Dolores Degnan's Memories of Eight Decades in the Town She Loved

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4QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 13, 2019 Local News M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY Menlo Park council picks its top five priorities for 2019 By Kate Bradshaw problem. If a project isn’t added Almanac Staff Writer to the work plan, then it can be difficult mid-year to allocate t’s become a tradition for the staff resources and funding Menlo Park City Council to to pursue it and do commu- Inarrow down its list of top nity outreach; if it is added, then projects for the year into a top people assume it is a done deal five do-or-die list. before they’ve been permitted Those items, as identified the opportunity to weigh in. by the council on March 5, are That’s what happened with the to: complete the transportation topic of sidewalks on Sharon master plan and establish a Road, he argued. He added that transportation impact fee; cre- efforts to begin public outreach ate separate bike and pedestrian on the possibility of sidewalks pathways and other improve- on Sharon Road are scheduled ments to Chilco Street; pursue to begin later this year. Photo by Federica Armstrong work on a pedestrian and bike Creating ‘hope and joy’ Caltrain crossing at Middle Merge school districts? Florence de Bretagne, in photo, has painted more than 100 murals in the Bay Area, including four Avenue; update the city’s heri- Mueller asked that a study at Oak Knoll School last year. She is starting on a mural project at Selby School in Atherton this tage tree ordinance; and move session already scheduled to be month, and launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $20,000 toward that and two other area school full-steam ahead with efforts to held in June about an “Equity in projects. Read the story on Page 21. build a new Belle Haven Branch Education Joint Powers Author- Library. ity” — an initiative he’s pursued Other items added to the work in the past to get stakeholders plan for 2019 are to: form a trans- from other jurisdictions to find portation management associa- ways to commit funding to meet A death on the tracks tion, update the city’s El Camino the capital needs of the under- Real/Downtown Specific Plan resourced Ravenswood City Months after a young man is killed in a Menlo Park (which Community Develop- School District in East Palo Alto ment Director Mark Muenzer and eastern Menlo Park — to be Caltrain incident, questions remain announced is scheduled to come just about equity in education. By Kate Bradshaw with the last train of the night. the dearth of answers about before the council March 12), He tentatively presented a new Almanac Staff Writer Caltrain generally defers to the what happened that night is far preserve affordable housing, idea: having the Sequoia Union county coroner’s office to handle from satisfying. pass a short-term rental ordi- High School District absorb the obody saw what hap- fatalities unless there are train “It makes it difficult to move nance, review and potentially Ravenswood City School Dis- pened to 22-year-old delays, he said, but noted that on and progress without having streamline the approval pro- trict to create a K-12 district. NConnor McElroy late this was the only fatality during closure,” his mother, Antoinette cess for single-family residential Mueller added that for years last year between the time he his tenure that has not required McElroy, told The Almanac. projects, develop and implement the success and graduation rates stepped off the train at the Men- public notification. near-term downtown parking of Ravenswood students in the lo Park Caltrain Station at about For McElroy’s family, however, See DEATH, page 8 and access strategies, implement Sequoia district have been of 1:06 a.m. and the time the train the zero-waste plan, and imple- concern. left the station, when he was run ment the city’s IT master plan, “It may be, perhaps, that a over and killed by a rear car of including transitioning to new K-12 district, with (the Sequoia the train land management software. district’s) resources, might be It was Nov. 24, and the death Exploring the possibility of able to help address that, and of the young Redwood City developing affordable teacher also provide some stability to man might have stayed under housing at the former Flood the district,” he said. the radar, quietly marking the School site was originally among “I’m not saying we are fully tenth train fatality of the year on the items on that list. The prop- committed,” he added. the tracks, because Caltrain did erty belongs to the Ravenswood The plan would be to talk to not publicly report the death, City School District. According the East Palo Alto and Raven- as it does at other times when a to Mayor Ray Mueller, former swood district communities, person is struck and the train is district superintendent Gloria and to come up with a mutually delayed. Hernandez-Goff had requested acceptable plan, he said. The Palo Alto Daily Post that the topic be added to the Vice Mayor Cecilia Taylor reported McElroy’s death after city’s work plan before she was added that she’d like to see finding out about it in a report put on paid leave Feb. 27. Menlo Park’s schools in the from the San Mateo Coun- Councilman Drew Combs Ravenswood district — Belle ty Coroner’s Office. Caltrain said he opposed adding the topic Haven Elementary and Willow spokesperson Dan Lieberman to the work plan without prior Oaks Elementary — included explained to The Almanac that outreach to the surrounding in meetings with those com- the agency did not report the neighborhood. munities, as well families fac- fatality because there had not Photo by Dean Eichelmen The challenge of the work plan ing homelessness attending been a disruption in train ser- Connor McElroy, 22, shown here about a week before his death at process, Mueller argued, is that vice since the incident occurred his family’s lake house in Clearlake. it creates a “chicken and egg” See PRIORITIES, page 13

March 13, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS Fire, city officials join forces for better emergency response By Kate Bradshaw subcommittee to discuss ways Almanac Staff Writer to resolve the issue.

n a joint meeting held March Response times 5, the Menlo Park City Coun- Seconds count when it comes Icil and the Menlo Park Fire to emergency response, Fire Protection District board dis- Chief Harold Schapelhouman cussed how the district and city explained at the meeting. That’s can work together to improve partly why the fire district has emergency vehicle response expressed some degree of frus- times and community responses tration when the city adds speed to large-scale emergencies. bumps, humps, chicanes, and Relations between the two bulb-outs to slow traffic. agencies haven’t always been so Those barriers slow and can agreeable. Tensions escalated damage firetrucks and ambu- around October 2016 when the lances in emergencies, Schapel- city refused to sell land near the houman said. They also prevent Belle Haven fire station to the other vehicles caught in traffic fire district. from pulling over to make way And in adjacent Atherton, for emergency response vehicles town officials began to discuss to pass by. Image courtesy Menlo Park Fire Protection District. withdrawing from the fire Schapelhouman noted that A map showing the various obstacles, such as speed bumps, chicanes, medians, roundabouts and trees in district after it became evident first responders are supposed to the road that fire trucks must navigate while responding to emergencies in Menlo Park. that residents pay far more per slow down to cautiously cross capita for fire services than speed bumps and protect the “Nobody’s ever said, ‘We’re looks like to be on a gurney, to little over 5 percent of emer- residents in the other jurisdic- equipment, but that doesn’t so impressed you showed up have those bumps (while) you’ve gencies that involve multiple tions the fire district covers, always happen. so fast,’” Schapelhouman said. got a broken neck, and they’re first-response units, it takes 11 since the district is funded with “Put yourself in their position “When you’re the person wait- worried about the outcome.” minutes or more for all units to property taxes. In January, — you hear we have a working for help, it seems like a long While the fire district retains arrive at the scene. officials from the town and the ing fire, or a kid not breathing. time. I’m not only the fire chief, “acceptable” response times, fire district agreed to form a They’re not slowing,” he said. I’m a customer. I know what it Schapelhouman said, in a See RESPONSE, page 13

6QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 13, 2019 NEWS REAL ESTATE REVIEW WITH State report: Local roadside clearing MANDY MONTOYA a top wildfire prevention priority March 2019 By Barbara Wood as fuel for a fire will be removed driver of this trend,” it says, cit- Special to The Almanac along with the lower limbs of ing warming spring and summer Spring 2018 was one of the hottest markets around the trees. Leaving the upper canopy temperatures, reduced snowpack Bay Area over the last 2 decades. The market began to cool learing vegetation from of trees keeps the ground cooler, and longer and more intense dry in summer and fall with demand, sales and appreciation rates the side of Kings Moun- lessening fire risk, Sampson said. seasons. generally dropping, while supply and price reductions increased. Ctain Road in Woodside In addition to reducing fire Other contributing factors Then the mid-winter doldrums took hold. The magnitude of above Huddart Park is ranked as risk, the work will also create a include “decades of fire suppres- these changes varied by region, and San Mateo County was less the second most important proj- safer escape route if there is a fire, sion (that) have disrupted natural affected than many other local counties - but it was still affected. ect in California to reduce the risk he said. “It’s a great path that goes fire cycles” and California’s fail- Since the recovery began in 2012, spring has typically been the of wildfires, according to a report all the way up to Skyline Boule- ure to keep up with needed forest most active season of the year, and often the period during which issued on March 5 by the Califor- vard,” he said. management. “It is estimated appreciation gains have been the largest. The spring 2019 market nia Department of Forestry and The work, Sampson said, is that as many as 15 million acres Fire Protection (CalFire). similar to what CalFire and other of California forests need some is just getting started amid a diverse set of economic indicators. CalFire has already begun local fire agencies are asking form of restoration,” the report Financial markets have, so far, recovered in 2019, interest rates preliminary work on the project, homeowners to do around their says. have dropped, and big local IPOs loom. We will know much according to Richard Sampson, a properties. Locally, Woodside Fire Protec- more soon. chief forester for the San Mateo- In giving the project a high tion District Fire Marshal Denise I’ve just posted great March statistics on pricing and seasonality Santa Cruz counties division of ranking, the report cites the Enea says the district has been at: www.MandyMontoya.com. Contact me for specific CalFire. number of communities close working on fuel-reduction proj- information on your home. The recently released Com- to the Kings Mountain project ects in collaboration with local munity Wildfire Prevention and and the population of more than government agencies since 2015, Mitigation Report was prepared 270,000 people who could be including work in Huddart and (650) 823-8212 after an executive order from affected. Wunderlich county parks and [email protected] Gov. Gavin Newsom, made soon The report says “climate the removal of eucalyptus along License: 01911643 after he took office in January, change, an epidemic of dead and Highway 84 (Woodside Road) ordered CalFire to recommend dying trees, and the proliferation and other roads in Woodside. immediate, medium and long- of new homes in the wildland The district is currently working term actions to prevent wildfires. urban interface” magnify the to make its own shaded fuel break CalFire was asked to prioritize threat of wildfires and place more in the Teague Hill open space projects that would affect the people and property at risk than above Woodside. most people and the most vulner- in the past. The district also offers home- able communities. The report warns, however, that owners advice on how to make Join our team! Sampson said that over the even with actions such as forest their properties safer, and a free coming year, CalFire will create thinning and the creation of fire annual chipping program to We’re looking for talented, a “shaded fuel break” on both breaks, “wind-driven wildfire dispose of vegetation removed by highly-motivated and dynamic people sides of Kings Mountain Road as events that destroy lives and homeowners. it winds up to Skyline Boulevard property will very likely still For more information on steps from the flatlands of Woodside, occur.” to take to make individual prop- Embarcadero Media is an independent multimedia news organization aiming to cut back on the now- While California has always erties safer, visit CalFire’s Ready- with over 35 years of providing award-winning local news, dense vegetation for up to 100 feet had wildfires, the fire season now Set-Go website at readyforwild- community information and entertainment to the Midpeninsula. on each side of the road. 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DEATH elevated presence of temazepam, continued from page 5 a drug used as a sedative. Antoinette McElroy said She noted that her son was temazepam was used as part of married, and his wife is also her son’s treatment for epilepsy. struggling to make sense of what He had temporal lobe epilepsy, happened. she explained, and he had been She has pieced together what a candidate for a procedure at she can from that night. UCSF to help with the seizures. As she understands it, she The procedure was expected to told The Almanac, her son was be done shortly after Connor’s exiting Caltrain on the last train death occurred, she said. of the night when something In addition, the autopsy report happened at the platform that notes that witnesses who were caused him to fall into the train. on the train that night with Earlier that night, she said, Connor stated that he appeared he had spent time with friends impaired, “which was confirmed playing pool and drinking cock- by the toxicology results,” the tails. His wife had picked him report states. up and then taken him home, While no one saw the train near Sequoia Station in Red- strike occur, people on the train wood City. Later that night, he noticed that he seemed inebri- left home to pick up some ciga- ated in some way, Assistant rettes. Antoi- Coroner Emily nette McElroy Tauscher said. Data courtesy of Caltrain thinks her son A surveillance camera She explained Since 2015, there have been nine Caltrain-related fatalities that the San Mateo Coroner’s office has ruled was headed to that both to be accidental, rather than intentional. the 7-Eleven trained on the platform alcohol and finding is “the best we can come to her son. in an email, “The majority of near the Menlo would have helped temazepam up with the information at “I can’t believe they’re not Caltrain-related deaths tend to Park station, “impair some- hand.” being held accountable for that,” be ruled suicides by the county since it’s open the coroner’s office one’s ability For her part, Antoinette she said. “That should be man- coroner’s office, but it varies 24 hours a day. come to a clearer to function.” McElroy challenged the coro- datory in my mind.” from year to year.” What she determination of what Temazepam, ner’s finding that her son’s death Tauscher also told The Alma- Lieberman said that Caltrain wants to know she said, can may have been a suicide. nac that a surveillance camera plans to expand its camera is: What hap- happened, according have serious “Truth be told, this wasn’t a trained on the platform would system when it launches its pened between to Assistant Coroner side effects, suicide,” she told The Alma- have helped the coroner’s office electrified fleet, which will have 1:06 and 1:09 especially with nac. “The pathology is leaving come to a clearer determina- wi-fi. “Once we have wi-fi in the a.m. that led to Emily Tauscher. alcohol use. us with more questions than tion of what happened. Even system, it is a more achievable Connor ending These factors, answers.” if investigators had footage of goal than it is currently,” he said. up on the tracks in the path of paired with limited witness In particular, she dismisses which way he was facing on the Adding cameras to the Menlo the train? Why isn’t there more information, coalesced into a big the premise that Connor could platform before the incident, Park station might be compli- information available? And question mark for the coroner’s have crawled beneath the train that would have aided the inves- cated by the fact that the station what’s being done to prevent office, which is somewhat rare, while it was stopped. “Con- tigation, she added. is considered historic, and that future Caltrain-caused deaths? she explained. nor didn’t crawl,” she said. So far, only the city of Palo Alto may limit how much work can The coroner’s autopsy report “Usually, we have really clear- “My son was a big person,” she has installed cameras along the be done to install equipment, raised more questions than cut witness statements, or we have added, describing her son as Caltrain corridor that observe Lieberman said, adding, “If a answers, McElroy said. video surveillance,” Tauscher 5-foot-11-inches and “incredibly the tracks, Lieberman said. That city wanted to pursue putting in According to the official said. In many Caltrain-related broad-shouldered.” system was put in place last year cameras, I think we’d be happy report, completed by Depu- deaths, conductors, engineers or “He was found on his back. to replace the people who had to work with them.” ty Coroner Heather Diaz and other bystanders witness the per- There’s no way (he could) crawl been stationed along the tracks based on the limited available son’s behavior and officials can under there and flip over,” she to deter suicide attempts. The $GHYDVWDWLQJORVV evidence, Connor McElroy’s more easily determine whether said. She’s curious as to how system uses a series of cam- For now, Connor McElroy death could not be ruled either a train strike is an accident or a nobody saw what happened eras that have thermal-tracking continues to be mourned. Antoi- a suicide or an accident. suicide, she explained. to her son, and why there are capabilities to detect people on nette McElroy noted that her On one hand, Diaz reported, it For instance, if a train strikes a no cameras in place recording the tracks, even at night. The son grew up in Half Moon Bay may have been a suicide. Connor person seen to be clearly distract- what happens at the platform. cameras are monitored remotely and was a person who “loved McElroy had a history of suicid- ed — say, simultaneously reading She also wonders where the rear and use artificial intelligence to the outdoors and loved people.” al ideation due to the depression a Kindle and listening to music conductor of the train was dur- alert law enforcement. He was always on a bike, skate- and anxiety tied to his having when a train is approaching — ing the incident, and whether he “It behooves the city of Menlo board, surfboard, wakeboard or epilepsy, according to his family, the coroner’s office is more likely or she was interviewed during Park to really start looking into motorcycle, she said. and in 2013 he had been put on to rule the death an accident than the investigation. getting that in place,” McElroy He also volunteered at the a mental health hold by Belmont if a witness sees a person laying said. Ronald McDonald House at police, the autopsy report noted. down on the tracks. The office is No cameras Stanford, a nonprofit organiza- “Space between the train and careful to make a determination Caltrain has no video footage :KDW·VEHLQJGRQH" tion that gives families a place the platform as well as space of suicide only when it is confi- of what happened to McElroy In the last five years, at least to stay at little to no cost while underneath the train appeared dent that is the case, given the that night, Lieberman, the Cal- nine train-related deaths on the their children access special- large enough for Connor McEl- stigma that such a determination train spokesman, confirmed. Caltrain tracks been ruled acci- ized medical care. Every year roy to have crawled underneath can carry, she said. “From what we can tell, he fell dental by the coroner’s office. since about middle school, she the train and placed himself “With Connor’s case, we don’t into the train as it was moving. The office has 11 Caltrain-related said, Connor would work with onto the train tracks,” it stated. have anybody who saw how It couldn’t have been captured,” fatality cases from 2018 and early a local farmer to donate pump- But Diaz’s report also acknowl- he came to be on the tracks,” he told The Almanac. 2019 still pending, and has not kins to the nonprofit house for edges that the death may have she explained. One witness While the trains have cameras yet determined whether those Halloween. been accidental. saw him one second, and then mounted on the front, which can deaths were accidents or suicides. “His loss is felt throughout the McElroy had epilepsy, and it saw he had disappeared — but aid in many train-strike investi- In Menlo Park, a man in his community,” she said. is possible, she reported, that he in that time, and without any gations, few cameras observe the 50s was accidentally struck by He also worked daily with his “had a seizure and fell onto the further evidence, it’s impossible tracks from an outside angle, he Caltrain on Feb. 24 at the Oak father in the building industry, train tracks.” to determine whether he fell or explained. Grove Avenue crossing. As of helping to run the family busi- A toxicology report indicated jumped, she said. Antoinette McElroy expressed March 11, he had been released ness, she said. that McElroy was found with “Unfortunately, it doesn’t pro- dismay about the lack of camera from the hospital, according to His was a life that was “total- an elevated blood alcohol level vide the answers that the com- footage observing the tracks Lieberman. ly cut short,” McElroy said. of 0.16 percent — double that of munity and the family would and the platform, which might Haroon Malek, another Cal- “It’s very devastating for our the legal driving level — and an like,” she said. The inconclusive have recorded what happened train spokesperson, explained family.” A

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March 13, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ9 SCHOOLS CONTACT ME TODAY PAUL SKRABO New Woodside school board members are Specializing in Residential district parents with business backgrounds Homes and Land on By Angela Swartz safety around costs, he said. Almanac Staff Writer school areas Bailey, a cur- the Mid Peninsula through educa- rent member here’s some new blood on tion, incentives, of the district’s 35+ Years of Local the Woodside Elementary law enforcement technology task TSchool District Board of and engineering force, also wants Real Estate Experience Trustees: Peter Bailey and Jenny measures. to explore how Hayden, parents of district stu- The program’s Craig Adams technology can Peter Bailey dents, officially joined the board goals include Jenny Hayden aid or hurt edu- Peter Bailey Lifelong Resident of on Jan. 15. improved child cation while on Menlo Park & Portola Valley Both have business back- safety, integration of physical the board. grounds and say they intend to activity into the everyday rou- “As a parent I think we all have use them to work on the district’s tine of children, and decreased concerns about the use of smart budget, something that is a con- traffic and air pollution associ- devices with kids to the extent PAULSKRABO cern to both because of rising ated with school drop-offs and they are spending too much time BROKER ASSOCIATE | COLDWELL BANKER pension costs. They both serve pickups. Mapping apps — like on devices vs. learning, playing (650) 619-8092 on the district’s budget com- Waze — bring more commuter and experiencing the world; [email protected] mittee, which also includes staff traffic to Woodside by giv- however, generally I view that as CAL BRE 665727 members, a Woodside School ing users alternative routes off a concern regarding time spent Foundation member and a PTA freeways and onto side roads, outside of school vs. using a lap- representative. he said. Last year, the group pre- top to do research in a classroom There were only three can- sented the Town Council with a setting,” he wrote in an email. didates for three open seats on petition, which led to the addi- “Our plan and strategy (in the five-member board: Bailey, tion of new crosswalks in town. the school district) is to go slow Hayden and appointed incum- As a school board member, with technology and adopt bent Jennifer Zweig, so the Bailey wants to become more ‘proven’ solutions that we have and November election was auto- involved in other district issues high confidence will enhance the matically canceled. Incumbents as well. Rising pension costs, our core teacher-led instruc- Claire Pollioni and Marc Tarpen- along with cost of living increas- tion. We look at this constantly PRESENT ning did not run for re-election. es for staff, will cause district and we will continue to assess There are 410 students enrolled costs to increase 2 percent more it going forward as more and 2019 in the district this school year. than revenue coming into the more tech becomes available for The district has one campus: district by the next school year, education.” Woodside Elementary, with he said. The district’s design lab is one Financial Conference grade levels from TK (transi- “Our district is very fortunate way technology is helping stu- tional kindergarten) through given our existing reserves and dents, Bailey said. “Knowledge Pays Dividends” eighth grade. There’s also a fee- financial support from our com- “I think the professionalism and based preschool on the school’s munity,” he wrote in an email. scope of the resources we have in campus. “Other districts have been put in the design lab are incredible,” he Saturday, March 30 dire straits” as a result of public said in the email. “The teaching Peter Bailey agencies’ rising contribution resources and equipment are Bailey, 46, is originally from costs to state pension systems in first-class and enable interested 8:30am-3:45pm New York and moved to Wood- recent years. kids to pursue a wide variety of side for its schools. Bailey has There are other causes for ‘maker’ projects whether creat- three sons who are in kindergar- budget concerns. Historically, ing an object with 3D printers or Mitchell Park Community Center, ten, second and fourth grades. property taxes have increased an laser cutters, coding software, or This was his first time running average of 5.9 percent annually developing complex experiments 3700 Middleﬁeld Rd, Palo Alto for school board and it is his first and are anticipated to continue and science projects, which in time in an elective position. growing an average of 5 percent our case led to a national award “As you get older, you start per year, according to the dis- for one of our eighth-graders Choice of three workshops making decisions about how trict. Even though state and fed- (Georgia Hutchinson).” • Assessing Your you want to spend your time,” eral sources provide about 7 per- Retirement Readiness he said. “You think, ‘What can cent of the district’s total funds, Jenny Hayden • The ABCs of IRAs I do that can have the biggest funding from these sources has Jenny Hayden, 40, has three • Managing your impact?’” been “significantly decreasing” kids in Woodside Elementary Finances as you Age Bailey, who is also a Wood- in recent years, according to the School; they are in kindergarten, side Planning Commissioner, district. The district anticipates third and fifth grade. • All About Medicare headed the Safe Routes to School that funding from other sources Hayden, a stay-at-home mom, • Smart Tax Moves program in Woodside, working will remain flat or decrease in grew up in Woodside, and • Managing Investments with other parents. The program future years. attended Woodside Elementary and Cash Flow promotes walking and biking to Bailey comes from a back- and Woodside High. She left the • Planning for school, and improving traffic ground in business, human area, but moved back in 2014 to Long Term Care resources and budgeting. He be closer to family. She says she REGISTRATION: is CEO of Vertical Communi- loves the district’s small class • Social Security Advance tickets LEHUA GREENMAN cations, a Santa Clara-based sizes — an average of 18 students Claiming Strategies $55 per person "A best friend company that helps businesses — and how tight-knit Woodside • Living Your Legacy and or $60 at door - upgrade their software. He pre- is as a community. Making a Difference Includes lunch! is like a four viously worked in investment She served on the Woodside leaf clover: banking. School Foundation board and hard to find Before his business career, Bai- helped campaign for Measure ley earned a bachelor’s degree in Z, the district’s parcel tax aimed Call (650) 289-5445 for and lucky to English at Princeton University. at maintaining academic pro- have." His experience in finance and grams, keeping class sizes small, more information or sign up business will help him con- and attracting and retaining tribute as the district navigates high-quality teachers. It passed at www.avenidas.org budget and financial challenges 650.245.1845 resulting from rising pension See SCHOOL BOARD, page 12

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March 13, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ11 NEWS Local church launches climate change initiative CalWater tanks Trinity Church is launching a The program is scheduled for church’s rector, said, “As we face between the two. We see them near Skyline on climate change initiative that will 11:30 a.m., Sunday, March 17, an unprecedented environmen- as different areas of inquiry.” council agenda run through the end of the year. at Trinity Church, 333 Raven- tal crisis, we need to bring both The ramifications of climate The initiative, which will swood Ave. in Menlo Park. the resources of religion and of change are becoming more An appeal of the approv- involve a speaker series and car- Lunch will be served and the science to bear on the problem so apparent, he said. “The Earth al for CalWater to install a bon tracking activities, will start event is open to the public. that we can be our best selves in is under pressure and she is not new 250,000-gallon steel water with a program featuring Tom Future programs on the agen- making meaningful choices that doing well. And when the Earth, tank to replace two leaking Kabat, a “green homeowner” da for the climate change initia- can help save our planet.” which we describe as our ‘fragile 60,000-gallon tanks in the Sky- and a member of the Menlo Park tive, called “Reclaiming Eden: Dutton-Gillett acknowledged island home,’ does not do well, wood Acres neighborhood near Environmental Quality Com- Stopping climate change one in his statement that religion we do not do well.” Skyline Boulevard is on the mission, who is scheduled to give household at a time,” will be and science are “often seen as To attend the March 17 lunch, agenda of the Woodside Town a presentation called “Introduc- announced later. being in conflict.” But, he noted, contact the church’s office man- Council when it meets Tuesday tion to Climate Change, Green In a written statement, the Rev. “for The Episcopal Church, there ager, Alecia McDowell, at (650) night, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. in your Electricity.” Matthew Dutton-Gillett, the is no inherent disagreement 326-2083, ext. 2. Independence Hall, 2955 Wood- side Road. Two neighbors who live on SCHOOL BOARD priorities as a board member: parent email. The board also of the pension liability “would either side of the CalWater continued from page 10 Q Ensure that every child sends a summary of its monthly be a huge win.” property on Stadler Drive have receives an excellent education. board meetings. For in-per- During the 2016-17 school protested the water company’s in April 2017. She also volun- The board tracks student perfor- son communication, the board year, to address some of these plans to install the new large teers in district classrooms. mance (through standardized holds two parent chats per year rising costs, the district began tank, which will be used to She had never run for a spot on test scores and other means) to and the superintendent holds to reduce expenses by renegoti- store emergency water. CalWa- the school board before last year. ensure that teachers and staff two parent chats a year. ating some professional service ter says even with the new tank, A friend and Hayden’s mother, are performing well. Hayden agreed with Bailey contracts and reducing consult- it will fall short of its emergency Betsy Hobson — a Woodside Q Maintain the financial that the district faces the chal- ing, equipment and office sup- requirements and it will need school board member from 1986 health of the district in the face lenge of rising pension costs, as plies, according to the budget other water storage sites. to 1994 — encouraged her to of dramatically increasing costs. other California schools do. FAQ. The neighbors say the tank run. Q Continue the board’s com- “A big piece of managing ris- Hayden said her background is too tall and too big, and that “I want to have a hand in my munication and engagement ing costs is going to be taking a in finance and organizational the water company is misusing kids’ education; it’s a privilege,” with the school community close look at where we can cut or skills will serve her well on state laws that give stream- she said. and the Woodside community reduce other costs,” she Hayden the board. She worked at GE lined approvals to projects that Hayden finds it “fun” and at large. She is taking part in said. Although she is too new in Capital, a financial services address an emergency, such as “challenging” to work toward a the district’s effort to stream- her position to have specific rec- company, and Bain & Com- wildfire danger. better understanding of how the line communications on the ommendations on areas to cut, pany, a management consulting Also on the agenda is a 30 district and its school function, district’s website, the district’s she said, she believes that Gov. company. She holds a bachelor’s mph speed limit for Runnymede she said. She names three main weekly email and the room Gavin Newsom’s proposed relief degree in economics from Bos- Road and changes to the town’s ton College and a master’s in sewer ordinance to more closely business administration from align with the county’s regula- Duke University. tions. One major change would “Just knowing how to look at be to allow pumping, rather financial statements is helpful than using gravity, to move (for serving on the school effluent to the primary drain board),” she said. “I have the field. training, and if something Find the council agenda The County of San Mateo’s Sustainability Academy provides NO-COST events and jumps out at me, I feel like I can and reports at tinyurl.com/ workshops to San Mateo County community members. ask questions and understand WTC-3-12-19. To register for our offerings, please visit: www.smcsustainability.org/academy the answers.” A — By Barbara Wood

Master Resource Conservation Course: Registration Now Open! Portola Valley School District Thursday evenings 6:00 - 9:00 pm during February 21, 2019 – April 18, 2019 Room 101, 4575 Alpine Road 455 County Center, Redwood City. Space is limited! Portola Valley, CA 94028 Application found at www.smcsustainability.org/academy and due February 15th. THE PORTOLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT The Sustainability Academy’s Master Resource Conservation Course is a no-cost 9-week course. This year, the BOARD OF TRUSTEES course will use a study of the food system to look in depth at the following topics: Invites interested citizens to apply for a • Climate change and sea level rise School Board Vacancy Ř(QHUJ\DQGZDWHUHIƓFLHQF\DQGFRQVHUYDWLRQ • Solid waste management A seat on the Portola Valley School Board is currently available. The term of this seat is for 21 months beginning at the • Transportation end March, 2019 and ending in December, 2020. Residents of • Communication strategies and instructional skills the Portola Valley School District who are registered voters are you can use to teach others about sustainability eligible to apply to serve on the Board. Any interested parent or community member must complete an Fixit Clinic Workshops application form and a “letter of interest” stating his/her experi- Join us for a hands-on Fixit Clinic workshop! Coaches will Saturday, March 30, 2019, ence in and commitment to educational, youth and community activities. help you assess and troubleshoot your broken household 12:00 – 3:00 pm, items such as electronics, appliances, computers, toys, 840 W Orange Ave., South San Francisco Application materials may be found on the Governing Board sewing machines, bicycles fabric items, etc. Learn skills to section of the PVSD web site www.pvsd.net or by calling 851- prolong the life of your belongings and reduce waste. 1777, ext. 2562. Completed applications must be submitted by Saturday, March 30, 2019, 5:00 p.m. on Thursday March 21, 2019, and should be sent to: 2:30 – 4:30 pm San Carlos Public Library, Home Composting Workshops 610 Elm Street Eric Hartwig, Superintendent • Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and Portola Valley School District vegetable scraps, leaves and plant cuttings into compost Saturday, April 27, 2019, 4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028 with a backyard or worm compost bin. 10:00 am – 12:00 pm South City Scavengers, Candidates will be interviewed by the Board on the evening of • You don’t need a backyard to compost! Discounts and 500 E Jamie Ct, South San Francisco March 27, 2019, as part of the regular meeting agenda. The new rebates for compost bins available for County residents. 7UXVWHHZLOOWDNHRI¿FHLPPHGLDWHO\IROORZLQJWKHDSSRLQWPHQW For additional information, please contact Eric Hartwig at 851- Questions? Visit: www.smcsustainability.org • Call: 1-888-442-2666 • Email: [email protected] 1777, ext. 2561.

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PRIORITIES collection and leachate systems, continued from page 5 update park playground equipment, and update the city’s Woodside man killed in Lake County Ravenswood district schools Parks & Recreation Master David James Killilea, 64, of pickup on State Route 20 at car broke through the wall and that LifeMoves, a homeless ser- Plan. Woodside was killed in Lake about 5:30 p.m. “when the overturned into the lake. vices provider in Menlo Park, Q Stormwater: Improve the County on Feb. 28 when the vehicle veered onto the north Killilea was reportedly found works with. Chrysler Drive Pump Station truck he was driving over- shoulder of SR-20, and up an in the vehicle by the Northshore A study session with the and work on the city’s Green turned into Clear Lake, accord- embankment.” Fire Protection District’s rescue Menlo Park City Council on Infrastructure Plan. ing to law enforcement officials. “The vehicle continued out of dive team. the topic has been tentatively Q Streets & Sidewalks: Install The California Highway control and traveled back onto The CHP said the cause of scheduled for June 18. “There’s sidewalks and make bike and Patrol’s Clear Lake office SR-20 and collided with a stone the crash is under investigation, a lot of work to be done before pedestrian improvements on reported that Killilea was driv- wall on the south side of the and it is not yet known if alcohol that study session,” Mueller. Chilco Street, add green infra- ing alone in a 2006 Chevrolet roadway,” the CHP said. The or drugs were a factor. said. “I think it’s time we had structure and support a safe that discussion.” routes to school program on Oak Grove Avenue, and resur- Woodside Store fire damages motorcycles, carport Building projects face streets. Three motorcycles were dam- Chief Dan Ghiorso said Woodside’s most historic sites. On the city’s capital improve- Q Traffic & Transportation: aged in an early morning fire the cause of the fire remains The 1850 wooden structure, used ments plan, the top priorities, Design and construct the Mid- on March 6 in the carport of the unknown, but that it did not as a general store, post office, and broken down by department, dle Avenue Caltrain bicycle ranger’s residence at San Mateo appear to be suspicious in nature. dental office during the town’s are laid out as follows. The plan and pedestrian crossing, move County’s Woodside Store muse- The fire was reported at 1:31 lumber industry era, has been prioritizes projects for funding forward on Caltrain grade sepa- um on Tripp Road in Woodside, a.m. and was quickly extin- restored and displays goods used based on a five-year timeline. rations at Ravenswood Avenue but the fire did not affect the guished he said. by the residents of the area at that Q City buildings and systems: and possibly other rail cross- museum, the Woodside Fire The Woodside Store museum time. It is part of the San Mateo Improve the Belle Haven youth ings, and complete the Willow Protection District reports. at 330 Tripp Road is one of County park system. center, develop fire plans and Road/U.S. 101 interchange (a replace equipment at city build- Caltrans project). ings, implement the city’s infor- Q Water: Improve the city’s mation technology master plan, emergency water storage and and improve the Belle Haven supply, and replace the water branch library. main. Voted best in-home care Q Environment: Evaluate the With the priorities set for the city’s heritage tree ordinance work plan, city staff will prepare and develop a trash and recy- a budget that is expected to be company in the nation – cling strategic plan. released on May 16, and adopted Q Parks & Recreation: on June 18, prior to the start of 3 years running! Repair Bedwell Bayfront park the new fiscal year on July 1. A

RESPONSE major bleeding. continued from page 6 Fire district board member Chuck Bernstein, a CERT Best Caregivers The fire district identified 42 instructor, said that better pub- streets in Menlo Park as “pri- licity for classes might help Best Providers mary routes” that its emergency attract trainees. Some classes he vehicles rely on. teaches have only two or three For those 42 primary streets, participants, he said. Leader in Excellence Schapelhouman said, it’s the district’s wish that barriers and Loudspeakers Best Employer impediments be removed or The fire district has also modified and no obstacles be acquired a long-range speaker added. system that can be used dur- “If you don’t see a cutout ing emergencies to provide in a speed bump table, it was comprehensive verbal direc- We love what we do and it shows, essentially installed without our tions covering an area of about let our family take care of yours! blessing,” Schapelhouman said, 1 square mile. While mobile noting that nearly all the traffic emergency alerts have become obstacles in Belle Haven were more widespread, Schapelhou- Call for a free in-home consultation installed without accommoda- man said, not all people have tions for fire equipment. their phone with them at all (650) 285-2373. times, especially when they Emergency preparedness sleep. The council and fire board The district is requesting agreed to more actively pur- permission from the state to sue opportunities to promote pair this speaker system with a community-wide emergency “ShakeAlert,” a mass notifica- preparedness. tion system for early earthquake Not everyone has the time or warnings. If it does get permis- willingness to take classes to sion, Mueller suggested, the be part of CERT, the commu- city and the fire district could nity emergency response team, consider a pilot program to test www.familymattershc.com Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller the concept. said. The council and fire district Schapelhouman pointed to agreed to have their liaisons shorter programs that can be meet to discuss the possibility of offered widely — such as a retrofitting existing speed “stop the bleed” class recently bumps and other barriers to Family owned since 2002. Serving Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, taught by an emergency medical make them more firetruck- and San Diego Counties HCO #434700005 services coordinator at Menlo- friendly, and setting up a demo Atherton High School — that for the loudspeakers; and to go are simpler than a first-aid class over community emergency Want to get news briefs emailed to you every weekday? and teach people how to stop response training plans. A Sign up for Express, our daily e-edition. Go to AlmanacNews.com to sign up.

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Photo courtesy Woodside History Committee archives Searsville Lake, long ago closed by its owner, Stanford University, was once a recreation destination for visitors from San Jose to San Francisco. It was also an attraction for locals because of its horse trails, Dolores Degnan remembered in interviews she gave before her death.

Dolores Degnan’s R emembering memories of eight decades in the town she loved Woodside By Barbara Wood olores Degnan, who died soon after their daughter Dolo- a butler, a chauffeur, a maid, four A country childhood The sandstone had been trans- on Feb. 19 at the age of res’ first birthday, the town had or five gardeners and a stable Living on the Harris estate left ported to the estate via an old D80, had an extraordinary only about 400 residents — most person. Degnan, an only child, isolated Conestoga wagon, which the memory for the details of the either living on large estates or The Wilkes originally lived in and lonely because most of the children also used. “We’d play many years she spent in Wood- providing goods and services to the only structure that remains town’s children lived miles away, on that one by the hour,” she side, where she lived all but a year the estates. from the Harris era, a guest she said. It was “just me and the said, “attach a rope and jump of her life. Bill Wilke, a native of Ger- house/amateur radio tower that dogs.” So, when a family with on the seat like we were going Degnan remembered — in many who arrived in the U.S. on resembled a lighthouse. “My three children moved into the someplace.” near photographic detail — spe- his own as a teenager, came to mother hated living in it because large apartment attached to the Later, the wagon was donated cifics of events and places from Woodside as the caretaker and it was an impractical house,” estate’s seven-car garage when to the Woodside Elementary her life in Woodside, and in the manager of the estate of Stanley Degnan said, so the family soon she was 4, she was thrilled. School, where children played on weeks before her death, Degnan G. Harris, whose family owned moved into a much larger house The middle child, a son, was it until it fell apart. shared some of those memories the Harris Trust and Savings built for them elsewhere on the her age. Soon another boy their “As we got older, we got more with this reporter. Bank in Chicago. The 36-acre estate. The lighthouse still stands, age moved into a different home enterprising,” Degnan said of The stories Degnan told, along Mountain Home Road estate, now part of the much larger main on the property, and the three the playmates. Their efforts with an oral history she gave to purchased by the family in 1922, house on the property. roamed the estate together. This weren’t always successful. After Woodside History Committee had a 6,000-square-foot main Other families who owned was during World War II, and spending five days building a member Gretchen Tennenbaum house built in 1885 and remod- large estates in Woodside at the once, Degnan remembered, the lemonade stand from lumber in November 2013, an interview eled in 1917. The property also time were the L.W. Harrises, playmates ripped an old sheet found in a pile by the barn, the with Jim Degnan, and informa- had a children’s playhouse, an the Fleishhackers, the Folgers, into bandages, dabbing them budding entrepreneurs sold only tion from the town’s history files eight-stall barn, greenhouses, a the Floods, the Josselyns, the with smashed-berry “blood.” two glasses, and those only after and The Almanac’s archives, are tool house, a seven-car garage Schillings, the Roths and the Their battlefield included the being begged to add more sugar the basis for this story. with a two-story, five-bedroom Jacklings. Some lived there full estate’s numerous stone walls, by the first customer. house attached, a four-bedroom time, but most spent their sum- crafted from sandstone left over The children were fired from Era of estates single-story house, two other mers, weekends and holidays from the construction of Stan- their job of harvesting plums to When William “Bill” Wilke cottages, two smaller garages, in Woodside, and socialized ford University. “We’d run up be dried for prunes, for which and Thelma Galliano Wilke and three wells. and celebrated important family and down those walls and shoot they were paid 25 cents an hour, moved to Woodside in 1940, The Harris employees included events there. each other,” Degnan said. when their work deteriorated

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Photo courtesy Woodside History Committee archives Top: Woodside Elementary School in Dolores Degnan’s childhood had two or three grades share a classroom. Top right: Among those in an early Woodside Community Theatre production of “Music Man” were Anseth Millington (second from left), Mary Loveless (light peach), Dee Carlson (dark peach) and Dolores Degnan (light blue) with George Norbeck. Bottom right: Woodside’s early fire station, once staffed Photo by Jim Milton for Woodside Community Theatre mostly by volunteer firefighters, is now a restaurant. into a fruit-throwing contest. cigarettes,” she said. She remem- “We didn’t have that job for bered riding double with friend long,” Degnan said. Mary Jo (Blankenship) Taylor, More successful was a raft who still lives in the Woodside made from the lumber pile, used Glens where she grew up, to on the lake near the neighbor- the hardware store where they ing 30-acre horse facility called bought a huge watermelon. “I the Play Pen. “We had great fun, don’t know how we got back on built a raft and a pole and went the horse,” she said. back and forth across the lake,” After dinner the girls would Degnan said. saddle up their horses again and Degnan said she collected meet at the large bronze Buddha frogs, polliwogs and salaman- statues on the Jackling estate ders from the pond, plus baby near the end of Mountain Wood mice and a snake, which she kept Lane, which Degnan described on a blue bookshelf in her bed- as “beautiful things out in the room. When the snake got loose middle of nowhere” and bigger and was found under her bed- than she was. spread, however, “I had to turn Degnan said she was amazed Photo courtesy Woodside History Committee archives it loose because (Mother) didn’t years later to see the statues in care for that,” she remembered. a museum at Stanford with a father would pick me up at The school was the center of other town’s men, assisting the plaque that said they had been school with his tractor,” she said. much of town life. four paid firefighters. Thelma Horses donated by the Jacklings. She’d sit on his lap for the ride “May Day was a big event,” and Bill Wilke were good friends Much of Woodside life Degnan trained and exercised home. “Everybody was so jeal- Degnan said, and she was cho- of fire Chief John Volpiano and revolved around horses, and horses for others, and even ous,” she said. sen by lot to be the queen of the his wife, so Degnan said she Degnan said she began riding sometimes rode to the Woodside When Degnan got older, she parade in the first grade. “The remembered spending a lot of her neighbor’s horses when she Village Church. walked home. Most of the stu- parade used to go to where Wells time at the fire station. The for- was only a toddler. She joined the dents would go as far as Neu- Fargo is and turned around and mer station for many years has Junior Rider program, a sum- Woodside Elementary man’s store (now Roberts), but came back,” she said. “Everyone been used as a restaurant. mer riding program for children Although Woodside Elemen- she was the only one who went showed up,” and after the parade “I was there a lot,” Degnan that still exists in Woodside. Her tary School in those days did not farther on Mountain Home there was a father and son base- said. Two fire trucks were kept in instructor at Junior Riders for all have a kindergarten, Degnan Road, she said. ball game. what is now the restaurant din- but the first year was Milo Milo- started first grade at age 5, a year Neuman’s had three sections, She also remembers doing ing room. The existing wooden radovitch, a Russian who was younger than most of her class- divided by doors — hardware, the May Pole dance on May floors “were super shiny — originally brought to Woodside mates. The school, housed in a meat and groceries — but instead Day, held in front of the school everything was perfect all the by Harris to teach his children Spanish-style stucco building of picking out their own items, until the existing amphitheater, time,” she said. In the back were how to ride. Miloradovitch lived that no longer exists, combined shoppers would hand a list to a designed by her father, was built. a small round table and chairs, a in a groom’s cottage on the Har- two or three grades in each clerk, who would get the items. Most of the offspring of the small kitchen and a set of bunk ris property with his wife and classroom. The store also made deliveries. owners of those large Woodside beds. son. “Milo had a great sense of On the first day, she remem- Degnan fondly remembered estates who lived in them year- Woodside residents told time humor, teased us a lot,” although bered, “one of the first things the attached ice cream parlor, around also attended Woodside by the fire station horn, which he was exacting, Degnan said. they showed me was the out- where huge cones went for 5 elementary. Degnan said she sounded at 8 a.m., noon and 5 “When I was 10, I got my own houses,” which she found so cents for a single and 10 cents for remembered attending school p.m., “so we always knew when horse, so then I was free as a scary she vowed never to use a double. with Jimmy Flood, Joan Law and to go home for lunch,” Degnan bird, rode it all over,” Degnan them. Only two years later Degnan said her walk home George and Lance Gamble. said. “You could hear it all over.” said. In the summers she’d ride did they add indoor plumbing, was lonely. “Nobody ever drove She remembered going after The horn also sounded when from home to Junior Riders, allowing Degnan to take rest- by, and if they did, I’d know school to the home of Peter Elkus, there was a fire, and Degnan returning home for lunch, where room breaks during the school them, and they’d give me a ride,” whose father was the head of the remembered several of them. she remembered plucking ripe day. she said. She also sometimes Ampex Corporation, where they One night, after her father was tomatoes or blueberries from the The eighth grade was in the entertained herself by walking rang a bell to get the maid to called out, she saw “a peculiar garden and drinking water from original schoolhouse, now the in the roadside ditch, to the con- bring hot cocoa. “Sometimes the light outside.” Peering out her the well. school library, with a pot-bellied sternation of her mother and the chauffeur would take us to the bedroom window, Degnan said, She and her Junior Rider wood stove and a stage. “I detriment of her shoes. “I walked movie” in Palo Alto, she said. she saw “it was the Jackling barn” friends rode everywhere. At the remember being Little Miss all the way home as far as I could next door. Little Store, now a restaurant, Muffet,” Degnan said. “I was so in that ditch,” she said. “I knew Fire department “I could see the flames,” she “we’d buy boxes of cinnamon scared, but I did it.” I’d get in trouble because my feet Bill Wilke was a volunteer sticks and pretend they were “Every once in a while, my were all wet.” firefighter, as were most of the See DOLORES DEGNAN, page 18

March 13, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ17 COMMUNITY Woodside loses a champion: Carroll Ann Hodges By Maggie Mah her lifelong interest in nature. The Woodside Trail Club and The planetary geology, a field that Special to The Almanac During summer breaks from San Mateo County Horsemen. involved the analysis of extrater- college, she worked as a camp Hodge’s mother held a master’s restrial bodies for future space ormer Woodside Town counselor with the camp’s rid- degree in English and taught exploration. Council member Carroll ing program, an experience she at the University of Texas and She produced professional FAnn Hodges died on the credited with solidifying an early other institutions. Her father, papers such as “Geology of the evening of March 2 after a long interest in horses into an enduring a civil engineer, worked in the Apollo 16 Area” for NASA and illness. She was 82. passion. private sector. “I believe academic was lead author on “Atlas of “She was an irrepressible force “The moment I got my first excellence was expected,” noted Volcanic Landforms on Mars,” of nature,” former town manager job, I bought a beautiful young Hodges’ cousin, Scott Carroll. a work that her cousin, Scott Susan George said, also praising chestnut and named him Torch,” Hodges’ decision to pursue a Carroll, says “is a testament to Hodges as a brilliant scientist and Hodges would recall. She later career in geology also occurred at her leadership and productiv- dedicated volunteer. moved to California towing her a time when gender bias against ity as a planetary geologist and Carroll Ann Hodges at the “She was an amazing person horse over the Rockies with her women in the physical sciences also an intriguing thing for any- Town Council dais in 2009. — extremely intelligent and able iconic red 1964 Mustang and was the norm. She persevered one’s neighbor to have actually to articulate her ideas with clear cared about.” Hodges lived matching one-horse trailer. Both and went on to graduate from created.” conviction,” said George, who her last years in the Woodside vehicles and her third horse, the University of Texas; obtain In 1981, Hodges was named worked closely with Hodges dur- home she designed herself, sup- Midnight, remained with her to a master’s degree from the Uni- Congressional Science Fellow by ing her three terms on the council. ported by friends and caregivers. the end versity of Wisconsin at Madison, the American Geophysical Union, “When she championed some- The younger daughter of Hodges, who had a long career and earned her doctorate from and spent a year in Washington, thing, she dedicated a tireless Thomas and Thelma Hodges, as a research geologist at the Stanford in 1966. D.C., evaluating the economic passion to it and was not shy about Carroll Ann Hodges was born in United States Geological Survey In 1970, she joined the USGS and environmental impacts of sharing it with everyone around Pomona, California, and grew up in Menlo Park, was a founding and led a distinguished career locating intercontinental ballistic her. Horses, the environment, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Aus- member of WHOA! and was until her retirement in 1995. missiles in Nevada. Hodges, who open space, the general plan, and tin, Texas. Summers were spent honored with the group’s Hall of Beginning her work in the earth- later wrote three articles for the keeping Woodside ‘rural’ were in the Missouri Ozarks, which Fame Award in 2017. She was also ly realm of mineral extraction, just a few of the things that she Hodges would later say inspired a member of The Shack Riders, Hodges eventually shifted to See CARROLL HODGES, page 20

DOLORES DEGNAN rear, Degnan said. “It was really she said, referring to a commu- weren’t in the shows sewing and continued from page 17 fun.” nity theatrical endeavor in which designing costumes or scenery. March 24 services for “At Christmastime the whole groups from the fire department, “We really felt like we were in said. It was the Jackling’s cattle town went to the parking lot at the church, the school and the show business,” he said. Among Dolores Degnan barn, where they kept a prize bull. Leo’s Garage (now Canada Cor- scouts would each put on an origi- the shows he remembered are A memorial service for Although the structure was lost, ners), which wasn’t paved; it was nal skit. “Hello Dolly,” “Kiss Me Kate,” Dolores Degnan will be firefighters “kept the water on the just dirt, and we’d have a huge Later, Dolores and her husband, “The Music Man” and “South held on Sunday, March 24, bull so he wouldn’t get burned,” bonfire and sing Christmas car- Jim Degnan, participated in the Pacific.” at 2 p.m. in the Woodside she said. ols,” Degnan said Woodside Community Theatre’s Village Church sanctuary Her father also responded to Other events took place in the musicals headed by George Sell- Brushes with the famous at 3154 Woodside Road. medical calls, Degnan said, and building that is now Indepen- man, the school superintendent. Jim Degnan, who married Read her obituary online was often called to Searsville dence Hall, which was moved “We would pay a baby sitter Dolores in 1961, said that the at is.gd/Degnan or on page Lake. “I could always tell when from Woodside Road to Albion so we could go down there and couple often came face-to-face 21 of The Almanac’s Feb. somebody had drowned, usually Avenue and renovated during rehearse” several nights a week, with celebrities. Once, he said, 27 print edition. A a child, because my father would her childhood, and then dubbed Jim Degnan said, even though they settled down to watch a horse come home, and he wouldn’t talk Scout Hall. On Friday nights they they never had more than small show at the Play Pen, and Dolores Temple Black coming into the for a couple of days. It was a hor- showed movies for the children. parts. introduced herself to the woman Degnans’ print shop. “She was rible, horrible thing. They tried to “Otherwise you ask someone “Maybe we had two or three next to her. “She turned to Dolo- always very friendly and wanted revive them, and they couldn’t,” to take you to Redwood City,” lines,” he said, but “we had five res and said, ‘I’m Rosemary Cloo- to meet everyone that worked in she said. Degnan said. costume changes.” Everybody in ney,’” Jim Degnan said. Clooney the back shop, and visit with my Searsville Lake, owned by Stan- “We had the Follies every year,” town participated, with those who told them she was there watching husband, Jim,” she told reporter ford University, was a major her husband, Jose Ferrer, ride. Andrea Gemmet. “She liked to recreation destination used by It was 1961, Jim Degnan said, find out about all the different visitors who came from as far as when he and Dolores went to the presses.” San Francisco and San Jose. premiere of “Breakfast at Tif- As a high school student, Jim Admission was 25 cents, fany’s” at the Stanford Theatre in Degnan met Hall of Famer Ty Degnan said, and “it was packed Palo Alto, only to encounter star Cobb in the print shop and was with people.” She, however, often Audrey Hepburn after the show. invited to deliver Cobb’s future rode her horse there (thus avoid- “We’re walking out, and this lady orders to his home in Atherton. ing the admission charge) and on is just walking out, and we said “We’d sit and talk” for up to an the trails around the lake. hi,” he said. Hepburn was lovely hour each time, Jim Degnan said, She remembered riding there and friendly, he said. “No one else calling Cobb “one of the greatest with her friend Patty (Hallet) around, just the three of us having baseball players that ever lived.” Nance and getting ice cream bars this conversation,” he said. Jim Degnan said he treasures the or sodas from the snack shack Later, the Degnans were in Las memento Cobb handed him at where Patty’s aunt Ethel Hallet Vegas, sitting at a table waiting for the end of one visit, a photo worked. the entertainment to start when penned with Cobb’s signature Dolores recognized the couple sit- green ink: “To Jim Degnan, my Community entertainment ting behind them. “It’s Elvis Pre- friend, Tyrus Cobb.” A Woodside residents socialized sley and Priscilla,” Dolores told around the school, church and Jim. “Pretend like you’re going to firehouse, Degnan said. Each the bathroom.” About the cover: In 1948, as summer they gathered for a picnic Jim Degnan complied, faked now, May Day was celebrated in the Victorian house next door a double-take, and shook hands in Woodside with a parade led to the school, now owned by the with the Presleys. “No cellphones by randomly chosen students, family of Judy Rice, a descendant then, no cameras, no pen, no who that year were Queen of the home’s original builders. Photo courtesy Jim Degnan nothing,” he said, but they greeted Dolores Wilke (Degnan) and “They’d roll out the oriental Black Velvet, Dolores Degnan said, was one of her favorites of the him graciously. .LQJ'DYLG/RZH'RORUHV· carpets and bring out the wicker many horses she owned starting at age 10, and she rode him everywhere, In a 2014 Almanac article, father, Bill, is in the center rear. furniture” from two cabins at the including to church on Sundays. Dolores remembered Shirley

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CARROLL HODGES Diane Daube Sperisen continued from page 18

1933 – 2019 American Geophysical Union On a gentle, quiet and rainy afternoon, my Mom made her every plant variety was located) and tedious watering, fertilizing about being a science fellow on graceful entrance into Heaven just a short 90 minutes after our final and weeding sessions (I was her #1 employee). But, the final Capitol Hill, said that the experi- time together. February 25th will now forever be a monumental product was stunning. For example, her pride and joy at South ence influenced her decision to date in my life’s history. The time has come for me to stand tall, as Gate were the 15 all-white tree roses that lined her front yard get involved with local govern- my wonderful parents are now no longer with me physically. In picket fence. They simply were stunning and elegant just like her. ment. “My experience in Wash- her brilliance, my Mom has been preparing me for this moment My Mom loved sports. Tennis and swimming were the ington convinced me irrevocably over the course of the last four two sports that my Mom that local government matters years. In her departure, my Mom enthusiastically pushed on me — and one person can make a dif- leaves behind my brother, James, to try. Personally, I did not take ference,” she wrote in the AGU’s her daughter-in-law, MariaElena, the swimming bait, but I had no EOS publication. and her two grandchildren, Reid option with tennis. The truth is Hodges was elected to theTown and Gabriela. For 55 years, my that when I was eight years-old Council in 1997, representing Dis- Mom’s love, intelligence and and drafted by the major league trict 6. Her prior service included passion has helped guide and Fox & Carskadon A’s, my Mom several terms on the Planning nurture me. Let me share just a would not sign the Atherton Commission and participation in few examples as to why I feel so Little League permission slip two ad hoc committees. very blessed to have called Diane unless I took tennis lessons According to Susan George, Daube Sperisen my Mom. at the Menlo Circus Club and Hodges served as mayor during My Mom loved education. My played in their youth league. a very contentious period in the Mom was born in the middle of Tennis was a game to be enjoyed town’s history. “Playing fields the Great Depression and her for a lifetime, and there was no were a huge issue,” George said. parents, Yvonne and Albert getting her to change her mind. Noting that Hodges’ support of Daube, knew that the key to a I think you all know how the the creation of Barkley Field was quality life for their only child story ends. I played tennis that key, she added, “If she were here was education. That is why spring and I have enjoyed the today, she would probably point two of San Francisco’s premier game ever since. My Mom was to that as a major achievement.” Roman Catholic school’s, Notre a devout reader of The Sporting Hodges helped found the Open Dame Des Victoires and St. Rose Green as well. I was a young Space Committee (now Environ- Academy, featuring intense nuns, developing sports fan and she ment: Open Space, Conserva- as teachers, grilled my Mom daily always knew how John Brodie, tion & Sustainability Committee), with intense reading, spelling Al Attles or Willie McCovey was and remained a member until and writing lessons. My Mom’s performing on the field, court recently. She also served on the thirst for vocabulary and reading or diamond. She loved packing San Mateo County Fish & Wild- were born during these formative a picnic basket and heading life Advisory Committee, and years. Later on in her adult over to Stanford to watch any was a member of the Commit- years, my Mom would devour sport the Indians/Cardinal tee for Green Foothills Board of three daily newspapers from cover to cover every morning at the were playing. The annual Big Game was her absolute favorite. Directors. kitchen table sipping her coffee; and for her dessert each evening As my own sport career began to bloom (football, basketball, Hodges’ talents extended to she enjoyed reading a novel as part of her pre-bedtime ritual. She then baseball), my Mom cheered consistently all the way from include music and poetry. She earned her bachelor’s degree and teaching credential in just three my days in Little League through my collegiate career. I always played clarinet in the Woodside years at San Francisco State. Somehow in her free time on campus, found an extra jolt of energy in my step when my Mom was in Village Band and enjoyed having she found the time to be a cheerleader and play on the tennis team. the stands watching me play. friends sing along with tunes she My Mom loved travel. A huge part of my Mom’s adult life was My Mom loved her family. Birthday’s and holidays were huge played on her piano. This writer filled with travel. Travel was a requirement for her work (New events in our house. Birthday cakes had to come from The Pink has fond memories of going house York and Paris), yet travel was also her favorite form of leisure Pastry and every holiday was greeted with tremendous fanfare. to house on horseback singing (Hawaii, Lake Tahoe, Carmel, Yosemite and Santa Barbara to Halloween meant costumes and pumpkin carving. Christmas Christmas carols in the com- name just a few.) The one trip that she never stopped talking meant homemade cookies, outdoor lights, themed gift wrap and pany of Hodges and her horse, about was her trip to Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza was a Christmas tree that showcased more ornaments on it than the Mr. President. She could also be something that she studied in school as a little girl and making City of Paris tree. Valentine’s Day meant surprise gifts arriving counted on to write limericks for it to Egypt to see this great wonder in person was one of her in some form of red. Easter meant deluxe Easter egg hunts, special occasions. greatest life achievements. and the 4th of July meant block parties featuring bar-be-que, “She publicly graced me with My Mom loved fashion. There is no doubt that my Mom could watermelon and endless fireworks. As soon as Reid and Gabriela more than one of her master- have had a very impactful career in education just like my Dad. arrived, each of these activities had to be taken up a notch. It was pieces during the years we worked She loved being a kindergarten teacher, but in the back of her my Mom’s mission to make sure that when you left her home, together,” George recalled. mind there was another calling. Her first experiment into retail you were going home with a brand new spectacular memory. Hodges loved to entertain, and was by volunteering her weekend time at the Persimmon Shop My Mom loved art. The Carmel Art Association for the past 92 enjoyed bringing people around located within the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. This positive years has been a haven for local artists in providing a beautiful her table. The table, which Hodg- experience led to her accepting a Saturday job at the Quail & venue to showcase their work. As you all know, my Mom es had made herself, could seat 12 Thistle in Woodside. Soon, a one-day a week job turned into a decorated her home very much like an art gallery and many of and was the setting for a number full-time position, then general manager and finally owner. The the pieces in her stunning collection came from the CAA. In of council dinners. It was often whole idea of finding the perfect outfit to match a customer’s fact, she was responsible for selecting the first art pieces in my decorated with her unique collec- style/personality was a skill she could perform in her sleep. She very own collection. Carmel was first introduced to my mother tion of animal fetishes from the was a natural. By cultivating a dynamic team of extraordinary in the early 1960’s. My Dad, teaching summer classes for San Jose Southwest. ladies as a sales force, my Mom expanded the Quail & Thistle State at Asilomar each June, provided the opportunity for my “Carroll Ann was one of a brand to Burlingame and The Lodge at Pebble Beach. It was a Mom’s introduction to this charming village. She immediately kind,” George said. “She dedi- remarkable 10-year run as the school teacher turned business fell in love with Carmel-by-the-Sea and it was a love affair that cated so much of her life to Wood- woman operated three stores simultaneously. The final eight lasted her entire lifetime. side and her undaunted sense of years of her 31 year magical career in retail concluded with her My Mom and Dad both shared the character trait of privacy. volunteerism is already missed.” finest effort to date which wasCabbages & Kings on Dolores Street It was my Mom’s wish to celebrate her unique life with complete Hodges is survived by her in the heart of downtown Carmel. To be relevant within the retail simplicity. Therefore, there will be no formal memorial service sister, Margaret Hodges of Alex- world for three decades, was quite the career accomplishment. or funeral. In its place, is my Mom’s final wish of supporting andria, Virginia; and cousins My Mom loved gardening. My Mom enjoyed the simplest of one of Northern California’s finest local art galleries – The Scott Carroll of Davis, California, pleasures in how beautiful nature could make a flower bloom and Carmel Art Association. Donations (in Diane Daube Sperisen’s and Anne Carroll of St. Paul, the colors that these flowers could create. This was a hobby of memory) can be made to: The Carmel Art Association, PO Box Minnesota. passion because of all of the dedicated prep work that it took to 2271, Carmel, California 93921. The Almanac will provide develop her very own Sunset Magazine inspired garden. There May God Bless each of you and your family, information on memorial services were numerous trips to Roger Reynolds (I knew exactly where Matt Sperisen and preferred contributions when details are available. A PAID OBITUARY

20QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 13, 2019 CommunitySTORIESS TO RIES ABOUTABO UT PEOPLE AANDND EVENTEVENTSS IN THE COCOMMUNITYMMUNITY Artist raising funds for Selby Lane School mural project inviting, appealing, and warm.” Redwood City, and other local staring at me when I paint.” She has long known Warren schools. The students get to see all the Sedar, the principal at Selby “It’s an amazing way to give hard work put into painting a Lane, who asked her to help back to the community and share mural, which instills a growth with this latest mural on a space my talent,” she said. “I’ve become mindset in them, she wrote in her the artist describes as a “dull a much better artist. It’s much Kickstarter fundraiser, referring concrete wall.” He’s asked her to more challenging to paint in the paint birds and flowers, along public place; hundreds of kids are See MURAL, page 22 with quotes in English and Spanish, on the wall of a building in the middle of campus, San Francisco Peninsula Insurance Executive, she said. (Half the students at Selby Lane are English-language Business, Community Leader learners, according to data from the California Department of Mac MacCorkle Education.) Murals can bring hope and February 10, 1942 – March 2, 2019 Photo by Jane Bennion joy to school communities that Florence de Bretagne painted this and three other murals at Oak might not otherwise have the MacCorkle, a man with a Knoll School in Menlo Park last year. budget to fund such a project, she common touch, yet an uncom- said. Students dealing with per- mon generosity of spirit, died By Angela Swartz and Henry Ford. As of March 11, sonal struggles often find solace March 2 in Montecito. Emmett Wallace “Mac” Mac- Almanac Staff Writer she had raised about $17,000. in watching her paint and getting a permanent, colorful piece of art Corkle III, a respected busi- right colors and whimsi- These three schools are part left at their school, she said. nessman, insurance executive, cal imagery will soon fill of the Redwood City School “In a matter of days or weeks, Marine Corps veteran, and for- a 175-foot-long, 10-foot- District, which will undergo B big changes next fall when four you can completely transform a mer president of the Bohemian high “dull concrete wall” at Selby place,” said de Bretagne, a Paris Club, died March 2, 2019, in Lane School in Atherton with the schools close and others merge native who moved to the United Montecito, Calif. He was 77. help of local artist Florence de because of budget cuts. Adelante States 13 years ago. An insurance broker for 50 Bretagne. Spanish Immersion School in She got her start painting years, Mac was the founder of The Palo Alto resident has done Redwood City will be absorbed murals at schools 10 years ago at MacCorkle Insurance Services more than 100 murals in the Bay into the Spanish immersion pro- Walter Hays in Palo Alto, which in Burlingame, Calif. He was a Chartered Life Underwriter, Area, and is starting on a three- gram at Selby Lane. both her children attended. Over the profession’s oldest standard of excellence for practitioners month-long mural at Selby this “The whole community of the years her murals have spread who provide clients with the security of life insurance and risk month. principals, teachers, and families through word of mouth, she said. management. Mac was named “Man of Year, Peninsula Asso- She recently launched a Kick- will have to adjust to this new sit- She has since created murals ciation Life Underwriters,” in San Mateo County in 1980. He starter campaign to raise $20,000 uation,” de Bretagne wrote on her Kickstarter page. “This is why it at Oak Knoll School in Menlo sold the respected and popular insurance company that bears toward upcoming art projects at his name to his dedicated employees. is more important than ever to Park, East Palo Alto Academy, Selby and two other local elemen- He retired to Santa Barbara in June 2018. make the remaining schools look Los Robles Magnet Academy in tary schools: Hoover Community Mac was a larger-than-life figure, in spirit, personality, and physique. He bore a physical resemblance to Daddy Warbucks but possessed the warmth and charm of a spirited parish priest. He was a man with a common touch, yet an uncom- mon generosity of spirit. He was beloved by every person he What Care met and treated everyone as if they were a member of his own family. Means to Us Mac was born in Virginia and raised in Portland, Oregon and San Marino, California where he graduated from San Ma- rino High School. At Care Indeed, care is not just a word, He was an active alumnus of Cornell University where he met his wife of 54 years Carol Britton MacCorkle. Upon it’s an action, a passion and a mission. graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Our goal is to help seniors age United States Marine Corps and served in Vietnam in 1966- 1967. gracefully while providing care that Mac was a respected and beloved member of the Bohemian adds years to life and life to years. Club and served as its president. He served as Chairman of the Dawn Redwoods Trust and was a member of the Board of the San Mateo Historical Society and Board of Regents of Bel- Let us show you how. larmine College Preparatory in San Jose. He was a past president of Cornell Club Northern California and a member of the Menlo Circus Club, Menlo Park, Calif. In addition to his wife Carol, Mac leaves son Jeffrey of Bei- jing, China, son Steve of Los Angeles, daughter-in-law CJ Chen and grandchildren Christina, Aubrey, Quinn and Liam. Schedule a free In lieu of flowers please make a donation to the Dawn Redwoods Trust, 1 Blackfield Drive, Suite 331, Tiburon, CA, in-home assessment. 94920 or the MacCorkle Family Scholarship (Fund # 992612) Includes home safety evaluation at Cornell University, Cornell Office of Development, Attn: (650) 328-1001 890 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park Advancement Services, 130 E. Seneca Street, Suite 400, Ithaca, www.CareIndeed.com | HCO #414700023 NY 14850.

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By Kate Daly Special to The Almanac NO JOB TOO BIG To place an ad OR TOO SMALL ith a live orchestra Able Handyman Fred is or get a quote, and a cast of 49 stu- the one to call. contact dents acting, singing • Carpentry W • Painting Nico Navarrete and dancing, Woodside High • Plumbing at 650.223.6582 School is bringing “Mamma • Electrical Mia!” to the big stage for two • Flooring ...You Name it! or email weekends in March. Trusted since 2004 digitalads@ Two former members of 650.529.1662 650.483.4227 paweekly.com. the Swedish pop band ABBA [email protected] — Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson — wrote the music and lyrics. Catherine Johnson wrote the book, matching songs from the 1970s such as “Dancing Queen” and “Waterloo” with a story about Sophie Sheridan and the search for her birth father Photo by Kathy Smith Employment among her mother’s former Among the cast of “Mamma Mia” are: Back row, from left, Hali suitors. Newman, Skyler Mallow, Sam Borthwick, and Christi Skinner; front The musical made a big splash row, from left, Philip Moissis, Alek Amini-Holmes, Brendan Smith, and Automation Engineer on Broadway and internation- Hazel Griffin. Automation Engineer To place an ad ally, and spawned two movies. (AE-JW): Config, prog or get a quote, Barry Woodruff is direct- and tech director for the show. 15, and Saturday, March 16, at & T/S lab automated ing the student cast, which The production crew also 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 17, at 2 platforms. BS+1. Mail call 650.223.6582 includes Sam Borthwick as includes music director Barry p.m.; and Friday, March 22, and resume to Grail, Attn: or email Sophie Sheridan, Skyler Mallow Woodruff; director/conductor Saturday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. as Sky, Hazel Griffin as Donna William Tolles; producers Kar- Performances are at the Wood- Teresa Toller, 1525 digitalads@ O’Brien Dr. Menlo Park Sheridan, Hali Newman as en Arimoto-Peterson and Kathy side Performing Arts Center, CA 94025. Must ref title paweekly.com. Tanya, Christi Skinner as Rosie, Smith; choreographer Kim Har- 199 Churchill Ave. in Woodside. & code. Brendan Smith as Harry Bright, vath; vocal director Juliet Green; Tickets are available at whs- Alek Amini-Holmes as Bill Aus- and pianist Murlene Watkins, dramaboosters.org, and cost $10 tin, and Philip Moissis as Sam who also is the assistant vocal for staff and students, $15 for Administrative Assistant Needed Carmichael. director. senior citizens, and $20 for We are currently searching for an administrative assistant who Don Coluzzi is stage manager Showtimes are Friday, March adults. A can handle various projects including HR, finance, and oral skills. Successful applicants will demonstrate attention to detail, and a passion for continual improvement. We hire for character and integrity, and train for job-specific competency computer M-A stages ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’ skills helpful,($500) weekly. we will consider any applicant who demonstrates the following: “The Man Who Came to Louie · Commitment to integrity · Goal-oriented mindset Dinner,” a Broadway comedy Leon has · Ambition to achieve and continually improve about a radio personality who the lead If interested apply at [email protected] recuperates in a small town role of in Ohio after a fall, will be Sheridan presented at Menlo-Atherton Whiteside High School during the week- in M-A’s ends of March 15-17 and show March 22-24. opening this The show takes place at M-A’s weekend. We’re Hiring Performing Arts Center at 555 Full-Time News Reporter Middlefield Road in Atherton. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. on The Almanac, an award-winning community newspaper and March 15, 16, 22 and 23, and 2 online news source that covers the towns of Menlo Park, p.m. on March 17 and 24. Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside, is looking for an Tickets cost $10 for students enterprising full-time news reporter with a passion for local and seniors, and $15 for adults. journalism. They may be purchased at bit. ly/man-tix, and will also be The ideal candidate will have experience covering local available at the box office 30 government and community news, and the skills to dig up and minutes before showtime. write engaging news and feature stories for print and online. For more information on Our reporters produce monthly cover stories that highlight M-A’s drama program, go to issues and people in our community. madrama.org. We’re seeking someone who is motivated, eager to learn, able — By Angela Swartz to quickly turn out finished copy, and who lives in or near the Photo by Lena Kalotihos Almanac coverage area. Social media skills are a plus. This is a fully benefited position with paid vacations, health MURAL At one East Palo Alto school, their employees to paint with de and dental benefits, profit sharing and a 401(k) plan. continued from page 21 she painted children of different Bretagne as service projects. The To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and three samples to a concept pioneered by psychol- races holding hands. mural projects are a “great way to of your journalism work to Editor Renee Batti at editor@ ogist Carol Dweck, which empha- “One student wrote to me and build bridges among people” in AlmanacNews.com. sizes the importance of effort and said he learned he could make the area who might not otherwise dedication to achievement. They friends very easily despite differ- interact, she said. also get to witness firsthand what ent cultural backgrounds,” she The artist’s Kickstarter can be it’s like to be an artist, which is said. found at tinyurl.com/selbylane- an increasingly rare profession in Companies like Facebook, mural. The campaign ends on Silicon Valley, she said. Apple and Salesforce have sent March 17. A 22QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQMarch 13, 2019 COMMUNITY

“Another,” a wordless picture book that informed each object’s production. Through Q CALENDAR recounts the dream journey of a little girl and Aug. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. her cat. March 14, 6-7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Public Notices Visit AlmanacNews.com/calendar 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Search Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford.edu to see more calendar listings A & A BROTHERS LANDSCAPING eventbrite.com for more info. 3DLQWLQJ1DWXUHLQWKH$PHULFDQ*LOGHG 995 Fictitious Name ¶6XQGLDWD$Q(SLFRI2OG0DOL· Kirk Waller $JH The Cantor Arts Center’s newest exhibi- Statement FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT will perform “Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali,” tion considers how nature was depicted by File No.: 280581 Theater using traditional instruments and other story- American artists in landscapes, portraits and FLORES GARDENING & LANDSCAPING The following person (persons) is (are) telling elements to carry the tale along. March still lifes from the 1880s to 1910, an era of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT doing business as: )RRWKLOO0XVLF7KHDWUH3UHVHQWV¶%XOOHWV 20, 7-8 p.m. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., unprecedented industrialization and urban File No.: 280275 2YHU%URDGZD\WKH0XVLFDO· Foothill Music A & A Brothers Landscaping, located at Menlo Park. menlopark.org development. Through Aug. 25, 11 a.m.-5 The following person (persons) is (are) Theatre presents the Tony Award-nominated 2921 Westside Ave., Apt. #1, Redwood p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts doing business as: musical written by Woody Allen about a 'RQQD=XFNHUEHUJ Donna Zuckerberg pres- City, CA 94063, San Mateo County. Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Flores Gardening & Landscaping, located young playwright whose first Broadway play is ents “Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Registered owner(s): Stanford. museum.stanford.edu at 1180 Hilton St. Apt. 2, Redwood City, financed by a gangster. Thursdays-Sundays Misogyny in the Digital Age.” March 19, 7:30- CA 94063, San Mateo County. MARCO RANGEL RODRIGUEZ 8:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino through March 17, times vary. $12-$36. Lohm- ¶)DFHV·³$&ROOHFWLRQRI3RUWUDLWVLQ2LO Registered owner(s): 2921 Westside Ave. Apt. 1 Real, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite.com for DQG3DVWHO The Portola Art Gallery presents an Theatre, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos ISIDRO FLORES RODRIGUEZ Redwood City, CA 94063 Hills. foothill.edu more info. “Faces,” a collection of portraits in oil and pas- 1180 Hilton St. Apt. 2 tel by Linda Salter. This exhibit features por- This business is conducted by: An ¶0DFEHWK·E\:LOOLDP6KDNHVSHDUH Dragon 7LQD0RGRWWLDQGWKH0H[LFDQ5HQDLV- Redwood City, CA 94063 traits of friends and relatives, artists’ models Individual. Theatre presents “Macbeth,” William Shake- sance A discussion about the life and work This business is conducted by: An and subjects from her travels in foreign coun- The registrant commenced to transact speare’s tragic tale of all-powerful ambition of Tina Modotti, whose photographs of 1920s Individual. tries. Through March 30, Monday-Saturday, business under the fictitious business and consuming conscience. March 15-April 7, Mexico represent the post-revolutionary The registrant commenced to transact 10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Portola Art Gallery, 75 8-10 p.m. $37; discounts for students, seniors. period sometimes called the Mexican Renais- business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 3-4-19. Arbor Road, Menlo Park. portolaartgallery.com Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Red- sance. March 13, 4:15-6:15 p.m. $40; discount name(s) listed above on 01/18/2019. This statement was filed with the County wood City. dragonproductions.net available. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on at Museum Way, Stanford. museum.stanford. Film Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on March 4, 2019. ¶7KH0DQ:KR&DPH7R'LQQHU· The February 4, 2019. edu .HUU\7ULEH¶7KH(OXVLYH:RUG· Los (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019) Menlo-Atherton High School drama program (ALM Feb. 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13, 2019) :K\,V8QLYHUVDO%DVLF,QFRPH6R Angeles-based visual artist Kerry Tribe’s film performs “The Man Who Came To Dinner,” a COMPASS CONSULTANTS comedy about a famous radio host who sets &RQWURYHUVLDO" Princeton economist Alan “Critical Mass” (2013) features a re-enactment E-COMMERCHANT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT up camp in a starstruck family’s home. March Krueger delivers two free talks. March 13, of a couple’s heavily edited argument taken FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 15-17 and March 22-24, times vary. $15; dis- 5:30-7 p.m.; March 14, 10 a.m.-noon. Cub- from Hollis Frampton’s experimental 1971 film File No.: 280390 File No.: 280382 counts for students, seniors. Menlo-Atherton berley Auditorium, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. by the same name. Free. Cantor Arts Center, The following person (persons) is (are) The following person(s) is (are) doing Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. doing business as: business as: Atherton. madrama.org museum.stanford.edu E-Commerchant, located at 311 Sycamore Compass Consultants, located at 1195 Family 0\VWHULHV2Q6FUHHQDQG2QVWDJH The St., San Carlos, CA 94070, San Mateo Los Trancos Rd., Portola Valley, CA 94028, 2SHUD1LJKW3HWHU*LUDUGRWDQG/DXUHQ County. Little House Mystery Readers Group hosts a monthly San Mateo County. 1LFROH+DEHU Angelica’s presents Opera 6W3DWULFN·V'D\&HOHEUDWLRQ Registered owner(s): Night, featuring tenor Peter Giradot and Activity Center’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebra- discussion about writers of TV crime shows, Registered owner(s): mystery movies and plays with a different topic ERIC ALEJANDRO TEJEDA soprano Lauren Nicole Haber. March 13, 7 tion includes an Irish coffee and bake sale, JULIA PETERS or guest author at each meeting. March 20, 311 Sycamore St. p.m. Angelica’s, 863 Main St., Redwood City. a live Irish step-dancing performance and a San Carlos, CA 94070 1195 Los Trancos Rd. traditional Irish lunch. March 15, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 7-9 p.m. Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., tunestub.com This business is conducted by: An Portola Valley, CA 94028 p.m. Little House Activity Center, 800 Middle Menlo Park. menlopark.org ¶6RMRXUQ· Pear Theatre presents ‘Sojourn,’ a Individual. This business is conducted by: An Ave., Menlo Park. ¶7KH2WKHU6WRU\· In this film, two rebellious futuristic play written by Evan Kokkila Schum- The registrant commenced to transact Individual. young women — one fleeing the chaos of business under the fictitious business acher and directed by Caroline Clark. March The registrant commenced to transact 14-April 7, times vary. $32; discounts for Museums & Exhibits secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts name(s) listed above on N/A. business under the fictitious business seniors, students. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La 3XEOLF7RXURI0HPRULDO&KXUFK Tours of of faith, the other desperate to transcend her This statement was filed with the County Avenida St., Mountain View. thepear.org Stanford Memorial Church, one of the earliest oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on name(s) listed above on N/A. interdenominational churches in the West, fea- spiritual freedom — cross paths unexpectedly February 14, 2019. This statement was filed with the County 7KHDWUH:RUNV6LOLFRQ9DOOH\3UHVHQWV in Jerusalem. March 17, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. $13; ¶0DULHDQG5RVHWWD· In its West Coast pre- ture the church’s stone carvings, mosaics and (ALM Feb. 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13, 2019) Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on stained glass windows. Ongoing, Fridays at 1 discounts for seniors, students, JCC mem- February 13, 2019. miere, the musical play “Marie and Rosetta” bers. Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, EVA BLUES p.m. and the last Sunday of the month at 11:30 (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019) shares the saga of musical legend Sister Palo Alto. svjff.org/ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Rosetta Tharpe, who inspired Elvis, Ray a.m. Free. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, File No.: 280389 Charles and others on her way to the Rock Stanford. events.stanford.edu Food & Drink The following person (persons) is (are) 997 All Other Legals and Roll Hall of Fame. Through March 31, 'R+R6XK¶7KH6SDFHVLQ%HWZHHQ· In doing business as: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE &RQVFLRXV&XOWXUH%H\RQG3LQJ3RQJ times vary. $40-$100; discounts available. this exhibit, artist Do Ho Suh uses a chan- Eva Blues, located at 214 Alameda De OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, delier, wallpaper and a decorative screen to DQG)UHH/XQFK The South Bay chapter Las Pulgas, Redwood City, CA 94062, San STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY Palo Alto. theatreworks.org focus attention on issues of migration and of Conscious Capitalism Bay Area hosts an Mateo County. evening of networking and experiential learn- OF SAN MATEO Los Altos Youth Theatre per- transnational identity. Through May 27, 11 Registered owner(s): ¶7KH:LWFKHV· ing using interactive exercises to help improve Case No.: 19CIV00983 forms Roald Dahl’s classic story, “The Witch- a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor EVANGELINA CLARK business practices. March 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: es.” March 15-17 and March 22-24, times vary. Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, 214 Alameda De Las Pulgas SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 $20; discounts for students, seniors. Bus Barn Stanford. museum.stanford.edu Redwood City, CA 94062 Petitioner: NIKKI VILLABROZA filed a Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park. Search event- This business is conducted by: An Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. losaltoss- )O\LQJ/HSUHFKDXQ6N\GLYH Hiller Aviation petition with this court for a decree brite.com for more info. Individual. tage.org Museum presents a special aerial celebration changing names as follows: The registrant commenced to transact in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The event also NIKKI YEE VILLABROZA to NIKKI YEE. business under the fictitious business includes free face-painting and a jump house. Lessons & Classes Concerts name(s) listed above on N/A. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons March 17, 10 a.m.-noon. Hiller Aviation Muse- (6/&RQYHUVDWLRQ&OXE Non-native and interested in this matter appear before (DUO\0XVLF6LQJHUV7KRPDV7DOOLVDQG native English speakers talk together with This statement was filed with the County The Early Music Singers performs um, 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos. hiller.org this court at the hearing indicated )ULHQGV the aim of developing English speaking and Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on works by Thomas Tallis, Parsons, Sheppard, ¶,QFXEDWRU·$UW.LRVN,QVWDOODWLRQ The Red- listening skills. No registration required. Free. February 14, 2019. below to show cause, if any, why the White and Byrd. March 13, 7:30-9 p.m. Memo- wood City Improvement Association presents Wednesdays, 5-6 p.m. Menlo Park Library, (ALM Feb. 20, 27; Mar. 6, 13, 2019) petition for change of name should not rial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. events. “Incubator,” a public art exhibit featuring a 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. menlopark.org/ AUTUMN AND MULBERRY be granted. Any person objecting to the stanford.edu tower of books connected through hand-cut projectread FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT name changes described above must ¶&DUPLQD%XUDQD· Schola Cantorum Silicon paper messages and supported by a founda- :DWHUFRORURQ5LFH3DSHU This multi-day File No.: 280400 file a written objection that includes Valley performs “Carmina Burana.” March 16, tion of books. Through April 6, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. beginners course teaches watercolor painting The following person(s) is (are) doing the reasons for the objection at least 7:30 p.m.; March 17, 3:00 p.m. $28; free for Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway St., techniques through exercises using different business as: two court days before the matter is students 25 and under. First Congregational Redwood City. washes and application of paint on wet and Autumn and Mulberry, located at 3725 Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road, Palo -RVLDK0F(OKHQ\¶,VODQG8QLYHUVH· Josiah scheduled to be heard and must appear dry paper. March 14 and 28, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Jefferson Ct., Redwood City, CA 94062, Alto. scholacantorum.org McElheny’s “Island Universe” examines both at the hearing to show cause why the April 11, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $290; discounts San Mateo County. cutting-edge art and physics. The monumen- Registered owner(s): petition should not be granted. If no available. Filoli Gardens, 86 Old Canada Road, Music tal installation of five hanging chandeliers is a KATHRYN M. UTLEY written objection is timely filed, the court visual response to recent theories of the mul- Woodside. filoli.org /HQWHQ(YHQVRQJ 2UJDQ5HFLWDO The 3725 Jefferson Ct. may grant the petition without a hearing. tiverse, an elaboration of the Big Bang theory. choir and clergy of St. Bede’s present a Redwood City, CA 94062 NOTICE OF HEARING: April 12, 2019, 9:00 Through Aug. 18, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed Tues- Outdoor Recreation candlelight service of Evensong, featuring This business is conducted by: An a.m., Dept.: PJ of the Superior Court of days. Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita :LOGIORZHU+LNH Filoli’s Nature Preserve Individual. music by Stephanie Martin and Richard Web- California, County of San Mateo, located Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. museum. offers hiking tours among its native wildflow- ster, followed by an organ recital of works by The registrant commenced to transact stanford.edu ers to learn about their qualities and how they business under the fictitious business at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA Buxtehude, Frescobaldi, Walther, Badings and adapt and thrive. Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:30 name(s) listed above on N/A. 94063. Daveluy. March 17, 4-6 p.m. St. Bede’s Epis- .DKOLO-RVHSK¶%/.1:6· Kahlil Joseph, a p.m. through May 4. $15. Filoli Gardens, 86 This statement was filed with the County A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE copal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo visiting artist in the new Presidential Residen- Old Canada Road, Woodside. filoli.org Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on shall be published at least once each Park. stbedesmenlopark.org cies on the Future of the Arts program, is presenting his work BLKNWS, a two-channel February 15, 2019. week for four successive weeks prior to Talks & Lectures video projection that blurs the lines between Home & Garden (ALM Feb. 27; Mar. 6, 13, 20, 2019) the date set for hearing on the petition art, journalism, entrepreneurship and cultural 6SULQJ%XOE'LVSOD\7RXUV Tours cover GABRIEL’S GARDEN SERVICE in the following newspaper of general

/LVD0RRUH5DPHHZLWK6DEDD7DKLU critique. Through June 16, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Filoli’s spring display, including where Filoli FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Author Lisa Ramee presents her debut circulation, printed in this county: closed Tuesdays. Free. Cantor Arts Center, acquires its bulbs, how seed sowing and File No.: 280478 middle-grade novel, “A Good Kind of Trouble,” THE ALMANAC 328 Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford. planting is scheduled and the design aspects The following person (persons) is (are) about friendship, family and standing up for Date: February 27, 2019 museum.stanford.edu that go into a new bulb and annual display doing business as: what’s right. March 16, 3-4:30 p.m. Kepler’s /s/ Jonathan E. Karesh each year. Tours are led Thursdays and Sun- Gabriel’s Garden Service, located at 1 Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 7KH0HGLXP,VWKH0HVVDJH$UWVLQFH JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT 1950 Using works created since 1950, this days through April 7, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $15. Newell Ct., Apart. 1112, East Palo Alto, CA Search eventbrite.com for more info. (ALM Mar. 13, 20, 27; Apr. 3, 2019) exhibition explores the relationship between Filoli Gardens, 86 Old Canada Road, Wood- 94303, San Mateo County. 6WRU\7LPHZLWK&KULVWLDQ5RELQVRQ subject, content and the materials that side. filoli.org Registered owner(s): Author-illustrator Christian Robinson presents JUAN GABRIEL CASTRO 1 Newell Ct. Apart. 1112 Call Alicia Santillan East Palo Alto, CA 94303 How to add events This business is conducted by: An at 650-223-6578 or email FOLLOW US ON to calendar Individual. [email protected] The registrant commenced to transact Go to AlmanacNews. business under the fictitious business for assistance with your legal name(s) listed above on 02/22/2019. com and see the Community This statement was filed with the County advertising needs. Calendar module at the top Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on The deadline is Friday right side of the page. Click on February 22, 2019. @ALMANACNEWS “Add your event.” (ALM Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019) at noon.

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RANKED THE #18 TEAM IN THE NATION IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORT OF THE TOP RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS 69Tuscaloosa.com (Published in June 2018). SINCE THESE RANKINGS WERE INITIATED THE GULLIXSONS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IN THE TOP 20, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR BY TEAM.

MARY GULLIXSON BRENT GULLIXSON 650.888.0860 650.888.4898 [email protected] [email protected] DRE# 00373961 DRE# 01329216

Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Number 01527235. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been veriﬁed. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate.

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