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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 VOLUME 18, NO. 35 INSIDE: WEEKEND | PAGE 15 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com New company downsizes Mayfield By Daniel DeBolt project’s three-, four- and five-story podium condo buildings replaced n an ironic twist prompted by with a combination of town homes the recession, the controversial and stacked flat-style condos three Ihigh-density Mayfield housing stories in height. The townhouses development has been significantly and single family homes in the scaled back by a new developer. previously approved design are While building big on Silicon expected to remain, including 45 Valley’s expensive land was the way on a portion of the site in Palo to make money during boom years, Alto. Planning Director Randy Tsuda The new plan was welcomed by said the Mountain View side of the Monta Loma Neighborhood the project now has only 253 units Association, which has struggled under plans submitted this week with the project for half a decade. by Summit Land Partners. That’s “What we are seeing from the down from 436 homes approved by new plan so far seems to be a better the City Council in 2008. fit to the neighborhood than previ- Town homes and condo build- ous plans,” said MLNA president ings will be limited to three stories Wouter Suverkropp. “One would instead of five. Parking garages have think that having 150 fewer housing MICHELLE LE vanished from the design for the The silver box on the side of Jane Horton’s home on North Whisman Road monitors carcinogenic vapor levels. units would reduce the traffic con- 27-acre site. siderably. We would be very happy Summit principal Tim Unger about that.” said the changes reflect a trend Suverkropp said neighbors were EPA plan protects neighborhoods from fumes in real estate development, where also pleased to see that major large podium-style condo buildings concessions they had fought for POLLUTERS EXPECTED TO VENT CANCER-CAUSING FUMES atop parking garages are seen as too remained in the project, namely FROM WHISMAN NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDINGS much of an investment. two medium-sized parks, numer- “No builders want to build a ous tree plantings and a pedestrian By Daniel DeBolt in place. table eventually tested her home podium project, it is too capital tunnel under Central Expressway For years, Horton was told that in 2003. Unacceptable levels of intensive, too expensive,” Unger to San Antonio train station. Unger ountain View resident the city’s toxic TCE groundwa- TCE vapors had made their way said. “One of the things builders confirmed that the tunnel remains Jane Horton said her ter plume stopped in the middle through the soil and into her are trying to do now is manage our in the plan and that the parks would fight to have her home of Whisman Road, 20 feet from home, and the polluters paid for resources more effectively.” remain at their approved size. M With a larger building, “you can’t tested for toxic groundwater her house. a system to ventilate her cellar. Unger said the unit count remains vapors would have been must After much public contro- “TCE is carcinogenic to humans phase it. It is a big, massive invest- “influx” but confirmed that the use easier if a recent update to an versy, the computer chip makers by all routes of exposure,” and ment,” he said. of three-story townhouses and con- important Environmental Pro- who leaked the industrial sol- Detailed drawings are expected dos would reduce unit count to 250 tection Agency plan had been vent into the area’s groundwater See TCE, page 11 in October, but Tsuda said the to 260 units. development application shows the Summit Land Partners and build- er William Lyon Homes entered into an agreement with landowner Federal funding at risk as schools miss test targets Hewlett Packard last year. Citing expensive city requirements, a high By Nick Veronin The schools’ failure to hit those to hit Annual Yearly Progress, year. Such schools are required land price and a souring housing targets, along with the conse- or AYP, goals. The goals are set to allow transfer requests from market, developer Toll Brothers handful of Mountain View quences of those failures, have by the California Department of parents who want their children decided not to buy the property elementary schools were concerned parents and caused Education, and are used by federal to switch to another school in the shortly after completing the design Aforced to do some last- school officials to debate whether education officials as a yardstick district. and getting council approval for the minute shuffling shortly before receiving federal aid — which is when evaluating public schools Craig Goldman, superintendent 436-unit project. classes began this fall, as parents tied to meeting the performance receiving Title I funding under the of the district, is concerned that Vacant buildings that were once sought to transfer students out goals — is worth it. No Child Left Behind Act. parents are getting the wrong home to the Mayfield Mall, the of two schools that failed to meet For two consecutive years, As such, the two schools went idea about Monta Loma and area’s first indoor shopping mall, state-defined performance targets Monta Loma and Theuerkauf into “Program Improvement” will be demolished as part of the last year. elementary schools have failed during the 2009-10 year school See PERFORMANCE, page PB project. V

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FIRE AT VIEW SIDE not classifying the fire as arson. About 22 students of View Wylie said it was likely ignited Side Academy, located at 1012 due to negligent behavior, such Linda Vista Ave., were evacu- as someone throwing a lit ciga- ated from the county continu- rette into the dumpster. ation school’s play area Mon- “Dumpsters don’t just catch day, after a fire broke out in a on fire,” Wylie said. nearby dumpster, police said. Firefighters extinguished “We’ll probably never know,” the flames, which singed the said Liz Wylie, spokeswoman leaves and branches of nearby for the Mountain View Police trees. No students interviewed Department, about the cause claimed to know anything of the fire which was reported at about the cause of the blaze. 11:25 a.m. on Aug. 30. Police are —Nick Veronin

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4 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE ■ CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ■ COMMUNITY -PDBM/FXT ■ FEATURES Teens question the city’s general plan update

By Daniel DeBolt go green. Planner Noah Downing said commercial developers are ome weighty topics — cli- allowed to build at higher, more mate change, green building profitable densities when they build Stechnology and gentrification green. Dennis added that many of — are on the minds of members the younger tech CEOs locating in of the city’s Youth Advisory Com- Mountain View don’t have to be mittee, a group of 16 teenagers who prodded to build green facilities, raised concerns about the future of many won’t even consider locating Mountain View on Monday. in older buildings for environmen- City planners are seeking feed- tal reasons. back from various groups as the At the end of the meeting the city’s general plan update is drafted, committee set a time to talk about summarizing in slide show presen- the Rengstorff Park Master Plan, tations an emerging blueprint for which includes the Rock Church future development. The update property on Escuela Avenue, a includes zoning for higher density potential site for a long-sought after buildings in North Bayshore, on teen center. V El Camino Real and the San Anto- nio shopping center, among other places. But questions from the youth Rail CEO: indicated that they had more on their minds than the typical topic Peninsula of building density. “How are you going to promote green living among residents?” was design not a question from one youth. City staff appeared to struggle to answer ‘predetermined’ the question, but mentioned the By Gennady Sheyner MICHELLE LE city’s efforts to educate residents on Craig Goldman takes the reins of the Mountain View Whisman School district as its new superintendent. recycling and water conservation. YAC member Cassandra Magana he California High-Speed said much of her family had been Rail Authority has sent out asked to move with little notice Ta letter to Peninsula com- New superintendent peddles from an apartment complex along munities seeking to quash fears Whisman Road that was slated that the plans for the proposed for redevelopment. “I don’t think high-speed rail line have already optimism for MV Whisman’s future things like that should happen,” she been determined. said. Roelof van Ark, chief executive GOLDMAN, A FORMER LAWYER, TAKES TOP JOB IN K-8 DISTRICT City Planner Melinda Dennis said officer of the rail authority, wrote she knew which project Magana the letter to correct what he called raig Goldman knows training wheels. first bicycle. The family moved was referring to and acknowledged “a misunderstanding” about the how to ride a bike. Just “We need to make sure they to Northbrook when Goldman that the project at 291 Evandale agency’s Aug. 6 application for Cask any of the Mountain have their balance before we let go was six. He remembers the Ave. sparked a debate and spurred a federal funds. View Whisman school district of the seat,” Goldman said, as he cornfields and cattle pastures policy to give renters three months That funding application lays administrators, faculty or staff stood next to the bike, which he that have been largely replaced notice in such situations. out a “phasing” plan in which who attended last month’s all- keeps in his office at the district by “typical suburban sprawl.” Another teen added that redevel- most of the construction is district meeting at Graham headquarters behind Theuerkauf In fact, images of Goldman’s oping older apartment complexes focused on the north and south Middle School. and Stevenson schools. hometown are likely to reso- means less affordable housing in sections of the Peninsula seg- They will tell you that Gold- Goldman said he feels that nate as hyper-typical suburbia the city. But Dennis pointed out ment, leaving a section from Red- man — a reserved man, who Mountain View Whisman schools to a generation of Americans that many are “soft story” apart- wood City to Palo Alto with the often pauses mid-sentence while have made many improvements who grew up watching the ment buildings that could poten- existing two-track, at-grade sys- searching for the appropriate in recent years, but that not films of John Hughes. Scenes tially fall in an earthquake. The tem. The plan uses an unpopular word or phrase — pedaled into enough students — particularly from Ferris Bueller’s Day off building at 291 Evandale Ave., aerial viaduct structure to get the Graham Middle School audi- English learners and those on the and Uncle Buck were filmed in however, is not among them, as it is four tracks through Mountain torium on a child-sized bicycle, a lower end of the socioeconomic Northbrook. being renovated. View and Sunnyvale. helmet covering his dark hair, and spectrum — are gaining full Goldman’s mother became Rising sea levels are a concern The plan is apparently a hypo- parked his ride on the stage. balance on that proverbial bike a teacher out of necessity. The for one youth, who said her eighth- thetical scenario being used to The newly appointed super- before they matriculate. local school district officials grade teacher pointed out that it obtain the federal funding. intendent of Mountain View’s “That’s a major concern,” Gold- said they would not let Gold- would not be good for the city’s Palo Alto officials last week elementary and middle school man said. man, his older brother and Shoreline landfill to be under said they were worried about the district proceeded to draw paral- younger sister attend unless his water. prospect of more trains passing lels between the duties of every- Learning to ride mother signed up to teach. She Other teens asked questions through the city, potentially one in the hall and those of a It was in Northbrook, Ill., did, and continued teaching about what sort of businesses the creating traffic jams around parent running alongside a child a suburb of Chicago, where city is trying to attract and how who is learning to ride without Goldman learned to ride his See GOLDMAN, page 10 businesses are being encouraged to See HSR, page 7

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 5 -PDBM/FXT New fire engine a ‘rolling toolbox’ FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATES FLEET WITH MORE EFFICIENT ENGINES By Nick Veronin captain. Rescue 1 responds to car tires, oil filters and other replace- accidents, serious medical calls and ment parts. new rescue vehicle, equipped fires. The larger vehicle not only makes with the “Jaws of Life” and Bond said that the new truck for uniform operations, Bond said. Aspecial lighting equipment, is built on the same chassis and It also provides more room for stor- will improve the efficiency of the uses the same cabin as all the ing equipment. In the department’s Mountain View Fire Department’s other engines in the fleet. However, old rescue vehicle, tools were often fleet, officials said. instead of a large water tank, the stacked, one on top of the other, The truck, which resembles a rear portion of the vehicle makes which meant that firefighters had typical fire engine, has been dubbed space for carrying all of the depart- to move one tool to get to another Rescue 1, according to Jaime Gar- ment’s various rescue tools. The — wasting valuable time. CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW ret, a spokeswoman with the fire uniformity across most depart- “Being able to access equipment The new Rescue 1 fire engine, left, packs lots of emergency equipment. department. ment vehicles means firefighters expediently, that goes a long way “A lot of times it’s referred to as will only have to be trained on how with our response time,” Bond groups — which are often one and the ‘rolling toolbox,’” Garret said, to drive one type of large vehicle. said. PERFORMANCE as the vehicle contains many large Continued from page 1 the same — did not score profi- Before, firefighters had to be trained The new vehicle joins seven new ciently in the English-Language mechanical tools such as the “Jaws separately to drive engines, the engines, which were added to the of Life” for cutting through metal Arts AYP category. rescue vehicle and the hazardous fleet late last year. A new hazard- Theuerkauf. “It’s very challenging to make it and masonry, and a 4,500-watt materials truck. ous materials vehicle, which is also telescoping lighting tower that “The No Child Left Behind with all your subgroups,” Lairon “It drives the same, operates the built on the same chassis with the rules basically identify the entire said. helps emergency response teams same, all the buttons and controls same cabin, will be delivered to illuminate the scene of nighttime school as a program improvement In order to meet AYP goals, all are in the exact same spots,” Bond the department sometime in Sep- school,” Goldman said. “There’s a of a given school’s subgroups must incidents. said. tember. The engines are built by The new Rescue 1 comes as part false impression that’s created that score proficiently in both AYP cat- He added that fire engines will Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, the school is not meeting its overall egories — English-Language Arts of a vehicle overhaul, which Garret have different features, which Wash. said will make the department’s improvement goals.” and mathematics. require separate training, but that, Garret said replacing all of the This year, Mary Lairon, assistant “It really is a headache, but fleet the “most unified it’s ever in general, once a firefighter is fleet at once enabled the fire depart- been.” superintendent of Mountain View schools are desperate for money,” trained to drive an engine, that ment to secure the best deal on the Whisman School District, said the Lairon said of the requirements to It replaces a smaller Rescue 1, same firefighter will be able to drive engines. “It’s kind of like shopping which has responded to more than district received 70 requests for be eligible for Title I funds. Rescue 1. at Costco,” she said. “You get a bet- student transfers, but only 62 kids Goldman said that this year, 50,000 calls since it was put into It also makes things easier for the ter rate if you buy more at the same service in 1984. ended up in a different school. he and the school board would department’s repair shop, he said, time.” The district had a little more than consider whether to continue to “It’s our busiest unit in the city,” as mechanics don’t have to worry All of the new vehicles meet said Zack Bond, a fire department a week to move 62 students out of receive Title I funding. about stocking different types of updated safety and environmental Monta Loma and Theuerkauf He is particularly concerned guidelines, Garret said. The trucks and into one of four other schools that the “false impression” cre- have rear view cameras to assist throughout the district. ated by the Program Improvement with backing up, which can be Lairon defended the schools, designation may be working to precarious with such a large vehicle; noting that Monta Loma only segregate schools. the vehicles have anti-lock brakes, missed its special education AYP Lairon said that the parents who anti-roll sensors and airbags; L.E.D. goals. ask to have their children trans- lights and lower-emission motors “By definition, special education ferred are predominantly white A Guide to the have been installed in an effort to kids are lower performing.” and Asian. Hispanic families and go green. Theuerkauf, Lairon said, fell low-income families tend not to Spiritual Community “It’s helping to maximize effi- short because its Hispanic and ask for transfers out of Program ciency all around,” Bond said. V English language learners sub- Improvement schools, she said. V

Los Altos Lutheran NNEWSBRIEFS Church To include your ELCA Church in DESIGN WORKSHOP SET workshops in the fall, the City people than both the 2006 South Pastor David K. Bonde FOR MCKELVEY PARK Council will review the designs Asian tsunami and the earthquake Outreach Pastor Inspirations for final approval. in Haiti this January. It is widely Gary Berkland Please call Blanca Yoc REVAMP The McKelvey workshop will considered to be the worst natural 9:00 am Worship at 650-326-8210 The Santa Clara Valley Water be held Thursday, Sept. 9 from disaster Pakistan has ever faced. 10:30 am Education ext. 6596 District is hosting a workshop at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the According to Ar Rafiq of South Nursery Care Provided or e-mail the Mountain View library on Sept. Mountain View Library com- Asia Relief, the group had hoped [email protected] 9 to develop plans for rebuilding munity room at 585 Franklin St. to have 200 people attend and to 650-948-3012 McKelvey Park as a flood basin. 460 S. El Monte Ave., Los Altos raise $75,000. www.losaltoslutheran.org So far, conceptual plans include —Daniel DeBolt “(It) has raised well over all new baseball fields and related $350,000 and counting,” he said. amenities, as well as a playground. PAKISTAN FLOOD RELIEF “The event was organized in Nearly the entire park will be less than 10 days by the Silicon rebuilt 15 feet lower so that waters BENEFIT RAISES $350,000 Valley Pakistani diaspora on a overflowing the banks of Per- A recent fundraiser to benefit shoestring budget of $3,500.” manente Creek in the event of a victims of the flooding in Pakistan Attendees donated directly major flood can fill the park and drew more than 400 people to the to the charity of their choice be pumped out later. Computer History Museum in from a list of organizations MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH McKelvey is one of four flood Mountain View. The Aug. 29 event, including UNICEF, American Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m. basins along Permanente Creek organized by disaster-coordination Red Cross, Islamic Relief and Saturday Services: Worship 10:45 a.m. in a flood protection project group South Asian Relief, featured HumanityFirst, among others. Wednesday Study Groups: 10-11 a.m. recently approved by the Water guest speaker Imran Khan, a well- The fundraiser was supported District. Another design work- known Pakistani cricket player who by 13 organizations in the Bay .A.M. DIV Pastor Kenny Fraser, B shop for the other basin in is now a politician. Area, including the Pakistani 1425 Springer Rd., Mtn. View Ofﬁce Hrs. M-F 9am-1pm Mountain View, the Cuesta The Pakistani flood, which American Cultural Center and www.mtviewda.adventistfaith.org Phone: 650-967-2189 Annex, is scheduled for Sept. 16. began in July after heavy mon- Shalimar Restaurant. soons, has now affected more After another round of design —Angela Chen 6 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 -PDBM/FXT Google a big player in affordable housing NONE OF $100 MILLION IN PROJECTS ARE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW By Daniel DeBolt “It’s not like we’re running around Mid Peninsula Housing project at cherry-picking communities at our 660 South Fair Oaks Avenue will be oogle has invested over $100 liking here,” a Google spokesperson home to low- and very low-income million in eight afford- said. seniors. Rents will range from Gable housing projects this U.S. Bank announced this week $498 to $1,193 for one- and two- year — all outside of Mountain that it is investing $86 million from bedroom units. A groundbreaking View — including $19 million for a Google in 480 affordable housing was scheduled for Aug. 31. 124-unit senior housing complex in units in Milwaukee, Wis., and “Google recognizes the chal- Sunnyvale where a groundbreaking Apple Valley, Minn., among four lenges associated with developing took place this week. other Midwestern communities. affordable housing in California Google has chosen to invest Google is also investing $6 mil- and is proud to help meet this need COURTESY RENDERING through a bank-administered tax lion in a project in Inglewood, by providing financing for some of Google helped finance this affordable senior housing project being credit program in which banks Calif., where 104 units of existing the region’s developers,” said Brent built in Sunnyvale. select affordable housing projects senior housing will be rehabilitated Callinicos, vice president and trea- to fund. So far, none of the projects and senior social activities added. surer of Google, in a press release on have been in Google’s hometown of Google partnered with Union Bank the Sunnyvale project. Mountain View, despite persistent for both the Sunnyvale and Ingle- calls from local housing advocates wood projects. E-mail Daniel DeBolt at for more affordable housing. In Sunnyvale, the $37.6 million [email protected] Google’s growth spurt good for MV

By Nick Veronin networking. continue to be occupied with entre- Whatever Google’s overarching preneurial, tech-minded innova- ountain View’s largest strategy, the company’s continued tors, as the company often pulls in employer is growing at a growth is a good thing for Moun- the employees of the companies it Mfast clip even with some tain View’s coffers, a city official purchases. economists warning of the possi- said. Fred Vogelstein, a contributing bility of a double-recession and the “When companies do well — editor for Wired Magazine who Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting both large and small — it bodes has been following the company nationwide unemployment at 9.7 well for the city,” said Tiffany Cheu, for about 8 years, was also unsur- percent. business development specialist for prised. This year alone, Google has been Mountain View. “Google has always acquired a snapping up companies at the Aside from the taxes the compa- lot of companies, and, in fact, you rate of more than one per month ny pays directly to Mountain View, could argue that very little of what — many of them Silicon Valley Cheu noted that Google employees people think of as Google today startups. From March 31 through patronize local businesses and often they built in house,” Vogelstein ANDREW LUCK OWEN MARECIC June 30 this year, the company live and own property in Mountain said. added 1,184 employees to its ranks View. Some of Google’s most successful worldwide. Additionally, the company pro- products were created outside the Jane Penner, a Google represen- vides the city with free wireless company and then bought. Such tative, declined to comment on Internet service and Google co- products include Picasa, Blog- Google’s acquisition strategy or founder Sergey Brin and his wife ger, Maps, YouTube and, recently, how many employees the company recently donated $35,000 to the AdMob. has hired since the end of its second Deer Hollow farm in Mountain Neither Krazit nor Vogelstein financial quarter, which ended June View. were shocked to see Google scoop- SEASON OPENER AT 30, but according to technology “They can afford it,” said Tom ing up companies in the field of experts, Google’s recent spree of Krazit, a senior writer for CNET, social networking. acquisitions and hiring is aimed who has been covering Google for “The thing that’s interesting at growing the company beyond more than a year. He said he was about social networking is how STANFORD STADIUM! what its cash cow — search-based not surprised by the recent acquisi- much time people spend on it,” advertising — and into the realm tion spree and noted that Googleís SATURDAY, SEPT. 4 – 3:30PM VS. SACRAMENTO STATE of mobile technology and social strategy ensures its cubicles will See GOOGLE, page 8 Kids 14 and under are free when accompanied by adult.

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in property tax revenues for May, he was named to succeed GOLDMAN schools. That, coupled with a former district superintendent, Continued from page 5 decline in new students, caused Maurice Ghysels. many schools in the state to Goldman, who turns 50 this close. Goldman went directly year, said he is looking forward in the district for more than 40 to law school at UCLA, but with to his new role in the district, years. Goldman suspects that one self-imposed caveat. where he sees “so many oppor- her example factored into his “Along the way I told myself tunities to make a difference decision to pursue a career in that if I wasn’t fully satisfied by and help students and families education. a career in law after five years, achieve a better life for them- As an adolescent, Goldman I would go back to school and selves.” excelled at gymnastics. He com- get my teaching credential,” he peted in still rings in the state said. The road ahead championship as a junior and Five years came and went, That road over which Gold- senior at Glenbrook North High and although he said he was man must now guide his school School and won a partial schol- doing well practicing law — district is not in great condi- arship to Stanford for his abili- and “much to the dismay of my tion. It has been worn down ties, he said. parents” — Goldman decided to by the recession and the state At Stanford budget deficit. he earned an About half of undergradu- the students in ate degree in ‘ If I wasn’t fully satisfied by a career in law the Mountain human biology View Whisman and took many after five years, I would go back to school School District education are socio-eco- MICHELLE LE and psychol- and get my teaching credential.’ nomically dis- New superintendent Craig Goldman takes a quick ride on his bike in ogy electives. CRAIG GOLDMAN advantaged, the Mountain View Whisman School District office. His interest in English lan- education and guage learners, child develop- or both. ment led him to intern for the get his teaching credential and TM “One of the great challenges Twin Research Registry Palo Alto Unified School Dis- master’s degree in education. is ensuring success for all stu- at SRI International trict, he said. He began teaching fifth grade in dents,” Goldman said. PARTNERING TO ADVANCE SCIENCE Upon graduating in 1981, the Burlingame in 1990. He plans to do this with a market was not great for trying strong focus on school account- to become a teacher, Goldman Passion for education ability to state standards. The said. The introduction of Propo- Goldman said that making the district, he said, must reflect sition 13 had caused a sharp dip transition from law to education upon its students’ success in made perfect sense to him, as relation to those standards and both vocations involved helping tailor the educational experi- others. ence to meet the needs of the “As I was trying to make deci- students who aren’t meeting sions for the long term, as far those standards. as my career, it was important “We have amazing teachers,” to me to have a role as a public Goldman said. “And they are servant,” he said. successful with certain sub- In 1997, he went back to groups. But the strategies we school to get his administration are using are not successful with credential, and it was not long other subgroups.” before he had the opportunity To get to those subgroups, to use it. Goldman served as Goldman wants to see a major an interim principal in 1998 push in English instruction and at a Burlingame school and a district-wide implementation that same year was offered the of what he called “PDSA” — Are you a twin? principal position when Huff plan, do, study, act — a protocol Elementary School reopened. to make plans, implement them, And are you interested in Goldman said he initially study the outcome and then pursued administration to make make appropriate revisions. getting a free flu shot? more money for his family — When the Voice asked district his triplet daughters, who are teachers for comments on Gold- The Twin Research Registry™ at SRI International seeks freshmen at San Mateo High man, he was praised as an “edu- healthy fraternal and identical twins* (especially identical School, were born in 1995. cator at heart” in a written letter twins aged 70-100) to participate in a flu vaccine study He assumed that he would signed by Huff teachers Susan led by Stanford University and sponsored by the be removed from the everyday Chesley, Angela Boynton, Tera National Institutes of Health. interactions with his fifth grad- Martincic, Colleen McCullough ers, which was a disappointing and Heather Larkin. prospect. However, as he settled The teachers said that “during Call 1-800-SRI-TWIN (1-800-774-8946) into his new role, he realized these tough economic times, E-mail: [email protected] that he wasn’t losing a class- he is calm and focused on our or sign up at www.sri.com/twin. room; he was gaining an entire vision — education.” elementary school. One thing is clear from talk- Receive a free flu vaccine and help scientists develop “To bring them in as kinder- ing to Goldman — he loves what better vaccines at the same time. gartners and work with them he does. When Goldman left law and nurture them over a six- for education, people told him * Age groups and types of twins include: 8-17 identical; 18-30 fraternal or identical; 40-59 fraternal or identical; 70-100 identical. year period was an extremely that his move seemed rather rewarding experience,” he said altruistic. Volunteers will receive compensation and a free flu shot at Stanford, and will be required to return for two to three follow-up visits. The study offers the licensed, of working at Huff. “My response was it was one of approved vaccine that will be given to the public this flu season, which covers Goldman was the principal the more selfish things I’d ever both the seasonal and the H1N1 flu. SRI International is a world-leading nonprofit of Huff for nine years before done,” he said. “That’s because research organization based in Menlo Park, CA. www.sri.com he took over as chief financial it was what I always wanted to officer for the district in 2007. In do. I just find it satisfying.” V

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With the EPA being a creature in the late 1800s, has an earthen While homeowners were asked TCE of presidential politics, acceptable cellar. to comment on a draft of the Continued from page 1 vapor levels and cleanup goals have Lee said the EPA has notified document last year, only a half sometimes changed in the face of homeowners in the past that they dozen did, including Horton. human health effects include kid- political pressures. can have their indoor air tested, One expressed concern that hom- ney and liver cancer, lymphoma “I think we are all at the whim but many have chosen not to. eowners were not notified of the and various other reproductive, of whatever president we have,” Some feared it could affect their problem. developmental and neurological Horton said. “You have so many property values, Horton said. The largest response to the effects, according to the EPA in a instances where some politician draft came from a group of report issued in December. or official says ‘We’ve determine Clearing the fumes property owners in the MEW In an Aug. 16 update to what is your home no longer qualifies or All that now stands between who made numerous formal, called a Record of Decision, the EPA we’ve determined you are no lon- Horton and toxic fumes is a anonymous comments. Among has finally formalized the proce- ger unsafe at X parts per billion,’” “remediation” system that ven- their comments they called the dures done for Horton and others Horton said. “But we’ve got it in this MEW vapor intrusion study area. tilates and monitors the toxic EPA document “unnecessarily stigmatizing” for properties in the in order to protect residents and document.” Lee said of the commercial fumes in her cellar that initially workers in northeastern Mountain Lee acknowledged that the docu- cost $4,500. Horton has lived in area. They also said that it should buildings have yet to have their be made clearer that the cost of View. The document pertains to ment does make it more difficult to indoor air sampled, 36 of are the house since 1975. While she a superfund site roughly bordered change the EPA’s positions on the did not want to get specific, she remediation is the responsibility located in the largely inhabited by Middlefield, Ellis and Whisman MEW plume, as a public process believes that it has had conse- of polluters. industrial park south of High- roads called the MEW. would be required. quences for the health of some of Among the innovations in the The updated document means way 101. The others are located her family. document, Horton pointed to that, building by building, a plan Untested air at Moffett Field, where many sit About 75 percent of the toxics a partnership between the EPA must now be in place to remediate Despite knowing of the problem vacant awaiting redevelopment. in the MEW plume had been and the city to require new build- unacceptable levels of toxic fumes for over a decade, 117 commercial Unlike commercial buildings, cleaned up by the time Horton ings be built on top of a “passive in dozens of commercial buildings. buildings in the area and dozens the testing of homes above the learned her home was affected. sub slab” system which vents the Costs are expected to be paid for by of homes remain untested for plume is voluntary. That includes The last bit is likely to prove hard- vapors to the building’s roof. The the polluters, or what the EPA calls toxic vapors. apartment buildings, such as est to clean up. Systems that pump average “present worth” of such “responsible parties.” The document was originally the 64 units at 291 Evandale the water to the surface and filter a system is $207,500 for a 20,000 Horton said she believed the drafted in 1989, but only with last Ave., which went untested until out the TCE may soon be replaced square foot building and $36,500 EPA document is a model, and month’s update does it deal with recently — the results have yet to by bacterial microbes that are for a home. EPA project manager Alana Lee the most problematic vapor intru- be released. injected into the groundwater to As for Horton, she was recently able to have the responsible par- acknowledged that it was receiving sion aspect of the TCE groundwater The EPA has sampled the dissolve the harmful chemicals. ties pay for the electricity used by a lot of attention from other EPA pollution. It is the result of the indoor air of only 35 of 100 homes The U.S. Navy is currently testing her remediation system. Soon, she regions and EPA headquarters. solvent TCE being released from in the study area along the west- three different types at Moffett hopes to be reimbursed for its past While EPA region 9 has been leaky tanks into the groundwater ern edge of Whisman Road. Of Field. implementing many of the things those tested, only Horton’s home electricity use. by early computer chip makers Lee said another update to the The Record of Decision can be called for the document for years, was found with unacceptable located in the area. The companies document will soon identify pre- found at www.epa.gov/region9/ this document “protects you from responsible include Intel, Raytheon levels of TCE vapors in the indoor ferred cleanup alternatives for the MEW. V the whim of politics,” Horton said. and Fairchild Semiconductor. air, likely because her home, built future. 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NSTAFF Not so fast on SETI success Starting the school By Michael Hulfactor that SETI has largely abandoned. Publisher And, if an alien civilization Tom Gibboney would like to comment on last existed and was able to sort out week’s article on SETI titled: Earth-based signals from elec- Editorial year off right I“’Pretty good chances’ of find- tromagnetic noise (a really tough Managing Editor Andrea Gemmet ing alien life in the next 25 years,” task, it turns out), what would Staff Writers Daniel DeBolt, Nick Veronin which reported on a recent speech motivate it to contact humans? Intern Angela Chen howing that they have learned a lesson, the Mountain by Seth Shostak. Some have suggested, as Shostak Photographer Michelle Le View Whisman school board has adopted a new policy Several years ago as a gradu- seems to think, “curiosity.” Contributors Dale Bentson, on nepotism to prohibit employees from being super- ate student, I spent enjoyable For example, in a Mercury News Angela Hey, Sheila Himmel, S evenings discussing the assump- article last December, Shostak wrote Jennifer Pence, Monica Schreiber vised by a relative or someone with whom they share an inti- tions surrounding the search for that inhabitants of other worlds “... Design & Production mate relationship. extraterrestrial intelligence with might notice our TV and radar sig- Design Director Raul Perez The action fills a large gap in the district’s personnel policy, Charles Seeger, a noted pioneer- nals and possibly attempt to get in Designers Linda Atilano, Gary Vennarucci ing radio astronomer at SETI touch.” Yeah, right, especially after which became painfully obvi- who is now deceased. We argued ous in July 2009 when Super- they glimpse the evening news. Advertising over the infinitesimal probability Others, like Stephen Hawking, Advertising Representatives intendent Maurice Ghysels of a contemporaneous technical Anna Mirsky, Brent Triantos The action have suggested, “lunch” or other informed the district’s trustees civilization existing within a few less-than-benign motivations. Real Estate Account Executive hundred or thousand light years Rosemary Lewkowitz fills a large gap Shostak says that finding ET is that he and Principal Carmen of our planet (more accurately, Real Estate Advertising Coordinator Mizell were in an intimate only a matter of time and effort, Samantha Mejia in the district’s contemporaneous at the time an and uses the Drake Equation to relationship. Ghysels gave no identifying signal is received). partly support the claim. The personnel policy. We discussed SETI’s notion Published every Friday at thought to ending the rela- equation is a hypothetical, not 450 Cambridge Avenue that such a civilization would Palo Alto, CA 94306 tionship or resigning. Instead, build a massive signal beacon (650) 964-6300 See GUEST OPINION, page 13 fax (650) 964-0294 apparently on his own, he to advertise itself; a goofy idea E-mail news and photos to: decided to transfer oversight of Mizell to the assistant super- [email protected] E-mail letters to: intendent and go on with his job. NLETTERS [email protected] Under the district’s personnel rules at the time, the board VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY News/Editorial Department (650) 964-6300 was powerless to dismiss Ghysels or take any other action. IF PRESCHOOL CLOSES, high quality, play-based educa- fax (650) 964-0294 There simply was no policy on the books that barred super- tion. The wider school district Display Advertising Sales LOCAL RESIDENTS (650) 964-6300 vising employees from having a romantic relationship. The will also lose a resource. LOSE TOO The parent participants enter Classified Advertising Sales district had rules related to sexual harassment and conflict of s Los Altos Parent Preschool is the local elementary schools FAX interest, but not nepotism. Instead, the district relied on the still looking for a new location. with hundreds of hours of expe- E-mail Classified [email protected] California School Boards Association for updates on policy, If one is not found soon, the rience. Parents are ready to work E-mail Circulation [email protected] but received no guidance at the time, according to Stephanie program will be disrupted or with small children, help them The Voice is published weekly by Embarcadero closed for the 2011 school year. resolve conflicts, teach them, Media Co. and distributed free to residences and Totter, the district’s assistant superintendent for administra- Currently located on the Los and help run a school bureau- businesses in Mountain View. If you are not currently receiving the paper, you may request tive services. Altos High School campus, the cracy. Many of our parents go free delivery by calling 964-6300. Subscriptions Craig Goldman, who became superintendent in July, when school has been told it will have on to take key leadership roles FORPERYEAR PERYEARSAREWELCOME Ghysels left the district, said the new policy is not meant to to be out by June of next year. in their classrooms and schools. #OPYRIGHT¥BY%MBARCADERO-EDIA That would be a shame for the And the preschool keeps churn- Company. All rights reserved. discourage district employees from recommending relatives many Mountain View families, Member, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce ing these parents out as it has for or dating. Nor, at this point, does it cover the superintendent, including mine, who have had See LETTERS, page 13 who will sign a separate agreement with the trustees. the benefit of the preschool’s “The policy does not prohibit district employees marrying, being related, or having romantic relationships,” Goldman said. But it does set standards for supervisors and subordi- NWHAT’S YOUR VIEW? nates to insure that conflicts of interest don’t exist, he said. All views must include a home address and contact That is the key provision. In most cases, employees who are phone number. Published letters will also appear on the web site, www.MountainViewOnline.com, not in a direct reporting relationship can be related or in a and occasionally on the Town Square forum. relationship with no harm or conflict to the district. Only if TOWN SQUARE FORUM POST your views on the one supervises the other does it become a problem. Town Square forum at As it turned out, it took nearly a year for Ghysels to find www.MountainViewOnline.com E-MAIL your views to another job, which meant that he continued to draw his full [email protected]. Indicate salary long after the trustees had announced that Goldman if it is a letter to be published. would take over. 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and search intensity components San Francisco Superior Court be a sad day but without week- GUEST OPINION of unknown effectiveness. LETTERS lifted the four-year-old injunc- end service. I myself may need Continued from page 12 SETI’s search for alien technical Continued from page 12 tion allowing more advances in to go back to the car. civilizations using radio telescopes bike lanes and similar improve- Maybe I’m missing some- factual, way of estimating the is important for reasons of discov- the past 56 years. ments to happen. thing, but it seems that if pay- number of alien civilizations in ery and surveillance, and, certainly, The parent community would I was shocked to hear Caltrain ing customers are being turned our galaxy. Yet Shostak gives an there will be improvements in lose as well is the school is plans service cuts. When com- away and money is being lost, optimistic range of 10,000 to 1 detection, search strategies, and closed. The parent preschool muting to San Mateo daily with then the first step should be million such civilizations. analysis over the next several years. has low tuition, high quality my bicycle I rarely get bumped, to increase capacity for those I invite readers to conduct a The odds of near-term success seem and no eligibility requirement. but on many days I see paying paying customers that are being Web search of “Drake Equation very long, though. So anyone who is willing to put customers being turned away, hindered, especially as the Bay issues.” They will find a great deal The slow slog of searching for in sweat equity can secure an fares lost and people forced Area streets become more and of informed opinion around the any kind of alien life, like “extra- excellent early childhood educa- back into their cars. If morning/ more bicycle friendly and the problems of measuring most of terrestrial pond scum” as Shostak tion for his or her child. evening service is cut this will bicycle demographic is destined the equation’s variables, criticism called it in his Mercury News article, Due to this we have teachers’ surely make for more crowded to increase. about how measurement errors in has much better odds of succeed- kids, cooks’ kids, and million- bike-cars and therefore more Christopher Hosking such equations can yield biased and ing. Why? Simple life forms have aires’ kids all together and their and more bumps. Also, it would San Francisco completely nonsensical estimates, probably been around more or less families are learning to work along with suggested modifica- continuously for millions to billions together as well. This communi- NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY tions and alternatives. Readers will of years in lots of places. Technical ty-building benefits a city that has also find much more pessimistic civilizations have possibly been a huge income spread among its POLICY AS TO STUDENTS- estimates of the incidence of alien around for only hundreds or thou- residents as Mountain View does. The 9 FRUITS LEARNING CENTER admits students of any race, color, national civilizations in the galaxy than sands of years in a few places (no Mountain View residents should and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally those cited by Shostak. one knows for sure, of course), and support this excellent resource accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate Which brings me to Shostak’s presumably have come and gone. by helping to find a new site at on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its nonprofit rent. If you have leads educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and chief assertion, “Young people... I Searching for alien microbes, athletic and other school-administered programs. think there’s a really good chance though, just does not seem to for a new space for the preschool you’re going to see this (finding have the same impact on the please contact Dara Tynefield at 2050 Miramonte Ave., Mountain View • (650) 962-1900 ET) happen.” imagination as searching for ET. [email protected] It is unclear whether a “really I suggest, though, that we not get Gina Thelen good chance” is a probability of our expectations up about having Mountain View Now Enrolling for Fall Classes 0.5 percent or 25 percent, though an ET experience anytime soon, Call today to talk with one of our friendly it seems implied that it is over and some SETI scientists should SERVICE CUTS NOT THE customer service representatives. 50 percent. However vague, his tone down speculative assertions WAY TO GO FOR CALTRAIN estimate is merely an extension based on dubious premises that of the Drake Equation with raise such expectations. Many bicycle schemes are a time component (25 years) Michael Hulfactor lives on popping up around the globe, coupled with search techniques Hollingsworth Drive and San Francisco is one of the leaders. I was thrilled to hear the

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 13 "SUT&WFOUTMOUNTAINVIEWVOICE A lyrical ‘Light’ By Jeanie K. Smith he Light in the Piazza,” with its lush, lyrical “Tscore by Adam Guet- tel and smart, witty book by Craig Lucas, is set to charm audiences in an attractive production by The- atreWorks. Winner of six Tonys in 2005, “Piazza” deserves attention, not only for its gorgeous contempo- A FESTIVAL rary sound, but also for its heartfelt LIKE NO OTHER message of love and redemption. FREE Based on the 1960 novella by ADMISSION Elizabeth Spencer, the musical focuses on Margaret (Rebecca Eichenberger), a middle-aged woman from North Carolina, and her 26-year-old daughter, Clara (Whitney Bashor). The pair are traveling in Italy in 1953, retracing the path that Margaret took on her TRACY MARTIN honeymoon with her husband, Roy Above: Romance blooms between Fabrizio (Constantine Germanacos) (Richard Frederick). and Clara (Whitney Bashor) in TheatreWorks’ “The Light in the Piazza.” In a piazza in Florence, a chance At left: Margaret Johnson (Rebecca Eichenberger) and Clara (Whitney encounter with a young Italian Bashor) share a mother-daughter moment. man, Fabrizio (Constantine Ger- relationship; on that lies much charming rogue. manacos), alters destiny. Romance of Margaret’s agonizing, and it Bashor has played Clara before blossoms between Clara and him, accounts for her initial determina- at other venues nationally, and has September 11-12, 10am to 6pm in spite of Margaret’s objections. tion to keep Clara from Fabrizio. all the right stuff for the role: stun- Apart from the usual reservations Castro Street, Downtown Mountain View However, in this production Clara ning voice, blonde good looks, an a mother might have about her is an ordinary girl: a little petu- easy physicality and naturalness on SILICON VALLEY'S WORLD-CLASS daughter being wooed by a stranger lant, perhaps, but otherwise quite stage. We should be hearing more in a strange land, Margaret has a normal. The lack of any sign of of her in the future. ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL secret about Clara that she believes oddness from her makes Margaret Eichenberger has a mammoth 600 EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS should keep any real relationship seem a little nutty — why is she job as Margaret, and is mostly up to STELLAR LIVE MUSIC EVERYWHERE from happening. An accident has worrying at all? the challenge, although her vocals rendered Clara forever childlike, Director Robert Kelley’s uncon- wavered a little — perhaps just the ORGANIC & GREEN PRODUCTS • FABULOUS FOOD & DRINK leaving her with the mental capacity ventional choice to interpret Clara strain of intense rehearsals leading HEALTH & WELLNESS DISPLAYS • HOME & GARDEN EXHIBITS of a 12-year-old in a young woman’s as a more normal girl negates up to opening night. Her manner REFRESHING WINES • MICROBREWS body. Should Margaret tell Fabrizio much of the story sense, turning it aptly suited the character, but she MARGARITAS • MOJITOS • SANGRIA and his well-meaning parents, the into a rather mundane romance. didn’t effectively dominate the CALTRAIN & LIGHT RAIL DROP YOU OFF RIGHT AT THE FESTIVAL Nacarellis (Martin Vidnovic and It lowers the dramatic stakes, and landscape of the play, which again SECURE BICYCLE PARKING AT CASTRO AND CHURCH STREETS Caroline Altman)? Should she just makes those unfamiliar with the may have been a directorial choice. SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY take Clara and run in the opposite story wonder what all the fuss The set and light designs, by J.B. direction, in spite of her daughter’s is about. It also refocuses the Wilson and Pamila Z. Gray, work TO HONOR THE HEROES FROM 9/11Watch NFL Week 1 growing affection for the young plot more on Clara and Fabrizio beautifully together, with soaring Live! 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Altogether a different stages and ages — young, young man to watch. The bravado lovely evening’s entertainment. V TISHMAN SPEYER PROPERTIES KIDS' PARK old, new, waning, stagnant, hope- aria of Act One was matched by the ful — reflecting its many faces, joys simple beauty of the love song in Microsoft School of Rock Stage, Presented by Best Buy NINFORMATION Super Cool Body Art • Monster Slide • Climbing Wall • AmusementWin Rides an and disappointments. Act Two, and his scenes with Clara Thrilling Motion Theater • Hands-On Art XBOX 360! Fabrizio and Clara, Signor and had the requisite sweetness and What: “The Light in the Piazza,” with

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MICHELLE LE %))&# A tangle of green beans at Shumei’s stand at the Mountain View Farmers Market. ))) example, are a summer fruit, with Opportunities on Organic Farms open the farm to the public for juices designed to hydrate on hot program. They offer farm tours musical performances, a natural days. and host kids to show them where agriculture lunch, and infor- “You don’t need a tomato in the their food comes from. mation about the farm. Local Stop worrying about your aging parents, winter,” she says. “That’s how you “We hope that globally we will vendors will also be at the event and watch them blossom instead! go with the flow of nature.” be growing food by natural agri- selling organic clothing, home- Besides bringing natural agriculture in the near future,” Kugler made soaps, handmade glass, and culture to farmers markets, says. “We’re just trying to show a talking about alternative energy, Shumei caters to the commu- more natural way that’s better for Koyama says. nity in a variety of ways. It has your health and the health of the Whether farmers market cus- a community-supported agri- planet.” tomers are motivated by the culture program with about 30 Shumei also wants to reshape healthy benefits, great taste or the members. Participants in the people’s relationship with food by natural approach of Shumei’s pro- program pay for a weekly box of making people more spiritually duce, Koyama says their intention produce. Shumei also provides connected with it. They also hope with their harvests it what makes veggies to two elementary schools to establish a new certification for the biggest difference. as part of the Farm to School natural agriculture to establish it “We give our love to the pro- program to encourage healthy as different from organic farming. duce, so if people eat our produce diets for kids. It sells ingredients But they mostly want to spread they will receive our love,” he says. to two local organic restaurants. It the word, through events like the “Love is one of the best medicines V hosts “WWOOFers” or volunteer annual open farm event, happen- in the world.” ♦ ♦ farmers from the World Wide ing this Sunday, Sept. 5. They’ll Daily Health Monitoring Exercise Therapies Socializing ♦ Music ♦ Arts ♦ Gardening NINFORMATION Nutritious Lunch ♦ Local Transportation ... and more!

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Despicable Me (PG) ((1/2 Century 20: In 3D at 11:20 a.m.; 1:40, 4:10 & 6:40 p.m. As embodied by impressively internal Eat Pray Love (PG-13) ((1/2 Century 16: 12:30, 3:45, 7:15 & 10:20 p.m. newcomer James Frechette, J is a worrying Century 20: 10:20 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 12:50, 4 & 7:10 p.m. poster boy for modern teen disaffection. Dis- connection is his natural state, so when he’s The Expendables (R) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 2:10, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. taken in by his “Grandma Smurf” (a finely Century 20: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8:05 & 10:35 p.m. tuned Jacki Weaver) and finds himself in the Get Low (PG-13) ((( Aquarius Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. midst of a small-time crime family, the lad seems a bit unnerved but accepts no moral Going the Distance (R) Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 1:55, 4:40, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. responsibility. Barely held together by their Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55, 7:30 & 10:05 p.m. creepily affectionate mother are relatively Grease Sing-Along (PG-13) Century 16: Fri.-Mon. at 11:20 a.m.; 4:35 & 10 p.m. reluctant Darren (Luke Ford) and his older brothers who seem to be three kinds of Inception (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 3, 6:40 & 10:05 p.m. crazy. They are: wild man Craig (Sullivan Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 3:25, 7 & 10:15 p.m. Stapleton), hair-trigger Barry (Joel Edgerton The Kids Are All Right (R) (((( Century 16: 12:50, 3:50, 7 & 9:35 p.m. of “The Square”) and psychopathic Pope (Ben Mendelsohn), the latter only just The Last Exorcism (PG-13) Century 16: 12:10, 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. emerging from a prison term. Like Ma Barker Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 1:10, 2:30, 3:40, 4:45, 6, 7:05, 8:15, 9:20 & 10:40 p.m. crossed with Lady Macbeth, Grandma Smurf Machete (R) Century 16: Fri.-Mon. at 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:30, 7:25 & 10:10 p.m.; uses any means necessary to protect her Tue.-Thu. at 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:30, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; cubs. Rated R for violence, drug content 12:20, 1:45, 2:50, 4:15, 5:20, 6:50, 8, 9:25 & 10:35 p.m. and pervasive language. One hour, 52 Mao’s Last Dancer (PG) (( Aquarius Theatre: 3, 5:45 & 8:30 p.m. minutes. — P.C. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (R) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:35 & EAT PRAY LOVE --1/2 7:20 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 10 p.m. (Century 16, Century 20) Julia Roberts plays Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (R) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:25, Liz Gilbert, a writer who tells her astonished 4:20 & 7:15 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 10:10 p.m. husband (Billy Crudup) she doesn’t want to live in unhappiness anymore. In a twink, Nanny McPhee Returns (PG) 1/2 Century 16: Fri.-Mon. at 2 & 7:20 (( she’s taken up with a younger lover (James p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 1:50, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:40 p.m. Franco), but their affair also slumps into The Other Guys (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 4:50, unhappiness. Realizing her problem is inter- 7:55 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. nal, Liz thinks of Ketut (Hadi Subiyanto), a medicine man she met in Bali on a journal- Piranha (R) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 3:30 & 8 p.m. Century 20: In 3D at 9:10 p.m. ism assignment. And so she hatches a plan Resident Evil: Afterlife (R) Century 16: In 3D Thu. at 12:01 a.m. to go to Italy and “Eat,” visit an ashram in Century 20: Thu. at 12:03 a.m.; In 3D Thu. at 12:01 a.m. India and “Pray,” and return to Indonesia The Rocky Horror Picture Show (R) Guild Theatre: Sat. at midnight. where, if Ketut’s palm reading was right, she just may find “Love.” Rated PG-13 for Salt (PG-13) ((1/2 Century 20: 12:25, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15 & 10:40 p.m. brief strong language, some sexual refer- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; ences and male rear nudity. Two hours, 20 2:05, 4:55, 7:45 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. minutes. — P.C. Shall We Dance (1937) Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 7:30 p.m. The Sky’s the Limit (1943) Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 5:50 & 9:30 p.m. GET LOW --- (Guild) “Get Low” — set in 1930s Ten- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 5:40 & 9:50 p.m. nessee — fits snugly into the traditions of The Switch (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 4:15 & 9:50 p.m. Southern literature, particularly the tensions Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m. between the community and the individual, and man and God. The plot finds Duvall’s Takers (PG-13) entury 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. Felix Bush leaving his cabin to put his affairs Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 12:45, 2:15, 3:30, 5, 6:10, 7:35, 8:45 & 10:10 p.m. and funeral plans in order. His refusal to ask Toy Story 3 (G) (((( Century 20: In 3D at 11:15 a.m.; 1:45, 4:20 & 6:55 p.m. forgiveness makes him a poor candidate for a church burial, but he’s willing to entertain Vampires Suck (PG-13) Century 16: 1:25, 5:45 & 10:35 p.m. the offer of services from funeral director tCentury 20: 9:30 p.m. Buddy (Lucas Black). When Lucas’ boss The Woman in the Window (1944) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Tue. at 7:30 Frank (Bill Murray) feels the tug of a big fish, p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 4:05 p.m. he involves himself in Felix’s crackpot plan of a funeral at which he will be the guest of honor. All other guests will be required Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. to share a story about Felix, in exchange for a chance to inherit his 300 acres. Rated AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) PG-13 for some thematic material and brief CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) CENTURY PARK 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (800-326-3264) violent content. One hour, 40 minutes. CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (800-326-3264) — P.C. CINEARTS AT PALO ALTO SQUARE: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) GUILD: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) INCEPTION ---1/2 SPANGENBERG THEATRE: 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto (354-8263) (Century 16, Century 20) Leonardo For show times, plot synopses and more information about any films playing at the DiCaprio headlines as Dom Cobb, Aquarius, Guild and Park, visit www.LandmarkTheatres.com an enigmatic fellow whose expertise

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39TH ANNUAL MOUNTAIN VIEW ART & WINE FESTIVAL Over 200,000 art lovers gather for a celebration of 600 professional arts and craft makers. Sat, Sept. 11, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Downtown Mountain View, Castro Street, Mountain View. (PJOHT0O www.miramarevents.com/mountainview ART GALLERIES BENEFITS Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain View. 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. Call 650-321-3891. COMMUNITY EVENTS Call 650-969-4110. www.livelyfoundation.org www.pacificartleague.org Buildings on Paper “Buildings on Paper: Peninsula Youth Theatre Benefit “Sure Design for Super-heroes This class is about Using Native Plants in the Garden Top- Deborah Palm’s Knitting Circle Deborah’s Architectural Drawings.” This exhibition features Thing” is a benefit fundraiser for the Peninsula “why do things look the way they do”. Beginning ics covered will include an overview of Native Palm hosts an informal gathering of knitters every architectural drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright and Youth Theatre featuring decadent desserts, silent with some of the first industrial designs, from American views and uses of plants and how Wednesday. Debby Damm, facilitator will be on others. Through Oct. 17, Cantor Arts Center, 328 auction and performances by talented PYT per- nearly 100 years ago, students discover the con- they shaped the landscape of California. A list of site the second and fourth Wednesday of each Lomita Drive, Stanford. formers. Sat, Sept. 11, 7-10 p.m. $30 Community tinuing influences of design in today’s world. Class natives that work well in the Bay Area will also be month. Bring needles and yarn. 10 a.m. to noon. Mami Wata The exhibition highlights both School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San projects are design challenges for objects such covered along with cultural information on how free. Deborah’s Palm, 555 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto. traditional and contemporary images of Mami Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call 650-988- as banks, lunchboxes, bridges. Sept. 12-19, 1-3 to use them. Sat., Sept. 11, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. www.deborahspalm.org Wata and her consorts from across the African 8798. www.pytnet.org p.m. $45 members/$55 non members. Museum $31. Common Ground Garden Supply, 559 Col- Wednesday Farmers Market Wednesday continent, as well as from the Caribbean, Brazil, of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. lege Ave., Palo Alto. commongroundinpaloalto. Palo Alto Farmshop at Lytton Plaza (University and the United States. It offers a variety of media CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Call 650-321-1004. www.moah.org org/upcomingclasses.htm and Emerson) in downtown Palo Alto. 3:30-6:30 including magnificent masks, kinetic sculptures, p.m. Free. Lytton Plaza, University and Emerson, Arboretum All-Stars: Proven Winners Free Lawn Removal & Replacement and vibrant paintings. Through Jan. 2, 11 a.m.-5 Palo Alto. Call 650-641-8947. www.paloalto- for Your Garden Arboretum All-Stars is the Class This seminar will teach how to replace CLUBS/MEETINGS p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, lawns appropriately to reduce maintenance costs. farmshop.org name of a collection of 100+ water-wise plants Senior Center Book Club Meetings are Stanford. Sat, Sept. 4, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free. Mountain View that are proven winners. They have been grown held the second Tuesday of every month. Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. DANCE across California by Master Gardeners. Join September’s book for review is Twilight by AUDITIONS Call 650-349-3000. www.bawsca.org Master Gardeners in Palo Alto for a talk about Stephenie Meyer. Tues, Sept. 14, 10:30-11:30 Latin Dance Fusion Workout Steps from Ballet Audition for The Nutcracker these different plants and how to use them in your Introduction to Loving-Kindness Medi- a.m. Free. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 many genres are folded into easy-to-follow com- Students over 13, adult students and profession- garden. Followed by Open Garden. Sept. 4, 10-11 tation This is a six-week course with guided Escuela Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-903- binations. Move to flamenco, cha-cha, cumbia, als can audition for The Nutcracker. Registration a.m. free. Master Gardener Palo Alto Demonstra- meditations and structured reflections taught by 6330. swing, merengue, salsa, samba, middle eastern, tion Garden, 851 Center Drive, Palo Alto. Call 408- Shaila Catherine and guest teachers. No registra- begins at 1 p.m. and each dancer will be evalu- SPAUG General Meeting SPAUG Gen- or other Latin dances. Wear athletic shoes/cloth- 282-3105. www.mastergardeners.org/scc.html tion required. Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m. Free. St. Timo- ated for all roles of the production scheduled eral Meeting Stanford-Palo Alto User Group ing and bring an exercise mat. Saturdays, 10-11 thy’s/Edwards Hall, 2094 Grant Road, Palo Alto. for Dec. 3-5, 2010. Females should bring pointe Beginning Social Dance This class is for all meets monthly to discuss problems, solutions, a.m. $10. Los Altos American Legion Hall, 347 Call 408-288-6322. www. imsb.org shoes. Sat, Sept. 11, 2-4 p.m. Free. Western Ballet levels and will teach basic popular social dances software and hardware. Learn more about First St., Los Altos. Call 650-948-1484. Company & School, 914 N. Rengstorff Ave., Unit like waltz, foxtrot, rumba, jive, salsa. Sign up in Pacific Art League Fall classes Art classes computing, meet fellow computer users. Get Vintage Ballroom Dance The Varsity Dance A, Mountain View. Call 650-968-4455. www. class, every Thursday from 2:43-4:30 p.m. Free. for adults and kids start Sept. 13 at the Pacific Art help and advice from experienced users. Sec- Club meets on the third Sunday of each month for westernballet.org/productions/open_audition. Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave., League of Palo Alto. More than 70 classes and ond Wednesday of the month, ongoing, 7-9:30 a vintage ballroom dance with Paul Price’s Society html Mountain View. Call 650-903-6330. www. workshops in stone carving, cartooning, travel p.m. first meeting free, $35/year. American Orchestra. 4-6:30 p.m. $20. Palo Alto Masonic Bay Choral Guild Auditions for mountainview.gov sketching, oil portraits, printmaking and much Legion Post, 347 First St., Los Altos. Call 650- Temple, 461 Florence St., Palo Alto. www.paulpri- 2010-2011 Season The Bay Choral Guild Creative Movement/Petite Ballet Join us more. Cost varies. Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, 493-9307. www.svuga.org/ ceorchestra.com will hold auditions on Tues, Sept. 7 and at at the Lively School’s Creative Movement & Petite its first rehearsal on Mon, Sept. 13. Email Ballet Classes. 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EXHIBITS no disrobing. Ages 50+. $26 members/$31 non- St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 2094 Grant Road, participating in the California HSR Authority’s unteer opportunities available ranging from front members. Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call Mountain View. imsb.org community engagement process over the past desk greeters, fund raising, grant writing, special “Longing for Sea Change” This series of 650-289-2453. avenidas.org nine months. Tues, ,Sept. 14, 11:45 a.m.-1 events and much more. Deborah’s Palm, 555 Lyt- video installations by contemporary artists living SENIORS p.m. $12. Hangen Szechuan Restaurant, 134 ton Ave., Palo Alto. www.deborahspalm.org and working in Africa and the diaspora addresses Castro St., Mountain View. 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Call HEALTH 650-988-9800. www.eastwest.com Insight Meditation South Bay Shaila Massages Avenidas offers 30-minute massages Technology and Society Committee www.rollerhapgoodtinney.com Catherine and guest teachers lead a weekly by certified massage therapists every Tuesday and Luncheon Forum Ronit Bryant, Mayor of Insight Meditation sitting followed by a talk on Thursday. Massages also available every Wednes- Mountain View and Chair of the High Speed Rail Se Habla Español Buddhist teachings. Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Funeral Home FD132 day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wear comfortable clothes; Ad Hoc Subcommittee, describes her experience BEST CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY Santa Clara Valley Water District ON THE PENINSULA Public meeting Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project

Topic: Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project

Who: Santa Clara Valley Water District

What: Initial Design Workshop

When: September 9, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Where: Mountain View Library, Community Room 585 Franklin Street, Mountain View, CA 94041 $ 50 Why: Please join Santa Clara Valley Water District for an initial design workshop 92 Labor Special Total Price For Labor On Standard Couch or Chair regarding a flood detention area at McKelvey Park. The purpose of this meeting Plus the cost of any fabric you select from our complete line of fabrics. Labor price is to provide information on the current design and seek your input on potential of $92.50 includes frame, spring and webbing repair. Additional charge for cushion ﬁ ller, tufting and channeling. Customer supplied fabric charged at standard labor design alternatives. Staff from the water district design team will provide a project rate of $50 per yard. overview and solicit public input. FREE ARM COVERS with upholstery of any couch or chair The flood detention area at McKelvey Park is one of several detention area With this coupon only. Regular value $12.50 plus 1/2 yard of fabric. Expires 10/6/10 improvements for this project. There will be separate design workshops scheduled FREE Pick Up & Delivery for Cuesta Park Annex, Blach School and Rancho San Antonio County Park Our 44th year. this fall. The excavated park area would capture peak flood flows that would currently overtop the creek banks during heavy rainstorms. The flood waters Sterling Custom Upholstery captured at the height of the storm runoff would be later 1243 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View released back into the creek and the baseball fields (At Miramonte – behind Baskin-Robbins) would be restored once waters have receded. www.SterlingCustomUpholstery.com (650) 961-8700 8/2010_BA Re-upholstery Recycles

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2850 Malabar Av. #1 due. In addition to cash, the Trustee Santa Clara, CA 95051 will accept cashier's checks drawn on JASVINDER PAL SINGH a state or national bank, a check drawn 2850 Malabar Av. #1 by a state or federal credit union, or Santa Clara, CA 95051 a check drawn by a state or federal Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to savings and loan association, savings transact business under the fictitious association, or savings bank specified business name(s) listed herein. in Section 5102 of the Financial Code This statement was filed with the and authorized to do business in this County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara state. Said sale will be made, in an "AS County on August 27, 2010. IS"condition, but without covenant or (Voice Sep. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2010) warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by 1VCMJD/PUJDFT 997 All Other Legals said Deed of Trust, advances thereun- 995 Fictitious Name doing business as: ROYAL BEAUTY doing business as: This business is owned by: An NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS der, with interest as provided, and the SALON, 1040 N. Rengstorff Ave. #F, GEN ACUPUNCTURE at 1704 Individual. No. 10-0060866 Title Order No. unpaid principal of the Note secured by Statement Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara Miramonte Ave. #6, Mountain View, CA The name and residence address of the 100314301 APN No. 158-27-009 YOU said Deed of Trust with interest thereon FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME County: This business is owned by: 94040, Santa Clara County: This busi- owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF as provided in said Note, plus fees, STATEMENT A Husband and Wife. The name and ness is owned by: A Limited Liability CONNIE ALLEN GREIG TRUST, DATED 05/07/2007. UNLESS charges and expenses of the Trustee File No.: 540746 residence address of the owner(s)/ Company. The name and residence 16 Dorchester Drive YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT and of the trusts created by said Deed The following person (persons) is registrant(s) is(are): address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) Mountain View, CA 94043 YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD of Trust. If required by the provisions (are) doing business as: Medical TRAN CHINH is(are): Registrant/Owner began transacting AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN of section 2923.5 of the California Strategy Consulting, 224 Lassen Ave., 805 Anacapa Ct. GEN ACUPUNCTURE, LLC business under the fictitious business EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF Civil Code, the declaration from the Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara Milpitas, CA 95035 1704 Miramonte Ave. #6 name(s) listed herein on 05/15/2010. THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized County: This business is owned by: NGUYEN HUONG Mountain View, CA 94040 This statement was filed with the YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. agent is attached to the Notice of An Individual. The name and residence 805 Anacapa Ct. Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara â ù Notice is hereby given that Trustee's Sale duly recorded with the address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) Milpitas, CA 95035 transact business under the fictitious County on August 3, 2010. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appropriate County Recorder's Office. is(are): KRISTIN SCHMIEDEHAUSEN, Registrant/Owner began transacting business name(s) listed herein. This (Voice Aug. 27, Sep. 3, 10, 17, 2010) appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed DATED: 08/21/2010 RECONTRUST 224 Lassen Ave., Mountain View, CA business under the fictitious business statement was filed with the County SCRATCH of Trust executed by ALYN H BELLOMI, COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon 94043 Registrant/Owner has not yet name(s) listed herein on July 23, 2010. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME AND JODI K BELLOMI, HUSBAND Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA begun to transact business under the This statement was filed with the on August 11, 2010. (Voice Aug. 20, STATEMENT AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, dated 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) fictitious business name(s) listed herein. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 27, Sep. 3, 10, 2010) File No.: 541773 05/07/2007 and recorded 05/15/07, 281 8219 By: Trustee's Sale Officer This statement was filed with the County on July 23, 2010. (Voice August LUCKY EXPRESS The following person (persons) is (are) as Instrument No. 19429474, in Book , RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 13, 20, 27, September 3, 2010) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME doing business as: Page ), of Official Records in the office collector attempting to collect a debt. County on July 30, 2010. (Voice August STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT STATEMENT Scratch at 401 Castro Street, Mountain of the County Recorder of Santa Clara Any information obtained will be used for 13, 20, 27, September 3, 2010) OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS File No.: 541414 View, CA 94041, Santa Clara County. County, State of California, will sell that purpose. on 09/24/2010 at 10:00AM, At the FEI # 1006.107450 8/27, 9/03, BLUE CAB CO. NAME The following person (persons) is (are) This business is owned by: An Market Street entrance to the Superior 9/10/2010 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 540569 doing business as: Individual. Courthouse, 190 North Market Street Voice STATEMENT The following person(s) has/have aban- Lucky Express at 600 Rainbow Dr., The name and residence address of the , San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA at File No.: 540952 doned the use of the fictitious business #185, Mountain View, CA 94041, Santa owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): public auction, to the highest bidder PUBLIC NOTICE The following person (persons) is name(s). The information given below is Clara County. ROBERT S. FISCHER for cash or check as described below, (are) doing business as: BLUE CAB as it appeared on the fictitious business This business is owned by: An 566 Emerson Street payable in full at time of sale, all right, Clearwire Corporation is proposing to CO., 2850 Malabar Ave. #1, Santa statement that was filed at the County Individual. Palo Alto, CA 94301 title, and interest conveyed to and now install a new wireless telecommunica- Clara, CA 95051, Santa Clara County: Clerk-Recorder’s Office. The name and residence address of the Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to held by it under said Deed of Trust, in tions facility on the church located at This business is owned by: A General FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): transact business under the fictitious the property situated in said County 1667 Miramonte Drive, Mountain View, Partnership. The name and residence AAA SPEEDY SMOG TEST ONLY DONG SUK YOO business name(s) listed herein. and State and as more fully described CA. The project consists of construct- address of the owner(s)/registrant(s) 135 N. Wolfe Rd. #50 600 Rainbow Dr., # 185 This statement was filed with the in the above referenced Deed of Trust. ing a 10-foot steeple on the rooftop, is(are): Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Mountain View, CA 94041 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara The street address and other common providing for a new building height of RAMANDEEP SINGH, 2850 Malabar FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to County on August 26, 2010. designation, if any of the real property 35 feet. Additionally, three panel anten- Ave.,Santa Clara, CA 95051. ON: 05/05/06 UNDER FILE NO. transact business under the fictitious (Voice Sep. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2010) described above is purported to be: nas and three microwave antennas will JASVINDER PAL SINGH, 2850 477754 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): business name(s) listed herein. R.S. LIMOUSINE 30-32 CHURCH STREET, MOUNTAIN be mounted at 29.66 feet and 33.5 Malabar Ave.,Santa Clara, CA 95051. RAMIREZ CHAVEZ SALVADOR This statement was filed with the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME VIEW, CA, 940412356. The undersigned feet, respectively inside the steeple. An Registrant/Owner has not yet begun to 589 Waite Ave. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara STATEMENT Trustee disclaims any liability for any equipment cabinet will be placed on a transact business under the fictitious Sunnyvale, CA 94085 County on August 17, 2010. File No.: 541819 incorrectness of the street address and concrete pad within an enclosed lease business name(s) listed herein. This THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED (Voice Aug. 27, Sep. 3, 10, 17, 2010) The following person (persons) is (are) other common designation, if any, shown area northeast of the church. Trenching statement was filed with the County BY an Individual. This statement was JOYOUS FAMILY COACHING doing business as: herein. The total amount of the unpaid will be required for utility routing. Any Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County filed with the County Clerk Recorder of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME R.S. Limousine at 2850 Malabar Av. balance with interest thereon of the interested party wishing to submit com- on August 5, 2010. (Voice Aug 13, 20, Santa Clara County on July 27, 2010. STATEMENT #1, Santa Clara, CA 95051, Santa obligation secured by the property to be ments regarding the potential effects 27, Sep 3, 2010) (Voice Aug.20,27, Sep.3,10, 2010) File No.: 540886 Clara County. sold plus reasonable estimated costs, the proposed facility may have on any GEN ACUPUNCTURE The following person (persons) is (are) This business is owned by: ROYAL BEAUTY SALON expenses and advances at the time historic property may do so by sending FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME doing business as: A General Partnership. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME of the initial publication of the Notice comments to: Project 61104887 c/o STATEMENT Joyous Family Coaching at 16 The name and residence address of the STATEMENT of Sale is $969,349.43. It is possible EBI Consulting, 11445 E Via Linda, File No.: 541180 Dorchester Drive, Mountain View, CA owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): File No.: 540498 that at the time of sale the opening bid Suite 2, #472, Scottsdale, AZ 85259. The following person (persons) is (are) 940043, Santa Clara County. RAMANDEEP SINGH The following person (persons) is (are) may be less than the total indebtedness (Voice Sep. 3, 2010) 24 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 1777 Latham Street Mountain View !( )

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5bd/3ba, 2442+/-sf home features a two-story entry with hardwood flooring opening to the formal living room with marble fireplace and vaulted ceiling. Separate dining room has hardwood flooring, vaulted ceiling and sliding glass doors to a patio deck. Inviting kitchen has granite counters, center island, and hardwood flooring. Family room with hardwood flooring and a beautiful wood and granite fireplace. Huge master suite with walk-in closet and bath with jetted tub and stall shower. Joanne Riley three additional bedrooms upstairs. Large laundry room, three-car garage with extra storage, Direct 408.691.8580 professionally landscaped yards. The backyard has Office 408.913.7878 [email protected] an outdoor kitchen. Offered at $1,488,000 joanneriley.com

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation. apr.com | LOS GATOS 750 University Avenue, Suite 150

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10535 MADRONE CT., CUPERTINO $2,795,000 126 S. CLARK AVE., LOS ALTOS $2,895,000 CLOSE TO PRUNEYARD – SAN JOSE $585,000 NEWLY PRICED – PALO ALTO $615,000 4BR / 4.5BA, Gorgeous details throughout. Bay Views! New Mediterranean 6BR/4.5BA, ideal for entertaining. Lovely 3BR /2BA home in great family neighborhood. 2BR / 2BA condo in the heart of downtown Palo Alto. SALE PENDING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

1376 TODD ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW $1,115,000 REMODEL OR BUILD NEW – LOS ALTOS HILLS $1,795,000 CLOSE TO TOWN – LOS ALTOS HILLS $2.250,000 WONDERFUL FAMILY HOME– LOS ALTOS $2,895,000 Beautiful remodeled 3BR / 2.5BA in L.A. School Dist. 2BR /2BA home with bay views. Seller financing avail. Subdivision w/ Plans for 3 Estates. Price reflects lot #2. Unforgettable family living 4BR / 3.5BA + guest house. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

PARK-LIKE SETTING – LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,495,000 UNIQUE 9.45 ACRES - LOS ALTOS HILLS $3,895,000 PRIVATE SETTING – LOS ALTOS HILLS $4,100,000 KNOLL-TOP ESTATE – LOS ALTOS HILLS $5,600,000 3BR/2.5BA Designed by Goodwin Steinberg on 3 acres. Build your dream estate on 9.45 acres! Incredible views. Newly rebuilt 4BR / 3.5BA on 1 acre w/ park-like setting. Gorgeous new 4BR/5.5BA knoll-top European Estate. Worldwide Referral and Global Internet Exposure. Go to www.campi.com for a complete search. 33AN!NTONIO2D ,OS!LTOSs650.941.4300 2[^ ?MXQ 2[^ ?MXQ /[YUZS ?[[Z ?MXQ

1009 Asbury Way, MOUNTAIN VIEW Offered at $668,685 (Represented Buyer)

25391 O’Keefe Lane, LOS ALTOS HILLS 50 Pine Lane, LOS ALTOS 623 Benvenue Avenue, LOS ALTOS ?MXQ

–––– LOS ALTOS –––– –––– LOS ALTOS HILLS –––– –––– MOUNTAIN VIEW –––– A Look at Number of Sales Average Price Number of Sales Average Price Number of Sales Average Price 250 $2.0 50 $3.5 200 $1.0 $3.0 189 200 40 46 219 $1.5 $0.75 $2.5 150 145 150 30 $2.0

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■ Certiﬁed Residential Specialist ■ Seniors Real Estate Specialist ■ EcoBroker Certiﬁed

650.947.4798 496 First Street, Suite 200 [email protected] Los Altos, CA 94022

www.PamBlackman.com Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. DRE# 00584333

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Th is adorable 3 bed 2 bath approximately 1365 sq ft home is truly a gem in one of the best Mountain View neighborhoods. Contemporary styling, remodeled kitchen and bathrooms, modern heating and air plus gleaming hardwood fl oors completes the charm of this home.

650.387.2535 (cell) 650.322-3606 (fax) www.brendansells.com

Coldwell Banker, 245 Lytton Ave. Suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94301 3[RIHERH3TIVEXIHF]268-RGSVTSVEXIH268-RGSVTSVEXIH .^QZPMZ /MXXMTMZ

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