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2 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 UPFRONT Serving the community for over 22 years
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Charlie Porter Farmers Agency ® License # 0773991 671-A Oak Grove Ave Menlo Park 650-327-1313 Photo by Margaret Roberts, city of Menlo Park Recognizing Fred Berghout are, from left, Police Chief Bryan Roberts, Councilman Richard Cline, Fred [email protected] Berghout and family, Mayor Kirsten Keith, Councilman Andy Cohen, Councilwoman Kelly Fergusson, and Mayor Pro Tem Peter Ohtaki. Fred Berghout helped police arrest two juveniles accused of breaking into a car. Resident helps cops nab thieves By Barbara Wood Special to the Almanac Police say that Mr. Berghout Mr. Berghout returned to his was at home late on the after- neighbor’s car, loot in hand to oes anyone pay attention noon of Dec. 1 when he went find the Menlo Park police had to car alarms anymore? out to investigate a car alarm arrived. Mr. Berghout told the D Apparently Menlo Park blaring nearby, at Woodland officers what had happened and resident Fred Berghout does, and Avenue and Oak Court. identified the other 14-year-old his attention last month helped Once outside, Mr. Berghout suspect in the burglary; who was the Menlo Park police not only first overheard a neighbor on still nearby. MARSH MANOR arrest two juveniles accused of the phone telling police her The next day, using informa- breaking into a car, but also to vehicle was being broken into. tion from that suspect and Mr. NEIGHBORLY SERVICES… recover all the property they had Then he saw two young men, Berghout, police were able to taken. one of them with a bag in his identify and arrest the other FRESH NEW LOOK! Menlo Park Police Chief Bryan hands, near the car. suspect at school. Roberts recognized Mr. Bergh- When Mr. Berghout “Thanks to Mr. Fred Bergh- out’s “extraordinary efforts” at approached, one of the young out’s quick thinking and coura- Same great services. the Jan. 10 City Council meet- men fled and Mr. Berghout fol- geous actions, two auto burglars ing, giving him and a his family lowed. were brought to justice and a photo with council members Dropping the bag of loot, the property stolen from his neigh- © h{ww wz jw{C \ z and police officials, and a Menlo young man climbed a fence and bor’s vehicle was returned to its © Yw{ wz _y{ Y{w PD coffee mug, as souvenirs. escaped. owner,” Chief Roberts said. A © \ i{y{ ] y{ i {
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4 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY BBC’s liquor license Facebook has lots of friends indefinitely suspended at Menlo Park public hearing
By Dave Boyce By Barbara Wood Almanac Staff Writer house” that created problems for Special to the Almanac could eventually bring as many profit that provides job training. the Menlo Park Police Depart- as 9,400 employees to Menlo “The way they’ve opened up ntil another owner takes ment in that officers “were ity employees and officials Park. to the broader community is over operations at the required to respond and/or in Menlo Park spent a lot It was clear Facebook already impressive.” Ulandmark British Bank- make numerous calls, investiga- Cof time on Facebook last has lots of friends in the city, less Bronwyn Alexander, a Belle ers Club, at the corner of El tions, arrests or patrols concern- week, but not updating Haven teacher and Camino Real and Santa Cruz ing the conduct and acts occur- their statuses or post- resident, said not only Avenue in Menlo Park, the ring in or around said premises, ing links to funny cat have Facebook and restaurant and bar will not be and which thereby created con- videos. ‘The way they’ve opened up to the its employees been licensed to serve beer, wine or ditions then and there contrary It was the topic of “bringing money and liquor, according to a spokesman to public welfare and morals.” Facebook the city broader community is impressive.’ volunteers into our for the state’s Alcoholic Beverage The list of 39 incidents from focused on — spe- SHARON WILLIAMS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JOBTRAIN classrooms on a daily Control (ABC) agency. 2009 and 2010 includes sexual cifically, the social basis,” but Facebook The owners of the club settled battery and sexual penetration networking giant’s founder Mark Zuck- with the ABC in October, agree- of an “unaware victim” on the request to allow more employ- than a year since it began the erberg spoke at the Belle Haven ing to a suspension of the liquor premises; a terrorist threat; ees and to eventually expand to move from its Palo Alto offices. Community School’s eighth- license, effective Jan. 2, 2012. assaults with a deadly weapon; new buildings across the street. Speaker after speaker said the grade graduation last year. The suspension will remain in battery with serious injury, Three public meetings had Face- social networking giant has The other topic mentioned effect until the license is trans- including battery on a medic; book on the agenda. already helped local schools and by speaker after speaker was ferred to a new owner, ABC and numerous public intoxica- On Monday, Jan. 9, the Plan- organizations. improving local bikeways for spokesman John Carr said in a tion and disturbance calls. ning Commission heard from “I’m here tonight attending easier access to the Facebook telephone interview. “The current owners will not the public about the draft envi- the Facebook lovefest,” said Sha- campus and other businesses on The complaint from the ABC ronmental impact report (EIR) ron Williams, executive director calls the club “a disorderly See BBC, page 8 on Facebook’s project, which of JobTrain, a Menlo Park non- See FACEBOOK, page 8 Task force recommends firm to design Town Center
By Renee Batti N ATHERTON Almanac News Editor
n advisory task force that the choice, NM&R’s conceptual shepherded the design com- design is likely to evolve in the Apetition for a new Atherton next phases of the process, which Town Center is recommending include an assessment of space that the town hire the Nichols needed today, as compared with Melburg & Rossetto architectural what was required in 2010, when firm to proceed with the proposed, the competition was launched. privately funded project. Those needs may differ because NM&R proposed two, two-story of the layoff last year of 13 town buildings connected by an arched employees as the town outsourced loggia and including a community two major departments. center with a rooftop terrace. The The process is also expected to buildings, reflecting a more tra- include a public outreach effort ditional style than the competing in which residents can offer sug- design, would total about 20,000 gestions and comment about square feet, according to architect what they want to see in the new Les Melburg. center. NM&R competed with two Task force members used a partnering firms — Siegel & Strain matrix method to evaluate the two Architects and Goring & Straja firms, according to a report from Architects — in a contest that Councilwoman Lewis. Almanac photo by Michelle Le provided no fee to the firms. The During the course of the task Longtime Woodside Town Manager Susan George at her last Town Council meeting on Jan. 10. latter firms designed the Portola force’s work, it came up with a Valley Town Center, and proposed projected cost of $10 million to $12 two one-story buildings totaling million for a new center, accord- Keeping Woodside on an ‘even keel’ about 12,000 square feet, with an ing to Ms. Lewis. The task force By Dave Boyce worth residents might lead If only all governments uncovered walkway in between. also agreed that funding would Almanac Staff Writer one to suspect such trees exist. understood that. The Wood- The task force, headed by City be raised through private dona- For a town to afford amenities side public in 1993 “wanted Councilwoman Elizabeth Lewis, tions, noting that Portola Valley oney doesn’t grow such as a new park and well- to hang the Town Council, will ask the council to approve paid for its recently built $20 on trees, it’s said, not paved roads — both of which they were doing such a bad the recommendation at its Jan. 18 million center with $17 million Meven in Woodside, Woodside has — money man- meeting. where the number of high net agement is important. See GEORGE, page 8 But even if the council accepts See DESIGN, page 8
January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 5 NEWS Menlo acts to dissolve WOODSIDEÊUÊÎä£xÊ7`Ã`iÊ,>`ÊUÊÈxänx££x££Ê PORTOLA VALLEYÊUÊ{{ÓäÊ«iÊ,>`ÊUÊÈxänx££Ç££ "«iÊÈ\Îä ÊÊn* redevelopment agency Sale Dates: Jan. 18 ,19, 20, 21 www.robertsmarket.com By Barbara Wood Special to the Almanac Governor Jerry Brown argued Fresh Produce ––––––– that the redevelopment agencies NORTHWEST ¢ till scrambling to deal with were not effective and should be 99 lb the unexpected dissolu- dissolved, giving the tax monies CONVENTIONAL ¢ D’ANJOU PEARS Stion of its redevelopment back to the other local agencies. LOOSE agency, the Menlo Park City Menlo Park Finance Director BANANAS 59 lb ¢ Council took the first actions Carol Augustine told the coun- CARROTS 49 lb necessary to dissolve the agency cil that the topic is due to come at it’s meeting on Jan. 10. before the council for further On Dec. 29, the California discussion in two weeks, when Meat And Seafood ––––––– Supreme Court ruled that a law the city has had a little more disbanding redevelopment agen- time to study the ramifications PRIME RIB $ 98 cies was valid, while another law of the dissolution of the agency. WITH BONE 9 that would have allowed them to In the meantime the council lb remain by giving part of their voted unanimously to become MARINATED $ money to the state was not. The the “successor agency” to its 11.98 lb SCHWARZ BRAND effect of the ruling was to force redevelopment agency, an action SKIRT STEAK $ 98 nearly 400 redevelopment agen- that will allow the city to FRESH BOCKWURST 4 cies around the state to dissolve retain some control over the lb by Feb. 1. dissolution process. The city Redevelopment agencies, will receive funding of at least formed in the hope of trans- $250,000 a year as the successor On Sale Grocery ––––––– forming blighted neighbor- agency. $ 49 hoods, were able to keep most The city will pay off the rede- BUMBLE BEE SOLID WHITE ALBACORE of the property taxes generated velopment agency’s debts, dis- within their boundaries instead pose any properties it owns, and 5 OZ. IN OIL OR IN WATER 1 of passing them on to other redistribute any remaining local agencies, such as schools. money to local agencies. A VANS NATURAL $ 19 SONNY & JOE’S $ 99 Kindergarten registration at Ormondale FOODS WAFFLES 7 OZ. 2 HUMMUS 10 OZ. 2 Parents of children who will by Nov. 1, and live within the be eligible for kindergarten this district, to be eligible for kin- SAN PELLEGRINO SPARKLING fall in the Portola Valley School dergarten. HEINZ ORGANIC $ 99 $ 49 District are invited to an infor- A transitional kindergarten TOMATO KETCHUP 1 MINERAL WATER 1 mational meeting about the class is being created for chil- 15 OZ. 750ML—PLUS CALIF. REDEEM VALUE district’s programs on Jan. 30 dren who will turn 5 between at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 2 and Dec. 1. The program Registration packets for kin- is the result of a new state law dergarten and the new transi- that raises the age for kinder- Deli Department ––––––– tional kindergarten program garten eligibility. Children who will be available at the meeting, attend transitional kindergar- or may be obtained from the ten in the 2012-13 school year Need a quick dinner? Ormondale School office at may enroll in kindergarten the 200 Shawnee Pass in Portola following school year. Stop by Roberts Deli for a hot meal Valley. For more information, call Children must be 5 years old 851-1777, ext. 1152. Hot BBQ Chicken Steamed Mary’s Free Range Vegetable Medley $5.29 lb $7.99 lb. Hot & Fresh Real Mashed Potatoes Macaroni and Cheese $5.99 lb. $5.29 lb. Language Pacifica, an intensive English (ESL) school for adults, is looking for 1-12 week hosts for our students coming from over 25 countries worldwide. Bring an international flair to your home! $850/month with breakfast and dinner Wine and Spirits or $650/month without meals. Arrival dates vary. Call for more information. Imported Vodka Sale We look forward to hearing from you! LANGUAGE PACIFICA Fristoff Vodka, France 1.75L Stolichnaya Vodka, Latvia 1.75L 585 Glenwood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 321-1840 Reg. $23.99 ...... Sale $19.99 Reg. $29.99 ...... Sale $24.99 www.languagepacifica.com esl@languagepacifica.com Russian Standard Vodka 1.75L Ketel One Vodka, Holland 1.75L
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6 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 NEWS REAL ESTATE Q&A Menlo Park approves changes by Monica Corman Setting Condominium Fees to city employee pension benefit Dear Monica: I own a town- do this rather than assessing each By Barbara Wood house in a small complex that owner a substantial amount at the Special to the Almanac with all the unions representing Under this measure, a new was built in the 1980s. The time of replacement. With this sys- city workers. non-police hire who retired at monthly homeowner asso- tem, each homeowner pays a pro-rata aking the final action The 2010 initiative, known as age 60 after working for the ciation dues cover most of our share of future expenses in manage- needed to put the pension Measure L, increased the mini- city for 30 years would receive expenses and if they fall short able increments. This is a fair way reform initiative approved mum retirement age for new 60 percent of that average sal- T each owner pays a special assess- to allocate responsibility for repairs. by voters in November 2011 city employees, except for police ary. Current 30-year employees into action, the Menlo Park officers, from 55 to 60. can retire at age 55 and get 81 ment. Are we adequately man- If managed this way, the HOA City Council on Jan. 10 voted The measure also called for percent of their highest year’s aging our finances? David C. does not risk the consequences of to amend its contract with the changing the way the amount of salary. Dear David: A well managed having an owner unable to pay a California Public Employees annual pension is figured. Cur- The city will not see the first Homeowners’ Association (HOA) large assessment when it is due. Retirement System (CalPERS) rently, employees are awarded savings from the change for sev- should be collecting enough in dues And when a unit changes owner- to change the retirement age and 2.7 percent of their highest year’s eral years, according to a report to cover all current expenses and ship, the new owner will not face a maximum pension for new city salary for each year worked. prepared for the council by Glen should include an amount to be large assessment when the roof is employees. The new terms will give newly Kramer, the city’s interim per- held in a reserve account for future replaced. The previous owner will The contract changes will not hired city workers 2 percent sonnel director. repairs and expenses. If the roof have paid his or her pro-rata share affect current city employees. of the average of their highest Eventually, as employees cov- will need replacement in 5 years, the during the time they owned the With almost no discussion, three year’s salary for each year ered by the more generous pen- council members unanimously worked. sion plan retire and new employ- HOA should be saving funds now to property. approved the amended contract Police officers’ minimum ees are hired, the changes should For answers to any questions you may have on real estate, you may with CalPERS, which will go retirement age will be raised save $590,000 per year at cur- e-mail me at [email protected] or call 462-1111, Alain Pinel Realtors. into effect in 30 days. The coun- from 50 to 55 with 3 percent of rent payment rates, Mr. Kramer I also offer a free market analysis of your property. www.MonicaCorman.com cil had previously approved new the average of their highest three reported, but only after 25 to 30 contracts reflecting the changes year’s salary per year worked. years. A Peninsula magazine founder dies at 73 Theodore “Ted” Bache, Moving to the Bay Area in the Mr. Bache frequently dropped whose letters and stories were 1970s, he founded and operated by the Almanac offices to give frequently published in the Peninsula magazine. He even- reporters and editors tips and Almanac, died Jan. 9. Mr. tually formed a resume writing encouragement, according to Bache, a 35-year resident of service. managing editor Richard Hine. the Bay Area and, specifically, An avid golfer, Mr. Bache “He had high praise for the Menlo Park, was 73. was a Northern California Almanac, saying more than Seafood Dinners from $595 to $995 Family and friends invite Golf Association rules official once if he had to decide between Try our new Grilled Seafood Specials those who knew Mr. Bache to and worked as a marshal at the canceling his subscription to Clam Chowder - Seafood Salads a no-host gathering at 5 p.m. Stanford University golf course. the New York Times or the Our Award Winning Fish & Chips Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the One of his favorite golf stories Almanac, it would be a tough Prepared from the finest Alaskan halibut. Parkside Grille, 884 Portola was of crossing paths with a choice,” said Mr. Hine. Road in Portola Valley, to “lift young and soon-to-be-famous Mr. Bache is survived by his Restaurant: Mon-Sat 11-8:30 pm, Fri ‘til 9 pm; Market: Mon - Sat 9-7 pm a glass to Ted’s memory.” Tiger Wood on the Stanford children, Lisa Bache Coates, NOW OPEN SUNDAYS Market: 10-5 pm; Restaurant:11-7 pm Born in New York City, Mr. course, said his daughter, Lisa Darrell Bache, Allison Bache Bache started his writing career Coates. Boudreau, and Christopher at the Bridgeport, Connecticut, A self professed “crazy” read- Bache; sister Gwen Gunther; Telegram. He went on to work er all his life, he filled his life brother Bob Bache; Geraldine for Pan American Airlines. with stories, she said. Bache; three grandchildren; and longtime consort Margo /B/AB3=4B63>3<7
FACEBOOK to downtown Menlo Park that continued from page 5 could be used by Menlo Park Local moms campaign for clean air residents as well as Facebook By Kate Daly Browning co-founded the effort, audience to “help us sign up a the Peninsula. employees. Special to the Almanac launching a website. EDF is sup- million moms” on the website to By the Thursday, Jan. 12, Plan- On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the City porting it. increase awareness and put pres- ning Commission study session Council considered requests group of local moms is “Air pollution is a children’s sure on politicians to protect the considering public benefits Face- to extend the time allowed mobilizing to get other health issue ... an emerging social Clean Air Act. More than 37,000 book could be asked to provide, for public comment on the Amothers to join a bipartisan justice issue,” Ms. Browning said have signed up so far. the company had already agreed project’s draft EIR by as much movement to protect their chil- in remarks to the group. The website has form letters to some of the bicycle improve- as six weeks. Citing fears that dren’s right to breathe clean air. A presentation focused on that can be electronically sub- ments mentioned Tuesday. any longer than a week could At a recent luncheon in Menlo facts: every year over 400,000 mitted to members of Congress. John Tenanes, Facebook’s put Facebook’s final hearings Park hosted by three Environ- newborns are affected by mer- It also features blogs on related director of global real estate, during summer vacations, and mental Defense Fund trustees cury pollution, it can get into topics, and suggests using social said the company will imme- citing requests for no delay from Woodside — Ann Doerr, breast milk; asthma afflicts 10 media such as Facebook and diately start designing a pedes- from Belle Haven neighborhood Susan Ford Dorsey and Signe percent of children in the U.S.; Twitter to help spread the word, trian/bicycle tunnel to cross residents, the council members Ostby — dozens of women over the past 20 years, asthma or more traditional routes such under Bayfront Expressway near voted unanimously for only a learned about a new online rates have doubled among chil- as inviting organizations like Willow Road, to be completed one-week extension. community that is campaigning dren under age 4. garden clubs to get involved. A within a year. Facebook will East Palo Alto, the Sierra Club, under the name of Moms Clean “Politicians have power and also start working with other the Committee for Green Foot- Air Force. money, mothers have love,” Visit momscleanairforce.org regional companies to fill gaps hills and others had asked for Writer/editor Dominique Ms. Browning said, urging her to see the website. in the Bay Trail bicycle com- more time for public comment, mute route that passes near the citing the size of the project and campus, Mr. Tenanes said. the fact that several holidays fell BBC The club’s new owner will judge, but chose to settle, Mr. Planning commissioners men- during the comment period. continued from page 5 have to reapply for a liquor Carr said. tioned asking Facebook to help “I think in Menlo Park we take license and undergo the normal The ABC handles “dozens” of Menlo Park acquire or maintain being a good neighbor very, very be selling alcohol (in California) local process in acquiring one, similar cases each year, Mr. Carr Flood Park, to pay an in lieu seriously,” said council member anymore,” Mr. Carr said. In a which typically includes a back- said. tax to make up for not gener- Kelly Fergusson. She promised previous story, the Almanac ground check, Mr. Carr said. The historic brick building ating sales tax revenue for the the city would take the concerns listed the owners as Lance White The owners received due pro- that houses the BBC at 1080 El city, and to finance a shuttle of East Palo Alto into consid- and Richard Eldridge. The club cess and could have hired an Camino Real used to house eration. “We are committed to has not responded to requests attorney and presented their Menlo Park’s administrative Support Local Business working very closely with out for an interview. case to an administrative law and police departments. A neighbors,” she said. City Attorney Bill McClure DESIGN City Manager John Danielson automatically approve the pro- told council members that while continued from page 5 for a maximum of 12 months, posals along with other items they have no legal obligation to and authorization to hire an with no discussion. respond to comments received in residents’ contributions. executive search firm to recruit The council meeting begins at after the official comment peri- Also on the Jan. 18 council a permanent city manager. Both 7 p.m. in the Town Council od ends, they are free to con- agenda is a recommendation to items are on the consent calen- Chambers, 94 Ashfield Road in sider and act on them. A extend the contract of Interim dar, which allows the council to the Town Center. A
8 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 NEWS Hillview Middle School principal Mike Melton to retire in June Mike Melton, who has been lie before us.” School Administrators once principal of Hillview Middle Mr. Melton named Mr. Melton “Placer School in Menlo Park since was an admin- County Administrator of the July 2009, plans to retire on istrator for Year” and Northern California’s June 30. more than Administrator of the Year. January 22, 2012, 3 p.m. “After nearly four decades 20 years, and Prior to his years as a school Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center in education and with great was a leader administrator, he spent several contemplation, I have decided in the Califor- Mike Melton years as a drama, band and it is time for me to retire,” nia Alliance choral music teacher. Before Fauré: Ballade for Piano and he said in a Jan. 11 email to for Middle becoming Hillview’s principal, Orchestra, Op. 19 the Hillview community. “My Schools, an organization that he was principal of Granite wife, Nancy, has been waiting investigates best educational Oaks Middle School in the Hélène Wickett - Soloist 38 years to have me home, and practices for middle school Sunset-Whitney area of the we are both extremely excited education. Rocklin Unified School Dis- Ravel: Concerto for the Left Hand about the new adventures that The Association of California trict. Hélène Wickett - Soloist
Church: No expansion plans in Menlo Park Debussy: Images for Orchestra No. 2, Iberia The Menlo Park Presbyterian campus, but we have no plans Park. Church says it has “no plans or commitments.” A few years ago, the church www.symphonyparnassus.org at this time” to develop or Nancy Couperus, a spokes- invited community members expand on or around its Santa person for the Downtown to “brainstorm ideas on how Cruz Avenue campus in Menlo Alliance, said its members are the church might serve the city Park. relieved to learn of the church’s with its facilities,” the state- The church made this state- decision because it reduces ment said. “The ideas generat- ment in an open letter to the concerns about parking for ed did not get past the ‘dream’ community Jan. 12 in response shoppers. stage. These suggestions from to a news release from the She noted that the idea of members of the community, Menlo Park Downtown Alli- a joint venture between the such as a local gymnasium, ance, made up of downtown city and the church to build were simply ideas and are not business and property owners. a parking structure in Plaza 3 being pursued.” The alliance said the draft (located north of Santa Cruz The church said it is seek- environmental impact report Avenue between University ing permits from the city to for the city’s downtown spe- Drive and Crane Street) had create a “green play and gath- ( ( cific plan is flawed because been raised at an Oct. 4 council ering space” behind the chil- it doesn’t include expansion meeting and was recorded in a dren’s building at 950 Santa plans by the church. city staff report. Cruz Ave. The plans do not “As a resident of the street for “With the Church backing involve changes to buildings, almost 140 years, we’ve learned off expansion plans that would the church said. to ‘never say never,’ but to be have impacted Parking Plaza 3, clear, we do not have and we the Downtown Alliance mem- % are not talking about major bers are grateful to the Menlo NLINKS &' development plans for this Park Presbyterian Church for campus,” the church said in its revealing its intentions,” Ms. ■ Go to tinyurl.com/Church-143 to see an online story, “Alliance: open letter. Couperus said in an email. The church acknowledged In its open letter to the com- City ignores church expansion.” that over the years, it has munity, the church noted that ■ Go to tinyurl.com/Church-144 had exploratory conversations it has opened campuses in San to see the text of the church’s about “supporting a parking Mateo and Mountain View to open letter to the community. structure or developing our address space issues in Menlo SLAC’s Burton Richter wins Enrico Fermi Award Nobel Prize winner Burton of accelera- the Global Nuclear Energy Part- Richter, director of the Stan- tor technolo- nership. ford Linear Accelerator Center gies that have He served for six years on the (SLAC) in Menlo Park from 1984 resulted in Secretary of Energy Advisory to 1999, and Mildred S. Dressel- several Nobel Board and now serves on the haus are winners of the Enrico Prize winning newly established Energy Effi- Fermi Award, one of the govern- discoveries and ciency and Renewable Energy ment’s most prestigious awards his own Nobel Advisory Board. for scientific achievement. Prize winning Photo courtesy SLAC A Palo Alto resident, Mr. The presidential award car- discovery in National Accelerator Richter is an emeritus professor Laboratory ries an honorarium of $50,000, experimental of physical sciences at Stanford ! "" Burton Richter shared equally, and a gold particle phys- University. medal. It is administered on ics in 1976. Ms. Dresselhaus is a professor behalf of the White House by Since stepping down as SLAC emeritus at MIT. Her portfolio ! "# $ " the U.S. Department of Energy. director in 1999, Mr. Richter of research accomplishments Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has chaired the Nuclear Energy includes many discoveries lead- will present the Fermi award at Research Advisory Committee ing to understanding in various a ceremony in Washington at a in the Department of Energy, condensed matter systems. She later date. where he was a principal adviser is considered a premier mentor Mr. Richter’s work includes to the Deputy Secretary of and spokesperson for women in development and exploitation Energy on the development of science.
January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 9 A community health education series from Stanford Hospital & Clinics Understanding A Woman’s Heart Means Knowing What to Look For Reyna Robles was always the first one a problem. And she began to doubt her- of the heart may not be up and the last one to bed, the kind self, “although I knew I wasn’t imagin- caught.” of person whose warmth and energy ing it. It was real.” seemed effortless, possessed of more “ I intuitively knew than enough steam to come home from With no answers and no end to the pain, something wasn’t von der GroebenNorbert her full-time job, to select recipes from Robles’ whole view of life was gradually her large collection of cookbooks to pre- permeated by the uncertainty of her right. I knew I wasn’t pare a meal for her husband and chil- health. “I’m normally very positive, very imagining it.” dren, and then to take her dogs for walk bubbly and cheerful,” she said, “but I – Reyna Robles, patient, and help her kids with homework. Before felt like a shadow of my former self. All I Stanford Hospital & Clinics bedtime, she’d fit in a good work out. could think about was my chest pain.” By winter, she’d become desperate for help She wasn’t one to complain, either, ex- and went online to find it. She connected Similarly, Tremmel said, cept the spring day when she suddenly with a group of women who had experi- angiograms catch only felt a pain in her chest as she exercised. enced similar symptoms. One of them blockages in large ves- It was a cramp-like pain, not anything was a patient of Jennifer Tremmel, MD, sels, but patients, partic- like the normal muscle aches Robles Clinical Director of the Stanford Hospi- ularly women, may have expected from her body after vigorous tal Women’s Heart Health program, just a problem like endothe- activity. “I didn’t think I should be feel- celebrating its fifth year in service. lial dysfunction, which ing chest pains,” she said. She wasn’t affects small vessels even 40. Deceptively normal whose failure to work properly can’t be seen on She saw her doctor, who ordered an In Tremmel, Robles found someone angiography. Reyna Robles lived her life to its fullest: job, husband and four kids, two EKG. Everything was fine, Robles was whose focused interest and knowledge dogs and a daily workout. She did not expect, at age 41, to suddenly experience chest pains. told. Nothing was wrong with her heart. of heart disease in women became the Robles came to Stanford But the pain kept coming back, and that key to solving her medical mystery. “For as many do, having been worried her. “Exercise should feel good,” years, the standard medical treatment told no abnormalities had been found. out symptoms, but if a large portion of she said. “It shouldn’t hurt.” She went for women with heart disease was based Yet her symptoms were still there. “We the artery is deeply buried, then there’s back to her doctor, who ordered more on what we know about heart disease decided we’d look harder,” Tremmel said. trouble. Again, however, this physical tests. Still nothing, she was told. Soon, in men,” Tremmel said. “That’s really “We did all this extra testing to see if abnormality often doesn’t show up on an she started feeling the pain even when confounded things. In the past 30 years, we might find something that had been angiogram. she wasn’t exercising. “I intuitively knew we’ve learned a lot about how women missed on her original angiogram.” something wasn’t right,” she said. Still, differ from men, but there’s a lot we still Not only did Robles have a myocardial none of the doctors she saw could discern don’t know. Just getting physicians to Tremmel discovered that Robles had a bridge, but she also had endothelial dys- have a broader concept physical anomaly called a myocardial function within the bridge. This dysfunc- of symptoms, and what bridge, where an artery that normally tion causes an artery to constrict when it constitutes coronary ar- sits on top of the heart actually dives should dilate. “There were a lot of physi- tery disease in women, down into the heart muscle. Such ologic dynamics going on in that bridge,” is a challenge.” bridges are not uncommon, and most Tremmel said. The first approach for people can live their entire lives with- Robles’ treatment was standard: use Robles is a classic exam- medications to slow the ple of the challenge, in heart rate enough to al- several ways. Her first low blood to flow through EKG, stress test and the artery, even though it angiogram were deemed was squeezed inside the normal. “What we have heart muscle. That didn’t found is that stress work. Nor did Robles’ ef- tests, and even angio- forts to minimize stress, grams, may not always another tool to reducing identify the problem in symptoms.
Norbert von der GroebenNorbert a woman’s heart”, Trem- von der GroebenNorbert mel said. “If a lack of Trouble uncovered blood flow through the entire thickness of the Finally, with no other op- heart muscle is needed tions left, Tremmel began to have a positive stress to consider a surgery to test, those patients with release the artery from After many frustrating visits to doctors who told her they could find nothing symptoms from a lack As she recovers from surgery to reroute an artery covered by heart muscle, the muscle. “The surgery wrong, Robles found Jennifer Tremmel, MD, who leads the Women’s Heart of blood flow to only Robles has returned with gusto to cooking, much to the appreciation of her itself isn’t complicated,” Health at Stanford program. the inner most lining husband, Martin. she said, “but it is open 10 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 special feature
Heart attack symptoms women should know Chest pain is the classic signal of heart failure, but that can also feel like · Check your cholesterol at age 20 and every five years afterwards pressure, tightness, squeezing or burning. Other symptoms might also be · Childhood obesity and diabetes raise the risk for heart disease at a young part of an attack in a woman. age · shortness of breath · Don’t smoke · nausea or vomiting · Be physically active. Aim for 30 minutes every day of moderate intensity · arm or shoulder pain, usually left-sided but may be right-sided exercise. · pain in neck, jaw, back or abdomen Diagnostic tests to consider · fatigue Sometimes, more than one test is necessary to determine if you have heart Preventing a heart attack disease. The options include: A healthy diet, appropriate weight and daily exercise routine reduce your · blood test chances of heart disease. Other steps to take include: · an EKG to measure the heart’s electrical activity · Know your family’s heart health history · chest x-ray, echocardiography, MRI, CT · Check your blood pressure regularly · a stress test measure your heart at work
For more information about Women’s Heart Health at Stanford, visit womensheart.stanfordhospital.org or phone 650.736.0516
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heart surgery where you open the chest ter of learning how to do these things and expose the heart. It’s a big deal. But Robles’ heart function was and taking the time. It is more time con- impaired by a physical anomaly for patients who have a poor quality of suming than a simple angiogram.” called a myocardial bridge, where life, and you can’t find any other way, it’s an artery is enveloped by heart a viable option.” muscle. When the heart muscle “ We pride ourselves in taking the time to really figure out what’s “ What we have found is that stress contracts, blood flow through that artery is constricted, too. On the going on, and not just saying there tests, and even angiograms, may (left), a contracted heart; on the are no blockages.” not always identify the problem.” (right), a relaxed heart. – Jennifer Tremmel, MD, Clinical Director, – Jennifer Tremmel, MD, Clinical Director, Women’s Heart Health at Stanford Women’s Heart Health at Stanford diovascular surgeon Michael Fishbein, I will never stop being grateful. I am MD, made the repair to Robles’ heart. blessed every day. It can be difficult to Beyond accurate diagnosis, she said, Before the final decision was made, find a doctor willing to listen. Dr. Trem- “you also have to stick with your pa- Tremmel wanted to do one more test. Less than a month after her surgery, mel never ever gave up.” tients. There’s no magic bullet to make She inserted a wire into Robles’ artery, Robles was taking small but steady them feel better. It’s a multi-factorial while stressing her heart with medica- steps toward a more active life. After “We pride ourselves in taking the time approach of using medications that im- tion, to measure the pressure and flow, so many months of living with fear to really figure out what’s going on,” prove symptoms, as well as encouraging on that one particular part of her and uncertainty, Robles’ belief in the Tremmel said, “and not just saying there lifestyle changes and stress reduction.” heart’s anatomy. “The test proved that strength of her repaired heart has been are no blockages, that everything must the bridge was definitely the problem,” helped along by Tremmel’s gentle en- be fine. The technique we use in the “The Stanford Women’s Heart Health Tremmel said. Tremmel’s colleague, car- couragements. Robles worried aloud at cath lab, for instance, is available to any program staff includes a psychologist,” a recent exam about some physician out there, but it’s really a mat- Tremmel said. “There’s a great deal of enthusiastic laughing she’d emotional stress that done with one of her daugh- comes along with ters, so exuberant that her having these symp- chest began to hurt. Trem- toms that nobody mel pressed her stethoscope could explain for a against Robles’ chest for a long time. That in it- close listen. self is a huge burden. A lot of women come
Norbert von der GroebenNorbert “It sounds like a happy to us with years of heart,” said Tremmel. “You having people tell can laugh as much as you them, ‘There’s noth- want.” ing there.’ They doubt themselves Re-entry and have really been affected by that. I Until she was treated at Stanford, Robles had found it more and more “I’m so very grateful to her,” think addressing all difficult to do even the simplest of tasks. This Christmas, with her heart Robles said, “and to my Since her surgery, and with an understanding of what caused her chest pains, these factors is im- issue resolved, she’s back in action. whole care team at Stanford. the stress and anxiety Robles once felt diminishes with each day. portant.”
Stanford Hospital & Clinics is known worldwide for advanced treatment of complex disorders in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer treatment, neurosciences, surgery, and organ transplants. It is currently ranked No. 17 on the U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” list and No. 1 in the San Jose Metropolitan area. Stanford Hospital & Clinics is internationally recognized for translating medical breakthroughs into the care of patients. The Stanford University Medical Center is comprised of three world renowned institutions: Stanford Hospital & Clinics, the Stanford University School of Medicine, the oldest medical school in the Western United States, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, an adjacent pediatric teaching hospital providing general acute and tertiary care. For more information, visit http://stanfordhospital.org/. January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 11 NEWS ALLIED ARTS Tissier heads Board of Supervisors GUILD At its first meeting of 2012, PEOPLE that is working to change kin- 75 ARBOR RD - MENLO PARK the San Mateo County Board of N dergarten through 12th-grade Supervisors on Jan. 10 appoint- education using new technolo- plate,” she said. ed Adrienne Tissier to serve as gies. He has served on the She announced a change in board president for the next 12 Woodland Board of Trustees how the board will do business. months. since 2009. It will take on budget and policy This is the Woodland is issues in the morning and land- second time a private pre- use issues in the afternoon. That she has served school through should reduce time members of as president eighth-grade the public wait to hear a particu- since she took school in Lad- lar issue, a board spokesperson office in 2005. era with 260 said. Also, the board plans more She is in her students. workshops around substantive second term “We are at issues. as District 5 Andrienne a pivotal point Tim Brady Tissier Ms. Tissier served two terms supervisor. in the school’s on the City Council in Daly City Supervisor Don Horsley, who 30-year history, with many of before her election to the Board is serving his second year repre- the decisions that the board ÀÌÃ>Ê- «ÊEÊ-ÌÕ`ÃUÊ-ViVÊ>À`ià of Supervisors. In addition to senting District 3, was appointed makes this year determining the ÃÌÀV>ÊÀV ÌiVÌÕÀiÊUÊ ÛiÌÃÊEÊ iiÌ}Ê>VÌià board president, she will serve the board’s vice president. future of the school,” said John as chair of the Metropolitan Mr. Horsley joined Ms. Tis- Ora, the head of school. ÀÊÀiÊ`iÌ>Ã]Ê«i>ÃiÊÃiiÊÕÀÊÜiLÃÌi\ Transportation Commission sier in praising outgoing board Prior to his work with Imagine ÜÜÜ°>i`>ÀÌÃ}Õ`°À}Ê"ÀÊ >ÊÈxä®ÊÎÓÓÓ{äx and chair of the Joint Powers president Carole Groom for K12, Mr. Brady was the chief Board that oversees Caltrain. cp café primavera (650) 321-8810 her leadership in the past year, executive officer of Questbridge, during which the board enacted an Internet-based nonprofit budget cuts and approved plans Tim Brady chairs organization that connects high- for a new county jail. Woodland School board achieving, low-income students Ms. Tissier said the main Woodland School parent with top colleges and universi- issues the board will grapple Tim Brady of Portola Valley ties. with in 2012 include the county’s was named chair of Woodland Mr. Brady also worked at ongoing structural budget defi- School’s board of trustees in the Yahoo!, where he held several cit, realignment, and further- fall, replacing David Spreng, positions, the last of which was ing opportunities for economic who had served on the board chief product officer, and at Good for Business. Good for You. development. since 2006. Motorola in Tokyo. He has an Community “It’s going to be a bit daunting Mr. Brady is a founding part- MBA from Harvard University Good for the . because we still have a lot on our ner of Imagine K12, a company See PEOPLE, page 16
12 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 COMMUNITY Anne R. Veal Project Read tutor training Anne R. Veal Passed away at her home of 42 of Lakehead, California, years, on December 28th, 2011. Born Anne Louise Rory Veal of McCall, Registration is under way meeting for tutors who have Rosello of Newton, Massachusetts. A resident Idaho, Victoria George of for Project Read-Menlo Park’s started meeting with their stu- of northern California for 56 years. An avid Durham, North Carolina, tutor training sessions set to dents, giving them a chance to volunteer at Filoli in Woodside for 35 years, she and Candyce Veal of begin on Tuesday, Jan.24. compare notes and seek advice remained an organizational whiz even when the London, England; niece The nonprofit program trains on specific issues they may have advent of computers made her step up her game. Nancy Cottura, nephews volunteers to help local adults encountered. The follow-up Anne retained her sharp wits, solving the New Mark Rosello and Steven learn how to read, or improve will be an evening session, but York Times crossword puzzle daily, in ink, right Rosello, extended family, their reading, writing and the date has yet to be deter- to the end. Anne had many friends near and far and “grand dogs”. Anne was a delight to all who speaking skills, and attain their mined. who appreciated her caring nature. In the words knew her, and will be greatly missed. Anne will be educational and vocational Those interested in being of one, “Anne will be remembered as funny, witty, buried alongside her loving husband of 37 years, goals. Project Read always has a tutor but who can’t attend intelligent, and always elegant”. Anne is survived by Hon. Harlan K. Veal, whom she had missed for the a long waiting list of would-be the next scheduled sessions her children Kevin O’Meara of Portland, Oregon, past 9 years. In lieu of flowers, donations may be students eager to learn, and the can receive DVD training and Megan O’Meara of San Jose, and Ellen O’Meara of made to Filoli, the San Mateo County Historical program welcomes new volun- resource material through the Seattle, Washington; and stepchildren Chris Veal Association, or the organization of your choice. teer tutors. Project Read office at the Menlo PAID OBITUARY No experience is necessary, Park Library at 800 Alma St. and tutors and their students The nonprofit program has set their own hours. Materials provided free tutoring to more are supplied by Project Read. than 2,000 local residents since Ladera Community Church Training sessions are held at its founding in 1985. the Menlo Park Library. The For more information or to Jan. 24 session is from 5:30 to register for the tutor training Preschool 8:30 p.m., and is followed by a sessions, call 330-2525, email Saturday, Jan. 28, session from [email protected] or 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. go to projectreadmenlopark. A final session is a follow-up org. Open House Saturday, January 28th Kathleen Rae Hall 10:00-11:00 AM Sept. 25, 1948-Jan. 3, 2012 LCC Preschool offers play-based, developmentally-appropriate curriculum; low teacher-to child ratios; large play yards; exceptional staff and is NAEYC accredited. Kathleen Rae Hall died on January 3, 2012. She was born on September 25, 1948 to Andrew Craig and Thelma Aileen Stevens To find out more, contact Director Sandi Snider, 854-0295. and grew up in Los Altos Hills. She graduated from Gunn High School and earned her Bachelors and Teaching Credential from the University of California, Davis. 3300 Alpine Rd., Portola Valley, CA 94028 | 650.854.0295 | www.laderapreschool.org Kathy was a dedicated teacher for 19 years (primarily in the Mountain View Whisman School District), a loving mother and grandmother for 34 years, and a devoted spouse for 38 years. She touched the lives of so many with love and grace. Kathy is cherished and survived by her husband, Rodney Wayne Hall; her two children, Audrey Kathleen Conway and Trevor Wayne The Jean and Bill Lane Hall, and their spouses, Everett Clark Conway and Laurie Cameron Lecture Series 2011–2012 Hall; and her two grandsons, Carson Andrew Conway and Cameron Andrew Hall. She was predeceased by her parents, Andrew Craig and Thelma Aileen Stevens, and her brother, John Craig Stevens. 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January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 13 COMMUNITY Sanitary district settles Portola Valley scarecrows out lawsuit for $1.4 million By Dave Boyce in Atherton, Woodside, Menlo standing in their field again Almanac Staff Writer Park and Portola Valley. By Dave Boyce he two-year dispute is The district settled to avoid a Almanac Staff Writer over between water qual- consent decree with Baykeeper, ne good thing about ity watchdog San Francis- Mr. Condotti said. “That’s the T whole reason that the district being a scarecrow: if co Baykeeper and the West Bay someone stabs and dis- Sanitary District, with the dis- decided to fight this lawsuit O members you and leaves you trict agreeing to pay $1.4 million rather than capitulate like the to molder on the cold, cold in attorney’s fees to Baykeeper, other agencies.” ground, it’s not the end of the the district’s attorney said in a Baykeeper has settled cases world. You may still not have a telephone interview. with a Burlingame sanitary brain, but with willing hands, a The parties reached a settle- district and four nearby juris- few new clothes and a bit more ment in a conference in Oakland dictions. Baykeeper has not yet straw, you can rise again. on Jan. 10, attorney Anthony responded to a request for an Such is the case at the six- Condotti of the Santa Cruz law interview. acre Spring Down open space firm Atchison, Barisone, Con- West Bay’s system did not just south of the Portola Valley dotti & Kovacevich said. A U.S. experience a sewage overflow Town Center, where at least magistrate judge facilitated the in 2011, Mr. Condotti said. The seven and possibly eight people talks. district had made progress in of the straw are again standing The sanitary district’s board reducing the frequency of its guard over $1,200 in wildflower gave its approval the next night, overflows even before the law- seeds that local Girl Scouts dis- Mr. Condotti said. Under the suit was filed, he said. tributed on the field in October settlement, the district pays no “I think that was pretty tell- in anticipation of winter rains civil penalties and makes no ing” as to what might happen at that have yet to arrive. This admission of guilt, he said. trial if the issue in question is no week looks promising. Baykeeper’s December 2009 longer an issue, he said. “It was Photo by Virginia Bacon The scouts returned Saturday lawsuit cited 162 sewage over- pretty clear that they weren’t This scarecrow is one of six resurrected by Portola Valley Girl Scouts morning, Jan. 14, and spent a flows in a five-year period that going to get an injunction.” over the weekend after someone vandalized them earlier in January. couple of hours on reassembling Their presence is meant to discourage birds from eating the wildflower ended in 2010, of which 94 Had there been a trial, it would the six scarecrows that had been seeds scattered in the Spring Down open space at 725 Portola Road. were less than 100 gallons. The have been a “methodical, tedious attacked sometime around Jan. district was facing $975,000 in spill-by-spill recitation of the 4, scout leader Tricia Law said. less surefire if it comes to that, lupine. The plan had been to penalties for 21 spills of more evidence” in connection with The 8-foot-tall crosses that Deputy Eric Sakuma said in a celebrate the Girl Scouts’ 100th than 100 gallons that entered the older spills, Mr. Condotti A serve as skeletons are thicker telephone interview. anniversary in March with a Peninsula streams, including said. this time in the hope that they In an act of benevolence that pancake breakfast at the Town will be less vulnerable to being is so far unexplained, an eighth Center, adjacent to what they Support knocked flat, Ms. Law said. scarecrow has appeared. It could hoped would be a flowering Whoever attacked them the be “quiet penance for someone field. The Almanac’s last time engaged in an act of who felt guilty or someone In their previous incarna- print and online misdemeanor vandalism, depu- expressing camaraderie,” Ms. tions, the scarecrows did not coverage of ties from the San Mateo County Law said. scare the birds, as indicated by Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies The native wildflowers, if the vile presence of a bird’s call- our community. have not made any efforts yet to they germinate, will include ing card when it sits somewhere. Join today: SupportLocalJournalism.org/Almanac identify the culprits, but they California poppies, California But hey, judge not lest ye be have methods that are more or bluebells, white yarrow and sky judged. A
The Sequoia Union High School District WOODSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT Woodside Preschool Registration 2012 Board of Trustees Please join us for a Woodside Preschool Orientation and …is seeking applicants to serve on the District’s Visitation, Monday, January 30th from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Construction Bond Oversight Committee (parents only).
4HIS COMMITTEE WILL MEET FOUR TIMES PER YEAR TO MONITOR EXPENDITURES FOR THE Woodside Elementary School District will be accepting building projects of the recently approved Measure J school construction bond. applications for the Fall 2012 Preschool Classes Periodically, the committee will report bond expenditures to the community. February 1st through February 17th, 2011.
Woodside Preschool is a half-day, fee-based program running APPLICATIONS from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Children must be at least 2 years, 9 Applications may be downloaded from the Sequoia District web site at months old as of September 2nd, 2012 in order to apply. Preschool www.seq.org or may be requested from the district office by calling students are placed in either the 2-Day, 3-Day, or 5-Day based on Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Services Enrique Navas at age and availability. Priority is given to children living within the 650-369-1411, ext. 2218. Woodside School District boundaries.
Send completed applications to Interested families are encouraged to attend our Orientation and Enrique Navas fill out an application. Applications will be available for pick up at the elementary school office or download online beginning Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Services February 1st. For more information regarding Woodside Sequoia Union High School District Preschool please contact Lisa at [email protected], 480 James Avenue (650) 851-1571 ext 251 or visit our website Redwood City, CA 94062 at www.woodside.k12.ca.us.
14 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 COMMUNITY Olympian, WWII vet speaks at church With an extraordinary life vices at a free “Introduction to N AROUND TOWN story as told in the bestselling Facebook” event at 3:30 p.m. book “Unbroken” by Laura 22, at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at Little Hillenbrand, 94-year old Louis The program will be shared House Activity Center, 800 Zamperini will speak at Menlo via video Sunday, Jan. 22, at Middle Ave. in Menlo Park. Park Presbyterian Church at its 9:32 and 11:05 a.m. at 700B Facebook recently moved to weekend services on Jan. 21 and Santa Cruz Ave. in Menlo Park its new Menlo Park headquar- 22. (behind Ace Hardware). ters at Willow Road and Bay- Raised in Southern Califor- Visit mppc.org/unbroken for front Expressway and has been nia, he channeled his youth- more information. reaching out to the Menlo Park ful energy into athletics and community. became a world-class runner, The presentation will be ultimately participating in the Spangenberg memorial geared to those who have little 1936 Olympics for the United A memorial service for Ruth experience with Facebook and States, where he met Adolf Hit- Spangenberg, co-founder of the want to advance their social ler. Committee for Green Foothills, media skills. Attendees are During World War II, he will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, encouraged to bring their own served as a bombardier and Jan. 21, at the First United laptops to the presentation. following a plane crash, he Methodist Church, 625 Hamil- Registration is required by Photo by Brad Graverson survived on a raft in the Pacific ton Ave. in Palo Alto. Monday, Jan. 23. Louis Zamperini, 94, in Hollywood in 2010, holding the Olympic torch Ocean for 47 days. He was res- Ms. Spangenberg, who died Email knwachob@peninsu- he carried at the 1984 Olympic Games. cued, only to be picked up by an Oct. 30, taught in the San Mateo lavolunteers.org or call 326- Chang and Adam Tow. They New director at enemy ship and spent the next Community College District for 2025, ext. 222, to register. will attend the free event and Boys & Girls Clubs two years in a brutal prisoner of 25 years, including at Canada take part in a question-and- war camp in Japan. College in Woodside. At Woodside library answer session. Reba Rose is the new direc- Later, upon his return to the Go to tinyurl.com/Ruth-127 The film features Qui Jin tor of program strategy for the United States, Mr. Zamperini for more information and to China’s first feminist is the subject of “Autumn Gem,” a (1875-1907), a radical women’s Boys & Girls Clubs of Peninsula, struggled with inner turmoil leave remembrances on the rights activist who defied tra- according to Peter Fortenbaugh, until he found faith at a Billy Almanac’s Lasting Memories one-hour documentary to be presented at 2 p.m. Saturday, dition to become a leader of a club executive director. Graham tent meeting. website. revolutionary army. Known as Ms. Rose has 25 years of expe- The event is free and open to Jan. 21, at the Woodside Public Library, 3140 Woodside Road in the “Chinese Joan of Arc,” she rience in youth development. the community. Mr. Zamperini Facebook reaches spoke out against oppressive She has served as Beacon direc- will join Pastor John Ortberg Woodside. out to Little House The film was produced and practices, such as foot binding, tor at Visitacion Valley Beacon, live at 950 Santa Cruz Ave. in and demanded equal opportu- which provides services to youth Menlo Park on Saturday, Jan. Facebook representatives will directed by Bay Area Chi- nese American filmmakers Rae nities for women. and families in San Francisco’s 21, at 5 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. be on hand to explain its ser- Visitacion Valley.
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January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 15 FOR THE RECORD TOWN OF WOODSIDE 2955 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062 Menlo Park hit by seven burglaries INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR COMMITTEES Seven burglaries were report- estimate on the value of the in connection with three bur- ed on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in stolen rings. glaries in the 100 block of East BICYCLE COMMITTEE Menlo Park: four on or near A burglar got away with Creek Drive. Of these, the Meets third Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m.; appointed for East Creek Drive, two on Cole- $4,000 in necklace, rings and burglar forced open windows two-year term. man Avenue and one on Gilbert cash in another break-in in the in two of them and used an Avenue, according to the Menlo 800 block of Coleman Avenue, unlocked sliding glass door for The Committee advises and recommends to the Town Park Police Department. police said. In this incident, the the third. Council on the policies for planning, developing, maintain- An unlocked sliding glass burglar cut a hole in a window. A burglary on East Creek ing, and usage of Town’s bikeways system. door figured in a break-in and In another Coleman Avenue Place involved kicking in a theft of jewelry and a small incident, a burglar unlocked doggie door and stealing food. CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH amount of cash from a home in a window but took nothing, Police could not provide details COMMITTEE the 600 block of Gilbert Avenue, police said. on exactly what kind of food Meets fourth Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m.; appointed for police said. There is as yet no There were no losses reported was stolen. two-year term. The Committee advises and assists the Town Council, Plan- Barn-in-the-field question returns for deliberation ning Commission, and staff on conservation, open space, noise, public services and facilities as pertaining to the ele- By Dave Boyce N PORTOLA VALLEY all of these structures would be ments of the Town’s General Plan. Almanac Staff Writer located in less visible places on the couple’s 229-acre property LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL CONTROL COMMITTEE he Portola Valley Planning ning Commission to build a at 555 Portola Road. Meets fourth Wednesday of each month; 5:30 p.m.; appointed Commission on Wednes- barn there. The field is off limits for for two-year term. Tday, Jan. 18, will reconsid- The field presents the roadside human habitation because an er the question of whether a barn observer and Westridge neigh- earthquake fault runs under a The Committee advises the Planning Director on applica- should be allowed in a privately borhood residents with a much corner of it. A tions for commercial stable permits, dog kennel permits, owned field of grass located in a loved landmark: the 1,900-foot and exception requests to the private stable regulations. scenic corridor. peak of Windy Hill. From the A public hearing is the second road, the view traverses 100 Former intern OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE item on the agenda in a meet- yards or so of deep grass, often named executive Meets fourth Thursday of each month, 5:30 p.m.; appointed for ing set to begin at 7:30 p.m. in grazed by deer, and rises unin- director two-year term. the Historic Schoolhouse at 765 terrupted to the sky, climbing Portola Road. ridge upon ridge of cascading Sustainable San Mateo County The Committee advises and assists the Town Council, Plan- The town’s general plan calls seasonal greens and browns. has named Adrienne Etherton of ning Commission and staff in implementing the policies the field a community open The barn is part of a larger San Mateo as its executive direc- and goals of the Open Space and Conservation elements space preserve. The couple who plan that includes a cabana tor, replacing Kari Binley. Ms. of the General Plan, specifically with respect to acquisition own it, Dr. Kirk Neely and Holly and pool, greenhouse, guest Etherton has been with SSMC and maintenance of conservation easements and open space Myers, have applied to the Plan- house and artist’s studio, but for a year, moving from an preservation. intern with the energy program into the administrator role. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE A native of Columbia, Illi- Meets on call of Chair; appointed for two-year term. nois, she graduated with honors from the University of Illinois The Committee advises the Town Council and staff on is- at Urbana-Champaign, major- sues of community public safety, including police and fire ing in industrial engineering. services provided within the Town. After moving to San Mateo in 2008, she became interested RECREATION COMMITTEE in sustainability, studying envi- Meets first Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m.; appointed for ronmental science and taking three-year term. many courses in energy effi- ciency and green building from The Committee guides the activities of the community rec- Fine Jewelry Sample Sale PG&E’s Pacific Energy Center. reation programs. Her recent role as admin- istrator and program man- TRAILS COMMITTEE Third generation Italian manufacturer ager involved her in nearly all Meets second Thursday of each month, 3:00 p.m.; appointed for Four Seasons Palo Alto aspects of the organization, two-year term. including development, event Wed.-Thurs. Jan 25 & 26, 10am - 7pm coordination, program man- The Committee reviews land divisions, subdivisions and agement, and office adminis- conditional use permits for locations for equestrian, pedes- tration. trian and bicycle trails and makes recommendations to the staff and to the Planning Commission. For more PEOPLE continued from page 12 WOODSIDE HISTORY COMMITTEE information Meets second Thursday of each month, 10:00 a.m.; appointed and a bachelor’s degree in elec- for two-year term. please call trical engineering from Stanford University. The Committee advises the Town Council and staff regard- Bitta at Mr. Brady takes the helm from ing actions, policies and plans relating to historic preserva- David Spreng, whom school tion. 516.557.5351 officials credit with helping bringing the school in line with Committees are volunteer positions and serve in an advisory ca- best practice standards for fiscal pacity to the Town Council. planning and financial manage- ment, increasing student enroll- Interested residents may request information and applications ment by 20 percent, receiving Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-12 noon and 1-5:00 p.m., accreditation by the Western from the Town Clerk’s Office at Town Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, Association of Schools and Col- or telephone (650) 851-6790, or through the Town’s web site at leges, joining the National Asso- www.woodsidetown.org. 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January 18, 2012 N The Almanac N 17 Serving Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, and Woodside for 44 years. Ideas, thoughts and opinions about local issues from people in our community. Edited by Tom Gibboney.
Editor & Publisher Tom Gibboney Editorial Managing Editor Richard Hine Another rebirth for Kepler’s? News Editor Renee Batti Lifestyles Editor Jane Knoerle One of the most difficult jobs a publisher must do is stand by the board of directors. Staff Writers when a longtime friend and business leader loses his grip on The store reopened two months later and enjoyed some suc- Dave Boyce, Sandy Brundage Senior Correspondents profitability and eventually calls it quits. cess, but was forced to make drastic changes in its business Marion Softky, Marjorie Mader That is not quite the scenario swirling around Kepler’s model. Although two million books were sold since then, gen- Contributors Barbara Wood, Books and Magazines, but it’s close. Last week Clark Kepler, erating millions of dollars in revenue, it still wasn’t enough to Kate Daly, Katie Blankenberg who has steered this long-time independent bookstore push forward into 2012. Special Sections Editors Carol Blitzer, Sue Dremann through many bouts of tough times, finally decided to retire So with the help of his local “directors” and former Menlo Photographer Michelle Le and turn over the reins to a Park resident and entrepreneur Praveen Madan and his wife, Design & Production EDITORIAL young couple who have had Christin Evans, Clark Kepler made the decision to step down Design Director Raul Perez The opinion of The Almanac some success at rejuvenating and take some time off from the almost impossible challenge Designers Linda Atilano, Lili Cao, booksellers in other commu- of selling real books in a day when the same material is being Shannon Corey, Diane Haas, Paul nities. read on iPads, Nooks and other electronic devices for a frac- Llewellyn, Scott Peterson For Clark, Kepler’s has always been a labor of love, as he fol- tion of the cost. Advertising lowed in the footsteps of his father, Roy Kepler, who opened The next step for Kepler’s will hinge on Mr. Madan and his Vice President Sales and Marketing the store in 1955. Clark began working at the store in 1979 and wife, who have created The Booksmith, an independent book- Tom Zahiralis was in charge when the new Kepler’s opened in Menlo Cen- store in San Francisco, as well as Berkeley Arts and Letters, an Display Advertising Sales ter in 1989. But even before Amazon came along and ripped artist and author lecture series. We hope they can continue Adam Carter Real Estate Manager Neal Fine the guts out of all independent booksellers, there was price- the long-established tradition of making Kepler’s a gathering Real Estate and Advertising cutting competition from Borders and other mega stores that place for the community. Coordinator Diane Martin could sell books for less than Kepler’s could buy them. Clark has promised he will continue to pursue his passion When Amazon was launched, at first it seemed like brick for the Shop Local program advanced by Hometown Penin- Published every Wednesday at sula, a group he co-founded several years ago that helps local 3525 Alameda De Las Pulgas, and mortar stores had a chance, but as more and more people Menlo Park, Ca 94025 clicked onto the Internet, and found out how easy and inex- merchants get their message out and learn new marketing Newsroom: (650) 223-6525 pensive it was to buy books online, it was the beginning of the techniques. As someone who has watched how chain stores Newsroom Fax: (650) 223-7525 end. As Clark said in last week’s story, “We realized six years and mega websites like Amazon destroy local merchants, Advertising: (650) 854-2626 ago that having good books sitting on shelves waiting for cus- Clark is an evangelist for Shop Local programs, which help Advertising Fax: (650) 854-3650 Email news and photos with tomers to come in wasn’t viable.” small businesses connect with local residents. captions to: Another milestone in the life of Kepler’s goes back to 2005, We look forward to hearing about the new plans for [email protected] when the store abruptly closed but was born again after a huge Kepler’s, as we are reminded by this transition that we must Email letters to: outpouring of support from the Menlo Park community, do everything we can to preserve our local merchants or we [email protected] enough to raise $1 million from investors who became mem- risk losing a vitally important part of our community. The Almanac, established in September, 1965, is delivered each week to residents of Menlo bers of what was called the Patron’s Circle and who served as — Tom Gibboney Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside and adjacent unincorporated areas of southern San Mateo County. The Almanac is qualified by decree LETTERS of the Superior Court of San Mateo County to publish public notices of a governmental and Our readers write legal nature, as stated in Decree No. 147530, issued December 21, 1969. Frequent shuttle could Subscriptions are $60 for one year and $100 for two years. help Menlo merchants Editor: As part of the review of the Face- book project at the Planning Com- ■ WHAT’S YOUR VIEW? mission, I am raising the potential benefit of frequent shuttle service All views must include a home address to downtown Menlo Park. I made and contact phone number. Published similar comments on the review of letters will also appear on the web site, Menlo Gateway. www.TheAlmanacOnline.com, and One key to our city benefiting occasionally on the Town Square forum. from the presence of Facebook is connectivity to our established TOWN SQUARE FORUM Post your views on the retail center. While the presence of Town Square forum at Burgess facilities for mid-day and www.TheAlmanacOnline.com after-work recreation are a draw, generally Facebook employees are EMAIL your views to: closer to Palo Alto’s University [email protected] Avenue and have a history of going and note this it is a letter to into Palo Alto from their previous the editor in the subject line. location near Midtown. The ready MAIL or deliver to: availability of easy transport to Woodside Historical Association Editor at the Almanac, our city center can make us more 3525 Alameda de las Pulgas, attractive. Our Regional Heritage Menlo Park, CA 94025. In general, shuttles can serve peak Searsville Lake was created when the town of Searsville was flooded in the 1890s to store water for San demand only (this is most com- Francisco. The lake was a popular recreation area for boaters and sunbathers from the 1950s to the CALL the Viewpoint desk at mon) or be “ready for the custom- 1970s. The road to the lake was near the intersection of Sand Hill and Mountain Home roads. 223-6507. See LETTERS, next page 18 N The Almanac N January 18, 2012 VIEWPOINT
LETTERS situation helps them avoid further cuts and disruptions. Additionally, more local funding er.” The latter would mean that you Blight no longer makes right coming straight to them, rather than through don’t have to check a schedule to see By Jennifer Bestor property taxes. Schools had blithely assumed the weak reed of Sacramento, means less if you can get to Stacks or Borrone, back in 1981 that the state would generously borrowing to deal with the now-annual state you just go, and more importantly, hree weeks ago the California Supreme top up any shortfall to their coffers. Need- payment deferrals. can get back quickly as needed. Court abruptly stopped the redevelop- less to say, that backfill quickly emptied the A significant one-time cash transfer to all This frequency is the tipping point Tment merry-go-round. While Menlo state’s purse. underlying local services should also result at which the shuttle would become Park city officials bid unhappy adieu to a So, while local city governments loudly rue from distribution of the remaining assets of dependable, and popular. A side subterranean revenue stream that allowed the dissolution of their redevelopment agen- the agency. In Menlo Park, $17.7 million in cash benefit is boosted transit for neigh- them to address challenges in east Menlo Park, cies, the county’s school districts see a glim- remains from the last round of borrowing. The borhoods en route. And, of course, I personally am relieved that one of the tight mer of hope. For 20 more years, education new law divides it up based on the underlying shuttles replace single occupancy random twists in the Gordian knot will not get anything near what it’s tax allocations for district properties. autos, i.e. “traffic.” of California public finance has given up, but, from dissolving the Unless redevelopment lobbyists claw this I suggest that the City Council ask been cut. Menlo Park agency alone, Sequoia back via threatened legislative action, the members of the transportation staff For 30 years Menlo Park’s redevel- Union High School District may city of Menlo Park will receive around $1.5 to determine the tipping point for opment agency has consumed the see another $240,000 a year and million; Sequoia High School District, $2.2 attractive shuttle service that will lion’s share of property tax revenue Menlo Park City School District million; Menlo Park City School District, bring a significant portion of the from Belle Haven and Willow Road another $70,000. $750,000; the county, $2 million to $3 million; projected 9,400 Facebook workers — now over $10 million a year. Dissolving South San Francisco’s the fire district, $1.5 million; and so forth. into our retail center. Borrowing against that tax stream GUEST redevelopment agency — with its Are there clouds on the horizon? Of course. The writer is a member of the further leveraged the agency’s ability OPINION $40 million a year in property tax One-time windfalls are an invitation to every Menlo Park Planning Commission. to fund yesterday’s blight-reduction revenue — should release more special interest. I would hope that local school The letter was first submitted to the initiatives out of tomorrow’s tax than $10 million a year directly districts fund one or two meaningful initia- City Council. dollars. Currently, over $63 million of Menlo into that economically disadvantaged district. tives with lasting impact. redevelopment debt is outstanding, with debt- And everything that strengthens education Also, the former rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul Outraged at vandalism service commitments that will consume over elsewhere now directly benefits Menlo Park nature of redevelopment funding for east to scarecrows $5 million annually for another 20 years. — a child who doesn’t have to move into our Menlo Park’s special needs shouldn’t obscure Among the expenditures was $2 million crowded school system for a good education is the importance of addressing them. Our city, Editor: for the city’s gang and drug-related programs, one fewer to fund out of our fixed pot — and acting as our redevelopment agency, has tried I was appalled at the destruction along with other blight-fighting activities. comes with a parent who does not have to add hard to do good things for the “blighted” of the Girl Scouts Project in the And $3 million of the tax stream made it a long commute to the region’s congestion and area. This change offers the opportunity to Portola Valley meadow. What sick through to local agencies — overwhelmingly pollution. engage all Menlo residents openly in under- person did this? to the county and the Menlo Park Fire Protec- While some local districts like Raven- standing and paying for these local high- We must find them and have tion District, which wisely gave up only half swood and Redwood City won’t benefit as impact programs. them replace what they destroyed. their allotted revenues to redevelopment. directly (their increased property tax revenue Speachless! Fewer dollars flowed to our schools — will simply decrease the state’s obligation), Jennifer Bestor writes occasionally about Phyllis Quilter nominally the largest beneficiaries of local anything that stabilizes the state’s financial city and school district finances. Sioux Way, Portola Valley
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