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To request free delivery, or stop delivery, of The Almanac in zip code 94025, 94027, 94028 and the Woodside portion of 94062, call 854-2626. Local News M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY There’s still hope for ‘Oasis’ name, tradition By Kate Bradshaw the Menlo Park community.” eating establishment in Menlo Almanac Staff Writer Mr. Mueller added that prop- Park, on March 7 after 60 years erty owner Dan Beltramo had of business. The announcement he last day of the Oasis, as indicated that he is in the pro- said the family was “unable it’s been known under the cess of finding a new operator to negotiate a reasonable lease Townership of the Tougas for the site, located at 341 El for our business, nor meet the family, will be this Wednesday, Camino Real, and wishes to requested terms of the building’s March 7, but Menlo Park Vice owner.” Mayor Ray Mueller last week The Oasis is considered told city officials that there may ‘I am cautiously an institution by many and be hope to preserve the name optimistic the pieces are renowned for its burgers, pizza, and traditions of the beloved beer and slightly sticky wooden beer garden and burger joint. coming together that will tables engraved with what appear In a March 2 email, Council- keep the Oasis operating to be generations of initials. man Mueller informed City in Menlo Park.’ According to the Menlo Park Manager Alex McIntyre, City Historical Association, Alexan- Attorney Bill McClure and CITY COUNCILMAN RAY MUELLER der Beltramo, son of Beltramo’s Economic Development Man- Wine & Spirits founder John ager Jim Cogan that the res- discuss parking capacity at the Beltramo, converted the build- taurant’s owner, the Tougas restaurant with the city. ing that houses the Oasis — family, is open to speaking “I am cautiously optimistic the once the YMCA building at to potential operators “inter- pieces are coming together that Camp Fremont, when the area ested in licensing or buying the will keep the Oasis operating in was a training camp for World trademark, brand and menu of Menlo Park,” Mr. Mueller wrote War I — into a beer garden in the Oasis, and operating the in the email. 1933. Photo provided by Michael Tutt restaurant in (a) way that gives The Tougas family announced The Tougas family took over Eugene Tutt (shown) reportedly ran the Oasis between 1953 and credit to the restaurant and on Feb. 21 that it would close the operation in 1958, according to 1955 while he was an undergraduate at Stanford. family’s history and place in restaurant, perhaps the oldest the Beltramo family. A Questions fly over Facebook’s ‘Willow Village’ campus By Kate Bradshaw development structures. Gateway development. Park, Mr. Tenanes said. (As a about 70 percent of the total Almanac Staff Writer The 59-acre property is locat- At the Menlo Gateway devel- reference point, Menlo Park’s proposed square footage for ed on the south side of Willow opment, Facebook has com- total population was 33,319 the neighborhood retail street, acebook’s proposal to cre- Road about a quarter-mile west mitted to lease the entirety in 2016, according to popula- including a grocery store, plus ate a new neighborhood of Bayfront Expressway, bound- of the newly completed office tion estimates in the American the first 500 of the total 1,500 Fin Menlo Park and add ed roughly by Mid Peninsula building and two more planned Community Survey.) housing units proposed and one- enough office space to cumula- High School to the west, Willow office buildings, according to a The company proposes to third of the office development. tively accommodate a workforce Road to the north, the Dumbar- Facebook spokesperson. Com- build the “Willow Village” proj- The second and third phases the size of Menlo Park’s current ton rail corridor to the east, and bined, the three buildings are ect in four phases, with occu- would add the remaining two- total population — more than the UPS Center and Pacific Bio- expected to offer about 700,000 pancy planned to begin in 2021; thirds of the office space and 33,000 — raised some questions sciences office (on O’Brien Drive square feet of office space when occupancy of the remaining housing units proposed. The from the Planning Commission and Adams Court) to the south. complete. phased-in development would fourth phase would include the during a Feb. 26 discussion. Facebook proposes to elevate Currently, about 15,000 Face- occur in 2022, 2023 and 2025. The company has proposed the site in accordance with the book employees work in Menlo The first phase would include See FACEBOOK, page 6 to build a massive development city’s requirements to be above project it’s calling “Willow Vil- the flood plain and protected lage,” which would include: nine from sea level rise. office buildings totaling 1.75 mil- A presentation by Facebook lion square feet; 1,500 housing showed future scenes of pedes- units, 225 of which would be des- trians and cyclists out shop- ignated as “below market rate”; ping at a proposed grocery 126,500 square feet of retail space store, pharmacy and other food for a grocery store, pharmacy or beverage establishments, or and food and beverage services; a enjoying publicly accessible park 200-room hotel; a culture/visitor space on a site now clustered center; a total of 5,319 parking with unremarkable light indus- spaces; and about 18 acres of trial office buildings. open space, eight of which would According to Facebook Vice be publicly accessible. President of Global Facilities The proposed residential and Real Estate John Tenanes, buildings would range in height the company plans to be able from 61 to 72 feet and the office to, within 10 years, have about building would range in height 35,000 employees at its Menlo from 74 to 112.5 feet. Park properties east of U.S. The site is now home to a 101, which include the pro- collection of about 1 million posed offices and new office Image courtesy Facebook/OMA Architecture/city of Menlo Park. square feet of commercial office, building associated with the A map indicating the four proposed phases of Facebook’s “Willow Village” development. warehouse, and research and Bohannon Companies’ Menlo
March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS Portola Valley School District projects return to black in budget By Barbara Wood school board at its Wednesday, teachers higher pay for profes- costs are nearly $41,000 lower The report by Tom Williams Almanac Staff Writer March 7, meeting, show the dis- sional development also was than budgeted, and by putting of Enrollment Projection Con- trict back in compliance. more successful than had been off some purchases the materi- sultants, which studies demo- he Portola Valley School The report shows that even expected, he said, with teachers als and supplies budget is down graphics for a number of school District has managed to though district revenues are “enthusiastically” taking part by nearly $145,000. One major districts in San Mateo and Santa Tget its budget back in line over $15,000 less than had been in additional training. “We’re savings came from purchasing Clara counties, estimates that after the district had to report budgeted, the district has also actually quite proud” of the low-cost laptops instead of tab- the district will lose 18 students to the San Mateo County Office managed to cut its spending participation, Mr. Hartwig said. lets, the report says. in the 2018-19 school year, will of Education in December that by more than $288,000. That “We really do have a highly pro- The district’s budget also saw gain two students the next year, its projections showed a future increased its projected reserves fessionalized workforce.” some savings because an antici- and then will lose 32 students budgetary shortfall. The district to 5.4 percent in 2019-20. The A report for the March 7 pated bond election will not take over the following three years. reported that by the 2019-20 December report showed only a board meeting shows property place this budget year, saving The report cautions, however, fiscal year, its reserves would be 3.25 percent reserve in 2019-20. tax revenue projected at nearly $39,000 in election costs. that in such a small school dis- below the state-mandated 4 per- Superintendent Eric Hartwig $36,000 less for the 2017-18 The district now estimates it trict the “law of averages” does cent of its general fund budget. said several “higher than budget year than was assumed will have a reserve fund of $1.2 not work well. It says that the That projection meant that expected expenses” led to the in December. The district also million at the end of the current projection for the coming school for several months the district’s budget problems. Those expens- anticipates losing $10,000 from a fiscal year. year could be off by as many budget has been considered to be es included repairing mold and shorter-than-projected summer The budget projections do not as 15 students, with the actual under “qualified certification,” flooding in classrooms, and a camp lease. Those losses were include salary increases, and the decline somewhere between meaning the district “may not broken water pipe. The district partially offset by increased district is still in negotiations three and 33 students. meet its financial obligations” also spent more than expected state revenues and an additional with its employees. The district now has 608 stu- for the coming fiscal years. on special education and ser- $23,000 grant from the Portola The school board will also dents: 264 in transitional kinder- But new projections, part of the vices such as attorneys for labor Valley Schools Foundation. receive a report on future enroll- garten to third grade at Ormon- second required mid-year budget negotiations, he said. The big difference came in ment projections that is not quite dale, and 344 in fourth through review that will come before the The district’s policy of giving spending, however. Personnel as dire as a previous report. eighth grade at Corte Madera. A
FACEBOOK to see improved public transit continued from page 5 options along the Dumbarton Bridge, including a transit loop installation of a proposed 200- connecting the South Bay. room hotel and a cultural or Planning Commissioner John visitors’ center. Onken asked staff if a develop- ment ever reaches a point where Community response the impacts are so severe that As might be predicted, at the a project is actually halted. fore of the concerns expressed “As a community, we see EIRs by the planning commission- (environmental impact reports) ers were the standard questions endlessly. ... We say, oh no, well they ask of most new develop- that’s going to be lousy. There’s ments in the city: How will the not much we can do.” project affect the city’s jobs- Ultimately, city planner Kyle housing balance and how will Perata said, that decision is up to traffic be impacted? the City Council. If a study finds When Facebook moved to environmental impacts that are Menlo Park in 2010 and 2011, determined to be significant Mr. Tenanes said, the company and unavoidable, those must be had about 2,500 employees. cleared by the council through Today, the company has 75 loca- what’s called a “statement of tions worldwide, he said. overriding considerations.” Need Home Care? In public comments, Menlo According to Mr. Perata, city Park resident Adina Levin noted staff have begun preliminary Safe, reliable and affordable that with the addition of an steps on the environmental expected minimum of 7,000 jobs, impact review process, but no home care from professionals and only 1,500 housing units, timeline has been established who truly care! the proposed development is yet. The city is likely to release “still pushing the (jobs-housing) a “notice of preparation” docu- balance in a difficult direction.” ment that asks the public to We’re here to help... She encouraged the commission weigh in on what potential whenever and wherever to focus on bike and pedestrian environmental impacts should amenities to reduce car traffic. be evaluated in the city’s study you need us. Several locals said they appreci- in the coming months, he said. ated the public outreach that Face- In addition, Facebook offi- book officials had done already cials also plan to host their own but still had some concerns. public meetings in the coming Sheryl Bims added that she weeks to provide information believed the city should develop about the proposed develop- a plan to underground utilities ment. A March 3 meeting was and improve public landscap- held in the Menlo Park Senior ing and streetscapes in the Center in Belle Haven. neighborhood. She also urged Other scheduled meetings are: the commission to start talking • Saturday, March 10, from 2 (650) 328-1001 about education. to 4 p.m. at the East Palo Alto www.careindeed.com “As a community, Belle Haven Senior Center at 560 Bell St. in is at a place where we are ready East Palo Alto. [email protected] /*6 to separate from Ravenswood to • Thursday, March 22, from 7 890 Santa Cruz Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025 become a new district or part of to 9 p.m. at the Arrillaga Family Menlo Park,” she said. Recreation Center at 700 Alma George Yang said he hoped St. in Menlo Park. A 6QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 NEWS REAL ESTATE Q&A by Monica Corman Does My Property Qualify for a 1031 Exchange? Dear Monica: I am in the process held the same way. Another issue is of a divorce and am selling a if the property you are buying is in rental property that I own with another state will California allow my spouse. I would like to do a you to defer the tax you owe them? 1031 Exchange with the proceeds California may impose a capital gain of my ownership portion. May I tax when the out-of-state property do this? Philip T. is ultimately sold. There are many other issues as well. Dear Philip: There are many rules for exchanging an investment property Contact me at [email protected]; Office: 650-543-1164; www.monicacorman.com Ranked in the Top Tier by The Wall Street Journal 2016 and 2017 Nationwide List What residents can expect during the of 1000 Top Real Estate Professionals months-long process to electrify Caltrain HAPPY NOROOZ! Q Work may begin later Q MENLO PARK Caltrain property, 26 trees on this month. city property and 76 trees on private property. The agency By Kate Bradshaw Avenue and the Menlo Park/ plans to replace 115 trees as Almanac Staff Writer Atherton border, followed by close to their original locations work on the southern 0.7 miles as possible, said Casey Fromson, tarting as soon as late of the rail line between Raven- Caltrain director of government March, Caltrain is going to swood Avenue and the Palo Alto and community affairs. Sbegin work to electrify its border. According to Mr. Parks, the rail line in Menlo Park, accord- The work will involve prepar- agency plans to install 51 poles ing to Caltrain spokeswoman ing for and laying foundations through Menlo Park, placing GLOBALAL RUGRUG SSPECIALISTPECIALIST SINCESINC 1998 Tasha Bartholomew. for the electric poles, removing one every 180 feet along the The construction is expected and pruning trees, and eventu- Caltrain line. to last between four and eight ally installing the needed poles There are three types of poles months and involve construc- and wires. that Caltrain plans to install: sin- tion during the day, with some One question raised by some gle-track cantilever, two-track nights and some 24-hour week- of the meeting’s roughly 30 cantilever and center poles. The ends, Caltrain officials told attendees was how the project single-track cantilever and cen- attendees at a Menlo Park meet- will impact local trees. In order ter pole types are 30 to 35 feet ing on Feb. 28. to have the needed 10 feet of tall, and the two-track cantilever The $1.98 billion project, fund- clearance between vegetation pole type is about 45.5 feet tall. ed by federal, state, regional and and Caltrain’s electrical com- Nighttime work in some local sources, will switch the ponents, the agency plans to instances could reach the noise power source for the Caltrain remove 30 trees on the Caltrain level between that of a vacuum line from diesel to electricity right-of-way, said Greg Parks, cleaner and a garbage disposal. and is aimed at boosting the effi- a public involvement manager Workers can install three to SaeidSaeid Nejad,Nejad, OwnerOOwwnen r ciency, capacity, safety and reli- subcontracted by Caltrain. four poles a night, so no one Rug #1439 Persian Kashan Shadsar ability of the regional rail service More trees are planned for area should be too impacted by between San Francisco and San significant pruning — they construction noise for more than Visit our Rug Gallery for One of a Kind Fine Rugs Jose. The plan is to launch elec- are targeted for scaling back a night or two, according to Mr. trified services in 2022, accord- by more than a quarter: 72 Parks. ing to the project website. on Caltrain property, nine on Go to calmod.org, email SPRING RUG WASH SPECIAL Caltrain plans to do work on private property, and four on [email protected] or call the northern half of the city other public property. Yet more 650-399-9659 or the toll free first, the 0.9 mile stretch of the trees will need to be pruned by number, 800-660-4287, for more 20% OFF RUG WASH rail line between Ravenswood less than a quarter: 244 trees on information. A months. The project will gen- PICKUP & Meeting on water-capture erate noise, dust, construction DELIVERY traffic and temporary road AVAILABLE facility March 7 in Atherton closures, town officials warn. A public presentation about meeting of the Park & Recre- While design is still being the water-capture facility ation Committee. developed, the facility is now Atherton wants to build in Hol- The $13.6 million grant-fund- proposed to go under the park’s -9,,,:;04(;, brook-Palmer Park is scheduled ed project will capture runoff baseball outfield. RUG HAND WASH, REPAIR, PADDING, APPRAISAL for Wednesday, March 7, at the water on its way to the Bay to At ci.atherton.ca.us/watercap- Jennings Pavilion in the park, prevent flooding and remove ture more information, includ- 825 West El Camino Real, 150 Watkins Ave., at 6:30 p.m. pollutants. The town says con- ing a video showing construc- The presentation will come at struction is scheduled to start tion of a similar facility, is Mountain View the beginning of the monthly in July 2019, and last about 14 available. www.globalrug.com March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ7 NEWS Parents seek city funds to cover future imbalance new complex will have children. In previous negotiations number to be $1 million — QStanford housing development won’t generate So the district would have to between the city and Stanford, enough to cover the funding property taxes to cover bump in school enrollment. cover the costs to educate those the university had offered $1.5 gap between what Stanford has kids without receiving property million to the Menlo Park City committed and the $2.5 million By Kate Bradshaw Q MENLO PARK taxes from those households, an School District via the education the district says it would need. Almanac Staff Writer added cost the district claims foundation. The district says “We have an opportunity here would total about $663,000 per it needs a contribution of $2.5 now to kill that bird with this hen the Menlo The problem year. million to its endowment (plus stone,” Mr. Mueller told the Park City Council The core of the problem is that Stanford officials have said substantial property taxes from council at the time. Wapproved a proposal under California law, Stanford that the university will pay the office buildings) to enable According to Ms. Treadway, by Stanford last October to add University is exempt from hav- property taxes on the office it to annually generate enough district Superintendent Erik 215 apartments, 143,000 square ing to pay property taxes on any buildings that are slated to be revenue to cover that expected Burmeister alerted a small feet of office space and about building it uses for “academic developed as part of the proj- shortfall. group of parents about the idea, 10,000 square feet of retail space purposes.” That includes faculty ect and leased to commercial Stanford added a stipulation and since then an email cam- at 500 El Camino Real, one and staff housing, which the tenants. that up to $1 million of a $5 mil- paign to the council has been piece of the negotiations went apartments planned at 500 El To address this, the city of lion Stanford contribution to a launched. As of the morning of unresolved. Camino Real are intended to be Menlo Park had negotiated proposed bicycle and pedestrian Monday, March 5, the council In February, Menlo Park Vice used for. with Stanford University to get crossing over or under the Cal- had received about 21 emails Mayor Ray Mueller proposed Yet 60 percent of the school a contribution of $1.5 million to train tracks at Middle Avenue urging it to put the surplus one option to correct a shortfall district’s funding comes from go toward an endowment for the could potentially be paid to the toward covering the expected the Menlo Park City School property taxes, according to Menlo Park-Atherton Education education foundation instead. shortfall from Stanford. District may experience as a district spokeswoman Parke Foundation, an independent The idea was that the university “The development is expected result of the development, and Treadway. And, presumably, fundraising arm that provides would pay half of the cost for the to generate approximately 39 the concept is gaining traction some of the faculty and staff funding for the Menlo Park City crossing — up to $5 million — new students beginning in the among district parents. who will be housed at Stanford’s School District. and if the city were to find a way 2019-20 school year. As a com- to cut costs on that project, then munity funded district, MPCSD up to $1 million of the project does not receive any more fund- money left over would go to the ing when more students enroll,” education foundation. Menlo Park parent Max Bon- SPRING2018 nette wrote in an email. “We The proposed solution all appreciate the value that an In February, the council excellent school district adds received its mid-year budget to our vibrant community, and report, which indicated that the with your foresight and help, we city has a surplus of $3.85 mil- can maintain the quality that we lion, $1.16 million of which was all expect.” unbudgeted returns from what’s To do so straightforwardly, called “ERAF,” or the “Educa- however, would probably be tional Revenue Augmentation considered an illegal gift of pub- Fund.” lic funds from one government That fund represents city agency to another, Mr. Mueller money that’s set aside each year cautioned. to cover any shortfalls school What the city may be able to do, districts might have if property he noted, is put $1 million from taxes don’t reach a basic funding its surplus toward the proposed level. That money is returned bike and pedestrian Caltrain to cities annually if high prop- crossing at Middle Avenue, and erty tax districts (like the Menlo then urge Stanford to transfer Park City School District) cross $1 million that it planned to put that funding threshold. toward that project to the school At the Feb. 13 meeting, Mr. district through the Menlo Park- Mueller suggested that the city Atherton Education Foundation. put $1.5 million of that sur- Mayor Peter Ohtaki agreed to plus toward the project — he add the matter to a future coun- Liberal Arts & Sciences later indicated he wanted that cil agenda. A Featured Spring Courses: Menlo Park: Tree top falls, The History and Geography of Current Global Events • Baseball: Inside America’s Game damaging roof, several vehicles Revolution: The Beatles’ Innovative Studio Years (1965–1967) • Byzantine Art A 130-foot redwood tree in the second-story bedroom, but the 100 block of Baywood Avenue occupants were on the first floor, Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction to Neural Networks and Deep Learning in Menlo Park is now shorter he said. by about 30 feet after the top The section of the tree that fell Comedies That Are Actually Funny: A History in Ten Films • Don Quixote section of the tree fell during had been damaged by a light- the windy storm on Thursday ning strike last September, the afternoon, March 1. chief said. 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Mr. Hunter said it was Feb. 26 by the Menlo Park Plan- a group decision to stick to the ning Commission to become the more straightforward guide- new site of an office building and lines associated with the lower apartment complex. level of development. The proposed development, The developer proposes to by developer Derek Hunter, will add 19 surface parking spaces add 27 rental apartments in one and 163 parking spaces in the 35-foot-tall, three- underground park- story building, ing garage. Bike adding up to about Five BMR racks, a pedestrian 35,000 square feet, path through the with two levels of housing units to middle of the site Image courtesy KSH Architects/City of Menlo Park. underground park- be built on site. and the requisite A rendering of the proposed residential building, with 27 rental apartments, at the former Beltramo’s Wines ing; and a two-story, amount of open & Spirits site at 1540 El Camino Real. Five are intended to be dedicated for rental by low-income tenants. 32-foot-tall, 41,000-square-foot space would also be provided. office building at the site. The developer also proposes The plans, which fall within to remove 41 trees, eight of Sequoia and Ravenswood City the city’s El Camino Real/ which are considered heritage Activists urge Willow Road school districts, and San Mateo downtown specific plan, were trees, replace the heritage trees County, containing photos and approved with a 6-0 vote (Com- at a two-to-one ratio, and plant changes to keep kids safe a video showing kids making missioner Susan Goodhue was some additional trees. dangerous crossings on areas absent) on the condition that On the below-market-rate By Kate Bradshaw worried about kids’ safety as they of Willow Road. Julie Shanson certain architectural changes housing front, Mr. Hunter has Almanac Staff Writer commute to and from school of Belle Haven Action wrote be made, at the request of Com- proposed to provide five low- across U.S. 101 and along Wil- in the email that the group is missioner Henry Riggs, to use income housing units on site embers of Belle Haven low Road. requesting that a shuttle be original-color terra cotta on the and pay $135,345 in additional Action, a nonprofit Several members of the implemented to run between office building and add other below-market-rate housing fees Mfocused on address- group sent an email to officials Menlo-Atherton High School variations to the design. to meet the city’s required ing problems in Menlo Park’s from Caltrans, the cities of East Commissioners asked why contribution. 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The struc- nd S Sa Lake restoring habitat for endangered of the 8-foot-tall concrete struc- ture dammed the creek water to Lagunita steelhead in the San Francisquito ture could begin this summer create a flume that filled Lake d Juniper a o Se Creek. The university is seek- with project completion in sum- Lagunita with drinking water. o r ra R B ing approval from Santa Clara mer 2019, according to a county But the flume and dam have e lv n d i . County officials for its architec- planning staff report. not been operational since the p l ture-and-site plan and grading. In December 2017, the univer- 1930s, Ms. McCown said. A The Lagunita Dam Diver- sity received Stanford add- sion Project would remove the a $1.2 mil- ed a fish lad- 119-year-old dam and restore lion eco- Removing Lagunita der in 1954 to 480 feet of the creek, improv- system and Dam would increase help the steel- ing fish passage with pools, watershed head move over Lagunita shallows and native plants. 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Stanford spokeswoman sity would pay for 70 percent of The dam also creates about a sued in 2014 claiming that Stan- legal action regarding Searsville Jean McCown said the univer- costs. 1,000-foot-long area of sediment ford had violated the Endan- sity would seek permits from Lagunita Dam is located just upstream and a deep plunge gered Species and Clean Water See LAGUNITA DAM, page 22 THE 32ND ANNUAL PALO ALTO WEEKLY Short Story Contest Prizes for First, Second and Third place winners in each category: Adult, Young Adult (15-17) and Teen (12-14) FOR OFFICIAL RULES & ENTRY FORM, VISIT: www.paloaltoonline.com/short_story ALL stories must be ENTRY DEADLINE: 2,500 words April 6, 2018 at 5pm or less Sponsored by: 12QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 NEWS Council discusses term limits in an all but empty room Q The people should be stuff from the past,” he said. “I initiating this, mayor don’t think it should be up to us The County of San Mateo’s Sustainability Academy provides NO-COST to put it on the ballot.” and colleagues say. Councilwoman Anne Kasten educational opportunities to San Mateo County community members. By Dave Boyce said she was saddened by the Register for our offerings at www.smcsustainability.org/academy Almanac Staff Writer survey’s indications that many people were not paying much f Woodside voters are ever attention to what’s going on in to decide on the question town. If voters aren’t paying Iof whether members of the attention to matters of impor- Woodside Town Council should tance to the town and the coun- Fixit Clinics be subject to term limits any time cil is paying attention, then it’s Bring your broken items and we’ll provide a workspace, specialty tools and soon, the voters will have to get incumbent on the council to volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your items. together and propose an initiative. form questions for the voters to Mayor Chris Shaw on Tuesday consider, she said. February 24: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. San Bruno Library: 701 Angus Ave W., San Bruno night, Feb. 27, acting on a con- “We are here to do things we sensus of his colleagues, tabled think are good for the long-term Home Composting Workshop a discussion on the subject to vitality of the town,” Ms. Kasten Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and vegetable scraps, leaves, and some future time. The action said. “If we think that this is plant cuttings into compost. You don’t need a backyard to compost! came in the context of a recent something the town should be March 17: 10-12 a.m. William E. Walker Recreation Center, 650 Shell Blvd., Foster City community survey, sent to pondering and vote on, then I April 21: 10-12 a.m. South SF Scavenger Company, 500 East Jamie Court, approximately 2,400 Woodside think it should be put out there. South San Francisco postal addresses, that included I feel that very strongly.” May 19: 10-12 a.m. Belmont Public Library, 1110 Alameda de las Pulgas a question on establishing term Councilman Tom Livermore, limits for council members. Of with initial support from Coun- the 306 responses to that ques- cilwoman Deborah Gordon Exploring Sustainability Webinar Series tion, half were in favor of limits, and Councilman Daniel Yost, according to a staff report. argued for the council asking Deepen your understanding of sustainability topics and gain practical Mr. Shaw tabled the discussion voters about term limits simply methods to reduce your environmental impact. Turn your lunch break into after some 30 minutes of argu- because half the respondents ments for and against the idea of to that question indicated they a learning experience on Wednesdays, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. the council putting the question were in favor of it. Please see website for additional webinars. on the November 2018 ballot. Mr. Shaw, commenting on the Councilman Peter Mason got weaknesses of an unscientific Composting Made Easy: February 28 the discussion rolling by saying survey and that just 12 percent that citizens, not the council, of the people polled responded, should be taking the initiative to posed a hypothetical survey put the question before voters. question: “Do you think we To be put on the ballot, a should abolish ASRB?” citizens’ initiative requires the The Architectural and Site signatures of at least 10 percent Review Board has the difficult PV Schools Foundation 2017-2018 of the town’s registered voters, task of weighing whether a Town Attorney Jean Savaree said. proposed project does or does Councilman Dave Tanner, not meet the town’s standard of a longtime council member, rural character. Board opinions Portola Valley Schools Foundation Thanks agreed with Mr. Mason, add- are a source of frustration for ing that term limits are more some property owners, though appropriate for federal repre- there are reports of at least as sentatives. “It’s guys like me many applicants who say they who hang around and keep appreciate the board’s input. Portola Valley Garage doing their job, all right, and we bring in some wisdom and See TERM LIMITS, page 22 For Being a 3rd Year Platinum Partner WILLOW ROAD Shanson wrote, “We’ve heard continued from page 10 that the shuttle service is inad- by Donating $10,000 to Our Schools equate and slow. We know kids and Willow Oaks Elementary don’t wait.” on a regular basis; that cross- “The pedestrian overpass for the 2017-2018 School Year ing guards direct pedestrians near Ringwood Avenue and Van during peak times, and that the Buren Road over 101 is incon- area be monitored regularly by venient for pedestrians and not police. monitored,” she added. “We’d The group has three years’ like to help explore solutions worth of photos and videos since this construction is due to showing dangerous conditions last for months to come.” for kids there, she wrote, but She said Caltrans spokesper- the safety problems have got- son Jeff Weiss told the group ten worse since construction that the agency responded by started on Caltrans’ project to sending out a traffic and safety rebuild the U.S. 101/Willow engineer to monitor the site on Road overpass. March 1. During construction, Cal- When completed, the new trans is running a 24-hour overpass will have a pedestrian shuttle bus to drive pedestrians crossing and protected bike and cyclists back and forth lanes, according to project across the interchange. But, Ms. designs. A March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ13 COMMUNITY Dorothy Ann Ross March 1, 1926 - January 17, 2018 Agnes Bierman Babcock, archaeologist and Dorothy Ann “Dot” Bauer Ross passed away peacefully mother, dies at home in Portola Valley on January 17, 2018 in Palo By Dave Boyce the Navy wouldn’t take her. Almanac Staff Writer OBITUARY She found work with the Navy Alto. She was 91 years old. Obituaries are based on She is survived by information provided by the family. as a radio operator and in the her daughters and their A memorial service for Agnes chart department at a shipyard Bierman Babcock of Portola — both occupations that were husbands, Nancy Ross Valley will be held Friday, to hike the trail on Windy Hill normally available only to male Ryde and Magnus Ryde March 16, at 11 a.m. at Saint every year on her birthday, Ms. officers. of Atherton, CA; Carolyn Denis Catholic Church at 2250 Babcock’s daughter Cecile told Before the war, Ms. Babcock Ross and Don “Chip” Avy Ave. in Menlo Park. The Almanac. “The deal was attended Hunter College and Hill of Leesburg, VA; two Ms. Babcock, they did it until they couldn’t,” Columbia University, both in grandchildren, Nancy Hill an archaeolo- she said. “She was very physi- New York City. After the war, gist, mother, cally tough. I don’t know when she graduated with a bach- of Seattle, WA and Erik Ryde of Boston, MA; her civic volunteer they stopped, but it wasn’t very elor’s degree in archaeology and younger brother, Dr. Richard Bauer of Glendale, AZ; and and namesake long ago.” anthropology from the Univer- countless friends and extended family members. Her to a complex of Ms. Babcock was a native sity of California, Los Angeles, husband of 53 years, Harry Robert “Barney” Ross and caves in South- of Switzerland and moved to where she also earned a doctor- her older brother, Carl Elmer Bauer predeceased her. ern Califor- Vancouver Island in Canada at ate in archaeology. Dot was born in Los Angeles on March 1, 1926 to nia, worked in Agnes Babcock the age of 1. She grew up in the She worked on digs in the Anna Louise Geib Bauer and Elmer Lawrence Bauer. archaeology at United States, moving among American Southwest and was a time when such careers were major cities as her father, a pro- considered a pioneer as a woman She graduated from Compton High School in 1944 and uncommon for women. She fessor of divinity and philoso- in the field. Among the South- from Occidental College in 1948. She taught 2nd and 3rd made her exit from the field in phy, took teaching positions at ern California sites where she grades at La Canada Elementary School for two years. her late 30s to begin a second various American universities. worked: Little Lake, China Lake In 1950, she enrolled in the USC Graduate School of career as a full-time mother. Her parents were Dutch and South Range and the Bierman Management, receiving her MBA in Finance in 1952, She died at her home in the she grew up speaking Dutch Caves complex in San Bernardi- the first woman to receive this distinction from USC. Westridge neighborhood on Jan. at home as well as with her no County, which were named 6 at the age of 94. children in Portola Valley. “We after her, her daughter said. Following graduation, she worked at Standard Oil for Ms. Babcock served on the spoke English with my dad and At age 38 Ms. Babcock, in a year, and left to teach school at the American School Portola Valley Planning Com- Dutch with her,” Cecile said. Ms. receipt of more than one offer on the Army base in Giessen, Germany. There she met mission from 1970 to 1972 and Babcock also spoke French and to teach at a university, left the love of her life, Barney, a captain in the Army. They on the town’s traffic commit- Spanish, her daughter said. archaeology and academia to be were married at her parents’ home in Glendale, CA on tee, according to Town Hall As a teenager at the start of a mother, eventually having four a beautiful December day in 1955, and then returned officials. World War II, Ms. Babcock tried children. “She really wanted to to Germany. The Army relocated them to northern She and her husband, Dean to enlist in the Royal Canadian focus on being a mom,” Cecile Babcock, shared a commitment Navy, but as she was just 17, said. Her daughter said she once Virginia in 1957. Following the birth of their daughters, asked her mother if she missed the family returned to Germany, and subsequently back archaeology. She replied that to Virginia where they remained until 1965 when Barney while she loved the work, “she was transferred to Viet Nam. The family moved to La NOTICE INVITING BIDS had done that and really given it Canada, CA to be close to Dot’s family. Upon Barney’s TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA her all. She loved being a mom return in 1967, the family moved to The Presidio of San too.” She traveled the world, often Francisco. Dot and Barney fell in love with the Bay Area to notable archaeological sites. and remained there, residing in San Francisco, Portola The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction She visited Australia and Tas- Valley; Atherton; Menlo Park and Palo Alto. Dot was of the following public work: mania and the 17,000-year-old a lifelong learner, volunteer and explorer. She took See BABCOCK, page 20 advantage of every opportunity to travel to different 2018 OVERLAY PROJECT places, touring Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Mexico and almost all of the United States. Removal and replacement of 2 inches of asphalt Berman event She was a docent for the Stanford Museum of Art, the concrete pavement on various streets. Crack sealing focuses on San Francisco MOMA and the De Young Museum’s and grind and replace approximately 4,000 square African collection. Dot volunteered for the PTA’s of all feet of asphalt to a 4-inch depth of pavement failures education issues her daughters’ schools as well as their Girl Scout troops. and placement of thermoplastic/paint striping. Some As a member of the Allied Arts Auxiliary, she worked California state Assemblyman in the Traditional Shop and on Tally Ho. Learning hand work around utility access-hole covers will be Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, is necessary. hosting a town hall event focus- the love of flowers from her mother, Dot took flower ing on kindergarten through high arranging courses and was active in several garden school education in Los Altos on clubs. In the 1970’s she became certified to teach English 7SHUZ :WLJPÄJH[PVUZ TH` IL VI[HPULK H[ O[[W! Saturday, March 10. as a Second Language through a volunteer program. www.ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. The The event, featuring as panelists She later renewed her teaching credential and began a Contractor shall be responsible for any addendums fiscal and policy analysts from the second career as a substitute teacher. Always interested that may be posted on the Town’s website. Legislative Anaylst’s Office, Sara in investing, she spent many happy hours with her Cortez and Kenneth Kapphahn, will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in friends in the Tape Watchers investment club. Dot loved :,(3,+)0+:^PSSILYLJLP]LKH[[OLVѝJLVM[OL*P[` the Hillview Community Center’s to entertain, and was always thrilled to house, feed, and *SLYR (ZOÄLSK9VHK([OLY[VU*HSPMVYUPH Multipurpose Room, 97 Hillview chat with friends, both old and new who were treated until 2:00 p.m.7HJPÄJ:[HUKHYK;PTLVUTuesday, Ave. in Los Altos. like family. She will be remembered for her elegance, April 3, 2018, at which time bids will be publicly The panel will discuss K-12 education, with a focus on state inquisitive mind, gracious and welcoming hospitality, opened and read aloud. and her adventurous spirit. funding and early childhood education. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held on Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be submit- There is on-site parking and March 11, 2018 at 3pm at Trinity Church,Menlo Park. ted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “Bid of (Con- refreshments will be served. Donations may be made to the USO, Wounded Warrior RSVP online at is.gd/EdHall. Project or the Girl Scouts of America. tractor) for 2018 OVERLAY PROJECT”, along with Call Mr. Berman’s district PAID OBITUARY date and time of bid opening. office at 650-691-2121 for more information. 14QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 NEWS New ethics code may be both Agnes Babcock August 15, 1923 – January 6, 2018 inspiring and enforceable Archaeologist, community volunteer, Southwest and she is considered one of By Dave Boyce Q WOODSIDE wife, mother of four and beloved the pioneer female archaeologists of the Almanac Staff Writer grandmother of six, Agnes Bierman area. While doing her graduate studies Babcock died peacefully at home, at UCLA from 1947-1951, she conducted he ethics code in use by Workshop volunteers noted a rc h a e o l o g i c a l fi e l d wor k on w h a t i s n ow the the city of Santa Ana that this method, although not surrounded by her family, on January 6, attempts to inspire people authorized by Woodside’s code, 2018. She was 94 years old and had been China Lake South Range, at Deep Springs, T California and at a cave complex now to behave ethically rather than has been used to handle past a resident of Portola Valley for the past punish them after a fall from incidents. 60 years. She loved Portola Valley and felt known as Bierman Caves. Subsequently grace. The committee has also con- strongly about how she worked on the In Woodside, an ad hoc com- sidered codes adopted by the special it was and Southwest Museum’s mittee of 12 resident-volunteers cities of Riverside, Santa Clara, that it be preserved excavations at the participating in a series of Los Gatos and Sunnyvale under and protected. She Stahl Site at Little workshops responded favorably the guidance of facilitator Hana gave back to her home Lake, California . Her to the Santa Ana code as they Callaghan of the Markkula Cen- worked toward a recommenda- ter for Applied Ethics at Santa town by serving in work at Little Lake tion to the Town Council on Clara University. Ms. Callaghan numerous volunteer has been recently revising Woodside’s ethics code. is preparing proposals based on posts in town for cited in a book on The group met once each in committee suggestions from the many years, leading Little Lake rock art January and February and has February meeting. to the running family published this year by one more meeting set for Thurs- joke that she had the Cotsen Institute day, March 15. Less lawyering up held every volunteer of Archaeology at Santa Ana’s code is perhaps Several committee members position in the town UCLA. She visited unusual in that it makes use of advocated at last month’s meet- the area in 2005 at the personal pronoun, as in the ing for specific language on han- but mayor and dog following excerpts: dling complaints. With broad catcher. the invitation of the Q I do not give special treat- support for Santa Ana’s aspira- Ms. Babcock was Maturango Museum. ment or consideration to any tional code, and few objections born August 15, She was taken on a individual or group beyond to including a procedure for 1923 in Fribourg, tour of her old sites that available to any other handling complaints, the result Switzerland where on the South Range individual. may be a hybrid code, an option her father taught at the University of as a guest of Russell Kaldenberg, Base Q I treat my fellow offi- described by Ms. Callaghan Fribourg. Both her parents were from the Archaeologist, and she was honored at cials, staff and the public with as part aspirational and part Netherlands, and they continued to speak the Society for California Archaeology. patience, courtesy and civility, enforceable. even when we disagree on what An enforceable code, said Dutch at home with their three daughters, The San Bernardino County Museum has is best for the community. committee member John Mac- a tradition Ms. Babcock continued with published a book on Bierman Caves in her Q I am a prudent steward of Donald, “creates bad will instead her own children. When she was one year honor. public resources and actively of good will” among residents, old her family moved to Vancouver Island, Ms. Babcock is survived by her devoted consider the impact of my deci- town employees and volunteers. Canada. It remained her home base for husband Dean Babcock. They were sions on the financial and social Enforceable codes elicit litiga- the rest of her childhood. Her father was married in 1954. In 1958 they moved to stability of the City and its tion, he added, “and then all of a professor and she spent each school year Portola Valley where, in 1960, she began residents. a sudden you lawyer up, and I living in whatever city he was teaching her “second career” as a mother. She is The last page of this document really don’t want more lawyer- survived by her four children: Cecile includes a space for the signa- ing up in this town.” at the time, but summers were always ture of the public official. Committee member Marilyn spent on Vancouver Island. She described (Menlo Park), Frank (Bettendorf, Iowa), The Santa Ana code is con- Voelke argued against enforce- it as having the best of both worlds. Ms. Carl (Campbell) and Meg (Redwood sidered aspirational in that it ment language, noting that if Babcock was one of three sisters. Trudy, City); and six grandchildren. She loved describes ethical behavior and someone steps over a small line, Agnes and Margaret were best friends being “Oma” to Emily, Christian, Justin, has no specific procedure for an aspirational code can handle and remained very close throughout their Ben, Katy and Gabrielle. Having four handling ethics complaints oth- it. If a person proves too ornery lives. During WWII Ms. Babcock tried to children in four years kept her very busy er than referring them to the city for government service, the enlist in the Canadian Navy, but at 17 did but she nevertheless found time to be very attorney or another designated council can remove that person not meet the age requirement, so instead involved in all her children’s activities and person. from office, and if someone Woodside’s code is considered steps over a big line, state law she worked in the Chart Department of always made time to attend functions in enforceable rather than aspira- applies. His Majesty’s Canadian Ship Yard of the which her grandchildren were involved. tional in part because it spells “In my opinion,” she said, “we Royal Canadian Navy. She also was a She especially enjoyed volunteering her out what must be done — an have a terrible ethics code and Radio Operator. These jobs were generally time to teach young people to pay attention investigation followed by may- I can’t imagine why we’d want open only to Canadian Officers, but due and cherish their natural surroundings oral and council action — when to keep any part of it. ... There’s to the shortage of men during the war she and in particular teaching them about someone accuses someone else nothing you can say that’s good was one of the first women to do them. the early inhabitants of this area. She was of an ethics violation. about it.” As was the case with so many young an avid tennis player and hiker and loved Such an investigation took Committee member George traveling the world with her husband to place in 2016 when a former Offen said he could accept the people born in that era, Ms. Babcock’s town official alleged ethics vio- Santa Ana code, but also favored education was interrupted by WWII. She see archeological wonders. Ms. Babcock lations by a volunteer appointed the current code if modified to attended Hunter College and took courses also volunteered for many years at the St. to the town’s Architectural and refer to procedures for address- at Columbia University before the war and Francis Center in Redwood City and was Site Review Board. The volun- ing violations of state ethics graduated from UCLA afterwards. She a member of the Los Altos Garden Club. teer allowed her membership laws, albeit with a “much lighter also did her graduate work in Archaeology A memorial service will be held Friday, on the board to lapse and the hand.” at UCLA. She was passionate about the March 16, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Saint council chose not to act, but Former mayor Dave Burow field of Archaeology, it combined her love Denis Catholic Church, 2250 Avy Ave., the town did hire an attorney to said he, too, could accept the of world civilizations, pre-history with Menlo Park. investigate and eventually paid a Santa Ana code but with “more significant amount in legal fees, beef” around the complaint her love of the natural world. She enjoyed Memorial donations be made to the including the legal fees of the process. the camp-like aspect of the archaeological American Archaeological Institute of volunteer. Committee member Martin digs and the adventure of discovery. Ms. America, or to The St. Francis Center in Under the Santa Ana code, Walker said he preferred an “edu- Babcock worked on many digs in the Redwood City, California. the matter would more likely cational style of ethics guidelines” have been handled quietly by the and that it “seems just right ... for PAID OBITUARY town attorney or town manager. a town of our size.” A March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ15 16QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ17 COVER STORY Judy Sleeth talks with Art in Action students about El Anatsui’s piece called “Ewa” at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. About the cover: Judy Sleeth talks to Art in Action students on a field trip to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University about Deborah Butterfield’s wood sculpture “Viktoria.” A of Atherton’s Judy Sleeth has helped bring art fluency to hundreds of thousands of kids By Barbara Wood | Photos by Michelle Le t all started, says Judy Sleeth, when she Ms. Sleeth says. asked her oldest daughter’s kindergarten Then, as now, she first talked about the teacher what type of help she needed. painting with the students, before asking them “We don’t have an art teacher any- open-ended questions about it. What does it more,”I the teacher told her. It was 1982, not remind them of? How does it make them feel? long after the passage of Proposition 13 had “The flowers almost have a personality — some dramatically reduced funding for California’s of them look happy and some of them look schools and other public agencies. But, as an scared and some of them look angry,” she says. experienced former elementary school teacher “Close looking is important in what they are with degrees in history, art and curriculum doing,” she says. “In art, that’s what you want Art in Action founder Judy Sleeth says development, as well as education, Ms. Sleeth to do.” she believes art is understood through talking knew just what to do. Then, she had them paint. “I really like it to and thinking about it, and by doing it, so Art in Using 12 large-scale prints of artwork left be hands-on,” Ms. Sleeth says. Action does both. over from an earlier Junior League project, she While painting, the children are learning. began by showing her daughter and her class- “They learn to mix colors, and they learn to project apart from the efforts of many other mates at Laurel School in Atherton a print from use gloppy paint and have some texture,” she volunteers was her training in developing cur- Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower series. says. They also learn about primary colors and riculum. She documented what she did in the “Van Gogh is such a childlike artist,” Ms. about shapes such as round and oval. classroom, using a spreadsheet to keep track Sleeth says. To this day, van Gogh introduces “What is the artist thinking and what is the of the materials and techniques. Soon, others children to the Art in Action program that artist trying to say?” the students are asked. in the school “saw what was happening and grew (and grew) out of that kindergarten class, What may have set Ms. Sleeth’s classroom they wanted to do it too,” she says. She handed 18QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 COVER STORY She loved kids and art Ms. Sleeth says she always enjoyed working with children, and had been interested in teaching since her childhood in Pasadena. At Pasadena High School she began a year-long project of giving art lessons to inner-city students. Another inspiration came from her days teaching elemen- tary school in San Mateo, where she was involved in the Junior Great Books program, in which children are “asked thoughtful questions about literature,” she says. Kindergarten students in the Laurel School Lower Campus “Thinking of good questions classroom of Leigh Wilson (second from left) work on making is a real art,” she says. “Authentic their own collages after a volunteer-taught Art in Action lesson questions, questions you don’t about abstract artist Piet Mondrian. have answers to.” Such questions became an Laurel integral part of Art in Action: “Getting kids to look closely by asking really good questions, still from making them think,” she says. Judy and her husband, Wally in Sleeth, have lived in Menlo Park and then Atherton for By Barbara Wood divided by thick and thin black more than four decades, mov- lines. “When you look at it, does ing to Atherton in 1989. Mr. t’s been 35 years since it make you think of anything?” Sleeth is retired as an attorney Judy Sleeth started teach- Ms. Kursa asked. “A maze,” in the telecom industry and I ing what would become said one child. “Buildings,” said now is a community volunteer the Art in Action program another. “A maze you can never involved in the Lindenwood in her daughter’s kindergar- get out of,” said a third. “Lego- Homes Association, Atherton’s ten class at Laurel School in land Hotel,” said another. library, and disaster prepared- Atherton. The kindergartners talked ness activities. Since then, the organiza- about how the painting had While Ms. Sleeth founded tion says, more than half a been composed, and how it Art in Action students and Judy Sleeth look closely at an artwork and shepherded Art in Action, million students have been made them feel. “Robotic,” during a field trip to the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts she was never paid for working beneficiaries of the program. “beautiful,” “weird,” “calm” at Stanford University, where Ms. Sleeth is a volunteer docent. there. She retired as executive At Laurel School on a recent and “happy” came up. Then director in 2013. Thursday afternoon, four they hurried to tables where She also taught at Castilleja mothers of students in Leigh they picked up pre-cut strips them her notes, which allowed those first classes, the lessons School in Palo Alto from 1997 Wilson’s kindergarten class of paper to make their own volunteers who weren’t teach- are now computer-based. Les- to 2009, helping to start its arrived to teach an Art in Mondrian-inspired collages. ers or artists to do what she had sons address art from many sixth-grade program and teach- Action lesson called “Balanced The composition, said one of done. cultures and many media, and ing English, history and art Composition,” inspired by Piet the mothers helping with the Before long, parents in other even iPad art is taught. history. Mondrian’s abstract art. lesson, “is all up to you.” schools heard about it. “It just The annual cost, which is While raising three children, Seated on a rug or snuggled “Keep doing it until you’re sort of caught fire in local underwritten by donors, is she was a volunteer docent at up on a classroom sofa, the happy with what you have,” schools,” Ms. Sleeth says. minimal: $210 per classroom, the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Cen- students listened as Kathy said another, as they passed Art in Action was born. including training. Art in ter for Visual Arts at Stanford Kursa told them a little about out glue for the students to use Action also offers packages of University, where she still helps Mondrian and his art, pro- once they were ready to anchor Too big for her backyard the art materials needed for les- with children’s programs, and a jecting examples of his work their compositions in place. After a few years, as interest sons. Scholarships are available member of the Junior League. on a large screen. “I like doing art all the grew, Ms. Sleeth started classes for schools that can’t afford Art The kindergarten class- time,” one of the students for new Art in Action teachers. in Action through a program Lifetime achievements room was filled with the said. Van Gogh, he said, is his “At some point that became named in honor of Ms. Sleeth, In 2016, Ms. Sleeth was given results of their earlier art favorite artist so far. too big a project for my back- which she administers. the President’s Lifetime Achieve- lessons, including a row of After not quite an hour, yard,” she notes. The Menlo Park Art in Action is designed for ment Award from President paintings inspired by one artworks stacked on drying City School District provided schools that don’t have an art Barack Obama, and in 2017 she of Vincent van Gogh’s Sun- racks, the kindergartners her an Encinal School classroom teacher; although some schools, was given a Lifetime of Achieve- flower series paintings. went on to their next activity and she began teaching 20 to 30 such as Laurel School’s cam- ment Award from Avenidas, the Ms. Kursa showed the stu- with a little bit more appre- Art in Action teachers at a time. puses in Atherton and Menlo Palo Alto community center for dents a copy of one of Mondri- ciation for art and artists, and By 1999, the program — which Park, use it even though they older adults. an’s simple abstract paintings with the knowledge that they, by then included curriculum for have an art teacher. The lessons But what she appreciates the — red, yellow and blue cubes too, can make art. A kindergarten through eighth incorporate state and national most is knowing how many chil- grade — had grown so much art standards. dren are learning about art from that Art in Action incorporated Ms. Sleeth says one of the the program she developed. Art as a nonprofit. most valuable things about the in Action says nearly 500,000 This year, Art in Action is program is that it gives children children have taken its lessons taught in 313 schools in 30 states concepts and vocabulary to since Ms. Sleeth founded the Art in Action’s annual fundraiser, celebrating its 35th year, is across the nation. Nearly 82,000 think about and talk about art. organization. on Thursday, March 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Computer History students are taught by thousands “It’s a progressive, systematic Thinking about the number of Museum, located at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View. of mostly volunteer teachers, thing. They keep learning new children learning art from her The 2018 Art Visionary Award honorees are Adobe Systems, many of whom come to the skills and it gets more complex program this year alone makes Inc., co-founders Charles Geschke and John Warnock. Tickets are organization’s Menlo Park head- every year,” she says. Ms. Sleeth happy, she says. “It $125 per person until March 9, when they go up to $140 per person. quarters for in-person training. The volunteer teachers also thrills me hugely that 80,000 Go to is.gd/AiA_tix to buy tickets or get more information. While the program still fol- often say they end up with a bet- kids in America are getting art At artinaction.org, find out more about the Art in Action pro- lows the procedure started in ter appreciation of art, she says. from my program,” she says. A gram, volunteer or donate to the Judy Sleeth Scholarship fund. March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ19 NEWS NOTICE INVITING BIDS TOWN OF ATHERTON, CA Menlo Park pastor pleads no contest to sex crimes against teen parishioners The Town of Atherton will accept bids for construction of the following public work: By Kate Bradshaw condition of a maximum of He was previously arrested Almanac Staff Writer eight years in state prison. by border patrol agents in According to prosecutors, July 2003 after attempting to STOCKBRIDGE AVE. VALLEY GUTTER pastor of a Menlo Park Mr. Oliveros-Cano sexually illegally enter the U.S., accord- REPLACEMENT PROJECT church has pleaded no molested, on separate occa- ing to U.S. Immigration and A contest to three felonies: sions, three teenage girls — two Customs Enforcement (ICE) Removal of existing concrete valley and asphalt two counts of sexual battery and sisters and a friend — who were spokesperson James Schwab. concrete, replacement of concrete valley gutter, as- one count of molesting a child 13, 15, and 17 at the time. The After Mr. Oliveros-Cano was 13 or younger. crimes allegedly occurred while arrested in 2017, he initially phalt concrete, and permanent pavement marking Ever Oli- Mr. Oliveros-Cano claimed to posted bail June 2, and county and regrade shoulder as shown on plans. veros-Cano, be praying with or “cleansing” law enforcement officials coor- 50, of Men- them, at the church office and a dinated with agents from ICE to 7SHUZ :WLJPÄJH[PVUZ TH` IL VI[HPULK H[ lo Park, was small house next to the church. transfer custody to that agency. arrested last Two years later, one of the At the time, Mr. Schwab said http://www.ci.atherton.ca.us/bids.aspx at no cost. June on suspi- victims reported the crimes to the agency planned to place Mr. The Contractor shall be responsible for any adden- cion of sexu- a therapist, who then reported Oliveros-Cano in proceedings ally molesting the information to the Menlo to be removed from the U.S. dums that may be posted on the Town’s website. Photo courtesy three teens San Mateo County Park Police Department. He was brought back to who attended Sheriff’s Office. As pastor, he had used anoth- county custody after the court :,(3,+)0+:^PSSILYLJLP]LKH[[OLVѝJLVM[OL the church Ever Oliveros- er name: Victor Elizandro agreed to a request by the *P[` *SLYR (ZOÄLSK 9VHK ([OLY[VU *HSPMVYUPH he led as pas- Cano Tax-Gomez. prosecution to increase his bail 94027, until 2:00 p.m. 7HJPÄJ :[HUKHYK ;PTL VU tor, El Senor Justicia Nuestra Mr. Oliveros-Cano was ini- to $250,000 from $100,000, Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at which time bids will Church, located in the 1300 tially charged with seven felo- according to District Attorney block of Chilco Street in Menlo nies: several counts of digital Steve Wagstaffe, and remains be publicly opened and read aloud. Park. The church leases space penetration in addition to sexu- in jail on $250,000 bail. from Greater Friendship Bap- al battery and child molestation He is scheduled to be sen- Bids must be for the entire work, and shall be sub- tist Church. and pleaded not guilty to the tenced April 13. A mitted in sealed envelopes clearly marked: “Bid of His plea comes on the charges. (Contractor) for STOCKBRIDGE AVE. VALLEY GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT”, along Suspect in AR-15 firing turns himself in with date and time of bid opening. By Kate Bradshaw in the backyard of his home Humboldt County, according Almanac Staff Writer at 1122 Sevier Ave. Witnesses to the San Mateo County Dis- allege the shooting was in trict Attorney’s Office. man who disappeared response to a loud party next According to District Attor- for several days after door. ney Steve Wagstaffe, Mr. Guti- Notice of Public Hearing A allegedly shooting an Police obtained a search war- errez has three prior felonies: AR-15 rifle in a Menlo Park rant, and, with the San Mateo two for possession of stolen Town of Atherton backyard the night of Feb. South County Regional Special property in 2003 and 2006, and 24 turned himself in to the Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) another in 2006 for domestic police on Feb. 28, and has been team, searched the residence. violence. It is believed that he Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the charged with possessing a fire- Mr. Gutierrez was nowhere to lived in the housing unit behind Town of Atherton will introduce an ordinance at arm as a convicted felon and be found, but Menlo Park police the main house at 1122 Sevier their regular meeting held on Wednesday, March 21 possessing two large-capacity detectives discovered a stolen Ave. with his estranged wife. H[ ! WT PU [OL *V\UJPS *OHTILYZ (ZOÄLSK magazines. AR-15 rifle during a search of If Mr. Gutierrez is convicted, Road, Atherton. On the night of Feb. 24, Jose the property on Feb. 25. he could spend a maximum of Jairo Gutierrez allegedly fired The weapon had been seven years in prison, Mr. Authorizing an amendment to the contract between an assault rifle-style weapon reported missing in 2014 in Wagstaffe said. A California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Town of Atherton to provide for husband because of an alleged additional pension cost share to provide Section Woman pleads no contest to affair. 20516 (Employee Sharing Additional Cost) of 2% for The family’s adult children, SVJHSZHML[`TLTILYZPU[OL([OLY[VU7VSPJL6ѝJLY»Z attempted murder of husband who live in the home, called the Association (APOA). police and prevented further Nelinda Caballero, a 62-year- multiple times with a kitchen violence. -VY H JVTWSL[L JVW` VM [OL Z[Hќ YLWVY[ HUK KYHM[ old Menlo Park resident, on knife while they were lying in The plea is on the condition ordinance that will be heard at the meeting, please Feb. 22 pleaded no contest to bed that morning. Ms. Caballero serve seven years contact City Clerk Theresa DellaSanta at tdellasanta@ a felony charge of attempted According to prosecutors, in state prison. ci.atherton.ca.us or 650-752-0529. murder. she and her husband had been She remains in custody on She was arrested May 8 of last married for 40 years, and Ms. $10 million bail. A Those wishing to comment on the proposed year after stabbing her husband Caballero was angry with her —By Kate Bradshaw ordinance may either attend the Public Hearing or submit written comments to the City Clerk, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday March BABCOCK Ms. Babcock is survived by 16, 2018. (Written comments are to be submitted to continued from page 14 her husband; by her daughters Cecile of Menlo Park and Meg [OL*P[`*SLYR;V^UVM([OLY[VU (ZOÄLSK9VHK paintings on cave walls in Las- of Redwood City; by her sons Atherton, California 94027 or by email at tdellasanta@ Today’s caux, France. In her 80s, she Frank of Bettendorf, Iowa, and ci.atherton.ca.us local news traveled to Lake Baikal in Siberia Carl of Campbell; and by six and slept on a small boat that grandchildren. /s/ Theresa DellaSanta and hot picks made stops along the shore to The family asks that donations City Clerk meet residents. “These were not in Ms. Babcock’s name be made to February 26, 2018 Sign up today at cushy travels,” her daughter said. the Archaeological Institute of AlmanacNews.com She and her husband went back- America in Boston, or to the St. packing on their honeymoon. Francis Center in Redwood City. A 20QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 7, 2018 Spring ClassGuide s Spring settles in and the days get longer, you might feel more inclined there are a number of weeklong camp low a Christian curriculum that encour- Woodland School Ato go outside, take a walk or become more active in general. 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Registration is open for swim, tennis and school break camps. July 9 - August 3 One Heart Yoga Little House Activity Center, Fitness Room, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park Expository Writing 650-649-3055 | oneheartyoga.com One Heart Yoga teaches weekly classes in Kundalini yoga, aiming to help stu- Creative Writing dents increase flexibility and strength, learn breathing techniques to calm and focus and reduce anxiety and depres- Presentation Skills sion. Spring-themed classes “Spring Cleaning: Vitality and Awakening” run weekly through May 22. PALO ALTO, (650) 424-1267 Peninsula Boxing & Fitness 2860 Spring St., Unit 1, Redwood City PLEASANTON, (925) 485-5750 650-290-1920 | peninsulaboxing.org [email protected] www.headsup.org Peninsula Boxing & Fitness offers March 7, 2018QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ21 NEWS LAGUNITA DAM from Alpine Road and nearby exempt from environmental TERM LIMITS have people in here saying, ‘You continued from page 12 residences. About 2,800 cubic review under the California continued from page 13 guys are all a bunch of bums,’ yards of excavated material Environmental Quality Act but it would be just as easy for Dam until Stanford could would be used in the restored (CEQA) as a small habitat res- “Nobody’s walked through the them not to vote for us.” obtain regulatory approvals to channel and in a 5.50-acre ter- toration project that is restor- doors and said, ‘You guys have Ms. Gordon said she thought mitigate two improvements: raced floodplain on the Alpine ing fish passage. The state been serving too long and need to it obvious that term limits changing water flow at the Jas- side, which would be reveg- Department of Fish & Game go out,” Mr. Shaw said. “This was should be voted on. But she lat- per Ridge Road Crossing and etated with native plants and also approved a notice of a completely internally generated er appeared to come over to Mr. removing the Lagunita Dam. trees. Stream banks would also exemption from CEQA on thing done in a very unscientific Shaw’s side of the argument. Stanford has completed the so- be stabilized with native plants, March 20, 2017. way. I respect the opinions that With term limits and with called low-flow crossing at Jas- according to the application. In a Feb. 27 email to county came in on this, very much so, few people running for elec- per Ridge Road by removing a The project would remove planners, Jerry Hearn, a former but where are (the people)? This tion, she said, the council could concrete deck and adding a box and replace one to three oak member of the San Francisqui- is a duly noticed meeting. It’s an end up with empty seats. That culvert to move water under the trees and 33 non-oaks with 222 to Creek Watershed Council, agendized topic. ... If people really situation could raise questions roadway, Ms. McCown said. trees, based on a landscaping said he supports the project. care, they show up.” about the utility of the town’s Removing Lagunita Dam formula that replaces older He wrote: “This particular The mayor said he would be longstanding requirement that would increase the length and trees with equivalents, accord- structure has long been identi- “delighted to have (a term-limit council members live in par- depth of water pools in the ing to the staff report. fied by the Council members question) on the ballot were it to ticular neighborhoods so as to creek and improve gravel areas Anadromous fish such as and others as a very significant come up from the citizenry and represent the whole town. A needed for spawning and fish steelhead, which are species barrier to effective fish migra- passage, particularly in low- that are born in fresh water, tion. The fish ladder affixed to flow conditions. About 14.6 spend most of their lives in the it was an attempt to ameliorate TREE a statement. “In the past, there miles of high-quality habitat sea and return to fresh water this problem but was not very continued from page 8 would have not been a safe and upstream of the dam would be to spawn, have benefited from effective due to a number of convenient way to have accessed created, according to the uni- dam removals, the university issues. We all consider it best to section of what remains of the and inspected this large (tree) to versity’s Fish & Wildlife fund- noted in its Fish & Wildlife remove the structure entirely tree. better understand that it actu- ing application. grant proposal. Adult steel- as it no longer serves its water During the incident, the fire ally presented a threat to public In addition to removing the head in upstream areas of the supply purposes. ... The plans district used a drone to provide safety below.” concrete structure, the proj- Carmel River appeared the first that have been produced to photos and live streaming video, After the lightning strike, the ect would remove sediment winter after the San Clemente restore this reach after the dam allowing firefighters to inspect homeowners had a tree service behind the dam and restore Dam’s removal. Fall runs of removal are very apt to have a damage to the roof, oversee steps look at the tree and trim it if the stream with two pools and Chinook salmon populations significant positive impact in taken to secure it and check the necessary, the chief said. Crews three “riffles” — rocky or gravel increased by a factor of four on improving the entire riparian status of the damaged tree, the from Pacific Gas & Electric areas that produce shallows. Clear Creek in Shasta County corridor for the extent of the chief said. 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He’s also doing Special to the Almanac everything he can to increase hen Suzy Beugen awareness about Alzheimer’s Bishop ran track at and support families and care- WWoodside High in givers through the charity he the late 1970s she was so fast founded, 4MOM. she went on to earn a full-ride He used to write that in black scholarship to University of ink on his forearm to honor California, Los Angeles, and his mother on game days. a spot as first alternate on the Today, T-shirts and baseball women’s marathon team in the caps carry the logo, as well as 1984 Summer Olympics. a new bracelet made by Rivet Now, at 57, her once fleet feet Revolution. take her in an ever-shrinking Ms. Bishop went to high circle with a caregiver at her school with Susan Evans of side as she deals with the Portola Valley, who co-founded eroding effects of losing her the jewelry startup with Liz memory due to early-onset Gindraux and Carol Palmer of Alzheimer’s disease. Burlingame. After becoming a power- They chose a rivet to sym- house movie producer in Hol- bolize strength in their team lywood, she settled down in of self-professed “Revolution- San Carlos to raise a family, aries” in the fight to end and then six or seven years ago Alzheimer’s. her husband Randy noticed, Ms. Evans’ father has Nikki Neumann Photography “things were just off.” On walks Alzheimer’s and Ms. Gindraux’s From left: Carol Palmer, Susan Evans and Liz Gindraux celebrate their partnership with 4MOM founder she complained “things were grandparents and mother had Braden Bishop. foggy,” and she suffered from it. The women bonded when migraines. they found themselves com- research, awareness, and care- rivetrevolution.com. For each He says, “She was a vegetar- miserating over what Ms. Evans giver support. bracelet sold, $10 is donated to ian who exercised like a fiend,” describes as “the hardest thing With one out of every 10 an organization. The bands sell with no family history of I had to do” — put her father in Americans age 65 and older for $38 apiece or $100 for three. Alzheimer’s. a care facility. having Alzheimer’s, Ms. Evans To date, the women have dis- When she was tested for the Ms. Palmer lost a close family estimates that every patient tributed more than $81,000 to APOE4 gene that is associ- friend to the disease, the same directly affects four people. Michaela “Mikey” Hoag’s Part ated with the disease, it wasn’t person who got her hooked on “We needed to create a net- the Cloud, based on the Penin- found, but a brain scan in making jewelry when she was a work so people don’t feel so sula; Maria Shriver’s Women’s 2014 finally confirmed her little girl. alone,” she says. Alzheimer’s Movement; Seth diagnosis. Drawn together by their com- Ms. Palmer is pleased to see Rogen and Lauren Miller Rog- Back then, their son Braden mon experiences and back- that “people are taking the en’s Hilarity for Charity; the was playing baseball at the grounds in marketing and bands off their wrists and giv- Alzheimer Society of British University of Washington. He the nonprofit world, the three ing them to strangers ... We’re Columbia; and 4MOM. remembers being incredulous women decided to design and really building momentum.” Each organization has its own when he heard the news, because sell customized beaded bands For 18 months the com- bracelet design, and there is a “that’s an old person’s disease.” to serve as a reminder and con- pany has been operating out Classic Revolution collection to The center fielder is now 23 versation starter about the dis- of a garage in Burlingame and encourage mixing and match- Douglas Peck Photography and headed to spring train- ease, and help raise money for selling more than a dozen dif- ing colors and sizes. A small Suzy Bishop ing for the Seattle Mariners’ groups involved in Alzheimer’s ferent styles on its website, group of women in California makes the stretchy bands by Revolution to expand outside of hand using materials ranging e-commerce to retail sales. The from lapis lazuli to lava. wife of Braden’s former baseball The 4MOM band is a uni- coach at Saint Francis High sex black onyx bracelet with School just opened up the door sterling silver-plated brass tags to sell the bracelets at some 20 saying “4MOM” and “End Bay Clubs statewide. Alzheimer’s.” Hundreds of At a recent reception at the bands have sold so far, help- Redwood Shores Bay Club, the ing Braden’s charitable fund co-founders gathered dozens of exceed $30,000 in partnership fellow Revolutionaries, family with Alzheimer’s Greater Los and friends together to rally Angeles, a connection he made around the Bishops and launch through his sports agent. the new venture. Braden’s main goal for his Between the champagne, charity is “to put a high priority chatting and shopping, the on education, on how caregiv- event felt upbeat, like Braden. ers shouldn’t feel alone.” He says his mother may not be Since October, Ms. Bishop has able to attend his games any- had round-the-clock care four more, but she still knows who days a week, with her husband he is. covering the rest. “She mixes my brother and “The caregivers have it the me up; he’s taller, but we’re like worst,” her husband says, add- twins,” he says with a smile. ing “and I’ve seen it all,” refer- Hunter Bishop also plays cen- ring to when he worked as a ter field. He is at Arizona State police detective in Los Angeles University and planning to pull and Los Gatos. together an Alzheimer’s aware- Douglas Peck Photography Now another personal ness game for their mom in the Shoppers select Rivet Revolution bracelets for sale at the Bay Club. connection is leading Rivet next few weeks. 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