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DECEMBER 20, 2013 VOLUME 21, NO. 47 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 22 More seeking free breakfast HOPE’S CORNER NEEDS FUNDS TO EXPAND SERVICES, UPGRADE KITCHEN
By Daniel DeBolt days a week, and so far has raised $90,000 of the $350,000 needed he poor and homeless to upgrade the hall’s bathrooms are often invisible in the and kitchen, which isn’t up to Tmiddle of one of Silicon code. “Then we would actually Valley’s most booming cities, be able to cook meals there,” said but the need for a free breakfast Leslie Carmichael, chair of the program at a downtown Moun- board for Hope’s Corner. tain View church Volunteers is growing, serv- noted that they ing 180 people don’t see the sort on a recent Sat- ‘Santa Clara of chronically ill urday. County has the or drug addicted MICHELLE LE The free Sat- homeless persons urday breakfast you might expect. HOLIDAY TREATS Chloe Wong, 6, helps hand out special holiday bags of groceries at the and bag lunch is nation’s fifth- Many are longtime Harvest Food Bank at the Mountain View Senior Center on Dec. 17. Firefighters from Local 1965, with part of a program highest number residents down on help from Chloe, the daughter of firefighter Melton Wong, handed out food to participants of Second known as “Hope’s their luck, who Harvest Food Bank’s regular “Brown Bag Program,” which provides weekly nutritious groceries to adults Corner,” named of homeless don’t want to leave over 60 in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Earlier this week, the Mountain View Fire Department after its location their communities teamed with Second Harvest to serve seniors a holiday meal. at the corner of per capita.’ behind. Hope and Mercy “There’s a wide streets. From 8 MICHAEL FISCHETTI, COUNTY variety of folks a.m. to 10 a.m. HEALTH ADVISORY COMMISSION that come here,” Details still scarce in fatal mobile home fire Food is served Lee said. “There’s By Nick Veronin occurred are anxious to find out released. in the meeting people that sleep what happened. “We really don’t know what hall at Trinity United Methodist in their cars, people that sleep on he investigation of a fatal The Dec. 2 fire claimed the life happened to him or why he Church. the ground, people who spend all Mountain View fire is of a resident of Santiago Villa couldn’t get out,” said Betty “It’s a very cumbersome life- their money on rent so they don’t Tstretching into its third mobile home park, but details Cook, manager of Santiago Villa, style,” said one man who fre- have enough money for food.” week, and residents in the have been scarce, and even the quents the program and lives Palo Alto’s ban on car camp- neighborhood where the blaze name of the victim hasn’t been See HOME FIRE, page 9 in his car. “Things like being ing at the Cubberly Community able to cook your food, being Center has had an impact. able to have a bathroom facil- “If you look in this room, you ity, heating — when you are can see people who are pretty CHAC helps locals with addiction, mental health housed you take those things well dressed,” Lee said. “A lot By Nick Veronin The local non-profit, which for granted. Those things are of them were living near Cub- Mountain View Voice focuses on delivering affordable not part of the equation when berly and now they are forced hen the Mountain community mental health and you’re homeless.” to look for other places to go,” View-based Commu- substance abuse services to local The 180 people who used he said. Wnity Health Aware- 2013 children, teens and adults, opened the breakfast program Nov. Volunteer Michael Fischetti, ness Council celebrated the its new offices at the beginning of 23 was a record, said volunteer who is also a county health com- grand opening of its new head- organization’s previous digs at July, and according to CHAC rep- Robert Lee. Los Altos United missioner, provided a long list quarters this September, the the corner of Church and Hope resentative Carrie Carstens, the Methodist Church partnered of ways volunteers have helped, event was billed as the “Miracle streets. CHAC paid no money new facilities have been “great.” with Trinity United Methodist such as coming to the rescue of a on El Camino.” for the larger space, since both “It has definitely been a bless- Church to create the program, family whose car was impound- The new building, located the old and new buildings were ing,” Carstens said. “We need the though volunteers are welcome ed — along with all of their near the intersection of W. El controlled by the same land- space.” regardless of their faith. possessions. Volunteers quickly Camino Real and View Street, lord, who agreed to swap loca- The program is seeking dona- is significantly larger than the tions free of charge. See HOLIDAY FUND, page 13 tions to help expand to three See HOPE’S CORNER, page 10
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N CORRECTION In the Dec. 13 issue of the Voice, the story “Affordable housing more scarce than ever” incorrectly reported that a $10 million donation from Google could be leveraged by the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley to build 150 affordable homes. A $10 million donation could be leveraged to build 500 affordable homes. Inspirations a guide to the spiritual community LOS ALTOS LUTHERAN To include your Bringing God’s Love and Hope to All Church in Children’s Nursery 10:00 a.m. Worship Inspirations 10:10 Sunday School 11:15 a.m. Fellowship Please call Blanca Yoc Pastor David K. Bonde Outreach Pastor Gary Berkland at 650-223-6596
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■ COMMUNITY -PDBM/FXT ■ FEATURES City’s new tech chief already has big ideas By Daniel DeBolt ities for making data more acces- sible and the city government or a city government in the more transparent. A top com- center of Silicon Valley, it plaint among council members Fwas becoming obvious that and reporters is the fact that the the city’s information technology contents of city staff reports — a wasn’t up to snuff. main resource for information So earlier this year the about the city’s actions — cannot City Council created a new, be searched online. Jensen said $173,000-a-year department head he is hoping to find “some quick position to lead the 15-person wins” in improving the city information technology depart- information technology. Mak- ment. The department had been ing city staff reports searchable run by the city’s finance director, may be one. “Obviously there who has her hands full with the is technology city’s finances. out there that On Tuesday, Dec. 17, the city can do that,” he manager’s office announced that said. Mountain View resident Roger City Man- MICHELLE LE Jensen has been hired for the ager Dan Rich Anne Wojcicki sits next to Dr. James Allison, a Breakthrough Award-winner during a Q&A session after job. Jensen, a 25-year veteran explained why the ceremony in Hangar One on Dec. 12. of Silicon Valley tech world, is Jensen was currently senior vice president hired in a state- Roger Jensen of technical operations for Sym- ment, saying, ‘The Oscars of science’ phony Health Solutions. “Roger has the “I found out about it back in perfect combination of technical CELEBRITIES BOOST PROFILE OF ACCOMPLISHED SCIENTISTS May in an article in your paper,” and interpersonal skills to lead the AT ‘BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS’ Jensen told the Voice. “The city new IT Department. His collab- has been conservative in its orative style, management skills, By Nick Veronin including Hollywood celebri- Spacey, as well as stars of the investment in technology, and and understanding of Silicon ties, media moguls, top public science and technology world. the City Council said, ‘We want Valley will allow us to enhance handful of Silicon officials, Silicon Valley CEOs Tech titans, media moguls, to make it a key investment.’ I our internal operations and tech- Valley’s most power- and even a pop singer. The idea, celebrities, musicians and a was really excited by that.” nology services to the public in a A ful CEOs and venture according to event organizers, four-star general schmoozed Generally speaking, Jensen cost effective manner.” capitalists pooled their money was to make science sexy. with the press during a red said he sees the job as one that In explaining why the posi- to throw one heck of a party In his introductory remarks carpet event before the event. would make city employees’ jobs tion be created, Rich pointed in celebration of science last at the start of the ceremony, A total of $21 million was easier and provide more conve- out that as the home to some of week. Spacey noted that as a nation, awarded to scientists who nient access for residents to city the world’s leading technology The 2014 Breakthrough we idolize professional athletes achieved advancements in fun- services. companies, Mountain View has Awards — a ceremony orga- and movie stars. However, he damental physics and life sci- “Things that other cities are a very tech-savvy constituency. nized to honor major advance- continued, scientists are “the ences. Each winner took home doing that we could provide “I felt it was time to take our ments in science — was held true rock stars of our times.” a $3 million prize and a shiny include electronic permitting. City’s technology services to the Dec. 12 at Moffett Field, inside And for a moment last Thurs- globe-like trophy. Right now we have to go and get next level with focused, senior the hulking skeletal remains of day night, he was right — as Funding for the event came permits from City Hall. Different leadership of this critical func- Hangar One. journalists from local, national from a variety of Silicon Val- services that require a trip to City tion,” he said. The event was hosted by and international outlets jock- ley’s biggest names: Sergey Hall could be be available via the Jensen lives in Mountain View Kevin Spacey, and featured a eyed to snap pictures and ask city’s website,” he said. bevy of high-profile guests — questions of celebrities like See AWARDS, page 6 Jensen said there were possibil- See IT DIRECTOR, page 11
the notion is to reward wellness. The supervisor also wants to County supervisor wants to see How do you make that work bring electronic medical records economically?” to Valley Medical, which will a healthier community It’s something new for the help ensure doctors do not waste county health department to time duplicating work already JOE SIMITIAN TALKS ABOUT GOALS FOR IMPROVING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER consider, but Simitian has some done by other doctors, while ideas. also helping avoid costly — and By Nick Veronin Care Act, the Santa Clara Valley — may now take their business He said he wants to see more sometimes damaging — mis- Medical Center is going to have elsewhere. primary care doctors working takes. “It’s a huge issue,” he said. mproving county health ser- to make some major changes and On top of that, the new health for Santa Clara Valley Medical Improving and coordinating vices is at the top of the list worker harder attract patients. care rules will reward hospitals Center. Getting people into see the county’s mental health and Ifor Mountain View’s new “Our health and hospital sys- and doctors for delivering qual- a primary care physician on substance abuse programs is also representative on the Santa Clara tem will have to be more com- ity care and keeping patients a regular basis will help keep high on the list for Simitian. “A County Board of Supervisors. petitive in the delivery of health- healthy. them from getting seriously lot of people who have substance Joe Simitian, who represents care,” Simitian said. “Historically, the county was ill, which will keep costs down abuse issues have mental health the county’s fifth district and That’s because, under Obama- the economic beneficiary of while bringing in money from issues, and a lot of people who is the vice-chair of the county’s care, low-income individuals more people getting sick,” Simi- the federal government. Under have mental heath issues have Health and Hospitals Com- who once only had one choice for tian said, during a roundtable the new health care law, hospitals substance abuse issues,” he said. mittee, told the Voice that with their health care — the county’s discussion with the Voice’s edi- and clinics will be rewarded for the unrolling of the Affordable hospital and healthcare network torial department. “But now, keeping people healthy. See SIMITIAN, page 11
December 20, 2013 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ 5 -PDBM/FXT Scientists claim ‘Breakthrough Prizes’ Seven Breakthrough Prizes Michael Hall, of the University of were awarded at the Dec. 12 cer- Basel, “really changed the prevail- emony — one in the category of ing thinking” on the mechanisms Fundamental Physics and six in driving cell growth, Rosenthal the Life Sciences category. said. Hall discovered target of rapamycin, or TOR, which plays Fundamental physics an integral part in the growth of Michael B. Green of the Uni- cells. His research is now being versity of Cambridge, and John applied to cancer research. H. Schwarz, from the Califor- nia Institute of Technology, Robert Langer, a David H. Koch were awarded the sole Break- Institute Professor at MIT, has through Prize for fundamental been called “the Edison of molec- physics for helping make sense ular biology,” Rosenthal said. of string theory. According to His name is on more than 800 Adam Rosenthal, a spokesman patents and over 1,000 published for the Breakthrough Foun- papers. He was awarded the dation, the men are widely Breakthrough Prize for his many considered to have breathed contributions to the field, includ- new life into string theory — a ing the creation of innovative theoretical tool in the field of drug-delivery systems — such as physics, which first emerged the “pharmacy on a chip,” a small in the 1960s and was later dis- chip that can be embedded in a missed as being mathematically person’s body and deliver precise incoherent. Green and Schwarz amounts of drugs at the com- developed formulas that have mand of a remote control. made mathematical sense of string theory. Richard Lifton, of Yale Univer- sity and the Howard Hughes Life sciences Medical Institute, was recog- Since 1957 James Allison, a medical doctor nized for his discovery of the bio- at the Anderson Cancer Center, chemical mechanisms underpin- We have been wishing the Families won for his discovery of a cancer ning hypertension. Prior to his treatment, known as a “T-cell groundbreaking work, there was of our Community checkpoint blockade.” By block- a debate among medical profes- ing a molecule called CTLA-4 sionals over where hypertension — which cancer cells produce originates, Rosenthal said. Lifton “Merry Christmas” in order to hide from body’s put this debate to rest. immune system — a T-cell checkpoint blockade helps the Alexander Varshavsky, of the This Year, body’s immune system recognize California Institute of Technol- cancer cells and fight them. ogy, was awarded for his work on As in years past, the subject of “protein degrada- Mahlon DeLong, of Emory Uni- tion.” His work shed light on the We wish You Joy, versity, won “for defining the process by which cells create pro- interlocking circuits in the brain teins, as well as how they break Which is the Heart of Love that malfunction in Parkinson’s them down and transform more disease.” According to Rosen- complex proteins into simpler at Christmas. thal, DeLong discovered that a ones. His research has led to a technique known as deep brain greater understanding of how stimulation could help in the cells work and has applications in From Our Family to Yours, fight against Parkinson’s. the fight against cancer. V was awarded a Breakthrough AWARDS Prize for discovering the molecu- Merry Christmas. Continued from page 5 lar cause of hypertension, agreed with Wojcicki’s assessment. Brin, Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma, “I think one of the real strengths Cathy Zhang, Yuri and Julia of tonight’s program is to increase The Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary Milner, Mark Zuckerberg and the awareness about what science Priscilla Chan. brings to the public,” Lifton 96 W. El Camino Real In addition to recognizing the said at the press conference. He scientists for their work, and touted the importance of public Mountain View, CA 94040 providing them with a hefty funding for science, noting that (650) 968-4453 sum to assist in their continued advancements in the treatment research, Wojcicki said the event of HIV, cardio-vascular disease was intended to raise the profile and cancer “have all come from “Independent, serving families with Dignity and Respect since 1957” of science on the whole. Wojcicki the public support of science.” is CEO of the consumer genom- ics company 23andMe, and one On the red carpet of the events’ main sponsors. The awards, which had been “I think this is genuinely going billed as “The Oscars of Science,” to transform how we view sci- had the feel of a swanky Holly- ence,” Wojcicki said at a press wood affair. www,cusimanocolonial.com FD1041 conference following the event. Richard Lifton of Yale, who Continued on next page
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Conan O’Brien fields media questions on the red carpet at the Breakthrough Awards held MICHELLE LE at Moffett Field.
Continued from previous page their innovations in technology and medicine. In addition to securing Spacey “Fifty years ago, the most as the host, the event was attend- famous person in the world was a ed by a number of high profile scientist, named Albert Einstein,” names from the entertainment Spacey said. “He was a man who world, including a very funny created and solved extraordinary and charming Conan O’Brien, things using his mind. And and award-winning actors Glenn I think more kids should be Close and Michael C. Hall. encouraged to use their mind.” Mountain View tech impresari- Google co-founder Brin said os, including Google co-founders holding the event at Moffett Sergey Brin and Larry Paige, Field, in the heart of Silicon Val- Khan Academy creator Sal Khan ley, was a good way to pay tribute and Wojcicki, walked down the to all of the companies innovat- red carpet. Even the former CIA ing and conducting scientific director, Gen. David Petraeus, research in the area. posed for the cameras — later “Silicon Valley does have this telling the Voice he loved the idea very disruptive culture, going of bringing the glitz of Hollywood back many decades,” he told the to an evening honoring scientists. Voice, adding that his company “I think it’s terrific. I think it’s has “definitely benefited from how you elevate it into public the culture of entrepreneurs” recognition and it’s how you get that permeates Mountain View young people to recognize it, by and the surrounding areas. turning it into a celebrity kind of “I think scientific work and event,” Petraeus said. He added scientific breakthroughs are that he believes it is important extraordinarily valuable to the to honor scientists for the work world,” Brin said, explaining why they do, because science is “what he felt it was important to help has propelled the United States sponsor the event. “I think they in the past and it’s going to con- should be rewarded as such. I tinue to propel the United States hope that it will inspire a genera- in the future.” tion of scientists.” Pop singer Lana Del Rey, who While reporters and photog- would later perform her hit raphers swooned over some, “Video Games” for the audience, like Brin, Spacey and Close, late made an appearance on the red night personality O’Brien stole carpet. In one of the night’s more the show — cracking wise for bizarre moments, she told the the microphones and smiling Voice that she came to the event broadly for the cameras. because she has “a background in He told one pack of reporters metaphysics.” he was glad, as a lifelong nerd, Many of the scientists who to see that being geeky was so in made their way into the event vogue. “Back when I was in high walked past all of the flash bulbs school it was the jocks (that were without saying much. But Cor- cool),” O’Brien joked, adding nelia Bargmann, a neuro-biolo- that the tables have now turned. gist from Rockefeller University “I’m on the right side now.” and one of the event’s laureates, As he approached the end said she was hopeful that the of the red carpet, he asked if high-profile event might “build one reporter knew anything a bridge” in the popular mind about Hangar One; the out-of- between the science that under- town journalist offered little in pins consumer technology and response to his question. the technology itself. That’s when the Voice reporter On the red carpet, Spacey was stepped in to educate him on the congenial, telling reporters from history of Hangar One and to ask a variety of news organizations, him his thoughts on dirigibles including CNN and CBS, that he “Dirigibles?” he began, paus- was pleased to host an event that ing for a split second before riff- brought prestige to the fields of ing off the question. “I think science, technology, engineering that’s a fantastic way to travel. We and math. He praised the scien- should not have moved past the tists and thinkers who help make dirigible in the 1930s. We should the world a better place through return to the dirigible.” V
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8 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ December 20, 2013 -PDBM/FXT FAMILY HOME FIRE or hands, the coroner’s office can take two months to com- CAREGIVING 101 Continued from page 1 tends to get a family member plete. to identify the victim, or tracks After all other avenues have FREE Interactive Workshops down a fingerprint match, the been exhausted, Barbrich said, located at 1075 Space Park Way. investigator said. If fingerprints then — and only then — will NEXT WORKSHOP “How to Move Mama According to her, residents have can’t be taken, the victim has the coroner’s office look to “cir- been seeking answers, but offi- no family, or if surviving fam- cumstantial” evidence as proof Thursday, Jan. 23 Without Hurting Yourself” cials from the Mountain View ily members cannot positively of the person’s identity. 7pm-8:30pm Julie Groves, OT, PT Fire Department and the Santa identify the remains, the medi- In this particular circum- Clara County Medical Examin- cal examiner must move on to stance, neighbors are quite sure “Emotional Health” er-Coroner’s Office have released more time-consuming methods that Beal was the person in the RSVP TO (650) 289-5498 or little information. of identification. mobile home that burned down [email protected] Thursday, Feb. 27, 7pm-8:30pm As of the Voice’s press deadline Those include looking for at the beginning of this month. www.avenidas.org/care Michael Priddy, PhD, & Wednesday, Dec. 18, Cook said medical and dental records, and They said that if he had been Cara Hoepner, RN the site of the fire still remains comparing the person’s DNA to away, his motorcycle would have 270 Escuela Ave. Mountain View cordoned off. other known family members to also been gone, but it was parked “Connecting to People Cook said a man named Leroy look for similarities. next to his unit the night of the with Alzheimer’s through Beal lived there, though the cor- Finding medical records — fire. Compassionate Communication” oner’s office has not confirmed such as X-rays of teeth or of Ritchey said she is also won- that is the identity of the man medical implants, like screws dering how the fire started. She Thursday, March 27, 7pm-8:30pm who died. “He was a very quiet in a once-broken leg — might told the Voice that Beal’s neigh- Alexandra Morris, Gerontologist person,” she said. “He didn’t sound simple, Barbrich said. bor heard a noise, which was bother anyone.” But the process can take quite described as a small explosion, Kay Ritchey, a six-year resident a while, as it often involves right before the fire. of the park, said Beal was known calling around to all the den- Investigators with the Moun- as a musician by his friends and tists and doctors in the area tain View Fire Department have Quality Daytime Care for Older Adults neighbors in Santiago Villa. She and asking if the presumed not released any information on would see him on his motorcycle victim was a patient. Even if the cause of the fire. V while she was out walking her this search turns out to be dog and she would wave, she fruitful, some doctors and said. dentists try to withhold infor- According to Ritchey, the lack mation from investigators, of information is frustrating citing patient confidential- many Santiago Villa residents. ity. And even though the law “Every time I see someone sides with the coroner’s office they say, ‘What happened? We in this area, getting the legal haven’t heard,’” she said. documents together to force It’s not unusual for investiga- a medical practice to hand tions like this to take some time, over records takes even more according to Kris Barbrich, an time. investigator with the coroner’s If X-rays are a bust, investiga- office. tors like Barbrich then attempt When a body is severely to find a DNA match. But that, burned, Barbrich said, it can be too, can be a challenge. If a body quite difficult for the medical has been burned extensively, it examiner to identify it. may be difficult to get a viable If someone dies in a manner tissue sample. And, he added, that does not damage their face DNA comparisons of this sort
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one young homeless child’s program has built connections more messed up than others, HOPE’S CORNER face when volunteers — with but the bottom line is people Continued from page 1 with the Community Service’s the help of the Silicon Val- Many are longtime Agency, Second Harvest Food are people,” said the homeless ley Bicycle Coalition’s Bike Bank and Panera Bread, which man who spoke with the Voice gathered $400 to get the car out Exchange program — were residents down donates unsold pastries every but declined to give his name. before it got too expensive. Each able to immediately replace his Friday night. “They all deserve to at least day in the tow yard costs $50. stolen bicycle. The child drew on their luck. “Ultimately, our goal is to have a basic level of dignity There’s even a Google employee a picture of the bike under a do more community outreach that’s sufficient for a person who uses the program. smiling sun to show his appre- kinds of things,” Lee said. to be able to get back on their “Volunteers have helped get ciation, signing it “a boy who Explaining the demand, Fisch- feet.” YMCA memberships so that loves to ride, age 12.” “We have been able to provide etti noted, “Santa Clara County To donate or volunteer a woman living in her car can The Bike Exchange on Leg- bikes for a half a dozen indi- has the nation’s fifth-highest to help the program, go to shower at 6 a.m. to get to her horn Avenue has donated 20 viduals who need them to get to number of homeless per capita,” laumc.org/serve/community/ work at Google,” Fischetti said bikes that will be given away work and to children,” Fischetti adding that it was “clearly due to hopes-corner. in an email. this Saturday, Dec. 21, when said. high rents and the unconsciona- Volunteer Kevin Thomp- Hope’s Corner holds a holiday Having been in existence ble lack of affordable housing.” Email Daniel DeBolt son recalled the smile on gift exchange at 12:30 p.m. for just over two years, the “Some people’s lives are at [email protected] Peninsula Christmas Services
Simply Christmas Get back to basics and Celebrate the true meaning of Christmas in a ST. MARK’S service of Scripture and Song! CHRISTMAS EVE AT FIRST PRES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Tuesday, December 24th PALO ALTO at 6:00 pm CHRISTMAS EVE First Baptist Church • 1100 Middle Ave Menlo Park Choir Singing Carols & Anthems V 4:00 pm Children’s 4:30pm, Sanctuary Christmas Pageant (650) 323 8544 • www.firstbaptist.com & Communion V 10:00 pm Festive Choral Service of Lessons & Carols Christmas Eve Los Altos Lutheran Church 5:00pm, Sanctuary Holy Communion beginning with Carols CHRISTMAS DAY CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICES: Festive Reception & Holiday Treats V 10:00 am Holy Communion 6:00pm, Fellowship Hall with Carols 5:00 PM, Traditional festival service with 600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto Children’s Message, carols and candle lighting (650) 326-3800 WWWFPRESPAORG s #OWPER 3T s www.saint-marks.com 8:00 PM, A simple, peaceful candlelit worship service, special music and carols
You are invited to join us for Christmas Sunday CHRISTMAS DAY, 10:00 AM Service and the Christmas Eve Family Service. A sweet, wonderful celebration of the day GATHER AT 9:30 for hot cider and cookies Christmas Sunday Service We invite you to celebrate with us December 22, at 10:30 a.m. the wonder of the birth of Christ! Christmas Cantata, “The Thrill of Hope” 460 South El Monte (at Cuesta) 650-948-3012 www.losaltoslutheran.org Christmas Eve Family Service Tuesday, December 24, at 7:00 p.m. Children’s pageant, “You’re Never Too Old for Christmas”
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SIMITIAN zation that can compete with indigent,” he said. But that could Continued from page 5 privately owned health care change. In any case, he said he companies — and perhaps even believes the system is poised for “You want those services to be transform the way people per- improvement. integrated.” ceive the organization. “I think it will be a healthy Simitian wants to transform Currently, Valley Medical is development for our county,” Valley Medical into an organi- seen as a place for the “medically Simitian said. V WINTER CAMP 2014 ware engineer for Sunquest Sys- his master’s degree in business IT DIRECTOR tems, and has held various roles in administration from Santa Clara January 2, 3 and 4 Continued from page 5 the development, marketing and University in 2000 and a bachelor’s 6th, 7th, & 8th Graders purchasing of software and tech- degree in chemistry from the Uni- with his wife and daughter, and is nology for Silicon Valley compa- versity of Minnesota. ()44).' s 0)4#().' s &)%,$).' involved in the Mountain View- nies, including as vice president of More Info: Los Altos Girls Softball League. engineering for software company Email Daniel DeBolt www.sfhsathletics.com He began his IT career as a soft- ViewCentral, Inc. He received at [email protected]
St. Paul Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Peninsula WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US THIS CHRISTMAS!
COME, CELEBRATE WITH US THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. Christmas Services
CHRISTMAS EVE 7:00 PM WORSHIP SERVICE
CHRISTMAS DAY - 10:00 AM 1075 El Monte Ave., Mountain View 650-967-0666 www.st-paul.org
CHRISTMAS at FIRST LUTHERAN 600 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto | 650-322-4669 www.flcpa.org
December 24, 5:00 p.m. | Family Service First Lutheran children dramatize the Christmas story Carols and Holy Communion December 24, 10:00 p.m. | Pre-service Music The Christmas Story by Heinrich Schütz 10:30 p.m. | Candlelight Service Katherine McKee, Choir Director | Jin Kyung Lim, Organist December 25, 10:30 a.m. | Worship | Holy Communion Lessons and Carols for Christmas | Jin Kyung Lim, Organist All services include congregational singing of traditional carols
Holiday Services at Stanford Memorial Church Sunday, December 22, 2013 10:00 am University Public Worship 4:30 pm Catholic Mass Tuesday, December 24, 2013 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Family service (Doors open at 3:15 pm) Please bring new, unwrapped toys which will be given to needy children. The 4:00 pm service will be broadcast live on KZSU 90.1 FM and http://kzsulive.stanford.edu.
8:00 pm Christmas Eve Festival Communion service (Doors open at 7:15 pm) Please note: Please arrive early for Christmas Eve services. Attendees must arrive together with their group. Saving seats will not be allowed. Wednesday, December 25, 2013 12:00 am Catholic Christmas Eve Midnight Mass 12:00 pm Catholic Christmas Day Mass
More info: http://religiouslife.stanford.edu/holiday-services
Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (650)723-1762
December 20, 2013 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ 11 Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund How to Give Your gift helps children This year, the following and families in need agencies will be supported Contributions to the Holiday Fund will be by the Holiday Fund: matched dollar for dollar to the extent Day Worker Center possible and will go directly to the nonprofit The Day Worker Center of Mountain View provides a secure place for workers and agencies that serve Mountain View employers to negotiate wages and work residents. Last year, more than 150 Voice conditions. It serves an average of 60 workers a day with job placements, English readers and the Wakerly, the William and lessons, job skills workshops or guidance. Flora Hewlett and the David and Lucile Partners for a New Generations Packard foundations contributed more than Partners for New Generations matches $70,000, or nearly $10,000 each for the adult volunteer mentors with at-risk youth in the Mountain View, Los Altos and the Los nonprofit agencies supported by the Voice Altos Hills area and offers tutoring to many Holiday Fund. We are indebted to the students, including some in high school and beyond. Silicon Valley Community Foundation which handles all donations, and deducts no Community School of Music and Arts The Community School of Music and Arts Donate online at administrative costs from your gifts, which provides hands-on art and music education are tax-deductible as permitted by law. All in the classrooms of the Mountain View www.siliconvalleycf.org/ Whisman School District. Nearly 45 percent donations will be shared equally with the of the students are socio-economically mvv-holiday-fund seven recipient agencies. disadvantaged, and 28 percent have limited English proficiency.
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Thank you for HOLIDAY FUND relatively new; it was founded in Continued from page 1 October of 2011. your donation According to Foster, substance Due to the former building’s abuse counseling has always been size, Carstens said, the organiza- a part of CHAC’s mission. How- As of Dec. 18, 2013, tion was having trouble meeting ever, the organization lost its demand for services. Group grant for drug and alcohol pro- 47 donors have meetings and classes on subjects gramming during the recession. contributed to the such as parenting skills were “It wasn’t good that they lost the constrained, and the limited money,” Foster said. “But now, Mountain View Voice number of individual offices with the redevelopment of the new Holiday Fund totalling meant that CHAC counselors outpatient program, we actually weren’t able to meet with as get to work with local families.” $41,196 many people as they now can. Previously, most of the youths The Community Health sent to the CHAC substance Anonymous ...... 2,100 Awareness Council is one of this abuse program were directed Jeffrey Segall ...... 100 year’s beneficiaries of the Voice’s MICHELLE LE there by their probation officers. Tess Amidan discusses how children are assessed in a toy-filled Maria Marroquin ...... 50 annual Holiday Fund drive. But now, there are local families Supporting CHAC means sup- therapy room at CHAC’s new office. and teens of all backgrounds in Rudolph Bahr ...... 100 porting a stronger, healthier, hap- of superheros, animals, cars gram, Kiritz said, CHAC has the program. Bruce & Twana Karney ...350 pier community, Carstens said. and the like. The rooms also helped two young women who “Drug and alcohol use by teens Joe Mitchner ...... 150 The organization offers individu- have a tool, developed by the believed they had ADHD come is rampant and epidemic in the al, couples and family counseling; famous Swiss psychotherapist, to understand that the difficulty United States,” Foster said, and Kathleen W. Creger ...... 500 psychotherapy; teen pregnancy Carl Jung. It’s called a “sandplay they were experiencing in college Mountain View and the sur- Elaine Roberts ...... 100 prevention and support services; tray,” and it is essentially a small was rooted in two entirely sepa- rounding areas are no exception. Karl Schnaitter ...... 700 substance abuse support groups; box filled with sand, which the rate problems. In addition to alcohol, Foster help with diagnosing and treating children can play with while a In the first case, Kiritz said, marijuana, Ecstasy (also Mei Hong ...... 150 learning and cognitive disabili- counselor talks to them. One explained, the woman had above called Molly), and prescription Tanya Prioste ties; and many more programs of the CHAC rooms also has a average mental capacity, but drugs taken without a prescrip- & Mark Figueiredo ...... 100 focused on improving mental number of doll houses, for play was experiencing depression and tion, are among the most com- Greg Fowler health and well-being. during diagnostic sessions. anxiety, which were interfering mon drugs local teens abuse. & Julie Lovins ...... * Amidan explained that during with her ability to focus. After The Well Within program Assessment tools a typical session, she might just this diagnosis, they began work- aims to get teens talking to their Renee & Irving Statler .....200 Dr. Stewart Kiritz, chief psy- watch the child for a bit, see what ing on a plan to help her deal parents openly about drugs and Alvin M. Topol ...... 20 chologist and director of training toys he or she chooses and how with her depression and over- stress — in an attempt to pin- at CHAC, runs the organization’s Edward H. Perry ...... 200 they are used. She might also give come her anxiety. point reasons that the kids start newly established Assessment a basic direction, like ask the child In the second situation, the stu- taking drugs or drinking in the Vincent Leone ...... 100 Clinic, which conducts extensive to set up the empty playhouse. dent was also having trouble in first place. The program also Ellen W. Wheeler ...... 50 psychological assessments of local The children’s instinctive her classes. And again, she came takes a facts-based approach to men, women, teens and children actions can help in rooting out to CHAC with the assumption drug education, without resort- Mark Balch ...... 400 at the CHAC offices. Though psychological issues and can also that she had ADHD — “ADHD ing to “scare tactics.” Susan Endsley...... 200 the CHAC has done this kind of serve as instructive exercises. is over-diagnosed now,” Kiritz Foster said she wants to get the Beverly Smolich ...... 100 assessment since it was founded “If a child has two figures said. “Everyone thinks they have teens to understand the conse- in 1973, they only decided to get fighting with one another, I can ADHD. quences of developing a drug Barry Groves ...... 50 “really serious about it” a year ask them, ‘What was that fight It turned out that the young and alcohol habit — especially Susan L. Perkins ...... 25 ago, Kiritz said. about?’” Amidan explained. woman was having trouble with at a young age. While most of the Norma Jean Now they have an entire pro- “And I can say, ‘And do you think her short-term memory, which teens she sees are not yet addicts Body Galinger ...... 50 gram devoted to diagnosing there was a better way for that may have to do with a head in the traditional sense of the patients with learning disabilities person to get his anger out?’” injury she sustained as a girl. word, picking up such habits as Donald Nelson ...... 100 and mental conditions, such as For older patients, there are Diagnosis is empowering, Kiritz a teenager greatly increases the Wesley & Molly Smith .....250 ADHD, dyslexia, depression and quite a few exercises that Kiritz said. It allows people to move for- risk of becoming reliant on sub- E. Denley Rafferty...... 100 anxiety. and his team can use in the diag- ward toward solving their issues. stances later in life — either as a On a recent tour of CHAC’s nostic process. There are short- But diagnosis is also expensive way to deal with stress, or, with Randa Mulford ...... 250 new building, Kiritz and Tess term memory tests, like reading a and time consuming — at least it certain drugs, like opiates and Christian & Amidan — a Ph.D. intern with list of random numbers aloud and can be at private clinics. Accord- amphetamines, because a user Jesslyn Holombo ...... 300 the organization — demon- having a patient repeat them back ing to Kiritz, it is “significantly” becomes physically dependent. Monique Kane ...... 100 strated how they make diagnoses in order, or backwards. There are cheaper to be assessed at CHAC, of patients, both young and old. also building blocks that a patient where there’s a sliding scale based Community support Tats & Rose Tsunekawa ...100 For children, the organiza- will use to reconstruct an image on an individual’s ability to pay. Carstens said that some might In Memory Of tion has two special rooms — printed on paper. They also employ graduate stu- assume that moving into a new, each filled with toy figurines Since introducing the pro- dent interns who help conduct larger building is an indicator Herbert E. Rauch ...... * assessments, which helps the that CHAC is flush with cash — whole process move faster. Evan C. Rauch ...... * N CRIMEBRIEFS “but that’s not the case.” While the building is not cost- Ron Santo, Chicago Cubs ‘Well Within’ Third Baseman ...... 50 Continued from page 4 ing CHAC any more in rent than Veronica Foster, program direc- they were previously paying, Kate Wakerly ...... 560 DUI CRACKDOWN tor of CHAC’s substance abuse Carstens did say it has increased George & The Mountain View Police Department is cracking down on program, Well Within, said her the organization’s operating costs. Mary Hoffman ...... 250 drunken drivers. The department’s annual “Avoid the 13” pro- program would definitely benefit On top of that, renovating and gram kicked off last Friday, Dec. 13, and will continue through from some extra support. furnishing the building is costing In Honor Of the first of the New Year. “It would be really nice if we money. CHAC still needs com- Gerald & Jane King ...... 250 “Don’t let a DUI be on your Christmas list this year!” a press could have someone to donate munity support — perhaps more to the Well Within program,” now than ever before, she said. Glen & Linda Eckols ...... 250 release from the MVPD warned. According to the department’s public information officer, law enforcement agencies throughout she said. “It’s surviving because Carstens said that her organi- Foundations, Businesses the county are participating, with the goal of raising awareness the families are paying” — on zation could always use more & Organizations and taking impaired drivers off the road. a sliding scale, just like at the funds — whether that comes Wakerly Family Last year, Mountain View officers arrested 55 intoxicated driv- Assessment Clinic. from small individual donations Foundation ...... 12,000 ers — the highest number in the county outside of San Jose. Well Within is an outpatient, or larger grants. To find out more intensive drug and alcohol coun- about CHAC services or to sup- Google Inc...... 15,000 “The bottom line is, if you drink, don’t drive!” Jaeger said. —Nick Veronin seling program for teens and port the organization, go to their their families. The program is website, chacmv.org. V
December 20, 2013 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ 13 ■ EDITORIAL
■ YOUR LETTERS 7JFXQPJOU ■ GUEST OPINIONS N EDITORIAL THE OPINION OF THE VOICE
Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly N STAFF City should at least study Google bridge EDITOR & PUBLISHER o one can dispute that the proposed bridge came up last Tom Gibboney (223-6507) Google bridge proposed over Stevens Creek the city has a tremendous week for the third time, and was EDITORIAL problem accommodating NASA lease site (42 acres) again scuttled by a 4-3 vote with Managing Editor N and future Google the runaway growth that has building (1M square feet) members Ronit Bryant, Jac Sie-
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For example, many residents say A Mike Kasperzak, Mayor John Inks Photographer there has been a huge increase in Wright Ave and Chris Clark supported the EIR, Michelle Le (223-6530) traffic on main arterial streets, Mo to no avail. ffet Contributors Dale Bentson, t B which often are gridlocked for lv Bryant said, “My vision for North Angela Hey, Sheila Himmel, Stevens Creek d Ruth Schecter during the morning and evening Bayshore is nature and high tech commutes. And the huge increase Existing together in a campus-like envi-
St DESIGN & PRODUCTION pedistrian in jobs, with many more to come Proposed bridge ronment. The mode share (traffic bridge d Ln Design Director R for shuttle buses Shannon Corey (223-6560) when all the office projects in n reduction) is a tool. If that tool o
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Crittenden d Designers Linda Atilano, Rosanna Leung, worse. C id it’s not for me.” She also said she N Shoreline Blvd M Paul Llewellyn, Scott Peterson, Much of the growth is coming worries that if a bridge is autho- Kameron Sawyer from the North Bayshore, home of rized, it will lead to more intense ADVERTISING Google, which is expected to make some ambitious development pro- development of the Bayshore area. Vice President Sales and Marketing posals once the city’s “precise plan” for the area is complete. Google is Council member Chris Clark called it “a mistake to not study the Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) already planning a huge, 1 million-square-foot office building at NASA bridge. A study would find out how effective it would be,” he said. “And Advertising Representatives Adam Carter (223-6573) Ames with enough space for over 4,000 employees. And Intuit will add if it’s going to be effective, what are the environmental costs?” Real Estate Account Executive 1,300 jobs not far from Google headquarters when its new building is We have to side with Clark, Kasperzak and Inks on this one. It is Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) built. And then there’s the hundreds of thousands of square feet in the foolhardy to think that pressure won’t continue to mount to push some pipeline for the Village at San Antonio and Whisman area, including shuttle buses over a bridge to give them access to Google’s new building Published every Friday at a Clyde Avenue office project recently approved for 1,200 Samsung and an alternative route to downtown and Highway 101. In this case 450 Cambridge Avenue employees. Planning Director Randy Tsuda urged the council to approve a study of Palo Alto, CA 94306 (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 When all of this development is built out, not only will it make life the bridge. Email news and photos to: miserable for North Bayshore commuters, it will put even more pressure We believe the council should vote to authorize an environmental [email protected] on the city to find better solutions for moving people in and out of the impact report (EIR). The study could answer questions such as: Email letters to: [email protected] area north of the Bayshore Freeway. News/Editorial Department And that is why it is inconceivable that four members of the City Coun- ■ How many trips a day would Google shuttles need to use the (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 cil are blocking attempts by their own Planning Department and Google bridge? Can the trips be limited? Display Advertising Sales to study the impact of building a bridge over Stevens Creek at Charleston ■ Is it possible for Google or other providers of shuttles to deploy (650) 964-6300 buses that are hybrid or electrical-powered? Classified Advertising Sales Road. The proposed bridge would carry pedestrians, cyclists and shuttle t buses to a new 1 million square foot Google office building on Moffett ■ What species of bird or animal would be directly threatened by the fax (650) 326-0155 Field that is expected to begin construction next year. The bridge also shuttles, pedestrians or bikes that would use the bridge? Email Classified [email protected] would provide shuttles filled with other Google workers an alternative Surely a compromise could be found that would appease the four- Email Circulation route to downtown and Highway 101, using Moffett Boulevard, avoiding some who are blocking an EIR on the bridge. It truly makes no sense [email protected] the gridlock at Shoreline and Charleston roads intersections with the to block the EIR, which holds the key to at least alleviating some of the The Voice is published weekly by Embarca- impact that is making life difficult for thousands of commuters every dero Media Co. and distributed free to resi- Highway 101. dences and businesses in Mountain View. If The request to proceed with an environmental impact report on day. you are not currently receiving the paper, you may request free delivery by calling 964-6300. Subscriptions for $60 per year, $100 per 2 years are welcome. N LETTERS VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY ©2013 by Embarcadero Media Company. All rights reserved. Member, Mountain View COUNCIL HAS TO responsible for the approval Chamber of Commerce ADDRESS HOUSING of such projects but do not identify with the thousands The affordable housing crisis of hardworking residents who in Mountain View and beyond make far less than $25,000 a is getting worse by the month year, let alone the hundreds N WHAT’S YOUR VIEW? and nobody seems willing to if not thousands who only All views must include a home address do much about it. make the minimum salary and contact phone number. Published letters The recent approval of and therefore unable to pay will also appear on the web site, www.MountainViewOnline.com, and occa- another massive luxury hous- the rapidly increasing monthly sionally on the Town Square forum. ing complex at Moffett Boule- apartment rents. Town Square forum vard and Central Expressway On the other hand it also Post your views on Town Square at MountainViewOnline.com (your editorial of Dec. 13) reflects the greed of money- Email your views to happened not only because no hungry developers who only [email protected]. Indicate if one showed up at the meeting care about providing luxury letter is to be published. to complain about this latest town-homes and apartments Mail to: Editor Prometheus project. to those working for the high Mountain View Voice, P.O. Box 405 It is also the result of lack of tech industry who are able to Mountain View, CA 94042-0405 social conscience and cour- afford the $100,000-a-year Call the Viewpoint desk at 223-6507 age of city officials, who are Continued on next page 14 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ December 20, 2013 -PDBM/FXT SUMMER 2014 LETTERS school districts. It’s true. Continued from page 14 Mountain View had on June 30, 2013 $360.2 million in rents, or buy the $1.5 million- cash and investments (per and-above homes. Maze and Associates) to give Connec It is now time for all the high away. mp tion tech companies, city officials, Low-income people and small Ca developers and religious lead- businesses are being forced out ers in Santa Clara County of Mountain View by the hun- and beyond to face and live dreds. A case in point is 819 N. ATTENTION up to their moral obligations Rengstorff Ave. to do and say what is needed. The 17 percent or so of Something has to be done to owner-occupied housing gets CAMP DIRECTORS! provide social justice for the nailed with outrageous parcel powerless who barely make the taxes and higher service fees. 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December 20, 2013 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ 15 HAPPY HOLIDAYS ❉ ❉ ❉ Sharing, and surviving, the holidays with children Families turn to local activities during the school break
By Kimberlee D’Ardenne With the exception of Dec. 24-25, lim- ited hours on Dec. 31, and Jan. 1, U-Me is he song “It’s beginning to look a lot open during the holiday break. In addi- VERONICA WEBER. like Christmas” — popular since tion to regular activities, U-Me will offer Skating during the adult session at Winter Lodge are, from left, Nick Colonnese, TRobert Meredith Willson first drop-off playtime on Dec. 26-27 and Jan. Tom Wedlick, Ann Majewicz, Troy Adebar and Reiko Hoyano. wrote it in 1951 — captures the aesthetics 2-3. Children ranging in age from infants and feelings associated with the holidays. to 8 years are welcome to play at U-Me, Willson describes holly adorning doors, Mortazavi said. Palo Alto’s Winter Lodge is open during After viewing this traditional tree, walk bells ringing and children anticipating Pricing and schedule information can the winter holidays, except for Dec. 24-25 to King Plaza, in front of City Hall on gifts. He also writes: “And mom and be found on U-Me’s website: www.u- and Jan. 1. Hamilton Street to experience another dad can hardly wait / For school to start meplace.com. Schedule and pricing information are kind of tree, Aurora. Aurora is a lighted again.” Though that line is usually sung available on the website: www.winter- metal tree sculpture that is also interac- flippantly, it can ring true. Art classes for lodge.com. tive: The colors can be changed using While school is closed this holiday season, school-aged children a mobile phone. Next, walk the short check out some of the activities listed below Palo Alto Parents and Professionals Volunteer to plant native trees distance to Monique’s Chocolates on to keep the family occupied — and jolly. for Art offers a day camp at Barron Park The local volunteer organization Magic Bryant Street for a custom-made hot Elementary School Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 (no hosts two planting sessions of California chocolate. Be creative! camp on Jan. 1). The camp runs from 9 native trees at “The Dish” open space on “We offer a wide range of chocolate, a.m. to 4 p.m. and costs $208. Stanford campus. from white chocolate to 99 percent dark Writing contest for school-aged More information can be found at the “We encourage families to participate,” chocolate that is not sweet at all,” said children website: www.pappa-art.org. said Robin Bayer, who is coordinating the Mark West, who owns the store. The Palo Alto Library hosts an annual tree planting for Magic. “We think it’s a In addition to deciding what kind writing contest for children. This year’s Experience fine art and cinema wonderful way for families to celebrate of chocolate they want, customers can topic is “What would you create that could The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for winter holidays by working together to choose from regular milk, almond milk, change your world?” Visual Arts at Stanford University offers further common good.” hazelnut milk or water. Monique’s Essays are limited to 500 words or less docent-led tours and holiday film screen- Planting happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, Chocolates also offers add-in flavors such and are due by Jan. 13, 2014. Visit the Palo ings for families on Dec. 22 and 29. A and Dec. 28 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as orange, raspberry, mint and Mexican Alto Library’s website for more informa- Christmas Story is showing at noon, 1:30 Volunteers are encouraged to return spices. tion: www.cityofpaloalto.org/library. p.m. and 3 p.m. A docent-led tour of the next summer or fall for a two-hour young Even children who might be selective museum begins at 1:30 p.m. tree watering session. eaters are easy to please, West said. The museum will be closed on Dec. 25. To sign up and for additional information, “We can pretty much take care of any- Classes and unstructured play Admission is free and more information contact Bayer at [email protected]. one who shows up. That is what makes it U-Me, located in Menlo Park, is an can be found on the website: museum. fun. Nobody feels left out.” indoor play facility for younger children stanford.edu under “Family Programs.” Cheer on the Stanford women’s Monique’s Chocolates, located at 539 offering unstructured play and organized basketball team Bryant St. in Palo Alto, will be closed classes. Be active! The Stanford University women’s bas- Dec. 25-26 and Jan. 1. Hot chocolate “U-Me gives parents and caregivers a ketball team plays the University of starts at $3.50. place to come hang out while kids play in Go on a hike; admire wildlife Tennessee on Dec. 21. Described by a safe, closed, environment,” said Melody and views of the Bay the university’s athletic department as Check out neighborhood Mortazavi, who owns U-Me. Open daily from 8 a.m. until sunset, a “marquee rivalry matchup,” the game Christmas lights Activities for children, including gross- the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve takes place at 1:30 p.m. at Maples Pavilion Since 1940, the residents of Fulton motor and fine-motor development as provides views of avian wildlife and the on Stanford campus. Tickets are $16 for Street, located across from Rinconada well as music and art, are offered through- San Francisco Bay. adults and $8 for youth. Park, have hosted Christmas Tree Lane, out the day. The visitor center will be staffed on where every house on the street displays There are four different activities offered Dec. 31 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Be festive! lighted holiday decorations. on weekdays and two on weekends. Activ- preserve also allows dogs on leash, so feel Through Dec. 31, lighted holiday displays ities change frequently and are listed on free to get all the little legs in your family Enjoy holiday lights run nightly from 5 to 11 p.m. Parking and U-Me’s online calendar. Parents can play moving. and hot chocolate viewing information is available on their with their children in U-Me’s facilities, or Lytton Plaza, at the intersection of website: www.christmastreelane.org. V choose to enjoy the in-house cafe, which Ice skate at The Winter Lodge University Avenue and Emerson Street, Editorial Intern Kimberlee D’Ardenne can is also outfitted with free wifi. The indoor/outdoor skating rink at is home to Palo Alto’s Christmas tree. be emailed at [email protected].
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Creative and educational toys and games top holiday gift choices
By Ranjini Raghunath
orget the Xboxes and the Wiis. Building toys — from FLego sets to tiny robots that light up — have always been the most popular holiday gifts for children, according to local toy store owners. “Around the holidays, you get people looking for something that their child can create or build,” said Eric Hager, manager of the downtown store Palo Alto Sport Shop and Toy World. A growing trend in holiday gifts now is games and toys that aim at getting girls interested in building and engineering, Hager said. Mountain View Voice Gifts in that category include Roominate, a wired-with-lights dollhouse-building kit, and GoldieBlox, a game of building 2013 Rube Goldberg-type contrap- VERONICA WEBER Donate online at This Janod wooden scooter is a popular gift for young kids Continued on next page www.siliconvalleycf.org/mvv-holiday-fund this holiday season.
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Know Knew Books Continued from previous page son, to get the kids away from boost sales, even with a late Know Knew Books the computers and have more Thanksgiving pushing back the tions, designed by a Stanford ‘family’ time,” said Leslie Chia- shopping season, he added. University civil engineer. venini, owner of Los Altos store “We have a lot of inter-faith At Ambassador Toys, the Adventure Toys. families who celebrate both Town and Country Village store, Other holiday best-sellers Hanukkah and Christmas, so it Magna-Tiles and Lego sets for include the Rainbow Loom, does help us a little when they girls have trumped last year’s which is a multi-color brace- are a bit farther apart like favorites: kitchen sets and dolls, let-making kit, and classics this year.” according to sales associate Ala- such as Spot It and the board Hager predicts a better cia Hafner. game Goblet. year this year as well. “Some parents are looking for Gifts that used to be in demand “Before the recession, we had OPEN 9AM – 10PM EVERY DAY just toys; some look for some- such as Silly Bandz or Beanie the largest month of sales in the thing that’s both entertaining Babies are “just gone now,” Chia- 83-year history of the store,” he and educational,” she said. venini said. said. “It’s been a slow climb back Recent years have also seen a “When we had Beanie Babies, ... but it seems like this year is resurgence in popularity of “clas- we’d have lines waiting outside going to be one where people sic” toys and toys that have “long- the door for new stock. There spend more.” term play value,” said Dexter hasn’t been a trend like that ever. Tom Beischer, a shopper at the Chow, owner of Cheeky Monkey That was very unique.” Toy World, said he was happy Toys in Menlo Park. Chiavenini’s downtown store to find more toys and games in Some toy manufacturers have has a wide selection of gifts stock than last year, even late into experimented with tech-driven toys ranging from dollar-and-a-half the shopping season. He wanted and games that connect with apps stocking stuffers to a 250-pound, to find “something hands-on and smartphones, but those haven’t $600 life-sized stuffed pony for and creative, something fun to 50% off 2014 Calendars quite caught on, Chow said. the more indulgent parent or build,” for his 5- and 10-year-old “There isn’t a lot of play value. grandparent. children, he said. Initially, people are, like, ‘Ooh, Most parents spend $20-$30 per Lisa Wheatley, a parent and Wide variety of vintage jewelry that’s neat,’ and 10 minutes later, gift on average, she said, but many Adventure Toys shopper, said she the novelty wears off,” he said. also go for gifts $300 and up. tries to give gifts that highlight Poetry series starts January 19 “The more the toy does, the “Even in the peak of the reces- something that her children less the child does. Ideally, you’d sion, I’d find that the parents accomplished that year. 366 State Street, Los Altos want to both engage and educate would still buy for the children This year, she got one of her the child, you want to stimulate and cut back elsewhere,” Chia- daughters who starred in a Little (650) 326-9355 their imagination.” venini said. Mermaid play an Ursula orna- www.knowknewbooks.com Which is why science toys With the economy steadily ment with “2013” on it. and games such as microscopes improving now, store owners “So when she grows older she’ll and make-your-own-bubblegum are optimistic about toy sales remember that’s what she did in machines are increasingly popu- this year. 2013,” Wheatley said. lar around the holidays, he “When the recession hit, peo- Two of her five children are added. They not only have an ple were a lot more cautious. adults now, but even after chil- educational component but This past year, however, dren grow up, parents always also keep the kids engaged we’ve seen an increase in look for gifts that make their when it is too cold to be high-priced items being children’s holidays memorable, outside. sold,” Chow said. she said. “Board games are Hanukkah’s early “You always want it to be also popular this sea- arrival has also helped magical.” V
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photos by ust another burger stand or 2006 for its classic style and food. burgers are in the eye (or stom- bun, Gott’s offers tacos, salads, VERONICA WEBER something iconic? Gott’s Iconic is an adjective oft used in ach) of the beholder. The Counter, chicken dishes, all kinds of fries, JRoadside has been written describing Gott’s. In-N-Out, Bierhaus, Umami and soups and thick shakes. about from Palm Beach magazine The local Gott’s opened in late others have their loyalists. The company’s signature design to the Wall Street Journal. It was September in Palo Alto’s Town Gott’s burgers feature Niman is sleek industrial panache, fea- voted as having one of the best & Country Village, and has Ranch vegetarian-fed Angus beef, turing open-beam ceiling and burgers in the country by Food been busy ever since. But are its Diestel Family Turkey Ranch tur- concrete floor, bare table tops & Wine magazine, and it won a appreciably better than the com- key patties, veggie burgers, even James Beard Foundation award in petition? To paraphrase a cliche, an ahi tuna burger. Beyond the Continued on next page Above: The green chile cheeseburger at Gott’s Roadside in Palo Alto comes with salsa verde, jalapeño mayo, jack cheese and grilled onions. Top left: Crispy ahi tuna poke tacos with avocado. Top right: Sweet potato fries with a side of ranch dressing.
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Continued from previous page N DININGNOTES and utilitarian chairs. The inside seats 120, with an additional 160 Gott’s Roadside seats on outdoor picnic benches Town & Country Village and under covered walkways and 855 El Camino Real, Palo Alto patio umbrellas. 650-326-1000 Joel and Duncan Gott officially Open daily: started in 1999, but the predeces- sor drive-in dates to 1949, in St. 10:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Helena, in the Napa Valley. It Reservations was originally known as Taylor’s Refresher. When the brothers Credit cards took over the St. Helena location Children and decided to expand out of the Outdoor dining Napa Valley, the Taylor family sued, claiming ownership of the Party & banquet name. The proceedings became facilities complicated and expensive, so Webiste gotts.com the Gotts decided it was easier to change the name. Parking shopping The Taylor’s Refresher sign center lot still stands adjacent to Highway Alcohol beer & wine 29 in St. Helena, but the drive-in building says “Gott’s Roadside.” Corkage $5 Apparently, a compromise was Noise Level moderate reached. excellent The other locations — Oxbow Gott’s dining room seats 120; the outdoor dining areas seat 160. Bathroom Marketplace in Napa, the Ferry Cleanliness Building in San Francisco and ered with jack cheese, avocado, burger options. The Wisconsin cue sauce. All primo. Town & Country Village — are salsa, lettuce, mayonnaise and sourdough ($10.99) was load- I did not applaud the ahi tuna 100 percent Gott’s. pickled jalapenos on a toasted ed with grilled mushrooms, burger, though ($14.99). The five It was a mess, and I had to fetch At Gott’s, all burgers are egg bun. Coupled with sweet bacon, cheddar cheese and ounces of sushi-grade ahi tuna, a fork to finish it. For 15 dollars, one-third-pound patties, plump potato fries ($3.99), which were barbecue sauce. The Western barely seared, came on an toasted I expected more. and filling, especially when dusted in chili powder and bacon blue ring burger ($10.99) egg bun with ginger wasabi may- I also had a slight price issue paired with stellar toppings. The served with a cooling ranch, it was topped with an onion ring, onnaise and Asian slaw. The tuna with the fish tacos ($12.99 for delightfully piquant green-chile made a delectable meal. Point Reyes blue cheese, bacon, was gristly in the middle and the two). While the tacos were fat cheeseburger ($8.99) was lay- There were other tempting pickles, red onion and barbe- egg bun disintegrated on contact. with Mexican slaw, salsa and jala-
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December 20, 2013 ■ Mountain View Voice ■ MountainViewOnline.com ■ 23 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE N HIGHLIGHT FAMILY DAY IN NATURE AT HIDDEN VILLA At the Riekes Center’s monthly nature awareness family gathering at Hidden Villa, there will be music, potluck, nature awareness skills and holiday gift wild- crafting including dream pillows, willow wreath and smudge sticks. Dec. 21, 1-4 p.m. $20 per family; $15 per wildcrafter. Hidden Villla, 26870 Moody Road, Los (PJOHT0O Altos Hills. www.riekes.org/nature-awareness/weekend-workshops/ ART GALLERIES FILM Meditation sitting followed by a talk on Buddhist teachings. Nov. 26-Jan. 21, Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. ‘Art Meets Technology’ Art Meets Technol- ‘Flesh and Metal’ on Film A variety of films Free (donations accepted). St. Timothy’s/Edwards ogy” presents work by 10 individuals whose by or about artists featured in the Cantor Art Cen- Hall, 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. Call 650- accomplishments reside at the intersection of art, ter exhibit “Flesh and Metal: Body and Machine 857-0904. www.imsb.org science, mathematics and technology. The exhibit in Early 20th-Century Art” will run continuously University Public Worship: Children’s draws on manuscript collections from the Stanford concurrent with the exhibition. Ongoing every Sermon This sermon will be led by Rev. Joanne University Libraries. Ongoing every day through day from Nov. until March 16. Closed Mondays Sanders. The service also includes a carol-sing and Jan. 15, 2014. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Peterson Gallery and Tuesdays. Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and music by university organist, Dr. Robert Huw Mor- and Munger Rotunda, Green Library Bing Wing, Thursdays until 8 p.m. Free. Iris & B. Gerald Cantor gan. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. Please bring new, 459 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. www.events.stanford. Center for Visual Arts, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford unwrapped gifts of toys or clothing. Dec. 24, 4-5 edu/events/391/39145/ . www.events.stanford.edu/events/397/39751/ p.m. Free. Stanford Memorial Church, 450 Serra ‘Time’ Gallery Exhibit In this Gallery 9 exhibit, Mall, Stanford. Call 650-723-1762. www.events. 30 artists explore many facets of time: changing HEALTH stanford.edu/events/388/38833 seasons and color, aging, clocks and other abstract Affordable Mental Health Program metaphors. A variety of 2D and 3D media is on Deborah’s Palm - a community woman’s center in display at Gallery 9 through Dec. 24. Tues.-Sat., 11 SENIORS downtown Palo Alto - has started an affordable a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 29th Annual New Year’s Eve Day Bash psychotherapy program to benefit low-income Main St., Los Altos. www.gallery9losaltos.com The Oshman Family JCC hosts a New Year’s Eve women. Nov. 19-Jan. 19, Tuesdays, 4-7 p.m. Fees Day event, with a buffet lunch, ballroom danc- Carrie Mae Weems Exhibit This exhibit is start at $40/hour. Deborahs Palm, 555 Lytton dedicated to contemporary artist and photographer ing, raffle prizes and a special champagne toast Ave., Palo Alto. Call 650-473-0664. www.debo- to the New Year. Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $15 in Carrie Mae Weems. More than 100 photographs, rahspalm.org installations and videos are on display until Jan. 5, advance; $18 at the door. Oshman Family Jewish Jacki’s Aerobic Dancing Classes These Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Cantor Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto . fitness classes include core work, strength training Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Call 650-387-7048. www.cityofpaloalto.org and aerobic routines. Jacki’s also offers compli- Jim Dine and Claes Oldenburg Exhibit mentary childcare; bring children and get the first Jim Dine and Claes Oldenburg are two American ‘Very Merry Pops Christmas!’ The 65-piece California Pops Orchestra and special guest SPECIAL EVENTS Broadway singer Pierce Peter Brandt perform holiday tunes past and present. Sunday, Dec. 22. 3 p.m. month of classes for free. 9 a.m.-10 a.m. $4 per artists who depict every day objects in various New Year’s Eve at Morocco’s Restau- Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Free parking in lots 5 and 6. class. Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church ways; 20 of their prints will be on display. Ongoing rant Morocco’s Restaurant in Mountain View will Tickets $15-42. www.calpops.org St., Mountain View. Call 650-941-1002. www. from Dec. 11 to April 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Can- jackis.com/ be open on New Year’s Eve, serving a five-course tor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. http:// meal at 5 p.m. ($60 per person). From 10 p.m. to events.stanford.edu/events/385/38539/ COMMUNITY EVENTS DANCE LIVE MUSIC 1 a.m. the restaurant will serve five small plates with one drink for $35 per person. There will also Mountain View Certified Farmers Scottish Country Dancing A fall session Live Jazz Music at Morocco’s Morocco’s be belly dancing and live jazz music. Dec. 31, 5 CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Market This farmers market features more than starts on Sept. 4 with “Intro Night,” and is free Restaurant hosts Johnny Williams and Steven p.m. $45/$60. Morocco’s Restaurant, 873 Castro 60 certified local producers with farm-fresh fruit for first timers. After that, the drop-in fee is $10 or Foothill College Winter Quarter Regis- Gary to perform live jazz music. On Tuesdays, the St., Mountain View. Call 650-968-1502. www. and vegetables with organic and Asian variet- $133 for the full session ($8 per night). Everyone tration Foothill College Winter Quarter classes restaurant also does not charge a corkage fee. moroccosrestaurant.com will run Jan. 6-March 28. Continuing students ies, grass-fed beef, eggs, mushrooms, bakeries, is welcome, from complete beginners to experi- 5-9:30 p.m. Free. Morocco’s Restaurant, 873 can register Nov. 25--Jan. 5 and new/returning plants, herbs, sprouts, cheese, melons and garden enced dancers. Classes run until Feb. 4. 7:45-10 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 650-968-1502. students, Nov. 30-Jan. 5. Review more registra- tomatoes. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Dec. 31. p.m. Mountain View Sports Pavilion, 1185 Castro www.moroccosrestaurant.com/ LECTURES & TALKS tion dates and instructions at www.foothill.edu. Caltrain Station, 600 W. Evelyn Ave., Mountain St., Mountain View. www.mtview-rscds.org The Night Quintet Kirk Abe and his quintet Humanist Community Forum Hear a dif- No fee to apply for admission; California residents View. Call 800-806-3276. www.cafarmersmkts. perform jazzy holiday music. Dec. 20, 8 p.m. Free. ferent speaker speak each Sunday on a range of pay $31 per unit plus basic fees. Foothill College, com/markets/category/mountain-view EXHIBITS Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. topics: philosophy, politics, humanism, health, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Call 650- New Year’s Eve at The Sea The Sea by Alex- relationships, history, the environment. A buffet ‘Revealing the Unseen’ Paintings by Andy redrockcoffee.org 949-7325. www.foothill.edu/admissions.php ander’s Steakhouse in Palo Alto celebrates New lunch (complimentary for first-time visitors) imme- Gouveia and drawings by Drew McSherry are Year’s Eve with a $185 six-course prix fixe tasting diately follows. See website for each Sunday’s Sustainable Home Vegetable Garden- on exhibit, both exploring the theme of a narra- menu which includes big eye tuna, wild Maine RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY speaker and topic: www.humanists.org. Oct. ing Learn from UCCE Master Gardeners how tive that must be coaxed out to be understood. scallops, Hawaiian mero, lobster with oscetra 27-Dec. 29, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Free (donations to establish a successful and environmentally Through Jan. 26, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Christmas Eve Festival Communion This caviar, bison and milk chocolate mousse. Optional accepted). Palo Alto High School Student Center responsible food garden that provides vegetables and Saturdays from 9 to 3. Free. Community Christian inter-denominational service will be held wine paring for an additional $85. Dec. 31, 5-9 (in the main quad - see http://goo.gl/maps/ and herbs every month of the year. Emphasis on School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, on Christmas Eve. Rev. Scotty McLennan, dean p.m. $185. The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse, eWMfv), 50 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. Call sustainable gardening. Meets every Tuesday from Mountain View. arts4all.org for Religious Life, will preach. Music featuring Feb. 4 to March 11, 7-9 p.m. Register online at 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 650-213- university organist, Dr. Robert Huw Morgan. Dec. 650-964-7576. www.humanists.org www.paadultschool.org or by calling 650-329- 1111. www.theseaUSA.com 24, 8-9 p.m. Free. Stanford Memorial Church, 450 3752. $84. Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarca- FAMILY AND KIDS Serra Mall, Stanford. Call 650-723-1762. events. dero Road, Palo Alto. Call 408-282-3105. www. CONCERTS Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza See stanford.edu/events/388/38839 Mountain View Voice mastergardeners.org/scc.html a variety of LEGO creations made by members of Trombone Choir Holiday Concert The Compline: An Evening Service of Song Bay Area LEGO User Group and Bay Area LEGO Zoom In - Digital Video Workshop Zoom Gordon Stewart Peninsula Trombone Choir This 30-minute service of hymns, anthems and Train Club, featuring train layouts, Bay Area land- In is a 15-hour intensive video workshop that will perform a variety of holiday-related music, chant is sung by Stanford and local choral ensem- marks, castles, miniature cities, and more. Chil- covers how to create a digital video, edit it, upload including traditional, jazz and classical. Dec. bles on Sundays (during the academic year with dren must be accompanied by an adult at all times it to Youtube and produce a DVD. Class includes 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Free. St. Andrew’s United the exception of university holidays and academic in the exhibit. Open Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays all software, equipment plus a booklet. Feb. 3-12, Methodist Church, 4111 Alma St., Palo Alto. Call breaks). 9-9:30 pm Free. Memorial Church, 450 from Dec. 13 to Jan. 19. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $2 per Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 650-493-4257. Serra Mall, Stanford. Call 650-723-1762. www. 2013 $145. Mid Peninsula Media Center, 900 San person; BayLUG and MOAH members are free. events.stanford.edu/events/410/41079 Antonio Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-494-8686 ext. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Insight Meditation South Bay Shaila Cath- Donate online at 11. www.midpenmedia.org/ Palo Alto. www.moah.org erine and guest teachers lead a weekly Insight siliconvalleycf.org/mvv-holiday-fund
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If you 1635 The Alameda, Second Floor & Insured 650.271.7344 Lic# 15030605 File No.: 585029 The following person (persons) is (are) at 475 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 1.) Sciencequipment.com, 2.) consult either of these resources, you San Jose, CA 95126 STYLE PAINTING doing business as: 94041, Santa Clara County. Sciencelighting.com, located at 922 should be aware that the same lender (408)918-9030 Full service painting. Insured. Lic. GK Consulting, located at 1668 This business is owned by: An San Leandro Ave., Ste. B, Mountn View, may hold more than one mortgage or (MVV Dec. 13, 20, 27, 2013) 903303. 650/388-8577 California St., Mountain View, CA Individual. CA 94043, Santa Clara County. deed of trust on the property. NOTICE 94041, Santa Clara County. The name and residence address of the This business is owned by: A TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to 775 Asphalt/ This business is owned by: A Married owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Corporation. shown on this notice of sale may be install new wireless telecommunications Couple. HEE WON LEE The name and residence address of the postponed one or more times by the antennas on an existing transmission Concrete The name and residence address of the 954 Henderson Ave. #139 owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or tower located at 2940 North Shoreline Sunnyvale, CA 94086 HI-TECH LAMPS, INC. a court, pursuant to Section 2924g Roe General Engineering owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Boulevard, Mountain View, Santa Clara Registrant/Owner began transacting 922 San Leandro Ave. Ste. B of the California Civil Code. The law Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, seal- GRACE CLARK County, CA. The new facility will consist business under the fictitious business ountain View, CA 94043 requires that information about trustee ing, new construct, repairs. 36 yrs 1668 California St. of a top hat extension with antennas at name(s) listed above on Nov. 20, 2013. Registrant/Owner began transacting sale postponements be made available exp. No job too small. Lic #663703. Mountain View, CA 94041 centerline heights of 93.4 feet above This statement was filed with the business under the fictitious business to you and to the public, as a courtesy 650/814-5572 KINCY CLARK ground level (agl) and 100.25 feet (agl) 1668 California St. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara name(s) listed above on 12/02/2013. to those not present at the sale. If you with a top height of 102.7-feet. Any 779 Organizing Mountain View, CA 94041 County on November 20, 2013. This statement was filed with the wish to learn whether your sale date interested party wishing to submit com- Registrant/Owner began transacting (MVV Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara has been postponed, and if applicable, ments regarding the potential effects County on December 11, 2013. the rescheduled time and date for the Services business under the fictitious business PEREZ PAINTING the proposed facility may have on any (MVV Dec. 20, 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 10, sale of this property, you may call 877- name(s) listed above on N/A. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME historic property may do so by sending End the Clutter & Get Organized 2014) 484-9942 or 800-280-2832 or visit this This statement was filed with the STATEMENT comments to: Project 61136033-AMG Residential Organizing Internet Web site www.USA-Foreclosure. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara File No.: 584931 c/o EBI Consulting, 11445 East Via by Debra Robinson FELLOW ROBOTS com or www.Auction.com using the County on November 18, 2013. The following person (persons) is (are) Linda, Suite 2, #472, Scottsdale, AZ (650)941-5073 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME file number assigned to this case (MVV Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013) doing business as: 85259, or at 585-815-3290. STATEMENT 7023.107309. Information about post- Perez Painting, located at 316 Escuela (MVV Dec. 20, 2013) BEYECO File No.: 585889 ponements that are very short in dura- Av. #22, Mountain View, CA 94040, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following person (persons) is (are) tion or that occur close in time to the Santa Clara County. Real STATEMENT doing business as: scheduled sale may not immediately be NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER This business is owned by: An File No.: 584948 Fellow Robots, located at 20 S. Akron reflected in the telephone information ESTATE OF: Individual. The following person (persons) is (are) Rd., MS 20-1, Moffett Field, CA 94035, or on the Internet Web site. The best FRANCES CAROLE LIND The name and residence address of the doing business as: Santa Clara County. way to verify postponement information Case No.: 1-13-PR-173711 owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Estate BEYECO, located at 250 Santa Fe Terr., This business is owned by: A is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, ROQUE PEREZ 221, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa Corporation. November 27, 2013 NORTHWEST contingent creditors, and persons who 316 Escuela Ave. #22 Clara County. The name and residence address of the TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., as Trustee may otherwise be interested in the Mountain View, CA 94040 801 Apartments/ This business is owned by: An owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Melissa Myers, Authorized Signatory will or estate, or both, of FRANCES Registrant/Owner began transacting Individual. 9TH SENSE INC. 1241 E. Dyer Road, Suite 250, Santa CAROLE LIND. Condos/Studios business under the fictitious business The name and residence address of the 20 S. Akron Rd. MS 20-1 Ana, CA 92705 866-387-6987 Sale A Petition for Probate has been filed by: name(s) listed above on N/A. Mountain View, 1 BR/1 BA - $1565 owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Moffett Field, CA 94035 Info website: www.USA-Foreclosure. VIVIAN I. LIND in the Superior Court of This statement was filed with the Mountain View, 2 BR/2 BA - $2,600 KEFAN ZHANG Registrant/Owner began transacting com or www.Auction.com Automated California, County of SANTA CLARA. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 250 Santa Fe Terr., 221 business under the fictitious business Sales Line: 877-484-9942 or 800- The Petition for Probate requests that: County on November 13, 2013. 803 Duplex Sunnyvale, CA 94085 name(s) listed above on 11/26/2013. 280-2832 Reinstatement and Pay-Off VIVIAN I. LIND be appointed as personal Registrant/Owner began transacting (MVV Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) This statement was filed with the representative to administer the estate Redwood City , 2 BR/1 BA - $2,500 Requests: 866-387-NWTS THIS OFFICE business under the fictitious business BUFFALO; BEERS BURGERS BAOS County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT of the decedent. name(s) listed above on Jan. 1, 2013. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME County on December 10, 2013. AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED The petition requests the decedent’s 805 Homes for Rent This statement was filed with the STATEMENT (MVV Dec. 20, 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 10, WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE will and codicils, if any, be admitted to Atherton, 1 BR/1 BA - $3190/mont County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara File No.: 584863 2014) ORDER # 7023.107309: 12/06/2013, probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $5,000.00 County on November 14, 2013 The following person (persons) is (are) 12/13/2013, 12/20/2013 (MVV Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013) doing business as: 997 All Other Legals MVV by the court. Palo Alto, 3 BR/2.5 BA - $4350 Buffalo; Beers Burgers Baos, located The petition requests authority to JANE’S BEER STORE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE File NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER administer the estate under the Palo Alto, 4 BR/2 BA - $4900month FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME at 292 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. No. 7023.107309 Title Order No. ESTATE OF: Independent Administration of Estates STATEMENT 130180626 MIN No. APN 147-22-101 BARBARA H. JUHL Act. (This authority will allow the person- 809 Shared Housing/ File No.: 585028 This business is owned by: An Individual. YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED Case No.: 1-13-PR-173638 al representative to take many actions The following person (persons) is (are) OF TRUST, DATED 10/12/05. UNLESS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, without obtaining court approval. Before Rooms doing business as: The name and residence address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT contingent creditors, and persons who taking certain very important actions, Los Altos Hills, 1 BR/1 BA - $925 Jane’s Beer Store, located at 720 Villa YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD may otherwise be interested in the however, the personal representative St., Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa JENNIFER POON 538 Arastradero Rd. AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN will or estate, or both, of BARBARA will be required to give notice to inter- 825 Homes/Condos Clara County. EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF H. JUHL. ested persons unless they have waived This business is owned by: A General Palo Alto, CA 94306 Registrant/Owner began transacting THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU A Petition for Probate has been filed by: notice or consented to the proposed for Sale Partnership. SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public MEGHAN JUHL in the Superior Court of action.) The independent administration The name and residence address of the business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A. auction sale to the highest bidder for California, County of SANTA CLARA. authority will be granted unless an inter- Central Woodside: 4BR/4BA owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): cash, cashier's check drawn on a The Petition for Probate requests that: ested person files an objection to the 2 car. Updated 6 Stall Barn. EIICHI NISHINO This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara state or national bank, check drawn MEGHAN JUHL be appointed as per- petition and shows good cause why the Offered at $4,950,000. 51 E. Clare Ct. by state or federal credit union, or a sonal representative to administer the court should not grant the authority. Email [email protected] Palatine, IL 60067 County on November 12, 2013. (MVV Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) check drawn by a state or federal sav- estate of the decedent. A HEARING on the petition will be held Phone: 650-208-0664 MIHO OKADA-NISHINO ings and loan association, or savings The petition requests authority to on January 24, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. 51 E. Clare Ct. HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MOUNTAIN association, or savings bank specified administer the estate under the in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $1099000 Palatine, IL 60067 VIEW- SOUTH PALO ALTO in §5102 to the Financial code and Independent Administration of Estates of California, County of Santa Clara, Mountain View, 3 BR/2 BA - $149000 Registrant/Owner began transacting FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME authorized to do business in this state, Act. (This authority will allow the person- located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, business under the fictitious business Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $899000 STATEMENT will be held by duly appointed trustee. al representative to take many actions CA, 95113. name(s) listed above on N/A. File No.: 585643 The sale will be made, but without without obtaining court approval. Before If you object to the granting of the peti- Sunnyvale, 3 BR/2 BA - $599999 This statement was filed with the The following person (persons) is (are) covenant or warranty, expressed or taking certain very important actions, tion, you should appear at the hearing County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara doing business as: implied, regarding title, possession, or however, the personal representative and state your objections or file written County on November 18, 2013. Holiday Inn Express Mountain View- encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation will be required to give notice to inter- objections with the court before the (MVV Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20, 2013) South Palo Alto, located at 1561 West secured by said Deed of Trust. The ested persons unless they have waived hearing. Your appearance may be in GRAND PARTNERS El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA undersigned Trustee disclaims any liabil- notice or consented to the proposed person or by your attorney. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 94040, Santa Clara County. ity for any incorrectness of the property action.) The independent administration If you are a creditor or a contingent STATEMENT This business is owned by: A address or other common designa- authority will be granted unless an inter- creditor of the decedent, you must File No.: 585321 Corporation. tion, if any, shown herein. Trustor(s): ested person files an objection to the file your claim with the court and mail The following person (persons) is (are) The name and residence address of the Lisa A Garono, an unmarried woman petition and shows good cause why the a copy to the personal representative doing business as: owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): Recorded: 10/31/05, as Instrument court should not grant the authority. appointed by the court within the later Grand Partners, located at 800 El RPK INVESTMENTS INC. No. 18649937,of Official Records of A HEARING on the petition will be held of either (1) four months from the date Camino Real, #180, Mountain View, CA 1561 W. El Camino Real SANTA CLARA County, California. Date on January 8, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in of first issuance of letters to a general 94040, Santa Clara County. Mountain View, CA 94040 of Sale: 01/03/14 at 10:00 AM Place Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court of personal representative, as defined in This business is owned by: A Registrant/Owner began transacting of Sale: At the Market Street entrance California, County of Santa Clara, section 58 (b) of the California Probate TO PLACE A Corporation. business under the fictitious business to the Superior Courthouse, 190 North located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, Code, or (2) 60 days from the date The name and residence address of the name(s) listed above on 11/21/2013. Market Street., San Jose, CA The CA, 95113. of mailing or personal delivery to you CLASSIFIED AD owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): This statement was filed with the purported property address is: 2480 If you object to the granting of the peti- of a notice under section 9052 of the CALIFORNIA PARTNERS, INC. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara WHITNEY DRIVE, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA tion, you should appear at the hearing California Probate Code. 800 El Camino Real #180 County on December 4, 2013. 94043 Assessors Parcel No. 147-22- and state your objections or file written Other California statutes and legal in The Mountain View, CA 94040 (MVV Dec. 13, 20, 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 101 The total amount of the unpaid objections with the court before the authority may affect your rights as a Registrant/Owner began transacting 2014) balance of the obligation secured by hearing. Your appearance may be in creditor. You may want to consult with business under the fictitious business the property to be sold and reasonable person or by your attorney. an attorney knowledgeable in California Mountain View Voice, estimated costs, expenses and advanc- If you are a creditor or a contingent law. name(s) listed above on N/A. The Mountain View Voice This statement was filed with the es at the time of the initial publication creditor of the decedent, you must You may examine the file kept by the The Palo Alto Weekly County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara publishes every Friday. of the Notice of Sale is $718,220.11. file your claim with the court and mail court. If you are a person interested in County on November 21, 2013. If the sale is set aside for any reason, a copy to the personal representative the estate, you may file with the court (MVV Dec. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2013) THE DEADLINE the purchaser at the sale shall be appointed by the court within the later a Request for Special Notice (form or The Almanac TO ADVERTISE IN THE entitled only to a return of the deposit of either (1) four months from the date DE-154) of the filing of an inventory paid, plus interest. The purchaser shall of first issuance of letters to a general and appraisal of estate assets or of Call Alicia Santillan VOICE PUBLIC NOTICES have no further recourse against the personal representative, as defined in any petition or account as provided in call 326-8216 beneficiary, the Trustor or the trustee. section 58 (b) of the California Probate Probate Code section 1250. A Request (650) 223-6578 IS: 5 P.M. 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