda Bedolla Fuerte stayed home to babysit “Once upon a time in an enchanted forest” was family, but Tina Adolph and Taffy Appelbaum the theme, and magically the gray skies waited waved and threw candy to the crowd. until the end to drizzle on the 30-plus groups — Many students held bags at the ready, collecting including marchers, equestrians, cars and floats candy faster than on Halloween night. — that walked, rode and rolled from Woodside Donkeys (from the National Center for Equine School to Roberts Market and back in less than Facilitated Therapy in Woodside) were dressed as an hour. unicorns and they along with a miniature horse With Highway 84 closed, hundreds of specta- led the four-legged participants. Bria Michelsen tors lined both sides of the street to watch the local made her last formal appearance as rodeo queen pageantry in the parade sponsored by the school’s for the Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County. PTA. Representing WHOA (Woodside-area Horse Just two of the four planned grand marshals led Owners Association), Becky Witter rode in cos- the parade in announcer Bo Magnussen’s 1966 tume on a horse named Princess who spooked
10QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 FEATURE STORY
Left: Becky Witter rides down Woodside Road. Below, left: Woodside High School marching band. Below: Woodside School parent and active volunteer Lisa Putnam is named Citizen of the Year.
a little when the Woodside Fire Protection District’s 1947 engine tooted to announce the arrival of the Kindergarten Royal Court. Six members of the class of 1966 — Fred Brousseau, Stuart Johnson, Ken Leek, Mike Losey, John Maroney and Ned Wood — celebrated their 50th anni- versary by joining the lineup and carrying a photo of them- selves back in the day. The Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band and the band from Woodside High School played their way down the parade route, but most other participants rode in cars or floats. Town Councilman Chris Shaw drove Mayor Deborah Gordon in a 1958 Cadillac. Councilmen Dave Tanner and Tom Livermore followed right behind in a 1923 Ford T-Bucket. Members of the Woodside History Committee rode in a hay wagon pulled by an old tractor. The last float was a whimsically painted truck promoting the eighth-grade operetta, “Seussical Jr.,” which Woodside School will stage June 1 to 4. After the parade most people headed to the outdoor amphitheater for the presentation of the Woodside Citizen of the Year Award. School par- ent Lisa Putnam won, and was honored for all her hard work on the school garden and PTA’s Green Committee. She is a master gardener who volun- teers as a docent at Wunderlich County Park and helps at Filoli. Third-graders departed from tradition by per- forming a kung fu dance number inspired by a classmate before doing their usual sword and maypole dance. Anne Schoebel figures she has watched the dance 52 times over the years and declared it “the best one I’ve ever seen.” The long day that started with the May Day Fun Run & Walk and Rotary Club pancake breakfast at Woodside Village Church continued into the afternoon with a carnival at the school put on by Sophie’s Stress Free Soirees and a barbecue pro- vided by Alice’s Restaurant. A
May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ11 NEWS Council postpones bike-lane trial on El Camino By Kate Bradshaw both directions with a painted of Cambridge, Middle, Raven- a pilot program at a future date. Q MENLO PARK Almanac Staff Writer buffer would remove a total of a swood and Encinal avenues and • Ask the consulting firm, total of 156 parking places. the north leg of Roble Avenue. W-Trans, to analyze how to bet- ach day, as many as 45,000 • Remove street parking north After a long discussion with • Add a westbound bike lane on ter address the El Camino Real cars make the slow, jolting of Roble Avenue and install bike passionate comment from speak- Ravenswood Avenue between the bottleneck at Ravenswood Avenue. Etraverse through Menlo lanes, with buffers painted on the ers on both sides of the bike- Caltrain tracks and El Camino Councilman Peter Ohtaki recom- Park along El Camino Real. road. lane issue, the council chose to Real, with a “bike box” or some- mended the firm look at ways to How to make that traverse less • Remove street parking north postpone a bike-lane trial on thing like it painted onto the street spread that traffic out to other excruciating, more safe and more of Roble Avenue and install bike El Camino and voted 4-1 (with to make it easier for bikes to turn. Menlo Park intersections. That friendly to alternative modes lanes buffered by 3-foot wide Councilwoman Kirsten Keith • Take funds that had been ded- item would return to the City of transit were questions that curbs or planters. abstaining) to take these steps: icated to widening the right-turn Council in June on its consent resulted in a $459,713 study by Eighty-eight street parking • Have staff focus on moving lane at northbound El Camino calendar. traffic engineering consultant spots, all north of Roble Avenue, forward with the Oak Grove Ave- Real onto Ravenswood Avenue Converting El Camino to group W-Trans. On May 3, it would be removed along El nue bike corridor, which would and turn those funds back to the three car lanes in each direction was the subject of a passionate Camino, according to the consul- provide new east-west bike lanes, city’s “Transportation Impact would be expected to increase discussion, when the Menlo Park tants’ analysis of the alternatives. a benefit for kids biking to school. Fund” for use on other transpor- traffic demand by 64 percent in City Council considered these Go to tinyurl.com/lane572 to • Work with the California tation infrastructure projects. the morning and 47 percent in alternatives: see the analysis. Department of Transportation • Select the bike-lane option the evening, the consultants • Do nothing. Creating bike lanes along the (Caltrans) to add a fourth pedes- that adds a painted, rather than said. Pedestrians would likely be • Remove street parking and entire length of El Camino in trian crossings at El Camino three-dimensional, buffer on El less comfortable having to cross have three continuous vehicle Menlo Park — between Sand Hill Real’s intersections in Menlo Camino as the city’s preferred additional traffic lanes, they lanes each way. Road and Encinal Avenue — in Park. Those are on the south leg alternative, to be considered for pointed out. A
1 year old can be adopted for $20. WILLOWS navigate down the Willow Road Cat and kitten shelter to close The foundation is not able continued from page 7 corridor during peak traffic More than 200 cats and kit- the foundation, offered assurance to accept new animals, she Traffic problems hours now,” he said. tens are in need of adoption. that all of the cats and kittens will said. Nearby shelters are also at Calling the current design of On this occasion, firefighters The Nine Lives Foundation, a be going somewhere, since vol- capacity. Willow Road “a threat to public had to use the public address no-kill cat and kitten shelter unteers have stepped up to foster The last day for adoptions is safety,” Chief Schapelhouman systems on their emergency based in Redwood City, will them on a temporary basis. May 31. Nine Lives will continue said he has written recently to vehicles to “instruct drivers have its lease terminated at the The foundation is seeking peo- to host spay and neuter clinics, the Menlo Park City Council how to get out of their way,” end of June, and all the animals ple who are interested in adopt- and is searching for donations about the traffic delays fire- the chief said. Firefighters were at the shelter will have to be ing or fostering cats or kittens. and a new location. fighters encounter, particularly fortunate to have Blackburn relocated by the end of May. Cats that are not a good fit can be Go to ninelivesfoundation.org at peak commute times. “Our Avenue as an alternate route to Liliana Martinez, who works at brought back, she said. Cats over for more information. units constantly struggle to the fire, he said. A
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May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ13 NEWS Menlo workshop on new clean energy program A workshop will be held Satur- to city commissions on May 3: Cemetery tour The event will feature an art Q BRIEFS day morning, May 14, in Menlo Q Planning Commission: On Saturday, May 28, historian installation in a 20-foot shipping Park on Peninsula Clean Energy, Henry Riggs and Andrew Michael Svanevik will lead a tour container by Santa Clara artist a program that gives San Mateo Staff from the county will Barnes will fill the vacancies of Holy Cross Cemetery in Men- Jonathan Fung, which demon- County residents the ability to explain how the program works, of John Kadvany and Katie lo Park. The cemetery dates from strates different forms of human buy more electric energy from what options will be available Ferrick, who had reached their the early 1860s. Mr. Svanevik and trafficking, such as sweatshops, renewable sources than is avail- and when services will start. term limits. his wife Shirley Burgett are the child labor and the prostitution able from PG&E — and at com- The event is free and open to Q Parks and Recreation authors of “Menlo Park: Beyond of minors, according to event petitive prices. residents and business owners Commission: Jennifer Baskin the Gate,” released in 2000. planners. The workshop will run from 10 in San Mateo County. and Jennifer Johnson were This third annual Holy Cross There will be a student-led to 11:30 a.m. in the Oak Room of appointed. Cemetery tour, sponsored by walk through downtown Red- the Arrillaga Family Recreation New commissioners Q Library Commission: the Menlo Park Historical Asso- wood City and a performance Center at 700 Alma St. in the The Menlo Park City Council Margaret Race was appointed. ciation, costs $10. Make checks by the Brass Act Quintet. Menlo Park Civic Center. made the following appointments Two vacancies remain. payable to the Menlo Park His- At noon, there will be a torical Association, 800 Alma rally with local elected officials, St., Menlo Park. county staff, a trafficking sur- TOWN OF WOODSIDE vivor, and a filmmaker. From 2955 WOODSIDE ROAD Human trafficking 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Courtroom A Human Trafficking Aware- of the museum, there will be a WOODSIDE, CA 94062 ness Day will take place from 11 panel discussion featuring local PLANNING COMMISSION a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 14, experts on the issue of human at the San Mateo County His- trafficking. (Heard on) May 4, 2016 tory Museum and Courthouse A reception will be held at 2:30 6:00 PM Square at 2200 Broadway in p.m. in the museum’s rotunda. Redwood City. At 3:15 p.m., a dramatic reading ***CORRECTION TO THE NOTICE Published on April 27, 2016*** will be done from the script of a film about human trafficking called “Neighbor.” The event is PUBLIC HEARING produced by the “Before Our Very Eyes” campaign. 2. Bruce Lovazzano XSET2016-0003 Go to beforeourveryeyes.org 145 Phillip Road Planner: Sean Mullin, Associate Planner for more information.
Planning Commission review and approval, conditional approval, or denial of a Setback Exception for a proposal to increase the plate height of a nonconforming portion of an existing single-family residence located in the required building setbacks at 145 Phillip Road. The Setback Exception is a component of a larger proposal to demolish an existing barn; ÕÃiÕÊ+Õ>ÌÞÊ,i«>ÀÃ renovate and construct additions to an existing single-family residence; demolish and rebuild UÊ*ÀVi>ÊUÊ*ÌÌiÀÞÊUÊ >ÀLiÊ Fresh news two nonconforming structures located in the required building setbacks pursuant to WMC UÊ>`iÊUÊÛÀÞÊUÊ>ÃÃÊ 153.301; construct a new swimming pool; and install other site and landscape improvements. UÊ7`ÊUÊ-Ìi delivered daily Èxä{n{Ó{x All application materials are available for public review at the Woodside Planning and Building Today’s local news Counter, Woodside Town Hall, weekdays from 8:00 – 10:00 AM and 1:00 – 3:00 PM, or by and hot picks appointment. For more information, contact the Woodside Planning and Building Department at (650) 851-6790. Sign up today at www.restorationstudio.com AlmanacNews.com FINE ART PARK LOS ALTOS ROTARY’S 41ST ANNUAL OPEN-AIR ART SHOW
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14QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 1 Homs Court, Hillsborough Old World Charm, Modern Luxuries Be enchanted by the Old World elegance of this sprawling 7 bedroom, 7.5 bathroom mansion of 11,425 sq. ft. (per appraiser) that occupies majestic gated grounds of 1.42 acres (per county) in one of the most desirable pockets of Hillsborough. Designed by 1;>31 ;C->0-:0.A58@/5>/-U]TX @45?45?@;>5/1?@-@1.;-?@?2;>9-8/;99;:>;;9? 4->0C;;0Ō;;>? 81-010 38-??C5:0;C? -C5:1/188-> -:0?1B1:ŋ>1<8-/1? -8;:3?5018ADA>5;A?A<0-@1?85719A8@5 F;:141-@5:3-:0/;;85:3-:0-;:1 ;2 - 75:05?8-:0 75@/41: -8/;:51? <1>5;09-:@18<51/1? -:0-?@-331>5:3->>-E;2-A@41:@5/21-@A>1?1:4-:/1@41Ō1D5.81Ō;;><8-: C4581@41 599-/A8-@13>;A:0?<>;B501-@1::5?/;A>@ -?;8-> 41-@10<;;8-:0?<- 1D<-:?5B18-C:? ->1->3-@1 -:0-01@-/410V /->3->-31 with 1 additional bathroom. While you will enjoy the convenience of downtown San Mateo and Burlingame, you will also be moments from distinguished Crystal Springs Uplands School. Also, you will be an easy stroll from South Hillsborough Elementary (API 959), and near Crocker Middle (API 962) and San Mateo High (buyer to verify eligibility). For video tour & more photos, please visit: www.1Homs.com Offered at $8,988,000
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16QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 NEWS Woodside restaurant, bakery set VOTE FOR US! to open around Thanksgiving Best Take Out By Dave Boyce Almanac Staff Writer In addition to The Village Pub, &DQ·WDQGZRQ·W & Best Chinese Restaurant the Bacchus Management Group Asked how the staff at his new FormerlyF l SSu HHong TTo GGo MenloM l PParkk f a new restaurant and bakery owns the Mayfield Bakery & restaurant might respond to a Same Chef, Same Menu, New Owner opens as planned around Cafe in Palo Alto, Spruce restau- request for something not on Thanksgiving at 3052 Wood- rant in San Francisco, and the the menu, Mr. Stannard replied 630 Menlo Ave., Menlo Park • (650) 322 - 4631 I side Road in Woodside, regular Pizza Antica restaurants in San with two anecdotes that reflect www.ChefKwans.com customers of what was once Jose, Lafayette, Mill Valley and his training of employees on the Woodside Bakery & Cafe Santa Monica. the cautionary use of the words may recognize a menu advertis- “can’t” and “won’t.” VOTE FOR US ing organic vegetables, artisanal In the first instance, Mr. Stan- pizza and roast chicken. Less ‘The restaurants that I nard said, a customer requested 2014 familiar sights might include a diet Mountain Dew. The waiter table cloths on some tables, and love are the restaurants left the restaurant via the back a full cocktail bar. where I walk out the door, ran to a convenience store The restaurant is referred to door feeling better and bought a six-pack of that for now as “The Bakery in beverage. Mr. Stannard said he Woodside” by Tim Stannard, a than when I went in.’ encountered the waiter as he Woodside resident and founding re-entered the kitchen without partner of San Francisco-based TIM STANNARD, BACCHUS his apron, prompting a question Bacchus Management Group, MANAGEMENT GROUP as to where he had been. After a which owns the restaurant and Spruce and The Village Pub brief explanation, the customer several others, including The Vil- each have a Michelin star, and got his diet Mountain Dew. 700 El Camino Real - Suite #165 | Menlo Park lage Pub in Woodside. A theme both were chosen for the Grand In the second case, Mr. Stan- 650.324.4278 | www.athertonfineart.com for the new restaurant’s menu Award from Wine Spectator nard said, a customer at the bar, has been coalescing around the magazine in 2015, Mr. Stannard having studied the menu, asked
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A C food,” he said. just three restaurant groups in not on the menu. The bartender E E R Like the institution it is replac- the world, he said. asked the chef, who replied that it 2015 ing, the new place will include a would be about 45 minutes. That retail bakery with artisan breads, Eating tuition money customer came back again and Best Flooring cookies, pies, pastries “and all At age 20 and out of culinary again, always ordering the same Thank you other manner of sweets,” Mr. school, Mr. Stannard (who is thing, for 10 years, Mr. Stannard for your vote! Stannard told the Almanac. now 47) was managing Il For- said. At one point, they asked The barista-prepared drinks will naio bakery in San Francisco, him to please call ahead, he said. include coffee from Bacchus’ and it wore him out, he said. He “The food that we serve, that’s own roasting company, he said. enrolled at the University of Cali- just a tool to making people The restaurant will be open fornia at Berkeley and focused happy,” Mr. Stannard said. Other 905 El Camino Real for breakfast, lunch and dinner, on American studies with plans considerations: the music, inte- Menlo Park and “an expansive” brunch on to be a history professor. Alice rior design, uniforms, lighting, HARDWOOD, CARPET, 650-384-6326 weekends, he said. Waters’ Chez Panisse restaurant the shape of the glasses, the table TILE, AREA RUGS TLUSVÅVVYPUNJVT Asked how many dollar signs in Berkeley, however, undid him. coverings, the weight of the cut- guide books would assign the “When you’re an undergradu- lery. “It’s a symphony of tastes,” new restaurant, Mr. Stannard ate, you probably shouldn’t be he said. “The restaurants that I Vote said he hopes for two. “We’d like dining at Chez Panisse three love are the restaurants where I for us to keep it inexpensive,” he said, times a week,” he said. “I blew walk out the door feeling better but with a menu that includes through my whole college than when I went in.” $1.75 muffins and $800 bottles tuition.” Asked about his hiring plans of wine. He said he is “hopeful He found a job tending bar at for the new Woodside venture, we can play some role in being Bix restaurant in San Francisco, Mr. Stannard said the manage- the communal gathering spot for where owner Doug Biederbeck ment would be hired well ahead the town.” mentored him and, after Mr. of the working staff, and that The building is in need of struc- Stannard graduated from Cal, Bacchus likes to promote from tural repairs, which are ongoing. turned over management of the within. The company has its own The new restaurant and bakery restaurant to him, he said. More internal training division. “We will include the floor area of the restaurant management experi- have very, very little turnover,” he former frame shop next door for ence followed and he founded said. “Because of our reinvest- a total of 4,100 square feet inside Bacchus in 2001, the same year ment in the people we have, and the patio in the back. he opened The Village Pub. people don’t leave.” A Woodside to hold another THE PET PLACE soapbox derby on Sunday “Not a chain… just one special store” When children, with help from parents, use May 15, at the top of the sloped parking lot ERS’ CH D O I A C
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18QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 NEWS Town works to make Marsh Road closure less painful
By Barbara Wood Q ATHERTON to have the flaggers start before cials added more North Fair Oaks avoid Marsh Road by using Bay Almanac Staff Writer construction hours, at 6:45 a.m. streets to those that will be closed Road or Middlefield Road to get Flaggers will also be stationed to through traffic. to Willow Road in Menlo Park, therton officials answered show they live there, she said. on Middlefield Road near Fair To make sure the plan is work- Woodside Road in Redwood City questions May 4 from anx- Four-way stops will be added at Oaks Lane to help bicycles cross ing, traffic counts will be taken or 5th Avenue in Redwood City. Aious neighbors and users several intersections just off the at high-use hours, she said. before and after the detours start, After June 21, with school out, of Marsh Road about the planned detour route with flaggers posted and the town is asking local resi- signs will also direct motorists to 10-week (May 31 through Aug. to check for placards. Local police dents to inform it of any problems. use Ringwood Avenue in Ather- 11) closure of a section of the road. have offered to ticket motorists Drivers need to Construction hours will be 8 ton and Menlo Park. Freeway At a public meeting in Hol- who ignore the flaggers and try to a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through signs will direct motorists to use brook-Palmer Park, Atherton’s pass through, Ms. Houlihan said. schedule extra time to Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat- Woodside Road and Willow Road. new city engineer, Mary Grace Placards will be delivered to get where they’re going, urday, with no work on Sundays A number of streets will be Houlihan, said Marsh Road will neighbors in coming weeks by the or holidays. closed to through traffic to stop be narrowed to two lanes from contractors, Ms. Houlihan said, MARY GRACE HOULIHAN, In addition to the noise of con- motorists from cutting through, the current four from Bay Road and the residents will be supplied ATHERTON ENGINEER struction and traffic delays, the including Holbrook Lane, Palm- to Fair Oaks Avenue. Access will enough to give to friends, fam- project will generate dust, Ms. er Lane, Oak Drive and San be for residents and local busi- ily and workers who regularly Neighbors who expressed con- Houlihan said. While the contrac- Benito, Placitas and Encina ave- nesses only while the drainage visit. Delivery vehicles will also be cern that they would have trouble tors will take steps to reduce dust nues in Atherton, plus sections culvert along the road is replaced allowed through. getting out of their neighbor- kicked up by the demolition of the of 6th through 18th avenues in and a new steel barrier erected to The flaggers will “be able to hoods in an emergency were old culvert, “you can never get it North Fair Oaks. keep cars on the road. redirect that cut-through traf- reassured that no barriers will be down all the way to zero,” she said. The town has allocated $4.2 During construction, one-way fic,” Ms. Houlihan said. “Hope- erected, only signs. The new channel, which serves million to pay for the project. traffic will also be allowed from fully (drivers) will realize it’s Some neighbors praised the as a retaining wall for Marsh One more community meeting Fair Oaks Avenue to Middlefield faster for them to go the way we town for paying attention to con- Road as well as a conduit for is scheduled to discuss the project Road, but only for residents who want them to go.” cerns they had voiced at earlier water, will be poured in place, on Wednesday, May 11, from 7 to have driveways on the street. “No The issue is cut-through traffic, meetings. Mike Brownstein, who with several crews working at the 9 p.m. at Sports House, SAL Com- one else should be going through she said. “We’re trying to encour- lives on 15th Avenue in North Fair same time, she said. munity Room, 3151 Edison Way there,” Ms. Houlihan said. age folks to use collectors, arterials Oaks, said he is “very pleased to see In order to protect trees grow- in North Fair Oaks. A number of nearby streets in to get to your destination. Don’t that the concerns that I and other ing on the side of the channel At tinyurl.com/TOA-Marsh, Atherton and North Fair Oaks use the local streets. They just North Fair Oaks residents raised ... away from Marsh Road, some the town has a webpage about the will be banned to through traf- aren’t designed for that.” were very, very well taken care of.” of the existing channel wall will project with updated information, fic. To assure that motorists Drivers need to schedule extra “I want to thank the town of stay in place outside the new wall. maps of the detours and answers trying to avoid the detour don’t time to get where they’re going, Atherton for their responsive- It will be buried so it won’t show, to questions asked at the public cut through the nearby neigh- she said, adding: “It’s not going to ness,” Mr. Brownstein said. but the tree roots should be pro- meetings. The webpage also has borhoods, residents will have to be business as usual.” After hearing from residents at tected, she said. contact info for project managers display placards on their cars to A number of neighbors asked an earlier meeting, Atherton offi- Signs will direct motorists to and Ms. Houlihan. A
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May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ21 NEWS Another decade, another Selby Lane kids recycle crayons grade-separation study By Kate Daly Special to the Almanac By Kate Bradshaw ity, but the three other crossings Almanac Staff Writer — at Oak Grove, Glenwood and hird-graders at Sel- Encinal avenues — have also been by Lane Elementary or years, the question of factored into the current study. T School in Atherton are “grade separations” — sepa- This time, though, Ms. Naga- learning how to keep one F rating a roadway from the ya said, there could be more non-biodegradable resource rail line it crosses by using a bridge momentum. out of landfills and put it back or tunnel — has periodically risen A fatality at the Ravenswood into other children’s hands: in Menlo Park, spurring a study Avenue crossing in February 2015 crayons. on the feasibility of such a project. spurred community support for Guided by Art in Action Then, after the study is completed, action to make the crossing safer. volunteers Janet Larson and the topic retreats from the Menlo Median barriers were installed Susan Speicher of Atherton, Park collective agenda, only to on Ravenswood Avenue between students are collecting broken resurface several years later. Alma Street and Noel Drive in an crayons at their school, sorting In 1965, Southern Pacific, which attempt to reduce complications them, and planning to give operated the railroad before Cal- near the crossing that can lead to them to the Crayon Initiative train, conducted grade-separation cars being stopped on the tracks. in Berkeley. That organization studies on the Peninsula, and then With El Camino Real, the melts them and turn them into followed up with more grade- Caltrain tracks, and crosswalks new crayons it then distributes separation studies in the 1970s. at Alma Street all within a short to hospitals, schools and art Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac Selby Lane third-graders are collecting old crayons for the In 1990 Menlo Park conducted a distance, it’s a complicated stretch programs. Crayon Initiative. grade-separation study. In 2003 of road for drivers to navigate. As “In trying to get the kids to Menlo Park conducted another traffic and train trips increase, the be good stewards of the earth, disintegrate, they decided to broken crayons to Selby Lane such study. In 2009, the San Mateo hazards could too. we taught a lesson in third continue with the recycling Elementary School (170 Selby County Transportation Authority Caltrain runs 92 trains per grade of how long items take theme and collect crayons for Lane in Atherton) to add to looked at grade-separation alter- weekday through Menlo Park, to decompose,” Ms. Larson the nonprofit organization. the collection. natives in Menlo Park. and that number is expected to said. Students researched the Students have placed con- Based in Menlo Park, Art in This decade’s review is over- increase: up to 114 trains per day topic and brought in recycled tainers in each classroom at Action provides art education due, said Nikki Nagaya, the city’s are planned when Caltrain is items to create art pieces. school and have put together a curriculum and training to transportation manager. electrified, and up to 128 trains When the volunteers heard video on the subject. Through teachers and volunteers at In 2015, the San Mateo Coun- per day when high-speed rail about the Crayon Initiative May, community members hundreds of schools nation- ty Transportation Authority begins service, said the consul- and found out crayons don’t are invited to bring their own wide. A agreed to reimburse the city up tants from AECOM. to $750,000 to conduct another A total of 24,000 vehicles cross grade-separation study. The the tracks at Ravenswood Avenue city hired the consultant group each weekday, according to the options for the Ravenswood Ave- negotiable requirement that the that doing so could shift traffic AECOM for $631,300, and the consultants, and that number, nue grade separation to two: either elevation change of the tracks to nearby streets or make the firm held a community meeting too, could increase. The other tunnel the roadway under the be at no more than a 1 percent Burgess Park and Civic Center May 2 at the Arrillaga Fam- crossings have lower, but not tracks or partially raise the tracks grade. That could complicate area difficult to access. ily Recreation Center to gather insignificant, traffic: about 10,000 and partially lower the roadway. things if the city were to go for An example of tunneled grade local input. a day at Oak Grove Avenue, 6,000 the hybrid approach of partially separation is the Jefferson Avenue Menlo Park’s most highly traf- at Glenwood Avenue and 5,000 at Complications lowering the road and partially crossing in Redwood City, said ficked Caltrain crossing at Raven- Encinal Avenue, AECOM says. Consultants said that one logis- raising the tracks. the AECOM consultants. swood Avenue is the city’s prior- The 2003 study winnowed six tical challenge is Caltrain’s non- At a 1 percent grade, explained Angela Obeso, Menlo Park asso- Construction ciate engineer, it would likely take With either option, the project a long distance to raise the rail would be a long-term commit- line enough to get a sufficient gap ment. After the current study Home between the tracks and the road is completed on the Raven- beneath. swood Avenue grade separation If the tracks can’t be lowered — which is expected to take a Care is to ground level in the distance year — the project would have between Ravenswood and Oak to undergo a detailed design Grove avenues, it might make process and an environmental better sense to keep Caltrain elevated impact review, which would and build additional grade sepa- likely take several more years, rations at the city’s other rail Ms. Obeso said. when crossings. That would make the The construction would most project much more expensive likely require building a “shoofly,” and time-consuming. Examples a temporary track to reroute the people of hybrid underpasses where train. A very rough estimate of tracks are elevated and the a construction timeline is 18 to road lowered are the crossings 24 months, but, consultants said, care! at Holly Street in San Carlos, that could vary based on many 42nd Avenue in San Mateo and factors, including which plan the UÊ >Ì }]Ê`ÀiÃÃ}ÊEÊ}À}UÊ >Ì }}}}}]Ê`ÀiÃÃ} EÊ}À} Ralston Avenue in Belmont. city chooses. One potential problem with Future community meetings UÊ } ÌÊ ÕÃiii«}ÊEÊi>Ê«Ài«>À>Ì the option to tunnel Ravenswood on the Ravenswood Avenue UÊ/À>ëÀÌ>Ì]Êà ««}ÊEÊiÀÀ>`à Call us beneath the current track grade grade separation are tentatively UÊ i`V>ÌÊÀi`iÀÃÊEÊ« ÞÃV>Ê>VÌÛÌià is that it could block access to scheduled for sometime in the UÊ «>à «ÊEÊÀi anytime Alma Street from Ravenswood, August-September and Novem- you need since there would be only a short ber-December periods. Future Call us for a free HCO #414700023 an extra distance to bring the road back City Council study sessions are in-home assessment! 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Local teach- 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park Homemade 1011 El Camino Real, Menlo Park peninsulaboxing.org ers and organizations are at the ready to 650-450-3209 Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, 408-480-8977 Peninsula Boxing & Fitness offers help you make the most of the sunshine and [email protected] 700 Alma St., Menlo Park [email protected] recreational boxing programs for both extra exuberance. Discover your inner artist 650-399-0505, 888-292-4624 youth and adults. The youth program through an improvisation class, learn to keep www.danceexpressions5678.com www.menlopilatesandyoga.com Dance Expressions provides dance [email protected] Menlo Pilates & Yoga has a selection is non-competitive and non-contact, the rally going during a group tennis program, instructs kids in fitness, and provides a or explore the area’s breathtaking trails by instruction for students beginning at homemade-cooking.com yoga, Pilates, Zumba, kettlebell, tai safe, structured environment. horseback. With some creative thinking, you age 3 and up through young adults, Homemade’s programs provide chi and other fitness classes for vari- can make summertime the season of excite- focusing on jazz technique at instruction in fundamental cooking ous levels. Studio Rincon ment it was meant to be. various experience and skill levels. skills, wellness coaching and support Menlo Swim & Sport 3536 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo The Class Guide is published quarterly by During the summer, both weeklong from a welcoming community. Park camps and ongoing classes are Burgess Pool, 501 Laurel St., the Almanac, the Palo Alto Weekly and the Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing Menlo Park 650-861-0242 Mountain View Voice. offered. Ladera Recreation Department, 150 650-328-7946 [email protected] For the dancer Health & fitness Andeta Way, Portola Valley Belle Haven Pool, 100 Terminal Ave., www.studiorincon.com Betty Johnson, 408-732-3778 Menlo Park Studio Rincon applies a fresh approach Captivating Dance by Nona Fleet Feet Sports [email protected] to yoga, fitness and dance with classes 859 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 650-330-2237 1923 Menalto Ave., Menlo Park www.jackis.com menloswim.com for men, women and children. Drop- 650-325-9432 in, class-pack or membership pricing 650-996-8602 Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing offers classes [email protected] Menlo Swim & Sport runs youth, adult options are available. The studio has www.captivatingdancebynona.com multiple times weekly that mix ele- www.fleetfeetmenlopark.com/training and community programs at Burgess youth summer programs and camps. Captivating Dance by Nona instructs ments of dance, stretching and and Belle Haven pools, including swim youth of various ages and abilities in Fleet Feet Menlo Park offers train- flexibility, cardio and weight training lessons, youth swim teams, masters Sports ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, hip hop and ing programs throughout the year to in a comforting environment that wel- swimming, water polo and water other styles and skills. The studio also bring camaraderie and skill building comes all fitness levels. exercise. It also offers cycling, running, Kidz Love Soccer Jazzercise fitness and tennis programs. Burgess Park, 701 Laurel St., Arrillaga Family Recreation Center, One Heart Yoga Menlo Park 700 Alma St., Menlo Park Little House Activity Center, Fitness 650-330-2200 Little House Activity Center, 800 Room, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park www.kidzlovesoccer.com/city_detail. Middle Ave., Menlo Park 650-649-3055 php?cid=2&t=Class 650-703-1263 [email protected] Menlo Park Community Services and [email protected] oneheartyoga.com Kidz Love Soccer offer youth soccer www.jazzercise.com classes for boys and girls of all abilities, One Heart Yoga teaches weekly classes beginning at age 2. Summer camps will Jazzercise blends dance, cardio, in Kundalini yoga, aiming to help students also be held. yoga, Pilates, resistance training and increase flexibility and strength, learn kickboxing movements into exercise breathing techniques to calm and focus, Menlo Park Gymnastics routines set to new music. Classes and reduce anxiety and depression. 501 Laurel St., Menlo Park 650-330-2215 [email protected] www.menlopark.org/237/Gymnas- tics-Classes The City of Menlo Park offers a number of gymnastics classes for youth, with a focus on children under the age of 6. Parent-participation classes are also available for children with special needs. Menlo Park Tennis Nealon Park Tennis Courts, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park Jim Heebner, 650-814-6734 [email protected] www.menloparktennis.com Menlo Park Tennis offers tennis classes for adults and children ages 5 and up and at all levels. Lessons include tips, strategy, drills and entertaining games. Special summer programs and camps are offered. Player Capital Holbrook-Palmer Park, 150 Watkins Ave., Atherton. 650-275-3027 [email protected] playercapital.com Emerson School Player Capital runs tennis programs for adults and youth at various ages and CULTIVATING ASTONISHING POTENTIAL! levels of ability, including camps and clinics during the summer.
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Synergy teaches the sport of badmin- array of regional cuisines, dishes and business skills. Students can also Menlo Park Community provides a number of programs focused ton to youth and adults and beginners cooking skills. earn a high school diploma or GED on self-enhancement for youth and adults: and competitive players in groups certificate. Counselors are avail- Services Department strength and speed fitness courses, adap- and privately. Experienced coaches Improv for Everyone at the able to help students transition to 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park tive sports, a class for musical bands, guide players through training and Dragon Theatre college programs. 650-330-2200 photography workshops and nature explo- competition using innovative meth- Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., www.menlopark.org/212/Community- ration, among other opportunities. ods. It also has a variety of summer Redwood City Something for everyone Services camp programs. 650-493-2006 ext. 2 The Menlo Park Community Services The Class Guide is published quarterly in the Little House, Roslyn G. Morris Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice and Department organizes a wide array of Webb Ranch Riding School [email protected] Activity Center the Almanac. Descriptions of classes offered 2720 Alpine Road, Portola Valley www.dragonproductions.net classes for children, adults and seniors in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park at city facilities. Subjects include fit- 650-854-7755 Held at the Dragon Theatre, this class 650-326-2025 Atherton, Stanford, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, on improvisation skills will focus on ness, sports, aquatics, arts, health, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley and Woodside [email protected] www.penvol.org/littlehouse languages, dance and more. www.webbranchinc.com/riding.htm students’ development of effective are provided. Listings are free and subject to communication, out-of-the-box think- Little House Activity Center offers editing. Due to space constraints, classes held The Webb Ranch Riding School gives The Riekes Center for Human ing, confidence and teamwork. classes for all ages on various topics in the above cities are given priority. instruction for beginning and interme- and activities, including health and Enhancement diate riders in both group and private Music Together Menlo Park wellness for seniors; fitness exer- 3455 Edison Way, Menlo Park To submit a listing for the next Class Guide, settings. Specialties include Western 75 Arbor Road, Suite N, Menlo Park cises like line dancing and Pilates; 650-364-2509 email Editorial Assistant Sam Sciolla at riding, dressage and hunt-seat rid- 650-799-1624 ceramics, drawing and other arts; [email protected] or call 650-223-6515. [email protected] To place a paid advertisement in the Class ing. In addition, there are a number of [email protected] languages; history and culture; and riekes.org weeklong camp sessions. Guide, call the display advertising depart- mtmp.yourvirtuoso.com computer skills. A nonprofit organization, the Riekes Center ment at 650-326-8210. Language courses Music Together holds classes exploring music and movement for children from German-American School of birth up to age 5 and their guardians at the Palo Alto Allied Arts Guild. The summer semester German-American International runs from July through September. BRILLIANT School campus, 475 Pope St., Old World Designs CONCERTS Menlo Park 727 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park JUNE 17 – AUGUST 6 650-520-3646 650-321-3494 [email protected] www.oldworlddesigns.com www.gaspa-ca.org In addition to stocking supplies and The German-American School of giving private lessons in stitching, Palo Alto (GASPA), a Saturday school, Old World Designs organizes project teaches immersive German language classes and “stitch-ins.” classes, which also cover culture and traditions, to students ages 2 to 18. No Career preparation prior knowledge of German is required. JobTrain In addition, a four-week Summer School Camp is held. 1200 O’ Brien Drive, Menlo Park 650-330-6429 Language Pacifica [email protected] 585 Glenwood Ave., Menlo Park www.jobtrainworks.org presented by 650-321-1840 JobTrain has a variety of training pro- [email protected] grams for adults — providing instruc- www.languagepacifica.org tion in the culinary arts, business Language Pacifica teaches Eng- administration, health care work, con- lish to non-native speakers in both struction and other fields — as well as full-time and part-time intensive programs specifically for youth, to help courses. Classes are well-suited for with GED preparation, job placement TOEFL exam preparation and learn- and vocational training. ing English for business or personal ReBoot Accelerator for Women JAZZ VOCAL INNOVATOR enrichment. 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May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ27 NEWS SECTION A1 - NOTICE REQUESTING BIDS WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT Workshop on preventing DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION - NEW METAL sudden oak death STORAGE BUILDING With a rainy winter just past ease distribution data will help and a warm season coming on, save our oaks,” Mr. Bryant said. Sealed proposals for the Design and Construction - New Metal Storage Building project will be received the moisture-and-warmth-lov- at the West Bay Sanitary District, 500 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, California 94025 until 3:00 PM on ing pathogen that causes sudden Rotary scholarships Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Bids shall be labeled "West oak death is a significant threat Jeff Miller, minority owner Bay Sanitary District, Proposal for “Design and Construction - New Metal Storage Building." once again, scientists say. of the Golden State Warriors, For residents of Woodside will speak at the Rotary Club of The Work will include the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools, equipment, services, facilities, and other and Portola Valley willing to try Menlo Park’s annual scholastic appurtenances for the Design and Construction of a New Metal Storage Building in the City of Menlo Park. their hands at some biological achievements award ceremony The work includes, but is not limited to design and construction of new metal storage building and foun- science, a two-day workshop on on Monday, May 16. dation, installation of skylight panels, roof ventilators, overhead doors, personnel entry doors, and other collecting and identifying oak He will speak about leadership appurtenances; and excavation, grading, and construction of new improvements. specimens that may have this and service, using examples of disease is set for Saturday and leadership based on his experi- The contract documents may be inspected at the office of the West Bay Sanitary District; San Francisco Sunday, May 14 and 15. ence with the Warriors. A community meeting and The ceremony begins at 5 p.m. Builders Exchange, Attn: Deanna Johnson, 850 So. Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California 94110; workshop is set for 10 a.m. in the Menlo-Atherton High Peninsula Builders Exchange, Attn: Andrea Nettles, 737A Industrial Road, San Carlos, California 94070; Santa Saturday at the Portola Val- School Performing Arts Cen- Clara Builders Exchange, Attn: Kanani Fonseca, 400 Reed Street, Santa Clara, California 95050; Builders ley Community Hall at 765 ter at 555 Middlefield Road in Exchange of Alameda, Attn: Richard Owen, 3055 Alvarado Street, San Leandro, California 94577; Construction Portola Road, Woodside Town Atherton. Bidboard Incorporated, Attn: Plan Room, 11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130; and, Contra Manager Kevin Bryant said. The Rotary Club will Costa Builders Exchange, Attn: April Hamilton, 2440 Stanwell Drive, Suite B, Concord, California 94520. Participants will then fan out announce up to 30 achievement on Saturday and Sunday to awards and $125,000 in needs- Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the West Bay Sanitary District upon collect specimens for analy- based scholarships to students payment of a check or money order in the amount of $50.00 for each set. The check or money order must sis by scientists at the Forest from four local schools: M-A, be issued to the West Bay Sanitary District. All payments are nonrefundable. Pathology and Mycology Lab a public school, and the private at the University of California schools Sacred Heart Prepa- A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 9:00 am on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the West Bay at Berkeley. Specimen pickup ratory and Menlo School in Sanitary District Flow Equalization Facilities located at 1700 Marsh Road in Menlo Park, California. is set for Sunday evening at the Atherton, and Eastside College community hall. Preparatory School in East Palo Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or a proposal guaranty bond pay- Smart phones can play a role. Alto. able to the order of the West Bay Sanitary District in an amount not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount Phones uploaded with the SOD- of the bid as a guaranty that the bidder will execute the contract if it be awarded to him in conformity with MAP Mobile app, available at Caltrain advisors the proposal. The successful bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond in an amount not less iTunes and Google Play, can be Caltrain is seeking volunteers than one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price and a labor and material bond in an amount equal to a help when collecting samples, to apply for its Citizens Advisory one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. Mr. Bryant said in a statement. Committee. Applications are The workshop will explain the due by June 3. The District ("Owner") reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to determine which proposal is, in the pathogen’s basic biology, how The committee is composed of to identify it and how to collect nine members representing San judgment of the District, the lowest responsible bid of a responsible bidder or group of bidders and which specimens, Mr. Bryant said. Francisco, San Mateo and Santa proposal should be accepted in the best interest of the District. The District also reserves the right to waive Matteo Garbelotto, an adjunct Clara counties. any informalities in any proposal or bid. professor in the Department of The committee meets on the Environmental Science, Policy third Wednesday of each month Bid proposals received after the time announced for the opening will not be considered. No bidder may with- and Management at U.C. Berke- at 5:40 p.m. at Caltrain head- draw his proposal after the time announced for the opening, or before award and execution of the contract, ley, will be available to answer quarters, 1250 San Carlos Ave. unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding forty-five (45) days. questions about sudden oak in San Carlos. death. Go to Caltrain.com or Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, and upon the request and at the expense “Officially become a citizen call (650) 508-6223 for an of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld by the District to insure performance under scientist and your published dis- application. the Contract may be deposited with the District, or with a state or federally chartered bank as escrow agent who shall deliver such securities to the Contractor upon satisfactory completion of the contract. Only those securities listed in Government Code Section 16430 or other securities approved by the District are eligible for deposit. The deposit of securities with an escrow agent or the District shall be made in the form and on TIME TO VOTE! such terms and conditions as the District may require to protect the interest of the District in the event of the Contractor's default. The Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities that are deposited and shall receive any interest thereon. ERS’ CH Pertaining to Sections 1770, 1773, and 1773.1 of the California Labor Code the successful bidder shall D O pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the California I A C Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of such prevailing rates are on file at the District office of the West Bay Sanitary District and which copies shall be made available to any interested party on request. The E E
successful bidder shall post a copy of such determinations at each job site. R
In accordance with the provisions of California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the District has deter- mined that the Contractor shall possess a valid Class B License or a combination of Class C-39 "Roofing Contractor ", C-43 "Sheet Metal Contractor" and C-54 "Structural Steel Contractor " licenses at the time this 2016 contract is awarded. Failure to possess the specified license(s) shall render the bid as non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award of the contract to any bidder not possessing said license(s) at the time of award. West Bay Sanitary District Tell us who your local favorites Board of Directors San Mateo County, California are by voting online today
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28QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 NEWS SECTION A1 - NOTICE REQUESTING BIDS Portola Valley man dies WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT in single-car accident BELLE HAVEN SEWER PROJECT PHASE II A single-vehicle accident Woodside fire district told the Sealed proposals for the BELLE HAVEN SEWER PROJECT PHASE II will be received at the West around 7:10 a.m. Saturday, Almanac. May 7, at the intersection Because witnesses reported Bay Sanitary District, 500 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, California 94025 until 2:00 PM on Wednesday, of Portola and Alpine roads seeing what might have been June 15, 2016 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. Bids shall be labeled "West Bay claimed the life of the vehicle’s erratic driving leading up to Sanitary District, Proposal for “BELLE HAVEN SEWER PROJECT PHASE II." only occupant, 70-year-old the accident, medics took into Portola Valley resident John account the possibility that the The Work will include the furnishing of all labor, materials and equipment, and other appurte- Sidensol, according to the driver had a medical condition nances for rehabilitation and replacement of sanitary sewer mains by Open Trench Construction, officials with the Santa Clara and took steps to try to resus- Pipe Bursting, and Cured-in-Place Pipe, as indicated on the project plans. County Coroner’s Office and citate him, the chief said. The the Woodside Fire Protection district took the extra step of The contract documents may be inspected at the office of the West Bay Sanitary District; San District. sending two additional medics Francisco Builders Exchange, Attn: Deanna Johnson, 850 So. Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, When medics arrived, the with the ambulance to contin- California 94110; Peninsula Builders Exchange, Attn: Andrea Nettles, 737A Industrial Road, San vehicle was resting against a ue CPR and related procedures Carlos, California 94070; Santa Clara Builders Exchange, Attn: Kanani Fonseca, 400 Reed Street, tree and the driver was in “full on the way to the hospital, the Santa Clara, California 95050; Builders Exchange of Alameda, Attn: Richard Owen, 3055 Alvarado arrest,” meaning he had no chief said. Street, San Leandro, California 94577; Construction Bidboard Incorporated, Attn: Plan Room, pulse and was not breathing, Mr. Sidensol was pronounced 11622 El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Diego, CA 92130; and, Contra Costa Builders Exchange, Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso of the dead at Stanford Hospital. Attn: April Hamilton, 2440 Stanwell Drive, Suite B, Concord, California 94520. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the West Bay Sanitary District upon payment of a check or money order in the amount of $60.00 for each set. The check Dumbarton corridor study or money order must be issued to the West Bay Sanitary District. All payments are nonrefundable. A pre-bid meeting will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at the West Bay Sanitary comes to Menlo Park District Office in Menlo Park, California. By Kate Bradshaw The study’s purpose is to Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check or a proposal guar- Almanac Staff Writer explore the feasibility of options to address traffic congestion, anty bond payable to the order of the West Bay Sanitary District in an amount not less than ten ow can transportation and to examine what could be percent (10%) of the amount of the bid as a guaranty that the bidder will execute the contract if it between the East Bay done with the currently defunct be awarded to him in conformity with the proposal. The successful bidder will be required to furnish and the Midpeninsula Dumbarton rail bridge, Sam- a performance bond in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price H and a labor and material bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract be improved? Trans says on its website. A study of the Dumbarton The study will look at car, price. corridor — including the current transit, bike and pedestrian vehicle bridge (State Route 84) modes of transportation. It The District ("Owner") reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to determine which proposal and the abandoned Dumbar- will also analyze the broader is, in the judgment of the District, the lowest responsible bid of a responsible bidder or group of ton rail bridge — is underway street networks and transit lines bidders and which proposal should be accepted in the best interest of the District. The District also to answer that question. The that connect Peninsula cities reserves the right to waive any informalities in any proposal or bid. roughly $1 million study, funded (such as Redwood City, Menlo by Facebook, will analyze the Park and East Palo Alto) to Bid proposals received after the time announced for the opening will not be considered. No feasibility of currently undefined East Bay cities (such as New- bidder may withdraw his proposal after the time announced for the opening, or before award and options to reduce congestion in ark, Union City and Fremont), execution of the contract, unless the award is delayed for a period exceeding forty-five (45) days. crossing the bay. SamTrans spokeswoman Tasha A community meeting for Bartholomew said. Pursuant to the provisions of Public Contract Code Section 22300, and upon the request and at people on the Peninsula to The Dumbarton Express, a the expense of the Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld by the District to ensure offer their suggestions, com- bus operated by the Alameda- performance under the Contract may be deposited with the District, or with a state or federally ments and concerns will be Contra Costa Transit District in chartered bank as escrow agent who shall deliver such securities to the Contractor upon satisfac- held Thursday, May 12, from 7 the East Bay, is the only public tory completion of the contract. Only those securities listed in Government Code Section 16430 or to 8 p.m. in the ballroom of the transportation option now that other securities approved by the District are eligible for deposit. The deposit of securities with an Menlo Park Senior Center 100 crosses the bridge. escrow agent or the District shall be made in the form and on such terms and conditions as the Terminal Ave. in Menlo Park. A Go to tinyurl.com/dmbrt45 District may require to protect the interest of the District in the event of the Contractor's default. similar meeting was held in the for more information or to reg- The Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities that are deposited and shall receive East Bay on May 10 in Fremont. ister for the free meeting. any interest thereon. Pertaining to Sections 1770, 1773, and 1773.1 of the California Labor Code the successful bidder shall pay not less than the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director BELTRAMO’S about a property sale. of the California Department of Industrial Relations. Copies of such prevailing rates are on file at continued from page 8 Asked about competition the District office of the West Bay Sanitary District and which copies shall be made available to from big box stores, such as any interested party on request. The successful bidder shall post a copy of such determinations at they are “so much happier to BevMo in Menlo Park and each job site. go out on top like this.” Costco in Redwood City, she However, she said: “It’s time said: “There’s always competi- In accordance with the provisions of California Public Contract Code Section 3300, the District to spend a little more time tion. That had nothing to do has determined that the Contractor shall possess a valid Class A License or a combination of elsewhere.” with the closure whatsoever.” Class C-12 "Earthwork and Paving", C-34 "Pipeline" and C-42 "Sanitation System" licenses at the She said the family will “cer- time this contract is awarded. Failure to possess the specified license(s) shall render the bid as Property for sale tainly miss” its customers and non-responsive and shall act as a bar to award of the contract to any bidder not possessing said The family did consider sell- more than 20 employees. license(s) at the time of award. ing the business, she said. “We Beltramo’s “is not likely to be West Bay Sanitary District pursued a path with a couple replaced anytime soon,” she Board of Directors of potential buyers” but it was said. “It’s like a good book. San Mateo County, California complicated by the fact that When you close the last page, the business would have to you’re going to miss the char- /s/ Phil Scott move since the property is for acters. We’ll take the charac- District Manager sale and a buyer has been iden- ters and the people we’ve tified, she said. She declined encountered along the way Dated: April 28, 2016 to provide more information with us.” A
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30QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 NOTICE INVITING BIDS TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA ViewpointIDEAS,IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT LOCAL ISSUESISSUES The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the following public work: Decision-making process fails 2016 OVERLAY PROJECT Removal and replacement of 2 inches of asphalt con- to engage larger community crete pavement on Almendral Avenue (from El Camino Real to Selby Lane). Cracking sealing and grind and By Steve Lubin A far better result would replace approximately 4,000 square feet of asphalt to Steve Lubin is a be obtained if the council Woodside architect a 4-inch depth and placement of thermoplastic strip- t the March 8 Wood- appointed a committee with ing. Some hand work around utility access hole cov- side Town Council and 67-year broad membership and that Woodside meeting, the mayor committee held open meet- ers will be necessary. A resident who announced to the Council has been involved in ings where a more collegial her appointment of an ad- Woodside planning matters since development of a commu- 7SHUZ :WLJPÄJH[PVUZTH`ILVI[HPULKH[http://www. hoc committee consisting of 1976, including seven years as a nity vision could take place. ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The Contrac- two council members and planning commissioner. This process has been used tor shall be responsible for any addendums that may two residents to consider successfully in Woodside be posted on the Town’s website. “allowable maximum resi- GUEST OPINION many times before. dence size.” A public committee The creation of this com- allows the weighing of :,(3,+)0+:^PSSILYLJLP]LKH[[OLVѝJLVM[OL*P[` mittee is not consistent to the town’s Architectural alternative approaches and *SLYR (ZOÄLSK 9VHK ([OLY[VU *HSPMVYUPH with the spirit and possibly and Site Review Board and a fuller discussion of appro- until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, not with the letter of the the Planning Commission. priate goals and impacts of 7HJPÄJ:[HUKHYK;PTLVU Brown Act, California’s open These groups were not asked various solutions than is May 24, 2016, at which time bids will be publicly government law. That Act to weigh in on the broader possible in a Town Council opened and read aloud. requires public notification objectives, only to comment meeting. Such discussions and public access for com- on the details of a done deal. should not happen behind Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be submit- mittees other than those While writing the ordi- the scenes with only the “comprised solely of less nance, the council per- end results forwarded for ted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “Bid of (Con- than a quorum of the mem- formed no studies of its public discussion. tractor) for 2016 OVERLAY PROJECT”, along with bers” of the council. impacts. With no knowledge If the full discussion is date and time of bid opening. While I attended the March of the impacts there could open to broader participa- 8 meeting, the agenda did not be no balancing of impacts tion from the outset, there is make it clear that this item against the benefits of pro- a greater chance of develop- was going to be discussed, so posed uses. ing a community consensus I left before it was taken up. Interested residents were and an ordinance that bet- This opaque policy-making reduced to annoying the ter reflects the community’s by a few council members council at its meetings in values. is part of a pattern of top- order to point out flaws and Furthermore, there has down rule that departs from to attempt to evaluate the not been a comprehensive Woodside’s traditional citi- impacts. evaluation of the town’s zen-involvement process. Council meetings are a ordinances since the 2012 It is part of a continu- highly charged setting where General Plan was adopted. ing marginalization of those the loudest voices prevail Such a review is past due. residents who have, over and there is very little col- For the town to consider years, put in the thoughtful legial sharing of ideas. Many other changes one at a time hours of discussion to come people are hesitant to speak without looking at the whole to community consensus. It up, especially when they are picture does not allow us creates the impression that subject to misrepresentation to determine if we are con- special interests are running of their views and ridicule forming to the goals of the the town. by others who have strong General Plan as required by The process the council opposing views. state law. used to consider the recently The council should be The council should scrap approved basement ordi- careful to set up a public its current committee and nance made it clear that its forum where all are comfort- form a broad-based com- behind-the-scenes procedure able to speak. The prolifera- mittee, open to public par- is not an adequate method of tion of anonymous mischar- ticipation, where we can addressing important plan- acterizations and attacks take a look at how the town ning issues. A subcommittee in online forums makes it can balance the objectives of the council had come up important that the council of the General Plan with with a fully formed ordi- create such a civil space for some residents’ desire to nance before presenting it our community discussions. build larger houses.
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32QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ33 Hear Only the Birds…at this Woodside 6-Acre Estate 280 Family Farm Road | Woodside | Offered at $8,995,000
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34QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 147 Stockbridge Avenue By Appointment Only ATHERTON
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May 11, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ35 Bay Area Collection Menlo Park. Palo Alto. Burlingame 650.314.7200 | pacificunion.com
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36QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 11, 2016 Open House Sunday, May 15, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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Barrios Garden Maintenance STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO PHONGPHAYCHIT SYKORA. *Weekly or every other week Real business under the fictitious business 995 Fictitious Name Case No.: CIV537712 THE COURT ORDERS that all persons *Irrigation systems name(s) listed above on 3-31-09. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: interested in this *Clean up and hauling Statement This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo Petitioner: KATHERINE JIA-YAN JIA filed matter appear before this court at the *Tree removal JASPER ADVENTURES County on April 21, 2016. a petition with this court for a decree hearing indicated below *Refs. 650/771-0213 Estate FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT (ALM Apr. 27, May 4, 11, 18, 2016) changing names as follows: to show cause, if any, why the petition File No.: 268892 KATHERINE JIA-YAN JIA to KATHERINE for change of name J. Garcia Garden Maintenance The following person(s) is (are) doing VADIS LLC JIA-YAN LIU. should not be granted. 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East Palo Alto $1,399,000 Redwood City $1,149,000 Menlo Park $878,000 740/740A Schembri Ln Large lot 10k sf plus, remodeled units! 2 homes 2732 Goodwin Ave Beautifully updated Woodside Plaza home with 3 BDR, 2140 Santa Cruz Ave D303 3 balconies/views of Western Hills. Updated with separate meters, fully permitted! 1 BTH and exceptional outdoor space. 3 BR 1 BA kitchen, baths. New paint and carpet. 2 BR 2 BA Shawnna Sullivan CalBRE #00856563 650.325.6161 Samie Goodman/Bob JohnstonCalBRE #01515818/01228365 650.324.4456 Beth Leathers CalBRE #01131116 650.324.4456
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