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Page 4 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Page Mill-Oregon, Foothill expressways eyed for changes County looks at installing new signals, reconfiguring modifying the Alma Bridge over most troublesome spots remain and Junipero Serra/Foothill Ex- ramps to ease traffic jams Oregon, improving the Interstate to the west. Project engineers un- pressway, either an underpass or 280/Page Mill interchange, im- veiled preliminary proposals for overpass would be built. by Sue Dremann proving the Junipero Serra Bou- the 4.7-mile expressway at a drop- “It is the third worst in the en- ome of the most dangerous to head off major traffic problems levard and Page Mill intersection in session on Monday. tire county expressway system in and congested sections of for the next 25 years on all of the and reconfiguring the U.S. 101/ The Alma Bridge, which has terms of traffic delays,” Dawn S Oregon Expressway/Page county’s expressways. Oregon/Embarcadero interchange four ramps, would be widened to Cameron, county transportation Mill Road from Alma Street to Santa Clara County Roads and so traffic doesn’t back up onto Or- six lanes to add new traffic signals planner, said Monday. Foothill Expressway are being Airports officials held two meet- egon. and left-turn lanes that would feed In one of three preliminary eyed for redesign to improve bike ings in Palo Alto this week on the The county recently installed traffic onto two new clover-leaf concepts, Page Mill would be and pedestrian safety and ease Oregon-Page Mill expressway, new traffic signals and improved on-ramps. Two existing ramps to trenched underneath Foothill. traffic backups. The project is which extends from U.S. Highway bike and pedestrian safety along and from Oregon would be elimi- Bike and pedestrian lanes could part of Santa Clara County’s Ex- 101 to Interstate 280. Oregon from West Bayshore Road nated. pressway Plan 2040, which seeks The 2040 project proposes to Bryant Street, but many of the At the intersection of Page Mill (continued on page 16)

ELECTION 2014 Wolbach edges out Kou for fifth council seat Legislative aide joins Holman, Scharff, DuBois and Filseth on the City Council by Gennady Sheyner

ory Wolbach, a legislative and Eric Filseth, were elected to aide for state Sen. Jerry the council on Nov. 4. Incumbent C Hill, has edged out emer- Councilwoman Karen Holman, gency-preparedness leader Lydia who was endorsed by the group, Kou for the fifth contested seat in easily won a second term on Elec- Palo Alto’s heated City Council tion Day, ensuring that the coun- race, according to the final bal- cil’s slow-growth wing — which Veronica Weber lot count from the Santa Clara also includes Greg Schmid and, County Registrar’s Office. at times, Pat Burt — will have a The count, which was released louder voice next year. Monday evening, includes the last But Monday’s result means that Urban tree climber of the 14,000 provisional ballots the group’s victory, while solid, is that the registrar had been tallying not overwhelming. Wolbach will Iron worker Zeferino Plancarte aligns steel column cages as they are set into place by a crane at for more than a week. Though the join re-elected incumbent Greg the construction site at 135 Hamilton Ave. under a backdrop of cloudy skies on Nov. 19. A four- results fluctuated slightly in the Scharff as the two candidates not story commercial and residential building is under construction. final days of the count, with Kou affiliated with the slow-growth picking up a few dozen faction. In an interview votes, Wolbach consis- this week, Wolbach told EDUCATION tently maintained a lead the Weekly that he wasn’t of more than 100 votes that surprised that the fi- and finished 135 votes nal result came down to Preparing for the unthinkable ahead — 8,235 votes to the wire. Kou’s 8,100. “We knew it was like- School district maintenance foreman develops emergency-response system A resident of Palo ly going to be a close Verde, Wolbach ran on election for someone. It by Elena Kadvany a platform that includes turned out to be a close n the event that a shooting this process is archaic, inefficient card system. It similarly flashes expanding the city’s Cory Wolbach one for me,” Wolbach were to take place at one of and unsafe. green if all inside are safe; blue transportation services, said. “I’m definitely ex- I Palo Alto Unified School “In a day and age like today if not everyone is accounted for relaxing laws for construction of cited to be elected.” District’s 17 campuses, teachers where we have so much tech- (for example, a student may have granny units on large lots, creat- Wolbach said that given the would follow a long-held safety nology at our fingertips, it’s not gone to the restroom before the ing more specific-area plans to wide range of people who won procedure: Rush to tape a color- practical,” Jacobs said. “We can campus lockdown began); red if determine land uses for different the election, there isn’t a clear coded piece of paper to the out- make these (procedures) so much assistance is needed. The red light neighborhoods and making the mandate from the voters about side of their classroom doors to better.” is accompanied by a loud Piezo civic discourse more civil. He policies. There is, however, a clear indicate the safety or lack thereof And so, this spring, Jacobs horn that can immediately alert was the youngest of the 12 coun- mandate about “the need to better inside the room (green means founded Safeguard School Sys- law enforcement where they need cil candidates and the only one af- include the residents of Palo Alto “all are safe and accounted for,” tems, hoping to bring school safe- to go first. filiated with the group Palo Alto in discussions about planning for red means “immediate help is ty into the 21st century with the The second the device is ac- Forward, a nascent organization our quality of life and future,” he needed”); close the doors (they invention of a device that stream- tivated — teachers do this with that advocates for better options said. lock from the outside); turn off lines communication in the event the push of a single button on a for housing and transportation. “I have always rejected, and I the lights and gather quietly with of an on-campus emergency. key fob that they can hang from a Kou is a member of Palo Altans think the electorate rejected, the their students to wait for law en- The Safeguard Notifier, a dis- lanyard or key chain — multiple for Sensible Zoning, a group that idea that this election is about one forcement to arrive. They might creet, small black box that Jacobs things happen. A call is automati- was formed last year in opposition slate versus another,” Wolbach think to call 911; they might not. hopes will be mounted outside cally placed to 911. The door is to a housing development on May- said. “Given that two people from To Mike Jacobs, a Palo Alto classrooms above their doors, locked with a 1,200-pound elec- bell Avenue and supports slow- one supposed slate and three from parent and longtime Palo Alto is equipped with a small LED growth policies. Two other mem- Unified maintenance employee, light to replace the color-coded (continued on page 12) bers of the group, Tom DuBois (continued on page 15) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 5 Upfront

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EDUCATION Gunn student, former teacher call for more balanced academic culture Campaign offers six steps for concrete change by Elena Kadvany

Gunn High School stu- 12 to four per year. compare notes on minutes as- “Why rightsize course loads?” The pair’s fourth step diverges dent and former teacher “Our proposal is born of the signed and minutes worked on Vincenti said. “Because the costs from academics: banning stu- A brought to the school life in Gunn’s classrooms, the homework. of multiple APs include more dents’ cell-phone use during the board Tuesday night a rallying way that students actually live Before school is out for the day, stress; more anxiety over grades; school day. Vincenti characterized cry to create a healthier, more out their daily lives, and is meant teachers would input the amount less sleep (which can cause depres- the constant “pins and needles” balanced life for Gunn’s 2,008 to be practical, to do no harm and of minutes assigned for their sion); more drugs to stay awake; students are on because of their students and teachers. to possess a broad appeal — to classes. That night, students can less time to connect with teachers cell phones, whether it’s waiting Sophomore Martha Cabot and students, teachers, administrators provide direct feedback, selecting and classmates; losses in social, for a text from a friend or worry- Marc Vincenti, who taught Eng- and parents — and thus offer us “it took me exactly that time,” “it family and cultural life; damage ing about checking online grades lish at Gunn from 1995 to 2010, all a way to move forward togeth- took me more time” or “it took me to 12 of the 41 Developmental As- before their parents do. The dis- have launched the grassroots cam- er,” Cabot told the board. less time.” sets.” (Developmental assets are trict adopted a new cell-phone paign, dubbed “Save the 2,008,” “We aren’t here as leaders,” Use of such a website would be values, relationships and behaviors policy this summer, requiring stu- in response to two recent student Vincenti said. “We hope to with- optional, but, “Build it and they that enable young people to devel- dents to turn off their cell phones deaths and a resulting commu- draw after simply placing this will come,” Vincenti predicted. op into successful and contributing in class unless teachers allow them nity conversation about intense proposal in the community’s Cabot and Vincenti also adults; they have been adopted as for instructional purposes. academic culture in Palo Alto. hands, as if we were leaving a touched on an increasingly sensi- a framework by Palo Alto’s youth “We laid this baby on your Both have spoken out passionately baby swaddled in warm blankets tive nerve for Palo Alto students well-being collaborative, Project doorstep,” Vincenti concluded. in recent weeks on the topic — on the doorstep of good people, and parents: an apparent pressure Safety Net, and others.) “We’re ringing the doorbell. Cabot in a YouTube video that im- people of means.” to take more AP courses than is And instead of 12 progress We’re praying.” mediately went viral and Vincenti Vincenti and Cabot called for necessary and the resulting stress reports per year, they propose Since their comments were in a guest opinion piece published classes to be downsized until each such a load can cause. shrinking that to four, because made during open forum, the in the Weekly. student feels “less invisible.” “Students and parents headed “every new grade report, includ- board did not respond, but Presi- During an open forum at the “College and high school stu- for multiple APs will hit a flash- ing the ones online, is an injection dent Barb Mitchell asked that school board’s meeting Tuesday dents report that ‘seeing me as a ing yellow light,” Cabot said. of stress,” Cabot said. They also Vincenti email the information night, Cabot and Vincenti offered person’ was what made their best This will be a “written memo called for an end to the prevalence they presented to the board. “six steps to sanity at school” teachers the best,” Cabot said. of understanding that spells out of cheating, urging the district to Read more about the campaign to improve the culture at Gunn, They also suggested the cre- benefits and costs” that students, implement clearer rules and con- online at savethe2008.com. Q from banning students’ use of cell ation of a confidential website, parents and counselors should be sequences, as well as look to other Staff Writer Elena Kadvany phones on campus to cutting the which they call “ClockTalk,” required to go over together and schools for best practices on re- can be emailed at ekadvany@ number of progress reports from where teachers and students can sign. ducing academic fraud. paweekly.com.

LAND USE Sunset Magazine campus in Menlo Park could be sold Time Inc. is hiring local real estate agent for properties on Willow Road by Dave Boyce hat will be, will be. Jill Davison of Time Inc., Sunset’s oper will face a demanding pro- That philosophy has parent company, told the Alma- cess for any project that involves W a certain logic for Jim nac. demolishing buildings, according Cogan, the Menlo Park official The company is in the process to two commercial real estate responsible for economic develop- of engaging a local real estate agents. ment in the city. He will be tak- agent, Davison said. But both predicted that the cur- ing a laissez-faire attitude if Time Time Inc. has no plans to sell rent buildings will go. Inc. decides to sell its properties either Sunset Magazine or Sunset “It’s one story, and there are all Le/The Almanac Michelle Time Inc., the owner of Sunset Magazine, is considering the sale of at 80 and 85 Willow Road, home Publishing Corp., she said. those gardens around it,” said a the property at 80 Willow Road that has been home to the magazine to Sunset Magazine since 1951. The 7-acre property — a 5-acre broker familiar with the area and since 1951. The possible sale was announced parcel and a 2-acre parcel across who requested anonymity. “It’s a last week. the street from each other at Wil- gorgeous piece of property. ... It the commercial zoning to allow their father, Laurence W. Lane, Asked if he would advocate to low and Middlefield roads — is will really be interesting to find residential construction, because who had bought the magazine for keep Sunset in Menlo Park, Co- zoned C-1 for administrative and out what the city wants there and that “drives the highest price,” $65,000 in 1928, when it was a gan was brief. professional offices. what they will allow.” said Sam Wright, a senior vice fledgling travel magazine. “The short answer is ‘No,’” he With a sale would come proper- “These places would be phe- president for Cassidy Turley Com- After looking at several loca- said. “I’m a big proponent of al- ty reassessment at current market nomenal if they could be devel- mercial. Wright has sold several tions in the Bay Area — “Hills- lowing the market to do what the rates and an increase in property oped,” the broker said, adding that commercial properties in Menlo borough wouldn’t have us,” said market needs to do. taxes. any project that increases popu- Park, including the Roger Reyn- Mel Lane — the Lane family “Of course, it would be a loss “Not to be too cold, but when lation density would need neigh- olds nursery, he said. settled on Menlo Park. to Menlo Park from a cultural the property turns over, it will be bors’ approval. “Menlo Park real estate is at — Sunset was one of the first ten- significance standpoint, and it is a big property tax bump for the Menlo Park residents “don’t or near — an all-time high and ants in the city’s innovative gar- a great community builder,” he city,” Cogan said. want change,” the broker ex- doesn’t appear likely to change in den office zone, established under added. As for buyers, among “the usu- plained. “If Silicon Valley moved the near term,” he said. A Menlo Mayor Charles Burgess, accord- From Mayor Ray Mueller, the al suspects” would be developer to Wichita, Kansas, it would Park address carries real prestige, ing to a 1998 Almanac article by news elicited a mixture of sadness Roxy Rapp, who owns property please Menlo Park tremendously. but the city is “difficult” in terms Marion Softky. and resolve. nearby, the Sobrato Organization ... The City Council and the peo- of getting permission to build, he “There were no electric signs, “If they leave, I just think it’s and Google, “which seems to be ple in the neighborhood will have said. no commercial retail and no a tremendous loss for the city,” buying everything,” Cogan said. a heavy hand as to what goes in “A difficult entitlement envi- manufacturing. It was perfect,” Mueller said. “Obviously we’ll “I’d love to see maybe a cool there. ronment does depress the value Mel Lane said. make ourselves available to see restaurant,” he said. “The city “Change is going to happen of a piece of property,” he added. Residential architect Cliff May if there’s anything we can do to manager is always telling me we whether you like it or not,” the In 1951, Sunset moved from designed his first commercial keep them staying, but it’s very need a movie theater in town. ... I broker said. “Managed change San Francisco to its landmark building to resemble an early concerning.” would not be interested in having should be a positive.” campus in Menlo Park. In 1952, Spanish ranch home. Set on 5 Sunset’s employees were in- housing there.” Almost certainly, a prospective locals Bill and Mel Lane took formed of the situation on Nov. 7, Whatever happens, the devel- buyer would propose changing over company operations from (continued on page 14) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 7 Upfront

TRANSPORTATION Plan for dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real revs up Palo Alto concerned about county proposal’s impact on traffic by Gennady Sheyner controversial proposal by Camino stretch, Palo Alto’s reser- ridership to 18,616. By 2040, the Santa Clara County to vations notwithstanding. Further- projected ridership for the two de- A create dedicated bus lanes more, because El Camino Real is sign options would jump to 22,228 on El Camino Real between Palo a state road, the city may not have and 30,336, respectively. Alto and San Jose is back on the the power to prevent the shifting The current plan calls for hav- Rendering courtesy City of Palo Alto table, despite strong concerns of two central El Camino Real ing four bus stations in Palo Alto: The Bus Rapid Transit system could change El Camino Real in one from local officials that the lanes lanes to bus-only use. near the University transit center, of two ways: a “dedicated-lane” configuration would only allow will only increase traffic conges- The VTA does, however, plan at Embarcadero Road, at Califor- buses in the left-hand lanes; a “mixed-flow curb lane,” which is tion. to solicit cities’ opinions as to nia Avenue and at Arastradero Palo Alto officials’ preferred option, would allow buses and cars in The Santa Clara County Valley whether they would like to re- Road. It would cost about $233 the right-hand lane. Transportation Authority (VTA) move parking spots on El Camino million to implement and require is analyzing the highly controver- to create bicycle lanes, John Ris- an annual operating cost of $12.9 Street, prompting Alma to plum- ing “no serious consideration” to sial “dedicated bus lane” alterna- tow, the VTA’s director of plan- million. The mixed-flow alterna- met to the Level of Service F, the having dedicated bus lanes in Palo tive in its environmental analysis ning and program development, tive for the entire corridor would lowest possible score for ease of Alto. The inadequate information for a project it calls “Bus Rapid told the council Monday. cost $91 million to build and travel. The impacts are expected makes it difficult for the council to Transit.” The goal of the project is The Bus Rapid Transit project, would come with an annual oper- to be particularly severe on inter- determine its next actions, which to improve bus service on the 17- Ristow said, would support the ating cost of $21.6 million. sections of Alma with Churchill could include forming a commit- mile corridor between downtown investments made by the city and The county is estimating that Avenue, Charleston Road and tee and gearing up for a legal battle Palo Alto and San Jose and get private developers in the El Cami- having dedicated lanes would Meadow Drive. to oppose the county’s drive to con- more people to switch from cars no corridor and would serve as a reduce the time it takes buses to “Traffic will divert from El vert lanes. to buses by making them more “catalyst” for the Grand Boulevard travel from Palo Alto to San Jose Camino to get to parallel streets,” Vice Mayor Liz Kniss, who plentiful and efficient. Initiative, a regional effort aimed from the current level of 85.2 Rodriguez said, adding that the served on the county’s Board of The decision to study this con- at transforming the congested ar- minutes to 48 minutes. The time proposal seems “really bad for Supervisors before rejoining the figuration comes despite a strong tery into a more inviting destina- it takes to travel from the north Palo Alto.” council in 2012, wondered what preference by Palo Alto officials tion for pedestrians and bicyclists end of Palo Alto to the south “It seems we’re much better influence, if any, the city will for an alternative in which buses as well as encouraging people to would shrink from 22 minutes to off with it ending at Showers,” he have on the final decision, given continue to travel in the right lane switch from cars to buses. 9.8 minutes, according to VTA’s added, referring to Showers Drive El Camino’s status as a state road. and bus stops are enhanced with “To us, it’s really the objective analysis. The time it takes to trav- in Mountain View, where the Ristow said the final project will amenities. The dedicated-lane op- and purpose of the project to im- el the 17-mile corridor by car is dedicated lane was expected to be proposed by the VTA and tion would instead designate the prove that transit choice and in so expected to go up from 40 min- terminate under the original pro- would require approval from the left lane in each direction solely for doing ... we really want to have utes to 43.7 minutes. posal. Ristow said staff decided to state Department of Transporta- buses, leaving two lanes for cars. a project that provides a terrific Though both the dedicated- analyze stretching the dedicated tion (Caltrans). In June 2011, VTA officials travel option that’s competitive lane and the mixed-flow alter- lanes all the way to Embarcadero “We are not the governing indicated at a study session that with the automobile option,” Ris- native are being evaluated, VTA in response to a suggestion from board,” Kniss said. “Regardless of the right-lane option, known as tow said. officials noted in the presentation Mountain View. our comments, the decision will “mixed flow,” is the preferred The buses would run people that “operationally, dedicated lane The presentation did little to be made by Caltrans.” one in Palo Alto, even as other back and forth every 10 minutes is superior to mixed flow” and sway Palo Alto council members Palo Alto’s planning staff plans communities would get dedicated and connect work places, schools that car-travel speeds would be from their prior position. Council- to draft a letter stating the city’s bus lanes. Since then, the city has and entertainment centers, he “minimally affected.” Many cars, man Greg Scharff expressed frus- concerns about the project and been corresponding with the VTA said. The VTA estimates that Ristow noted, would be diverted tration about the fact that VTA staff bring it to the council for approval and urging the agency to conduct its average number of weekday to other routes, modes and times. didn’t clearly spell out the different on Jan. 12, just before the Jan. 14 further analysis on the mixed- boardings could increase from For Palo Alto officials, that’s consequences of having dedicated deadline for commenting on the flow option. 12,512 in 2013 to 14,588 in 2018 part of the problem. According lanes go to Embarcadero and hav- project’s Environmental Impact On Monday night, the council even without the project. With the to Chief Transportation Official ing them stop at Showers. He also Report. Q learned that the dedicated-lane mixed-flow option, the ridership Jaime Rodriguez, the dedicated noted that it was his understanding, Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner plan is once again being con- would jump to 15,303, while the lane would cause many people to based on prior meetings and corre- can be emailed at gsheyner@ sidered for nearly the entire El dedicated-lane option would boost switch from El Camino to Alma spondence, that the VTA was giv- paweekly.com.

LAW ENFORCEMENT Fatal shooting by police officers may not have been recorded Menlo Park police who shot Jerry Lee Matheny are identified by Sandy Brundage nly two of three Menlo officer’s camera had been turned view the footage,” Alison Berry er Matheny had shot at them. The The Menlo Park police depart- Park police officers in- in for repairs, so he was not wear- Wilkinson said. district attorney said his office ment declined to state whether O volved in the fatal shoot- ing one, the district attorney said. The three officers were involved will not be releasing further de- anyone had reviewed the camera ing of a burglary suspect on Nov. The police department identi- in a foot chase along Willow Road tails until the investigation is con- footage before turning it over and 11 were wearing body cameras. fied the officers last week as Sgt. after an employee reported spot- cluded in four to six weeks. referred all questions to the Dis- One camera may have been Jaime Romero and officers Scott ting a suspected burglar near 64 At the time of the shooting, trict Attorney’s Office. turned on after the shooting, Mackdanz and Nicholas Douglas. Willow Place. Jerry Lee Matheny, Matheny was wanted by the The department began using and one may have been left off, All three are on paid leave, as is 52, of Riverside County, fled as state for parole violation related body cameras, which must be ac- according to San Mateo County department policy, Police Chief police arrived. According to the to drug charges and also had tivated manually, in late 2013. De- District Attorney Steve Wag- Bob Jonsen said. Sgt. Romero has report, he pulled a handgun and two counts of felony commercial partment policy requires that all staffe. been an officer for 18 years, Of- pointed it at the officers after they burglary and one count of iden- on-duty contact with citizens be The shooting occurred on Wil- ficer Mackdanz for 16 and Officer attempted to stop the pursuit with tity theft pending in San Mateo recorded but does allow exemp- low Road, near Willow Place, in Douglas for 11. a Taser. Romero told his attorney County. tions for urgent, dangerous situa- Menlo Park. The attorney representing that he heard a shot and then re- He had been a suspect of thefts tions where the officer’s safety is Only two cameras have been Romero said his camera was turned fire. from Palo Alto companies in Oc- jeopardized. Q submitted to the DA’s office, turned on at some point, but she All three officers fired their tober, when someone allegedly Almanac Staff Writer Sandy which is conducting a standard didn’t know what was recorded. guns, Wagstaffe said. The crime posed as an information-technol- Brundage can be emailed at review of the shooting. The third “I haven’t had the chance to re- lab has not yet determined wheth- ogy worker to gain entry. [email protected]. Page 8 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com 600 $564.8 Million

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INFRASTRUCTURE Palo Alto officials defend City Hall remodel Council members make a case for why the project was approved in June by Gennady Sheyner ive months after Palo Alto night discussion was prompted by delayed for months because of officials approved a $4.3 requests from Council members packed agendas, and by the time F million renovation of City Karen Holman, Greg Schmid and the council took up the item late Hall, council members made a Pat Burt for a public explanation Monday night, the Council Cham- public case for why the project as to why the project was neces- bers were mostly empty. Some was necessary. sary. members questioned whether the Striking a somewhat defensive City Manager James Keene told discussion is even worth having. Courtesy City of Palo Alto tone, several members of the City the council that the renovation “is Councilman Greg Scharff noted Council lamented the fact that the a great project and is long over- that the council didn’t get a single The revamp of Palo Alto’s City Hall will include renovation of the ambitious project became a politi- due.” He also said the 45-year- email about the City Hall renova- lobby, with a digital media art display on a large wall near a new cal flashpoint during the recent old building urgently needed the tion from the public before this glass-walled meeting room. election, with some members of upgrade and that the project ap- week’s meeting (even though the community criticizing the ex- proved by the council has “thor- councilman-elect Tom DuBois Mayor Nancy Shepherd, who said Keene’s presentation about panded scope and increased price oughly vetted over the years.” wrote to the council, requesting did not prevail in her recent bid the project is “effective for the tag of the project. “It’s very easy to question why that the item be placed higher on for a second term, also character- public to hear.” The renovation, which includes you should invest in City Hall, but the agenda). ized the City Hall renovation as a “You’re talking to a group that a large new public room adjacent design does matter,” Keene wrote. Councilman Larry Klein pro- non-issue. spends maybe too much time in to the City Hall lobby and the “This first floor is dead space. It vided a brief history of the various “I’m sorry the Palo Alto Week- City Hall,” Schmid said. “To- refurbishment of two existing is unwelcoming and ineffective City Hall renovations approved by ly had to do an article on it,” gether on consent we can say that conference rooms on the ground — unwelcoming for the public the council over the years and as- Shepherd said. this building needs it. It’s some- floor, was approved on June 16 and for the staff who supports the serted that the city had followed Shepherd also lamented the times good to do it in public so on the council’s consent calendar, council and the public.” all the proper procedures in pur- way the City Hall project became people can say, ‘There are four with no debate or discussion. He also said that the council suing the project. He called the a “political volleyball during the other things you can do with $4 The project faced public scru- currently “doesn’t have a good Monday discussion “an exercise campaign” because of the large million.’” tiny later in the summer after place to meet,” aside from its spa- of bad procedure.” amount of money being spent. Burt agreed and said it’s a “re- the Weekly wrote about its ex- cious and formal Council Cham- “Let’s get real. Any time that Scharff agreed and called it a sponsible exercise for this to be panding scope and after some bers. The existing conference the Palo Alto Weekly runs a “shame” that this “good project done publicly.” In a community council members expressed sur- room, where local commissions story, we’re supposed to bow and really got caught up in the cam- space like City Hall, he said, the prise about how the project had and council committees often immediately take it up? I don’t paign.” council owes the public “greater morphed over the years from a gather, is cramped and has an think we should do it as a policy, But Burt and Schmid both ar- accountability.” Q simple renovation of a conference outdated air conditioning system particularly when we did it in ac- gued that while the project has Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner room to a complete overhaul of that blasts cold air at participants. cordance with procedures,” Klein many merits, it’s important to in- can be emailed at gsheyner@ the ground floor. The Monday The council discussion has been said. form the public about it. Schmid paweekly.com.

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17 sites throughout the Bay Area To participate, contact Erica COMMUNITY rely on donations and volunteers Lee at [email protected] or to provide shelter and support. call 650-470-6011. The gift drop- There are numerous ways to help off deadline is Thursday, Dec. How to share the holiday spirit out this holiday season including 18. For more information, visit hosting a “party with a purpose,” ronaldhouse.net/whatwedo/wish- Local nonprofit organizations seek donations, volunteers decorating a shelter and more. ing_tree.php. Visit www.ivsn.org/donate/ St. Anthony’s Padua Dining by Jennah Feeley holiday-giving/. For additional Room: The Padua Dining Room hile for many the holi- residents of Mountain View, Los Recipes, food lists and more in- information, contact Nathan Por- serves more than 500 hot meals days are a time for Altos, Los Altos Hills and the sur- formation can be found at street- ras at [email protected] or call daily all year long and close to W belly-filling meals, gift- rounding area. steam.org/thanksgivingmeal/. To 650-685-5880. 900 during the holiday season. giving and cheer, there are some During the holiday season, the RSVP, contact Eileen Richardson Second Harvest Food Bank: A full Thanksgiving meal will local families who strain to buy organization asks community at paloaltothanksgiving@gmail. The Second Harvest Food Bank be served from noon to 2:30 p.m. extra food and gifts. members to host food and toy com. To donate to Streets Team, provides food for nearly 250,000 on Nov. 27. A feast will also be A number of organizations are drives. Monetary donations are visit streetsteam.org/donate/. people every month, many of served from noon to 2:30 p.m. on working to make this holiday also accepted, and abundant vol- Ecumenical Hunger Pro- whom are children and seniors. Christmas Day. season brighter for those in need, unteering positions are available. gram: The Ecumenical Hunger The organization partners with In addition to providing meals, and they depend on donations and For the volunteer schedule, Program is an East Palo Alto non- nonprofit agencies at more than the Padua Dining Room teams up volunteers from the community to visit ow.ly/Ezblk and then contact profit organization that provides 770 sites to distribute food. The with Menlo Park and San Carlos make it all possible. Here is a par- Alison Hopkins at ahopkins@ food, clothing, household items, Holiday Food and Fund Drive firefighters in a toy giveaway on tial list of Palo Alto-area nonprof- csacares.org or call 650-946- case management services and raises nearly half of the organiza- Christmas Eve. Starting at 8 a.m. its seeking help. 4630 to schedule. To make a do- more to families in need. During tion’s revenues each year. parents can come pick up toys for Christmas Bureau of Palo nation, volunteer or organize a toy the holiday season, the program People can donate to Second children under 14. All programs Alto: The Christmas Bureau of or food drive, go to csacares.org. provides families in East Palo Harvest Food Bank or host a food rely on donations from the com- Palo Alto mails checks to indi- Non-perishable food donations Alto, Menlo Park and Palo Alto and fund drive. Visit www.shfb. munity. Food (especially frozen viduals and families in need dur- may be dropped off during busi- food for Thanksgiving and toys org or call 866-234-3663. Anyone turkeys), new unwrapped toys ing the holidays. The recipients ness hours at 204 Stierlin Road, for Christmas. The private organi- in need of food can call the hot- and cash donations help to make are referred to the bureau by so- Mountain View. zation depends on donations from line at 800-984-3663. these efforts possible. Volunteers cial service agencies, schools and Downtown Streets Team: The the community for their Teen Gift Ronald McDonald House are also invited to lend a hand. other community agencies. Recip- Streets Team organization is ded- Program and Holiday Food Box at Stanford Wishing Tree: For more information or to ients are Palo Alto residents and icated to diminishing homeless- Distribution. The Ronald McDonald House make a donation, visit paduadin- families with children at schools ness by getting men and women To donate, contact Lakesha at Stanford provides a place for ingroom.com. Q in the district. off the streets and regaining their Roberts at [email protected] children and their families to If there is a Palo Alto-area or- To make a donation, visit www. self-sufficiency and dignity. The or 650-323-7781. If you are in- stay while kids receive treatment ganization whose holiday efforts christmasbureauofpaloalto.org/ organization’s annual meal, terested in volunteering, contact for life-threatening illnesses at should be added to this list, email donate/ or send a check to Christ- the IVSN Shelter Network Es- Akala Francis at akala@ehpcares. local hospitals. Every holiday [email protected] for con- mas Bureau of Palo Alto, P.O. Box telle Chalfin Thanksgiving Day org or 650-323-7781. season, the house creates hun- sideration. 51874, Palo Alto, CA 94303. All Community Dinner, will be held InnVision Shelter Network: dreds of paper ornaments, each To provide year-round help to checks must be made out to “The at All Saints Episcopal Church, InnVision Shelter Network listing an item needed for the local organizations that serve Christmas Bureau of Palo Alto.” at 555 Waverley St., from noon (IVSN) helps homeless families House or a family. The House kids and families, consider mak- Community Services Agency: to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. regain permanent housing with will send labeled ornaments to ing a donation to the Palo Alto Mountain View-based Commu- Volunteers are needed to prepare “Beyond the Bed” services that those who choose to participate. Weekly Holiday Fund. See page nity Services Agency provides food at home and on location, have a 90 percent success rate Gifts are requested for babies, 37 for information. safety-net services, operates a help serve and clean up after the for program graduates to regain kids, teens and parents, in ad- Editorial Intern Jennah Fee- food pantry and collects holiday meal. Food donations are also ac- permanent housing and self- dition to household or Happy ley can be emailed at jfeeley@ toys for low-income and homeless cepted. sufficiency. The organization’s Wheels cart items. paweekly.com.

DEVELOPMENT Mixed-use proposal for University Avenue meets mixed response Plan calls for demolition of two one-story buildings, construction of four-story development by Gennady Sheyner proposal to demolish two back than the bottom three stories. gram that will restrict workers’ stout commercial buildings City planners noted in the report ability to park in residential areas. Aat the heart of University while the building will be taller Linda Anderson, a resident of Avenue’s commercial district and than most others in the neighbor- Bryant Street, called the Hayes replace them with a four-story de- hood, the building’s frontage on proposal “one more assault on the Courtesy of City of Palo Alto velopment is meeting a mixed re- University Avenue is “compatible downtown quality of life that al- A four-story development proposed for University Avenue would sponse from the community, with with the urban context.” Many ready has been seriously eroded include retail on the ground floor, office space on the second, three some downtown residents saying by development ‘exceptions’ caus- apartments on the third and a mix of residential and commercial that the new 50-foot building will ing what may or may not be ‘unin- space on the fourth. damage their quality of life, and ‘The first offense tended consequences.’” others arguing that it’s exactly The new building would go up ing, which in no way reflects the sible for people to live and work in what the city needs to bring more was the hideous on the corner of University and style of the area,” Baer wrote. town (as opposed to commuting), vitality to the area. Cheesecake Factory Kipling Street. The buildings slated “The current proposal ... is an- and we need more parking down- The proposal by property own- for demolition currently include the other nail in the coffin. Already town,” Hanna wrote. “This proj- ers Jamie and Elizabeth Wong building.’ store Design Within Reach and the there is inadequate parking for the ect fulfills both of those needs, calls for replacing two one-story —Becky Baer, craft-and-jewelry boutique Shady buildings in existence.” and ... adds to the tax base and buildings at 429-447 Univer- Lytton Avenue resident Lane, as well as former sites of yo- The sentiment is far from improves the aesthetics of that sity Ave. with a development that gurt shop Red Mango and clothing unanimous. The city has received corner considerably.” would include retail on the ground neighbors disagree. Some have store Fashion Passion. comments from several residents, The city’s Architectural Review floor, offices on the second, three submitted comments arguing that Becky Baer, who lives on including developers, voicing sup- Board was set to comment on the apartments on the third and a mix the proposed building is too tall Lytton Avenue, wrote that over port for the project. One was local Environmental Impact Report for of residential and commercial and would result in severe traffic the years, she and her neighbors attorney John Hanna, who wrote the project on Thursday but decid- space on the fourth. Designed by problems. The proposal comes at “have witnessed an alarming that the new project “is exactly ed to continue the item to a future prolific architect Ken Hayes, the a time when the city is struggling transformation of our beloved what we need more of in down- meeting. Q new building will have a “cubic to contain downtown’s parking downtown area.” town Palo Alto.” Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner framework” and a terrace on the problems and preparing to unveil “The first offense was the hid- “We need more residential can be emailed at gsheyner@ fourth floor that will set it further a Residential Parking Permit Pro- eous Cheesecake Factory build- (space) downtown to make it pos- paweekly.com. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 11 Upfront

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tromagnetic door locking system (that weight is the minimum). Schools can opt to have cameras installed in classrooms; if so, they are also instantaneously activated to provide first responders real- time monitoring. “To think that we can close the door, turn off our lights, lock ev- erything up and act like no one’s home and think that that’s suffi- cient enough, it’s not,” Jacobs said. “What we’re doing is we’re leaving

our law enforcement professionals Veronica Weber in the dark. When they arrive at Mike Jacobs, a facilities employee with the Palo Alto Unified School the scene, they don’t know what District, demonstrates at Ohlone Elementary School on Nov. 17 how to do. There’s no communication. his emergency response system, the Safeguard Notifier, can display They don’t know if the shooter is three different LED lights that are used in different situations. in a room; they don’t know if the folks in the classrooms are OK.” cussions and said he’s meeting patch can then communicate those Jacobs, a father of three young with a recently retired Bay Area conditions to officers without even children, said in the wake of the police chief next month to discuss having to speak to teachers direct- December 2012 Sandy Hook El- a potential partnership. ly. Those officers will also be able ementary School shooting, he felt Much of Safeguard’s work is to log into our software directly compelled to do something to im- also informed by a 2004 school from their squad cars and make prove school safety. safety report issued by the U.S. risk-informed decisions with real- “I just thought to myself, Secret Service and the U.S. De- time visuals into each area. The ‘Something’s got to change,’” he partment of Education on pre- more confusion that we’re able to said. venting school violence. A major eliminate, the less time an attacker Multimedia Advertising So Jacobs, a maintenance/op- takeaway from the report is that has to hurt someone.” erations foreman with expertise schools should no longer approach The company has yet to of- Sales Representative in the electrical field, invented school safety passively, said Safe- ficially approach Palo Alto Uni- the simple emergency-response guard partner and advisory board fied, or any district, to roll out the Embarcadero Media is a locally-owned and independent device. He has spent time talking member Robert Gonzalez. Gon- Safeguard Notifier. The company multimedia company based in Palo Alto. We have published to local law enforcement, teach- zalez, a corporate recruiter and is still “in the seed stage of the ers, administrators and students father with a military background, seed stage,” Gonzalez joked, and in Palo Alto for the last 35 years, with award winning about what they would like to see is a longtime friend of Jacobs. He struggling to find funding. publications such as the Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View in such a system to ensure it meets said knowing Jacobs as someone “We want to take this and we Voice and Menlo Park Almanac on the Peninsula, and all of their needs. who works passionately with and want to be able to productize it,” the Pleasanton Weekly in the East Bay. In each of these “What are the challenges that for youth, from participating in Gonzalez said. “The major hurdle communities our papers are the dominate, best-read and they’re facing? What are some of youth outreach programs to work- that we’re having right now is in- most respected among its various competitors. We also the things they don’t like about ing with troubled teenagers, made vestors.” operate extremely popular interactive community news and the procedures that are in place? him immediately want to join the The company launched an am- information websites in all of our cities, plus unique online- One of the common problems that Safeguard team. bitious crowdfunding campaign only operations in Danville and San Ramon. teachers have with current proce- “Eventually, when a teacher on Indiegogo early last month, We’re looking for talented and articulate Outside Sales dures is that they do have to run to communicates the condition of hoping to raise $150,000 by Dec. Representatives for our Retail Sales Team. Experience the door and lock the door them- their room, that specific condition 5. The funds would help the com- in online, social and print media sales is a plus, but not a selves,” Jacobs said. notification will reach the 911 pany expand its hardware and requirement. Familiarity with the advertising industry and Jacobs is continuing these dis- dispatch level,” Jacobs said. “Dis- software capabilities and pay for selling solutions to small and medium size businesses is a a pilot installation at a Bay Area big plus. Four year college degree is preferred. school, a test they want to do free of cost but which would involve As a Multimedia Account Executive, you will contact and costs for manufacturing, installa- work with local businesses to expand their brand identity and CITY OF PALO ALTO tion, operating, permits and more. support their future success using marketing and advertising NOTICE OF A Jacobs and Gonzalez see them- opportunities available through our 4 marketing platforms: selves as pioneers in the still print campaigns, website and mobile advertising, and email DIRECTOR’S HEARING emerging field of school-safety marketing. technology. Across the nation, The ideal candidate is an organized and assertive self- some companies and schools have starter who loves working as a team to achieve sales goals, To be held at 3:00P.M., Thursday December 4, 2014, in looked at implementing automated possesses strong verbal, written, persuasive and listening the Palo Alto City Council Conference Room, 1st Floor, Civic communication systems. Just this interpersonal skills, can provide exceptional customer Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Go to the week, 20 public schools in New service and is not afraid of hard work to succeed. +L]LSVWTLU[*LU[LYH[ /HTPS[VU(]LU\L[VYL]PL^ÄSLK York tested out a system that links school radios, phones and mobile If you have the passion to achieve great success in your documents; contact Alicia Spotwood for information regard- ing business hours at 650-617-3168. devices to emergency-dispatch DBSFFS BOE DBO DPOUSJCVUF TJHOJmDBOUMZ UP PVS MFBEFSTIJQ systems and allows school officials position in the market, please email your resume and a cover to instantly share video, audio or 3864 Corina Way {13PLN-00274]: Request by Helen Koo for letter describing why you believe you are the right candidate other data with law enforcement. an Individual Review to the construct a new 3,043 sq. ft. two- for this fantastic opportunity. (NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE) Other organizations are checking story residence with an attached two-car garage on a vacant out smartphone applications that Submit your resume and cover letter to: lot in the R-1(8,000) zoning district. Environmental Assess- target emergency response. But Ja- Tom Zahiralis, Vice President Sales and Marketing ment: Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act cobs and Gonzalez see Safeguard (CEQA) per section 15303. [email protected] Notifier as a more comprehensive, all-encompassing system, and they 3832 Grove [14PLN-00241]: Request by Yi-Ran Wu on be- said they are ready to roll it out so half of Santa Ana Investment LLC, to demolish and existing that kids are as safe as possible. one story residence and Single Family Individual review ap- “We want to take this (to proval of a new two story residence with an detach garage. schools),” Gonzalez said. “It’s Zone District R-1 real. ... We want to bring it out to the market and make it a reality Hillary E. Gitelman for schools.” Q 450 Cambridge Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94306 | 650.326.8210 Director of Planning and Community Environment Staff Writer Elena Kadvany PaloAltoOnline.com | TheAlmanacOnline.com | MountainViewOnline.com can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com. Page 12 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront Neighborhoods A roundup of neighborhood news edited by Sue Dremann Around the Block POSADA ... For the third year in a row, the residents of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park will host a community Christmas Posada celebration with food, dancers, music and, of course, the candle- lit procession. The 400-year-old Mexican folk celebration has origins dating to the Aztec winter solstice and Spanish Christian traditions. It commemorates holy couple Mary and Joseph’s search for a place to birth the baby Jesus. Posada takes place on Dec. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. and includes the procession, Bar- ron Park donkeys Perry and Niner, Raices de Mexico folkloric dancers, a piñata for children and Posada food — tamales, posole soup, warm punch and pan dulce (sweet bread). This year’s Posada could be the last if the mobile-home park’s 400 residents are evicted to make way for new construction. The event is open to Palo Altans of all ages, religions and cultures. Or- ganizers ask that people RSVP with the number of attendees by Nov. 29 to [email protected]. The

Posada is hosted by the Buena Vis- Veronica Weber ta Mobile Home Residents Asso- Samina Sundas helps Darrow Hornik put on ornate earrings and other jewelry and clothes, which Sundas was sharing with Hornik and her ciation with support from Friends friend Karisa Galindo (not pictured) in advance of the Eid Festival that Sundas is organizing for Dec. 12. of Buena Vista. The Posada will be canceled if it rains. COMMUNITY CENTER HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MIDTOWN ... This year marks the Midtown Residents Association’s 20th an- niversary. Palo Alo residents formed A holiday to build the organization after the Midtown Shopping District on Middlefield ‘a beloved community’ Road fell into disrepair. Following an initial meeting at a delicatessen, Eid Festival brings together residents for Muslim organized by Debbie Mytels, resi- dents put pressure on city leaders celebration of peace and sharing to help revitalize the commercial by Sue Dremann Sylvia district, founding member ll great religions American Muslim Voice Gartner wrote in the association’s encourage their fol- Foundation, of which Sundas is fall newsletter. By the third meet- “A lowers to love their the founding executive director, ing, the group had attracted 20 neighbors,” Evergreen Park resi- is sponsoring the festival. The stalwarts. “We all threw some cash dent Samina Sundas said of the City of Palo Alto is a co-sponsor Veronica Weber on the floor of the meeting room. teaching most often expressed through a $1,000 Know Your I gathered it up and opened a during the Thanksgiving and Neighbors grant. Wardah Chowdhry applies a henna tattoo to Karisa Galindo during checking account. And so began Christmas season. But “to love Sundas said she hopes the festi- a sneak peek Thursday of the upcoming Eid Festival. MRA,” she wrote. The association’s our neighbors, we must know our val will attract 200 people. She has Muslims pay a small amount to tionally fall around Christmas achievements include: the addi- neighbors,” she added. sought to build a community cul- charity, called Zakat-ul-Fitr, as and Hanukkah — in 2014 it be- tion of murals in the neighborhood; This holiday season, Sundas ture of hope, inclusion and peace a token of thankfulness to God gan on July 28 — Sundas hopes installation of Matadero Creek is inviting her neighbors and any since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. for helping observe fasts and for that introducing the celebration sidewalk railings and bathrooms at Palo Altan who would like to join Each year she has held interfaith purification from indecent acts or around the Christian and Jewish Hoover and Seale parks; creation in a celebration to make good on and intercultural dinners at her speech. holidays will help people to see of Scott Meadow at Greer Park; that idea. On Dec. 12, Sundas will home, as well as workshops and “People are required to give a that Muslims also practice loving the added bear-family sculpture in host the Eid Festival, the Muslim events she calls “peace picnics.” special charitable donation to peo- their neighbors. Hoover Park; establishment of a city celebration of spreading happiness Her goal, she said, is “to move ple who can’t afford nice things, At a time when extremists are requirement for ground-floor retail and love all around, at Lucie Stern people from fear to friendship.” such as clothing and shopping spreading terror and hate, build- in the business district; participation Community Center ballroom. The Eid festival (pronounced money,” she said. “Before you go ing that kind of understanding has in the Matadero Creek Remediation The festival will include a EEd) is a chance for people to ex- to the mosque, you eat something, become even more important to Project; and launch of emergency- free gourmet Pakistani dinner, perience Islamic culture, Sundas then go and pray. Then you hug Sundas. services volunteer teams. Q desserts from around the world, said. Formally called Eid ul-Fitr, each other three times and say, “Since 9/11, everyone thinks Send announcements of ethnic dress, henna art painting, the celebration takes place after ‘Happy Eid,’” she said. Celebrants that Muslims are terrorists or are neighborhood events, meetings Nasheed spiritual singing and a Ramadan, the Islamic month of return home to share food and ex- oppressed in hijabs,” Sundas said, and news to Sue Dremann, photo booth where people can fasting, prayer and introspection. change gifts and sweets for three referring to the veil covering a Neighborhoods editor, at sdre- have their picture taken dressed At the end of Ramadan and be- days. [email protected]. in ethnic attire. fore the Eid celebration begins, Although Eid does not tradi- (continued on page 14) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 13 Upfront NOTICE OF A SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING of the Palo Alto Community Planning & Transportation Commission (continued from page 13) News Digest woman’s head and chest. But the Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission School board approves new Cubberley lease Eid festival provides an opportu- The Palo Alto Board of Education voted 4-1 Tuesday night for a (P&TC) shall conduct a public meeting at 6:00 PM, nity to dispel such misinformation Wednesday, December 3, 2014 in the Council Chambers, new five-year lease for Cubberley Community Center. and the suspicion it brings. Board member Camille Townsend cast the sole dissenting vote. The Ground Floor, Civic Center, Palo Alto, California. Any In an online message to the new lease diverges from the prior one most significantly in that it no interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. community on American Muslim longer includes a “covenant not to develop,” which obligated the City Voice’s website, Sundas reflected of Palo Alto to pay the district about $1.86 million annually to ensure on the healing power of under- that the district did not sell several of its properties throughout the city. :[Hќ YLWVY[Z MVY HNLUKPaLK P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL ]PH [OL *P[`»Z standing. main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org and also at the Per the new lease terms, those funds will instead be used to “repair, An “inclusive and beloved renovate and/or improve” the dilapidated campus on Middlefield Road. 7SHUUPUN +P]PZPVU -YVU[ +LZR [O -SVVY *P[` /HSS HM[LY ! community ... transcends race, “I think it’s a very bad precedent in our community and city to look PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be religion, ethnicity, or any other to the school district and to the school district’s operating budget to made available at the Development Center should City Hall be characteristic which may be used fund infrastructure,” Townsend said. to divide us. We can achieve our JSVZLKVU[OL  -YPKH` The school district and the city will also jointly develop a master plan dream of a peaceful world simply for the entire campus, in keeping with a recommendation from a commu- by getting to know each other. Ig- Special Orders of the Day: nity stakeholders group known as the Cubberley Advisory Committee. norance breeds fear; knowledge Board member Heidi Emberling thanked Superintendent Max Mc- 9LJVNUP[PVUVM9L[PYPUN*VTTPZZPVULYZ2LSSLYHUK2PUN and social contact will erase these Gee for leading the district to an agreement after two years of dis- unfounded fears against us,” Sun- cussions with the city, which she called “no small feat.” McGee said Public Hearing das wrote. the new lease portended a good trend of future cooperation on other And a network of support, “a 1. Build to Line Ordinance: 9L]PL^ VM +YHM[ 4VKPÄJH[PVUZ collaborations such as Project Safety Net and future master planning. chorus of peace in solidarity with Mayor Nancy Shepherd noted that Cubberley is badly run-down to Build to Line Requirements in Palo Alto Municipal a promise to stand by one another Code Chapter 18.16 and recommendation to the City and needs the kind of attention that the school district and the city — (is) the very definition of com- are gearing up to provide. Council. This item was reviewed by (1) the Planning and munity,” she added. Q “I hope this gets launched quickly and we have a very good plan Staff Writer Sue Dremann ;YHUZWVY[H[PVU*VTTPZZPVUVU1\S`HUKJVU[PU\LK in five years,” she said. Q can be emailed at sdremann@ [VHKH[L\UJLY[HPUHUK[OL(YJOP[LJ[\YHS9L]PL^)VHYK — Elena Kadvany paweekly.com. ,U]PYVUTLU[HS(ZZLZZTLU[!,_LTW[MYVT[OLWYV]PZPVUZVM *,8( WLY ZLJ[PVU   -VY TVYL PUMVYTH[PVU JVU[HJ[ Palo Alto strikes down car-camping ban What: Eid Festival Acknowledging a shift in the legal landscape, Palo Alto officials Amy French at HT`MYLUJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[VVYN Where: Lucie Stern Community agreed on Monday night to repeal the city’s controversial ban on car Center ballroom, 1305 Middlefield camping, which was approved in August 2013 but never implemented. 2. Review of Concept Plan Line options for the Maybell Road, Palo Alto By a 7-1 vote, with City Councilman Larry Klein dissenting and Bicycle Boulevard and the Churchill Avenue Enhanced When: Friday, Dec. 12, 7-9:30 Councilwoman Karen Holman absent, the council repealed the ban Bikeway projects : The Maybell Avenue Bicycle Boulevard p.m. it had adopted in response to complaints from residents about people Cost: Free, but RSVP is request- and the Churchill Avenue Enhanced Bikeway projects are sleeping in cars and occasionally causing disturbances in front of homes. ed by emailing wardah.amv@ Homeless advocates, people who live in their vehicles, and local attor- priority projects in the Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation hotmail.com. In the sweets-giving neys had argued that the ban is unconstitutional. In June, the U.S. Court 7SHU   ;OL 4H`ILSS (]LU\L )PJ`JSL )V\SL]HYK tradition of Eid, everyone is wel- of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit struck down a similar law in Los An- WYVQLJ[ PUJS\KLZ [YHѝJ JHSTPUN HUK IPJ`JSLWLKLZ[YPHU come to bring a dessert to share. geles, placing Palo Alto’s newly adopted ban on a shakier legal footing. improvements along El Camino Way, Maybell Avenue, Info: Go to amuslimvoice.org Before striking down the ordinance Monday, the council heard Donald Drive, and Georgia Avenue. The Churchill Avenue from several residents who live in vehicles. Each asked the council to eliminate the law, which would subject them to fines. ,UOHUJLK)PRL^H`WYVQLJ[PUJS\KLZ[YHѝJJHSTPUNTLHZ\YLZ Councilman Marc Berman pointed to the “one good thing” that HUK MVJ\ZLK YVHK^H` JHWHJP[` PTWYV]LTLU[Z IL[^LLU Sunset has come out of the ordinance: the discussion that the city had about the Caltrain Tracks and El Camino Real. The Planning and (continued from page 7) homeless issues. In adopting the ban last year, the council allocated Transportation Commission will make a recommendation to $250,000 for housing and case management for homeless residents. Q — Gennady Sheyner [OL*P[`*V\UJPS-VYTVYLPUMVYTH[PVUJVU[HJ[YHMHLSYP\Z' acres adjacent to San Francisqui- JP[`VMWHSVHS[VVYN to Creek, the adobe building with Members named to achievement-gap task force the patios and test kitchens was Superintendent Max McGee announced Nov. 18 the more than 20 3. 4PKKSLÄLSK9VHK735: 7\ISPJ/LHYPUNVMH surrounded by spacious gardens faculty, parents, community members, alumni and administrators *VUKP[PVUHSPYLSLZZ ;LSLJVTT\UPJH[PVU School District close its achievement gap. western living and a model for McGee said there were more than 50 applicants for the Minority -HJPSP[`HU PUJOKPHTL[LYMVV[[HSSTVUVWVSLYLWSHJPUN what the magazine promoted,” HUL_PZ[PUNPUJOKPHTL[LYMVV[[HSSSPNO[WVSLPUP[ZJ\YYLU[ Achievement and Talent Development Advisory Committee. said Bill Lane in the 1998 article. The committee will first meet on Dec. 2 and has been given the task location, and associated equipment in an enclosure at grade) The elegant new headquarters of diving into district data on minority student achievement; gathering to be located at the Palo Alto Little League Ball Field. Zone also became a popular tourist input by talking directly to students, families, faculty and staff; and +PZ[YPJ[9 ,U]PYVUTLU[HS(ZZLZZTLU[!*H[LNVYPJHSS` destination as Gray Line made it looking to other districts and experts in the field for best practices. a stop on its tours, and residents The following were named to the committee: L_LTW[ MYVT [OL WYV]PZPVUZ VM [OL *HSPMVYUPH ,U]PYVUTLU[HS brought friends and out-of-town 8\HSP[`(J[*,8(WLY*,8(.\PKLSPULZ:LJ[PVUZI Faculty and staff: Jeff Gielow, Jordan Middle School guidance visitors to peer into the kitchens counselor; Maria Powell, Gunn High School biology and chemistry HUK-VYTVYLPUMVYTH[PVUJVU[HJ[ and stroll through the gardens. teacher; Arcia Dorosti, former Barron Park English language spe- Russ Reich at Y\ZZYLPJO'JP[`VMWHSVHS[VVYN There was a time when 75,000 cialist; Sandra Cernobori, Palo Alto High School college adviser; and people a year took the Sunset tour, Julie Griffin, Juana Briones Elementary School librarian. Questions. For any questions regarding the above items, please Softky wrote. Parents: Kim Bomar, Gina Dalma, Adriana Flores Ragade, Car- JVU[HJ[ [OL 7SHUUPUN +LWHY[TLU[ H[     ;OL ÄSLZ The Lane brothers sold the men Munoz and April House. YLSH[PUN [V [OLZL P[LTZ HYL H]HPSHISL MVY PUZWLJ[PVU ^LLRKH`Z company to Time Warner in 1990 Alumni: Sharon Johnson, Aspire East Palo Alto Charter School IL[^LLU[OLOV\YZVM !(4[V!74;OPZW\ISPJTLL[PUNPZ for $225 million. Mel Lane died principal; Barbara Stroud; and Teceta Tormala, Palo Alto University [LSL]PZLKSP]LVU.V]LYUTLU[(JJLZZ*OHUULS in 2007 and Bill Lane in 2010. professor. In recent years, the Sunset Students: Shannon Yang, Gunn High School sophomore. (+(;OL*P[`VM7HSV(S[VKVLZUV[KPZJYPTPUH[LHNHPUZ[PUKP]PK\HSZ headquarters at 80 Willow Road Community members: Sheena Chin, Ze’ev Wurman, Avani Patel ^P[OKPZHIPSP[PLZ;VYLX\LZ[HUHJJVTTVKH[PVUMVY[OPZTLL[PUN has hosted an annual “Sunset and Barbara Klausner, executive director of afterschool tutoring non- VY HU HS[LYUH[P]L MVYTH[ MVY HU` YLSH[LK WYPU[LK TH[LYPHSZ WSLHZL Celebration Weekend” event for profit DreamCatchers. JVU[HJ[[OL*P[`»Z(+(*VVYKPUH[VYH[ ]VPJLVYI` two weekend days in the spring, Administration: Katy Bimpson, Hoover Elementary School prin- when thousands of people visited e-mailing HKH'JP[`VMWHSVHS[VVYN. cipal; Pier Angeli La Place, Terman Middle School principal; Kim the campus for cooking demon- Diorio, Palo Alto High School principal; and Judy Argumedo, Be- strations, wine seminars, and *** ginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA). programs on gardening, home de- The committee is expected to identify key issues, potential policy Hillary Gitelman, Director of Planning and Community signs and green living. Q changes and actionable, evidence-based recommendations in a final Almanac Staff Writer Dave Environment report to be presented to the board in the spring of 2015. Q Boyce can be emailed at — Elena Kadvany [email protected]. Page 14 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront

Wolbach (continued from page 5) Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week another were elected — I think, if anything, for me that’s the most CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week CITY COUNCIL ... The council has no meetings scheduled this week. gratifying thing about the elec- tion. “I think the electorate is not City Council (Nov. 17) pulling for polarization. I think Buses: The council heard a presentation from Santa Clara Valley Transportation the voters are sick of this kind of Authority about the proposed Bus Rapid Transit system. Action: None Vehicle habitation: The council voted to repeal the city’s ban on vehicle habi- *0;@6-7(36(3;6 dichotomy, and they sent a mix to tation. Yes: Berman, Burt, Kniss, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd No: Klein the council.” Absent: Holman 56;0*,6-(:7,*0(3 Kou, a neighborhood organizer Labor: The council directed its Policy and Services Committee to consider dif- who has led the city’s emergency- ferent alternatives for making public the city’s negotiations with its labor unions. +09,*;69»:/,(905. Yes: Berman, Burt, Holman, Klein, Price, Scharff, Schmid, Shepherd Absent: preparedness program, focused Kniss her campaign on recent develop- ment trends, which she asserted Board of Education (Nov. 18) To be held at 3:00P.M., Monday, November 24, 2014, in are damaging the city’s quality of Cubberley lease: The board approved updated lease terms for Cubber- the Palo Alto City Council Conference Room, 1st Floor, Civic life. She has argued that reports ley Community Center. Yes: Baten Caswell, Emberling, Mitchell, Tom No: Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Go to the from city staff are “biased toward Townsend +L]LSVWTLU[*LU[LYH[ /HTPS[VU(]LU\L[VYL]PL^ÄSLK special interests” and that the documents; contact Alicia Spotwood for information regard- council “has failed to provide the Historic Resources Board (Nov. 19) ing business hours at 650-617-3168. 251 Lincoln Ave.: The board took no action on a proposal by Margaret Wim- leadership to change this culture” mer on behalf of Donna and Harry Schmidt for alterations to a 1903 home in Kou did not return requests Prefessorville because of a lack of quorum. Action: None  4PKKSLÄLSK 9VHK B735D! Request by Steve for comment, and it is not clear Smith for Preliminary Parcel Map review of four proposed whether she plans to request a re- Architectural Review Board (Nov. 20) condominium units (three residential and one commercial) count. Q 1050 Page Mill Road: The board commented on the Environmental Impact in the RM-15 zone district. Environmental Assessment: Ex- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner Report for 1050 Page Mill Road, a proposal by Stanford University to demolish two buildings totaling about 283,980 square feet of building space and con- empt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) can be emailed at gsheyner@ struct four two-story buildings with 287,000 square feet of office. Action: None per section 15315. paweekly.com. 1450 Page Mill Road: The board discussed a proposal by Jim Inglis to demol- ish two buildings totaling 59,539 square feet and constructing a new two-story, >H]LYSL`:[YLL[B735D! Request by Jerry 77,814-square-foot office building. Action: None Corrections 2515-2585 El Camino Real: The board discussed a request by Hayes Group 2^VR VU ILOHSM VM 7HJPÄJ 9LHSP[` 0U]LZ[TLU[ .YV\W MVY HU The caption in the Oct. 24 article Architects to build a 39,858-square-foot, three-story building to replace the 0UKP]PK\HS9L]PL^[VJVUZ[Y\J[HUL^ ZX\HYLMVV[YLZP- 9,694-square-foot building that currently houses the Olive Garden. Members dence including an attached two-car garage in the R-1 Zoning “Unfriendly skies” incorrectly generally supported the site layout and voiced some concerns about the proj- identified the airplane on the ect’s horizontal orientation and monolithic design. Action: None District. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from the Califor- cover. It was a Piper. To request 429 University Ave.: The board discussed a request by Hayes Group Archi- nia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per section 15303. a correction, contact Editor tects on behalf of Kipling Post, LP, to demolish two existing one-story buildings Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, and construct a 31,406-square-foot, four-story, mixed-use building with two Hillary E. Gitelman levels of underground parking. The board agreed to continue the discussion [email protected] or P.O. Director of Planning and Community Environment Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302. next month. Action: None

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We help you make sure insurance claims, payments, and questions are handled quickly. Courtesy Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department A proposal would expand the Alma Bridge at Oregon Expressway to six lanes with two left-turn lanes and Serving the community for over 25 years! two new traffic signals. Two clover leafs would replace the four current ramps on and off of Oregon.

Charlie Porter Farmers® Agency Oregon The project would also replace stretch from Porter all the way to License # 0773991 stop signs at the 280 on- and off- Bryant Street experiencing major (continued from page 5) 671-A Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park ramps with traffic signals to im- delays. A segment of Oregon from [email protected] prove safety for cyclists and pe- U.S. Highway 101 has gone from remain at grade. But the design destrians. “some delays” to severe delays in could run into the Hetch Hetchy County engineers say the the past 10 years. pipeline and other underground changes are necessary to pre- With improvements, conditions pipes and utilities, she said. vent severe, chronic traffic jams won’t be ideal in 2025, but they A second alternative would el- throughout the area’s expressway will switch to “minor” delays along evate Foothill and keep Page Mill system. In 2013, the county esti- most of the roadway. Major delays CALL FOR NOMINATIONS at ground level. A third concept mated there were 134,000 daily would still occur between 280 and would split the elevation distance car trips made along the express- Foothill and near Highway 101, ac- so the overpass would not be as way. That volume is only expect- cording to county analysis. high. Page Mill would be lowered ed to increase. Information about the Express- 36th Annual by about one-third and Foothill In 2003, Page Mill/Oregon had way Plan 2040 is available at the would be raised by two-thirds. some problem pockets, but by county Roads and Airports De- At the problematic Interstate 2013 the congestion had wors- partment website, tinyurl.com/ 280 and Page Mill interchange, ened. By 2025 without improve- ofjomhy. Q Tall Tree Page Mill would widen from four ments to roads and signals, Page Staff Writer Sue Dremann lanes to six, Cameron said. With Mill and Oregon could have “ma- can be emailed at sdremann@ the lanes narrowed from 12 to jor” to “severe” delays along its paweekly.com. 11 feet, “We can make the road entire length, according to engi- Awards work within the existing limits,” neering calculations. TALK ABOUT IT she said. In 2003, Page Mill from In- PaloAltoOnline.com The selection The improvements would in- terstate 280 to Porter Drive had clude better bike and pedestrian major delays and Porter to Ramos What changes would you favor along access. One concept includes a Way had minor delays; in 2013, the Oregon-Page Mill expressway? committee invites Share your ideas on Town Square, median bicycle track on Page the 280 to Foothill stretch had the community discussion forum at your nominations Mill; another adds a pedestrian developed severe delays during PaloAltoOnline.com/square. in four categories: path under the on- and off-ramps. peak commute hours, with the

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Between 2003 and 2013, traffic (and delays) increased substantially on the Page Mill/Oregon Expressway between U.S. Highway 101 and Interstate 280. Page 16 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Historic Resources Board [HRB] PulsePOLICE CALLS Palo Alto Nov. 12-18 8:30 A.M., Wednesday, December 3, 2014, Palo Alto Violence related Battery ...... 1 Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Child abuse...... 1 Domestic violence ...... 4 Avenue. Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at Theft related 285 Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto. Commercial burglaries ...... 3 Counterfeiting...... 1 org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional Credit card fraud...... 1 Grand theft...... 1 information during business hours at 650.329.2144. Identity theft ...... 1 Petty theft...... 1 Residential burglaries...... 2 251 Lincoln Avenue [14PLN-00301]: Request by Margaret Shoplifting...... 1 Vehicle related Wimmer, on behalf of Donna and Harry Schmidt, for Historic Abandoned auto...... 3 Auto recovery...... 1 Resources Board review and recommendation regarding Auto theft ...... 3 proposed alternations and additions to a residence, initially Bicycle recovery...... 1 Bicycle theft ...... 2 constructed in 1903, that is listed on the City’s Historic Driving with suspended license .....14 Driving without license ...... 3 Inventory in Category 4 and located in the Professorville Hit and run ...... 1 Parking violation...... 2 Historic District. The project would include relocation of Theft from auto...... 3 the house on the site seven feet from Ramona Street. The Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 5 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 13 project is subject to the regulations of the Single Family Vehicle impound...... 2 Vehicle tow ...... 2 Individual review (IR) program. Environmental Assessment: Alcohol or drug related Categorically Exempt from the provision of CEQA, Section Driving under influence...... 7 Drunk in public ...... 6 15331. Zoning District R-1. Open container...... 1 Possession of drugs...... 1 Smoking/tobacco violation...... 1 (T`-YLUJO*OPLM7SHUUPUN6ɉJPHS Miscellaneous Disobey court order ...... 1 Elder abuse...... 1 Found property...... 2 The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against Medical aid...... 1 Robert Chilton Calfee individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation Possession of stolen property ...... 1 Psychiatric hold ...... 2 January 26, 1933-October 24, 2014 for this meeting or an alternative format for any related Psychiatric subject ...... 2 Public nuisance ...... 3 printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator Suspicious circumstances ...... 3 Robert “Bob” C. Calfee died Vandalism...... 1 peacefully at the age of 81 in his at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto. Warrant/other agency...... 9 Stanford home with family at his org. Menlo Park Nov. 12-18 side. Bob was born in Lexington, Violence related Kentucky. He interrupted his studies Battery ...... 1 Domestic violence ...... 1 at UCLA to serve in the U.S. Air Theft related Force from 1953 to 1957. He returned Burglary ...... 1 Check fraud ...... 1 to UCLA, earning a B.S., M.A, PhD Fraud ...... 2 (1963). Michael John Bucolo Grand theft...... 1 His distinguished academic career Petty theft...... 1 May 31, 1952 - October 14, 2014 Residential burglaries...... 2 began at the University of Wisconsin, Vehicle related Madison (1964-1969). From 1969 Abandoned auto ...... 1 Michael John Bucolo of Palo Alto passed away October Auto recovery...... 1 to 1998, Bob held several positions 14, 2014 with his family at his side, he was 62. Michael Auto theft ...... 1 at Stanford University, including Bicycle theft ...... 1 was the eldest child of Mariano and Mary Bucolo of Driving with suspended license...... 13 Professor of Education and Psychology plus four years as Associate Portsmouth, Rhode Island. His father, an officer in the Hit and run ...... 2 Dean, Research and Development. From 1998 to 2003, Bob served Parking violation...... 2 Navy, traveled the world and Michael grew up in Japan, Reckless driving...... 1 as Dean and Professor of Education at the University of California at Theft from auto...... 1 Panama, Hawaii and then high school in Portsmouth, Vehicle accident/injury...... 2 Riverside, continuing there as Distinguished Professor of Education Vehicle accident/no injury ...... 3 until 2005. From then until the time of his death, Bob was Professor Rhode Island. After attending Columbia University Vehicle accident/property damage ....1 where he played football, he worked in New York City Vehicle tow...... 1 of Education Emeritus at the University of California at Riverside and Alcohol or drug related Professor of Education, Emeritus on Recall, at Stanford University. and Newport RI, then moved to San Francisco where he Driving under influence...... 3 met his wife Sherry. They married in 1983 and moved to Drug activity...... 3 Bob served on numerous national and international boards, was Narcotics registrant ...... 1 an editor and reviewer for professional journals, and was a prolific Palo Alto in 1986 when working for Digital Equipment Possession of drugs...... 3 Possession of paraphernalia ...... 1 writer and dedicated researcher. He authored or co-authored more Corporation. Miscellaneous than 300 articles, plus several books and educational programs. Michael is survived by his wife Sherry, his son Weston, CPS referral ...... 1 Outside of academia, Bob enjoyed traveling, gardening, art, Found property ...... 5 and daughter Lauren, all of Palo Alto. He is also survived Info case...... 4 classical music, the theatre, cooking, and entertaining in his by sisters, Janet Eastwood of Boston, Mass., Carol Bucolo Juvenile problem ...... 1 Stanford home. Located missing person...... 2 of Tiverton, RI, brother Peter Bucolo of Fort Lauderdale, Outside assistance...... 1 He was predeceased by his parents, Robert Klair Calfee and Property for destruction...... 1 Florida and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Psychiatric evaluation...... 4 Nancy Bernice Stipp; his son, Robert Allen Calfee; and his brother, Psychiatric hold ...... 1 James “Jim” Lee Calfee. He is survived by his loving wife, Suzanne Michael was an avid reader, he loved learning, Suspicious circumstances...... 1 history, teaching, coaching, hiking, boating, swimming, Vandalism...... 1 (Dumville) Barchers and her children and grandchildren. He is Warrant arrest ...... 9 also survived by his children, Adele (Calfee) Woodward of San architecture, restoring and remodeling homes, softball, VIOLENT CRIMES Dimas, California; Robert W. Calfee of Dublin, California; and all sports, and traveling with his family. Palo Alto Elise Sachs of Boulder, Colorado. Surviving sisters include Sara Education was most important for his children. He was Middlefield Road, 11/12, 10:40 a.m.; do- (Calfee) Goodno of Pasadena, California; Jean (Calfee) Knapp of able to travel in May 2014 in failing health with his family mestic violence/battery. Covina, California; and Loretta Calfee of San Diego, California. to Ithaca, New York to attend his daughter’s graduation Vista Avenue, 11/13, 3 p.m.; child abuse/ Also left to cherish his memory are numerous grandchildren, physical. at Cornell University and in his son’s graduation in June, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and countless friends, Emerson Street, 11/13, 11:03 p.m.; do- 2013 to Hayward at Cal State East Bay. These were his mestic violence/battery. students that he mentored, and colleagues. Kings Lane, 11/16, 6 p.m.; battery/simple. The Celebration of Life for Bob will be held at 1:00 on proudest moments. Michael will be deeply missed by his Hanover Street, 11/18, 4:23 p.m.; do- mestic violence/battery. December 6th at Valley Presbyterian Church, 945 Portola Road, family and friends. He was buried at a private service Wallis Court, 11/18, 8:51 p.m.; domestic Portola Valley, California. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto next to their violence/battery. daughter Marissa. Donations in Michael’s memory can be Menlo Park can be made to a previously established student fellowship fund 00 block Elmwood Place, 11/13, 12:32 by entering “Calfee” at https://advancementservices.ucr.edu/ to the American Heart Association. a.m.; domestic violence. AdvanceOnlineGiving/search# 200 block Van Buren Road, 11/14, 3:53 p.m.; battery. PAID OBITUARY PAID OBITUARY

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 17 Visit Lasting Memories An online directory of obituaries and remembrances. Search obituaries, submit a memorial, share a photo. Go to: www.PaloAltoOnline.com/obituaries TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths Willie Atkinson View. CA 94080; the Avenidas Capi- Willie Lee Atkinson, a resi- A devoted sports fan, he fol- tal Campaign for the Expansion Steve Freese dent of the Palo Alto area for lowed the Dallas Cowboys and of 450 Bryant in Palo Alto, 450 many years, died on Oct. 24. He the San Francisco 49ers. He also Bryant St., Palo Alto, CA 94301; June 3, 1948-November 12, 2014 was 73. loved to listen to jazz music, at- or the Optimal Hospice Founda- He was tending shows in San Jose and tion, 3375 Scott Blvd., Suite 410, Steve Freese was born on born in Tem- San Francisco and amassing a Santa Clara, CA 95054. June 3, 1948, and died on No- ple, Texas, in collection of old records. vember 12, 2014 from com- 1942. He at- He was predeceased by his Philip Hodge plications due to lung cancer. tended Palo mother, Hazel Wilson, and his Philip G. Hodge, an engineer- Verde Elemen- stepfather, Matthew Wilson. He ing professor and a Palo Alto His wife, Laura Smyth Freese, resident for more than 20 years, and daughters, Corine Freese, tary School in is survived by his sister, Rosie Lee Murray of Mountain View; died on Nov. 11 in Sunnyvale Shauna Freese and Alexa Palo Alto and Kirkpatrick nieces, Linda Joyce Jackson with family by his side. He was Freese Wiley were by his side, High School and Tamala Williams of Palo 94. along with other friends and in Forth Worth, Texas, while he Alto; nephews, Edward Glen He was born relatives. lived with his grandmother. He Williams of Menlo Park, Ricky on Nov. 9, 1920, in New He grew up in Palo Alto, played football there for four Williams of East Palo Alto and Haven, Con- attending Crescent Park Ele- years and graduated in 1961. Willie Williams of Palo Alto; necticut, to After high school, he studied at many great-nieces and nephews; mentary School, Jordan Junior Philip Gibson Foothill College in Los Altos and a great-great niece, Cherish High School and Palo Alto High School before completing Hodge and Hills for two years. Drayton of Palo Alto. his education at UC Berkley and UC Santa Barbara. Muriel Miller He served in the U.S. Air A memorial service will be Hodge. He Though Steve accomplished a great deal, his greatest ac- held on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 10 Force as a medical material went on to complishment was how he taught his friends and family to a.m. at Jones Mortuary Chapel, specialist at bases in New Jersey study at Antioch College, grad- embrace life. and Alabama, and he was sta- 660 Donohoe St., East Palo Alto. Steve found joy in the smallest things; like the flag wav- uating in 1943 with a bachelor’s tioned for a time in Germany. A burial will follow at the San degree in mathematics. While ing on a hillside, the smell of fresh coffee or picking up a In 1970 he was honorably dis- Joaquin Valley National Cem- at Antioch, he met Thea Drell, loved one from the airport. Steve lived a spiritual life: he fed charged as a sergeant. He also etery in Gustine, California. In whom he also married in 1943. the homeless, built houses for the poor, and was kind and worked for many years for Syn- lieu of flowers, memorial dona- Shortly after he joined the U.S. generous to everyone he ever encountered from the local tex Laboratories in Palo Alto. tions can be made to the Ave- Merchant Marine, in which he pharmacist to the little kids in the neighborhood. He had He lived much of his later life nidas Rose Kleiner Center, 270 served during World War II. in East Palo Alto and Mountain Escuela Ave., Mountain View, an old-fashioned sense of ethics and chivalry: he believed When he returned, he contin- in the truth, fairness and protecting those weaker than him- ued his studies at Brown Univer- sity, earning a Ph.D. in applied self. He had a huge number of friends because he made new mathematics in 1949. He then friends everywhere: on a harbor walk or a trip to Costco. Quinn Timothy Gens held a series of professorships His creativity was legendary: he created ditties to the beat of at University of California, Los his car’s blinker; he initiated the singing of Christmas carols Quinn is an amazingly tender Soul Angeles, the Polytechnic Insti- with a whole plane-load of strangers on a flight home on who suffered and struggled daily in tute of Brooklyn, the Illinois this world, but would keep going with Christmas Eve. His sincere smile welcomed all to his home, Institute of Technology and a kindhearted smile and infectious and, if lucky, he provided a honky-tonk song on the guitar finally the University of Min- laugh. He was always good-natured and nesota. He was a professor of before they left. Steve made friends wherever he went in life, compassionate, with a love of laughter, mechanics in Minnesota from and he never lost a single one along the way. song, and dance. There are no words to 1971 to 1991, when he retired. Steve had a truly sincere smile and glistening blue eyes truly describe this extraordinary man, He later moved with his wife to but was even more handsome of spirit. He loved to laugh but his love of life was certainly the best Palo Alto. and never wanted to miss a moment of life. Even at the end feeling in the world. Through his research, he con- of his life he stated with a whisper that he had “FOMO” Quinn was very cognizant of his tributed to the development of (fear of missing out) when the morphine tempted him to struggles and differences, and the hurt plasticity theory, a subject on sleep. He was so endearing that the nurses would linger in from these was more than he could bear. He could have won an which he published five books. Oscar by how well he hid these feelings from everyone who loved He also oversaw 16 master’s his hospital room to hear his stories and cried when it was theses and 18 Ph.D. theses. time to leave. and knew him well. Quinn had very strong convictions about life, and even stronger desires for the way he wanted to live; and Among other accomplishments, As a Dad, he taught us to “buck up” when life was tough the physical limitations he was born with handicapped those he received a number of awards in his field and was chosen to but held us tenderly when we just couldn’t. He taught us expectations. the virtues of being honest, humble, tender, funny and how become a member of the Na- At age 19, his family was not enough for him to stay in this tional Academy of Engineer- to tell a good joke. He wrote a song about himself called world. He wanted so much more, for himself, and those he loved. “Steve Freese, what a handsome guy” which we sang at his ing in 1997. In his retirement, Now, he no longer struggles with that which he could not bear. he was also a visiting professor bedside as he took his last breathes. His last wish was to go With that knowledge, there is peace, because Quinn is in the emeritus at Stanford University. out laughing, and he did. Temple of Light, in Heaven. Outside of academia, he In lieu of flowers, please donate to Lungevity.org for lung Quinn is survived by his parents: Laura and Timothy Gens; his greatly enjoyed running, travel- cancer research. siblings: Julia, Eva, and Henry; and the family’s two pugs: Louie ing, camping and backpacking. and Tsewa. The list of surviving relatives, friends, and supporters He climbed Mount Ritter at age PAID OBITUARY is too long to recount—but they were a part of his life and all of 53 and also ran the Boston Mar- them deeply loved, and will deeply miss, Quinn Timothy Gens. athon twice and the Twin Cit- He is, was, and will always be, a Light Being, a Divine Spark in ies Marathon in 1982, finishing the Universe. We love you, Quinn, forever and always. first in his age category. He also Support A memorial service was held in Chicago, where the majority had interests in gardening and Palo Alto Weekly’s of his family resides, and, in lieu of flowers or cards, Quinn’s genealogy and a love of live the- family would love donations to go to the charity “Quinn Cares” ater and opera. In the Bay Area, print and online at P.O. Box 61029, Palo Alto, CA 94306. This charity will direct he joined the Unitarian Univer- coverage of donations to causes that Quinn cared about when he was a part salist Church of Palo Alto, start- of this world. You can read more about these causes at www. ing a play-reading group that our community. has lived on for 20 years. QuinnCares.org. PAID OBITUARY He was predeceased by his Join today: SupportLocalJournalism.org/PaloAlto wife of 65 years, Thea Hodge Page 18 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com in 2008. He is survived by his three children, Susan Hodge SUBMITTING TRANSITIONS (David Greenberg) of Colum- bus, Ohio, Philip (Marjorie) ANNOUNCEMENTS Hodge of Spring City, Ten- nessee, and Elizabeth (Wil- The Palo Alto Weekly’s Photos are accepted and print- liam) Kelly of Palo Alto; nine Transitions page is devoted to ed on a space-available basis. grandchildren, Aaron, Myriam, births, weddings, anniversaries The Weekly reserves the right Adam, Jason, Lisa, Eli, Rivka, and deaths of local residents. to edit obituaries for space and Joshua and Eve; six great-grand- Obituaries for local residents format considerations. children, Ruth, Perel, Isaac, Ha- are a free editorial service. Announcements of a local dassah, Nitzana and Ziva; and his sister, Mary (John) Frantz of Send information to Obituar- resident’s recent wedding, an- ies, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box niversary or birth are also a the king’s academy Madison, Wisconsin. CHRIST-CENTERED COLLEGE PREPARATORY A memorial service will be 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302; fax free editorial service. Photo- *UNIORAND3ENIOR(IGH3CHOOLs'RADES  held on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 2 to 650-326-3928; or email to graphs are accepted for wed- p.m. at the Unitarian Universal- [email protected]. Please dings and anniversaries. These ist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. include the name and tele- notices are published as space Charleston Road, Palo Alto. In phone number of a person who is available. Send announce- OPEN lieu of flowers, memorial do- might provide additional in- ments to the mailing, fax or nations can be made to West formation about the deceased. email addresses listed above. Bay Opera (westbayopera.org) HOUSE or to the Unitarian Universal- ist Church of Palo Alto (uucpa. org). Patrick Colonel Suppes Saturday, December 6, 11:00 AM Matt Liddicoat March 17, 1922 – November 17, 2014 SCHEDULE A SCHOOL TOUR OR STUDENT SHADOW TODAY! George Matthew “Matt” Lid- Dr. Patrick Colonel Suppes, the Contact Michele Duncan, Admissions Director dicoat, a longtime resident of Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy 408.481.9900 x4222 or [email protected] Palo Alto and Mountain View, Emeritus at Stanford University, 562 N. Britton Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 died suddenly on Nov. 9. He was died peacefully in his campus home (Near Fair Oaks and Hwy 101) 56. surrounded by family on Monday, WWWTKAORGs ACSI AND WASC ACCREDITATION He was born November 17th 2014. He was 92. on July 10, Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 1958, to Mary 17, 1922, Pat quickly distinguished Jo and George himself as a gifted and charming Liddicoat in student. Pat spent one year at the Panama City, University of Tulsa and one year at Panama. The the University of Oklahoma. In 1943, family moved Pat was called to active duty in the Candlelight for his father’s Army Reserve. He graduated as 2nd work mul- Lieutenant, with a B.S. in a “special meteorology program” from the tiple times outside and inside University of Chicago. He served as a meteorologist in the US Army the U.S. before settling in Palo Service from 1943-1946, first in the Solomon Islands and later in Guam, Alto in 1972. He then attended eventually coming to the rank of captain. Following the war, he Wilbur Middle School (now JLS moved to New York City where he earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Middle School) and graduated Columbia University. An Annual Community from Cubberley High School in Pat joined the Stanford philosophy faculty in 1950. It didn’t take long 1977. for his reach to spread throughout the university, where he championed Gathering of Remembrance He studied at the University interdisciplinary work, ultimately earning courtesy appointments in of California, Santa Barbara, the departments of Statistics, Psychology, and Education. He founded graduating with a bachelor’s both Stanford’s Education Program for Gifted Youth (director 1992- Each year Kara invites the community degree in geology and geophys- 2010) and Stanford’s Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social to join together to remember loved ones ics. He moved back to the Bay Sciences (director 1959-1992). During his 64 years at Stanford, Pat’s Area after he graduated and academic output was beyond prodigious. With his many beloved DQGVLJQLÀFDQWRWKHUVZKRKDYHGLHG eventually became a licensed colleagues he published hundreds of papers and 32 books. This is a non-denominational, interfaith arborist. He ran Liddicoat Tree Remarkably, Pat’s influence went far beyond his academic work. VHUYLFHRSHQWRDOO$WLPHRIIHOORZVKLS Service out of Mountain View, A true Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Pat spearheaded the field of doing tree trimming for both computer-based instruction. In 1967 he formed the pioneering DQGUHIUHVKPHQWVZLOOIROORZ residences and businesses. Computer Curriculum Corporation (CCC), the first company focused While at Santa Barbara, he on placing computers in the classroom. Much of this was based on his became acquainted with rugby, highly influential elementary textbook series, Sets and Numbers. With candles of love, hope, a sport he continued to play Pat was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement throughout his life. He also memory and courage of Science (1962), the American Psychological Association (1964) and loved to windsurf and practiced the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968), a member of the with friends at the Palo Alto we remember. National Academy of Education (1965), the National Academy of Baylands. They formed a group Sciences (1978), and the American Philosophical Society (1991). that called themselves the “Palo In 1990 he was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Alto Mud Dawgs.” Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 7pm George H. Bush. He also enjoyed spending time Pat is survived by countless students, colleagues, and his large and with his nephews, nieces and First Presbyterian Church loving family. His wife, Michelle Nguyen. His five children, Patricia cousins, as well as his beloved 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto dog, an Australian Shepherd, Suppes, of Los Altos Hills; Deborah Suppes, of Woodside; John Elvis, who died a few years ago. Suppes and wife, Dee Ann Suppes, of Palo Alto; Alexandra Suppes (directly behind the Kara office on Kingsley Avenue) He is survived by his parents, and husband David Franzson, of New York; Michael Suppes and Mary Jo and George Liddicoat partner Alison Hyland of New York. His three step children, Colin For more information on Kara Bang Nguyen of Stanford; Kenna Thi Nguyen, and Parker An Nguyen of Palo Alto; his siblings, Jody or our Candlelight Service, call 650-321-5272 Liddicoat of Girdwood, Alaska, of San Jose. His five grandchildren, Kyle Suppes, of Palo Alto; Anney Amy Liddicoat Keohane of Palo Suppes of San Francisco; Natasha Suppes and John Suppes of Los or visit www.Kara-Grief.org Alto and John Liddicoat of Se- Altos Hills; Ísold Suppes of New York. His nephew, George Suppes III attle. and wife Sarah Suppes of Burlingame. Lastly, his much loved younger A memorial service will be brother, George Biddle Suppes Jr. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. MEDIA SPONSORS held on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 1 The Suppes Family welcomes you to say goodbye at a public viewing p.m. at Shoreline Lake Aquatic on Friday, November 21st from 1pm-5pm at Spangler Mortuaries in Center, 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., Los Altos, 399 S San Antonio Road. Flowers may be sent to Spangler Mountain View. 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Winifred “Wini” Gould Jecker Steiner James A. Hildebrand August 31, 1913 – October 21, 2014 January 8, 1930-October 20, 2014 Jim died peacefully at home while Portola Valley his beloved wife, June, held his hand. “Wini” Steiner died peacefully in her sleep trips. Wini founded the Paradise branch of He had bravely faced brain cancer. after visits from her family and friends. AAUW, and led AAUW initiatives there and in Jim loved his family, traveling, Wini was born in England and emigrated Chico to benefit re-entry women and research serving the public through his legal with her family in 1920, eventually settling in child care for working mothers. Russ died work, golf and nature. He was a Long Beach. Wini graduated from UC Berkeley in 1988. Wini then returned to the Bay Area, caring and supportive step-father in 1935 with a degree in English. There, she lived settling in the Sequoias Portola Valley in 1993. and grandfather to June’s children at International House where she Wini took leadership positions and grandchildren, and a loving uncle, brother and friend. He loved met Duroc Albert Jecker, whom in St. Nicholas Episcopal Church birds and was proud to help save the she married in 1935. Duroc in Paradise and St. Bede’s in butterflies on San Bruno Mountain, died in 1940. Not wanting to Menlo Park and was faithful at to support the California Sea Otters teach English to support their Christ Church Episcopal, Portola and to assist the Monterey Bay young daughter, Wini earned a Valley. “Wini the Walker” Aquarium. He had a playful spirit, pulling pranks even as an BS degree in home economics at couldn’t be missed anywhere, and upstanding lawyer and IRS agent. Jim and June enjoyed a cruise Oregon State. she celebrated her 80th birthday to Normandy and the English Isles this past summer to celebrate In 1944 Wini was hired as walking across her beloved their 21st wedding anniversary. the first home economist for England. Jim led an interesting life. He grew up in Saginaw, Michigan, the U.C. Cooperative Extension Wini volunteered in many ways graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1954 service for the counties of Santa to care for students, international with Phi Beta Kappa honors and was inducted as a junior into the Clara, San Mateo, and San visitors, and the elderly in nursing Order of the Barristers, a Senior Honorary Society. Benito, where she organized 24 homes. She founded the Jessie He served in the U.S. Army at the end of the Korean War. Even community groups of mainly farm wives to Rau Anderson Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz in though he had just graduated from law school, he served as a conduct workshops on food preservation and 1965 in honor of her counselor at Long Beach personnel specialist in a medical laboratory in Tokyo, Japan. He streamlined garment making. Polytechnic, who lent her $100 so she could enjoyed giving tours of Tokyo to fellow soldiers and to visitors, As Santa Clara County changed from rural to start at UC Berkeley in 1933. Wini would take showing details about the city that others may not have noticed. urban, she stayed there, where her focus shifted to the “Anderson Girls” out to lunch for decades He also worked for a brief time in Tokyo for an American attorney. consumer information in all areas of home making, after that and maintain a correspondence with Jim then moved permanently to California. Soon after arriving home furnishings, money management, clothing many of them. Wini was known for her elegant in San Francisco, he helped Sterling Hayden refurbish the Gracie S and fabrics and food buying. She conducted short style, in manner, clothes, and furnishings, her sailboat, later known as The Wanderer. Jim lived the remainder of courses and lecture demonstrations and pioneered wide-ranging travels, love of the outdoors, high his busy life on the San Francisco Peninsula where he served as city attorney for Palo Alto during the Vietnam riots and for Sunnyvale a daily radio show on several radio stations, a energy, and storytelling. during the development of Silicon Valley. He received numerous weekly column for the San Jose Mercury, and a Wini leaves her daughter, Mary Beth (Bruce) commendations by various attorney groups during those times show on KPIX-TV. Train of Palo Alto, two grandchildren, six step- and was highly respected for the entire body of his legal work. In the 1960’s Wini served as a cooperative grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. A He was predeceased by his brothers, Max and Tom, his sister, resource to school nurses, teachers, social memorial service will be in November. Salle, and his former wife, Jackie. He is survived by his wife, June, workers, and dietitians. Later she initiated a Memorial contributions may be made through her family, his nieces and nephews and by Jackie’s sister, Francine nutrition program for low income families, the UC Santa Cruz Foundation. Please direct Bearden. developing cultural and ethnic materials and your contributions to Jessie Rau Anderson A memorial service will be held in The First Congregational recipes. Scholarship in memory of Wini Steiner. Visit Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto on Saturday, Nov. In 1957, Wini married Russell R. “Russ” giving.ucsc.edu or send a gift to the UC Santa 22, at 2 p.m. with a reception following. Friends are welcome. Steiner, a local accountant. Shortly after their Cruz Foundation, Dept. 44787, PO Box 44000, retirement in 1972, they moved to Paradise, CA. San Francisco, CA 94144-4787. You may also In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to the First They traveled everywhere. Both loved Yosemite, give to the Friends of your local library or a Congregational Church Capital Fund and to the American Cancer taking their grandchildren on high country charity of your choice. Society. PAID OBITUARY PAID OBITUARY

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n a recent Thursday evening at Eastside College Prepa- ratory School, 13 students’ heads are bent intently over Odesks as a song by hip-hop artist Childish Gambino blasts out of a laptop. Heads dip and bob to the beat of the song, but the students are focused on taking quick, detailed notes on the most important themes behind Gambino’s wordplay. They jot down observations on the downside of fame and a failed relationship. The students are using the hip-hop song to learn how to flow, a practice that competitive debaters use to keep track of all the arguments in a round. Flow requires digesting and documenting information as quickly and as coherently as possible — whether it’s hip-hop lyrics or an argument against a controversial govern- ment policy. The more a person gets down, the better prepared he or she will be to dismantle the opponent’s argument. It’s a seemingly unconventional classroom activity, yet com- pletely befitting of a program hoping to reinvent the world of competitive debate — typically an activity reserved for or associ- ated with well-financed, high-performing schools and students. Veronica Weber Veronica The students sitting in that classroom, most of whom are from East Palo Alto, Oakland and South San Francisco, are pilot participants in the Silicon Valley Urban Debate League, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit working to bring the world of debate to At top: Eastside College Preparatory School student Kayly Hernandez, far right, argues her point during a low-income youth. cross examination against Gabriel Guizar, far left, of San Jose’s Overfelt High School, while Hernandez’s The Silicon Valley league, which launched its work this fall at partner, Alexandria Fakayode, and Guizar’s partner, Tommy Heng, listen. The students were participating Eastside in East Palo Alto and Overfelt High School in San Jose, in a debate scrimmage at Eastside on Nov. 8. Above: Dmitri Seals, executive director of the Silicon Valley is the new arm of the well-established Bay Area Urban Debate Urban Debate League, gathers affirmative and negatory arguments about desalination from students at League. With the goal of empowering traditionally marginalized Eastside Prep in East Palo Alto in October. youth voices, the nonprofit organization partners with Bay Area schools where 40 percent or more of students are eligible for federal reduced-price meal plans. Palo Alto nonprofit The league provides schools the necessary startup capital — in this case, resources, training, curriculum and experienced vol- About the cover: Eastside College Preparatory unteers — to get full-fledged competitive debate teams off the School student Darquis Fisher, left, makes his empowers students ground. (At Eastside, the league this autumn helped to reinvent argument while partner Jacob Adams writes an elective speech and debate class that was started three years down the main points during a scrimmage ago.) against Overfelt High School of San Jose on to have a voice “One of the things I’ve been really excited about over time and Nov. 8. Photo by Veronica Weber. got me hooked as a teacher was this opportunity to say, ‘Hey, by Elena Kadvany there are all these young people who have creativity and voice

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Debate “I also had a fear of public speaking and I just wanted to get Eastside Prep (continued from page 21) student Taylor over that because I knew it’s an Longmire, important life lesson,” said Bar- left, states her and interesting things to say about rera, who’s from South San Fran- arguments as the world and they haven’t been cisco. “Since I had a passion for listened to essentially their whole arguing with almost everyone in her partner, educational lives,’” said Dmitri my life, I always want to be able Fernanda Seals, the Silicon Valley Urban to back up my arguments with Marquez, right, Debate League executive direc- evidence.” attempts to tor and a former teacher. “Debate When Barrera first heard about write them all helps create a space — not only as the after-school debate league down as the an after-school activity but also in from an Eastside senior whom the students work the classroom — for young voices Urban Debate League enlisted to to practice to be taken really seriously.” make a pitch to his classmates, he “flow.” The debate league teaches pol- thought it would be just another icy debate, a form of argument thing to do, adding to his very full in which teams of two advocate plate of activities. Barrera already for and against a resolution that had crosscountry every day and typically calls for policy change started an introduction to com-

Veronica Weber by the federal government. So for puter science class this year. the past several weeks, about 25 But the first debate practice he Eastside students have lived and went to changed his mind. Eastside breathed a resolution that calls for “In a way, it brightened up my Prep student the government to develop and day after going through so many Darquis Fisher, spread technologies for solar de- hours of school, just being able to center, states salination. relax. It doesn’t feel like another his arguments During biweekly after-school class. It’s something I can actually as his partner practices, they have learned about fully have fun with and be pas- Elizabeth Perez, the drought, read academic texts sionate about,” he said. left, tries to on desalination and emphatically Senior Jacob Adams, a gre- write them discussed both the negative impact garious, experienced debater that all down and of the proposed resolution (cost, many of the other students look up Debnil Sur, a economic impact, environmental to (and the one Seals asked to pitch member of harm) and the potential benefits the league to other students), loves the Stanford (increased global water supply, the “invigorating feeling” that he Youth Debate support a basic human right to wa- gets during debates — thinking Initiative, ter, energy-efficient solution). The on one’s feet and being able to practices are led by Seals or by a draw on background knowledge observes. group of student volunteers from to both back up one’s own claims the Stanford University Youth De- and shoot down one’s opponent’s. bate Initiative, who came to East- He said he’s not religious, but he Veronica Weber side through the Urban Debate channels a church preacher when League. presenting his arguments — ex- Eastside Prep pounding with confidence, evi- seniors Isaiah eals warmed the students dence and emotion. East, left, up one Thursday evening Adams’ sermon-like debate and D’Andre Swith a speed drill, in which style was on full display two Stamper work the class rose to their feet to read weeks ago at Eastside, as the on strategy a dense academic text on Califor- young debaters competed against during an nia’s water crisis as loudly, clearly the other pilot students from Over- evening practice and quickly as they could. The felt in an all-day scrimmage event. first time through, they read the “Creating desalination facili- at their school text straight through at the top of ties would increase our amount on Oct. 30. their lungs for about 30 seconds; of water, but ... the problem is that the second time, they had to say people aren’t using their water “uh” in between every word; the effectively,” Adams challenged third, they read it backwards; the his opponent, his argument gain- fourth, they held pens in their ing speed and volume as he went mouths; and the last time, they on. “California can meet its wa- read it straight through again. ter needs for the next 30 years by The goal? To get through as implementing cost-effective urban much as the text as possible by the water conservation. Increasing the

Michelle Le Michelle fourth time — while also digest- amount of water will not solve the ing the meaning of the text. true issue of water usage, nor the Jacob Barrera, “It’s not just a class where you drought, but will merely drain wa- learn academically — you’re just ter from another source, and peo- center, a student here to learn things,” said Eastside ple would not learn to conserve.” at Eastside junior Nohely Peraza, who joined Adams told the story of a young Prep, talks debate for the first time this year. girl named Sally, who lives in the with Brandon “It’s something that broadens your Bay Area, who had to shower and Montes, right, mind in that you can get a lot out wash her clothes at school because a student of it.” her family didn’t have enough at Overfelt The students participate for water at home. They also had to High School, various reasons. Peraza said she purchase take-out food and plas- following a joined because she loves reading tic water bottles since they didn’t day of practice and writing but is terrified of pub- have access to water to wash their debate rounds lic speaking. dishes. in East Palo Alto “It’s something that’s a life Adams has clearly heard what on Nov. 8. skill,” she said. “It’s something Seals pounded into the students at that you use in your everyday life many practices: Illustrate for the in communication, in all your col- judge what is at stake in your argu- lege classes and beyond. It’s some- ment. In this case, make the judge thing that in any career you would feel how people’s lives change need.” with decreased access to water or Veronica Weber Sophomore Jacob Barrera said with the creation of desalination he wanted to try something new plants. and then fell in love with debate. This kind of thinking and ap- Page 22 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Cover Story proach is part and parcel to de- starting in sixth grade. bate and helps students not only “Debate reaches kids in a way Jacob Adams, become confident public speakers that traditional classroom peda- center, a student but also improve academically. gogy hasn’t,” Savage said. “That’s at Eastside Prep, “(Debate) helps me write pas- important for students no matter reacts after sionately,” Barrera said. “Now, where they are, even if they’re hearing that he other teachers recognize me as a privileged but particularly for stu- won the debate debater.” dents who traditional classroom Jaya Subramanian, one of the teaching doesn’t reach. ... Debate scrimmage two Eastside teachers the league reaches those students in a very BINGO contest, enlisted to be debate coaches, unique way.” following a said that debate makes students And more and more schools are day of practice better all-around. In subtle ways, getting on board, as more students rounds with debate teaches students how to be make it clear to their schools that Overfelt discerning readers, listeners and there is a demand that they want students, interpreters. to be met. hosted at

Subramanian and the other The Eastside students have seen Eastside Prep Weber Veronica teacher-coach, AP government an increase in interest, too. on Nov. 8. teacher Betsy Cepparullo, said “This is the largest group of they’re grateful for the expertise people that have joined speech and support Urban Debate League and debate ever,” said sophomore provided. Eastside’s previous it- Taylor Longmire. “Being here eration, the speech and debate for the past three years, I’m just elective, was popular, but neither really happy to see more people Eastside Prep teacher had experience in debate. being interested. Hopefully since students At some point in the year, the class the team is growing, even more Fernanda turned into study hall. people will become interested and Marquez, left, “We both know how to re- see what speech and debate is and and Blanca search and write and articulate how we love it, and maybe they Betancourt, arguments, but debate is its own will grow to love it, too.” far right, crazy wonderful world,” Ceppa- Peraza said when she partici- receive their rullo said. “It’s so nice to have pated in her first official compe- medals from someone come in and say, ‘This tition as a freshman, the Eastside coaches Sarah is what it feels like when the other students were some of the only Wishingrad side comes up with a really hard minorities there. and Zach argument,’ or ‘This is what it feels “Seeing now how much the like to flow,’ or ‘I used to prac- Eastside club has expanded, it’s Rosenthalafter tice flow with rap songs; see how fun to see that all these other after many things you can write down.’ minorities want to join with us,” participating Weber Veronica I would have never thought of Peraza said. “You feel more com- in a debate that.” munity, diversity.” scrimmage with It’s this feeling of community Overfelt. he Urban Debate League that almost every single Eastside claims impressive statistics debate student said draws them to Tabout the lasting impact of and keeps them participating. Isaiah East, competitive debate. Nearly 65 “We all get so close,” Fernanda a participant percent of high school students Marquez said. “It’s different grade from East Palo Alto drop out, levels, and you don’t see that with in the Silicon and fewer than 10 percent attend many other clubs. That’s part of Valley Urban a four-year college. the main reason I have been com- Debate League, But more than 95 percent of ur- ing back.” takes a break ban debaters graduate high school, “We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. during an and more than 90 percent go on to We’ve had dance competitions, evening practice college. They are also 80 percent rapping competitions,” Longmire at Eastside Prep more likely to graduate college said of the debate tournaments. on Oct. 30. than their peers. “They’re just fun. There’s no other The league estimates that in its word to describe it but ‘fun.’ first 10 years, it will serve more “Even though (other students) than 5,000 youth. The Silicon are different or they look differ- Valley league plans to expand ent from you, they’re all coming into five schools next year that are from the same (place). They’re currently on a waitlist. like, ‘I just memorized a 10-min- Michelle Le “Schools are hungry for (de- ute speech, and I’m pretty sure I bate),” said Jennie Savage, one know like eight minutes or nine of the Bay Area Urban Debate minutes,’” he said, laughing. Q League’s founding board mem- Staff Writer Elena Kadvany bers and director of speech and can be emailed at ekadvany@ Urban Debate debate at Palo Alto High School. paweekly.com. League “For some reason — I’m not sure The Eastside and Overfelt stu- participants why — it has exploded.” dents will face off with other Bay Jasmere Riley, And it’s exploded at schools Area debate teams from schools left, and Jacob across the board, among all demo- like Gunn High School, Bellar- Adams, walk on graphics. She said she normally mine College Preparatory and campus after an gets about 15 to 20 new students Saint Francis in their first offi- evening practice signing up for the Paly debate cial tournament this fall on Sun- team and had 47 this year. One day, Dec. 7. The Coast Forensic at Eastside Prep of her sons attends The Harker League novice tournament will be on Oct. 30. School in San Jose, a college-pre- from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Overfelt paratory school that offers debate in San Jose. WATCH IT ONLINE PaloAltoOnline.com Michelle Le See a video about the students in the Silicon Valley Urban De- bate League, including excerpts from their debates, produced by Staff Photographer Veronica Weber. The video is posted on PaloAltoOnline.com and YouTube.com/paweekly.

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Page 24 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Comic Dana Moon, left, says she’s had her fair share of hecklers. In her stand-up, Becky Robinson, center, sometimes takes on alternate personas. Right, Lisa Curry’s self- deprecating humor skews toward the dark side.

by Elizabeth Schwyzer

hat makes for good com- people laugh, Curry is dead seri- “I’m calling bull---- on that,” If Curry’s humor tends toward videos.’ Like, when did ‘YouTube’ edy? ous about the honesty thing. In Curry said. “If you were able to cynicism, fellow performers Dana become slang for ‘d--k?’” “Honesty,” says come- stand-up, she said, there’s no room look down on your own funeral Moon and Becky Robinson come Moon shares Curry’s belief in dian Lisa Curry. “Honesty over for the inauthentic. and people were having a good at their comedy from an angle the importance of honesty to suc- everything.” “If you’re doing something that old time, you’d be devastated.” many 20-something women will cessful stand-up. The Los Angeles-based stand- you think is funny but it’s really The same streak of darkness find familiar: adventures in dat- “What makes for good com- up comic is preparing to hit the contrived, the audience may not that characterizes Curry’s stand- ing, drinking and the endless edy is anything that is truthful road with three of her colleagues pick up on what it is that’s off, but up colors the way she speaks about complications of sex. and makes the comic laugh,” she on a nationwide tour they’ve they’ll know it’s just not as good,” her emerging career as a comic. “I’m working on a bit I call noted. “If you’re having fun on dubbed the “Walk of Shame.” she explained. “What’s real is al- “It’s just you on your own,” she ‘YouTube,’” Moon explained last stage sharing real life truths, the They’ll be crossing the country ways the funniest thing, because said of stand-up. “You don’t have week. “I never knew how pushy audience will feel it and laugh from Portland to Wichita, Atlanta people are inherently ridiculous.” to depend on anyone else, which single guys could be until the date with you.” to Dallas, working the room for Originally from small-town I always found to be a problem. ends and they insist I come over laughs and shooting footage of Indiana, Curry knew early she Even the most dependable people to their house to ‘watch YouTube (continued on next page) their road trip for a TV docu- wanted to be on the stage. Dream- are going to let you down once in series pilot. ing of a career as an actress, she a while.” Tonight, Friday, Nov. 21, “Walk moved to L.A. — the heart of the Though Curry’s comedy isn’t of Shame” comes to Stanford. entertainment industry — only pervaded by themes of sex and Though the name of the tour to discover that she hated acting. romance, her stand-up sometimes suggests R-rated content from Luckily, she found stand-up. She’s alludes to the tricky territory of a female perspective, Curry ex- never looked back. male/female relations. plained in a phone interview last Now in her early 30s, Curry has “I want to be dominated physi- week that the reality is a bit more told stories with The Moth, per- cally, but I’m going to dominate nuanced than that. formed at the Hollywood Fringe you intellectually,” she mused “I actually don’t have any sexu- Festival, blogged for MTV and in an appearance at the Ventura al material at all,” she said. “The joined the house ensemble of Sec- Comedy Club last July, snigger- others have some, but their mate- ond City Hollywood: the world’s ing at her own revelation as the

rial is a fresh take on that theme.” largest comedy improv training women in the crowd offered ap- Tour Shame of Walk Courtesy Curry added that the title of the center. Among her recent bits are preciative whoops in response. tour arose when the four women a story about her childhood kitten Google “Lisa Curry,” and you’ll decided to create a visual riff on she did for the LA Moth’s “Love come up with the Australian the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album Hurts” StorySLAM (“I’m holding Olympic swimmer of the same cover. it and it’s dead. ... It’s definitely name; well-aware of the issue and “It’s provocative and memora- dead”), and a riff on the idea that always on the lookout for a joke, ble,” she said of “Walk of Shame.” people want their loved ones not the comedian has devoted a por- “It’s easy to hashtag.” to mourn their deaths but to cel- tion of her website to a running Jessica Michelle Singleton has a flair for flouting political For a woman who lives to make ebrate their lives instead. list of other “Lisas Curry.” correctness.

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Bay Choral Guild performs Brahms’ Joel Bartlett ‘German Requiem’ without an orchestra by Janet Silver Ghent Among the members of the chorale are tenors Steve Kispersky, left, John Palmer and Robert Adams.

hen the Bay Choral tenor Bill van Melle during a re- Francisco. center of the room, Dole ex- music. He’s currently completing Guild presents Brahms’ hearsal break at Palo Alto’s First Those who have not heard plained the transition. Although his own choral work, “Gertrude W “Ein deutsches Re- Baptist Church. “There are solos, Brahms’ German-language re- the score is marked forte, he said, and Alice: Scenes From a Shared quiem” (“German Requiem”), but the choristers don’t get much quiem will discover a kinder, gen- “it’s a floated forte, not blasted. Life,” about Gertrude Stein and audiences familiar with the more rest.” tler liturgy than Mozart’s, without Start mezzo forte and let it blos- Alice B. Toklas, who also have commonly performed orchestral The challenge involves “keep- the vehement “Dies Irae” (Day of som, shooting for the top side of roots in the Bay Area. version will not hear the booming ing up the energy through the Wrath) pleadings to an angry God. the cloud, not coming up from the In 2000, Dole took the helm of bass, brass or timpani. Without a entire piece,” said tenor Steve Brahms chose the text himself, se- bottom.” Bay Choral Guild, an auditioned symphony orchestra to overpower Kispersky. “It just keeps going lecting passages from the Martin Then he asked the sopranos to volunteer chorale founded in 1979 the quieter piano and pianissimo and going and going.” Luther Bible to provide comfort to sing a particularly tricky phrase as the Baroque Choral Guild. In movements, concertgoers can Sanford Dole, Bay Choral the living, rather than pleas for the from memory. “Just be blissful. 2008, before the group’s 30th an- bask in the subtle harmonies of Guild’s artistic director, agrees. souls of the dead. Begun after his Look at me. I’ll give you the trip- niversary season, the name was this 50-voice chorale, accompa- Unlike many of the chorale’s pre- mother’s death in 1865, the piece lets.” changed to reflect their expanded nied only by a single piano played vious concert programs, which begins with the words “Selig sind, First soprano Padma Rangara- repertoire, which has ranged from with four hands. have tended to feature shorter die da Leid tragen, denn sie sol- jan, whose tone is bell-like, fol- Bach to Bobby McFerrin. Last The piece, accompanied by works and an intermission, this len getröstet werden” (“Blessed lowed Dole’s directive. Having year’s American Heritage con- pianists Timothy Getz and Ty- is a one-piece concert without are those who bear suffering”). sung in several choirs, she joined cert included works from the 18th son Dauer, includes solos for a break. “Singing pretty much Others may be familiar with the the group after moving to the area, to 21st centuries, including such soprano and baritone, featuring constantly throughout the whole Requiem’s fourth movement, sung joining her sister, Vai Rangarajan, composers as Stephen Foster, professionals Jennifer Ashworth piece requires stamina,” he said. in English as “How Lovely Is Thy who also sings first soprano. Richard Rodgers and Aaron Cop- and Ben Kazez. But the seven- The chorale will perform on Dwelling Place.” Brahms’ “German Requiem” is land. Their 2013 Mozart Festival movement, 70-minute-plus piece Sunday, Nov. 23, at All Saints “I grew up singing it in church a challenge, Padma noted. “You included three works for chorus includes no arias, which means no Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, choirs without ever knowing it have to be able to sing beautifully and orchestra, including the Coro- respite for the chorale. following performances Nov. 21 was part of the Brahms Requi- for a very long time.” But the joy nation Mass. “It’s a choristers’ piece,” said in Campbell and Nov. 22 in San em,” Dole said. lies in performing exquisite mu- “We tend to sing things that are The requiem is not an easy piece sic. The pieces Sanford chooses not easy, even if the music is mod- to perform, he added. Sung in the are “amazing,” she said, “both erately familiar to us,” noted first style of the Romantic period, it in- cerebral and enjoyable.” soprano Holzer, who has sung cludes tricky tempo and dynamic Dole, born in Berkeley, has with the group on and off since variations. In addition, much of long been active in the Bay Area its founding. the singing is pianissimo — very music scene. A founding mem- “If people come in expecting soft — requiring technical skill ber of the all-male Chanticleer a they’re going to sing only one kind and abdominal control to sustain. cappella group, he now serves as of music, that can throw them. We First soprano Mary Holzer said music director of St. Gregory of tend to have singers who have ei- Dole “has been telling us since Nyssa Episcopal Church in San ther been with us for a while or we’ve started, ‘I’m warning you, Francisco and as artistic director are very experienced.” In fact, sopranos: You will be exposed in of the Sanford Dole Ensemble, a way you won’t be while singing which focuses on contemporary (continued on next page) with an orchestra.’” That exposure intensifies dur- ing the transition from the vocif- erous sixth movement — “Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt” (“For here we have no last- ing place”) — to the tranquility of the final seventh movement “Selig sind die Toten” (“Blessed are the dead”). The sixth movement feels like it should be the conclusion of the piece — and before the final movement premiered in 1869, it was. “But Brahms had one more

Courtesy Bay Choral Guild Guild Choral Bay Courtesy thing to say,” as Dole put it, and the composer put the onus on

the sopranos, who get no resting Joel Bartlett place themselves. They open the seventh movement, singing a very exposed high F for two slow mea- sures. Soprano Sonica Li, left, and alto Aubrey Blanche are members of Sanford Dole is the artistic director of the Bay Choral Guild. Standing on a podium in the the Bay Choral Guild. www.PaloAltoOnline.comwww.PaloAltoOnline.com • PaloPalo AltoAlto WeeklyWeekly • NovemberNovember 21, 2014 • PagePage 2727 Arts & Entertainment TREAT YOURSELF, TREAT A FRIEND

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(Quail Valley and Plans may be reviewed at the Development Center at 285 Among the pieces they’ll play are an early English Crouching Squir- Hamilton Avenue or online at: http://www.cityofpaloalto. score that’s one of the earliest examples of written rel) engaged in a org/planningprojects; contact Diana Tamale for additional counterpoint and an Italian “estampie” or virtuoso hotly contested information during business hours at 650.329.2144. solo dance. The group will also perform sacred Ar- golf tournament, menian chants transposed for instruments. The eve- as well as some 567 Maybell Avenue [14PLN-00361]: Request by Golden ning concludes with a group of haunting folk dances sticky romantic Gates Homes LLC for Preliminary Architectural Review of a from Greece, Macedonia and Bulgaria. entanglements. Go \UP[YLZPKLU[PHSKL]LSVWTLU[PUJS\KPUNÄ]LZPUNSLMHTPS` East of the River brings “Levantera” to Palo Alto’s expecting physi- detached homes on Maybell Avenue in the R-2 zone district, First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave.) on Friday, cal comedy, golf Peoples Chris HUKZPUNSLMHTPS`\UP[Z KL[HJOLK\UP[ZHUKH[[HJOLK Nov. 21, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 general, $32 for se- vernacular, bawdy \UP[Z \ZPUN [OL =PSSHNL 9LZPKLU[PHS aVUPUN Z[HUKHYKZ PU [OL niors and $30 for SF Early Music Society members. jokes aplenty and RM-15 zone district. No exceptions to development standards Season subscriptions are also available. For tickets, a pair or two of have been indicated. Environmental Assessment: Not a project go to sfems.org or call 510-528-1725. argyle socks. Michael Weiland plays golf HZKLÄULKI`*,8(HKKP[PVUHSYL]PL^^PSSILKVUL^P[O[OL “Fox on the pro Justin; Brooke Silva plays formal application. Fairway” runs his love interest Louise in Los now through Dec. Altos Stage Company’s “Fox 3421 Hillview Avenue [14PLN-00300]: Request by Form4 Concert 14 at the Bus Barn on the Fairway.” (YJOP[LJ[\YLMVY(YJOP[LJ[\YHS9L]PL^VM7OHZLVM[OL=4^HYL Peninsula Symphony Theater (97 Hill- Campus project including demolition and reconstruction view Ave., Los Altos) with shows Wednesday-Sat- VM  ZM VM VɉJL ZWHJL TVKPÄJH[PVUZ [V [OL WYL]PV\ZS` Holiday Concert urday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Tickets range approved CSG building including an addition of a 10,000 sf As November comes to a close, the holiday con- from $18 to $32. For more information or to purchase Ä[ULZZJLU[LYHUKV[OLYZP[LTVKPÄJH[PVUZPU[OL97aVUPUN cert season begins in earnest. This Friday, Peninsula tickets, go to losaltosstage.org or call 650-941-0551. district. Environmental Assessment: City of Palo Alto/Stanford Symphony and the Stanford Symphonic Chorus kick — Elizabeth Schwyzer Development Agreement and Lease Project Environmental 0TWHJ[ 9LWVY[ :[H[L *SLHYPUNOV\ZL 5V   HUK ,_LTW[WLY*,8(:LJ[PVUMVYYLWSHJLTLU[VML_PZ[PUN Choristers practicing, making subtle changes Freelance writer Janet Silver structures. here and there,” she observed. Ghent can be emailed at ghent- (continued from previous page) Dole has wanted to direct this [email protected]. 4175 Manuela Avenue [14PLN-00371]: Request by Kevin requiem for years. Davies, on behalf of Congregation Kol Emeth, for Preliminary singing show tunes can be chal- “We’re a relatively small choir, Architectural Review of a new one story, 17,852 square lenging for those who have sung not big enough for a full orches- What: Bay Choral Guild’s foot synagogue proposed to replace an existing one story, only classical music. Whether it’s tra,” he pointed out. “Nor do we production of Brahms’ “Ein approximately 12,300 square foot synagogue facility, on a 1.37 the composition itself or a differ- have the money.” The local non- Deutsches Requiem” ent vocal technique, she said, “I profit is funded by contributions, HJYLZP[LSVJH[LKPU[OL9aVULKPZ[YPJ[,U]PYVUTLU[HS Where: All Saints Episcopal never fail to learn something from ticket sales and by a grant from (ZZLZZTLU[! 5V[ H WYVQLJ[ HZ KLÄULK I` *,8( HKKP[PVUHS Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo each of the concerts.” Arts Council Silicon Valley, in review will be done with the formal application. Alto Holzer has sung the Brahms re- partnership with the County of Amy French quiem several times, sometimes in Santa Clara and California Arts When: Sunday, Nov. 23, at 8 p.m., preceded by a 7:30 p.m. *OPLM7SHUUPUN6ɉJPHS large pickup groups with experi- Council. enced singers who get together for And because the music of this lecture The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals several practices before perform- requiem is soft and intimate, per- Cost: $25 general, $20 seniors, with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting ing with an orchestra. Concen- forming with four-handed piano $5 students or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please trating on the piece for an entire allows the choir to come through, quarter is a different experience, Dole said, adding, “Being in a Info: Go to baychoralguild.org JVU[HJ[[OL*P[`»Z(+(*VVYKPUH[VYH[ ]VPJLVY giving the director “the luxury of small venue brings the audience or email info@baychoralguild. by e-mailing [email protected]. trying different things as we’re closer to the singers.” Q org

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Buffalo’s towering wasabi jack burger boasts crispy onion strings, cheddar cheese and horseradish aioli. Bodacious buns uffalo, the Asian-influenced burger and bao bastion on Buffalo serves up tasty fusion Castro Street in Mountain View, was not named after the American bison, nor the Thai water buffalo, and not the burgers and baos cityB on the shores of Lake Erie. Buffalo was named for a drinking game that owner Brandon Poon was introduced to by a couple of by Dale F. Bentson Australians while partying in Paris. Food can be so complicated. Despite its puzzling name, Buffalo serves some of the tastiest burgers in town, and the restaurant’s inspired baos rival the best cutting-edge fusion fare in the area. (Baos are Asian steamed buns that can be stuffed with anything delicious.) And that’s not all. The place has a handsome selection of craft beers — a half dozen on tap that constantly rotate and another dozen-plus in bottle form from local brewmasters. Poon grew up in the restaurant business. His family has owned numerous Chinese and Southeast Asian eateries in the South Bay. He has a degree in culinary management and has both cooked for and managed numerous local restaurants for more than a decade. Ikona Perez handles the Buffalo kitchen chores. Poon and Perez met in culinary school and work together on the bill of fare. Differ- ent ethnic backgrounds fuel creativity and a menu that is colorful, trendy and appetizing. Buffalo is semi-fast food: Order at the counter and seat yourself. Food arrives quickly and tables are promptly bused and kept clean. Two large-screen TVs tuned to sports stations reinforce the young, mostly male, beer-and-burger vibe. The wood-toned interior isn’t large, seating 49, but street-side tables can accommodate 20 more.

Veronica Weber Veronica Starting with the crispy chicken wings, there was little to disap- point. The wings were appetizing and pretty on the plate ($9 for three trios in three flavors). The wings were brined, chilled, then fried with- out flour. There was the original with ginger, garlic, soy and chilies: not quite lip burning but with noted spice. The classic barbecue style The trio of crispy wings at Buffalo features spicy ginger-soy, had loads of tomatoey goodness, and the chipotle-honey wings were chipotle-honey and classic barbecue flavors. tasty and on the mild side.

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key themes of the burdens of sistance against the Capitol? By The following is a sampling of movies And yet there’s something lum- recently reviewed in the Weekly: bering and even self-defeating leadership and celebrity, and the so underplaying Katniss’ doubts about this sequel, which — as skilled manipulation of a popu- about the alternative rebel gov- Birdman 000 per profit margins — has split lation through distraction and ernment, “Mockingjay” misses Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Bird- Suzanne Collins’ novel into propaganda. But even on these an opportunity for both complex- man or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” may be something less two, two-hour-plus films. Direc- points, “Mockingjay” isn’t much ity and character clarity. No doubt than the sum of its dazzling parts, but tor Francis Lawrence (who also more than skin deep, and worse, the gamesmanship will step up ... it is an entertaining farce of life as an helmed “Catching Fire”) applies indulges its own form of narrative after a long year’s wait. actor in the time of Marvel Studios. In Matched his considerable budget to play- manipulation. Even granting her Rated PG-13 for intense se- a role that holds a funhouse mirror up ing out these chapters on a grand concern for Peeta as a rationale, quences of violence and action, to his own life, the idiosyncratic Mi- chael Keaton plays Riggan Thomson, CareGivers scale, but most of the picture is Katniss’ tortured resistance to some disturbing images and a faded movie star looking for artistic dire talk seen through dim light, being a propaganda tool seems thematic material. Two hours, 3 redemption by adapting, directing and dull color and just-so hazes. contrived: Why wouldn’t she do minutes. starring in a Broadway play based on We’re meant to feel the weight anything in her power to stoke re- — Peter Canavese Raymond Carver story. Thomson’s fall from Hollywood grace corresponded of Katniss’ situation, and we do, with his abandonment of the “Bird- but the picture is leaden as a man” superhero franchise, which (like result. Despite talk of “the fire Keaton’s “Batman” collaborations with that the Mockingjay started,” the Tim Burton) predated the genre’s peak action is sparse. Indeed, little of in the escalating civil war between Disney-aligned Marvel and Warner consequence happens, as most of Brothers-owned D.C. The absurdity of the key incident is back-loaded this genre of cinematic art, the preten- into next year’s “Part 2.” “Part tiousness of actors and the way the 1” devotes an entire scene to former has threatened to swallow the latter whole fuels “Birdman”’s fire. While convincing a fashion designer occasionally scintillating, the screenplay to make an outfit: This is what feels strangely secondary to the jazzy usually decorates a cutting-room style born of Iñárritu’s fertile imagina- “There’s no place floor. tion and cinematographer Emmanuel On the other hand, there’s some- Lubezki’s wizardry in capturing and thing pleasingly perverse about a stitching together long takes into a film like home.” that appears to be one unbroken shot. When you, or someone blockbuster movie that’s so fo- There’s more than a pinch of “8 1/2” in cused on making its audience suf- Iñárritu’s three-ring circus, complete you care about, fer along with its heroine (and J- with a gaggle of women (including needs assistance... Law suffers impressively, as only Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Andrea you can count on us a movie star can). This is a film Riseborough, Amy Ryan and Lindsay

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Wallbeds “n” More (continued from previous page) All showtimes are for Friday – Sunday only unless otherwise noted. For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. Get your guest of art and commerce on stages and Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. room ready for screens.Rated R for language through- out, some sexual content and brief Beyond the Lights (PG-13) the holidays! violence. One hour, 59 minutes. — P.C. 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Using the book “Then They The Homesman (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m. Came for Me” by Bahari and Aimee 46<5;(05=0,> Molloy as a model, Stewart makes com- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:15, prehensible the contemporary political 10, 10:45 & 11:30 a.m., 12:15, 1, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 650.477.5532 (Call for appointment) situation in Iran, its historical context 8:30, 9:15, 10, 10:45 & 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 10, 11 & 11:30 a.m., noon, www.wallbedsnmore.com and the personal history that weighs on 12:30, 1, 2, 2;30, 3, 3:30, 4, 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 8, 8:30 , 9, 9:30 & 10 p.m. Fri & Bahari (his father and sister were perse- Sat 11 p.m. In X-D at 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. cuted during the reign of the Shah and Interstellar (PG-13) ++1/2 the Ayatollah Khomeini, respectively). Century 16: 9:10 & 11:10 a.m., 1:10, 3:10, 5:10 & 7:10 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:10 & Stewart can be knocked for compro- 10:50 p.m., Sun 9 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 12:45, 1:50, 4:25, 5:40, mises, including casting Mexican actor 7:10, 8:20 & 9:45 p.m., Fri & Sun 11:25 a.m. & 3:20 p.m. Gael García Bernal as Bahari and hav- Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (Not Rated) ing characters speak accented English, Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. but these choices actually work in the Met Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Not Rated) film’s favor. Bernal gives a typically Century 16: Sat 9:55 a.m. Century 20: Sat 9:55 a.m. charismatic turn, and the dearth of sub- titling makes the film more accessible. Nightcrawler (R) Century 16: 1:20 p.m., Fri & Sat 10:10 p.m., Sun 10:50 p.m. The Kafkaesque opening sequence Century 20: 10:45 p.m. depicting Bahari’s arrest gives way to Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945) (Not Rated) Name: -Hσ6HO]HU local-color political journalism and even- Stanford Theatre: Sat & Sun 5:35 & 9:35 p.m. tually to the 118-day confinement in Evin Rosewater (R) +++ Century 16: 10:30 a.m., 4:20 & 7:25 p.m. Where I live: $WZRUN Prison, including blindfolded sessions Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. with a rosewater-scented interroga- My hero: tor (Kim Bodnia). Stewart can be a bit St. Vincent (PG-13) Century 20: 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:50 p.m. 3DXOD.òP\VLVWHU overstated, but he also wittily tunes in to The Theory of Everything (PG-13) ++ the absurdity of Bahari’s situation and Palo Alto Square: 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 & 8:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. Last book I read: makes potent use of intense close-ups. Whiplash (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:35 p.m., Fri & Sun 1:15 p.m. Start with Why Above all, media icon Stewart shows his  deep belief in the almost holy power of E\6LPRQ6LQHN media to bolster political change. Rated + Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding R for language including some crude Favorite ride: references, and violent content. One Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) 7KH:HVW$OSLQH/RRS hour, 43 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View Nov. 14, 2014) (800-326-3264) My Motto: Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City (QMR\WKH5LGH The Theory of Everything 00 “One single unifying equation that ex- (800-326-3264) plains everything in the universe ... that CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: is the question,” frets Stephen Hawking 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) in “The Theory of Everything.” Unfor- tunately, the movie around that quest Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) winds up being by the numbers. Based on the memoir “Traveling To Infinity: My Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) Life With Stephen” by Jane Hawking, Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more the film begins at the University of Cam- information about films playing, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies bridge in 1963, where Hawking (master thespian Eddie Redmayne) pursues ON THE WEB: Up-to-date movie listings at PaloAltoOnline.com a Ph.D. in physics, he and future wife Jane (Felicity Jones, transparently milk- ing tears) woo each other, and Hawking learns he has the progressive neurologi- theory of everything Hawking had in humanity by relocating it elsewhere in cal disorder “motor neuron disease,” mind. Rated PG-13 for some thematic the universe, he has little choice but to aka ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He elements and suggestive material. Two submit to the overtures of astrophysicist gets a prognosis of roughly two years hours, 3 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed Professor Brand (Michael Caine). The to live, though as most are aware, the Nov. 14, 2014) decision means leaving behind his own cosmologist continues to live and work family to play nice in space with Brand’s today. A rail-thin Redmayne skillfully daughter (Anne Hathaway). Technically Interstellar 001/2 adopts a collection of tics (curled lip, speaking, Nolan swings for the fences Referring to the distinction between toothy grin, klutzy limbs) and allows the here, and, in the early going, “Interstel- time spent on Earth and during interga- character’s disease to corrupt them, but lar” compellingly posits what life might lactic travel, a NASA scientist in “Inter- he achieves a more impressive alchemy be like in the last days of the American stellar” cracks, “That’s relativity, folks!” by convincingly inhabiting Hawking’s Empire. But when Hathaway shows up The same could be said of audience famous personality: one of genius, wit in her designer pixie cut, it’s the first in a reactions to Christopher Nolan’s latest. and indomitability. But the film relies on series of false notes that tediously erode convention and mawkish melodrama, Teaming up with co-writer and brother “Interstellar”’s proud scientific verisimili- consistently keeping the deeper impli- Jonathan, Nolan expends his post- tude and capacity for wonder. Unfortu- cations of Hawking’s disease and his Batman cachet on this mega-expensive nately, the female characters are even research submerged. Even when his space epic. “Interstellar” proves heady more poorly written than the male ones marriage to Jane is made bumpy by and hokey in equal measure as the No- (Hathaway gets the gloppier end of an progressive illness and dangerously lan brothers attempt a foolhardy hybrid absurd philosophical discussion of love). attractive caregivers (Charlie Cox, Max- of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Nolan seems less desirous of making a ine Peake), the picture deals with the Encounters of the Third Kind” and coherent thematic point than that critics 171 University Ave., Palo Alto complications in the most rote ways. Nolan’s own “Inception.” Matthew Mc- and audiences will believe that he’s not Director James March’s film settles for Conaughey plays Cooper, a widowed modern cinema’s heartless Tin Man. 650.328.7411 • www.paloaltobicycles.com feelgoodery, gives anything provocative former NASA pilot and engineer who Rated PG-13 for some intense perilous a wide berth and arrives at merry cli- works as a farmer in a near-apocalyptic action and brief strong language. Two Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10am - 7pm, Sat. 10am - 6pm, Sun. 11am - 5pm che: “Where there is life, there is hope.” America. When Cooper stumbles hours, 49 minutes. — P.C. (Reviewed That’s nice and all, but it’s hardly the into a secret NASA program to save Nov. 7, 2014) Page 36 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Support our Kids with a gift to the Holiday Fund.

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by My Nguyen lanning what wines to serve at a Thanksgiv- P ing dinner or figuring out which to bring to a Christmas party can be, frankly, over- whelming. Holiday foods tend to be full-flavored — whether it’s turkey, buttery mashed potatoes or sausage-filled stuffing — so here are a few options from local wine experts to complement all of your holiday meals: Light meat Chicken and pork tend to be mild and lean, so they should be paired with a mild, lighter-bodied wine. Look for flavors that can build a bridge between the wine Veronica Weber and dish. Baked, smoked or hon- Debra Szecsei, left, and Emily Mathews, right, co-owners of Vino eyed hams beg for wines with a Locale, pour glasses of wine at the bar while talking about which hint of sweet. wines they recommend for holiday meal pairings. “With a honey-baked ham, we recommend a fruit-forward pinot For white wine lovers, try a earthy undertone with few tan- noir as it cuts the fat and comple- riesling, which is “one of the great nins — pairing well with tradi- ments the sweetness of the honey,” white grapes,” said Laurie Lin- tional flavors of turkey and stuff- said Emily Mathews, co-owner of drup, director of business devel- ing,” she said. Vino Locale in Palo Alto. opment at Beltramo’s Wines Syrah is a more full-bodied “A honey-baked ham is and Spirits in Menlo Park. wine and has a hint of spice, Szec- usually glazed with maple or “Riesling is often highly sei said, which increases the com- pierced with cloves, to offer up L fragrant, very delicious and plexity, allowing it to handle the both sweet and salty flavors on totally food-friendly,” Lindrup multiple layers of flavors of rich your palate. You wouldn’t want said. “(It) is probably the best holiday dishes, including stuffing your wine to compete with those food-pairing grape, with its high and both white and dark turkey flavors, but instead, complement acid and fresh fruit spectrum it meat. them. A dry wine won’t clash can stand up to most foods and Lindrup recommends a beau- with the sweetness on your plate will enhance the experience.” jolais, a light-bodied French red and will avoid overpowering the Szecsei recommends a gewurz- wine with a fruity aroma. entree,” added co-owner Debra traminer or sauvignon blanc to “Gamay grapes grow especially Szecsei, who recommends a dry balance the acidity and stand well in the Beaujolais district of rosé or an extra-dry champagne. up to the richness of the holiday France, where they are used to For an herbed pork roast, meal. produce beaujolais wines. Al- Mathews recommends a creamy “Gewurztraminer tends to be though the Gamay grape itself chardonnay with hints of fruit and aromatic with spicy notes that pair has lots of tannins, the resulting oak, which “won’t overwhelm the well with turkey and gravy, bring- Gamay wines are characterized L herbal flavors in the roast,” she ing out the best in both,” Szecsei by fairly low tannins,” Lindrup said. said. “Sauvignon blanc wines are said. “Wines made from Gamay Mathews also suggests a light dry and crisp with citrus flavors grapes have fresh, fruity flavors red, such as a sangiovese or pi- and mineral undertones, making like strawberry and raspberry and not noir, which is quite flexible it a great wine to pair with turkey aromas of pears. The high acid and goes well with the multitude and mashed potatoes.” and fruitiness of the grape make of flavors presented at a holiday For those who prefer red wine, it an excellent pairing for all table, she said. choose a wine with good acid- the flavors on a Thanksgiv- ity and soft tannins — a tex- ing table.” Turkey tural element that makes wine L Turkey isn’t eaten alone, A traditional Thanksgiving tur- taste dry — to allow the wine to so Mike Garcia, owner of The key, with all the trimmings, can support the flavors of the food, Wine Room in Palo Alto, said to stand up to a range of wine, either Szecsei said, adding that a pinot take into account the side dishes red or white. Turkey is also adapt- noir or syrah would make good that accompany the bird, includ- able in the way it is prepared. choices. ing stuffing. Don’t forget: Side dishes also dic- “Pinot noir wines will show tate what wine will pair best. bright cherry notes and subtle (continued on page 40)

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Jarad Gallagher, Amidst all the food planning, Chez TJ, Mountain View something crucial can fall to the Chez TJ Executive Chef Jarad wayside: What to do with all those Gallagher does his own version holiday leftovers. of Thanksgiving ribollita. Take Many may default, in a post- your leftover turkey and separate Thanksgiving food coma, to re- the dark from white meat. Take heating plates of exactly what was all of the skin, drippings from eaten the day before or making the pan and even extra bones to SHOP ONLINE • FREE SHOPPING or IN-STORE PICK-UP turkey sandwiches. There’s noth- make a stock, then add leftover ing wrong with either, but the potatoes and bread. The result is Complimentary Gift Wrap Create your shopping list online too! potential for leftovers is endless. Veronica Weber a soup that can be enjoyed the day Leftover turkey can become soup, Ingredients for chef Kelsey or even weeks after if you freeze pot pie, sauce, hash patties, chili portions of it. 173 Main Street, Los Altos • 650.941.6043 Casavan’s turkey hash recipe www.AdventureToysLos Altos.com or salads. include leftover turkey, mashed He also offered some advice: Read on for the family tradi- potatoes, fresh herbs, an egg (to “When I design the meals them- tions and suggestions from a bind the ingredients together) selves for Thanksgiving, I’m al- group of local chefs on how to and gravy. ways deciding with the plan to transform your holiday leftovers. do something specific with left- tear it up and add it to that soup. overs,” he said. “I plan from the Anthony Strong, Ribollita literally means reboiled beginning.” Pizzeria Delfina, Palo Alto or recooked, more or less.” Anthony Strong, executive chef So your leftover bread, veg- Kelsey Casavan, L for Pizzeria Delfina, loves left- etables (and added beans) can be LB Steak, Menlo Park overs so much that he and other served as a soup. Or, the next day, Kelsey Casavan, who has risen Delfina staff who stay in the Bay mash it into a cake-like patty and up the ranks in the Left Bank res- Area for the holidays actually then saute it slowly in olive oil taurant group, from hostess to the stay up the entire night before so it gets a crust, Strong said. He cold line and now head chef at LB Thanksgiving to make turkey does the same with leftover stuff- Steak in Menlo Park, has brunch and all the trimmings for an open ing — and don’t forget to serve it on the mind when it comes to left- house, and host a build-your-own- “drenched in olive oil.” overs, although she said her fam- leftovers-sandwiches day on the Strong said at Christmas, he’ll ily is among the many who eats day of. They keep the sandwiches always make goose. turkey sandwiches for “probably simple: Pullman bread (“just “We obsess over goose. longer than is recommended.” to keep it real,” he says), Christmas goose is awe- She makes turkey hash pat- stuffing, sliced turkey, cran- some,” he said. ties by combining pulled turkey, berry sauce and hot or cold L Pro goose-cooking tip from mashed potatoes, chopped herbs gravy (Strong likes it cold). Strong: Get it a week or 10 days such as sage or parsley, a beaten Strong also makes a Thanksgiv- before, salt it and let it sit uncov- egg, salt and pepper and a small ing version of ribollita, a hearty ered in the refrigerator. Then roast amount of whole grain mustard. traditional Tuscan soup made it very low and slow, at 250 de- Make small patties and fry them. from bread, cannellini beans and grees for an hour and a half. Then top with poached eggs and vegetables. (Strong called Tusca- But the best part? Puncturing leftover gravy. ny “the land of 101 uses for left- the bird’s skin with skewers be- In her words: “Soooooo good.” over bread and beans.”) fore roasting so that all of the fat “In Tuscany, you typically make renders out, he said. Bradley Ogden, ribollita by making this really rich, “The best part, the gift of Bradley’s Fine Diner, Menlo Park dense bean soup with a bunch of Christmas that keeps on giving is Renowned Bay Area chef Brad- pancetta and vegetables in it,” he all of the goose fat that I get to ley Ogden, who just this month said. “You heat up that soup for use throughout the year,” he said. dinner and take the leftover bread, “I cook with that goose fat con- (continued on page 40) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 39 L L L HAPPY HOLIDAYS

bean casserole “mimic French cui- Wine pairings sine with its heavy sauces, that’s (continued from page 38) why the French tend to like crisp- er wines with higher acid, so that “If you put sausage in your the acid cuts through the fat and stuffing, a pinot noir will go better makes it more refreshing,” he said. with that,” he said. A full-bodied chardonnay or a pinot noir with Don’t forget the earthy flavors work well with dessert ... wine stuffing that incorporates mush- Finish the holiday dinner with rooms, he added. something sweet by offering a dessert wine. When considering Beef what wine can accompany a tra-

There are many wines that Le Michelle ditional pumpkin pie or apple tart, enhance the flavors of beef, and For holiday meals, Beltramo’s Szecsei recommends a port wine, as a general rule, red wine goes Director of Business which is a fortified wine often well with plainly cooked beef. Development and Assistant served as a dessert wine. But during the holidays, dishes Operations Manager Laurie “That’s an obvious choice,” may be served with different Lindrup highly recommends Szecsei said. “An alternative is sauces and seasonings, and that a 2012 Clos des Papes from a late-harvest riesling for rich “kind of helps the wine selec- Chateauneuf du Pape, saying it flavors of honey. Fortified wines tion,” Garcia said. “pairs well with all flavors on a and late-harvest wines will bring A pinot noir would go well with Thanksgiving table, especially sweetness and viscosity to sup- roast beef tenderlion served with with a pork roast and ham.” port the spice of the pumpkin pie a currant sauce, because the pinot L or apple tart you’re serving.” noir, which exhibits flavors of ripe Vegetarian dishes Lindrup recommends a late- red fruit like cherry, raspberry Fat and acidity play a crucial harvest gewurztraminer, which and currant, will pick up the fruity role in pairing an assortment of has a spiciness to it that will pair flavors of the sauce, he said. non-meat dishes with wine, Gar- beautifully with the melange of For roast beef, Garcia recom- cia said. spices of a pumpkin pie, she said. mends “going off the beaten path” “If you’re going to eat sides of For darker and richer last cours- and serving a cabernet franc. mashed potatoes and dishes that es like pecan pies or baked plum “Cabernet franc tends to be a are fattier without the proteins, a desserts, Garcia recommends a yum yum tree little more spicy, which will pick crisp, clean French-style chardon- tawny port, which is mellow, nutty up the pepperiness of a roast beef nay or unoaked chardonnay go and slightly woody, and will pick CONTEMPORARY CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES dish,” he said. “If you are some- better with those dishes,” he said. up the nuttiness of the pecan pie, 165 Main Street • Los Altos • 650.917.8900 one who likes a bigger style red The gravy that comes with or a vintage port, which is a little wine and are doing a more meati- mashed potatoes, and creams in more grapey and will complement Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm er course, I’d do a cab franc.” traditional dishes like a green desserts with darker fruit profiles. Now Open Sundays 12pm-4pm Leftovers (continued from page 39) HAPPY H O LIDAYS opened a Bradley’s Fine Diner outpost in Menlo Park, can’t wait for leftovers. If it’s Frames, Gifts, His Thanksgiving standby is Calendars, an open-face turkey sandwich, drenched in leftover gravy and holiday Cards, Toys cranberry sauce. & more... “That’s a classic combination,” he said. ...it’s here! Create your But if you’re feeling more cre-

atively inclined, turn your left- Veronica Weber holiday at UArt! overs into holiday brunch by us- Turkey hash made from leftover turkey, mashed potatoes, fresh herbs, ing turkey, stuffing and gravy to a bit of mustard and topped with a poached egg and gravy and a green make a turkey hash. salad prepared by chef Kelsey Casavan at LB Steak in Menlo Park. Other turkey ideas from Ogden? Turkey chili, turkey tacos, cream mixture into disk-like shapes, Whisk together 1/3 cup of may- of turkey soup and turkey pot pie. about 1 inch thick and 4 inches onnaise, 2/3 cup of whole milk Leftover pumpkin and bread can in diameter. yogurt (Fernald uses Straus Fam- become pumpkin bread pudding. In a clean large bowl, dredge ily Creamery yogurt, which she the potato disks in flour and set said blends particularly well), one Dmitry Elperin, aside to chill in the refrigerator for tablespoon of white wine vinegar, The Village Pub, Woodside L 30 minutes. one tablespoon of curry powder If you need a recipe for that tur- In a large cast-iron pan over and one teaspoon of salt. key pot pie idea, here’s one from medium heat, add grapeseed oil To lighten it up, you can de- a Michelin-starred chef. to liberally coat the bottom of the crease the amount of mayo and Dmitry Elperin of the Village pan. Add more as needed. Pan-fry proportionally increase the Pub in Woodside said he starts by each potato pancake for about five whole milk yogurt, Fernald said. making a simple crust using three minutes per side, or until golden Finish it off by adding three ingredients: all-purpose flour, brown. cups of chopped leftover turkey butter and ice water. Top with leftover cranberry or (Fernald does half-inch cubes “When cooked, the crust is gold- gravy — or both — and enjoy. of both dark and white meat) en brown, light and flaky,” he said. and three stalks of celery (split “For the filling, I cook together Anya Fernald, lengthwise and chopped very tender bite-size pieces of turkey Belcampo Meat Co., Palo Alto finely). meat, glazed root vegetables, gra- Not a soup or sandwich person? “This salad gets better after a vy, roasted potatoes, butter, chicken Try Palo Alto native and Belcam- day in the fridge, so it’s a great stock, parsley and sage.” po CEO Anya Fernald’s curried option for sandwiches the week- University Art Another idea: mashed potato, turkey salad. end after Thanksgiving,” Fernald turkey and stuffing pancakes. Mix “This is a great recipe to said. “Letting the meat sit in this UArt Redwood City 2550 El Camino Real 650-328-3500 together bite-size pieces of turkey make after a lot of cooking — it dressing for a day is a great way Also in San Jose and Sacramento UniversityArt.com meat, mashed potatoes and stuff- takes five minutes start to finish to keep your leftover bird really ing. and (there’s) no heat involved,” moist and avoid the super-dry Using your hands, form the she said. day two sandwich.” Page 40 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com OPEN HOME GUIDE 53 Home & Real Estate Also online at PaloAltoOnline.com Home Front NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT FAVORITE TOOLS ... Barry John- son will showcase favorite gar- dening tools at the next meeting of the Peninsula Rose Society at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21. Members are asked to bring their favorite tools — pruning shears, a trowel or a bucket. The group meets at Redwood City Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madison Ave., Redwood City. Info: 650-465-3967 or peninsu- larosesociety.org

HOLIDAY SHOW AND SALE ... Forty artists from Gallery House, at 320 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, will be exhibiting and selling their paintings, jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, fabric, photography and handmade ornaments, with extended hours through Dec. 24. A Champagne reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, with a 20 percent dis- count offered on art purchased during the reception. Info: 650- 326-1668 or galleryhouse2.com The historic Professorville neighborhood is known for its hundred-plus-year-old homes.

HOLIDAY BAKING ... Kids, ages 6 to 9, can learn how to to the neighborhood because of its make organic holiday treats the ambiance and charm. old-fashioned way in the “Little “We’re both from the Mid- Red Hen Holiday Baking Class” Professorville west, and the old trees and the old from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, homes ... really resonated with us,” Nov. 22, at Hidden Villa, 26870 she said, adding that in a historic Moody Road, Los Altos Hills. Steeped in history and district, you can “really step back Ingredients, including eggs and in time.” butter, will be gathered from the close to downtown Professorville is also a pedes- farm. Kids learn to bake, while story by My Nguyen trian-friendly neighborhood that the accompanying grownup can photos by Veronica Weber is just a walk or bike ride from take a hike on Hidden Villa trails downtown, the Town & Country or relax in the garden. Cost is Village shopping center and the $25. Info: 650-949-8650 or hid- alo Alto’s oldest residential Palo Alto Caltrain station. denvilla.org neighborhood Professorville “When we were younger we weren’t necessar- is known for its large, cen- ily looking for a location where you can walk to PLANT HOTLINE ... UC Master tury-old Victorian homes, the grocery store or mass transit — all the ad- Gardeners staff a Master Gar- oak tree-lined streets and vantages that the younger generation is looking Top: A squirrel hops a dener Hotline every Friday from P residential character, but for — but luckily we have all that,” Huber said. fence with an acorn in its 1 to 4 p.m. at the Gamble Gar- the quaint Historic District Recently, the area has attracted families with mouth; a typical turn-of- den library, 1431 Waverley St., also features a variety of young children including Kelli Thompson, who the-last-century home in Palo Alto. They will also answer charming cottages, stucco resided in Crescent Park before moving into her Professorville; the Bryant gardening questions at 650-329- Spanish-style homes as well Lincoln Avenue home with her husband and two Street Bike Boulevard runs 1356 ext. 205. as brown-shingled homes, Tudors and Colonials. children. through Professorville. The mixture, longtime resident Nancy Huber Lured by the neighborhood’s historic nature LEARN TO COOK? ... Hands- said, is what makes Professorville so unique. and accessibility to downtown, the Thompsons on cooking classes at Sur La “There’s a whole variety of architecture,” Hu- have been in their large colonial home — one FACTS Table, #57 Town & Country Vil- ber said. “It’s just an interesting mix. We love the reminiscent of the home her husband, who is CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS lage, Palo Alto, include “Fresh cottages, larger homes and in-between homes.” from new England, grew up in — since 2005. (nearby): Addison Kids’ Club, 650 Ideas for Thanksgiving” (Beatrice The neighborhood, which sits between King- “The proximity is the best part. You can get to Addison Ave.; Downtown Child Care Center — CCLC, 848 Ramo- Ricart, Nov. 22, 10 a.m., $79); sley and Addison avenues and Cowper and Ra- all the great things in Palo Alto. My kids walk na St.; The Learning Center, 459 “Learn to Cut Like a Pro” (Nov. mona streets, is steeped in history. It welcomed its and bike to school on their own,” Thompson said, Kingsley Ave.; Downtown Chil- 22, 2 p.m., $59); “Date Night: first homes in the 1890s when Stanford Univer- adding that the “history and relationship with dren’s Center, 555 Waverley St. Gourmet Steak Dinner” (Scott sity professors, who preferred to own their own Stanford is neat.” FIRE STATION: No. 1, 301 Alma Tomelloso, Nov. 22, 6:30 p.m., St., and No. 3, 799 Embarcadero homes, began building on the land. Thompson said the biggest issue in the last Road $85); “Mastering Macarones” Huber and her husband Joe met in Palo Alto few years has been the parking problem and how LIBRARY: Downtown branch, (Elizabeth Prado, Nov. 23, 9 a.m., when Joe was attending Stanford law school. The “downtown parking is spilling over to the neigh- 270 Forest Ave. $69); “10 Skills for Great Holiday two fell in love with each other as well as the area. borhood,” but the sense of community among the LOCATION: bounded by Kingsley Cooking” (Christy Wolf, Nov. 23, They bought their first home in south Palo Alto neighbors makes up for the shortcomings. and Addison avenues from Cow- per to Ramona streets 3 p.m., $69); “Secrets for a Great and in 1976 bought their Lincoln Avenue home “It’s an intergenerational block, and I think PARKS: Scott Street Mini Park, Thanksgiving” (Christy Wolf, Nov. — a two-story, white stucco Spanish-style home people are friendly and look out for one another, Scott Street and Channing 24, 6:30 p.m., $69); and “Take & with dark green trim and large windows. and we have a nice relationship with the church Avenue; Heritage Park, Homer “I think of it as a Spanish Colonial in the inside, next door,” she said. “We feel really fortunate to Avenue and Waverly Street POST OFFICE: Hamilton, 380 (continued on page 43) but on the outside ... Joe thinks it’s more Mediter- live here, and we’ve been very happy.” Hamilton Ave. ranean and I have to agree with him,” she said. Huber agreed with the sentiment, saying when PRIVATE SCHOOL (nearby): Cas- Send notices of news and events related About the same time the Hubers bought their she and her husband first moved in, neighbors tilleja School, 1310 Bryant St. to real estate, interior design, home home a lot of young families were buying into came over to introduce themselves and brought PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Addison El- improvement and gardening to Home ementary School, Jordan Middle Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, the district and restoring the houses in the area, food to welcome them to the area, and “the tradi- School, Palo Alto High School Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email cblitzer@ she said. tion has continued.” SHOPPING: University Avenue; paweekly.com. Deadline is one week Huber said she and her husband were drawn Town & Country Village before publication. 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HOME SALES SALES AT A GLANCE $47,000 $17,000 Home sales are provided by Cali- 1630 Middlefield Road re-roof, 428 University Ave. revise 2nd fornia REsource, a real estate in- $9,000 floor office space, add LED formation company that obtains Atherton Mountain View 4329 El Camino Real change lights, $n/a; Accel Partners: ten- layout in meeting room, change ant improvement, reconfigure the information from the County Total sales reported: 1 Total sales reported: 7 Recorder’s Office. Information gasline in lobby fireplace, in- offices, $500,000 is recorded from deeds after the Lowest sales price: $5,375,000 Lowest sales price: $598,000 crease sidewalk width, move 2300 Middlefield Road replace close of escrow and published Highest sales price: $5,375,000 Highest sales price: $2,200,000 planters, $n/a windows in living and dining within four to eight weeks. 2350 Tasso St. move detached room, $6,803 Los Altos Palo Alto garage by 6 inches towards rear 800 High St., Unit 103 replace Atherton Total sales reported: 6 Total sales reported: 9 and side setback; lower roof material damaged by water leak 2 Adam Way T. Tung to H. Liu for Lowest sales price: $2,100,000 Lowest sales price: $950,000 height to comply with daylight from HVAC unit, including dam- $5,375,000 on 10/6/14; previous plane, $n/a aged flooring, $22,732 sale 2/00, $5,500,000 Highest sales price: $3,162,500 Highest sales price: $4,410,000 3793 Parl Blvd. install roof- 552-562 Vista Ave. re-roof, Menlo Park Redwood City mounted PV system, $n/a $40,553 Los Altos 973 Ilima Way install retrofit win- 2569 Park Blvd., Unit T101 re- 120 Catalina Court G. & C. Total sales reported: 4 Total sales reported: 4 dow in kitchen, $771 model kitchen, $15,000 Scrivano to S. & N. Shah for Lowest sales price: $795,000 Lowest sales price: $875,000 375 N. California Ave. install 853 Middlefield Road replace $3,162,500 on 10/30/14 Highest sales price: $4,025,000 Highest sales price: $1,061,000 roof-mounted PV system, $n/a Lophostemon confertus tree with 960 Crooked Creek Drive E. Source: California REsource 741 Chimalus Drive install roof- box acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’, & K. Nadir to A. Sharma for mounted PV system, $n/a $n/a $2,100,000 on 10/31/14; previous 2997 Louis Road install roof- 2312 Louis Road remodel two sale 6/99, $1,265,000 to W. Lynch for $2,200,000 on 10/28/14; previous sale 11/92, 409 Upton St. Kurtz Trust to K. mounted PV system, $n/a bathrooms, replace window, 918 Linda Vista Way Lucy Trust 2245 Webster St. 10/31/14 $287,000 & D. Engelhart for $875,000 on re-roof, $14,000 to A. Pande for $2,515,000 on 660 Hawthorne Ave. 1060 Boranda Ave. Meagher 3139 David Court P. Verlinden 10/8/14 $17,000 revise 10/31/14; previous sale 9/89, 3064 Middlefield Road Trust to S. Xing for $1,400,000 to K. Serebrianyi for $2,350,000 revise layout and associated electri- $760,000 on 10/31/14 on 10/31/14; previous sale 2/95, plan to relocate kitchen and din- cal, $n/a 291 Live Oak Lane Clapp Trust 2303 Amherst St. 1901 Cambridge Drive V. Vaidya $399,000 BUILDING PERMITS ing room, $n/a install gas to M. & C. Alford for $2,957,000 2388 Bryant St. to P. Lanzilotti for $949,000 on 2073 Edgewood Drive Navarro- install roof- insert in fireplace, $n/a on 10/28/14 205 Wilton Ave. 10/28/14; previous sale 9/08, Norris Trust to Revision Develop- Palo Alto mounted PV system, $n/a copper repipe 368 Toyon Ave. Yam Trust to 455 Lowell Ave. $669,000 ment for $1,650,000 on 10/29/14 3067 Stelling Drive repair three deferred filtra- throughout house, $n/a; re-roof Twin Trust for $2,949,500 on 98 Flynn Ave. #B P. Zenti to 281 Embarcadero Road Battjes sections of sewer pipes with ep- tion system for well and pad, garage, $5,450 10/28/14; previous sale 7/01, 212 Santa Rita Ave. E. Clifford for $640,000 on Trust to G. Zhu for $4,410,000 on oxy liner, $n/a $n/a re-roof, $1,099,000 4307 Miranda Ave. 10/31/14; previous sale 6/07, 10/31/14 1420 Pitman Ave. spot repair of revise panel $14,855 1232 Windimer Drive Wil- 2150 Bryant St. $425,000 737 Loma Verde Ave. #5 H. 4-inch sewer pipe in front yard, layout, reduce number of panels, install roof- liams Trust to A. & A. Hu for 278 Monroe Drive #30 D. Ham- Wang to Y. Wang for $1,565,000 $n/a $n/a mounted PV system, $n/a $2,135,000 on 10/30/14 2452 Watson Court 4272 Los Palos Ave. mels to Y. Chan for $598,000 on on 10/29/14; previous sale 8/08, 978 Clara Drive install Level 2 Stanford electri- Menlo Park 10/31/14 $921,500 electrical-vehicle charging station Hospital: tenant improvement, cal work including 37 recessed in garage, $n/a including build out of retail space lighting, three receptacles, 16 709 College Ave. L. Olson to 400 Ortega Ave. #101 Baitz 4252 Newberry Court R. Irons 239 Matadero Ave. remodel, for eyeware and associated switches off three circuits, $n/a W. Robinson for $4,025,000 on Trust to L. Yee for $613,000 on to J. & A. Lee for $1,700,000 on including convert shower to shop, $400,000 660 Hawthorne Ave. revise 10/9/14; previous sale 11/02, 10/29/14; previous sale 9/12, 10/30/14 closet, install sliding glass door 870 Moana Court addition and layout and associated electri- $2,555,000 $390,000 320 Palo Alto Ave. #B3 Rayburn in bedroom with exterior land- remodel, including enclosing cal, $n/a 540 Gilbert Ave. M. Tanner to 71 Paul Ave. C. Fenech to Guer- Trust to B. Jones for $950,000 ing, replace sliding window with covered front patio, new tankless 2303 Amherst St. install gas K. Deleon for $1,365,000 on ra-Delaossa Trust for $1,367,500 on 10/31/14 double-hung, install exhaust fan water heater, AC, re-roof, sky- insert in fireplace, $n/a 10/10/14; previous sale 1/04, on 10/28/14 in bathroom, $23,000 lights, $335,000 205 Wilton Ave. copper repipe $680,000 Redwood City 224 Hillview Ave. S. & D. 1126 Guinda St. interior remod- 853 Fielding Drive new pool, throughout house, $n/a; re-roof 1310 Santa Cruz Ave. S. Palo Alto 707 Bryant St. #205 Mc- Tauben to Realsmart Fund 15 for el, including bathrooms, kitchen, $48,000 garage, $5,450 Thompson to R. & L. Searle for bride Trust to Robell Trust for $900,000 on 10/10/14; previous new windows, three-panel door 548 Vista Ave. re-roof, $15,000 212 Santa Rita Ave. re-roof, $2,630,000 on 10/8/14; previous $1,662,500 on 10/28/14; previ- sale 3/08, $675,000 to rear yard, $495,000 537 Hilbar Lane re-roof, $28,500 $14,855 sale 12/05, $1,475,000 ous sale 3/11, $880,000 340 Quay Lane J. & M. Bau- 420 Sequoia Ave. remodel bath- 1480 Dana Ave. re-roof, 2150 Bryant St. install roof- 675 Sharon Park Drive #237 1820 Channing Ave. K. De- tista to J. Li for $1,061,000 on room, $15,000 $22,000 mounted PV system, $n/a Murray Trust to X. Liu for leon to Abhari & Rau Trust for 10/8/14; previous sale 4/03, 1351 Dana Ave. remodel two 3410 Kenneth Drive install roof- 4272 Los Palos Ave. electri- $795,000 on 10/7/14; previous $2,648,000 on 10/30/14; previ- $630,000 bathrooms, $9,000 mounted PV system, $n/a cal work including 37 recessed sale 11/05, $515,000 ous sale 7/11, $1,243,500 2234 Roosevelt Ave. G. & D. 3549 Julie Court re-roof, 391 Curtner Ave. re-roof, lighting, three receptacles, 16 Mountain View 631 Channing Ave. #3 Taber Teater to D. & E. Johnson for $14,500 $24,999 switches off three circuits, $n/a 1912 Adams Court Jones Trust Trust to S. Su for $1,150,000 on $965,000 on 10/8/14 4101 El Camino Way re-roof, 1166 Channing Ave.re-roof, 1444 Edgewood Drive re-roof, $22,948 2993 Waverley St. revise base- ment slab thickness, $n/a 2865 Park Blvd. reduce height of windows, cooling towers on Residential roof changed to condensers, re- vise light and vent calcs, $n/a 723 Garland Drive revise framing real estate at roof over covered porch, $n/a 114 Monroe Drive revise to meet expertise for the maximum height for daylight '5&+8&.)8(5< plane requirements, $n/a  1101 Embarcadero Road clarify mid-peninsula. accessibility requirements in re- strooms and kitchen area, $n/a %(6PDUW6(//6PDUW 455 Lowell Ave. deferred filtra-  tion system for well and pad, (650) 326 - 2900 2 I I L F H   $n/a ' L U H F W   (650) 346 - 4150 540 Guinda St. revise plans to Z Z Z  V W D Q I R U G S I  F R P include replacement for plumb- Broker Associate www.NickGranoski.com FK X F N I X H U \ # J P D L O  F R P  ing vent at washer/dryer, $n/a Alain Pinel President’s Club [email protected]  ͞ŌĞƌŽŶƐƵůƟŶŐϲdŽƉZĞĂůƚŽƌƐ͗͞zŽƵƌƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŝƐŵ 755 Forest Ave. change roofing NICKGRANOSKI DRE #00994196 650/269–8556 ĂŶĚĞdžƉĞƌƟƐĞĂƌĞƐƵƉĞƌďΘ/ĐĂŶ͛ƚŝŵĂŐŝŶĞĂŶLJŽŶĞ plan for master bedroom, $n/a ĚŽŝŶŐĂďĞƩĞƌũŽďƚŚĂŶLJŽƵ͙͟ŝůů͕͘WĂůŽůƚŽ 3844 Nathan Way additional structural details per inspector’s :KLOH&KXFNKROGVDGRFWRUDWHIURP6WDQIRUG8QLYHUVLW\ 6WDQIRUG3URSHUW\ )LQDQFHLVQRWRZQHGRUDIILOLDWHGZLWK6WDQIRUG8QLYHUVLW\ request, $95,000 Michael Repka A variety of home financing solutions to meet your needs Before you select a real estate agent, meet with Michael Repka to discuss Vicki Svendsgaard Sr. Mortgage Loan Officer how his real estate law and tax back- VP NMLS ID: 633619 ground benefi ts Ken DeLeon’s clients. 650-400-6668 Mobile [email protected] Managing Broker Mortgages available from DeLeon Realty JD - Rutgers School of Law (650) 488.7325 L.L.M (Taxation) DRE# 01854880 | CA BAR# 255996 Bank of America, N.A., and the other business/organization mentioned in this advertisement are not affilated; NYU School of Law [email protected] each company is independently responsible for the products and services it offers. 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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 49 35 SKYWOOD WAY, WOODSIDE

Gorgeous contemporary home in Skywwod Acres. Nestled among the redwood trees with dramatic Bay and Valley views, this woodsy retreat offers perfect blend of elegance, nature, privacy and convenience. Easy commute access. Light and bright with floor to vaulted ceiling windows. The expansive deck is perfect for entertaining. Custom built wine rack holds 792 bottles. Serene outdoor hot-tub or spa on the back upper deck and outdoor area to shower. Wrap-around deck for relaxing and entertaining. • 3BR • 2 ½ BA • +/- 2,000 SF of living Space • +/- 44,867 SF lot • Built in Wine Room/could be 4th bedroom • Gourmet kitchen with professional grade appliances • Open floor plan • Beautiful hardwood floors throughout • 2-car garage • Portola Valley Schools Offered for $1,799,000

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This information was supplied by reliable sources. Sales Associate believes this information to be correct but has not verified this information and assumes no legal responsibility for its accuracy. Buyers should investigate these issues to their own satisfaction. Buyer to verify school availability.

Page 50 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 51 Monica Corman Angie Galatolo 650.543.1164 LOS ALTOS HILLS $15,000,000 650.704.8168 LOS ALTOS $5,700,000 [email protected] Rebuilt, restored and modernized to meet the needs [email protected] SOLD! Exquisite new construction located in the of the 21st century buyer. 6bd/6.5ba, pool, tennis ct, prestigious Los Altos Golf & Country Club area. guest house.

David Chung Monica Corman & Sunny Kim PALO ALTO $3,800,000 650.543.1164 MENLO PARK $3,600,000 650.489.6251 SOLD! We showcased this amazing home through [email protected] Gorgeous, one-level, 4bd/4ba home, plus a large davidandsunny.com aggressive international marketing for maximum office on great cul-de-sac. Sunny garden, sparkling exposure. pool.

Derk Brill Lynn Wilson 650.543.1117 MENLO PARK $3,248,000 Roberts APTOS $2,375,000 [email protected] 4BR/2BA plus full basement for a total of 4,050sf 650.255.6987 Savor sunsets! Watch whales! Beautifully updated on a large lot in A+ Willows location, minutes from [email protected] 3 bed/3.5 bath 3300+sf home w/pool, game room, Downtown P.A. office. Steps to beach.

Denise Welsh J.Stricker/ 650.209.1566 LOS ALTOS $1,695,000 S.TenBroeck MENLO PARK $1,598,000 [email protected] Large 3bd/2.5ba with FR, well-sized kitchen with 650.450.0160 Wonderfully located 3bd/2ba home with separate breakfast nook, HW floors and newer shake roof. jeffandsteve.com FR/DR, + MBR with walk-in closet. 8715+/- sf lot.

Greg Celotti Janise Taylor 650.740.1580 SAN CARLOS $1,549,000 650.302.2083 MENLO PARK $1,348,000 [email protected] Wonderful 3,268+/- sf home, with a beautifully [email protected] Beautiful 2bd/2ba condo with an abundance of remodeled kitchen, family room, great schools and natural light. Wonderful views. Las Lomitas School spectacular views! 179BayView.com District.

Square footage, acreage, and other information herein, has been received from one or more of a variety of different sources. Such information has not been verified by Alain Pinel Realtors. If important to buyers, buyers should conduct their own investigation.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • November 21, 2014 • Page 57 Sports MEN’S SOCCER He has Shorts OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Pomona-Pitzer been just senior outside hitter Allie Frappier from Atherton earned first-team All- America honors from the American golden Volleyball Coaches Association for the second year in a row, it was an- Stanford’s Meyer nounced this week by the AVCA office. Frappier earned first-team has all his goals as All-America honors after leading the overtime winners nation (Division III) in kills per set for the second season in a row. She was By Rick Eymer a first-team All-America selection in ustin Meyer saw his life’s both seasons with the Sagehens, dreams and ambitions in- after playing for one season at Yale A tersect at the moment he as a freshman in 2011 (she did not struck the ball that turned into the play in 2012 due to injury). In only game-winning goal for the Stan- two seasons at Pomona-Pitzer, ford men’s soccer team Sunday in Frappier moved into sixth place in Berkeley. program history on the all-time kills A significant portion of those list with 972. Her 507 kills as a junior ambitions continue this Sunday in 2013 ranked second all-time on when the top-ranked and sixth- the single-season list, while her 465 seeded Cardinal hosts UC Ir- this fall ranks third. In addition, the vine (14-5-3) or UNLV (14-4-3), Menlo School graduate broke the which played Thursday night, in single-match record last season an NCAA second-round match at with 40 in a four-set win over CMS, 5 p.m. tying an NCAA Division III record Should the Cardinal women during the 25-point era. This season, win their second-round match Frappier averaged 5.36 kills per set. against Arkansas on Friday, Meanwhile, Palo Alto High grad Me- they’ll play Sunday at Cagan Sta- gan Coleman of Claremont-Mudd- dium at 1 p.m. Scripps was named Honorable Men- The youngest of three broth- tion on the All-American list . . . Gunn ers, Meyer grew up attending High grad Graham Fisher of Grinnell California soccer matches with College (Iowa) was named First Team his brother Jordan, “a California All-Midwest Conference for punting Bear through and through,” said on Tuesday. The Palo Alto native led Austin. the league with 12 punts over 50 He played club soccer for Santa yards, was tied for second with 17 Rosa United, which reached a No. punts downed inside the 20, was 6 ranking in his final with the tied for the longest punt at 69 yards, club. and was third with a 39.8 yard/punt He came to Stanford, in part, average. In the Grinnell College re- because of the history of champi- cord books, his 39.8 yard average onship play in everything it does. is the best ever, going back to 1889 “When I committed to Stan- when Grinnell played the first college ford, I always dreamed of the big football game west of the Mississippi. David Bernal/isiphotos.com opportunities we have now,” he The 17 punts downed inside the 20 said. “They had just made it to the is second to his 18 in 2012 . . . Gunn Sweet Sixteen when I was a senior senior Anna Zhou and Palo Alto se- in high school.” nior Michelle Xie wrapped up their The fifth-year senior, who has high school careers with solid efforts a Stanford degree in hand (Eng- at the CIF Girls State Golf Champion- lish) and who is currently working ships on Tuesday at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga. Zhou Stanford senior Austin Meyer holds aloft the Pac-12 Conference trophy after he scored the winning goal shot a 75 to finish in a tie for eighth to give the Cardinal an overtime win over Cal to clinch the team’s first conference title in 13 years. (continued on page 60) overall while Xie carded a 78 and fin- ished tied for 18th. WOMEN’S SOCCER ON THE AIR Friday Stanford seniors all set Men’s basketball: Stanford vs. UNLV, 4 p.m.; TruTV; KNBR (1050 AM) for the next NCAA step Prep football: Menlo-Atherton at Salinas, 7 p.m.; KCEA (89.1 FM) By Rick Eymer Women’s volleyball: Utah at Stan- Friday night when third-ranked ford, 8 p.m.; Pac-12 Bay Area; KZSU tanford women’s soccer and top-seeded Stanford (18-1-2) (90.1 FM) coach Paul Ratcliffe said, takes on visiting Arkansas (9-6-6) Saturday S before the NCAA Tourna- in a second-round match at 7 p.m. College football: Stanford at Cal, 1 ment began, that he expected his Fourth-seeded Washington (13- p.m.; Fox Sports 1; KNBR (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) seniors to step up and play well. 6-2) meets Missouri (12-6-3), also Women’s volleyball: Colorado at After a surprising first-half at Stanford, at 4:30 p.m. Stanford, 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) deficit against Cal State Fullerton The winners meet Sunday at 1 Tuesday in an NCAA opener, that’s exactly p.m. for a spot in the Elite Eight. David Bernal/isiphotos.com Men’s basketball: Delaware at what Chioma Ubogagu, Taylor The Stanford men’s team also Stanford, 8 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; Uhl, Lo’eau LaBonta and Alex plays Sunday, at 5 p.m. against KNBR (1050 AM) Doll, seniors all, accomplished either UC Irvine or UNLV. in last week’s come-from-behind The Razorbacks reached the READ MORE ONLINE victory. Ubogagu and Uhl took second round following a 3-2 www.PASportsOnline.com care of the scoring, while LaBon- overtime victory over Oklahoma. ta and Doll each recorded a pair Arkansas qualified for its first For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, visit of assists. Stanford seniors (L-R) Chioma Ubogagu, Taylor Uhl, Alex Doll and www.PASportsOnline.com Watch for something similar on (continued on page 60) Lo’eau LaBonta host Arkansas on Friday in NCAA action.

Page 58 • November 21, 2014 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com STANFORD ROUNDUP CCS WATER POLO Volleyball A busy team eyes day in Pac-12 title Cardinal women can the finals clinch a tie for crown by Five local squads winning twice at home reach the four section Rick Eymer championship matches op-ranked Stanford hosts by Keith Peters its final two women’s vol- T leyball matches this week- t will be two rematches and end with a chance to clinch at two new matchups in the

least a tie for the Pac-12 Confer- Todd/isiphotos.com John I championship finals at the ence title and set a school record 2014 Central Coast Section water at the same time. polo playoffs on Saturday at Inde- The Cardinal won’t be count- pendence High in San Jose. ing its wins before they become The Gunn girls will face St. official, however. The two teams Francis for the second straight coming in — No. 23 Utah at 8 season in the Division I finals p.m. Friday (Pac-12 Networks) Stanford players react to a game-tying 3-pointer by Amber Orrange (33), which sent the Cardinal into at 1 p.m., and the Menlo School and No. 19 Colorado at 7 p.m. overtime against defending champ UConn on Monday. Stanford emerged with a 88-86 victory. and Sacred Heart Prep boys once Saturday — are both fresh off vic- again will square off in the Divi- tories over former second-ranked Ajanaku is four blocks away ship games, most recently the beat visiting top-ranked and de- sion II title match for a second and previously undefeated Wash- from moving past Nancy Reno 2013 Progressive Legends Classic. fending national champion Con- straight season at 11:30 a.m. ington, the defending conference into 10th place on the all-time Randle needs 38 points this necticu. The Sacred Heart Prep girls champ. blocks list. She has 400 entering weekend to overtake both Brevin Orrange scored 13 points after will face a new opponent, No. 2 The Huskies are 14-2 in the the weekend. Knight and Casey Jacobsen for halftime to beat the Huskies for Soquel, in the Division II finals at conference (25-2 overall) while Gilbert has a chance to reach third on the all-time scoring list. the seventh time in 17 meetings, 10 a.m., while the boys’ Division I Stanford is 16-0 (26-0 overall) 2,000 career digs. She needs 122 He has 1,686 points to date. including four of five in Maples finale will match St. Francis and with matches remaining at Wash- to reach that milestone, with four Pavilion. Gunn at 2:30 p.m. ington (Nov. 26) and at Cal (Nov. more regular-season matches re- Women’s basketball “People got their money’s worth Three schools each have a boys 28). maining. Stanford could play up Stanford was ranked No. 1 in with that game,” Stanford coach and girls team in title matches — Stanford would match the 1991 to six additional matches. the USA Today coaches poll fol- Tara VanDerveer said. “We had a Sacred Heart Prep, St. Francis and team for most consecutive match- lowing Monday’s 88-86 overtime great crowd, played a great game Gunn. es won to start a season if they get Men’s basketball win over previous No. 1 and two- against a great opponent. We had While the Gators and Lancers by the Utes, who have won their Stanford continues in the time defending NCAA champion some great individual efforts and are regular visitors to the finals, past four matches, three against Coaches vs. Cancer Classic this Connecticut. overall we were very energetic the Titans are not. In fact, this is ranked opponents. weekend at the Barclays Center in That win ended the Huskies’ 47- and enthusiastic. The shot of the the first time both Gunn teams The Cardinal is coming off Brooklyn, N.Y. The Cardinal (2- game winning streak and dropped game was Amber’s 3. It was awe- have reached the finals together. wins at USC and UCLA, ending a 0) meets UNLV (2-0) in Friday’s UConn to No. 4 in the poll. some. We had a lot of great plays “We are very excited to have stretch of five matches in 11 days. semifinals, at 4 p.m. (TruTV), and The Cardinal put its 28-game leading up to it.” both the girls and boys in the fi- Utah (6-10, 16-11) has yet to win will play either Duke or Temple home winning streak, meanwhile, Orrange missed eight of her nals,” said Gunn boys coach Matt a conference match on the road, on Saturday night. on the line Thursday night against first 12 shots, but made the last Johnson. “It is great for our pro- though it has gone five sets at Ari- Stanford opened the season No. 13 Texas (see results at www. four she took. Her tying 3-pointer gram.” zona State, UCLA, Oregon State with a 74-59 victory over Wofford pasportsonline.com) came on a play designed for Bon- The last time the Gunn boys and Colorado. last Friday and 84-73 over South Against UConn, Cardinal se- nie Samuelson, a major figure in played in the title match, in 2004, The Buffaloes (9-7, 17-11) are Dakota on Sunday. nior guard Amber Orrange was the victory with a 6-of-6 effort the Titans’ goalie was Johnson. 6-3 since losing to Stanford in five Senior post Stefan Nastic is off struggling with her shooting early from the foul line. Gunn went on to lose to Bellarm- sets last month in Boulder. to fine start, averaging 20 points on but all it took was a little bit of “We ran a play for Bonnie,” Or- ine that year by a 16-7 score. Stanford will hold its annual and eight rebounds for the week- urgency and 26 seconds of pure range said. “But when the defense Johnson is back in the title Senior Night, honoring Megan end. Senior point guard Chasson energy to get her going again in all ran to her, she passed it to me match after his players earned a Boukather and Kyle Gilbert, on Randle is at 17.5 points a game. a big way. and I was surprisingly calm when berth in the Division I finals with Saturday. Senior Anthony Brown averages Orrange scored seven of her 17 I took the shot.” a 9-5 victory over No. 8 Mountain Junior setter Madi Bugg leads 13.5 points and eight rebounds. points in the final 26 seconds of The Huskies took the early lead View (16-9) on Wednesday at Bel- the nation with her 12.03 assists The Cardinal is participating regulation, including a 3-pointer in overtime too, but Orrange’s larmine Prep in San Jose. per set and redshirt freshman Me- in its sixth in-season tournament that tied the game with 1.4 sec- jumper with 1:39 left to play put The No. 4-seeded Titans (18- rete Lutz is third in hitting per- since coach Johnny Dawkins took onds remaining to force overtime the Cardinal (2-0) in front to 10) will take on No. 2 St. Francis centage at .454 while junior Inky over in 2008. The Cardinal is 12-8 as the Cardinal recovered from (17-10) in the section finals. The Ajanaku is fifth at .447. and has reached three champion- a 10-point second-half deficit to (continued on page 62) Lancers advanced with a 7-5 win over No. 3 Bellarmine. The Gunn boys last won a CCS title in 1995, It will be Stanford’s defense against Cal’s offense beating Mountain View. “I am very pleased with the way f you believe in statistics, Sat- back,” said Stanford coach Da- chance, as the Cardinal travels we have been playing, especially urday’s 117th Big Game in vid Shaw. “But, it’s been a little to 11th-ranked UCLA (8-2) the on the defensive end,” Johnson I Berkeley should be a battle bit of just about everything, from following week, while Cal hosts said. “St. Francis is a very talent- of wills between the Stanford de- turnovers to missed field goals to BYU (6-4). ed team and is coached very well. fense and Cal offense. blown Stanford quarterback Kevin We definitely have our hands full, The Cardinal ranks fourth coverages to a lot of things that Hogan, meanwhile, could be look- but we are a confident group and in the nation in total defense typically don’t happen to a Stan- ing at his last Big Game. He is on we are playing our best polo right (277.7), seventh in defensive scor- ford football team.” schedule to graduate in June de- now.” ing (16.5), ninth against the rush Stanford has won the past four spite having a year of eligibility The SCVAL De Anza Division (106.2) and 19th against the pass meetings and romped 63-13 last remaining. Hogan, however, ranks rivals met for a third time this (109.9). The Bears rank fourth in Then again, it is the Big Game, year, the largest margin of victory just eighth in the conference in season at Bellarmine, with the Ti- the country in passing offense where momentum, emotion and in series history. Senior WR Ty passing efficiency with 15 touch- tans winning for a third time after (352.8) and ninth in scoring (40.7). big breaks often out-weigh the Montgomery equaled the school downs, seven interceptions and a earlier topping the Spartans, 16-5 Here’s the rub: while the Cardi- numbers. Both teams enter with record with five touchdowns and completion percentage of 63.8. and 12-3, on the way to a second nal offense ranks 96th in scoring 5-5 records. Kickoff is 1 p.m., found the end zone the first four Among those waiting in the straight 12-0 division finish. offense (23.9), it should have scor- with the game televised by Fox times he touched the ball. wings for Hogan’s job is Palo Alto Gunn junior Calder Hilde-Jones ing opportunities against a Cal de- Sports 1. Stanford has won the The coveted Axe aside, the High grad Keller Chryst, who red- came through big time at the fense that rates 124th out of 125 past four meetings. biggest caveat is that Saturday’s shirted his freshman year. 2-meter position and scored three FBS teams in total defense (518.3) “It’d be easy to say there’s been winner becomes bowl eligible. and 120th in scoring (39.5). one thing that’s been holding us The loser will still have another (continued on page 62) (continued on page 62)

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week. “I really believe in this home winning streaking in has 19 points on six goals and snapped last year. Women’s soccer team and the players on the field, NCAA competition into Friday’s seven assists. Stanford averages 2.48 goals (continued from page 60) in everyone’s fight and competi- contest, though Arkansas may Stanford, now 11-1-1 against the a game and allows an average of tiveness.” not be impressed after winning in field, is 2-0 all-time against Ar- 0.48. Arkansas scores at a 1.67 clip trip to the NCAA Tournament last Ubogagu recorded her first ca- Norman, Okla., for the first time kansas, though the teams haven’t and allows 1.29 goals a contest. year and reached the Sweet Six- reer hat trick in Stanford’s victory ever and gaining its first win in met since 1995. The Cardinal won Washington earned its spot in teen, losing to Duke in penalty over the Titans. She jumped into eight tries against the Sooners. that match, 6-0, in Corvallis, Ore. the second round beating Rider, kicks. A schedule that included second on the team with 26 points Arkansas junior Ashleigh El- Stanford also played in the Ar- 1-0. It was the Huskies’ first No. 1 seed Texas A&M and two (10 goals, six assists), behind La- lenwood (5 goals, 11 assists, 24 kansas Invitational, winning 3-0 NCAA victory since 2010 and No. 2 seeds in Florida and North Bonta’s 27 (11-5). Uhl is third with points) was an invitee to the Unit- in 1993. the 13 wins were the most since Carolina have tested the Razor- 21 points on nine goals and three ed States’ Under-23 national team The Cardinal, making its 24th 2008. backs, who are 2-6-4 against the assists. in August. She has seven assists in appearance over the past 25 Missouri, which owns a win field and 7-0-2 against everybody “Every game can your last,” her past six games. years, is hoping to reach its sev- over North Carolina this season, else. Uhl said after last week’s win. “So Razorbacks sophomore Alex- enth Women’s College Cup — the beat Kansas in its first NCAA “We did such a good job of put- we’re happy to keep playing and, andria Fischer has two goals in equivalent of the Final Four — tournament road game. The Ti- ting ourselves in a position for a hopefully, keep winning.” her past eight shots and 15 points overall and its first since a streak gers are in their sixth tournament No. 1 seed,” Ubogagu said last Stanford brings a 22-match overall. Sophomore Claire Kelly of five straight appearances was and are 2-3 against the Top 25. Q Men’s soccer (continued from page 60)

toward a master’s degree in jour- nalism (“video”), helped form an improvisation group on campus that has developed into a business. Meyer’s goal was a result of an improvised play that came about because of a feeling he had as the second overtime was beginning. “Usually I am the deep guy as a midfielder,” Meyer said. “I sit be- hind the front four and my part- Keith Peters Keith ner, Ty Thompson, goes forward a little bit. By that time I knew UCLA has won and you just don’t The Menlo School girls celebrated their first CCS tennis title since get those kinds of opportunities 2005 with a 5-2 win over St. Francis on Tuesday. often. So I asked Ty to hold for me, that I was going into the box.” Jordan and his parents, Roy and CCS GIRLS TENNIS Pamela, were in the stands. Bren- dan, the other brother, was watch- ing the game on television. Jim Shorin/stanfordphoto.com Redemption for Menlo The box was full of defenders and attackers alike. Senior Zach Batteer initiated the play with a is long-awaited title backward pass to freshman Corey Baird, who put the ball on Meyer’s by Keith Peters Knights are the top seed while the feet. Meyer drilled the ball along t was all about redemption as Lancers (19-7) are No. 3. the ground past Cal’s goalie and the Menlo School girls took to Both have first-round byes. into the net to give Stanford its Stanford fifth-year senior Austin Meyer will continue his season in I the courts at Bay Club Court- Menlo faces either Skyline or first Pac-12 title and the first con- an NCAA second-round match on Sunday at home. side in Los Gatos for the Central Chico on Friday at 1 p.m., with ference crown in 13 years. Coast Section Girls Tennis Team St. Francis opening against Rock- Meyer scored his third career Sunday, will be with the Cardinal since, and could remain at home, Tournament finale on Tuesday. lin. The No. 2 seed is Monte Vista goal, all of which have been gold- this Sunday. where it is 8-0-2 on the year, The Knights took on No. 3 St. (Danville). The title match is Sat- en goals. “That just adds to the excite- through the quarterfinals. Francis seeded only No. 5, the urday at 2 p.m. “It was special to win it like ment and confidence going for- The Pac-12 sent five of its six lowest seed ever to make the sec- Menlo is looking for its first that, on that field where I had ward,” Meyer said. “I know he’s teams to the tournament and San tion final. They also needed to NorCal title since winning four watched so many games,” Meyer excited.” Diego State was no pushover. avenge an earlier loss to the Lanc- straight from 1998-2001. said. “It was such a big moment Meyer’s first two years were Washington and UCLA were each ers, which eventually affected that Perhaps this is the year. After I let myself enjoy it an extra day anything but exciting. ranked No. 1 at one point of the seeding. all, getting past top seed Saratoga before putting it behind me.” “We were under .500 and I had season and Cal was a top 10 team. And, to top it off, Menlo senior as the No. 5 seed was perhaps un- Monday was no ordinary day seen pretty much nothing of the Oregon State is also ranked. Elizabeth Yao wanted to redeem expected. for Meyer. He could not avoid re- field,” he said. “My confidence in “We’re certainly battle-tested herself for the 2013 CCS final “To come from the No. 5 seed, living it even had he wanted. myself and the team took a knock. coming out of the conference,” that saw her three-set loss as the I don’t think its been done,” said “I’ve never had so many people It was tough to come through and Stanford coach Jeremy Gunn said. decider in a 4-3 setback to Monta Menlo coach Bill Shine. coming up to me and congratulat- still keep that belief.” “We had to compete at the highest Vista. After winning CCS titles from ing me,” he said. “It started when Success has bred success, level every match.” Menlo took care of redemp- 1997-2002 and again in 2005, I was biking to school. The cross though, and the change in attitude Morris may be the best known tion with a 5-2 victory, giving the the Menlo girls hit a dry spell as guard congratulated me. There led to the transformation. Last player on a team full of quality, Knights their first section title Monta Vista became the domi- was a poster, with my picture on year, Stanford returned to the versatile players. He’s second on since 2005 and the eighth over- nant team. But, as Shine said, “It it, on the door of one of my class- Sweet Sixteen. This year, perhaps the team with 14 points on four all — the most in CCS history. wasn’t like we went somewhere. es. It was special.” a trip to the Final Four is in the goals and a team-best six assists. Menlo had been tied with Monta It’s just that it’s really hard to win The day was made even more stars. Yet, he’s one of 13 players with at Vista with seven each. this tournament. I know things go special when the team got to “We knew coming into the sea- least one goal, and one of 15 with Yao, meanwhile, produced a in cycles, but they’ve been knock- watch Cardinal sophomore Jordan son we had the talent to be one a point. 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 1 singles ing on the door.” Morris make his first appearance of those top teams,” Meyer said. There are 121 players who have over St. Francis freshman Cate That door opened this season, for the U.S. National Team in its “Coming into the Pac-12, we were scored more than six goals in Divi- Liston to clinch the victory. just in time to send the seniors — 4-1 loss to Ireland in a friendly. very aware that every team was sion I play, and 45 with more than “This is extra nice for me just as Yao and Sadie Bronk — out with “It was at the beginning of prac- capable of beating every other six assists. But there is only one redemption,” said Yao, who also a long-awaited section crown. tice and we were all able to gather team. When we lost to Washing- team, Syracuse, with a better won- clinched Menlo’s 4-3 upset of top- “It’s so nice for the girls, be- around a TV,” Meyer said. “When ton we had to stay positive be- lost-tied percentage and no team seeded Saratoga on Monday. cause they hear about the (Men- we saw the coach giving him in- cause we knew people beat each has lost fewer than two matches. Menlo (20-4) now heads into lo) boys all the time,” said Shine. structions, we knew. He made other. With four games left, we Gunn will take team over player the CIF/USTA Northern Cali- “They hear stuff like, ‘Oh, you a great pass when he got on the had our window. The fact we had any day. fornia Regional Championships used to be good back in the day.’ “ field. He looked good.” destiny in our own hands was an “I’m proud of the results,” he that begin Friday at the Natomas Morris, who sent congratula- opportunity.” said. “I’m more proud that we Racquet Club in Sacramento. The (continued on page 62) tory messages to the team last Stanford (13-2-3) has not lost don’t play boring games.” Q

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CCS VOLLEYBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK CCS FOOTBALL M-A girls SHP gets its shot advance at the big boys to finals Gators will take their 10-0 record and No. 1 seed into the Bears face Homestead Open Division playoffs against Oak Grove on Saturday in Division I title match; by Keith Peters D-III champ, too bad,” said Ste- Menlo, Pinewood lose he Sacred Heart Prep foot- phens. “They’ll just being going ball team played in the CIF home to start hoop season.” by Keith Peters T Division III State Champi- However, if Folsom or Grant laying in the Central Coast onship game last season. Yet, the (both 11-0) lose, then the Gators Section Division I volley- 2014 campaign has offered some- most likely would get to play in P ball playoff finals is noth- thing new to the program. the D-I regional final. But, noth- ing new for the Menlo-Atherton First, there was the Gators’ 10-0 ing is guaranteed. girls. After all, the Bears had run through the regular season. Quite obviously, this trip to the been in the title match four of the That had never been accomplished postseason is unlike any other for past five years heading into this before. Included in that perfect Sacred Heart Prep, which for the season. Lizzie Lacy Lucas Matison record was a 5-0 finish and the first time will get a chance to test That number is now up to five team’s first-ever title in the PAL itself against what is considered in the past six following Menlo- MENLO SCHOOL PALO ALTO HIGH Bay Division. the best of the best. Atherton’s 25-18, 25-12, 25-19 The senior runner clocked The senior won his first sec- All that added to an automatic The Gators head to the post- victory over No. 4 seed San 17:21.91 over a 3-mile tion title by running 15:39.9 berth into the Central Coast Coast season averaging 33.4 points per Benito in the section semifinals course for the fastest time in (No. 4 time overall) over a Open Division playoffs, yet anoth- game, 248 yards rushing and 164 on Wednesday at Piedmont Hills all five divisions while winning 3-mile course at the CCS er first for the SHP team. And, to yards rushing. SHP has been held High in San Jose. individual honors in Division finals while helping the Vi- top it all off, the Gators received to under 31 points only twice this While the Bears have been suc- IV at the CCS Cross Country kings take second in the Divi- the No. 1 seed — another first, of season. cessful in reaching the finals in Championships and earning a sion I team race and qualify course. Senior two-way player Ben Burr- recent years, winning the title has berth to the State Meet. for the State Meet. “It’s an honor,” SHP head coach Kirven, who missed the first five still be difficult. M-A has only Pete Lavorato said of receiving the games of the year with a leg injury, one section crown in program his- Honorable mention No. 1 seed. still has 475 rushing yards and an tory, that coming in 2012 against Sacred Heart Prep will take its average of 11.9 yards per carry. Re- Homestead. Sam Acker Ben Burr-Kirven* 10-0 record into first-round action markably, he has scored 12 touch- Homestead bounced back from Gunn water polo Sacred Heart Prep football this Saturday against No. 8 Oak downs and is averaging 15 tackles that loss and beat Palo Alto last Nicole Colonna Ross Corey Grove (7-3) at 1 p.m. a game on a team-leading 75 stops. year after Paly had knocked the Pinewood cross country Priory cross country That No. 1 seed, based on hav- His return has helped the Ga- Bears out in the semifinals. On Devin Joos Daniel Hill ing the most power points among tors balance their offense, which Saturday night, Homestead and Menlo-Atherton volleyball Sacred Heart Prep cross country the five league champions that au- shifted toward passing more when Menlo-Atherton will renew their Gillian Meeks* Cole March tomatically qualified for the Open he was absent. Junior quarterback rivalry in the finals once again at Gunn cross country Sacred Heart Prep football Division, moved the Gators ahead Mason Randall stepped up during Independence High in San Jose at Elisa Merten* Jordan Mims of such powerhouses as No. 4 Ser- that time and now has completed 7 p.m. ra (7-3) and No. 5 Los Gatos (8-2), 88 of 139 for 1,643 yards and 12 Menlo volleyball Menlo-Atherton football The No. 3-seeded Mustangs both in SHP’s side of the bracket. touchdowns. He also has thrown Alice Yao Mason Randall* (24-13) advanced with a victory The Padres and Wildcats will meet 15 interceptions. Senior Riley over No. 7 Carlmont on Wednes- Menlo tennis Sacred Heart Prep football at the same time on Saturday. The Tinsley leads the team in rushing day. * previous winner SHP-Oak Grove winner and Serra- with 651 yards. Both Menlo-Atherton and Watch video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to PASportsOnline.com Los Gatos winner will meet in the Sacred Heart Prep is one of only Homestead have earned berths semifinals. two local teams to qualify for the into the NorCal playoffs, which wood both suffered setbacks in It was the final high school The top half of the bracket fea- postseason. Perhaps as surprising begin Tuesday. The section win- the semifinals and saw their re- match for two Menlo seniors. tures No. 2 Milpitas (10-0), No. 3 as SHP getting the No. 1 seed was ner will get to host while the run- spective seasons end. Senior captain Elisa Merten led Palma (9-1), No. 6 Valley Chris- Menlo-Atherton advancing to the ner-up most likely will travel. In Belmont, No. 4 Menlo School the way with 13 digs, 19 assists tian (8-2) and No. 7 Bellarmine Division I playoffs despite a 3-7 Menlo-Atherton is the reigning (21-15) dropped a 25-9, 25-16, 19- and 18 kills. Fellow senior Lida (8-2). record. PAL Bay Division champ while 25, 25-14 decision to top-seeded Vandermeer posted a team-high A loss means a trip to the con- The Bears got in when it was Homestead captured the SCVAL and host Notre Dame-Belmont 15 kills. solation bracket the following determined last week that Menlo De Anza Division title this year. (31-5) in Division IV. The Knights “They helped us get to the state weekend. A consolation champ School would not gain an extra The Bears got off to a slow start won last year’s section and Nor- championship last year,” Cavella will be crowned on either Dec. point from its win over Mission against San Benito before finding Cal titles and reached the state said. “We won league three years 5 or 6, along with the division (San Francisco) in September. The a groove and cruising finals. in a row. They contributed a lot.” champ and third-place winner. CCS adds a point for teams that to their ninth straight The Tigers (31-5), The Knights have been get- Should SHP somehow finish beat league champs. triumph. who won the Chris ting contributions from mul- 13-0 and win the Open Division, While Mission (San Francisco Senior co-captain Chandler Invitational tiple underclassmen this season. chances are slim to none there Section) won the Academic Ath- Devin Joos produced 24 at Menlo earlier this Freshman Kristin Sellers added will be another game. letic League round-robin title, the kills and 21 digs to pace season, advances to the 10 assists and 10 digs. Freshman According to Mitch Stephens of league doesn’t crown a champion the Bears. Joos hit .330 section final . Ashley Dryer and sophomore Jes- MaxPreps, a CCS title will put the until after the playoff title game with only seven errors “I was proud of the sica Houghton, who also had 11 Gators into the Division I regional on Thanksgiving. Thus, Menlo in 51 attempts. Sopho- way they came back in digs, combined for eight kills. pool to be selected. But, the Sac wouldn’t get that needed point for more Kirby Knapp add- Game 3,” Menlo coach After a slow start to the sea- Joaquin Section has two teams — nearly two more weeks, and the ed 50 assists and three Steven Cavella said. “It son, Menlo won 15 of its last 18 Folsom and Grant (in two differ- CCS playoffs begin Friday. digs, senior co-captain would have been easy matches. ent divisions) — that are nation- Menlo needed that one point to Devin Joos Ally Ostrow contributed after the first two games In San Jose, No. 3 seed Pine- ally ranked. As long as they win win a tiebreaker for the Bay Divi- 12 kills and nine dig, senior co- to give up, but it was great that we wood (16-9) was knocked out of their section, they’ll will be picked sion’s final automatic CCS berth. captain Kaitlin Tavarez finished showed the will to compete and the Division V playoffs followong for the Division I game. To further rub salt into the wound, with 20 digs, sophomore Jacque- play hard. a 25-23, 17-25, 25-18, 25-13 loss to Folsom plays in D-I and Grant the Knights finished 4-6 and beat line DiSanto added 12 digs, junior “All night it came down to serv- No. 2 Mt. Madonna at St. Thomas plays in D-II, but are both D-I M-A during the regular season. Leanna Collins had 10 kills and ing and serve-receive passing, and More. Junior outside hitter Mehra schools by CIF standards. SHP M-A, meanwhile, CCS playoff hit .350 with only one error in 26 when we were passing the ball, we den Braven led Pinewood with 24 is a D-III school and should drop teams like SHP, Burlingame, Los attempts, and sophomore Alexa were competitive, and when we kills while her twin sister, Tehmi, naturally into the D-II regional Gatos and Terra Nova -- losing to Roumeliotis contributed 13 digs weren’t, we were falling behind. provided 18 digs. Freshman setter final. But, CCS has a by-law pro- all four. to the effort. We have to give Notre Dame-Bel- Maddi Escher contributed 30 as- hibiting such. M-A is the No. 8 seed in Divi- While Menlo-Atherton ad- mont a lot of credit for serving the sists for the Panthers, who have no “So, if SHP does pull it off, is sion I and will play at No. 1 Sali- vanced, Menlo School and Pine- ball really tough.” seniors on their roster. Q 13-0 and the defending NorCal nas (6-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. Q

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have combined for 12 CCS titles CCS water polo since 2000. The Gators have won CCS tennis (continued from page 59) seven, including the past three, and (continued from page 60) hold a 4-3 edge over the Knights in times. Christian Znidarsic also tal- title games. No longer, as the Knights are lied three goals while senior Ari Top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep back on top after surviving one Wayne finished with two. (24-4) earned its 10th straight ap- of the most competitive section Gunn senior goalie Anthony pearance in the finals with a 10-6 tournaments in history. Zunino, meanwhile, helped limit victory over No. 4 St. Ignatius (15- “Everybody at the seeding Mountain View’s top two scorers 9) at Bellarmine Prep on Tuesday meeting knew it was going to be — Matt Dunn and Alex Paulsen night. different,” Shine said. “seeding 1 — to just two goals apiece as the Senior Michael Swart scored through 5 was really tough. I’m Spartans finished 18-11. five times for the Gators, who almost glad we got the No. 5 seed. Gunn held a slim 4-3 halftime grabbed a 6-0 halftime lead and They (his girls) knew they were lead before opening up its offense cruised from there. SHP got better than that.” in the third period and taking a 7-3 single goals from Nelson Perla- The Knights proved that Tues- lead into the final period. Ward, Jackson Enright, Grant day as sophomore Alice Yao gave The No. 2-seeded Gunn ad- Harvey, Alex Tsotadze and Finn her team a quick 1-0 lead with a vanced to the Divison I finals with Banks. 6-1, 6-2 win over Amy Burke at a 10-6 triumph over No. 3 Leland Second-seeded Menlo (23-6) No. 2 singles. The No. 1 doubles (15-13) on Tuesday night in the Ti- had a tougher time during its 11-9 team of Bronk and junior Mia

tans’ pool. Butch Garcia win over with No. 3 Soquel (19-8), McConnell made it 2-0 with a “This was an inspired effort by which grabbed a 6-4 lead before 6-3, 6-1 triumph and Menlo’s No. a clutch group,” said Gunn coach heading into intermission with a 3 doubles tandem of sophomores Mark Hernandez, whose team im- 6-5 advantage. Kaitlin Hao and Alex Edidin pro- proved to 22-6. “We had our best Gunn senior goalie Sam Acker had 12 saves in a 10-6 semifinal win Following halftime, Menlo duced a 6-1, 6-2 triumph for a 3-0 offensive game of the year against over Leland on Tuesday night. made a few defensive changes and lead. one of the best teams in the sec- the tide quickly turned. Led by a Edidin was a late addition to tion, in the biggest game most of The Titans will be making only sophomores Maddy Johnston and standout performance by senior the tandem when Kathryn Wilson the players have ever been in.” their second appearance in the fi- Layla Waters adding four each. Andreas Katsis who led the team was injured in Monday’s match. Gunn grabbed a 3-1 first-quar- nals while the Lancers will be gun- Sophomore Maddy Pendonlino in goals (4), assists (2) and steals St. Francis got on the board ter lead and expanded it to 7-2 by ning for their eighth section crown. finished with three. (3), Menlo came charging back when Illina Yang won at No. halftime. Senior Erica Watkins “The girls buy into the program — going up by three goals at one 4 singles, setting the stage for finished with four goals, sopho- Division II girls and structure we’ve established point in the fourth quarter with Elizabeth Yao to fittingly clinch. more Michaela Wayne added To absolutely no one’s surprise, and work very hard,” said SHP senior goalkeeper Spencer Witte Menlo’s No. 2 doubles team of three and freshman Zoe Banks top-seeded Sacred Heart Prep (22- coach Jon Burke, on the string of coming up with some key saves in juniors Melissa Tran and Schuy- had two. Senior goalie Sam Acker 6) will play for an unprecedented titles his team has produced. “Al- the goal for the Knights. ler Tilney-Volk provided the final finished with 12 saves. eighth straight CCS Division II ti- most all of them are committed “This was a tremendous win point by remaining unbeaten this “So many elements of our of- tle following a 19-7 dunking of No. year-round players and water polo for us,” said Menlo coach Jack season with a 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) vic- fense were working, in fact, that 5 Willow Glen (13-7) on Wednes- is a priority for them and their Bowen. “I just loved the amount tory. we even surprised ourselves,” day in a semifinal at Gunn High. families. of heart these guys showed when The CCS Individual Tourna- said Hernandez. “We have a lot The Gators will face No. 2 So- “We have amazing kids, from the game was on the line. They ment, meanwhile, gets under way of experience protecting one-or quel (24-3) in the title match Sat- top to bottom, and I’m fortunate showed great character sticking Monday at Bay Club Courtside. two-goal leads, so protecting a urday at Independence High at 10 to have the opportunity to coach together in the way that they did Sacred Heart Prep freshman five-goal lead felt a lit bit out of a.m. Soquel ended the season of them. I think a few reasons why in such an important game.” Sara Choy is the No. 1 seed in sin- our comfort zone. In the CCS No. 3 Castilleja (19-6) with an 8-5 historically we’ve had success in Junior Chris Xi added three gles with Menlo’s Elizabeth Yao, semifinals, of course, that’s a good victory. Anna Yu had three goals the playoffs is that we prepare well goals with Nikhil Bhatia contrib- the defending champion, at No. 2. problem to have, and we knew we with Maddie Macdonald and Alex for our games; we play a tough uting two. Witte had 12 saves. Also entered is Menlo-Atherton had the defense — and the goal — Zafran adding one each for Cas- schedule during the regular sea- “With many of us having been freshman Lanie Van Linge, the to make the lead stick.” tilleja, which also got 15 saves son and we never overlook anyone. together for seven years we can No. 5 seed. Saturday’s finale against St. from Maddie Tarr. We’re looking forward to having just look each other in the eye In doubles, Menlo-Atherton’s Francis (20-8) will give Gunn a SHP, meanwhile, cruised to vic- an opportunity to play for a cham- and push each other,” said Katsis. Sami Andrew and Julia Marks chance to avenge last year’s 9-2 tory after leading by 7-2 at the end pionship on Saturday.” “This has just been such a special are seeded No. 3. Teammates Ju- loss in the CCS finals and a 9-5 of the first period and 12-5 at the year together and we want to con- lia Chang and Taylor Noble along loss to the Lancers to open this half. Junior Malaika Koshy led Division II boys tinue finishing our time together with Menlo’s Alice Yao and Kath- season. the Gateors with five goals with Local rivals SHP and Menlo in such a special way.” Q ryn Wilson are unseeded. Q

points for the first time since the match, the biggest game of the Montgomery is first among Stanford roundup 2012-13 season. They are 0-3 year will be the semifinal match Big Game FBS active leaders in combined (continued from page 59) over that span. between No. 2 Stanford (22-3) (continued from page 59) kickoff and punt return yards with “Because of who we are, it’s and USC (21-4), assuming both 2,732. stay. Samuelson hit a pair of free always Connecticut loses in- win their first-round matches. Tickets remain for the Big Montgomery has averaged throws and her sister Karlie was stead of Stanford played good The survivor would not have to Game. To purchase seats in the 140.1 all-purpose yards per game 1 of 2 from the foul line to help and won,” Huskies’ coach Geno beat the Bruins to qualify for the Stanford section, call 800.STAN- this season and recorded two Stanford maintain the lead. Auriemma said. “That’s unfor- NCAA tournament. FORD. games with 200+ all-purpose “It shows that we’re very de- tunate and a disservice to Stan- The Cardinal, winner of five * * * yards. He averages 19.8 yards/ termined this year,” said Bon- ford. We lost to a really good straight, opens against No. 7 Stanford senior strong safety punt return, 25.2 yards/kickoff nie Samuelson, who ended with team.” Pepperdine on Friday at 1:30 Jordan Richards has been named return and 9.8 yards/reception. 14 points and one huge blocked Stanford freshman Kaylee p.m. at Long Beach State. The one of four finalists for the Pop * * * shot. “We’re not willing to be Johnson added a game-high 13 Trojans, two-time defending Warner National College Foot- Extra Points . . . Fifth-year written off.” rebounds to go with eight points MPSF tournament champions, ball Award, it was announced senior placekicker Jordan Wil- Stanford sophomore guard Lili before fouling out. open with UC Irvine. Thursday. liamson became Stanford’s all- Thompson added: “We’re going Stanford, which finished sec- The Pop Warner College Foot- time leader in field goals (60) by to work as hard as we can every Men’s water polo ond to UCLA in the regular ball Award honors a player who converting a 51-yarder in the sec- day and we’ll be relentless on the The winner of the Mountain season, would be best served by has contributed at a high level on ond overtime against Utah. The court.” Pacific Sports Federation tour- just winning. The Cardinal owns the field, in the classroom and in previous record was held by John Thompson finished with a nament doesn’t always win the victories over the Bruins, USC, his community, emulating the ide- Hopkins (1987-90) . . . One of the game-high 24 points on 8-of-13 NCAA championship, but it’s Cal and Long Beach State so the als of Pop Warner Little Scholars, loudest cheers at Saturday night’s shooting. She was 2 of 7 from the still the “easiest” way to qualify team knows it can be done. OK, Inc., the nation’s oldest youth foot- game was accorded to Stanford foul line at one point and then for the NCAA tournament. so those were 1-point wins over ball organization. professor W.E. Moerner, who made her last five attempts, two UCLA won the regular-season UCLA and the Trojans. You get * * * was introduced to the crowd af- in the final 47 seconds of regu- title and that’s good in case the the point. Montgomery has been named ter the third quarter for winning lation and two more in the over- Bruins don’t win the tournament Stanford has four likely first one of five finalists for the fifth the Nobel Prize in chemistry . . time period. crown. They’d still have a pretty team All-American candidates annual Paul Hornung Award, . Also receiving hearty applause Connecticut had won its last good argument for getting the at- on board, including seniors Alex presented by Texas Roadhouse was the 2013 NCAA champion 56 games played in November large bid to the Final Four. Bowen and Connor Cleary, ju- and given annually to the most Cardinal women’s water polo dating to 2004 and played in a Should top-ranked UCLA nior Bret Bonanni and sopho- versatile player in major college team, which also was introduced game decided by fewer than four (25-2) get to the championship more Drew Holland. Q football. on the field. Q

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