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AUGUST 31, 2018 VOLUME 26, NO. 32 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 19 Task force backs plans to move Bullis to Mountain View By Kevin Forestieri the charter school would even fit on the small campus, and if ullis Charter School would council members would approve be the best fit for a new the school district’s land acqui- Bcampus in the San Anto- sition plans if a neighborhood nio area of Mountain View, school was off the table. community members and school School district officials are officials on a Los Altos School planning to acquire about 9.6 District task force agreed Mon- acres of land on the corner of day evening — a recommenda- Showers Drive and California tion that runs con- Street — current- trary to the wishes ly home to several of Mountain View ‘This isn’t businesses, includ- City Council mem- ing a Kohl’s depart- bers seeking a school going to solve ment store, Sushi for neighborhood 88 and Pearl Cafe students. the problem, — for a 10th school The school board campus and some MAGALI GAUTHIER is set to make a final but it is going adjacent park land. Bobby Taylor, one of Mountain View’s school resource officers, returned last Monday to his beat at decision later this District adminis- Mountain View High School after taking a leave of absence to battle cancer. year. to spend all of trators and school The task force the money.’ board members School resource officer back on the beat recommenda- have long argued tion weighs in on a JILL JENE that the additional lengthy debate over campus is an impor- following cancer treatment whether a future tant step to prepare school in the San Antonio neigh- for future enrollment growth, BOBBY TAYLOR RETURNS TO WORK UNDETERRED AFTER MONTHS OF CHEMO borhood should serve the nearly and are relying heavily on the By Kevin Forestieri School Resource Officer throughout the city. Despite the 800 students residing in the area, city of Mountain View for finan- (SRO) Bobby Taylor was back six months of aggressive cancer or if it would be better suited cial support through a process ast week marked a return on the campus beat last week treatment, Taylor said his goal as a campus for Bullis Charter called the transfer of develop- to school for public high after battling cancer for the bet- was to return to work right School. ment rights. Lschool students in Moun- ter part of a year, returning to away. While the majority of task Five of the eight task force tain View, but they weren’t the the department and his role as Taylor told the Voice that he force members backed the latter members present — Lara Dae- only ones heading back to cam- the go-to law enforcement offi- option, the opinion came down tz, Raquel Matteroli, Sandra pus after a long hiatus. cial for teens and their families See RESOURCE OFFICER, page 7 amid a number of critical, unanswered questions about whether See BULLIS, page 6 Rental committee weighs landlord’s appeal By Mark Noack the city’s complex rent control hikes would have increased Medio Manor owners’ claims aim at the decision to reject a so- restrictions. annual profits by $170,000 on for increasing apartment rents. called Vega adjustment, a special ne landlord’s push to The case involves the Del a property already generat- She said that the bookkeeping increase intended for severely raise rents spurred the Medio Manor and a request by ing more than $1 million in submitted by Del Medio was underpriced units operating at OMountain View Rental its owner to increase rents on net income, according to the flawed and included numerous a net loss. She criticized how a Housing Committee on Monday about half of the property’s 104 petition filings. The move to ineligible expenses. whole category of “junior one- to hold something like a court- apartments. In her final peti- increase rents spurred protests In response, both sides in the bedroom” units at Del Medio room trial, with committee tion, owner Elizabeth Lindsay by Del Medio tenants, who said case ended up filing appeals were downgraded to studios. members serving as appellate had requested rent increases the higher cost would force against the decision to the Rent- In her decision, Dalesandro judges. ranging from $100 to $500 a them out of their homes and al Housing Committee. Lindsay had argued that Del Medio’s It was the first instance of month on dozens of apartments possibly the Bay Area. and her partners argued various junior one-bedroom units were the rental committee taking a that she said were locked into Last month, city hearing costs for running their business essentially studio apartments direct role in deciding whether artificially low prices under the officer Jil Dalesandro sided were unfairly excluded when with just an accordion door to an individual landlord was city’s rent stabilization program. largely with those tenants by they deserved consideration. earning a fair profit under In total, the requested rent rejecting nearly all of the Del Among her complaints, she took See RENTAL COMMITTEE, page 9

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HOME-INVASION ATTACK An 83-year-old woman was injured last week after three men reportedly broke into her Los Altos Hills home and attacked her. The suspects ransacked the home and stole various items, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. Stanford pediatricians, now in your neighborhood Sheriff’s deputies received a call about the home invasion on the 27000 block of Altamont Road on Aug. 23 and arrived to find at Altos Pediatric Associates See CRIME BRIEFS, page 8 Access to Excellence.

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QCOMMUNITY LocalNews QFEATURES Tom Means resigns from Rental Housing Committee

Mark Noack picked Means over about 20 other candidates, saying he brought erhaps the most contro- valuable local government expe- versial figure on Mountain rience from his previous two PView’s most controversial terms serving on the City Coun- government body, Tom Means cil. But tenant advocates alleged announced Monday night he his presence created a case of the would resign his position on the fox guarding the hen house. They city’s Rental Housing Committee, later learned that Means was effective immediately. The news paid to write an economic study came as a surprise to committee portraying rent control as a mis- members and city staff at the tail guided policy for a political group end of the Aug. 27 meeting. fighting a rent control measure in In a brief statement, Means Pacifica. said he needed to resign because Means described the study as he was leaving Mountain View contract work as consistent with to be closer to his full-time job as an econom- his children and ics professor at San Jose State grandchildren. University. He and his wife During his time on the com- VERONICA WEBER Restaurant owner Zareen Khan kept losing employees because of high housing costs, so she bought are planning to mittee, Means has been actively a house in Menlo Park and rents rooms at a discount to some of her staffers. relocate to El involved in many of the crucial Dorado Hills to policy decisions. Often bringing a senior com- Tom Means his economics pedigree into talks, munity, he said. he has sometimes sparred with Housing crisis turns restaurateur “I want to think everyone,” the city’s risk-averse staff and Means said to his colleagues. consultants on drafting essential into employees’ landlord “This has been a pretty tough components of the rent-control committee overall, you know. So program. The city’s team fre- OWNER OF ZAREEN’S PURCHASES HOME TO FIGHT STAFF TURNOVER good luck.” quently aimed for legal cover by A free-market advocate who modeling Mountain View’s pro- By Elena Kadvany and employees were telling her interview Monday, standing in nevertheless was appointed to gram after other rent-stabilized that the primary culprit was the sunlit kitchen of the Menlo the body in charge of administer- cities, but Means was inclined to areen Khan, the owner the lack of affordable housing Park home. “If things go on ing citywide rent control, Means craft more precise methods to tie of the eponymous Paki- in the area. This, in turn, was like the way they are and there frequently drew complaints that the program more closely to what Zstani-Indian restaurants impacting the quality of her is such a lack of housing, the he was ideologically incompat- he saw as the housing market’s in Palo Alto and Mountain restaurants, as she found her- only things you will see when ible for the job. Tenant advocates realities. View, has added an unexpected self in an unsustainable cycle you decide to have dinner” are routinely blasted him for his With Means’ departure, his seat job title to her resume: landlord. of training new employees and Chipotle, McDonald’s and “big active opposition to Mountain will be temporarily filled by Julian Last year, she took the unusu- working until 2 a.m. to pick up chain restaurants.” View’s rent control initiative, Pardo de Zela, the committee’s al step of purchasing a three- any slack. Khan, a native of Pakistan, Measure V, as it went before vot- alternate member. Under the rent bedroom house in Menlo Park “Sometimes I want to tweet opened her first restaurant in ers in 2016. control policy, the City Council for just under $1 million and about it and say, ‘Hey, small Mountain View in 2014 and Those critics were incensed will need to eventually appoint a renting it to a small number businesses are gasping for air the second, larger location on when the City Council appointed new committee member to fill the of employees for $500 a month right now because there is California Avenue in Palo Alto Means to one of the five seats on vacancy. V each. She had been battling such a crunch, especially in the Rental Housing Commit- Email Mark Noack high staff turnover for months, Silicon Valley,’” Khan said in an See LANDLORD, page 8 tee last year. Council members at [email protected]

County partners with El Camino for teen mental health care NEW CONTRACT BRINGS ASPIRE’S INTENSIVE SERVICES TO MEDI-CAL FAMILIES By Kevin Forestieri its kind in the state, at the Aug. through ASPIRE to Medi-Cal tape and restrictions on how 14 board meeting in exchange patients — as commercial insur- federal Medicaid money — and hildren and youth from for the hospital agreeing to serve ‘It’s taken us an ers have been doing for years — by extension county Medi-Cal low-income families in Medi-Cal patients in its ASPIRE but it also formally adds ASPIRE funds — can be spent on mental Santa Clara County will program. awfully long time ... to the list of mental health care health services. It took some cre- Cnow have access to a rare niche ASPIRE — short for After- to break through the services available to Medi-Cal ativity to make ASPIRE fit the of intensive after-school mental School Program Interventions patients in the county. These stringent billing structure. health services, after the Board of and Resiliency Education — is bureaucratic walls.’ patients can now be referred “For the first time ever, kids Supervisors approved a contract an eight-week program for teens directly to ASPIRE by the county of modest means who rely on with El Camino Hospital this and young adults designed to COUNTY SUPERVISOR JOE SIMITIAN health system. Medi-Cal will have benefit to the month. teach mental health coping strat- The partnership has been a same critically needed services as Supervisors approved the egies and provide counseling in a long time coming, and is the kids who have resources, either $199,000 contract with the hos- group-based environment. purpose. Not only does it defray result of years of effort navigat- pital, considered to be the first of The contract has a twofold the cost of providing services ing through bureaucratic red See MENTAL HEALTH, page 9

August 31, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 5 Concerned about your aging LocalNews loved one during the day? BULLIS numbers perspective, given into the debate at all, and said ,UYVSS[OLTPUV\YHK\S[KH`OLHS[OJHYL Continued from page 1 that the charter school could that Abe-Koga and the rest of grow to 1,200 students and the the council are taking a “half- WYVNYHTHUKYLJLP]L[OLfirst week FREE! McGonagle, James Reilly and new campus has enough space step” too far into the debate on Tom McGovern — voted for to support Egan now and in the what to do with the campus. It’s ࠮;YHUZWVY[H[PVU moving Bullis to Mountain future. fine to rake the district over the View as their first choice, “There really is only one coals to make sure the campus ࠮.YV\W,_LYJPZL which was largely seen as the solution, and that’s to put a facilities available to the pub- least disruptive option for the consolidated charter school on lic are a good use of taxpayer ࠮7O`ZPJHS[OLYHW` district. It would avoid having the Egan site and move Egan to funds, but who attends the ࠮(5\[YP[PV\ZS\UJO to redraw attendance boundar- the new site,” he said. school is not the council’s busi- ies, would not necessitate the But other task force members ness, he said. ࠮:VJHSPaPUNHUKTVYL opening or closing of a district- sharply disagreed, describing it “I have a philosophical prob- run school and could theoreti- as a misstep that would enrage lem with the Mountain View cally house the charter school’s community members. McGov- City Council telling schools full enrollment all in one loca- ern said moving Egan, whether what to do, whether it’s $1 or tion — provided Bullis never enrollment data supports it or $100 million,” he said. “I’ve grows beyond 900 students. not, would be an “inflamma- got a bit of a problem under- For details and to schedule a tour, call (650) 289-5499. Charter school board members tory” move that would upset standing where you get that have previously made clear Los Altos community members authority.” >LHJJLW[3VUN;LYT*HYL0UZ\YHUJL=(4LKP*HS they intend to increase enroll- and fail to bring a peaceful end Abe-Koga countered by argu- HUKVɈLYHZSPKPUNZJHSLMVYWYP]H[LWH` ment to up to 1,200 students to a long history of hostility ing that it’s Mountain View’s in the coming years, which between the charter school and land and taxpayer dollars at district officials said would not the school district. Daetz told stake in the district’s plans, be a possibility on the site. Abe-Koga that she may not be and that the vast majority of While she said she couldn’t receiving negative feedback on her constituents in Mountain Visit us at www.avenidas.org/care speak for the charter school’s her idea because the communi- View are in favor of a San board of directors, task force ty doesn’t believe her proposal Antonio school that serves member and Bullis parent is serious. children living in the region FREE Jill Jene said it’s been clear “People are assuming that it’s who — up until this point — RIDE CALTRAIN ADMISSION VTA LIGHT RAIL from the start that the charter so out of the realm of possibil- have had to travel across major OR BUS SERVICE school community dislikes ity that they don’t need to give roads to get to school. TO THE FESTIVAL! #MVArtWine the idea of having to travel organized feedback,” Daetz “There’s a perception of an farther into a traffic-congested said. equity issue in this debate,” she region of Mountain View to One of the major concerns at said. “This is an area where we

E S 2 T 2 AB 19 LISHED in get to school, and that the the meeting was whether the have the most diversity (in the task force shouldn’t assume Mountain View City Council district) and it’s low-income 47TH ANNUAL that a 900-student campus will support the idea of moving Latino kids who have to trek would sufficiently house the the charter school to Mountain over across El Camino to get charter school in future years. View, or whether the council to school. This is an oppor- She described it as a partial will condition its financial sup- tunity to have a school in the MOUNTAIN VIEW solution that is sure to blow port for the land acquisition on neighborhood.” through most of the district’s the new campus accommodat- Another big consideration, ART & WINE FESTIVAL $150 million in Measure N ing neighborhood residents. she said, is that Mountain bond money. 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V Abe-Koga’s approach made Reilly criticized the idea that Email Kevin Forestieri at Celebrating 47 great years! the most sense purely from a the council should be butting [email protected]. 6 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 31, 2018 LocalNews State approves $15M for youth mental health centers COUNTY, STANFORD HOPE TO OPEN CLINICS IN SAN JOSE, MOUNTAIN VIEW AREA By Elena Kadvany across the state and even the Health Services Oversight and and evaluation implementation throughout the county, are pro- country. Accountability Commission, scientist). viding feedback on everything yearslong effort to “We’re in the innovation capi- said members of a state mental from specific services to hours launch an open-to-all, tal of the world,” Toni Tullys, health caucus are also inter- A ‘first of a kind’ model the centers should be open to Aone-stop-shop youth the county’s Behavioral Health ested in pursuing legislation to what the physical spaces should mental health clinic in Santa Services director, told the men- promote such clinics in their The Santa Clara County cen- look like. The teens are work- Clara County took a critical step tal health commission in Sac- communities. ters will bring mental health and ing with Palo Alto design firm forward on Thursday, securing ramento on Thursday. “What “There is a lot of interest in primary health care services, IDEO on branding and design. $15 million in funding from the we’re trying to do right now with this,” Beall said. substance use treatment, educa- The youth group will continue state’s Mental Health Services Stanford and the community is The question of the cen- tion and employment under one to advise and evaluate the cen- Oversight and Accountability to be just as innovative in men- ters’ long-term sustainability roof. The project plan describes ters after they open. Commission. tal health as we are in tech. It remains unanswered, but the this model as “one-stop-shop- The county is also working The clinic is the product of requires some bold, bold moves.” group said there is “high inter- ping” which helps to prevent with a vendor to collect data and a partnership between Santa The commission approved stigma when accessing mental evaluate the centers. Clara County and Stanford four years of funding for this health services. Derek Zhou, a senior at Palo University’s Center for Youth project. ‘I think of someone The staff will be made up Alto High School, described to Mental Health and Wellbeing. Commissioners expressed of psychiatrists, psychologists, the commissioners the difficulty Together, they plan to open their support for the project but walking into the physicians, substance use treat- of accessing mental health care two clinics — one in San Jose some questioned the logistics, ment counselors and others. locally. He said he went through and one in Palo Alto or Moun- from building two sites at once center and I feel The Stanford psychiatrists and an “endless spiral” trying to find tain View — to make mental to how the centers will be sus- psychologists will be part-time, a therapist that would accept health services more accessible tained financially after the state instantly hopeful.’ according to the project budget. his family’s insurance and that to young people ages 12 to 25 funding expires. The team envisions the clinics he connected with. And as a DEREK ZHOU, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT years old. The clinics plan to Tullys said that they decided as culturally and linguistically young Asian-American man, focus on early prevention and to open two sites to serve inclusive and making an effort open conversations about men- intervention for young people two distinct populations in to reach vulnerable and margin- tal health still feel “taboo.” with mild to moderate mental Santa Clara County — primar- est” in pursuing public-private alized young people, including “I think of someone walking health issues, but with close rela- ily youth of color on MediCal partnerships. The Stanford Cen- LGBTQ, homeless and indig- into the center and I feel instant- tionships to services for youth in San Jose and commercially ter for Youth Mental Health and enous youth. They will not ly hopeful,” Zhou said. “No one with more severe mental illness. insured young people in North Wellbeing has received “mul- turn anyone away, Tullys said, would have to go through the Services will be provided at no County. They also wanted to tiple requests” from foundations and are working to develop a trial-and-error method I went cost and regardless of health respond to a “high level of need” who are interested in supporting blended model that accepts both through because a diverse group insurance status. in Palo Alto, Tullys said. the clinics, the plan description private and public insurance. of therapists would be available. The clinic, which has yet to be Working with different demo- states. They will also likely rely Stanford and Santa Clara Coun- Kids wouldn’t be afraid of famil- named, is inspired by a model graphics will also provide “richer” on Mental Health Services and ty’s Behavioral Health Services ial or financial consequences in Australia called headspace, data and lessons learned for Supports funding from the state. Department will primarily pro- because our services would be which provides early-interven- implementing this model in other Santa Clara County is allocat- vide the direct psychiatric and confidential and free.” tion services — from physical counties, noted Steven Adelsheim, ing $8.7 million to cover its own psychological services, while com- The team hopes to identify a and mental health to alcohol director of the Center for Youth personnel and operating costs as munity organizations will provide physical site for contract nego- and other drugs, work and aca- Mental Health and Wellbeing. well as evaluation of the centers. peer support and case manage- tiations by November. They are demic issues — to young people Other California counties, as well The county is paying the Stan- ment. Partnerships with commu- setting aside $5 million in the at low or no cost. There are simi- as sites in New York, Michigan, ford Center for Youth Mental nity organizations will also allow project budget to cover rent for lar youth mental health centers Illinois and others, have expressed Health and Wellbeing $1.7 mil- for other services to be provided two locations. in Canada and Ireland, but none interest in creating a headspace- lion for the part-time clinical directly to young people at the They hope to serve at least yet in the United States. like model, according to a lengthy staff who will work at the sites clinics and to make it easier to 1,000 young people in Santa The team behind the local project plan description submit- and $1.4 million for a tech- refer teens out to other programs. Clara County in the centers’ first project hopes, ambitiously, that ted to the state. nical assistance team (which An already formed youth year. V Santa Clara County’s would be State Sen. Jim Beall, D-San includes a medical director, edu- advisory group, made up of Email Elena Kadvany at the first of many such centers Jose, who serves on the Mental cation/employment specialist 27 diverse teenagers from [email protected].

RESOURCE OFFICER team of school resource officers through an SRO or through he would return to work. Continued from page 1 since 2011, and his turf includes the grapevine, to hear how he “I’m wondering, ‘Am I going the high schools. His tenure was doing,” said police spokes- to die from this, am I not going learned of his stage 3 colon can- has been filled with building woman Katie Nelson. “When to see my kids graduate from cer diagnosis during a routine rapport with local teens to the he came by he stopped literally high school? Am I going to be visit to the doctor last August, point where everyone knows in every office.” able to work again?’” Taylor said. and things moved quickly from him by first name and no one The department didn’t have “It’s a swirl of emotions.” there. Within a week, he had bats an eye when a police car a replacement at the ready for The start of chemotherapy, undergone a surgical procedure, pulls onto the campus. Last year, Taylor, so the remaining school of all things, was the moment and soon after embarked on six Taylor received recognition as resources officers had to cover when Taylor said he saw the months of chemotherapy. The the “champion for youth” by for him until his return this light at the end of the tunnel, treatments wrapped up in Feb- the Mountain View-Los Altos year. Not easy, Nelson said, because it felt like he was on a ruary, he said, but it turns out Challenge Team for his ongoing given the size of the shoes they path to recovery. While it will be that it takes a while to bounce presence in local schools. had to fill. years before he can declare with back to normalcy and get back During his time away from the “He’s one of those officers certainty that he’s cancer-free, MAGALI GAUTHIER on the job. Officer Bobby Taylor job, Taylor said he was moved by who, from the day you meet Taylor said he’s recovered, back There was a particularly tough the huge outpouring of support him, you know he’s going to be and ready to serve. period of time for Taylor and his from the schools, including a there for you,” she said. “That’s “My goal from day one was to family after the initial diagnosis, stage 3 (cancer), I promise I ton of cards that he received, a huge void to fill when he isn’t get back to the Mountain View he said, where for five days phy- won’t whine and complain about and people from the campus- here, but we all knew he was Police Department. It was some- sicians couldn’t quite rule out the chemo,’ even though I did es and the police department fighting.” thing tangible and important to whether the disease had turned end up violating that,” he said. checking in for updates on his Taylor said the initial diagno- me,” he said. V into stage 4 cancer. Taylor has been on the Moun- road to recovery. sis threw everything in his life up Email Kevin Forestieri at “I told God, ‘Hey, if it’s only tain View Police Department’s “We were always asking, either in the air, and not just whether [email protected].

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LANDLORD garbage, cable and high-speed to Manteca, where housing is then you don’t have any extra rents a motel in Los Banos in Continued from page 5 internet. They’re about 6 miles cheaper but continued to work at activity to go sit together, to say the Central Valley to visit his from the Palo Alto restaurant Zareen’s on weekends. what you feel and to share all that children. two years later. From the begin- and just under 7 miles from the He earns $18 per hour plus tips stuff. Since I moved in, it’s totally “At some point it’s important ning in Palo Alto, the restaurant Mountain View location. at the restaurant. changed my life.” for them to have quality of life,” was closed on Mondays and only Khan rents the master bed- Living at the house has changed On Monday afternoon, Sid- Khan said. open until 9 p.m. — despite late- room and bathroom at about Siddique’s quality of life, finan- dique and Naqvi waited while As an independent restaurant night demand from Stanford $1,500 per month to non-restau- cially and personally, he said. Kelly Ghuman made lunch, an owner in the Bay Area, labor University students and others rant workers to help pay for the Compared to other living situ- egg curry — his mother’s recipe, is Khan’s No. 1 pressure. The — due to a lack of reliable staff, mortgage. ations with random roommates made with cumin, onions, gin- increasing cost of housing is con- Khan said. “It’s a good deal,” Khan said who come and go without any ger, garlic, spices and hard-boiled tributing to a regional restaurant She tried raising wages. She — a vast understatement giv- interaction, the Zareen’s employ- eggs. labor shortage that many owners rented an apartment in San- en that the average rent for a ees cook together, hang out on Khan said none of her employ- worry will spell the end of mom- ta Clara for employees, but three-bedroom home in Menlo their day off, host barbecues in ees live in Palo Alto. She employs and-pop restaurants. She believes the landlord didn’t like the Park is about $5,400 per month the backyard and provide a sup- about 25 people across both more affordable housing and an setup. When she found the and about $7,000 in Palo Alto, port system for other immigrants restaurants and most commute embracing rather than rejection 1,100-square-foot home in Men- according to real estate website who are far from home and from San Jose or Hayward. A of density in the area would go a lo Park’s Belle Haven neighbor- Zillow. family. Siddique moved to the handful live in East Palo Alto long way. hood, she decided it would be a The weekend manager, United States from Pakistan four and even there “they are feeling In the meantime, she’s trying worthy investment for both her Muhammad Umair Siddique, years ago. One of his roommates, the pressure,” she said. (East to think outside the box — pro- and her staff. was previously living in Hay- chef Shakeel Muhammad Naqvi, Palo Alto recently made head- viding health insurance is on her Three Zareen’s employees — ward, paying about $1,000 in moved from his native Pakistan lines for breaking the $1 million to-do list as a consideration — two cooks and one part-time monthly rent. He worked at to Phoenix before arriving in mark on median home prices.) for how to help her employees manager — currently share two Zareen’s on weekends and for a California this spring. One employee has no home and survive and by extension, her bedrooms at the clean, sparse- food distribution company in “We don’t feel like we are not sleeps in his car in between shifts own business. V ly decorated house. Their rent Manteca, near Modesto, dur- at home,” Siddique said. “When at Zareen’s and a second job at Email Elena Kadvany at includes maintenance, electrical, ing the week. He later moved you only work, study, go home Acme Bread. On weekends, he [email protected].

and she heard the intruders and A gardener later heard the vic- found in possession of stolen spokeswoman Katie Nelson. CRIME BRIEFS confronted them, according to tim calling for help, and he called property, including bicycles Officers allegedly found the Continued from page 4 the Sheriff’s Office. The suspects law enforcement for help. reportedly stolen the night suspects in possession of stolen the resident had suffered injuries were “physically aggressive” and The Sheriff’s Office is declining before, at a park near the San property including a wallet and during the attack, including demanded she tell them where to disclose what items were stolen Antonio shopping center. the bike that had had been sto- lacerations and cuts. She was her valuables were stashed, said in the crime. The Sheriff’s Office Police received a call from len. The bike was returned to the reportedly treated by medical Sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Glennon. Major Crimes Unit is investi- a resident around 8 a.m. on victim. staff at the scene. “The victim is pretty shaken gating the crime. Anyone with Thursday, Aug. 23, claiming that All three suspects were arrest- The victim was alone at the up, as you can imagine,” Glen- information on the case is asked she saw a man walking down the ed on suspicion of possessing house at the time of the robbery, non said. to contact the Sheriff’s Office at street with her stolen bike near stolen property and conspiracy 408-808-4500, or the anonymous the intersection of Gabriel and to commit a crime. tip line at 408-808-4431. Ortega avenues. Officers located CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW —Mark Noack the suspect, a 29-year-old Sali- nas man, walking out of Klein NORTH WHISMAN Park and detained him, and APARTMENT FIRE PUBLIC HEARING - CITY COUNCIL THREE ARRESTED IN later tracked down a 24-year-old SUSPECTED THEFT Santa Clara man and a 30-year- Mountain View firefight- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mountain old San Jose woman in the area ers extinguished an apartment View City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Police arrested three people last believed to be associated with complex fire Aug. 23 in the September 11, 2018, 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter week after they were allegedly the theft, according to police North Whisman neighbor- as possible, in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, hood, according to a statement Mountain View City Hall, 500 Castro Street, at which released by the department. time all interested parties may be heard regarding the The fire started shortly before following project: Inspirations 7:30 p.m. inside a six-unit complex on the 300 block of Easy MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND CITY-WIDE a guideguide to tthehe sspiritualpiritual community Street, according to fire offi- TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE cials. The fire originated in the The City Council will hold a public hearing to discuss kitchen of one of the units and spread to the cabinets, stove pipe adoption of a Multimodal Improvement Plan (MIP) and To include your and into the attic space under a City-wide Transportation Impact Fee (TIF). The MIP Church in the roof. is required pursuant to VTA’s Congestion Management The fire was fully extin- Program. The TIF would apply to all new City-wide Inspirations guished about 19 minutes after development, and would help fund transportation projects firefighters arrived, and did not in the MIP. Data indicating the estimated cost required to please email spread to the other units in the provide the TIF & MIP projects, and the revenue sources sales@ building. Firefighters carved anticipated to fund the projects, including general fund embarcadero out a hole in the roof in order to revenues, will be available on the project website http:// clear thick smoke that had built www.infortio.com/TJKM/mountain-view-multimodal- publishing.com up inside the apartment, fire officials said. improvement-plan/, and available in print during business No one was injured in the fire, hours at Mountain View City Hall, 500 Castro Street, and three adults and one child Mountain View, CA 94041 in the City Clerk’s Office, Third were displaced from the apart- Floor, and the Community Development Office, First Sundays at 4pm ment and elected to stay with Floor, on or before August 28, 2018. The City staff report family nearby. The damage to 360 S. Shoreline Blvd, and supporting documents will be available September Mountan View, CA 94041 the apartment is estimated to 7, 2018 on the City’s website at https://mountainview. be $25,000, according to the COMMUNITY CHURCH (650) 822-VINE legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. [email protected] department. While fire officials www.newvine.cc did not state what sparked the For further information, contact Eric Anderson, Community Ordinary People. Real Faith. fire, it does not appear to have Nursery and Vine Kidz Available Development Department, at Anderson@MountainView. Meaningful Community. been cooking related. gov. —Kevin Forestieri

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MENTAL HEALTH While many of the patients nonprofits in the area. Represen- Continued from page 5 coming to ASPIRE are referred tatives from Children’s Health to El Camino by school counsel- Council, Uplift, Community because they have commercial ors, Fitzgerald said the program Solutions and Asian Americans insurance or because they can received an unexpectedly large for Community Involvement pay out of pocket,” Santa Clara number of teens coming directly urged supervisors at the Aug. County Supervisor Joe Simitian from the hospital seeking a step- 14 board meeting to use a more said at the meeting. down service from inpatient and transparent process that opens The result is a contract that residential care. ASPIRE now the door for other nonprofits could pave the way for similar has an interim two-week “prep” to provide intensive outpatient partnerships, both here in Santa program for teens ages 13 to 18 services to Medi-Cal patients, Clara County and across the whose symptoms are still too rather than hashing out a direct state. Up until this point, no acute for them to participate in deal with El Camino Hospital. other county had brokered a the mainstream program. County Supervisor Cindy Medi-Cal contract for intensive The program is hosted at El Chavez said she didn’t want to outpatient services, making the Camino’s Mountain View and hold up this particular contract deal between El Camino Hos- Los Gatos hospital campuses, — noting a sense of urgency in pital and the county the first of but can serve people “as far as expanding mental health services its kind, according to Michael the car can take them,” Fitzgerald MAGALIA GAUTHIER — but said the county should Fitzgerald, the hospital’s execu- said. Families have been willing Michael Fitzgerald, executive director of behavioral health services at hammer out a “work plan” as tive director of behavioral health to commute to participate in El Camino Hospital, listens to Dr. Dan Becker, the chief medical director soon as possible so that other non- services. the program, from South San of mental health and addiction services, on Aug. 28. profits can get the same opportu- “Everyone came to the same Francisco and Livermore to enrolled in the program see 2015, ASPIRE received accredi- nity given to El Camino Hospital. conclusion — this program is Santa Cruz County. Since the a physician once a week, and tation from the Western Asso- Simitian said the county went working, it has a great reputation, program’s inception, ASPIRE receive psychiatric evaluations to ciation of Schools and Colleges through a huge amount of effort why isn’t it available to Medi-Cal has served roughly 1,000 young understand exactly what patients (WASC), which means teens to put together a contract unlike kids and what would it take to get people, currently an average of are going through from a bio- who sign up for the program can anything else in the state, and there?” Fitzgerald said. 48 per day, according to hospital logical, psychological and social receive academic credit for the that trying to emulate that for point of view, according to Dr. hours they spend receiving men- other nonprofits in the county Dan Becker, chief medical direc- tal health treatment through the should be seen as a next step. tor of mental health and addic- program. Fitzgerald said it took “It’s taken us an awfully long ‘It destigmatized the treatment ... which is tion services at El Camino. a year of “very hard work” to get time ... to break through the Becker said extending these cleared for six years of accredita- bureaucratic walls and say ‘You learning skills to manage symptoms and services to families of all income tion, which he said legitimizes the know what? We’re going to able levels marks a big step forward program as an education resource to help half a dozen kids with learning skills to manage stress.’ for El Camino, which has a for children and young adults. Medi-Cal funding,’” he said. MICHAEL FITZGERALD, EL CAMINO HOSPITAL responsibility to serve patients “It destigmatized the treatment “Let’s celebrate that for about 15 regardless of income. into what we really like to think seconds, move forward and then “Our point of view as a com- it is, which is learning skills to say how can we do even more munity hospital is about equi- manage symptoms and learning to involve other partners in the Since its launch in 2010, officials. table access, that everyone in skills to manage stress,” Fitzger- community.” ASPIRE has grown to six concur- ASPIRE isn’t the only intensive the community can make use ald said. “And you can get credit El Camino Hospital’s mental rent “programs,” with each hold- outpatient program for youth of services,” he said. “When you for it, too — why wouldn’t you?” health services rely partially on ing up to 10 people. While the in Santa Clara County. Oth- talk about being equitable, that’s The contract between El philanthropic funding from the program launched with a narrow er nonprofits launched similar always the toughest at the mar- Camino and the county was community. More information scope of supporting teens, it has programs in recent years, but gins of society.” done without the use of a com- on how to donate can be found at since expanded to include young ASPIRE has a leg up in that it’s The Medi-Cal contract is the petitive bidding process, which elcaminohospital.org/promise. V adults up to age 25 and middle- a hospital-based program with latest in El Camino’s triumphs raised some eyebrows within Email Kevin Forestieri at school students. a medical component. Teens over bureaucratic hurdles. In the network of mental health [email protected].

RENTAL COMMITTEE these flaws.” supposed to relitigate the entire and other members seized on were claiming the same lot was Continued from page 1 Meanwhile, tenant attorneys case or introduce new evidence. the argument made by the hear- repaved just two years earlier, raised their own grievances, Rental Housing Committee ing officer that the Del Medio she wrote in her decision. serve as a partition. saying that Dalesandro needed members had plenty of ques- apartments were not actually In the end, the commit- Speaking before the rental to provide more evidence to tions regarding the hearing underpriced, given their age tee agreed to ask Dalesandro committee on Monday, Lind- reinforce her decision, espe- officer’s decision, but their legal and their proximity to the noisy to clarify most of her points. say blasted Dalesandro’s deci- cially if it was later challenged counsel warned they should Caltrain tracks. For example, Dalesandro had sion for dismissing years of through a lawsuit. They asked be very cautious about sec- “That’s making what I think is poked holes in a variety of Del cashier’s checks, invoices and that she clarify how she calcu- ond-guessing her. Any changes a biased inference,” Means said. Medio’s claims, including that accounting submitted by her lated Del Medio’s maintenance made to Dalesandro’s decision “You can’t just say you don’t get they earned $1.62 million in business to prove its expenses. costs, income and expenses. would need to be supported by an adjustment because they’re 2015, and spent $333,000 on Lindsay alleged that the city While the tenants largely sup- “substantial evidence,” which over by the tracks. I think she maintenance that same year. was downplaying her expenses ported the decision, it would would require poring through just made an easy decision.” But the rental committee was by lumping together her on-site help for the rental committee to hundreds of pages of submitted City staff pointed out that the equally skeptical of alternative manager, property management have more analysis, said attor- documents. Instead, Karen Tie- nearby train tracks were just figures that Dalesandro appar- firm and administrative costs. ney Margaret McBride of the demann, attorney for the RHC, one among a series of reasons ently believed were more accu- City officials were capping how Community Legal Services of recommended the committee cited by Dalesandro for why rate. They also indicated that much of her labor costs could be East Palo Alto. should first ask Dalesandro to the apartments shouldn’t be some funding paid to the Cali- reported as legitimate expenses, “The question before you is elaborate on any decisions that expected to fetch a market-rate fornia Apartment Association she said, insisting they were straightforward: Was the hear- they found questionable. Even if price. could be legitimately counted as holding her to a completely ing officer’s decision supported the rental committee disagreed, The committee also pressed operating expenses, so long as it different standard than what by the evidence?” she said. they should still sign off on for more information on why wasn’t used for lobbying. was normal for the apartment It was a complex case further Dalesandro’s decision if a rea- the hearing officer shot down In their decision, the Rental industry. complicated by the Rental Hous- sonable person could reach that certain expenses as possi- Housing Committee asked “How can exclusion of these ing Committee’s narrow role in same conclusion, Tiedemann bly unnecessary. For exam- Dalesandro to provide more expenses be considered part of the appeal. Attorneys advised said. ple, Dalesandro eliminated a evidence, or modify her ruling a fair rate of return?” Lindsay the committee they could only But was the hearing officer’s $44,000 resurfacing job for on nearly all of the 10 issues said. “We feel like guinea pigs review the specific issues being ruling grounded entirely in the Del Medio parking lot. raised in the appeal. V in a flawed process, and this appealed in the hearing offi- evidence? Committee member The landlord failed to prove Email Mark Noack at committee has a duty to review cer’s decision, and they weren’t Tom Means didn’t think so. He it was essential, and tenants [email protected].

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By Elena Kadvany a “year in review” document pub- in May as one of the program’s weekly or biweekly outpatient Stanford Children’s Health. lished earlier this year, he wrote primary clinicians. therapy is not effective for reduc- The program is now named new partnership with that “the number of requests for Through the new partnership, ing self-harm and suicide risk; RISE, which stands for Reaching Stanford Children’s the IOP far outweighs the num- Stanford will be conducting and those who are having dif- Interpersonal and Self Effective- AHealth will allow youth ber of teens CHC can serve.” research on the effectiveness of ficulty coping with and manag- ness ó “one of the primary goals mental health nonprofit Chil- Michele Berk, an assistant dialectical behavioral therapy ing their emotions, leading to of Dialectical Behavioral Ther- dren’s Health Council to double professor of psychiatry at the provided in an intensive outpa- unhealthy behavior, CHC said. apy (DBT) and a cornerstone of the capacity of its intensive out- Stanford University School of tient setting in comparison to the “Through CHC’s experience the program,” CHC said in an patient program for teens. Medicine, is now serving as co- standard outpatient format. in the development and imple- announcement. The two organizations lead for the intensive outpatient The 12-week program includes mentation of intensive mental Teens who participated the announced the partnership program. She brings a wealth of individual therapy, twice-weekly health and academic programs program came up with the new this week, a little over a year research experience in dialecti- “skills” meetings with parents or and Stanford’s expertise in con- name. after Children’s Health Council cal behavioral therapy (DBT), guardians, phone skills coach- ducting research and providing For more information or to refer opened Palo Alto’s first intensive an evidence-based, specialized ing and family therapy. Teens care for adolescents with suicidal a teen, call 650-688-3625 or email outpatient program for adoles- intervention for individuals with learn about mindfulness, distress behavior, this program can be [email protected]. Financial cents from 14 to 18 years old who suicidal and/or self-harm behav- tolerance and emotional regula- transformative for local adoles- assistance is available. V are struggling with self-harm, iors. She also trained at the Line- tion, while their parents come in cents who are in need of this level Email Elena Kadvany at suicidal thoughts and behaviors, han Institute, whose founder, to develop skills to support their of care,” said Antonio Hardan, [email protected]. severe anxiety and depression. Marsha Linehan, developed dia- children at home. chief of child and adolescent The outpatient program “cov- lectical behavioral therapy. Teens attend the program four psychiatry at Lucile Packard ers the often overlooked but Berk co-authored a recent days per week after school so that Children’s Hospital Stanford. Any person who is feeling essential middle ground between study that found that after six they can “continue their nor- Stanford’s Children Health had depressed, troubled or weekly outpatient therapy and months of treatment, teens who mal school routines,” CHC said. announced plans in 2016 to open suicidal can also call 1-800- hospitalization, and provides received dialectical behavioral Medication management and 24/7 an intensive outpatient program 784-2433 to speak with a transition support between the therapy were 70 percent less phone coaching are also available for teens, but later decided to two,” an announcement states. likely to attempt suicide and 67 to teens throughout the program. instead partner with Children’s crisis counselor. People in With more staff, CHC Chief percent less likely to harm them- Teens who will benefit most Health Council “in order to Santa Clara County can call Clinical Officer Ramsey Khasho selves than teens who received from the intensive outpatient reduce duplication in services 1-855-278-4204. Spanish said they hope to expand from supportive therapy. program include adolescents and to join forces to create one speakers can call 1-888- serving eight young people at any Stephanie Clarke, a Stan- with significant decrease in func- large IOP program that can serve 628-9454. People can reach time to 16 within the next year. ford Children’s Health clinical tioning at school and at home, the maximum number of adoles- trained counselors at Crisis The program has served 50 teens instructor who specializes in dia- such as a decline in grades or cents effectively,” said Samantha Text Line by texting 741741. since its opening, Khasho said. In lectical behavior therapy, started missing school; those for whom Beal, public relations director for

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10 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 31, 2018 LocalNews Mountain View’s last straw LOCAL SPEARHEADS STRAWLESS SEPTEMBER CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT PLASTIC POLLUTION By Kayla Riggs customers during the month of September. small crowd gathered “My hope is that customers around a dirty, 2-liter and restaurant staff will be Abottle filled to the brim more aware about the problems with shiny plastic objects at the of single-use plastic straws and Monterey Bay Aquarium. The be reminded to say, ‘No straw’ items were found inside the when they order a beverage at stomach of a dead Laysan alba- a restaurant and/or carry an tross, a white seabird native to alternative, such as a stainless the North Pacific who mistook steel straw, a bamboo straw, a them for shrimp and other crus- glass straw, or silicone straw,” taceans, explained a staff mem- said Wilmoth. ber. Seeing this, Mountain View Several local eateries agreed to resident Bobbi Emel Wilmoth take part in the campaign ini- said she knew that something tially: Olympus Caffe & Bakery, needed to change. Ephesus Mediterranean Cuisine, MAGALI GAUTHIER The idea behind a Strawless Red Rock Coffee, Doppio Zero, Plastic straws are a common sight in downtown Mountain View. A local woman is trying to draw attention September in Mountain View Oren’s Hummus and 1 Oz. to the pollution problem caused by the straws and encouraging residents to go without them for a month. came into fruition shortly there- Coffee. after. Recently, major compa- Americans use about 500 mil- nies including Starbucks, Disney, lion straws every day; because on a local level about the problem I actually encourage restaurant Mountain View campaign to American Airlines and Hyatt plastics are not biodegradable, with single-use plastic straws,” owners to keep at least one box the short presentation that she announced that they will be one plastic straw can take up to said Wilmoth. of plastic flexible straws for their happened to witness while in reducing or eliminating their 200 years to degrade, and even There are concerns about the customers with special needs,” Monterey. “That demonstration plastic straw usage in the near then, the straw is not completely impact of a plastic straw ban on Wilmoth said. changed my life,” she said. “If future. broken down. Straws are also the disabled population. Those Wilmoth said she encour- we could save even one ocean Having caught wind of vari- among the top 10 items found with physical challenges may ages residents to stay away from creature from a painful death or ous movements throughout the in beach cleanups around the need flexible straws to drink compostable straws because they painful experience ... the cam- nation, including Strawless In world. beverages, and most straws made are not marine biodegradable, paign will be worth it.” Seattle, Wilmoth decided to “Even (if) it was only the of alternative materials don’t meaning that if they reach the More information about “go ahead and take the plunge,” restaurants on Castro Street, meet this requirement. “While ocean, they will not break down. Mountain View’s Strawless Sep- asking Castro Street restaurants I thought it could really help we want to eliminate the mass In the meantime, Wilmo- tember can be found at mvstraw- to stop providing straws to increase community awareness use of plastic single-use straws, th credits the idea behind the lessseptember.org. V

been calling for bail reform, explosion, in which a leaking gas three council seats will answer On Monday, Oct. 15, the Old COMMUNITY BRIEFS including California Supreme pipe sparked a deadly inferno in questions on policy issues and Mountain View Neighborhood Continued from page 4 Court Chief Justice Tani a suburban neighborhood. their platforms in a series of Association will hold a can- and offers public training for Cantil-Sakauye. Despite the public safety con- public forums. didate “meet-and-greet” and local businesses about how to Cantil-Sakauye said in a state- cerns, Mountain View residents The Mountain View Chamber forum at the downtown library use its products and other skills. ment, “Today is a transformative were irritated when PG&E offi- of Commerce was set to hold a at 585 Franklin St. The meet- The program is being held day for our justice system. Our cials insisted that many of their candidate forum on Thursday, and-greet is scheduled for 6:30 at Facebook headquarters and old system of money bail was backyard trees and sheds would Aug. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, p.m. to 7 p.m. with the forum to the Onetta Harris Community outdated, unsafe, and unfair.” need to be removed. It didn’t 500 Castro St. follow. Center. It has conducted similar Brown said, “Today, California help when homeowners were On Thursday, Sept. 26, the The six City Council candi- trainings in cities around the reforms its bail system so that told they could face legal conse- League of Women Voters will dates are: retired urban plan- U.S. and reports visiting 30 cit- rich and poor alike are treated quences if they resisted. convene a candidate forum at ner Alison Hicks, former City ies since the initial version of the fairly.” Following the backlash in Charlie’s Cafe on the Google Councilman John Inks, legisla- program was held in March in Some critics have contended, Mountain View and other cit- campus at 1600 Amphitheatre tive director Ellen Kamei, public St. Louis. however, that the new law could ies, the utility pledged to take Way in Mountain View. The policy analyst Lucas Ramirez, Access more information or potentially result in more, rather a gentler approach. Last week, event is scheduled for 4 p.m. to and incumbents Pat Showalter register for the Community than fewer, arrestees being held PG&E began removing nine 5:15 p.m. with a reception to and Lenny Siegel. Boost program here. in pretrial detention. trees, including two redwoods, follow. —Mark Noack —Kate Bradshaw —Bay City News Service from the 900 block of Middle- field Road. In addition to about 220 trees

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REFORM BILL TREES Best of say they are also working with VOICE MOUNTAIN the city to remove about 60 trees Happy Hour VIEW Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday PG&E officials say they have on public property. 4pm-9pm Sun-Thurs 2016 signed a bill to reform Califor- identified about 280 trees in PG&E spokesman Jeff Smith +TIZSM¼[*]ZOMZ[̆ WЄ nia’s money bail system. Mountain View that must be said the utility is providing .ZMVKP.ZQM[̆ WЄ Under the new law, which removed in order to clear the replacement trees for each one WЄIVaLQVVMZ that is removed. takes effect on Oct. 1, 2019, a way for existing natural gas • Kids 12 & under - buy 1 get 1 free* decision about whether to grant lines. About 50 of these trees —Mark Noack *item from kids menu of equal or lessersser value a criminal defendant release on have already been removed, they NOW HIRING bail before trial will be based said. applications @clarkes.com PUBLIC FORUMS SET FOR th year and Restaurant on an evaluation of the risk to The update on the tree remov- 70 public safety, rather than the als comes after PG&E surveyed COUNCIL RACE defendant’s ability to pay a set more than 1,000 trees along ANNIVERSARY! bail amount. Mountain View’s gas pipelines. Mountain View’s City Coun- Open 7 days Clarkes.com Many advocates who claimed Clearing obstructions away from cil race is in full swing, with a Lunch & Dinner 11am-9pm; Fri ’til 10pm the former system was unfair these lines has been a priority lineup of upcoming candidate Breakfast on Weekends 8am-2pm to low-income defendants have ever since the 2010 San Bruno events. The six contenders for Mountain View • 615 W. El Camino Real • (650) 967-0851

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/22.,1*)25:$5'72)$// Autumn arts highlights: theater, music, museums and more By Karla Kane sheets and negatives the Cantor View’s Pear Theatre, she’s acquired from The Andy Warhol remained involved as a direc- ay goodbye to summer Foundation for the Visual Arts tor, actor and playwright. For and get ready to welcome in 2014. The collection repre- the Pear’s upcoming season, her Sautumn with some help sents Warhol’s black-and-white adaptation of Jane Austen’s com- from our roundup of fall- photographic practice from 1976 ic “Northanger Abbey,” which arts highlights. In the theater until his death in 1987. Visitors debuted at the Pear a decade world, the Midpeninsula will be will be able to use touch-screen ago, receives a revival, this time home to Tony-winning musi- monitors to browse through in repertory, with one adult cast cals, adaptations of classics and hundreds of contact sheets. Con- and one made up of local teens. modern quirky dramas. In visu- current with the exhibition will Tasca said her adaptation takes al arts and museums, patrons be the revealing of a digitization Austen’s words, including narra- can view exhibitions focused on project directed by Cantor proj- tion, straight from the page. She’s parenthood, rare photographs ect archivist Amy DiPasquale, excited to see it come to life again COURTESY OF RANIA MATAR by a master, a student-designed who’s worked for two-and-a- in the twin productions kicking Rania Matar’s “Barbie Girl” will be part of the Palo Alto Art Center’s exhibit about local history and half years to create a searchable, off the Pear’s 17th season. “It’s the “Care and Feeding” exhibition. even take a hands-on role in public database of the Cantor’s kind of play that I think is a good building a temporary envi- collection of Warhol’s work. opening or closing because it’s 086,& John Lloyd Young (Oct. 27); ronmental installation. Music Other exhibitions an ultimately joyous story,” she The Routes of Slavery (Nov. 4); venues from Redwood City to worth a look: said of Austen’s satirical send-up Oshman Family JCC’s David Bowie’s “Blackstar” (Nov. Mountain View will host both of Gothic novels. “Northanger autumn concerts 7); Czech Philharmonic (Nov. big-name concerts and indie Q “Africa, The Struggle of Beau- Abbey” runs Aug. 31-Sept. 23, 10); and Estonian Philharmonic gems. And, as usual, Stanford ty” at Pacific Art League, Sept. followed by “Hedda Gabler” Where: Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Chamber Choir and the Tallinn University proves to be a hotspot 7-Oct. 25; pacificartleague.org/ (Oct. 12-28) and “Girls Kill 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Chamber Orchestra (Nov. 14); for art and culture of all kinds. upcoming-exhibitions. Nazis” (Nov. 9-Dec. 2). Info: Go to paloaltojcc.org. live.stanford.edu. Read on for a guide to the plays, Q “Inspired by Juana” at the Los Other onstage highlights Q Palo Alto Philharmonic fall concerts, exhibitions, lectures Altos History Museum (Oct. The Oshman Family Jewish concerts, including the finale and other artsy events that 18-March 31); losaltoshistory. Q From TheatreWorks Sili- Community Center continues of longtime conductor Thomas we’re most looking forward to org/exhibits/inspired-by-juana/. con Valley: “Native Gardens” to make a name for itself as a Shoebotham (Sept. 8, Oct. 20, this September, October and Q “Care and Feeding: The Art of (through Sept. 16); “Fun Home” local arts haven, with perfor- Nov. 10); paphil.org. November. Parenthood” at the Palo Alto Art (Oct. 3-28); “Tuck Everlasting” mances in a variety of media Q Redwood Symphony’s fall con- These are some of our top Center (Sept. 15-Dec. 30); cityof- (Nov. 28-Dec. 30); theatreworks. and genres. Music, in particu- certs (Sept. 22, Oct. 28, Nov. 17); picks, but of course there’s always paloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/artcen- org. lar, is well-represented. This redwoodsymphony.org. more to come. For an expanded ter/exhibitions/upcoming.asp. Q From Los Altos Stage Com- autumn, the JCC will host fid- Q Shoreline Amphitheatre pres- version of this story, check mv- Q Agnes Martin’s “Nava- pany: “The Legend of Georgia dler/singer-songwriter Phoebe ents: Evanescence (Sept. 5); Dave voice.com/arts. You can sub- jo Blankets” at Pace Gallery McBride” (Sept. 6-30); “Into the Hunt and her group The Gath- Matthews Band (Sept, 8); Lauryn scribe to our Weekend Express (Sept. 27-Oct. 28), pacegal- Woods” (Nov. 29-Dec. 23); losal- erers (Sept. 13); Beatles tribute Hill (Sept. 20); Jason Aldean email (sign up at mv-voice.com/ lery.com/exhibitions/12954/ tosstage.org. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Bluegrass (Sept. 28); express) and peruse or submit agnes-martin-navajo-blankets. Q From Palo Alto Players: “Tar- Band (Oct. 11); Latin Grammy Deep Purple and Judas Priest event listings at mv-voice.com/ Q “Salon Style II” at Ander- zan” (Sept. 8-23); “All the Way” nominees and all-female Maria- (Sept. 29); and Ozzy Osbourne calendar. son Collection, Sept. 20 (Nov. 3-18); paplayers.org. chi Flor de Toloache (Oct. 27); and Stone Sour (Oct. 6); moun- -Feb. 18; anderson.stanford. Q From Dragon Theatre: “The eight-piece jazz, Afro-Cuban, tainviewamphitheater.com. edu/programs-exhibitions/ (curious case of the) Watson funk, world music group Wob- Q The Fox Theatre and Club Fox (;+,%,7,216 salon-style-ii/. Intelligence” (Sept. 14-Oct. 7); bly World (Oct. 30); the legend- present: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Q From the Palo Alto public art “K2” (Nov. 9-Dec. 2); dragonpro- ary Mandy Patinkin (Nov. 1); Band (Sept. 11); Ottmar Liebert Andy Warhol program: Community volun- ductions.net. “Jewish punk cabaret” group & Luna Negra (Sept. 13); The photography teers of all ages are invited to Q At the Palo Alto JCC: “The Daniel Kahn and the Painted Simon and Garfunkel Story help artists create temporary Chosen” (Oct. 20-21); paloaltojcc. Bird (Nov. 15), and virtuoso (Oct.7); George Wassouf (Oct. Where: Cantor Arts Center, 328 environmental sculptures in the org/Arts-and-Culture. oboist Brenda Schuman-Post 12); foxrwc.com. Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Baylands (Sept. 1, 2, 6 and 7), Q From Broadway by the Bay: (Nov. 27). Q California Bach Society’s fall Stanford. contact brittany.amante@cityof- “Aida” (Nov. 2-18); broadwayby- Other concerts worth a listen concert in Palo Alto (Oct. 20); Info: Go to museum.stanford.edu. paloalto.org to sign up or visit thebay.org. calbach.org/tickets/ cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/ Q From West Bay Opera: “La Q From Stanford Live: Charles Q New Esterházy Quartet’s fall Andy Warhol is one of those public_art/default.asp. Boheme” (Oct. 12-21); westbay- Lloyd and the Marvels with concert in Palo Alto (Sept. 30); artists whose work seems to be opera.org. special guest Lucinda Williams newesterhazy.org/ everywhere, from dorm-room Q From Upstage Theater: “Dog (Sept. 21); Jon Cleary (Sept. 22); Q At Red Rock Coffee: Craig posters to album covers. His 7+($7(5 Sees God” (Oct. 26-28); upstag- The Baylor Project (Sept. 23); Marker (Sept. 14); Renee Dion iconic, colorful, playful pop etheater.net/upcoming.html. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orches- (Sept. 15); Ciosi (Sept. 21); Gar- art remains enduringly popular The Pear’s 17th season Q From EnActe Arts: “A Widow tra (Sept. 26); Tord Gustavsen rison Starr (Sept. 22); redrockcof- and recognizable, but with its starts with a classic of No Importance” (Nov. 30-Dec. Trio (Sept. 28); Nitin Sawhney fee.org. upcoming exhibition, “Contact 2); enacte.org. (Sept. 29); Delgres (Sept. 30); Q At the Community School of Where: Warhol: Photography Without 1110 La Avenida St., Q From Peninsula Youth Theatre: Philharmonia Baroque Orches- Music and Arts: Peter and Will End” (Sept. 29-Jan. 6), Stanford Mountain View “Au Cabaret” (Sept. 22); “The tra (Oct. 3); I’m With Her (Oct. Anderson (Sept. 15); Cal Arte University’s Cantor Arts Cen- Info: Go to thepear.org. Frog Prince” (Oct. 5-6); “Junie 10); “Love, Life, and Loss: The Ensemble with Tamami Honma ter will include photographs B. Jones is NOT a Crook” (Nov. Music of Stephen Sondheim” (Sept. 30); Mandy Chiu (Nov. 30); by Warhol that have never Though founder and former 2-3); “Roald Dahl’s Willy Won- (Oct. 11); Diana Gameros (Oct. arts4all.org/events/#concerts. V before been publicly displayed, artistic director Diane Tasca ka” (Nov. 10-18); pytnet.org/. 13); The Kronos Quartet (Oct. Email Karla Kane at drawn from the 130,000 contact has retired as head of Mountain 20); Seong-Jin Cho (Oct. 21); [email protected].

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QLETTERS VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly DAVID VS. GOLIATH dollars to trick voters into sign- responded to her concern. relatives, and to family visita- I love your editorial (“A ing a petition that claims to Ms. Wheeler’s long-term tion regardless of immigration QSTAFF support rent control but would experience within the school status, as required by the U.S. EDITOR dishonest debate over rent control,” Aug. 17). Thank you actually repeal Mountain district and the community has Supreme Court in the settle- Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) View’s current rent protections. equipped her with information ment agreement in Flores v. EDITORIAL for such a wonderful literary piece about truth. I also love the Although I am not a renter, I, and knowledge about the edu- Reno and by various enforce- Assistant Editor like many in our community, cational system. Therefore, we ment actions, e.g. Flores v. Julia Brown (223-6531) letter “Measure V Too Costly funding” in the same edition of am concerned about corruption strongly believe that she should Sessions, 862 F.3d 863 (9th Cir. Arts & Entertainment Editor and undemocratic behavior be re-elected as a school board 2017). Karla Kane (223-6517) the Voice. It is hard to believe at the national level. While member. Please raise your voice with Special Sections Editor the greedy landlords went on it’s hard to influence national Azucena Castanon, the many others who implore Linda Taaffe (223-6511) to spend more than a quarter- politics, we can certainly fight Marilu Cuesta, Rosalia Gil, the federal government to has- Staff Writers million dollars telling nothing Kevin Forestieri (223-6535) but lies about rent control to the to maintain honesty and integ- Olga Melo, Paula Perez and ten family reunification and Mark Noack (223-6536) Mountain View voters. But in rity at the local level. Kudos to Maribel Virgen to refrain permanently from Contributors Dale Bentson, the end, our flag of justice, dig- Mayor Siegel and to council family separation. Our govern- Peter Canavese, Magali Gauthier, members Showalter and Rosen- ment’s actions in this matter Natalia Nazarova, Ruth Schecter, nity, and the truth keeps wav- RAISE YOUR VOICE Monica Schreiber ing high above the mountain berg for speaking out clearly violate myriad values that we against this sneaky repeal. If Separating children from share as Americans — justice, DESIGN & PRODUCTION of greediness, deceptiveness, their families and placing them and immorality of all those for you’d like to join our volunteer freedom, due process, equal Design and Production Manager effort, you can contact mvtc. in detention facilities is child protection, the sanctity of the Kristin Brown (223-6562) whom money is their god. And [email protected]. abuse (as defined in federal family, the protection of chil- Designers Linda Atilano, Kaitlyn Khoe, they worship him by crushing Rosanna Kuruppu, Paul Llewellyn, Kara Sanchez law). Our federal government dren, and, above all, human the dignity and humanity of must not delay further in com- Talia Nakhjiri, Doug Young their brothers and sisters in Piazza Drive decency. ADVERTISING plying with court orders to Carol and Keating Rhoads all our communities who need reunite children, many under Vice President Sales and Marketing affordable housing and have the RE-ELECT ELLEN WHEELER View Street Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) 5 years old, with their families natural right to it, according to We are a group of par- — wherever they may be. Espe- Advertising Representative their human dignity. V.K. Moudgalya (223-6586) ents from the Mountain View cially troubling is the deporta- TAKE CLIMATE But even though the Cali- Real Estate Account Executive Whisman School District tion of migrant parents without CHANGE SERIOUSLY Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) fornia Apartment Association writing this letter to support their children. did not get the 5,500 signatures In an amazing New York Advertising Services Manager Ellen Wheeler. We are actively As both common sense and Times article, a beetle, stuck in Kevin Legarda (223-6597) they needed to put their decep- involved or have previously scientific research tell us, tive initiative on the November amber 99 million years ago, was Published every Friday at belonged to different groups removing children from their found to be covered in pollen 450 Cambridge Avenue ballot, they have not given up. at various schools in the dis- families leaves children vul- They keep lying to the voters from a cycad (an ancient tree/ Palo Alto, CA 94306 trict during the past 10 years, nerable to trauma and lasting fern plant type). The ancient (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 to falsely qualify for the 2020 including DELAC, ELAC, PTA toxic stress, putting them at Email news and photos to: elections. But again, in the cycad depended on the beetle to [email protected] and school site councils, just to risk of developing depression fertilize it, and in turn provided end, with the brave support of name a few. and anxiety disorders. Volun- Email letters to: [email protected] the Voice and so many private the beetle with food. What I News/Editorial Department We strongly believe Ms. teering in this field, we have found most amazing was that (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 people and community orga- Wheeler should be re-elected to seen firsthand trauma’s lasting nizations and volunteers, the this relationship has persisted Display Advertising Sales the school district board since damage to children’s develop- to the present day. Australian (650) 964-6300 “Mountain View little David” she has a positive, proven track ment. Furthermore, childhood beetles are still fertilizing mod- Classified Advertising Sales personified by the tenants who record addressing and solving emotional trauma is strongly (650) 964-6490 • (650) 326-8286 need affordable housing the ern cycads. fax (650) 326-0155 community needs. correlated with adult drug and How beautiful that this mutu- most and no unjust evictions Ms. Wheeler is an active lis- alcohol abuse, illness, antiso- Email Classified [email protected] will prevail over the “giant ally beneficial relationship has Email Circulation tener and is a hands-on person cial behavior, and criminality persisted across the eons. [email protected] Goliath” personified by the who goes far and beyond to — and the attendant costs to greedy members of the CAA How sad that our society’s The Voice is published weekly by solve problems in a fair and society. destructive relationship with Embarcadero Media Co. and distributed free and its backers, who only go by non-biased manner to benefit For families seeking asy- to residences and businesses in Mountain the law of supply and demand. nature will be lucky to last View. If you are not currently receiving the the majority of students. Ellen lum or held in detention, it is another century unless we start paper, you may request free delivery by Job Lopez Wheeler is always involved and imperative that the government calling 964-6300. Subscriptions for $60 per McCarty Avenue to take climate change seri- year, $100 per 2 years are welcome. is present during local school respect the right to due process ously and change our environ- ©2018 by Embarcadero Media and community events. She guaranteed by our Constitu- mental ethics to seek mutual Company. All rights reserved. MAINTAIN HONESTY consistently listens to parent tion to everyone, regardless benefit rather than greed and Member, Mountain View concerns and always does the of immigration status. The Chamber of Commerce AND INTEGRITY exploitation. necessary research to inform children’s rights must be hon- Last week I stopped by the Ed Taub the parents with accurate ored — rights to speedy release Devoto Street QWHAT’S YOUR VIEW? homes of 700 of my fellow information. to their parents, guardians, or All views must include a home address Mountain View residents. My Ms. Wheeler has always had and contact phone number. Published purpose: to hand out flyers the genuine professionalism to letters will also appear on the web site, warning voters not to sign be inclusive of all her constitu- www.MountainViewOnline.com, and a sneaky repeal of Measure ents regarding their concerns What’s on your mind? occasionally on the Town Square forum. V currently being circulated and opinions. The Voice is accepting letters to the editor and guest opin- Town Square forum by paid signature gatherers. On one occasion, Marilu Post your views on Town Square at ion pieces on the November election. Guest opinion pieces MountainViewOnline.com The flyer also contains a sim- Cuesta wrote a letter to the Email your views to ple form that more than 300 MVWSD board members, should be 600 words or fewer, and letters no more than [email protected]. Indicate if Mountain View residents have 300 words. 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Ingredients are laid out for hummus on toast, according to directions in “The Anti- Cookbook” that local resident Rebecca Bloom wrote with her college roommate.

FORMER COLLEGE ROOMMATES REUNITE TO PEN A NEW KIND OF COOKBOOK Story by Kate Bradshaw | Photos by Natalia Nazarova

ack in 1985, Yale University room- friends — Bloom now lives in Menlo mates Rebecca Bloom of New Park and Onderdonk in South Caro- BYork and Shelley Onderdonk lina — and both are raising families. of San Mateo had approximately no Bloom is a writer, editor, tutor, activist money, one pot, one pan and a couple of and former attorney, while Onderdonk knives between them. is a veterinarian, writer, rider and yoga They didn’t take the easy way out and instructor. subsist on Top Ramen. The duo navi- Both women say they were struck gated their early independence together, when their oldest kids, college grads a big part of which was bonding over trying to make it in New York — a place Shelley Onderdonk, left, and Rebecca Bloom sign copies of their new book, based learning to cook. where rent leaves little extra money for on their experiences learning to cook while in college. Thirty or so years later, they’re still eating out — came to their mothers,

16 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 31, 2018 Weekend asking very basic, “eggheaded” lines. Adopting a similar impro- questions about how they should visational approach, the Anti- feed themselves. Cookbook encourages readers to Recalling their own processes riff on and experiment with the of figuring out how to eat well, recommendations in its pages, cheaply and in ways that aligned the authors said. with their values, they decided “We aren’t chefs, and that’s to team up to write “The Anti- kind of the point,” Onderdonk Cookbook: Easy, Thrifty Recipes told attendees at a crowded for Food-Smart Living.” launch party for the book held They self-published the book recently at Cafe Zoe. using Createspace. It’s available “We really both went through for purchase at Cafe Zoe and periods of struggling to feed our Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park families, work and balance it all,” and through Amazon. she said. “We wrote this book so The end product is more than the next generation doesn’t have just an explainer for clueless to struggle.” Millennials, who are often lam- Their kids, they say, are high- pooned for spending excessively achievers who, like many their on trendy foods like nitro coffee, age, studied Shakespeare but kombucha and avocado toast. In perhaps not home economics addition to basic cooking advice, in school. Public schools don’t the authors sprinkle — like their offer it anymore, even though, spice combination recommen- they argue, a substantial part dations — the book with remi- of one’s happiness, health and niscences of their own culinary financial future depends on how memories, handy recipes and one chooses to feed oneself. Their screenshots of cooking-related book seeks to fill in some part of text Q&As with their kids. that knowledge gap. Rebecca Bloom of Menlo Park puts the finishing touches on a simple meal of hummus on toast. What emerges is a shared They insist that cooking manifesto tying food and cook- needn’t be painfully time-con- presented through Instagram or “It’s not a measure of the qual- aligns with your values, resourc- ing to health, wellness, feminism, suming, elaborate or intimidat- glossy cookbooks can prompt ity of your soul every time you es, or whims,” they write. ethics and independence. ing. In that respect, they stand feelings similar to those experi- cook a meal,” Bloom said. Alternatively, Bloom said, it’s The book draws its title from against some of the showier ele- enced while seeing other people’s Their recipes are simple and also OK to not add lemon zest to a coloring book one of the ments of cooking. vacation photos, and can leave adaptable to whatever’s in the a recipe, for example, if you sim- authors had bought for her Food can be a trigger for com- some people feeling discouraged fridge. ply don’t feel like zesting a lemon. kids, called the “Anti-Coloring plicated emotions, which they by their own cooking because it “So throw in those dried cran- “We want to empower people Book,” which encouraged kids admit can sometimes be wielded may not be as beautiful or tasty berries, add more spinach for to literally color outside of the to invoke shame. Food imagery as someone else’s. color, or try a substitution that See ANTI-COOKBOOK, page 18 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH Sunday School Kick-off and Kids Carnival Day at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Los Altos 1715 Grant Road 10:00-11:30am Come join us for our Annual Sunday School Rally Day, Kids Carnival and Sunday School Open House. Activities will include Games, Bounce House, Snow Cones, Face Painting, Prizes, and more! Immanuel Lutheran Church 1715 Grant Road Los Altos 650.967.4906 www.ilclosaltos.com

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City of Mountain View

CALL FOR ARTISTS APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 30, 2018, by 11:00 PM (PST) Submit online via CaFE at www.callforentry.org

The City of Mountain View’s Visual Arts Committee is inviting artists and artist teams working in a variety of media to exhibit public art in the lobby of the Center for Performing Arts for the 2018/2019 season. The rotating exhibits are approximately nine weeks in length and are viewed by thousands of Rebecca Bloom pours ingredients into the blender to make a batch of hummus. people visiting downtown Mountain View and attending shows at the Center for Performing Arts. APPLICATION ANTI-COOKBOOK empowering life skill. Continued from page 17 “If you have the ability to gath- Applications will be accepted from Monday, September 3, 2018, at 8:00 AM (PST) to Sunday, er ingredients and feed yourself September 30, 2018 by 11:00 PM (PST). APPLY EARLY, Applications will not be accepted after you are well on your way to being [OLWT:LW[LTILY[OKLHKSPULHUKVUS`[OLÄYZ[HWWSPJH[PVUZ^PSSILHJJLW[LK^OPJO- to make healthy food that is not strong and independent. I hope complicated, that’s not going to my daughters never feel that they L]LYJVTLZÄYZ[ take six hours and an extra trip have to rely on someone else to ELIGIBILITY to the grocery store,” Onderdonk do things for them,” she writes. The call is open to all professional artists/artist teams over the age of 18 residing in the local 11 said. For the authors, food can be a The authors position them- source of serious comfort, and :HU-YHUJPZJV)H`(YLH*V\U[PLZ(SHTLKH*VU[YH*VZ[H4HYPU5HWH:HU)LUP[V:HU-YHU- selves as advocates of what preparing it a meditative act. cisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma). they’ve termed “food-smart liv- “The act of your hands peeling APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ing” — tossing in their own rec- a carrot, slicing some bread, or ommendations on which types whisking up a concoction con- All applications must be submitted online via CaFE at www.callforentry.org, an online application of produce it makes a difference nects you to those who did those system for calls for entry. There is no charge for artists to apply or use CaFE. Applications that are to buy organic (foods that grow things for you when you were too mailed, faxed, or hand-delivered will not be considered, as this is an online system. underground whose skins you small to do them yourself. ... It eat, or are likely sprayed often) allows you to contemplate your All applications should include the following: and when it’s worth it to prepare place in the cosmos and to define ࠮Artist Resume something from scratch (slice yourself simply by repeating the your own veggies, shred your actions required to prepare a ࠮Five (5) to Ten (10) Images of current work. All images must be of art that would be exhibited own cheese and blend your own meal,” Bloom writes. for the 2018/2019 season. smoothies, but feel free to buy pie Another mindfulness- crusts, pasta and pizza dough to through-food suggestion: “If ࠮Annotated Image descriptions. Please include the following information: title, date of art save some hassle). gratitude journaling isn’t your piece, dimensions and type of media. Most of their recipes are veg- thing, try toast,” Bloom writes. All applicants should allow adequate time to submit their applications. To get additional assistance etarian and don’t rely on costly Add butter and a dash of salt, ingredients. Bloom said that her then relish the simple delicious- \ZPUN*H-,WSLHZLJVU[HJ[>,:;(-I`JHSSPUN VY]PHLTHPSH[[email protected]. daughter now spends only $30 ness of it all. SELECTION most weeks on groceries in New Go to is.gd/anticookbook462 to York City, cooking with recipes learn more about the book. V ;OL=PZ\HS(Y[Z*VTTP[[LLHU[PJPWH[LZTHRPUNHY[PZ[ZZLSLJ[PVUI`5V]LTILY (Y[PZ[Z^PSS in the book. ILUV[PÄLKI`5V]LTILY ;OLHY[PZ[JOVZLU[VKPZWSH`[OLPYHY[PU[OLÄYZ[ ^LLRZSV[ To teach her daughters to cook, Email Kate Bradshaw at will be required to do so on December 3, 2018. Bloom writes, is to give them an [email protected]

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August 31, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 19 VOICE MOUNTAINVIEW QHIGHLIGHT CONCERT ON THE PLAZA Friends and neighbors can bring their blanket or lawn chair down to the Civic Center Plaza for a variety of musical performances. In addition to the music, there will be food trucks, a “Pop Up Park” area for children and for adults, beer and wine. Sept. 7, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. mountainview.gov/plazaevents

THEATER Conflicts over fences and flora escalate into MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS as part of its 2018 summer tour. Sept. 8, 8 10 p.m. First time free; $10 thereafter. a strong dialogue about race, taste, class p.m. $49-$115. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Mountain View Sports Pavilion, 1185 Castro ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride’ The and privilege. Through Sept. 16, times vary. Alphabété: The World Through the Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search St., Mountain View. mtview-rscds.org Los Altos Stage Company will present “The $40-$100. Mountain View Center for the Eyes of Fréderic Bruly Bouabré The facebook.com/events for more info. Workshop on How to Harvest Legend of Georgia McBride,” a comedy about Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain Cantor Arts Center will display Frédéric Bruly Evanescence + Lindsey Stirling Tour Rainwater for Gardens and Creeks an Elvis impersonator who is replaced by a View. theatreworks.org Bouabré’s artwork. The exhibit will show Rock band Evanescence will perform with Grassroots Ecology at Gamble Garden will B-level drag show. Sept. 6-30. $20-$38. Bus Bay Area Opera Collaborative Bouabré’s original pictographic alphabet and violinist Lindsey Stirling as part of the band’s teach the hows and whys of rainwater Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Presents ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ brightly colored postcard-size illustrations. summer North American tour. The group will capture, give a presentation on sustainable losaltosstage/georgia-McBride Bay Area Opera Collaborative will present a Through Feb. 25, times vary. Free. Cantor Arts play songs from their latest album, “Synthesis,” rainwater management and lead tours of ‘Northanger Abbey’ Pear Theatre presents gender-swapped production of “The Pirates of Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, accompanied by a live orchestra. Sept. 5, 7 the new rainwater installations at Gamble. “Northanger Abbey,” adapted by Pear founder Penzance,” a romance between two pirates. Stanford. museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions p.m. $25-$99. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Sept. 8, 10-11 a.m. Free. Gamble Garden, Diane Tasca from the novel by Jane Austen. In Sept. 8-9, 15, 16, 22-23, times vary. $13-$26. The Dancing Sowei: Performing Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Search 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. gamblegarden. this play, Northanger Abbey follows several Hillview Middle School Performing Arts Center, Beauty in Sierra Leone This exhibition facebook.com/events for more info. org/event young ladies and gentlemen as they negotiate 1100 Elder Ave., Menlo Park. bayop.org focuses on one spectacular work in the Native Plant Gardens and Pollinators romances, friendships, betrothals and betrayals. Palo Alto Players Presents: Disney’s Cantor’s collection – a sowei mask, used by FESTIVALS & FAIRS Instructor Juanita Salisbury will explain how Through Sept. 3, 8 p.m. $15-$35. The Pear the women-only Sande Society that is unique ‘Tarzan’ Theatre company Palo Alto Players From STEM to STEAM: How an to create a landscape plan, what plants to Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. to Sierra Leone. Ongoing until December; will present the musical “Tarzan,” based on the Engineer Wrote a Play Narrative science use and why, plus how to maintain a habitat Search facebook.com/events for more info. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays-Sundays 11 Disney movie. There will also be an opening film “Humanity Needs Dreamers: A Visit with over many years. Afterwards, there will be a.m.-5 p.m. and Thursdays 11 a.m.-8 p.m. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Presents night party on Sept. 8 with a post-show Marie Curie” will have its Bay Area debut a walkthrough of Gamble Garden’s native Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at ‘Native Gardens’ Award-winning champagne reception and a post-show director/ screening. The film will be followed by a plants. Sept. 8, 9:30-11:30 a.m. $25-$35. Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford. playwriter Karen ZacarÌas wrote TheatreWorks’ cast talkback on Sept. 13 with director Patrick keynote presentation and panel discussion Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo edu/exhibitions new play “Native Gardens,” a suburban Klein and members of the cast. Sept. 7-23, exploring the intersection of STEM and the Alto. gamblegarden.org/event/native-plant- comedy about a Latino couple that moves in times vary. $25-$55. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Do Ho Suh: The Spaces in Between performing arts. Sept. 7, 5 p.m. Free. Computer gardens-pollinators next to a prominent Washington, D.C. family. Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. paplayers.org In this exhibition, artist Do Ho Suh uses a History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., chandelier, wallpaper and a decorative screen Mountain View. computerhistory.org/events/ SPORTS to focus attention on issues of migration and upcoming Palo Alto Senior Table Tennis: Free transnational identity. Through Feb. 25, times 47th Mountain View Art & Wine and Fun Exercise The Palo Alto Senior vary. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Festival The 47th Mountain View Art & Table Tennis Club invites seniors 55 and older Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum. Wine Festival will feature live music, over 500 to bring a racket and pair of tennis shoes to stanford.edu/exhibitions professional artists, the “Mountain View’s play table tennis. Every Tuesday, 10 a.m.-2 Painting Nature in the American Got Talent” Community Stage, activities for p.m. Free; suggested $1 donation. Cubberley Gilded Age The Cantor Arts Center’s kids and food and wine. Sept. 8, 11 a.m.- Community Center, Gym B, 4000 Middlefield newest exhibition will consider how nature 7 p.m. and Sept. 9, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Road, Palo Alto. Join our team! was depicted by American artists from the Downtown Mountain View, 500 Castro St., 1880s to 1910, an era of unprecedented Mountain View. bit.ly/mountain-view-art- COMMUNITY GROUPS We’re looking for talented, industrialization and urban development. and-wine-festival Through landscapes, portraits and still lifes, Mountain View Woman’s Club highly-motivated and dynamic people the exhibition will delve into the importance of TALKS & LECTURES Mountain View Woman’s Club is a charitable nature for artists and the public. Sept. 5-Aug. organization working on community 25, times vary. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Kim Steinhardt at Books Inc. Palo projects. For more information please call Embarcadero Media is an independent multimedia news organization 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. Alto Marine wildlife photographer, ocean 650-282-5336. First Wednesday of each with over 35 years of providing award-winning local news, museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions conservationist and columnist Kim Steinhardt month, noon. Free. Mountain View Masonic community information and entertainment to the Midpeninsula. will discuss his novel, “The Edge: The Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain View. Heritage Walks through Historic Pressured Past and Precarious Future of mtviewwomansclub.org/index.html We are always looking for talented and creative people interested Orchard Hosted by the Los Altos History California’s Coast.” Sept. 6, 7-9 p.m. Free. in joining our efforts to produce outstanding journalism and results Museum, Robin Chapman, author of Books Inc. Palo Alto, 855 El Camino Real, VOLUNTEERS “California Apricots: The Lost Orchards of Palo Alto. booksinc.net for our advertisers through print and online. Silicon Valley,” will lead heritage walks through Living Classroom Needs Docents for Book Event with Lucinda Bakken We currently have the following positions open the Los Altos Civic Center Orchard. Sept. 8, Garden-Based Education Program A White Local author Lucinda Bakken White training session will be held for potential for talented and outgoing individuals: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road., Los Altos. will discuss her new memoir, “Confessions of a docents at the Living Classroom. The losaltoshistory.org/events Bone Woman: Realizing Authentic Wildness in program is seeking volunteers to share • Accounts Receivable - Business Associate Manage client a Civilized World.” Sept. 8, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. their love of nature with children through ‘Into Plein Air’ by Carol Mead invoicing, payments and collections. Communicate with advertisers, East West Book Store, 324 Castro St., Mountain teaching our garden-based lessons. Viewpoints Gallery and Carol Mead will work with the sales team to resolve billing questions and aid the View. eastwestbooks.org/events/sep8a Training will be provided. Docents lead and present their September exhibition, “Into assist lessons from grades kindergarten to accounting staff. Plein Air” by Carol Mead. This exhibition, The Future of Meat in America: This eighth grade in Mountain View Whisman • Graphic Designer which features Mead’s plein air works in is Now with Angie Coiro Bay Area Creation/production of print and online ads, School District. Sept. 1-18, 8:15 a.m.- watercolor and pastel, will include views of radio journalist Angie Coiro will be joined by including editorial layout, in a fast-paced environment. Publishing 2:45 p.m. Free. Living Classroom - all local scenes as well as watercolor paintings Nicolette Hahn Niman, who will speak about experience and video editing a plus, highly-motivated entry-level MVWSD public schools, multiple locations, from her previous trips abroad. An artist’s the problems of industrialized food production, considered. Mountain View. living-classroom.org/ reception will be held on Sept. 7, 5-8 p.m. and Rebekah Moses, who leads sustainability become-a-docent.html • Digital Sales Account Representative Prospect and sell local Exhibit runs Sept. 4-29, times vary. Free. and agriculture at Impossible Foods. Sept. businesses in our markets who have needs to brand and promote Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. 4, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Volunteer Open House The Los Altos their businesses or events using our full-suite of digital solutions. viewpointsgallery.com Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite. History Museum will host a volunteer open com for more info. house for interested people. The museum Responsibilities include excellent sales and closing skills on the ‘The Struggle of Beauty: African will match volunteer opportunities to various Wildlife Photography Exhibition’ “The Philosophy Talk Live at Kepler’s with phone, preparing proposals, maintaining a weekly sales pipeline interests, including caring for the museum’s Struggle of Beauty,” a fine art photography Guest Steven Pinker Kepler’s Books invites and ability to hit deadlines and work well under pressure. Sales gardens or leading tours in the J. Gilbert exhibition, features photographic works a live audience to listen in on a recording of experience is a plus, but we will consider well-qualiﬁed candidates Smith House. Sept. 6, 9-11 a.m. Free. Los by cinema-photographer Andrew Wegst, a new episode of “Philosophy Talk.” Hosts with a passion to succeed. Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio photographers Sebastião Salgado, Oliver Klink Ken Taylor and Josh Landy will be joined by Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org/events/ • Multimedia Visual Journalist Shoot photographs and video in and Terri Vershel. The exhibition will also be cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, author of volunteer-open-house Mountain View, Menlo Park and nearby communities including complemented with a narrative exhibit by “Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, general and breaking news, features, portraits, lifestyle/food and environmental organization WildAid. The exhibit Science, Humanism and Progress.” Sept. 6, JustREAD / JustMATH New Volunteer 7-8:30 p.m. $15-$45. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El special projects on a daily basis for print, online and social media. aims to raise awareness of the conflict between Tutor Orientation JustREAD/JustMATH man and environment and the commercialization Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite. is looking for more volunteer tutors to Create compelling stories with photos, video and audio with a com for more info. help one hour a week at Mountain View strong emphasis on visual storytelling. of animal products. An opening reception will be held Sept. 7, 5:30-8 p.m. Free. Pacific Art Chris Hedges: This is Now with Angie schools during the 2018-2019 school year. League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. Coiro Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges will No experience required. Sept. 6, 10-11 a.m. For more information visit: Free. JustREAD Center, 1299 Bryant Ave., Anderson Collection Public Tour The discuss his most recent book “America: The http://embarcaderomediagroup.com/employment Mountain View. justreadcenters.org collection hosts docent-led public tours five Farewell Tour,” which advises his audience to times a week. Ongoing until December 30; not compromise as it assesses today’s political Wednesdays 12:30 p.m., Saturdays 12:30 p.m. and societal realities. 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