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AT STANFORD *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÀ`>Þ]ÊÕ}ÕÃÌÊÓÓ]ÊÓäänÊU *>}iÊ2 UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Drunk driver to serve eight years for manslaughter Pain from 2007 Santa Barbara County accident still reverberates in Palo Alto by Becky Trout Monday to vehicular manslaughter County Senior Deputy District At- son, guided by Pasadena-based at- who died instantly in the October en months after a violent ve- and driving under the influence, torney Joyce Dudley said Tuesday. torney Bob Wilson, to plead guilty crash at age 21, asked Eskin not to hicle accident in Southern among other charges. “This was fraught with tragedies,” to all charges, leaving the sentenc- sentence Robertson at all, Wilson T California killed two passen- He was sentenced to eight years Dudley said. “Everybody left the ing decision up to Superior Court said. gers and injured three others, the and four months in prison and will courtroom yesterday very sad.” Judge George Eskin, Wilson said. “She didn’t feel it would do any- driver — Palo Alto resident Beau serve at least seven-plus years due to The prosecutors didn’t offer a plea Palo Altan Robin Pezzimenti, the Robertson, 29 — pleaded guilty state sentencing laws, Santa Barbara agreement, which prompted Robert- mother of victim Sara Pezzimenti, VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ6) ENVIRONMENT Composting in Baylands returns for city deliberation Parks commission to consider composting issue Tuesday by Becky Trout acing a 2011 deadline — when the City of Palo Alto’s F 126-acre landfill becomes a park, fulfilling a decades-old vision — city officials intend to tackle a tough topic this fall: What should be done with the 21,000 tons of green waste the community produces each year? And specifically, should the 7.5- acre composting operation currently residing in the landfill remain, even when the landfill itself is buried and closed? “There’s no perfect answer to this >ÀiiÊ ÕV >À` question,” Parks and Recreation Commissioner Paul Losch said. “No matter what position you take, people are going to find fault with it because there are consequences that are negative.” Before the bell A recently released report by San Gunn High School sophomores, from right, Nicola Park, Catherine Wu, Alice Yu and Noelle Jung compare schedules Tuesday morning to see Francisco-based environmental con- which classes they have in common. School begins on August 26. sultants ESA examined the effects of a compost operation on wildlife, pri- orange paint on his temple. ... There is down about nine officers from marily concluding that “some of the CRIME was glass on his pillow,” Kacher its goal of 93, according to police area would be slightly ‘disturbed.’” said. Agent Dan Ryan — affected the re- Yet most birds and animals found Paintball attacks raise questions Yet when she called 911, the dis- sponse to Kacher’s call. in Byxbee Park are species that sur- patcher scolded her for calling about Current vacancies mean perhaps vive in landscapes shaped by hu- about police response a non-emergency and declined to one or two fewer patrol officers per mans, the report stated. send a patrol to investigate, she shift, according to Burns. But filling ESA recommended creating “hab- As city suffers from police vacancies, residents consider said. the positions wouldn’t mean there itat islands” of native shrubs to at- Kacher and other residents, dis- would be a cop on every corner. tract songbirds and native Bay Area hiring private patrol mayed by the response, have circu- “It’s not as though we’d have a bees, stating that a compost opera- by Arden Pennell lated e-mails suggesting they fund a dragnet around the entire city,” he tion “would only constitute a siting private security force. said. limitation on the habitat islands.” recent spate of paintball van- according to police Assistant Chief The police, however, are looking The department maintains a mini- “The area would eventually ac- dalism in Palo Alto’s Cres- Dennis Burns. One woman’s house into last week’s paintball attacks, mum patrol, with officers working quire all the species normally as- A cent Park neighborhood has was shot while she played with her Burns said. They spoke to residents overtime when necessary, Ryan sociated with post-landfill habitats,” residents frustrated over the police children in the backyard. Glass from on Tuesday and will review reports, added. the 22-page report states. response — and wondering whether a shattered window sprayed across he said. Patrol officers respond first to The City Council is expected to Palo Alto’s law-enforcement short- her children’s room and into the Residents are blaming a cop highest-priority calls, such as im- discuss composting at a yet-to-be age is hampering the department’s baby’s crib, resident Amy Kacher shortage for the delay. (See sidebar mediate danger or a crime taking scheduled meeting this fall, but the ability to protect and serve. said. on page 6.) But police say it’s un- place, according to Burns. final decision, if the council agrees Six homes were targeted by paint- “His stuffed-animal hippo had clear whether the department’s cur- ball-gun-toting vandals last Friday, the remnants of the cartridge and rent short-staffed status — the force VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ5) VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ5) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÀ`>Þ]ÊÕ}ÕÃÌÊÓÓ]ÊÓäänÊU *>}iÊ3 Upfront Discount rates without 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 DISCOUNT SERVICE. (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER News Digest It’s no accident more people trust William S. Johnson State Farm to insure their cars. EDITORIAL Call today. Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Palo Alto ultra-green hotel to be first on Peninsula Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Associate Editors One of El Camino Real’s many mid-century strip motels will be Gurbinder S Mavi, Agent Keith Peters, Sports Editor transformed into a beacon of environmental building, a consultant told Insurance Lic. #: 0F22244 Tyler Hanley, Online Editor 101 University Avenue, Suite 111 Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board Thursday. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor The Coronet Inn, built in 1951 at 2455 El Camino near California Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer Bus: 650-326-0660 Arden Pennell, Becky Trout, Staff Writers Avenue, will be remodeled to attain LEED Gold status, a high ranking Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor under the federal Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant rating system, according to LEED consultant Kandy Kidd. Marjan Sadoughi, Veronica Weber, Staff Photographers It will be the first hotel in Silicon Valley — and only the third in Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, California — to boast the ultra-green status, Kidd said. Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Jack McKinnon, She listed upcoming eco-friendly features from solar panels and Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Craig Wentz, P040034 12/04 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Not in NJ), Bloomington, IL Contributors water re-use to recycled blue jeans, now being considered for insula- Thea Lamkin, Megan Rawlins, Johanna Toivio, tion. Editorial Interns Jill Kimball, Arts and Entertainment Intern And the design will try to spread green-building awareness, she Darlene Bouchard, Photography Intern said. An informational kiosk in the lobby will explain the motel’s 21st- DESIGN century makeover, and each guest room will have information about Shannon Corey, Design Director sustainable building, she told the review board. Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, Board members praised the green efforts and approved the project CLEARANCE SALE Charmaine Mirsky, Scott Peterson, Designers unanimously, with member David Solnick absent. While they were PRODUCTION concerned with the motel’s bare back wall — a long facade of filled- Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager in windows against an alley — they said the plans had significantly Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, improved since a March review. 25-75% OFF Sales & Production Coordinators The renovation will add four new units and also remodel the man- ADVERTISING Vern Ingraham, Advertising Director ager unit and lobby, while beautifying the site overall, according to a Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales staff report. The building will gain 1,724 square feet, the report states. Asst. Judie Block, Janice Hoogner, Display The project plans were submitted by Hans and Sarah Brender. Advertising Sales Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales The board also unanimously approved the Google child care center Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst.

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