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Transitions 14 Spectrum 16 Title Pages 18 Eating Out 31 Movies 33 Puzzles 70 N Arts The Who keyboardist has Palo Alto roots Page 27 N Sports Gunn grad skis to NCAA cross-country title Page 35 N Home Mommy and tots: Learning to grow their own Page 41 GUIDE TO 2013 SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS
For more information about these camps, see our online directory of camps at http://paloaltoonline.com/biz/summercamps/ To advertise in a weekly directory, contact 650-326-8210
Academics Arts, Culture, Other Camps City of Mountain View Swim Lessons Mountain View Rengstorff and Eagle Parks Early Learning Camp Connection listing Palo Alto Busy Bees & Astro Kids Summer Mountain View We offer swim lessons for ages 6 months to 14 years. Following the Write Now! Summer Writing Camps Adventure Camps American Red Cross swim lesson program, students are divided into one Emerson School of Palo Alto and Hacienda School of Pleasanton open Join us for these half-day camps designed for 3-8 year olds as we have of the 11 different levels taught by a certified instructor. Rengstorff Park their doors and offer their innovative programs: ExpositoryWriting, Cre- fun, participate in games and crafts, and go on fun field trips! Mountain Pool, 201 S Rengstorff Ave and Eagle Park Pool,650 Franklin St. ative Writing, Presentation Techniques, and (new!) Test-Taking Skills. Call View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Avenue http://mountainview.gov/ or visit our website for details. http://mountainview.gov www.headsup.org Emerson (650) 424-1267 Club Rec Juniors & Seniors Mountain View Hacienda (925) 485-5750 Community School Mountain View Club Rec Juniors and Seniors is open for youth 6-11 years old. These tra- of Music and Arts (CSMA) ditional day camps are filled with fun theme weeks, weekly trips, swim- Foothill College Los Altos Hills ming, games, crafts and more! Monta Loma Elementary School, 490 Two Six-Week Summer Sessions Beginning June 10. These sessions are 50+ creative camps for Gr. K-8! Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Sculpture, Musical Theater, School of Rock, Digital Arts, more! One- and two-week Thompson Ave. perfect for university students returning from summer break who need http://mountainview.gov to pick up a class; and high school juniors, seniors and recent graduates sessions; full and half-day enrollment. Extended care available. Financial who want to get an early start. 12345 El Monte Rd. aid offered. www.foothill.edu 650.949.7362 www.arts4all.org 650-917-6800 ext. 0 Foothills Day Camp Palo Alto What will you discover? Foothills Day and Fun Camps, for youth ages Harker Summer Programs San Jose DHF Wilderness Camps Rancho San Antonio 8-10 and 5-7 respectively, includes canoeing, hiking, animal identifica- tion games, crafts, and more- all for less than $5 an hour. Registration K-12 offerings taught by exceptional, experienced faculty and staff. K-6 Open Space Preserve begins February 15th for residents. (February 22nd for non-residents.) morning academics - focusing on math, language arts and science - and Children ages 6-14 can meet the livestock, help with farm chores, ex- full spectrum of afternoon recreation. Grades 6-12 for-credit courses and plore a wilderness preserve and have fun with crafts, songs and games. Hurry, spaces are limited! non-credit enrichment opportunities. Sports programs also offered. Older campers conclude the week with a sleepover at the Farm. Near the cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy 650-463-4900. www.summer.harker.org 408-553-0537 intersection of Hwy 85 and Hwy 280 mountainview.gov J-Camp Palo Alto iD Tech Camps - Summer Tech Fun Held at Stanford Exciting programs for kindergarteners through teens include swim- Take interests further! Ages 7-17 create iPhone apps, video games, C++/ Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC) Palo Alto ming, field trips, sports and more. Enroll your child in traditional or spe- Java programs, movies, and more at weeklong, day and overnight pro- PACCC summer camps offer campers, grades kindergarten to 6th, a wide cial focus camps like Surfing, Archery, Animal Adventure, Circus Camp grams held at Stanford and 60+ universities in 26 states. Also 2-week, variety of fun opportunities! K-1 Fun for the youngest campers, Neigh- and over 50 others! Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way teen-only programs: iD Gaming Academy, iD Programming Academy, borhood Adventure Fun and Ultimate Adventure Fun for the more ac- www.paloaltojcc.org/jcamp (650) 223-8622 and iD Visual Arts Academy (filmmaking & photography). tive and on-the-go campers! New this year: Sports Adventure Camp for www.internalDrive.com 1-888-709-TECH (8324) those young athletes and Operation Chef for out of this world cooking Kim Grant Tennis Academy Palo Alto fun! Swimming twice per week, periodic field trips, special visitors and & Summer Camps Menlo Park/Redwood City iD Teen Academies many engaging camp activities, songs and skits round out the fun offer- Fun and Specialized junior camps for Mini (3-5), Beginner, In-termidate Gaming, Programming & Visual Arts Stanford ings of PACCC Summer Camps! Registration is online. Open to campers 1&2, Advanced and Elite Players. Weekly programs designed by Kim Gain a competitive edge! Learn different aspects of video game cre- from all communities! Come join the fun in Palo Alto! Grant to improve players technique, fitness, agility, mental toughness ation, app development, filmmaking, photography, and more. 2-week www.paccc.org 650-493-2361 and all around tennis game. Camps in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Red- programs where ages 13-18 interact with industry professionals to gain wood City. Come make new friends and have tons of FUN!! competitive edge. iD Gaming Academy, iD Programming Academy, and Theatreworks Summer Camps Palo Alto www.KimGrantTennis.com 650-752-8061 iD Visual Arts Academy are held at Stanford, and other universities. In these skill-building workshops for grades K-5, students www.iDTeenAcademies.com 1-888-709-TECH (8324) engage in language-based activities, movement, music, and improvisa- Nike Tennis Camps Stanford University tion theatre games. Students present their own original pieces at the ISTP’s Language Immersion Summer Camp Palo Alto Dick Gould’s 43rd Annual Stanford Tennis School offers day camps for end of each two-week camp. bothjuniors & adults. Weekly junior overnight & extended day camps ISTP Summer Camp is designed to give participants a unique opportu- www.theatreworks.org/educationcommunity 650-493-7146 nity to spend their summer break having fun learning or improving in a run by John Whitlinger & Lele Forood. Junior Day Camp run by Brandon second language. Students are grouped according to both grade level Coupe & Frankie Brennan. and language of proficiency. Our camp offers many immersion oppor- Western Ballet Mountain View www.USSportsCamps.com/tennis 1-800-NIKE-CAMP (645-3226) tunities and consists of a combination of language classes and activities Children’s Summer Camp taught in the target language. Sessions are available in French, Manda- Students attend ballet class and rehearsal in preparation for the recital Spartans Sports Camp rin, Chinese and English ESL and run Monday through Friday, 8am-3- of either Peter Pan or The Little Mermaid at the end of the two week ses- Spartans Sports Camp offers multi-sport, week-long sessions for boys :30pm, with additional extnding care from 3:30-5:30pm. sion. Separate Saturday classes are also offered. Ages 4-9. 914 N. Reng- and girls in grades 3-6 as well as sport-specific sessions for grades 6-9. www.istp.org 650-251-8519 storff Ave, Mountain View There are also strength and conditioning camps for grades 6-12. Camps http://westernballet.org/documents/summerchildrens.html begin June 10th and run weekly through August 2nd at Mountain View Stratford School - Camp Socrates 17 Bay Area Campuses High School. The camp is run by MVHS coaches and student-athletes Academic enrichment infused with traditional summer camp fun--that’s Western Ballet Mountain View and all proceeds benefit the MVHS Athletic Department. Lunch and ex- what your child will experience at Camp Socrates. Sessions begin June Intermediate Summer Intensive tended care are available for your convenience. Register today! 24 and end August 9, with the option for campers to attend all seven Students obtain high quality training in ballet, pointe, character, jazz, www. SpartansSportsCamp.com 650-479-5906 weeks, or the first four (June 24-July 19). Full or half-day morning or af- and modern dance, while learning choreography from the classical bal- ternoon programs are available. let Paquita. The students dance in featured roles in a final performance. Spring Down Camp Equestrian Center Portola Valley www.StratfordSchools.com/Summer (650) 493-1151 Ages 9-12. Audition required 914 N. Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View Spring Down Camp teaches basic to advanced horsemanship skills. http://westernballet.org/documents/summerpre-intermediate.html Ages 6-99 welcome! Daily informative lecture, riding lesson, supervised Summer at Saint Francis Mountain View hands-on ski-ll practice, safety around horses, tacking/untacking of own Summer at Saint Francis provides a broad range of academic and athlet- Western Ballet Mountain View camp horse, and arts/crafts. ic programs for elementary through high school students. It is the goal Advanced Summer Intensive www.springdown.com 650.851.1114 of every program to make summer vacation enriching and enjoyable! Students obtain high quality training in ballet, pointe, character, jazz, www.sfhs.com/summer 650.968.1213 x446 and modern dance, while learning choreography from the classical bal- Stanford Water Polo Camps Stanford let Paquita. The students dance in featured roles in a final performance. Ages 7 and up. New to sport or have experience, we have a camp for TechKnowHow Computer Palo Alto Ages 13-23. Audition required. 914 N. Rengstorff Ave, Mountain View you. Half day or Full day option for boys and girls. All the camps offer & Lego Camps Menlo Park/Sunnyvale http://westernballet.org/documents/summer_int_adv.html fundamental skill work, position work, scrimmages and games. Fun and enriching technology classes for students, ages 5-14 Courses StanfordWaterPoloCamps.com 650-725-9016 include LEGO and K’NEX Projects with Motors, Electronics, NXT Robot- Summer at Peninsula School Menlo Park ics, 3D Modeling, and Game Design. Many locations, including Palo This is a child’s delight with trees to climb, rope swings, and unpaved Summer at Saint Francis Mountain View Alto, Menlo Park and Sunnyvale. Half and all day options. Early-bird and open spaces. Our engaging and creative program includes time to play Sports & Activity Camp (ages 6-12): This all-sports camp provides group multi-session discounts available. and make friends. Peninsula School, 920 Peninsula Way. Visit website for Www.techknowhowkids.com 650-638-0500 instruction in a variety of field, water and court games. Saint Francis fac- class listings. ulty and students staff the camp, and the focus is always on fun. The www.peninsulaschool.org/pensummerschool.htm (650) 325-1584, ext. 39 YMCA of Silicon Valley Peninsula program is dedicated to teaching teamwork, sportsmanship and posi- tive self-esteem. After camp care and swim lessons available. What makes Y camps different? We believe every child deserves the op- www.sfhs.com/summer 650.968.1213 x650 portunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. Y camp- Athletics ers experience the outdoors, make new friends and have healthy fun in a safe, nurturing environment. They become more confident and grow City of Mountain View Mountain View Summer at Saint Francis Mountain View as individuals, and they learn value in helping others. We offer day, over- Recreation Division Advanced Sports Camps (5th-9th grades): We offer a wide selection of night, teen leadership and family camps. Financial assistance is avail- Discover fun with us this summer through the many programs available advanced sports camps desikgned to provide playhers with the oppor- able. Get your summer camp guide at ymcasv.org/summer camp. Youth with the City of Mountain View Recreation Division. From sports to tra- tunity to improve both their skills and knowledge of a specific sport. camps (ages 5 - 17) run June 17 - Aug. 16 . Half-day and full-day options. ditional day camps, to cooking camps, dance camps and art camps... we Each camp is run by a Head Varsity Coach at Saint Francis, and is staffed Fees vary. 1922 The Alameda 3rd Floor, San Jose have it all! Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Avenue by members of the coaching staff. www.ymcasv.org (408) 351-6400 http://mountainview.gov www.sfhs.com/summer 650.968.1213 x650
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PARKING Palo Alto looks to build new downtown garage Parking shortage prompts city to explore range of options by Gennady Sheyner ITH DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS UP RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM IN ARMS ABOUT A SHORTAGE OF +EN !LSMAN A 0ROFESSORVILLE RES W PARKING THATS LED TO NEIGH IDENT WHO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST BORHOOD STREETS BEING CLOGGED WITH OUTSPOKEN CRITICS OF THE DOWNTOWN PARKED CARS 0ALO !LTO OFFICIALS ARE PARKING POLICIES CALLED HIS NEIGH CONSIDERING A SLEW OF SOLUTIONS IN BORHOOD THE CITYS hBIGGEST PUBLIC CLUDING MORE SPOTS FOR PERMIT HOLDERS PARKING LOTv AND URGED THE CITY NOT AT TWO CITY GARAGES A VALET PROGRAM AT TO GIVE DEVELOPERS ANY CONCESSIONS ANOTHER GARAGE PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND A NEW h7E HAVE BEEN GIVING MULTI
Veronica Weber PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE JOINT MILLION DOLLAR GRANTS TO DEVELOPERS LY DEVELOPED BY THE CITY AND ONE OF WHO DONT NEED IT OR DESERVE IT AND DOWNTOWNS MOST PROLIFIC DEVELOPERS THE NEIGHBORS ARE PAYING FOR THAT v 4HE #ITY #OUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO !LSMAN SAID REFERRING TO EXCEPTIONS DISCUSS -ONDAY THESE PROPOSALS FOR THAT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING ALLEVIATING ONE OF THE CITYS MOST SPACES REQUIRED AT NEW BUILDINGS ‘And ... cut!’ Hollywood comes to Palo Alto URGENT AND PUZZLING PROBLEMS 4HE /NE OF THE IDEAS THAT THE COUNCIL Director Mike Judge, center, talks with actresses Lindsey Broad, right, and Angela Trimbur, far right, COUNCIL UNDERSCORED THE ISSUES GROW IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER -ONDAY while shooting the pilot episode of a TV show about Silicon Valley for HBO on University Avenue in ING PROFILE LAST MONTH WHEN IT MADE IS A PROPOSAL BY DEVELOPER #HARLES Palo Alto on Tuesday. hFUTURE OF DOWNTOWN AND #ALIFORNIA h#HOPv +EENAN TO HELP THE CITY BUILD !VENUEv ONE OF ITS THREE PRIORITIES FOR A GARAGE NEAR HIS SOON TO BE CON 4HE CITY IS ALSO NOW EMBARK STRUCTED OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AT EDUCATION ING ON A BROAD STUDY OF DOWNTOWN TO (AMILTON !VE 4HE GARAGE WOULD GAUGE HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL DEVELOP HAVE ROOM FOR SELF PARKED CARS MENT THE AREA CAN HANDLE OR CARS USING TANDEM OR STACKED 4HE PROBLEM HAS HIT A CRITICAL PARKING 5NDER +EENANS PROPOSAL Board to hire $150K communication officer POINT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT WOULD USE RESIDENTS FROM THE 0ROFESSORVILLE THE TOP TWO FLOORS OF THE FIVE STORY District also agrees to add more teachers at middle, high schools AND $OWNTOWN .ORTH NEIGHBOR GARAGE SPACES OR IF CARS ARE by Chris Kenrick HOODS PERSISTENTLY COMPLAINING STACKED THOUGH THEY WOULD BECOME THAT PARKING SPOTS IN FRONT OF THEIR AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON WEEKENDS COMMUNICATION A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT PROVED BY THE BOARD IN EXPENDITURES HOMES ARE DISAPPEARING 4HINGS ARE AND AFTER PM ON WEEKDAYS OFFICER WILL JOIN THE STAFF OF h4HIS DISTRICT HAS LURCHED FROM MIS WHICH ADD TO ITS ROUGHLY MIL EXPECTED TO GET EVEN WORSE IN THE +EENAN PROPOSES HAVING THE CITY A THE 0ALO !LTO 5NIFIED 3CHOOL HANDLED CRISIS TO MISHANDLED CRISIS LION OPERATING BUDGET COMING YEARS AS A NUMBER OF DOWN CONTRIBUTE MILLION TOWARD CON $ISTRICT FOLLOWING THE 0ALO !LTO WITH NO TRANSPARENCY AND NO ACCOUNT 4HE LARGEST CHUNK TOWN DEVELOPMENTS PROCEED THROUGH STRUCTION OF THE NEW GARAGE WITH HIS "OARD OF %DUCATIONS UNANIMOUS ABILITY v PARENT 4RISH $AVIS SAID WILL GO TOWARD BOOSTING PRINCIPALS THE CITYS APPROVAL PROCESS COMPANY TAKING CARE OF THE BALANCE VOTE 4UESDAY NIGHT AS PART OF A h.O AMOUNT OF 02 IS GOING TO DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM PER STU .EILS "UCHANAN A RESIDENT OF OF THE PROJECT WHICH HE EXPECTS TO MILLION BUDGET APPROVAL CLEAN UP THAT MESS 7ILL YOU CON DENT TO PER STUDENT 4HE FUNDS GO $OWNTOWN .ORTH ADDRESSED THE COST ABOUT MILLION ACCORDING TO -EMBERS SAID THE POSITION IS NEED TINUE TO SERVE THE HEAR NO EVIL SEE TOWARD CLASSROOM SUPPORT SUPPLIES COUNCIL LAST -ONDAY ON THE TOPIC HIS PROPOSAL ED TO PROVIDE hTIMELY INFORMATION NO EVIL CROWD BY SHOVING PROBLEMS SUPPORT STAFF AND NEW PROGRAMS h4HE IMPACT OF EVER INCREASING +EENANS BUILDING IS ONE OF AND TRANSPARENCYv TO A PUBLIC MAK UNDER THE RUG v 4HE BOARD ALSO ALLOCATED FUNDS PARKING IS VERY OBVIOUS TO US v HE ABOUT A DOZEN DOWNTOWN DEVEL ING A HIGH VOLUME OF INFORMATION RE "OARD MEMBER "ARB -ITCHELL NOT TO HIRE A NEW TEACHER AT EACH OF THE SAID AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REACH OPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER QUESTS TO AN OVERWHELMED STAFF ED THAT THE DISTRICT EMPLOYED A PUB DISTRICTS MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH ING A hSATURATIONv POINT WHEN IT CONSTRUCTION OR GOING THROUGH THE "UT CRITICS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LIC INFORMATION OFFICER IN THE PAST SCHOOLS AND TO BOOST RESOURCES FOR COMES TO PARKING (E URGED THE CITY PLANNING PROCESS 4HESE INCLUDE CHARACTERIZED THE NEW POSITION AS A h4HE BENEFITS OF THIS POSITION HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING %LEMENTARY TO ACT EXPEDITIOUSLY THE ,YTTON 'ATEWAY PROJECT AT POORLY TIMED PUBLIC RELATIONS PLOY TO WILL BECOME EVIDENT TO EVERY MEM SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE MORE h7E HOPE THE #ITY #OUNCIL WILL !LMA 3TREET AND ,YTTON !VENUE HIDE PROBLEMS INCLUDING THOSE AS BER OF THE COMMUNITY OVER TIME v COACHING AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT GIVE US A DEFINITIVE SOLUTION AS YOU THE NEW HOTEL SLATED FOR THE #ASA SOCIATED WITH A RECENT REPORT AGAINST -ITCHELL SAID 3OME OF THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS DID TO #OLLEGE 4ERRACE v "UCHANAN /LGA SITE ON (AMILTON AND %MER THE DISTRICT BY THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 4HE NEW COMMUNICATIONS POSITION SAID REFERRING TO A NEIGHBORHOOD 2IGHTS IN THE CASE OF THE BULLYING OF WAS ONE OF BUDGET ALLOCATIONS AP (continued on page 7) NEXT TO 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY THAT HAS A (continued on page 7)
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Learn the Guitar this Spring Upfront Carol McComb’s “Starting to Play” workshop includes
450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK the FREE use of a Loaner Guitar for the duration (650) 326-8210 of the classes.* Regular cost is just $160 for nine PUBLISHER weeks of group lessons, and all music is included. William S. Johnson (223-6505) *“Starting to Play” meets for one hour each Monday night for nine weeks EDITORIAL beginning March 25. Students are encouraged to bring their own guitar, Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) but both nylon-string and steel-string loaner guitars are available. Associate Editor Carol Blitzer (223-6511) ‘‘ Sports Editor Keith Peters (223-6516) Other classes at more advanced levels are also offered. Express & Online Editor A full brochure is available at Gryphon. Eric Van Susteren (223-6515) Arts & Entertainment Editor No amount of PR is going to clean Rebecca Wallace (223-6517) Assistant Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6521) up that mess. Spectrum Editor Tom Gibboney (223-6507) ‘‘ — Trish Davis, parent, on the Palo Alto school Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Chris Stringed Instruments Kenrick (223-6512), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) district hiring a new $150K communication officer. Since 1969 Editorial Assistant/Intern Coordinator See story on page 3. Elena Kadvany (223-6519) 650U493U2131 Staff Photographer Veronica Weber (223-6520) Contributors Andrew Preimesberger, Dale F. ,AMBERT !VENUE s 0ALO !LTO Bentson, Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Tyler Hanley, Iris Harrell, Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Karla Kane, www.gryphonstrings.com Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Jeanie K. Smith, Susan Tavernetti Editorial Interns Rebecca Duran, Ranjini Raghunath ADVERTISING Around Town Vice President Sales & Advertising Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) SNUFFED OUT ... Visitors to Palo reduce street sweeping in residential Multimedia Advertising Sales Alto’s small downtown parks might and light-commercial areas to every Christine Afsahi (223-8582), Adam Carter (223- 6573), Elaine Clark (223-6572), Connie Jo Cotton be surprised to learn that there is a other week in non-leaf season (March (223-6571), Janice Hoogner (223-6576), Wendy smoking problem. But the city has through October) and hire a contrac- Suzuki 223-6569), Brent Triantos (223-6577), Real Estate Advertising Sales apparently been getting complaints tor to perform this service. Under this Neal Fine (223-6583), Carolyn Oliver (223-6581), from some residents in the famously option, downtown and California Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) health-conscious city about the high Avenue would continue to get swept Inside Advertising Sales David Cirner (223-6579), Irene Schwartz (223-6580) level of smoking at small urban parks three times per week. The third op- Real Estate Advertising Assistant such as Lytton Plaza and Cogswell tion would have the same frequency, Diane Martin (223-6584) Plaza. According to a new report from though it would allocate downtown y By Legal Advertising dwa the Alicia Santillan (223-6578) the city, complaints have focused sweeping to a contractor and leave oa Ba on “environmental quality, litter, fire the residential streets to in-house staff r Presents y ADVERTISING SERVICES B Advertising Services Manager safety and a combination thereof.” (contractors would supplement staff’s Jennifer Lindberg (223-6595) Now, the City Council is considering work during leaf season). Staff is rec- Sales & Production Coordinators CATS OLIVER Dorothy Hassett (223-6597), Blanca Yoc (223-6596) taking action. On Tuesday night, the ommending the third option, which, APRIL 6 - 21 JULY 12 - 21 DESIGN council’s Policy and Services Com- according to the report, “saves money Design Director Shannon Corey (223-6560) mittee will consider banning smok- but balances the need to reduce CABARET GUYS AND DOLLS Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, ing at Lytton Plaza, Cogswell Plaza costs with the desirability of maintain- Scott Peterson, Paul Llewellyn (both near University Avenue) and ing an in-house capability.” They es- Designers Lili Cao, Rosanna Leung SEPTEMBER 13 - 29 NOVEMBER 8 - 17 Sarah Wallis Park (near California timate that the second option would EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES Avenue). This won’t be the first time save about $441,000 annually while Online Operations Coordinator IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A RADIO PLAY Ashley Finden (223-6508) the city considered beefing up the the third option would save $675,000. DECEMBER 26 - 29 BUSINESS city’s smoking rules. In the 1970s and Public Works officials believe reducing Payroll & Benefits Susie Ochoa (223-6544) early 1980s, the city imposed smok- the sweeping on residential streets 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City Like us on Facebook Business Associates Elena Dineva (223-6542), ing bans on theaters, restaurants will not have a significant impact on Mary McDonald (223-6543), Claire McGibeny 650.FOX.7770 Follow us (223-6546), Cathy Stringari (223-6541) and workspaces. In 2008, the city’s residential streets, at least in the non- on Twitter Parks and Recreation Commission leaf season. “The small amount of Tickets are On Sale Today @FoxtheatreRWC ADMINISTRATION Receptionist Doris Taylor considered expanding the ban further, debris during the non-leaf season can www.FoxRwc.com Courier Ruben Espinoza but concluded by a 5-2 vote that the be readily left in place until the follow- EMBARCADERO MEDIA city’s laws are strong enough. And ing week and collected then,” the new President William S. Johnson (223-6505) two years ago, the council’s Policy report states, noting that this is what Vice President & CFO Michael I. Naar (223-6540) and Services Committee agreed with most cities already do. Vice President Sales & Advertising Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) a staff recommendation that the city Director, Information Technology & Webmaster has fallen behind its neighbors when FRIENDS FROM ABROAD ... Twenty Avenidas presents the 6th Annual Frank A. Bravo (223-6551) it comes to smoking laws and that years ago, Palo Alto and Tsuchiura, Major Accounts Sales Manager Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571) it’s time to consider other ordinance Japan, formed a casual friendship Director, Circulation & Mailing Services revisions. Even then, some members based on student exchanges. Four Housing Conference Bob Lampkin (223-6557) were not convinced that smoking is years ago, this friendship became Circulation Assistant Alicia Santillan Computer System Associates a burning issue in Palo Alto. At that stronger and more formal when the Chris Planessi, Chip Poedjosoedarmo time, Councilman Larry Klein noted two became “sister cities.” And in The Palo Alto Weekly (ISSN 0199-1159) is published that he almost never sees people 2011, the ties became firmer still when every Friday by Embarcadero Media, 450 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306, (650) 326-8210. Periodicals smoking downtown and called smok- Palo Alto responded to the massive postage paid at Palo Alto, CA and additional mailing ing “a problem that has virtually disap- earthquake and tsunami in Japan by offices. Adjudicated a newspaper of general circulation for Santa Clara County. The Palo Alto Weekly is deliv- peared from Palo Alto.” sending donations to a relief fund for ered free to homes in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, earthquake victims. On Monday — Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, to faculty and staff households on the Stanford campus and to portions SWEPT AWAY ... 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GOVERNMENT Simitian to be sworn in EDUCATION Sunday as county supervisor Ceremonies in Palo Alto, San Jose for Palo Altan by Elena Kadvany
ORMER STATE 3EN *OE 3IMITIAN WILL OFFICIALLY BE SWORN IN AS THE F 3ANTA #LARA #OUNTY SUPERVISOR AT CEREMONIES IN 0ALO !LTO ON 3UNDAY Architects Design Tolbert Courtesy of -ARCH AND 3AN *OSE ON -ARCH Palo Alto High School’s proposed athletic facilities would consist of two gyms on either side of the 3IMITIAN WHO ASSUMED OFFICE existing aquatic center, connected by a covered walkway. THE FIRST WEEK OF *ANUARY IS SUPPLE MENTING THE TRADITIONAL COMMEMO RATIVE CEREMONY WITH A FILM CALLED h4HE 7AITING 2OOM v WHICH DOCU MENTS HOURS IN AN OVERCROWDED Design of new Paly gym building echoes /AKLAND HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM 4HE CEREMONY IS hAN OPPORTUNITY school’s original architecture TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES WE FACE BOTH HERE IN THE Groundbreaking for donor-funded athletic center projected for 2014 COUNTY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY v Le Michelle by Chris Kenrick 3IMITIAN STATED IN A PRESS RELEASE Joe Simitian !FTER SERVING IN THE STATE 3ENATE ONCEPTUAL DESIGNS FOR A NEW )N ADDITION TO THE GYMS THE NEW PRIVATE SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO FOR EIGHT YEARS 3IMITIAN ANNOUNCED OPMENTALLY DISABLED (E WAS ALSO DONOR FUNDED INDOOR ATHLET CENTER WOULD INCLUDE A NEW WRES HOLD A CANDLEv HIS CANDIDACY FOR SUPERVISOR IN .O AN EDUCATION ADVOCATE HELPING TO C IC CENTER AT 0ALO !LTO (IGH TLINGMULTI PURPOSE ROOM POOL !DDRESSING EQUITY ISSUES RAISED VEMBER AT ,UCIE 3TERN #OM RE APPROPRIATE MILLION IN FED 3CHOOL WILL BE UP FOR APPROVAL BY LOCKER ROOMS AND A NEW DANCE BY ACCEPTING A LARGE DONATION MUNITY #ENTER IN 0ALO !LTO (E WON ERAL FUNDS TO THE 2AVENSWOOD #ITY THE "OARD OF %DUCATION NEXT 4UES AND YOGA ROOM DIRECTED AT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL THE ELECTION LAST *UNE REPLACING FOR 3CHOOL $ISTRICT IN %AST 0ALO !LTO AND DAY -ARCH 0ALY 0RINCIPAL 0HIL 7INSTON BOARD MEMBERS SAID THEIR GEN MER SUPERVISOR ,IZ +NISS FIGHTING THE STATE ON MILLION IN 3CHOOL OFFICIALS 4HURSDAY DE SAID THE NEW ATHLETIC CENTER ERAL GOAL IS hPROGRESSIVE PARITYv 3IMITIAN REPRESENTS $ISTRICT CUTS TO BASIC AID SCHOOL DISTRICTS CLINED TO IDENTIFY THE ANONYMOUS WOULD hTRANSFORM THE EXPERI OF STUDENT EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE WHICH INCLUDES #UPERTINO 3ARATO 3IMITIAN WAS NEXT ELECTED TO THE 0ALO !LTO FAMILY WHO HAS PROF ENCEv FOR STUDENTS DISTRICT GA ,OS !LTOS AND ,OS !LTOS (ILLS STATE !SSEMBLY IN AND STATE FERED A POTENTIAL DONATION OF UP h4HIS WILL CHANGE NOT JUST THE 7ITHOUT THE NEW 0ALY CENTER THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF 3UNNYVALE 3ENATE IN TO MILLION PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE BUT THE FEEL hTHE STUDENT EXPERIENCE FOR IN -OUNTAIN 6IEW AND 0ALO !LTO 4HIS 4HE 3UNDAY AND 4UESDAY EVENTS 3CHOOL BOARD MEMBERS 4UES ING ON THE CAMPUS AT 0ALY FOR DOOR ATHLETICS AT 0ALY WILL NOT IS THE SECOND TIME HE HAS SERVED AS WILL EACH INCLUDE A BRIEF SWEARING IN DAY EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASM FOR THE EVER v 7INSTON SAID BE OF THE SAME QUALITY AS INDOOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR HAVING FIRST BEEN CEREMONY THE FILM SCREENING AND A PRELIMINARY DESIGNS WHICH WERE h)T IS SOMETHING WE NEED AND ATHLETICS AT 'UNN ONCE THE NEW IN OFFICE FROM TO 1! SESSION WITH 3IMITIAN AND h4HE PRESENTED BY ARCHITECT *EREMIAH COULD NOT BE MORE THRILLED ABOUTv 'UNN GYMS ARE COMPLETED v #AS "UT 0ALO !LTO IS WHERE HIS POLITI 7AITING 2OOMv PRODUCER "ILL (IRSCH 4OLBERT $URING CONSTRUCTION MUCH WELL SAID CAL ROOTS ARE 4HE OATH OF OFFICE WILL BE OFFICIAL 7ITH ARCHITECTURAL ECHOES OF OF 0ALYS ATHLETIC PROGRAM AND h-Y GOAL IS NOT HOW MUCH 3IMITIAN IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT LY ADMINISTERED BY 53 2EP !NNA THE OLDER BUILDINGS ON 0ALYS PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES WOULD MONEY IS PUT INTO EACH CAMPUS WHOSE POLITICAL CAREER CAN BE TRACED ' %SHOO IN 0ALO !LTO AND BY 3ANTA CAMPUS THE FACILITY WOULD IN BE OPERATED FROM PORTABLE CLASS BUT THAT WE HAVE A PARITY OF EXPE BACK TO 0ALO !LTO (IGH 3CHOOL #LARA #OUNTY "OARD OF 3UPERVISORS CLUDE TWO NEW GYMS ON EITHER ROOMS NOW SITUATED IN THE QUAD RIENCE IN VOLLEYBALL IN BASKETBALL WHEN HE WAS ELECTED STUDENT BODY 0RESIDENT +EN 9EAGER IN 3AN *OSE SIDE OF THE EXISTING AQUATIC CEN OFFICIALS SAID IN YOGA AND OF COURSE IN ALL OUR PRESIDENT IN 4HE 0ALO !LTO CEREMONY WILL BE TER THAT WOULD BE CONNECTED BY 4HE PORTABLES NOW IN USE BY CORE ACADEMICS )T SHOULD BE AN !T YEARS OLD 3IMITIAN BE HELD AT THE 0ALO !LTO #HILDRENS A COVERED WALKWAY EVOKING THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS WILL BE EQUAL EXPERIENCEv CAME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO UPSET 4HEATRE AT -IDDLEFIELD 2OAD OPEN AIR HALLWAY WHICH NOW CON VACATED WHEN A NEW TWO STORY "OARD MEMBER "ARB -ITCHELL AN INCUMBENT FOR A SCHOOL BOARD AT AM 4HE 3AN *OSE EVENT WILL NECTS 0ALYS 4OWER "UILDING WITH CLASSROOM BUILDING OPENS OVER ALLUDED TO A HIGH AND GROWING DE SEAT (E SERVED ON THE 0ALO !LTO TAKE PLACE AT THE #OUNTY 'OVERN (AYMARKET 4HEATRE THE WINTER BREAK IN $ECEMBER MAND FOR INDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES 5NIFIED 3CHOOL $ISTRICT "OARD OF MENT #ENTER "OARD #HAMBERS AT 4HE PROPOSED CENTER ON THEY SAID AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS %DUCATION FROM TO IN 7EST (EDDING 3T AT AM AN ACCELERATED TIMETABLE BE 2ESPONDING TO THE ARCHITECTS 7HEN 0ALYS EXISTING GYMS CLUDING A STINT AS PRESIDENT "OTH EVENTS WILL BE FREE BUT SEAT CAUSE OF THE PROSPECTIVE DONA DRAWINGS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WERE BUILT hTHE ONLY INTER CONFER (IS NEXT VENTURE WAS THE 0ALO ING IS LIMITED 2ESERVATIONS CAN BE TION WOULD HAVE A *UNE -ELISSA "ATEN #ASWELL SAID h)F ENCE SPORTS FOR GIRLS WERE TENNIS !LTO #ITY #OUNCIL ON WHICH HE MADE AT HTTP$ISTRICT&IVEEVENT GROUNDBREAKING WITH OCCUPANCY ITS COMPLETED AND IT LOOKS LIKE AND SWIMMING v SHE SAID N SERVED FROM TO INCLUD BRITECOM N PROJECTED FOR !UGUST 4HE THAT ) DONT THINK ANY DISTRICT Staff Writer Chris Kenrick ING A YEAR AS MAYOR (E SPEARHEADED Editorial Assistant Elena Kad- SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD CONTRIBUTE AROUND US WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD can be emailed at ckenrick@ VARIOUS LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS vany can be emailed at ekadvany@ MILLION A CANDLE ) DONT THINK ANY OF THE paweekly.com. 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IS hHARD FOR A LOT OF REASONS &ORE "OARD MEMBERS APPEARED TO AC EDUCATION MOST IS THAT BULLYING IS A DARK PART CEPT 3KELLYS REASONS TO DELAY THE OF OUR COLLECTIVE HUMAN NATURE AND BULLYING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT SEV A HARD PROBLEM BOTH ON AN INSTITU ERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOOK ISSUE Bullying recommendations delayed until April 9 TIONAL AND AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL WITH HIS REMARKS h4RYING TO CAPTURE THE COMMUNITY h4HE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS Community interests, ‘changing legal environment’ complicate the work, superintendent says SPIRIT AROUND THINGS AND MAKING IT SETTLEMENT DOESNT REQUIRE A NEW by Chris Kenrick UNDERSTOOD FOR MEMBERS OF THE COM POLICY IT JUST ASKS US TO FOLLOW EX MUNITY IS HARD WORK THAT MUST BAL ISTING POLICY v SAID +EN $AUBER A HE 0ALO !LTO SCHOOL DISTRICT CATION THAT RECENTLY FOUND THE 0ALO INGS MODIFY HANDBOOKS AND COM ANCE OUR LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL COFOUNDER OF THE COMMUNITY GROUP WILL UNVEIL ITS RECOMMENDA !LTO SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD VIOLATED A MUNICATE WITH STUDENTS PARENTS AS OUR LOCAL INTERESTS v HE SAID 7E #AN $O "ETTER 0ALO !LTO WHO T TIONS FOR A NEW POLICY ON BUL STUDENTS CIVIL RIGHTS AND STAFF AS SPECIFIED IN DETAIL BY ! RAPIDLY CHANGING LEGAL ENVIRON UNSUCCESSFULLY RAN FOR A SEAT ON THE LYING !PRIL 3UPERINTENDENT +EVIN 4HE $ECEMBER /FFICE FOR #IVIL THE FEDERAL OFFICE MENT AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS SCHOOL BOARD LAST .OVEMBER 3KELLY SAID THIS WEEK 2IGHTS REPORT SAID A 0ALO !LTO MID 0RINCIPALS OF ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT hARENT ALWAYS ALIGNEDv COMPLI h4HE PROBLEM IS THAT WE FAILED TO 3KELLY ORIGINALLY HAD SCHEDULED DLE SCHOOLS FAILURE TO STOP THE ONGO IN 0ALO !LTO AS WELL AS THE DIS CATE THE ANTI BULLYING WORK HE SAID FOLLOW PROCEDURES THAT WERE CLEARLY THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 4UESDAY -ARCH ING BULLYING BY PEERS OF A SPECIAL TRICTS ADULT SCHOOL WERE TRAINED h7ERE IN THE VANGUARD OF SOME ESTABLISHED IN LAW 4HE LAW HASNT MEETING BUT POSTPONED IT TO EDUCATION STUDENT AMOUNTED TO A 4UESDAY IN A PROGRAM CALLED h#RE OF THIS AS WE WERE A FEW YEARS AGO CHANGED IN THIS AREA SO WE SHOULDNT hMAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT v HE TOLD hHOSTILE ENVIRONMENT v RISING ABOVE ATING A 3YSTEMIC )NFRASTRUCTURE TO WHEN WE DID THE POLICY AROUND SUI PRETEND THATS THE PROBLEMv THE "OARD OF %DUCATION A SOCIAL OR DISCIPLINE PROBLEM TO BE 3UPPORT !NTI "ULLYING %FFORTS v CIDE PREVENTION AND WE WANT TO $AUBER AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF (E SAID THE RECOMMENDATION COME A CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE 3KELLY SAID MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT v HE SAID HIS GROUP HAVE CALLED FOR AN INDE WILL COME AFTER A SCHEDULED hCON )N A hRESOLUTION AGREEMENTv )N EXPLAINING HIS POSTPONEMENT (E SAID HE HOPES FOR A FINAL PENDENT INVESTIGATION OF WHAT WENT VERSATIONv WITH THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL SIGNED BY 3KELLY $EC THE DIS OF THE BULLYING POLICY RECOMMEN SCHOOL BOARD VOTE ON A NEW BULLYING WRONG IN THE BULLYING CASE 2IGHTS A REFERENCE TO THE OFFICE TRICT ADMITTED NO VIOLATION OF THE DATION 3KELLY TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY !PRIL FOLLOWING A DISCUS THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE FEDERAL WITHIN THE 53 $EPARTMENT OF %DU LAW BUT PLEDGED TO UNDERTAKE TRAIN 4UESDAY THAT DEALING WITH THE ISSUE SION !PRIL REPORT N
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EDUCATION School lawyer: ‘We are not rehashing this any more’ District’s attorney calls discussion of bullying case ‘tiresome, distracting, unproductive’ by Palo Alto Weekly staff ALLING THE CONTROVERSY OVER A LOOP v 2EYNOLDS EMAILED 3KELLY WHO HAD BEEN REPEATEDLY BULLIED h)T WAS KIND OF AN AMUSING MOMENT v TRAINING ON DISABILITY BASED HARASS FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION h)D LIKE TO SEE THE DISTRICT SEND !FTER FOUR EFFORTS TO REACH HER BY SHE SAID h4HEY WERE STONE SILENT MENT TO ALL SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRA C A hTIRESOME DISTRACTING AND AN THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE MOVING PHONE AND EMAIL 7EEKLY PUBLISHER 4HEY SAID @7OW /+v TORS IN THE $ISTRICT /#2 IS AVAILABLE UNPRODUCTIVE LOOP v THE ATTORNEY FOR FORWARD 7E ARE FOCUSED ON THE IM "ILL *OHNSON RECEIVED A REPLY h)T IS 2EYNOLDS EXPLAINED TO THE BOARD TO PROVIDE THE FIRST TRAININGv THE 0ALO !LTO SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS AD PORTANT WORK OF DEVELOPING POLICIES OUR FIRMS PRACTICE NOT TO SPEAK WITH THAT THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS ONLY )T CONTINUED h$ISTRICT SITE ADMIN VISED HER CLIENTS TO hSEND THE MESSAGE CONDUCTING TRAINING AND PROVIDING REPORTERS ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS OR RE WANTED TRAINING DONE AT THE ONE ISTRATORS WILL THEN TRAIN THE TEACHERS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARDv NECESSARY EDUCATION 7E ARE NOT GARDING CLIENT MATTERSv MIDDLE SCHOOL THE BULLYING VICTIM AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES WITHIN THE FIRST !TTORNEY ,AURIE 2EYNOLDS A REHASHING THIS ANY MORE WE WONT )N THE ONLY PUBLIC PRESENTATION ON ATTENDED BUT THAT THE DISTRICT WANT THREE MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEARv PARTNER WITH THE /AKLAND LAW FIRM LET IT DISTRACT US FROM THIS IMPORTANT THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS /#2 ED TO DO IT AT ALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS )T ADDED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRIN OF &AGEN &RIEDMAN AND &ULFROST WORK v 2EYNOLDS WROTE INQUIRY INTO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAN "UT IN THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE AGREE CIPALS TO THOSE BEING TRAINED BUT RE MADE HER SUGGESTIONS IN AN EMAIL 3CHOOL BOARD 0RESIDENT $ANA 4OM DLING OF THE BULLYING CASE 2EYNOLDS MENT THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS MOVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL TO 3UPERINTENDENT +EVIN 3KELLY ON AND 6ICE 0RESIDENT "ARBARA -ITCH TOLD THE BOARD &EB THE DISTRICT OF ORIGINAL LANGUAGE WAS h4HE $IS TRAINING AND FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND &EB AFTER REBUFFING REPEATED AT ELL APPEARED TO FOLLOW 2EYNOLDS FERED TO DO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE TRAINING TRICT WILL PROVIDE ANNUAL MANDATORY FORMAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS .EITHER TEMPTS BY THE 7EEKLY TO CONTACT HER ADVICE WITH THE PUBLICATION LAST AND OTHER ACTIONS THAN THE /FFICE FOR TRAINING ON DISABILITY BASED HARASS AGREEMENT WAS LIMITED TO THE ONE AFTER HER &EB PRESENTATION &RIDAY -ARCH OF A GUEST OPINION #IVIL 2IGHTS HAD INITIALLY REQUESTED MENT TO ALL MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL AS 2EYNOLDS ASSERTED 3KELLY FORWARDED HER ADVICE TO EACH PIECE IN THE 7EEKLY 3HE SAID WHEN THE DISTRICT RECEIVED SITE ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHING TWICE IN HER COMMENTS TO THE BOARD OF THE FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS 4HE 2EYNOLDS EMAILED 3KELLY AS THE THE FIRST DRAFT LAST !PRIL OF THE /FFICE STAFF /#2 IS AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE $ISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS WHO WERE 7EEKLY OBTAINED THE EMAIL THROUGH A 7EEKLY WAS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS LIST OF REMEDIAL AC THE FIRST TRAININGv PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND FAMILIAR 0UBLIC 2ECORDS !CT REQUEST CLARIFICATION FROM HER ON ASSERTIONS TIONS IT WANTED TAKEN THE DISTRICT RE 4HE FINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED IN $E WITH THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OFFERED NO h)VE BEEN ROLLING AROUND IN MY SHE MADE AT THE BOARD MEETING THAT SPONDED BY SAYING THEY WERE hGREATv CEMBER REFLECTING THE ENHANCEMENTS CORRECTION TO 2EYNOLDS COMMENTS HEAD HOW WE BREAK FREE OF THIS TIRE CONFLICTED WITH DOCUMENTS RELATED TO BUT WANTED TO DO MORE THAN WHAT WAS 2EYNOLDS DESCRIBED STATED h4HE SOME DISTRACTING AND UNPRODUCTIVE THE CASE OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT BEING ASKED !CCORDING TO 2EYNOLDS $ISTRICT WILL PROVIDE MANDATORY (continued on page 8)
ENVIRONMENT BANS ARE ILLEGAL BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE LEAVE IT AT CENTS FOR AT LEAST TO Plastic bags banned at stores, restaurants THE STATES &OOD #ODE WHICH GUARDS MONTHS AFTER WHICH TIME THE CITY HEALTH AND SANITATION 3AN &RANCISCO CAN REEVALUATE THE PRICING City Council votes to ban plastic bags, require a 10-cent charge on paper bags WITHSTOOD A LEGAL CHALLENGE FROM THE 4HE COUNCIL ALSO MODIFIED THE GROUP WHEN A JUDGE UPHELD ITS BAN STAFFS PROPOSAL FOR THE TYPE OF by Gennady Sheyner ON BAGS A DECISION THAT THE GROUP BAGS THAT QUALIFY AS hREUSABLEv SO HE ERA OF PLASTIC BAGS IS ABOUT BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS AT BAG RESTRICTION 4HE CITY EMERGED AS PLANS TO APPEAL ACCORDING TO #ITY THAT BAGS THAT ARE SMALL BUT DURABLE TO COME TO AN END AT SHOPS AND SUPERMARKETS 4HE NEW ORDINANCE A LEADER IN THIS FIELD IN WHEN !TTORNEY -OLLY 3TUMP WOULD QUALIFY ,ASTLY THE COUNCIL T RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT 0ALO EXTENDS THE BAN TO ALL OTHER RETAILERS IT BANNED SINGLE USE CHECKOUT BAGS 4HE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY ALSO AGREED TO REMOVE A REQUIREMENT THAT !LTO AFTER CITY OFFICIALS DECIDED AND FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS )T ALSO RE FROM SUPERMARKETS DESPITE CONCERNS HAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT 0ALO REUSABLE BAGS HAVE LABELS BRANDING -ONDAY NIGHT -ARCH TO GREATLY QUIRES STORES TO CHARGE CENTS PER FROM SOME GROCERS AND A LAWSUIT !LTOS NEW BAN *AVIER 'ONZALEZ THEM AS ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY EXPAND THE CITYS EXISTING BAN ON PAPER BAG 3TAFF WILL REVISIT THIS FEE FROM THE PLASTIC BAG INDUSTRY 3INCE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AF 4HIS REQUIREMENT WAS REMOVED THE NOTORIOUS CREEK POLLUTERS IN TO MONTHS ABOUT CITIES AND COUNTIES FAIRS FOR THE #ALIFORNIA 2ESTAURANT UPON REQUEST FROM !PPLE WHICH #ONTINUING A TREND THAT THE CITY )N ADOPTING THE NEW BAN 0ALO THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAVE ADOPTED !SSOCIATION ASKED THE COUNCIL TO ARGUED THAT THE NEW ENVIRONMEN LAUNCHED MORE THAN THREE YEARS AGO !LTO IS JOINING A LIST OF ABOUT SIMILAR ORDINANCES ACCORDING TO A EXCLUDE RESTAURANTS FROM THE NEW TAL LOGOS WOULD TARNISH THE LOOK OF THE #ITY #OUNCIL VOTED -ONDAY JURISDICTIONS IN #ALIFORNIA THAT ARE NEW STAFF REPORT 4HE LAWSUIT MEAN ORDINANCE 0LASTIC BAGS HE SAID ITS ICONIC DRAW STRING BAGS MAK NIGHT TO EXTEND 0ALO !LTOS EXISTING CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOME SORT OF WHILE WAS SETTLED WHEN THE CITY ARE BETTER SUITED THAN PAPER BAGS ING THEM LESS LIKELY TO BE REUSED BY AGREED TO CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMEN FOR MANY OF THE CONTAINERS USED CUSTOMERS TAL IMPACT REPORT BEFORE ADOPTING BY RESTAURANTS HE SAID AND REUS h0UTTING AN UGLY LABEL ON A BAG THAT ANY FURTHER BANS ABLE BAGS CAN POSE A HEALTH HAZ WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE CLEAN 4HE NEW BAN WILL APPLY ONLY TO ARD WHEN CUSTOMER USE THEM FOR AND BEAUTIFUL AND SOMETHING PEOPLE News Digest CHECK OUT BAGS NOT hPRODUCT BAGSv THINGS OTHER THAN FOOD WANT TO REUSE IS REALLY COUNTERPRO THAT ARE COMMONLY USED FOR PRODUCE h#ROSS CONTAMINATION AND FOOD DUCTIVE v *ASON ,UNDGAARD !PPLES Tesla delays electric SUV AND SOUP CONTAINERS 4HE GOALS OF BORNE ILLNESSES ARE A MAJOR CONCERN 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PUSHING THE SCHEDULE BACK AND DURABLE REUSABLE BAGS BY RETAIL &ORMER -AYOR 0ETER $REKMEIER ESTABLISHMENT FROM THE ORDINANCE A YEAR CUSTOMERS IN 0ALO !LTO v ACCORD WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CLEAN "UT SHE ULTIMATELY JOINED -AYOR )N A 6ALENTINES $AY PRESS RELEASE LAST YEAR 4ESLA CALLED THE -ODEL 8 ING TO A NEW REPORT FROM THE 0UBLIC UP EVENTS AT THE 3AN &RANCISQUITO 'REG 3CHARFF #OUNCILWOMAN 'AIL hTHE FASTEST SELLING 4ESLA YET v EXCEEDING MILLION IN ADVANCE SALES 7ORKS $EPARTMENT #REEK SINCE SAID HE HAS SEEN 0RICE AND #OUNCILMEN 0AT "URT AFTER JUST ONE DAY *ULIE 7EISS AN ENVIRONMENTAL A DECLINE IN GARBAGE IN THE PAST FEW AND 'REG 3CHMID IN VOTING FOR THE 4HE -ODEL 8 IS AN 356 BUILT ON THE SAME PLATFORM AS THE -ODEL 3 SPECIALIST IN THE 0UBLIC 7ORKS $E YEARS BUT PLASTIC WASTE REMAINS BROADER BAN SEDAN ONLY WITH ALL WHEEL DRIVE AND THE CAPACITY TO FIT SEVEN ADULTS PARTMENT SAID THAT WHILE THE SU 7HILE THESE BAGS ARE CONVENIENT (OLMANS VOTE PROVED KEY AS ONLY 4HE FILING DOESNT MAKE REFERENCE TO THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT ABOUT THE PERMARKET BAN HELPED REDUCE THE $REKMEIER SAID hTHE PROBLEMS THEY FIVE OF NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE CARS PRODUCTION SCHEDULE AND DOESNT SPECIFICALLY EXPLAIN WHY PRODUC NUMBER OF PLASTIC BAGS IN THE CITY CAUSE OUTWEIGH THE BENEFITSv PRESENT FOR THE DISCUSSION -ARC "ER TION HAS BEEN DELAYED THEY REMAIN IN WIDE USAGE )N THE h7EVE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS MAN RECUSED HIMSELF FROM THE DIS 4ESLA HAS BUILT OF ITS -ODEL 3 SEDANS AND HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER LAST TWO CREEK CLEANUP EVENTS VOL BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP v CUSSION BECAUSE OF AN INVESTMENT IN 4HERE ARE RESERVATIONS FOR STILL ANOTHER OF THE CARS 4HE UNTEERS COLLECTED ABOUT PLASTIC $REKMEIER SAID A COMPANY CONNECTED TO BAGS 6ICE FILING STATES THAT THE COMPANY EXPECTS TO BE PROFITABLE BY THE END OF THE BAGS FROM THE CREEKS SHE SAID 4HE NEW BAN WILL TAKE EFFECT ON -AYOR .ANCY 3HEPHERD #OUNCIL YEAR h7E KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM BE *ULY FOR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS AND WOMAN ,IZ +NISS AND #OUNCILMAN (OWEVER IT INCURRED A NET LOSS OF MILLION IN WHICH ADDS CAUSE WERE SEEING IT IN OUR CREEKS v ON .OV FOR FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISH ,ARRY +LEIN WERE ALL ABSENT UP TO MORE THAN BILLION IN NET LOSSES SINCE THE COMPANYS INCEPTION 7EISS SAID MENTS WHICH INCLUDES EVERYTHING )N VOTING FOR THE BAN #OUNCILMAN IN 4HE NEW BAN DREW A SOMEWHAT FROM RESTAURANTS AND DELIS TO FOOD 'REG 3CHMID CALLED PLASTIC BAGS hA 4HE FILING STATES THE COMPANYS RELIANCE ON A MILLION LOAN FROM PREDICTABLE REACTION WITH LOCAL EN TRUCKS )N ADOPTING THE NEW ORDI BLIGHTv AND SAID IT MAKES SENSE TO THE 53 $EPARTMENT OF %NERGY AS ONE OF THE RISK FACTORS FOR INVESTING )T VIRONMENTALISTS APPLAUDING THE CITY NANCE THE COUNCIL STRAYED SLIGHTLY hMOVE MORE STRICTLY AGAINST THEMv AGREED TO THE LOAN WHICH IT USED IN PART FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AND OPPONENTS THREATENING TO SUE IT FROM SEVERAL STAFF RECOMMENDA 0RICE SAID THE NEW ORDINANCE SHOWS THE -ODEL 3 IN AND AGREED TO PAY IT BACK BY 4HE FILING STATES 4HE 3AVE THE 0LASTIC "AG #OALITION TIONS 7HILE STAFF PROPOSED CHARG THE CITYS hCOMMITMENT TO ENVIRON THAT 4ESLA HAS MODIFIED THE AGREEMENT TO REPAY THE LOAN BY N THE INDUSTRY GROUP THAT HAS SUED ING CENTS FOR A PAPER BAG IN THE MENTAL GOALS AND ZERO WASTEv AND — Eric Van Susteren 0ALO !LTO AND OTHER CITIES IN THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN INCREASING IT TO SAID NOT ADOPTING SUCH A BAN WOULD PAST CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN THAT SUCH CENTS THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO BE hIRRESPONSIBLEv N
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Parking Proposed changes to downtown parking (continued from page 3) Cowper City’s proposals to improve SON 3TREET AND A FOUR STORY PROJ St ECT PLANNED FOR 7AVERLEY 3T Ave Ave 4HESE PROJECTS WILL BRING ABOUT parking in downtown Palo Alto SQUARE FEET OF NON RESI Lytton Everett DENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PUSHING THE Build a new garage on High tween University and Hamilton. DOWNTOWN AREA WELL BEYOND THE Bryant St. garage Cowper St. Street between University Av- Having an attendant park cars THRESHOLD FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT garage enue and Hamilton Avenue, would increase garage capacity THAT THE CITY APPROVED IN Wave across from an existing parking by 20 percent but also drive up 2EACHING THAT SQUARE rley structure. With five stories, it permit costs. Ramona St FOOT LIMIT REQUIRES THE CITY TO CON could fit 145 self-parked cars DUCT AN ANALYSIS OF DOWNTOWN AND St or 194 cars using tandem or Free up City Hall parking. By Emerson CONSIDER WHETHER IT CAN ACCOM Bryant stacked parking. It would be launching a program that en- MODATE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT 4HE University Ave jointly funded by city and devel- courages city employees not to St oper Charles “Chop” Keenan. drive to work, city hopes to free CITY PLANS TO SEND OUT REQUESTS FOR High up 50 to 100 spaces in the City PROPOSALS FOR THE NEW STUDY BY THE St City Hall END OF THIS MONTH New garage Ave garage Sell more parking permits. A Hall garage. total of 174 more parking permits 4HE NEW REPORT FROM THE PLANNING lton DEPARTMENT NOTES THAT DOWNTOWN would be sold for the Bryant Identify more sites for garages. Hami Street and Cowper Street ga- Five downtown parking lots are BUILDINGS VACANCY RATES ARE NOW A Ave BELOW PERCENT AND LEASE RATES lma rages, where spaces reserved for being evaluated as possible sites
FOR OFFICES ARE IN THE TO St High/Alma Forest permit-holder spaces are current- for garages: Hamilton Avenue PER SQUARE FOOT RANGE AMONG THE South garage ly underused. Sales would start at and Waverley Street; Gilman HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY the end of this month. Street and Bryant Street; Gilman h-ANY OF THE NEWER OFFICE DEVEL and Waverley Street; High Street OPMENTS HOWEVER HAVE NOT PROVIDED Launch valet-parking program between Hamilton and University Sales of more parking permits for the Byant Street and Cowper Street garages, at the High Street garage be- avenues; and Urban Lane. PARKING TO THE LEVEL REQUIRED BY THE valet parking at the High/Alma South garage, reduced parking for city employees ZONING CODE AS EXEMPTIONS ARE PRO under City Hall, more restrictions on neighborhood parking and a new garage VIDED FOR TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT on High Street are under consideration by the City of Palo Alto. RIGHTS AND OTHER PROVISIONS v THE REPORT STATES h-ANY APPROVED OR Map by Shannon Corey UPCOMING PROJECTS HAVE POTENTIAL TO EXEMPTIONS "UT AS AN OVERTURE TO MONTH A MOVE THAT IS EXPECTED TO ADD TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF OFFICE FRUSTRATED DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS THE REDUCE WAITING LISTS FOR DOWNTOWN SPACE DOWNTOWN OR TO IMPACT DOWN CITY IS CONSIDERING MORE NEAR TERM PARKING PERMITS 4HE CITY ALSO PLANS TOWN OR NEARBY PARKING OR TRAFFICv SOLUTIONS /NE INVOLVES SELLING TO INTRODUCE A VALET PROGRAM AT THE #ITY STAFF PLANS TO INTRODUCE PRO MORE PARKING PERMITS TOTAL AT THE GARAGE ON (IGH 3TREET BETWEEN POSALS IN THE COMING MONTHS TO "RYANT 3TREET AND #OWPER 3TREET 5NIVERSITY AND (AMILTON AVENUES ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE PARKING GARAGES STARTING AT THE END OF THIS 4HIS ATTENDANT PARKING PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE CAPACITY AT THE GARAGE BY PERCENT THOUGH IT WOULD ALSO DRIVE UP PERMIT COSTS Public Agenda !NOTHER SHORT TERM MEASURE IS RE A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week DUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPAC ES IN THE #ITY (ALL GARAGE ALLOTTED CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to meet with the Utilities Advisory TO CITY EMPLOYEES 4HE CITY PLANS TO Commission to discuss the potential expansion of the city’s fiber-optic INTRODUCE A hTRANSPORTATION DEMAND network and the commission’s priorities. The council also plans to discuss MANAGEMENTv PROGRAM THAT WOULD near-term strategies for dealing with downtown’s parking shortages and GIVE WORKERS INCENTIVES TO TAKE AL consider projects for a potential infrastructure revenue ballot measure. The TERNATIVE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION joint session will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 18, in the Council Con- A MOVE EXPECTED TO SAVE TO ference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). The rest of the meeting will SPACES follow in the Council Chambers. !T THE SAME TIME STAFF AND ITS CONSULTANT ARE EVALUATING FIVE OTHER BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will discuss reports from high- DOWNTOWN LOCATIONS AS POSSIBLE SITES school principals on steps toward improvement of guidance-counseling FOR PARKING GARAGES 4HESE INCLUDE services, and will be asked to vote on conceptual designs for a new, LOTS ON (AMILTON !VENUE AND 7AVER donor-funded indoor athletic facility at Palo Alto High School as well as an LEY 3TREET ON 'ILMAN 3TREET AND "RY addition to Paly’s science building. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on ANT 3TREET ON 'ILMAN AND 7AVERLEY Tuesday, March 19, in the boardroom of school district headquarters (25 3TREET ON (IGH 3TREET BETWEEN (AM Churchill Ave.). ILTON AND 5NIVERSITY AVENUES AND ON 5RBAN ,ANE 3TAFF PLANS TO BRING AN COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITEE ... The committee plans to discuss poten- INTERIM REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT tial changes to the city’s street-sweeping program, proposed changes to THESE SITES IN -AY N water rates and the ongoing cost-of-service study. The meeting will begin Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 can be emailed at gsheyner@ Hamilton Ave.). paweekly.com.
COUNCIL POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITEE ... The committee plans to discuss an ordinance banning smoking at three downtown parks; consider the process used to establish the city’s guiding principles and core values; School and discuss potential changes to the city’s annual reorganization meeting. (continued from page 3) The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, in the Council Con- ference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). WILL BE MADE IMMEDIATELY AND OTHERS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss a re- SCHOOL YEAR #HIEF "USINESS quest by AT&T for a wireless communication facility at the Palo Alto Airport /FFICER #ATHY -AK SAID and 411 Page Mill Road, a request by Stoecker and Northway on behalf of )N ADDITION TO THE MILLION IN Norm Schwab for a review of a new 32,542-square-foot mixed-use build- NEW SPENDING -AK SAID SHE INTENDS ing at 441 Page Mill Road. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thurs- IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO PROPOSE A NEW day, March 21, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). MILLION hPROFESSIONAL DEVELOP MENT FUNDv TO BE SET ASIDE FOR A PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to see presenta- THREE TO FIVE YEAR PROFESSIONAL DE tions from Gunn High School and Palo Alto High School students, each VELOPMENT PROJECT FOR TEACHERS AND seeking approval for a mural. The commission also plans to discuss OTHER DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS N artwork donated to the collection and approve funds for collection main- Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can tenance. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, in the be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly. Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). com.
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MEASURE CONTEMPLATED BY THE CITY 4HE ADVISORY COMMITTEE STRESSED A 4HE COMMITTEE WAS TO PRESENT ITS Cubberley 4HE MEMBER COMMITTEE CO SENSE OF URGENCY ON LONG TERM PLANS FINDINGS 4HURSDAY NIGHT -ARCH (continued from page 3) CHAIRED BY FORMER -AYOR -IKE FOR #UBBERLEY WHOSE NEARLY YEAR TO A JOINT MEETING OF THE #ITY #OUN #OBB AND FORMER SCHOOL BOARD OLD BUILDINGS ARE IN NEED OF REPLACE CIL AND THE "OARD OF %DUCATION N SHOULD THAT PLAN FALL THROUGH 0RESIDENT -ANDY ,OWELL WORKED MENT OR SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES 4HOUGH UNANIMOUS ON MOST QUES OVER A NINE MONTH PERIOD TO GENER h+ICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD READ MORE ONLINE TIONS THE #OMMUNITY !DVISORY ATE A LENGTHY MULTI VOLUME REPORT BY RENEWING THE LEASE WITH NO LONG www.PaloAltoOnline.com Matched #OMMITTEE WAS SPLIT ON WHETHER THE #OMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDED OTHER TERM PLAN IS CLEARLY NOT A SOLUTION v CITY SHOULD RENEW ITS LEASE OF #UB FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SCHOOL THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED A summary of the Cubberley meeting, CareGivers BERLEY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS A RANGE OF h)T COULD HAVE THE CONSEQUENCE OF which is taking place after the Weekly’s press deadline, will be posted on Palo FIVE YEARS OR FOR YEARS 5NDER CUR COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS ELIMINATING POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND EX Alto Online. RENT TERMS THE CITY PAYS THE SCHOOL %ACH OF FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES ACERBATING THE EXISTING PROBLEMSv DISTRICT ABOUT MILLION A YEAR ON SCHOOL NEEDS COMMUNITY NEEDS h4HE ARGUMENTS FOR A SHORTER FIVE FACILITIES AND FINANCE GENERATED YEAR LEASE TYPICALLY REVOLVED AROUND DETAILED REPORTS WHICH ARE INCLUDED THE NEED TO CREATE PRESSURE TO GET THE IN THE FULL COMMITTEES FINAL REPORT LONG TERM PLANNING DONE IN A TIMELY 4HE COMMITTEE STUDIED PUBLIC MANNER v THE COMMITTEE STATED JOINT USE PROJECTS IN A NUMBER OF h)T WAS FELT THAT A SHORTER LEASE OTHER COMMUNITIES AND CONCLUDED WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF @PUTTING THE SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE THE COLLECTIVE FEET OF THE CITY AND SCHOOL BEST SOLUTION FOR 0ALO !LTO CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week DISTRICT IN THE FIREv )T RECOMMENDED THAT ANY DEVEL 4HE GROUP SAID IT IS PREMATURE OPMENT BE SCHEDULED IN PHASES TO TO INCLUDE FINANCING OF A LONG TERM PRESERVE PUBLIC USE OF AT LEAST PART OF City Council (March 11) Plastic bags: The council passed an ordinance banning plastic bags at local retail PLAN FOR #UBBERLEY IN A BALLOT THE SITE THROUGH THE PROCESS and food-service establishments and imposing a 10-cent charge on paper bags. “There’s no place Yes: Burt, Holman, Price, Scharff, Schmid No: Berman Absent: Klein, Kniss, Shep- herd like home.” Lawyer BULLIED STUDENT WOULDNT AGREE TO When you, or someone (continued from page 6) A PROCESS CALLED %ARLY #OMPLAINT Board of Education (March 12) 2ESOLUTION WHICH IS AVAILABLE WHEN Budget: The board approved an interim financial report, including the addition of you care about, $2.6 million in allocations toward principals’ discretionary funds, new staffing at the A COMPLAINT IS FIRST RECEIVED school and district levels and technology support. Yes: Unanimous needs assistance... 4HE FINAL AGREEMENT ALSO REDUCED )N FACT /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS Paly construction: The board discussed “conceptual designs” for a new, donor- you can count on us THE REQUIREMENTS FROM MANDATING RULES CLEARLY STATE THAT AT ANY TIME funded indoor athletic facility at Palo Alto High School as well as an addition to the to be there. ANNUAL AGE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION DURING AN INVESTIGATION THE DISTRICT Paly science building, with a final vote expected March 19. Action: None Special services: The board discussed a new policy for identifying and educating We provide Peninsula ON DISABILITY HARASSMENT TO REQUIR CAN OPT TO ENTER INTO A RESOLUTION children with disabilities under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, families with top, ING IT FOR ONLY THE NEXT THREE YEARS AGREEMENT AND AVOID FORMAL AND with a final vote expected March 19. Action: None professional caregivers. 2EYNOLDS ALSO LEFT THE PUBLIC WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING LEGAL FINDINGS THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DISTRICT HAD 4HE DISTRICTS FAILURE TO SEEK SUCH Planning and Transportation Commission Call now NO ABILITY TO SETTLE THE CASE WITH AN OUTCOME COULD BE COSTLY BECAUSE (March 13) (650) 839-2273 THE /FFICE FOR #IVIL 2IGHTS PRIOR TO THE FINDINGS OF NON COMPLIANCE WITH Comprehensive Plan: The commission heard an update on staff’s progress to THE /#2S ISSUANCE OF A REPORT ON FEDERAL LAW CAN NOW BE USED IN LITI amend the city’s Comprehensive Plan. Action: None www.matchedcaregivers.com THE CASE BECAUSE THE FAMILY OF THE GATION AGAINST THE DISTRICT N
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING Law firms protest plan to close Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Palo Alto officials urged to oppose conversion of mobile park into housing complex by Gennady Sheyner CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO TURN AND PAY REASONABLE RELOCATION COSTS 4HE LAW FIRMS ALSO ARGUE THAT 0ALO !LTOS SOLE MOBILE HOME THE LETTER FROM THE LAW FIRM ARGUES CLOSING THE PARK WOULD hWREAK HAV A PARK INTO A DENSE HOUSING DE THAT THIS COULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE OC IN THE LIVES OF ITS RESIDENTS IN LESS VELOPMENT IS FACING OPPOSITION FROM WITHOUT RESIDENTS HAVING TO MOVE TO TANGIBLE WAYSv BY SEVERING THE TIES TWO AREA LAW FIRMS WHICH ARGUED A DISTANT LOCATION THAT HAVE FORMED BETWEEN NEIGHBORS IN A RECENT LETTER TO THE CITY THAT THE h"EING FORCED TO MOVE FROM THE AND ELIMINATING WHAT HAS BECOME A CONVERSION WOULD CLASH WITH STATE 0ARK WILL CREATE A CONSIDERABLE hDISTINCT COMMUNITYv IN 0ALO !LTO LAW AND WITH THE CITYS OWN HOUSING HARDSHIP FOR THE RESIDENTS v THE LET 4HE CONVERSION WOULD ALSO EXAC POLICIES TER STATES h-OST RESIDENTS WILL NOT ERBATE 0ALO !LTOS ALREADY SEVERE ,AW &OUNDATION OF 3ILICON 6AL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE LEY AND THE 7ESTERN #ENTER ON ,AW ELSE IN 0ALO !LTO ONE OF THE MOST LAW FIRMS ARGUE AND WOULD RUN CON AND 0OVERTY WROTE A -ARCH LETTER EXPENSIVE PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO TRARY TO THE CITYS HOUSING ELEMENT PROTESTING A PROPOSAL BY THE *ISSER LIVE WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HOUSING ITS OFFICIAL VISION DOCUMENT FOR HOUS FAMILY WHICH OWNS THE PROPERTY ON SUBSIDIES OR OTHER ASSISTANCEv ING )T URGES THE CITY TO DENY EFFORTS %L #AMINO 2EAL AND DEVELOP 4HE LETTER ARGUES THAT BECAUSE THE TO CONVERT THE MOBILE PARK OR FAILING ER 0ROMETHEUS 2EAL %STATE 'ROUP TO CITY IS hSIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVEDv IN THAT TO ONLY APPROVE THE PROJECT IF BUILD LUXURY APARTMENTS 4HE PRO THE CLOSURE OF "UENA 6ISTA IT CAN BE ITS CONSISTENT WITH THE #2!! AND POSAL THE LETTER STATES WOULD DIS CONSIDERED A hDISPLACING AGENCYv THE CITYS ORDINANCE PLACE HUNDREDS OF THE RESIDENTS AND UNDER THE #ALIFORNIA 2ELOCATION h4HE CLOSURE OF "UENA 6ISTA -O hWREAK HAVOCv ON THE COMMUNITY !SSISTANCE !CT 4HE CITY THE LETTER BILE (OME 0ARK WOULD BE NOTHING OF "UENA 6ISTA A UNIT MOBILE NOTES HAS BEEN FACILITATING COM SHORT OF CATASTROPHE FOR MANY OF ITS HOME PARK ON %L #AMINO 2EAL THAT MUNITY MEETINGS ON THE PROJECT AND RESIDENTS AND IT WOULD CAUSE THE LOSS HAS BEEN PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUS HELPING 0ROMETHEUS FIND A RELOCA OF AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF AFFORD ING SINCE THE S TION SPECIALIST AND APPRAISER 4HE ABLE HOUSING IN ONE OF THE COUNTRYS 4HE PROPOSAL WOULD CONVERT THE CITYS INVOLVEMENT THE LETTER STATES MOST EXPENSIVE CITIES v THE LETTER CO PARK LOCATED NEAR ,OS 2OBLES !V MAKES RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS SIGNED BY ATTORNEYS FROM THE TWO G R E E N B L O T T ENUE IN THE "ARRON 0ARK NEIGHBOR UNDER THE #2!! WHICH APPLIES TO FIRMS STATES HOOD INTO A UNIT HOUSING COM PROJECTS hUNDERTAKEN BY A PUBLIC 4HE PROPOSAL TO CONVERT "UENA L A N D S C A P E I N T E R I O R S PLEX 7HILE LOCAL LAW REQUIRES THE ENTITYv 4HIS INCLUDES hSIGNIFICANT 6ISTA TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX HAS CITY TO TRY TO IDENTIFY hCOMPARABLEv RELOCATION BENEFITS INCLUDING THE HOUSING FOR THE DISPLACED RESIDENTS PURCHASE OF A COMPARABLE HOMEv (continued on page 12)
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PALO ALTO Journey to Easter . #ALIFORNIA AT "RYANT s s WWWFBC PALOALTOORG You Are Invited March 28, 6PM Maundy Thursday Soup Supper followed by Service 11:00a.m. Sunday, March 24th Palm Sunday March 29, 12-3PM Good Friday, Sanctuary Open for Prayer and Meditation 7:30PM Tenebrae Service at Covenant Presbyterian, 670 E. Meadow 11:00a.m. Sunday, March 31st Easter Service March 31, 6:30AM Sunrise Service and Pancake Breakfast at Mitchell Park WESLEY UNITED METHODIST 10AM EASTER WORSHIP CELEBRATION 11:30AM Brunch & Children’s Easter Egg Hunt 470 Cambridge Ave (one block off California) Rev. Jerry Fox
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto (650) 856-6662 www.fccpa.org Holy Week Services
Maundy Thursday, March 28th March 28 6:00 pm Seder Dinner Soup Supper & Communion, 6:30pm, Service of Tenebrae, 7:30pm March 29 Noon & 7:00 pm Good Friday Services Good Friday, March 29th Service of Contemplation, Noon March 31 9:30 am Easter Festival Service Easter Sunday Celebration Worship at 9:30 am & 11:00 am Children’s Easter Egg Hunt Oxford Street Brass & The Hallelujah Chorus after the service! Easter Egg Hunt 10:30am Bethany Lutheran Church An open and affirming congregation 1095 Cloud Avenue, Menlo Park ’ of the United Church of Christ 650.854.5897 www.bethany-mp.org
HOLY WEEK AT ALL SAINTS’ ALL ARE WELCOME
March 24 PALM SUNDAY 8am Holy Eucharist 10am Palm Procession & Eucharist
March 28 MAUNDY THURSDAY Celebrant: Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves 6pm Light Supper 7pm Eucharist with Mandatum
March 29 GOOD FRIDAY Celebrant: Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves Noon Veneration of the Cross & Holy Communion Peninsula Easter 6pm Solemn Evensong of the Burial of Christ Services is a resource for ongoing religious services March 30 HOLY SATURDAY and special events. To 8pm Great Vigil of Easter Let’s Celebrate inquire about or followed by Champagne Reception to reserve space in Easter Together Peninsula Easter Services, please contact Blanca March 31 EASTER SUNDAY Yoc at 223-6596 or email 8am Eucharist [email protected] 10am Festival Eucharist Special Music – The Whole Noyse Brass Egg Hunt & Easter Brunch
All Saints’ Episcopal Church Palo Alto 555 Waverley @ Hamilton www.asaints.org
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Holy Week & Easter ST. ANN ANGLICAN CHAPEL at A TRADITIONAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH St. Bede’s 541 Melville Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 Episcopal Church 650-838-0508 2650 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park The Most Reverend Robert S. Morse, Vicar ! ! Reverend Matthew Weber, Assistant HOLY WEEK 12 noon Foot Washing & Holy Eucharist Child Care Provided 6:30pm Agape meal & Join us for EASTER Holy Eucharist Wednesday, March 27 Palm Sunday 12 Noon Distribution of Palms & Choral Eucharist March 31, 2013 8:00pm-midnight Thursday, March 28 Maundy Thursday 7 pm Choral Eucharist Vigil in the church 10:30 AM Worship 11:30 AM Easter treats Friday, March 29 Good Friday 3 pm The Way of the Cross 7 pm Good Friday Liturgy 1 1 4 0 C o w p e r S t . 650-325-5659 12 noon Communion from Saturday, March 30 Holy Saturday 8 pm Easter Vigil reserved sacrament & www.fprespa.org music approx. 1 hr Sunday, March 31 Easter Sunday 11 am Choral Eucharist 7:30pm Tenebrae approx. 1¼ hr
7:30pm Great Vigil of Easter ST. MARK’S approx. 1¼ hr EPISCOPAL CHURCH PALO ALTO 8:00am Eucharist with Hymns 10:15am Sung Eucharist w/choir Maundy Thursday— March 28 11:30am Easter Egg Hunt V 6:15pm Monastic Supper & Liturgy of the Word followed Nursery available 10-11:30am by Holy Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar Good Friday — March 29 V Noon to 2:00pm Stations of the Cross with Reflections V 2:00 to 3:00pm Labyrinth Stations: A Walking Meditation Covenant V 7:30 to 8:30pm Tenebrae: The Office of Shadows Easter — March 31 Presbyterian V 5:30am Easter Vigil, Eucharist & Baptism Church V 8:00 to 9:30am Festive Breakfast & Family Easter Activities V 10:00am Festive Holy Eucharist 600 Colorado Ave, P.A. (650) 326-3800 March 24 Palm/Passion Sunday 10:30 a.m. Worship www.saint-marks.com Procession of the Palms March 28 Maundy Thursday 6:00 p.m. Dinner and Worship ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH Join Us For at First Baptist Church 305 N California Ave, Palo Alto HOLY WEEK 2013 Holy Week March 29 Good Friday 7:30 p.m. Tenebrae & Scripture readings, music, and the extinguishing of lights comprise this powerful service of Easter The great question of Easter is about us: where are remembrance 8:00 PM EASTER VIGIL March 30 Holy Saturday the tombs in our life that God is inviting us to leave 10:00 a.m. SAT. MARCH 30, 2013 and where is new life rising in us? Join us at Trinity as Children’s Easter Egg Hunt St. Albert the Great 1095 Channing Ave. we celebrate the promise and possibility of new life. Activities to celebrate Easter March 31 Easter Sunday Palm Sunday, March 24: 10:00 am* 6:30 a.m. Sunrise Service EASTER SUNDAY MARCH 31, 2013: at Mitchell Park Bowl Maundy Thursday (The Last Supper) March 28, 6:00 pm* (with simple meal) Sunrise meditation. ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Breakfast follows. 1095 Channing Ave. 10:30 a.m. Worship Good Friday, March 29 9:00 AM (English) A Celebration of the Resurrection 7:00 am, Noon, 7:00 pm of our Lord Jesus Christ with music, scripture, proclamation of OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY The Great Vigil of Easter the Word and Communion. Bring 3233 Cowper St. Baptisms & First Easter Communion fresh flowers for the Easter Cross. 9:00 am (Spanish) 10:30 am (English) Saturday, March 30, 7:00 pm*
Rev. Dr. Margaret Boles ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Easter Sunday, March 31 Covenant Presbyterian Church, 751 Waverley St. 6:30 am in the Memorial Garden 670 E. Meadow Dr., Palo Alto 94306 7:30 am (English) 8:45 am (English) 8:30 am* & 10:30 am* in Church with Festival Choir (650) 494-1760 10:30 am (English) 12:00 noon (Gregorian) www.CovenantPresbyterian.net *Indicates child care available.
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Police investigate string of residential burglaries 0OLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STRING OF FOUR RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES IN 0ALO !LTO THREE OF WHICH OCCURRED ON THE SAME DAY (Posted March 14 at 9:43 a.m.) Movie theater proposed for San Antonio center $EVELOPER -ERLONE 'EIER HAS SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED ITS PROPOSAL FOR PHASE TWO AT 3AN !NTONIO 3HOPPING #ENTER TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT SCREEN MOVIE THEATER TO GO WITH A HOTEL AND OFFICE BUILDING (Posted March 14 at 8:40 a.m.) Police arrest man for stealing 10,000 pills 0OLICE ARRESTED A MAN -ARCH FOR STEALING MORE THAN PILLS OF PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS FROM A CLOSED PHARMACY AT THE 0ALO !LTO -EDI CAL &OUNDATION AT %L #AMINO 2EAL (Posted March 13 at 2:50 p.m.) Menlo Police look for ‘suspicious’ man in van -ENLO 0ARK 0OLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUNG GIRLS ON THE BLOCK OF !LMANOR !VENUE WHILE THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY SCHOOL ON -ARCH AT AM (Posted March 13 at 9:41 a.m.) Palo Alto teen places 10th in national contest ! 0ALO !LTO TEENAGER HAS PLACED TH IN A NATIONAL MATH AND SCIENCE COMPETITION TAKING HOME IN THE )NTEL 3CIENCE 4ALENT 3EARCH (Posted March 13 at 9:18 a.m.) Armed robbery, assault occurs at Palo Alto hotel ! MAN WITH A KNIFE ROBBED A WOMAN AND THEN SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER DURING AN ARRANGED MEETING AT A ROOM IN THE 'LASS 3LIPPER )NN IN 0ALO !LTO ON 3ATURDAY -ARCH ACCORDING TO POLICE (Posted March 12 at 1:29 p.m.) Stanford: strong link between sugar, diabetes 2ESEARCHERS HAVE THOUGHT FOR YEARS THAT EATING TOO MUCH OF ANY FOOD CAN CAUSE WEIGHT GAIN AND PREDISPOSE PEOPLE TO DIABETES "UT A 3TANFORD 5NIVERSITY 3CHOOL OF -EDICINE STUDY HAS NOW LINKED SUGAR DIRECTLY AND INDEPENDENTLY TO DIABETES (Posted March 10 at 2:35 p.m.) Man chases robbers, gets his money back ! MAN WHO WAS ROBBED OF AT A -ENLO 0ARK GAS STATION 4HURSDAY PURSUED THE TWO SUSPECTS RETRIEVED THE MONEY AND THEN LED POLICE TO THEIR VEHICLE WHERE THE PAIR WAS ARRESTED POLICE HAVE REPORTED (Posted March 9 at 10:18 a.m.)
Page 12ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Albert Dadian Albert Dadian, a resident of Palo Alto for He moved from San Francisco to Palo Alto more than 58 years, longtime Stanford Uni- after marrying Netha Paris in May of 1952 Pulse versity employee, died peacefully in his sleep where he remained until May of 2009. His A weekly compendium of vital statistics on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Albert just cel- wife Netha of 42 years passed away in August ebrated his 100th birthday with his family of 1994. Found property ...... 1 POLICE CALLS Info. case ...... 3 on October 6, 2012. As a season ticket holder for many years, Palo Alto Psychiatric hold ...... 1 Albert was born in Fresno, California in you could always find Albert with his wife March 7-13 Warrant arrest ...... 2 1912 to Peter and Annie Dadian on a small Netha at a Stanford sporting event, or on the Violence related Parole arrest ...... 1 Armed robbery ...... 1 Mental evaluation ...... 1 13 acre farm. After many years cultivating golf course or tennis courts with his friends. Assault ...... 1 Welfare check ...... 1 and selling fruits and vegetables through the Baseball on the radio while working in his Battery ...... 2 Atherton region, the family moved to San garden was his bliss. Domestic violence ...... 2 March 7-13 Elder abuse ...... 1 Theft related Francisco. Albert attended Low- Albert retired from Stanford Theft related Fraud ...... 1 ell High School, played third base University’s offset printing facil- Commercial burglaries ...... 1 Grand theft ...... 1 on the school team, graduating ity in 1975, but continued work- Fraud ...... 2 Vehicle related Grand theft ...... 1 Abandoned auto ...... 3 in 1930. ing part-time in the Chemistry Identity theft ...... 3 Parking/driving violation ...... 4 Photography became a life- Department up until he was 91 Petty theft ...... 3 Suspicious vehicle ...... 10 time infatuation observing the years old, at which time he re- Residential burglaries ...... 4 Vehicle code violation ...... 13 Shoplifting ...... 1 Vehicle/traffic hazard ...... 2 world through his many lenses tired for good. His time spent Vehicle related Accident/no injury ...... 1 & cameras. Albert’s passion led with the students, professors and Bicycle theft ...... 2 Alcohol or drug related him to join the Palo Alto Camera the staff always demonstrated Driving with suspended license ...... 10 Drunken driving...... 1 Misc. traffic ...... 6 Miscellaneous Club in 1935 and was awarded great joy and energy to his day. Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 1 Construction ...... 3 numerous times in several photo Throughout his life, Albert Vehicle accident/property damage . . . .7 Disturbance ...... 3 categories over the course of six was a faithful and active member Vehicle impound ...... 4 Fire call ...... 2 Vehicle tampering ...... 1 Found property ...... 2 decades with special recognition of the Second Church of Christ Alcohol or drug related Lost property ...... 2 to his work taking portraits Scientists in Palo Alto that included many vol- Drunk in public ...... 7 Medical aid ...... 2 WWII brought him and his camera to Es- unteer activities. Drunken driving ...... 1 Other/misc...... 1 Possession of drugs ...... 1 Outside assistance ...... 4 piritu Santo, South Pacific, to specifically Albert is survived by his son David, daugh- Miscellaneous Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 catalog the war for the Navy. Returning from ter-in-law Bessie, step daughters Barbara and Found property ...... 1 Suspicious person ...... 4 Lost property ...... 3 Town ordinance violation ...... 1 the war he continued with his work in book Nikki, grand children, Shannon, Colette, Jere- Other/misc ...... 10 Vandalism ...... 1 bindery in San Francisco, which led to his my, Jill, Kendal, Chad, and Eleni, nephews John, Psychiatric hold ...... 2 Warrant arrest ...... 2 second hobby of repairing hundreds of old Mark, Robert, Larry, nieces Leona, Marjine and Suspicious circumstances ...... 3 Public Works call ...... 1 Trespassing ...... 2 books for family and friends. His delight for Jesama. He is predeceased by his four brothers, Warrant/other agency ...... 4 VIOLENT CRIMES film & the movies continued from when he Charles, Harry, Leo, John, and sister, Rose. Menlo Park Palo Alto was a little boy and throughout his life, along Memorial Services to be held in Palo Alto March 7-13 Unlisted block Grant Ave., 3/7, 1:00 p.m..; with many days spent at Seal Stadium watch- with a date to still be announced. Violence related elder abuse. Battery ...... 2 Unlisted block Colorado Ave./Cowper St., ing such greats as DiMaggio. Domestic violence ...... 1 3/9, 2:07 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. PAID OBITUARY Robbery ...... 1 Unlisted block El Camino Real, 3/9, 3:40 Theft related p.m..; armed robbery. Petty theft ...... 6 Unlisted block St. Michael St., 3/10, 1:52 Theft undefined ...... 1 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. Vehicle related Unlisted block El Camino Real, 3/11, 1:40 Auto theft ...... 2 a.m.; assault. Robert (Bob) Sikora Driving with suspended license ...... 3 Menlo Park Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 1 1100 block Carlton Ave., 3/7, 5:13 p.m.; Sept. 14, 1949-Feb. 24, 2013 Accident/no injury ...... 4 battery. Alcohol or drug related 1300 block Hoover St., 3/7, 9:55 p.m.; Robert (Bob) Sikora, engineer, community neer, consultant and manager at a number of Drunk in public ...... 1 domestic violence. Possession of drugs ...... 1 1300 block Willow Road, 3/7, 10:19 p.m.; volunteer and beloved husband of Gloria, died prominent high tech companies in Silicon Val- Drug activity ...... 5 robbery. unexpectedly at his home in Palo Alto on Sun- ley, most recently at KLA-Tencor. Bob was an Miscellaneous 1300 block Henderson Ave., 3/10, 8:37 day February 24th. He was 63. engaged and caring neighbor, who described Disturbance ...... 1 a.m.; battery. Bob and Gloria celebrated their 40th wed- himself in his typically self-deprecating way ding anniversary last November by returning as “compulsively useful.” In 2010 he was rec- once again to Paris, a favorite destination. The ognized by Palo Alto with the city’s Achieve- foundation of their relationship, they both said, ment Award for his contributions to CERT, the was mutual appreciation for one neighborhood disaster prepared- other’s unique contributions to ness program. He was a key par- their marriage. Bob was even- ticipant in several community tempered, hard-working and improvement efforts along the El reliable, yet light-hearted. His Camino corridor of his Barron sense of humor was spontaneous Park neighborhood. and whimsical, as when he would To the delight and entertain- teach the family cats, Eva and ment of his friends, Bob brought Cleo, to balance on his shoulders the same qualities to his many or dance with him in the living interests. He learned to play a va- room. riety of musical instruments but Bob was born in Decatur, Illi- preferred the guitar, his favored nois. At the age of eleven his fam- instrument for nearly 50 years. ily moved to the New Jersey shore In addition to music, cooking for area. Bob was a natural athlete family and friends, gardening, and multi-event track star in high school, set- attending museum exhibitions and local the- ting a school record for victories in a single ater, hiking in Yosemite, birding, and working season. His athleticism was characterized by a around his home were all passions. An ardent combination of grace and stamina. Not long af- Stanford sports fan, Bob’s tailgates, with his ter moving to California in 1969 to attend col- legendary red chili and green chili, were a high- lege, Bob was vacationing in Big Sur when he light of the football season for his friends. saw a very young girl fall into the Big Sur River. He is survived by three brothers and three sis- He quickly jumped fully clothed into the deep, ters, and by his wife Gloria, the love of his life. cold and swift current and brought the child to A rememberance gathering will be held Sat- safety. urday, April 6, 2013, 1:00-3:00 PM, Lucie Stern A graduate of Santa Clara University and Community Center – Ballroom, 1305 Middle- Stanford, Bob worked for decades as an engi- field Road, Palo Alto, CA.
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ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 13 Margaret Edith Jones November 24, 1919 – February 10, 2013 Margaret Edith Jones (née Crusius), a Professional acumen notwithstanding, Peggy pediatrician specializing in well-baby care, was a great lover of domestic life. The keeper Transitions Births, marriages and deaths an avid homemaker, and a lifelong advocate of the family’s cultural flame, she began din- for social justice and environmental causes, ner with a German blessing, celebrated Christ- died peacefully at home on February 10. mas according to German tradition, and baked John “Jack” Schutz and began his 43-year banking ca- Her son Keasley was at her side and she was countless Christmas cookies each year for John “Jack” Schutz died at home reer in 1934 in the mailroom of the surrounded by the love of her family. friends and family. Lively, gregarious, and pos- surrounded by family on March 2 American Trust Company (which Born on November 24, 1919, Margaret sessed of limitless energy, she loved to cook and after a battle with cancer. later merged with Wells Fargo Bank (known to her friends as “Peggy”) grew up entertain, and was usually either planning or He was born in Hebron, Neb. in the 1950s). in Portland, Ore. and Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. She presiding over a dinner party or celebration. When he was 5, his family moved He also volunteered for the Mer- graduated from Mt. Holyoke College (class of Until the last years of her life, Peggy derived to Canby, Ore. He lived there until chant Marine Service and served 1941), with her junior year devoted to studies great joy from tending her large garden, which he enlisted in the Navy, reporting as a Purser and Pharmacist’s Mate in Germany. In 1944, Peggy earned her medi- took up an impressive amount of backyard for duty on his 18th birthday. aboard three separate Liberty ships Following his military service, from 1942 to 1945. He was awarded cal degree from New York Medical College real estate. Initially an unpromising site full of he graduated from the University of the Pacific War Zone Medal and the and launched a private pediatric practice in hard-packed clay, the garden flourished due to Portland. Soon after, he traveled to Merchant Marine Combat Bar as a New York—an unusual feat in an era when Peggy’s persistent cultivation over the years, a California, stopping in a little town crewmember aboard ships that went the medical field was dominated by men. perpetual work-in-progress that produced doz- called Woodside — the town he in harm’s way in the South Pacific Married to fellow physician Henry Jones in ens of varieties of vegetables and fruits year- never left. He became the restaura- war zone. 1951, Peggy moved to Califor- round. Many were eaten fresh teur of The Village Pub. Always an advocate for educa- nia when Henry was tapped to from the stalk or vine; others, He was a charter member of Sha- tion, he continued in a wide variety help launch the new Stanford Peggy put up as preserves, along ron Heights Golf and Country Club, of banking courses throughout his Radiology department in San with copious quantities of peach- where he played golf and dominoes career. The majority of his work Francisco. First in Sausalito and es. No family members suffered with his buddies. He enjoyed spend- assignments were spread along the then in a much-loved home on from vitamin deficiencies. ing time with family, friends and Peninsula, from San Francisco to traveling. He was preceded in death San Jose, with the notable excep- the Stanford campus, she and A grandmother late in life, by his parents, Howard and Lottie tion of a two-year tour in Pago Pago, Henry raised three children, Peggy adored her two grand- Schutz, and his four sisters. He was American Samoa as the manager of Virginia (born 1952), Henry C. sons, showered them with pres- a husband for 40 years to the late the Bank of American Samoa. That (1954) and Keasley (1957). ents, and in her last days, would Norma Oswald. He was a father to assignment offered him the oppor- From 1966-1982, Peggy served visibly brighten when she spoke Carolyn Schutz, Janet Schutz and tunity to travel throughout the South as a traveling pediatrician for with them on the phone. Julie Luttringer, son-in-law, Collin, Pacific on banking business, quite the Santa Clara County well- Peggy was married for 61 years and grandfather to Katie and Jack. often via a World War II PBY air- baby and immunization clinics. to Henry, who predeceased her He was a partner to Linda “Sam” craft, taking numerous photographs Her typical workday often in- by just six months. They were O’Sullivan, who he shared time of all the islands he visited or flew cluded driving from Stanford to Santa Clara enthusiastic fans of the Stanford basketball, with in his final years. over. A “Celebration of Life” memo- His final assignment began in or Gilroy to provide medical services for the football, and Lively Arts programs, and en- rial Mass will be held Thursday, 1968 when he accepted the position children of migrant farm workers, then re- joyed the Stanford Sierra Camp and the Or- March 14, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. at St. of vice president and manager of the turning home to prepare dinner and super- egon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. Peggy Pius Church, 1100 Woodside Road, Wells Fargo Bank office in down- vise her own children’s homework. and Henry traveled widely in Europe, as well Redwood City. town Menlo Park. Peggy’s pediatric work with the migrant as to South America, Asia, and Australia, and In lieu of flowers, please honor A longtime Rotary International farmworker community was part and parcel celebrated their 50th anniversary (2001) with his memory by sending donations member, he transferred to the Menlo of her lifelong support, financial and other- family and grandchildren in Hawaii. to a charity of your choice. Park Rotary Club in that year. Re- wise, of many social justice, environmental, Peggy is survived by brother Ralph Crusius tiring in 1977, he soon opened a and political organizations. Local, regional, of Andover, Mass.; daughter Virginia Jones William H. Mauel financial consulting office, assist- state, national, and global, these included of Castro Valley; son Henry Jones of Eugene, William H. Mauel, born Dec. 21, ing many former bank clients with Amigas de las Americas, Amnesty Interna- Ore.; son Keasley Jones, daughter-in-law Au- 1914, in Red- their financial affairs, planning and ding, Calif. estates. tional, CISPES, Common Cause, Environ- tumn Stephens, and grandchildren Emerson died on Feb. 28 Continuing his lifelong inter- mental Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, Jones and Elliott Jones, all of Berkeley; niece in Menlo Park, est in education, he joined a small Heifer International, League of Women Vot- Carolyn Bower of Portland, Maine; and neph- Calif. group of Rotary members and es- ers, Marine Mammal Center, Mono Lake ew Richard Crusius of Long Island, N.Y. He spent his tablished the Rotary Club of Menlo Committee, NARAL, Nature Conservancy, A memorial service for friends and family early years in Park Foundation with the goal of Ocean Conservancy, Peninsula Open Space will take place on Sunday, April 21, at 2 p.m. Redding and providing financial assistance to Trust, Planned Parenthood, Point Reyes Bird on the Stanford campus. To RSVP, please moved with help deserving students continue Observatory, Save the Bay, Sempervirens contact Keasley Jones ([email protected]). In his family to their formal education. In honor of Fund, Solar Cookers International, United lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Palo Alto dur- his devotion to raising funds for the Farm Workers, Wilderness Society, Yosemite any of the organizations listed above, or other ing the Great foundation, the Bill Mauel Fellow- Depression. He graduated from ship was established to honor those Conservancy, and dozens more. progressive charity. Palo Alto High School in 1931. He persons who have donated $1,000 attended the College of San Mateo PAID OBITUARY or more to the foundation. Today
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Page 14ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V there are more than 200 Bill Mauel mond Weinsoff of Goleta, Calif. membrances can be mailed to PO Fellows. and Thomas Sutton Hammond of Box 831 Menlo Park, CA 94026. Visit He enjoyed gardening, photogra- Portland, Conn. Donations can be made in his phy and was an avid golfer, walking Dina Dejong name to the American Cancer So- the course and carrying his clubs ciety Lasting Memories at every opportunity, well into his Dina Dejong, a longtime Palo 80s. Alto resident, died on Feb. 25. Katoko Sax An online directory of obituaries and remembrances. He is survived by his wife of 70 Born in Zaandam, Holland to par- Katoko Sax died on Feb. 23 sur- Search obituaries, submit a memorial, share a photo. years, Lillian Mauel of Menlo Park, ents Maas and Elizabeth Zeeman, rounded by her family after a long sons William H. Mauel Jr. of Au- she grew up in the first war over battle with cancer. Go to: www.PaloAltoOnline.com/obituaries burn, Calif. and D. Clark Mauel of Holland. In her younger years, she Born and raised in Japan, she Los Altos, four grandchildren and worked as a seamstress. went to Central Michigan Univer- five great grandchildren. She later moved to Australia and sity in 1958 to study economics. It In accordance with his wishes, married Cornelius Dejong. In Aus- was there that she first met her hus- there will be no formal services. tralia she would have her first two band, Ron, and then spent the next Mary J. Rafferty Anyone wishing to acknowledge his children, daughters Patty and Jen- 50 years as a wife, mother, grand- life and accomplishments is asked nifer. Later, Dejong and her hus- mother, friend and steward of the Mary J. Rafferty died peacefully on March 11 in Portola Valley, CA to make a donation in his name to band moved to Palo Alto and had environment. More than 40 of those at the age of 98. She was born Mary Josephine Guerin, the daughter the Menlo Park Rotary Club Schol- two more children, sons Frank and years she lived in Palo Alto. of James Guerin and Blanche Warren Guerin, on January 15, 1915 in arship Foundation, P.O. Box 876, Michael. She was an active member of the Chicago, IL. There, she attended The Sacred Heart Convent and earn- Menlo Park, CA 94026. She enjoyed cooking and baking Palo Alto Friends Meeting, the Fu- ed a Bachelor’s degree from Barat College. Before moving to Califor- and loved flowers. neral Education Foundation and the Barbara Thomas nia, she met and married her beloved husband, James Francis Rafferty, She also had many grandchil- Peace Alliance, which is dedicated with whom she had six children and spent 49 years before his death in Hammond dren — grandsons Kees, Aaron and to the establishment of a federal De- 1986. Barbara Thomas Hammond, 90, Adam and granddaughter Cindy partment of Peace. Mary J. was a volunteer and supporter of many charities, including of La Mesa, — and also great grandchildren — She also learned to speak Chinese The Children’s Health Council, The Allied Arts Guild and Catholic Calif., and great granddaughters Tais and Jiah and Italian, to play soroban and to organizations. In 1967 she opened Mary J. Rafferty Antiques with wife of Sutton and great grandsons Bret and Gar- tap-dance. She also drew, painted shops in Menlo Park, San Francisco and Atherton, CA. She proudly Hammond for ret. and played the piano. 50 years, died She was surrounded by her chil- She had two children, Kenji owned and operated her lovely stores for 30 years. surrounded by dren, family, friends and “adopted” (Cindy Lamerson) and Naomi (Neil She loved to travel, both for business and for pleasure, and had family on Feb. family members, Sarah and Eliza- Simmons), and four grandsons, Na- friends in many countries but there was no place she would rather have 14 at Sunrise beth in her later years. than, Joel, Nicky and Scott. been than sitting on her porch looking at the view from her home in Senior Living She also leaves behind her cat, Woodside, where she was a 48 year resident. Community in named “Kee Kee.” She is survived by her two sisters, Martha Egan (Mrs. William Q. Bonita, Calif. Egan) of Glenview, IL and Blanche Rockwell (Mrs. John E. Rockwell) After gradu- Ronald Ferrando of Grangeville, ID. Mary J. was preceded in death by her eldest daugh- ating from Carleton College, she Ronald Rio Ferrando, born May Births ter, Joanna Malvino of Los Altos, CA and by her brothers, Dr. John W. became a lifelong advocate for the 30, 1953 to Ez- Nathan and Katharine Guerin, Rev. Mark E. Guerin and James Warren Guerin. environment and a teacher at Wood- zio and Rita Schrenk, Atherton, a girl. She leaves behind her children Gael Efron of Palo Alto, CA, Mimi side Elementary School, from 1976- Ferrando, died Shawun Warren and Chel- Halstead of Pasadena, CA, James F. Rafferty Jr. of Astoria, OR, Rosemary 1981. She also did environmental in Menlo Park sea Roache, Menlo Park, a Rafferty of Mountain View, CA and Jeannie Magee of Las Vegas, NV. consulting work for the Woodside on Feb. 18. boy. She also leaves ten grandchildren, five great grandchildren, one great, Planning Commission. He grew up Kent and Caroline Keirsey, great grandchild and many nieces and nephews. in Menlo Park Menlo Park, a boy. Born in Billings, Mont. in 1922, Mary J. was a character and an artist and she lived her life joyously. she loved the mountains, fly fishing, and remained horseback riding and birds. She was in the area. He She will be remembered for her strength, her sense of humor and her married for 50 years and had four spent much of positive outlook on life. children. The family lived in Bill- his retirement The Rafferty family would like to thank the staff at The Sequoias in ings; Seattle, Wash.; Woodside and playing the Portola Valley and Hana Zilker for the beautiful care Mary J. received finally La Mesa, Calif. until Sutton’s drums and restoring muscle cars. He from them. death at the age of 80 in 1997. was a school bus driver for Las Lo- A funeral mass will be held at Our Lady of the Wayside Church in The couple is survived by four mitas School District for 30 years. Today’s news, Portola Valley on Friday, March 15, at 11:00 am. granddaughters, two grandsons He is survived by his son, Mark; sports & hot picks In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Catholic Relief Services, and their four children, including brothers, Bob (Grace) and Randy 228 W. Lexington St. Baltimore, MD 21201 or at www.crs.org. Susan Hammond of Chula Vista, (Mary), and was uncle to Andrew, Sign up today at Our Lady of the Wayside Church 930 Portola Rd. Portola Valley,
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'HERUDKÖV3DOPD1RQ3URßW:RPHQÖV&RPPXQLW\&HQWHU Franz K. Baumgratz ORFDWHGLQGRZQWRZQ3DOR$OWRSUHVHQWVDIRUXPHQWLWOHG Franz Karl Baumgratz, a longtime resident biggest passions, of the Bay Area passed away on March 8, 2013 at he planned sev- his home in Mountain View. Franz immigrated eral trips to San Money Matters: from Germany to the United States in 1956. He Francisco with Taking Charge of Your Finances worked at a nursery in South San Francisco friends to en- after his arrival. He quickly learned enough joy the opera, Please join us on English to start his own business as a landscape symphony and contractor until his retirement in 1990. sunsets on the Saturday, March 16, 2013 He loved to travel all over the world and beach. 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. took many trips to Germany to visit family Franz will be and friends. Franz enjoyed nature and loved sorely missed by many outdoor activities like skiing at Tahoe many cousins and uncles in Germany, as well as :HZLOOGLVFXVVVXFKWRSLFVDV and hiking at Yosemite up waterfalls and Half his many close friends in California. Services Ô7KH3V\FKRORJ\RI0RQH\ Dome. He also loved windsurfing around the will be held at Alta Mesa Funeral Home in Palo Ô3HUVRQDO2UJDQL]DWLRQDQG%XGJHWLQJ7LSV Bay and Mauii. Classical music was one of his Alto, CA. Ô7KH)LVFDO&OLIIDQG+RZ,W$IIHFWV ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 15 Editorial So far, all take, no give on Cubberley site As lucrative lease nears renewal date, school district hopes it can persuade the city to keep the money flowing SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions e had high hopes in November 2011 when the Palo Alto City Council adopted an ambitious work plan aimed at de- A downtown parking idea Area counties? And why are busi- today with your readers: W termining a thoughtful path forward for the use and related Editor, nesses and government so eager to I was parked in a parking lot of a financing for the 35-acre former Cubberley High School site. Mayor Greg Scharff mentioned the partner? Have we already forgotten large electronics store in Palo Alto. The idea was to form several committees, including a large com- need for downtown parking in his that the classic definition of totalitar- Next to me is a motorcycle. I park munity advisory committee, and work jointly with the school dis- State of the City address and indicat- ian Fascism is partnership between slightly angled touching the white trict to create a vision of how the city and schools might use and fi- ed an estimated cost of $60,000 per government and big business? Nor is line with my rear left wheel. When I nance this valuable acreage to serve their respective future needs. parking space. There is an alternative government by “region” — through come back from the store, I find my The effort was prompted by the upcoming expiration, at the end that comes without any cost to the unelected, nonrepresentational driver’s door kicked in with a large of 2014, of a 25-year lease between the school district and the city city. If anyone is in doubt about that, bodies — unknown in Communist motorcycle boot imprint. that has helped keep the schools financially stable during some you have only to look at an example countries. So I call the police who take 45 very tough times. that has been there for many years. Consider this quote by technology minutes to appear. Currently, the city pays the school district more than $7 million a The Abitare condominium project forecaster Paul Saffo: “Powerful re- While waiting an old lady tries to year for the aging facility, assumes all the costs of maintenance and was developed on what was then a gions are the new basic unit of gov- park next to me and rams into my must manage a rental program that generates barely enough rev- small city parking lot located be- ernments in the 21st century.” Not trunk. enue to just cover the maintenance expenses. The loss of Foothill tween High Street and Alma. The so new however: They were the ba- Police arrive and says: “Oh, that’s College as a major tenant now creates new risks and challenges. developer (Chuck Kinney, who sic unit of government in the Soviet easy, it’s your (my) fault because At a time of financial crisis for the schools, it was a generous and later became mayor of Menlo Park) Union in the 20th century! All that you are touching the white line. You appropriate offering by the city, and was unofficially funded by bought the air rights from the city. regional government accomplishes will have to pay for your own dam- voter approval of a utility users tax. But financial conditions have A multi-level underground parking is to take away the rights of our cit- age and that of the old lady who ran now changed dramatically, and this deal no longer makes much garage was built. On top of the ga- ies, towns and counties along with into you. We will file a report for the sense, except to the school district, which would love to avoid hav- rage, a four-story building was con- those of the residents within them. old lady.” ing to wean itself from this gift of $7 million a year. structed that included one retail level This “new” idea has long since been Apparently in the U.S., if you Unfortunately, the ambitions for what could have been accom- at the ground floor and three floors proven a disastrous failure and needs touch the white line in a parking plished over the last nine months have slowly and quietly dimin- of for-sale residential condominiums to be nipped in the $500 million spot, other folks have the right to ished, to the point where the just-released report of the hard-work- above that. bud. destroy your property. ing and well-meaning citizens group leaves us virtually in the same The city got a parking garage for Cherie Zaslawsky I thought that is worth knowing place as when the process began. free. The downtown area got some Oak Lane for your readers because it could The report proposes that the city and the district renew the cur- new retail space and, more impor- Menlo Park have far-reaching consequences on rent lease at unspecified terms, write a joint-use plan over the next tantly, some new housing that con- parking lots throughout California. seven years that could encompass community uses as well as make tributes both property tax revenue Whose fault is it? Christian Busch room for a third public high school for Palo Alto that might not be and puts consumers who live in the Editor, Greenways Drive needed for 20 or more years. condominiums within walking dis- I would like to share my story of Redwood City The committee was split on whether the two parties should sign tance of all the stores in downtown a five-year or 10-year agreement, with those favoring five years Palo Alto. believing the shorter term would signal to the district that it should This could be replicated on any city WHAT DO YOU THINK? not depend on this subsidy continuing forever. parking lot. In essence, the school district’s consistent position has been that The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage While considering this, the coun- or on issues of local interest. because it thinks that some day it may need the Cubberley site for cil might also want to reconsider the a school, it wants the city to continue renting and managing the sacred cow (the 50-foot height limit). property at a substantial loss. Garages do not have to be blocky, And if the city decides that this is no longer a viable use of $7 blah buildings. Downtown Chicago What do you think should be done million a year, given the school district’s current budget surpluses has buildings that include parking and healthy financial outlook? and residences that are architectur- with the Cubberley property? Some have threatened to put a repeal of the utility-users tax ally stunning. The Abitare project ? on the ballot if the city doesn’t choose to continue the Cubberley was developed using a vertical subdi- lease. vision map with a condominium plan Such talk is insulting to Palo Alto residents, who have generously overlay. Perhaps the council should Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. supported the schools through repeated bond measures, donations ask the staff to revisit this concept. Submit guest opinions of 1,000 words to [email protected]. Include your and ongoing volunteer activities. It was due to this generosity that John Paul Hanna name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. the school district has received well over a hundred million dollars We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, University Avenue libel and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be over the last 25 years from city funds to supplement its regular Palo Alto revenues. accepted. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a With the citizens committee’s report, which contains very help- granting of permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Media to also ful background and data, particularly on how joint-use sites can One region idea: bad publish it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. be successful, now complete, the City Council will begin sorting Editor, For more information contact Editor Jocelyn Dong or Editorial Assistant out how to proceed with the potential renewal and renegotiation It seems the Silicon Valley Com- Eric Van Susteren at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. of the lease. munity Foundation proposes to turn With a good starting point, city and school-district staff and their the whole Bay Area into a single elected leaders need to begin serious discussions about how to be- region. Hmmm. Facebook’s CEO gin winding down this long outdated lease arrangement. Mark Zuckerberg recently donated No one wants to impose a sudden financial hardship or manage- $500 million to this group, and sud- ment burden on the school district, but it is time to plan a steady denly the foundation apparently reduction in the cost of this lease. If a complete renegotiation of wants to take over the entire Bay the lease isn’t possible between now and the end of the year, city Area. The last time I checked, we officials should consider offering only annual extensions. One op- were living in a Constitutional Re- tion is for the school district to manage some or all of the property public where individual rights are itself, as it does other surplus sites, and find appropriate tenants. “unalienable,” and cities have the The city has spared them this responsibility for 25 years, but we freedom and sovereignty to chart question why the city should continue to be managing the school their own courses. district’s property in today’s fiscal environment. This “One-Silicon-Valley-and- The city now has its own severe financial pressures and many Bay-Area-Plan,” to coin a phrase, important alternative uses for the money that has been flowing to brainchild of the Joint Venture the school district. Silicon Valley Network and the The Cubberley advisory committee has done good and valuable Silicon Valley Community Foun- work, even while failing to reach recommendations on the details dation, should be very worrying to of a new lease arrangement between the city and school district. residents. It would mean losing our “Kicking the can down the road (by renewing the lease with no representational form of democratic long-term plan) is clearly not a solution,” the committee said. government. Exactly who would be deciding what’s best for all Bay Page 16ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our com- munity website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read the Editor’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town! Guest Opinion Hidden bruises, safe schools by Marc Vincenti pen my students may step outside for a bit, soon pulled hundreds of her classmates to a “safety net” we all want to weave. s my students streamed out of the class- and need not suffer “for all to see.” I thanked site that traded in tantalizing rumors, gossip Among the distracting communications are room after the her for confiding in me, and encouraged her about breakups, reports on who had lost their not only bullying, of course — but back-and- A bell, I caught her to go join the people who really matter to her virginity or sent nude photos, and ranking of forth with hovering parents about the day’s eye. Let’s call her “Ni- — her buddies — at brunch. And out the door girls by looks. The site got under the radar of chem test and how it went, work left at home cole” — a rangy Gunn she went. Facebook’s policies against anonymity and (I had a student, once, who spent all day in sophomore with big Most such incidents at school, such disrup- rudeness. Bazelon doesn’t say if the middle an electronic frenzy with her parents, at their brown eyes and long tions, go undetected. With Nicole I was lucky. school permits phone-use on campus, but if workplaces, cobbling together a nick-of-time hair. I’d taught her the previous year as a freshman, so, it’s easy to imagine the effects. delivery of a left-behind item), and after- “Got a sec?” I said so she had reason to trust me. I’d spotted her school plans. quietly, with my best feelings because the class had only 22 kids There will always be a need for emergency it’s-nothing-to-wor- (a vanishing phenomenon now). And with The power to hurt calls to and from school. We handled them ry-about smile. As a brunch coming up, she hadn’t had to rush off in the “old days” just fine, and we can han- teacher, you don’t want to biology or sports, PSAT-study or volun- with words has grown dle them now: Gunn has classroom phones; to seem urgent to a kid, with her classmates teering. teachers have cell-phones; the Main Office around; you’d just draw attention and embar- And for all of us, now, who want a healthy from the potency of has lots of phones and good secretaries; the rass her. “Only a sec,” I said. “Don’t want to life in our schools, I’ll make the point in ex- entire campus has a P.A. system. And home- take up your brunch.” treme terms, maybe too strongly: in letting sticks and stones to the work left at home, a chem test, a text from Nicole shifted her book-bag on her tall our teenagers use their phones during the Starbucks to ask about a coffee preference shoulder and we stepped to a quiet corner school-day, we — the adults — are enabling capacity of a howitzer. (yes, I had a student who monitored her phone as the last kids left my English class. With bullying on campus. during class for this), recent messages and sympathy, I told her I’d noticed she looked Yes, OK, it has ever been thus. Stock an texts, the good, the bad, the ugly — these are sad during the hour, or tired — I couldn’t tell environment with pencils and paper, and not emergencies. for sure. there’s a kid who’ll write a nasty note, pass it Unfortunately, as long as we don’t have “Oh, Mr. V., I’m sorry!” She hung her head. across the classroom, zip it into a book-bag, We need to end this kind of thing, espe- stop-and-frisks or metal detectors (and we Her instinct was to apologize for being an in- or tape it to a locker. Schools have always had cially as it reaches into our schools. Our shouldn’t), a student will always be able to attentive student, though I hadn’t meant that. walls, and kids have had spray-paint. But now kids’ resilience need not be tested to such an say, “May I go to the bathroom?” and leave This was a girl who’d written me a discon- it’s different. Today’s electronic insults are extreme. There is no reason a young person class just to sneak in a phone-call or look solate note after she’d missed her first vocab posted instantly, ubiquitously, and sometimes in one of our high schools, already stressed at Facebook. But with a shift in culture and word of the semester, sure she was headed for permanently. They are endlessly, easily cop- about grades and college, perhaps sleep-de- some sensible regulations — no phones vis- a “B” in the course at best. She was a soccer ied and sent on to others, to do more mischief. prived, perhaps upset by a failed romance or ible or audible from the first bell to the last, player, a reporter for the school paper. The power to hurt with words has grown from friendship, in classes as large as 35, impulsive confiscation otherwise, parental pick-up re- She went on to tell me: On her way to my the potency of sticks and stones to the capac- and self-conscious as all teenagers are, should quired — we can, without detriment to real class she’d read a long email on her phone, ity of a howitzer. be exposed to electronic communications that emergency needs, rescue our kids from one from her boyfriend’s former girlfriend, telling In the Atlantic Magazine this month, Em- make it ever more impossible for her to enjoy particular, hidden, insidious form of school- her what a slut she was, calling her names. ily Bazelon — a Yale researcher who’s just what she’s there for: Harper Lee and Jhumpa yard bullying. Nicole had read it all, several screens. She’d published a book on bullying — reports on Lahiri, Freud and Shakespeare and Moliere. The Nicoles of this world need the grown- been upset for the whole period, unable to a Connecticut middle-schooler who, styling Face-to-face interaction with friends. Time, ups to help them. N concentrate. I told her how very sorry I was herself on Facebook as the “Drama Queen,” in “real” time, to form ties with teachers and Marc Vincenti has taught English for 15 for her pain, and that when such things hap- set up a page called “Let’s Start Drama” that counselors and coaches — ties so vital to the years at Gunn High School. Streetwise What do you think of a high-speed rail line along Caltrain? Asked at Palo Alto Caltrain Station on Alma Street. Interviews and photographs by Rebecca Duran. Adrian Moravcsik Mike Parkhill Marion Pauck Lorin Krogh Juan Sanchez Wealth manager Retired Retired Retired Temp agency work Stanford Avenue, Stanford Fayette Drive, Palo Alto Del Medio Avenue, Mountain View Encina Avenue, Palo Alto Alma Street, Palo Alto “Anything that can make transit con- “Anything they can do to make it faster “I’m all for it. Cars are great, but we’re “I think it’s a good idea.” “I think it’s a benefit for people who venient for commuters and the elderly is great.” poisoning the air. Trains are wonder- work. Everything in the world is going would be favorable.” ful.” faster, so they need to as well.” ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 17 Book Talk AN EVENING WITH AMY TAN ... Best-selling author Amy Tan of “The Joy Luck Club,” “The Kitchen God’s Wife” and others (including “The Bonesetter’s Daughter,” for which TitleA monthly section on local booksPages and authors she also wrote the opera libretto), will speak at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto on April 11. “Not Less Than Everything: Catho- Mary MacKillop, Australia’s first saint, excommunicated Tan will be in conversation with au- lic Writers on Heroes of Conscience, in 1871 after exposing child sexual abuse by local clergy; thor Louann Brizendine at the event, from Joan of Arc to Oscar Romero,” and Sister Corita Kent, an irrepressible teacher and painter which runs from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tick- edited by Catherine Wolff; Harper- who turned the pop art of the 1960s into something holy. ets are $30 general, $25 for students One; 352 pages; $16.99 With so many essays on a single theme, it’s not surpris- and JCC members, and $22 for resi- hatever else you might think ing to find a certain uniformity creeping into the offer- dents of the Moldaw complex at the W about “Not Less Than Every- ings. Many of the essayists have limited themselves to center. Go to paloaltojcc.org or call thing,” a new book of essays writing straightforward biographical sketches, and many 650-223-8699. by Catholic writers edited by Catherine of these sketches have the same basic shape: A young Wolff, you have to admit this much: It is man/woman converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest/ MEET THE AUTHORS ... Upcoming spectacularly well timed. nun/Jesuit brother/etc., offends the church hierarchy by ofCourtesy Catherine Wolff authors and programs at Keplers, The book was released by Harper One, advocating a position that is too modern/socialist/Ameri- 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, the spiritual wing of Harper Collins, in can/etc., is summoned to Rome and ordered to renounce include: Alan Rinzler, “Top Ten Prob- mid-February, sandwiched between the said position, refuses to conform and is subsequently cen- lems in Submitting Your Work and resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, osten- sured/excommunicated/moved to an unappealing parish/ How to Fix Them” (March 16, 1 p.m.); sibly for health reasons, and the resigna- etc. (Alternatively, one could blame this monotony not so Jonathan and Margaret Kathrein tion of Britain’s highest-ranking Catholic much on the contributing writers as on the Vatican’s woe- with Wallace “J” Nichols, “Surviving leader amid accusations of sexual mis- fully predictable response to principled dissent.) the Shark: How a Brutal Great White conduct. Subsequent weeks have brought The most memorable essays in the bunch, though, are Editor Catherine Wolff. Attack Turned a Surfer into a Dedi- stories of infighting, financial malfea- cated Defender of Sharks” (March 21, sance and a secret gay cabal within the those that move beyond mere biography 7:30 p.m.); Ellen Sussman, “The Par- Roman Curia (the Vatican bureaucracy to explore the writer’s own relationship to adise Guest House” (March 26, 7:30 that oversees the central governance of his or her subject, as when Tobias Wolff p.m.); Palo Alto resident Navi Radjou, the church). The fact that many of these (Stanford professor and husband of editor “Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, stories lack credible sources has not Catherine) compares his own experience Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough lessened the public perception that the TIMELY as a U.S. serviceman during the Vietnam Growth” (March 27, 7:30 p.m.); Nata- church is in a state of crisis. War to the life of Franz Jägerstätter, an lie Goldberg, “The True Secret of All of these events occurred after Austrian conscientious objector during Writing: Connecting Life with Lan- Wolff, a lifelong Catholic, composed her WWII. Jägerstätter chose execution in a guage” (March 28, 7:30 p.m.); Robin introduction to “Not Less Than Every- Nazi prison rather than serve in Hitler’s LaFevers, “Dark Triumph” (April 2, thing,” in which she laments the church’s MUSINGS army. In contrast, Wolff gives an admira- 7:30 p.m.); Anita Hughes, “Market “lack of transparency and accountabil- bly candid account of his own reasons for Street” (April 3, 7:30 p.m.); Peter Spi- ity,” its “increasingly isolated” hierarchy, In a new collection of essays, participating in a conflict about which he ers, “Master Class: Living Longer, its refusal “to welcome women into full harbored serious doubts: Stronger and Happier” (April 4, 6:30 membership and leadership,” its “retro- Catholic writers look at heroes “It did not meet the test of a just and p.m.); Amanda Coplin, “The Orchard- grade ... teachings on human sexuality,” of conscience, present and past necessary war, or even one we were likely ist” (April 9, 7:30 p.m.); and Caroline and its failure to respond to “the legiti- to win. But I stifled my doubts, because Paul and Wendy McNaughton, “Lost I was going, and doubt would do me no mate demands of the society in which by Kevin Kirby Cat: A True Story of Love, Despera- we live.” good there. ... And, frankly, I was curious. tion and GPS” (April 11, 7:30 p.m.). Like many modern Catholics who What would it be like? War is interesting In addition, Cassandra Clare will have come to question the moral author- to young men — even to those who op- speak on her teen book “Clockwork ity of those who — at least nominally pose it.” Princess” at the Menlo-Atherton High — lead the church, Wolff began to look Another striking entry is Kathryn Har- School Performing Arts Center at elsewhere for spiritual leadership and in- rison’s portrait of Joan of Arc, in which 555 Middlefield Road in Atherton at 7 spiration, for historical role models who she contrasts Joan’s famous visions with p.m. March 23. Info: keplers.com had possessed the courage to find their her own shattering moment of epiphany own solutions to the age-old conflict be- while walking the labyrinth at San Fran- BOOKS INC. ... Future author talks tween conscience and authority. cisco’s Grace Cathedral. As Tobias Wolff at Books Inc. at Palo Alto’s Town & Ultimately, she solicited essays from does, Harrison goes beyond the factual Country Village include: Cara Black, a number of notable Catholic writers details of her subject’s life to ask the “Murder Below Montparnasse” (some, professional theologians who hap- thornier and potentially more enlighten- (March 16, 6 p.m.); Jennifer Nielsen pen to write; others, established novelist ing questions: What is it that allows a hero and Lisa McMann, “The False or essayists who happen to be Catholic), to be a hero? How was this person dif- Prince” and “The Trap Door,” respec- asking each to submit a portrait of his or ferent from everyone else? What are we tively (March 20, 6:30 p.m.); Michael her own “hero of conscience.” The re- to do when confronted with stories such Lavigne, “The Wanting” (March 28, sulting collection presents 26 such por- as these? 7 p.m.); emeritus Stanford University traits, personal meditations on the lives Saint Joan and the beatified professor of psychiatry and human of exceptional men and women of faith, J‰gerst‰tter notwithstanding, this is not biology Herant Katchadourian, “The from such well-known historical figures a “lives of the saints” book. Fewer than Way it Turned Out” (April 3, 7 p.m.); as Mary Magdalene and Ignatius of Loy- a third of the individuals profiled herein Harry Brod, “Superman is Jewish?” ola to such 20th-century champions of have been canonized. One of them, the (April 10, 7 p.m.); and Caroline M. social justice as Simone Weil, Charles formidable Hildegard von Bingen, was Grant and Lisa Catherine Harper, Strobel and Father Horace McKenna. finally raised to sainthood last year by “The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage” Along the way, we meet Bartolomé Benedict XVI, more than eight centuries (April 11, 7 p.m.). Info: booksinc.net N de las Casas, perhaps the first Spaniard after her death. Some, like Dorothy Day to decry the systematic slaughter of the or Oscar Romero, may someday be simi- Items for Book Talk may be sent West Indian native peoples by conquis- larly elevated. to Associate Editor Carol Blitzer, tadors hungry for land and gold; Mother Others, though, had precious little Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 93202 or emailed to [email protected] by the last Friday of the month. Page 18ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Title Pages saintliness about them. In one of the book’s most engaging essays, Paul Elie considers the Baroque painter Caravaggio, known for such devo- tional works as “The Calling of Saint Matthew” and “The Entombment of Christ.” Caravaggio led a decidedly carnal existence that would be scan- dalous even today. But Elie finds, in the visceral passion of Caravaggio’s compositions, a kind of fidelity: to scripture, to his own artistic vision, and to the encompassing divinity that illuminates the human world in all its beauty and horror. Colm Toibin makes a less com- pelling case for poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. His Hopkins comes across as a mistaken convert, unwilling to renounce the Jesuit vows that led him to a life of sublimated artistic impulses, repressed homosexual- ity and abject misery in an Irish city that hated him for his English- ness. The term “hero of conscience” seems to apply only if one assumes that being a Jesuit is, ipso facto, a heroic act that justifies the complete crushing of the self — a premise that many non-Catholic readers may be unwilling to grant. It’s worth noting that, while a I few of the figures profiled in “Not Less Than Everything” (the post- 1520 Martin Luther, for example, or Henry Bartel, founder of the first Mennonite mission in China) are non-Catholics, this is no interfaith volume. You will find no Dalai Lama here, no Aung San Suu Kyi, no Ghaffar Khan. The closest we get to a non-Christian view is in Paula Huston’s sketch of Bede Griffiths, the Benedictine monk who, dur- ing nearly four decades in India, adopted elements of Hindu dress, meditation and scripture into his daily sacrament. BEAT Of course, Catherine Wolff nev- er intended to create an interfaith book. She set out to create a book for people like herself: socially pro- gressive Catholics, concerned that the church is actively running away from the promises of the Second THIS. Vatican Council (more than half the authors in this collection men- tion Vatican II in some fashion), and seeking examples of faith, courage and integrity that resonate in the modern world. And yet the finished product tran- scends that narrow goal, because conscience transcends the propri- etary claims of any single religion. It is easy to imagine this volume finding a place in non-Catholic homes and in church libraries of all Early Detection Saves Lives denominations, its stories providing inspiration to clergy and laypersons HOSPITALS If you’re over 50, getting a colonoscopy can reduce your risk of alike. It would also be nice (though developing colon cancer. 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N ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 19 Page 20ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 21 Cover Story the future is not yet now Local robotics companies are pushing the boundaries, but the Jetsons’ Rosie is still years away Students from Crittenden Middle School in Mountain View take a closer look at the PR2 robot during a Story by Bryce Druzin presentation on robotics at Avenidas, a Palo Alto nonprofit senior center, on Jan. 15. Photographs by Veronica Weber ith a rotating head rope and Japan. duce the amount of physical stor- and Eric Berger, in collaboration been interested in building a robot and two strong arms, The robotics lab at University age they have on them, and share with professor Kenneth Salisbury, that was more than “just a hand on w the Personal Robot 2 of California, Berkeley, under the information with each other. designed and built the robot in a an arm.” from Menlo Park-based Willow direction of Pieter Abbeel, was span of 18 months. Salisbury said he favors wheeled Garage can navigate by itself and one of these recipients. It gener- oth the PR2 and the Ro- The PR1 was able to tidy up a robots over legged robots because pick items up off the floor, open a ated a bit of a stir when the robot bot Operating System room, unload a dishwasher and the challenge of balancing on legs refrigerator, fetch a beer and fold successfully folded 50 towels in b software it uses have their fetch a beer from the fridge and still presents a difficult problem. towels. succession, at a rate of about 24 roots at Stanford University. open it, though there was a catch: “I’d like to do something today But before anyone gets too ex- minutes per towel. Since the PR2’s The PR2 is named after the PR1, The tasks were performed while that involves the perception and cited about the prospect of a per- first towel fold in 2010, the lab has which was developed at Salisbury the robot was being controlled by manipulation of objects, without sonal robot maid — think Rosie been able to get the time down to BioRobotics Lab at Stanford. Doc- a person. having to worry about ‘Am I go- from the ‘60s cartoon show “The two minutes. toral students Keenan Wyrobek Still, Salisbury said, he had long ing to fall over?’” he said. Jetsons” — a few things: It costs More recently, in 2012, a Berke- $400,000, weighs almost 500 ley research team collaborated pounds and can’t move up stairs. with Google to program the PR2 And the towel it can fold? That’ll to de-clutter a room. take a couple minutes. Using the Google Goggles im- “One of the issues we have in age recognition application, the robotics is that people’s expecta- robot was able to identify objects tions of robots are really, really such as a mustard bottle and bar high because of what they see in of soap, grasp those objects, and Hollywood,” Willow Garage CEO move them to appropriate areas. Steve Cousins said during a Janu- Professor Ken Goldberg, a mem- ary presentation of the robot at ber of the research team, believes the Avenidas senior center in Palo a commercially viable robot that Alto. picks up around the house could An affordable robot with human be a reality in the not-too-distant capabilities isn’t a reality yet. But future. He thinks the object rec- from the humanoid, general pur- ognition and grasping program- pose PR2 to simpler robots that ming needed to make such a robot perform single tasks, researchers practical can be developed within and companies in and around Palo five years. He said the key would Alto are working to make robots be creating a physical robot that’s ever more useful and practical. reliable and affordable. “Fifteen years is all the time “For under $5,000, people are we’ve had cell phones, but yet we going to start wanting it,” he said. take them for granted,” Cousins Like Cousins, Goldberg also said. “So the world is changing thinks robotics are close to a “tip- fast, and I think the same thing’s ping point.” going to happen with robotics.” “When you get capability it Willow Garage was founded in drives acceptance, which drives late 2006 by Scott Hassan, founder down the price, and drives further of eGroups, a group email-messag- acceptance,” he said. “So you get ing company that would become this positive spiral.” Yahoo Groups. Hassan founded In this experiment, the PR2 used Willow Garage to “accelerate the the concept of “cloud robotics.” development of non-military ro- Instead of storing data for image botics and advance open-source recognition and grasping motions robotics software,” according to on hard drives located on the PR2, the company’s website. this information was stored on a The first PR2 was rolled out in remote network that the robot ac- 2008. Today there are nearly 50 cessed wirelessly. of the robots, nearly all of them at By outsourcing data storage and academic institutions, including 11 computing power to external net- loaned, free of charge, to research works, robots can take advantage A woman gets a hug from a robot at robotic hardware and software developer Willow Garage’s institutes in the United States, Eu- of increased computing power, re- presentation at Avenidas in January. Page 22ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Cover Story Stanford robotics professor Ken Salisbury picks up a few robot-arm prototypes at Salisbury Robotics Lab on Feb. 26. At the same time the PR1 was During his January talk in Palo Communication with the barista being developed, Stanford’s Ar- Alto, Cousins said the open na- was aided by a handwritten note, tificial Intelligence Laboratory, ture of ROS was bringing robotics and an enclosed container of juice under the direction of Andrew closer to “exponential growth.” was used in lieu of coffee to avoid Ng, was developing an operating “Suddenly other people can look spillage. All in all, the PR2’s jour- system for robots to use. at what you did, learn from it, build ney took 40 minutes for something Salisbury said the PR1 served on it, and then do something else that would take a human around A detail of an arm extension of the Avatar II, built by RoboteX in Palo not only as a platform to study ro- and contribute back,” he said. 10. Alto, shows the robot’s camera and claw attachments, which are botic capabilities but also as a tool Stanford was also one of the 11 “The coffee-fetching robot is a primarily used for missions of the U.S. military and police departments. to raise funds for the next genera- institutions to be loaned a PR2 by pretty sophisticated example of tion of personal robotics. Willow Garage in 2010. full autonomy,” Salisbury said. “If you are aware and do not do few months later, he was joined by “The founder of Willow Ga- Salisbury said one of his many “Yet that is a laboratory demon- anything, you are a sensor,” he Robert Ford as well as Ted Selker, rage saw what we were doing, saw dreams in robotics was to have a stration. That robot’s not going said. “If you are aware and you who designed IBM’s in-keyboard what Andrew Ng was doing, look- robot fetch him a cup of coffee. to be serving coffee for (a few) react, then you can start to be con- pointing device Trackpoint. ing at both the hardware and the A simple task for a human being years.” sidered a robot.” Rozov, who has a software back- software capabilities that we were but not so easy for an autonomous Though Rozov said he was in- ground and is writing code for the developing, and became quite ex- robot. hile Willow Garage spired by watching “The Jetsons” FoldiMate, said he’s working to cited about it,” he said. “That’s a pretty hard problem if and academicians on TV as a kid, he’s setting his have a functional prototype ready Wyrobek and Berger were hired you think about it,” he said. “How w work on creating a sights on something a little less by April. Users will place an article by Willow Garage to head up its do I get from here through the general purpose robot that can be ambitious than a humanoid robot of clothing on top of a rectangular personal robot project, which pro- doors, through the elevator, some- programmed to perform multiple like Rosie. box about 2-feet wide and 2.5-feet duced the PR2. And the software how communicate with the per- tasks, other people are working on “You want to find a robot or a long. A platform will lower down originally developed at Stanford’s son serving coffee, take the coffee simpler, single-task robots. solution that will solve a specific into the machine, where the fold- AI Lab would be developed fur- (and) bring it back down?” But if a robot can only perform pain point,” he said, “And if we ing will take place. ther by Willow Garage and be- Last summer, student Tony Prat- one task, what’s the difference be- look at it like that, the time to mar- Users will indicate whether the come known as the Robot Operat- kanis was able to program the ro- tween it and an appliance, like a ket will be a lot faster.” garment is a shirt, towel or pair ing System, or ROS. bot to perform an approximation toaster? Rozov identified folding clothes of pants. FoldiMate will sense ROS is now the most widely of the task. The PR2 used laser FoldiMate CEO Gal Rozov is as a pain point. its size, thickness of fabric and used open-source robotics soft- sensors to detect obstacles, and it developing a laundry-folding ro- “It’s a tedious task,” he said. whether it is long-sleeve or short- ware platform. Because it’s open- used accelerometers and its vision bot. He said a robot is character- He started work on the concept sleeve and adjust accordingly. source, the code can be freely to determine how many floors it ized by how it responds to changes in 2010 and founded FoldiMate, viewed by anyone. traveled. in its environment. based in San Mateo, in 2012. A (continued on next page) Left, Steve Cousins, president and CEO of Willow Garage, gives a presentation about the PR2 and robotics at Avenidas in January. Above, he shows a video of the PR2 successfully fetching a beer for programmers. ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 23 Cover Story A sign hangs in the RoboteX assembly center on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, marking how many units have been shipped out. Eric Ivers, general manager of the Palo Alto-based robotics start-up RoboteX, stands Gal Rozov, CEO of FoldiMate, works on the company’s laundry-folding “smart among the fleet of prototypes of the Avatar, a security-based robot primarily used by machine” at his lab in Berkeley on March 11. the U.S. military and police departments, on March 7. (continued from previous page) sold in 2002 by Massachusetts- based iRobot. The company decided in ear- “When (Neato) was founded, ly March to start referring to there was a lot more fear about FoldiMate as a “smart appliance,” calling things ‘robots,’” she said. as opposed to a “robot,” in order “There was a concern that people to make it more relatable to cus- would react negatively or not be tomers. ready for robots in the home. And I “If you say ‘robot,’ it’s the fu- think that was true at the time, but ture,” he said. “When you say I think it has changed quickly.” ‘smart appliance,’ it’s right now.” David Ivers, general manager Rozov said he’s first targeting of RoboteX in Palo Alto, said he’s laundromats and wants to sell also noticed a change in how the them a coin-operated model for public reacts to robots. their customers to use. He hopes His company makes security ro- to eventually sell a home model bots for law enforcement and other that would cost under $800. emergency responders that can be A robot that is a bit more au- outfitted with cameras, manipu- tonomous than the FoldiMate is lator arms and gas and radiation made by Neato Robotics, based in detectors. Newark and founded by Stanford He said that when he used to Graduate School of Business stu- drive the robot around Palo Alto dents. streets, people would stop and ask The company makes robotic questions. But about a year ago vacuum cleaners, the first of which that changed. were sold in 2010. Nancy Nunziati, “It was just sort of ‘Yeah, there vice president of marketing, said goes another robot,’” he said. the company was founded in 2004 RoboteX’s robots are controlled At Neato Robotics in Newark, Bill Beach, SQA manager, left, and Mike Perkins, vice president of and benefited from coming out engineering, talk in the lab, which is used to test the robotic vacuum cleaners as they move around after the Roomba, which was first (continued on page 26) various home environments, on March 11. Page 24ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Cover Story DR. CINDY HUE, D.D.S. s DR. JESSE KIM, D.D.S. 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They’re also blue. deterrent for companies to invest “We didn’t make a big, black, in the field. scary-looking robot for home “The law is basically stuck in use,” he said. this mode of product liability Professor Salisbury echoed the that’s strict,” he said. “So maybe sentiment that if a robot is in a we should immunize platforms domestic setting, it should look for what users do with these so pleasant. He also said it’s impor- that (companies) have incentive tant that domestic robots act in a to build the platforms because way to reassure people that they that will spur the robotics indus- are friendly and have predictable try.” behaviors. Building up the robotics indus- For example, if a robot is pass- try was Willow Garage’s primary ing through a room with a human goal, Cousin said, adding that the in it, it should look at that per- company expected to profit from son so that they know the robot this foundational work in the knows they are there. long term. “If it’s just (seemingly) moving In line with this philosophy, blindly around, I might become PR2 customers who agree to afraid of it, rather than realize share their programming code that ‘OK, it’s perceiving that I with the open-source community exist and ... it’s going to behave can receive a 30 percent discount safely,’” he said. off the robot’s hefty price tag. The issue of safety is some- Cousins said the open-source thing Willow Garage’s Cousins nature of ROS jibed with Willow called vital to the future of home- Garage’s plan to build a robotics use robots. industry first and profit from it “Robots in human spaces ... later. have to be safe around people,” In February, however, the need he said, “and if you can’t hit that for profit apparently became a bar, there’s no way they’re going starker reality for Willow Garage, to be acceptable.” and Cousins announced that the In line with that, the PR2’s company was changing its fund- 100-pound arms are held up by ing model and would “enter the springs that allow them to “float,” world of commercial opportuni- as opposed to powerful motors ties with an eye to becoming a that would not only weigh a lot self-sustaining company.” but also be capable of inflicting The statement said the com- damage if the robot’s program- pany would continue to provide ming were to malfunction. support for the PR2. A represen- “I’m a software guy and ... I tative of Willow Garage declined don’t trust software,” he said. to comment further on the com- “So I want to make sure there’s a pany’s decision. N backup plan in case the software Freelance writer Bryce goes crazy.” Druzin can be emailed at [email protected]. s robot-human inter- action becomes more About the cover: a commonplace, ques- Illustration by Shannon tions about liability in the case Corey. of accidents have arisen in tan- dem. Ryan Calo, an assistant profes- WATCH MORE ONLINE sor at the University of Wash- www.PaloAltoOnline.com ington School of Law and an A video about the robotics work affiliate scholar at Stanford, has being done locally has been posted written about legal issues relat- on Palo Alto Online. Page 26ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Entertainment movies and more, edited by Rebecca Wallace A Palo Alto restaurant pianist as a teen, keyboardist Loren Gold now tours the world with The Who ome parents might have reservations upon himself.” But it was more than that. “He just sort of hearing that their son, fresh out of high had the aura of someone who was already settling school, had decided to pursue his dream of in to being a musician.” being a professional musician, but not Loren Indeed, Gold started his career as a professional S Gold’s folks. musician when he was still in high school, in both “My parents have always been supportive,” ordinary and extraordinary ways. Like many young says the pianist, who’s now been in music for more musicians, Gold played in a series of local bands, than 20 years. “I would never have made it here playing Top 40 covers at house parties and gigging without their support.” around the Bay Area. The here Gold is referencing is actually more While Fink encourages his students to explore like everywhere, and could just as easily be a major pop music, Gold’s high school band wasn’t what city in Europe or Japan or Madison Square Gar- impressed him. Fink was wowed when Gold, while den — where Gold recently helped British classic- still attending Gunn, landed a gig playing piano at rock gods The Who wrap up the final set of their a fancy restaurant in downtown Palo Alto. (The “Quadrophenia” tour. restaurant was called La Tour and is long since “This is the biggest tour I’ve ever been a part of,” gone.) Gold says. “It was definitely special.” “It was quite an impressive thing,” Fink says, These days, Gold lives in Los Angeles, where adding that such a job is often filled by someone he moved to be closer to the music industry. But much older. “It was quite a feather in his cap at before he was rocking sold-out stadiums, he was the time.” just another Peninsula kid. Still, looking back at his musical career, Gold Gold was born and raised in Palo Alto. It was says nothing ever really made him feel as if he had here that he learned to play piano — in music class- “made it” like sharing the stage with Who lead es at his alma mater, Gunn High School, and from singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend a local tutor who still gives lessons. According to — whom he will join this summer for The Who’s Gold’s former tutor, Paul Fink, it was quite clear tour of Europe. by Nick Veronin from the outset that Gold would become a profes- “It definitely makes me feel like all that hard sional musician. work paid off — and is continuing to pay off,” he “He was very talented,” Fink says. “Very quick says. And it’s a good thing that it has paid off. Gold to learn pieces. He had a real affinity for the key- board. It just seemed like a natural extension of (continued from previous page) ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 27 Arts & Entertainment (continued on next page) vous upon walking into the studio, ed Fink to the show. The two have but the feeling soon melted away as kept in touch over the years, and says he’s never considered working he and Daltrey played some songs Fink, who still teaches in Palo Alto, in any kind of conventional job. off “Tommy,” The Who’s classic can’t say enough about his former Though Gold says that The Who concept album about a deaf, mute student and his family. Fink says he gig is by far his largest and most and blind pinball master. is doubly impressed now with the prestigious, he has worked as a The two clicked, and so Gold ability of Gold’s son — who has keyboardist for a variety of artists, toured the world with Daltrey start- taken after his father’s love of the including Hilary Duff, Melissa ing in 2010. When it came time to piano. N Etheridge and Kenny Loggins — pick a keyboardist for The Who’s the last artist he played with before “Quadrophenia” tour, Gold was landing the gig that would ultimate- tapped again. Info: For more about Loren Gold, go ly secure him a spot on The Who’s For someone who has toured with to lorengold.com. tour bus. some of music’s biggest acts, Gold A friend of Gold’s knew the man is incredibly unassuming — a trait who was helping Roger Daltrey put he seems to have possessed for all of Palo Alto native Loren Gold has a band together for a recent solo his life, according to Fink. now been a professional musician tour. Gold got a call and auditioned When Gold came through the Bay for more than 20 years. for the part. He said he was a bit ner- Area on Daltrey’s solo tour, he invit- PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL A&E DIGEST CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE SCHOOL SEEKS DIRECTOR ... 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The Policy and Services Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 19, Cheryl Burke Dance Mountain View 2013 at 7:00 P.M. to discuss: 1) Discussion of Ordinance Prohibiting Smoking in Three Parks , 2) Setting Core Values, and 3) Referral From 1400 North Shoreline Blvd. #A-1, Mtn View City Council - Colleagues Memo on Annual Council Reorganization Meeting Date. © 2010-2013 Cheryl Burke Dance. Page 28ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Arts & Entertainment The King as ordinary man Though its script is flawed, ‘The Mountaintop’ is an intriguing demystification of an icon by Chad Jones he Martin Luther King Jr. we lot of excited conversation. meet in Katori Hall’s “The “I cuss worser than a sailor with Mountaintop” isn’t orating the clap,” Camae says after a string magnificently on a theme of of expletives has spilled out of her T civil rights for all. Rather, he’s star-struck babble. She plays the hollering after someone about backwoods innocent, but she knows a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes. Once what she’s doing. She’s thrilled to alone in his Lorraine Motel room be in the presence of a man whom in Memphis, Hall’s King is further she knows from watching on TV deconstructed as just an ordinary down at Woolworth’s, but she’s man. He takes his shoes off and no dummy. She’s certainly smart his feet stink — he calls it “march- enough to know when King is com- ing feet.” Then we hear him going ing on to her. to the bathroom just off stage (he Adrian Roberts as King and washes his hands after). Simone Missick as Camae have Kitaoka Mark Thus begins the demystification striking stage chemistry, which is Playing Martin Luther King Jr., Adrian Roberts laughs with Simone Missick, who plays the hotel maid Camae. process of Hall’s play, an award- vital to this 90-minute two-hander. winner in London three years ago Roberts has the burden of portray- weight of history do it for her. When Cost: Tickets are $23-$73 general; and a 2011 New York star vehicle ing one of the most revered men in the TheatreWorks matinee crowd What: “The Mountaintop” by Katori discounts for students, seniors and for Samuel L. Jackson (making his 20th-century history while allow- shouts an enthusiastic “amen” when Hall, presented by TheatreWorks educators. Broadway debut) and Angela Bas- ing the flawed portrait Hall paints Dr. King calls for one, it’s not re- Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Info: Go to theatreworks.org or call sett. Now Hall’s piece of re-imag- to render him in human rather than ally because of the play. When Dr. Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 650-463-1960. ined history is spreading out across mythic terms. He does so admira- King — who happens to be stand- When: Through April 7 with 7:30 p.m. the land. bly, and when we do see Hall’s King ing on a pedestal at this point — shows Tuesday and Wednesday; In its local premiere at the Lu- unleash the magic, it’s a convincing asks you to testify, you testify. It’s 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 2 and cie Stern Theatre courtesy of The- and welcome moment. too bad “The Mountaintop” doesn’t 8 p.m. Saturday; and 2 and 7 p.m. atreWorks, “The Mountaintop” Lovely and charming, Missick is do more with that power than play Sunday (schedule varies April 1-7) Sign up today at appears to be part of a campaign a delight as Camae, even when she’s theatrical games. N www.PaloAltoOnline.com to pull the Rev. King off his ped- asked to do sometimes ridiculous estal. The play roots around in his things like putting on King’s suit humanity a bit, then returns him to jacket and shoes and delivering a the pantheon of great Americans speech she wishes he’d give. When with a renewed sense of apprecia- Hall’s play takes a narrative turn, Attention Bay Area Seniors tion and respect for what this man, whether or not the audience turns who was mortal after all, was able with it is almost entirely up to Miss- to accomplish. ick. She has to be a believable guide Hall takes her title from what into hyper-theatrical territory. has come to be known as King’s The good news is that Missick is “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” more than up to the task. She and speech delivered April 3, 1968, in Roberts, under the astute direction a Memphis church the night before of Anthony J. Haney, are excellent, he was assassinated on the balcony even when the play isn’t. Living Well of the Lorraine Motel. It’s in that Hall takes some imaginative speech that King said, prophetical- leaps, and that in itself is an admi- The Palo Alto Weekly’s fi rst ever monthly special section ly: “We’ve got some difficult days rable thing. She takes a reasonably ahead. But it really doesn’t matter realistic play in a rundown motel focusing on the needs and interests of local seniors. with me now, because I’ve been to room (set by Eric Sinkkonen) and the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. sends it into some wild places to Like anybody, I would like to live a underscore King’s importance, even long life — longevity has its place. with all his flaws. But Hall’s writ- But I’m not concerned about that ing isn’t strong enough to sustain the now. I just want to do God’s will.” theatrical structure she has created. Hall catches up with King in Like the lightning and thunder in Room 306 just after that speech, the lighting and sound design, there Find… on a stormy night. The great man are flashes of humor and poetry and is trying to write another speech, nobility, but there’s also filler and s ,IFESTYLES OF TODAYS “Why America Is Going to Hell.” silliness and the least convincing seniors He’s exhausted — only 39 but phone conversations you’re likely to s $EVELOPMENTS IN with the weariness of a much hear on a professional stage. senior housing older man. So it’s no surprise he’s Hall has the ambition and imagi- so easily distracted by Camae, a nation of a Tony Kushner but the s .OTABLE LOCAL SENIORS spirited maid who brings him a dialogue writing skills of a decent cup of coffee and happily shares sitcom scribe. She doesn’t build s #ALENDAR OF SENIOR her pack of Pall Malls and a whole dramatic tension so much as let the FOCUSED LOCAL EVENTS s !ND LOTS MORE Living Well publishes in the Palo Alto Support Weekly the fi rst week of every month. 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And you just may see her out On-line Order At MINGS.COM in nature locally with her ea- Phone Order at 856-7700 (9am to 9:30pm) sel, capturing the light and emotion of the landscape. This month, the Palo Alto painter has an exhibit of landscapes called “Classic California” at the Portola Ming’s Chinese Cuisine and Bar Art Gallery at Menlo Park’s 1700 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto Allied Arts Guild. She tel 650.856.7700 / fax 650.855.9479 / www.mings.com finds her inspiration in sun- sets and seasons, hills and ocean waves and, occasion- ally, Starbucks. (One of her “Zinfandel Sunset,” a 2013 oil painting on linen, is among the landscapes by paintings depicts a lazy cafe Kristen Olson now on exhibit in Menlo Park. scene in front of a Starbucks in Walnut Creek.) She calls herself an “American Impressionist.” In addition to the show, Olson is also teaching a day- Film long workshop on plein-air garden painting, Impres- ‘Homegrown’ sionist-style. Open to painters of all levels working in Combining historical documentary styles and hip-hop oil, acrylic, gouache and watercolor, the workshop goes music flavors, three films tell three stories that have from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday, March 16, at Allied come out of East Palo Alto in recent years. They will all Arts. The $125 price includes lunch at the Blue Garden be screened at a public event called “Homegrown: Cul- Cafe at Allied Arts. tivating Dreams through Action” scheduled for March The exhibit runs through March 31 at the gallery at 18 at East Palo Alto City Hall. 75 Arbor Road. Admission is free; gallery hours are The movies are the fruits of a 10-week joint effort of Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Go to East Palo Alto youth lyricists and students from Stan- portolaartgallery.com or call 650-321-0220. For more ford’s urban-studies program. The young writers and on the workshop, go to kristenolson.net. students teamed up as part of a class on environmental issues in the city, according to a press release. The films focus on: the Youth United for Community Action campaign to shut down the local Romic waste Music recycling program; efforts to farm and grow local food He’s performed in East Palo Alto; and the Weeks Neighborhood Plan at Carnegie Hall, and East Palo Alto Historical and Agricultural Society’s the Metropolitan work to increase self-sufficiency through local food. Museum, the 92nd After the screenings, environmental and sustainability Street Y. And activists Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel will speak. now: the Oshman The event is free and scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 Family Jewish p.m. at 2415 University Ave. in East Palo Alto. For more Community Cen- information, call 650-724-7575. ter. Pianist Inon Barnatan brings his big-city clas- sical-music styl- ings to Palo Alto Kids on March 24 for a Family theater concert. Two family-friendly shows open on Peninsula stages next weekend: Palo Alto Children’s Theatre opening the Marco Borggreve Born in Tel Aviv in 1979, Barnatan classical musical “Oliver” on March 21, with Peninsula made his orches- Youth Theatre presenting the new “The Wishing Chair tral debut at age and Other Irish Tales” starting on March 22. 11. He studied at The “Oliver” adaptation, with script and score by Lionel Bart, includes the songs “Consider Yourself,” Inon Barnatan. the Royal Acade- my of Music in Lon- “As Long as He Needs Me” and “You’ve Got to Pick a don before moving to Pocket or Two.” It will be performed at the Children’s New York City, where he lives in a converted warehouse Theatre at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, with 7 in Harlem, according to his bio. He’s a fan of both classi- p.m. shows on March 21, 22, 23, 29 and 30; 2 p.m. shows cal and contemporary composers; besides paying tribute on March 23, 24 and 30; and 4:30 shows on March 27 to the greats of the past, he also plays works by alterna- and 28. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children. tive composer George Crumb, Britain’s Judith Weir and Go to cityofpaloalto.org or call 650-463-4970. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who has a taste for Meanwhile, “The Wishing Chair,” a new production electronic music. of Irish stories presented in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, On March 24, he’ll play Beethoven’s “32 Variations”; will be performed at the Mountain View Center for the Schubert’s Sonata in C minor, D. 958; Chopin’s Ballade Performing Arts at 500 Castro St. It’s part of PYT’s No. 4 in F minor; and Schumann’s “Carnival.” Stories on Stage series, which has 45-minute shows in- His March 24 concert is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m., at tended to get younger audiences interested in reading. the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the JCC. Admission is Shows are at 9:30 and 11 a.m. March 22 and 11:30 a.m. $25-$45 general and $20-$36 for JCC members. Go to and 1:30 p.m. March 23. Admission is $8 on Friday paloaltojcc.org or call 408-286-2600, extension 23. and $10 on Saturday. Go to mvcpa.com or call 650- 903-6000. 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Page 32ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V NOW PLAYING OPENINGS The following is a sampling of movies Movies recently reviewed in the Weekly: that fails to leave a lasting impression. Magic serves as an entertaining backdrop Emperor -1/2 (Aquarius, Century 20) Though they’re better for this otherwise mediocre undertaking, with than nothing, movies have never been a good Carell playing the part of applauded Las Ve- place to learn history. There are exceptions: gas magician Burt Wonderstone. The audience well-researched films, honest ones that convey the essence of truth even in conflation and re- meets Burt at his most vulnerable, as a young- move. “Emperor” is not one of those. It purports ster perpetually bullied and left to his own to tell the story of what happened in Japan devices by his absentee mother. A birthday in the fall of 1945, as occupying Americans investigated Emperor Hirohito’s culpability in gift in the form of a magic kit sets Burt on his war crimes. Would he stand trial? Or would he future path, a direction further cemented when remain in place in a rebuilt Japan? On the face Burt meets fellow outcast Anton. of it, this post-war twilight zone could be a fas- cinating place, in the company of men like Hiro- As adults, Burt and Anton (Steve Buscemi) hito and General Douglas MacArthur, the latter have the hottest act in Sin City, but their tradi- played by Tommy Lee Jones. But this “inspired tional theatrics are growing stale. Burt’s over- by a true story” story gets told from the point Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman and Mia Wasikowska in “Stoker.” of view of “Brigadier General Bonner Fellers” blown ego has become a liability and edgy (Matthew Fox), whose name I put in quotation newcomer Steve Gray (Carrey, in an obvious marks because the character resembles his Stoker --1/2 gerous woodsy rendezvous, dreamy ceiling-to- caricature of street magician Criss Angel) is historical counterpart pretty much in name only. floor drapes, and frequent close-ups of saddle Yes, Fellers was a right-hand man to MacArthur (Palo Alto Square) A key line in the sleek starting to transform how Vegas views mag- and investigated war crimes and the role of new psychological thriller “Stoker” avers, shoes, as a signifier of innocence on the cusp ic. The lifelong friendship between Burt and Hirohito. But “Emperor” (based on Shiro Oka- “Sometimes you need to do something bad of sexual awakening. Anton is torn asunder as casino mogul Doug moto’s book “His Majesty’s Salvation”) ignores Park’s skills for surreal subjectivity and the prevailing opinion about how the investigation to stop you from doing something worse.” Munny (James Gandolfini) seeks new ways to went down and, worse, invents an obsessive “Stoker” isn’t exactly bad — in fact, it’s worth mischievously weird certainly don’t hurt, but attract an audience. romance with a Japanese woman (Eriko Hat- seeing — but one could imagine director Park they can’t quite banish the film’s narrative “Wonderstone” is an enticing concept but sune). The true story of post-war back-room speed bumps and drafts of cold air as the film meetings, or at least a truer one, might have Chan-wook (“Oldboy”) comforting himself lacks the laughs to back up its potential. The worked for “Emperor,” but the mealy half-truth with the same advice, as he muddles through bluntly denotes the compulsive correspon- film’s first half is almost arduous viewing, as that director Peter Webber (“Girl with a Pearl the American system and resists selling out. dence of orgasm and murder, and nastiness by Burt is so narcissistic and tactless that he is ut- Earring”) and screenwriters Vera Blasi and Da- inheritance (evoking “The Bad Seed”). The vid Klass settle for just winds up a waste of ev- Park doesn’t take a writing credit on “Stok- terly unlikable, which all but dissolves any em- eryone’s time. Rated PG-13 for violent content, er” (it’s scripted by Wentworth Miller, who’s women’s waywardness of thought and feeling pathy built for the character in the film’s open- brief strong language and smoking. One hour, better known as an actor), but the film screams comes off as unfortunately regressive, though ing scenes when Burt is a child. Fortunately, 38 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed March 8, 2013) “Park Chan-wook!” in its sight-and-sound the stoking of India’s inner life will lead her the picture picks up quite a bit in the second either to her dead father’s “openness, honesty The Gatekeepers ---1/2 trappings. The man is a stylist, and “Stoker” half, both in the story and humor departments. (Palo Alto Square) Dror Moreh’s documentary can be bracing simply for being so out of step and integrity” or his brother’s eagerness to But there are only a handful of laugh-out-loud “The Gatekeepers” proves more intellectually with most domestic films that we see. And yet sin. moments, such as when Carrey is trying to engaging than Hollywood’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” Despite its deficiencies, this moody symbol- and at least as unsettling. Moreh pursued there’s a whiff of desperation in the film’s aes- sleep on hot coals or Carell and Buscemi pass the participation of former heads of the Shin thetic inventions, suggesting Park’s efforts to ist thriller is not for a second less than engag- out after inhaling a faint-inducing vapor. Bet, Israel’s secret service. Six of these men distract from a script that doesn’t quite make ing. Credit delicate work by Wasikowska and The casting is mostly solid — especially agreed for the first time to explain their actions, Goode, and Park’s strategy to design every discuss their successes and air their regrets. it. Olivia Wilde as an aspiring magician and the Obviously men who have run the Shin Bet will Mia Wasikowska (“Alice in Wonderland”) composition, camera move and edit to keep the always reliable Alan Arkin as an aging one. be both canny enough and skilled enough to plays India Stoker, an 18-year-old who nar- audience off-balance (plus: newly composed Buscemi and Gandolfini, however, are odd fits say just what they want, no more or less. Es- Philip Glass piano duets). Who knows: Maybe sentially the sole criticism of Moreh’s film is that rates, “To become adult is to become free.” (although, to be fair, both seem fully invested it gives the men a venue to couch their past She’s itching to play in the behavioral big this movie that asks “What kind of family is in their parts). Director Don Scardino has a actions in the best possible light and to polish leagues, though emotionally stunted by the family you can’t take home?” can be a rally resume made up mostly of television gigs, and their legacies by explaining how they have, in point for dysfunctional broods needing to let hindsight, turned certain political corners. The recent death of her father in a car accident. unfortunately it shows. The movie itself feels sometimes-slick visual approach, incorporat- All is not well at home, where India’s mother off a little “at least we’re not as bad as all that” almost dated, with a soundtrack that boasts ing recreations of satellite surveillance and an (Nicole Kidman) allows a new houseguest and steam. predictable and long-forgotten tunes. (“Mag- animated photographer’s-eye view of the 1984 debacle, can at times feel like overkill, but they begins cozying up to him even as he cozies ic,” anyone?) also help to put what’s otherwise a series of up to India. It’s her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Rated R for disturbing violent and sexual Part of the reason “Wonderstone” misses the talking heads in the game with other eye-catch- Goode), who fulfills a wolfish archetype dat- content. One hour, 38 minutes. mark is that magic itself is meant much more ing top docs. Rated PG-13 for violent content including disturbing images. One hour, 41 min- ing back beyond the Uncle Charlie of Alfred for the stage than the big screen. In person, utes. — P.C. (Reviewed Feb. 22, 2013) Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt.” — Peter Canavese magic can be hypnotic, but on film it is little Where “Shadow of a Doubt” provides a more than adequate visual effects. And while Jack the Giant Slayer --- jumping-off point, and Bram Stoker’s “Drac- The Incredible Burt the reunion of Carell and Carrey is something (Century 16, Century 20) The classic folk ula” a thematic touchstone (in the pernicious- Wonderstone -- of a treat, the dynamic duo can’t quite pull a tale has become a fascination for Hollywood ness of bloodlines), it’s the craftwork of Da- lately, and the evolution of visual effects has (Century 16, Century 20) The film-going rabbit out of this cinematic hat. made such stories easier to translate to the vid Lynch that seems to be on Park’s mind public was introduced to funnyman Steve big screen. Director Bryan Singer’s take on as he strikes ground in America. An insect Carell as a supporting player to Jim Carrey’s Rated PG-13 for sexual content, dangerous the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fable may be the motif evokes “Blue Velvet”; a violent nature best film adaptation of a time-honored yarn yet. lead in the God-complex comedy “Bruce Al- stunts, a drug-related incident and language. Singer, of “The Usual Suspects” and “X-Men” doc on a motel TV nods to “Wild at Heart”; mighty” (2003). Ten years later, Carrey is 1 hour, 40 minutes. fame, infuses the film with just the right balance and much of the rest pays homage to “Twin playing backup to Carell’s protagonist in “The of action, romance and goofy fun. The picture Peaks.” There are comical high-school toughs moves at a brisk pace, the effects are spot-on Incredible Burt Wonderstone.” And while the — Tyler Hanley and the script is refreshingly sharp. Up-and- (including a biker teen at a roadhouse), the roles have reversed, the outcome is similar — comer Nicholas Hoult (“X-Men: First Class”) threat of incest, crossing train tracks to a dan- a middling chuckler with lackluster writing (continued on next page) ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE ® BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE “Weirdly funny and rousing, both intellectually and emotionally.” -Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES Century Theatres at Palo Alto Square “AMAZING.” ONE OF THE WINNER –A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES CANNES FILM FESTIVAL Fri and Sun Stoker - 2:15, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 TOP 5 FOREIGN C.I.C.A.E. 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Politi- “Oz” movie that’s a “look-alike” of Warner Century 16, Century 20) “Snitch” fictional- usually spectacular Stanley Tucci is miscast cal executions. Torture. Rigged elections. property “The Wizard of Oz.” This prequel izes the case of 18-year-old Joey Settem- plays Jack, a humble farmhand who lives as a less-than-honorable royal advisor. Put these up for a vote by the people, and tells how the Wizard installed himself in the brino, a first-time offender who landed a 10- in relative squalor with his uncle. Jack’s Rated PG-13 for intense scenes of fantasy one wouldn’t expect a nailbiter election. Emerald City. James Franco plays roguish year prison sentence after being entrapped uncle tasks him with taking a horse to town action violence, some frightening images Yet that’s the story of “No,” Pablo Larrain’s carnival magician Oscar Diggs (aka “Oz”), by a friend in a drug sting, adding spoonfuls to sell, and Jack reluctantly parts with the and brief language. One hour, 55 minutes. drama about 1988’s up-or-down vote on whose balloon gets whipped by a tornado of action sugar to make the social mes- animal for — you guessed it — a handful — T.H. (Reviewed March 1, 2013) Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, and the into the magical land of Oz. There he meets sage go down. Dwayne Johnson plays the of unusual beans. But the beans’ bearer advertising war waged to sway the popu- a fetching witch named Theodora (Mila father, John Matthews, whose son Jason issues an ominous warning: Don’t get them lace. The third film in Larrain’s loose trilogy Kunis), who informs him that he must be makes one bad call and winds up in the Big set in the Pinochet era, “No” casts Mexican the wizard foretold in prophecy to inherit House. As the owner of a big-rig freight- star Gael Garcia Bernal as ad man Rene the Emerald City throne. Theodora takes shipping outfit, John’s in a “good” position Saavedra (a composite character repre- Oz to meet her sister Evanora (Rachel to offer drug traffickers an enticing propo- BUY 1 ENTREE senting Jose Manuel Salcedo and Enrique Weisz), who regards him with suspicion but sition. Entrapping one of his employees, Garcia), who — despite the risks to career, sends him on a mission to kill witch Glinda John gets a meet with dealer Malik, who AND GET self and family — joins the “No” campaign (Michelle Williams) and earn his position. In in turn connects John with Mexican drug as the key creative force behind 27 nights story terms, this sort of connect-the-dots cartel head Juan Carlos. Stunt coordinator- THE 2ND ONE of videos to run adjacent to videos by the prequel is basically a dead end, warned turned-director Ric Roman Waugh shows “Yes” campaign. A plebiscite will then not to stray from its yellow-brick road and his sure hand with the impressive if over- determine whether Pinochet gets another doomed to a foregone conclusion. The blown, driving stunts, which constitute most term, unopposed. “No” ably captures the script by Mitchell Kapner and Pulitzer Prize of the limited action in what’s otherwise an cultural moment, clarifying how fear and a winner David Lindsay-Abaire (“Rabbit Hole”) indie-flavored thriller. The cast helps. For a protectiveness of economic growth bolster mostly settles for revisiting every trope of man of not unlimited acting talent, Johnson the “Yes” side, and how perhaps only the the original story rather than trying to break shows he has a good understanding of his successful campaigner for “Free Cola” ground. “Oz” gets saved from the junk heap range and a firm handle on his career, this with coupon could harness music, rebelliousness and by Franco and especially by director Sam role being just the sort he ought to be play- (Not valid Friday & Saturday) romance to make the sale for “No.” Rated R Raimi, who happily treats the enterprise ing. That said, he’d be nowhere without his for language. One hour, 58 minutes. — P.C. as a sandbox. Like Ang Lee and Martin supporting cast. In its modern way, “Snitch” (Reviewed March 8, 2013) Scorsese before him, Raimi finds his first is almost Dickensian in its intent, missing ,UNCH "UFFET - 3 s 3UNDAY /NLY "ROWN 2ICE s 2ESERVATIONS !CCEPTED foray into 3D creatively invigorating, at least no opportunity for melodramatic confronta- 369 Lytton Avenue Oz the Great and Powerful --1/2 in visual terms. Rated PG for sequences tion. Rated PG-13 for drug content and se- (Century 16, Century 20) The “sound-alike” of action and scary images, and brief mild quences of violence. One hour, 52 minutes. Downtown Palo Alto has long been a practice of those looking to language. Two hours, 10 minutes. — P.C. — P.C. (Reviewed Feb. 22, 2013) (650) 462-5903 borrow the cachet of a piece of music with (Reviewed March 8, 2013) Fax (650) 462-1433 Family owned and operated for 17 years MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday through Sunday only unless otherwise noted. 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California Pacific it all in Conference Player of the Year Jolise Limcaco of Menlo College added another accolade to her resume on the family Wednesday as she was named to the NAIA All-American third team. Gunn High grad Limcaco, a sophomore guard from Sacramento, was an integral part of matches her mother’s Menlo women’s impressive season, 1983 NCAA title which included a 26-4 record, Cal Pac regular season and conference by Keith Peters championships, a 10-0 conference he past and present came to- record, and a trip to the NAIA national gether in a big bear hug this championships. Limcaco averaged past weekend as Gunn High 16.7 points and 4.9 assists per game T grad Joanne Reid celebrated with while shooting nearly 50 percent from her mother as an NCAA champion the field. This is the first time Limcaco in cross-country skiing. has cracked the All-American list. Reid, a senior at the University Limcaco is the first Menlo College of Colorado, won the women’s 15- women’s basketball player to be kilometer race on Saturday at the named to the NAIA All-American list NCAA Championships at Ripton, since Kelci Fushikoshi earned an Vt. That matched her mother’s per- honorable mention in 2009 . . . Menlo formance 30 years earlier whiling junior Justine Roscoe was named Cal helping the Buffaloes rally from a Pac Conference Softball Pitcher of the 54-point deficit to win their 19th Week it was announced Wednesday. national championship in skiing — Roscoe pitched seven innings and al- their seventh coed title to go with 11 lowed three hits and three unearned men’s crowns and one women’s. runs in helping the Oaks sweep a Reid’s mother, Olympic speed doubleheader from the University of skating medalist Beth Heiden, won Concordia of Nebraska. the cross country title skiing for Vermont in 1983, the first year the CARDINAL CORNER . . . Stanford’s NCAA sponsored women’s skiing Eddie Penev was named the College after absorbing the old AIAW (As- Gymnastics Association Gymnast of sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics the Week as the nation’s top colle- for Women). giate gymnast for the second consec- “It feels amazing,” Joanne Reid utive week, as announced by the or- said of her final collegiate race. ganization Wednesday. Tt is Penev’s “My mom’s got connections here; third honor this season and fifth in his she can do what she wants, so I career. Penev had a terrific weekend, saw her at the finish line and it was leading Stanford to a season-high great. It’s cool that we have both team score of 438.600 against No. 14 now won NCAA individual titles Army and Springfield in West Point, — especially because every time I N.Y. Penev claimed individual victo- go skiing with her, they just list all ries in floor and the all-around with her awards so now I have one that season-bests of 16.050 and 89.100. . she has. I just need a few more world . . Stanford redshirt freshman wrestler championships in other sports now Evan Silver was one of 44 wrestlers to Beth Reid to catch up.” receive an at-large berth into the 2013 Before skiing to here NCAA title NCAA Championships, the NCAA in 1983, Beth Heiden was the all- announced Wednesday. Silver, who competes at 125 pounds, was the Gunn High grad Joanne Reid, a senior at the University of Colorado, celebrates her title in the women’s 15- only wrestler from the Pac-12 Confer- kilometer race last Saturday at the NCAA Championships in Ripton, Vt. (continued on page 38) ence to receive an at-large berth to championships, set for March 21-23 NORCAL BASKETBALL NORCAL BASKETBALL in Des Moines, Iowa. Silver leads the Cardinal this season with a 25-13 overall record and a 16-6 mark in du- als. Joining Silver in Des Moines next The Panthers will Gunn girls miss week are Stanford juniors Bret Baum- bach and Dan Scherer . . . . Stanford battle for berth shot at making is sending 11 competitors to the Na- tional Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Fencing Championships, which begin in state finals some history March 21 in San Antonio, Texas. The by Andrew Preimesberger by Tom Jacoubowsky 10th-ranked men’s fencing team will he Eastside Prep girls’ basketball team he Gunn High girls’ basketball team send six representatives including is looking to make history. The Pin- was hoping for a shot at making pro- Alexander Massialas and Turner ewood girls, meanwhile, want to add gram history by reaching the NorCal Caldwell in foil, Daniel Wolfson and T T to their history. Only one team, however, championship game for the first time. Cameron Lindsay in sabre and Jake will achieve its goal this weekend. Put your Instead, that shot missed its mark as a very Harbour and Paul Riviere in epee. money on the Panthers. successful season by the Titans came to a Riviere earned an at-large bid based The West Bay Athletic League rivals with disappointing end in a 54-46 loss to Berke- on his performance throughout the identical mascots will meet for a fourth ley on Tuesday in the CIF NorCal Division I season. The women’s fencing team time this season in Saturday’s CIF Northern semifinals in front of a large and appreciative will be represented by Francesca California Division V championship game at crowd that cheered to the end in the final Bassa and Vivian Kong in epee, Av- American Canyon High at 10 a.m. The win- game to be played at Robert A. Bow Gym- ery Youngblood and Atira Richards in ner will advance to the state title game the nasium — the Titans move into a new gym sabre and Lily McElwee in foil. following Friday morning, at the same early next season. time, at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento. Tim Aiken It was a game that No. 8 seed Gunn (21-7) READ MORE ONLINE Thus, only one of these teams will reach never led and, after the first period, could www.PASportsOnline.com their goal this weekend. only get as close as six points. True to their For expanded daily coverage of college Top-seeded Eastside Prep (23-8) has never character all year, the Titans never quit. and prep sports, please see our new Gunn senior Claire Klausner (11) scored all 15 of her site at www.PASportsOnline.com (continued on page 38) points in the second half against Berkeley. (continued on page 39) ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 35 Sports GIRLS’ PREP ROUNDUP BOYS’ PREP ROUNDUP Lacrosse Menlo looks injuries to defend slow Menlo tennis title Knights open season Plenty of goals still without leading scorer available for Knights’ and starting goalie standout senior class by Keith Peters by Keith Peters espite losing nine seniors to he current seniors on the Men- graduation, the Menlo School lo School boys’ tennis team D girls’ lacrosse team had its T have pretty much done it all. best offensive player returning for They’ve won three straight titles in 2013 along with its starting goalie. West Bay Athletic League, three Keith Peters At least those two positions were straight Central Coast Section and covered as the Knights embarked NorCal championships. on perhaps their most ambitious The Knights, however, still have schedule ever. plenty of other goals yet to achieve Menlo senior Andrew Ball leads Along with bringing in St. John’s this season and are on track to do the Knights this weekend. from Texas, Menlo coach Jen Lee just that. lined up Radnor (Pa.) for a scrim- The Menlo seniors will take a Eric Miller also are seniors. mage, Cleveland Heights, NorCal three-year plus record of 91-1 into “This particular group gets it,” rival St. Ignatius and preseason na- this weekend’s National Invitation- Shine said. “We talked about their tionally No. 2-ranked St. Stephen’s al Boys Team Tennis Tournament legacy and how they want to be re- St. Agnews — all among the first hosted by Corona del Mar High. membered down the line.” nine matches of the season. No group of Menlo seniors has ever No problem. The Knights did played 92 matches with just one Baseball have senior goalie Hannah Rubin loss. Getting a bases-loaded walk in and senior do-everything Michaela The Knights also will be seek- the bottom of the eighth inning, Sa- Michael to handle some of the na- Keith Peters ing to defend their tournament title, cred Heart Prep strolled away with tion’s best, or so Lee thought. something no Menlo team has ever a 3-2 nonleague victory over visiting Rubin suffered a knee injury dur- achieved. Menlo won this tourney Menlo-Atherton on Wednesday. ing soccer season and Michael suf- in 2010, finished second in 2011 and The Bears (4-3) brought in reliev- fered a torn ACL in her left knee Menlo senior starters Michaela Michael (right) and goalie Hannah won last year. Reaching the finals er Erik Amundson with two on and last fall during a club team work- Rubin (second from right) have started the season with injuries. on Saturday for a fourth straight one out in the eighth and he issued out. Both are currently sidelined and season also will be a first for coach an intentional walk to the Gators’ their return this season is question- time in more than a decade), were week: Bill Shine’s squad. No. 8 hitter, Hank Robson. SHP’s able. ranked in the state . . . that was im- Palo Alto improved to 3-0 in the And, speaking of Shine, he takes Brad Gritsch then worked a four- Thus, the Knights are 0-2 head- portant to me. There’s nothing that SCVAL and 5-0 overall with a 15-1 a record of 387-41 in 17 seasons into pitch walk to bring in the winning ing into Friday’s nonleague match at I’m upset about missing my senior romp over host Sequoia on Tuesday. the weekend. He’s 13 victories shy run as the Gators improved to 7-3 California High in the East Bay be- year.” Senior Charlotte Biffar scored five of 400 wins with the Menlo boys. heading into Friday’s nonleague fore hosting Amador Valley — one Michael already has accomplished goals and added one assist while fel- Should the Knights successfully game at Burlingame at 7 p.m. of only four teams to beat Menlo last everything in three years that most low senior Nina Kelty added three defend their title and keep winning, In the SCVAL De Anza Division, year — on Tuesday in the first of six lacrosse players never do in four. She goals and two assists. The Vikings No. 400 could arrive on April 19 host Palo Alto got three hits from straight home matches featuring the holds all the school records, which had 10 players either score or pro- with a home match against Clovis. Michael Strong in an 11-7 victory aforementioned national powers. should remain untouched for years, vide assists, with 13 of the goals be- All the streaks and records, how- over Saratoga, which knocked the While Lee is expecting Rubin to and led the Knights to WBAL play- ing assisted. ever, hinge on this weekend. Despite Falcons out of sole possession of return at some point, she’s mentally off titles three consecutive seasons. Castilleja, meanwhile, finally being the defending champ, Menlo first place. Strong also scored twice preparing not to have Michael. Menlo last year was ranked No. 10 opened its season with a 20-9 vic- is seeded only No. 2 behind Univer- and drove in a pair as the Vikings Michael, who is headed to USC in the state and No. 14 in the West tory over Notre Dame-San Jose. sity (Irvine). improved to 2-1 in league (5-4 over- in the fall on a scholarship, finished Region by Laxpower.com. Sophomore Lou Biffar tallied six “I don’t care,” Shine said of the all). her junior year with 131 goals and “With regards to Michaela, I don’t goals and added one assist for the seeding slight. “Now the boys are Elsewhere, host Gunn fell to 0-3 31 assists for 162 points. She ranked know what else she has to prove in Gators while senior captain Kather- motivated.” in league (3-6 overall) following No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in the high school,” said Lee. “She will ine Hobbs added five goals and two Surprisingly, the No. 1 seed has an 11-2 loss to Wilcox. The Char- state for goals scored while her make incredible contributions from assists. Senior captains Charlotte never won this tournament, now in gers (2-1, 8-3) are deadlocked with points total ranked No. 2 in the state the sideline for our team, and her Jones and Julia Vais each had two its 14th year. Paly, Mountain View, Saratoga and and No. 6 in the country according records will stand for a long time.” goals and one assist. Menlo, seeded No. 2 last year, Homestead for first place. to MaxPreps. Michael hopes to be fit to compete will begin its quest to repeat on Fri- In nonleague action Tuesday, Not too surprisingly, Michael was in two big tournaments this summer Softball day morning against Gilman School Menlo School (5-2) combined sev- named one of the top 10 seniors in — the Under Armour All-American Less than 24 hours after scoring of Baltimore, Md. A victory will en hits with six walks and five hit the nation by Inside Lacrosse maga- Senior Games in Baltimore, Md., 15 points in a NorCal Division I move the Knights into an afternoon batters for a 14-4 win at Hillsdale. zine’s preseason preview. and the U.S. Lacrosse Champion basketball semifinal loss to Berke- match against either Potomac (Md.) Graham Stratford and Will King “She is a total gem,” Lee said All-American Showcase in Florida. ley, Gunn senior Claire Klausner or Brophy Prep (Ariz.). Both first- each had two-out, two-run hits in of Michaela, regarded as the best With Michael sidelined, Lee will made her 2013 softball debut in a day matches are at Corona del Mar. the third as Menlo grabbed an 8-2 player in the Western states. “It (the turn to senior co-captains Ali Kim big way by pitching five innings to Saturday could find Menlo lead. injury) is very unfortunate, but she and Brooke Bullington for scoring get the win and hitting a three-run matched against No. 3 Corona del will come out stronger on the other support. Each had four goals plus homer in a 6-5 triumph in eight in- Mar at The Tennis Club while the Golf end for it. We are trying to keep per- an assist in Menlo’s 22-19 loss to nings over visiting Cupertino in a finals are set for the Palisades Ten- Menlo School senior Andrew Bu- spective and also the bigger picture visiting SI on Tuesday. Freshman SCVAL El Camino Division opener nis Club at 3 p.m. chanan fired a 2-over par 37 to pace in mind.” Parvathi Narayan added four goals on Wednesday. Joining Menlo from the Central the defending champion Knights Michael suffered her injury last with junior Alyssa Sherman adding The Pioneers scored two runs in Coast Section will be Bellarmine to a 200-205 WBAL victory over September and quickly had ar- three goals. the fourth to take the lead before Prep, the No. 4 seed. The field fea- Harker at Palo Alto Hills Country throscopic surgery to repair the Michael will serve as a volunteer Gunn responded with Klausner’s tures 16 teams, six from outside Cal- Club on Wednesday. damage. She was never in a cast but assistant coach and attempt to be a three-run homer in the fifth. Cuper- ifornia. The winner thus becomes In another WBAL match, Sacred continues to go to physical therapy vocal leader from the sideline while tino came right back with three more the unofficial national champion, Heart Prep kept pace with Menlo at APEX in Foster City twice a helping the younger players. She had runs in the fifth, but Gunn (1-0, 2-5) since there are no other tournaments with a 187-221 victory over host week while keeping her stick skills hoped to do that while playing this added two more in the bottom of the like this in the country. King’s Academy at Sunnyvale Mu- in shape daily. season. inning to tie at 5. After a scoreless Menlo is led by seniors Andrew nicipal. “I’m bummed,” Michael said. “It will be hard,” Michael said seventh, the Titans won the game Ball, Daniel Morkovine and Rich- SHP junior Bradley Knox birdied “I’ve had three great seasons at of the preseason schedule, “but by with a two-out, bases-loaded hit ard Pham. All were named the the the second and third holes before Menlo. Last year we accomplished league, we’ll be good to go.” by Laura Tao in the bottom of the All-Tournament Team last year. Mi- finishing with seven pars to record so much. We beat SI (for the first In other girls’ lacrosse action this eighth. N chael Hoffman, William Boyd and a 2-under 33 for his nine holes. N Page 36ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Sports 34th Come Celebrate COLLEGE BASKETBALL A this Palo Alto Tradition Stanford’s Honoring N Outstanding Citizen NCAA shot N Ray Bacchetti Outstanding Professional likely a miss U Becky Beacom Cardinal men can only Outstanding Business A Wilson Sonsini Goodrich hope for an NIT berth & Rosati after Pac-12 setback L Outstanding Nonprofi t by Rick Eymer Breast Cancer Connections nother game or two is in the cards for the Stanford men’s Global Impact Award A basketball team, despite its John Hennessy frustrating overtime loss to Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 Master of Ceremonies tournament on Wednesday night in Hal M. Mickelson Las Vegas. The NIT likely will come calling April 10, 2013 moments after the NCAA fills its Reception and Silent Auction: 5:30-7pm brackets. The Cardinal (18-14) ex- Dinner and Program: 7-9pm pected more of itself than getting a Crowne Plaza Cabaña chance to defend its NIT title, but there it is all the same. Bob Drebin/stanfordphoto.com Sponsors “It’s everybody’s goal before the season starts to make the tourney,” Stanford guard Aaron Bright said. “And whatever tournament that we get into and whatever opportunity that we have, we’re going to try to fulfill it.” INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION For all of its achievements, Stan- ford can point to one team statistic Early Reservation Deadline: Wednesday, March 20 Reservation Deadline: Monday, April 1 as the root of all its troubles this sea- Stanford men’s coach Johnny Dawkins (right) has seen the shooting son. The Cardinal ranked dead last percentages of Aaron Bright (left) and Chasson Randle fall off this season. Register Online at www.PaloAltoChamber.com in the Pac-12 with its .419 field-goal Information: (650) 324-3121 ext 4 or 6 percentage. mild surprise and worked his way Against the three teams that tied Everywhere else you look, there into the starting lineup, contributing for second — Oregon, California are respectable numbers, and in solid efforts. and Arizona — Stanford won three some cases, eye-popping numbers. Perhaps the loss of Anthony of five games. Bright, who tied a school record Brown for the season was more With the exception of Harris, ev- with six 3-pointers and scored 27 damaging than anticipated. He erybody else is eligible to return, points in the 89-88 setback to the would have given the Cardinal an- which would give the Cardinal an- Inspirationsa guide to the spiritual community Sun Devils, missed 13 consecutive other weapon on the perimeter. other sense of high expectation. For 3-pointers at one point early in the Brown started 21 games as a this year, however, maybe even an FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC season and missed four games with sophomore and 12 as a freshman, appearance in the NIT seems some- £nxÊ ÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê an ankle injury. displaying a deft shooting touch what shallow. Sunday Worship and Church School at 10 a.m. Bright has played better of late, of and a reliable 3-point star. At 6-6, course, and raised his scoring aver- he was a match-up problem at the Women’s basketball This Sunday: age to 9.4 along with a team-best small forward spot. Fourth-ranked Stanford (31-2) Perfume, Betrayal and Shamrock Shakes 97 assists, good for seventh in the Several other players — Rosco heads into the NCAA tournament Rev. Daniel Ross-Jones preaching conference. He ranks second in the Allen, Robbie Lemons, Gabe Harris riding a 17-game winning streak, Pac-12 in assists-to-turnover ratio (the lone senior), Christian Sanders which includes its 51-49 victory An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ at 2.2. and Stefan Nastic each made at least over UCLA in the Pac-12 tourna- Bright and Chasson Randle three starts — showed promise dur- ment championship tilt. ST. ANN ANGLICAN CHAPEL seemed to share their shooting woes. ing the year. Freshman Grant Ver- The win over the Bruins, accom- Bright shoots .351 from the field and hoeven appeared in 20 games. plished despite Chiney Ogwumike’s A TRADITIONAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH .313 from long range. Last year he It all came down to the field-goal career-low three points, shows both 541 Melville Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301 shot .432 from the floor, .436 from percentage disparity. Stanford suf- Stanford’s strengths and weak- 650-838-0508 3-point range. fered 12 losses by fewer than 10 nesses. Randle’s percentages are also points, four by two or less and are On the positive side, Amber Or- The Most Reverend Robert S. Morse, Vicar down from last year, when he shot 2-5 in games decided by three or range displayed a tenacity and Reverend Matthew Weber, Assistant .439 overall, .438 from long range. fewer. leadership on the court she hasn’t Child Care Provided This year he’s at .397 and .358 re- “We’ve been in a lot of close showed much this season. spectively. games,” Stanford coach Johnny On the negative side, the Cardi- Randle has also raised his level Dawkins said. “That’s a good thing. nal showed just how vulnerable it toward the end of the regular season We have to learn how to close those is without Ogwumike in the lineup. and ranks second (14.0) in scoring games. Some of that comes down to She did manage 10 rebounds, two behind Dwight Powell. He also leads maturity. Some of that comes down blocked shots and a steal but one the team with 58 three-pointers. to guys stepping up and making of the nation’s top players has to Powell is enjoying a banner year, plays that are there to be made.” score. averaging 15.7 points and 8.2 re- The Cardinal swept the season Will UCLA’s defensive game bounds a game. He’s also third in series from California, denying the plan be imitated by other teams? assists behind Bright and Randle Bears of a chance at the Pac-12 title, Well, most teams have already tried and has blocked 35 shots. by an average of 11.5 points. That’s the double- and triple-team thing “It’s every college player’s dream the same average margin by which against her. The Bruins just made to play in the March Madness tour- Stanford lost its season series to it work. nament,” Powell said. “It’s extreme- Colorado, which handed the Cardi- “Our team had to grit it out and ly frustrating to not get our seniors nal its worst loss of the season. quite honestly we haven’t had to do there. But we all learn from it.” Stanford finished the conference that a lot during this year,” Stanford John Gage leads the Pac-12 in season in a four-way tie with USC, coach Tara VanDerveer said. “We Inspirations is a resource for ongoing religious services and special events. three-point shooting percentage. Washington and Arizona State. learned a lot about ourselves. I think To inquire about or to reserve space in Inspirations, please contact Blanca He’s made 42 of 93 for a mark of The Cardinal went a combined 1-4 we’ll just be better because of this Yoc at 223-6596 or email [email protected] .452. Andy Brown also has been a against those teams. experience.” N ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 37 Sports The largest final day rally in Hanusova (2000), current CU as- ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Skiing NCAA championship history gave sistant coach Jana Rehemaa (2006) (continued from page 35) Colorado the school’s 25th over- and Maria Grevsgaard (2008). all national title, when combining It was Reid’s ninth win this year, around world speed skating champi- three in men’s cross country, two in third-most in a single season behind on in 1979, the 1980 world road cy- women’s cross country and one in Selnes and Grevsgard, who had 11 cling champ and a bronze-medalist football. It is CU’s second ski crown those same years. It was also Reid’s speed skater at the 1980 Olympics in three years, having won in 2011 11th career win, tying her for fifth in Lake Placid, N.Y. in Stowe, and of the 19 total, nine all-time at Colorado, and the NCAA- Reid’s uncle, Eric Heiden, won have now been won in the East. leading 86th all-time a CU skier. five gold medals at the 1980 Olym- The women’s 15-kilometer race It was the sixth time at the NCAA pics, and set four Olympic records was first up Saturday, and set the Championships since 1983 that Col- and a world best there. He was the tone for the day. Reid took the lead orado skiers produced a 1-2 finish, only athlete in the history of speed at the beginning and dipped into the first since 2008 when Grevs- skating to sweep five events in a sin- second just once after the second gaard and Lenka Palanova also did gle Olympics. Both Beth and Eric split, eventually pulling away from it in the freestyle, though that year were on the cover of Time Magazine the field in an impressive winning it was a 5K. In 2006, it happened in in 1980 in a preview edition to the time of 38:17.8. the 15k classic, with Rehemaa win- Winter Games. At 20 years, eight months and ning with Grevsgaard second. Colo- While Joanne has yet to match nine days old, Reid became the rado also had 1-2 finishes in 1999 the performances of her mom and third-youngest Nordic female na- (women’s giant slalom), 1988 (men’s uncle, her NCAA title was nonethe- tional champion, second youngest 20k classic) and in 1991 (men’s 10k less special. at CU to Kristen Petty (20, 2, 24) freestyle). “I was really worried about fall- who won in 1985; Vermont’s Laura “I’m so proud of Eliska, she was Claire Klausner (L), Ronak Baldua ing, because I’m small, and I get Wilson was a two-time champ in right next to me for most of the race, knocked pretty easily,” said Reid. classic and freestyle in 1990, three we inspire each other,” Reid said. Meghan Mahoney Palo Alto High “So (senior teammate) Eliska (Hajk- months younger than Reid. “That helped me. She’s an amaz- Gunn High The freshman won all three ova) and I just decided to go out fast Hajkova was second in 38:44.6, ing sprinter, and amazing skier, that Klausner, a senior, and Ma- of his tennis matches, the and get in front and go. I’m more giving the Buffs two first-team All- made my race complete when she honey, a sophomore, com- only singles player to do comfortable leading. I have a weird Americans; it was the sixth honor won the sprint to get second.” bined for 15 points in a 14- so during the week, as the style so it’s hard for me to follow. for Reid and the fourth for Hajkova. At Gunn, Reid ran cross country point win to open the NorCal Vikings posted a pair of 4-3 When I got passed, I just got really The women’s finish gave Colorado a and on the track and field team. Division I playoffs before the victories in SCVAL De Anza nervous that they would break away 16-point lead heading into the men’s She helped the Titans finish third two combined for 21 points Division action in addition to so I passed them right back. I didn’t race. in 2008 and 2007 at the Central with Mahoney adding 10 re- a 6-1 victory while improving realize I had a gap, when you get a Reid is the sixth CU woman Coast Section Championships in bounds in an upset of No. 1 to 6-3 this season. game there’s a hush over the crowd, be crowned an NCAA freestyle cross country, earning trips to the Monte Vista. that’s when I realized I had a break- champion, joining Anette Skjolden CIF State Meet. She graduated from away.” (1992), Line Selnes (1998), Katka Gunn in 2009. N Honorable mention up 20-12 at the end of the first half. For Pinewood to have any chance Drew Edelman* Chase Connell NorCal hoops Bradford finished with 12 points, against Eastside Prep, it needs to Menlo basketball Menlo-Atherton lacrosse (continued from page 35) five assists and no turnovers from shoot better than the 20 percent (10 Marissa Hing* Jonny Glazier her point-guard position. of 49) against VC-Dublin. That in- Pinewood basketball Palo Alto lacrosse played for a state title. Third-seeded The Panthers came out aggres- cluded a 4-of-27 effort from three- Lauren Lete K Huang & G Mechali Pinewood (23-7) has played in six of sively in the third quarter as they point range. Menlo basketball Palo Alto tennis doubles them, winning five times. went on a 12-0 run, led by Bradford The Pinewood-Eastside Prep win- Alexus Simon Bradley Knox Eastside Prep last topped Pin- and junior Alexus Simon. The Jag- ner will face either No. 1 Horizon Eastside Prep basketball Sacred Heart Prep golf ewood, 54-30, in the WBAL playoff uars couldn’t do anything against Christian (25-7) or No. 2 Sierra Can- Brigid White Wes Miller final on Feb. 16 and have won all the sturdy Panthers’ defense, going yon (22-9) for the state title. Sacred Heart Prep lacrosse Menlo basketball three meetings by an average score 0-for-8 from the field while scor- Zoe Zwerling* Nico Robinson of 50-34. ing only three points in the quarter. Division IV girls Gunn basketball Sacred Heart Prep track & field The NorCal finals will be the first Eastside Prep forced 19 turnovers. In the NorCal Division IV semi- * previous winner meeting of two Central Coast Sec- “We turned our defense up a lot finals, Menlo School senior Drew tion teams since 2006, when Pin- tonight,” said Carothers, who also Edelman scored 23 points and To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com ewood beat Sacred Heart Prep. had two blocks. “We were a little grabbed 12 rebounds but it wasn’t “Where we’re going Saturday, rusty the game before so we knew enough as the No. 5-seeded Knights we’ve been there,” said Eastside we had to step it up tonight. Defense (22-10) dropped a 61-54 decision to Prep head coach Donovan Blythe. got us the win.” No. 1 Salesian of Richmond (28-6) NOTICE OF “We were there last year and this Simon put the game out of reach at St. Mary’s College in Moraga. year we need to take it further.” for the Panthers when she scored on Kaelen Dunn added 14 points in her TRANSPORTATION SURVEY The Panthers dropped a 55-38 a put-back layup in the fourth quar- final game while fellow senior Lau- decision to Brookside Christian in ter to put her team up, 37-17. She ren Lete bowed out with six points Of the City of Palo Alto last year’s NorCal Division V final finished with 10 points and seven five assists, six rebounds and three in addition to losing NorCal finals boards. steals. Junior Maddy Price added 11 in 2008 and 2003. Brookside played Eastside Prep now turns its atten- points and seven rebounds as Menlo The City of Palo Alto is releasing its first ever Transportation in the new Open Division this sea- tion to Pinewood, which lost each of out-rebounded Salesian, 31-20. Survey to help better understand the travel mode and patterns son — losing in the first round of the three games to Eastside this sea- The difference in the game, how- of the community. Residents and persons travelling into Palo NorCals — opening the door for a son by an average of 16 points. ever, was Salesian’s 5-foot-11 junior Alto to work are encouraged to complete the survey. possible Eastside Prep trip to the “This is going to be our fourth Mariya Moore, who scored 28 points state finals. time playing Pinewood,” said Blythe. with 10 rebounds, eight steals and Senior forward Hashima Caroth- “We just have to be ready to go.” four assists. The survey is comprised of 12-15 questions and takes only a ers helped the Panthers take a step You can bet Pinewood will be The game was close throughout few minutes to complete. Please provide your input before May closer to their dream by scoring 12 ready to go after slogging its way to until Salesian went on a 9-0 run to 5th, 2013 by taking the survey online. Data from the survey will points and grabbing 16 rebounds in a a 37-30 semifinal victory over No. take a 45-37 lead in the third quar- be used to develop future transportation programs, projects 44-22 NorCal Division V semifinal 2 and host Valley Christian-Dublin ter. victory over visiting International (31-3). and policies. of San Francisco (30-5) on Tuesday Defense and rebounding won it for Boys’ Division IV evening. coach Doc Scheppler’s team while No. 6-seeded Menlo School Sophomore Destiny Graham junior Leanna Bade led the offense wrapped up a 21-8 season following Survey is available at helped get Eastside going when she with 11 points. a 52-45 loss to No. 3 and host Marin http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/ts2013. hit a turnaround shot as time ex- The game was tied at 26 with Catholic (25-8) last Saturday night pired in the first quarter to put the about three minutes to play when in the quarterfinals. The Knights Panthers up, 8-4. She finished with Angelina Mapa, Pinewood’s only wiped out a 14-point halftime deficit eight points, seven rebounds and five senior, banked in a three-pointer. to take the lead in the fourth quar- For further information regarding the survey please contact: blocks. Sophomore point guard Marissa ter, but Marin Catholic outscored Ruchika Aggarwal – [email protected] Junior guard Charmaine Bradford Hing then wrapped things up with Menlo 11-2 over the final 5:46 to maintained the momentum and got four free throws in the final minute. or (650)617.3136. secure the victory. Wes Miller led the crowd into it when she hit a cor- Hing finished with nine points while Menlo with 14 points while Bobby ner jumper with 20 seconds left in freshman Chloe Eackles had seven Roth and Ryan Young each tallied the second quarter to put Eastside points and nine rebounds. nine points. N Page 38ÊUÊÊ >ÀV Ê£x]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Sports further but couldn’t convert and They leave as the most-decorated Gunn hoops the Lady Jackets went on a 9-0 run seniors to ever play for Gunn as (continued from page 35) keyed by a couple of big baskets by they earned three trips to the Cen- Howard to stretch the lead to 35- tral Coast Section finals, won two “I couldn’t be more proud of this 20. section championships, made three team for how they performed this After trading baskets and with the appearances in the NorCal playoffs year,” said Gunn head coach Sarah score 39-24, Gunn went on a 11-2 and advanced to the NorCal semifi- Stapp. “From where we were in the run that included a buzzer-beating nals twice. middle of the season to how we fin- 3-pointer by Zoe Zwerling to make Gunn reached the semifinals ished was an incredible ride. They it 39-28 going into the final period. with a big 45-41 upset of No. 1 seed battled throughout with a determi- Zwerling then added two free throws Monte Vista in the quarterfinals last nation that I’ll always remember.” at the end of the run to cut the score Saturday night in Danville. One Gunn player who embodied to 41-35 with 5:20 remaining. “I couldn’t be more proud of my that spirit was senior Claire Klaus- However, every time Berkeley girls,” said an ecstatic Stapp after ner, who scored all 15 of her points needed a basket it got one and two the game. “This might be my best in the second half. From the mo- quick baskets pushed the lead back win ever. What really made it great ment she stepped onto the court as a up to 10 to dampen the Gunn rally. was the fantastic turnout by our freshman to the final seconds of her With 2:59 to go, Olivia Tapia fans, they made a difference.” final game, Klausner competed with made two free throws to make it 45- Gunn has played in many big desire and dedication and nearly 37 but Howard answered with her games including last year’s Central willed Gunn back into a game that final trey to put Berkeley up by 11. Coast Section final win over Palo at times looked hopeless. Trailing 50-39 with two minutes Alto, but no game has come close Gunn came out jittery in the first left, Gunn went on a 7-2 run as to comparing to this battle with an period as No. 12 Berkeley (21-11) Klausner hit a trey and then made athletic Monte Vista team that has scored the first nine points of the a layup with 40 seconds to go to cut had a long history of playoff success game while the Titans could only the score to 52-46. and who many considered to be the muster two Meghan Mahoney free After a missed free throw by odds on favorite to represent North- throws as the Yellow Jackets led 9-2 Berkeley, Gunn had one final ern California in the CIF Division I at the end of one. chance but Tapia’s 3-pointer with state finale. In the second period, the Yellow 20 seconds left just missed the mark It was a game that the Titans led Jackets extended the lead to 18-7 on and Berkeley’s Jaimonie Welch- for more than 25 minutes and at one the hot shooting of Rachel Howard, Coleman made two free throws for time had a 12-point lead over the who led all scorers with 27 points, the final points of the game. stunned Mustangs and their faithful including four 3-pointers. Gunn Gunn was led by Klausner’s 15 following. However, the Mustangs cut the lead to 20-14 on baskets by points, followed by seven from came back and took a lead with a Nora Shevick and Emily Redfield, Redfield. little over a minute to go on a four- but Berkeley pushed it back up to As the game ended the apprecia- point play. Tim Aiken 26-16 at half. tive Gunn crowd applauded the ef- Klausner then put the Titans up The second half started out well forts of the Titans, who went further for good with a three-pointer with for the Titans as a basket by Klaus- than many thought they would. 47 seconds to go and then Klem ner and two free throws by Sarah The game marked the end for iced the game when she scored on Gunn sophomore Olivia Tapia (10) had five points in a NorCal semifinal Klem cut the lead to 26-20. Gunn Klausner, Shevick, Klem, Redfield, a breakaway layup with 11 seconds loss to Berkeley on Tuesday night. had an opportunity to cut the lead Karissa Ogawa and Isabel Juang. left after a Monte Vista turnover. N MARCH THURSDAY Palo Alto S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 2121 San Jose 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 MAR 2013 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sacramento 31 One Day UniversityArt.com Don’t miss the BIG Super Sale! TRUCKLOAD ALL FIVE STORES! If it's CANVAS 8 AM – 7 PM at creative... 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