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By Barbara Wood cal TRACON. They are trying to Surf Air approach path to San Carlos Airport Almanac Staff Writer find a way to move the commuter airline’s planes away from the urf Air representatives say neighborhoods where residents San Carlos they have identified an alter- say the noise has been making Airport Snative flight path that would their lives miserable. put their planes, and the noise of “I really do believe this is the their turboprop engines, over the meaningful relief that we’ve all Bay during much of their approach been looking for,” Mr. Sullivan Redwood to the San Carlos Airport when- said to the supervisors before City ever they have clear visibility. catching a Surf Air plane from East If all goes well, they say, the the San Carlos Airport back to Palo Alto new approach could be in regular work at Surf Air’s Santa Monica operation by the end of May. headquarters. On April 26, Jim Sullivan, He said he personally piloted Surf Air’s senior vice president the Bay approach last week and Menlo Palo Alto of operations, showed the San believes it will work. He plans to Park Mateo County Board of Supervi- have Surf Air’s “check pilots” — sors a map with a route that would the pilots who train other pilots — take Surf Air planes from Mof- fly the approach 25 times, starting fett Field over immediately, the Bay, past when they fly the Dumbarton into San Carlos. Moffet Field Bridge and then If all goes well, “By having El Camino Real back to the San the new approach multiple pilots Carlos Airport could be in operation look at it mul- over a cement tiple times” any plant. by the end of May. problems can Mr. Sullivan’s be found and Mountain presentation was part of an update the route modified, he said. View for the supervisors by the county’s Surf Air will then train all its Sunnyvale public works director, Jim Porter, pilots to use the approach, and AMEBY 3900’ IFR on what the county is calling the Norcal TRACON will inform Surf Air says it will use a new approach route (green line) from near Moffett Field to the San Carlos Airport “San Carlos Airport Aircraft Dis- the control towers in all the local when conditions allow a visual flight rules (VFR) approach. The route that would continue to be used when visibility turbance Study.” The supervisors airports, including San Jose, Mof- is poor is the straight line in orange. The shaded area is currently used by Surf Air pilots in VFR conditions. approved the study in March. fett Field, Palo Alto, San Francisco Surf Air began using the San and San Carlos, about the new they start the approach, which is in 2015, aircraft would have been looking at policies and proce- Carlos Airport in June 2013, and approach, Mr. Sullivan said. near Sunnyvale, the current GPS able to arrive at the airport using dures,” he said, including survey- complaints about noise from the The route won’t provide com- approach will continue to be used, only a visual approach slightly ing what other general aviation turboprop planes the airline uses plete relief to those who live he said. Rainy or foggy days can more than 86 percent of the time. airports do. began flooding in soon after. under the current flight path limit that visibility. Mr. Porter, the county public “We’re also potentially looking Mr. Sullivan said the airline because, Mr. Sullivan said, it can At the request of the Almanac, works director, told the supervi- at landing fees,” he said, including has been working with the Fed- only be used under “visual flight San Carlos Airport Assistant sors that the county has hired software to help with that process. eral Aviation Administration’s rules” (VFR) conditions. That Airport Manager Chris St. Peter three consultants: an aviation He said the county is examining Northern California air traffic means that if pilots can’t see the examined weather records for the consultant, an aviation noise con- control branch, known as Nor- airport from the point at which last year at the airport. He said that sultant and a polling firm. “We’re See SURF AIR, page 6 Woodside council approves limits on basement size, location By Dave Boyce the total volume of removed soil by phone and Councilman Dave of 2015 when Planning Direc- squash court with a 20-foot ceil- Almanac Staff Writer in cubic yards. The formula mul- Tanner absent. Before the ordi- tor Jackie Young brought to the ing, but it would involve a trade tiplies the square-foot floor area nance becomes law, the council council’s attention a significant off of breadth in exchange for oodside’s municipal of the main residence by 12, and must vote on it again in another uptick in the number of basement that depth. code has long speci- then divides that number by 27 to meeting. If a majority favors it, applications as compared to pre- Wfied limits on how convert cubic feet to cubic yards. the ordinance will become law vious years. The proposed base- Pros and cons much floor area a residence can Included under the ordinance: 30 days later. ments were becoming increas- Ahead of the April 26 meeting, have above ground, but below no more than 50 percent of a An ordinance has been in the ingly sophisticated, including the council received 14 emails in ground, there have been no limits basement can be located outside works for about a year, with stand-alone basements, elaborate support of the latest draft of the on either the size or location of the footprint of the main house much of the work done by a sunken patios, tunnels connect- ordinance and four opposed. basements. The absence of regu- above it; if the basement is 25 three-member council subcom- ing underground rooms, and Resident and architect Steve lations on basements, according percent or less than the maxi- mittee consulting with Town accessory living quarters, she Lubin, an ordinance critic, told to town staff, was compensation mum allowed, a site development Hall staff. Drafts were reviewed said. the council before its April 26 for limits on the mass of above- permit will not be required; and by the Architectural and Site The ordinance allows full base- deliberations that his chief con- ground structures. This compact parts of a basement not under a Review Board and the Planning ments, including, according to cern expressed at the previous is now evolving. structure will require a blanket of Commission and the council one critic, full basements that meeting — the overall quantity The Town Council on April 26 at least at least two and a half feet held six public hearings, five of also extend beyond the footprint of excavated soil the ordinance voted in favor of an ordinance of soil. them made necessary by signifi- of the house. The ordinance also allows — had not been addressed that limits the size of basements The council’s vote was 6-0 with cant changes. allows sophisticated basements, based on a formula to calculate Councilman Chris Shaw voting The issue arose in the spring accommodating, for example, a See WOODSIDE, page 6

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Community Health Surf Air plans new approach Education Programs to San Carlos Airport continued from page 5 the people at the airport,” she said. incentives for those who follow the Supervisor Dave Pine agreed. airport’s voluntary noise abate- “It’s important we keep this study ment rules. going,” he said. He, too, empha- For a complete list of classes, He said a public meeting will sized that the study is not aimed at lectures and support groups, be scheduled in the near future the majority of the airport’s users. to give residents a chance to talk “The impetus of this has been or to register, visit about how they are affected by commercial aircraft, primarily pamf.org/healtheducation the airport operations, and local Surf Air,” he said. residents will be surveyed. A set of After the meeting Mr. Lempres recommendations are scheduled praised the county and others who to come back to the supervisors have become involved in working in June. to resolve noise issues, especial- “We are working diligently to ly congressional representatives May and June 2016 make that schedule,” Mr. Porter Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier. All our lectures are free and open to the public. Classes may have a fee. said. However, he said, “it’s hard for Atherton City Council member me to judge whether anything is Walk and Talk Minimally Invasive Mike Lempres asked the county to being done or not. They continue get residents more involved in the to have a process that does not With a Doc Carpal Tunnel process. involve the residents. Hopefully May 7, 9 to 10 a.m. Release Surgery “The residents of Atherton and we’re going to be part of the pro- June 4, 9 to 10 a.m. May 23, 7 to 8:30 p.m. North Fair Oaks have not yet cess going forward.” Children and their families are invited to Find out how this procedure can help you been consulted in this process,” North Fair Oaks resident and join a PAMF pediatrician for a fun morning get your life back quickly. Featuring hand and he said. And despite Mr. Sullivan’s attorney Adam Ullman, who has assertion that Surf Air had begun been researching the issue for walk together. orthopedic surgeon Jaret Butler, M.D. flying most of its planes over U.S. years, said he is happy “to finally 101 on April 12, Mr. Lempres said see the county supervisors tak- Palo Alto Center • 650-853-2960 San Carlos Library • 650-591-0341 ext. 237 residents “have not noticed any ing proactive steps to fulfill their 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 610 Elm Street, San Carlos change.” legal obligations to mitigate the Other speakers said that since continuous and pervasive noise Exercise & Aging Treatment Options Surf Air is working to solve the nuisance from aircraft over our for Hearing Loss problem on its own, the county community.” May 10, 7 to 8:30 p.m. should halt the study. “We ask “Airplanes louder than 757s, May 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m. PAMF physical therapists that you postpone further action 777s and 787s should never have Caroline Palmer, MPT, Learn options for or expenditure” until the planned been allowed to be as low as a OCS, and Allison Granot, improving communication from audiologist changes are put in place, said thousand feet over our homes and MPT, OCS, will explain how exercise can Kristine Dabu, Au.D.,CCC-A. Carol Ford of the airport’s pilots’ schools,” he said. help you stay active, happy and healthy. association. Mr. Sullivan said he believes the But supervisors said they want new Bay approach “really captures San Carlos Center • 650-853-4873 the study to continue as sched- all the concerns of the community Palo Alto Center • 650-853-4873 301 Industrial Road, San Carlos 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto uled. “We need to hear from the and leaders of the community, and public,” said Supervisor Adrienne the airport.” Excess Weight: Tissier. “Are they not hearing the “We are excited that the group New to Medicare Why Is It So Hard noise anymore?” she said. Are the has finally come together and May 11, 6 to 8 p.m. to Lose? changes “really working for them?” rolled up their sleeves and said, June 7, 6 to 8 p.m. “This isn’t to punish the pilots or how do we fix this?” he said. A June 22, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Turning 65? Learn the Pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist basics of Medicare and Natasha Agbai, M.D., will discuss the your supplement options. growing obesity epidemic in a Q&A session WOODSIDE, mittee that drafted the ordinance for all ages. continued from page 5 and preferred by the Planning Palo Alto Center • 650-853-4873 Commission. 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto San Carlos Center • 650-853-4873 by the council. “I think we have worked very 301 Industrial Road, San Carlos He said the formula should use hard on this,” Councilwoman Long-Term Care: a multiplying factor of 8 — rather Anne Kasten said. “It’s easy to than 12 — to reflect the standard have passions run really high Understanding Plastic Surgery: depth of basements. And the in this room.” She asked that Medi-Cal Eligibility Fact vs. Fiction maximum depth allowed — 20 residents talk more with council & Recovery June 27, 7 to 8:30 p.m. feet — is too deep and should be members. May 20, 7 to 8:30 p.m. 14, he said. At the request of Councilman PAMF plastic surgeon The town could accommodate Daniel Yost, who had expressed Johnny Chang, M.D., dispels common a multiplier of 12 and a depth of a preference for 65 percent in a Palo Alto Center • 650-853-4873 myths about cosmetic plastic surgery 20 feet, but they should be excep- February straw poll, Ms. Young 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto and how to make smart choices for tions and not the rule, he said. examined town records and effective results. Also speaking in favor of found that five residents over the a more restrictive ordinance past 15 years had built basements San Carlos Library • 650-591-0341, ext. 237 was former councilman Ron with 65 percent of the struc- 610 Elm Street, San Carlos Romines. ture located outside the house Resident Greg Raleigh chided footprint. the council for backing away All five basements were located from a previous provision that on properties of at least three San Carlos Urgent Care would have allowed 65 percent of acres, Ms. Young said. Open 365 days/year | 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. a basement to be located outside Mr. Yost told the council that a the footprint of the main house. friend of his had asked him if 301 Industrial Road, San Carlos Instead, the council went with such extended basements were a 650-596-4100 | pamf.org/urgentcare the 50 percent figure recom- thing. “It sort of seems like it’s mended by the council subcom- not a thing,” he said. A

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Battalion Chief Rob Lindner of For answers to any questions you may have on real estate, you may the Woodside Fire Protection e-mail me at [email protected] or call 462-1111, Alain Pinel Realtors. District said. The house was I also offer a free market analysis of your property. www.MonicaCorman.com unoccupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries, he said. When firefighters arrived, Matched CareGivers about seven minutes after the Matched 5:15 a.m. 911 call from a neigh- CareGivers bor, they found one side of the is house burning, Mr. Lindner nurse owned and operated and said. The flames damaged has provided about a third of the house, the best in home but there is smoke damage care and case throughout, he said. management on The fire started on the out- the peninsula for side, climbed up the cedar over 25 years in siding from the bottom of the their own home. house and eventually made its “There’s no place like home.” way inside, Fire Marshal Denise When someone you care about needs assistance... Enea said. Call (650) 839-2273 The fire had been burning for you can count on us to be there. at least two hours before fire- Menlo Park • San Mateo • San Jose Lic# 414700002 fighters got there, she said. It burned through 12-inch-thick MatchedCareGivers.com timbers as well as a wall and Photo by Rob Lindner, Woodside Fire Protection District a floor, both designed to resist After seven years of work and about a month before it was ready fire for an hour — referred to as to be occupied, a house in Portola Valley’s Westridge neighborhood “one-hour” walls and floors. was significantly damage by a fire on April 27. FINE ART PARK “That’s kind of common when a fire gets going in the take precautions against flu nia Department of Forestry LOS ALTOS ROTARY’S 41ST ANNUAL OPEN-AIR ART SHOW morning when no one is up and traffic accidents and flat and Fire Protection were on PAINTING | PHOTOGRAPHY | PRINTMAKING | CERAMICS | TEXTILES | JEWELRY | SCULPTURE | GLASS | WOOD & MORE and about,” Ms. Enea said. tires, but “when it comes to fire, the scene. The one-alarm fire “The saving because people brought to the fire a total of grace was that Q PORTOLA VALLEY don’t see it so five fire engines, one ladder the sprinklers often, it’s not truck, two battalion chiefs (to May 14-15 were working.” something manage the operation) and an 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Cedar siding on a house intimate,” she said. “They ambulance, Mr. Lindner said. Lincoln Park, Los Altos should not begin at the bottom never have to deal with it, so “The crews did a good job,” of an exterior wall but three or they don’t think it’s going to he said. “(They) were aggressive FUN FOR THE four feet up, where it’s much happen.” to get it knocked down quickly ENTIRE FAMILY! safer in terms of being ignited Using cedar siding “consti- keep it as that first alarm from the ground, Ms. Enea tutes nailing kindling to your (level).” • Fine art and gifts from 170+ said. house,” she said. Firefighters fought the fire artists “The fire did a lot of damage from inside and out, and • Live entertainment from 6 bands because it climbed up the side Fighting the fire employed fans on a ladder truck • Face painting for children of the house,” she said. “I tell The house’s first floor sits atop to clear the scene of smoke, he • Proceeds benefit Rotary charities homeowners, architects and an above-ground garage. The fire said. They had it knocked down contractors all the time that any burned through the first floor in in about 30 minutes and extin- Free parking and shuttle at Los Altos High School, kind of cedar siding, especially places such that the underside of guished about 15 minutes after 201 Almond Ave. with the staining, is very com- the second floor was visible from that, he said. bustible material.” inside the garage, Mr. Lindner The fire never threatened to Artwork: figure sculpture: Douglas Brett; paintings: The house’s stucco siding was said. The second floor was not ignite vegetation, but had there Stephanie Maclean; zebra sculpture: Fredrick undamaged, she added. damaged, he said. been wind, as was the case a Prescott; woman (detail from painting): Mark Keller “People don’t think a fire Crews from the Woodside couple of days earlier, “it would is ever going to happen to and Menlo Park fire protec- have been a whole different www.RotaryArtShow.com A them,” Ms. Enea said. They tion districts, and the Califor- scene,” Mr. Lindner said. AAD

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Town of Atherton, Marsh Road Channel Repairp

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Map courtesy town of Atherton This map from the town of Atherton shows the detours planned when Marsh Road is closed this summer to build a drainage culvert along the road. The blue and orange lines are the major detour routes; the purple lines show an additional detour route that will be used when school is not in session; and the green streets will be closed to all but local traffic. The red section is the construction area. Meetings set on Marsh Road detours, construction By Barbara Wood and residents on Marsh Road will In January, Atherton received is in a waterway, the state allows Almanac Staff Writer be maintained at all times. the permits it needed to make work only between April 15 and Signs will direct motorists to The plan is to close long-awaited repairs on a section Oct. 15, leaving the town scram- series of public meeting avoid Marsh Road by using Bay Marsh Road in both of the Atherton Channel, a drain- bling to be able to complete the job have been scheduled to Road or Middlefield Road to get age culvert that runs along Marsh quickly. The town is also trying to Aprovide information about to Willow Road in Menlo Park, directions for 10 weeks Road between Middlefield Road schedule around school vacations. the traffic detours and construction Woodside Road in Redwood City this summer. and the border with Redwood The town has been meeting schedule that will be put in place or 5th Avenue in Redwood City. City, near Bay Road. with neighboring jurisdictions starting May 31 when Atherton After June 21, with school out, The culvert also serves as a and public safety officials to coor- closes its section of Marsh Road for signs will direct motorists to use Road and Middlefield Road in retaining wall for Marsh Road. A dinate the closure. most of the summer to replace the Ringwood Avenue in Atherton Atherton. However, one lane in new U-shaped reinforced concrete Two more community meetings adjacent drainage culvert. and Menlo Park. each direction will be open from culvert will be poured in place, and will be held to discuss the detours: The next meeting is set for A number of streets will be Bay Road to Fair Oaks Avenue designed so it could later be cov- Q Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 4, starting at 7 closed to through traffic to stop in North Fair Oaks to serve busi- ered over. It will have a steel guard to noon at the Fair Oaks Com- p.m., in Holbrook-Palmer Park’s motorists from cutting through, nesses and residents. One lane of rail to deter cars from plunging in. munity Center, 2600 Middlefield Jennings Pavilion at 150 Watkins including Holbrook Lane, Palmer Marsh Road between Middlefield The town has allocated $4.2 mil- Road in North Fair Oaks. Ave. in Atherton. Lane, Oak Drive and San Benito, and Fair Oaks Avenue will remain lion to pay for the project. Q Wednesday, May 11, from 7 Town officials estimate the road Placitas and Encina avenues in available for emergency vehicles The channel is now separated to 9 p.m. at Sports House, 3151 will be closed through Aug. 11, for Atherton, plus sections of 6th, and residents with driveways in from Marsh Road only by a chain Edison Way in Redwood City. a total of 10 weeks, with additional 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th avenues in that stretch. link fence, which has been broken At tinyurl.com/TOA-Marsh, weeks of one-way traffic. North Fair Oaks. Traffic will not be permitted to through by errant motorists at the town website has a page City Engineer Mary Grace Hou- During the construction, Marsh turn from Middlefield onto Marsh least four times since March 2015. about the project with updated lihan said access for businesses Road will be closed between Bay at any time during the closure. Because the work on the culvert information. A Always wanted a street with your name on it? Here’s your chance By Barbara Wood a children’s play area, a fenced is currently between $50 and $250 Q ATHERTON Almanac Staff Writer library deck or the redwood grove. a year — depending on the type of For $10 million, you Smaller donors will have the business — or 5 percent of gross ooking for a special gift for new civic center should request might name road running opportunity to put their names receipts, whichever is lower. the person who has every- in trade for various “naming into the project on benches, If the town does want to change Lthing? Or do you want to opportunities.” by new civic center. bricks, memorial garden areas its business license tax, the matter ensure your name is not soon The meeting starts at 3 p.m. and various signs in the new will have to be placed on the ballot forgotten? Wednesday, May 4, in the town’s Lane. That naming right is set at complex, the report says. during an election of City Council Atherton may soon offer just the council chambers at 94 Ashfield $10 million. members, which next happens in thing — naming rights to a new Road. For $5 million, a donor can Town budget November. Changes in the tax street, for a $10 million donation. The most expensive item on the name the historic town hall, or for Also on the agenda for the study would require a majority approval. When Atherton’s City Coun- list put together by fundraisers $3 million the main outdoor plaza. session is an information session While Atherton does not have cil meets for a study session on Atherton Now is the right to name For a $1 million donation, on the town’s general fund budget. commercial zoning, its current Wednesday, council members the new road that will run past the Atherton NOW has an array of Council members will discuss business license tax applies to every- will discuss what donations the civic center entrance, connect- naming options: a cafe or catering possible modifications to the one from Realtors to alarm compa- group raising money to build the ing Ashfield Road and Fair Oaks kitchen, the library entrance patio, town’s business license tax, which nies doing business in the town. A

8QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 4, 2016 May 4, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ9 NEWS Facebook employees devote day to service projects By Kate Bradshaw engagement at Facebook. They Almanac Staff Writer have ongoing partnerships, she said. At the April 28 event, acebook’s Menlo Park volunteers helped paint, land- headquarters were spat- scape and assemble furniture Ftered with posters and at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the banners proclaiming #Global- Peninsula in Menlo Park and at CausesDay on April 28. Street Code and Live in Peace in In its third year, Facebook’s East Palo Alto. Global Causes Day is an oppor- tunity for Facebook employees to “flex our altruistic muscle as a Over the course of community,” said Tudor Havril- iuc, a Facebook vice president. the day, about 4,000 Over the course of the day, Facebook employees about 4,000 Facebook employees at its 30 offices around the world at its 30 offices around worked on volunteer projects the world worked on with about 500 nonprofits, said Ime Archibong, Facebook direc- volunteer projects with tor of strategic partnerships. about 500 nonprofits. In Menlo Park, from 1,500 to 2,000 employees helped assemble About a year ago, said Ms. roughly 3,000 snack packs for Gonzales, Facebook launched a kids from low-income families; program called Clubs for Causes, 700 backpacks for students in the which enables employees who Ravenswood City School District have interests in a particular in East Palo Alto and Belle Hav- cause to create a club and receive Charles Ommanney en; and 800 care kits for refugees support to work on that cause. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, packs lunches for the Second Harvest Food Bank in Greece. Some nonprofits also Now, there are about 30 clubs, a during Facebook’s Global Causes Day, held on Thursday, April 28, at its Menlo Park headquarters. Menlo received social media training at Facebook spokesperson said. Park Mayor Rich Cline is on the left. Facebook that day. Mr. Havriliuc said that as a In Menlo Park, Facebook Facebook human resources exec- in their day-to-day jobs.” Per- up gay in Romania, where being packaged snack packs that will worked with about 15 local utive he wants to “make sure that sonally, Mr. Havriliuc said, one gay could result in incarceration. be distributed by Second Har- nonprofits, said Susan Gon- people who work here find some cause he cares deeply about is At a booth on the garden zales, director of community amount of meaning and empathy LGBTQ rights. He said he grew rooftop at Facebook, employees See FACEBOOK page 14

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10QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 4, 2016 NEWS Woodside gets ready for May Day Parade By Kate Daly participants will be lining up to get Special to the Almanac ready to proceed down Woodside Road to Roberts Market and back. n Saturday, May 7, tradi- The parade will begin at 10 led tion takes over the town by Grand Marshals Tina Adolph, Oof Woodside for the 94th Taffy Appelbaum, Cathy Stienstra year in a row with the May Day and Amanda Bedolla Fuerte, all Parade and Carnival and other members of Woodside School’s morning activities that will close front office staff. They will be fol- down a portion of Woodside Road lowed by the Kindergarten Royal for stretches of time. Court: Prince Alex, Princess No cars will be allowed on the Trixia, King Sione, Queen Riley, road when the Woodside Recre- Princess Meadow, Prince Cas- ation Committee-sponsored Fun sidy, Princess Caitlin, and Prince Run & Walk starts at the Wood- Conor. side Library at 8:30 a.m. This year the theme is “Once Go to tinyurl.com/run057 to Upon an Enchanted Forest.” The pre-registration for the 2.25-mile pageantry usually lasts an hour or family friendly race. You can also so and involves a colorful assort- register at the Woodside Library, ment of students and parents, local 3140 Woodside Road, an hour dignitaries, musical acts, floats, before the race. and antique vehicles. Photo by Nicole MacNaughton Meanwhile, next door at the Afterward the crowd heads to Woodside’s 94th annual May Day Parade on May 7 will be led by grand marshals, from left, Tina Woodside Village Church, the the school’s outdoor amphitheater Adolph, Taffy Appelbaum, Cathy Stienstra and Amanda Bedolla Fuerte, all members of Woodside School’s Woodside-Portola Valley Rotary to watch third-graders perform front office staff, and the kindergarten royal court, from left, Alex, Trixia, Sione, Riley, Meadow, Cassidy, Club will be serving a pancake the maypole dance. Caitlin and Conor. breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Next the winner of the Wood- The action will then shift across side Citizen of the Year Award will for his or her dedication to the val of games and barbecue staged put on by event planner Sophie’s the street to Woodside School be announced. The award honors students’ education and wellbeing. on the school grounds from noon Stress Free Soirees. Alice’s Restau- where dozens of May Day Parade a local resident who is nominated The busy day ends with a carni- to 2:30 p.m. The carnival is being rant is providing the barbecue. A Twin Menlo Park psychologists charged with defrauding county A pair of Menlo Park psycholo- the county to provide therapy to They both appeared in court coping with trauma and abuse, ships,” she wrote. gists are accused of bilking San victims of violent crime. April 27 and pleaded not guilty among other things, according to They were ordered by the court Mateo County out of thousands But over two years working with to charges of misappropriation her website. to report the case against them to of dollars by charging for therapy the county, the Palmers submit- of public money and grand theft. “My work includes helping the state licensing board within a sessions that never happened, ted bills for payment for sessions They were ordered to return to people whose lives are being week, according to prosecutors. prosecutors said. they allegedly weren’t actually court on July 27 and each remains taken over by worry, those who Both sisters live in San Fran- Lorie Palmer and Marlie Palm- conducting. Marie Palmer over- free on $100,000 bail, prosecutors are self-critical, procrastinators, cisco and attended University of er, 39-year-old twin sisters who billed the county for $27,136, said. people struggling with compul- San Francisco, according to their both work as bilingual psycholo- and Lorie Palmer overcharged Marlie Palmer offers therapy sive behavior, and those who face websites. gists, were on a referral list with $27,648, according to prosecutors. for depression, stress, anxiety and recurring difficulties in relation- — Bay City News Service Check online for results of school parcel tax election The results of the May 3 spe- Q BRIEFS cial election on two parcel tax Silicon Valley Open Studios measures in the Menlo Park City School District were released after divorce in 1947, she moved to May 14th & May 15th and the Almanac’s deadline. Menlo Park, where she lived for a Go to AlmanacNews.com number of years. May 21st & May 22nd – 11 am to 5 pm for results and updates on the The performance will be held in election. the Little House courtyard, where the guests can eat hot dogs, pop- Mark Your Calendar! ‘Ty Cobb’ returns corn and Cracker Jack. A donation to Menlo area of $5 is suggested. 385 artists open their studios to the public the first three weekends in May. Speak directly with the artists and see how their art is created. Meet Norm Coleman of Half Moon Pianist earns top mark Bay will present the one-man Ronin Park, 11, of Menlo Park emerging and experienced artists. Spend quality time getting to know them, show “Baseball Great Ty Cobb has won a state certificate of excel- viewing their work and finding the perfect piece for your home or office. Lives Again” at 1:30 p.m. Tues- lence for scoring the top mark in day, May 10, at Little House, 800 California on the Preparatory B Middle Ave. in Menlo Park. Piano examination of the Royal This unique art event is FREE and Open to the Public! 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Facebook service day Town reviews Windmill School plans continued from page 10 The day opened with a talk By Dave Boyce the Historic Schoolhouse at 765 cultural events and family visits by hip-hop artist and actor Almanac Staff Writer Portola Road. Windmill School in the lounge. The family hall vest Food Bank to supplement Common, who told of the is third item on the agenda. and lounge may be available for weekend meals for kids from organization he founded, Com- lans for a new facility for During the week, the school use by other community groups low-income families, said Alisa mon Ground Foundation, which Windmill School at 900 proposes to operate between 7 such as Boy Scouts and Girl Tantraphol, associate director of promotes education, creative PPortola Road, formerly the a.m. and 7 p.m., with a maxi- Scouts, the report says. strategic partnerships at Second arts and job readiness for under- site of Al’s Nursery, go before the mum of 72 students present To accommodate the school, Harvest Food Bank. The snack served youth in Chicago, said a Portola Valley Planning Com- at any given time and a staff parts of the lot must be rezoned packs are the result of a fund- Facebook spokesperson. mission on Wednesday, May of 10 to 12. Weekday evenings from “medium-intensity resi- raising initiative called “Stand The day concluded with a talk 4, for the first of what may be “will include” meetings of the dential” to “community com- up for Kids” that is co-chaired by Iranian-born British Ameri- several reviews. board of directors and staff, and mercial” — the zoning the entire by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s can actress Nazanin Boniadi, The school, which has been events such as back-to-school lot would have had if the nursery chief operating officer and a who has appeared in TV shows renting space since the late nights, preschool-parent educa- owner had not been living on Menlo Park resident. “Homeland,” “How I Met Your 1960s at the Alpine Hills Ten- tion classes, kindergarten readi- the property, the report says. Childhood hunger can lead Mother” and “Scandal” and is nis & Swimming Club at 4139 ness talks, and parent fundrais- The project requires an envi- to kids’ behavior difficulties, the female lead in the upcoming Alpine Road, purchased the ing events, according to a staff ronmental impact study to con- anxiety or mood swings, and film “Ben-Hur,” scheduled for former nursery site with plans report. sider biological life, protection can make it harder for kids to release in August. She talked to build a preschool of 9,226 Go to tinyurl.com/PV3051 and preservation of trees, traffic learn. “Those challenges affect about her work with Amnesty square feet of floor area, includ- and turn to Page 104 for the impacts, geo-technical issues, all of us and have the potential International in its efforts to ing three classrooms, offices, report. historic values, if any, and noise. to rob our future workforce of release political prisoners and bathrooms, a kitchen, family On weekends, school activities On noise issues, an ornamental great minds,” Ms. Sandberg prisoners of conscience in Iran. lounge and storage. The park- “will include” parent-and-me garden functioning as a sound said. “There are so many things She is on the board of directors ing lot would have spaces for 41 day, fix-it days, school picnics, protection wall is in the plans, as about the world we can’t change of the International Campaign vehicles. harvest-the-garden day, par- is a garden to add distance from — this is something we can.” for Human Rights in Iran. A The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at ent education events, children’s play areas, the report says. A Almanac receives awards in statewide contest The Almanac received two conference at the Westin St. her stories on Atherton Council- Cora Jean Wiegand second-place awards — for cov- Francis hotel in San Francisco. man Bill Widmer, who surprised July 29, 1934 – February 24, 2016 erage of local government and The Almanac competed in the many on Dec. 17, 2014, with the best writing — in the 2015 Better category of weekly newspapers news that he had been named Cora Wiegand of Menlo Newspaper Contest, sponsored with circulation between 11,000 the new city manager in Rancho Park and the world passed by the California Newspaper and 25,000. Palos Verdes, nearly 400 miles away peacefully in her home on Publishers Association. Staff writer Barbara Wood south in Los Angeles County. Wednesday afternoon, February Awards were announced Satur- won a second-place award for Then he surprised people again 24th, 2016 surrounded by family day, April 30, at the association’s coverage of local government for when he said he didn’t plan to and friends. immediately move from Ather- Cora was born on July 29, 1934, ton or resign his council seat. By in Glen Ullin, North Dakota, but lived most of her life in the warm Virginia Hork Gertridge Dec. 22, Rancho Palos Verdes rescinded the offer. sun of California, making her January 11, 1925 – April 21, 2016 home on the Peninsula for nearly Associate Editor Renee Batti Surrounded by family, Virginia 50 years. won a second-place award for She is the extraordinary mother (Ginny) Gertridge peacefully took best writing for her July 29, 2015, of four daughters: Johanna her last bow in this life at her home cover story, “One small seed,” Harrison, Jean Wiegand, Susan in Menlo Park on April 21st. She about how an exchange of ideas Wiegand, and Jennifer Edwards. She will forever be the adored was 91. by three friends led to a worker- grandmother of her nine grandchildren. She is also survived Born in Hollywood, Virginia owned farming enterprise on the by her four siblings, Gary, Rochelle, Valerie, and Robert, by was the second of four children. grounds of St. Patrick’s Seminary too many friends and extended family to count, and by her Her childhood years were spent in in Menlo Park. beloved, Ron Silzer, of Menlo Park. Ontario and Napa, CA. Seven other Almanac’s entries Cora was a dazzling member of her community, and a jewel Graduating from Napa High were Blue Ribbon finalists, at any event. She was known for her style and beauty, for her School in 1942, she went to work for meaning they came in third kindness and generosity, for her always positive energy and the Naval base on Mare Island for or fourth. They were for gen- sense of fun, for her dancing feet, her interested conversation, the remainder of WWII, followed eral excellence, online general and her steadfast dependability. by a 3-year career as a stewardess excellence, feature photo (staff In recent decades she had been very active with The for Western Airlines — where she reigned as Miss Western photographer Michelle Le), Peninsula Volunteers, and especially Little House, where every Airlines. inside page layout and design Tuesday for 14 years she greeted and checked in guests as they Through mutual friends, Virginia met the love of her life, John (designer Paul Llewellyn), best arrived for events, brightening everyone’s day in the process. Gertridge. They were married at the Carmel Mission in 1950 and front page (designer Lili Cao), Cora loved to travel, whether to a destination or to visit her made their first home on the strand in Hermosa Beach. coverage of business news (“As daughters or friends. She loved movies and music and art and Upon the arrival of their first child a year later, they moved dancing and live theater, and was fearless in her willingness to Facebook grows, it works to to the Peninsula, eventually settling in Menlo Park, where they make neighbors into friends,” attend even the most controversial work. reared their four children. In addition to being the best Wife, Mom She was tireless in her pursuit of adventure, and miraculously by Barbara Wood), and feature and Nonnie in the world, for many years Ginny served as an active writing (Menlo Park poet J. was never arrested nor came to any harm. Did we mention she volunteer with the Children’s Health Council, Junior League of was charming? She was, but more important was her strength. David Cummings recalls atomic Palo Alto and Nativity Church. Cora was a devoted friend, always where she needed to be, bombings of Hiroshima and always the first and often the last to bring compassion and She was preceded in death in 2006 by her loving husband, Johnny, Nagasaki through his verse, by presence to others. and is survived by her children and their families: Jay (John Jr.) & Renee Batti). Until struck by cancer late in life, she was inexhaustible, Trish Gertridge of Menlo Park and their children Kirsten, Meghan The Almanac’s sister paper, the always ready to take charge of grandchildren, or to get dressed and Jack (John III); Janet Gertridge of Santa Cruz and her son, Les; Mountain View Voice, edited by up and find a small floor and a hot trio. But rock and roll is Dick & Penny Gertridge of San Francisco and their children, Kyle former Almanac staffer Andrea fine, too. Let’s dance! and Lisa; and Gigi & Jorge Noa of San Francisco. Gemmet, won for general excel- A memorial service was held on February 28, 2016, at the A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Nativity in lence in print and snagged anoth- Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley. Menlo Park, Monday, May 9th at 11:30 am. er dozen first and second-place Memorial donations may be made to the Peninsula The family requests that any donations in Virginia Gertridge’s awards. Volunteers or Little House in Menlo Park, where Cora was a memory may be made to the Pathways Hospice Foundation, Another Almanac sister paper, volunteer for the past 14 years. http://www.penvol.org/donate/. Macular Degeneration Foundation or one’s favorite charity. the Palo Alto Weekly, also won PAID OBITUARY PAID OBITUARY 13 first and second-place awards.

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Virginia Gertridge volunteer with the Children’s Cora Jean Wiegand She loved to travel, say fam- A memorial service will be OBITUARIES Health Council, the Junior Cora Wiegand died Feb. 24 ily members, and enjoyed held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Obituaries are based on League of Palo Alto/Mid Penin- at her Menlo Park home at the movies, music, dancing, art information provided by the family. May 9, at Church of the Nativ- sula and Church of the Nativity. age of 81. Born in Glen Ullin, and live theater. Known for ity in Menlo Park for Virginia Preceded in death in 2006 North Dako- her style and beauty, she was “Ginny” Gertridge of Menlo She was mar- by her husband, John, she is ta, she made strong, charming, and a devot- Park who died April 21. She ried to John survived by her children, Jay her home on ed friend, they say. was 91. Gertridge at (Trish) Gertridge of Menlo the Peninsula She is survived by her daugh- Born in Hollywood, Ms. Carmel Mis- Park, Janet Gertridge of Santa for nearly 50 ters, Johanna Harrison, Jean Gertridge grew up in Ontario sion in 1950 Cruz, Dick (Penny) Gertridge years. Wiegand, Susan Wiegand, and Napa. She was a graduate and they made of San Francisco, and Gigi In recent and Jennifer Edwards; siblings of Napa High School in 1942 their first (Jorge) Noa of San Francisco; years, she was Gary, Rochelle, Valerie and and worked at the Naval base home in Her- and six grandchildren. very active with Robert; Ron Silzer of Menlo Virginia Cora Jean on Mare Island during World mosa Beach. A Gertridge Donations in her memory the Peninsula Wiegand Park and nine grandchildren. War II. For three years she was year later they may be made to the Pathways Volunteers. For Memorial donations may be a flight attendant for Western moved to the Bay Area, eventu- Hospice Foundation, the Macu- the past 14 years she greeted and made to the Peninsula Volun- Airlines, where she was named ally settling in Menlo Park. For lar Degeneration Foundation or checked in guests each Tuesday teers or to Little House. “Miss Western Airlines.” many years she was an active a favorite charity. for Little House events.

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Campaigning for the Capitol Eight candidates compete for Assembly seat By Gennady Sheyner, Mark Noack and Kate Bradshaw

rom theh coastall communi-i Th The didistricti hash itsi shareh off Th The eighti h candidatesdid vyingi on shoe-stringh i bbudgetsd ((some- to theh NNov. 8 generall electionl i ties of Santa Cruz and Half problems: insufficient hous- to replace Assemblyman Rich thing each has done in the past). ballot. FMoon Bay to the sprawling ing, aging infrastructure, gap- Gordon, D-Menlo Park, all Vicki Veenker, a patent attor- The 2016 race is the most com- campuses of Google, Facebook ing income inequality and an believe they have the solutions ney, is the only candidate who petitive since at least 2010, when and Hewlett-Packard Co., the uneven education system. to the problems of both the has neither sought nor held an Mr. Gordon beat out former 24th District in the California Located between San Fran- district and California at large. elected office in the past. She Palo Alto councilwoman Yor- Assembly is a place of scenic cisco and San Jose, the district They come from backgrounds as has, however, helped to co- iko Kishimoto and technologist beauty and high-tech might, of embodies some of the iconic fea- varied as the communities that found a women’s soccer league Josh Becker to claim his seat. He affluent suburbs and blue-collar tures of both cities: an educated make up the district. Mr. Gor- and, in her current run, earned has been re-elected twice since. enclaves, of startup dreams and populace, a startup mentality don, who has been representing endorsements from both the Over a series of interviews traffic nightmares. and gentrification that, in many the district since 2010, will reach California Nurses Association in recent weeks, each of the Nature lovers and innova- communities, creates barriers his term limit at the end of the and the California Teachers eight candidates has offered a tors have been flocking to this for newcomers and heartbreak year. Association. distinct vision for the district pocket of California for well for long-timers who cannot keep The ballot will include five Much like the district’s con- and explained his or her views over a century, since before Hor- up with rising rents. sitting council members: Marc stituency, the candidates are pre- about the hot topics of the day: ace Greeley offered his famous There are also “quality of life” Berman from Palo Alto; Mike dominantly Democrats, though high-speed rail, legalization of dictum, “Go west, young man,” problems, such as excessive Kasperzak and John Inks from it does include a Republican, marijuana, affordable housing, to anyone who’d listen. In recent airplane noise and insufficient Mountain View; Peter Ohtaki Menlo Park Councilman Ohta- transportation, water tunnels decades, the district’s roster parking, perpetual conflicts from Menlo Park; and Barry ki, and a Libertarian, Mountain and the broader threat of cli- of pioneers has expanded to between developers and envi- Chang from Cupertino. View Councilman Inks. mate change. include the likes of Steve Jobs, ronmentalists, and a mass-tran- Two other candidates — Seelam In the June 7 primary, the Here are the views and pro- Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin sit system that everyone agrees is Reddy and Jay Cabrera — are eight will square off, with the files of the eight Assembly and Larry Page. overdue for a major investment. running dark-horse campaigns two top vote-getters advancing candidates.

Marc Berman Palo Alto city councilman arc Berman’s Demo- Rep. Anna Eshoo’s office. Or to to write a letter of apology), Mr. cratic evolution may his work the following year on Berman grew up steeped in poli- Mbe traced to the time Mike Honda’s first congressio- tics — though it didn’t take long when, as a 7-year-old, he took nal campaign. Or to the time he for him to realize that he and his part in a private tour of the left Palo Alto with two suitcases Republican uncle weren’t on the White House and spent the and moved to South Dakota to same sides. whole time talking about how help Tim Johnson defeat John “To a lot of people, when much he hated then-vice presi- Thune in a nail-biting 2002 Sen- they’re growing up, politics is dent George H.W. Bush — a ate election. what other people do. The fam- fury that Mr. Berman attributes A nephew of Rudy Boschwitz, ily doesn’t talk about it a lot. It’s at least in part to an abscessed a former two-term U.S. senator not tangible. For me, growing

Vernica Weber Vernica tooth. from Minnesota (who, along up, it was,” he said. Or to his internship as an with his wife, Ellen, organized Now 35, Mr. Berman began undergraduate student at the aforementioned White dipping his toes into political Georgetown University in U.S. House tour and who later had waters as a teenager, becoming

20QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 4, 2016 COVER STORY student body president at Palo “Campaigns are great when Alto that surveyed the city’s invariably respectful. advocated for the state to build Alto High School. He enrolled you win; they’re a kick in the infrastructure needs. There have been a few excep- more housing and reinvest in at Emory University and, after gut when you lose,” Mr. Berman He also joined the board tions. In 2013, he gave a lengthy infrastructure. his freshman year, spent time in said. of the Peninsula Democratic monologue accompanied by a He has strengthened his par- Rep. Eshoo’s office in Washing- Chastened by the defeat, Mr. Coalition; became the found- video to demonstrate why he ty connections, raised $226,476 ton, D.C., answering phones and Berman enrolled at the Uni- ing advisory board member believed a proposed housing for this campaign (second only assisting constituents. versity of Southern California of the Silicon Valley chapter development on Maybell Ave- to Barry Chang) and secured He transferred to George- law school, went on to practice of the New Leaders Council; nue should be approved (many endorsements from Mr. Gor- town University and the follow- corporate law at two firms, and and helped relaunch Peninsula residents disagreed and voted don, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, ing summer assisted with Mr. began thinking about his politi- Young Democrats. to overturn the project later that former state Controller Steve Honda’s victorious campaign. cal career. In 2012, he won a seat on year). Westly and Assembly Speaker The next year, he took a sum- His first opportunity came in the Palo Alto City Council. At Also in 2013, he was one of pro Tempore Kevin Mullin, mer stint as voting analyst in 2010, when he decided to jump a time when the council has only two council members to among others. Now, he hopes the Civil Rights Division at the into the Assembly race to suc- been split between slow-growth oppose a ban on vehicle dwell- to channel their support, along Justice Department, reviewing ceed Ira Ruskin. Ultimately, Mr. “residentialists” and members ing, a decision that he said with his experience, to win the applications for changes to poll- Berman withdrew from the race more accepting of new develop- “started with my gut and then it seat and do his part to “level ing places from states that are and endorsed Josh Becker, one ment, Mr. Berman has typically became a position.” The council the playing field” in Silicon subject to the Civil Rights Vot- of three candidates vying for the voted with the latter. ultimately overturned the ban. Valley. ing Act. seat (along with eventual winner His voting record has been, More recently, Mr. Berman “The side that carries the day His first foray into national Rich Gordon and former Palo for the most part, moderate has become involved in hous- for me is the side that believes politics came in 2002, when he Alto Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto). (the slow-growth citizens group ing and education issues. He that a lot of people get born moved to South Dakota to work Shortly after the election, Palo Altans for Sensible Zon- had recently spent a year into pretty rough situations on the Johnson campaign. And Mr. Berman said he met with ing in early 2014 gave him a 56 as development director at in life due to no fault of their while Mr. Johnson’s razor-thin Mr. Gordon, who advised him percent rating; only two avowed the Silicon Valley Education own,” Mr. Berman said in a victory over Thune was reward- to get involved locally. He took residentialists, Karen Holman Foundation, resigning last fall recent interview. “And that ing, the thrill didn’t last. In the advice to heart and, over and Greg Schmid, scored bet- to focus on his council duties government can play an equal- 2004, Mr. Thune made national the next few years, served on ter). And on a council that at and the Assembly race. At a izing factor to make sure they headlines when he defeated a citizen oversight committee times favors lengthy speeches, recent candidates forum, he get an opportunity to succeed, Senate leader Tom Daschle, on for a Santa Clara Valley Water granular micro-management made a case that California has even notwithstanding the dif- whose behalf Mr. Berman was District tax measure and on a and philosophical divisions, Mr. dramatically underfunded its ficult situation they were born working. blue-ribbon committee in Palo Berman is generally concise and schools and colleges and also into.” Jay Cabrera Community activist ay Cabrera wants you to sure we are actually represent- tax derivative- and fast-money know that he is a “Bernie” ing the people.” transactions. The money could Jcandidate. One of his major goals is to then be used to fix transporta- Sure, the California Secretary create a “21st century democ- tion and make college education of State recently rejected Mr. racy” through which residents “free and guaranteed.” Cabrera’s bid to include “Bernie” have more say in decisions. The theme of getting the rich- (quotation marks included) as This means promoting direct est to contribute more toward part of his name on the June bal- democracy by giving people the general welfare extends to other lot. But while the nickname was technological tools to constantly issues as well. Take the state’s scratched, the rhetoric remains. communicate with government housing crisis, for example. In a recent interview, he said representatives and vote on “I don’t think affordable hous- he is a “firm believer in under- issues as they arise. It also means ing is a complicated issue. It’s standing that the economy is encouraging more participatory just a priority issue,” he said. being rigged” and that “cam- democracy — the sort where “We just need to force organiza- paign finance is being rigged to residents actually attend govern- tions, when they’re building, (to benefit the richest of the rich.” ment meetings. devote) a certain percent ... for Vernica Weber Much like the senator from His goal, he said, is to find the community and the public.” Vermont, Mr. Cabrera touts the the right balance between the He also said he believes the the environment. He challenges Mr. Cabrera has plenty of fact that his campaign is based existing system of representa- money is there to address trans- the assertion that building mas- other ambitions: Break up big on small contributions and tive democracy and the other portation challenges. His prior- sive tunnels and taking water banks. End Super PACs. Increase grassroots support — a similar two types, which are more in ity is a modernized Caltrain away from the Sacramento River the minimum wage. Most of his approach that he took in his line with his grassroots leanings. system, but he also supports the is good for the river. goals are aligned with those of prior six unsuccessful political This means more debates and state’s proposed high-speed rail “I think it’s very important Mr. Sanders, a candidate whom campaigns (he was on the bal- more interaction between the line (though he said he under- to separate what humans need he began to follow in 2015. lot for three of them: his run people and their elected leaders. stands the public’s frustration (from) what the environment Whatever happens in the for the Santa Cruz City Council Mr. Cabrera, 36, said he with the way the project has needs,” he said. “We need sepa- June primary, he is unlikely to in 2008; a congressional bid in believes California has enough rolled out). rate plans and separate goals.” end his democratic crusade any 2012; and Palo Alto’s school resources to solve its top prob- “High-speed rail is a normal On the broader issue of time soon. His top priorities go board race in 2014). He had lems when it comes to education, thing to have in an industrial- sustainability, he said soci- well beyond the 24th Assembly also campaigned for the 24th housing and transportation. ized first-world country, and we ety should treat the “human District’s — or, for that matter, District Assembly seat in 2010, What’s missing is political will. are the richest state in the rich- economy” as a subsidiary of the the state’s — boundaries. though as a write-in candidate Inadequate campaign-finance est country in the world,” Mr. “natural economy.” He believes “I’m collaborating and work- he did not appear on the ballot. laws, he said, have created a Cabrera said. in “rights of nature,” a legal ing with the movement to sup- He recognizes that his cur- system in which “you have rich He is particularly passionate system in which any person can port building a grassroots, bot- rent campaign is against “quite individuals putting big money when it comes to sustainability. represent nature in court. tom-up participatory democ- a steep hill, given the amount into the election process and He is well-versed in the intri- He also wants to make sure racy modeled to change and of money and organization that getting their special-interest cacies of Gov. Jerry Brown’s that in California’s production transform our political system some of the big-money candi- representatives voted into the proposal to build two tunnels of goods, all objects are reused, in the United States,” he said. “If dates have.” But, he said in a Legislature and into Congress.” to carry water from Sacramento recycled and environmentally our government is truly going recent interview, “Winning is If elected, he said, he would to more populous regions in sustainable. to represent the people, we need not the most important thing.” work to reverse the trend and the southern part of the state. “We’d outlaw landfills, and normal people running and “The integrity of the system is increase taxes on the wealthi- He currently opposes the plan designers and engineers would winning.” more important,” he said. “And est residents. He is fully behind because he believes it doesn’t do have to design projects to be being true to myself and making Bernie Sanders’ proposal to enough to protect and enhance infinitely reused,” he said. Continued on next page

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Continued from previous page safety commissioner. He was elected to the Cuper- tino City Council in 2009 and will be termed out from run- Barry Chang ning again in 2018. He made an Cupertino mayor unsuccessful run for the Dis- trict 24 Assembly seat in 2014. n his campaign materials, Clara Valley Transportation Mr. Chang’s current attempt Cupertino Mayor Barry Authority light rail and BART, at state office recently was IChang’s top goals include but he blasts the current priori- handed a setback when the environmental protection, job ties as misguided. It makes little state’s Fair Political Practices growth and boosting education. sense, he said, to bring BART Commission announced he But to hear him talk, his passions to San Jose instead of the Pen- had failed to follow disclosure are clearly most riled up by trans- insula or to begin construct- rules on his 2014 contributors. portation, particularly the non- ing the California high-speed Mr. Chang’s campaign failed stop congestion that clogs Silicon rail system through the rural to provide full information on Valley’s roads on a daily basis. Central Valley rather than the 160 donors, and the comission Perhaps more than any candi- urban coastal cities. fined his campaign $3,500. date, Mr. Chang, 64, is making He wants to portray himself as Asked about this, he said the the area’s transit woes his cam- the candidate who will go to the problem stemmed from his vol- paign centerpiece, and he doesn’t mat for the greater good. Traffic is Vernica Weber unteer treasurer, who was under shy away from pointing fingers awful and getting worse; tech com- situation and the housing crisis switch careers and go into real intense stress after losing his job and blaming county transporta- panies need to contribute more; you’re going to have an impact estate sales. and had to quit abruptly. The tion officials. polluting industries need to be held on the economic growth here,” he He is married and is proud to campaign struggled to replace “The north county and west accountable — and he said he’s the said. “That’s why I’m running.” have two daughters and a son. him, Mr. Chang said, and this valley’s transportation problems best man to solve those woes. Mr. Chang can rightly claim He and his wife together own and ultimately caused some politi- are being ignored, and that’s He points to his experience some know-how when it comes to operate a home-and-loan broker- cal filings to lack information, what’s causing these problems,” haggling with Apple Inc. over transportation. Trained in Taiwan age company in Cupertino. such as donors’ occupations and he said. “The money is supposed the company’s extensive new as a combat engineer, he worked Mr. Chang’s entrance into employer information. to be spent evenly and where the headquarters as proof that he can on a variety of infrastructure politics came through the local He said he takes responsibility gridlock is congested most, but work as a shrewd negotiator. In projects including the country’s schools. He was active in parent for the slip-up, and he is ada- it hasn’t gone that way.” recent weeks, he unveiled a plan first freeway. He later immigrated groups and in 1995 successfully mant that it won’t happen again. It is an “embarrassment,” he to charge a new employee-head- to the U.S. to complete a master’s ran for a seat on the Cupertino “It’s my fault. I’m the candidate, said, that the South Bay lacks count tax as evidence he believes degree in civil engineering, which Union School District board. and I should have looked into a speedy transit alternative. tech companies need to do more. eventually brought him to the Bay After eight years on the school it more carefully,” he said. “I’m Transportation officials would “We’re getting into a situation Area to work on designing nuclear board, he decided to enter city sorry it happened this way, but point to efforts to extend Santa where if you don’t solve the traffic power plants. He later decided to politics, first as a volunteer it won’t happen again.” John Inks Mountain View city councilman ow does a Libertarian lone voice of opposition on state government, he said he would get elected to political some crucial decisions during support the legalization of recre- Hoffice in Silicon Valley? his tenure in Mountain View ational marijuana, lower taxes, and That’s the big question for John politics. Among some examples, push for efforts to create market- Inks, one of eight candidates he opposed raising Mountain driven solutions for state challenges, vying this June for an Assembly View’s minimum wage, impos- such as handing over roads mainte- seat, and he admits the search is ing a cap on carbon emissions, nance to private contractors. still on for a solid answer. and raising development fees Even though he acknowledged The Mountain View city coun- to fund affordable housing. He he would have fundamental cilman is confident that a growing readily admits in some cases disagreements with many stake- number of voters favor the prin- the political winds of the South holders, he said he can be an able ciples of small government and Bay are going one way, and he’s communicator willing to talk personal freedom, but he said he headed in a completely different with the experts to create policy. isn’t clear on how to translate those direction. Mr. Inks has lived in Mountain values into votes. Part of his inspi- “I use my Libertarian tiller; it View since moving there for his ration to run, he said, is so that keeps me straight and it makes first job with Lockheed Martin, Le Michelle people at least have a candidate it easy to make tough deci- and he worked for more than 40 with those priorities as a choice. sions,” he said. “In my tenure years as an engineer. It was during transitioning to volunteering for this year, he said his supporters “I want people to know there’s on the council, I’ve tried to be his early years in the area that he other candidates’ campaigns. He encouraged him to run for the someone like me who cares about an advocate for freedom and began forming his political views. later joined the city’s Parks and Assembly. The 66-year-old is property rights and will be an liberty, but (local politics) have When a Republican colleague Recreation Commission. upfront that if he doesn’t win, he advocate for taxpayers,” he said. gone the exact opposite way.” accused him of being a Libertarian, After retiring from his job in can find plenty of other ways to “Individual liberty and freedom: He said he is encouraged by there was no going back, he said. 2005, he decided to make a run for spend his retirement years. Those are the kinds of things that recent discussions over issues like His entrance into local civic city politics. He lost his first bid for “I enjoy leisure; I like travel; I if we don’t exercise it, we lose it.” rent control in which a large con- activities came gradually, start- Mountain View City Council in love ballroom dancing,” he said. Not infrequently, those ide- tingent of people voiced support for ing with pouring ciders at a holi- 2006, but he won two years later. “There’s plenty of things to keep als have left Mr. Inks as the private property rights. If elected to day tree-lighting ceremony and With his term ending later me busy.”

accomplishments, he said, is help- icy to raise the minimum wage to Mike Kasperzak ing craft Mountain View’s rental $15 by 2018, one of the first of its housing impact fee — the city’s kind in the Bay Area. Mountain View city councilman surcharge of around 8 percent on “The thing I’ve been passion- new development that helps fund ate about is affordable housing hy should Mike experienced. He points to four “It’s easy to talk about what affordable housing. The policy is and how we can maintain the Kasperzak be picked to terms on the Mountain View City you want to do, but I have a an example of how various stake- socio-economic diversity of the Wserve in the Assembly? Council and, prior to that, many proven track record of accom- holders came together to achieve community,” he said. His pitch boils down to the argu- more years on city commissions, plishments,” he said. a solution. Last year, he helped Some argue that he doesn’t ment that he’s by far the most a total of 21 years in public service. The most noteworthy of his spearhead Mountain View’s pol- go far enough toward that

22QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 4, 2016 COVER STORY goal. In recent months, crowds housing by streamlining regula- At age 16, he gained his pilot’s have packed Mountain View’s tions and creating incentives license and worked at the local council chambers demanding for cities that balance their jobs airport as a lineman and gofer. regulations — namely rent and housing supply. More state After graduating with a law control to rein in the housing funding for subsidized housing degree years later, he spent market. He declined to support would also help, he added. about a decade as a trial attorney rent control, saying it would As to water projects, he backs specializing in aviation cases. ultimately be a flawed policy. more funding for recycled water He left the law firm and opened Instead, he crafted his own leg- and desalination plants. his own practice, which he con- islation focused on voluntary When it comes to transporta- tinues to run, specializing in restrictions for landlords. tion, he wants to improve road arbitration and mediation. While the idea didn’t win him maintenance and alternative Around this time, he got friends among tenants’ advo- transit systems. immersed in local politics. “It’s a cates, pieces of his proposal Now 62, he said he was way to give back to the commu- were adopted as part of the inspired by his parents to nity and to participate in solving city’s final policy. become active in civic affairs. problems,” he said. “It’s an expe- If elected to state office, he Growing up in northern Michi- rience that I really enjoy because would like to join the legislative gan, he served in student gov- it’s intellectually stimulating.” committees on housing, trans- ernment in high school and Fun fact about Mr. Kasper- portation or water. He hopes to attended a national convention zak: His newest hobby is boost construction of affordable for youth interested in politics. beekeeping. Le Michelle Peter Ohtaki Menlo Park city councilman eter Ohtaki, the only Further back, he worked in with city, state and county agen- Republican in the race, investment banking at Morgan cies, and about 70 businesses to Psaid he would emphasize Stanley, Merrill Lynch and C.E. develop plans and guidelines in “limited government focused on Unterberg, Towbin. case of disasters such as earth- solving key issues such as infra- He has served on the board of quakes or fires. structure” and increase the use of the Menlo Park Fire Protection He said he is a bipartisan public-private partnerships. District and is in his second problem-solver, having worked He grew up in Menlo Park, term on the Menlo Park City with Democratic Assembly attending La Entrada Middle Council (he was elected in 2010 members to pass legislation. In School and Woodside High and 2014). He was mayor of 2008, he worked with Assembly- School, where he participated in Menlo Park in 2013. man Pedro Nava, D-Santa Bar- student government. “I’ve developed a reputation as bara, to pass a law that extends Four cold winters at Harvard being a numbers guy,” he said, “Good Samaritan” protections University as an undergraduate noting that as a member of the to business and nonprofits that

and another four in New York council, he helped balance a provide services or goods dur- Le Michelle prompted him to return to the Menlo Park budget by paying ing emergencies without fear of milder climes of the Peninsula down unfunded pension liability, lawsuits. unfunded pension liabilities. investments in capital improve- to attend Stanford University for thereby reducing interest costs. In 2014, he worked with cur- His enthusiasm for investment ments in poorer school districts. an MBA. Since then, he said, he’s He said the state should build rent District 24 Assemblyman in transportation infrastructure, In general, he wants Silicon lived, worked or spent time in all partnerships with businesses, Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, though, doesn’t extend to the Valley technology to be applied of the cities within the district. rather than automatically seek to draft AB 1690 to give cities state’s planned high-speed rail to state services so that they Mr. Ohtaki works for Wells new taxes or fees. For example, greater flexibility in zoning for system. The $64 billion could operate more efficiently. Fargo as vice president and he said, the state should part- housing. be better used to address trans- There’s a saying in Silicon Val- regional emergency manager ner with businesses to support The big problems the state will portation infrastructure needs ley that innovation comes from in Northern California. He was underfunded state parks. The need to address in coming years for Bay Area commuters, such doing things “smaller, faster and previously executive director of state should also work with are transportation and water as grade separations of roadways better,” he said. “That’s some- the California Resiliency Alli- cloud-based technology com- infrastructure, unfunded pen- and railroad tracks, the electrifi- thing that Sacramento and the ance, a nonprofit that develops panies to make it easier for busi- sion liability, and the state debt, cation of the Caltrain commuter state government could learn public-private partnerships to nesses to register, pay taxes and he said. rail line, increasing Caltrain’s from.” help with community disaster comply with state regulations, He said the current budget capacity and maintaining the Mr. Ohtaki lives in Menlo response, recovery and adapta- he said. surplus in California contains area’s highways, he said. Park and is married with three tion to climate change. Over the past decade, he said, one-time funds from capital He also supports building children, ages 10, 8 and 7. “One Before that, from 1994 to 2005, he has developed public-private gains and should be used to infrastructure to allow recycled of things I most love about this he worked as the chief financial partnerships in his work to pro- fund one-time capital improve- water to be used for irrigation, area,” he said, is that it “contin- officer of a consumer electronics mote emergency preparedness ments, such as transportation especially in new construction ues to be a great place to raise a startup in Marin called NetTV. across the Bay Area. He worked infrastructure and to pay down projects. He’d also like to see family.”

answering questions about his resign his council seat (which positions, he focuses on big Mr. Berman swiftly rejected) Seelam Reddy “ideas,” with the understanding came despite the fact that the Retired engineer that details are yet to be worked council, as a democratically out. He wants to “create more elected body, cannot unilater- ver since he splashed onto Terrace to the state’s high-speed in a race for five seats in 2014. jobs, jobs, jobs,” as his business ally add members who weren’t Palo Alto’s political scene rail project and minimum wage. He took part in the 2014 card proclaims, while also rais- elected. These are details, and Etwo years ago, retired His comments are often council race, finishing eleventh. ing the hourly wage to $15 to $20. Mr. Reddy, as he will reiterate, engineer Seelam Reddy has unscripted and, at times, unpre- He picked up 1.7 percent of the He wants to “uplift” East Palo is interested in “ideas.” offered the public his opinions dictable, as when he called on votes, or 1,270 in total. But he Alto. He also would like Palo Mr. Reddy, who goes by “Sea,” on a wide and eclectic range Palo Alto City Councilman does not view the result as a fail- Alto residents with large houses was born in India, immigrated to of issues, big and small, local Marc Berman (his opponent in ure so much as a learning expe- with empty bedrooms to share the United States to attend Texas and regional. His interests have the Assembly race) recently to rience. As he told the Weekly in their space with those who can- Tech University and has spent the ranged from the closure of the resign his council seat and hand a recent interview, he is a “glass not otherwise afford to live in past three decades in California. YMCA on Page Mill Road to a it over to Lydia Kou, who fin- half full” kind of guy. the city. new grocery store for College ished sixth out of 12 candidates In addressing the council or His request that Mr. Berman See page 26

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CAMPAIGNING housing, another hot-button schools, and he calls for greater continued from page 23 topic, he said he would oppose parental participation. While building large dense develop- he opposes California’s high- ments in single-family neigh- speed rail system, he said the A retired engineer, he worked at borhoods. Instead, he would state needs to invest more in high-tech and aerospace firms prefer to see people who live transportation. such as McDonnell Douglas, Boe- alone in large houses to “open “Traffic is killing us. We need ing Company and, more recently, up rooms to allow other people to relieve congestion,” he said. VMWare. He began attending to live in their houses.” He also Given the crowded field of council meetings in 2014, just would like to see Silicon Valley’s candidates and his low-budget after he announced his campaign big corporations step up and methods, Mr. Reddy knows he for that body, and has remained a build housing developments has his work cut out for him. regular presence at City Hall ever for their employees. Yet when it His campaign budget is around since. comes to development in gen- $2,000, and he said he will not In his run for the Assembly eral, he describes his philosophy be depending on banners or seat, he plans to follow a similar as “no-growth/slow-growth.” other forms of advertising. blueprint from 2014. He once “We don’t really need to grow If he doesn’t prevail in this again touts the fact that, unlike any more than we’ve already election, the odds are you’ll other candidates, he has no con- grown,” he said. “We just need see him again in the near nections among Silicon Valley’s to sustain the things we already future, basking in the civic elite classes and talks about his Vernica Weber have and just make things better.” limelight and offering solutions opposition to “shady deals.” He On the subject of education, to problems-of-the-day during emphasizes that he isn’t seeking Palo Alto a “heavenly place to When asked about his top issue of Mr. Reddy said he would like to the public-comments segment any donations. live” and wants to keep it that way concern, he said airplane noise — see more innovation. He sup- of City Council meetings. But in some ways, his thinking — and to do the same for Wood- a subject that has been generating ports increasing funding for “Running is part of my life. has changed: He’s given a lot of side, Los Altos Hills and other a loud citizen outcry. education and encouraging the I’m not going to stop running,” thought to broader issues. He calls communities in the 24th District. When it comes to affordable establishment of more charter he said.

Vicki Veenker Patent attorney

icki Veenker isn’t a typi- others: helping to establish universities and Brian Kobilka, cal Assembly candidate. Women’s Professional Soccer a Stanford physiologist who in V She’s not a city council (for which she served as general 2012 won the Nobel Prize in member looking for a grander counsel) and serving on the chemistry. stage. Nor is she a grassroots board at the Law Foundation, Among her most memorable activist trying to make a state- which offers free legal services applications is one she began ment on a shoe-string budget. to low-income clients. Both working on in 1985 and that But she has helped launch were places where she said she was finally completed when the a professional soccer league, felt she could make a major patent was issued in 1998. That served as president of the Law impact. application, jointly pursued by Foundation of Silicon Valley, Now, she said, the time is ripe Stanford and Columbia univer- represented a Nobel Prize win- to bring her ideals and experi- sities, pertained to recombinant ner, mediated cases for fed- ences to Sacramento. She raised antibodies. Today, it is Stan- eral court and worked on what $200,000 for the campaign in ford’s top royalty-generating

became Stanford University’s 2015 (trailing Barry Chang and patent, she noted. What makes Vernica Weber top revenue-generating patent. Marc Berman) and has picked her particularly proud is the fact “I’m not following a tradi- up a host of endorsements in that the royalty dollars go back better ways,” she said. To that was succeeded by the National tional path,” she said during a recent months, including from to the two universities to sup- effect, she supports current Women’s Soccer League) and in recent interview. “But for me, the California Nurses Asso- port more research, she said. efforts to modernize the Cal- providing legal services for the my experiences and skills that ciation, the California Teach- Directing more money to train commuter rail line and underprivileged. I’ve developed translate directly ers Association, the Sunnyvale schools is also something to extend BART. But when it “I believe we can work together to this.” Democratic Club, state Sen. she hopes to do if elected comes to high-speed rail, she to close the opportunity gap and For all of its unorthodoxy, Hannah-Beth Jackson and Palo to the Assembly. Specifically, likes that idea but finds many solve the income inequality,” she her leap from the private sector Alto Mayor Pat Burt. she wants to see school dis- problems with the way the proj- said at the forum. “Because if we to the state Assembly race isn’t Ms. Veekner has been eschew- tricts that currently have fewer ect is being rolled out. want to have a brighter future for any bigger, in her view, than ing the “standard path” ever resources funded so that they “I don’t support the version of any, we have to have a brighter that of any of her opponents since she was an undergraduate can “level up” to those that are high-speed rail that’s underway future for all.” A in the crowded race. That’s at Indiana University, when she better off. She also would like today,” she said. “I think most because from her youthful days pursued degrees in both politi- to bring STEM education to people support the vision of organizing community forums cal science and biochemistry all students in the Bay Area so high-speed rail that was origi- for the Kettering Foundation at a time when interdisciplin- that, no matter where they live, nally put forward, but I don’t Cities in District 24 at her alma mater, Indiana ary studies was a rare concept. they would be viable candidates think the funding has been pro- Atherton, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, University, to her more recent She went on to law school at for Silicon Valley jobs. cured at a sufficient level yet.” East Palo Alto, Mountain View, legislative-advocacy duties for Georgetown University and “Education needs to be a At a February forum of Woodside, Portola Valley, Los the Law Foundation, public enjoyed stints at law firms Fish more even opportunity so that the Assembly candidates, Ms. Altos, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale, policy has long been a topic of & Neave (which ultimately what public education you have Veenker said she is running to a part of Cupertino and the San personal and professional inter- merged with Ropes & Gray) access to doesn’t depend on fight for “progressive values”: Mateo County coastside — est. And the issues she’s dealt and Sherman & Sterling before where you live,” she said. excellent education, affordable from El Granada to the Santa with — whether inequality, the starting her own firm. In dis- She also said the state can do housing, improved transporta- Cruz County border environment or education — cussing the joys of patent law, better when it comes to trans- tion, gun control, reforms to are so much bigger and more she said it “hit my love of sci- portation planning and she address campus sexual assault, complex than what city council ence and society.” thinks decisions about major and economic issues such as READ MORE ONLINE members typically deal with, In 2002, she was was named investments should be done on equal pay. She is proud of her Go to arcg.is/1RCk2fL for an she said. by California Law Business a regional basis. efforts to promote equality, interactive online presenta- Ms. Veenker considered run- as one of the state’s top 20 The only way to get highways both in founding the soccer tion showing the candidates’ ning a decade ago but forewent lawyers under 40. Her list of and roads to be less congested league (which folded in 2012, stances on top state issues. the opportunity to pursue two clients included corporations, is to “promote mass transit in several years after she left, and

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THE CANDIDATES ON THE ISSUES High-Speed Delta Recreational Top Infrastructure How to Spur Improving Climate Candidate Rail Tunnels Marijuana Priorities Affordable Housing Education Change Doesn’t trust the Cali- Does not support Supports legal- Fixing roads and bridges, Supports increasing fund- State should fully Reduce consumption of fornia High-Speed Rail Gov. Brown’s current izing, regulat- moving toward low- and ing for low-income-hous- fund preschool petroleum by 50% by 2030, Authority; would pre- plan for Delta tun- ing and taxing zero-emission vehicles, ing tax credit education for all low- deploy more sustainability fer to focus on region- nels, which he says marijuana increasing access to income 4-year-olds technology and behavioral al improvements does not include high-speed broadband software to enable con- BERMAN enough environ- and building a smart servation, replace fossil- mental restoration energy grid fuel consumption with renewable energy, and constantly set and evaluate progress on reducing GHG emissions Supports high-speed Supports having Supports legal- Repairing roads, bridges Believes in forcing builders College education Allow individuals to rep- rail, calling it “a nor- separate plans for izing marijuana and accommodations for to allocate a certain per- should be free and resent nature in court; mal thing to have in human and environ- for medical and autonomous vehicles centage of their projects to guaranteed; com- integrate sustainability in industrialized first- mental needs recreational use in affordable housing puter science should design of all products CABRERA world country” a way that would be taught starting in “support local grade school communities and small businesses” Supports the project, Opposes Gov. Against New public rapid-transit Build more housing along Allocate more fund- Encourage people not to but with modifi- Brown’s plan, which legalization system; water conserva- major thoroughfares and ing for pre-school drive; build new public cations. Believes he calls “very costly” tion and recycling; Cal- major employment centers and kindergarten; rapid-transit systems construction should and “detrimental to train electrification encourage parental CHANG begin in SF and LA the environment” participation and that the trains should run under- ground on the Peninsula Believes the concept Generally, does not Does not recom- State roadways, water- Instead of regional man- Would consider the Reduce fossil-fuel con- of high-speed rail is support proposed mend “inhaling ways and parks should dates for low-income direction of U.S. Sec- sumption, which “lever- “feasible” but does canals but would combusted plant all be considered. housing, state and local retary of Education ages resource conserva- not support the proj- seek advice of material of any Believes spending priori- governments should “make John King, whose tion, air quality and traffic ect as it’s currently experts in Delta type” but recom- ties should be based on the development review- record “points to congestion” managed water matters mends decrimi- more “market-oriented and-approval process less better results as INKS before forming nalization of mari- economics” bureaucratic and more far as academic a more informed juana “without the focused on increasing achievement” assessment bureaucracy and housing supply” taxation usually associated with legalization”

Supports the project, No formal position Supports legaliza- Road maintenance; rapid Provide financing for local Expand childhood Continue to decrease which he believes will but leaning against tion, provided it mass transit; transporta- governments for affordable education, treat greenhouse-gas produc- “one day be a critical the project because does not endan- tion solutions for “last housing; reform building teaching as a “noble tion and vehicle emissions; and integral part of of concerns about ger children and mile” problem; and more codes; further construc- and valuable profes- dramatically increase California’s transpor- costs, the transfer of is compatible ground-water-storage tion-defect-litigation sion” and be unafraid amount of available renew- KASPERZAK tation system” water and “irrepa- with federal laws. capacity reform to spur condomini- to “make adjust- able energy; work with rable environmental Would prefer that um development ments to our educa- local communities to help damage” the legalization be tional programs and them implement clean approved by vot- learn from the best and renewable-energy ers, not Legislature practices throughout programs the state and nation” Opposes the project. Prefers other solu- Not ready to sup- Supports Caltrain electri- Supports building hous- Reform Proposition Encourage mass transit Would prefer to see tions, including small port legalized fication and grade sepa- ing around transportation 30 to allow school use; green-building stan- these funds redi- water-recycling marijuana for rec- ration; creation of Trans- corridors, targeting young districts to build capi- dards; and renewable- rected to help “local plants that could reational use but is portation Management couples, workers and tal reserves to fund energy sources. Address commuters” be used for irriga- fine with medici- Associations; and a mass “empty nesters”; below- new classrooms and sea-level rise by restoring tion; encouraging nal use transit connection, such market-rate programs that school renovations wetlands and rebuilding OHTAKI new developments as shuttles, between leverage other funding levees to install “purple Menlo Park’s M2 area sources pipes;” rely more and a train station. on recycled water and desalination, when it becomes cost-effective Opposes the project Supports Brown’s Supports medi- Top priorities include Wants to encourage home- Supports more Supports reducing green- plan cal marijuana: “If Caltrain improvements, owners with spare rooms education funding; house gases through more people want do a stronger power infra- to allow others to live in more charter schools; carpooling, working from REDDY it on their own, structure and road their homes; encourage and greater paren- home at home, I’m fine improvements to relieve major employers to build tal involvement in with it” congestion housing developments for education their workers

Does not support Does not support Believes legaliza- Upgrading neglected Would like to see incen- Believes in more Supports legislation current plan because Brown’s plan. Sup- tion of recre- school facilities; improve tives, such as a state hous- investment in edu- that requires reductions of uncertainty over ports fixing aging ational marijuana aging water infra- ing bond and tax breaks, cation from early in petroleum use and funding. Opposes water infrastucture, in state is “inevi- structure; and pursue encourage building hous- childhood to higher greenhouse-gas emissions use of cap-and-trade improving efficiency table” and says improved transportation ing along transit lines, and education. Supports (including SB350); and funds. The Peninsula of agricultural use, priority should systems, including public involve the public in the extending Proposi- extending California’s cap- VEENKER segment should be disincentivizing be to “regulate it transit and improved early stages of develop- tion 30 and ensur- and-trade system a “seamless transi- landscape water use, properly” highways ment to address concerns ing “high-quality tion to Caltrain” or and reusing greywa- so that new projects can STEM education” in a “blended” system ter for irrigation enjoy community support state colleges and with grade separation rather than opposition universities at crossings

May 4, 2016QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ27 NEWS Strong fundraising by Berman, Veenker in state Assembly race By Gennady Sheyner Veenker, who received $100,812 because he used some of his cam- Mountain View Councilman contributors have come from Palo Alto Weekly in contributions. The strong paign funds to repay a loan, he John Inks, the lone Libertar- labor groups, developers, Real- numbers coincide with recent actually ended the period $7,362 ian, $14,670, respectively (this tors, attorneys, business pro- alo Alto Councilman Marc endorsements she has received in the hole. includes a $10,000 loan Mr. Inks fessionals and public officials. Berman raised $104,481 in from California’s teachers and Mountain View Councilman gave to his campaign). The two This includes $8,500 from the Pthe latest reporting period nurses unions. Mike Kasperzak, meanwhile, have only recently entered the California Association of Real- for his bid to succeed Rich Gor- Cupertino Mayor Barry raised $34,219 in the last period race to replace Mr. Gordon. tors; $7,500 from the Northern don in the state Assembly, more Chang, who held the fund- but remains well behind the Two other candidates — California Carpenters Regional than any of his seven competitors, raising lead earlier this year, other three Democratic front- Seelam Reddy and Jay Cabrera — Council SCC; $4,200 from the campaign-finance documents received only $32,638 in the lat- runners in total cash raised. are running low-budget, grass- Laborers Local Union 270; and show. est period — much of it in large The other four candidates have roots campaigns and have not $4,250 from the California Sate The disclosures, which cover checks from outside the district. far smaller campaign chests. filed papers with the Secretary of Council of Laborers PAC. the period between Jan. 1 and His campaign still has more Menlo Park Councilman Peter State. Mr. Berman also received April 23, also show a strong fun- than $290,000 in cash on hand, Ohtaki, the lone Republican in According to his finance state- $4,200 from the San Francisco draising drive by attorney Vicki according to his latest filing. Yet the race, raised $22,495, while ment, many of Mr. Berman’s See ASSEMBLY, page 30

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Allison Aldrich, an executive Landscaping tips Assembly candidates at GoDaddy.com, contributed $1,000 to his campaign. Virgin- continued from page 19 Ms. Berstler says many home- ia Bryant, Mike Kroll, Andrew owners put twice as much water report campaign funds Hudacek, Robert Wagner and as the “over seeded” clover lawn at on their lawns than they need Todd Regonini, all of Sares Regis Portola Valley Town Center. to, and often forget to group continued from page 28 Herzenberg and from Menlo Group, contributed $1,000 each In her opinion, artificial turf plants according to their water- Park resident Karen Grove; and to Kasperzak’s campaign. Tod is not an option. Six lawn sub- ing needs. Laborer’s Local 261; and $4,200 a $1,000 contribution from the Spieker, president of Spieker Com- stitutes she does recommend are She admits it may take a pro from the Palo Alto Professional Teamsters union. panies, contributed $2,100. ground covers: Achillea millefo- to fix telltale signs of “poor irri- Firefighters. Mr. Chang, who led the field Mr. Kasperzak’s Mountain lium (yarrow), Carex praegraci- gation practices” such as water Steven Westly, managing part- in January, saw his overall bal- View council colleague John Inks lis (field sedge), native Leymus damage, broken sprinkler heads, ner of the Westly Group, donated ance wane in the latest reporting reported raising $14,670 in the triticoides (creeping wild rye), or leaks, but that there are a lot $2,000 to Mr. Berman’s cam- period. Most of his contribu- period between Jan. 1 and April 23, Dymondia margaretae (silver of products on the market to help paign. Palo Alto developers John tions came in the form of large including $4,670 in contributions carpet), Fragaria vesca (wild manage water-wise gardening. McNellis and Chop Keenan checks from corporations based and a $10,000 loan. His biggest strawberry) and Thymus vul- They range from moisture sen- contributed $2,100 and $500, outside the Assembly district. contributors include Woodland garis “Elfin” (thyme). sors, to weather stations, smart respectively, to his campaign, Union City-based Marina Food resident Chris Rufer, (who donated When it comes to watering a irrigation controllers, low-flow which is also being supported by LLC contributed $8,400, with $990), Mountain View resident yard, Ms. Berstler says, using the valves, rotating spray nozzles and dozens of local environmental- $4,200 pegged for the primary Donald Bahl ($900), and Palo Alto natural resource of rain is often drip irrigation systems. ists, commissioners and com- campaign and another $4,200 resident Tod Spieker ($950). overlooked. It just takes some Two landscape experts who munity volunteers, according to allocated for the general election, Mr. Ohtaki did slightly better, site planning, she says, to create attended Ms. Berstler’s talk and his campaign statement. according to his campaign state- reporting $17,495 in contribu- spaces designed to trap, slow and workshop said they plan to imple- Ms. Veenker’s campaign was ment. Helix Electric, based in San tions (along with a $5,000 loan) spread rainwater to get it back into ment some of the ideas. bolstered by recent endorsements Diego, similarly gave $8,400, split in the latest period. About half the ground rather than running Nancy Shanahan of Sycamore and contributions from Califor- between the two elections, as has of his cash raised came from two off into the streets. Design of Woodside finds the nia’s teachers and nurses unions. Welkin International Industrial contributors: Charles Munger She estimates 1 inch of rain watershed approach interesting This includes $8,500 contribu- Inc., based in Saratoga. and William Regan, each of falling on a roof measuring 1,000 and plans to incorporate grading tions from the California Teach- Mr. Kasperzak reported $34,169 whom contributed $4,200 to the square feet can generate about in the sheet-mulching project she ers Association/Association for in contributions in the last period, race’s lone Republican. He also 600 gallons of water. A rain barrel is doing for a client. Better Citizenship and from the much of it coming in smaller received $1,000 from Grace Todd might store 50 gallons. Redirecting Janet Bell with Garden Sense California Nurses Association checks from individuals inside of Montague, Michigan, for the downspouts, contouring landscap- in Menlo Park says she sees “a Political Action Committee. the district. Among his top con- primary battle, according to his ing, planting trees, and using per- lot of value” in practicing water- She also received $4,200 tributors are Menlo Park resident campaign statement. meable surfaces — such as drive- saving strategies and has been contributions from Castilleja Patricia Spieker Hopman, Ather- The eight candidates are com- ways with strips cut into them or doing it for awhile. teacher Julian Cortella and ton resident Catherine Spieker, peting in the June 7 primary, pavers with gaps — can trap water Calwater.com/conservation has Palo Alto resident John Rohrer; and Portola Valley resident Mar- with the two top vote-getters in swales and pockets long enough a list of resources on rebates, pro- $2,000 checks from Stanford garet Thomas, who each gave him moving on to the November so it sinks in to benefit the yard. grams and tips. A University professor Leonore $4,200 for the primary challenge. ballot. A

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Menlo Park dentist Jan Gabus, left, has received the first annual “Bill Martin Givers Gain” award for his leadership and contributions to the Business Networking International’s Constant Growth chapter during 2015. The award was presented by Dan Ziony, outgoing president of BNI Constant Growth, and commemorates Bill Martin of Martin Wealth Management in Menlo Park, who died last year. BNI Constant Growth meets every Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at Menlo College. Visitors are welcome.

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Menlo-Atherton High School, www.menlopark.org/kiteday Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. www.tuolumne.org Woodside Soapbox Derby Woodside families race their own easy-to-build and :RRGVLGH$UWV &XOWXUH&RPPLWWHH personalized gravity-powered cars. Barbecue ¶6WRU\7HOOLQJ· Author Kristin Delaplane and and music. Prizes and T-shirts awarded. biographer Duffy Jennings on how to write Visit website for how to obtain car kit. May memoirs, record oral histories and present 15, noon. $250 car kit; $10 barbecue; free genealogy as exciting story. May 6, 7 p.m. for spectators. Woodside Town Hall, 2955 Free. 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May 4, 2016 QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ39 NEWS NOTICE INVITING BIDS

ARTICLE 1 INVITATION TO BID Q POLICE CALLS 1.01 Notice Inviting Bids: Owner will receive sealed Bids at the Town Hall, located at 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside, California 94062 until 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 26th, 2016 for the following This information is based on reports Supermarket at 1010 University Drive from the Menlo Park and Atherton with food he hadn’t paid for. No loss. public work: police departments and the San April 27. Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Under Q Someone stole a bicycle locked to the law, people charged with offenses the bike rack in front of the public library TOWN OF WOODSIDE are considered innocent unless con- on Alma Street. Estimated loss: $200. victed. Police received the reports on 2016 Storm Drain Improvement Project April 25. the dates shown. Various Locations in the Town of Woodside, CA Q Someone may have stolen a wallet ATHERTON from a woman visiting the Rosewood Sand Hill hotel. The woman told police 1.02 Project Description: The work will include the furnishing of all labor, materials, equipment and ser- Thefts: that she was unsure, that she may have vices necessary or required to rehabilitate storm drains with cured in place pipe (CIPP), grout head- Q Police arrested and cited an Atherton left it in the cab or taken it from her walls, install new inlets, remove and install new storm drain, install new headwalls, and place rock rip man on suspicion of charges that he purse between the cab and the hotel stole marijuana intended for medicinal rap. All work shall be completed within 90 calendar days from Notice to Proceed. entrance. Estimated loss: $482. April purposes at an address on Tuscaloosa 28. Avenue. Estimated loss: $383. April 19. 1.03 Procurement of Bidding Documents: Bidding Documents contain the full description of the Work. Q A resident of Almanor Avenue was Bidders may examine a complete hard-copy set of the Bidding Documents at the Town’s Public Works Q Someone entered an unlocked class- attempting to sell his bike when the room at Laurel School on Edge Road potential buyer, who took the bike for Department, located at 2955 Woodside Road, Woodside, California 94062. Bidders may download a and stole a black purse and its contents complete set of Bidding Documents at http://www.woodsidetown.org/rfps at no cost. Bidder is respon- a test ride, rode off with it and did not from a supply cabinet. No estimate on return. Estimated loss: $200. April 26. losses. April 18. sible for printing any and all of Bidding Documents. Q A thief entered an unlocked vehicle 1.04 Instructions: Bidders shall refer to Document 00 2113 (Instructions to Bidders) for required docu- WOODSIDE parked on Menlo Avenue and stole an ments and items to be submitted in a sealed envelope for deposit into the Bid Box in the Town Clerk’s electric belt sander. Estimated loss: Drug paraphernalia: Deputies found $50. April 25. 2IÀFHORFDWHGDW:RRGVLGH5RDG:RRGVLGH&DOLIRUQLDQRODWHUWKDQWKHWLPHDQGGDWHVHW someone slumped over in the driver’s forth in Paragraph 1.01 above. seat while parked near Sand Hill Road Q Someone stole the wallet of a woman and Lawler Ranch Road. The deputy employed at Facebook. The wallet was 1.05 N/A issued a citation after noticing a glass later found but with the credit cards 1.06 Bid Preparation Cost: Bidders are solely responsible for the cost of preparing their Bids. pipe with a white residue in it while talk- missing. April 27. 1.07 Reservation of Rights:2ZQHUVSHFLÀFDOO\UHVHUYHVWKHULJKWLQLWVVROHGLVFUHWLRQWRUHMHFWDQ\RUDOO ing with the driver. April 18. Traffic accident: A 13-year-old cyclist Theft: A resident of Manzanita Way told who was headed west on the wrong Bids, to re-bid, or to waive inconsequential defects in bidding not involving time, price or quality of deputies that someone stole money side of Valparaiso Avenue crossed WKHZRUN2ZQHUPD\UHMHFWDQ\DQGDOO%LGVDQGZDLYHDQ\PLQRULUUHJXODULWLHVLQWKH%LGV overnight from his unlocked vehicle. the street near Politzer Drive and col- ARTICLE 2 LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Estimated loss: $82. April 23. lided with the front bumper of a brown 2007 Toyota Sienna being driven by a 2.01 Required Contractor’s License(s): A California “A” contractor’s license is required to bid this con- MENLO PARK 39-year-old woman. The boy’s parents picked him up and took him to the hos- WUDFW-RLQWYHQWXUHVPXVWVHFXUHDMRLQWYHQWXUHOLFHQVHSULRUWRDZDUGRIWKLV&RQWUDFW Commercial burglaries: pital with non-life-threatening injuries, 2.02 Required Contractor and Subcontractor Registration Q A burglar broke the lock on the front police said. April 27. 2.2.A. Owner shall accept Bids only from Bidders that (along with all Subcontractors listed in Doc- door of Opus Hair Salon at 605 Cam- bridge Ave., entered and stole five sets Fraud: XPHQW6XEFRQWUDFWRU/LVW DUHFXUUHQWO\UHJLVWHUHGDQGTXDOLÀHGWRSHUIRUPSXEOLF of scissors, two electric razors and Q A street vendor of ice cream learned work pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5. $90 in cash. Estimated loss: $2,450. from a bank that he had been given a  % 6XEMHFWWR/DERU&RGH6HFWLRQV F DQG G DQ\%LGQRWFRPSO\LQJZLWKSDUDJUDSK April 28. counterfeit $100 bill by a customer buy- ing ice cream on Ivy Drive. April 25. DERYHVKDOOEHUHWXUQHGDQGQRWFRQVLGHUHGSURYLGHGWKDWLI%LGGHULVDMRLQWYHQWXUH %XVL- Q Someone broke the front-door win- dow at Jonathan’s Fish & Chips restau- Q A resident of San Mateo Drive dis- ness & Professions Code Section 7029.1) or if federal funds are involved in the Contract rant at 840 Willow Road and stole about covered that someone had used his (Labor Code Section 1771.1(a)), Owner may accept a non-complying Bid provided that $250 from the cash register. April 24. personal information and the last four Bidder and all listed Subcontractors are registered at the time of Contract award. Thefts: digits of his Social Security Card num- ber to obtain a loan. The resident had 2.03 Bid Alternates: Q A man walked around in the CVS Pharmacy at 700 El Camino Real put- contacted the company that had been  $  %LGDOWHUQDWHVDUHLGHQWLÀHGDVIROORZV ting merchandise from the cosmetics requesting payment to determine what A.1. Alternate 1: area in a tote bag, then left the store had happened. No loss. April 28. without paying for the items. Store Q Residents of Sherwood Way did Alternate 1A - 140 Farm: Grout Invert of 15-inch CMP staff could not determine exactly what some investigation and learned they Alternate 1B - 140 Farm: CIPP Rehabilitate Existing 15-inch CMP was taken, police said. Estimated loss: had been seeking to rent an apartment A.2. Alternate 2 - 15 Hidden Valley: Remove 15-inch CMP and replace with 15-inch Between $500 and $800. April 26. via Craigslist from someone who did Q Police cited and released a Red- not actually own the apartment but was HDPE (open cut) wood City man for having left Draeger’s engaged in a scam. No loss. April 25. A.3. Alternate 3: Alternate 3A - 475 Mountain Home: CIPP Rehabilitate Existing 24-inch CMP Alternate 3B - 475 Mountain Home: Trim PVC and Reinstate Storm Drain connection   $OWHUQDWH&0RXQWDLQ+RPH2XWOHW6WUXFWXUH0RGLÀFDWLRQV Alpine corridor meeting May 9 A.4 Alternate 4: Alternate 4A - 418 Albion: Remove 12-inch CMP and replace w/ 15-inch HDPE (open cut) The San Mateo County Public causing residents headaches as Works Department is hosting they try to enter the road from Alternate 4B - 418 Albion: Pave Drainage Channel a second community meeting side streets. A.5. Alternate 5: on the future of the Alpine Fixes under consideration Alternate 5A - 133 Marva Oaks: Remove 12-inch CMP and replace w/ 12-inch HDPE (open Road corridor through Stanford include enhanced stop signs cut) Weekend Acres and Ladera. The and bike lanes, crosswalk Alternate 5B - 133 Marva Oaks: Replace Catch Basin meeting starts at 7 p.m. Mon- treatments, traffic signals and A.6. Alternate 6 - 461 Eleanor: CIPP Rehabilitate Existing 24-inch CMP - Segment C day, May 9, at Woodland School, roundabouts. 360 La Cuesta Drive in Ladera. Contact Hanieh Houshmandi B. The determination of lowest bid shall be based upon: The road has heavy traffic sev- at [email protected] or  %  %DVHFRQWUDFWELGSOXVWKRVHDOWHUQDWHVVSHFLÀFDOO\LGHQWLÀHGDERYHDVEHLQJXVHGIRUWKH eral times a day and few breaks, 599-1481 for more information. purpose of determining lowest bid.

2.04 N/A 2.05 Substitution of Securities: Owner will permit the successful bidder to substitute securities for any Drive aims to end kids’ hunger retention monies withheld to ensure performance of the contract, as set forth in Document 00 6290 Escrow Agreement For Security Deposits In Lieu Of Retention and incorporated herein in full by this Second Harvest Food and help expand school food reference, in accordance with Section 22300 of the California Public Contract Code. Bank’s Stand Up for Kids pantries in high need areas. 2.06 Prevailing Wage Laws: The successful Bidder must comply with all prevailing wage laws applicable campaign is now under- Since 1974, Second Har- WRWKH3URMHFWDQGUHODWHGUHTXLUHPHQWVFRQWDLQHGLQWKH&RQWUDFW'RFXPHQWV&RSLHVRIWKHJHQHUDO way with a goal of raising vest has been one of the SUHYDLOLQJUDWHVRISHUGLHPZDJHVIRUHDFKFUDIWFODVVLÀFDWLRQRUW\SHRIZRUNHUQHHGHGWRH[HFXWH $7 million by the end of largest food banks in the the Contract, as determined by Director of the State of California Department of Industrial Relations, May. Tech leaders includ- United States, with nearly DUHRQÀOHDWWKH7RZQ·V3XEOLF:RUNV'HSDUWPHQWPD\EHREWDLQHGIURPWKH&DOLIRUQLD'HSDUWPHQW ing Sheryl Sandberg, John a quarter million clients of Industrial Relations website [http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm] and are and Eileen Donahoe, Mike served each month. More deemed included in the Bidding Documents. Upon request, Owner will make available copies to any Schroepfer and Eric Hoff- than half the food supplied interested party. Also, the successful Bidder shall post the applicable prevailing wage rates at the Site. man are serving as chair- is fresh produce, the organi- 2.07 Prevailing Wage Monitoring: 7KLV3URMHFWLVVXEMHFWWRSUHYDLOLQJZDJHFRPSOLDQFHPRQLWRULQJDQG men of the campaign. zation says. enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The money will be used Go to SHFB.org or call with the aim to eliminate 866-234-3663 for more END OF DOCUMENT hunger for local children information.

40QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 4, 2016 ViewpointIDEASIDEAS,, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT LOCAL ISSUESISSUES

LETTERS There’s still time to improve Greenheart project Our readers write By Patti Fry downtown vibrancy and help the ten- Keep those noise Patti Fry, a longtime ants of the project avoid automobile complaints coming he long-vacant Cadillac dealer- resident of Menlo Park, use, but the developer designed only Editor: ship site on El Camino Real is due is a former member 4 percent of the project as “commu- Thanks to the excellent article to be revitalized. The location is of the city’s nity serving space.” The wording of T Planning by Walter Sleeth (Almanac guest central to Menlo Park and adjacent to the Greenheart proposal is so vague Commission opinion, April 6), I was motivated downtown. Most residents would like to that this space could be used for restau- to complain about being awak- see the blight replaced by a great project, rants or retail — or could be rented for ened at 12:30 a.m. and again at 2 but Greenheart Land Company’s “Sta- GUEST OPINION business-oriented services that don’t a.m. by low-flying large aircraft tion 1300” falls far short of that ideal. serve residents. over my home in Portola Valley The proposed project, while attrac- also tells us that there are no feasible We learned from the city’s consul- Ranch yesterday. tive, significantly worsens Menlo Park’s measures available to fully alleviate tants that a housing-intensive project Let’s keep complaining by traffic congestion and housing short- those impacts. These additional adverse has fewer negative impacts than an reporting noise problems to the age. It is located on nearly 6.5 acres near impacts were not anticipated when the office-intensive project. We also found new website: stop.jetnoise.net. the train station and downtown, on the downtown specific plan was adopted. out that the developer’s potential return stretch of El Camino Real that already The DEIR explains that a housing- on investment is at least three times the Marilyn Walter has the worst downtown traffic jams. intensive project would have far fewer current market range. There is ample Coyote Hill, Portola Valley Any development there will wors- traffic impacts than an office-intensive room for our City Council to negotiate en traffic, but the proposed project project, and would be appropriate for a a project that is much better for Menlo would have substantially more negative location near the train station area and Park and its residents. What’s on impacts than viable alternatives. downtown. But instead of providing as Now is the time to get the project The project’s recently published draft many as the 322 housing units that are right. This is a once-in-a generation your mind? environmental impact report (DEIR) allowed within the downtown plan’s opportunity. The project is still in its Tell us what’s on your mind tells us that the project, as currently limits, the project offers only 181 new conceptual design phase, when plan by sending your letters to configured, would significantly worsen homes to balance the 700 to 1,000 new modifications can be easily made. [email protected]. rush-hour traffic at 11 already-congest- workers in this office-intensive project. The ingredients for a better — and Or snail-mail them to: The ed intersections and roadways from A good mix of restaurant, retail, and great — project exist. Residents should Almanac, 450 Cambridge El Camino to Bayfront Expressway. It personal services would contribute to insist on it. Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Support NOTICE INVITING BIDS 7KH$OPDQDF·VSULQW TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA DQGRQOLQHFRYHUDJH RIRXUFRPPXQLW\ The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the following public work: --RLQWRGD\6XSSRUW/RFDO-RXUQDOLVPRUJ$OPDQDFRLQ WRGD\ 6XSSRUW/RFDO-RXUQDOLVP

2016 OVERLAY PROJECT

Removal and replacement of 2 inches of asphalt con- crete pavement on Almendral Avenue (from El Camino Caregiver Resources Real to Selby Lane). Cracking sealing and grind and replace approximately 4,000 square feet of asphalt to Seminar Series a 4-inch depth and placement of thermoplastic strip- oin Kensington Place’s free Caregiver Resources Seminar Series to learn skills and information that will help you care for your loved one ing. Some hand work around utility access hole cov- Jwith Alzheimer’s or other dementias. ers will be necessary. Kensington Place is hosting its second annual Caregiver Resources Support Seminar Series for families, friends, neighbors, and others caring 7SHUZ :WLJPÄJH[PVUZTH`ILVI[HPULKH[http://www. for those with any of the nearly 100 types of dementia. Learn about options ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The Contrac- for care, available local and national resources, proven tips and techniques for improving care, and much more. tor shall be responsible for any addendums that may be posted on the Town’s website. Don’t miss this free seminar: Caregiver Tips & Tools :,(3,+)0+:^PSSILYLJLP]LKH[[OLVѝJLVM[OL*P[` Presented by Viki Kind *SLYR  (ZOÄLSK 9VHK ([OLY[VU *HSPMVYUPH  Thursday, May 12, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM until 2:00 p.m.7HJPÄJ:[HUKHYK;PTLVUTuesday, 2800 El Camino Real, May 24, 2016, at which time bids will be publicly and Redwood City, CA 94061 Saturday, May 14, 2016 opened and read aloud. 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be submit- Hosted at The Pavilion at Holbrook-Palmer Park • 150 Watkins Ave. • Atherton, CA ted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “Bid of (Con- tractor) for 2016 OVERLAY PROJECT”, along with RSVP online, by phone or email date and time of bid opening. 650-363-9200 [email protected] www.KensingtonPlaceRedwoodCity.com

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County on April 8, 2016. otherwise be interested in the will or your claim with the court and mail a $1,100/mo for 13 wks/yr (generally 1 (ALM Apr. 20, 27, May 4, 11, 2016) estate, or both, of GLENDA GALE REGO. copy to the personal representative wk/mo) VIEWS GALORE! 650-328-9399 A Petition for Probate has been filed by: appointed by the court within the later CONHAIR • Public Hearing Notices ROBERT REGO in the Superior Court of of either (1) four months from the date FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT California, County of SAN MATEO. of first issuance of letters to a general 855 Real Estate File No.: 269035 The Petition for Probate requests that: personal representative, as defined in The following person (persons) is (are) • Resolutions Services ROBERT REGO be appointed as personal section 58 (b) of the California Probate doing business as: DID YOU KNOW representative to administer the estate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of Conhair, located at 859 Oak Grove Information is power and content is of the decedent. mailing or personal delivery to you Ave., Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo • Bid Notices King? Do you need timely access to The petition requests authority to of a notice under section 9052 of the County. public notices and remain relevant in administer the estate under the California Probate Code. Other California Registered owner(s): today’s highly competitive market? Gain Independent Administration of statutes and legal authority may affect CONNIE JEAN COOK • Notices of Petition to an edge with California Newspaper Estates Act. (This authority will allow your rights as a creditor. You may want 795 Roble Ave. #8 Publishers Association new innovative the personal representative to take to consult with an attorney knowledge- Menlo Park, CA 94025 website capublicnotice.com and check many actions without obtaining court able in California law. Administer Estate This business is conducted by: An out the Smart Search approval. Before taking certain very You may examine the file kept by the Individual. Feature. For more information call important actions, however, the per- court. If you are a person interested in The registrant commenced to transact Cecelia @ (916) 288-6011 or sonal representative will be required to the estate, you may file with the court business under the fictitious business • Lien Sale www.capublicnotice.com (Cal-SCAN) give notice to interested persons unless a Request for Special Notice (form name(s) listed above on 3-31-09. they have waived notice or consented DE-154) of the filing of an inventory This statement was filed with the to the proposed action.) The indepen- and appraisal of estate assets or of To place a Classified ad in County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo • Trustee’s Sale dent administration authority will be any petition or account as provided in The Almanac, County on April 21, 2016. granted unless an interested person files Probate Code section 1250. 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