Class of 2021 Triumphs Amid Challenges

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Vol. 74 No. 23 • 50 cents losaltosonline.com WEDNESDAY • June 9, 2021 Community news for Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View since 1947 Class of 2021 triumphs amid challenges Staff turnover By Zoe Morgan Staff Writer/[email protected] debate widens s seniors graduated from Mountain View divide among Aand Los Altos high schools last week, the occasion Hills residents had many of the hallmarks of By Megan V. Winslow a traditional commencement Staff Writer/[email protected] ceremony, from students giving speeches to graduates lining up he volume of emails is over- to receive their diplomas. whelming, missive after for- In other ways, though, the Twarded missive either con- graduations reflected the un- demning or supporting Los Altos precedented year the seniors Hills City Manager Carl Cahill. have experienced, with ceremo- Although residents have debated nies held off-campus to give the rate of town staff turnover for more room for students and months, some as part of an attempt families to social distance. to demonstrate how Cahill’s manage- The celebrations were held at ment style has forced employees to PayPal Park, the soccer stadium leave, the barrage of emails intensi- where the San Jose Earthquakes fied when town planning and build- play. Students and families ing director Zach Dahl sent the city were spread out throughout the council an email explaining his deci- stands. sion to resign and accept a position “As we sit beside each other to- with the city of San Mateo. day, it’s hard not to be reminded The storm of emails that fol- See GRADUATION, Page 10 lowed, each magnifying the division between two competing factions in For a list of the town, include at least two from town graduates, check residents who announced they are out page 22. To read part of an effort to remove newly profiles highlighting elected Councilmember Linda Swan from office because they believe she individual students’ is essentially serving as a puppet for achievements, see TOP PHOTO BY MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER; ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT PHOTOS BY ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER her husband, John Swan, a fierce crit- page 19. Mountain View High School, top, and Los Altos High School, above left and right, students ic of Cahill’s. graduated June 4 in outdoor ceremonies at PayPal Park, where the San Jose Earthquakes play. “Discussions are underway about how to recall Linda Swan since her Permanente Flood Protection Project deemed complete husband is directing her to enable his agenda,” Bridget Morgan wrote in an By Bruce Barton completed. includes creek channel im- nio work, which features two email to the Town Crier. Staff Writer/[email protected] Officials with Valley Wa- provements and two detention of the basins, brought the proj- Former town Planning Commis- ter (formerly the Santa Clara basin areas, covers a 10.6-mile ect over the finish line. sioner Jim Basiji sent a similar mes- fter nearly two de- Valley Water District), the stretch from north of Highway The fact that a flooding sage. cades of planning and lead agency on the project, 101 to Rancho San Antonio prevention project was taking Within his May 28 resignation let- Aconstruction, the $93 held a virtual ribbon-cutting County Park and Open Space place in the middle of the dry ter, Dahl said he planned to remain million Permanente Creek event Friday to celebrate the Preserve. The completion in season was not lost on Gary at town hall for at least three to four Flood Protection Project is occasion. The project, which May of the Rancho San Anto- See FLOOD, Page 7 See TURNOVER, Page 9

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June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 3 News LA council Mtn. View pursues scrutinizes basic income program By Bruce Barton federal American Rescue Plan budget Staff Writer/[email protected] Act. The resolution commits support for “the principles of basic priorities ountain View leaders income,” said Mayor Ellen Ka- say the city has been mei, and authorizes participation By Bruce Barton Mat the forefront of the in the Mayors for a Guaranteed Staff Writer/[email protected] COVID-19 response, providing Income Initiative (MGI). financial assistance for struggling The council was scheduled uestions over project renters and small businesses. Tuesday to consider allocating $1 delays and the amount Now they may be taking it a step million for the cash-based pilot Qof funding to give non- further: basic income for resi- program. The program would be profits highlighted a Los Altos dents most in need. included as part of the city’s 2021- City Council study session last The Mountain View City 2022 budget, due for a June 22 week that focused primarily Council May 25 adopted a reso- adoption. Tuesday’s meeting was MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER FILE PHOTO on a deep dive into fiscal year People living out of recreational vehicles are a common sight in lution that will set the stage for a held after the Town Crier’s print 2021-2022 capital improvement Mountain View, above. The city is contemplating a “guaranteed “guaranteed income initiative,” deadline. project items. income initiative” to help residents most in need. using funds received from the See UBI, Page 5 Council members reviewed each project in the draft budget for the coming year, asking Los Altos Hills residents and leaders clarifying questions on items Police Blotter ranging from street resurfacing to sewer system repairs. seek to tame Byrne Preserve crowds Assault Considerable discussion at June 5, 1:19 p.m.: 1600 the June 1 meeting centered on a block of Fordham Way, Moun- staff recommendation to defund tain View and defer a sidewalk gap closure project on Carmel Terrace pend- Auto burglary ing completion of a Complete June 6, 5 a.m.: 100 block of Streets Master Plan. The council North Whisman Road, Moun- is scheduled in August to dis- tain View cuss the plan, which proposes June 6, 11:11 a.m.: 900 improvements for pedestrian block of Fremont Avenue, Los and cyclist safety. Altos See BUDGET, Page 6 Battery June 6, 6:33 p.m.: 2500 Man arrested block of Grant Road, Mountain after phony View Commercial burglary ‘active shooter’ June 6, 12:24 p.m.: 100 block of Pioneer Way, Mountain warning View By Megan V. Winslow Trespassing Staf Writer/[email protected] June 5, 8:46 a.m.: Intersec- aw enforcement offi- tion of West El Camino Real and S.M. LIEU/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER cials last week arrested Visitors to Byrne Preserve enter the Los Altos Hills preserve. Byrne is closed to the public from one Bay Street, Mountain View La Sunnyvale man in con- half-hour after sunset until one half-hour before sunrise, according to a town ordinance. June 5, 8:57 a.m.: 1000 nection with a phone call placed block of Crestview Drive, Moun- to report an active shooter in By Megan V. Winslow under the boughs of the oak tree in Cupertino, Byrne Preserve is tain View Mountain View who didn’t ac- Staff Writer/[email protected] at the crest of the hill overlook- in danger of being over-loved, June 5, 9:08 a.m.: 800 block tually exist. ing Westwind Community Barn. some fear. Seeking an escape of Bourbon Court, Mountain View Sunnyvale Police Depart- ummoned by Los Altos Warshawsky lives on Altamont from the stuffy confines of the June 6, 1:27 a.m.: Intersec- ment officers arrested Anthony Hills staffers, a helicop- Road, which borders the 88-plus COVID-19 pandemic, both lo- tion of Bush Street and El Cami- Herrera, 36, at a Sunnyvale Ster with a searchlight and acre preserve. cals and visitors alike continue no Real, Mountain View home June 1. a megaphone took to the skies “Tonight was like a warzone to flock to the great outdoors in June 6, 9:14 a.m.: 2500 The person responsible for the over Byrne Preserve Memorial up here,” she wrote in an email unprecedented numbers. Park- block of West El Camino Real, warning initially called the CHP Day weekend as Sheriff’s Office sent to the city council the same ing is at a premium, and long- Mountain View to report a gunman at Shore- deputies worked to dispel after- day. time patrons believe the flora, line Amphitheatre, located at 1 hours revelers. Like countless Bay Area open fauna and tranquility they once Theft Amphitheatre Parkway, accord- From her back deck, LeeAnn spaces, including Foothills Park enjoyed in relative solitude are June 4, 7:22 a.m.: 800 block ing to a Mountain View Police Warshawsky counted 30 to 40 in Palo Alto and Rancho San threatened. of Jordan Avenue, Los Altos See ARREST, Page 10 individuals gathered May 28 Antonio Open Space Preserve See PRESERVE, Page 8 See BLOTTER, Page 5

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MV police honor beloved chaplain By Megan V. Winslow Staff Writer/[email protected] ›

he never forgot a birthday. › She left notes and gifts on Sthe desks of her co-workers, tokens of cheer at times of › both personal and work-related stress. She treated everyone like › a family member. They knew her as Mother Champion. For all her thoughtful contri- butions to the Mountain View Police Department, officers last week attended a memorial service to celebrate the life of their chaplain, She’ren Champion, who passed away May 17 following a battle with cancer. She Save $25 was 71. Use Code “We all feel extremely loved LATC by her and her ministry,” said MVPD Chief Chris Hsiung.

“She will absolutely be missed.” COURTESY OF MVPD Chaplains are typically Mountain View Police Department chaplain She’ren Champion See CHAPLAIN, Page 7 died May 17 following a battle with cancer. Dive into UBI model UBI program undertaken “My understanding of things From Page 4 by the city of Stockton in 2019 was that we would have more dis- Marine that provided 125 residents $500 cussion about it in the context of Kamei said the council will per month for 24 months. the budget and that it would come have a study session in the fall to “Unlike other government as- back that way,” Lieber said. “We discuss options for how the pro- sistance programs that normally are kind of jumping in with both Science gram might be developed. come with restrictions, … re- feet, and the process has been a “Community engagement will cipients would be empowered to little bit ad hoc.” also be a key component of how make their own decisions on how “The intention would be that CAMP SEA QUEST Summer Camp for Aspiring Marine Scientists such a program will be imple- to spend the money,” according to we would join this initiative mented in Mountain View,” Ka- the staff report. with hands-on help from (MGI) mei said. and develop a program, learn- Real science. Real animals. Real fun. The council back in April Process questions ing about best practices,” said Discover the wonders of marine mammals at Camp Sea Quest. MarineMammalCenter.org/virtual-camp recommended that city staff in- Councilmember Lisa Ma- City Manager Kimbra McCar- clude the $3 million in Ameri- tichak expressed concern at the thy. “This was really an attempt can Rescue Plan Act funding May 25 meeting that the UBI for staff to be able to have help for three programs as part of its program was being rushed. – MGI can give us hands-on help 2021-2022 budget. The univer- “What was your thought pro- for free.” sal basic income (UBI) program cess?” she asked supporters on Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez would be launched with the first the council. “Did you look at oth- supported the concept of UBI. $1 million. Community Services er options to help residents?” “UBI lifts people out of pov- Agency, which houses and feeds Councilmember Margaret erty in a way that one-time direct underserved residents, would re- Abe-Koga answered in the affir- financial assistance just can’t,” he ceive the second $1 million. A mative. said. “This is a key first step. … third $1 million would be used “There’s been a growing inter- (The resolution) gives us access for an existing “Solidarity Fund,” est by cities to implement such a to resources that will be essential providing financial assistance to program,” she said. if we want to ensure the success immigrants. Added Councilmember Pat of the program.” According to a May 25 city Showalter: “I keep coming back Lieber led an effort propos- staff report, the programs will to sociologists and economists ing alternative wording for the be incorporated into a “strategic that say this is a very effective resolution, but Ramirez and roadmap” aligning with city pri- public assistance methodology.” Kamei noted the original word- Classic Fine Italian Stationery orities that include addressing ra- Councilmember Sally Li- ing was key to qualifying for available now at cial equity, income disparity and eber supported the resolution but matching state grant funding recovery from the pandemic. agreed with Matichak about the that could help the city in its Council members pointed to a process. participation. BLOTTER block of Ada Avenue, Moun- Altos From Page 4 tain View June 6, 5:25 p.m.: 100 block • Unique personalized gifts • June 5, 10:42 a.m.: 1900 of East El Camino Real, Moun- • Complimentary gift wrapping • block of West El Camino Real, tain View June 4, 4:27 p.m.: 100 block Mountain View June 6, 6:31 p.m.: 1000 295 State Street • Downtown Los Altos of First Street, Los Altos June 6, 5:14 p.m.: 800 block of North Rengstorff Av- (650) 948-2554 • www.theCranberryScoop.com June 5, 7:07 a.m.: 200 block of Riverside Drive, Los enue, Mountain View

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IMAGE COURTESY OF CITY OF LOS ALTOS A graphic from the city of Los Altos shows the location of a sidewalk project for Carmel Terrace. BUDGET Nonprofit funding From Page 4 The council also spent a good portion of last week’s meeting Vice Mayor Anita Enander discussing proposed funding for expressed frustration over a local nonprofit groups. project she felt was being un- Under “Other Financial Con- necessarily delayed and at risk siderations” for 2021-2022, city of being excessively studied. staff had received a $40,000 “We’ve had a considerable funding request from Los Al- amount of public outreach (on tos-based WomenSV, which the project),” she said. “It seems serves domestic abuse victims; like a real disconnect between $109,000 (and an additional (what staff requests) and what $165,000 in one-time funding) the community is interested in.” from the Community Health Traffic engineer Jaime Ro- Awareness Council, which pro- driguez said the project needs vides mental health services; $100,000 in design work to de- and $100,000 from the Los Al- termine construction costs. In- tos History Museum. terim City Manager Brad Kilger Councilmember Sally Mead- suggested that deferred projects, ows said the CHAC funding re- such as Carmel Terrace often quest appeared out of proportion need an updated review rather to the number of local residents than relying on dated informa- served. She also noted that the tion. museum focuses solely on Los Councilmember Lynette Altos, while CHAC and Wom- Lee Eng also wondered about enSV serve the broader commu- the project delays, in addition nity. to citing a lack of closure on Enander said “the stock discussions of other traffic im- market had a very good year,” provements behind the Blach indicating there already was Intermediate School campus, strong support for the museum. where Carmel Terrace and Alta- She pointed to CHAC and Wo- mead Drive are located. menSV helping people “in deep In addition to the sidewalk trouble.” gap project, follow-up is needed Lee Eng recommended fund- on a 2009 pilot project imposing ing for Community Services restrictions on parking. Agency, which provides food Lee Eng said the council in and shelter for underserved resi- 2019 was promised that the items dents. would come back to the council, In the end, the council sup- but they did not. The sidewalk ported $40,000 for WomenSV gap project was funded in the and $75,000 for the museum. 2018-2019 fiscal year but was They agreed to reach out to deferred until 2020-2021 “due CHAC about the proportional to staff resource limitations,” ac- funding question while commit- cording to a 2019 staff report. ting to at least $49,000. “This sends a message about Lee Eng also asked that the (lack of) public trust,” she said. city consider using a portion of “We’re not keeping our promise its expected $5.6 million from the to the residents.” federal American Rescue Plan Lee Eng vowed to follow up Act to donate to CSA. and meet with the city’s traffic The council is slated to final- personnel to review the projects ize the city budget for the coming and determine progress. year at its June 22 meeting.

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SCREENSHOT FROM VALLEY WATER Finishing touches on detention basins at Rancho San Antonio County Park, above, marked the completion of the Permanente Creek Flood Protection Project – a nearly 20-year undertaking. Los Altos-based Home Care Agency for Elderly and Disabled FLOOD long touted the project as not as next year, after revised flood- From Page 1 only providing flood protection plain maps become effective. to 2,200 homes in Los Altos and “Now that the project is com- Kremen, Valley Water director Mountain View, but also saving plete, it takes six months to a Read our reviews on Yelp to see how we can make a di erence for District 7, which includes homeowners from having to pay year to clear the FEMA review Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and for flood insurance per Federal process and four months for the Mountain View. Emergency Management Agen- appeals period,” he said. “Some of you might recall cy (FEMA) requirements. In addition to Rancho San that we had a groundbreaking “For decades, businesses Antonio, Valley Water built a indoors in 2017 (for the project) and homes along Permanente detention basin at McKelvey in the middle of some fierce rain- Creek in Los Altos and Moun- Park in Mountain View. The storms. Well, now we’re not in tain View have been susceptible basins capture and gradually re- the middle of a rainstorm, we’re to flooding; in fact, Permanente lease water during major storms. staring down an extreme local Creek experienced significant In both cases, the agency of- drought,” he acknowledged. flooding on 11 occasions” (since fered perks in exchange for use of Kremen and other Valley the 1850s, the last in 1998), Kre- the land. At McKelvey, two new Water representatives thanked men said. “What this means is sunken ballfields were built to ac- nearby agencies, including the that folks who had mortgages commodate Little League games. city of Mountain View (which had to go buy very expensive At Rancho San Antonio, the contributed $1 million to the flood insurance. … Once FEMA agency replaced and expanded a project) and the Midpeninsula updates their insurance map, parking lot, built new restrooms, Regional Open Space District hopefully most of these prop- constructed equestrian stalls and for their support. erty owners will no longer be re- new trails, and planted more than The project is designed quired to carry flood insurance, 200 native trees and plants. to handle a 100-year flood, a which is money directly back The project was funded by drenching on a massive scale into their pockets.” Measure B, the Safe, Clean Water happening on average of once Valley Water spokesperson and Natural Flood Protection Pro- every 100 years. Matt Keller noted residents could gram parcel tax approved by San- Valley Water officials have be free of flood insurance as soon ta Clara County voters in 2012. CHAPLAIN At the Mountain View Police Hsiung said. “So you add that on From Page 5 Department, Champion’s role top of a difficult job already and was internally focused, meaning it’s just a huge asset to the de- religious ministers who offer she primarily counseled her co- partment to have someone like support to both communities workers rather than the public. Mother Champion,” he said. and/or officers. According to the After she joined the force, the Hsiung surmises Champion’s U.S. Department of Justice, the department built its officer well- collection of festive decorations role originated centuries ago as ness program around her. must be immense considering 65 Bay Area locations. a feature of military operations, Following the May 2020 mur- the number of unique themes she but it is today mostly associated der of George Floyd at the hands displayed within the department with hospitals, hospices, fire de- of Minneapolis police officers break room on special occasions. 66 if we count your couch. partments and law enforcement and the wave of mistrust in law Pre-pandemic, she recruited fam- agencies. enforcement it and other fatal ily members, including her broth- In-person or virtual visits at our Champion spent more than 25 shootings of Black Americans er, chaplain Pastor Paul Bains of years providing spiritual guid- generated, Champion delivered a the Palo Alto Police Department, six locations in the South Bay ance and case management for presentation to help MVPD per- to treat officers to home-cooked nonprofit organizations before sonnel understand broader per- meals like smoked lamb chops. working for the East Palo Alto spectives and cope with the inten- Champion “was more than and Palo Alto police depart- sified scrutiny of their work. just a chaplain in a uniform sit- ments, according to an MVPD “People forget the officers ting there because the office is press release. She joined the and staff here are humans too, open,” Hsiung said. “This is like MVPD in 2017 and practiced so like everyone else there are family and someone’s unwaver- genpeds.stanfordchildrens.org ecumenical ministry, represent- family issues, personal issues, ing love for everybody in the de- ing all faiths. life struggles and trials, right?” partment.”

June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 7 News PRESERVE tors drawn to Byrne since April parking, videos of unsupervised From Page 4 2020 and attributed the crowds 5 year olds from a moms group in part to Yelp reviews, Google screaming and playing 100’s of On May 25, Los Altos Hills Maps markers and even Next- feet from supervision in the very Public Works employees cut door postings made by town area the volunteers are working down a swing hung from one staff to promote town events hard to maintain erosion con- of the Byrne Preserve oak trees like the annual Pathways Run. trol, not to mention agitating the only to discover a second in- “I, and my neighbors, have horses with the loud screaming,” stalled at the same location documented everything; trash, she wrote. hours later. including dirty toilet paper, City council members ap- Warshawsky’s lengthy email empty liquor bottles, weed proved an ordinance May 20 bemoaned the deluge of visi- wrappings, graffiti, overflow banning drones and remote- controlled vehicles from Byrne, where their use had been on the rise. Their unanimous vote acknowledged residents’ worries that such devices could create a dangerous situation involving horses and possibly scare away wildlife as well as annoy hikers. S.M. LIEU/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER A sandwich board in the Westwind Community Barn parking lot informs visitors of Byrne Preserve rules. Mountain View Los Altos Parking positions Byrne Preserve visitors typi- cess to Foothills Park on Page Clara County Sheriff’s Office’s cally leave their vehicles within Mill, where parking is also lim- STAR1 helicopter is a result of Adult School the small dirt lot serving Wes- ited. council members’ request for Summer 2021 twind Barn. Upon hearing The council instructed town extra patrols in Byrne to further complaints about day-trippers staff to research ways to bal- discourage activities that could Registration is open! dominating the lot, Mayor Ka- ance the interests of both resi- spark wildfires. vita Tankha added an item to the dents living nearby and those of Town staffers notified the May 20 council agenda to exam- residents who opt to drive to the West Valley division of a gath- ine the possibility of restricting preserve due to its distance from ering crowd at approximately parking. Letters of support and their homes. 7 p.m. May 28, and deputies in opposition followed. “We have a wonderful as- patrol vehicles and the helicop- Sarah Hogben lives on Al- set here, and we want to make ter began monitoring the situa- maden Court, approximately a it available to people, but we tion. two-minute walk to the preserve, just want to make sure we don’t A second call, placed at ap- Career Technical Education (CTE) and her daughter participates in trample on anybody else, figura- proximately 9:30 p.m., indicated English as a Second Language (ESL) the Victoria Dye Equestrian pro- tively or literally,” Vice Mayor some people driving in the area Adult High School Diploma & GED gram at Westwind. George Tyson said. were doing so in an unsafe man- Community Interest & Older Adults “I am lucky that I live so near City Manager Carl Cahill’s ner, Capt. Rich Urena wrote in Information and registration at: to the Preserve that I don’t need proposed fiscal year 2021-2022 an email to the Town Crier. No mvla.net/AS to drive there and park my car,” operating budget, presented at one was cited. she wrote in her letter. “But oth- the May 26 joint city council-Fi- Although no complaints fol- er people are not so lucky and I nance and Investment Commit- lowed on May 29, the Sheriff’s am most concerned that if park- tee meeting, includes a $30,000 Office continued random checks ing at the (preserve) is restricted service enhancement for a pre- and plans to do so in the future, it will prevent local residents serve parking study. The council Urena said. from enjoying this natural space is expected to approve the bud- Helicopter surveillance is as I am able to.” get at its June 17 meeting. a service included within the GET CREATIVE Karla Jurvetson, who lives on town’s contract with the office, Altamont Road, wants the coun- Fire fears and use of STAR1 is not an ad- WITH CSMA THIS SUMMER! cil to consider a resident-funded In addition to residents’ strug- ditional expense, he added. parking improvement project gles with parking, town officials Like all Los Altos Hills parks with gates to prevent vehicles and staffers are wary of the risks and preserves, Byrne is closed to from backing up onto the street cigarettes, fireworks and camp- the public from one half-hour af- and creating traffic hazards. fires pose. By this time each ter sunset until one half-hour be- She submitted sketches showing year, Byrne Preserve’s grasses fore sunrise, unless visitors ob- suggested changes to the site. are exceptionally dry and sus- tain authorization from the city During the meeting, John ceptible. In July 2017, a contrac- manager, according to a town Lewis reminded the council tor trimming the grass there ac- ordinance. Over Memorial Day of the 2015 death of Kathryn cidentally sparked a grass fire weekend, town community ser- Green, a Hills resident struck by with his mower. It took between vices supervisor Sarah Robust- a bicyclist while walking near 100 and 200 Santa Clara County elli published a Nextdoor post the intersection of Altamont and firefighters to contain the 5-acre reminding Hills residents of the Page Mill roads. blaze. rules. The ordinance language “No Crossing” signs have In May, as part of the Los Al- includes prohibitions against lit- Art & music camps for kids of all ages been installed in the general vi- tos Hills County Fire District’s tering, camping between mid- Small-group, in-person day camps in our spacious cinity, but that doesn’t prevent Integrated Hazardous Fuel Re- night and 6 a.m., and igniting Mountain View art center plus virtual camps — people from parking at the barn duction programs, herders re- fires. both taught by talented teaching artists! or along nearby roads and then leased 400 or so goats into the Hills Open Space Commit- walking right past the warnings, preserve so they could chew tee members expect to discuss Lewis said. He believes many through the vegetation there and Byrne Preserve use at their June arts4all.org pedestrians then use the town’s reduce potential fuels. meeting, scheduled to start at 9 system of pathways to gain ac- The appearance of the Santa a.m. today.

Page 8 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 News TURNOVER anyone’s behest. Bowersox, in particular, has “I agree with all of Zach’s a response from the city attorney From Page 1 been propped up as the poster points about the creation of a regarding the resolution. Calculating turnover child of discontentment. When very toxic situation by miscre- Linda Swan did not respond years – up until approximately City Clerk Deborah Padovan the Town Crier repeatedly tried ants, who obviously didn’t an- to a Town Crier email inquir- six months ago. has recently fielded numerous to schedule an interview with her, ticipate the second-order conse- ing why she asked to pull the “Unfortunately, the prolifera- California Public Records Act however, she repeatedly resched- quences of their actions,” Price agenda item. Tankha declined to tion of this very public campaign requests from both residents uled and then didn’t respond. wrote in an email. “While we all share the nature of her question to force out Carl by any and all and this publication for statis- Councilmember Stanley Q. may not share the same assess- to the city attorney and stated means necessary gave me pause, tics about staff retention. The Mok offered potential explana- ment of the Town Hall situation, she generally does not com- and forced me to begin exploring average rate of turnover gleaned tions for Bowersox’s reluctance it is my feeling that it is incum- ment on her private discussions career alternatives,” Dahl wrote. from the documents varies de- to go on the record. bent upon those who contributed with him. “There is a hostile work environ- pending on which fiscal years “I did speak with Nichol after and created this very toxic situa- Mok, however, supplied a ment at Town Hall right now, but are examined. A list Pado- her departure, and it would be tion to help resolve it.” possible explanation why some it is not of Carl’s making … it is van provided the Town Crier better for her not to comment” In jest, John Swan subse- council members might object the result of the words and ac- June 1 did not include several to reporters, Mok said. quently referred to himself as to allowing Cahill to continue at tions of those outside of Town names. A subsequent list Pado- He described Bowersox’s “Mr. Miscreants” in email cor- his post. Hall.” van provided Friday revealed statements about town manage- respondence. “The longer this occurs, the Cahill’s current contract with the average staff turnover for ment as “very aggressive” and more uncertainty our people the town expires June 30, and the last three complete fiscal said she has accepted a position Uncertainty remains have about their jobs, and that’s a series of closed-door council years, 2017/2018, 2018/2019 with CSG Consultants, a Foster Despite Cahill’s intention to not a good thing,” Mok said. meetings conducted this year and 2019/2020, during which an City firm that contracts with the extend his employment agree- Mok acknowledged he and were meant to weigh his per- average of 24.87 staff positions town for sewer improvement ment through Oct. 29, some Linda Swan may not be able to ac- formance and help the council existed, is 29.55%. projects. members of the council hope to complish their objectives anyway. decide whether to sign a new The differences in the two Mok ran for office last year as sever ties sooner. “The slate was not able to get contract. But he announced lists, Padovan explained, is due part of a three-person slate with During the May 20 city coun- into place on the council,” Mok his resignation in April, before to a miscommunication among Jay Sutaria, who lost the election cil meeting, Linda Swan re- said. “We ended up with Lisa council members could reach a city departments. She said the to Lisa Schmidt by one vote, and quested pulling a resolution that Schmidt, and George Tyson and decision. He has offered to con- lists were pulled from the town’s Linda Swan. The slate sought to would have solidified Cahill’s Lisa actually support the city tinue working through Oct. 29. payroll system and that it’s pos- create a majority on the five-per- contract extension. The resolu- manager. And I believe Kavita Although Dahl did not name sible a filter wasn’t selected dur- son council, which now includes tion text described reducing the supports the city manager as any individual or group in his ing the first pull. Mayor Kavita Tankha, Vice town’s severance pay obligation well. So we can’t get anything email, he likely referred to resi- Padovan bristled upon hear- Mayor George Tyson in addition to the city manager should he done.” dents whose grievances against ing accusations town staffers to newcomers Linda Swan, Mok continue to work past June 30. Councilmembers are expect- Cahill include his handling of intentionally tried to mislead and Schmidt. But Tankha told her colleague ed to review the resolution about the town’s controversial 15-year, people. removing the item was not nec- Cahill’s contract at their June 17 $50 million Greenwaste Recov- “We don’t have anything to Cahill’s supporters essary because Tankha awaited meeting. ery garbage contract and the hide,” she said. “We are a small speak construction of a port to protect town, and people leave for dif- The Town Crier asked Dahl maintenance equipment; a con- ferent reasons.” last week about his resignation. tested, $3.5 million town hall Cahill said he doesn’t con- He said TTAGS’ formation con- expansion; proposed staff salary sider turnover excessive consid- tributed to his decision to leave, increases; disagreements over ering the small size of the staff; but that he began thinking about the use and development of a the lack of a competitive, defined departing in the fall when the town park; and staff turnover. contribution plan for employees; Mok-Sutaria-Swan slate formed Pluripotent Diagnostics offers Whole Genome John Swan leads TTAGS, and the lure of more prestigious and hostility toward staff mem- Sequencing for the detection of any disease-related “Townspeople for better Trans- positions with larger municipali- bers also increased. mutations at an affordable cost at MMRI in Sunnyvale. parency Accountability Gover- ties. In September, Parks and nance and Safety/Service.” “I think this is just a smoke Recreation Committee member PluripotentDiagnostics.com “Our City Manager’s consis- screen for a political issue, Nina Sutaria, Jay Sutaria’s wife, tent and desperate tactics to vil- knowing the people involved,” falsely accused a staff member ify residents and taxpayers who he said. of stealing $250,000 in grant are simply seeking transparency In a March 18 email to the city money by recommending avail- and accountability should be a council, however, town Finance able funds go toward construct- huge red flag to current council and Investment Committee mem- ing a community meeting space For over 23 years, Liz O’Brien has owned and operated MacSmart Computer Services. She helps Home members and residents,” John ber Allan Epstein noted Nichol at Purissima Park. Nina Sutaria Users, Small Businesses and Seniors with all Swan wrote in an email to the Bowersox, former Public Works and other Parks and Rec mem- computer and electronic help. Town Crier sent last week. “Even director, and Kaho Kong, a for- bers desired the construction of • All work done at your location! • We Support Mac & PC’s & iPhones & iPads, after he has stated he will retire, mer senior engineer, departed a multipurpose community site • Apple TV (+) , Roku, etc. 650-596-9787 the City Manager is still trying to earlier this year within approxi- instead. Facing pressure from • Internet and Wi-Fi issues, Routers, Printers, 408-393-0977 rewrite the narrative and solicit- mately a month of one another. the council, Nina Sutaria later • We explain and resolve iCloud, Passwords, Malware and www.macsmart.com all computer questions! [email protected] ing letters that reveal his hand in “As you have been informed, resigned from the committee. • We’re also offering classes. helping drafting them. His com- they did not leave because of lack “The reality is (TTAGS) mon theme, placing the blame for of advancement opportunity, job wasn’t formally created or every fiasco that occurred during dissatisfaction, or uncompeti- launched until the beginning AFF Wood Preserving his administration on anyone but tive salaries or benefits,” Epstein of March, but those individuals himself, has cost the taxpayers wrote. “They left because of have been attacking staff and Preserve & Restore All Exterior Wood Services of the town millions of dollars. dissatisfaction with how Town kind of creating this tone since Deck Structures (Gazebo/Fences) This behavior strongly suggests employees are treated. They are the election,” Dahl said. Power Wash Services: Exterior Home Power Washing, that he does not have the town’s clearly not the first.” When Dahl’s May 28 letter best interests in mind.” John Swan said he requested was forwarded throughout town, Driveway, Patios, Patio Furniture John Swan later admitted he a closed-door council session residents who support Cahill, CALL ARSENIO FERREIRA could not concretely prove Ca- with Bowersox and Kong af- including former Mayor Cour- hill orchestrated Dahl’s letter, ter their departures, and both tenay C. Corrigan and Duffy (650) 793-0361 and Dahl denied he wrote it at shared their experiences. Price, applauded its contents. [email protected] License #711787 | Insured and Bonded

June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 9 DEPENDABILITY, 58 YEARS IN THE MAKING News GRADUATION ered at 201 Almond Avenue on From Page 1 Tom Burt Field, we are here together, and that is something that we haven’t been all to- to truly celebrate,” Los Altos gether for over a year,” said High Principal Wynne Satter- Jessica Dooley, student body white said. president and one of the mas- Although a departure from SPECIALIZING IN MINIs & BMWs ters of ceremonies at Los Altos pre-pandemic tradition, this High’s graduation. “We have year’s ceremonies were more 15 PIONEER WAY overcome far more than many expansive than last year’s, when graduating classes before us, so the schools held drive-in gradu- MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA as we sit here together, minutes ation video viewing ceremonies (On the corner of Pioneer & Evelyn) away from receiving a diploma in the Earthquakes’ tailgate Matt the Mechanic that signifies all our hard work, parking lot. Columnist for the 650-960-6988 • SUNNYVALEFOREIGNCAR.COM we hope that you truly credit Los Altos High student Los Altos Town Crier’s “On the Road” section yourself for all that you have Amanda Le spoke to the assem- BMW | AUDI | SUBARU | TOYOTA | LEXUS | MAZDA | ACURA | HONDA | VW | MINI accomplished over the past four bled crowd about how the Class years.” of 2021 has defied expectations Graduation speeches from and the pandemic has taught students and administrators students lessons that couldn’t be alike reflected on the unique and learned in the classroom. extraordinary experience of the “We experienced high school Class of 2021. in an unconventional way and Mountain View High Prin- tackled these challenges head- VAC AT ION cipal Michael Jimenez called on. We battled wildfires, unjust distance learning “no easy feat” immigration policies, gun vio- and said this year’s graduating lence, climate change and sys- Bible School class persevered in the face of temic racism,” Le said. “And WHERE: the pandemic. through it all, we showed the “Graduates, you have proven world that the Class of 2021 Immanuel Lutheran Church your resiliency, strength and does not sit on the sidelines.” 1715 Grand Road, Los Altos determination,” Jimenez said. Mountain View High senior “What you have endured is con- class president Josh Lillie simi- EVENT: Vacation Bible School firmation of your ability to per- larly said he was proud of how sist and succeed.” the class “showed up for each Includes Craft & Singing For much of the school year, other, our school, our commu- DATES: July 26–30, 2021 local high school campuses nity and our world during these were closed, with students tak- incredibly difficult, even desper- TIME: 9:00am to 3:00pm ing their classes online. It was ate times.” only in April that in-person les- Enola Talbert reflected on the (Monday to Friday) sons resumed. And even then, challenges and tragedies she and roughly half of students chose to her classmates have endured, WHO: Grades PreK – 6 remain remote. saying that through the trials, In a typical year, gradua- they grew stronger together. www.ilclosaltos.com tion ceremonies are held on the “No matter what your plans fields at the high schools. This are for after this, just know that year, though, the district de- you have people to back you in cided to move to PayPal Park, all of your future endeavors – BIBLE SCHOOL which had enough space for you have us,” Talbert said. “You each school to need only one have a group of friendly, funny ceremony, with spectators in and compassionate people to attendance. lean on whenever you need to “Although we are not gath- take a breather.” ARREST Department had already dis- From Page 4 patched officers to the residence to investigate a report about do- day-caring Department press release. 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Page 10 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Comment Letters to Peek into the Past The dangers of rat poison By Bettina Epp the Editor ately there have been Other Voices many posts on Next- ‘Thugs’ comment Ldoor about rat poison and sure any products containing deserves censure the effects it has on our pets, brodifacoum, bromadiolone, It seems like only a few families and wild animals. difethialone or difenacoum that short months ago that Los Al- Some neighbors spend a have been banned in our state tos justifiably swelled with lot of money to keep their as of September 2020 are no pride in overwhelmingly elect- beloved family pets alive, and longer available? I personally ing Neysa Fligor as its first thankfully some survived after think that would be an appropri- Black mayor. emergency care at pet hospi- ate action. I have thus found it ironic, tals. Another neighbor in the Do we need flyers in all yet painfully unsurprising, that same area found rat poison in the mailboxes in our city and a member of our community her backyard, and it appears surrounding areas to educate could, at the Los Altos City COURTESY OF THE LOS ALTOS HISTORY MUSEUM to have been tossed over the residents on the dangers of Council’s May 11 meeting as Los Altos Grammar School’s graduating Class of 1924 sits on fence or dragged or dropped above-mentioned poisons and the steps of the school. detailed in the May 19 issue of by a wild animal. Just last the environmental and emo- the Town Crier, refer to Kenan week another rat-poison pellet tional consequences? Both are Moos and his fellow activists also unsurprisingly, to draw national and local civil discourse was found in the same neigh- mentioned on Nextdoor and as “thugs,” apparently without certain unpleasant parallels be- that I have yet to read (“Cancel borhood. I am pleading with would be welcome, and many eliciting further comment or tween the occurrence of these culture comes to Los Altos City everyone to not use rat poison residents would be willing to censure, either at that meeting unfortunate events in the wake Council,” May 26). – ever! Please! help spread the word. as reported by the Town Crier or of Ms. Fligor’s victory and the Second, the Town Crier Not only does it affect our Owl boxes are a great idea in the pages of the Town Crier white supremacist fervor elic- was quite prescient in giving a pets, but the poison also will and would attract a natural since the occurrence of those ited in our national politics since “thumbs-down” to the city coun- kill birds of prey, opossum, rodent deterrent, so if you have events and the publication of the nation’s landslide election of cil’s ill-starred idea of passing a foxes, coyotes and all other time and an appropriately sized that piece. Barack Obama as its first Black “resolution” addressing the Ly- creatures that eat the poisoned tree, please invite these mag- I write at this time to correct president supposedly showed nette Lee Eng/Kenan Moos dust- rodents, and they will die a hor- nificent birds to our area. Barn that oversight by strongly con- that America had put its racist up: “The council is in a no-win rible and lonely death without a cats are another great option demning that remark, and point- past to bed. position by issuing a statement veterinarian to save them. to keep your property and our ing out that no less an authority Daniel S. Gonzales on something this divisive” (Edi- Think of the families losing neighborhoods free of rodents. than the Merriam-Webster dic- Los Altos torial, May 26). Too bad for our a fur baby, or a nest of owlets Adobe Animal Hospital and tionary notes that the “use of city that the council plunged losing their food provider and other veterinary clinics have ‘thug’ by a white person to refer Cancel culture ahead in passing this imprudent, survival teacher. It breaks my information on how to adopt a to a Black person is generally draws condemnation deeply flawed resolution. The city heart to think that my rescue barn cat in the cat waiting room understood to … be an offensive The “Other Voices” column council meeting was acrimoni- cats or any other animal may and probably online. insinuation that a Black person on cancel culture provides the ous, deeply divisive and the result eat a poisoned rodent and get For a low-cost, low-main- can be assumed to be engaged in most lucid and concise explana- fetid. sick and/or die. I know you will tenance solution, try using criminal behavior.” tion of this phenomenon and the Mayor Neysa Fligor called for tell me to keep our cats in, but traps. Goodnature A24 Rat I am now forced, perhaps serious damage it is doing to our unanimity in passing the resolu- they are rescued felines and and Mouse Trap is powered by tion in the hope of restoring ci- need room to roam just like us, a carbon dioxide canister, can vility and decorum, which was and I should not be afraid to let strike 24 times without having a noble objective. But the flawed them out. Besides, they keep to be reset and, per a Nextdoor Serving the greater Los Altos community since 1947 concept of a resolution coupled our property free of pests, and post, the hammer instantly kills, (650) 948-9000 losaltosonline.com with its manifestly biased and even our neighbors welcome avoiding needless suffering. Subscriptions: [email protected] one-sided content made unanim- their visits and know where Santa Clara County Vector Administration Print/Media Ad Sales Co-Publishers: Real Estate Advertising: ity impossible. they belong. They are quite Control is a good resource, or Howard Bischoff (Ext. 306), [email protected]; Alo Mano (320), [email protected] Vice Mayor Anita Enander popular around this neighbor- call a highly recommended ex- Dennis Young (311), [email protected] Ad Sales: Vice President of Sales and Marketing: Kathy Lera (307), [email protected] has shown common sense and hood due to their hunting skills. terminator to assess your home. Kathy Lera, (307), [email protected] Janice Fabella (302), [email protected] leadership in this imbroglio, but Rat poison is prohibited in Please do not use rat poison. Administrative Assistant: Sharon Zuberbier (310), [email protected] to no avail. California, but unfortunate- If you have any left in your ga- Taylor Barbour (300), [email protected] Ad Services: Editor-in-Chief: Production Manager: She has also made at least one ly it is still available in some rage or home, please get rid of it Bruce Barton (301), [email protected] Melissa Rodriguez (309), [email protected] specific proposal for a procedural stores, and surely some people responsibly and don’t contami- Managing Editor/Sports: Graphic Designer: Pete Borello (315), [email protected] Michel Echeverria (323), [email protected] reform that might help correct still have it in their garages. nate our environment by tossing Photographer/Reporter: Classified: some of the dysfunction of our Should the Los Altos City it out or flushing it down the Megan V. Winslow (313), [email protected]; Taylor Barbour (300), [email protected] Reporters: Paid Obituaries: city council: “Enander said the Council issue a public ser- toilet. 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June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 11 Community Prominent filmmaker from LAH readies new film, ‘In the Heights’ Town Crier Staff Report ington Heights with a recent interview with Bloomberg News. there, then you can pick and choose your irector Jon M. Chu, the film- participation from “I really related to knowing how big your projects in Hollywood. Then when Jon making pride of Los Altos Hills, the neighborhood, dreams feel when you are imagining it pitched ‘Step Up 2’ to the studio bosses, Dis following up “Crazy Rich highlights the modest in your bedroom, or in the kitchen of the they were so impressed they decided to Asians,” the biggest movie of his career, challenges of every- restaurant.” make it a feature film. And the rest is his- with the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel day people: a bodega Like “Crazy Rich Asians,” Chu again tory.” Miranda’s musical about life in the Lati- owner, a student, a took the route of bringing in relatively “In the Heights” has received positive no neighborhood of Washington Heights dispatcher – roles in unknown actors for “In the Heights.” He reviews thus far. Chu’s brother, Larry Jr., in New York City. a movie that Variety Chu prioritized singing, dancing and acting said the film last week was getting a 99% “In the Heights,” which gives expo- pointed out as “revo- talent over name recognition. rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a popular sure to underrepresented Latino actors lutionary precisely because its characters Chu signed on to the project in 2016. It movie rating website. as “Crazy Rich Asians” did for Asian ac- aren’t.” The film also avoids negative ste- was due for release last year, but the pan- “This is going to be big,” predicted tors, is scheduled to hit the theaters and reotypes of Latinos as gang members and demic changed those plans. Larry Jr., who will be with the rest of the HBO Max Friday. drug dealers – roles Latino actors were Chu, a Pinewood School and USC Chu family in New York this week to cel- Chu has reaped major commercial suc- too often relegated to in the past. graduate, started in experimental films, ebrate the premiere. cess with “Crazy Rich Asians,” as well as Chu said he identified with the charac- catching the eye of Steven Spielberg. Other reviews: “Electrifying,” accord- “Step Up 2: The Streets” and “G.I. Joe: ters of “In the Heights.” When he first read the script for one of ing to Vox. “Magical and euphoric,” In- Retaliation.” He’s joining forces with He is the son of Ruth and Lawrence his first commercial successes, the dance- diewire reports. “The musical that put Broadway’s Miranda, creator and star of Chu Sr. of the popular Chef Chu’s restau- movie sequel “Step Up 2,” he was ready the ‘Hamilton’ creator on the map gets “Hamilton.” “In the Heights” launched rant in Los Altos. The Chus celebrated to turn it down. splashy big-screen treatment,” writes the Miranda’s career in 2008, winning four the 50th anniversary of the restaurant last His mother, Ruth, remembers the ad- Hollywood Reporter. Tony Awards, including Best Musical. year. vice she gave that proved pivotal to Chu’s “It makes me cry everytime I see it,” Variety featured the two stars on the “Even though I’m not from Washing- career. Ruth said. “I cried at the end. It makes cover of its April issue, framing the new ton Heights – I grew up in a Chinese “He did not want to do a film straight to me proud of my son – what a wonderful film as promising, thanks to Hollywood’s restaurant on the other side of the coun- DVD, and I said, ‘You haven’t done even soul. ... He works very, very hard. Every now-receptive climate to casting multi- try – I recognized my family in that. I one film yet – you are being a snob!’” project, he throws his heart into it.” ethnic actors in starring roles. recognized my aunts and my uncles who she told the Town Crier last week. “Pick For more information on the film, The film, shot on location in Wash- took care of us growing up,” Chu said in that project and make it the best DVD out visit intheheights-movie.com.

Page 12 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Community AAUW briefed Cal Water representatives on threats offer Rotarians tips on posed by water supply amid disasters climate change By Marlene Cowan Special to the Town Crier Special to the Town Crier works closely with cities, the California Office of Emergen- he local chapter of the ires, earthquakes and cy Services, the private sector American Association other disasters requiring and other organizations during Tof University Women Fwater services have gen- disasters, and emphasizes the last week hosted a discussion erated headlines in recent years, importance of communication JENNY HOOD/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER on the threats posed by climate Los Altos Rotarians mingle during the May 26 art opening. prompting the Rotary Club and coordination. Over the past change. of Los Altos to offer an over- four years, Seeley said, Cal Wa- Appearing via Zoom at the Group celebrates new downtown art view of local water resources, ter has developed guidelines for organization’s May 28 meet- their distribution, operations national responses to disasters. ing, Jasneet Sharma, director of Town Crier Report Altos, the 30-foot mural fea- and treatment at its May 27 Smithson described the ben- the Santa Clara County Office t least 40 people gathered tures a rich compilation of lo- meeting. efits of using the Department of Sustainability, outlined the AMay 26 to check out the cal images over time, offering a California Water Service’s of Homeland Security’s Na- negative spiral that begins with newest art installation in down- tapestry of visual treasures for Dawn Smithson, Los Altos tional Response Framework fossil fuel pollution and leads to town Los Altos. exploration and discovery for all district manager, and Rob See- and Emergency Operations Cen- higher levels of carbon dioxide The nonprofit Arts Los Altos ages, including photo opportu- ley, regional community affairs ters to prepare for and manage in the atmosphere, resulting in hosted an “Art Opening” for its nities for social media. specialist, highlighted the im- disasters, including strategies higher temperatures, followed third art project, an outdoor mu- Arts Los Altos provided a portance of managing the water for exit plans (fueling vehicles, by sea-level rise, extreme storms ral titled “200 Main Street [an printed map of items included supply, both in times of emer- etc.), sprinklers, recovery with and wildfires, which in turn put inventory of time and place]” by in the mural, with information gency and in preparation for an insurance companies and even more carbon dioxide into the at- Martha Sakellariou, located on on their origins. Sakellariou unforeseen event. emotional wellness. The key to mosphere. the large exterior wall of Satura collaborated with local residents According to Seeley, Cal effective emergency operations Sharma emphasized the lo- Cakes on Third Street. to gather the items, noting that Water’s reach is extensive – is “practice, practice, practice,” cal impacts A number of members of the she carefully chose which ones it is the largest private water she added, recommending an of climate Rotary Club of Los Altos, which to include to align with her con- company west of the Missis- annual six-hour emergency c h a n g e , sponsored the mural with a leg- cept of “home.” sippi and the third largest in the training course for workplace showing a acy grant, attended the opening. U.S., providing water to 2 mil- supervisors and a three-hour map of what According to Maddy To donate to Arts Los Altos lion customers. With corporate course for all employees. a projected McBirney, director of develop- and for more information, visit headquarters in San Jose, which Cal Water maintains an 2-foot rise ment and outreach for Arts Los artslosaltos.org. covers 23 districts, the utility See WATER, Page 14 in sea level would mean in terms Sharma of flooded neighborhoods and highways in Santa Clara County. She noted Each laptop includes: that last year the county expe- NO LAPTOP? rienced 20 days of temperatures -Windows 10 over 90 degrees, and reminded NO PROBLEM! the audience of the smoke-filled skies from wildfires last sum- -Google Chrome, Internet mer and fall that kept residents Explorer, Microsoft Edge housebound for days at a time. A variety of resources are available through the county -Adobe Creative Suite to help mitigate the effects of climate change, Sharma said. -Microsoft Office Goals include reducing emis- -Wireless printer driver for sions, improving community Checkout a laptop to use resilience, protecting the natural printing at the library environment and eliminating anywhere inside the library. health inequities. Steps toward achieving the goals involve Laptops can be checked out -Anti-virus greater use of public transit, availability of green and afford- for 3 hours a day. For more able housing, tree planting and information visit: https:// water-wise landscaping. The Of- Check out the Online Library 24/7: fice of Sustainability maintains sccld.org/computers/laptop- dashboards tracking progress www.sccld.org toward each of the goals on its lending-information/ The Los Altos Library Endowment website at sccsustainabilityplan. org. Here for Our Library — Today and Tomorrow! When Sharma invited au- LOS ALTOS LIBRARY |13 S. San Antonio Road Los Altos, CA 94022 | sccld.org/losaltos lalendow.org PO Box 367 dience members to share 650-948-7683 Los Altos, California 94023-0367 challenges related to climate [email protected] change, a physically challenged See AAUW, Page 15

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Read both print and online editions of the Town Crier Moffett history museum id you know that some features on losaltosonline.com do not appear in the print edition and reopening set for today Dsome items in print do not appear online? That’s why you need to read both. Don’t miss out on all the news about your community. Pandemic kept facility closed for 15 months

Town Crier Report he Moffett Historical So- ciety and Museum is re- Topening for the first time since the pandemic closed mu- seums throughout the country in March 2020. Members and guests have been phoning the museum during the 15-month hiatus, asking when the facility would be reopening, according to museum reps. They COURTESY OF TOM SPINK now have an answer: Reopening The Moffett museum sits under the shell of Hangar One. is set for 10 a.m. today. Patrons must show their tory of Moffett Field, which over driver’s license at the gate for the years has served as a Naval entrance to Moffett Federal Air- Air Station and, during World field. The Moffett museum is lo- War II, as an Army Air Corps cated near the southwest corner training center. Many of the do- of the landmark Hangar One. cents and other volunteers at the The museum will follow museum themselves flew out of county and state guidelines for Moffett during the days of the protecting the health of volun- P-3 Orion aircraft, which kept teers and visitors. That means track of Russian submarines in all docents at the museum will the Pacific. wear masks, and guests should Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. plan to wear them as well. Wednesdays through Saturdays. “We will wait for new guide- Admission is $8 for adults, $5 lines from the state before we for seniors and those with physi- make any decisions about drop- cal challenges, and $3 for teens ping the masks,” said museum 13-17. Children 12 and under, executive director Herb Parsons. active military personnel and The museum, which sits on Historical Society members and property leased by NASA, also up to four guests are free. will follow NASA protocols for For group tour details, call health and safety. 964-4024. For more informa- The museum commemorates tion, visit moffettfieldmuseum. the long and storied military his- org.

WATER Emergency tips From Page 13 What can local residents do to prepare for an emergency? See- Emergency Response Trailer ley offered the following tips. Unit (ERTU), which has been • Store 1 gallon of fresh water used on multiple occasions in per person in the household per the past four years. The ERTU is day for a three-day supply. Chil- capable of sustaining six work- dren, nursing mothers and the ers for seven days and includes sick will need more clean water. tools to repair water systems • Refresh the water supply ev- while serving as communication ery six months; store it in a cool, centers. Cal Water generators dry place; and label each gallon are strategically located in re- with the fill date. mote areas to provide power for • Create your own bottled wa- pumping water and communi- ter by reusing dated, clean bot- cating with climate forecasters. tles with screw caps and adding The “Emergency Action two drops of unscented chlorine Guidebook” Cal Water devel- bleach. oped has become a valuable tool • Additional sources of wa- for its employees, providing inter during emergencies include formation and checklists that melted ice, liquid from canned cover what to do during disas- foods and the hot water tank. To ters including earthquakes, rob- purify water, boil it for 10 min- beries, medical emergencies and utes, then similarly treat it with evacuations. chlorine bleach.

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Stanford Health Care is ready to care for you, now and always. We continue to adapt and adhere to the most up-to-date safety guidelines, so you can feel confident getting the care you need. To ensure your safety, we are: • Screening both staff and patients for COVID-19 U.S. News & World Report recognizes Stanford Health Care among the top • Requiring and providing masks for all hospitals in the nation, based on quality and patient safety. • Staggering visits to allow for physical distancing in common areas • Ensuring separate screening areas for symptomatic patients • Sanitizing exam rooms after every patient Don’t delay your care. Appointments are available at our locations across the Bay Area and remotely by video visit.

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By Zoe Morgan sion this year, where she then pack- Staff Writer/[email protected] aged all the gifts at her own house and created detailed driving routes so that hroughout her time at Los Altos ASB students could deliver the presents High School, Isabel Berny took to hundreds of students’ homes. Ton a leadership role on campus, Berny’s commitment and high level working to bring students together, and of focus are something English teacher she didn’t let the pandemic stop her. Michael Smith said he’s seen since her Part of student government since her freshman year, but over the course of sophomore year, Berny, who graduated high school he has also watched her last week, served as Associated Study leadership skills develop. Body treasurer her junior year and this “It’s a cool thing to see her find her year as the wellness week and diversity voice and to able to be confident, to week coordinator. contribute and lead and do things posi- In that role, she worked to help stu- tively in the community,” said Smith, dents stay connected during online who taught Berny in both her freshman learning, adapting an annual “Gifts of and junior years. “I’m just excited for Gratitude” event so that students could her opportunities in the future.” still take part and send gifts to their A naturally reserved person, Berny friends, even while at home. said she never thought she’d get in- “I think people’s spirits were kind of volved in student government when she down, so we definitely did not want to first came to high school. It wasn’t until just skip out on ‘Gifts of Gratitude’ this her freshman-year Spanish teacher sug- year,” Berny said. “Even though it took gested she would be a good fit for ASB a lot of planning … I was motivated to that she decided to apply. do it just to give people something to “I got in, and from there, just imme- look forward to.” diately, I was super drawn to it,” Berny In a typical year, “Gifts of Grati- said. tude” gives students the opportunity to Through her participation in student pick from a selection of small gifts – government, Berny said she got more such as fuzzy socks or stress toys – to comfortable talking to people she didn’t send to a friend, along with a person- know and learned verbal communica- alized note. ASB students then collect tion skills, as well as how to tackle new the responses, buy the gifts and deliver situations. Last school year, Berny took them to the recipients during the school the lead role in organizing the school’s MARIE GODDERIS/TOWN CRIER day. annual homecoming parade. New graduate Isabel Berny was a leader in student government at Los Altos High Berny spearheaded an adapted ver- See BERNY, Page 21 School. She will attend Stanford University in the fall. Mountain View High grad’s determination, ‘quiet leadership’ stand out By Zoe Morgan Staff Writer/[email protected]

xperience caring for her three younger siblings, an interest in science and a passion for helping others Ecombined to lead Sbeyde Herrera Gonzalez to pursue a career as a pediatrician. Herrera Gonzalez graduated from Mountain View High School last week and is headed to San Jose State Univer- sity, where she plans to major in biochemistry. From there, she intends to go to medical school. “Looking after (my siblings) has definitely helped me develop patience and a love for kids,” Herrera Gonzalez said. “I think being a pediatrician combines my interest in medicine and my ability to get along with kids.” Becoming a doctor will be academically rigorous, but Mountain View High teacher Kristin Cardenas said she has seen how Herrera Gonzalez is willing to put herself out there, despite having a naturally shy personality. “She was always willing to do what it takes to succeed in her classes, and be a good daughter and sister and role model for the younger people in her family,” Cardenas said. “It’s that quiet leadership that was really impressive about her.” MARIE GODDERIS/TOWN CRIER Mountain View High graduate Sbeyde Herrera Gonzalez, the first in her family to graduate from high Cardenas was Herrera Gonzalez’s AVID teacher at school, plans to attend San Jose State University in the fall, with the aim of becoming a pediatrician. See HERRERA GONZALEZ, Page 21

June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 19 Schools Homestead grads head to Stanford with STEM careers in mind By Zoe Morgan Staff Writer/[email protected]

osh and Anushka Sanyal have their own interests and Jpassions, but the twins are nonetheless continuing along parallel paths as they both head to Stanford University in the fall. The Los Altos residents, who graduated from Homestead High School last week, say they didn’t intend to go to the same school, but also weren’t opposed to it. The siblings are both pur- suing STEM careers in different fields: Josh intends to major in computer science, while Anush- ka plans to study human biology and become a doctor. Stanford has strong programs in both areas, Anushka said. “We both got in, and then we pretty immediately knew we’d both be going,” Josh added. Anushka said she “vividly” remembers the moment they found out that they were both accepted, because they were on the same Zoom call for school. To avoid interrupting other people on the call, she tried to read her brother’s facial expression to see if he also got good news, and then they started texting each other to confirm they both got in. Although the twins didn’t think they’d end up at the same college, both say they are looking forward to it. “It’s interesting that it came out this way,” Anushka said. “I’m excited – I think it’ll be nice to have a familiar face on PHOTOS BY MARIE GODDERIS/TOWN CRIER the campus.” Los Altos residents Josh Sanyal, left, and twin sister Anushka, right, both graduated from Homestead High School last week and are Throughout high school, the headed to Stanford University in the fall. pair overlapped in some activities but diverged in others. Both ka and Josh in AP Statistics, said ally fun preparing and getting to home in the memory support taught her AP Biology as a soph- were on Homestead’s speech and he has been struck by how bright work with them, because we’re unit, working with residents af- omore, a class that’s typically debate team – with Josh compet- and talented the two are, while all also friends outside of math.” flicted with neurodegenerative meant for upperclassmen. Be- ing in debate and Anushka in also being collaborative and Southerd has known Josh diseases such as Alzheimer’s fore quizzes and tests, Alleyne- speech. They also both tutored working well with others. since his freshman year and said and Parkinson’s. Levy said there’d be a group other students in the school’s “It’s not just that they’re he’s consistently seen how Josh “It was this very humbling of juniors and seniors huddled academic center and each did good at math, or they’re good is competitive, while also want- experience, because I was get- around Anushka’s desk studying research in labs at Stanford. at school, or they’re great stu- ing to help and support others. ting to know a lot of them and and asking questions. However, they also had unique dents,” Southerd said. “It’s that For Anushka, her interest has hear about their rich back- “She is happy to help any- areas of interest. Anushka wants they’re also well rounded – they always been in learning about grounds … (but) seeing how body,” Alleyne-Levy said. to go to medical school, and has have the people skills, they’re the intricate systems that make over time this disease is eroding “She’s just truly passionate a particular interest in neurobi- very kind and respectful.” up the human body. In particu- at their personality, at who they about learning.” ology. During high school, she As the president of the math lar, she’s fascinated by all that we are,” Anushka said. “It’s been Southerd similarly said that researched neurodegenerative and programming clubs, Josh still don’t know about the body, really heartbreaking.” both Josh and Anushka are gen- diseases and worked at a senior worked with other students to and has conducted research on As a doctor, she said she uinely interested in what they care facility. Josh plans to pursue prepare for competitions, where neurodegenerative diseases. looks forward to both being at do and that he looks forward to computer science and was the they went up against other “I just love the unknown,” the forefront of learning about seeing their future accomplish- president of both the math and schools. Anushka said. “And there’s so new concepts, while also getting ments. programming clubs on campus. “It’s really cool to be a part of much unknown in the nervous to work directly with patients. “I hope those two stay in representing our school at these system and in neurobiology.” Homestead teacher Dara touch with me, because they’re Passion for learning competitions and being able Starting the summer after Alleyne-Levy said she was im- going to do some amazing Shawn Southerd, a math club to work with each other,” Josh her freshman year, she began pressed with the way Anushka things – and I don’t say that adviser who taught both Anush- said of his teammates. “It’s re- volunteering at a local senior worked with others when she lightly,” Southerd said.

Page 20 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Schools BERNY data showing facial recogni- together and discuss issues of From Page 19 tion software is less effective race and culture. Elementary schooler makes at identifying people of color, Beyond ASB, Berny has Holistic approach because the data sets used to been involved in other groups documentary on pandemic Now that she’s graduated train the artificial intelligence on campus, including the Girls from Los Altos High, Berny were disproportionately com- Who Code club. As president By Sophia Smith cessible public officials were in is headed to Stanford Univer- posed of white men. this year, she led weekly meet- Town Crier Editorial Intern responding to interview requests. sity in the fall, where she plans “That’s one of the important ings, where members would “If you email, like, on a Sat- to major in computer science, things that I think computer learn about women in STEM, uinley McCarroll, a urday morning, they’ll reply re- with an interest in also study- scientists really need to think do coding activities and work fourth-grader at Bullis ally soon,” she said. ing political science. about, because you’re just together on projects. QCharter School, recently When deciding whom to in- Berny wants to pursue both completely ignoring this huge Regardless of what she was made a documentary highlight- terview, Quinley said she sought areas because she said com- population of people,” she said. working on, Smith said he’s al- ing how Los Altos residents out people with different points puter science inherently in- Over the past year, she ways seen that Berny has an in- have grown and learned from of view. tersects with public policy, as worked on a newly formed quisitive mind and takes a “ho- the pandemic. “The businesspeople talked technology now impacts nearly diversity and inclusion sub- listic” approach to learning. Quinley said she undertook about, ‘What do I change tomor- every other field. To be able to committee within ASB. The “She was always a joy to the project because she was in- row to serve customers?’ The ed- use computer science to help group’s work has included have in class: always partici- terested in learning more about ucators talked about, ‘What les- others, Berny said it’s impor- surveying students on how pated, always encouraged and how people have grown from the sons can be taken away by kids?’ tant to understand how various to make the school’s curricu- worked with just about any- pandemic in positive ways. The The public officials talked about, groups have been treated over lum more inclusive, as well one who was thrown her way,” Los Altos resident said she titled ‘How do I ensure those who can time. as teaming up with Mountain Smith said. “There’s not a mo- her video “Every Cloud Has help get connected to those who One example Berny point- View High’s ASB to organize a ment where she’s not trying to a Silver Lining” to reflect that need help?’” she said. ed to of how computer sci- series of “Candidly Speaking” absorb information or dish it idea, and to highlight lessons After conducting her inter- ence has overlooked people is events, where students come out to someone.” learned from the pandemic. views, Quinley began producing “I wanted to create a film that her documentary by first learning HERRERA GONZALEZ Herrera Gonzalez enrolled in more challenging captures how our community new skills, such as how to edit From Page 19 science courses at Mountain View High, like AP has developed new dimensions, a video with iMovie. While the Biology. She also took part in extracurricular ac- due to COVID,” she said. “With process proved challenging, she Moutanin View High. AVID, or Advancement tivities and electives, like a Mexican folklorico vaccines now available to adults said it was ultimately rewarding. Via Individual Determination, is a program that dance class, which she said she enjoyed both for and even to children 12 and Quinley added that it took her aims to prepare students, many of whom are the the dancing itself and because it helped her feel older, we are transitioning into about three months to make the first in their family to attend college, for success connected to her Mexican heritage. a new phase of how we live. It seven-minute documentary – at four-year universities. When the pandemic hit, Herrera Gonzalez’s is important to retain the lessons and she did it all on her own. Herrera Gonzalez is the first person in her family faced disruptions and financial challeng- we learned over the past year.” She isn’t sure if she will make family to graduate from high school. Her par- es. Her father, who works at a grocery store, was To make her documentary, more documentaries – she said it ents both immigrated to the United States from able to keep his job, but her mother worked at a Quinley interviewed local busi- depends on whether she can find Mexico before she was born, and each has a hotel and got her hours cut as travel plummeted. ness owners and public officials, another subject she is passionate roughly middle school education. Herrera Gon- The family had depended on that income and re- including Los Altos Mayor Ney- about, as she was about the pan- zalez said she wants to make her parents proud lied on programs that provided assistance with sa Fligor, Los Altos Police De- demic and its silver linings. after seeing all their hard work and sacrifices. food to fill in the gap. partment Capt. Katie Krauss and “Difficult times reveal new “They left their entire family back in Mexico For her part, Herrera Gonzalez tried to make Santa Clara County Fire Depart- dimensions of human strength, to be here,” she said. “I think the least I could sure her 10-year-old brother was focusing dur- ment Capt. Justin Stockman. like kindness and empathy,” she do is take advantage of all of the opportunities ing his online classes, and kept an eye on her Quinley, who said her favorite said. “I think it shows that no given to me here, in such a successful area, and 5-year-old sister, who wasn’t in preschool be- interview was with Kim Mosley matter what happens, something make the most of it and go to college.” cause of the pandemic. Her 15-year-old sister from the Los Altos Chamber of good has to come.” also helped watch the two younger siblings. Commerce, noted that she was To view the documentary, Resilience Because of the child care responsibilities, pleasantly surprised by how ac- visit vimeo.com/551770446. 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June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 21 Graduation Los Altos High School Class of 2021

A Fabian Callejas Piper Aaronson Oliver Camp Ma. Annika Ariana Abad Brianna Campos Ryan Abe Janelle Cao Micah Abrahams Margaret Capetz Brenda Aguilar Emily Carbajal Aguilar Clara Akhlaghi Erik Cardoza Laila Al-Aghbash Clara Carlsson Georgia Allen Arynn Carty Bryan Amezcua Daniel Casares-Iglesias Maya Amit Alejandro Castillo Julio Joseph An Michell Catedral Akshur Ananth Amie Cativo Kaliani Anderson Julissa Cervantes Tejada Kevin Andrews Audrey Chang Sayan Andrews Ella Chang Ethan Apfelberg Kelly Chang Megan Apfelberg Valentina Chang Russel Arbore Michael Chavez Zepeda David Arista Primitivo Alec Chechik Gabriel Arrouye Alan Chen Cara Askren ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER Luca Chen Maya Atassi Marin Baugh Mathilde Bird von Eyben Maxfield Brucato Fengjun Chen Charles Atkins Jamie Baum Daniel Blum Owen Brunner Caroline Cheng Erin Atluri Leslie Bautista Jared Boal Maya Bryan Egor Cherkashin Judy Bautista Dominguez Audrey Boennighausen Peter Budko Nathan Chiochios B Alia Bell Bianka Bogdanic Nhu Bui Mira Chiruvolu Laila Bahman Leon Bera Hannah Bohbot-Dridi Tiger Choy Suvir Bajaj Isabel Berny Leila Boisvert C Rowena Christhuraj Franchesca Baker Sarah Bettinger Isabel Boustead Jason Cabrera Torres Vivek Chudasama America Baltazar Garcia Akanshya Bhat Roya Bouzari Zoltan Cabute Lauren Chung Elizabeth Barnett Soham Bhonagiri Blake Brinsfield Jason Calderon See LAHS, Page 23 Mountain View High School Class of 2021

A Matthew Bennion Chase Adams Hrisha Bhatt Hamza Adil Andrew Black Pamela Aguilar Basantes Glenda Boeker Enrique Aguilar Herrera Nathan Bonfilio Nicole Albright John Bowers Lucy Allebest Sehajpreet Brar Olivia Andje Remy Briens Oscar Angel Callum Brydon Angel Angel Medina Samuel Angel Morales C Sayda Arana Choy Matthew Alexander Cagatao Ron Arel Ava Cairns Ana Arellano Menchaca Hailey Cairns Nayeli Argueta Jenifer Calderon Lopez Archish Arun Dennis Callahan Braeden Atkinson Ryan Cambouris Carolyn Campisi B Kyle Capitina Benjamin Bagalso Charles Capriles Ryan Bahar Jiapci Cardenas Manon Balas Melany Cardenas Lopez Arushi Ballal Samantha Cardoso MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER Stephan Bannikov Yingjie Carey Adrian Cecil Kaia Chapman Navdeep Chawla Dafne Banuelos Sanchez Miles Carmack Gaurav Chakravarty Ernest Chau Jeff Chen Gabriel Barrett Francesca Carrubba Ryan Chan Carlos Chavez Russell Chien Hugo Barriga Ursa Casem Eileen Chang Raquel Chavez Arya Chilukuri Sandra Barriga Lauren Casey Iris Chang David Chavez Pena Hannah Chiu Sophie Bellisario Catleen Casinto Lilian Chang Marco Chavez-Avina See MVHS, Page 24

Page 22 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Graduation LAHS Homestead High School Class of 2021 From Page 22 Gia Cimring Jeffrey Clish (local graduates) Olivia Colace Madeleine Collart A Jackson Gregory Faria Alessio Colli Borna Alavi Isabelle Rose Fejes James Conroy Katherine Jane Allen Nikolay Aleksey Feldman Wyatt Conroy Ava Jeanne Aufderheide Omar Contreras Sanchez Maryam Azgomi G Colby Cook Zachary Baran Gabrielson Christian Corona Aparicio B Emmy Elizabeth Gallagher Rubicela Cortez Braden Jo Beitel Shreya Ganti Julie Costa ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER Emily Marie Blake Akshay Vivek Garud Ryan Cox Aaron Diaz F Mahir Bose Ella Mary Goodwin Naomie Cremoux Diana Diaz Annelisa Fache Jack David Guidi Juan Cruz Espinoza Christina Ding Gavin Fairey C Litzy Guadalupe Guitarrero Martinez Laura Cruz Mojica Aditi Dixit Maryanna Fakalolo Connor Akira Chow Charlotte Cuevas Ethan Donley Ksenia Faleeva Kaitlyn Akemi Chow H Mellisa Cupp Rocio Donlucas Gonzalez Benjamin Falkenburg Coby Zhi An Chun Louisa Rose Hahn Jason Curcio Kevin Donnelly Ethan Feldman Hudson Joseph Cockroft Nathan Gene Hahn Jessica Dooley Della Feldman-Peterson Sebastian James Cox Guy Haiby D Jane Dormady Joseph Feldman-Peterson John Alexander Crane Roee Haiby Dominic D’Augusta Jack Dragoli Evan Fine Eileen Chavaithamrong Hansa Edgar Davalos Alexander Drummond Erik Aldair Flores Yanez D Nathan Takeo Hedgpeth Artin Davari Oscar Dufosse Samantha Ford Alexandra Elizabeth Deckys Jonathan Tyler Herren Fraulein Rabelle De Luna Talia Frank Ananya Kunal Desai Hannah Phi Duong Ho Oscar Del Rio Romero E Ella Freda-Eskenazi Daniel Guy Huber Catherine Delafuente Garcia Elana Eisenberg Issa Frigino E Nathaniel Scott Hung Julie Deng Nicholas Eletich Bailey Fu Adel Jacob Marwan Eways Ziyi Deng Ruby Ellis J Mwinso Denkabe Aiden Elpedes G F Kevin Philip Jackson Sierra Desrosiers Moritz Endler Annika Gaglani Ben Faigon See HOMESTEAD, Page 25 Jimmy Dessouki Sarah Eng See LAHS, Page 26

June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 23 Graduation MVHS Ben Kurzion From Page 22 Hannah Kwan

Ajeet Chohan L Aman Chouhan Evan Lai Colin Chow Mandy Lai Chun Yin Chu Victoria Lam Ashwin Chugh Andrew Lancaster Rachel Clark Nicolas Landa Gavin Coladonato Kristin Landaverde Landaverde Sebastian Colmet Daage Daniel Lanuza Madeline Connell Mark Lanuza Delia Copeland Ivonne Lares Amber Cortez-Valencia Janelle Lares Aaron Cotner Andrew Lau Erin Coyne Neil Lau Maxine Crandall Paige Le Eva Cross Carolina Leal Connor Cummings Olivia Ledesma Antonio Lee D Ava Lee Cruz D’Antonio Cassie Lee Stephanie Dancel Lucas Lee Julian Daniels Leigh Lemoine Nia Daniels Yessenia Leon Indu Danturti Maia Leonard Mason Davies Maxwell Leonard Ryan DeAngelis Miles Libbey Jason DeGraaff Artem Ligay Wei Deng Josh Lillie Karan Dhillon Matthew Lin Kelly DiVerde Darian Liu Tyler Doan Katherine Liu Daniel Donahue Nathan Liu Samuel Du Toit Navin Lo Akhand Dugar Abigail Loh Cecilia Duncker Daniel Longyear Jacob Dyer Andrew Lopez Maria Lopez E Katherine Lopez Ruiz Scheherazade Ebert-Byrnes Bailey Lunn Megan Elkins Samara Enriquez-Reynoso M Hannah Estrada Ian Ma Royce Etheridge PHOTOS BY MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER Ailey MacDavid Abigail Evans Jessica Gillson Giselle HernandezArana Cassandra James Leslie Machado Kali Goldwater Aoife Hernon Jessi Jha Ryan MacKenzie F Elvira Golubkova Sbeyde Herrera Gonzalez Brianna Jimenez Taylor Mackey Charles Faurot Anthony Gomez Diaz Andrew Heuman Joy Jin Amanda Madariaga Lauren Fazzolari Trisha Gongalore Vanessa Higa Lily Jokhadze Amit Manor Ryan Feathers Diego Gonzalez Maanasi Hingwe Roohi Joshi Jazmin Manriquez Lia Fernandez-Grinshpun Brainer Eduardo Gonzalez Tobar Ava Hinz Tara Joshi Kiana Manson Edilla Ferrer Elizabeth Greene Kari Hjelmeset Malia Jue Tyler Marlett Jaren Figueiredo Setareh Greenwood Wesley Ho Wilmer Marroquin Xicay Anna Finlay Alexandra Guzman Shayna Hoberman K Zachary Martin Austin Flax Yuval Hod Madelyn Kansky Zoe Martin Michael Fong H Tai Hofmeister Raina Kapadia Christopher Martinez Alonso Elisa Fong-Hirschfelder Mata Haman Sebastian Holland Eliana Katz Andrea Mateo Cyrus Foroudian Ellie Hang Hazel Holmberg Henry Kaufusi Lance Mathias John Founds Christopher Harjadi Nadia Holten Sasha Keck Anna Maximova Ryder Freeman Paris Harrell Marianna Horna Matthew Keeley Liam McBride Brandon Freiberg Nathaniel Harris Corwin Hsien Daisy Kemp Riley McDonell Tiareiti Freitas Clara Hartlaub Stephen Hu Julia Kenyon Kylan McDowell Sarah Fridakis Ethan Haus Ethan Huang Brooke Kerstein Bella McGregor Autumn Fung Madison Hays Wei-An Huang Kacey Kim William McNamara Nina Haywood Ilhaam Husain Allison Kitani Emily Meng G Alexandria Heatherly Mariana Kloak Bayaan Mengerink Alexander Galan Natalie Heitkamp I Julia Knopf Clara Michaud Jonathan Galindo Gaspariano Barrett Heritage Aliya Icasiano Lauren Ko Nathan Mihopoulos Kevin de Jesus Garcia Bautista Camila Hernandez Alec Island Michael Konshin Noah Miller Marvin Gatica Perez Gabriela Hernandez Samantha Ivy Ava Kopp Aysia Minor Isabella Ge Yessenia Hernandez Lopez Johan Kou Sophia Mirrashidi Avi Gerber Cesar Hernandez Perez J Anirudh Kumar Ava Mirshafiei Noah Ghosh Oswaldo Hernandez Sanchez Seth Jackson See MVHS, Page 25

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Margo Moceyunas Mia Natalie Janes Audrey Moir Yun Ha Jung Daniela Molina Lizbeth Morales Castillo K Alexis Morgan Jacqueline Lihran Khuong Sam Mozer Lance Muir L Madeline Muir Rachel Jia Yin Lee Hector Murillo Garcia Sophia Savannah Leith Amanda Murray Kai Robert Levenson Christopher Ai Lew N Nina Simone Liaw Kira Narog Nina Simone Liaw Hirod Nazari Ryan Thomas Livengood Ella Nelson Julia Elise Lou Lucy Nelson Devin Carl Lucas Morgan Neumann MEGAN V. WINSLOW/TOWN CRIER Nicholas Ng Abigail Renfro Donald Sivertson Ignacio Villoslada M Tai Nguyen Ariana Rich Toby Slimak Octavio Villoslada Rebecca Ma Barbod Nikzad Vincent Rivera Kelly Smith Noah Vincent Zachary Kulle Merlesena Sistine Noel Sophie Roa Sebastian Spaid Iliana Vitakis Kaitlyn Alyssa Monsen Noelle Nordin Soren Robinson Allison Spray Anton Volos Kate Caroline Muret Kian Nowrouzi Marco Rodriguez-Benavidez Robert Stanley Jeannie Vongfungfoo Michael Nyarko Aileen Rojas Penelope Steele Johan Vonk N Cristopher Rojo Lozano Trent Steffen Carter Vu Anthony Sky Ng Thow Hing O Alexis Romero Alec Stein Gavin O’Keeffe Daniel Rosa Greggory Steiner W P Michael Olivo-Segura Sophia Rosenberg Kamilla Stevenin Sophia Waggoner Mika Peer Shalem Christina Olson Iain Rucklidge Ethan Stone Mia Wagner Ophir Peleg Miriam Olson Katelyn Rudolph Grace Storer Matthew Waldbusser Lucas Kekoa Persyn Caroline Olvera Genesis Ruezga Bajo Matthew Strode Samantha Waldbusser Nicholas Lamont Pugh Fatih Oruc Karston Runge Luke Sullivan Olivia Wall Jocelyn Christine Pytel Edgar Oseguera Chavez Andrew Runke Maya Sullivan Grant Walton Junseok Ryu Janya Sundar Katherine Wang Q P Saumeya Suseenthiran Brooke Wardell Ameen Ullah Qureshi Rui Pacheco S Tyler Wenke Zoe Pagoaga Tara Sabet T Kai Wessel R Lizeth Palma Cuesta Louie Vince Sabio Asaf Tal Eric Wetzel Amanda Lucia Ruggiero Kenneth Pan Neekie Salehi Enola Talbert Rina Weusijana Nikki Pappas Lorena Sandoval Garcia Emma Tei Camille White S Veronica Paredes Paniagua Angel Santiago-Santiago Samantha Tejeda Castillo Liam White Anushka Sanyal John Park Enzo Sapojnikoff Daria Terson Alexander Wieland Josh Sanyal William Park Emanuel Sarceño Ramirez Eveline Tholen Elizabeth Williams Sara Mei Warrington Saunders Arjun Patrawala Avni Sardana Katherine Thomas Jonah Williams Ofir Shani Christa Pauly Andrew Sasamori Samuel Thome Felix Wilson Sanjana Shankar Isaac Pedroza Carter Sayles Trace Thompson Ethan Wolff Samantha Mary Shenon Agustin Perez Vania Schneider Kai Tinkess Jacqueline Woo Samrudh Madhusudan Shenoy Ivan Peteh Ellie Schwarz Dai Tran Kathleen Wu Libbe Estelle Simonsen Jacob Pirnejad Alana Segar Rosemarie Trujillo Tejada Yue Wu Libbe Estelle Simonsen Daniel Plascencia Nova Evan Segelke Sydney Tsui Shachaf Rose Smith En Poh Dominic Sequeiros Kento Tsuruoka X, Y Trevor Phillip Stick Isabella Pollart Sriharini Seshachalam Yusaku Tsushima Tony Xin Erin Liwen Su Kayne Ponce-Pineda Bryce Seymour Athena Tulac Michael Yadao Theodore Poor Mateen Shagagi Audrey Turcotte Fei Yang T Abigail Porter Mira Shah Isobel Turner Antony Yau Marianna Andreyevna Nicole Porticos Nadav Shalinsky Maia Tyler Jaycie Yeung Tyrtyshnikova Emmaline Powell Nure Shamlou Emily Young Holland Powell Daniela Shapiro Ortiz de Zarate U Kirby Young W Dayana Sheinin Maya Uhler Tyler Yu Oscar Zachary Witt Q, R Jennifer Shi Evan Urodovskikh Jasmine Nicole Wu Naydelin Quec-Alvarez Arielle Shimoni Z Cole Rademacher Arjun Shivkumar V Filiberto Zaragoza Gonzalez Do you know grads Scarlette Ragmac Natalie Shok Cynthia Valencia Shera Zebb Eleanor Ragsdale Esha Shrivastava Casey Van Wandelen Juan Zepezauer from smaller Conner Raiff Elias Shustock Ken Vandeventer David Zhang private schools? Verenice Ramirez Jason Sias Christopher Velazquez Pineda Kristina Zhao Janine Beatrice Ramiso Arushi Singh Charissa Vesurai Anastasia Zhilyaeva Email their names to Akshat Rana Ashleigh Singh Alejandro Villablanca William Zhou [email protected] so we Nathaniel Randolph Rayan Singh Mariah Villalobos Kamran Zia can include them in an Marina Raynaud Lara Sipes Darlene Villar Mia Zolotar upcoming issue! Raziel Villavicencio Gomez

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LAHS Alexander Janes From Page 23 Leo Jaques Greta Jensen Diana Galstyan Xinin Jia Jared Gamble May Jiang Jimmy Gao Anthony Jin Sergio Garcia Samantha Jones Samantha Garcia Chavez Lucas Jousse Cesar Garcia Perez Shreya Juneja Emily Gatica Arellano Maria DelCarmen Gatica Hernandez K Cyrus Gaylord Rebekka Kabel Anne-Sophie Geldmeyer Benjamin Kamin Hannah Ghaffari Samantha Kao Gabriel Gicale Nazlican Kaplankiran Lucinda Gilbert-Fagen Zachary Kassak Natalia Gillat Maura Kelleher Sophie Girard Zarina Khader Marie Godderis Joshua Kim Sahire Gomez-Pacheco Zon Kitiyakara David Gong Aaron Kleidermacher Mateo Gonzalez Morgan Knab Shayla Gossain Ettian Kokona-Dussau Brandon Gottlieb Yorgos Kontoyiannis Vincent Gould Ekaterina Korolevskaya Emma Gourand Denis Koush Haley Grant Cathryn Krajewski ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER Kelsey Grant Kyleigh Krames Luis Lucero Estrada Emilia Mogetta Bertiz Xiane Prepose Tom Grelin Ragan Krames Angelina Lue Hanik Mohr Vladislav Prisacaru Theo Gsell Nickolas Krammer Natalie Mohr Ash Prodromou Cesar Guadarrama Romero Tom Kroot M Adolfo Montes Sanchez Karla Guerrero Michael Kroyan Emily Ma Leela Moon Q Mary Helen Gutierrez Hikaru Kurusu Molara Mabogunje Nathan Moore Megan Quinn Yohan Guyomard Laura MacKenzie Abigail Moos Lucca Quintela L Loren Madjer Seth Moos H Elli Lahdesmaki Jared Maeyama Sophia Moraes R Abigail Hagan Artin Lahni Kiran Mahn Elizabeth Morgan Joie Rahn Madeline Hale Jeimy Lainez Valencia Declan Mahoney Lauren Morimoto Sahana Ram Vivian Hanna Ajay Lama Anna Majorek Joseph Mosalem Kavya Ramamurthy Lauren Haragan Bijay Lama Anika Malayappan Gannon Munro Jayson Ramirez Tom Harpaz Brooke Lang Shivani Mandalaparthi Alexis Musick Jasmin Ramos Aaron Hartley Lizbeth Lara Ruiyi Mao Mijal Myszne Nevaeh Ramos Sophia Hauser Alexis Lara Alvarado Jonathan Marez Arellano Alexis Ramos Solis Maayan Haziza Parisa Larson Jasmine Marin N Marcos Rangel Arteaga Mu He Casey Lavin Karla Marin Ontiveros Samuel Nath Sarah Rashed Rushil Hegde Shanbhog Elina Lawlor Gabriela Marques Varun Nathamuni Sara Raymundo Diaz Kellan Henrie Amanda Le Axel Marquez Gonzalez Emmanuel Navarro Camdyn Rechenmacher Collin Hepworth Christopher Le Michael Marras Pedro Navarro-Gutierrez Garrett Regan Kevin Hernandez Melany Leal Sumale Daniel Martinez Daniel Ni Eike Rehwald Adinahel Hernandez Banderas Daniel Lebakos Elijah Martinez Jeremy Nieda Remington Reinking Alissa Hernandez Perez Kyra Ledbetter Dylan Martinez Cibrian Juntao Ren Kailee Higgins Ott Anna Lee Anthony Mays O Noah Revelo Grady Hofmann Ethan Lee Alexander McDowell Charles O’Hanlon Katherine Richardson Carson Holleb Everett Lee Brianna McKean Katherine O’Neal Guadalupe Rios Hans Holst Jocelyn Lee Marcus McMillin Karla Oregon Bianca Rizo Ventura Niels Holst Joy Lee Emily McNally Rosa Ortega Murillo Joshua Roccasalva Parisa Homayoun Derek Lefteroff Aliyah McPherson Allan-Noe Ortiz Ekaterina Rodova Allison Hong Amy Leon Victor Medina Midori Oxford Ana Marie Rodriguez Isabelle Hong Carissa Leong Melina Meggitt Akane Ozawa Sofia Rodriguez Baquero Diana Hsieh Matthew Leong Justin Meiseles Alexander Rolland Joanna Hsieh Sophia Levitski Cesar Mejia P Cesar Romero Callejas Nicholas Huang Barak Levitt Mirian Mendoza Cortez Maria Palacios Martinez Eduardo Romero-Fernandez Stella Huang Thomas Lilygren Oscar Mendoza Menjivar Hugo Pappalardo Ittai Ronen Sophia Hurst Amara Lin Oswaldo Mendoza Morales Aaron Parker Edwin Rosas-Gervacio Jeremy Lin Arsh Merchant Alexander Parsons Justin Rosen I Matthew Lin Zain Merchant Grace Patterson Kamoriyan Ross Joshua Ichiriu Keira Lin Rachel Mesel Sarah Patterson Steven Rotondo Wesley Ip Nicolas Ling Faaris Mian Noelia Pedroza Ruelas Sharis Ruiz Amaya Anton Ivanushkin Desmond Liu Kevin Millan Govanny Pena Flores Karthik Iyer Esteban Lopez Sadie Miller Kirsten Peterson S Maria Lopez Zachary Milligan Kaitlyn Pham Bradly Saavedra Llanos J Rachel Lopez Mihir Mirchandani Amy Phan Luis Salazar Prado Ali Jabbarzadeh Gangeh Ivan Cymond Lopez Jimenez Zacharia Mitani Julianna Pina Rojas Jair Salgado Asha Jain Ethan Lowe Lauren Miyake Evgenia Polishchuk See LAHS, Page 27

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Page 28 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 SECTION June 9, 2021 INSIDE Sports Stepping Out Business & Real Estate Classified Food & Wine Datebook 2 Food & Wine is published once a month. For advertising information, email [email protected]. For editorial information and to offer story ideas, email [email protected]. Dad-ventures: Show your father gratitude with food and wine By Christine Moore hen our children were very young, I Silicon Sips Wcommented to my Travel ‘abroad’ husband that they must have Take Dad away by assem- thought he was pure magic. bling a custom food and wine We’d wave him off every morn- at-home evening that will ing with excitement, then go transport him to Spain. Begin about our day with a predictable with my easy tomato and jamon routine. His arrival home in the appetizer and a bottle of Spain’s evening was always met with ec- contribution to the world of static enthusiasm, little legs rac- sparkling wine, Cava. ing to the front door upon hear- Made using the traditional ing his car. When he stepped Champagne method (that is, foot back into their day, he never secondary fermentation takes TOP RIGHT PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRISTINE MOORE; OTHERS COURTESY OF V. SATTUI disappointed. He’d swoop each place in the bottle), Cava is St. Helena’s V. Sattui Winery offers dad- and dog-friendly one up, lifting them high above both underpriced and under- tasting reservations, hosts a barbecue food truck on week- his head, swing them around rated. While generally not as ends and can supply taste-at-home boxes. Child-swinging and playfully toss them onto the complex as Champagne, it has optional. sofa. There were giggles, smiles heaps of charm all its own and and shrieks of joy. Wherever he is a playfully perfect sparkler to was, so too was fun. kick off an evening of tapas. Our kids are well past the Next, pair a seafood dish age of running to the door to such as ceviche or seared scal- greet him nowadays, but he lops with an Albarino from the still brings adventure to their Rias Baixas region of Spain. lives, encouraging them to push Albarino is an ultra-refreshing themselves outside of comfort coastal white wine that boasts zones and finding ways to make really interesting salinity, mak- life exciting. ing it a super wine to pair with Dads initiate spontaneous light fish appetizers. wrestling matches, dinnertime Finish Dad’s food and wine joke-telling sessions, weekend escape with a Tempranillo and bike races and movie mara- thinly sliced Spanish chorizo and thons. They’re responsible for empanadas. A red wine, Tempra- the biggest thrusts on swing nillo is made throughout Spain sets, the greatest lashing of hot and is aged sometimes for sev- sauce on their tacos and the eral years before being released. most colossal splashes in any For tapas, I prefer a lighter oak, while Gran Reserva spends lights strung outside and throw With the wine flowing, poolside cannonball challenge. Tempranillo. Look for bottles two years in oak and a year in a vibrant tablecloth on your nibbles abundant and music This Father’s Day, show dad labeled “Joven,” meaning the bottle aging before release. outdoor dining table. Crank up filling your backyard, Dad will your love with a gift of adven- “young,” or “Crianza,” indi- Offer a selection of Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucia on Spo- feel transported to Barcelona. ture – either a curated-for-the- cating that the wine has spent cheese, some fresh fruit and tify. For a more contemporary Luxuriate over the meal, as the holiday wine hamper or a trip to only a year in oak. Tempranillo grilled vegetables to round out Spanish soundtrack to the meal, Spanish do, by slowly pacing a Napa Valley winery. Reserva is aged for two years in the meal. Set the mood with cafe check out Mala Rodriguez. See DADS, Page 30

Governor says parklets, more details after a June 3 press to-go cocktails can stay conference, writing that the eased WE ARE HAPPY TO Food Briefs Gov. Gavin Newsom an- alcohol restrictions, which in- Restaurants fundraise nounced that the state’s planned clude food-truck meals at brewer- WELCOME YOU BACK! for India COVID relief reopening Tuesday would revert ies, and expanded outdoor dining The “Dining for India” event the dining industry to its previ- “support the recovery of busi- Indoor Dining Open Now local restaurants organized May ous rules on outdoor dining and nesses and protect public health.” TAKE-OUT STILL AVAILABLE 25 raised more than $35,000 for cocktails to-go. The governor’s office said he Tuesday-Saturday American India Foundation’s He described the “flexible was also “urging local govern- 5:00pm–8:00pm COVID response aid. dining rules” brought on by pan- ments to facilitate outdoor din- House made bread included Twelve eateries, including demic shutdowns as a safe and ing through local zoning and with each order Amber India, Aurum and Pas- fun way to support the restau- programs that support and pro- Ph: 650-964-3321 sage to India, contributed 50% rant industry. mote expanded open-air, take- French Restaurant since 1989 of their food sales to the cause. Newsom’s office releasedout and delivery options.” 1405 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040

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Email Food & Wine story ideas DADS Madeira. Plus, V. Sattui’s onsite Christine’s Tomato to [email protected]. From Page 29 deli boasts house-cured char- Bread with Jamon cuterie, more than 200 cheeses, Serrano yourselves through the courses. sandwiches, pasta salads, fresh Maybe even encourage Dad fruit, and much more. If Dad is • 2 roma tomatoes to regale all with his favorite looking for a hot lunch, V. Sat- • 2 cloves garlic stories and most repeated jokes. tui’s weekend barbecue and food • 3 tablespoons olive oil Note that shopping for this truck has him covered. Right- • Sea salt dad-venture can all be done at off-the-grill tri-tip sandwiches, • Black pepper TRADITIONAL ITALIAN CUISINE Draeger’s Market in Los Altos. smoked ribs, salted cod cro- • 1 Midwife and the Baker Join us at Vitale Restaurant Visit draegers.com to pre-order quettes and wood-fired pizzas are baguette (visit 846 Indepen- for a meal that will satisfy ceviche cups and empanadas. just a few of the hot food items dence Ave., Mountain View) your appetite. on offer. • 8 slices serrano ham Take a road trip V. Sattui Winery is the We look forward to seeing Dads often like to hunker ultimate spot for dad and all his Using box grater placed over you soon. down at home on a Sunday. crew – even dogs are welcome. shallow bowl, grate tomatoes. Mangia bene, stay bene! Now’s your turn to push your dad Reservations are highly recom- Discard any remaining tomato Eat well, stay well! out of his comfort zone. Con- mended to ensure you can relax skin. Finely chop garlic and add Reservations are vince Dad to jump in the car and and enjoy the full V. Sattui to tomatoes. Add olive oil, salt encouraged, limited he will be oh so happy he did! It’s experience. and pepper. seating for indoor and a beautiful time of year to drive If the dad you’re spoiling Preheat outdoor grill to outdoor dining. to Napa Valley. V. Sattui Winery isn’t within driving distance of medium. Slice bread into 20 in St. Helena is the ideal destina- V. Sattui, consider booking a pieces. Toast on grill for 1-2 Thank you for your continued patience and tion for the day. The winery is virtual tasting or sending him minutes per side, keeping an unconditional support. currently taking reservations for one of its fabulous Wine and eye on it the entire time to BENVENUTO & BUON APPETITO: OPEN DAILY both indoor and outdoor tasting Gift boxes. Both its Wine Not? ensure it doesn’t burn. Remove LUNCH DINNER experiences at vsattui.com. and Pasta Please! boxes seem toasted bread from grill. Mon – Fri 11am – 2pm Mon – Fri 5pm – 9pm The iconic stone winery pro- especially suited for bringing Assemble tapas by spooning Sat & Sun 12pm – 3pm Sat & Sun 3pm – 9pm duces a wide array of exceptional some joy to Father’s Day. small amount of tomato mix- See our full menu at www.cafevitale.com wines, including sparkling wine, Christine Moore is a ture onto each slice of bread. Call us to place your order! Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Mountain View resident. To Tear ham into pieces and place Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as read her blog, visit sheepish- one piece onto each slice of | 987 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos 650-559-1500 dessert wines such as Port and sommelier.blogspot.com. bread.

Page 30 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Sports Los Altos track team poised to make noise at section semifinals By Pete Borello Staff Writer/[email protected] wenty-three members of the Los Altos High track Tand field team have already extended their seasons by excelling at the league meet, and Saturday they have an opportunity to do it one more time. Those who perform well at the Central Coast Section semifinals at Soquel High will return a week later for the finals. The Los Altos boys domi- PHOTOS BY MALCOLM SLANEY/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER nated the SCVAL meet May 29 Los Altos High’s Josh Kung, above at left, competes in the long at Los Gatos High, racking up jump at the league meet. He won the event and set a personal 123 points to finish well ahead of record. Teammates Kevin Andrews, above at right, and Maddy runner-up Palo Alto (75). Rival Randall, right, won their respective 800-meter races that day. Mountain View placed ninth (19) and 3,200 (9:43.42) runs, setting in the CCS. souki; and Zhai in the long jump one of the jumpers do so well, among the 13 schools competing. personal records in both. The Eagles’ other winners also (personal-best 21-06). given the fact that we are still in a Thirteen Los Altos boys quali- The 4x400 relay team of To- set personal records: Toney in the Sophomore Zach Fagin took pandemic and found out we were fied for the CCS semis, several in moki Chien, Shawn Toney, Jim- 110 hurdles (15.36), Dessouki in third in the high jump by clearing going to have SCVALs and CCS multiple events. Kevin Andrews my Dessouki and Charlie Atkins the 300 hurdles (39.07) and John 6 feet, a personal record. not that long ago,” jumps coach advanced in all three distance “destroyed the competition,” Zhai in the triple jump (44-4.75). No team came close to match- Drew Russert said. events, which coach Steph Mac- MacKenzie said, by running a Second-place finishers in- ing Los Altos in the jumps; the The Los Altos girls placed Kenzie called “almost impos- 3:27.29 – the top time in the CCS. cluded Atkins in the 200 dash Eagles secured three of the six third in the team standings with sible.” He won the 800-meter run Josh Kung won the long jump (personal-best 22.68); the 4x100 qualifying spots in the long jump, 56 points, one more than Moun- (1 minute, 58.91 seconds) and with a personal-best leap of 22 relay team of Greg Schumann, triple jump and high jump events. tain View. took third in the 1,600 (4:18.09) feet, 8.75 inches that ranks first Jacob Howmiller, Kung and Des- “It was amazing to see each See TRACK, Page 32 Mtn. View advances to quarterfinals; Pinewood scores nearly 100 points Los Altos eliminated by Homestead in Open Division quarterfinal victory By Pete Borello By Pete Borello Staff Writer/[email protected] Boys Basketball Playoffs Staff Writer/[email protected] Girls Basketball Playoffs ountain View High boys basket- ehind a barrage of 3-pointers, the ball coach Kevin Mack said he took the ball to the basket, scoring from Pinewood School girls basketball – two of them courtesy of junior Ladine Mwarned his players that Satur- the right block to push the lead to six. Bteam pummeled Palo Alto 97-61 in – en route to the team’s highest-scoring day’s second-round playoff game against “We thought Ryan could get by his guy the Central Coast Section Open Division game of the year. Evergreen Valley wouldn’t be like the reg- with his size,” Mack said. “He made a quarterfinals Friday night. The Panthers next host No. 3 St. Ignati- ular-season meeting between the teams, great play and gave us some momentum.” The undefeated Panthers (15-0) made a us (13-4) in a semifinal game set for 7 p.m. which his Spartans won by 18 points. The bucket ignited the Spartans’ 12-0 season-high 17 treys, needing only 31 at- today. The winner is likely to face top- He was right. run to end the game. Bahar made half tempts to get there. They actually shot bet- seeded Mitty (12-1) – heavily favored in Although host Mountain View won by those points and finished with 11. Yuval ter from beyond the arc (55%) than from its semifinal versus No. 5 Woodside Priory a similar margin, 65-49, the fifth-seeded Hod sank two free throws and converted a inside it (54%). (10-3) – in Friday’s title game. Mitty has Spartans (12-5) briefly fell behind midway breakaway layup in that stretch; the senior Four of those 3s came from Elle La- beaten Pinewood in the last five Open Di- through the third quarter. They weren’t totaled a game-high 24 points. dine, whose 18 points and 14 rebounds off vision finals, prevailing 76-44 a year ago. able to pull away from the No. 12 Cougars “Yuval has been so steady for us all the bench also led Pinewood. Una Jova- Even before the playoffs began, Decker (5-11) until the final few minutes of the year,” Mack said. “He’s a leader, and he novic scored 15 points, Emily Lee added said the Panthers had the Monarchs on Central Coast Section Division I contest. makes plays for us when we need it.” 14 and Annika Decker had 11; the trio shot their mind. “They only scored 49, but it felt like Joe Brown added 13 points that includ- a combined 8-of-10 from distance. “That’s honestly always been what more than that,” Mack said. “They never ed a trio of 3s. The junior also made a layin Ahead 46-33 at halftime, the second- you’re thinking about all year, just replay- went away.” off a baseline inbound lob from Bahar that seeded Panthers put away the No. 7 Vi- ing them; you always want to rematch,” the Mountain View, off to an 8-0 start and enabled Mountain View to regain the lead kings (14-6) in the third quarter. Host point guard said. “I don’t think we’ve ever ahead by as many as 11 points in the first at 33-32 with 4:10 left in the third period. Pinewood opened the period with a dev- played our best game against them. I think half, found itself clinging to a 53-49 lead af- “That’s a play we’ve run a lot, and they astating 17-2 run in which Chance Bucher especially for all of us seniors, there’s five ter Evergreen’s Rahul Sharma made a lay- executed it well,” Mack said. scored all eight of her points (two 3s and a of us – the five starters – we want that in with 3:47 to play. That prompted Mack The start of a 13-7 run to cap the quar- layin). By quarter’s end, the Panthers’ lead game really bad, so we’re all really gun- to call timeout and set up a play for Ryan ter, the Spartans never trailed again. had ballooned to 70-39. ning for it.” Bahar. The 6-foot-2 senior aggressively See BOYS HOOPS, Page 32 Pinewood buried five treys in the fourth See GIRLS HOOPS, Page 32

June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 31 Sports SF boys cap perfect VB season; Lancers shine at swim finals TRACK From Page 31 By Pete Borello Staff Writer/[email protected] Ten Los Altos girls made the Prep Sports Summary CCS semis, most of them quali- he St. Francis High boys fying in multiple events. volleyball team achieved 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 20-25, 15-13. Sophomore Megan Mac- Ta perfect season by sweep- In the quarterfinals two days Kenzie, the coach’s daughter, ing Monta Vista in Saturday’s earlier, Mountain View defeated won two events: the long jump Central Coast Section Division No. 7 Fremont in four sets. (personal-best 17-09.5) and triple II final. The top-seeded Lancers PHOTOS BY ABBEY LIAO/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER jump (38-0). Freshman Maddy beat the No. 2 Matadors 25-15, Softball St. Francis swimmers Audrey Hold- Randall claimed the 800 run in 25-18, 25-18. Los Altos has not only quali- en, above, and Nathan Nguyen, right, what the coach called “a stunning Host St. Francis (15-0) won fied for the CCS Open Division led their respective teams to second- time of 2:16” that goes down as a all three of its playoff matches in for the first time – the Eagles have place finishes at the CCS finals. personal record. straight sets and handed Monta garnered the third seed in a brack- ond; Bellarmine won the meet Town Crier’s deadline) at Laguna Maura Kelleher placed second Vista (14-1) its only loss of the et comprising the top eight teams (364). Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey. in the high jump by clearing 4-11. season. in the section. The St. Francis girls’ 200- Tan shot a 75 to place 10th at the “I’m very proud of our team Los Altos (12-1) was sched- yard freestyle relay and 400 free June 1 regional, also played at Stellar Spartans and how they performed all year uled to host No. 6 Pioneer (13-5) relay teams took second with Laguna Seca, and Song posted a Aoife Hernon paced the long,” Lancers coach Jonah Car- Monday, after the Town Crier’s times of 1 minute, 37.52 seconds round of 80 to finish 23rd. Mountain View girls, qualify- son said. “It takes a whole pro- deadline. The winner advances to and 3:33.73, respectively. Alexis ing for the semifinals in all four gram to come together, during today’s semifinals. Schaffer swam the first leg of Girls lacrosse of her events. The senior set per- COVID, and have an undefeated As expected, St. Francis se- each race. Audrey Holden, who After placing third in the sonal records with her third-place season.” cured the top seed in the Open. anchored the 400 free relay, also SCVAL with a 9-3 record, Moun- times in the 200 (25.99) and 400 Junior outside hitter Jerry Feng The unbeaten Lancers (21-0) were took home a third-place medal in tain View was expected to re- (59.00) dashes, and she ran the led St. Francis with 14 kills on 20 slated to entertain No. 8 Hillsdale the 100 breaststroke (1:03.17) and ceive an at-large berth in the CCS first legs of the Spartans’ 4x100 attempts, with no errors. (15-6) Monday, with the winner was part of the Lancers’ third- playoffs (the seeding meeting (50.37) and 4x400 (4:13.67) relay “That’s a massive perfor- moving on to today’s semifinals. place 300 medley relay team was held after the Town Crier’s teams that came in third. mance,” Carson said. Mountain View (7-5) made (1:47.00). deadline). First-round games are Cassie Lee, a member of the Middle blockers Ethan Watson CCS Division III as the fifth seed For the boys, St. Francis’ best scheduled today, with the quarter- 4x100 team, also placed third in and Chris Hersch, also juniors, and was set to play at No. 4 Mer- finish came from the 200 medley finals set for Thursday. the long jump (17-06.75). Julia contributed eight kills each. Wat- cy-Burlingame (11-2) Tuesday. relay team, which took third with The Spartans closed the regu- Gentin was third in the 3,200 run son added a team-high six blocks a time of 1:36.77. Relay mem- lar season with a 15-7 home win (11:30.31). and Hersh recorded five. Swimming ber Nathan Nguyen also finished over Palo Alto May 26. Austin Flax was the highest Senior Brian Kellogg had five The St. Francis girls and boys fourth in the 100 breast (57.73) finisher for the Mountain View kills and five blocks, while fel- teams finished as runners-up at and anchored the Lancers’ fourth- Boys lacrosse boys, placing third in the shot put low outside hitter Jack Ebertin, a the CCS swimming and diving fi- place 200 free relay (1:28.16). Grady Hofmann’s goal with 24 with a personal-best 43-04. sophomore, chipped in seven kills. nals, which concluded May 29 at seconds to play enabled Los Al- The CCS semifinals are set Mountain View’s season end- San Benito High. Boys golf tos to edge rival Mountain View to start 10 a.m. Saturday. The ed in the CCS Division I semi- With a score of 274.53, the St. With strong showings at last 11-10 in the season finale for both CCS is not allowing spectators finals, where the second-seeded Francis girls finished second to week’s CCS Regional No. 2 event, teams May 28. Hofmann, Tyler at the meet, but a limited number Spartans (11-4) fell to No. 3 Bel- Sacred Heart Prep (315.52). The Los Altos’ Jamison Tan and Con- Crissman and Owen Lee finished will be permitted to attend next larmine (9-9) in five sets Thurs- St. Francis boys (171) edged Val- nor Song qualified for the CCS -fi with two goals each to lead the week’s finals (advance online day. The visiting Bells prevailed ley Christian by a point for sec- nals scheduled Tuesday (after the visiting Eagles. tickets required). BOYS HOOPS game tonight.” (11-8) got off to a 7-2 start that in- GIRLS HOOPS From Page 31 Los Altos junior Jake Skaggs cluded five points from Omri Remez. From Page 31 nearly matched Brathwaite, putting Los Altos cut the deficit to 41-40 Mountain View was slated to visit up 29 points. He accounted for all on Andrew Reilly’s midrange shot Eagles earn top seed in Division I No. 4 Silver Creek (12-5) Tuesday, four of the Eagles’ points during a with 1:06 left in the period, but that’s For the first time in decades – if not ever – Los Altos has after the Town Crier’s deadline; the first quarter in which his team shot as close as the Eagles got. Brath- landed a No. 1 seed in the playoffs, which coach Erik Stuart victor plays in Thursday’s semifinals. just 2-of-17 from the field. waite countered with a three-point called “a very nice honor for all the players.” Ahead 15-4 entering the second, play (drive and free throw) and then The top seed in CCS Division I after an 11-3 regular sea- Eagles’ rally not enough the host Mustangs pushed the lead turned a steal into a layin to extend son that included a third-place finish in the SCVAL De Anza Los Altos bounced back from to 14 points before Los Altos rallied. the Mustangs’ lead to 46-40. Division, the Eagles received a first-round bye. Los Altos a rough first quarter – trimming its The Eagles sliced their deficit to 26- Reilly’s layin with two ticks left was slated to host No. 6 Piedmont Hills (7-5) in Tuesday’s 11-point deficit to just one by half- 25 by intermission by not only mak- in the third and a free throw by Nico quarterfinals, played after the Town Crier’s deadline. The time – but the Eagles were never able ing shots, but also rattling Home- D’Augusta almost one minute into winner advances to Thursday’s semifinals. to catch Homestead in Saturday’s Di- stead with a full-court press that led the fourth closed the gap to three vision I second-round game. to seven turnovers. points. Brathwaite answered with an- Lancers secure 2nd seed in Division II The eighth-seeded Mustangs “We started picking up full court, other successful drive to the hoop to As the No. 2 seed in CCS Division II, St. Francis also fended off No. 9 Los Altos 67-59, and we had some great energy and ignite a 6-0 run, and Homestead re- moved directly to the quarterfinals. The Lancers (3-8) were thanks largely to Daniel Brathwaite. erased that deficit, so we had a new mained in control the rest of the way. set to host No. 7 Woodside (6-4) Tuesday. The Homestead senior scored a game by halftime,” Naas said. “I’m game-high 30 points, 19 of them so proud of the way they battled back Other locals move on Spartans skip CCS playoffs coming in the second half. after that start.” As the top seed in Division II, St. Mountain View qualified for the CCS Division I playoffs, “We were trying to keep him out The Eagles (7-8) ended the half Francis (4-8) advanced directly to but coach Xavier Cook said the Spartan chose not to partici- of the lane, but we weren’t able to do on an 8-0 run that featured six points Tuesday’s quarterfinals to face visit- pate due to the day the CCS scheduled the first-round games. that tonight,” Eagles coach Trevor from Dominic D’Augusta and then ing No. 8 Aragon (4-8). “Our two best players are seniors, and graduation day is Naas said. “I wish our help-side de- a low-post basket from Skaggs, who Pinewood (6-8), the No. 1 seed June 4,” Cook said last week, “so we felt like it wasn’t worth fense was a little bit better in meeting scored seven in the stanza. in Division V, hosts a semifinal at 7 going.” him once he got there, but he’s a re- That momentum didn’t carry into p.m. Thursday; the opponent had not Mountain View placed fifth in the SCVAL El Camino ally good player and he had a great the third quarter, though; Homestead been determined at press time. Division at 6-6 and went 7-7 overall.

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Ragazzi Continuo to ‘Shine’ Saturday Los Altos Stage Company Town Crier Report shows ‘Mercy’ this week agazzi Continuo will celebrate a decade of song Town Crier Report Rwith “All Will Shine,” s it prepares to welcome live audiences in the fall, Los a virtual concert from the adult Altos Stage Company presents “The Mercy Seat” as a cappella choir scheduled 5 p.m. Aits next livestreaming production. The drama is sched- Saturday. uled to run this weekend and next. Joined by singers from Written by Neil LaBute, “Mercy” was among the first major throughout the country, Continuo theatrical responses to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Set on Sept. – comprising Ragazzi graduates 12, 2001, a man and woman explore the choices now available – will perform favorites from the to them in an existence different from the one they had lived past decade. just the day before. Can one be opportunistic in a time of uni- To commemorate the 10th versal selflessness? anniversary, Continuo plans to “Mercy” premiered Off-Broadway in December 2002 with release a new album (date to be LaBute directing and Liev Schreiber and Sigourney Weaver in announced). the leading roles. Using the Ragazzi Virtual DAVID ALLEN/SPECIAL TO THE TOWN CRIER LASC’s production features veteran Bay Area actors (and Studio technology that allows Ragazzi Continuo will celebrate its 10th anniversary with “All Will married couple) Melissa Jones and Drew Benjamin Jones. Shine,” a concert streaming Saturday. singers to perform together from Both actors have performed with LASC in the past, most re- home in real time, Saturday’s River” and “Ave Maria,” as well available for viewing via You- cently in “Into the Woods” (Melissa) and “One Flew Over the concert will be recorded, then as the premiere of some new ar- Tube Premiere. Cuckoo’s Nest” (Drew). Allie Bailey, LASC’s production man- mixed and mastered by members rangements. A suggested donation of $25 ager, directs. of Continuo. After the concert, Continuo per viewer is encouraged to sup- Staged at Bus Barn Theater, “Mercy” will be livestreamed Directed by Michael Stahl, invites the audience to toast the port Continuo. 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 7 p.m. Sundays through June the concert will feature familiar group’s 10-year history and chat To donate, access the concert 20. The play is 100 minutes long; there is no intermission. works such as “Shenandoah,” with the singers online. link and for more information, Tickets to livestream the show are $30. “Dedication,” “Down in the The performance will be visit ragazzicontinuo.org. For tickets and more information, visit losaltosstage.org.

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Rival farmers’ market opens in downtown MV A new farmers’ market kicked off last week in downtown Mountain View, with timing that directly rivals Los Altos’ own. The 5-8 p.m. Thursday evening market, scheduled to run through September, is located in the civic parking lot near California and Bryant streets. California Farmers’ Markets Association, which had also previ- ously managed market operations in Los Altos, launched the new market and continues to operate the Sunday morning market at the Mountain View Caltrain station. This year the Los Altos Village Association switched providers to contract with Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association to run the 4-8 p.m. Thursday market on State Street. The Bryant Street market included no hot-food trucks, which are often viewed by nearby restaurants as a source of competition during evening markets. The Los Altos market has also reduced its hot food offerings this year.

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Where’s my property line? By Owen Halliday t has happened twice this On the Market week: I received a call from Isomeone whose neighbor ing what are called “metes claimed that a fence is in the and bounds,” which describe wrong place and wants to move the actual measurements and it onto the property line. Help! angles of your property’s lot lines. The surveyor will then Q: Isn’t the fence on the prop- come to survey your property erty line? and place markers – usually A: This is a very common wooden stakes – on the lot lines assumption that is usually cor- and corners of your property. rect, but not always. Fences fall Sometimes the surveyor will down over the years, maybe install a large metal nail or pipe there never was a fence or one as a type of monument that can got installed where someone be used for future surveyors. “thought” the property line was. The reality is that just because Q: Should I have my lot sur- there is a fence someplace, do veyed? not assume that is where the A: If you are getting ready property line is. to sell and think there might 339 S San Antonio Road be an issue, or if you think Suite 1B Q: If the fence isn’t on the the fence may be in the wrong Los Altos, CA 94021 property line, where is it? place, then a survey could be 650-948-4886 A: Only a land surveyor can very helpful to resolve any [email protected] tell you for sure. A surveyor questions. will look at the legal description of your lot, often includ- See MARKET, Page 38

Page 34 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 Business & Real Estate On the move? Check with Better Business Bureau first By Steve McFarland Get three in-person or virtual estimates. Rogue operators rarely ver the past year, we’ve been a appear in person to give estimates. nation on the move. That pattern BBB Scam Alert Owill continue this spring and • They often have generic-sounding company. Also, do an internet search bility protection. It costs a little more but summer, thanks largely to the pandemic. names similar to those of reputable mov- using the mover’s name and the word may be well worth the price. Interstate Scammers know this all too well and ers. “scam.” If you find reports about mov- movers in the U.S. are legally required to you can bet they’re taking advantage. • They sound professional and reas- ers demanding more money to deliver offer coverage in their estimates. The Better Business Bureau ex- suring on the phone. goods, it may be a shady operator. • Watch out for large deposit or cash pects to see an uptick in moving scams • They appear in sponsored links at demands. Other than a small down pay- throughout California, especially South- the top of search results and often use Avoiding the scam ment, honest movers have you pay once ern California, as consumers relocate for the names of legitimate movers. Here are some ways to avoid a bad they have delivered all goods. So, if the financial, family and other reasons. • They quote below-market rates hop- moving company and find a good one: mover demands that you pay during That’s why it’s important to do your ing to lure customers in, then get more • Get three in-person or virtual esti- the course of a move or when loading research when choosing a company to money from you later in the process. mates. Rogue operators rarely appear in or delivering, you are dealing with a transport your belongings. Start at bbb. • They post fake reviews from happy person to give estimates. A low-priced scammer. org and compare several licensed mov- customers. estimate given over the phone can end The BBB receives an average of ers. The rating indicates the level of • Some unscrupulous movers use up costing more than what a legitimate 13,000 complaints and negative reviews customer satisfaction, which includes re- unmarked trucks, hire day laborers and mover would charge. about movers each year, and California solving complaints. If the mover is BBB will claim to be BBB accredited or use • Get an estimate based on weight, not is home to more of these companies than accredited, they’ve met BBB standards other seals. cubic feet. Rogue operators prefer to give any other state. COVID has introduced for ethics and fiscal responsibility. And • Some say they’re local, but in reality estimates in cubic feet. Volume is easier a lot of uncertainty into our lives, and don’t forget to read the reviews; unlike their address may be a mail center or to manipulate than weight, so they can moving is already one of life’s biggest other sites, they’re verified, so you know a virtual office that forwards mail and later claim additional charges and maybe stressors. Save yourself some headaches every reviewer had an actual experience calls to the real location. even hold your property hostage. in the long run by doing your research with the company. The U.S. Department of Transporta- • Make sure the mover’s license is upfront. tion is another helpful source. Its website current with the Public Utilities Com- For more information, visit BBB. Signs of scammers (tinyurl.com/599k43kb) lets you enter mission (California) or Department of org/AvoidScams. Dishonest and unethical movers use a mover’s license number to see if any Transportation (interstate). Steve McFarland is president and the following tactics. complaints have been received about that • Consider full-value replacement lia- CEO of the Better Business Bureau.

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221 S. Springer Road, B. Baby to P. & 255 S. Rengstorff Avenue No. 116, En- for $830,000 R. Hogg for $4,214,500 kelis Trust to T. & J. Dalai for $725,000 22606 Voss Avenue, Loughlin Trust to Transactions 858 Sierra Vista Avenue, Seven-O- J. & T. Chou for $2,385,000 Los Altos Hills Five Construction Inc. to S. & J. Tucek Los Altos 27841 Baker Lane, Job Trust to P. & for $2,540,000 Overall 169 Angela Drive, Putman Trust to Y. K. Govindarajan for $3,200,000 1675 Tulane Drive, J. Hugly to H. & A. Los Altos & D. Ye for $4,500,000 13456 Country Way, Boehlke Family Paul for $3,110,000 655 Camellia Way, Bob Trust to H. & Trust to S. & V. Singh for $6,000,000 272 Tyrella Avenue, Flynn Trust to Total sales: 14 X. Ma for $3,900,000 13051 La Paloma Road, Ander- CCC Associates for $1,655,000 Lowest sale: $1,500,000 2068 Cynthia Way, Hansen Trust to son Family Trust to Sheth Trust for 860 Yardis Court, Jehning Family Highest sale: $5,000,000 Chaston Family Trust for $3,598,000 $4,450,000 Trust to A. & M. Ravi for $3,800,000 Average sale: $3,521,400 1385 Fremont Avenue, J. Millette to Yang Trust for $3,200,000 Mountain View Cupertino Los Altos Hills 132 Lyell Street, Reed-Kerr Family 201 Ada Avenue No. 20, Chaston Trust 19887 Beekman Place, Rethinavelu Total sales: 3 Trust to J. & M. Zhuo for $1,500,000 to D. & E. Chi for $1,225,000 Trust to R. & V. Gnanasekaran for Lowest sale: $3,200,000 1978 Newcastle Drive, Lawrence Trust 271 Calderon Avenue, Summerhill $1,655,000 Highest sale: $6,000,000 to H. & N. Budhiraja for $3,204,000 Calderon Avenue LLC to H. & S. Tsang 10395 Bret Avenue, Z. Wang to T. & Average sale: $4,550,000 553 Palm Avenue, Palm Avenue LP to for $1,915,000 X. Yang for $2,765,000 W. & H. Belton for $5,000,000 1915 Cambridge Drive, Luu Trust to 10212 Danube Drive, M. Rawal to Home Mountain View 682 Panchita Way, Manchanda Trust M. Gu for $1,300,000 Light Hms R/E LLC for $1,200,500 Total sales: 14 to J. & X. Zhao for $3,920,000 309 Camille Court, B. Survivors Trust 10745 N. De Anza Boulevard No. Lowest sale: $717,000 217 Pasa Robles Avenue, Gault Liv- to C. & K. McDonough for $2,400,000 319, D. & H. Varanasi to A. Yeung for Highest sale UNT: $3,800,000 ing Trust to SHL Properties LLC for 505 Cypress Point Drive No. 273, V. $1,260,000 Average sale: $1,821,200 $2,750,000 Tulnikov to Y. Chang for $850,000 20696 Greenleaf Drive, Kumar Family 1369 Pritchett Court, Siu Trust to D. 280 Easy Street No. 302, Ang & Ong Trust to R. Shao for $4,500,000 Cupertino & V. Barathan for $3,772,000 Trust to R. Anjum for $717,000 19971 La Mar Drive, Wyckoff Family Total sales: 10 520 Shelby Lane, B. Han to Z. & S. 1663 Morgan Street, Cisneros Trust Trust to P. & M. Rawal for $2,500,000 Lowest sale: $830,000 Wu for $3,510,000 to Grand Castle Properties LLC for 11186 Linda Vista Drive, X. & L. Lin Highest sale: $4,500,000 921 Sherwood Avenue, Khakifirooz $1,515,500 to M. & L. Yuan for $3,200,000 Average sale: $2,290,600 Family Trust to Atoriumu Ents LLC for 121 Post Street, Sauln Family Trust to 18940 Newsom Avenue, C. Nguyen to $2,350,500 Eshow Trust for $2,120,000 G. George for $2,610,000 Transaction information is obtained 1582 Siesta Drive, Donckels Trust to 122 Ranch Lane, Lennar Homes to S. 20488 Stevens Creek Boulevard No. from public county records and pro- Arun-Preetha Trust for $3,880,000 Guo for $1,624,000 1206, M. Shankarappa to J. & D. Zhang vided by Cal REsource.

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June 9, 2021 / Los Altos Town Crier / Page 37 Business & Real Estate MARKET decide to sell. FTB already filed 2017 through 2020 tax From Page 34 If you don’t agree with the neighbor’s From Page 37 returns are also encouraged to visit the survey, you should consult a real estate webpage for more information. attorney and consider getting your own Golden State Stimulus payment. FTB officials said taxpayers who Q: How much do surveys cost? survey. The decision impacts tax years 2016- have not yet submitted a tax return A: It depends on the lot itself – size, The bottom line is that fences usually 2020. For 2016, FTB officials recom- should check to see if they qualify to location, legal description, etc. A survey mark the boundary between two prop- mend that affected taxpayers file a pro- claim CalEITC or other credits by vis- typically starts at approximately $3,000 erties, but don’t make any important tective claim before the expiration of the iting tinyurl.com/v7fda43u. In addition, and can go substantially higher depend- decisions based solely on the location of statute of limitations to claim a refund to visit the FTB’s Golden State Stimulus ing on the difficulty of the survey. a fence. protect the timeliness of their claim. website at tinyurl.com/4smr7byn for Owen Halliday For statute of limitations expiration more information on stimulus eligibil- Q: What do I do if I find out (or my is a longtime Los dates for the 2016 tax year and how ity and the timing of payments. neighbor tells me) that our fence is in Altos resident to file a protective claim, visit tinyurl. For more information, visit ftb. the wrong place? and manager of com/3bcnbta2. Taxpayers who have ca.gov. A: If you and your neighbor agree on the Sereno of- the survey, the best practice is to agree fice in downtown to split the cost of putting a fence in the Los Altos. Email correct spot. You could choose to leave comments, ques- the fence where it is, but it would be a tions and potential good idea to memorialize that fact. It column topics obviously would need to be disclosed to [email protected]. For more to any future buyer should either of you information, call 492-0062.

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Page 50 / Los Altos Town Crier / June 9, 2021 DATEBOOK Public Notices From Page 50 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS tor may be awarded a contract time will be publicly opened and and must appear at the hearing to made available to you and to the is(are) doing business as: JR Con- for public work on a public works read aloud on Tuesday, June 29 at show cause why the petition should public, as a courtesy to those not struction, 10160 Endfield Way, CLUBS/GROUPS ON-CALL SANITARY SEWER project unless registered with the 2:00 p.m. via Ring Central Meet- not be granted. If no written objec- present at the sale. If you wish to San Jose, CA, 95127 Santa Clara Meditation group. Medi- SPOT REPAIRS Department of Industrial Relations. ing’s video conference meeting. tion is timely filed, the court may learn whether your sale date has County. If the principal place of AND CCTV INSPECTION SER- Notwithstanding the foregoing, grant the petition without a hearing. been postponed, and, if applicable, business identified above is not in tations drawn from Bud- VICES the contractor registration require- 9. Payment & Performance the rescheduled time and date for Santa Clara County, a current fic- dhist teachers, including ments mandated by Labor Code Bonds: The successful Bidder NOTICE OF HEARING 07/27/2021 the sale of this property, you may titious business name statement Thich Nhat Hanh and CITY OF LOS ALTOS Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1 shall will be required to furnish the City at 8:45 a.m. Room: Probate call (408) 374-7204 or visit this in- for the fictitious business name(s) SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALI- not apply to work performed on with a Performance Bond and a (b) The address of the court ternet website www.foreclosureco. being filed at this time must be on Jack Kornfield. Susan FORNIA a public works project that is ex- Payment Bond, each equal to is: 191 North First Street, com using the file number assigned file in the above-identified County Murphy at somurphy empt pursuant to the small proj- 100% of the successful Bid, prior San Jose, CA 95113. to this case 21-305-SCL. Informa- that is the principal place of busi- @earthlink.net for Zoom 1. Description of Work: The City ect exemption specified in Labor to execution of the Contract. All tion about postponements that are ness before the statement can be 3. A copy of this Order to Show of Los Altos, Santa Clara Coun- Code Sections 1725.5 and 1771.1. bonds are to be secured from a very short in duration or that occur filed. Does not apply because the login. Free. Cause shall be published at least ty, California, invites sealed bids This project is subject to com- surety that meets all of the State close in time to the scheduled sale principal place of business is in once each week for four suc- for furnishing labor, material and pliance monitoring and en- of California bonding require- may not immediately be reflected in Santa Clara County. The business cessive weeks prior to the date Sons in Retirement equipment required to complete forcement by the Depart- ments, as defined in Code of Civil the telephone information or on the is owned by: an individual, Jorge set for hearing on the petition in the project in the particular loca- ment of Industrial Relations. Procedure Section 995.120, and internet website. The best way to Dominguez, 10160 Endfield Way, (SIR) Los Altos Branch the following newspaper of gen- tions, of the forms, sizes and di- is admitted by the State of Califor- verify postponement information is San Jose, CA, 95127. Registrant 35. Active mature men eral circulation, printed in this mensions and of the materials 5. Pre-bid Site Review: A pre- nia. The cost of said bonds shall to attend the scheduled sale. NO- began transacting business under county: Los Altos Town Crier who meet for lunch to and to the lines and grades and bid conference is not scheduled for be included in the Bid amount. TICE TO TENANT: You may have the fictitious business name(s) Date: 5/20/2021 at the elevations as shown and this project. Prospective bidders a right to purchase this property listed above on: 11/20/2018. socialize, enjoy food /s/ Julie A. Emede delineated upon the plans and are directed to Section 2-1.03 of 10. Award of Contract: Said after the trustee auction pursuant (05-26,06-02,09,16-21) and listen to speakers. Judge of the Superior Court specifications made therefore. the Standard Specifications regard- bids will be presented to and to Section 2924m of the California 076-T (05-26,06-02,09,16-21) Third Wednesday of each The following information is pre- ing examination of the site of work. considered by the City Council Civil Code. If you are an “eligible 078-T sented to indicate the size of the at a regularly scheduled meet- tenant buyer,” you can purchase month. Palo Alto Elks STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL project and no warrant is made 6. Contractor's License: The ing. The City shall award the the property if you match the last Lodge, 4249 El Camino & INFANT CARE or intended to final quantities: Contractor is required to have Contract for the Project to the low- NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE and highest bid placed at the trust- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Real. (408) 313-6852; a Class A or a combination of est responsive, responsible Bid- No. 21-305-SCL: YOU ARE IN ee auction. If you are an “eligible NAME STATEMENT The project includes on-call re- Class C-34 and C-42 License for der on the basis of the Total Bid. DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF bidder,” you may be able to pur- [email protected]; FILE NO. FBN674905 pairs and CCTV inspection this work. All bidders shall be li- TRUST DATED February 7, 2020. chase the property if you exceed sirinc2.org/branch35. services to the City’s sanitary censed under the provisions of 11. Time of Completion of UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO the last and highest bid placed at The following person(persons) sewer system on an as need- Chapter 9, Division 3 of the Busi- Work: The work shall be PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, the trustee auction. There are three is(are) doing business as: STEP- ed basis. The scope of work is ness and Professions Code of the completed and ready for full IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC steps to exercising this right of Los Altos & Los Altos PING STONES PRESCHOOL & IN- variable and may not be fully de- State of California to do the type of use as directed by the City. SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLA- purchase. First, 48 hours after the Hills Newcomers Club. FANT CARE, 201 Covington Road, fined prior to starting of work. work contemplated in the project. NATION OF THE NATURE OF date of the trustee sale, you can Los Altos, CA, 94024 Santa Clara Helps new residents be- The amount of work is unknown. 12. Substitution of Securi- THE PROCEEDING AGAINST call (408) 374-7204 or visit this in- County. If the principal place of 7. Bid Bond: Bids must be ac- ties: Pursuant to Public Contract YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A ternet website www.foreclosureco. come better acquainted business identified above is not in Award of one (1) not-to-exceed companied by cash, a certified Code section 22300, the suc- LAWYER. com using the file number 21-305- with their neighbors and Santa Clara County, a current fic- $100,000 contract will be based or cashier’s check, or a Bid Bond cessful Bidder may substitute SCL assigned to this case to find titious business name statement new community. Ac- on the Summary of Bid Total. in favor of the City in an amount certain securities for funds with- On JUNE 16, 2021 at 10:00 am, at the date on which the trustee’s sale for the fictitious business name(s) not less than ten percent (10%) held by City to ensure his per- the Gated North Market Street en- was held, the amount of the last tivities include programs, being filed at this time must be on 2. Location of Work: All of said of the submitted Total Bid Price. formance under the Contract. trance of the Superior Courthouse, and highest bid, and the address of luncheons, hiking, bridge file in the above-identified County work is to be done at various lo- 191 N. First Street, San Jose, Ca. the trustee. Second, you must send that is the principal place of busi- and book clubs. 948-3421; cations throughout the City of Los 8. Location of Bid Submittal and 13. Rights of the City: The City 95113, The Foreclosure Company, a written notice of intent to place a ness before the statement can Altos. Some parts of the City of Date and Time of Opening: As reserves the right to cancel the Inc., as the Substituted Trustee, will bid so that the trustee receives it no losaltosnewcomers.com. be filed. Does not apply because Los Altos’ sanitary sewer system a temporary measure in response project, and to reject any or all sell at public auction to the highest more than 15 days after the trust- the principal place of business is are located in other jurisdictions to the City’s efforts to reduce the bids if not satisfied as to the price bidder for cash (payable at the time ee’s sale. Third, you must submit in Santa Clara County. The busi- Duplicate Bridge Club. (e.g., County of Santa Clara, Town potential risks of COVID-19, the for the work or the responsibil- of sale in lawful money of the Unit- a bid so that the trustee receives ness is owned by: a Corporation, of Los Altos Hills, City of Moun- City will conduct a “virtual” public ity of the bidder. The City also ed States) the following described it no more than 45 days after the All levels of play. Classes KJM, INC, 201 Covington Road, tain View and City of Palo Alto). bid opening for this project. Vir- reserves the right to waive any property situated in the County of trustee’s sale. If you think you may and lectures available; Los Altos, CA, 94024. Registrant tual bid opening will be conducted informalities according to law. Santa Clara, State of California, qualify as an “eligible tenant buyer” began transacting business under lunch included. Bring a 3. Contract Documents: Bids on the bid due date shortly after described more fully within said or “eligible bidder,” you should con- the fictitious business name(s) must be submitted on the City’s the deadline via RingCentral Meet- 14. Project Administration: All Deed of Trust. The street address sider contacting an attorney or ap- partner or be placed with listed above on: 10/02/1997. bid forms. A copy of the plans ing’s video conference meeting questions relative to this proj- and other common designation of propriate real estate professional one. 11:30 a.m. Monday, (05-19,26,06-02,09-21) and specifications shall be ob- joinable with desktop applica- ect prior to the opening of bids the real property described above immediately for advice regarding 072-T Tuesday and Thursday; tained from the office of the City tion, internet browser, or phone shall be in writing and directed is purported to be: 2713 Ramos this potential right to purchase. Engineer, City Hall, 1 North San dial in. There will be no in-person to the City Engineer, City of Court, Mountain View, Ca. 94040 Said sale will be made without 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and Antonio Road, Los Altos, Califor- meeting for this bid opening. In- Los Altos, 1 North San Anto- APN: 197-25-057 The undersigned covenant or warranty, expressed Gelatt Partners Friday; noon Saturday. nia, 94022 for a non-refundable terested parties shall follow the nio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022. disclaims any liability for any in- or implied regarding title, posses- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 432 Stierlin Road, Moun- fee of Sixty $60 or visit City web- link below to attend the virtual correctness of the street address sion or encumbrances to satisfy the NAME STATEMENT site to download the PDF file(s) meeting on the bid opening date: Special direction is directed to Sec- and other common designation obligations secured by and pursu- FILE NO. FBN674958 tain View. First time free; (http://bids.losaltosca.gov). Cop- tion 2 of the General Provisions shown here. NOTICE TO POTEN- ant to the Power of Sale conferred $15 afterward. 940-1824; ies may also be inspected at the https://webinar.ringcen- for full directions as to bidding. TIAL BIDDERS: If you are consider- in the Deed of Trust executed by The following person(persons) paloaltobridge.org. office of the City Engineer. To tral.com/j/1460103391 ing bidding on this property lien, Shoushan P. Tashjian, Trustee under is(are) doing business as: Gelatt the extent required by Public you should understand that there the Tashjian Trust Agreement dated Partners, 738 Leona Lane, Moun- Contract Code section 20103.7, Further instruction on join- Dated: May 27, 2021 are risks involved in bidding at a September 10, 1996, as Trustor, tain View, CA, 94040 Santa Clara Friendship Force of the the City will also make the Con- ing the RingCentral meeting will /s/ Andrea Trese, PE trustee auction. You will be bidding Recorded on February 7, 2020 as County. If the principal place of San Francisco Bay Area. tract Documents available for re- be posted on City’s bid page: Associate Civil Engineer on a lien, not on the property itself. Instrument Number 24399611 in business identified above is not in view at one or more plan rooms. (06-09,16-21) Placing the highest bid at a trustee Book n/a at Page n/a of Official Re- Santa Clara County, a current fic- Organization promotes https://bids.losaltosca.gov/rfp/bid- 084-T auction does not automatically en- cords in the Office of the Recorder titious business name statement peace, friendship and un- 4. Labor Compliance. Pursu- call-sanitary-sewer-spot-repairs- title you to free and clear owner- of Santa Clara County. At the time for the fictitious business name(s) derstanding around the ant to paragraph 7-1.01A, Labor and-cctv-inspection-services-2 ship of the property. You should of the initial publication of this No- being filed at this time must be on COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA Code Requirements, of the Gen- also be aware that the lien being tice, the amount due to satisfy the file in the above-identified County world through home-stays. PETITION OF EDWARD DE eral Provisions in these specifi- Sealed bids shall be delivered to auctioned off may be a junior lien. obligation secured by the subject that is the principal place of busi- Meets in various Bay JESUS CRUZ cations, Contractor is required the City Engineer on or before If you are the highest bidder at the Deed of Trust, estimated costs, ness before the statement can be ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Area locations. 961-3539; to comply with California Labor auction, you are or may be respon- expenses, fees and advances is filed. Does not apply because the FOR CHANGE OF NAME Code Section 1770, et seq. This TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 AT sible for paying off all liens senior $820,563.83. To verify the opening principal place of business is in ffsfba.org. 21CV382179 Code requires the Contractor to 2 PM to the lien being auctioned off, be- bid call (408) 374-7204, before the Santa Clara County. The business pay their workers based on pre- fore you can receive clear title to sale date. The Foreclosure Com- is owned by: an individual, Carol TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: InSpirit Praise & Prayer vailing wage rates established at City Hall, 1 North San Antonio the property. You are encouraged pany, Inc., as Trustee, 827 Cedar Gelatt, 738 Leona Lane, Moun- 1.Petitioner: and issued by the Department of Road, Los Altos, California. Bids to investigate the existence, prior- Street, Santa Cruz, California 95060 tain View, CA, 94040. Registrant Healing Room. Healing filed a petition with this court for a Industrial Relations, Division of received after this time will be re- ity, and size of outstanding liens By: Christina Leigh, Foreclosure Of- began transacting business under service for those battling decree changing names as follows: Labor and Statistics and Research. turned unopened. Bids shall be that may exist on this property by ficer Date: May 19, 2021 This of- the fictitious business name(s) Present Name: an illness or injury, or feel- valid for sixty (60) calendar days contacting the county recorder’s fice is assisting the Beneficiary in listed above on: 09/01/2001. EDWARD DE JESUS CRUZ Pursuant to Labor Code sections after the bid opening date. Access office or a title insurance company, collecting a debt and any informa- (05-19,26,06-02,09-21) ing discouraged, 10 a.m. 1725.5 and 1771.1, all contrac- to City Hall is currently restricted. Proposed Name: either of which may charge you a tion obtained may be used for that 071-T to noon, the second Satur- tors or subcontractors bidding Sealed bids must be dropped off EDWARD DE JESUS GREGOR fee for this information. If you con- purpose whether received verbally day of each month. Man- on public works projects must be inside the bid box in front of the sult either of these resources, you or in writing. NPP0374064 To: LOS registered with the Department City Hall main entrance on June 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all should be aware that the same ALTOS TOWN CRIER 05/26/2021, tra: With God, there is of Industrial Relations (DIR). No 29, 2021 between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. persons interested in this matter lender may hold more than one 06/02/2021, 06/09/2021 $40 hope. Union Church cam- contractor or subcontractor may Please call 650-947-2602 for any appear before this court at the mortgage or deed of trust on the (05-26,06-02,09-21) pus, 858 University Ave., be listed on a bid proposal for a assistance locating the bid box. hearing indicated below to show property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY 077-T is usually all it costs to Los Altos. Interdenomi- public works project unless reg- Additionally, sealed bids may be cause, if any, why the petition for OWNER: The sale date shown on publish your Fictitious istered with the Department of delivered via USPS, FEDEX, UPS, change of name should not be this notice of sale may be post- national ministry, member JR Construction Industrial Relations [with lim- or other carrier to the Engineering granted. Any person objecting to poned one or more times by the Business Name in the FICTITIOUS BUSINESS of the International Asso- ited exceptions from this require- Services Department at City Hall the name changes described above mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or NAME STATEMENT Los Altos Town Crier ment for bid purposes only under prior to the bid due date. Please must file a written objection that a court, pursuant to Section 2924g ciation of Healing Rooms. FILE NO. FBN674862 Labor Code section 1771.1(a)]. clearly label the package with the includes the reasons for the objec- of the California Civil Code. The Email InSpiritPrayer@yahoo. project title and add “ATTN: An- tion at least two court days before law requires that information about The following person(persons) [email protected] com. No contractor or subcontrac- drea Trese.” Bids received on the matter is scheduled to be heard trustee sale postponements be

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