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By Mark Noack not optimistic about his future prospects. In less than a year, n a weekday night on Bierhaus could be the latest small Castro Street, it’s hard to business in Mountain View to Ofind a more popular spot shut its doors for good, Finley than Bierhaus. After 4:30 p.m. or said. so, the downtown beer garden’s The Bierhaus lease expires in patio is packed with patrons, and late 2018. In anticipation, the you can hear the sounds of clink- property owner has recently filed ing mugs and chatter echoing plans with the city to rebuild down the block. the corner site into a four-story It’s surprising, given that Bier- office building. The plans call haus’ corner location at 383 for a dense development built Castro St. for years had the out to the edge of the sidewalk, reputation of being the spot with three stories of offices and a where restaurants go to die. ground-floor restaurant space. Once a Wienerschnitzel fast-food Sitting with his dog at one of stand, the series of eateries that pub’s patio tables, Finley said ANA SOFIA AMIEVA-WANG followed closed in the redevelopment quick succession, would basically A LOOK BACK AT 2017 including a sports ‘This is what torpedo Bierhaus, There’s no need to squint — 2017 is behind us, but there’s still time for a visual stroll down memory bar, a seafood diner, ruining the spa- lane. In a divisive year marked by protests, the solar eclipse in August brought people together, sharing a California-fusion a successful cious beer garden scarce eclipse-viewing glasses and trading tips for homemade viewers. At Moffett Field, Air Force service cafe and a Turkish that his patrons members (from left) Tam Tran, Dandrell Thomas and Karanda Johnson watch the moon slip in front of diner. economy looks love. For that mat- the sun. For more of the year’s most striking images, our retrospective starts on page 10. Despite having ter, he expects his minimal restaurant like: lease prices landlord to demand experience, Bier- a much higher rent haus owner Mike go up.’ — likely double MV Whisman launches online enrollment Finley took over the MAYOR KEN ROSENBERG what he currently location’s lease in pays — to under- GROWING NUMBER OF FAMILIES ON WAITING LISTS WILL GET LIVE UPDATES 2011 and managed write the costs of to turn it around. It wasn’t easy: rebuilding the property. Bierhaus By Kevin Forestieri most popular district schools. residency each year, and will His original idea for a fast-casual has an approximately 4-percent Friday, Jan. 5, kicks off the have quick updates showing par- burger restaurant struggled to profit margin after all expenses he Mountain View enrollment period for the 2018- ents whether they’re any closer find its footing. After two years, are accounted for, Finley said. If Whisman School Dis- 19 school year, which will be to getting their children into a Finley retooled his business at he had to sacrifice more to earn Ttrict is aiming to make the test drive for the district’s choice school. considerable expense with a new less, it might not be worth it, he it easier for parents to enroll new registration system called When the open enrollment focus on the beer garden. Bier- said. their children for the upcoming SchoolMint. District officials period closed last year and fami- haus was born, and it clicked. “Am I going to make another school year, with a new online say the new system should make lies were assigned to school, a Anyone passing by, or waiting 10-year investment here? At this system that aims to make it it a whole lot easier for parents total of 90 families living near in the long line for a pint, might point, I really don’t know.” he easier to track students stuck to register for their neighbor- Bubb, Huff and Landels were safely assume that business is said. “I would love to stay here, on lengthy waiting lists. The hood school and — if they so given the tough news that their going gangbusters. but I don’t want to be the one new system should prove use- choose — hop onto the waiting children could not attend their Yes, sales are indeed good, who shoulders all the risk.” ful for the hundreds of families list for schools elsewhere in the neighborhood school because of Finley said with a bit of pride. requesting transfers each year, city. SchoolMint is expected to Nevertheless, the pub owner is See BIERHAUS, page 6 as parents vie for spots in the ease the challenges of proving See OPEN ENROLLMENT, page 7

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City of Mountain View QPOLICELOG QCRIMEBRIEFS AUTO BURGLARY TWO ARRESTED AFTER RV SEARCH Water System Flushing 2100 block Old Middlefield Way, Police arrested two men last week on drug and weapons-related 12/28 2500 block Mardell Way, 12/28 charges after officers found the suspects in an RV containing a The City of Mountain View is preparing 100 block Paul Av., 12/28 modified assault rifle, drugs and other weapons. 1300 block Grant Rd., 12/28 The men, one of whom was a 46-year-old transient who had to begin its annual water system flushing 1 block W. El Camino Real, 12/28 taken up residence in the RV near Gemini Avenue and Jackson program. System flushing is a process 1300 block Grant Rd., 12/28 Street, were confronted by police on Dec. 29 after an officer 1 block Sierra Vista Av., 12/29 noticed garbage and a barbecue strewn outside the RV, police said the City uses to maintain water quality by 200 block Flynn Av., 12/31 in a statement Wednesday. clearing water mains of sand and sediment 200 block Flynn Av., 12/31 The officer knocked on the door to ask the two men to clean BATTERY up the area, and in speaking to the transient man and the second that may have accumulated during the last Castro St. & W. Dana St., 12/30 suspect, a 42-year-old San Jose man, believed that both men were Garcia Av. & Marine Way, 12/31 under the influence of meth, police said. year. The City’s flushing program accounts The RV owner later admitted that several guns were inside the for less than 1% of the overall water system COMMERCIAL BURGLARY vehicle and gave consent for the officer to retrieve the weapons, 500 block Castro St., 12/29 police said. The officer found an AR-15 assault rifle with illegal use. GRAND THEFT modifications, two loaded magazine rounds nearby and a .22 200 block N. Whisman Rd., 12/28 caliber rifle, along with several rounds of ammunition, meth- RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY amphetamine, a meth pipe and a “large quantity of marijuana,” 0U[OLUL_[ZL]LYHS^LLRZ*P[`Z[HɈ^PSSIL 100 block E. Middlefield Rd., 12/31 police said. Å\ZOPUN^H[LYTHPUZMYVT*\LZ[H+YP]L[V[OL 400 block Stierlin Rd., 12/31 A Honda parked behind the RV, owned by the transient sus- pect, contained drug paraphernalia, police said. northern City limit. The City will post notices STOLEN VEHICLE The suspect told police he owned two more guns, a 20-gauge 600 block Alamo Ct., 12/28 shotgun and a second .22 caliber rifle, at a friend’s home in 1900 block Latham St., 1/1 PU HɈLJ[LK ULPNOIVYOVVKZ ZL]LYHS KH`Z PU Campbell, which officers later retrieved. HK]HUJLVM[OLÅ\ZOPUN0M`V\^V\SKSPRLTVYL VANDALISM The transient man was arrested on charges including posses- 500 block Devonshire Ct., 12/28 sion of an assault rifle, possession of firearms, possession of a information about the City’s water system 1 block Sierra Vista Av., 12/29 controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. The Å\ZOPUNVYOH]LX\LZ[PVUZVYJVUJLYUZ^OPSL San Jose man was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in pos- session of a firearm and ammunition, along with two warrants City personnel are in your neighborhood for his arrest, and was booked into Santa Clara County jail with WSLHZLJVU[HJ[[OL7\ISPJ:LY]PJLZ+P]PZPVUH[ a bail set at $31,000. (650) 903-6329. Sign up today at MountainViewOnline.com MAN ID’D IN FATAL CRASH WITH GOOGLE BUS A San Jose man died on Dec. 27 after the motorcycle he was rid- ing collided with a Google commuter bus in the North Bayshore area of Mountain View, according to police. Healthy Teeth and Gums This week, the man was identified as 30-year-old Joseph Lopez Jr., according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner- Coroner’s Office. That Last a Lifetime! Police received reports of the collision shortly before 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Plymouth Street and North Shoreline Boulevard, and found the motorcyclist in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one else was injured in the collision, police said. The bus • Experienced and Gentle involved in the crash was contracted by Google to transport Dentist, and Friendly Staff employees to the company’s main tech campus in the region. The road was closed from Pear Avenue to Space Park Way for • New Patients Welcome! seven hours as police investigated the accident. The road was Free Consultations and reopened at 1 a.m. the next day. • The cause of the collision is still under investigation, and Second Opinions neither party has been determined to be at fault for the crash, • Saturday Appointments according to police spokeswoman Katie Nelson on Wednesday Available morning. CAR BURGLARY SUSPECT ARRESTED A 30-year-old Morgan Hill man was arrested in Mountain Voted Best View early Sunday after he was reportedly seen breaking into multiple vehicles in the North Whisman neighborhood. The Dentist arrest comes after residents last week reported several vehicles and mailboxes in the same area had been broken into and looted.

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Memorial set for former LAHS football coach COMMUNITY INVITED TO CELEBRATE LIFE OF THOMAS BURT

By Kevin Forestieri “They would dominate against teams with superior talent, and riends and family mem- they did this for many years,” bers are invited to cel- Burt recalled. Febrate the life of former Tom Burt was part of a dream Los Altos High School football team of athletic staff at Los coach Thomas Burt Saturday, Altos High School, joined by Jan. 13. Burt, who died in Octo- track and field coach Leo Long, ber, led the athletic department swimming and water polo coach during the school’s early years, Nort Thornton, and the physi- transforming the football team cal education director Dushan into a dominant force that won “Dude” Angius, who recruited one championship after another them to create what became the throughout the 1960s. preeminent athletic program in Burt served as a teacher, coach the region at the time. Many of

MICHELLE LE and athletic director at Los Altos the records set at the high school Jeff Corey, Jason Pedersen and Oscar Pimienta work on a temporary wall to board up Michael’s at High School for 25 years start- 30 to 40 years ago still haven’t Shoreline, where burglars drove a truck into the building and stole an ATM on Jan. 2. ing in 1956, shortly after the been surpassed, Pat Burt said. school first opened its doors. The story goes that Angius’ From 1961 to 1970, Burt led the first hire was Tom Burt, who had football team to six Santa Clara previously been head football Burglars drive truck into Valley championships, putting coach at Gilroy High School. The Los Altos High at the top of the school hadn’t had a winning sea- 10-school league year over year. son in three decades, but he had Michael’s at Shoreline Burt received several awards turned them into champions. ATM STOLEN, DUMPED IN GOOGLE PARKING LOT including the Central Cost Sec- Burt’s coaching style was very tion (CCS) and Northern Cali- much one of tough love, teach- By Mark Noack suspects apparently loaded up ATM was damaged with burn fornia Coach of the Year, and ing his players toughness on the the ATM from the restaurant’s marks, likely from attempts to the school’s field has since been field and striving for perfection ountain View police front lobby and absconded with crack it open. Police officials named after him. on plays deep into the game. Pat are searching for sus- it. declined to say whether any Burt’s successful coaching phi- Burt recalled how at the end of Mpects in a smash-and- Around 4:30 a.m., Mountain money was stolen out of the losophy centered around team- practice each squad would have grab burglary who crashed a View police officials received ATM. work and turning the team into to do a series of downs — four truck into the Shoreline Golf multiple calls linked to the About a quarter-mile from an “integrated unit” that helped straight plays — perfectly before Links clubhouse to steal an crime. An employee arriving Michael’s, police also discov- catapult teams to victory, said they could hit the showers. Play- ATM. at Michael’s discovered the ered the stolen truck used in the his son Pat Burt, the former Palo ers who failed to sprint all 20 The burglary reportedly smashed doors and reported crime. The truck was left a good Alto City Council member. Pat, yards at the end of a play, for occurred early Tuesday morn- the missing ATM. Around the distance from where the ATM a ball boy at the time, recalled example, would have to start ing, Jan. 2, when Michael’s at same time, security guards was abandoned. how each player knew his role all over again. At first, the only Shoreline, the clubhouse res- from Google phoned in to The Shoreline Golf Links on the team and how to collabo- thing that would save the play- taurant, was untended. Police report they had found the same clubhouse is leased to Michael’s rate, allowing the group to excel ers was the sun going down, but officials say a flatbed work ATM abandoned in one of the but the building is owned by beyond any individual’s ability to truck stolen out of Cupertino company’s parking lots at 1900 the city of Mountain View. City play. See TOM BURT, page 9 was used to smash through the Charleston Ave. restaurant’s glass doors. The When it was discovered, the See BURGLARY, page 7 Tom Burt led Los Altos High School’s football team to several Local pantries threatened by championships during the Second Harvest’s budget shortfall 1960s, while also serving as DONATIONS ARE DOWN THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, AND DEMAND IS HIGH a teacher and the school’s By Kevin Forestieri donations are unusually low this of the Second Harvest’s income athletic year, leaving the food bank with comes in during this narrow director. rograms to bring fresh pro- a potential $8 million shortfall. period, and the organization was duce and groceries to low- Second Harvest’s annual bud- hoping to raise $16.5 million. Pincome families at public get relies heavily on its holiday Bacho said donations were barely schools and other convenient campaign, which runs from past the halfway mark as of last locations may fall by the way- October through the first week week. side next year. Second Harvest of January, when residents tend Each week, Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and to do most of their philanthropic distributes more than a million San Mateo counties revealed giving for the year, said Second Wednesday that charitable Harvest CEO Leslie Bacho. Half See SECOND HARVEST, page 7 COURTESY OF PAT BURT

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new office development while the landowner, you’re going to downtown Mountain View’s offices complement our dining.” BIERHAUS providing just enough retail capitalize on that.” charm and its array of popular Other city officials echo simi- Continued from page 1 space to provide political cover, Other retail shops have also shops and restaurants. These lar thoughts, saying the spree of Khoe Tran, the owner of the an assurance that the city’s been teetering on the edge amid advocates have deep suspicions redevelopment has overall been Bierhaus site, did not return downtown isn’t becoming an redevelopment plans. Last year, about developers’ promises and great for downtown. Mountain calls from the Voice requesting office park. the City Council considered the economic benefits of rede- View’s Castro Street is the envy comment. In some cases, longtime busi- plans to transform the Cogni- velopment. A grass-roots group, of other surrounding cities, and Booming downtown ness owners have warned city tion Cyclery storefront into a Livable Mountain View, has the problems it faces are largely leaders that this rapid redevelop- luxury hotel. Those plans were urged city leaders to oppose add- due to its success, they say. By one measure, business in ment will be a death sentence for rejected by the council, but ing more tech offices that offer Finley doesn’t disagree, and downtown Mountain View is their establishments. That’s what Cognition owner Taylor Kopf scant public appeal to downtown he counts the nearby tech work- great. Buoyed mainly by restau- happened in 2016 when the City said his landlord could submit a and create pedestrian “dead ers as among his most loyal cus- rants and bars, retail sales down- Council approved a four-story different proposal to rebuild the zones.” tomers. But the Bierhaus owner town have exploded — jumping project to replace Morocco’s site. But having more tech offices is troubled by what he calls the from $82 million in 2010 to restaurant, despite concerns that centered downtown doesn’t “Silicon Valley mentality” that more than $152 million in 2014, the eatery wouldn’t be provided necessarily harm the city’s has taken hold at Mountain according to a new downtown a new location. Shortly after The cost for leasing retail shops and cafes, accord- View’s main street. Landlords economic report commissioned receiving city approvals, the ing to city officials. They downtown have been racing by city officials. landlord moved to effectively retail space has emphasize that Castro Street’s to squeeze as much value as Yet only a fraction of that double the restaurant’s monthly office workers have become the possible from their properties windfall is going into the pockets rent, and Morocco’s owners ter- ballooned, jumping most loyal customers for the without considering what it of restaurant owners. With the minated its lease and shut down. 264 retail businesses down- being jettisoned in the process, increase in business, the cost for At the time, Councilman Ken more than 50 town, about half of which he says. leasing retail space has also bal- Rosenberg had opposed the are bars or restaurants. Alex Bierhaus is downtown Moun- looned, jumping more than 50 Morocco’s redevelopment over percent since 2010. Andrade, the city’s economic tain View’s fourth highest sales- percent since 2010. Restaurant concerns that it would doom development director, points tax generator, he says. If his owners say they have also had to a popular business. It’s a fine “At this point, we’ve been to a study published last month business is so successful, then stomach other rising costs, such line for the government to walk, working on a backup plan if our by the International Council of why does he still feel pressured as utilities, food and a dwindling he said in an interview with lease doesn’t get renewed,” Kopf Shopping Centers that found to close down? labor pool. the Voice. Popular businesses said. “In terms of of having any that office workers spent $195 “I’ve tried to structure Bier- Meanwhile, over the same like Bierhaus deserve credit for pull with the current building per week on average, mostly haus as a community business, a period, the value of office space building up a loyal customer owners, I’d say I have zero. My in the vicinity around their social gathering place,” Finley has shot up into the stratosphere. following, but part of that suc- concerns probably won’t change workplace. said. “But if allowed, the devel- Going rents for downtown office cess was surely tied to the pub’s their minds.” “For those folks who argue opers and landowners can cash leases have more than doubled. central location, he said. In recent weeks, a growing that offices are causing restau- out with little investment in the This has led to a flurry of mixed- “This is what a successful number of residents have been rants to fail — it’s actually the community.” V use proposals along downtown economy looks like: lease prices demanding more forceful action opposite,” Andrade said. “Our Email Mark Noack that mainly seek to maximize go up,” Rosenberg said. “If you’re by city officials to preserve restaurants are not suffering; the at [email protected]

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6 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q January 5, 2018 LocalNews Thomas Burt OPEN ENROLLMENT had to update the website just to School is expected to be complete 1923 – 2017 Continued from page 1 inform parents.” by the middle of 2019, providing The hope is that the new sys- a relief valve for some of the dis- Tom Burt, educator and space constraints. Another 368 tem will allow more families trict’s most crowded campuses. legendary football coach of Los families had been wait-listed for to upload proof of residency The school board approved new Altos High School passed away schools elsewhere in the district, and other important registra- attendance boundaries that even on October 16 from stroke including the popular Stevenson tion documents online, which out enrollment among its cam- complications at the age of 94. PACT and Mistral Elementary’s means fewer families have to set puses by using the new school in Tom inspired generations of dual immersion program. With up appointments at the district the Whisman region of the city. students and athletes to value enrollment expected to increase office The new boundaries are set to teamwork and perseverance, this year, parents are likely to face “Last year we had parents wait- take effect in the 2019-20 school a similar struggle. ing out in the rain,” Rudolph year. pursue their passions and The upside is that this year, said. “We want to make sure In order to cut down on the fulfill their potentials. parents won’t have to camp out we don’t have parents losing an waiting lists at Bubb and Huff Tom was born in Los Angeles on the district’s website refresh- inordinate amount of time.” and avoid displacing families and raised on a small oil field in ing the page in hopes an update, Actual relief from waiting living just streets away from the the middle of West Hollywood according to Superintendent lists is expected to come next campus, the school board agreed where the Beverley Center stands today. His mother, Frances, Ayinde Rudolph. Families will be year. The school district is in the to add another kindergarten was descended from early Montana settlers and his father, able to log onto either the website process of revising its long and classroom to both schools for Chester, arrived in California from Oklahoma after serving or the app to get real-time infor- fairly convoluted enrollment the 2017-18 school year. Rudolph in Europe as a doughboy in the First World War. Tom was the mation on their children’s regis- priorities that dictate which said the district may consider tration as well as place in line for kids are allowed to attend cer- doing the same thing again this second of four children and the first in his family to attend schools, which should ease some tain school, and when they are year, but won’t make a decision college. He grew up riding his bike to deliver newspapers in of the anxiety that comes with to be given a priority spot at a until the lottery system shakes Beverley Hills and to the beach in Santa Monica, enjoying open enrollment. particular campus. There are out next month. the outdoors and playing every sport available. He attended “One of the bigger concerns 26 different priorities, which all Rudolph said the district could Fairfax High where he pursued his passion for athletics and that we had last year was there get punched into SchoolMint for also allow children to attend was classmates with Hollywood childhood stars including was no real-time data in terms the lottery system next month to school under the new attendance Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. of where a child was in line,” he determine where each child is boundaries before they go into After high school he fought forest fires while waiting to said. “We did a pretty good job of placed for the upcoming school effect in 2019-20, for families that pursue his dreams of becoming a naval aviator and playing doing it, but it was an extra step year. aren’t zoned for Slater. V — we would move people off the At the same time, construction Email Kevin Forestieri college football. list and all of the sudden our staff of the new Slater Elementary at [email protected] Tom graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara where he played football, basketball and baseball and where, during a golf class, he met, Katy Molloy, his wife SECOND HARVEST “We’re going to try to protect the breadth of our donors.” of over 50 years until her passing in 1999. They were married Continued from page 5 the programs we already have in Why are donations down this at the Santa Barbara Mission in 1947 and shared lifelong the community,” she said. year? Bacho said it’s hard to say. careers as admired teachers, instilling passions for learning pounds of food — half of which is Despite the booming local She said rumors are swirling that in the thousands of students whose lives they affected. fresh produce — to needy fami- economy and low unemploy- the national disasters throughout lies in an area spanning from ment rate, Second Harvest esti- the year, including the major He became head football coach at Gilroy High in the early Gilroy north to Daly City, usually mates that close to 27 percent fires that engulfed large swaths 1950’s, transforming their program while inspiring many of through a network of nonprofit of residents of Santa Clara and of the North Bay and Southern his players to become successful coaches and lifelong friends. partner agencies in each region. San Mateo counties, or about California, may have drawn In 1956 he was the first person hired by Dude Angius at Community Services Agency of 720,000 people, are “food inse- attention and charitable giving the new Los Altos High School where “Coach Burt” served Mountain View and Los Altos, cure,” meaning they struggle in too many directions. There as teacher, football coach and athletic director for 25 years. for example, receives about one- to pay for food and are at risk are also questions about how Under his leadership Los Altos High was recognized as the fourth of its groceries from Sec- of going hungry. The problem the newly passed tax law may be most successful football and overall athletic program in ond Harvest each year, which it is driven primarily by the high affecting people’s pocketbooks. then distributes to low-income cost of living, which leaves little Regardless, Bacho said Second northern California. From 1961 – 1970 his football teams families struggling to pay for money for food among fami- Harvest is making one final push were champions six times, including the first Santa Clara food. lies making less than $84,750 to shore up donations through County title. His honors included CCS and Northern Lately, Second Harvest has in Santa Clara County and the last week of December and California Coach of the Year, Santa Clara County All Star sought ways to reach more $105,350 in San Mateo County, the first week of January. Anyone coach, coach of the North-South California Shrine Game families, particularly through according to a report released interested in donating can go to and the first California-Hawaii All-Star Game. Upon his public schools and health clinics. by the nonprofit earlier this shfb.org and click the donate retirement the Los Altos High football field was named The nonprofit recently launched month. button. V “Tom Burt Field.” food pantries at Mistral, Cas- Bacho said the food pantries at Email Kevin Forestieri After retiring from teaching, Tom pursued his passions for tro and Theuerkauf elementary schools and housing complexes at [email protected] schools in Mountain View, mak- are part of Second Harvest’s mis- sports, outdoors and his family. He and his former assistant, ing it easier for families to pick up sion to reach as many of those Bob Baird, took up their spikes again in the 1980’s to help food. Bacho said Second Harvest hungry families as possible, coach De Anza College to a conference championship under is also setting up food distri- and that the organization has BURGLARY Bob Mazuka, one of his former players from Gilroy. Then, bution centers at low-income been able to serve about 257,000 Continued from page 5 in 1990, he joined his former colleague, Pete Riehlman, in housing complexes, setting up people each month — a “tremen- officials could not immediately a great adventure of coaching the Bologna, Italy “Warriors” farmers market-style tables full dous amount,” but with plenty of give an estimate on the cost of American football team. Tom married Dee Hardcastle in of groceries for people to pick up room to grow, she said. damage to the building. 2005. They lived in Auburn and Walnut Creek until her right in their backyard. What residents may not realize “The front doors are just gone “The goal is to make it as con- is that unlike other nonprofits, completely,” said Steve Achabal, passing last year. venient as possible, and to bring Second Harvest relies heavily on city recreation supervisor. “The Tom and Katy are survived by their five children, Michael, it to where the families already smaller donations from individu- cost of the damage done to the Patrick, Maureen, Sheila and Kevin, daughter-in law are,” she said. als, which make up more than building is probably more than Sally, son-in-law Steve, and seven grandchildren, Katrina, The goal was to launch more 60 percent of the annual budget, what was in the ATM.” Heather, Shane, Carolyn, Kelly, Riley and Grace. His greatest food pantries at four elemen- Bacho said. The average donation A Michael’s employee said the pleasures in life were his family, friends, sports, the outdoors, tary schools, three clinics, five made by individuals is $168, but restaurant would be closed for and the opportunity to mentor so many amazing young housing complexes and a college they tallied up to more than $25 the rest of the day for repairs. people throughout his years of coaching and teaching. campus. But faced with a budget million last year. Police officials say they are Please join us for a celebration of Tom Burt’s life on shortfall, Bacho said the roll out “I think a lot of people don’t continuing to investigate the Saturday, January 13, 11:30AM at the Lucie Stern Community of these new services may need realize almost half of our fund- crime. V to either delayed or canceled ing is from individuals,” Bacho Email Mark Noack Center, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto. entirely. said. “You’d be surprised by just at [email protected] PAID OBITUARY

January 5, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 7 Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund

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As of December 27, 2017, TOM BURT it the most important experience Continued from page 5 they had. 157 donors have donated $95,420 “He was so proud,” Burt said. eventually they would be able to “Many of them became judges, to the Mountain View Voice Holiday Fund execute plays flawlessly, which prominent architects, lawyers ... was an integral strategy for also just guys who throughout winning games against the best life said, ‘Boy, that was a valuable teams in the league. experience for me.’” 30 Anonymous ...... $10,645 David Haedtler ...... 250 Kathleen Hall & “Within weeks they would Lyman, who went on to Leslie Murdock ...... 500 Individuals Marilyn Smith ...... * be able to do it,” Pat Burt said. be a wide receiver at Uni- Thomas Mucha ...... 350 “And this was not only to show versity of California at Los Lisa Rogan ...... 500 Patricia Bubenik ...... 200 that 11 players could actually be Angeles, where he also ran Reese & Kathleen Cutler ...... * Michael Kahan ...... 180 Vi Robertson ...... 50 perfect all the time as a unit, but track, acknowledged that the Dory Meier ...... * they could do it at the very end practices weren’t a walk in the Catherine Howard ...... 100 Moira Turner ...... 75 of practice, when they were the park — chinstraps were always Jackie Doda ...... 200 Bruce Lin & Flavia Tsang .. 5,000 Leona Chu...... * most dog tired.” on tight, helmets stayed on Denley Rafferty ...... 100 Brad Lyman, who played on regardless of the temperature Cliff & Kara Chambers ..... 200 Linda Cook...... 50 the team from 1965 through and water breaks were few and Hedda Hope ...... 100 Kirsten & Kevin Hayes ...... 200 Dan Rich ...... * 1967, told the Voice that LAHS far between. But he said he dominated the Santa Clara Val- fondly looks back on his years Craig Peterson ...... 200 Susan Tenney ...... 500 Linda & Glen Eckols ...... 1,000 ley teams. There were no play- on the football team, which Ann McCarty ...... 50 Andrea Gemmet ...... 25 Bruce & Twana Karney ..... 350 offs or CCS or anything like had students working hard to Charles Alexander ...... 250 Martha & Steven Cutcomb .. 275 Marilyn Gildea ...... * that — they didn’t even play improve and push themselves. against Palo Alto High School Winning in such a convinc- David Paradise ...... 150 Max Beckman-Harned ...... 750 Mitch & Barb Topol ...... 100 or St. Francis. But the school ing fashion always had them Randy Robinson ...... 200 Robert Brown...... 250 Tats & Rose Tsunekawa ..... 150 was absolutely the big fish in a coming back to practice on small pond, and went undefeated Monday. Helen Gibbons ...... 50 Serge Bonte...... 150 Robert Rohrbacher ...... * through 1965 and 1966 under the “As the years go by, and now it’s Diane Nanis ...... 100 Joe Mitchner ...... 150 Jamil Shaikh ...... 100 royal blue and gold banner of the 50 years later and Tom’s service is Los Altos Knights. coming up on the 13th, you real- Joel Riciputi ...... * Karl Schnaitter ...... 840 Gary & Yuko Kushner ...... * “We were a juggernaut,” Lyman ize the values that were instilled Ann Kapoun ...... 100 David Fung ...... * Beverly Smolich ...... 50 said. “We didn’t win games by a by Tom and his staff during point or two or a touchdown, we those years,” Lyman said. “But Gary Young & Debra Babcock ...... 100 E. Arcolino ...... 700 won by multiple touchdowns.” you don’t realize it at the time.” Marn-Yee Lee ...... 50 Robert & Lois Adams ...... 500 Mary & Christopher Dateo ..500 The school’s athletic domi- Tom Burt was born in 1923 Sara Jenez ...... * nance started to fade in the in Los Angeles and was raised Gail Nyhan & David Offen ... * Creger Family ...... 400 Judy Atterholt ...... 100 1970s, and Tom Burt retired in West Hollywood. He later Lyle & Sally Sechrest ...... 100 Michael Tugendreich ...... 100 from teaching in the 1980s. He graduated from University of Paul Feigelman ...... 100 later went on to help coach at De California, Santa Barbara. He Lawrence Rosenberg ...... 250 Ellen Wheeler ...... 50 KC Loewen ...... 75 Anza College with his former was preceded in death by Katy Sheri & Jerry Morrison ...... 100 Jeff Segall ...... 150 assistant coach, Bob Baird, lead- Molloy, his wife of more than Lisa Twardowski ...... 100 ing the school to win a confer- 50 years, in 1999. Burt died Ross Heitkamp ...... 100 In Memory Of Steven Rasmussen ...... 100 ence championship, and in 1990 on Oct. 16 of stroke complica- Patricia Levinson ...... 50 Pat Keller ...... 150 went overseas to coach an Italian tions, and is survived by his Mary DeMasters ...... 3,000 team in Bologna. children Michael, Pat, Maureen, Mei Hong ...... 150 Merry Schoenfeld ...... * Katherine Preston & Many of the students who Sheila and Kevin; and seven Lanier Anderson ...... 250 Eva Chang ...... 200 Sally Corley ...... 50 played under Tom Burt went on grandchildren. Ann & Bob Stenz ...... 200 to be very successful, and attri- The family is hosting an event Dolores Goodman ...... 500 My darling Angel, bute a lot of what they learned celebrating his life on Saturday, Megan Mathias ...... * Martin Pulvers ...... 50 Alan & Laura Kostinsky ...... * about teamwork and execution Jan. 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the Lucie Sylvia Villasenor ...... 200 to their experience playing at Los Stern Community Center, 1305 Dan Pappas ...... 100 Jeral Poskey ...... 500 Altos High, Pat Burt said. They Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. V Somersille Sibley Family .... 100 Karen & David Keefer ...... 100 Ernesto Alejandro ...... * may not remember him for being Email Kevin Forestieri Kathleen & John Rinaldi .... 250 Anne Johnston ...... * Molly Smith ...... * soft or sweet, but they often call at [email protected] Rose Han ...... * Crystal Chow ...... 100 Sally Haydn-Myer ...... * Job Lopez...... 200 Jim Cochran ...... 500 Laila Holombo & The arrest comes just days Bill Roggo ...... 300 CRIME BRIEFS after residents in the region Ronald Swierk ...... 100 Kevin & Robin Duggan ...... * Continued from page 4 reported on NextDoor that four Greg Fowler ...... 250 Blake Lawit ...... * Susan Perkins ...... * been burglarized nearby, police vehicles as well as mailboxes Dori ...... 200 said. had been broken into over- David Simon ...... 1,000 Ed Taub & Sheri Giff ...... 108 Officers spotted a man that night. Police say that the man Michelle Friedland & Vi Robertson ...... 50 As a Gift for matched the description of arrested Sunday may have been Dan Kelly ...... 500 Glen & Linda Eckols ...... 150 the suspect at the intersection the same suspect in the report- Judith Manton ...... 50 of Tyrella and Flynn avenues, ed burglaries last week, but Elaine Roberts ...... 1,000 Leslie & Anita Nichols ...... * In Honor of and one of the department’s the case remains under inves- Peter Stahl & Janet Sloan ..1,500 Marily & Jim Kelly ...... 100 Jane & Gerald King ...... 500 K9s connected him to a Honda tigation, according to police Mia Whitfield ...... 100 sedan parked outside the con- spokeswoman Katie Nelson. Feng Zhou ...... 10,000 Ed, Petros & Thalia ...... 160 dominium complex. Police say Police searched the suspect’s Sachi Kanetake ...... 100 Sally Evans ...... 250 Organizations they found a bag of burglary home on Jan. 1, and found that David Russell ...... 500 tools, mail from residents, he was in possession of both Edward Perry ...... 200 Packard Foundation ...... 8,000 methamphetamine and a meth mail and property suspected of Kanan Krishnan ...... 100 Norma Jean Bodey Hewlett Foundation ...... 8,750 pipe inside the vehicle. being stolen from a “neighbor- Frederick Butts ...... 500 Galiher ...... 200 The man was arrested on ing city.” Police are not releas- Wakerly Family charges including burglary, ing information on where it Lora Henderson ...... 100 Andy & Liz Coe ...... 100 Foundation ...... 15,000 prowling, possession of bur- came from, Nelson said. glary tools, possession of a con- Police also found gun ammu- DONATE TO THE HOLIDAY FUND ONLINE: trolled substance and violation nition in the home, which is a www.mv-voice.com/holiday_fund of his parole. He was booked crime because the suspect is a into Santa Clara County Main convicted felon, Nelson said. Jail without bail. —Kevin Forestieri

January 5, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 9 YearinPhotos

MICHELLE LE MICHELLE LE PICTURING 2017 PHOTOS BY ANA SOFIA AMIEVA-WANG, MICHELLE LE AND NATALIA NAZAROVA

t was quite a year, 2017. The political divi- sions that roiled the country were evident in Mountain View, as residents took to the I MICHELLE LE MICHELLE LE streets to peacefully protest the new president, Donald Trump, and his administration’s policies on immigration. Earth’s closest star was the star of the summer’s solar eclipse, and the sun set on the career of longtime Foothill College professor Andrew Fracknoi, a star in astronomy circles who retired in June. Mother Nature ended California’s long drought with epic winter rains, which took a harsh toll on the popular Stevens Creek Trail. The local housing crisis became even harder to ignore, as a growing number of RVs and cars served as housing for Mountain View’s dispos- sessed, even as office development plans poured into the city at a break-neck pace. Amid the upheaval, the rhythms of everyday life provided moments of beauty: from preschool art class to picking out the perfect prom dress, student startup projects to dancing downtown. Our photographers invite you to take a look back at Mountain View in 2017.

SEE MORE PHOTOS ON PAGE 14. NATALIA NAZAROVA

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This page, clockwise from top left: Storm water races through Stevens Creek north of the 101 overpass on Feb. 7; Espe Ndombe dances to a live band downtown on June 29; Workers install piping for a geothermal system at Google’s new Moffett Field campus; Retired teacher Anita Brown admires the missing teeth of students at Theurkauf School in February; Retired Maj. Roy Timmerman dresses a mannequin in a staff sergeant Marine Corps uniform at the Moffett Field Historical Society Museum on May 9.

Previous page, clockwise from top left: Bruce Ives, left, and Gerald Garrett count occupied RVs along Crisanto Avenue on Jan. 25 as part of the point-in-time homeless census; Students in Ximena Vilela’s preschool art class compare chalk-covered fingers at CSMA on Nov. 21; A high school student considers the fit of a dress donated to The Princess Project on March 26; Protesters wave signs and flags at the International Workers’ Day Rally at Civic Center Plaza on May 1; Astronomy professor Andrew Fraknoi combs his MICHELLE LE hair in his office at Foothill College on June 13.

January 5, 2018 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 11 ® HOW THE NEW TAX LEGISLATION COULD IMPACT CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE

BY MICHAEL REPKA, ESQ. (LL.M. (TAXATION) NYU SCHOOL OF LAW ’01)

Well, it is now the law of the land. On December 22, 2017, changes net out to be a very positive change for the extremely President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, giving wealthy, but will be costly for couples with a combined taxable VJG4GRWDNKECPUVJGKTƂTUVOCLQTNGIKUNCVKXGYKPUKPEG2TGUKFGPV income between $600,000 and $1.2 million. It should be noted 6TWORVQQMQHƂEG6JGUYGGRKPITGHQTOYKNNJCXGCUKIPKƂECPV that only the highest bracket brings back what was colloquially impact on California. referred to as the “marriage penalty.” Again, this change may be particularly hard on Silicon Valley families, where it is not As Silicon Valley’s top listing agent, a high-income taxpayer and WPEQOOQPVQJCXGDQVJURQWUGUGORNQ[GFCVJKIJRC[KPILQDU a tax attorney, I have been watching the various proposals for tax reform with a keen eye. I was not alone—twice a year DeLeon THE GOOD NEWS Realty presents a seminar on the taxation of real estate, which usually attracts an audience of around 60 to 80 local homeowners. The Step-Up in Basis upon Death of one Spouse When I held the seminar in November 2017, shortly after the The new legislation retains the taxpayer-favorable step-up in basis House of Representatives outlined its version of the Bill, we had rule. Under this rule, homeowners with highly appreciated real over 200 people in attendance. People were paying attention. estate receive a functional forgiveness of the capital gains taxes Recently, we announced that we will hold a seminar on the recently that would have been due upon sale, if these assets are still held enacted tax law, and already, we have had over 400 people RSVP. by the taxpayer on the date of his/her death. As a result of this We also have seen a dramatic uptick in listing appointments. Silicon long standing rule, many Silicon Valley homeowners are wisely Valley residents are nervous and worried. advised not to sell their highly appreciated real estate prior to their death. Thus, any change to this rule could have resulted in a rapid Taken as a whole, and in general terms, the new tax legislation increase to the number of homes coming onto the market and a should be very good for corporations, shareholders, the very corresponding decrease in home values. . wealthy, and the middle class in the heartland of the country. On the other hand, there may be negative consequences for the Section 1031 “Like-Kind” Exchange Rules Unaffected “working wealthy,” with combined incomes between $400,000 and Under the new rules, “like-kind exchanges” under IRC Sec 1031 $1.5 million in high tax states, such as New York and California. remain materially unaltered with regard to real property. Taxpayers 7PHQTVWPCVGN[VJGpYQTMKPIYGCNVJ[qITQWROCMGUWRCUKIPKƂECPV are still permitted to defer the capital gains tax on appreciated real portion of the buyer pool of expensive Silicon Valley real estate. property by purchasing qualifying replacement real property. The seller still has 45 days to identify the replacement property and 180 There is substantial amount of confusion about the new rules. Part days to close. Under the new rules, however, this provision is only QHVJGEQPHWUKQPUVGOUHTQOEQPƃKEVKPITWNGUVJCVYGTGEQPVCKPGF CRRNKECDNGVQTGCNRTQRGTV[tRGTUQPCNRTQRGTV[PQNQPIGTSWCNKƂGU in the original Bill announced by the House of Representatives on for the deferral November 2, 2017, and the Senate version passed on December 6JKUEQPHWUKQPKUGZCEGTDCVGFD[VJGEQPƃKEVKPICPF Section 121 Survived a House Scare occasionally misleading, analysis coming from various partisan Although the House and Senate Bills called for substantial groups in the government and the media. This article will limitations on taxpayers’ ability to exclude up to $500,000 in summarize many of the key provisions that should have a profound ICKPKPVJGUCNGQHVJGKTRTKOCT[TGUKFGPEGVJGƂPCNNGIKUNCVKQP impact on California real estate. leaves this rule untouched. Thus, taxpayers can still exclude up VQ OCTTKGFƂNKPILQKPVN[ KPICKPKHVJG[JCXGQYPGFVJG TAX RATES property for more than two years and have lived in the property HQTCVNGCUVVYQQHVJGRCUVƂXG[GCTU6JGTGKUPQRJCUGQWVQHVJKU In general, the tax rates have come down. While retaining seven deduction. It should be noted that this taxpayer-favorable rule tax brackets, the new legislation reduces the rates applied to most appears to be on Congress’s radar screen, and could be repealed tax brackets. The new brackets are as follows: at some point in the future.

Corporation Can Bring Money Back to the U.S. at Lower Cost For many years, U.S. corporations have substantial resources UVWEMQHHUJQTGDGECWUGDTKPIKPIVJGUGRTQƂVUDCEMKPVQVJG7PKVGF States, (a.k.a. Repatriation) would have resulted in a substantial tax. Under the new law, these corporations can bring this money back to the United States at a much lower cost. The hope is that these resources will be put to use in the United States, where they will ETGCVGLQDUCPFQVJGTYKUGUKOWNCVGVJGGEQPQO[*QYGXGTKVKUNGHV to be seen whether these repatriated funds will gravitate towards states with lower taxes. The highest tax bracket now starts at $600,000 as opposed to the $1 million starting point proposed under both the House and the Child Care Credit Increased to $2,000 Senate version of the Bills. This last minute change to the bracket Although the popular Child Care credit program was increased to UVCTVKPIRQKPVEQOGUYKVJVJGDGPGƂVQHNQYGTKPIVJGJKIJGUV $2,000 per child, this provision is phased out for taxpayers with bracket rates from the 39.6% and 38.5% (as proposed in the House EQODKPGFCFLWUVGFITQUUKPEQOGUQXGT and Senate Bills, respectively) to 37%. Taken as a whole, these two

12 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q January 5, 2018 THE BAD NEWS Changes for Individuals sunset in 2025 Much has been made about the fact that the changes to Much has Reduction of the SALT Deduction been made about the fact that the changes to personal income 9KVJQWVSWGUVKQPVJGOQUVUKIPKƂECPVEJCPIGHCEKPI%CNKHQTPKC taxes will sunset after 2025, whereas the corporate changes are homeowners is the dramatic limitation on the deductibility of state permanent. However, I believe this is more of an administrative and local taxes (“SALT”), including both state income taxes and requirement rather than the long-term intent of the legislation. county real property taxes. Although, under the newly enacted rules, taxpayers are permitted to deduct up to $10,000 in state and Under the “Byrd Rule,” any plan for tax reform cannot add to local taxes, most people that can afford to purchase real estate in VJGFGƂEKVDG[QPFC[GCTDWFIGVYKPFQY+HKVFQGUCUWRGT Silicon Valley already pay over $10,000 in state income taxes so OCLQTKV[QHXQVGUYQWNFDGTGSWKTGFVQRCUUVJG5GPCVG this change effectively eliminates the deductibility of all property which would require bi-partisan support. By including the sunset taxes. This change will reduce the incentive for the purchase of real RTQXKUKQPQPN[CUKORNGOCLQTKV[YCUTGSWKTGF2TGUWOCDN[ estate. %QPITGUUEQWNFGZVGPFVJGUGEJCPIGUD[UKORNGOCLQTKV[CUVJG 2025 date approaches. .QPIGTVGTOVJKUEJCPIGOC[OCMGKVOQTGFKHƂEWNVVQCVVTCEV top talent to the state. As a result, we are likely to see businesses Thus, we believe that the sunset provision was one of legislative locate high paid operations out of state to the extent practicable. convenience, rather than a telegraphing of a long-term intent to Naturally, these concerns will be counterbalanced, to some degree, eliminate the tax changes for individuals. by the overall desirability of the state and the robust business environment. No change to capital Gains tax rates (Inc. 3.8%) Many had hoped that there would be a decrease to the capital Although we expect this provision to have an immediate and gains tax rates, which start at 15% for federal purposes and UKIPKƂECPVKORCEVQPVJGDW[GTUoFGUKTGVQRWTEJCUGJQOGUVJKU increase to 23.8%, inclusive of the 3.8% tax on Net Investment impact should diminish over time as some taxpayers realize that Income to fund the Affordable Healthcare Act (i.e., “Obamacare”). state and local taxes were a “preference item” under the AMT Unfortunately, the new legislation leaves these rates in place, rules, and, as such, were already added back. In other words, not including the 3.8% surtax. CNNVCZRC[GTUYGTGIGVVKPICDGPGƂVHTQOVJG5#.6FGFWEVKQPUQ VJGNQUUQHKVYKNNPQVJWTVVJGOCUOWEJCUVJG[OC[HGCTCVƂTUV Personal exemption ($4,150) suspended (but this was phased out for couples making over $320,000) While the Standard Deduction was increased from $12,700 to Reduction in mortgage interest deduction $24,000, the personal exemption of $4,150 per dependent was Under the new law, mortgage interest on loans used to purchase suspended. Thus, the net effect of these two provision will vary RTQRGTV[YKNNQPN[DGFGFWEVKDNGVQVJGGZVGPVQHVJGƂTUV from family to family. It should be noted that the old personal of principal amount. This is down from $1.1 million, which was exemption was phased out for couples making over $320,000 the combined limit of the $1 million mortgage mount and the whereas the phase-out of deductions has been eliminated under $100,000 equity line, which could be aggregated to form a the new legislation. combined limit of $1.1 million. Although existing loans, and the TGƂPCPEGQHGZKUVKPINQCPUYKNNTGVCKPVJGOKNNKQPRTKPEKRCN CONCLUSION amount limitation, the additional $100,000 has been eliminated. Overall and nationwide, most taxpayers will see a net decrease 9GFQPQVGZRGEVVJKUEJCPIGVQJCXGUKIPKƂECPVKORCEVQPVJG in their federal taxes as a result of the recently enacted Tax Cuts psyche of potential buyers because interest rates are so low and and Jobs Act. However, there will be a net increase to taxes for buyers of expensive real estate have proven undaunted by the non- many highly paid people in Silicon Valley. This could result in deductibility of a portion of their mortgage interest. some businesses deciding to form, or move operations, to states with low or no state taxes if otherwise economically feasible. The Overall Reduction in Incentives to Buy Homes extremely high cost of living in the Bay Area, most notably with The near doubling of the standard deduction, and the reduction regard to housing, and the non-deductibility of state taxes, may of the deductibility of state taxes and mortgage interest, will make it more challenging for employers to recruit to this area. have the unintended consequence of reducing the incentive for people to buy rather than rent. We expect this impact to be However, the reduction in corporate income taxes and the most pronounced on lower priced homes, but the entire market incentives to move money back to the United States, should have UJQWNFHGGNUQOGUQTVQHGHHGEV9JKNGVJGTGCTGDQVJDGPGƂVUCPF a positive effect on businesses. Silicon Valley’s Tech economy is detriments associated with entry level homes becoming more extremely strong, and the area is very attractive. 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Clockwise from top left: A crowd gathers for a candlelight vigil supporting young undocumented DACA recipients on Sept. 5; Everett, Nick, Ronak and Elliot laught at teammate Het, wearing a box, at Startup Weekend at Crittenden Middle School on Jan. 28; An RV resident watches as police tow vehicles from the makeshift trailer park lining Crisanto Avenue on Sept. 19; Huff students play outside the portable classrooms at recess; John L. Freeman, walks among the test grove of poplar trees that are removing toxic chemicals from groundwater at NASA Ames Research Center on Oct. 13.

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hree-month-old Quality still be a welcome addition. Andina and Syed teamed up The food selections fill one run from $5 to $59. The Wood- Bourbons and Barbe- With 140 bourbon selections, with chef Ryan Pang, a veteran page of the menu, while the ford Double Oak ($15) delivered Tcue in Mountain View, friendly servers delivering your of the barbecue competition list of bourbons is longer than intriguing hints of almond, known as QBB, trades on the carnivorous cuisine in record circuit whose many award a Southern summer. It would honey and apple, but the barrel- heady interplay of smoked meat time and tasty barrel-aged plaques are on display at the take you almost five months to aged Manhattan ($15) and and smoky spirits. Together, cocktails served on tap, QBB restaurant. Pang’s menu is drink your way through them if the old fashioned ($12), both bourbon and barbecue deliver hits the meat-and-drink mark something of barbecue’s great- you stopped in for one bourbon of which are served on tap, the ultimate one-two punch of — most of the time. est hits: a little Texas, a taste a day. According to Andina, the were more my style. While tap American cuisine, and QBB’s QBB is the joint project of of Carolinas, a dash of Kansas only Bay Area restaurant that cocktails don’t allow for on- focus on these robust counter- Jon Andina, the former general City. offers more choice on the bour- demand customization, they parts makes for a lively addition manager at Mountain View’s This is barbecue for the Sili- bon front is San Francisco’s do need to be expertly mixed to the Castro Street restaurant Scratch, and Kasim Syed, owner con Valley set, so do not expect Hard Water. and managed to ensure proper scene. of Palo Alto Brewing Company, Texas-sized servings. The gray, Overwhelmed by the choic- potency, flavor and freshness. Given the paucity of barbecue The Rose & Crown and The hard-edged restaurant interior es and admittedly rather They know what they’re doing establishments in the Bay Area, Tap Room in Palo Alto. (Syed’s beats the back of a pickup truck, unschooled in the finer points at QBB. I would go back for the QBB could be serving overdone parents owned Shezan, the but the minimalist dining room of Kentucky’s most famous velvety Manhattan alone. brisket out of the back of a pick- Pakistani restaurant that previ- lacks charm and can be deafen- libation, we asked our server for up truck and it probably would ously occupied QBB’s location.) ingly loud at peak times. his recommendation. Glasses See QBB, page 16

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New session starts Monday, January 8, 2018 Aerobic Dance Class Abdominal Work Strength Training Fun Aerobic Routines Mon-Wed-Fri • 9-10AM Mountain View Masonic Lodge 890 Church Street (next to Library) [email protected] or (650) 941-1002 Complimentary childcare services Double-oaked Woodfood Reserve, one of QBB co-owner Jon Andina tops off an old over 100 bourbons offered at QBB, is served in a fashioned cocktail available on tap. traditional Glencairn glass. QBB remarkable. will need just a dab as the meats Continued from page 15 The pit beef ($16 with one side; are so flavorful. It will cost you $11 to $31 for “just the meat”) a dollar to sub a moist cornbread was tender, smoky and just about muffin for the standard pieces After my first meal there, I also perfect, perhaps even better in of white bread that accompany said I’d be back for the barbecued sandwich form ($16 with choice most plates. Pay the extra dollar. chicken. The tender thigh ($12 of one side). Served on a French QBB’s sides ($3.50 small, $8 with one side) roll, it was a deli- pint, $14 quart) and non-meat was smoky and cious hot mess offerings fared less well. The QBB savory, almost topped with Mac ($19 for a large bowl) was a like duck. It I’m not opposed house-pickled ridiculous, ultra-cheesy extrava- was some of the to laughing in the red onion, ched- ganza (mozzarella, Parmesan, best barbecued dar and QBB’s romano and provolone) studded chicken I’d ever face of the world’s tangy barbecue with sliced hot links and bacon had. My hus- sauce. and topped with pickled red band agreed. We cardiologists every The brisket onion. I’m not opposed to laugh- eagerly ordered once in a while, but ($17 with one ing in the face of the world’s car- it again on our side; $12 to $34 diologists every once in a while, second visit. the culinary experience for meat only) but the culinary experience has Surprisingly, was a little on to be worth the cholesterol though, chicken has to be worth the the fatty side, spike. The QBB Mac was gooey No. 2 had none cholesterol spike. but so tender and over the top. The braised Fulfill a resolution to give back of the first bird’s you could eat it collard greens with bacon were earthy, white with a spoon. tender and tangy, but had little to your community this year! oak-infused deliciousness. It was Everything comes with a gar- bacon flavor. The creamed corn Come learn about volunteering as a bland, with little to distinguish nish of picked vegetables and a was fine, but mine arrived luke- it from a supermarket rotis- side of the strong but nicely bal- warm. The potato salad — which tutor or mentor for a local student. serie chicken. The difference was anced barbecue sauce. You likely mysteriously came with canned black olives — and coleslaw both left us indifferent. It is not clear why QBB charges an extra $2 for an unremarkable green salad JOIN US THE

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clients. Much of the film’s run- QMOVIEOPENINGS ning time finds Molly explain- ing herself and making her case to Jaffey in his law office, as his QMOVIEREVIEWS impressionable daughter passes through. The daddy-daughter ALL THE MONEY motif gets writ large (too large in IN THE WORLD 001/2 the film’s overwritten climax) in Ridley Scott’s wannabe thriller “All the the relationship between Molly Money in the World” tells the true-crime and her clinical psychologist tale of the kidnapping of John Paul father (Kevin Costner), with both Getty’s grandson in its broadest strokes, characters too smart for their with much of the details misrepresented. own emotional good. In 1973, 16-year-old Paul Getty (Charlie “Molly’s Game” touches on Plummer) was snatched by kidnappers some interesting ideas about per- and held for a $17 million ransom. Since sonal invention and reinvention, Getty was the grandson of the multi- the rarified playgrounds — with billionaire oil tycoon J. P. Getty (“the COURTESY OF LIONSGATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT their own sets of rules—of the richest man in the history of the world”), Jessica Chastain stars as Molly Bloom in “Molly’s Game.” rich and famous, and about the the criminals assumed they’d get their arbitrary justice mobilized when loot and quickly. But the elder Getty (a magnificently mercurial Christopher more money starts changing Plummer) was a mean one, a skeptical Gaming the system civilian hands than the govern- skinflint who couldn’t be bothered and, ment will ignore. Mostly, though, more practically, feared emboldening AARON SORKIN PLAYS FOR HIGH STAKES IN ‘MOLLY’S GAME’ Sorkin’s film is an engine of plot, with character cogs interplaying future kidnappers. The kidnapping thusly 000 (Century 16 & 20) stretched on for months, as Paul’s with big wheels as we sit back devoted mother Gail (Michelle Williams) Let’s be clear: “Molly’s Game” My High-Stakes Adventure in on her own. She lands big- and admire the machinery. worked behind the scenes to affect the — the directorial debut of Oscar the World of Underground Pok- time participants like movie Sorkin’s flair for whip-crack release of her increasingly endangered and Emmy-winning screenwrit- er” recounts her roller-coaster star “Player X” (Michael Cera), dialogue, structural shenani- son. The more fascinating story here er Aaron Sorkin — isn’t pro- youth as a highly ranked com- career gambler Harlan Eustice gans and character chemistry has unfolded behind the scenes in a found. In fact, it’s pretty darn petitive skier, the abrupt end of (Bill Camp), hedge fund man- remains a winningly shameless plot unprecedented in Hollywood’s silly, never more so than when that life, her reinvention as the ager Brad (Brian d’Arcy James), three-ring circus for the screen, 100-plus-year history: how the picture it’s trying to make a point. And host of a high-stakes Hollywood and sad-sack simpleton Douglas and his thoroughly excellent was “locked” with Kevin Spacey having portrayed J.P. Getty and had to be reshot yet, this adventure in dubious poker game, and the fallout from Downey (Chris O’Dowd), who ensemble help to distract from and re-edited with Christopher Plummer capitalist ambition has an ace in an FBI bust. Sorkin slaloms gets Molly involved with the his infamous artifice. It’s Chas- in the role after allegations of sexual the hole, its star Jessica Chastain. expertly through the exposition, Russian mob. Like a madam tain, though, in one of her fin- misconduct surfaced against Spacey. Chastain stars as Molly Bloom, then juggles present-day scenes coddling johns, Molly tries to est turns to date, that owns the Rated R for language, some violence, whose memoir “Molly’s Game: with fill-in-the-gaps flashbacks keep the men happy and, when picture. Sorkin’s wall of words disturbing images and brief drug content. From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall as Bloom explains her quasi-eth- necessary, salve their wounded aside, making Molly Bloom a Two hours, 12 minutes. — P.C. Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, ical entrepreneurial enterprise egos like a fiercely intelligent sympathetic antiheroine is no to Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba), the den mother who needs her over- small feat, but Chastain nails lawyer she hopes will represent grown boys. her intelligence, her exasperated her in federal court. Jaffey needs some serious con- superiority, and the vulnerability Molly learns the ropes of vincing to take Molly’s case, but they hide. underground poker games from he’s ultimately won over by a cer- Rated PG-13 for language and 2018 an unscrupulous boss (Jeremy tain legal relativity in a 34-person some crude comments. Two Strong) before designing her own indictment and her insistence hours, 20 minutes. better mousetrap and operating in protecting the names of her — Peter Canavese MODERN VOICES OF QNOWSHOWING

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PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA A quartet of vocalists from Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra’s all-star Chorale will perform popular repertoire from the Baroque period and beyond in a historically informed performance, accompanied by a cellist and harpsichordist. Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m. Free. Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all.org

Happenstance Happenstance, a solo Again: Tracking the Wisdom of the Wild.” Jan. will focus on analyzing the relationships exhibition of fine art photographer Nathalie 11, 7-9 p.m. Free. Books Inc. Palo Alto, 855 El between gender and sexuality, love and Strand’s composite series, blends figurative Camino Real, Palo Alto. booksinc.net friendship, body and performance. Jan. 10, pictures with textures and details. Jan. 10-Feb. Empowerment through Posture 6:30 p.m. Free. Pigott Hall, 260, 450 Serra 11. Free. The Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Posture expert Esther Gokhale and Dr. Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Redwood City. themaingallery.org Christiane Northrup will discuss freeing up ‘I Want the Wide American Earth: energy by getting rid of pains and avoiding FOOD & DRINK An Asian Pacific American Story’ The gynecological challenges related to posture. exhibition tells stories of Asian immigrants Jan. 6, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. All Saints’ Fermentation 101 Workshop In this finding homes and participating in key moments Church Hall, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. one-day introductory fermentation class, in American history, from the California Gold empowermentposture.eventbrite.com taught by food blogger and teacher Anne- Rush to the Transcontinental Railroad to the Energy Seminar Stanford doctorate student Marie Bonneau, participants will learn to make orchards and nurseries in Los Altos. Through Austin Sendek of the Department of Applied kimchi, kombucha starters and sourdough Jan. 7, Thursdays-Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Free. Physics will discuss how to build a better battery bread with wild yeast. Jan. 13, March 10, April Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San Antonio with machine learning. Jan. 8, 4:30 p.m. Free. 14. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $75. Workshop Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org NVIDIA Auditorium, 475 Via Ortega, Stanford. address will be emailed upon registration, Manuel Neri: Assertion of the Figure events.stanford.edu Mountain View. zerowastechef.com/register/ Manuel Neri explores the gesture, surface and Intensive Literary Seminar Series - materiality of the figure in plaster, marble, Toni Morrison’s Beloved This seminar LESSONS & CLASSES bronze and paper. This exhibition provides taught by author and former adjunct U.C. GSE Colloquium Series: Rossella a glimpse into the artist’s creative process Berkeley Professor Kimberly Ford will explore Santagata Rossella Santagata summarizes and his quest to define the figure. Thought “Beloved” by Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni the “Learning to Learn from Mathematics Feb. 12, 2018, Wednesday-Monday, 11 Morrison. Jan. 8, 18 and 31, 7-8:30 p.m. $38, Teaching” project and discusses implications a.m.-5 p.m.; open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays; one seminar, no book; $98, three seminars, TheatreWorks Presents ‘Our Great Tchaikovsky’ In “Our Great Tchaikovsky,” for the design of pre-service teacher-learning closed Tuesdays. Free. Anderson Collection with book. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino written and performed by Hershey Felder, composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky springs to life in experiences and for future research. Jan. 10, at Stanford University, 314 Lomita Drive, Real, Menlo Park. keplers.com noon. Free. Stanford University, 450 Serra a tale that explores both current Russian politics and historical context. Jan. 10-Feb. 11. Show Stanford. anderson.stanford.edu times vary. $45-$105, with discounts for educators, seniors and those under 35. Mountain Mike Lewis with Sheryl Sandberg Mike Mall, Stanford. ed.stanford.edu/events View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org Nina Katchadourian: Curiouser This Lewis talks with Sheryl Sandberg about “When Knit & Crochet Club Knitters and mid-career survey of artist Nina Katchadourian to Jump,” Lewis’ book that lays out four steps crocheters, and those interested in learning — who is based in Brooklyn but was raised to wholeheartedly pursue a dream career. Jan. how to do either, will gather in the Teen Zone THEATER and the mood set by the subject’s personality. on the Stanford University campus — explores 9, 7-9 p.m. $32-$36. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 to work on their projects. Open to people Through March 4, 2018, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed several major bodies of her work including Fabian Way, Palo Alto. booksinc.net/event of all skill levels ages 8 and older. Supplies In My Corner Performer Joe Orrach blends video, photography, sculpture and sound art. Tuesdays; open Thursdays until 8 p.m. Free. Russia’s Crown Reprised Edward Kasinec, provided for beginners. Jan. 5, 3:30-5:30 p.m. the rhythms of tap, boxing, salsa and rock ‘n Through Jan. 7, Wednesday-Monday, 11 a.m.-5 Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum visiting fellow, Hoover Institution Library & Free. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin roll into an energetic and intimate narrative. p.m.; Thursdays 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Cantor Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu Archives, will host a gallery talk about the Street, Mountain View. http://mountainview. Accompanied by a jazz trio. Jan. 11, 8-9:30 Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Art Exhibit: ‘Earthly Hollows: Cave gifts that make up part of the institution’s gov/depts/library/events/ p.m. Free. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.edu holdings on the Russian revolution and and Kiln Transformations’ “Earthly Storytelling Workshop Participants will Stanford. arts.stanford.edu/event/73715/ Imperial Russia. Jan. 13, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Hollows: Cave and Kiln Transformations” work with partners and in small groups to build IndiviDúo Singers, performers and composers examines the dynamic ways in which caves, MUSIC Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Tiffany Joy and Colombian songsmith Maqui and hone their personal stories and present be they mountain grottoes, kilns or tunnel-like Denny Berthiaume with Clairdee Museum Way, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Reyes, the Latin pop d˙o “IndiviDúo,” will them in creative ways. Jan. 13, 1-4:30 p.m. $35. chambers made of earth and clay, interface Pianist Denny Berthiaume and special guest Should We Regulate Hate Speech? perform Latin hits and celebrate the launch Midpeninsula Media Center, 900 San Antonio mundane and mystical realms. Through March vocalist Clairdee bring soulful jazz that This panel will put in a global context U.S. of their most recent single, “Pero Yo.” Jan. 6, Road, Palo Alto. midpenmedia.org/workshops/ 18, 2018; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays; blends jazz, pop and rhythm and blues. Jan. protections for free speech, examine the harms 8:30 p.m. $17-$29. Angelicas, 863 Main St., Thursdays, open until 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts 9, 7:15 p.m. $10, in advance; $15, door; plus of hate speech and address how advocates are Redwood City. angelicasllc.com SPORTS Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, $18 dining minimum. Angelicas, 863 Main seeking to both defend First Amendment rights Stanford. museum.stanford.edu St., Redwood City. angelicasllc.com and protect impacted minorities. Jan. 10, 12:45 Pickleball Pickleball is ideal for beginners or p.m. Free, RSVP required. Stanford University, CONCERTS Art Exhibit: ‘In Dialogue: African Eric Morrison & The Mysteries Eric advanced players and is a racquet sport that 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. events.stanford.edu Gamma Featuring Davey Pattison Arts’ “In Dialogue” represents the vibrant and Morrison & The Mysteries, a soul group from combines elements of badminton, tennis and Singer Davey Pattison has toured the world dynamic arts of the continent and its diasporas. Santa Cruz, will perform in celebration of Tara Sim with Jessica Cluess Tara Sim table tennis. Two, three or four players use solid as the voice of some of rock music’s most Drawing primarily from the Cantor’s own their debut record release. Jan. 12, 8-10 p.m. will discuss her new book, “Chainbreaker,” the paddles made of wood or composite materials renowned acts, from Gamma to Robin collection, it considers the arts of Africa to be Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence sequel to “Timekeeper,” a steampunk adventure to hit a perforated polymer ball, similar to a Trower to Michael Schenker. The Butlers, rooted in a deep and rich history that is locally, St., Redwood City. Search facebook.com/ set in an alternate Victorian world controlled by wiffle ball, over a net. Wednesdays, ongoing, 11 playing 70s and 80s rock tunes, opens as much as globally, connected. Through May events for more information. clock towers. Sim will be in conversation with a.m.-1 p.m. Free, Senior Center members; $3, Jessica Cluess, author of “A Shadow Bright and non-members. Los Altos Senior Center - Hillview up the evening. Jan. 5, 8 p.m. $20-$25. 5, 2018, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays; open Juls and Friends: Jazz, Latin Rhythms Burning” and “A Poison Dark and Drowning.” Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. till 8 p.m. Thursdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, & Originals Vocalist and guitarist Juls (Julie Jan. 5, 7-8:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El clubfoxrwc.com 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. Cohn) and pianist Dave Gittler present music Camino Real, Menlo Park. keplers.com Mixed Company’s West Coast Winter museum.stanford.edu in a range of contemporary genres: love songs, RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY Tour Yale University’s a capella group Mixed Art Exhibit: ‘The Buddha’s Word’ This blues, swing, R & B, bossa nova, samba, University Public Worship The University Company is performing as part of its West exhibition showcases Buddhist manuscripts French, Spanish and Italian tunes, originals and FILM Public Worship takes place Sunday mornings in Coast Tour. Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m. $17-$27, plus and prints held at the Cantor and in Stanford more. Jan. 5, 8:30 p.m. $17-$29. Angelicas, DLCL Winter Film Series Screening the century-old Stanford Memorial Church, with $20 dining minimum. Angelicas, 863 Main St., libraries, ranging in dates from around the 11th 863 Main St., Redwood City. angelicasllc.com A screening of “Brokeback Mountain,” a Rabbi Patricia Karlin-Neumann preaching. 10 Redwood City. angelicasllc.com century to the early 20th century. They come Open Mic Open Mic takes place every 2005 film about the challenges of long-term a.m. Free. Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Radcliffe Choral Society The Radcliffe from various parts of the traditional Buddhist Monday on the second floor of Red Rock relationships in a changing society. Discussion Stanford. events.stanford.edu Choral Society, Harvard University’s treble world, from Sri Lanka to Japan. Through March Coffee in downtown Mountain View. It ensemble under the direction of Andrew 18, 2018, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays; open features free live music, comedy, poetry and Clark, kicks off its West Coast tour with Thursdays until 8 p.m. Free. 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ANIMAL ASSISTED HAPPINESS CARB DM HERE FOR GOOD.™ In 2017, Sereno Group and their Los Altos agents donated $112,282.14 to local organizations dedicated to making a difference in our communities. We want to thank our Sereno Group clients for making this possible.

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THE TROYER GROUP

751 Palo Alto Avenue MOUNTAIN VIEW

LIGHT AND BRIGHT WITH EXCELLENT SCHOOLS

EXTENDED HOURS: FRIDAY, 9:30AM – 5:00PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 1:00 – 5:00PM

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