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QCRIMEBRIEFS ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT A man was arrested Wednesday for attempting to sexually assault a woman while she was taking a shower at the 24-Hour Fitness at San Antonio Shopping Center, Mountain View police reported. Police officials say they were first alerted around 3:15 a.m. on Aug. 28. A woman at the gym said a man had walked into the women’s locker room and tried to open the door to the shower stall that she was using. She warned him not to come in, and said he tried to change the pitch of his voice to sound more feminine, according to police. The man allegedly opened the shower door and tried to touch her. The victim said she screamed and began to hit him, and he quickly left. A 24-Hour Fitness employee confronted him and called the police, but he left the scene. Proposing a responsible General Use As police arrived, they spotted the man walking through a park- ing lot in the shopping center, and arrested him. Permit. Elevating the community. Police identified him as 41-year-old Damon Quincy Jones, a transient, and arrested him on suspicion of intent to commit a sex Stanford is committed to Santa Clara County and the surrounding area we call home. crime, burglary and lewd conduct. We’ve made it part of our mission to contribute to the health and quality of life of As officers investigated, they said they learned Jones was suspect- our community. Over the past 18 years, we’ve met every one of more than 100 ed of committing lewd acts earlier that same morning at another annual reporting requirements, and now we’re proposing a land use permit 24-Hour Fitness Super Sport gym located across the parking lot. that’s just as rigorous. We're accelerating solutions to society’s challenges, That crime was not initially reported to police. Police officials say they believe that Jones may have targeted at home and around the world. other victims. They are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Robert Medina at [email protected]. —Mark Noack

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NASA Ames’ computer powerhouse gets a major upgrade AITKEN SUPERCOMPUTER’S COOLING SYSTEM USES BAY BREEZES TO CUT ELECTRICITY, WATER DEMAND By Mark Noack The cost to power and cool thousands of computer nodes o fuel a future mission to is immense, today requiring the moon and someday about 5 million gallons of water TMars, NASA is facing a day and about 6 megawatts of a near insatiable demand for electricity, roughly the equiva- more computing power. lent of 6,000 households. On any given day, the NASA Now NASA officials say Ames’s main supercomputer, they’ve figured out a new way with its 250,000 processors, is to dramatically reduce those churning away at complex mod- costs. In a successful new pro- els to inspect a constellation of totype, space agency officials research. Its computer simula- say they have found a way tors test every inch of spaceship to build smaller “modular” MAGALI GAUTHIER fuselage while also modeling supercomputing hubs that can St. Francis High School students Sindhu Vajrala and Jamie Minden, with Peri Platenberg (right) of global oceanic patterns and harness the natural winds com- Homestead High School in Cupertino have teamed up to create the Silicon Valley Youth Climate Strike scanning distant star systems ing off the San Francisco Bay group. for signs of planets. As many as shoreline. 1,500 separate research projects The move represents a break Local teens organize and simulations are running away from the traditional simultaneously through NASA design of pooling ever-larger supercomputing nervous sys- numbers of CPUs in tightly to combat climate change tem, and that demand for data controlled facilities. NASA offi- By Nisha Malley Strike the same month, put- conflicts on the day of the is expected to continue rising at cials described the new modu- ting together resources to march and petitioning dis- a rapid pace. lar processing units as being ast year, she was a soli- organize walkouts in under tricts not to reprimand stu- “High performance comput- like “plug and play” add-ons tary teen protesting on four days. dents for participating, ing has become a powerful and that will easily allow them to Lthe steps of Sweden’s The chapter, which has since according to Minden. indispensable tool for advanc- scale up as technology advances Parliament House, but now expanded to 20 members and “What’s the point of learning ing many national priorities and their needs for number- Greta Thunberg is inspiring five co-leads, is readying for for a future that we might not and missions,” said NASA crunching increases. thousands to join the global its next march, set for Friday, have?” Minden said. Ames Director Eugene Tu. “We’re the first to push this youth movement calling for Sept. 20. The group also comes bear- “Supercomputing has been rec- concept at this scale,” said action on climate change. Minden said they are coor- ing a list of demands for ognized at the highest levels of Bill Thigpen, NASA Advanced Worldwide, “Fridays for dinating with 60 public high local and federal governments, our government as vital to the Computer branch chief. “This Future” school walkouts in schools, as well as middle schools and tech companies. nation’s prosperity, national gives us a huge amount of flex- March brought together stu- schools, community colleges The Silicon Valley Youth Cli- and economic security, indus- ibility. If NASA needs more dents from across 112 coun- and businesses to reach their mate Strike is calling for cities trial production, engineering computational power, we can tries. Among them were St. goal of 10,000 attendees. to declare a climate emer- and scientific advancement.” add it almost immediately.” Francis High School juniors That includes arranging gency and adopt more aggres- But like any large data center, On Thursday, Aug. 22, Thig- Sindhu Vajrala and Jamie transportation for students, sive eco-friendly building and keeping the lights on at NASA’s pen led a pool of reporters on Minden, who co-founded the communicating with teach- supercomputing facility has Silicon Valley Youth Climate ers unions to avoid testing See CLIMATE CHANGE, page 14 been an ongoing challenge. See SUPERCOMPUTER, page 14

City City Manager Dan Rich announces retirement Manager Dan Rich, By Mark Noack for me, but I did not realize how City Council members on task, who has led special the city and organiza- prodding them consistently to Mountain n a huge shake-up for Moun- tion I was joining was.” Rich give clear directions to staff. View city tain View, City Manager Dan wrote. “I am proud of the many Among his achievements, Rich staff for the IRich announced this week he accomplishments that we have said he was most proud of devel- past eight is bringing his career to a close. achieved together over the past oping precise plans in North years, plans After eight years with the city, eight years.” Bayshore and other neighbor- to retire in Rich plans to retire by the end Over his tenure, Rich has been hoods, as well as taking on December. of the year, setting the stage for a regarded as a steady, subdued various transportation improve- significant change in leadership and serious presence at City Hall ments. He is credited for helping at City Hall. and public meetings. He could to pass a 2018 business-license Rich announced his retirement swiftly transition between bud- tax measure and negotiating a in a letter sent to City Council get miscellanea, public works variety of partnerships with local members on Tuesday, Aug. 27. projects or ongoing development schools and developers. Some of “When I accepted this position, proposals. Perhaps most impor- I knew it was a great opportunity tantly, he wasn’t afraid to keep See DAN RICH, page 6 COURTESY OF CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW August 30, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 5 LocalNews DAN RICH Ex-Uber executive pleads not guilty to stealing Continued from page 5 Google’s self-driving car secrets his best accomplishments may have been lost on the public at By Bay City News Service Cousins in federal court Tuesday large, he noted, such as creat- afternoon. ing separate IT departments, former Uber executive He was in custody and joined improving employee well-being credited with co-founding in the hearing room by his and paying down the city’s pen- Aa self-driving car project father, stepmother and close sion liability. for Google pleaded not guilty friend and business partner, As the city’s top employee, Tuesday, Aug. 27, in federal court who co-signed property in a $2 the city manager is arguably in San Jose to 33 counts of alleged million bond for his release. If the most powerful position in theft of trade secrets from the convicted, he faces a statutory Mountain View’s government. search giant. maximum sentence of 330 years The city manager has discre- Anthony Levandowski, 39, in prison for 33 counts of theft. tion to hire or fire any of the worked at Google from 2009 to “All of us have the right to city’s 600 employees, including 2016 creating fully autonomous change jobs, none of us has the all department heads, except vehicle technology for Project right to fill our pockets on the for the city clerk and city Chauffeur. The project ultimately BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE way out the door,” said David attorney. became Waymo, operating under Miles Ehrlich, Anthony Levandowski’s attorney, tells the press that Anderson, U.S. Attorney for the “Dan is a recognized leader Google’s parent company Alpha- the former Uber executive is innocent of criminal charges in a federal Northern District of California. who thinks strategically while bet Inc. indictment alleging he stole secrets while working at Google. Anderson did not comment also managing the day-to-day The indictment alleges that on the civil suit between Waymo operations of the City. He has after Levandowski left Google, settled between Waymo and million settlement from Uber. and Uber. taken on tough issues facing he stole and downloaded sev- Uber in 2018. Levandowski, who “For more than a decade, Ramsey emphasized that his the City in a thoughtful way eral repositories of trade secrets was at the center of the lawsuit, Anthony Levandowski has been client self surrendered upon and presented solutions to the regarding self-driving technology. surrendered to law enforcement an industry-leading innovator learning of the impending City Council,” Mountain View While he was working on Proj- at the Robert F. Peckham Federal in the field of self-driving car indictment and has been coop- Mayor Lisa Matichak said in ect Chauffeur as head of Light Building courthouse in San Jose and truck technologies,” Levan- erative over two years of ongoing a statement. “While I wish Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), on Tuesday morning. dowski’s attorney Miles Ehrlich investigations. Upon his release Dan all the best in his future he was also involved in LiDAR Attorneys for Levandowski said in front of the courthouse from custody, he will have to endeavors, he will be sorely companies that marketed map- said Tuesday that the defendant Tuesday, along with attorney wear an ankle monitor and be missed.” ping and sensor technology to was authorized to download Ismail Ramsey. “Anthony is restricted to travel within the The City Council is currently Uber and self-driving companies, the information while he was innocent and we look forward to U.S. scheduled to begin discussions the indictment says. at the company, and that the proving it in trial.” The case will return to court on a search for a new city man- The theft is estimated to be indictment is “rehashing” claims Levandowski appeared in a on Sept. 4 to determine the ager at its Sept. 3 meeting. V valued at hundreds of millions of discredited in the civil lawsuit, suit for his arraignment before extended conditions of Levan- Email Mark Noack at dollars, according to a civil suit where Waymo accepted a $245 U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael dowski’s pretrial release. [email protected]

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August 30, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 7 LocalNews LANDLORD a three-bedroom apartment on Bay Area: One-cent sales tax for transit Continued from page 1 Mountain View Avenue going for more than $10,000 a month. attention from this,” the father A furnished two-bedroom unit could be on 2020 ballot said. at the Rock Street apartments By Bay City News Service system,” according to a memo by differences in support between The San Francisco Chronicle where Saini was arrested is listed BART general manager Robert funding measures are slight. reported that the family had for $7,250 a month. Many of ay Area voters may be Powers. But some BART directors had moved out from North Carolina Saini’s properties in Mountain asked to approve a one- That could include regional rail concerns about the use of a sales about a month ago for a job offer View are also listed for book- Bcent sales tax in 2020 that improvements, including more tax, which tends to impact low- and initially stayed in a different ings on short-term rental sites, would fund a wide array of trans- exclusive right of way for BART income residents more and can Airbnb rental owned by Saini, which are supposed to be tightly portation projects and improve- and Caltrain, and more express fluctuate widely in the event of who later set them up at the Rock restricted for investment proper- ments across the region. freeway lanes. It would also an economic downturn. Street apartment when the job ties under new city rules. The sales tax has been pro- emphasize closing gaps between “I am really concerned about fell through. According to Mountain View’s posed by a coalition of policy transit systems, more fare inte- the one-cent sales tax,” said The family said they had a apartment registry, Saini’s Rock advocacy groups, including the gration and improvements to Director Janice Li, who repre- verbal agreement with Saini Street apartment building is Bay Area Council, the San Fran- transit hubs and statioans. sents portions of San Francisco, to pay $3,900 a month in rent, covered under the city’s rent cisco Bay Area Planning and For BART, it could include adding that she was disappointed but they later noticed that their control program. This means Urban Research Association, funding for a new transbay the advocates didn’t present any lease actually stipulated $10,000 she would be prohibited from and the Silicon Valley Leadership rail crossing to complement the alternatives. per month, according to media raising rents beyond the cost of Group. existing Transbay Tube, which “I think it would have been reports. By last week, Saini inflation as long as her current The coalition has dubbed is often overcrowded during more appropriate if you said, reportedly began sending threat- tenants remained living there. themselves FASTER Bay Area peak hours. It could also include ‘here is a list of things that can get ening messages warning they City records show no indica- and presented their plan to the more mundane upgrades to us to 100 billion, we think a sales needed to immediately pay or tion that Saini had attempted to BART Board of Directors at a BART’s existing infrastructure tax is the best way,’ but you didn’t leave. serve her tenants with a termi- meeting in Oakland last Thurs- and earthquake safety improve- come with that list,” Li said. Police officials could not nation notice prior to Monday’s day. According to their presenta- ments in the Caldecott Tunnel. Director Rebecca Saltzman, immediately provide the Voice altercation. tion, they project the tax could The FASTER advocates cited a who represents portions of with additional details, saying “This was a deliberate attempt raise up to $100 billion over 40 21% increase in commute times Alameda and Contra Costa that officers are still finishing using scare tactics to evict a fam- years. in Silicon Valley from 2010 to counties, agreed, and pointed their report. ily from a home,” said police Lt. The funds would be dispersed 2017 and said that was contrib- out that the sales tax may require According to her LinkedIn Armando Espitia in a statement. to regional transit districts, uting to nearly half of residents passage of statewide legislation profile, Saini has been actively “There are civil procedures and including BART, the Metropoli- responding to a recent Bay Area first. California caps sales tax at pursuing real estate investments remedies that landlords and ten- tan Transportation Commission Council poll saying they were 10.25% and Saltzman said some for at least five years through her ants can pursue with regard to and others. The policy groups considering leaving the Bay Area. cities have already reached that own company, Reesha Capital. late rent payments, but unfortu- are primarily interested in “big, FASTER has conducted polls maximum. 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August 30, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 9 LocalNews School district shifts gears on paying off new school construction WITH DEVELOPMENT SLOWING DOWN, MOUNTAIN VIEW WHISMAN TO DIVERT MONEY FROM GENERAL FUND By Kevin Forestieri Elementary — without enough in years past is that we can’t “It’s our goal to come back at Mistral Elementary — which money to pay for it. Trustees rely on revenue streams that are with a 10-year master plan that were put out to bid and rejected ountain View Whis- voted in October 2016 to supple- unpredictable,” district spokes- takes into account the totality of in May for being too expensive man School District ment the bond fund with a $40 woman Shelly Hausman said in all the future growth that’s going — Rudolph said it was no longer Mofficials are switching million certificate of participa- an email. “We’re taking a more to be taking place, as opposed to an option. up how to pay off millions of tion, or COP, and use it to build conservative approach and will just project-by-project,” Rudolph “Based off of the cost overruns, dollars in construction debt, Vargas and a new district office. use lease revenue in the future said. “So we’ll have a clear plan we will deplete all the funds diverting more money away Cost estimates from October to pay the COP.” of action moving forward as well before we can do anything else,” from the general fund to pay off 2018 pinned a $25.8 million price Unlike developer fees, lease as a recommendation of which Rudolph said. “We’ve actually a $40 million loan used to build tag on Vargas and $8.4 million revenue has grown quickly over projects we should do first.” been taking items off. Solar has a new school and district office. on the district office. the same period, and now con- come off, Mistral has come off, In a report to the school board At the time, district staffers stitutes a big portion of the All dried up the kinder(garten) playground Thursday, Aug. 22, the district sought to use developer impact district’s annual budget. For expansions have come off, shade announced it would no longer fees, which are sent to the district the 2019-20 year, the district is The 2019-20 school year sig- structures have come off. We be using developer fees to pay periodically from residential and expected to rake in $5.3 million, nals the end of five straight years don’t have the funds to complete off debt incurred by a $40 mil- commercial developers on a per- making it a far more reliable of construction in the Mountain those types of projects at this lion “certificate of participa- square-foot basis, since it was way to pay off the district’s debt View Whisman School District, time.” tion” used to pay for late-stage a way to pay off the costs while obligation, said Superintendent with an ever-evolving scope of The construction budget ran construction projects after the having a limited impact on the Ayinde Rudolph. projects and a constant effort to dry at an accelerated rate due to 2012 Measure G bond ran out of district’s budget. Despite paying off the bills control cost overruns. “cumulative overages” during money. The developer fees came pretty with money bound for the gener- The original $198 million many of the projects, as well as Instead, the district will be close to paying the bill at first — al fund, the budgetary pivot will bond program has ballooned to some unexpected costs. Vargas “banking” developer fees for in the 2016-17 school year, the not affect academic programs $262.4 million since 2012, draw- Elementary School has yet to be future projects, and will pay district received just shy of $2.5 and school services, Rudolph ing from 12 different sources of hooked up to the power grid due off the $2.64 million annual million. The rest was backfilled said. funding in order to keep up with to a dispute between PG&E and bill exclusively with lease rev- with revenue generated by leas- With developer fees now freed escalating construction costs a nearby homeowners associa- enue. While developer fees are ing land and facilities to private up, Rudolph told trustees at and school board-authorized tion, forcing the district to spend restricted funds largely meant to schools and Google’s day care the Aug. 22 board meeting that changes that tacked on tens of $35,000 a month on a gas genera- offset enrollment growth, lease center on Gladys Avenue. the funding could be used to millions of dollars over time. tor. That money is coming out of revenue flows into the general But construction appears to be house the hundreds of students As the dust settled and classes the bond fund. fund and can be put toward a slowing down in Mountain View, projected to enter the district began earlier this month, all of Soil conditions at the district wide range of academic uses. or at least fluctuating unpredict- following new housing construc- the money has officially been office site also added last-min- In 2016, Mountain View Whis- ably. In the 2017-18 school year, tion in several areas of Mountain exhausted. ute costs to the construction man school board members developer fees dropped to $1.7 View, including North Bayshore Some projects didn’t make budget. V faced a conundrum, seeking to million, and in 2018-19 they and East Whisman. The district the cut. When asked by board Email Kevin Forestieri at create a new school — the just- sank to just $638,000. intends to pull together a facili- member Devon Conley about [email protected] opened Jose Antonio Vargas “One thing that we’ve learned ties plan by Nov. 21. plans to revamp the front office

CRIME BRIEFS and yelling at bartenders for the car and sped away, hitting a returned to the owner, authori- and later said he was in the Continued from page 4 unknown reasons, according parked car in the process, Nel- ties said. area and wanted to use it as an to police spokeswoman Katie son said. Anyone who has informa- opportunity to look around. RESTAURANT Nelson. The passenger ran away on tion regarding this incident Police say the man ignored At some point, one of the men foot and was not found. No or other crimes may call the signs saying the area was cur- DISTURBANCE threw a glass toward a customer, injuries were reported. San Mateo County Sheriff’s rently off limits to the public. Police are seeking an arrest which hit the wall and shat- —Julia Brown Office Anonymous Tip Line at He was arrested on suspicion warrant for a man who allegedly tered, Nelson said. The men 1-800-547-2700. of burglary and trespassing, as hit a parked car while fleeing left the restaurant as employ- SELLING STOLEN TRUCK —Bay City News Service well as drug charges. He was police after he and another man ees called police, but officers allegedly in possession of meth- A Mountain View man was caused a disturbance at a Moun- found two men matching their TRESPASSING ARREST amphetamine and a pipe. tain View restaurant last week. description inside a Honda just arrested while trying to sell a The same man was arrested Around 9:20 p.m. on Friday, outside. pickup truck he allegedly stole AT MCKELVEY FIELD in Mountain View in July 2017 Aug. 23, officers responded to The Honda driver, a 21-year- two months ago in La Honda, A man previously arrested in after he reportedly swiped five Los Charros on the first block of old man, refused to cooperate according to the San Mateo Mountain View for robbing a cheeseburgers from a man in West El Camino Real on reports with officers’ instructions to County Sheriff’s Office. man of cheeseburgers has been the drive-thru of the In-N-Out of two men being aggressive provide identification and sit The man, 68, was taken into arrested again, this time for Burger on El Camino Real. on the ground. He got back in custody on Thursday, Aug. 22, trespassing on a baseball field The victim at the time said the on suspicion of possessing a construction site trying to get man grabbed the cheeseburg- stolen vehicle. to the concession stand. ers as the server was handing Enjoy Michael’s at Shoreline. Authorities said he arranged The 26-year-old man, a tran- them out the window. The to meet the seller of a white sient, was spotted around 10:20 man was later found in down- 2003 Toyota Tacoma on June p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21, at the town Mountain View, where Summertime happy hour 2. The man took the pickup, unopened baseball facility at he appeared to be under the Tuesday through Fridays, valued at $3,000, for a test drive McKelvey Park, which is still influence, and was arrested on lunch 7 days a week and and did not come back, the under construction and fenced robbery charges. brunch on the weekends sheriff’s office said. off. He was reportedly seen try- McKelvey Park’s baseball fields The pickup was spotted at ing to break into the concession have been under construction Happy Hour: Tues-Fri 3pm-6pm 12:43 p.m. Thursday in the stands at the ballpark, according since early 2017, and are expected Bar Hours: 7 days a week 11am-6pm 8000 block of La Honda Road, to police spokeswoman Katie to be completed in the coming Breakfast Hours: Monday Thru Friday in unincorporated San Mateo Nelson. months. The project is being 8am-11am (limited Breakfast) County. The Mountain View Officers found the man inside done by the Santa Clara Valley Weekends 8:00am-1pm (Full Breakfast) man was at the scene and the fenced property near the Water District as part of a flood Lunch Hours: Weekdays 11am-3pm, apparently trying to sell it to an concession stands and got vary- protection plan, which involves Weekends 11am-4pm unsuspecting person, authori- ing reasons for why he was sinking the field into a basin that ties said. He was arrested and 2960 N Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View there. The man told police he can fill up with rainwater in the booked into the San Mateo had “heard something” in the event of a massive storm. 650.962.1014 County Main Jail. area and went to investigate, —Kevin Forestieri The stolen pickup was 10 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q August 30, 2019 LocalNews

POT SHOPS Mountain View over the last year, name Grown. The application, pot businesses. retail licenses. The city-by-city Continued from page 1 drawing large crowds to meet- though heavily redacted, shows Despite the tighter rules, approach is also making it tough ings every time it’s addressed the company plans to run a deliv- Mountain View remains one of for businesses to navigate a seeking to open in Mountain by the City Council. In March, ery business at 229 Polaris Ave. the few cities on the Peninsula patchwork of varying conditions View. when the council announced in Mountain View, located at the to allow cannabis businesses at and standards that aren’t always The revisions to the law, its intent to revise the law, more corner of Polaris and Wentworth all. Palo Alto banned them in consistent with state require- approved by the City Council than 130 people spoke at the Street, and anticipates primarily late 2017, while Menlo Park has ments, the report found. in May, focused on restricting lengthy meeting, with a major- serving residents in Mountain a long-term moratorium on pot The deadline for applications is and reducing the presence of the ity demanding that the council View, Los Altos, Sunnyvale and shops and outdoor cultivation. Nov. 8. If there are more than budding cannabis retail industry adopt a blanket ban against all Palo Alto. Proponents lobbying in favor three eligible applications, the in Mountain View. The original cannabis businesses. Grown’s application includes of cannabis businesses have long city will hold a lottery to deter- ordinance passed in October last The plan, according to city plans for odor management — argued that the Adult Use of mine which companies will move year allowed for a total of four documents, is to let the one even though the products will Marijuana Act, which legalized forward. The lottery is tentatively cannabis businesses, of which remaining non-storefront retail arrive prepackaged — and strate- the recreational sale and use of scheduled for December 2019 or two could be storefront locations business from the first round of gies for avoiding illegal redistribu- pot in California, has been stifled January 2020. V permitted to do walk-in sales. applications continue through the tion or sale of cannabis. Employ- by individual cities and counties Email Kevin Forestieri at Zoning at the time also allowed permitting process, Burke said, ees will be subject to a strict who have done everything short [email protected] dispensaries to open up shop in while the three storefront busi- screening process and rigorous of outlawing marijuana, with a the downtown and San Antonio nesses that are no longer compli- inventory controls, and will be mix of moratoriums and tight areas of Mountain View and ant will have a chance to submit a supervised when a new delivery restrictions. Local restrictions, numerous retail locations pep- new, compliant application — for of cannabis products arrives. along with high tax rates and pered throughout the city. There a non-storefront business. The application also includes fees, are blamed for lower-than- were no rules at the time explic- Business owners interested in a plan for managing and pro- anticipated revenue from the itly barring marijuana retailers starting a cannabis company in tecting money received from state’s cannabis excise tax. from being close to one another, Mountain View must go through customers, as many of the trans- Last November, Mountain Today’s local news either. a regulatory gauntlet, where actions in the industry are done View residents approved Mea- and best bets The City Council’s revisions “Phase 1” includes a background with cash. sure Q, a new tax on retail canna- completely eliminate storefront check with the Mountain View The business owner, Matthew bis products, by a landslide. The retail uses, instead allowing up Police Department; evidence of a Mahaffey, said in his applica- tax was projected to raise about Fresh news to three “non-storefront” busi- legal right to occupy the property tion that he has deep roots in $1 million in revenue annually. nesses — essentially storage and or tenant space where the busi- Mountain View, moving to the A report last year by the state’s delivered delivery services for cannabis ness will be located; and a written city when he was 9 years old Cannabis Advisory Committee products. The San Antonio area business description with hours and meeting his wife and friends found that early cannabis busi- is now off-limits as a location, of operation, security plans and there. With the state essentially nesses are facing an uphill battle daily and there must be a 600-foot buf- type of products to be sold. greenlighting marijuana deliv- caused by regulatory burdens. A fer between cannabis businesses. 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SUPERCOMPUTER through it. It was basically a William Thigpen, Continued from page 5 more advanced version of a NASA Advanced radiator or a swamp cooler, he Computer branch a tour of Aitken supercom- said, saying that its results were chief, talks to the puter, one of the first of these game-changing. By improving press outside the new modular powerhouses to on this simple design, NASA Aitken supercomputer be built at Ames. The facil- engineers had cut energy and building on Aug. ity is tucked in the rear of the water usage by more than 90%, 22. Using what NASA Ames Research Center, saving hundreds of thousands amounts to a swamp just down the road from the of dollars, he said. cooler harnassing Pleiades supercomputer, which A significant element of that Bay breezes, NASA for years has been the flag- savings was due to the dry researchers say they’ve ship of the agency’s computing coastal winds that could be dramatically reduced division. easily chilled. The baylands are the huge amounts of Thigpen led the visitors to a like “nirvana” for a supercom- electricity and water one-acre concrete lot that was puting facility, Thigpen said. normally needed for completely empty except for Stepping inside the white Ait- supercomputers. a nondescript white building ken building, Thigpen walked MAGALI GAUTHIER about the size of a studio apart- between the large server nodes, empty concrete parcel, indicat- relatively low cost of about $35 improvements.” ment. It looked like a utility trying hard to talk over the roar ing spots where future mini million. NASA officials said they were shed. That was Aitken, he said. of all the fans and equipment. supercomputers like Aitken “In just two months, I could eager to share their lessons on Walking over to the side of Currently, the room contained would eventually be built. As double what we have here.” he building more efficient super- the building, Aitken demon- just over 46,000 processors, but soon as NASA needs more pro- said. “By doing this one piece computers with any private strated the cooling system, that capacity could soon grow. cessing power, Thigpen said his at a time, we’re able to take parties who were interested. V which blew air through a cop- Outside, about 12 large yel- team could swiftly construct advantage of the computing Email Mark Noack at per screen with water flowing low boxes were painted on the an identical facility for the advances as well as any facility [email protected]

CLIMATE CHANGE change and the environmen- including Sunrise Movement, whitewashed movement. We a revenue-neutral policy that Continued from page 5 tal movement, the government 350 Bay Area and Extinction make it a priority to take a look would charge a fossil fuel fees has been against the people on Rebellion, to organize the event at who is around us and make to mines, pipelines and other energy codes. It also advocates this every step only the way,” and is consulting with adult sure that we are including dif- producers, and redistribute the for schools to move toward Minden said. “Action has been organizers from the Women’s ferent ethnicities and different collected money to citizens. zero-waste and corporations through citizens ... kids like us March, March for Science, and types of people.” On Aug. 22, members of the such as PG&E, Amazon and lobbying people (for change).” Mothers Out Front. Plantenberg pointed to the Youth Climate Strike, Sunrise Facebook to reduce their carbon The group has formed a “We’re not going to be able largely unrecognized advocacy Movement and other environ- footprint. coalition between local youth- to solve climate change with efforts of Native Americans in mental organizations held a sit- “If you think about climate led environmental groups, youth alone,” said Peri Plant- protesting the Dakota Access in at the Democratic National enberg, co-lead and sophomore Pipeline and Latin Americans’ Committee summer meeting in

administer the estate under the at Homestead High School in work to preserve the Amazon San Francisco to protest Chair- Independent Administration of Estates Cupertino. rainforest. man Tom Perez’s past refusal Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions Plantenberg said the organiz- Beyond the march, Planten- to host a climate-specific presi- without obtaining court approval. Before ers are prioritizing the involve- berg said the group is taking dential debate. taking certain very important actions, ment of people of color and other actions in the interest of “Our lives shouldn’t be politi- however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested underrepresented groups in the fighting global warming. cal,” Plantenberg said. persons unless they have waived notice environmental movement. The group plans to lobby the The three-day committee 995 Fictitious Name or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will “One of our main goals is to Los Altos City Council, with meeting, open to the press Statement be granted unless an interested person make sure that we combat envi- the hopes of it becoming the and public, drew 13 presiden- DEA ALATA files an objection to the petition and shows FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT good cause why the court should not grant ronmental racism,” Plantenberg first city in the United States tial candidates and nearly 350 File No.: FBN658096 the authority. said. “It’s traditionally a very to adopt a carbon dividend act, delegates. At the event, the The following person (persons) is (are) A HEARING on the petition will be held on committee voted not to host a doing business as: Dea Alata, located at November 20, 2019 at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 13 1354 Dale Ave. #9, Mountain View, CA of the Superior Court of California, County climate-specific debate. 94040, Santa Clara County. of Santa Clara, located at 191 N. First St., Both Minden and Planten- This business is owned by: A General San Jose, CA, 95113. Partnership. If you object to the granting of the petition, berg said people and govern- The name and residence address of the you should appear at the hearing and state ments should focus on action- registrant(s) is(are): your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your able solutions to solve the JULIA VASILYEVA Community Services Agency 4745 Torrey Pines Cir appearance may be in person or by your climate crisis. San Jose, CA 95124 attorney. of Mountain View, Los Altos ANASTASIA NAMSARAEVA If you are a creditor or a contingent and Los Altos Hills Growing up during one of 1354 Dale Ave. #9 creditor of the decedent, you must file your the most persistent droughts Mountain View, CA 94040 claim with the court and mail a copy to Registrant began transacting business the personal representative appointed by in California’s history, Minden under the fictitious business name(s) listed the court within the later of either (1) four — HOMETOWN — was repeatedly given “disheart- above on July 30, 2019. months from the date of first issuance of ening” feedback by adults, who This statement was filed with the County letters to a general personal representative, Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on as defined in section 58 (b) of the California said that the effects of global August 22, 2019. Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date warming were unavoidable. (MVV Aug. 30; Sep. 6, 13, 20, 2019) of mailing or personal delivery to you of a HEROES notice under section 9052 of the California 21st Annual Recognition Breakfast “It’s hard to comprehend that 997 All Other Legals Probate Code. we might not have a future,” NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER Other California statutes and legal ESTATE OF: authority may affect your rights as a Thursday, September 12, 2019 Plantenberg said. “I know that INGRID I. KOELBEL aka INGRID IDA creditor. You may want to consult with an I’m going to regret it so much if attorney knowledgeable in California law. Computer History Museum KOELBEL I don’t take action.” V Case No.: 19PR186538 You may examine the file kept by the court. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, If you are a person interested in the estate, Mountain View contingent creditors, and persons who you may file with the court a Request for may otherwise be interested in the will or Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of estate, or both, of INGRID I. KOELBEL aka an inventory and appraisal of estate assets HONORING: INGRID IDA KOELBEL. or of any petition or account as provided in QINFORMATION A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Mary Prochnow, Community Leader CHRISTOPHER A. KOELBEL in the Superior Special Notice form is available from the Participants in the Friday, Sept. Court of California, County of SANTA court clerk. Atlassian 20, march should arrive at the CLARA. Attorney for Petitioner: The Petition for Probate requests that: John P. Breckenridge, Esq. Mountain View Central Seventh-day Adventist Church San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station CHRISTOPHER A. KOELBEL be appointed as 2901 Moorpark Ave., Suite 175 by 2:45 p.m. The group plans to personal representative to administer the San Jose, CA 95128 begin marching at 3 p.m. to San estate of the decedent. (408) 243-3242 The petition requests authority to (MVV Aug. 30; Sep. 6, 13, 2019) Tickets & More Info: Jose City Hall, where the event will conclude in a rally featuring Call 650-223-6578 for assistance with your legal advertising needs. csacares.org/events speakers and live entertainment.

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‘39 Steps,’ one great show HITCHCOCK SPOOF IS A THEATREWORKS TRIUMPH By Karla Kane Theater Review qual parts loving tribute to and gleeful spoof of she’s an agent working to thwart Ethe work of “master of the smuggling of top-secret air suspense” and cinematic hero defense plans out of the country Alfred Hitchcock, Theatreworks and winding up stabbed in the Silicon Valley’s “The 39 Steps” is back. a winner. It’s surely one of this And we’re off and running, with year’s must-sees, especially for Hannay on the lam and desperate Hitchcock fans. to both clear his own name and The show, adapted by Brit- complete Annabella’s mission. ish actor/writer Patrick Barlow, Along the way he meets classic based on the 1935 film (which cool Hitchcock blonde Pamela itself is loosely based on John (Abrams again), Highland odd- Buchan’s 1915 novel), utilizes balls, villainous probable-Nazis just four actors playing 100 or so and many more, and must endure characters, often in very rapid all manner of hijinks — from succession, as well as serving as hanging off a train bridge to the on-stage Foley artists, creat- impersonating a milkman — dur- ing charmingly low-fi sound ing his fugitive journey from Lon- KEVIN BERNE/THEATREWORKS effects. The performers exist in don to Scotland and back again. Above: Mr. McGarrigle (Cassidy Brown) and Mrs. McGarrigle (Ron Campbell) offer Pamela (Annie Abrams) a show-within-a-show universe Little homages to some of and Richard Hannay (Lance Gardner) a room at their hotel in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s production of “The as members of a 1930s theater Hitchock’s trademarks, includ- 39 Steps,” a gleeful spoof of the Hitchcock film. Below: Richard Hannay tries to pry a map out of Annabella troupe who must frantically pull ing references to other films, are Schmidt’s lifeless hands. their production together without sprinkled throughout. While the any outside or technical assistance plot is both silly and suspense- team display expert timing, with a way that just plain works. It’s and with all the buffoonery and fully exciting, the real magic is in great scenic design by David Lee all much better experienced QINFORMATION mishaps on full view. watching the cast (rounded out Cuthbert, lovely costumes by than read about, so my best What: “The 39 Steps.” The story, straight out of by Ron Campbell, also playing Cathleen Edwards (an impor- advice is to catch a performance Where: Mountain View Center Hitchock’s version, concerns countless roles), do their zany, tant feature of this quick-change ASAP. And take a lesson from for the Performing Arts, 500 Richard Hannay (Lance Gard- slapstick, screwball and oh-so- show), lighting by Steven B. Hannay: You never know who Castro St. ner), ennui-struck and moping British, Scottish and occasion- Mannshardt and sound by Cliff the mysterious stranger sitting When: Through Sept. 15; show around his London flat. Hannay, ally Germanic stuff — switching Caruthers. And all four actors next to you in the theater may times vary. looking for something “pointless” characters, accents (kudos, dialect are superb, with Gardner giving turn out to be. V Cost: $35-$95. to kill time with, heads to the coach Janel Miley) and costumes Hannay the posh voice and man- Email Karla Kane at Info: theatreworks.org. music hall for a performance by seemingly at the speed of light. ner reminiscent of Matt Berry in [email protected] “Mr. Memory” (Cassidy Brown, Some of my favorite bits include “Toast of London,” and the three in one of many roles), a man able the frantic moving of a road- role switchers proving incred- to store vast amounts of trivia in blocking flock of sheep, an exqui- ibly nimble. Period-and-place- his head. A mysterious foreign sitely choreographed handcuffed appropriate music (think George lady, Annabella (Annie Abrams), chase-across-the-moors routine Formby) helps set the scene sits in the theater seat next to and every time Campbell and further. Hannay before abruptly stopping Brown raise their hats and thank “The 39 Steps” really manages the show by firing a gun, asking each other in the music hall. to capture the brilliance of Hannay for help, divulging that Director Leslie Martinson and Hitchock’s style and spoof it in Lˆ’˜ÂȈ¾ j±Í¾ P–±¾È Uˆ¾ª Lˆ«Ès¤ 9±×

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To include your Church in QLETTERS Inspirations VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY please email SHORELINE REVERSIBLE Finally, the possible benefits of Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly BUS LANE the bus lane must not be offset sales@ by making congestion worse, QSTAFF On Tuesday, Sept. 3, our City embarcadero EDITOR but the preemptive signal timing Council will reconvene after on Shoreline and the prohibition publishing.com Andrea Gemmet (223-6537) the summer break and con- of right turns on red at the pro- EDITORIAL sider whether or not to give tected intersection planned for Assistant Editor final approval to the Shoreline Julia Brown (223-6531) Middlefield are likely to do just Boulevard reversible bus lane. that. In addition, the northbound Arts & Entertainment Editor The last time this was considered Karla Kane (223-6517) Shoreline on-ramp to Highway Sundays at 4pm was three years ago, when a very Special Sections Editor 85 will be eliminated. All this for 360 S. 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Q RESTAURANTREVIEW Masterful Mediterranean

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ith its white table- fine, dignified even, but lacks cloths and Italian personality and energy. A Wstandards, Spalti pretty bar toward the back of had been a mainstay on Palo the room lends a bit of liveli- Alto’s California Avenue ness, but I couldn’t shake the for decades. In recent years, feeling that the ghost of Spalti though, the restaurant started still haunts the place. Even the feeling stodgy and old school front patio, painted gray and next to the avenue’s more ener- black, feels serious and sub- getic newcomers like Terún dued. It doesn’t help that the and iTalico. Owner Ayhan restaurant’s signage — the Akgul shuttered Spalti earlier design of which suggests a this year. casual eatery, not upscale Now he’s back in the same fare — is partially hidden location with a new concept behind a tree. and a new business partner. A restaurant’s image Smyrna, which opened in isn’t everything, certainly May, is reminiscent of Spalti when the food is this good. in its fine-dining ethos, but But it does matter, espe- showcases cuisine closer to the cially on a street crowded heart of Akgul, a Turkish-born with Michelin stars, hip Kurd. Smyrna is named for bistros and animated sidewalk the ancient Hellenic city now seating. During my four visits called Izmir, on the Aegean to Smyrna, I watched coast of Turkey. too many potential Some of the upmarket Medi- customers stop to terranean fare will be familiar read the menu, to patrons of Urfa in down- look around a lit- town Los Altos. Urfa owner tle bit and then Zubi Duygu, also Kurdish, is continue down Akgul’s old friend and new the street. partner. They’ve brought to That’s too Smyrna some of Urfa’s most bad, because popular dishes, including a Smyrna’s cui- succulent grilled Spanish octo- sine holds its pus appetizer ($16) and a own against whole, spinach-stuffed bran- swanky zino (flown in that morning Mediter- from the Mediterranean, $33) ranean that had me swooning. hotspots like With the exception of one Taverna and slightly charred order of Evvia. So, spanakopita ($11), I was so let’s focus taken with Smyrna’s cuisine on the food. that I dined there several addi- Like that tional times in advance of this branzino. review. I worry, though, that The Medi- despite Smyrna’s center-of-the- terranean action location on California sea bass was Avenue, many might be over- stuffed with looking this place. Visually spinach before and atmospherically, there is being grilled to flaky, little to entice discerning din- smoky perfection. Served with ers to venture inside. almond-studded couscous The rather generic décor, Smyrna in Palo Alto serves whole branzino with roasted peppers, a currant-shallot vinaigrette and heavy on gray and beige, is ... See SMYRNA, page 18 almond couscous.

August 30, 2019 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 17 Weekend SMYRNA gazpacho as much as this ver- Continued from page 17 sion, even in Spain. On one visit, our group of four made a fun, tapas-style and delightfully zingy pickled meal from the starters section onions, this mostly de-boned of the menu. The sautéed tiger fish was beautifully plated and prawns ($15) were the tiniest bit perfectly executed both times I chewy, but I cared little because ordered it. the white wine and butter herb A bowl of gazpacho ($8), sauce, embellished with warm artistically drizzled with her- kalamata olives, cherry toma- bed olive oil, revealed heirloom toes and feta cheese, was bright tomato perfection — just the with wine and garlic and the right balance of sweetness and ideal immersion for Smyrna’s acidity — with chunks of avo- housemade bread. cado and crunchy diced cucum- The spread sampler ($12) was bers providing texture. I could not remember having enjoyed Continued on next page

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QDININGNOTES Smyrna 417 California Ave., Palo Alto 650-521-0955 smyrnabistro.com Hours: Monday-Friday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., 5-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 5-9 p.m.

Credit cards Reservations Catering Takeout Outdoor seating Parking Street or public garage Courtesy of the artist: “Middle Palisade Peak” © Tom Killion 2017 Alcohol Full bar Bathroom Excellent Noise level Moderate to quiet Join the fun! Help pick up litter. The real winner was the choco- late mousse ($10), not too sweet, Above: Ayhan Akgul stands in the dining room at his new restaurant infused with Turkish coffee and Saturday on California Avenue in Palo Alto. Top: Smyrna’s menu focuses on whipped to a dreamy frothiness. ST Mediterranean cuisine and dishes close to the heart of Akgul, who is Both desserts featured delicious September 21 Kurdish and was born in Turkey. candied orange peel and a sprin- kling of pistachios. 9 a.m. to noon Continued from previous page of Spalti’s glory days. Grilled Co-owner Akgul helped pro- vegetables and rice with orzo vide friendly, efficient service on a generous plate showcasing rounded out the plate. The lamb all four visits. Pacing was on For more information: three Mediterranean classics: shish kebab ($26) provided two point and all our servers were www.cleanacreek.org a luxuriant tzatziki, eggplant generous skewers of tender considerate and friendly. There’s purée and a Turkish roasted red and savory leg of lamb, grilled a strong sense of restaurateurs [email protected] pepper and walnut dip (muham- medium rare and served with a working hard to deliver a top- mara). The lamb meatballs ($12) cooling tzatziki. notch dining experience. I hope were a little dense, but flavored Smyrna’s poached pear des- that my quibbles about the ho- nicely with za’atar and bathed in sert ($11), made famous at Urfa, hum ambiance are taken in the a saffron tomato sauce. is a showy, Spanish-style way to spirit in which they are meant: The Scottish salmon ($31) was finish your meal, served flush to encourage prospective diners a masterpiece of intense fla- left on an oblong plate with a to give this excellent cuisine a vor combinations atop another scoop of vanilla gelato. The cold, try, even if the restaurant’s vibe perfectly grilled piece of fish. wine-soaked pear was surpris- is a little subdued. V A sauce made of sun-dried ingly subtle in flavor. I would tomatoes, capers and white wine have preferred it served warm as Email Monica Schreiber at was an Italian-esque reminder a counterpoint to the ice cream. [email protected]

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succumbed to the very suburban four lung cancer, even a colluding QMOVIEOPENINGS ennui she sought to deconstruct doctor casually tells a skeptic, “It’s through her art. When not a good lie.” “The Farewell” taps a troubleshooting her relationships rich vein of gentle humor concerning Homicidal hide-and-seek QMOVIEREVIEWS with her husband, Elgin Branch (Billy the idiosyncrasies and foibles within Crudup), and daughter Bee (Emma family dynamics and generational HORROR COMEDY ‘READY OR NOT’ CAPITALIZES ON 1 PERCENT HATRED ‘WHERE’D YOU GO, Nelson), Bernadette tinkers with differences. In the story, Billi BERNADETTE’ 001/2 her ramshackle Seattle-area house, (Awkwafina) is a first-generation 00 (Century 16&20, Icon) In the opening moments of a fixer-upper project that seems Chinese American immigrant living The horror comedy “Ready “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” destined to remain unfinished. in Brooklyn and struggling to make or Not” revels in the deaths of we see where Bernadette went, Our manic, insomniac hero slips ends meet as a writer when her America’s wealthiest 1 percent. then flashback to find out how deeper into her own isolation parents, Haiyan (Tzi Ma) and Jian and why she got there. It’s a until a sudden crisis prompts Elgin (Diana Lin), reluctantly break the The movie imagines a wealthy tactic guaranteed to tick off the to stage an intervention and, news that Billi’s grandmother, or family protecting themselves and majority of those who have read one open bathroom window later, “Nai Nai” (Zhao Shuzhen), hasn’t their gaming empire by supersti- Maria Semple’s bestselling novel Bernadette’s in the wind. Blanchett’s long to live, and as Haiyan explains, tiously observing a potentially for which the movie is based humanization of Bernadette keeps “The family thinks it’s better not deadly ritual: When someone (although they know the ending the film relatable and us rooting for to tell her.” The tension of that marries into the Le Domas fam- anyway). But there’s still much her to get back on track and figure it moral decision, which must be ily, the new family member must to appreciate in director Richard all out. Rated PG-13 for some strong remade in every moment with Nai draw a card and play the game Linklater’s take on the material. language and drug material. Two Nai, suffuses every scene in “The printed on it. For starters, Linklater enlisted Cate hours, 10 minutes. — P.C. Farewell,” pressing the audience Parcheesi? Easy breezy. Chess? Blanchett to star as Bernadette to adopt their own moral stance. No mess. But pick the card reading Fox, a celebrated architect weighed ‘THE FAREWELL’0001/2 Rated PG for thematic material, brief down by a two-decade slump. The When a family launches into a language and some smoking. One “Ready or Not,” and you’ve been retired Bernadette has more or less hour, 40 minutes. — P.C. unwittingly enlisted in a game of cover-up of one member’s stage- homicidal hide-and-seek. After marrying Daniel Le QNOWSHOWING Domas (Mark O’Brien), Grace (Samara Weaving) picks the 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (PG-13) The Mask of Zorro (PG-13) ++ wrong card and obligingly hides Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Stanford Theatre: Sat. & Sun. in the family mansion. Quickly, Angel has Fallen (R) Century 16: Fri. - Mission Mangal (Not Rated) it becomes apparent to her that Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Century 16: Fri. - Sun. wher life is at stake, and that she’ll ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood need to kill her new family if she’s The Angry Birds Movie 2 (PG) Century (R) Century 16: Fri. - Sun. to live to see another dawn. As the +++ 16: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Century 20: Fri. - Sun. top-down thinking goes in the Le ShowPlace Icon: Fri. - Sun. Domas family, slaying Grace is Blinded by the Light (PG-13) a necessary evil — the stance of Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Overcomer (PG) Century 20: Fri. - Sun. Palo Alto Square: Fri. - Sun. 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THEATER $22-$350. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Bicycle Exchange, 3961 East Bayshore Road, Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. keplers.org Palo Alto. bikex.org Hills. losaltoshills.ca.gov ‘The 39 Steps’ TheatreWorks’ acclaimed concerts1.livenation.com Katy Rose Pool Author Katy Rose Pool Mountain View Woman’s Club comedy returns in a spoof of Alfred The National Goldenvoice presents The discusses her book, “There Will Come a COMMUNITY GROUPS Mountain View Woman’s Club is a charitable Hitchcock’s silver-screen classic, in which a National with Alvvays performing at the newly Darkness,” an epic fantasy trilogy that Meeting with the Mayor Mayor Roger organization working on community projects. London man fights to clear his name after renovated Frost Amphitheater. Sept. 1, 5-10 explores everything from ancient history, to Spreen will meet with Los Altos Hills residents For more information call Lana at 650-282- stumbling upon a ring of spies. Through Sept. p.m. $59.50. Frost Amphitheater, 351 Lasuen apocalyptic prophecies, to fraught sibling to listen to their concerns on an appointment- 5336. Meetings held the first Wednesday of 15; times vary. $25-$60. Discounts available; St., Palo Alto. Search facebook.com/events relationships. Sept. 6, 7-9 p.m. Free. Kepler’s only basis. Call ahead to the city clerk, each month at noon. Free. Mountain View pricing subject to change. Mountain View for more info. Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Deborah Padovan, at 650-941-7222 to check Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro keplers.org his availability and make an appointment. View. mtviewwomansclub.org/index.html St., Mountain View. theatreworks.org MUSIC Through Sept. 17, 9-10 a.m. Los Altos Hills ‘Admissions’ The Los Altos Stage Company ‘Along Came A Giant’ Folksinger, MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS presents “Admissions,” a new satire that storyteller and autoharp virtuoso Adam Kahlil Joseph: ‘BLKNWS’ Kahlil Joseph, takes a no-holds-barred look at privilege and Miller presents “Along Came a Giant,” a a visiting artist in the new Presidential power in liberal white America. Sept. 5-29; free singalong concert for all ages. Aug. 30, Residencies on the Future of the Arts times vary. $20-$30. Bus Barn Theatre, 97 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Palo Alto Library, 270 program, presents his work “BLKNWS,” Hillview Ave., Los Altos. losaltosstage.org Forest Ave., Palo Alto. folksinging.org a two-channel video projection that Broad Comedy Planned Parenthood Mar Employment Karen Buck & Matthias Baumhof: blurs the lines between art, journalism, Monte’s Young Professionals Committee ‘An Evening of German Vocal Music’ entrepreneurship and cultural critique. presents Broad Comedy, a snarky, provocative Soprano Karen Buck and pianist Matthias Through Nov. 25, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed and lovable group of women producing Baumhof present “An Evening of German Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 comedy and musical satire for ages 18 and Vocal Music,” featuring an array of musical Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. MULTIPLE POSITIONS above. Sept. 5, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $53; discount genres in the German language. Art song museum.stanford.edu for students. Mountain View Center for the Pure Storage, Inc. has following job opps. in Mountain selections will include German Lieder of ‘Gadgets Galore! Transforming Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA: Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) Schubert, Mozart, Brahms and Richard the American Household’ Los Altos View. tickets.mvcpa.com/ [Req. #ENG67]. Dvlp SW for proprietary flash memory Strauss. Aug. 31, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Free. History Museum presents “Gadgets Galore! storage devices. Software Engineer [Req. #HGB59]. Dsgn CONCERTS Community School of Music and Arts, 230 Transforming the American Household,” & dvlp SW for proprietary flash memory storage devices. San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. arts4all. an exhibit that looks at gadgets and where Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) [Req. Concert on the Plaza: Haopinaka org they originated, on display at the J. Gilbert Hawaiian Group The Mountain View Smith House. Thursday-Sunday through #SFT31]. Dsgn & dvlp SW for proprietary flash memory Open Mic @ Red Rock Coffee storage devices. Sr. Product Marketing Manager, FlashBlade Community Services Department presents Performers sing in front of a supportive Nov. 10, noon-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos History music by the Haopinaka Hawaiian Group as audience and meet fellow musicians and Museum, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. [Req. #PMM28]. Drive co.’s FlashBlade prdct technical part of Concerts on the Plaza. In addition to artists during Open Mic Mondays at Red Rock losaltoshistory.org marketing strategy. Mail resumes refernc’g Req. # to: S. the music, there will be a food truck, a “Pop Coffee. Sign-ups start at 6:30 p.m.; show Reid, 401 Castro St, 3rd Flr, Mountain View, CA 94041. Up Park” area for children and for adults, beer starts at 7 p.m. Free. Red Rock Coffee, 201 DANCE and wine. Sept. 6, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Mountain Castro St., Mountain View. redrockcoffee.org/ Los Altos Hills Hoedown This year’s To advertise call 650.223.6582 or email [email protected]. View City Hall, 500 Castro St., Mountain livemusic Hoedown will feature Capelo’s BBQ food View. Search facebook.com/events for more truck, a dance caller, live bluegrass music info. FESTIVALS & FAIRS by Sidesaddle & Co., old-fashioned arts and Dierks Bentley: Burning Man 2019 48th Mountain View Art & Wine crafts, a community farmers market and more. Country music star Dierks Bentley performs Festival The Mountain View Art & Wine Sept. 7, 3-7 p.m. Free. Westwind Community along with guests Jon Pardi, Caylee Hammack Festival features live music, 500 professional Barn, 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills. and Hot Country Knights. Sept. 7, 7 p.m. artists, the Xfinity Pigskin Party Lounge, food losaltoshills.ca.gov $31-$209. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 and drink with premium wine and sangria, Marketplace Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. craft beer, cocktails, the “Mountain View’s FOOD & DRINK concerts1.livenation.com Got Talent” Facebook Community Stage and Eat, Drink & Be Techie The Computer Don Omar: El Puro Party The El Puro an action-packed Kids’ Park. Sept. 7-8, 11 History Museum hosts a tech-themed block Party features reggaeton artist Don Omar with a.m. Free. Downtown Mountain View, 500 party at the Cloud Bistro beer garden, with guests Zion Y Lennox, Jowell Y Randy, De La Castro St., Mountain View. bit.ly/mountain- programming on select Fridays for visitors of The Mountain View Voice offers Ghetto, Alex Sensation, Sonora Dinamita, view-art-and-wine-fest all ages. Aug. 30, 5-9 p.m. Computer History Oro Solido, Fulanito, Los Rakas, Victoria La Farmers Market The downtown Los Altos Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain advertising for Home Services, Mala and more. Sept. 1, 4:30 p.m. $23-$209. farmers market, where shoppers can find fresh View. computerhistory.org Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre Business Services and Employment. vegetables and fine foods, continues every Parkway, Mountain View. concerts1. Thursday through Sept. 26, 4-8 p.m. Free. OUTDOOR RECREATION livenation.com Located on State Street between 2nd and 4th Birds and a Bee by Floy Zittin KoRn & Alice In Chains KoRn & If you wish to learn more about streets, Los Altos Hills. losaltoschamber.org Viewpoints Gallery presents September’s Alice In Chains perform live at Shoreline Tuolumne River Film Festival This featured artist, Floy Zittin. Sept. 3-28, 11 a.m.- Amphitheatre. Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m. $26-$275 these advertising options, year’s Tuolumne River Film Festival will 5 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 Amphitheatre feature short films from the Wild and Scenic Los Altos. viewpointsgallery.com please call 650.223.6582 or email Parkway, Mountain View. concerts1. Film Festival and the International Ocean livenation.com Welcoming Wildlife into Our Gardens Film Festival, live music, and more. Sept. 7, In this class, students will learn how to create [email protected]. The Hot Baked Goods! Jazz band The 6:30-9 p.m. $10 in advance; $15 at the door. a habitat-friendly garden abuzz with life Hot Baked Goods kicks off a new month of Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 and color. Instructor and Gamble Garden classes and dances. Sept. 4, 9:30-11:45 p.m. Middlefield Road, Atherton. tuolumne.org Director Richard Hayden will lay out the steps First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Los Altos First Friday Los Altos First to creating garden habitats where wildlife Ave., Palo Alto. Search facebook.com/events Fridays are community-building events held can find food, water and a place to raise for more info. during the evenings of the first Friday of the their young. Sept. 7, 9:30-11 a.m. $25 for FOLLOW US ‘Music is Magic’ Concert Series month in downtown Los Altos. First Fridays Palo Alto residents; $35 for nonresidents. In partnership with the city of Palo Alto, are meant to be a fun, social evening for Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. the Magical Bridge Foundation presents a residents of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and gamblegarden.org ON summer concert series, featuring local artists neighboring communities. Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. and musicians. All concerts are family friendly Free. Downtown Los Altos. losaltoschamber. SPORTS and sensory friendly. Every Friday through org Aug. 30, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Magical Bridge Palo Alto Senior Table Tennis: Free Playground - Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow TALKS & LECTURES and Fun Exercise The Palo Alto Senior Drive, Palo Alto. Search facebook.com/events Table Tennis Club invites seniors, ages 55 for more info. Science Talk: Physics vs. Time Travel and older, to bring a racket and pair of tennis Using popular movies as a framework, Ken shoes to play table tennis. Every Tuesday, 10 Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida Hip-hop artists Wharton, physics professor at San Jose State a.m.-2 p.m. Free; suggested $1 donation. Flo Rida and Nelly will perform along with University, will outline several categories of Cubberley Community Center, Gym B, 4000 R&B singing group TLC. Aug. 30, 7 p.m. time-travel stories and discuss connections Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. $18-$250. Shoreline Amphitheatre, 1 with physics. Sept. 4, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Semi-Annual Bicycle Sale Silicon Valley Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View. Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., concerts1.livenation.com Bicycle Exchange hosts a sale of bikes in Mountain View. mountainview.libcal.com good condition starting at $150 as well as The Smashing Pumpkins & Noel Adrienne Young and Shea Ernshaw parts, including wheels, bags, shoes, clothes, Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Adrienne Young presents her new novel, “The trainers, pedals, forks, bars, lights, bells, Alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins Girl the Sea Gave Back,” and chats with New bottle cages, pumps, bar ends, racks, baskets performs along with guests Noel Gallagher’s York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw and car racks. The sale does not include kids’ @MVVOICE High Flying Birds and AFI. Aug. 31, 7 p.m. at Kepler’s. Sept. 3, 7-8 p.m. Free. Kepler’s bikes. Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Silicon Valley

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