MOUNTAIN VIEW 2020

As pandemic rages on, residents rise to the challenge

A community guide published by Mountain View Online

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INFO MOUNTAIN VIEW 2020 FEATURES 6 A pandemic unfolds: The year rom its earliest beginnings, the Midpeninsula families pay rent has inspired others to help their that changed everything has cemented itself as a place with an neighbors, the community has shown that we are Second Harvest rethinks food Fentrepreneurial spirit that thrives on in this together. 12 innovation and pushing beyond the established distribution Info Mountain View 2020 aims to capture what it boundaries. The region has played a pivotal role means to live in this community: It takes a look at 17 Meet five people helping their in the arts, education, politics, technology and neighbors during the pandemic where we are six months into the pandemic and science. pays tribute to the people who have risen to the 21 Seniors adjust to life in lockdown But this spirit of creative collaboration has never occasion and created positive change. — and a virtual future been more evident than in 2020 as the cities and In addition to Info Mountain View, you can visit Artistic directors re-imagine the towns that make up the region banded together 26 MountainViewOnline.com.com to stay up to date arts for the better to face a global pandemic that has brought unprecedented and extraordinary challenges on Mountain View news. Subscribe to Express, 31 With campuses shut down, impacting every sector of our lives. an email sent every weekday, and have the parents reinvent the classroom news delivered right to your inbox. Or check out In the midst of this uncertainty, individuals Weekend Express, emailed on Thursday, for the and neighborhood groups have stepped up INFO RESOURCE DIRECTORY scoop on arts and entertainment. Both are free to confront these obstacles head on, and in — sign up at MountainViewOnline.com/express. A curated list of local services and activities the process, have redefined what it means to available along the Midpeninsula be a tight-knit community. From the artistic Do you have suggestions for next year's Info? 34 Social Services directors like Pear Theatre’s Sinjin Jones, who is Send them by email to [email protected]. We 35 Seniors reshaping the local arts scene, to individuals like appreciate your feedback. 36 Open Space Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca, whose grassroots Linda Taaffe campaign to help Mountain View’s working-class Info Mountain View editor 38 The Arts 39 Education On the cover: Clockwise from top left, University AME Zion Church livestreams Easter Sunday services; shoppers stand 6 feet 43 Government apart at Piazza’s Fine Foods; two VTA workers clean a bus at the Mountain View train station; a shopper passes by empty shelves at Target; Julia Curry sews masks at her Menlo Park home; Alyssa Weaver draws blood at a COVID-19 antibody testing 45 Neighborhoods site in Mountain View; an instructor teaches students at HeadsUp Child Development Center via video chat from home; Stanford Theatre remains closed during the shutdown. Design by Kristin Brown. Photos by Magali Gauthier and Sammy Dallal.

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Connecting with nature, even for a few minutes each day, has been shown to reduce stress and boost well-being. TRAIL USE TIPS • Know before you go. Check openspace.org for Randy Weber up-to-date trail and preserve information. • Avoid crowds. Go early, on weekdays or to less popular preserves. Search for a preserve on Google Maps and scroll down to the popular time graph to see how busy it’s likely to be. • Play it safe. Social distance and wear a face covering Luciane Coletti when the trail is too narrow. Also, choose low-impact activities, go slow and stay within your limits. • Leave no trace. TM Pack out what you pack in, including toilet paper. Thank you for keeping preserves litter-free and crumb-clean.

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JANUARY Parents petition for students to stay home Coronavirus arrives in the Bay Area The Palo Alto Unified School District sends The first known case of the novel coronavirus home two students on Feb. 28, after learning finds its way into the Bay Area in January that their parent has been exposed to the when a traveler infected with the viral coronavirus, prompting more than 1,700 disease arrives in Santa Clara County from people to sign a petition by March 5 urging Wuhan, China. the school district to start spring break early and provide online learning options so FEBRUARY students can stay home. State goes on high alert Gov. Gavin Newsom puts California on high ““WeWe cannotcannot controlcontrol everyevery Photo by Magali Gauthier alert on Feb. 26 after the state identifies 31 aaspectspect ooff sstudenttudent oorr people quarantined with the coronavirus in various states of health. ccommunityommunity llife,ife, wwhichhich isis THE YEAR THAT tthehe oonlynly wwayay a qquarantineuarantine MARCH wworks.orks. PaloPalo AltoAlto UnifiedUnified hashas First coronavirus death prompts nnoo pplanslans toto closeclose schoolsschools state of emergency On March 4, the governor declares a state of aatt tthishis point.”point.” changed emergency in response to the first California — SUPERINTENDENT DON AUSTIN death of a patient with COVID-19. In the writes to families in a message in early March. Bay Area, San Mateo County reports its first two cases on March 2, and Santa Clara County sees a steady increase in reported cases from two on Feb. 28 to 20 by March 6 everything that indicate the virus is being transferred through community spread.

In an instant, a pandemic “It is important to recognize reshapes life on the ahp]b_Û\nemma^mbf^lZa^Z] fZr[^Zg]ahprhnfnlmghp Midpeninsula take assertive action to Photo by Sammy Dallal prepare for them.” Mass exodus: Students leave Stanford y the time the novel coronavirus out- — DR. SCOTT MORROW, Stanford University becomes the second San Mateo County’s chief health officer, major U.S. university to cancel in-person break was on our local radar, normal B says in a statement on March 5. classes to prevent the spread of the novel life along the Midpeninsula was already coronavirus after moving all classes online over. The halt of everyday life was sudden As cases climb, panic ensues for the remainder of winter quarter on March 6. Several other California colleges and unprecedented. We had no idea how A quiet anxiety grips the Midpeninsula soon follow suit. Five days later, the as residents face the possibility that the long or how extreme its impacts might be. university asks its approximately 7,000 coronavirus will knock on their doors. As undergraduates, including senior Jeffrey The March shelter-in-place orders were the number of cases climbs, residents scour Chang, shown above, to vacate the campus grocery stores, such as Costco in Mountain only to last three weeks. Six months later, by the end of the week and cancels all View, shown top left, as they prepare in-person classes for the upcoming spring the Midpeninsula is a much different place: to hunker down in their homes in case quarter. Telecommuting is the norm; most students there’s an outbreak or they find themselves infected. have adjusted to distance learning at home; Local tech firms find best defense: ‘WFH’ and it’s still uncertain when most retail Local tech giants give their employees the “Seriously people - STOP same message: Work from home. By the shops, restaurants and theaters may par- BUYING MASKS! They are end of the first week of March, Google, Facebook, Amazon, SAP and Palantir tially or fully reopen (San Mateo and Santa NOT effective in preventing Technologies implement work-from-home Clara counties were both waiting to see if general public from catching protocols that will last indefinitely. Two they could move into the next reopening #Coronavirus, but if health care months later, on May 21, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that the social media phase at the time this was written.) Here’s providers can’t get them to care company — Menlo Park’s largest employer a look back at how the pandemic unfolded for sick patients, it puts them with nearly 15,000 workers — would be expanding its efforts to offer permanent and our communities at risk!” along the Midpeninsula and how we got to remote work opportunities to some this place that is our new normal. — U.S. SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS employees and predicts that within five posts on Twitter in a public plea asking people to 10 years, roughly half of the company’s to stop hoarding supplies and stockpiling masks. employees could be remote workers.

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First death in Santa Clara County Santa Clara County ramps up health Santa Clara County announces its first restrictions coronavirus-related death on March 9. A woman In addition to closing schools, Santa Clara in her 60s dies at El Camino Hospital in Mountain County’s new legal directive issued on Friday, View after being hospitalized there for several March 13, bans gatherings of more than 100 weeks. She is the first confirmed person in the people and puts a conditional moratorium on county to contract coronavirus without having smaller gatherings of 35 to 100 people. The traveled internationally or having any known restrictions come as the county announces its contact with infected persons. (It was later second coronavirus death and sees its cases discovered in April that the first COVID-19 death increase three-fold within five days. The county in Santa Clara County actually occured on Feb. 6.) now accounts for more than a quarter of California’s 277 cases. A pandemic declared Photo by Sammy Dallal The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the outbreak of the respiratory illness a “These are tough decisions “I cried a little. pandemic on March 11. and we have to make them quickly. The (shelter-in-place) Local state of emergency ... We anticipate many, announcement and San Mateo County declares a local state of emergency on March 10. Menlo Park, Palo Alto the overwhelmingness Alto and Mountain View each declare a local state many more cases of emergency on March 12, followed by Atherton of it all.” on March 13 and East Palo Alto on March 17. in the days and weeks to come.” — PALO ALTO RESIDENT FARISH HAYDEL, above — SANTA CLARA COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER left, who along with neighbors in Midtown launch First health orders issued DR. SARA CODY says during a press a “daily wave” at 6 p.m. Each night, the blares of a Santa Clara County issues its first mandatory conference on Friday, March 13. vuvuzela signal Haydel’s neighbors to come out and health order banning all events of 1,000 people say hi in an effort to maintain some semblance of a connection during the shelter-in-place mandate. or more, starting on March 11. The directive Residents ordered to stay home is the first of its kind in the nation. San Mateo County issues a ban on the same day barring Bay Area public health officials shut down all nonessential people from skilled nursing nonessential businesses effective March 17 facilities — a restriction that remains in effect and order residents of six Bay Area counties, indefinitely months later. The next day, the including Santa Clara and San Mateo, to stay at county issues a legal health order banning home for three weeks. Outside travel is limited gatherings of 250 or more people. to necessities such as grocery shopping or picking up medication — with people keeping 6 feet apart from each other. The March 16 “It’s scary because (I’m) in the announcement comes four days after Santa high-risk demographic. You Clara tightens its ban on social gatherings and a day after San Mateo County confirms 32 cases don’t know how many years and records its first coronavirus-related death, raising the death toll for the state to six. Photo by Magali Gauthier \RXKDYHOHϖDQ\ZD\DQG\RX don’t want to go this way.” Overnight, the Midpeninsula turns into “If I thought last Friday’s — RESIDENT MILLIE CHETHIK, a ghost town 80, says from her Palo Alto home. order was hard, this one On the first day of the shelter-in-place order, traffic drops by 50% on Bay Area roads and is exponentially harder. Caltrain ridership drops 90%. By the end of Temporarily changing the month, the leisure and hospitality industry reports 12,100 job losses in the north and south our routine is absolutely bay combined. To survive the forced closures, necessary to slow the mom-and-pop eateries and fine-dining kitchens alike pivot to delivery and takeout. spread of this pandemic.”

—SANTA CLARA COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER DR. SARA CODY says during a press conference “It may turn out to be that Photo by Sammy Dallal announcing the shelter-in-place order. the economic impact is more

Schools are ordered to shut down California shuts down serious than the actual Less than 24 hours after Palo Alto school officials Gov. Gavin Newsom issues a statewide shelter- health impact to the vast back a plan to keep campuses open, Santa Clara in-place order effective March 20, shutting and San Mateo counties announce on March 13 down all but essential functions in response to majority (of people).” that all public schools, including Mountain View state models that predict millions of potential —PETER KATZ, owner of The Counter, High School, shown above, will be forced to shut infections. Under the grim projections, 56% of a local burger chain, says just after the shutdown. down for three weeks, starting on March 16. By the state’s 40 million Californians could become March 17, 98.8% of schools in California have infected by the new coronavirus in the next two temporarily shuttered. months. Continued on page 8

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Continued from page 7 Emergency funds created — APRIL Communities fight to stave off and depleted mass evictions The sudden and urgent need for emergency assistance among residents who unexpectedly Santa Clara and San Mateo counties put find themselves out of work as a result of moratoriums in place before April rents are due COVID-19 health restrictions takes the to stave off mass residential and small business community by surprise when the Mountain evictions amid mounting wage losses and View nonprofit Sacred Heart Community economic hardship caused by the pandemic. Service announces on March 26 that the $11.2 Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park million financial assistance program Santa pass their own urgency ordinances to provide Clara County launched two days earlier to help additional protections. out-of-work residents has run out. Photo by Magali Gauthier

Holy services go virtual With social-distancing rules in place, synagogues and churches throughout the Peninsula devise creative ways to virtually connect during Passover and Easter Week, including AME Zion Church in Palo Alto, where the Rev. Kaloma Smith delivers Easter sermon via livestream, shown above, on April 12.

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Testing tents pop up at Stanford Photo by Magali Gauthier Stanford Health Care erects coronavirus testing tents in Menlo Park, shown above, and on Hospitals brace for equipment shortages Stanford University campus in mid-March in Hospitals brace for a shortage of masks, anticipation of more people coming down gowns, respirators and other critical protective with the virus. (As of March 24, 27,650 tests had equipment, prompting overwhelming been conducted statewide, according to Gov. community response from groups and Gavin Newsom.) individuals such as Julia Curry, shown above, who begins churning out hundreds of masks from behind a sewing machine in her Menlo Park home. By April 17, she has sewn 300 masks for local health workers.

Source: Employment Development Department. Regional health order extended Designed by Kevin Legnon. The regional shelter-in-place health order that includes Santa Clara and San Mateo counties is Unemployment ‘like nothing before seen’ extended until May 3 as cases continue to rise. More than 2.3 million Californians lose their jobs Santa Clara County emerges as the epicenter of in April, pushing the state’s unemployment rate the outbreak in the Bay Area with the number to 15.5%, up from 5.3% in March, according to a of cases increasing from 138 on March 17, jobs report released by California’s Employment when the health order first took effect, to 890 Development Department that calls the job on March 31 when it is extended. The number losses “unprecedented ... like nothing before seen of deaths climbs from three to 30 over that in California history.” Along the Midpeninsula, period. Atherton and East Palo Alto report double-digit Courtesy Claire Cheng unemployment rates above 12%. School closures extended Our hospitals are Once a recommendation, masks become Local county health officers and school “ a requirement superintendents announce on March 26 that hundreds of public schools in six Bay Area beginning to fill with San Mateo County passes a new law on April 17 counties, including Santa Clara and San Mateo, requiring everyone to wear face coverings when will remain closed through May 1. Five days COVID-19 patients. entering businesses, stores, health care facilities or later, the state cancels in-person classes for taking public transportation — taking a major step the rest of the school year. Students like Gunn We need more time.” further from the county’s April 2 announcement High School senior Claire Cheng, shown above, where masks were only a recommendation. Palo — SANTA CLARA COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER Alto passes a similar law on May 11, followed by move to remote learning from computers at DR. SARA CODY says during a press home. conference on March 31. Santa Clara County on May 22. Continued on page 10

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Continued from page 8 JUNE Schools plan for ‘hybrid learning’ in the fall “The image of faith communities Outdoor dining and limited indoor After weeks of uncertainty about the fate of student learning amid the ongoing coronavirus leading worship online with services resume pandemic, the California Department of Education face masks on ... seems it might Churches, retailers and restaurants that offer on June 8 releases suggested guidelines for the cause people to be additionally outdoor dining are allowed to start welcoming reopening of schools in the fall that focus heavily back customers on June 5 in Santa Clara County on physical distancing in classrooms and creating alarmed.” and on June 6 in San Mateo County under smaller cohorts of students who are on campus — MATT SMUTS, pastor at Grace Lutheran revised health orders that include strict public- at any given time. Local school districts unveil Church, tells the Palo Alto City Council safety protocols organizations must follow. various plans to reopen with hybrid models that before it passes a mask law on May 11. include a mix of online and in-school classes.

MAY “Our students need to Residents ordered to stay home indefinitely get back to school.” Bay Area leaders predict a local spike in COVID-19 — PARENT MARK FEDERIGHI tells the Sequoia cases in the coming summer and roll out new Union High School District on June 30. health orders on May 4 that extend shelter- in-place regulations indefinitely but allow construction workers, gardeners and outdoor retailers that can accommodate physical distancing to reopen in the six Bay Area counties, plus Berkeley.

“In terms of seeing a light at the end Photo by Adam Pardee of the tunnel, that’s pretty hard to High school seniors celebrate unconventional graduations visualize at this point because, in order With public gatherings on hold, seniors from Los to prevent the spread of this virus and Altos High School, shown above pre-recording farewell messages on campus, and Mountain Photo by Magali Gauthier try to mute the pandemic, the only tool View High School have drive-in ceremonies at we really have is shelter in place.” the San Jose Earthquakes' Avaya Stadium on Outdoor dining moves into the street June 23 and 24. — SANTA CLARA COUNTY EXECUTIVE People enjoy their first sit-down restaurant meal DR. JEFF SMITH says during a teleconference in nearly three months after Mountain View, on April 25 before the new order is announced. “The things I’m the most missing shown above, Menlo Park and Palo Alto each close major streets in their downtowns to traffic right now aren’t actually the specific COVID testing falls short to make room for outdoor dining areas and traditions but the fact I’m never going shops starting in mid-June as part of an effort Santa Clara County needs to be able to test to support local businesses during the ongoing roughly 4,000 people per day for COVID-19 to see 95% of my class again. shelter-in-place order. before the stay-at-home order can be relaxed, County Executive Jeff Smith tells the Board of I’m ... not getting to savor that last bit Supervisors on May 5. As of the previous week, of time that we’re supposed to have.” “It was wonderful to put food on the county had reached only about 1,000 tests per day, Smith confirms. — GUNN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE plates, drinks in real glasses and LIZA KOLBASOV says about her final school year’s abrupt ending. serve our guests and friends. ... The first big exhale in awhile.” Socializing allowed in ‘bubbles’ — THE OWNERS OF LA BODEGUITA San Mateo County residents from multiple DEL MEDIO on California Avenue post on households are allowed to interact in “social Instagram during the first weekend of Palo Alto’s bubbles” of 12 or fewer people as part of a new Summer Streets dining program. health mandate on June 17 that also allows a wide range of businesses and activities, from barbershops to gyms, to reopen. JULY Cities face grim budget cuts Santa Clara County added to COVID watchlist Faced with enormous anticipated budget Photo by Magali Gauthier Santa Clara County records its second-highest shortfalls in the upcoming fiscal year due single-day COVID-19 case count — 122 — on June to the collapsing economy, Midpeninsula Stores open for curbside pickup 23, raising concerns about the trajectory of the cities begin to slash their budgets. Palo Alto virus and causing the state to issue a notification authorizes over $40 million in cuts, including San Mateo County allows retailers to open with that the county is on a “watchlist” because of the elimination of its shuttle program, and curbside pickup on May 18, joining a wave of Bay the increase. (Counties on the watchlist have agrees to eliminate more than 70 City Hall Area counties beginning to transition into the not met the state’s benchmarks for reopening, positions, dropping the staffing level to under second phase of reopening. Santa Clara County, including for positive case rates, hospitalizations 1,000 for the first time in at least two decades, one of the last to begin reopening, allows and capacity.) according to city staff. curbside pickup on May 22. 10 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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AUGUST Schools apply for waivers to reopen Businesses forced to move outside San Mateo and Santa Clara counties approve waivers on Sept. 1 allowing a small number of Less than seven weeks after San Mateo County schools — including the Primary School in East allows a wide range of businesses and activities, Palo Alto, Synapse School in Menlo Park and including fitness centers, churches, hair salons, Connect Community Charter School in Redwood barber shops, nail salons and shopping malls to City —to reopen as early as the following week. In reopen, the state orders these activities to be Santa Clara County, the Los Altos School District shut down or move to outdoor operations on is among only three public school districts to Aug. 2 after the county remains on California's request permission for an early reopening. COVID-19 watchlist for three days.

Go maskless, risk a $500 fine Photo by Magali Gauthier The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors adopts an urgency ordinance on Aug. 4 Stanford to reopen with fewer students establishing fines for those who refuse to wear Stanford announces on July 1 that it will reopen a face mask or violate other public health orders in the fall with travel restrictions, fewer students related to curbing the spread of the coronavirus. on campus and primarily online instruction. On Aug. 12, Santa Clara adopts a similar ordinance.

“A Stanford “I feel like there’s still a pocket of the population that still doesn’t University education understand the situation.” will look vastly — PALO ALTO RESIDENT ADELA ALVARADO tells this news organization after the ordinance passes. Photo by Magali Gauthier different when the fall quarter begins.” COVID cases spike in Palo Alto Palo Alto schools reopen for high-need Santa Clara County data shows that the number students — PRESIDENT MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE AND of new COVID-19 cases in Palo Alto is rising After being closed for six months, some Palo PROVOST PERSIS DRELL announce July 1. sharply after almost completely plateauing in Alto Unified schools reopen on Sept. 9 to May. The city’s COVID-19 cases totals 183 as of serve small groups of struggling and special- Aug. 9 — including 20 new ones in the prior education students in person, shown above, a Within a 48-hour period, hair salons week alone. That’s a rate of 273 cases per 100,000 week after the California Department of Public reopen and shut down again residents, or 0.27% of the city’s population. Health issued guidance allowing schools to reopen to serve students with "acute" needs. On July 13, the same day that hair salons and gyms reopen in Santa Clara County after being Stanford reverses course on fall reopening shuttered since March, the county’s Public Citing a “dramatic reversal in California’s Santa Clara moves into state's less Health Department announces that those reopening” due to spiking coronavirus rates restrictive 'red' businesses, among other sectors, will have and state guidance for higher education to re-close on July 15, by state mandate that institutions that would require a restrictive On Sept. 8, Santa Clara County moves to the applies to counties on its watchlist. in-person experience, including no indoor less restrictive red tier in California’s color- classes, Stanford University President Marc coded COVID-19 tracking system, clearing Tessier-Lavigne announces on Aug. 13 that the way for more businesses — including nail Schools banned from reopening in the fall undergraduate students will not be coming salons, massage parlors, gyms and fitness Gov. Gavin Newsom announces on July 17 that back to campus in the fall as planned. centers, shopping malls, museums and zoos — public and private schools in counties on the to partially reopen if it can keep its coronavirus state's coronavirus watchlist cannot reopen for State unveils new COVID tracking system numbers down for two weeks. Restaurants, in-person instruction until they've been off the places of worship and movie theaters, however, In an effort to create a more stringent process list for 14 days. This means that schools in Santa are ordered to remain closed under the that determines when counties can move Clara County that had hoped to reopen must county’s stricter guidelines. San Mateo County forward with indoor business operations, plan for full distance learning at the start of the moves into the red tier on Sept. 22. California launches a new color-coded COVID-19 new school year. tracking system on Aug. 28. San Mateo and Santa Clara counties both fall in the purple No clear end to the crisis San Mateo County joins state’s watchlist color code — the most restrictive tier indicating Even as some counties move toward the next widespread transmission. For weeks, San Mateo County is the only Bay phase of reopening, state health experts warn Area county to evade the state’s coronavirus on Sept. 8 that counties could easily revert to watchlist, but on July 29, it joins the crowd SEPTEMBER stricter guidelines “as soon as two weeks from and faces the possibility of being forced to now” if their positivity rates go back up. The shut down a wide range of businesses and Stanford bans visitors from campus next day, Gov. Gavin Newsom signs emergency activities if its case rate remains above the Stanford University bans visitors who are not legislation requiring paid sick time for more state’s threshold for more than three days. The affiliated with its academic programs from workers in the state exposed to COVID-19. county’s case rate at the time, based on a 14- entering much of its campus on Sept. 1, a day rolling average, is 110.4 positive cases per sweeping restriction that university officials — Information compiled by Linda Taaffe from 100,000 residents. say is necessary for research and teaching to reporting by the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac resume in the fall quarter. and the Mountain View Voice.

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Second Harvest rethinks food distribution

From drive-thrus to home delivery, nonprofit finds new ways to feed a half million residents each month

ince the coronavirus hit the Bay fielded as many as 1,200 calls a SArea in March, Second Harvest day, many from people looking for Food Bank has seen an astronomi- food assistance for the first time. Above: Boxes ready for pick up at Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center in Mountain View are cal rise in demand. The nonprofit Second Harvest CEO Leslie Ba- filled with strawberries, peaches, lettuce, cantaloupe and other produce. Top: Second went from serving about 270,000 cho, who led the San Francisco- Harvest of Silicon Valley volunteers Hana Rust and Steven Jing place packaged food in the trunk of a client’s car at the Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center in Mountain View. Photos by people a month to 500,000 — an Marin Food Bank through the Magali Gauthier. 85% increase. Great Recession in 2008, said the The nonprofit has distributed as almost overnight, dramatic in- able to find food for your family,” be reconfigured into socially dis- many as 12 million pounds of food crease in need is “unprecedented.” Bacho said. tanced drive-thrus to prevent the within a month. Pre-pandemic, 6 It’s hard “to suddenly be out of The coronavirus also forced Sec- spread of the virus. million pounds in a month would work and really worried about: ond Harvest to dramatically trans- They started delivering food to have been a milestone. Are you going to be able to keep form its operations. Farmers mar- Continued on page 14 The nonprofit’s phone hotline has your housing? Are you going to be ket-style distribution sites had to 12 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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Clockwise from above: National Guard Airmant First Class Ethan Comley moves a pallet of prepared boxes in Curtner Center, one of two Second Harvest of Silicon Valley warehouses in San Jose; volunteers from Second Harvest Food Bank load cars with boxes of food at the Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center; Sarah Howard, the produce sourcing and quality manager at Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, examines some oranges at Cypress Center, one of the nonprofit's two San Jose warehouses, before food is packed into boxes and distributed to various sites.

Continued from page 12 who start their shifts at Second thousands of homebound low- Harvest’s largest warehouse. The income seniors. They stopped ac- 75,000-square-foot Cypress Cen- cepting canned food donations ter in San Jose stores mostly fresh from the community. produce: bags of onions and car- With most volunteers — who made rots, boxes of melons, oranges, up 40% of Second Harvest’s work- broccoli, corn and celery. Meat is force — unable to come in during kept in a separate, chilled room — the shelter-in-place, the nonprof- storage that helped Second Har- it had to rely on the United States vest make it through an initial Army National Guard, temporary meat shortage at the start of the workers and staff from partner shutdown, Baker Hayward said. agencies to sort and package food. The workers deftly steer fork- “Everything changed overnight,” lifts in and out of rows of boxed Second Harvest spokesperson Di- produce, stacking pallets of card- ane Baker Hayward said. board boxes in trucks parked in a Source: Embarcadero Media. Design by Kevin Legnon. dock outside. The trucks later head Months after the Bay Area start- throughout the Bay Area to a net- ed sheltering at home, demand for temporary space added in April to This helps relieve some of the sup- work of more than 300 partner food has not let up — and Second meet the current demand — also ply burden for Second Harvest, agencies — schools, senior cen- Harvest expects the need to con- stores food provided by the feder- said Sarah Howard, a produce ters, churches and shelters — with tinue for more than a year. al government through the Coro- sourcing and quality manager. 1,000 distribution sites. navirus Food Assistance Program Getting food from the warehouse Her job of managing the flow of This warehouse — one of four (CFAP). Second Harvest receives to those in need has become an in- food in accordance with demand that Second Harvest operates, in- an average of 27,000 boxes of food tricate process that begins shortly has taken on new pressure dur- cluding a new, 40,000 square-foot per week from the government. after dawn with masked workers ing the pandemic, she said. At the 14 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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Food & meals HOW TO GIVE Sponsor a meal The nonprofit LifeMoves has partnered with local restaurants in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties to provide contactless meals to residents staying in its shelters. Through the program, donors can purchase meals online from a list of participating restaurants that will deliver orders directly to shelter residents. Each order serves multiple people. • lifemoves.org/volunteers/meals Food wishlist Demand is at an all-time high at Ecumenical Hunger Program, which has had to temporarily suspend its in-person food and meal programs due to COVID-19. The East Palo Alto nonprofit is collecting food items on a a public health crisis is a first-of- wishlist posted on its website that will be distributed to families in need of a-kind deployment for this par- emergency resources. ticular unit. The 129th Rescue ehpcares.org/covid-19-update Wing, which is based at Moffett • Field in Mountain View, is usual- Charitable gifts ly activated for search and rescue Since the start of the pandemic, missions. the number of Santa Clara and San Mateo county residents seeking food Major Alfred Tamayo, who works assistance through Second Harvest in sales in the semiconductor in- Food Bank Silicon Valley has doubled. dustry, oversees a team of about Individual and corporate donors can assist the nonprofit by making a 37 National Guard members at the charitable donation. warehouse during the day and 15 shfb.org/give-help/donate-funds more during a swing shift. They • assemble up to 250,000 pounds Emergency fundraiser of food a day for distribution, Peninsula Volunteers has launched Tamayo said. a COVID-19 Critical Senior Care Fund to raise $500,000 to help sustain Volunteers are the backbone of the nonprofit’s Meals on Wheels Second Harvest. The majority program that provides critical delivery of volunteers — large corporate of nutritious meals to homebound start of the shutdown, many Sec- and found resources for other sup- seniors in San Mateo County. Due to ond Harvest distribution sites ini- port they needed. Volunteers got groups and seniors — all but dis- COVID-19, the organization was forced tially closed. After some reopened, to know regular visitors by name. appeared when shelter order began to cancel its annual April fundraiser, it took a few weeks for word to Many visitors became volunteers in late March. which typically raises critical funds needed to operate the meal program. spread and for people to know themselves. But volunteers, both veterans and penvol.org/donate where to go if they needed food, Now, families quickly pass first timers, have since started to • making it hard for the nonprofit to through in their cars to pick up the come back. They’re now trained HOW TO FIND HELP predict how much food to send to pre-packaged boxes: one with a se- and consolidated in a single loca- sites. tion, the Cypress Center. Free groceries lection of fruits and vegetables and During the pandemic, Second Harvest The Mountain View Senior Cen- another with dairy and items like Mary Ellen Carter said she Food Bank Silicon Valley is distributing ter on Escuela Avenue, for ex- tortillas, beans and peanut butter, started volunteering during the free food at various sites to anyone in ample, normally only serves low- plus a bag of meat. shutdown. need. Many locations do not require an ID to apply. income seniors — during the The nonprofit also has rapidly ex- “It’s such a great need right now,” pandemic, however, it has been she said. “It’s good to give back in • 800-984-3663 (Food Connection panded what was a limited home Hotline; shfb.org/get-food open twice a week to anyone in delivery service to now reach up- whatever way you can, not only (interactive map with food need. Staff members are continu- wards of 6,000 people. monetary but with your time.” distribution sites) ing to see new people come each National Guard members who Cat Cvengros, Second Harvest’s Meal delivery time, which is unusual, they say. usually volunteer at Second Har- vice president of marketing, said Meals on Wheels is delivering meals to Pre-pandemic, Second Harvest vest once a weekend on the side the organization is now grap- those in need in San Mateo and Santa modeled its distribution sites after of full-time jobs have been sort- pling with its short- and long-term Clara counties. farmers markets, allowing people ing and packaging food full time. future. • If you live in San Mateo County: to see and choose their produce. penvol.org/mealsonwheels; In March, Gov. Gavin Newsom “It’s a crisis,” Cvengros said. “We 650-323-2022 This helped to preserve a sense of deployed nearly 500 service mem- don’t even know what the next • If you live in Santa Clara County: dignity and normalcy, as well as bers to food banks across six Bay month looks like. As people con- mysourcewise.com/meals; community, Second Harvest staff Area counties on a humanitarian tinue to deplete their savings, we 408-350-3200 said. The sites became hubs where support mission. will see our numbers rise.” See full list of community resources in people connected with one another Battling food insecurity during —Elena Kadvany the Info Resource Guide on page 34.

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hile the coronavirus has forced much of the community to Whunker down at home for most of 2020, its arrival also has Meet people helping inspired some to go out of their way to take care of their neighbors. From launching food delivery programs and a rent relief fund to their Midpeninsula neighbors answering requests for random errands day or night, the actions of these individuals have not only helped some of the most vulner- during the pandemic able residents in the community but have galvanized hundreds of others to join their causes. People, who until recently may not have even known their neighbors, are now knocking on their doors, of- From welfare checks to food and rent relief, fering to walk their dogs, delivering them food and going to the their actions are reaching beyond the most vulnerable grocery store for them. Here are five Midpeninsula residents who have made a difference in their communities during the pandemic.

Howard Kushlan Ananya Karthik entrepreneur college student He formed a volunteer service corps She founded a volunteer network Since early March, Howard Kushlan has spent his days — and Ananya Karthik was wrapping up her first winter quarter at some evenings — helping neighbors during the pandemic as part Stanford University when she and 7,000 undergraduates were told of a corps of volunteer residents that he unintentionally inspired the campus would be closing in March because of the spread of to take action after sending a call out to those in need on social COVID-19. Despite the whirlwind change of becoming a full- media. time, virtual student, she got to work creating an online volunteer The Palo Alto resident network to deliver immediate aid to vulnerable residents in Santa knows the best place to get Clara County. eggs, where to find Clo- Santa Clara County Helping Hands has now connected hundreds rox wipes, who’s in need of high-risk individuals with volunteers to bring them groceries, of distilled water for their prescriptions and virtual companionship. sleep apnea machine, which The response for volunteers has been overwhelming, said neighbor has a prescription Karthik, who matches volunteers with higher-risk individuals waiting to be picked up and through the program’s website. just about every shopping “In this time of shelter in place and social distancing, we can policy at every food store in help the community get through this pandemic together,” Karthik Palo Alto. said. She described the effects of the pandemic for the elderly and “I just put a post up saying, immunocompromised as ranging from difficulty obtaining essen- ‘I’m happy to do whatever tial items to struggles with isolation and loneliness. you need; if you need gro- Karthik found a large group ceries, if you need shopping, of volunteers by reaching out if you need supplies, whatev- to local organizations, includ- er,’” Kushlan said. “And then Photo by Magali Gauthier ing police departments, local it just sort of caught on. Oth- media and mailing lists at her er people ran with it, and it’s university. taken on a life of its own.” The project has been fulfill- Within the first month of the pandemic, Kushlan’s post in- ing for Karthik, who said she spired more than 200 residents from well beyond his downtown hasn’t yet figured out her fu- neighborhood to join in and volunteer to help vulnerable resi- ture but hopes to find a career dents throughout the community. That number has held steady. in community impact and Through a Google Doc that he set up, people can add new re- learning how to best serve peo- quests for assistance or remove requests that have been fulfilled. ple’s needs. She’s talking with “It’s awesome. People just go in and get things done,” he said. college students in Los Ange- Over the months, he’s seen an increase in delivery requests from les and Seattle who are work- seniors, most of whom have been living in isolation, he said. ing on similar projects, as well Courtesy Ananya Karthik “There’s a lot of uncertainty, and so many people are out there as several local organizations, that are scared and want help,” said Kushlan, who grew up in and she hopes Santa Clara County Helping Hands can support the Palo Alto and now runs Crux, a marketing and political consult- community far into the future. ing firm. “Our work started in response to the crisis, but our long-term Kushlan said one silver lining from this experience is that he’s vision is to continue this work ... and help members of the com- gotten to know his neighbors. munity receive assistance and find companionship, a goal which I think extends beyond the immediate COVID-19 pandemic crisis,” “In times like these, you have to step outside your comfort zone, she said. and that’s when people’s best is brought out,” he said. — Bay City News Foundation — Linda Taaffe Profiles continued on page 18

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Profiles continued from page 17 Community Maria Gregorio HOW TO GIVE IT professional Donate funds for rent relief East Palo Alto resident Sarahi She started a food exchange program Espinoza Salmanca created the #FirstOfTheMonth campaign It started with a box of cherries. Maria Gregorio, a Palo to raise rent relief funds for hundreds of working-class Alto resident and Stanford University IT professional, families along the Midpeninsula saw a Nextdoor post in May from a neighbor organizing a facing financial hardships group buy of farm-fresh cherries. She eagerly bought a box created by the pandemic. and was chagrined when the neighbor didn’t continue the • liveinpeace.org following week. The person connected her with the farm- Buy farm-fresh produce er, so she put her own Nextdoor post up, asking if anyone Photo by Magali Gauthier Purchase fruits and vegetable wanted to buy cherries in bulk with her. The response was through Giving Fruits, a weekly “astronomical,” she said. food exchange coordinated What started as an informal neighborhood purchase of Every week, Gregorio posts what’s available from the by Palo Alto resident Maria cherries has since evolved into a streamlined weekly pick- farms, then people place their orders online and pick up Gregorio that purchases produce their orders on Friday evening at a contactless drive-thru in bulk to help struggling up operation of fresh fruits and vegetables from multiple farmers and uses proceeds farms. It’s a virtuous cycle: Farms that are struggling to outside Rinconada Library in Palo Alto. For anyone who’s raised through individual make up for lost revenue due to the coronavirus shutdown elderly or immuno-compromised, Gregorio finds volun- orders to benefit various local can sell in bulk directly to customers, while local residents teers to deliver their orders. nonprofits. get direct access to high-quality, organic produce. As word about Giving Fruits has spread, it’s become a givingfruits.org • Because the orders are made in bulk, the farms are able more involved, volunteer-run effort. Gregorio’s teenage HOW TO HELP to offer a discount, so Gregorio donates the proceeds to sons have taken over much of the daily operations. Giv- local nonprofits, to fund meals for front-line workers and ing Fruits has expanded to other cities as well, including Run an errand to a coworker’s fundraising effort to provide 3D-printed Portola Valley. Palo Alto resident Howard Kushlan is helping connect face shields to health care providers. Unclaimed orders go Because the farms sell in bulk, Gregorio said she’s seen neighbors who are available to local homeless shelters and care homes for the elderly. small communities form around picking up the produce to run errands with those Within the first two months, Gregorio estimated that she — groups of neighbors or friends who decide to purchase who need help with grocery had already donated more than $5,000 through the effort, boxes together and split up the fruits and vegetables. shopping, prescription pickups dubbed Giving Fruits. and other essential tasks while — Elena Kadvany sheltering at home during the pandemic. • To find out how to help, contact Kushlan at howard@ David Cope tothecrux.com; or check the Help Map feature on high school student Nextdoor.com to request or find assistance in your He launched a grocery neighborhood. delivery program for seniors HOW TO GET HELP When the coronavirus crisis caused Bay Area schools to Helping Hands close in mid-March, Menlo-Atherton High School stu- Stanford University dent David Cope found himself with little to do outside of undergraduate Ananya Karthik has created Santa Clara Helping his school work from a computer at home. Hands, an online network that As summer vacation approached, the 17-year-old decid- connects vulnerable residents in ed he needed to do something bigger. the community with volunteers who can bring them groceries, “I felt bad because during this crisis I’ve only been doing prescriptions and virtual schoolwork, and haven’t had to deal with any issues first- companionship. hand,” he said. “And there are a lot of people really strug- • scchelpinghands.com gling right now with the coronavirus.” Zoomers to Boomers He came across a Forbes article about an organization in Photo by Magali Gauthier Seniors living in the Menlo Park- which high schoolers like him were delivering groceries to Atherton area who want to limit their high-risk neighbors. Danny Goldberg of Santa Barbara, who helped him set up their public contact during the The organization is called Zoomers to Boomers — a ref- a branch serving Menlo Park and Atherton. Cope enlist- pandemic, can order groceries ed six of his friends from Menlo-Atherton High School to online and have them delivered erence to the generations across which the food is deliv- for free through the Zoomers ered: Generation Z, or “Zoomers” (born between 1995 join, and the group launched its local branch on May 26. to Boomers program that high and 2010) to Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and Cope said that Menlo Park and Atherton residents can school student David Cope 1964). enter their grocery store orders on the organization’s web- launched in the area. Volunteers from local high schools will pick Much like grocery delivery apps such as Instacart, peo- site, and they will deliver from any local store. Groceries up orders and delivery them to ple order online and teen volunteers deliver the grocer- are delivered within 48 hours. seniors’ homes. ies. But unlike the commercial apps, Zoomers to Boomers Cope’s local chapter of Zoomers to Boomers is just one • zoomerstoboomers.com charges no delivery fee. part of a nationwide organization that has expanded See full list of community “I felt like Zoomers to Boomers would be a good oppor- quickly since March. The program had spread to 36 cities assistance programs in the Info tunity to give back,” Cope said. nationwide as of August. Resource Guide on page 34. He reached out to the organization’s founder, 17-year-old — Tyler Callister

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Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca nonprofit founder and CEO She created a rent relief program East Palo Alto resident Sarahi Espino- Salamanca said after she noticed that za Salmanca has provided hundreds of low-income families, people of color and working-class families along the Mid- undocumented residents in her commu- peninsula with rent relief since the start nity were being disproportionately im- of May through a campaign she helped pacted by the pandemic, she teamed up launch after seeing the financial hard- with local nonprofits Kafenia Peace Col- ships created by the pandemic in her lective and Live in Peace to vet families in community. their networks and see who was in jeop- Within one week of launching ardy of losing their homes. #FirstOfTheMonth Fund in April, Sala- Together, the three nonprofits find re- manca’s campaign raised $1 million and cipients in the community who need helped 187 families in East Palo Alto, immediate rent relief and provide them Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City funding within 48 hours. Courtesy Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca make rent by the first of the month. The Salamanca has received support from Fund has since raised more than $2.2 more than 600 donors — the majority of million and has helped more than 300 whom live in the community and want to $9 million to help stabilize the hundreds families stay in their homes. make sure that their neighbors can remain of families the network has identified as “Growing up here, we were always sup- there. In May, the fund received a boost needing assistance. ported by others, and now it’s my turn when an anonymous donor agreed to Many of the families helped by the cam- to give back,” said Salamanca, CEO and match Individual donations under $1,000. paign live paycheck to paycheck and will founder of the nonprofit DREAMers Salamanca said there is no stop date for not be able to afford past due rent pay- RoadMap, which she launched in 2014 to the fund. ments when rent moratoriums are lifted, she added. help connect undocumented students to Until the job market bounces back, she college scholarships. anticipates that it will require more than — Linda Taaffe

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ife has changed in big ways and Lsmall for local seniors since the spread of the coronavirus began to accelerate in March: Many are liv- ing alone in their homes suddenly cut off from outside activities, while others in senior living facilities have found themselves prohibited from outside visitors, even spouses living in differing care levels within the same facility. They now must rely on family, friends or volunteers to shop for their food, pick up medi- cations and do basic errands. And with no end in sight to the pandem- ic, many are carving out a social life via Zoom, Skype and other technol- ogy as they grapple to stay connect- ed with the outside world. Even before the statewide shelter- in-place health orders went into ef- fect in mid-March, Don Levy, a retired engineer who lives at The Eric Woodman hands a bouquet of red carnations to his wife, Marty, who lives at Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park. Before the Avant, saw his residential commu- coronavirus crisis forced the facility to close its doors to visitors, Woodman had been visiting his wife twice every day. After the shutdown, nity on El Camino Way in Palo Alto he had to stay outdoors behind a fence to see her. Photos by Magali Gauthier. institute a ban on visitors. Residents who used to congre- 84-year-old said. regular meetings to discuss the lat- offered by senior-service organiza- gate now “self-isolate,” he said. They “It makes things harder in some est guidance from the Centers for tions Avenidas and Covia, with resi- used to meet in the lobby to read the ways, but the people here under- Disease Control and Prevention and dents participating in groups online newspaper. Now they do so alone, stand why this was done,” Levy said. local health departments and then or over the phone. scattered throughout the facility. The pandemic has forced living adjust facility operations according- Thomas Fiene, who heads the And the communal lunch time has facilities throughout the area to re- ly, Channing House CEO Rhonda residents association at Channing been staggered to ensure that diners think how they deliver services. Bekkendahl said. House, said that before the shelter- can remain at a safe distance from At Channing House, a communi- These days, vendors, contractors in-place orders, residents had rallied each other. ty of 250 seniors on Webster Street and family members of residents to help staff, which had begun to di- Things are different now, the in downtown Palo Alto, staff hold aren’t allowed in the building (with minish as people were taking sick limited exceptions for hospice care). days or staying home to take care Guests are limited to special visita- of their children in the aftermath of tion stations in front of the building school closures. or a visitation “cube” structure for Since the orders went into effect, family visits. residents have been largely confined All gatherings have been canceled. to their rooms, aside from occasion- And temperatures of all residents al walks and trips to get food. Now, and staff are checked when they with some at-risk residents com- leave the building and come back, pletely isolated, neighbors have tak- Bekkendahl said. Anyone show- en to Skype and FaceTime to check ing any kind of symptoms would be in on one another. asked to self-isolate in their apart- “We have a tech squad that is on ments, she said. In addition, all staff call every day to help with technol- and residents are tested for COV- ogy,” said Fiene, 85. “These guys ID-19 on a monthly basis. are all frustrated retired engineers. Given the imperative of keeping They love to do that. We are slowly residents indoors, Channing House entering the electronic world to help has pivoted its fitness and wellness communicate with each other.” Dick Hansen participates in a cardiac fitness class taught by Katie Renati in his living room classes online. Bekkendahl also in Menlo Park. pointed to several other programs Continued on page 22

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Continued from page 21 Each floor of Channing House also now has a representative or two who make contact with residents who are living alone or who have medi- cal conditions that make them par- ticularly vulnerable, Fiene said. De- spite the new restrictions, he said, residents have a “very high level of confidence” in the Channing House administration. At the Villa Siena Senior Living Community in Mountain View, it’s been a challenge to keep se- niors healthy and protected from the coronavirus while avoiding the negative mental health impacts that come from isolation, according to Executive Director Corine Bernard. As a way to offer social interac- tion, staff members started an after- noon coffee cart service to provide residents one-on-one visits. Phone calls and FaceTime chats with fam- ily members and friends are encour- aged, she said, and staff members provide tech support to those who Dick Hansen, left, and Dave Eckert exercise during a virtual cardiac fitness class in their living room in Menlo Park. need it. While the residents of retirement Andonian said Avenidas staff communities have staff looking out members will continue to work re- for them, the shifting conditions can motely Monday through Friday pose extreme challenges for seniors to help seniors, their families and who are aging at home, particularly caregivers as everyone navigates the those who already have health prob- health crisis. lems and are socially isolated. Since the shutdown, the organi- zation has switched from provid- ing on-site and in-person services ‘It’s not that I’m just to delivering groceries, supplies and medicine to those in need, fielding a delivering this food. hotline and calling seniors to check in with them as needed. The group There’s an intimacy also has transitioned many on-site classes to Zoom and has launched and a social bond virtual support groups. At the nonprofit’s Rose Kleiner site that’s there.’ in Mountain View, Director Kris- —SUNITA DE TOURREIL, tina Lugo said staff is managing Eric Woodman holds a sign from behind a fence at Silver Oaks Memory Care while he PALO ALTO RESIDENT participants’ health through phone greets his wife, Marty, for the first time in a month after the March shelter-in-place order calls and physically distanced visits. prohibited him from visiting her. Jewish Family and Children’s Ser- It doesn’t help that senior centers, vices (JFCS), which provides servic- The nonprofit’s caregivers are when our services are needed more including those operated by the es to seniors living at home, also had trained and briefed on precaution- than ever,” she said. nonprofit Avenidas and the city of to cancel its social programs, said ary measures for the coronavirus, Tenerowicz said one of the things Mountain View, have had to tem- Sue Tenerowicz, the organization’s she said. Volunteers call vulnerable people can do to help is reach out to porarily shut their doors. interim marketing director. But it residents and talk to them. And so- their neighbors. In June, Avenidas pivoted its pro- has also seen a big surge in requests cial workers help senior clients per- “Keep your distance and do all that gramming to a new virtual and con- from seniors who are not going out form routine but critical tasks, like — but you can knock on a door and tactless service model to provide as and need someone to come in and buying groceries and getting to their talk to a senior through the door, many existing and new services and help them. doctor’s appointments. ask ‘Are you OK?’ and say ‘I’ll check programs as possible until its physi- “Most of our clients are living alone Tenerowicz said the staff of her or- on you tonight.’ At this time, we all cal buildings can safely reopen. and are requiring some assistance,” ganization, like many, now works need to do that,” Tenerowicz said. “Due to COVID-19, our operations Tenerowicz said. “What is hard for remotely, but her team is committed Many neighbors are doing exactly drastically changed, and this new many of them is that they are at such to continuing to provide services. that. Sunita de Tourreil, a downtown reality is likely to continue for the a high risk that they’re afraid to go “It’s a constant fire drill. But this is Palo Alto resident, reached out to foreseeable future,” Avenidas CEO out, and they don’t have any inde- what we do. ... This is when we pull several neighbors who are elderly or and President Amy Andonian said. pendence whatsoever.” together and we do it, because this is immunocompromised and offered

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Top right: Palo Alto resident Seniors Sunita de Tourreil looks HOW TO GIVE over a list of food and other JFCS Community Emergency items that she Fund is picking up for Jewish Family and Children’s Services elderly friends (JFCS), which provides services to who are too seniors living at home, has seen a big vulnerable to surge in requests from seniors who shop in public. are not going out and need someone Bottom right: to come in and help them. The Dianne Jenett, nonprofit has launched a community 72, smiles fund to provide emergency food, at Sunita de financial assistance, home health care Tourreil after and teletherapy services to those who she brings her a have been impacted by this crisis. bag of groceries from Whole • jfcs.org Foods Market in downtown Palo HOW TO HELP Alto during the Mon Ami phone bank first week of the shelter-in-place Founded by Joy Zhang, Mon Ami orders. is a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that provides companionship to seniors by pairing them with volunteers. During the pandemic, the organization has to shop for them. De Tourreil has set up a phone bank to allow anyone seven neighbors whom she helps around the world to volunteer to out, including a group of women — make calls to socially isolated seniors. three in their 70s and one in her 80s • 650-289-5400 / monami.io — who share an apartment. HOW TO GET HELP At first, people were reluctant to Avenidas Door-to-Door take her up on her offer. Eventually, Services they reached out and accepted it. Avenidas has launched a new “I think this is what needs to hap- Door-to-Door Services program pen,” said de Tourreil, who has a that includes free home delivery of essentials such as groceries, toiletries, background in microbiology. She prescriptions and personal protective follows a strict regimen to make equipment; check-in phone calls; and sure the groceries don’t get con- library pickup and drop-off services. taminated and that she doesn’t get • 650-289-5411 / avenidas.org too close to neighbors who may be vulnerable. See full list of senior resources in the Info Resource Guide on page 35. “It’s not that I’m just delivering this food. There’s an intimacy and a social bond that’s there,” she said. Results can be profound. Nora Ku- program that now allows her to Alto-morning-rush-hour traffic to Joy Zhang, founder of Mon Ami, a saka Herrero, a 26-year-old with a enroll new heart patients to the get to Cubberley,” Eckert said. Palo Alto-based nonprofit that pro- full-time job at a civil engineering HeartFit program remotely from The convenience has led Eckert, vides companionship to seniors by firm, switched from providing in- anywhere in the world while the 63, to boost his HeartFit partici- pairing them with volunteers, has person companionship to volun- Cubberley gym is closed during the pation from three to five times per set up a phone bank to allow any- teering by phone with Mon Ami. pandemic. Even when she’s able to week. One of the women with whom she reopen the gym safely, Wedell plans one around the world to volunteer Zoom cannot compensate for the chats is in her 80s. to extend the remote option to peo- to make calls to socially isolated se- missed benefits of in-person classes, ple who prefer it. niors. Prior to the crisis, when Mon “She was telling me that she had said Palo Alto resident Carl Thom- Ami offered room visits, the non- lived through the Great Depression “I had always wanted to offer a sen, who sorely misses the camara- profit served close to 500 families, and World War II,” said Herrero, hybrid approach because there are derie of the gym experience. about 20% in Palo Alto. After the who like many others is now work- some people who can’t do the brick “It’s definitely much better to be shelter-in-place orders, it expanded ing remotely. “This is just one more and mortar,” she said. “Now our in class because one of the benefits the program to make it available to thing in the book.” hand was forced (by COVID-19). is that you chat with other people anyone across the country. Though Ultimately it will be great because Robin Wedell, a registered nurse while you’re biking,” said Thomsen, the phone bank is new, 50 people I’ll have a full menu to offer, and if and director of the cardiac-well- a retired CFO and 20-year HeartFit signed up to be volunteers and Mon people want to do it remotely, they ness program HeartFit for Life, member. “It’s a social benefit as well Ami’s capacity exceeded the de- can.” which provides medically super- as an exercise benefit.” mand within the first weeks of the vised exercise to a roster of old- Longtime HeartFit member Dave The Zoom social life will nev- program, Zhang said. er and medically fragile clients at Eckert, who lives in Menlo Park, er compare to the real thing, he Before, the volunteers were most- Cubberley Community Center, said he loves the convenience of ex- added. ly college students. Now, there are said the new normal has pros and ercising from home. different kinds of people, includ- cons, but in any case, the post- “I love getting up and walking to — Information compiled from Embarcadero Media stories written by ing San Francisco programmers pandemic future will not look the the living room and doing Zoom who are working remotely and have same as the pre-pandemic past. Gennady Sheyner, Kate Bradshaw, — and not having to get in my car Chris Kenrick and Linda Taaffe. more time to make calls. Wedell embraced a telemedicine and drive through downtown-Palo www.MountainViewOnline.com Info Mountain View • 23

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After the March coronavirus shutdown, members of the Grammy award-winning Ragazzi Boys Chorus created individual recordings that the group's conductors put together to create a digital choral performance Re-imagining of "We Are the Day." Courtesy Ragazzi Boys Chorus. Kent Jue RAGAZZI Achorus is a group that sings together. Almost overnight, COVID-19 made the arts that impossible, giving choir directors a difficult choice: Adapt or disband. Within four days of the shutdown, the conductors of the Grammy award-win- ning Redwood City-based choral group, Artistic directors on Ragazzi, took up the challenge of keeping Courtesy David Allen their choirs alive. They created audio and surviving the present videotapes to conduct singers they could At the front end, the logistics involve neither see nor hear, at first relying on par- creating instructions, collecting record- and planning the future ents and volunteers with sound and video ings and fielding questions. With boys as skills to transform individual recordings young as 6, that means parental involve- into a choral performance. ment. Ragazzi estimates that phase takes “Along the way we produced three vir- about 15 hours, not counting individual here’s no doubt that in the coming tual choirs,” said executive and artistic di- singing time. For the nearly 140 separate voice recordings that went into “We Are Tmonths, many performing arts orga- rector Kent Jue. Among them are a dozen graduating seniors performing “Shenan- the Day,” audio and video editing, all done nizations will be fighting to survive in a doah” as their swan song, and a group of in-house, took another 30 hours. COVID-19-ravaged climate. For some lo- 24 singing the rhythmic “Count On Me.” Of course, it would be simpler if cho- “None of this was a plan. It sort of just ral members could sing and record si- cal luminaries, though, the fight is not developed,” Jue added. “Once we learned multaneously on apps like Zoom, but the about merely survival; it’s about re-imagin- we would have to cancel our season and be sound from the home of a conductor or an accompanist does not reach 140 other ing the arts for the better. Meet four artistic remote, we needed a project for the boys to focus on. We came up with these virtual homes, or even half-dozen, simultaneous- directors who are working to transform the choirs, which, I have to admit I was not a ly. Delays of a few tenths of a second from one place to another would result in cho- Midpeninsula arts scene. fan of at the beginning because there’s so much work on the back end and so much ral cacophony. That’s why choir members work on the front end.” Continued on page 27 26 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

INFO MVV 2020.indd 26 9/25/20 6:17 PM ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Bora ‘Max’ Koknar and Alika Ululani Spencer-Koknar DRAGON PRODUCTIONS THEATRE COMPANY

hen Bora “Max” Koknar and with Twitch, Zoom, Facebook Live Whis wife, Alika Ululani Spen- and other platforms, as well as how cer-Koknar, stepped up as co-artis- to best use microphones, camera an- tic directors of Dragon Productions gles and more. Theatre Company in early 2019, “We’re really trying to reimag- they knew they wanted to make the ine what we can do. How we ap- theater a vibrant community hub, proach what we do. What on earth more than just a space to stage plays. is the point of the theater company Months into the pandemic-man- when artists have access to all the dated shutdowns, the duo’s vision same tools of productions?” Koknar has not changed. mused. “We’re here for the audience “We decided that just because we too, but right now we’re here for the can’t continue running our show artists.” doesn’t mean that people don’t need That reimagining includes trying what the theater and arts can pro- to tear down the elitist hierarchies vide,” Koknar said. “The knee-jerk and lack of diversity entrenched ev- reaction is to do archival videos and erywhere — the arts included. Zoom readings — which we did! — “If we’re going to survive this, but the question became, ‘How do it can’t be about just surviving; it we move forward and not just pre- needs to be about coming out on the tend to do the same thing, but on- other side of this with a more equi- line? How do we create community table model for artists and making through the arts?’” experiences more accessible to more The Dragon sprung into action, people,” he said. “It’s been a struggle Photo by Karla Kane not only by creating online versions to push against the economic reali- of its popular “Live at the Dragon” ties, I don’t know how to pay art- of online formats with the goal of but also new friends, people who variety shows, circus shows, and ists more than $300 for hundreds of sparking important conversations had never attended their live shows acting and writing classes for adults hours of labor,” Koknar said. “But all around racism and to support BI- but found themselves hungry for and kids, but also a dizzying selec- of these things that have happened POC (Black, indigenous and people human connection. They’re also tion of interactive, online offerings over the last few months are making of color) and queer artists. able to work with a greater variety including late-night spooky tale- it feel more urgent and critical that “It makes our community engage- of artists, writers and educators, no telling, morning children’s story- everything I’ve been railing against, ment component very different, a longer limited by geography. time (complete with a hedgehog I just act on.” little more intimate,” Ardelean said “Live at the Dragon really explod- puppet), cooking lessons, lunchtime The couple also teamed up with of the new format. ed (since going online). It’s made the exercises, cocktail-hour discussions In Fuse Theatre — founded by Though times have been challeng- most money it’s ever made,” Spen- and more. Stacey Ardelean in 2015 with the ing for the organizations, the re- cer-Koknar said. “Reaching out to “The point of a nonprofit organi- mission of promoting social jus- newed commitment to diversity is artists that wouldn’t be able to oth- zation is not to perpetuate itself, it tice and education — to produce one of several bright spots. Another erwise come to Redwood City is is to serve, and now is our chance to an annual short-play festival cen- is accessibility. Offering interactive huge.” serve,” Koknar said. tered on timely topics. They have programming online means that it’s More information: Koknar has been able to harness adapted the festival — “CoEXIST: open to people all around the world. dragonproductions.net his tech skills to help performers stories of unlikely connection” — Dragon and Fuse have gained not into an ongoing series in a variety only new patrons and performers —Karla Kane

KENT JUE “I’m confident that when we come “As a composer, to hear a piece in North Star Academy in Redwood Continued from page 26 out of this, and are able to rehearse your head and then to hear it in per- City, said he “loves singing with my must push their mute buttons dur- in person again, we will be stronger son sound even better than the ver- friends,” and not being able to sing ing group rehearsals, Jue explained. and better,” Jue said. sion in your head is amazing,” he together was unthinkable. said. “Thank you for being a mes- Jue noted that Ragazzi recently was Although the singers are not per- But tears dissipated when Ragazzi forming before live audiences, they sage of hope in a world that so des- began meeting on Zoom. And when able to record nine singers simul- perately needs hope right now.” taneously in real time, but not on are finding new audiences in dis- he heard the finished virtual piece Zoom. tant places. When Mark Burrows, Hope is what keeps these chorales of “Count on Me,” in which he has the composer of “We Are the Day” in harmony, even amid disappoint- a cameo solo, “something inside of “One of our board members is a who lives in Texas, heard Ragazzi ment. In March, when Ragazzi first me just lit up. I think it’s really cool technology genius,” he said, add- singing his song on YouTube, he soprano Liam Lowitz first heard that we’re able to do this.” ing that the technology, which is a thanked “all of my new friends” that COVID-19 would force choirs More information: ragazzi.org “game-changer,” is still in the exper- with a YouTube recording of his to shut down, “I started crying,” he imental stages. own. said. Lowitz, 12, a seventh-grader at —Janet Silver Ghent

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Sinjin Jones PEAR THEATRE The arts HOW TO GIVE ountain View’s Pear The- Make a charitable donation Matre has an in-house secret Several arts groups and museums weapon: The Pear Playwrights have launched emergency funds to Guild. help pay their rent and artists who Thanks to the active group of are producing content online while writers creating original content, their spaces are dark during the and the enthusiasm and expe- pandemic. rience of new Artistic Director • Find contact information for local Sinjin Jones, the Pear has come arts groups and museums on up with new, innovative pro- page 38. gramming to meet the moment. HOW TO HELP “Now is a more important time Buy season tickets than ever to be giving art to peo- ple,” Jones said. “And necessity Several local theater companies are producing shows that will be breeds ingenuity.” offered on-demand, livestreamed, Once it became clear that the performed live or presented as a Pear would not be able to do its combination of both for the 2020- planned June production of the 21 season. musical “Side by Side,” Jones • Find a comprehensive list of turned to the Playwrights Guild performing arts groups on to come up with something dif- page 38. ferent: A filmed, digital series HOW TO EXPERIENCE of interwoven tales inspired and informed by the present reality. Outdoor history exhibit Seven writers and Jones, along The Los Altos History Museum has with the cast members, launched taken its special exhibit “Rise Up! very quickly into a six-week de- The Fight for Women’s Suffrage,” vising process, coming up with which celebrates the centennial of women’s suffrage, outdoors. The stories and characters that are exhibit will be mounted on the “responsive to the COVID-19 wraparound porch of the J. Gilbert situation but really speak to the Smith House for visitors to browse strength of the human spirit,” Photo by Sammy Dallal during self-guided tours until the Jones said. museum is permitted to reopen. With his background in devised The exhibit is scheduled to run Playwright Leah Halper said. “I design, were mixed. theater (the method by which through January 2021. totally jumped at this chance. theater is created collectively) as “We learned a lot from ‘Pear • 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos; It’s maybe a once-in-a-lifetime well as independent film, Jones Slices’ in terms of what works losaltoshistory.org opportunity to work with other took charge of proposing a ba- and what doesn’t,” Jones said, playwrights, this incredibly tal- Outside art display sic structure, directed the pieces noting that while the ‘Slices’ ented director and to involve the The outdoor gardens surrounding and served as editor of the proj- were written with live staging actors in really interesting ways. the historic Filoli House are serving ect that turned out to be “many in mind, everything about “This How could you pass it up?” as an exhibit space for “Rich Soil,” small stories that explore this Street and The Next” was delib- an installation of figurative works idea of what relationships mean, Halper appreciates the in- erately planned to utilize shelter- constructed out of wire by San and the value of those who are creased amount of space Jones in-place conditions. Francisco artist Kristine Mays. The closest to us in a time of need,” has given to the Playwrights Jones said that he doesn’t ex- artwork will be on display through he said. Guild, and the way he’s lead- pect the Pear to be back doing Nov. 9. Visitors to Filoli must make ing the Pear thus far. “He really an online reservation in advance, “This Street and The Next,” fully live performances before sees the writers as integral to the wear a mask and adhere to safe which began streaming online January. With that in mind, he Pear. That makes the Pear a more distancing instructions. during the summer, is what the and his team will be consider- interesting place,” she said. “The • 86 Cañada Road, Woodside; Pear described as a “choose your ing more fully digital content, as really big theaters are closed; it’s filoli.org own adventure, hybrid theater well as filming live performances the smaller ones that have been piece” inspired by the current with tiny-to-no audiences, then Virtual museum tours so creative. I think he’s doing an COVID-19 crisis and all the cha- streaming the recording. Several Midpeninsula museums amazing job.” os of spring and summer 2020. While “tech never quite works are offering free virtual tours, artist The show was released as a se- The project was an ambitious exactly the way it should,” Jones talks and special online exhibits ries of short videos with a sug- next step up from the theater said with a laugh, “I am really ex- while their doors are closed during gested viewing order that could company’s last venture, which cited to deliver something to the the pandemic. be switched up according to the was to film and stream the an- Pear audience that is new and • Find a comprehensive list of viewers’ preferences. nual “Pear Slices” production unique.” museums on page 38. of original one acts from the “You can work your whole life as Playwrights Guild. The techni- More information: thepear.org See full list of arts & entertainment a playwright and not get a chance programs in the Info Resource Guide cal results, including trying to —Karla Kane to work on a devised play,” on page 38. use Zoom backgrounds as set

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Jaimi Haydel watches her son Davis, 3, look through some stamps in the indoor kindergarten craft space she has created in a storage room in her Atherton home. Photos by Magali Gauthier. With campuses shut down, parents reinvent the classroom

FAMILIES CREATE HOME-SCHOOL BUBBLES AS ALTERNATIVE TO REMOTE LEARNING

aimi Haydel has trans- and ongoing coronavirus testing), can’t guarantee it’s going to be per- for shared child care or safe so- formed her Atherton back- a daily schedule and fee structure, fect or smooth but I’m not really cial activities while schools remain yard into an outdoor kinder- all of which she’s reviewed with a worried about that. I want him to closed. garten classroom. lawyer. feel safe and I want there to be some Locally, the world of pandemic JShe installed sun shades, ordered In September, the six kindergar- predictability. I need that for myself, pods has exploded in recent weeks. a second picnic table and created a teners began attending the back- too.” Tutoring companies that saw busi- “mud kitchen” for hands-on, messy yard school on weekday afternoons. Haydel is among a booming num- ness drop off during the shutdown learning for her 5-year-old son and For half of the children in the pod, ber of parents forming a separate are getting flooded with requests. five other kindergarten students including Haydel’s son, their par- but parallel educational experience One local Facebook group devoted whose parents have formed a pod ents have committed to this as their on the Peninsula: learning pods, or to linking up parents and teachers together for the entire school year. sole education for the entire year small groups of students meeting in has grown to nearly 2,500 members One parent happens to be a creden- — even if their schools reopen in person for private instruction or su- who share resources, tips and con- tialed teacher, so she’ll be in charge person. pervision. Some parents are doing nections for pods. The page reads of academics — and paid for it — “With all the uncertainty going on so out of frustration with the qual- like an educational match-making while Haydel has taken on the role right now, I wanted to make a de- ity of their school’s distance learn- service, with posts like “looking for of school administrator, developing cision and be done with it. I also ing, hiring teachers for as much as imaginative kids, and families who safety protocols (all of the families wanted to be able to communicate $250 an hour and creating their are very careful about COVID.” have agreed to temperature checks that to my child: ‘This is what we’re own at-home schooling, while oth- doing this year,’” Haydel said. “I ers are working parents desperate Continued on page 32

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Continued from page 31 Since April, Haydel has devoted ex- tensive time to researching home- schooling curriculum, reading parent- ing articles, drafting documents and getting legal advice on forming a pod at her home. Her youngest son was set to start kindergarten at Encinal School in Atherton in the fall and, seeing writ- ing on the wall with the pandemic, she started preparing for the likelihood that he wouldn’t be doing so in person. Haydel found a group of like-mind- ed parents from her son’s cooperative nursery school, who all agreed to ex- tensive safety precautions and to limit thir children’s activities outside of the pod to minimize exposure. “Not all parents want to be educators and I think that’s fair,” Haydel said. “They’re looking for creative ways to get those needs met.” The success of a pod depends on find- ing the right parents to team up with and setting clear expectations, said San Carlos mother Sophie Zugoni, who created separate pods for each of her children, a first-grader who attends school in San Carlos and a third-grad- er who goes to school in Redwood City. As a working parent, she sought out pods for both education and child care. “If you gather a random group of four parents to design, and build a car, it will take a long time, as everyone has their own preference, and if the differ- ences are too wide, you will never have a car,” Zugoni wrote in a lengthy Me- dium post, “7 Steps to Create a Pod in 10 Days,” documenting her pod experi- ence. “Say once built, it turns out to be a Toyota Prius. You will attract folks who are, for example, budget and environ- mentally conscious. Those who need a fancy Lexus do not need to join.” Zugoni eventually found families who agreed on how to structure the pod, including location, budget, aca- demics and tolerance of coronavirus risks. They hired a retired teacher for instruction in the mornings and are taking turns watching the kids in the afternoons. “In a way, we feel so privileged. We’re getting a teacher ratio for four kids,” Zugoni said. “But we’re forced to be put into this situation. We’d rather go to school. For a lot of us, we don’t want to be in this situation, but we feel like we have no other choice.” A kindergarten buddy Bridget Stolee, whose daughter at- tends Escondido Elementary School in Palo Alto, also recently formed a pod Jaimi Haydel turned the backyard of her Atherton home into an outdoor kindergarten classroom for her 5-year-old son, Davis, with one other family. Stolee and her right, and five other kindergarten students whose parents have formed a pod together for the entire school year.

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husband work full time — she’s a psychotherapist and he’s a chemical Students & Learning engineer — so they were looking for help with Zoom supervision as well HOW TO GIVE as socialization. Donations for books They tested it out a few days during In an effort to prevent learning the first week of school, with the two loss among children, Access kindergarteners sitting side by side Books Bay Area is working closely with local school districts during online classes, sharing cray- to distribute books to at-risk ons and running into the backyard students while libraries and for “recess.” At some points, the kids school campuses are closed seemed more engaged in the online during the pandemic. The nonprofit distributes books to learning together, Stolee said, and at kids in need throughout the others were distracted by each other. Peninsula and is accepting Stolee and her husband are trading donations to help grow its off supervising the girls in alternat- permanent collection. All donations will be used to ing shifts; she sits with them from Jaimi Haydel’s son works on an art project in the indoor craft space she created in a storage purchase new, hardcover books. 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and then her hus- room at her Atherton home. Photos by Magali Gauthier. • accessbooksbayarea.org band takes over so she can work, and they continue throughout the day. quarantine. Facebook group and website for HOW TO HELP (She’s hopeful the other parents will They’ve all agreed to strict health creating local pods. Volunteer tutoring soon share in the supervision.) and safety protocols, including Zugoni said she understands why All Students Matter is looking to “Literally hour by hour every day, temperature checks, periodic coro- some people take issue with the idea expand its 200-plus volunteer we have to schedule who is sitting navirus testing for the families and of pods as fueling inequities and corp this school year. The Menlo and supervising. Sometimes I’m a requirement that any child with urged parents forming pods to reach Park nonprofit has launched a new virtual tutoring program to working on paperwork or billing coronavirus-like symptoms must be outside their social circles and to cleared by a doctor before coming consider including students in need support teachers and students in for my practice. Sometimes my hus- Ravenswood City School District band is doing his work and sitting back to the pod. To further limit po- at no cost. South Bay Educational during the pandemic. Volunteers next to her. At the moment,” Stolee tential exposure, they only allowed Support, a new Palo Alto tutoring are needed to help tutor students said, “it’s total chaos.” children who aren’t participating business started by a Palo Alto High during and after regular school in any other in-person group pro- School graduate taking a gap year Zoom hours. For the first time, All For Stolee, forming a pod feels like Students Matter will be matching gram — and whose siblings aren’t and other college students, is going a Band-Aid solution — a way to get tutors with middle school as well — which greatly narrowed to start allowing families to sponsor through the virtual school day with students to provide one-on-one down the number of kids who could students who can’t afford to hire a virtual tutoring and mentoring some semblance of engagement for participate. private tutor. throughout the school year. her daughter and sanity for her and ASM’s programs focus on building her husband. Families using private resources to Danna Nashaat, a Palo Alto parent literacy and writing skills. supplement or even replace online who founded Partner Pods, said she “This doesn’t feel like a sustainable • Allstudentsmatter.org learning have been hotly criticized encourages conversations about eq- thing to do for a year. But I guess I for deepening socioeconomic and uity in the group, including sharing HOW TO FIND HELP thought that when we started this racial inequities. Some local parents lesson plans and resources on diver- pandemic ... and now we’re six Student mentoring have made efforts to include a low- sity. But she doesn’t think it’s fair to months in,” she said. “I think this is Beyond the Book, founded by income or minority student in their castigate pandemic pods for deep- all about pushing and survival. Ev- a group of high school-aged pods, which critics say doesn’t ad- rooted educational inequities. students at Castilleja School, eryone is emotionally at our wits’ dress the root issues. helps children in grades K-8 with end.” “The pods in general are not that free one-on-one online studying “If we’re going to create more di- much different than what was going and mentorship sessions that last Questions about equity verse, inclusive, equitable pods then on before, if you think about it. Every- 30 minutes. The group covers we are going to have to do it outside body is in their own neighborhood. subjects such as reading, math, Depending on its structure, creat- of our immediate network because Everybody is in their own grade. You language, special projects and ing a pod can be an extensive — and creativity. Children are matched we have created communities that might get a sprinkling of other chil- expensive — undertaking. One par- with high schoolers based are segregated,” said Angie Evans, dren from other neighborhoods but on their grade, subject and ent likened it to forming an entire a Palo Alto parent and communi- in general this is the way that the pub- availability. school with human resources and ty organizer who has been offering lic school district and to some extent • beyond-thebook.com accounting departments. free Zoom calls on pods and equi- private schools have been formed,” Home-school resources The families in Haydel’s pod, for ty. “We’re not going to be judged by she said. “This is the norm.” Parents looking for information example, have agreed to pay about how my middle class white kid does Zugoni also urged compassion for about how to create their own $135 per week to fund the teacher, in the pandemic. We are going to be all families finding their own way education pods or connect with who’s being paid as an independent others who have launched pods, judged in Palo Alto by how we allow through the stress and weight of a contractor with bonuses, time off can find a comprehensive list of kids who are Tinsley students to do radically different school experience. resources through Partner Pods. and sick leave, and to contribute to a in the pandemic — and we should “We’re put in this situation that no- Founded by Palo Alto parent pool for school supplies and snacks. Danna Nashaat, the nonprofit be.” (The Tinsley or Voluntary body expected, this unprecedent- (They have offered that any fam- Transfer Program allows students helps parents connect, share ily who can’t afford the fee doesn’t ed pandemic,” she said. “My ask is lesson plans, exchange ideas and who live in East Palo Alto to attend that people don’t judge one another access resources. have to pay it, no questions asked.) Palo Alto public schools.) They created a school calendar for but really to be empathetic to every- • Partnerpods.org Evans started hosting the Zoom the year with extra time off after body’s situation. People have differ- See full list of education calls after noticing that no East Thanksgiving in case families trav- ent needs.” resources in the Info Resource Palo Alto parents were participat- el for the holidays and need time to —Elena Kadvany Guide on page 39. ing in Partner Pods, the popular

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INFO MVV 2020.indd 33 9/25/20 6:17 PM INFO RESOURCE DIRECTORY ur annual Info Resource Directory aims to connect for seniors and those in need. This year's curated lists OMountain View residents with local community include emergency resources and information related resources. This comprehensive guide includes to COVID-19 and emphasize ways residents can give information about the area's parks, government, and get support in the community during schools, youth programs and arts, as well as services the pandemic.

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El Camino Real • Rehabilitation and subacute programs, Collaborative that connects residents • Support and empowerment program post-surgical care, rehabilitation El Camino Hospital to lawyers, information about for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender therapies, hospice and respite care, 2500 Grant Road unemployment applications, housing, teens Alzheimer’s care unit food banks and financial aid • Full-service, acute-care community • 650-424-0852, ext. 107 / acs-teens.org • 650-961-6161 / mvhealthcare.com hospital; serves Mountain View, Los • 408-809-2124 Altos, Los Altos Hills, parts of Palo Alto Suicide Crisis Hotline Pathways Home Health and and surrounding cities State hotline for seniors 828 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 200, San Jose Hospice (Moving Care Forward) • 650-940-7000 / elcaminohospital.org • Seniors can access the latest information (Run by Santa Clara County Mental about the coronavirus pandemic and 585 N. Mary Ave., Sunnyvale Health Administration) El Camino Hospital Maternal services available to them Home health and hospice care • Connections • 833-544-2374 • 855-278-4204 • 888-978-1306 / pathwayshealth.org 2485 Hospital Drive, ground floor YWCA Silicon Valley California Department of Public Lactation and breastfeeding support Health 375 S. Third St., San Jose Pacific Stroke Association • 800-216-5556 / Support and services in the areas of 3801 Miranda Ave., Bldg. 6, A-162, • • COVID-19 health alerts, case numbers, • elcaminohospital.org/connections resources domestic violence, sexual assault, Palo Alto human trafficking, counseling, youth cdph.ca.gov/covid19 • Monthly support groups for stroke El Camino Surgery Center • services and child care survivors and caregivers COVID-19 testing sites (Santa 24-hour hot line: 800-572-2782 / 2480 Grant Road (El Camino Hospital, • • 650-565-8485 / Willow Pavilion) Clara County Public Health) ywca-sv.org pacificstrokeassociation.org Ambulatory surgery center and List of pop-up, drive-thru and hospital • • outpatient health care center testing sites throughout the county HEALTH & SUPPORT SERVICES Planned Parenthood Mountain bit.ly/SCCTestingSites • 650-961-1200 / elcaminosurgery.com • Alzheimer’s Association View Health Center Sutter Health COVID-19 Advice Line 1060 La Avenida St. 2500 California St. Kaiser Permanente - Mountain View • Clinicians direct callers who think • Information, support, referrals and • Family planning and health services for 555 Castro St. they have COVID-19 symptoms to the education/training women and men • Nonemergency medical services appropriate level of medical care, daily • 24/7 helpline: 800-272-3900; • 650-948-0807 / • 650-903-3000 / from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. office, 650-962-8111 / alz.org/norcal bit.ly/PPMountainView healthy.kaiserpermanente.org (search • 866-961-2889 “Mountain View”)

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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Specialty Services, Stanford MEDIATION Community Services Agency Stanford Children’s Health 204 Stierlin Road Mountain View Mediation 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto 1174 Castro St., Ste. 250 Program (Project Sentinel) • Safety-net services for low-income • Devoted to the care of children and • Medical services for young adults ages or homeless people and seniors in expectant mothers 12-21 1490 El Camino Real, Santa Clara Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Advice, conciliation and mediation Hills • 650-497-8000 / stanfordchildrens.org • 650-723-5511 / stanfordchildrens.org • services to help resolve work, rental • 650-968-0836 / csacares.org Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health and other disputes MayView Community Health Center Care System • 408-720-9888 / housing.org (Member of the Ravenswood Family Day Worker Center of Mountain 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, and View Health Network) SERVICES FOR PEOPLE multiple campuses 113 Escuela Ave. 900 Miramonte Ave., 2nd floor WITH DISABILITIES • General medical, surgical and • Connects employees and employers; • Primary medical care for low-income psychiatric care for veterans provides ESL, job readiness and other individuals AbilityPath (formerly Gatepath • 650-493-5000 / paloalto.va.gov and Abilities United) classes and access to social services 650-327-8717 / mayview.org • 350 Twin Dolphin, Ste. 123, Redwood City • 650-903-4102 / HOMELESS SERVICES dayworkercentermv.org Palo Alto Medical Foundation • Support services for children, adults 701 E. El Camino Real Alpha Omega Homeless Services with special needs and developmental Second Harvest Food Bank disabilities Primary care, urgent care (drop-in) (CSA) of Santa Clara and San Mateo • • 650-259-8500 / abilitypath.org Counties • 866-961-2889, COVID-19 advice line 204 Stierlin Road (daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.); 650-853-2958, • Direct advocacy and assistance for Vista Center for the Blind and 4001 N. First St. and 750 Curtner Ave., urgent care / sutterhealth.org/pamf individuals seeking housing assistance, Visually Impaired San Jose medical/dental services, employment 2500 El Camino Real # 100, Palo Alto • Partners with hundreds of nonprofit Stanford Health Care training and money management agencies to provide food at more than Rehabilitation program and other counseling • 770 sites, including pantries, soup 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford services for clients with severe sight loss • 650-968-0836 / csacares.org kitchens, shelters and after-school • Includes the Stanford University • 650-858-0202 / vistacenter.org programs Medical Center, Stanford Hospital Hope’s Corner & Clinics, the Stanford University VTA Access Paratransit • 800-984-3663 (food connection School of Medicine and Lucile Packard 748 Mercy St. (corner of Hope street) hotline); 408-266-8866 3331 N. First St., San Jose (San Jose centers) / shfb.org Children’s Hospital Stanford • Breakfast, lunch, shower and laundry • Transportation for individuals who have a 650-498-3333 / stanfordhealthcare.org services, cold weather shelter disability that prevents them from using Social Services Agency — • (Note: Shower and laundry program public transportation (bus, light rail) North County District Stanford Hospital & Clinics suspended during pandemic) • Information on eligibility 408-321-2300; 1330 W. Middlefield Road 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford • hopes-corner.org reservations 800-894-9908; • Adult and child welfare services • In-patient treatment, emergency care, TTD 408-321-2330 / vta.org major surgeries, laboratories, X-ray HOUSING • 408-278-2400 / sccgov.org (search SOCIAL SERVICES “social services agency”) • Stanford Family Practice, 650-723-6963 Project Sentinel • Stanford Medical Group, 650-723-6028 1490 El Camino Real, Santa Clara Child Abuse Reporting (Santa Clara Veterans Emergency Social • Stanford Referral Center/appointments, • Fair-housing investigation; counseling; County Child Protective Services) Work Fund 800-756-9000 education and community mediation 373 W. Julian St., San Jose 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto • Hospital operator, 650-723-4000 • 408-720-9888 / housing.org • 833-722-5437 (available 24/7) • 650-493-5000 / • stanfordhospital.org • 911 (emergency) paloalto.va.gov SENIORS

Activities, resources and services located and delivered to vulnerable neighbors, Takeout meals Mountain View Senior Center in Mountain View, unless otherwise including seniors, who are placed on a Community Services Agency’s Senior 266 Escuela Ave. noted. Services and hours may change priority list. • Nutrition Program is offering curbside Programs and services for adults due to COVID-19 health restrictions. • • ponyexps.com pickup for boxed lunches at 266 55 and older. Escuela Ave., Mountain View, from Avenidas Friendship Line COVID-19 INFORMATION & 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Mondays • 650-903-6330 / mountainview.gov, • Free service that seniors can call for through Fridays. 650-968-0836 / (search “Senior Center”) EMERGENCY RESOURCES information, resources, support or just csacares.org a friendly voice. State hotline for seniors • The Second Harvest Food Bank’s Brown HOT LUNCH • 650-289-5400 Bag program is being offered through • Seniors can access the latest curbside pickup in the back of the Senior Nutrition Program information about the coronavirus COVID Networks Senior Center parking lot at 266 Escuela pandemic and services available to 266 Escuela Ave. (Mountain View • A free online service that connects Ave. from 9 – 10:30 a.m. on the first Senior Center) them. at-risk seniors, who may be living in through fourth Tuesday of each month. • 833-544-2374 isolation during the quarantine, to For more information or to sign up, call • Subsidized, hot lunches for seniors high school volunteers for one-on-one Food Connection at 800-984-3663. over age 60. (Services are takeout only Avenidas Door-to-Door Services online video chats. The program also during the pandemic. See listing under • The nonprofit senior services agency connects seniors to activities such as Meal delivery “COVID-19 & Emergency resources”.) Avenidas has launched a new Door-to- interactive yoga, meditation sessions • Meals on Wheels is delivering meals to • 650-968-0836 / csacares.org Door Services program that includes and music performances. those in need in Santa Clara County. free home delivery of essentials such • covidnetworks.org 408-350-3200 / RESOURCES as groceries, toiletries, prescriptions mysourcewise.com/meals and personal protective equipment; Amora, caregiver support Avenidas Village check-in phone calls; and library pickup • Developed through a Stanford and drop-off services. University COVID-19 grant, Amora SENIOR CENTERS 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto A membership program that provides • 650-289-5411 / avenidas.org helps people caring for aging parents Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center • who are unable to see them in person 24/7 concierge support, transportation Pony Express home delivery by pairing families virtually with a 270 Escuela Ave. assistance, cultural outings and more • A group of Stanford University students geriatric care coach to navigate tough • Adult daycare and healthcare for less- • 650-289-5405 / has launched Pony Express, a website decisions such as living arrangements, independent older adults avenidas.org/village-overview Medicare and making a proactive plan. designed to help residents coordinate • 650-289-5499 / avenidas.org shopping trips for food and other • withamora.com Continued on page 36 essential items that can be picked up

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Continued from page 35 Seniors At Home Tele-care 12-mile radius; Pickup service from 8:15 Koret Family Resource Center, • Free program for older adults who live a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday; advance Community Services Agency 200 Channing Ave., Palo Alto alone. reservations required. Fees charged. Volunteers from El Camino Hospital • 650-289-5411 (reservations) / 204 Stierlin Road • Comprehensive services to help seniors • avenidas.org/programs/door-to-door • Nutrition, senior case management, live more independent lives in their Auxiliary call participants daily at a utilities assistance own homes. pre-arranged time to check on their VTA Access Paratransit well-being See “Social Services” listing in Resources • 650-931-1860 / SeniorsAtHome.org See “Services for People with Disabilities” • 650-988-7558 / elcaminohealth.org/ listing in Resources section of Info Guide. section of Info Guide. services/tele-care Sourcewise RoadRunners Transportation Institute on Aging Peninsula 2115 The Alameda, San Jose DOOR-TO-DOOR TRANSPORTATION Service 881 Fremont Ave., Ste. A2, Los Altos • Provides various services, including 2500 Grant Road A licensed home health agency offering health insurance counseling and • advocacy program, care management, Avenidas Door-to-Door • Transportation for medical-related and home care, personal care assistance, personal appointments within 10 miles care management and consultation; Meals on Wheels, senior employment, • During the pandemic, Avenidas has as well as in-home support services stopped providing volunteer rides, but of El Camino Hospital; fees charged; offers specialized dementia care Advance reservations required 408-350-3200 / mysourcewise.com will arrange monitored Lyft rides to and • 650-424-1411 / ioaging.org • from medical appointments within a • 650-940-7016 / elcaminohospital.org (search “RoadRunners”) OPEN SPACE

Mountain View boasts 40 parks and Cuesta Park Huff School Park* nearly 1,000 acres of open space 615 Cuesta Drive 253 Martens Ave. providing plenty of opportunities to 25 acres 5.1 acres explore the outdoors from the shores of • • the Baylands to downtown’s plazas and • Summer Sounds concert series; • Playground, baseball, barbecue and picnic facilities, bocce neighborhood parks to the foothills of soccer ball, tennis, volleyball, horseshoes, the Santa Cruz Mountains that connect to playground, restrooms Jackson Park 220 miles of regional trails. Here’s a look Jackson Street and at Mountain View’s outdoor spaces: Dana Park Stierlin Road Parks and trails are open from 6 a.m. Dana and Oak streets 0.84 acres to one-half hour after sunset, unless 0.3 acres • • • Playground, picnic area otherwise indicated. Public access, hours • Play area and other regulations may vary due to Klein Park Del Medio Park COVID-19 restrictions. Ortega Avenue and For more information: 650-903-6392 / 380 Del Medio Ave. California Street 0.35 acres bit.ly/MountainViewparks • 1 acre Mini-park with a sand play area, picnic • • Basketball, playground, Bubb Park* tables, fitness equipment, walking trail • picnic area Barbara Avenue and Montalto Drive Devonshire Park Landels Park • 9 acres 62 Devonshire Ave. Basketball, volleyball, softball, sports Dana Street and Calderon AAve.ve. • 0.65 acres field, playground, horseshoe area, • • 10 acres restrooms, picnic area • Play equipment, swings, arbor, picnic tables • Basketball, soccer, football,l, sosoftball,ftball, Castro Park volleyball, playground, picniccnic area, Dog Park trail access Toft and Latham streets Northeast corner of Shoreline 5.5 acres Magnolia Park • Boulevard & North Road Basketball,volleyball, playground, Magnolia Lane and Whismanman Station A bikerbk rides d on Midpeninsula d l • 0.66 acres picnic area • Drive Regional Open Space District's latest trail Fenced areas for small and large dogs • 1.1 acres extension at the Ravenswood Preserve in Charleston Park off-leash • • Playground, picnic area East Palo Alto. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Charleston Road and Shoreline Eagle Park Boulevard Mariposa Park 652 Franklin St. 7 acres 305 Mariposa Ave. • 6 acres Rancho San Antonio Preserve Large green space, scenic vistas, • • Playground, swimming, picnic area, • 0.6 acres (Deer Hollow Farm) restrooms • Playground, water-sand play feature restrooms • 22500 Cristo Rey Drive, Los Altos Hills Chetwood Park Gemello Park McKelvey Park • 3,988 acres/24 miles of trails Chetwood and Whisman Station drives Marich Way and Solana Court Miramonte Avenue and Park Drive • A working farm with barnyard animals, • 0.92 acres 0.5 acres • 0.6 acres restored Grant Ranch Cabin; trails link • to San Antonio County Park • Playground, picnic area • Playground, picnic area • Baseball, softball, restrooms Cooper Park • 650-691-1200 / Heritage Park Mercy-Bush Park openspace.org/preserves Chesley Avenue and Yorkton Drive 771 N. Rengstorff Ave. 513 Bush St. Rengstorff Park • 11 acres 1.2 acres 0.6 acres • • 201 S. Rengstorff Ave. • Basketball, tennis, softball, sports field, • Historic Immigrant House, 80-year- • Mini-park with play and picnic areas playground, picnic area, restrooms old windmill, native beehives, • 23 acres Monta Loma Park Creekside Park demonstration garden • Baseball, softball, basketball, tennis, Thompson Avenue and Laura Lane volleyball, swimming, skate park, Easy Street and Gladys Avenue Hidden Villa Farm and Wilderness playground, barbecue and picnic areas, Preserve • 7 acres • 0.78 acres • Baseball, basketball, playground, picnic restrooms, community center • Playground, trail access 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills area, restrooms • 1,600 acres Rex-Manor Park Crittenden School Park* • Nonprofit organic farm and nature Pioneer Park Farley Street and Central Expressway 1701 Rock St. preserve; open 9 a.m. to dusk, Tuesday 1146 Church St. (behind City Hall) • 1 acre 11.24 acres - Sunday. (Closed to the public for 5 acres Playground, picnic area • Summer Camp sessions). • • • Softball, soccer, basketball, restrooms • Rolling lawns, oak trees, pathways, • 650-949-8650 / hiddenvilla.org benches 36 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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SPORTS & RECREATIONAL Mountain View Parks & Recreation Facilities FACILITIES

Shoreline Shoreline Lake at Mountain View GOLF (PUBLIC COURSES) Park Shoreline Shoreline Golf Links Aquatic Center Shoreline Golf Links 2940 N. Shoreline Blvd. Shoreline • 18-hole course overlooking the Bay; Amphitheatre 16 acres of water-hazards Palo Alto Amph Dog Park itheatre Pkwy • 650-903-GOLF (4653) /

C shorelinelinks.com h Charleston Park arl est Blvd Shoreline N on Rd SAILING AND SAILBOARDING Sierra Naval Air Station Vista Park Moffett Field E Charleston Rd Shoreline Aquatic Center at Heritage Park Central Expy Shoreline Lake Whisman See Parks & Open Space Thaddeus Sports Center Moffett Field • San Antonio RdPark Crittenden HORSEBACK RIDING W Middlefield Rd Monta School Del Loma Park San Veron Park Westwind Community Barn Stevenson Park Medio 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills Park N RengstorffRex-Manor Ave Devonshire • Year-round programs, 4-H therapeutic Park Park riding on 15-acres that connect to Mountain View Whisman Park town’s pathways system Klein Park Rengstorff E Middlefield Rd 650-941-6113 / CaliforniaPark St Jackson Ellis St • Mariposa Park losaltoshills.ca.gov/parks (search N San Antonio Rd Park “Westwind Community Barn”) Central Expy CreeksidePark Dana Escuela AveCastro Park Park Slater Chetwood MULTI-SPORT COMPLEXES School 237 Pioneer Park Park Gemello Park Mercy-Bush Magnolia Whisman Sports Center Park Eagle Park Park Castro St Park & Pool 1500 Middlefield Road Downtown Basketball, volleyball, sports fields, gym Landels Central Expy • Almond Ave School Park McKelvey Park Fairmont W Evelyn Ave Graham Sports Complex* Park Sylvan 1175 Castro St. Los Altos Graham Park Sports • Basketball, volleyball, sports fields Complex Varsity El Camino Real Rengstorff Park Park Bubb Park • See Parks & Open Space Huff S El Monte Ave Cuesta Dr Stevens School TENNIS

S Springer Rd Creek Park MAP KEY Miramonte Ave Trail (end) Springer 85 Sunnyvale Cuesta Park School Cuesta Parks Park Grant Rd 615 Cuesta Drive Fremont Ave Park Recreation Cooper Cooper Park Facilities Park 500 Chesley Ave. Covington Rd

S Mary Ave Rengstorff Park • See Parks & Open Space San Veron Park Slater School Park Sylvan Park Stevenson Park San Veron Ave. and Middlefield Road 325 Gladys Ave. Sylvan Avenue and DeVoto Street 750 San Pierre Way • 2.08 acres • 3.6 acres • 9 acres • Basketball, volleyball, playground, • Baseball, soccer, playground • Tennis, horseshoes, playground, Sylvan Park picnic area barbecue and picnic area, restrooms Springer School Park* 550 Sylvan Ave. Thaddeus Park Shoreline at Mountain View Park Rose Avenue west of Springer Road Middlefield Road and Independence Whisman Park 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd 3.25 acres • Drive 400 Easy St. 750 acres Soccer, playground • • 0.68 acres • 50-acre sailing lake and center; 18-hole • golf course; more than 10 miles of trails Stevens Creek Trail • Playground, picnic area SWIMMING that link with Palo Alto and Sunnyvale; Dale Avenue at Heatherstone Way Varsity Park birdwatching; Michael’s at Shoreline Eagle Park Pool • Hiking, biking (Trail starts at Shoreline Duke Way and Jefferson Drive and the Lakeside Cafe. (Aquatic Center Park and runs along Highway 85) 650 Franklin St. rents sailboats and windsurf boards as • 0.45 acres well as paddle boats and kayaks). • stevenscreektrail.org • Basketball, playground, picnic area SKATEBOARDING • shorelinelake.com / Stevenson Park mountainview.gov (search “shoreline”) Whisman Park San Luis Avenue and San Pierre Way Easy Street and Middlefield Road Rengstorff Park Sierra Vista Park • 12 acres • 12 acres • See Parks & Open Space Sierra Vista Avenue & Plymouth Street • Basketball, soccer, football, softball, • Basketball, soccer, football, softball, * Not open during school hours 0.8 acres tennis, playground, picnic area, tennis, volleyball, playground, • restrooms Playground, picnic area barbecue and picnic area, restrooms, • trail access

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Facilities located in Mountain View, unless Los Altos History Museum Shoreline Amphitheatre otherwise noted. Programs and hours may 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, change pending COVID-19 restrictions. • Permanent/changing exhibits; J. Gilbert Mountain View Smith History House; special exhibit "Rise • Large outdoor venue hosting LITERARY ARTS Up!, The Fight for Women’s Suffrage,” classical and contemporary has been installed on the wraparound Books Inc. performances and music events porch of the J. Gilbert Smith House for theshorelineamphitheatre.com 317 Castro St. self-guided tours until the museum • Virtual book launches, author lecture is permitted to reopen. The exhibit is Schultz Cultural Arts Hall • scheduled to run through January 2021. series Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian • booksinc.net • losaltoshistory.org Way, Palo Alto East West Bookshop Moffett Field Historical Society • Hosts music, theater, comedy and speaker events 324 Castro St. Museum paloaltojcc.org/arts-and-culture • New Age/metaphysical books; virtual Severyns Ave., Bldg. 126, Moffett Field • author events • Aircraft displays, artifacts from post-1930 Tateuchi Hall, Community Schooll • eastwestbooks.org • moffettfieldmuseum.org of Music and Arts at Finn Center Kepler’s Literary Foundation Museum of American Heritage 230 San Antonio Circle Kristine Mays' wire sculptures are on 1010 El Camino Real #100, Menlo Park 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto • Concert hall hosting a variety of music display through November at Filoli. events Courtesy Filoli. Conversations, classes and seminars Permanent and rotating exhibits • • arts4all.org will be presented online through the emphasize invention and technology • foundation’s Refresh the Page program from 1750-1950 Cantor Arts Center at until live events are permitted Stanford University • moah.org STANFORD • keplers.org 328 Lomita Drive NASA Ames Research Center ARTS DISTRICT Mountain View Library • 24 art galleries, Rodin Sculpture Garden Moffett Field museum.stanford.edu 585 Franklin St. The arts district, which includes the Rodin • Exhibits on space exploration and the Sculpture Garden, Cantor Arts Center, the Virtual author events • Dinkelspiel Auditorium • scientific work of NASA Anderson Collection, Frost Amphitheater 471 Lagunita Dr. • bit.ly/MVVirtualLibrary • nasa.gov/ames and Bing Concert Hall, was made off-limits to the general public as part of broad • Used by Stanford’s Department of Music GALLERIES Rengstorff House campus restrictions on Sept. 1. Stanford • music.stanford.edu (listed under: Venues - Dinkelspiel) Gallery 9 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd. also has canceled all on-campus events • Quarterly exhibits feature artifacts and until the end of 2020 due to the pandemic. Frost Amphitheater 143 Main St., Los Altos At the time of the closure, the university images of 19th-century life Lasuen St. @ Roth Way • Monthly exhibitions of member artists bit.ly/RengstorffHouse noted that it may relax restrictions in some gallery9losaltos.com • areas, such as the arts zone, faster than in • 20-acre, tiered outdoor performance • space PERFORMING ARTS others. Mohr Gallery, Community School • live.stanford.edu (search “Frost of Music and Arts at Finn Center Foothill Music Theatre VIRTUAL ARTS Amphitheater”) 230 San Antonio Circle Smithwick Theatre, Los Altos Hills The pandemic may have temporarily McMurtry Building closed the doors on the concentration of • Artwork by local and international Produces classic to contemporary 355 Roth Way artists • museums, sculpture gardens, galleries musicals indoor-outdoor screening and arts4all.org and performance spaces clustered around • • • foothill.edu/theatre Palm Drive that make up the Stanford Arts exhibition spaces; Coulter Art Gallery arts.stanford.edu (search “Mcmurtry Viewpoints Gallery Los Altos Stage Company District, but enthusiasts can still experience • performances, music and art exhibits Building”) 315 State St., Los Altos Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos through a variety of virtual programs. Memorial Auditorium • Fine art by local artists • Neighborhood playhouse focused on • viewpointsgallery.com American theater #TheShowMustGoOnline 551 Serra Mall • losaltosstage.org Stanford Live is producing a digital season • Home of the Department of Theater & MOVIE THEATERS that brings many of the artists who Performance Studies (TAPS) The Pear Theatre were scheduled to perform at various live.stanford.edu (search “Memorial Century Cinema 16 • 1110 La Avenida St. campus venues straight into viewers’ Auditorium”) 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd. Hosts full plays, plus an annual short- homes through virtual concerts, lectures, Nitery Theater bit.ly/Century16 • comedy shows and livestream events. To • works festival, “Pear Slices,” created Nitery Building in the Old Union, 514 by members of its playwrights’ guild; view upcoming shows and events, go to CineArts @ Palo Alto Square Performances for the 2020-21 season live.stanford.edu/2020-digital-season Lasuen Mall 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto will be streamed, live or a combination • Black-box theater; student productions cinemark.com/theatre-475 of both, pending COVID-19 health Museums from home • taps-calsrv2.stanford.edu • restrictions. Stanford’s museums are offering virtual Showplace Icon • thepear.org painting tours, artist talks and online access Pigott Theater 2575 California St #90 to exhibitions and collections through its 551 Serra Mall Peninsula Youth Theatre Museums from Home program. To view showplaceicon.com • Used by Stanford’s Drama Department • upcoming events and exhibits, go to Mountain View Center for the taps-calsrv2.stanford.edu Stanford Theatre Performing Arts museum.stanford.edu/museums-home • 221 University Ave., Palo Alto • Award-winning youth theater company; MUSEUMS & Roble Gymnasium stanfordtheatre.org Performances will be presented online, 375 Santa Teresa St. • pending COVID-19 health restrictions PERFORMANCE SPACES • Rehearsal, dance and performance MUSEUMS • pytnet.org Anderson Collection at spaces for students TheatreWorks Stanford University taps.stanford.edu (listed under: About Computer History Museum • Mountain View Center for the 314 Lomita Drive - Facilities) 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd. Performing Arts, Lucie Stern Theatre Modern American paintings and • Thomas Welton Stanford Art • Large international collection of (Palo Alto) sculptures computing artifacts; Explore historical • anderson.stanford.edu Gallery and current technology topics through • Tony Award-winning theater troupe; Exclusive content from the artists, and 435 Lasuen Mall the museum’s CHM Live virtual events Bing Concert Hall Features student, faculty and other series. staff will be available online through • the Theatre Works from Home program 327 Lasuen St. artists’ work computerhistory.org • until the theater reopens • Music, dance, theater performances • art.stanford.edu (listed under: Exhibition • theatreworks.org • live.stanford.edu (search “Bing”) Spaces - Stanford Art Gallery) 38 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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PUBLIC K-12 Loyola Elementary School Mountain View students are served by 770 Berry Ave. three public school districts spanning • 650-254-2400 / two cities and 25 school sites. Mountain losaltos.k12.ca.us/loyolaes View Whisman and Los Altos school districts serve about 9,587 students in Oak Avenue School grades K-8, and the Mountain View-Los 1501 Oak Ave. Altos High School District serves 4,394 • 650-237-3900 / students in grades 9-12. All public school losaltos.k12.ca.us/oakavenue information is based on 2019-20 statistics provided by the California Department of Santa Rita Elementary School Education and local school districts. All 700 Los Altos Ave. schools located in Mountain View unless • 650-559-1600 / otherwise noted. losaltos.k12.ca.us/santaritaes Springer Elementary School MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN 1120 Rose Ave., Mountain View SCHOOL DISTRICT (GRADES K-8) • 650-943-4200 / losaltos.k12.ca.us/ses ADMINISTRATION OFFICE 750-A San Pierre Way | 650-526-3500 Blach Intermediate School Ayindé Rudolph, superintendent at Mountain View Whisman School District, distributes 1120 Covington Road Superintendent Ayindé Rudolph: free lunches to students and their families after schools are shut down in mid-March. [email protected] • 650-934-3800 / losaltos.k12.ca.us/georginais Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary BOARD OF TRUSTEES LOS ALTOS SCHOOL Egan Junior High School 220 N. Whisman Road The Mountain View Whisman School DISTRICT (GRADES K-8) 100 W. Portola Ave. 650-903-6952 / District’s five-member board meets at • vargas.mvwsd.org ADMINISTRATION OFFICE • 650-917-2200 / losaltos.k12.ca.us/egan 7 p.m. on the first and third Thursdays of most months at the District Office. 201 Covington Road, Los Altos Bullis Charter School Landels Elementary The board sets direction for the district, 650-947-1150 | lasdschools.org South campus (K-8): 1124 Covington approves the annual budget, hires the 115 W. Dana St. Superintendent Jeff Baier: Road; North campus (K-5): 102 W. superintendent and makes other policy • 650-526-3520 / [email protected] Portola Ave. decisions. landels.mvwsd.org • 650-947-4100 / bullischarterschool.com Due to COVID-19 health restrictions, All schools located in Los Altos, unless meetings are temporarily being held via Mistral Elementary (Spanish dual otherwise noted. Zoom or can be streamed on youtube. immersion program) BOARD OF TRUSTEES MOUNTAIN VIEW-LOS com/mvwsd. For more information, go to 505 Escuela Ave. The Board of Trustees meets at 7 p.m. on ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL mvwsd.org (“board meetings”). • 650-526-3575 / the first and third Mondays at the District DISTRICT (GRADES 9-12) mistral.mvwsd.org Board Room. Due to COVID-19 health Tamara Wilson restrictions, meetings are temporarily ADMINISTRATION OFFICE President Monta Loma Elementary being held via Zoom. For more information, 1299 Bryant St. Term expires 2020 (CEL parent-participation program) go to lasdschools.org (“board meetings”). [email protected] 460 Thompson Ave. 650-940-4650 | mvla.net Bryan Johnson Jose Gutierrez, Jr. Superintendent Nellie Meyer: • 650-903-6915 / President Vice president montaloma.mvwsd.org [email protected] Term expires 2020 Term expires 2022 [email protected] [email protected] Stevenson Elementary BOARD OF EDUCATION Vaishali Sirkay The Board of Education generally meets two Devon Conley (PACT choice program) Vice president Mondays per month in the District Office Clerk 750-B San Pierre Way Term expires 2022 Board room, 1299 Bryant Ave., Mountain Term Expires 2022 • 650-903-6950 / [email protected] View, starting at 7 p.m. Due to COVID-19 [email protected] stevenson.mvwsd.org Vladimir Ivanovic health restrictions, meetings are temporarily being held via Zoom. For more information, Laura Blakely Theuerkauf Elementary Member Member Term expires 2022 go to mvla.net (”board meetings”). Term expires: 2020 1625 San Luis Ave. [email protected] [email protected] • 650-903-6925 / Sanjay Dave theuerkauf.mvwsd.org Jessica Speiser President Ellen Wheeler Member Term expires 2020 Member Crittenden Middle Term expires 2020 650-625-1602 / [email protected] Term expires 2022 [email protected] [email protected] 1701 Rock St. Fiona Walter Vice president • 650-903-6945 / Steve Taglio crittenden.mvwsd.org Term expires 2022 Clerk Bubb Elementary 650-691-9866 / [email protected] Term expires 2020 525 Hans Ave. Graham Middle [email protected] Phil Faillace • 650-526-3480 / 1175 Castro St. President bubb.mvwsd.org • 650-526-3570 / Almond Elementary School Term expires 2020 graham.mvwsd.org 650-941-5579 / [email protected] Castro Elementary 550 Almond Ave. 505 Escuela Ave. • 650-917.5400 / Debbie Torok MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN losaltos.k12.ca.us/Almondes Member 650-526-3590 / • INDEPENDENT STUDY Term expires 2022 castro.mvwsd.org Covington Elementary School PROGRAM (K-8) 650-269-7958 / [email protected] Huff Elementary 205 Covington Road Catherine Vonnegut 253 Martens Ave. Crittenden Middle School • 650-947-1100 / losaltos.k12.ca.us/ces Clerk Term expires 2022 • 650-526-3490 / 1701 Rock St., #101 Gardner Bullis School huff.mvwsd.org 650-940-4669 / • 650-567-9757 / 25890 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills [email protected] [email protected] • 650-559-3200 / losaltos.k12.ca.us/gbs Continued on page 40 www.MountainViewOnline.com Info Mountain View • 39

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Continued from page 39 Children’s House of Los Altos - Gardner Bullis Alta Vista High School 25890 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills 1325 Bryant Ave. • Foreign language experiences • Continuation program • 2-4 yrs, plus transitional-K • 650-691-2433 / • 650-941-1277 / mvla.net/avhs emeducation.com Los Altos High School Children’s Learning Cottage 201 Almond Ave., Los Altos 675 Escuela Ave. • 650-960-8811 / mvla.net/lahs • Indoor/outdoor play, language, math, science/cooking and arts Middle College Program • 2-6 yrs 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills • 650-564-9906 / clcottage.com • Alternative program at Foothill College • 650-949-7168 / [email protected] El Camino YMCA 2400 Grant Road Mountain View High School A Los Altos High School graduate takes a family photo in front of the school on June 4. Photo by • Preschool. Also after-school homework 3535 Truman Ave. Adam Pardee. assistance, recreation, enrichment activities • 650-940-4600 / mvla.net/mvhs Ames Child Care Center Champions at Santa Rita Elementary • Preschool: 2.5-5 yrs; After school: K-6 NASA Ames Research Center, Mail Stop 700 Los Altos Ave., Los Altos N-270-1, Moffett Field • 650-969-9622 / CHILD CARE, PRESCHOOLS, • Before- and after-school homework ymcasv.org/locations/el-camino-ymca AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS • Play based support; activities promoting 6 wks to K character, literacy, science, fitness • German International School All schools located in Mountain View • 650-604-5100 / ameschildcare.org • K-6 of Silicon Valley (GISSV) unless otherwise noted. 650-917-9300 / discoverchampions.com Champions at Covington • 310 Easy St. Action Day Primary Plus Elementary Children’s House of Los Altos • German/English bilingual educational 333 Eunice Ave. 201 Covington Road, Los Altos 770 Berry Ave., Los Altos programs Preschool: 2-5 yrs; After school: K-12 • Exploration, discovery, semi-structured • Before- and after-school homework • Preschool: Open-ended activities; • activities time; art, science, cooking and sports structured group time • 650-254-0748 / • Infant care to 5 yrs • K-6 • Preschool: 2-5 yrs; After school: K-6 gissv.org • 650-967-3780 / • 650-559-7900 / discoverchampions.com 650-968-9052 / emeducation.com actiondayprimaryplus.com •

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Hobbledehoy Montessori YMCA Kids’ Place at Almond Preschool Elementary School 2321 Jane Lane 550 Almond Ave., Los Altos • Montessori program with music and • After-school activities dramatic play, reading and writing [email protected] readiness • • 2-5 yrs • 650-968-1155 / Right at School, Bubb Elementary hobbledehoy.org School 525 Hans Ave. Kiddie Academy Before- and after-school programs 205 E. Middlefield Road • • 650-407-0531 / • Phonics, math, science, language, art, rightatschool.com music and social development 6 wks to 12 yrs • Right at School, Castro • 650-960-6900 / Elementary School kiddieacademy.com/mountainview 505 Escuela Ave. Little Acorn School Before- and after-school programs 1667 Miramonte Ave. • 650-407-0531 / Play based, Christian • • rightatschool.com • 20 mos-5 yrs • 650-964-8445 / littleacorn.org Right at School, Huff Elementary School Mountain View KinderCare 253 Martens Ave. 2065 W. El Camino Real • Before- and after-school programs • Play based 6 wks-12 yrs • 650-407-0531 / • rightatschool.com • 650-967-4430 / kindercare.com Mountain View Parent Nursery Right at School, Jose Antonio School Vargas Elementary School 1535 Oak Ave., Los Altos 220 N. Whisman Road • Parent participation school • Toddlers-5 yrs • Before- and after-school programs • 408-883-5437 / mvpns.org • 650-407-0531 / Mountain View Whisman School rightatschool.com District Preschool Program • Developmentally based curriculum Right at School, Landels • 3-5 yrs Elementary School • 650-526-3500, ext.1844 / mvwsd.org 115 W. Dana St. • Before- and after-school programs Palo Alto Preschool • 650-407-0531 / 4232 El Camino Real, Palo Alto rightatschool.com • Mandarin/English Montessori • 2-5 yrs Right at School, Monta Loma • 650-739-0137 Elementary School 460 Thompson Ave. St. Paul Lutheran CDC • Before- and after-school programs 1075 El Monte Ave. • 650-407-0531 / • Montessori, Christian rightatschool.com • 2.5-6 yrs • 650-969-2696 / st-paul.org/cdc Right at School, Theuerkauf Elementary School St. Simon Catholic Church Extended Day Care Center and 1625 San Luis Ave. Preschool • Before- and after-school programs 1840 Grant Road, Los Altos • 650-407-0531 / • Whole child, faith based rightatschool.com • Preschool/pre-kindergarten: 3-5 yrs.; Extended: K-8 Right at School, Landels • 650-967-3293 / school.stsimon.org Elementary School St. Timothy’s Preschool 115 W. Dana St. 2094 Grant Road • Before- and after-school programs Play based • 650-407-0531 / • rightatschool.com • 2-4 yrs • 650-967-4724 / sttims.org/preschool YMCA Kid’s Place, Oak Elementary School Ventana School 1501 Oak Ave. 1040 Border Road, Los Altos • Before- and after-school programs • Reggio-inspired Episcopal school • 650-959-6865 • 2 yrs to 5th grade • 650-948-2121 / ventanaschool.org Continued on page 42

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Continued from page 41 Imagination Lab School Mountain View Academy Nine Fruits Bilingual School 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto 360 S. Shoreline Blvd. 2484 Old Middlefield Way PRIVATE SCHOOLS: • interdisciplinary, coed • Coed, college prep, Christian/Seventh- • ninefruits.org PRE-KINDERGARTEN • imagination-school.org day Adventist mtnviewacademy.org TO HIGH SCHOOL Silicon Valley International School • Stanford Chinese School 475 N. Whisman Road, #100 All schools located in Mountain View (formerly International School of the Palo Alto Prep School unless otherwise noted. Peninsula) Alto. Set to merge with Alto 2462 Wyandotte St. • Mandarin classes; ages 6+ Canterbury Christian School in the 2021-22 school year and operate • Coed, college prep • mychineseschool.com as Silicon Valley International School.) 101 N. El Monte Ave., Los Altos • paloaltoprep.com 3233 Cowper St., Palo Alto • canterbury.school Pinewood School ADULT SCHOOLS AND • Mandarin or French immersion HIGHER EDUCATION Castilleja School • istp.org Los Altos, Los Altos Hills campuses • Academics, arts, moral values 1310 Bryant St., Palo Alto Kehillah Jewish HS Cañada College Girls, college prep • pinewood.edu • 3900 Fabian Way, Palo Alto 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City • castilleja.org St. Francis High School • Coed, college prep, Jewish • canadacollege.edu German International School of • kehillah.org 1885 Miramonte Ave. Silicon Valley (GISSV) • Coed, college prep, Catholic/Holy Cross The King’s Academy Carnegie Mellon University Silicon 310 Easy St. • sfhs.com Valley Campus 562 N. Britton Ave., Sunnyvale • German/English St. Joseph Catholic School NASA Research Park, Bldg. 23, • gissv.org • Coed, college prep, Christian Moffett Field • tka.org 1120 Miramonte Ave. Gideon Hausner Jewish Day Catholic • sv.cmu.edu Los Altos Christian Schools • School • sjmv.org 450 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto 625 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos De Anza College St. Nicholas Elementary School Coed, college prep, Jewish • Coed, Christian 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino • 12816 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills hausner.com • lacs.com • deanza.edu • Coed, Catholic Meira Academy • The Girls’ Middle School • stnicholaslah.com Foothill College 3400 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto St. Simon Parish School 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills / • Girls • Jewish, girls 1070 Innovation Way, Sunnyvale meiraacademy.org 1840 Grant Road, Los Altos • girlsms.org • foothill.edu Coed, Catholic • Helios New School Miramonte Christian School • • stsimon.org 597 Central Ave., Sunnyvale 1175 Altamead Drive, Los Altos Menlo College • Gifted • Seventh-day Adventist Christian St. Stephen Lutheran School 1000 El Camino Real, Atherton • heliosns.org • miramonteschool.org 320 Moorpark Way • menlo.edu • Coed, Christian based • ssls.org Mountain View-Los Altos Adult Education VIRTUAL Ventana School 333 Moffett Blvd., Mountain View 1040 Border Road, Los Altos OPEN • mvlaae.net • Progressive, Reggio-inspired Episcopal HOUSES • ventanaschool.org Palo Alto Adult School Waldorf School of the Peninsula 50 Embarcadero Road, Room 8, Palo Alto October 17 11311 Mora Drive, Los Altos; 180 N. 40 YEARS and Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View • paadultschool.org December 5 • Developmentally based experiential curriculum Palo Alto University

• waldorfpeninsula.org 1791 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto 10am paloaltou.edu Yew Chung International School • Preschool/PreK of Silicon Valley Sofia University 11:30am 310 Easy St. 1069 E. Meadow Circle, Palo Alto Mandarin/English immersion Grades K-4 • sofia.edu • ycis-sv.com • 1:00pm Stanford Continuing Studies LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND 365 Lasuen St., Stanford Grades 5-8 ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT continuingstudies.stanford.edu All school located in Mountain View, • unless otherwise noted. Register Here Stanford University Bay Area Arabic School 450 Serra Mall, Stanford Woodland School develops 310 Easy St., German International • stanford.edu collaborative, creative, and confident School of Silicon Valley learners with the strength of voice to Arabic language for children and adults UC Berkeley Extension follow their hearts and • • baaschool.org 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 400, make a difference. Belmont Kumon Math and Reading Center • extension.berkeley.edu Located just west of 280 at Alpine Road 2500 California St., Suite D, (650-948- 4124); 903 E. El Camino Real, Suite 5, UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Preschool through Eighth Grade (408-222-1500); 1780 Miramonte Ave. 3175 Bowers Ave., Santa Clara (650-966-6600) woodland-school.org | 650-285-5229 • After-school program for reading and • ucsc-extension.edu [email protected] math skills • kumon.com 42 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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Mountain View is a charter city that Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Meets Midpeninsula Regional Open operates under a City Council-City monthly except May, July and December, Space District Manager form of government. The mayor last Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Plaza 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos and vice mayor hold one-year terms that Conference Room. Staff liaison: expire in January. The general municipal Nate Baird, 650-903-6311 / General manager: Ana Maria Ruiz election is held in even-numbered years, [email protected] • Acquires and preserves natural open the first Tuesday after the first Monday of Downtown Meets as needed, on a space; maintains more than 62,000 November. Council terms are for four years. Tuesday, 8 a.m., Plaza Conference Room. acres of open space Tiffany Chew, 650-903-6306 / • Board meetings: 7 p.m., second and CITY COUNCIL [email protected] fourth Wednesday of the month at thee district office. City Hall Environmental Planning Meets first and third Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Council • 650-691-1200 / 500 Castro St. | 650-903-6300 Chambers, second floor. Staff liaison: openspace.org mountainview.gov Eric Anderson, 650-903-6306 / [email protected] Santa Clara Valley Water District Margaret Abe-Koga mayor Human Relations Meets first Thursday, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose Term expires: 2020 6:30 p.m., Plaza Conference Room, City District 7 director: Gary Kremen Hall. Staff liaison: Christina Gilmore, 650-291-0167 / • Provides wholesale water supply and [email protected] 650-903-6301 / [email protected] flood management to the county. Ellen Kamei Library Board Meets third Monday, • District 7 Directors meetings: 1 p.m. vice mayor 7:30 p.m., Library Conference Room, on the second Tuesday of the month, Term expires: 2022 585 Franklin St. Staff liaison: Tracy Gray, 6 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the [email protected] 650-903-6866 / [email protected] month. Mountain View City Hall. Photo by Chris Clark Parks and Recreation Meets second • 408-265-2600 / valleywater.org Michelle Le. council member Wednesday, 7 p.m., Senior Center, 266 Term expires: 2020 Escuela Ave. Staff liaisons: John Marchant 650-903-6304 / and Allison Flynn, 650-903-6331/ SCHOOL DISTRICTS [email protected] [email protected] Santa Clara County Office of Education Performing Arts Meets third Wednesday, Foothill-DeAnza Community Alison Hicks College District member 6:15 p.m., Atrium Conference Room. Staff 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose Term expires: 2022 liaisons: Scott Whisler and Noelle Magner, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills Superintendent: Mary Ann Dewan [email protected] 650-903-6565 / [email protected] Chancellor: Judy Miner • Board of Trustee meetings: 5 p.m., Lisa Matichak Rental Housing Meets every other • Board of Trustee meetings: 6 p.m., first the first and third Wednesdays of the month member Monday, 7 p.m., Plaza Conference Room. Monday of the month in the Toyon Term expires: 2020 Staff liaison: Anky van Deursen, 903-6131 / Room at Foothill College • 408-453-6540 / sccoe.org 650-207-0838 / [email protected] • 650-949-6100 / fhda.edu Continued on page 44 [email protected] Senior Advisory Meets third Wednesday, John R. McAlister 2 p.m. (except Aug. and Dec.) ,Senior council member Center, 266 Escuela Ave. Staff liaison: Term expires: 2020 Michele Petersen, 650-903-6330 / 650-940-9831 / [email protected] [email protected] Visual Arts Committee Meets second Food reporting you won't Lucas Ramirez Wednesday, 6 p.m., Atrium Conference council member Room, 500 Castro St. Staff liaisons: Tiffany find anywhere else. Term expires: 2022 Chew and Sydney Foster, 650-903-6306 / [email protected] [email protected] Youth Advisory Meets first and third LOCAL GOVERNMENT Monday, 4:30 p.m. (Aug.-June), The View Teen Center, 263 Escuela Ave. Staff liaisons: Council-appointed officers Greg Milano and Michael Schwarz, City Attorney Krishan Chopra, 903-6331 / [email protected] 650-903-6303 City Clerk Lisa Natusch, 650-903-6304 REGIONAL GOVERNMENT Editor’s note: Meetings may be held City Manager Kimbra McCarthy, virtually during the pandemic. Check 650-903-6301 status in advance of regularly scheduled Department heads meetings listed below. Assistant City Manager Board of Supervisors, Audrey Ramberg, 650-903-6610 Santa Clara County Community Development Director 70 West Hedding St., San Jose Aarti Shrivastava, 650-903-6456 District 5 supervisor: Joe Simitian Community Services Director • The elected policy-making body of John Marchant, 650-903-6420 Santa Clara County Finance and Administrative Services • Board meetings: 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays, 2-3 Director Jesse Takahashi, 650-903-6006 times monthly at 70 West Hedding St. Fire Chief Juan Diaz, 650-903-6365 • 408-299-5001 / sccgov.org Library Services Director Tracy Gray, Sign up for the only SPECIAL DISTRICTS 650-903-6866 food newsletter Police Chief Max Bosel, 650-903-6355 El Camino Healthcare District Public Works Director Michael Fuller, 2500 Grant Road on the Peninsula at 650-903-6077 Chief Executive Officer: Dan Woods AlmanacNews.com/ Board of Directors meets quarterly Boards, commissions and • BY ELENA KADVANY express committees (January, March, June, October) at 5:30 p.m. in the hospital’s conference center Meetings are held at City Hall, 500 Castro • 650-940-7000 / St., unless otherwise noted elcaminohealthcaredistrict.org www.MountainViewOnline.com Info Mountain View • 43

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Continued from page 43 workers to employers in need of yard, 11 Mountain View Community Center 15 Recycling Center 935 Terra Bella Ave. construction, house or event labor. 201 S. Rengstorff Ave. Classes, Buy-back and recycling drop-off Offers ESL and other education, access recreation programs, meeting space. center; During the pandemic, the CIVIC AND COMMUNITY to social services. • 650-903-6407 / mountainview.gov Buy-Back Center for the redemption of FACILITIES CRV containers is open by • 650-903-4102 / 12 Mountain View Senior Center 266 Services and programs may vary due to dayworkercentermv.org Escuela Ave. Programs and services for appointment only. COVID-19 health restrictions. 5 Fire Station No. 1* 251 S. Shoreline adults 55 and older, including classes, • 650-967-3034 (general/ referrals and social services, activities, a Buy-back appointments) / Blvd. 1 Avenidas Rose Kleiner Center 270 community garden and lunch. During bit.ly/MVrecyclingcenter Escuela Ave. Adult day care and adult 6 Fire Station No. 2* 160 Cuesta Dr. the pandemic, the Senior Nutrition day health care for the less- 7 Fire Station No. 3* 301 N. Rengstorff Program is offering curbside pickup of 16 Social Services Agency 1330 W. independent older adult. Ave. to-go boxed lunches in the back of the Middlefield Road. Adult and child Transportation, therapies, group Senior Center parking lot, Monday- welfare services. Distributes food

exercises, recreation and lunch. 8 Fire Station No. 4* 229 N. Whisman Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The stamps, MediCal and cash aid. Runs Sliding-scale fee. Road Brown Bag program is offering curbside hotlines for child and elder abuse • 650-289-5499 / avenidas.org/care 9 Fire Station No. 5*2195 N. Shoreline pickup in the back of the Senior Center reporting. parking lot 9 -10:30 a.m. on the first 2 Community Services Agency 204 Blvd. 408-278-2400 / through fourth Tuesday of each month. • Stierlin Road. Safety-net services for * Fire Department: 650-903-6365 / bit.ly/SocialServicesAgency low-income persons: emergency rent mountainview.gov/depts/fire/default.asp • 650-903-6330 / mountainview.gov, 17 The View Teen Center 263 Escuela and utility assistance, food, homeless search for “Senior Center” Ave. The View offers programs for services, senior case management and 10 Library 585 Franklin St., Mtn. View. 13 Police Department 1000 Villa St. grades 6-12, including recreational and senior lunch. Books, audio, videos, digital collection, Crime prevention, reduction and mobile service, events, homework intervention. Also offers crime educational classes, special events, 650-968-0836 / csacares.org • help, Internet access; New Grab & Go statistics, ride-alongs, department resources and drop-in activities. Check 3 City Hall 500 Castro St. Headquarters service allows members to place tours, permit and license information. status of center, which has temporarily orders through the library catalog for closed until further notice due to the for city departments, services and 650-903-6395 / bit.ly/MVPDInfo meetings. pick up in front of the library during • COVID-19 pandemic. the pandemic. 14 Post Office (Main) 211 Hope St. Retail, • 650-903-6337 / mountainview.gov passport photo, P.O. boxes, self-service • 650-903-6333 / 650-903-6337 / bit.ly/MVTeenCenter 4 Day Worker Center of Mountain • kiosk. bit.ly/MVLibraryInfo View 113 Escuela Ave. Connects skilled • 650-960-6851 / usps.com 44 • Info Mountain View www.MountainViewOnline.com

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Mountain View is made up of 25 Gemello neighborhoods contained within 12.2 Traditional and classic neighborhood square miles. Here’s a glimpse of each with mostly 1950s-era homes on area’s distinctive features and contact former winery land information for its neighborhood associations. Neighborhood data from • Homeowners: 53% / Average age: 52 Nextdoor.com, *Weichart and the city’s Gemello Neighborhood Association: 2019-2020 Mountain View Neighborhood Pam Corsetto, [email protected] I can assist you Associations & Groups list. Greater San Antonio with advice on: Blossom Valley Diverse neighborhood nestled next to Mostly single-story 1950s-era ranch the San Antonio Caltrain station • Buying homes built on former orchards • Homeowners: 60% / Average age 43 • Selling • Homeowners: 86% / Average age: 56 Greater San Antonio Community Blossom Valley, Linda McCartney, Association: Stephen Friberg, • Residential [email protected], greater-san-antonio.org [email protected] investment property Castro City Jackson Park • Market prep work Quiet, six-square-block enclave Eclectic mix of old and new homes located across the street from surrounded by city parks and anything real Rengstorff Park • Homeowners: 38% / Average age: 36* estate • Homeowners: 45.6% / Average age: n/a Martens-Carmelita Cuernavaca Mix of original and remodeled homes 170 Spanish-style homes that rest on with wide verandas and modern profiles built between the 1930s and 1950s Tori Atwell 30 acres of land 650.996.0123 • Homeowners: 41% / Average age: 47 • Homeowners: 54% / Average age: 55 Cuernavaca Homeowners Association: Martens-Carmelita Neighborhood [email protected] Diana Johnson, Association: Ying Yan, CMS property management, [email protected] DRE 00927794 [email protected], Moffett Boulevard 408-559-1977 Mix of condos and single-family Compass is the brand name used for services provided by one or more of Cuesta Park homes; easy access to Caltrain, light the Compass group of subsidiary companies. Compass is a real estate broker rail, Highways 85 and 101 Tree-lined streets with predominantly licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity

Specializing in Mountain View and its Residents Since 1986 Since Residents its and View in Mountain Specializing laws. License Numbers 01866771 and 012172467. one-story ranch homes on similar lot • Homeowners: 48% / Average age: 48 sizes Moffett Boulevard Neighborhood Group: George Markle, Homeowners: 66% / Average age: 52 • [email protected] Cuesta Park Neighborhood Association: Aileen La Bouff, president, 650-804-0522, Monta Loma [email protected] Near Palo Alto border; predominantly homes built by Mid-century design Dutch Haven icons Eichler, Mackay and Mardell Near YMCA, Stevens Creek Trail, Building Company. shopping • Homeowners: 61% / Average age: 53 • Homeowners: 86% / Average age: 44* Monta Loma Neighborhood Association: Dutch Haven Neighborhood Association: Tricia DelGaudio, Stephen Lin, [email protected] [email protected] Eastern Varsity Park North Whisman Mix of modernist remodels clustered Area nestled between Google and around Varsity Park Symantec The best of • Homeowners: 89% / Average age: 56 • Homeowners: 39% / Average age: 44 Varsity Park Neighborhood Association: North Whisman Neighborhood what to eat, Martin Griss, [email protected] Association, Chuck Muir, president, [email protected] see and do Old Mountain View Bustling neighborhood in the heart of in Silicon downtown • Homeowners: 49% / Average age: 48 Valley. Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association: David Lewis, [email protected], omvna.org Rex Manor Diverse area located near downtown shopping and entertainment • Homeowners: 67% / Average age: 53 Rex Manor Neighborhood check us out. Association: Wayne Watson, subscribe to our newsletter. [email protected] follow us on facebook and instagram. Continued on page 46 TheSixFifty.com A woman walks past a home in Old Mountain View. File photo. www.MountainViewOnline.com Info Mountain View • 45

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