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NOC-8017A_LaunchJrnlAdPaloAltoWeekly_M03.indd 1 12/22/15 2:59 PM UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis PaloP Alto’s year of resistance City Council2015 sets aside its differences to take and forced downtown’s denizens simply parked farther away from the Mobile Home Park’s future to a on a greater force: the free market and businesses into a coalition. The heart of downtown, thus spreading sweeping new law setting an an- goal of the group was to solve the the problem to other neighborhoods. nual limit on new office space; by Gennady Sheyner city’s most complex, frustrating and That shortcoming notwith- from bans on two-story homes urgent problem: a weekday influx standing, the dramatic shake-up in Eichler neighborhoods to new n the morning of Sept. 16, The reason for this “miracle,” as of cars that residents have long com- of downtown’s parking situation ordinances limiting chain stores residents of downtown Palo one downtown resident called it at pared to a “tsunami.” wasn’t just the most impactful on California Avenue; from a new OAlto woke up to a new world. a public meeting days later, was a The permit program proved a event of the year in Palo Alto, it minimum-wage ordinance to the Walking outside their homes in newly implemented parking-permit success, albeit an uneven one. The was also the most emblematic. prohibition of ground-floor retail Downtown North and Professor- program, which effectively ban- number of cars parking on down- Like other issues that captivated space turning into offices — the ville, they couldn’t help but spy a ished cars belonging to Caltrain town’s residential blocks dropped the Palo Alto City Council’s at- Residential Preferential Parking strange, rare and most welcoming commuters and Stanford University by more than 300, according to tention in 2015 — from the pain- sight: open parking spots. students from the residential streets city planners, but many commuters ful tug-of-war over Buena Vista (continued on page 11)

YEAR IN REVIEW Palo Alto residents flex their muscle 2015 was a year of successful citizen activism by Sue Dremann itizens united over Palo with perhaps the coolest name of Alto issues affecting their the year — Sky Posse. Members C quality of life in 2015, hold- launched a noise-reporting cam- ing federal authorities, City Hall paign of thousands of calls and and developers accountable for emails to SFO’s noise abatement problems that included airplane office and lobbied city leaders. And

Veronica Weber Veronica noise, groundwater pumping, leaf they enlisted U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, blowers, traffic, Airbnb rentals who brought FAA officials face to and the failure to retain a grocer at face in July with leaders of multiple Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center. cities and residents’ groups. Residents turned out in force Also in July, the City Council Gunn High School students Chloe Sorensen, right, and Sarah Reich, left, address the school board, at City Council meetings, held included airplane noise as part of parents and community members on Jan. 27 about the support they’ve received at the school in the round-table discussions with the the agenda for its lobbyist in Sac- wake of several student deaths by suicide and how students face a range of challenges that aren’t Federal Aviation Administration ramento and Washington, D.C. In always related to academic stress. and effectively organized through November, Eshoo co-sponsored social media to get the city and a pair of bills to reform federal other governmental bodies to lis- oversight of the issue, including EDUCATION ten to their concerns. re-establishment of the Office of They seemed to have the ear of Noise Abatement and Control. the council, which this year had By November the FAA agreed to Rebounding from loss, three new members and a renewed review the existing and potentially focus on neighborhood concerns. revised flight paths, plane altitudes Council members enacted new or- and route-planning procedures, in- refocusing on the students dinances and sought to revive other cluding analysis and preliminary issues. feasibility study of new routes. Difficult start to the year gives way to soul-searching, new visions for school district Here are the top stories that by Elena Kadvany made 2015 a successful year for Groundwater pumping citizen activism. 015 in the Palo Alto Youth spoke out on social me- from taking multiple Advanced The practice of removing mil- Unified School District dia, during community forums, Placement (AP) classes, mind- Airplane noise lions of gallons of water from the 2 was, indelibly, a year of in student publications as well as fulness programs and efforts to ground to construct basements for immense loss but also one of this newspaper. (PaloAltoOnline. decrease the perceived stigma Residents faced down the big Palo Alto homes triggered outrage significant change and growth. com’s most-read story of 2015 around mental-health problems. guns this year. The Federal Aviation among residents in 2015, especial- In the wake of several teenage was Palo Alto High School school Gunn High School shifted Administration rolled out its new ly given the drought’s fourth year. deaths by suicide, the communi- board representative Carolyn to a modified block schedule, nationwide aviation-flight system, Residents formed Save Palo ty collectively mourned — and Walworth’s guest opinion piece, which had a significant impact NextGen, in April, but the federal Alto’s Groundwater, which in jumped into action. Many high “The sorrows of young Palo Al- on the daily pace for students. agency’s streamlining of flight paths the fall asked the City Council to school students started regularly tans,” with 283,831 views.) There were fierce debates increased the frequency of airplanes place a moratorium on “dewater- attending and speaking at Board School staffs worked hard around academic pressures, so- — and the level of decibels — over ing” permits and to study the im- of Education meetings, pitched to support students and reduce cietal definitions of success and local neighborhoods. Palo Alto is pact of groundwater pumping on student-wellness reforms to stress during what Superinten- the impact of sleep on student the now the nexus of three major Palo Alto’s water supply. their administrations — several dent Max McGee and others wellness. Local and national ex- flight routes from San Francisco The city’s last analyses of the of which were eventually imple- called a public health crisis. perts weighed in through writ- International Airport (SFO), which construction practice took place mented — and did not shy away They offered increased counseling and visits to Palo Alto. has created a conga line of aircraft in 2003 and 2004, and the last from challenging elected offi- ing services, flexibility around In February, McGee also over Palo Alto homes. public hearing occurred in 2008, cials when they felt their voices workloads and deadlines, a Residents were not going to ac- before the drought. were not being heard. new process to deter students (continued on page 12) cept the cacophony quietly. They formed a noise-abatement group (continued on page 10) www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 5 Upfront

450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 YEAR IN REVIEW (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson (223-6505) EDITORIAL Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) Pinewood is an independent, coeducational, non-proﬁt, K–12 Associate Editor Brenna Malmberg (223-6511) Sports Editor Keith Peters (223-6516) Arts & Entertainment Editor college-prep school. Students beneﬁt from small class size, Elizabeth Schwyzer (223-6517) Express & Digital Editor My Nguyen (223-6524) Odds ’n’ ends challenging academic curricula, and a wide choice of Assistant Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6521) From the unusual to the downright weird, the year Spectrum Editor Renee Batti (223-6528) saw its fair share of strange news stories Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Elena enrichment activities. We offer an environment where Kadvany (223-6519), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) Editorial Assistant/Intern Coordinator Sam Sciolla (223-6515) With 2015 concluding, the Weekly which were then cordoned off from each student is a respected and vital member of Staff Photographer/Videographer Veronica Weber (223-6520) is taking a look back at some odd the public to allow a pest control our educational community. We invite you to explore the Editorial Interns Chrissi Angeles news stories that stood out during company to inspect and treat the Contributors Dale F. Bentson, Peter Canavese, the past year. Here is a roundup of infested areas. Kit Davey, Tyler Hanley, Iris Harrell, Sheila Himmel, the top 10 — from a missing giraffe opportunity for your student to become a part of the Pinewood Chad Jones, Karla Kane, Ari Kaye, Chris Kenrick, Kevin Kirby, Terri Lobdell, Jack McKinnon, Andrew to bed bugs to a dispute over a 6. BRAZEN BURGLARS ... Thieves Preimesberger, Daryl Savage, Jeanie K. Smith, sought a new way to burglarize Susan Tavernetti clay pot. tradition of academic excellence. For more information, please businesses in 2015: Two men ADVERTISING rammed a van into the front of Vice President Sales & Marketing 1. HAVE YOU SEEN ME? ... In visit our website. Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) September, a 5-foot-tall bronze Keeble & Shuchat Photography on Multimedia Advertising Sales giraffe was stolen from The Wonder California Avenue in February and Adam Carter (223-6573), Elaine Clark (223-6572), Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571), Janice Hoogner Years Preschool courtyard in Palo made off with thousands of dollars through K (223-6576), Wendy Suzuki (223-6569) Alto. When staff and students worth of merchandise. Four people Digital Media Sales Heather Choi (223-6587) returned after the Labor Day drove a stolen SUV through the 12 Real Estate Advertising Sales Neal Fine (223-6583), Carolyn Oliver (223-6581), weekend, they noticed Gila was front glass doors of Bloomingdale’s Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) missing. “The kids started asking, at Stanford Shopping Center in Preview Day Inside Advertising Sales Irene Schwartz (223-6580) ‘What happened to it?’” Assistant May and swiped loot from the Legal Advertising Alicia Santillan (223-6578) Director Julie Fernandez said. “I jewelry counter, police said. ADVERTISING SERVICES January 9th, 2016 said, ‘I don’t know. Maybe it went Advertising Services Lead 7. CITIZEN’S ARREST ... A Blanca Yoc (223-6596) to the zoo.’” Staff checked the burglar picked the wrong vehicle Sales & Production Coordinators school’s security cameras and saw Diane Martin (223-6584), Kevin Legarda (223-6597) to rummage through in April: the two men picking up the 90-pound DESIGN truck of East Palo Alto Boxing statue and carrying it off. Design & Production Manager Club owner Johnnie Gray. Gray Open House Preview Day Kristin Brown (223-6562) was in his home when he heard a Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Paul Llewellyn 2. ‘SHARDGATE’ ... Responding January 9th, 2016 suspicious sound and went outside Designers Diane Haas, Rosanna Leung, to residents’ complaints about the Nick Schweich, Doug Young to investigate, he said. The thief 10:00 a.m.–Noon dangers of polished glass pieces EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES took off running but Gray chased Pinewood School embedded in California Avenue’s Online Operations Coordinator after him, eventually tackling him to Lower Campus Grades K–2 Thao Nguyen (223-6508) new sidewalks, Palo Alto officials the ground. Residents, alerted to 477 Fremont Avenue BUSINESS directed the $7 million streetscape the commotion, called police. Los Altos, CA 94024 Payroll & Benefits Susie Ochoa (223-6544) project’s contractor to remove Business Associates Audrey Chang (223-6543), and re-embed the glittering yet Elena Dineva (223-6542), Cathy Stringari (223-6541) 8. semi-pointy glass. Resident Ronna THE CASE OF THE ADMINISTRATION A former Devincenzi notified the City Council POISONED WATER ... 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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 7 Upfront LAW ENFORCEMENT Online This Week City police describe ‘quick and violent’ These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAlto confrontation before fatal shooting Online.com/news. Police department names officers involved in shooting of William David Raff East Palo Alto men arrested for home burglary by Sue Dremann and Gennady Sheyner after neighborhood search in Milpitas Two East Palo Alto men were arrested in connection with a hen three Palo Alto po- dard practice in officer-involved lice department’s evidence team home burglary after a neighborhood search Monday night in Mil- lice officers arrived at shooting investigations. recovered nine bullet casings at pitas, police said today. (Posted Dec. 30, 7:28 a.m.) Wthe front lawn of a home The officers responded to the the scene, police said. Officers at 652 Forest Ave. in the waning Forest Avenue group home (op- reportedly provided first aid to SamTrans fares going up in 2016 hours of Christmas night, they re- erated by the nonprofit organi- Raff before paramedics arrived Some fares for SamTrans paratransit bus service are changing portedly saw a man emerge from zation La Selva for people who and transported him to the hos- in the new year. Paratransit riders can expect to see an increase in the shadows, brandishing a metal require psychiatric care) for a pital, where he later died. one-way trip rates from $3.75 to $4.25 starting Friday. SamTrans knife and jumping around in an “false emergency” call in which In addition to reviewing video will also see an increase from $2 to $2.25 for non-paratransit erratic manner. Raff reported that a person at the and audio footage, police said travelers starting Jan. 10. (Posted Dec. 30, 7:24 a.m.) Nineteen seconds later, 31-year- residence was “really violent.” He they interviewed three different old William David Raff was shot provided the name of that person, witnesses who were walking in Road rage incident leads to armed robbery and killed by police — the city’s but no one by that name lives at the neighborhood during the in- What started as a road rage incident in Palo Alto ended with first officer-involved shooting the residence, police said. cident and saw what happened. an armed robbery of four people in Atherton, police said. (Posted since 2002. The call was made at about 9:16 Police believe the interviews, Dec. 29, 4:20 p.m.) Exactly what happened dur- p.m. Seven minutes later, the offi- along with all of the audio and Bay Area scientists given nation’s top ing those 19 seconds remains the cers showed up at the nondescript video evidence captured from subject of a police investigation. Tudor house near the intersection the police vehicles, have given science honor President Obama honored four Bay Area scientists this year with But according to new informa- of Forest and Middlefield Road. the department “all of the signifi- the country’s highest scientific honor, according to the National tion issued by the Palo Alto Po- As soon as the officers arrived, cant details” about the 19-second Science Foundation. (Posted Dec. 28, 7:53 a.m.) lice Department on Tuesday, the they saw Raff “jumping around encounter. Police don’t plan to shooting occurred only after the erratically” with a knife in his release any additional informa- officers repeatedly ordered Raff hand, according to a statement tion about what the press re- to drop the knife, retreated from the police department released lease calls a “quick and violent the lawn to the street and request- on Tuesday. Officers immedi- confrontation.” ed backup. ately called for backup while Raff had just moved into the Public Agenda According to police, officers retreating from the property and group home within a week of the A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week Nicholas Enberg and Zachary gave Raff “multiple commands” incident. His father, Garold Raff, Wicht fired their guns at Raff af- to drop the knife, according to told the Weekly that William had CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to elect a new mayor and vice mayor ter he allegedly “sprinted directly the press release. As the officers been suffering from schizoaffec- and pass a resolution of appreciation to outgoing Mayor Karen Holman. at the officers while screaming retreated toward the street, one tive disorder, a condition whose The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, in the Council and waving the knife.” Another officer requested an emergency symptoms can include hallucina- Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. officer, who is not being named, response from a police unit that tions, depression and mania. reportedly fired a Taser at Raff at is equipped with a weapon that Once the Palo Alto Police De- the same time. can shoot rubber bullets. partment completes its criminal Raff allegedly got close enough But the situation appeared to investigation, it plans to hand to the two officers that Enberg have escalated before any help over all the evidence to the Santa had to move to avoid being struck could arrive. Even as the officers Clara County District Attorney’s by Raff’s body as he fell under were retreating toward their ve- Office for review, according to gunfire. hicles, Raff moved to the middle the news release. The department CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week The new information was made of the street and continued to jump also plans to submit the evidence available to the police through re- around while waving the knife, to the city’s Independent Police City Council views of video and audio footage which police said was 9 inches Auditor, Michael Gennaco, who The council did not meet this week. from two police cruisers, report- long, had a slightly serrated edge will be asked to review both the edly capturing the incident in its and a tapered, slightly rounded tip. officers’ conduct and the police entirety from multiple angles. Raff allegedly ignored the of- department’s response. Genna- cordings, the autopsy report and are more witnesses to interview, Police said they are not releasing ficers’ repeated commands to co’s review will take place after other materials to decide if any among other things,” he said. video and audio footage at this drop the knife and then charged the department concludes its own criminal charges should be filed If no charges are filed, the DA’s time. at the officers while screaming administrative investigation, ac- against the officers. office will release a detailed report, Enberg, who has been with the and waving the knife. cording to the press release. But the public should not ex- including how the DA investigators police department for two and a One officer then fired a Taser, Assistant District Attorney pect a speedy turnaround. reached their conclusions. The re- half years, and Wicht, who has police said, while Enberg and James Gibbons-Shapiro told “This particular case is in its port is usually released within 60 been a Palo Alto police officer Wicht fired their pistols. the Weekly that the District At- very early stages, as we do not ex- days of completion, but sometimes for a year and a half, are now on Though it’s not yet clear how torney’s office will review all pect a completed autopsy report additional steps must be taken be- paid administrative leave, a stan- many rounds were fired, the po- reports, videos, interview re- for some weeks and because there fore there is a decision, he said. Q

LAW ENFORCEMENT after allegedly trying to flee the include the immediacy and sever- police in a stolen BMW. An in- ity of the threat to officers or oth- vestigation ultimately cleared the ers; the conduct of the individual officers of wrongdoing. (as “reasonably perceived by the Fatal shooting brings questions about Now, Palo Alto police and the officer at the time”); the person’s Santa Clara County District At- “mental state or capacity”; prox- police tactics to Palo Alto torney’s Office are investigating imity to weapons; and whether whether deadly force used by offi- the person appears to be “resist- Police department investigation focuses on whether Dec. 25 shooting was justified cers Nicholas Enberg and Zachary ing, attempting to evade arrest by Wicht against Raff was justified. flight or is attacking an officer.” by Gennady Sheyner The police department’s policy William Raff’s father, Garold hen two Palo Alto po- creasingly common across the gets scrutinized by an indepen- allows an officer to use deadly Raff, told the Weekly on Monday lice officers shot and United States in recent years, with dent police auditor and where the force to protect himself/herself or that he believes the shooting was Wkilled William David high-profile police shootings in police chief was forced to resign someone else from what the of- “unjust” and that officers used Raff, 31, outside a Forest Avenue Ferguson, Missouri; New York in 2008 after making comments ficer “reasonably believes would excessive force on his son. But home on Dec. 25, they instantly City; Cleveland; Baltimore; and that many in the community per- be an imminent threat of death or under the department’s policy, triggered speculation among the Chicago prompting conversations ceived as a tacit endorsement of serious bodily injury.” officers are allowed to use “rea- victim’s family, friends and the about race and policing. racial profiling. The department’s policy in- sonable force” to make an arrest, broader community about wheth- Public concerns about police The last time a person was cludes 17 different factors that of- prevent escape or overcome resis- er the shooting was just — and tactics have also surfaced period- fatally shot by a Palo Alto officers can consider in determining tance. Q justified. ically in Palo Alto, where every ficer was in March 2002, when whether to apply force and wheth- A longer version of this article has The question has become in- incident involving a fired Taser 20-year-old Pedro Calderon died er the force is reasonable. These been posted on PaloAltoOnline.com. Page 8 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront

sometimes have trouble accepting getting nervous,” Garold Raff MENTAL HEALTH a lifetime of heavy medication. said. “It was the same feeling of Raff would go through cycles — ‘I don’t know where this is go- getting stable, seeming to stay on ing’ sort of thing. The system just his medicines, then falling away leaks away.” Shooting was ‘unjust,’ say parents and returning to illness and psy- As an adult, Raff was protected chiatric facilities, his father said. by privacy laws that often left his Several months ago, Garold parents outside of the circle of his of man killed by police Raff purchased a home in Felton, care, his father said. Many questions, few answers in death of Palo Alto man where his son was living. Michael Hayes — a spokes- About a month ago, Raff attempt- man for Momentum For Mental with severe mental illness, father says ed suicide, was taken to a hospital Health, the nonprofit parent or- by Sue Dremann emergency room and later placed in ganization to La Selva Group — a locked psychiatric ward. It was his said in an email on Monday that he father of William David mental health system that should studied business at San Diego second attempt in a year. The first the organization could not com- Raff, the man fatally shot by have helped protect their son, who State University and then land- had taken place in Southern Cali- ment to the public on details re- TPalo Alto police on Christ- had schizoaffective disorder. The scape architecture at Cal Poly Po- fornia, according to his father. lated to the incident. mas night, said his only child had system leaves parents out of the mona, where he earned a degree. After becoming stable, Raff “As you can imagine there is a long history of mental illness. loop and their severely mentally ill They didn’t know until he left col- was transferred to La Selva. He much sensitivity around this topic But on Monday night, he called his adult children vulnerable, he said. lege — and no longer had access was allowed to sign out to take a and really no ability to elaborate son’s death “an unjust shooting.” “We are in so much grief,” Gar- to his medications — that their son walk on the street for a short pe- given this is still an open investi- “Reportedly, my son had a but- old Raff said. His son had only re- had a devastating mental illness. riod of time. gation,” he wrote. ter knife, not a lethal weapon, and sided at the La Selva Group house What followed were numerous But the overall restrictions on his Momentum released a state- for them to just shoot him ... this is for about a week. hospitalizations in psychiatric life because of his illness were some- ment Monday morning that said so far off any reason,” Garold Raff When William Raff was a wards, stabilization with medi- times frustrating, his father said. the La Selva transitional house said, referring to news reports that child, there was no indication of cation, and then spirals down- “Every now and then he was was fully licensed by the State quoted a resident of the house. the illness that was to follow. He ward when he stopped taking disgusted and excitable about the of California Department of So- “It’s just awful. It was challeng- was a “perfect” son growing up, the medication. There were peri- circumstances he was living in,” cial Services and Department of ing enough to just help him, and his father said. He never went ods of paranoia and illusions of his father said. Health. to have him treated this way was through the terrible twos nor was grandiosity. Since his son entered La Selva, Garold Raff said he holds a pic- so excessive. ... In our opinion, it he a troubled teenager. He learned People with schizoaffective Garold Raff said he had a feeling ture in his mind of his son before was mishandled,” he said from his to ski and surf, and he played disorder, a serious mental dis- that his son’s mental state was un- the illness robbed him of his life. home in Southern California on tournament golf at the country order that can involve psychotic raveling again. “He was really a handsome Monday evening. club with his grandmother. breaks from reality and wide “I didn’t sense that things were kid — blue eyes, blond hair and a He and Raff’s mother are ex- But his parents became puzzled mood swings, often must take a going right; I wanted to talk to great smile,” he said. Q ploring potential litigation, he said. when it took eight years for their cocktail of medications that pro- (the La Selva staff). I was trying A longer version of this article has Garold Raff also lamented the son to graduate from college. He duce many side effects. Patients to find out what they do. I was been posted on PaloAltoOnline.com.

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A gardener uses a gas- powered leaf blower to blow dead leaves and debris out of a front yard and into the street for Weber Veronica sweeping and removal.

The Weekly’s video “Invisible Illness: Stories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” receives the most views — 20,492 — in 2015. Veronica Weber Veronica The Weekly’s five most- viewed videos in 2015 Sand Hill staff said this sum- limits the acceptable noise levels Neighborhoods mer that the firm had reached out of electric blowers and their hours he subjects are diverse — chronic fatigue syndrome, the de- (continued from page 5) to 40 potential grocers with no of usage, and pleaded for help. molition of Palo Alto High School’s big gym and the grand takers. Residents fretted that the Council members responded by T opening of Palo Alto’s Magical Bridge Playground — but Nearly 50 residents attended the developer didn’t have much incen- approving a new position in the De- they share a commonality: They were the subjects of the most- City Council’s Policy and Servic- tive to find a new anchor store: partment of Planning and Commu- viewed Palo Alto Online videos of 2015. es Committee meeting on Dec. 1 The Fresh Market still holds the nity Environment to lead the code- The Weekly staff produces a variety of videos, including a half- with many demanding a morato- 10-year lease, and Sand Hill still enforcement team and implement hour news-analysis webcast, “Behind the Headlines”; First Person rium. Committee members tenta- gets paid whether there’s a gro- ordinance enforcement. As of De- interviews with newsmakers, hosted by Lisa Van Dusen; Athletes tively endorsed short-term reforms cery store open there or not. cember, the city had not announced of the Week videos with prep athletes; news and entertainment and added their own suggestions, In August, residents called for the new hire, who planning Direc- videos and more. You can find them all on the Weekly’s YouTube including requiring contractors to the City Council to fine Sand Hill tor Hillary Gitelman said in early channel, youtube.com/paweekly. Q analyze and remedy the impacts for violating its ordinance and to October was expected to be hired —Palo Alto Weekly Staff of the groundwater pumping; add- prevent the developer from selling within a couple of months. ing new fees based on the value new homes it built at Edgewood 5. Interview with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl cast of the water extracted; and finding until a new grocer is found. The Residential permit (959 views) new uses for the groundwater. The council voted on Aug. 24 to fine parking and traffic by Peter Canavese, June 16 city would develop a broader long- Sand Hill if the grocery store space Film critic Peter Canavese of the Palo Alto Weekly and Groucho term study on groundwater man- wasn’t filled by Sept. 30. The daily After years of lobbying City Reviews talks to the cast of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”: agement, and they plan to revisit fine started on Sept. 30 at $500, in- Hall for parking relief, citizens Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler and Olivia Cooke. the topic in early 2016. This could creased to $750 on Oct. 1 and rose succeeded in getting the Resi- Watch the video: youtu.be/uNgMoRegeps include developing dewatering re- to $1,000 for each day after Oct. 1 dential Preferential Parking pro- 4. Athlete of the Week, Jacey Pederson (1,010 views) quirements tailored to the drought until the space is in filled. Three gram launched in downtown by Palo Alto Online, Jan. 29 situation, according to a Dec. 15 weeks after the council’s August neighborhoods. Weekly Sports Editor Keith Peters chats with girl Athlete of the Policy and Services staff report. vote, Sand Hill announced that The program gives residents in Week, Palo Alto High School’s Jacey Pederson, who plays on the Andronico’s Community Markets the parking district up to four free girls soccer team. was interested in taking over the permits and charges downtown Edgewood Shopping Watch the video: youtu.be/xgBxrGDVv4Q Center grocery store space. But so far, an official agree- employees $233 (or $50 for low- ment has not materialized, and income workers) to park on resi- 3. Paly’s big gym demolished (2,523 views) Crescent Park and Duveneck/St. Sand Hill must still pay the fines. dential streets. Implementation by Palo Alto Online, Sept. 2 Francis residents held a developer’s began in September, with ticket- Palo Alto High School’s beloved gym is demolished to make — and the city’s — feet to the fire Leaf blowers ing of miscreants starting Oct. 13. room for a new state-of-the-art athletic center. this year after grocer The Fresh The program was instantly ef- Watch the video: youtu.be/Jf9ekCzdiKs Market pulled out of Edgewood Gas-powered blowers were fective, though there were drivers 2. Magical Bridge Playground Opening (9,489 views) Shopping Center. The newly rede- banned from Palo Alto’s residen- who simply shifted to parking on by Veronica Weber, April 20 veloped center along Embarcadero tial neighborhoods 10 years ago residential streets just outside the The grand opening of Magical Bridge Playground in Mitchell Road was nearing full occupancy but gardeners and homeowners permit zone. Neighbors living Park, which is specifically designed for children and adults with in March when The Fresh Market’s still flout the ordinance every on those newly congested blocks special needs and disabilities. corporate headquarters on the East week. Irritated by the barrage of then petitioned the City Council Watch the video: youtu.be/35_OBQN4pWM Coast decided to pull the plug on all sound and dust, some Palo Alto for inclusion in the permit proof its California stores. residents this summer decided to gram, and on Dec. 14 they got 1. Invisible Illness: Stories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Finding a replacement grocer make some noise of their own. their wish. The council voted to (20,492 views) within six months, which is re- In June, when the City Council add 12 blocks to the district and by Veronica Weber, July 10 quired by the city under the site’s was weighing the decision about limit the number of permits is- A mini documentary reveals stories of people who are affected Planned Community (PC) zoning whether to budget for a new city sued to employees to 2,000. That by chronic fatigue syndrome — a little-known disease that affects ordinance, dragged on. Neighbors, code-enforcement officer, a few phase of the program is scheduled roughly 836,000 to 2.5 million people in the United States and who deeply want a market to suc- locals, including Midtown resident to begin April 1. receives little research funding. ceed in the spot, jumped in with Bill Rosenberg, saw an opportuni- Palo Alto officials also provided Watch the video: youtu.be/9_HwOUiImvw suggestions for center owner Sand ty. They complained to the council some seed money to form a new Hill Property Co. and put out feel- about the lack of enforcement of Transportation Management As- in December announced it is seek- and revisit the issue in a year. ers to speed the process along. the 10-year-old ban, which also sociation, a nonprofit organization ing feedback from the community. The council’s reticence could be that will work to convince people short-lived. Residents again spoke About the cover: Top row from left: Palo Alto Unified School Dis- who drive solo to work downtown Airbnb rentals out about the issue in October, trict Superintendent Max McGee speaks at a school board meeting to take other forms of transpor- when it became clear that single- on March 24; Brandon Burr, philanthropy engineer at Palantir, right, tation. The group includes a city In March, city leaders opted family homes are being used as helps student Oscar Vargas learn how to code during the company’s representative, downtown stake- against regulating Airbnb rent- hostels and hacker spaces with as 10-week coding course; residents in the Joseph Eichler-developed holders and transportation experts. als in neighborhoods after several many as 16 people living in bunk- neighborhoods petition to ban two-story homes from being built in The city this year also coordinat- City Council members broached bed accommodations. their tracts; The Fresh Market closes, leaving Edgewood Shopping ed and replaced traffic signals on the topic, seeking a discussion of Staff Writer Sue Dremann Center without an anchor grocer. Bottom row from left: Use of gas- Embarcadero Road near Palo Alto taxing and regulating the short- can be emailed at sdremann@ powered leaf blowers, which have been banned in the city for 10 High School and Town & Coun- term rentals. Some residents had paweekly.com. years, sparks residents to complain to City Council about the lack of try Village Shopping Center after complained that the “sharing READ MORE ONLINE enforcement; New downtown parking restrictions take effect in Octo- receiving voluminous complaints economy” phenomenon was out PaloAltoOnline.com ber; Christian Lara, a busser at Palo Alto Creamery Fountain & Grill, about perpetual gridlock at the of control on their blocks because sets tables during lunchtime on Aug. 26; Laborer José Porras pours closely spaced intersections. The of a lack of oversight by absentee Many neighborhood decisions were and smooths grout onto patches of the sidewalk on California Avenue city is also planning to improve the landlords and a revolving door of made, deferred and left in limbo in 2015. Go to PaloAltoOnline.com to read the during streetscape construction in May. Photos by Veronica Weber. larger stretch of Embarcadero from renters. 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including Avenue Florist, Bargain City Box, Jungle Copy, Shady Lane and (continued from page 5) University Art — in most cases because they were priced out. In program was borne out of a clash some cases, like with the departed between Palo Alto’s elected offi- Mediterranean restaurant Zibibbo, cials and a sizzling economy. offices moved in. Past rivalries between slow- “If you just say the economy will growth “residentialists” and more do what the economy wants, you’ll established, pro-growth citizens — hurt retail vitality and you’ll hurt clashes that characterized the city’s walkability and the ability of people political divide in 2013 and 2014 who live in Palo Alto to shop in Palo (with the residentialist side prevail- Alto,” council watchdog Bob Moss ing on Election Day in both years) said during an April hearing on the — seemed in 2015 like a bygone ground-floor-retail ordinance. era. Much like downtown business- A similar dynamic was in play es and residents, the council’s fac- in September, when the council tions joined forces this year to take passed a law regulating chain on a greater enemy — growth and stores on California Avenue. Now, the problems it brings. Thus, the companies with 10 or more loca- council found itself playing a brand tions will have to get a special per- of aggressive, swarming defense. Weber Veronica mit from the city before they can The tone was set from the get- set up shop in the California Av- go, when the newly reconstituted enue area. These permits will have council unanimously elected to be approved by the city and are Karen Holman — veteran plan- Pedestrians wait to cross California Avenue, where a number of local and chain restaurants are located. subject to appeals from residents. ning commissioner, leading resi- In 2015, the City Council created new restrictions for retail chains in the neighborhood. “We don’t want retail and per- dentialist and the 2014 election’s sonal services to have to compete top vote-getter — as its mayor. streetscape transformation on Cali- “status quo is not working.” source of affordable housing in a with today’s office (rental) rates Holman, who had spent her prior fornia Avenue; the renovation of “We have to strike a balance city where “affordable housing” and get driven out,” Councilman council term on the outskirts of Rinconada Library (the final proj- and have a diversity of land use,” has become an oxymoron. Pat Burt said during the Septem- the council dais, often casting mi- ect from a 2008 library bond); new DuBois said. Winter Dellenbach, founder ber discussion. nority votes, now had the center playing fields at El Camino Park; of the grassroots group Friends chair and the gavel. Next to her sat and refurbished meeting rooms and hile “diversity” city- of Buena Vista, highlighted the here were other shifting dy- Vice Mayor Greg Schmid, a slow- lobby space at City Hall. wide may be a coun- inherent conflict when she ad- namics and small victories growth proponent who, like Hol- But it’s the market’s excesses, W cil goal, in the Joseph dressed the council in January. T for the council in 2015. By man, had spent years on the coun- rather than its virtues, that dominat- Eichler-developed neighborhoods “It’s not just the rights of the the end of the year, there was a cil’s political and physical fringe. ed the discussions in City Hall. The of Greer Park North, Los Arboles property owners,” Dellenbach said. general consensus that the city’s In her State of the City speech Palo Alto council, now equipped and Royal Manor, uniformity is “It’s the rights of all these people.” architectural-review process in February, Holman highlighted with five residentialists, spent the greater prize. While the council grudgingly needs improvement, the city’s the issues the council needed to much of 2015 considering an issue All three neighborhoods peti- upheld in May the Jisser family’s supply of housing should expand, address in 2015: preserving local key to the slow-growth philosophy: tioned this year to ban new two- closure application, Councilwom- and there’s still plenty of work to retail, curbing the growth of of- preservation of the city’s “quality story homes from being built in an Liz Kniss told the gathered do on the city’s infrastructure. fice space and solving traffic and of life.” In that sense, the council’s their tracts. In applying for the crowd, “We hope the door you The city’s update of its guiding parking conundrums. success this year can be measured zoning, called a single-story over- feel has closed tonight will open land-use document, the Compre- On the matter of retail leav- just as effectively by what didn’t lay, Eichler homeowners argued another door very soon.” hensive Plan, remains a work in ing Palo Alto, she noted, “It’s the happen in Palo Alto as by what did. that the vertical growth is both To bolster these hopes, the coun- progress, as it has for the past de- market forces, and markets work For one thing, Palo Alto saw no killing the Eichler aesthetic and cil pledged $14 million to an effort cade, despite the council’s pledge much faster than does govern- “planned-community” projects destroying their privacy. to buy the park from the Jissers early in the year to devote particu- ment, so it’s our job to address this — controversial developments Opponents of the zone change, (another $14 million was allocat- lar attention to it. as soon as possible.” that exceed zoning regulations but including several young families ed by Santa Clara County). Yet the A long-desired system that To be sure, the market has that win approval after promising in Green Park North, argued that episode then took a disappointing would deliver ultra-high-speed In- brought blessings as well as curses. to deliver negotiated “public ben- the restriction would deal a blow turn: By fall, both the Buena Vis- ternet access throughout the entire Palo Alto continues to be a magnet efits.” The most recent of these to their property rights and keep ta residents and the Jisser family city, known as “Fiber to the Prem- for small startups and innovation to win the council’s approval, a them from accommodating their filed lawsuits against the City, and ises,” remains a dream, despite giants, from Tesla and Ford (which planned housing development on expanding families. For the coun- the Jissers have indicated that they yet another year of studies, public this year established a research lab Maybell Avenue that included 60 cil, however, the will of the many no longer wish to negotiate with hearings and misplaced hopes. in the city) to Yelp and Palantir. apartments for low-income seniors trumped the property-rights argu- the city over Buena Vista’s sale. Progress on a “landmark” new The local economy is booming, and 12 market-rate houses, was ment of the few. The council first For now, the mobile home park bridge over U.S. Highway 101 that with tax revenues on the rise in shot down by the voters in 2013. agreed to waive the application remains occupied by the residents. the council approved in March every category. Furthermore, the The council then responded by fee for the zoning applications and has stalled, with the council vot- recent boom in new hotels (as well suspending planned-community then approved the new ban in Greer alo Alto officials had far ing this month to reset the design as the voters’ decision in 2014 to zoning, deeming it “broken.” The Park North and Los Arboles (it will more success on other process. And while the council raise the local hotel-tax rate) offers process of fixing it stalled this year consider Royal Manor next year). P fronts in its battle against this year selected a new future plenty of assurance on the revenue and will surely reignite in 2016. In The conflict between private market forces. home for Palo Alto’s public-safety front. When City Manager James the meantime, all developments rights and the public good also Recognizing the city’s soaring departments (a city-owned park- Keene observed on Dec. 14 how must comply with the zoning code. loomed large in the struggle over cost of living, the council voted ing lot on Sherman Avenue), in well the local economy is doing Even those projects that comply Buena Vista, the city’s only mobile- unanimously in August to adopt reality, it will be years before that relative to other places around could find themselves facing new home park, which houses about 400 a minimum-wage ordinance. In high-priority project is built. the country, he credited it in large hurdles, thanks to the city’s new cap low-income residents in Barron addition to raising the minimum The year may have lacked big part to the “dynamic aspect of the on office space, which the council Park. The market suggested that wage to $11 an hour starting in celebrations and defining moments, market itself,” which ultimately crafted in the spring and adopted the land is underdeveloped and that January, the council also agreed but for the busy council it was 12 determines the price and demand in September. Under the ordinance, the property owners could realize to pursue further wage hikes with months of compromise, consensus- for hotel rooms. new office and research-and-de- a sizable profit by redeveloping the the goal of getting to $15 by 2018. building and some accomplishment Thanks to the market, Palo velopment projects in Palo Alto’s land as high-end apartments. The Councilman Marc Berman said around quality-of-life problems, no- Alto has been able to dramatically three prime commercial areas will Jisser family has been trying to do the higher wage might allow some tably the downtown parking crunch. ramp up its street-repair program collectively be limited to 50,000 just that since 2012, when it first ap- low-earning employees to “move a In his recap of the year, Keene and make steady progress in 2015 square feet per year. If new de- plied to close Buena Vista. little closer and commute not as far.” cited “an intervention kind of on several long-discussed infra- velopment exceeds this threshold, But by a broad consensus, Palo Similarly, the council determined mood” in the city and said that 2015 structure projects: a public-safety individual projects will be scored Alto’s elected leaders, school of- that the free market can’t be trusted gave everyone a chance to “catch building, replacement of two fire against one another as part of a pro- ficials and hundreds of residents when it comes to retail shops. In the our breath and see where we are.” stations, a new bike bridge over cess described by council members from Barron Park and beyond ar- spring, the council passed an “ur- After the tumultuous referen- U.S. Highway 101 and a slew of as a “beauty contest.” gued that closing the mobile-home gency ordinance” banning the con- dum of 2013 and the political up- road improvements to calm traffic In advocating for the office cap, site would be a disaster, not just for version of ground-floor retail stores heaval of 2014, that may not have on crowded Charleston/Arastrade- Councilman Tom DuBois pointed the park’s roughly 400 residents but into offices (The law was extended been a bad thing. Q ro roads intersection. The rev- to the booming commercial mar- for the city at large. The closure, in June until April 2017). The vote Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner enue surge also enabled the city ket and the city’s housing short- they argued, would make the city followed the departure of several can be emailed at gsheyner@ to celebrate the completion of a age, arguing on March 24 that the less diverse and take away a crucial longtime restaurants and stores — paweekly.com. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 11 Upfront

ad mental-health support services, School programs and efforts. (continued from page 5) The school board nonetheless continued to receive feedback throughout the year about a spike communicated to all K-12 staff in demand for counseling from stu- that compliance with the district’s dents (alarming, but also a poten- homework policy — largely seen tially positive sign that the heavy as unevenly implemented through- stigma around seeking help might out the district — was not simply be decreasing, some said). Philippe encouraged or recommended but Rey, executive director of Adoles- required. The 15-hours-a-week cent Counseling Services (ACS), limit was later expanded for stu- the nonprofit organization that dents taking honors and AP class- provides on-site counseling at the es at the high schools. district’s middle and high schools, Another requirement — that all told the board in October that his secondary teachers use the dis- organization is “trying to find ways trict’s online system Schoology to either reduce or completely elim- to post all course information, inate a waitlist at the sites that we homework and grades — was serve so when a student is in need included in a newly negotiated of seeing us, then they can actually contract with the teachers union. access the services.” This followed the airing of the The new year promises a re- Palo Alto teachers union griev- newed discussion of the high ance filed against Gunn Principal schools’ counseling models, and it Denise Herrmann in November could be the year that Gunn finally

2014, accusing her of violating the shifts away from its more tradition- Veronica Weber previous union contract by asking al system and toward Paly’s teach- Then Palo Alto Unified School District President Melissa Baten-Caswell, left, looks on as all teachers to use Schoology. er-adviser system. While staff has Superintendent Max McGee speaks during a March school board meeting. In a sign of the times, and amidst recommended the district convene repeated reports from students, a joint Paly-Gunn committee to school affects the social-emotion- dent for several years,” Dauber said. a brand new equity coordinator, parents and school-community investigate and recommend a new al well-being of students and how hired to oversee the implementa- members about long wait lists to counseling model for implementa- that in turn contributes to learn- McGee’s 2015 tion of the committee’s proposals see both on-campus and other tion by fall of 2017, several school ing,” school board member Ken and other related efforts.) counselors, the school board in board members have indicated Dauber told the Weekly, reflect- n his first full school year, Mc- Another critical group created March committed $250,000 to hire strong support for taking action ing on his first year in office. Gee made his mark on the dis- by McGee, the Enrollment Man- two new full-time mental-health sooner rather than later. “This is an accomplishment in Itrict, eliciting numerous times agement Advisory Committee, therapists, one for each high school. Because of this year’s emotionally the sense that there’s been a shift in from school board members the spent six months diving deep into The new hires serve primarily as charged finger-pointing and desire focus,” he said. “We have not yet, sentiment, “This is why we hired enrollment data and trends, look- coordinators (though they counsel for action in the midst of the suicide I think, made the kind of concrete you.” ing closely at schools’ capacity as well) — providing much-needed cluster early in the year, district staff changes that we need to make in For many, this was made clear and preparing proposals for how bridges among each school’s myri- and supporters became concerned order to deliver on that focus.” with his Minority Achievement to best address the student popula- that a typically well-supported par- He pointed to high school coun- and Talent Development commit- tion in coming years. The enroll- WATCH IT ONLINE cel-tax increase would not pass this seling, implementation of the tee, which has been hailed for tak- ment committee will surely deliver PaloAltoOnline.com May. (In the end, it did, with a wide homework policy, use of School- ing a renewed, meaningful stab at a the most-anticipated report of 2016 margin of 77 “yes” votes.) ogy, a discussion about the practice longstanding problem. And unlike on whether the district should open Weekly Publisher Bill Johnson and reporters Elena Kadvany and Despite the difficulties of the year, of academic laning, adoption of many district committees of past, a new elementary, middle and/or Gennady Sheyner talk about Palo many saw a silver lining: a renewed more project-based learning and an this group’s ambitious recommen- high school. The committee is set Alto’s most significant news of focus on the social-emotional well- evaluation of the district’s teaching dations, presented to the board in to present its final recommenda- 2015 on “Behind the Headlines,” being of students in Palo Alto. approach to mathematics as several May, have not sat on a shelf but tions to the board in January. the Weekly’s half-hour webcast. Go to YouTube.com/paweekly or “There has been a shift toward examples of concrete changes. have been put into action through- McGee also moved forward on PaloAltoOnline.com to watch. taking more responsibility for “That’s a project that should oc- out the district. (Key to watch in issues near and dear to his heart: how the organization of life at cupy the board and the superinten- the new year will be the impact of launching an independent research

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Page 12 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront and mentorship program for high member Terry Godfrey told the mille Townsend nearing the end school students; taking an inaugural Weekly that finding ways to in- of her third term, Heidi Emberling group of those students to Singapore corporate students’ opinions more (the new board president for the over spring break to conduct high- broadly in district processes is a year) her first and Melissa Baten School district: decisions level research in a university lab on top priority for her in 2016. Caswell, her second. There are no topics like “identification of novel Some board members, primarily term limits on the school board. made, decisions deferred anti-biofilm compounds” and “two- Camille Townsend, also criticized Legal findings against district dimensional materials as catalysts for the lack of transparency around Mc- also look to be on the way in two Go: the oxygen reduction reaction”; and Gee’s zero-period decision. It led to sexual-harassment investigations • New district policy to protect the rights of transgender and starting an after-school coding pro- a discussion on the board about the at the district’s high schools by the gender nonconforming students gram for disadvantaged students at superintendent’s authority, a theme Office for Civil Rights. McGee is • Mental-health support for Asian-American students and fami- Palo Alto software company Palantir. that continued throughout the year. currently in talks with the federal lies through partnership with nonprofit Asian Americans for And the superintendent who The topic emerged again in No- agency to work out draft resolu- Community Involvement vowed open, transparent communi- vember, when the news leaked that tion agreements, which will likely • Groundbreaking for Palo Alto High School athletic center cation would be one of his top pri- McGee had helped to author a pre- include monitoring stipulations, • Centers for Disease Control to study local suicide cluster orities did deliver on that promise liminary application for funding McGee has said. Monitoring can • External review of the district’s special-education department in some ways — participating in a for a new secondary school without last two to three years, the agency and services live call-in TV show less than two the board’s or public’s knowledge. told McGee, and can include ob- • Elementary mathematics curriculum pilot program months into the job, hosting a live He and members of the enrollment ligations to send documents “in • Mandarin immersion expansion to middle school webcast with his staff, providing task force’s secondary subcommit- a timely manner,” updates on ef- • New communications, equity coordinators hired regular updates on investigations tee — which in October presented a forts like creating new policies or • Required use of Schoology by all teachers by the U.S. Department of Educa- rousing early recommendation that implementing extra staff training, • Teachers’ required adherence to homework policy tion Office for Civil Rights at board the district look into opening an in- as well as to allow site visits and • Implementation of Minority Achievement and Talent Develop- meetings — but failed in others. novative, alternative 6-12 school at interviews with staff and students. ment committee recommendations His decision to ban academic the Cubberley Community Center McGee told the Weekly he is • Pending recommendations for new school by Enrollment Man- classes during early-morning zero site — teamed up with other par- not sure whether the process will agement Advisory Committee period at the two high schools — ents and representatives from the result in findings or not for Palo communicated in a message to stu- Stanford University d.school to Alto but that the Office for Civil No go: dents, staff and parents over spring submit the proposal. The applica- Rights is “moving forward.” Q • Academic classes during zero period break rather than during the full tion was for early feedback from Staff Writer Elena Kadvany • Continued employment of Paly English teacher Kevin Sharp board discussion that was promised the XQ Super Schools Project, a can be emailed at ekadvany@ • Continued employment of former Paly Principal Phil Winston to students — became one of the national education-reform initia- paweekly.com. most controversial episodes of the tive launched by Palo Alto resident Limbo: year. (Gunn’s then-school board rep- Laurene Powell Jobs. 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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 13 TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths PulseA weekly compendium of vital statistics Kathleen Meagher as assistant principal at Los Altos than just being in the classroom. ... POLICE CALLS Psychiatric subject ...... 5 Kathleen Meagher, a former High School but returned in 2007 But she did miss the kids.” Public incident ...... 1 Palo Alto Public nuisance ...... 2 teacher and administrator in the to become Duveneck Elementary Through her work in Palo Alto, Dec. 16-28 Resisting arrest...... 1 Palo Alto school district, died on School’s principal. Three years Meagher met her partner, Ann Violence related Suspicious circumstances ...... 3 Dec. 15 in a scuba diving accident later, she was promoted to direc- Dunkin, the district’s former chief Assault ...... 1 Unattended death...... 1 while in the Caribbean, her family tor of elementary education, a technology officer. They were liv- Battery ...... 2 Vandalism...... 2 Domestic violence ...... 2 Warrant/other agency...... 14 said. She was 53. position she held until 2014 when ing together in Washington, D.C., Elder abuse...... 1 Menlo Park She was she left to become the director of where Meagher was also working Theft related Dec. 16-28 born on July secondary education for Arling- on her doctorate in education at Commercial burglaries ...... 3 Violence related 30, 1962, in ton Public Schools in Arlington, the College of William & Mary. Counterfeit checks...... 1 Battery ...... 2 Cheshire, Con- Virginia. She is survived by her partner, Credit card fraud...... 3 Robbery ...... 1 Embezzlement ...... 2 Spousal abuse ...... 1 necticut, where Former Palo Alto school district Ann Dunkin of Washington, D.C.; Grand theft...... 6 she grew up Superintendent Kevin Skelly told her parents, Richard and Joan Identity theft ...... 10 Theft related Petty theft...... 3 Fraud ...... 1 and gradu- the Weekly she was a “wonderful Meagher of Folsom, California; Grand theft...... 1 ated from high educator, really thoughtful about her sister, Sharon Meagher of Prowler...... 1 Residential burglaries...... 4 Identity theft ...... 2 school in 1980. what kids need, just really worked Philadelphia; her brother, Rick Shoplifting...... 3 Petty theft...... 3 She then at- well with the other elementary (Angela) Meagher of Sacramento; Vehicle related Vehicle related tended Boston College, receiving principals in terms of building a two nieces, Alison and Andrea; Abandoned auto...... 3 Abandoned auto...... 1 Auto burglary ...... 1 Auto burglary attempt...... 1 a bachelor’s degree in 1984 with sense of a learning community and other extended family. Driving violation ...... 1 a major in education. Moving to among the leadership.” A memorial service was held on Auto burglary attempt...... 2 Auto recovery...... 2 Driving with suspended license ...... 8 California, she taught in Moreno Skelly mentioned in particular Dec. 28 at the Church of the Na- Auto theft ...... 3 Hit and run ...... 3 Valley as a fourth-grade teacher her work transforming profes- tivity in Menlo Park, and another Bicycle theft ...... 7 Lost/stolen plates...... 1 Driving with suspended license .....12 Theft from auto...... 2 and then in the Riverside Uni- sional development in the district. service will be held in Arlington Trailer theft ...... 1 fied School District. Meanwhile Meagher, along with professional in January. Driving without license ...... 1 False registration ...... 1 Vehicle accident/major injury ...... 1 she earned a master’s degree learning coordinator Kelly Bikle Memorial donations can be Hit and run ...... 1 Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 3 in educational counseling from and a team of teachers on special made to an endowment fund that Lost/stolen plates...... 1 Vehicle accident/no injury...... 2 California State University, San assignment (TOSAs), designed Dunkin and her family are estab- Misc. traffic...... 4 Vehicle tow ...... 2 Bernardino. Powerful Practices, a day of lishing at William & Mary School Theft from auto...... 10 Alcohol or drug related Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 8 Drug activity ...... 2 She first joined the Palo Alto learning for teachers with speak- of Education. Checks can be sent Vehicle accident/property damage. . . 19 Drunk in public ...... 4 Unified School District as a ers and breakout sessions on ev- to the College of William & Mary, Vehicle impound...... 1 Possession of drugs...... 8 first-grade teacher at Fairmead- erything from Common Core to P.O. Box 1693, Williamsburg, VA Vehicle tow ...... 1 Possession of paraphernalia ...... 2 ow Elementary School in 1995. mindfulness and technology. 23187 (“In Memory of Kathleen Alcohol or drug related Miscellaneous While in the district, she studied Her mother, Joan Meagher, told Meagher” should be noted on the Drinking in public ...... 3 Brandishing...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 2 Coroner case ...... 2 and obtained a master’s degree the Weekly that her daughter “went check). Drunken driving ...... 17 CPS referral ...... 2 in school administration from into administration because she felt Possession of drugs...... 2 Disturbance ...... 1 Santa Clara University in 2004. that she could make more changes Possession of paraphernalia ...... 1 Domestic disturbance...... 3 She then left Palo Alto to serve and be of more help to children, BIRTH Smoking in public...... 2 Found property...... 5 Miscellaneous Gang validations...... 2 Concealed weapon...... 1 Info case...... 3 Disobey court order ...... 1 Juvenile problem ...... 1 Mike and Jillian McNer- Lost property ...... 3 ney gave birth on Dec. 18 to Elder abuse/emotional ...... 1 CITY OF PALO ALTO False info to police ...... 2 Medical call...... 1 a son, Aidan McNerney. He Firearm disposal...... 1 Missing juvenile...... 1 is the first child of the Mc- Found property...... 5 Missing person...... 1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Illegal lodging ...... 3 Psychiatric evaluation...... 5 Nerneys, who reside in Palo Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 Alto. They both are military Lost property ...... 3 Misc. penal code violation ...... 2 Tree fall...... 1 veterans and now work local- Vandalism...... 3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Palo Alto City Council will Missing juvenile...... 1 ly in the technology industry. Possession of switchblade...... 1 Violation of court order...... 1 hold a public hearing at the regularly scheduled meeting on Psychiatric hold ...... 9 Violation of restraining order...... 2 Monday, January 11, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. or as near thereafter as Warrant arrest...... 1 Warrant/other agency...... 9 possible, in the Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, to consider Approval of a Record of Land Use Action for a VIOLENT CRIMES Variance to Allow for a Reduction in the Required Front Setback Palo Alto (Contextual) from 37 Feet 1-1/4 Inches to 32 Feet for a New 542 High St., 12/16, 12:30 p.m.; battery/ Two-Story Single Family Residence Located at 224 Churchill simple. Avenue. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from California West Meadow Drive, 12/22, 4 p.m.; elder abuse/physical. Environmental Quality Act. Harker Avenue, 12/23, 4:23 a.m.; domestic violence/battery. BETH MINOR 180 El Camino Real, 12/23, 3:30 p.m.; assault/peace officer. 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LivingA monthly special section of news Well& information for seniors Connected Horse Project Horse Connected

Top: From left, project assistant Elke Tekin and project co-creators Paula Hertel and Nancy Schier Anzelmo attend a Connected Horse Project workshop on Nov. 9. Above: Paula Hertel, co-creator of the Connected

Connected Horse Project Horse Connected Horse Project, interacts with one of the horses at Stanford University’s Red Barn. Left: A Connected Horse Project participant engages with a horse during an equine-guided support activity on Nov. 9.

an horses teach people The being right next to the horse and with early-stage dementia Pilot project tests touching the horse. C useful lessons about how equine therapy for “For me it was getting over some to cope with their disease? fear and lack of confidence deal- That’s the question behind a pilot people with early- ing with horses,” Howard said. “I project at Stanford University’s Red wisdom onset dementia felt better and I could see it in other Barn, which recently hosted five people, too. Maybe not everybody, by Chris Kenrick early-onset dementia patients along of horses but at least a few people, I thought with their caregivers for a series of I could see a change. They seemed workshops with horses. road that’s ahead.” seemed like a natural extension of similar to be more confident and seemed to Foreseeing a tidal wave of dementia The women approached Stanford psy- work she has done with high-level execu- have more joy in their life.” cases with the aging of the baby boomers, chologist Dolores Gallagher Thompson, tives and stressed high school students. Howard’s wife and main caregiver, organizers hope to test whether equine who studies the efficacy of different psy- “A lot of these (early-onset dementia pa- “Karen,” said the Stanford Barn ses- therapy can counteract the feelings of iso- chosocial efforts to reduce stress and im- tients) are hiding — they’re embarrassed sions gave her a new perspective on her lation and hopelessness often experienced prove the psychological status of people and they don’t want their friends to know,” life situation. The couple has two sons, by newly diagnosed patients. If successful, with dementia and those caring for them. Hartman said. “But when you come here 11 and 13, one of whom has autism and the approach could be replicated in stables “This project interested me a great deal you don’t feel like your diagnosis. All of is nonverbal. and barns across rural America, where because in this field there’s very little we sudden we’re all the same, all working on “We have two boys who are very active there can be a shortage of organized ser- can offer to early-stage patients and their our own skills.” and require a lot of energy,” Karen said. vices for families coping with dementia. caregivers,” said Gallagher Thompson, a Engaging with a 1,200-pound horse, “These sessions were an opportunity to The Connected Horse Project is the research professor of psychiatry and be- she said, helps people gain confidence really slow down and be present with my brainchild of Paula Hertel and Nancy havioral science at Stanford University and relational skills — being able to share husband and share this experience togeth- Schier Anzelmo, both equestrians who School of Medicine. observations, and recognizing and shower. My biggest message from the horses have worked for decades in the senior “We’re looking for a program that would ing empathy. was that there’s nothing I need to do, no- services industry. really offer something to people in these “It can help give people the confidence body I need to take care of — they’re all The two have enlisted Stanford re- early stages. They’re often very demoralized, that they can continue to try to do some of fine. My job is to be with them, to love searchers to assess whether a three-week and so are their care partners. They don’t those things they did before this diagno- them, to love myself and to be present.” series of intensive interactions with hors- think they have much to look forward to. sis,” Hertel said. Hertel and Schier Anzelmo said the es could improve measures of depression, “What we’re trying to show here is, ‘No, “Howard,” who was diagnosed with timing of the next cohort of the Con- stress, quality of sleep and perceived so- you can have a good quality of life.’ That’s Alzheimer’s two years ago at age 50, par- nected Horse Project depends on funding. cial support among patients and caregiv- the focus of dementia care — improving ticipated with his wife in the fall round of The two have begun an online fundraising ers alike. Results are still being analyzed the quality of life — because we don’t have equine workshops. (The names have been campaign at GoFundMe (gofundme.com/ but Hertel and Schier Anzelmo have ten- a cure.” changed to protect the privacy of the cou- connectedhorse). tatively planned a second round of work- According to 2015 data from the Al- ple and the research study.) “We’re looking for sponsorships,” Schier shops with new participants in 2016. zheimer’s Association, more than 5.3 mil- “I’m not a really big horse guy and I Anzelmo said. “We’re volunteers, doing “As equestrians, we know there’s a very lion Americans have a diagnosis of demen- carry a little bit of baggage from my youth this because we believe in it so much. If real healing presence about horses,” Schi- tia, and that number is projected to grow by with a horse stepping on my foot ... so I the pilot data shows what we’re hoping in er Anzelmo said. “We hope our project is 40 percent during the next decade. was a little bit scared from that experi- the hypothesis, we’ll be able to do another a way the person with dementia and their For Jacqueline Hartman, a co-founder ence,” he said. “But people including me, study. But it’s brand new, and we’re not care partner can learn coping skills, have and lead instructor at the Stanford Red who aren’t horse people, were able to get sure where it’s going.” Q an outlet for engagement and overcome Barn Leadership Program, “equine-guid- out there and were able to be guide to a Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick can stress, which can help them deal with the ed education” for the dementia population level where we could feel comfortable be emailed at [email protected]. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 15 Living Well JANUARY Calendar of Events

Jan. 1 Jan. 13 Jan 22 Avenidas closed Parkinson’s Support Group Workshop: “Cruise into the Digital 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Call Robin Riddle @ 650- World” Jan. 4 724-6090 for more info. Free. 3-5pm @ Avenidas. Space is limited. Pre- Partner/Spouse Caregiver Support registration required. Call 650-289-5400. Free Group Jan. 14 Every Monday, 11:30am-1pm @ Avenidas. Drop- Avenidas Village Coffee Chat Jan. 25 in, Free. 2pm @ Avenidas. RSVP required. Call 650-289- Presentation: “What’s the Big Deal 5405. about Anti-oxidants” UNA Film Festival: “Iron Ladies of 1:30pm @ Aveindas. Free. Anti-oxidant level Liberia” Presentation: “Home Efficiency screenings beginning at 2pm @ Avenidas. $10/$15 2-3:30pm @ Avenidas. Free. Genie Answers all your Questions about Home Comfort and Energy Jan. 26 Jan. 5 Efficiency” Tuina TRY IT FREE! Dancing From the 2:30-4pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 to Every Tuesday, 10-11am @ Avenidas. Drop-in, Free. Inside Out register. Free. 2:30-4pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for Jan. 27 more info. Jan. 15 Blood Pressure Screening Non-scary Duplicate Bridge 9:30-10:30am @ Senior Friendship Day, 4000 Jan. 6 Every Friday, 1-4pm @ Avenidas, $2/$3. Middlefield Road. Drop-in, Free. Open Chess Day Every Wednesday, 1-5pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free. Bridge Game Jan. 28 Every Friday, 2-4pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, Free. Caregiver 101: “Caregiving and CA Mindfulness Meditation every Wednesday, 2-3pm @ Avenidas. Drop-in, free. Jan. 16 State Legislation: What You Need Avenidas Tech Faire to Know when Hiring Individual or Jan. 7 10am-2pm @Avenidas. Free event open to public Agency Caregivers” Musical Jam Session with tech talks, technology demos, food trucks and 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. RSVP requested. Call 650- (Bring your acoustic instrument or voice), 2-4pm @ hands-on fun! Bring your grandchildren! 289-5400. Free. Avenidas. Drop-in, $2. Jan. 18 Jan. 29 Jan. 8 Avenidas closed Massage appts available TRY IT FREE! LASR Yoga 9:30am-12pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289-5400 for 11:30am-12:30pm @ Avenidas. Call 650-289- Jan. 19 appt. $35/$45 5400 for more info. Rosen Movement Every Tuesday, 11:30am-12:30pm @ Avenidas. Jan. 11 Drop-in, Free. 16mm Film Screening: “A Pocketful of Miracles” Jan. 20 2:30-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free. Better Breathers Club 10:30-11:30am @ Avenidas. Free Jan. 12 Avenidas Walkers Jan. 21 10am – every Tuesday. Call 650-387-5256 for Book Club: “The Storied Life of A.J. trailhead info or to schedule. Free Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin 3-4:30pm @ Avenidas. Free

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Focus It doesn’t have to be overwhelming. SING IN THE NEW YEAR ... The Moldaw Singers, a senior singing You don’t have to do it all alone. group made up of residents of the Moldaw Residences at the Oshman Family JCC, invites the public to its free winter concert with an Nancy and her experienced team international theme. Titled “Around the World in Eight Languages,” the concert will take place Thursday, will assist you from start to ﬁnish. Jan. 7, at the Moldaw Residences, NANCY GOLDCAMP 899 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. The concert will feature solos and Planning Prioritizing Pricing and marketing your home accompaniments by the full chorus Completing the myriad of forms Negotiating offers Seniors Real Estate Specialist as well as instrumental performances Certiﬁed Residential Specialist by a pianist and clarinetist and Managing the escrow process Packing Cleaning opportunities for audience (650) 752-0720 participation. For more details and to Estate Sales Donations www.nancygoldcamp.com RSVP, call 650-433-3629. DRE # 00787851 Finalizing your sale while coordinating with you and your family EFFICIENCY AND COMFORT ... Palo Alto’s “Home Efficiency or advisors to assure a successful outcome Genie” Scott Mellberg will discuss how residents can reduce their energy and water consumption while making their homes more comfortable in a free presentation on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2:30-4 p.m., at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Mellberg will discuss the hows and whys of home energy efficiency, and provide useful tips on how Apartments residents can improve their homes’ performance. Available!

MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS ... Representatives from Stanford Health Care’s Aging Adult Services Program will hold a free, six- session workshop titled “Better Choices, Better Health: Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Program.” The workshops will be on Thursdays, 1-3:30 p.m., from Jan. 21 to Feb. 25 at Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Topics will include techniques to deal with fatigue, pain and isolation; appropriate exercises Our life here for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and endurance; appropriate use of medications; communication techniques; and how to evaluate new treatments. Each Joann and Samuel Meredith, joined in 2014 participant will receive a copy of the companion book, “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions” and an Lifestyle With A audio relaxation CD, “Relaxation for Mind and Body.” Space is limited. Call 650-289-5400 to register. Caregivers are also invited to register VIEW and attend. How would you describe Webster House, Palo Alto’s most appealing senior living community? Items for Senior Focus may be emailed to Palo Alto Weekly With only thirty-seven apartment homes, “intimate’ seems to top the list. And our staff, amenities, Contributing Writer Chris Kenrick at ckenrick@paweekly. services, and menus are pretty remarkable, too. Come by and see why people are talking. To learn com. more, or for your personal visit, please call 650.838.4004.

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Avenidas Tech Faire New generations lab to be announced at tech fair Date: Saturday, Jan. 16 Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Avenidas aims to play matchmaker between seniors, entrepreneurs Where: Avenidas, by Chris Kenrick 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto Cost: Free onnecting older adults to quality of life for older adults. headquarters on Bryant Street, now and skill levels. Info: avenidas.org young entrepreneurs is the “We see it as a matchmaking in the planning stages. A model for The fair will feature robots, Cimpetus behind a new Gen- opportunity,” said Avenidas CEO the space, Andonian said, is the personal transport vehicles, Apple erations Lab to be announced by Amy Andonian. storefront Senior Planet Explora- Watch, Google Cardboard, 3-D Avenidas in the coming month. With the themes of “explore, en- tion Center in Manhattan, which printers, food trucks, hands-on ac- The initiative by the Palo Alto gage and shape,” the Generations hosts free classes, workshops, talks tivities and tech talks. The keynote senior services agency is aimed Lab will meet seniors at whatever and social and cultural events for speaker will be Senior Planet Ex- at helping seniors explore and use level they are ready to interact with New Yorkers 60 and older. ecutive Director Tom Kamber. technology in ways that best work technology, she said. Until the new space is ready, the The event will be at Avenidas, for them as well as aiding entrepre- Ultimately, the lab will find a Generations Lab will take other 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto, from 10 Give blood for life! neurs trying to create technologies home near the main entrance to forms, beginning with a Jan. 16 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more informa- that support independence and Avenidas’s renovated and expanded Tech Faire that is open to all ages tion, go to avenidas.org. bloodcenter.stanford.edu

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Page 18 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com A weekly guide to music, theater, art, culture, books and more, edited by Elizabeth Schwyzer

Suzanne Hanover The year in film The best, the worst and the most memorable movies of 2015 by Peter Canavese n his essay, “The Myth of Sisyphus,” Albert decide which films might justify the expenditure Camus famously analyzed the ancient Greek of her or his valuable time. Having seen a few myth — that of a king brought low by the cru- hundred movies this year, perhaps I can shine a Iel punishment of a perpetually failed task — spotlight on some off-the-radar gems. as a philosophy of absurdism. Though existence “How on earth does one single out 10 films is absurd and futile, Camus concluded, “The from among well over 200?,” you may well ask. struggle itself ... is enough to fill a man’s heart.” The glib but true answer is that I agonize. The Now, I make no claims to royalty, but I can relate process wasn’t made any easier this year by Netflix to the notion of a Sisyphean task when it comes the output of dozens of excellent but few truly to boiling down a year in cinema to a digestible great films. list. Something in the neighborhood of 987 feature Two of the criteria that guide me — above films played in American theaters this year. In the the usual considerations of craftsmanship and San Francisco Bay Area, it’s not uncommon for creativity — are sociological importance and six or more movies to open in a given week. sheer entertainment value. Belly-laughs and From these facts, I draw two conclusions. thrills are not to be discounted, though they First: The task of compiling a top 10 list is were in dishearteningly short supply from Hol-

Our Time Projects Our Time absurd. Even this hard-working Friendly Neigh- lywood dream-makers this year (yes, even “Star borhood Film Critic only managed to see 24 Wars” fell short of sublimity). Easier to come percent of the year’s feature films. Besides, by were films that spoke to our sociopolitical such lists are inherently deeply subjective, with struggles here and abroad—films that helped no accounting for taste. us see, understand, and begin to make sense of Second: Top 10 lists, like weekly movie social catastrophe, political morasses and that reviews, are useful tools to help the consumer greatest mystery of all: our selves. The top 10 films of 2015

Gordon Muehle 10. ‘In Jackson Heights’ 8. ‘Welcome to Me’ Octogenarian documentarian (and top 10 peren- No comedy went for the jugular this year like Shira nial) Frederick Wiseman returns with another of his Piven’s “Welcome to Me.” This satire for the Age of rigorous adventures in community and societal insti- Narcissism made the most of a darkly hilarious script tutions, this time allowing us to be a fly on the walls by first-time-feature-screenwriter Eliot Laurence and and streets of one of America’s most culturally diverse a fearlessly funny performance from the do-no-wrong neighborhoods, where 167 languages are spoken and Kristen Wiig. Though Wiig’s character suffers from hopeful immigrants proliferate. Our three hours spent borderline personality disorder (admittedly dicey ter- with Wiseman in the Jackson Heights neighborhood ritory), Alice’s looking glass is universal to modern of Queens, New York City don’t seek out “if it bleeds, life: the screen as a vehicle for oversharing, spying, it leads” or “sex sells” sensation. This is journalism of obsessing and generally refusing to accept a mere 15

Les Films du Worso a higher order, letting us draw our own conclusions minutes of fame. Reminiscent of classics like “Net- from remarkably unaffected subjects as they work or work” and “Being There,” “Welcome to Me” is the play, establishing footholds or holding fast to the best comedy to answer our cacophonous modern world of of life in a community threatened by corporate-fueled reality TV, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. gentrification and bureaucratic challenges. 7. ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 9. ‘45 Years’ Cary Joji Fukunaga’s searing adaptation of Uzodin- Writer-director Andrew Haigh has a knack for ma Iweala’s novel considers the devastating effects of From the top: Kristen Wiig starred in burrowing under the skin of those who lead lives of war on a people and their homeland and, more specifi- “Welcome to Me,” a darkly hilarious ostensible creature comforts but creeping emotional cally, the phenomenon of child soldiers, seen here in satire for the Age of Narcissism. Cary discomfort. Best known for “gay-themed” projects an unnamed West African country. Fukunaga’s own Joji Fukunaga’s searing film, “Beasts of (the lovely film “Weekend” and the nearly departed dazzling cinematography never feels flashy; rather, it No Nation,” considered the devastating HBO series “Looking”), Haigh here adapts David feels like the essential filmic language to evoke the effects of war through the lens of a child Constantine’s heterosexual-themed short story “In horror of a boy’s journey from son to orphan to condi- soldier. Adam McKay’s dramedy, “The Big Another Country” to examine how a man and wom- tioned instrument of genocidal civil war. Shot through Short,” was one of the smartest and angriest an, poised to celebrate the titular anniversary, are with incisive and heartfelt performances by Idris Elba movies to appear in theaters this year. Fatih forced by one bit of news to reexamine their entire and 14-year-old Abraham Attah, “Beasts” serves as a Akin’s visually ravishing epic, “The Cut,” history together, including the viability of their mar- nightmarish psychological take rather than a literal told the story of an Armenian-genocide riage. Haigh’s typically sensitive direction abets per- political one, and as such stands out as one of the most survivor traversing the globe in search of his formances of heartbreaking personal and relational potent, most purely cinematic films of the year. daughters. “Timbuktu” examined life gone frailty from Charlotte Rampling and the unjustly wrong in Mali where Sharia law impacts the neglected Tom Courtenay. (continued on next page) lives of ordinary people. www.PaloAltoOnline.comwww.PaloAltoOnline.com • PaloPalo AltoAlto WeeklyWeekly • JanuaryJanuary 1, 2016 • PPageage 1199 ArtsArts & Entertainment Our Time Projects Our Time CTMG, Inc. CTMG, Amazon Studio Suzanne Hanover/Universal Pictures

“Chi-Raq” constituted Spike Lee’s most creatively fertile and socially immediate narrative feature in years. Movies 3. ‘Cartel Land’ (continued from previous page) Matthew Heineman’s documentary about the war on drugs introduced us to vigilante groups and their semi-charismatic leaders on either side of the Mexi- 6. ‘The Big Short’ can border while laying bare the pernicious influ- Easily one of the smartest and angriest movies to ence of the Mexican cartels and their witting and un- appear in cineplexes this year, Adam McKay’s take witting sponsorship by limbs of the U.S. government. on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book, “The Big Short: Tim “Nailer” Foley of the Arizona Border Recon and Inside the Doomsday Machine,” wielded star power Dr José Mireles of the Autodefensas make fascinat- and the backing of a major studio (Paramount) to ing anti-heroes, and the film’s jaw-dropping footage good effect. The film made comprehensible to the and elegant construction give maximum impact to average moviegoer what Bernie Sanders calls the the madness of the drug war. “rigged economy”: the conditions that allowed the

Open Road Films previous decade’s housing and credit crisis and that maddeningly persist today. The film’s Master-of- 2. ‘Democrats’ the-Universe anti-heroic outliers (Brad Pitt, Chris- Danish documentarian Camilla Nielsson had the tian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, et al) thrive smarts and chutzpah to win amazing access to the by virtue of their superior education, their intellects drafting of and referendum around Zimbabwe’s new and a bit of luck. Yet as they and we watch corpora- constitution (from 2010-2013) under the ongoing tions and big banks somehow win the game, that old rule of strongman Robert Mugabe. This document sinking feeling returns with a vengeance. of historical sausage in the making vividly charac- terizes the men behind the pens — Mugabe’s man Paul Mangwana and opposition party representative 5. ‘The Cut’ Douglas Mwonzora — especially in how the conten- This year, the world woke up to the “European tious and corrupted process eventually brought out refugee crisis”: according to the UN Refugee Agen- surprising mutual respect. cy, the number of forcibly displaced people worldwide reached 59.5 million by the end of 2014. But German director (of Turkish descent) Fatih Akin

Lucasfilm And the best film of 2015 goes to: walked ahead of this cultural curve with his aston- ishing and visually ravishing epic of an Armenian- genocide survivor (Tahar Rahim of “A Prophet”) 1. ‘Chi-Raq’ traversing the globe in search of his daughters. The right film at the right time, Spike Lee’s latest Beginning in 1915, the story takes us from the Ot- is his most creatively fertile and socially immedi- toman Empire (modern-day Turkey) to Lebanon, ate narrative feature in years. A grabber from its From the top: Matthew Heineman’s Cuba and the United States as one man meets seem- opening sequence, a lyric video for Nick Cannon’s documentary, “Cartel Land,” laid bare ingly endless despair — and the cruelties of natural gut-punching “Pray 4 My City” (complete with a the pernicious influence of Mexican drug and man-made borders — with unquenchable hope U.S. map graphic composed of assault weapons), cartels. The story of a runaway robot, sci- and love. Lee’s film reformats Aristophanes’ classical com- fi actioner “Chappie” fell short of being edy, “Lysistrata” — of women withholding sex to bearable. In cliché-ridden “The Boy Next force a truce — as a hopeful wail for our modern Door,” teen Noah (Ryan Guzman), went 4. ‘Timbuktu’ urban war zones. Lee and co-scripter Kevin Will- psycho when rejected by suburban mom This poetic French-Mauritanian drama from Ab- mott audaciously employ verse dialogue for their Claire (Jennifer Lopez). No film of 2015 was derrahmane Sissako (“Bamako”) won a nomination combination of boisterous take-no-prisoners satire more blithely offensive than “Little Boy,” earlier this year for Best Foreign Language Film. In and poignant elegy for fallen African-Americans of a faith-based movie set in WWII. Harrison its subtle treatment of life gone wrong — in Mali yesterday, today and tomorrow, twinning a chant of Ford returned as Han Solo in “Star Wars: circa 2012 — the specific (the erstwhile jihadist “No Peace! No Piece!” with Lee’s career-long motto, The Force Awakens.” takeover by Ansar Dine) speaks to the general crisis “Wake Up!” of fundamentalism and the pernicious effects of social impositions like Sharia law on ordinary people like cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino) Runners-up and his loving family. Rapturous photography com- “Horse Money,” “The Assassin,” “Queen of pliments Sissako’s wedding of the literal and the Earth,” “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” “Son symbolic as he observes resistance under occupation of Saul,” “Girlhood,” “Spotlight,” “What We Do in and irreversible tragedies of personal and cultural the Shadows,” “The Duke of Burgundy” and “Mr. destruction. Holmes.”

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Llosa’s obfuscatory mismanagement of symbolism, The bottom five films of 2015 tone, and dialogue, eyes will roll. GKIDS/Filme de Papel 5. ‘We Are Your Friends’ 2. ‘The Boy Next Door’ This dimwitted DJ drama starring Zac Efron This idiotic cliché parade doesn’t even rise to camp pumps up bad electronic dance music and empty value, despite telling the tale of suburban mom Claire visual flash, and in the process accidentally evokes (Jennifer “Jenny from the Block” Lopez) flinging one of those YouTube ads you skip after five seconds. with teen Noah (Ryan Guzman), who goes psycho Ninty-six minutes of watching Efron and his bros when rejected. While it’s true no one can live without dream of crossing over the Hollywood hills gives J. Lo without risking insanity, this toothless thriller From the top: Michael Shannon played new meaning to life in “the Valley.” couldn’t muster any thrills or even dare make what’s sinister real estate agent Rick Carver in “99 treated like a sexual “transgression” transgressive in Homes.” One of the best documentaries the least (Claire is separated from her husband, and of 2015, “The Look of Silence” told the 4. ‘Chappie’ Noah’s a legal 19). story of an optician confronting the men They don’t come much more annoying than this who killed his brother during the 1960s Neill Blomkamp sci-fi actioner stitched together Indonesian genocide. In the Brazilian from the parts of vastly superior movies (like “Ro- And the worst film of 2015 goes to: animated film, “Boy & the World,” a young bocop” and “Frankenstein”). This story of a runaway boy’s rural life was shattered when his robot might be bearable if you take a drink every father left for the city. time a slaphead yells “Chappie!,” but since that 1. ‘Little Boy’ would send an inordinate number of readers to the Though its official synopsis calls the film “an in- hospital, I’ll just advise you stay away completely. stant cinematic classic,” I disrespectfully disagree. No film this year was more blithely offensive than this faith-based one in its implication that Fat Man 3. ‘Aloft’ and Little Boy, the bombs that decimated Nagasaki This very serious, very dull adult drama from Pe- and Hiroshima, are (perhaps literally) the answers ruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa wastes the time of to a seven-year-old boy’s prayers to bring his fa- actors Cillian Murphy and Jennifer Connolly, along ther home from WWII. Watching this film wrestle with any indie-film fans unfortunate enough to give with its racial politics and confused theology is like it a whirl. Two hours feel like two years, and given watching a cat try to escape from a pile of yarn. SEE MORE ONLINE www.PaloAltoOnline.com

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A TdT raditiond since 191977 97777 by Mimm Patterson 3. Choose attainable goals. For example, rather than tarting today, the setting the goal of eating first day of the a strictly plant-based diet, new year, 32 per- choose to begin meals with S a large salad. Instead of de- cent of us will endeavor ciding to run a marathon, to eat a healthier diet, ac- set the intention to walk more. cording to global survey 4. Change “I should” to “I website Nielson. Another want to.” When the resolu- 37 percent will vow to ex- tions we set are thought of as something we aught to ercise more. do rather than something Whether it takes a few weeks we choose to do, we push or a few months, however, re- back. We don’t like being solve often falters. What hap- told what to do. pens to the promises we make All of this sounds wise. But

to ourselves — the promises to FitzloffScott how do we get started? lose weight, run a marathon or Top: Steven Rice, a personal Anna Rakoczy the co-founder to cut back on the pinot noir? trainer, demonstrates how to do and CEO of Homemade, be- They’re easily lost to a busy an arm curl using a kettlebell. lieves changing our relation- life, lack of commitment and Photo by Vereonica Weber. ship with food can help us make Now Open! the lure of temptation. We’ve healthier food choices. Above: According to Anna all been there. Is there any way Rakoczy, the co-founder of “Dieting is not the solution to get resolutions to stick? Menlo Park-based company and never was,” said Rakoczy, “Fantastic pancakes, and their crab cake “Successful change starts Homemade, cooking and whose Menlo Park-based com- with making sure you are eating fresh meals is the key to pany offers cooking classes that benedicts is a must try!” choosing the right goals, con- sustainable weight loss and a use nutritious, seasonal produce. —“Bill’s Cafe Yelp review,” Quyerina T. necting to and feeding your healthy lifestyle. “The answer is to love and re- deepest motivations to achieve connect with your food.” them, and not sabotaging your- That process, Rakoczy be- 0LGGOH¿HOG5GPalo Alto self, either before you begin or lieves, begins with home cook- along the way,” said Linda Fur- She offered tips for supporting ing using simple, fresh and 650.665.7941 ness, a Palo Alto-based execu- personal transformation: tips healthy local ingredients. Open Everyday: 7am - 3pm tive coach at Next Step Partners that are applicable to any New “Food needs to be full of nutri- who works with corporate lead- Year’s Resolution, from eating ents,” Rakoczy explained during Check out our website for other locations ers at companies from Google healthy to exercising more: a recent interview. “What could to Bain Capital. Furness said 1. Connect to what is driving be simpler than telling someone, she instructs clients to respect your goal. Why do you want ‘Just use whole ingredients, and the complexity of the human this? Why is it important? listen to your hunger?’ We are www.BillsCafe.com psyche and to remember that 2. Envision success. What inspired by thinking about how behavioral change is not linear. does it look and feel like? we can help a busy person who Page 22 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Eating Out Now Open wants to cook and eat healthy personal trainer who works with increases our appetite and food food within 15-20 minutes. If it’s clients in Palo Alto’s parks, of- cravings — just the thing we on California Ave. complicated, it’s just not practi- fers simple advice for improving need to avoid when keeping a cal for real life.” fitness. New Year’s resolution. Rakoczy backs her beliefs “Move,” he said. “Move in It’s day one of the new year. up with science. According to every way. Walk, dance, swim. With Furness’ advice, we’ve “Bonne cuisine et bon vin, Homemade’s website, “research Stand instead of sit. Take up a created attainable goals. Ra- c’est le paradis sur terre” from Harvard and Johns Hop- sport.” koczy has us cooking, Rice has kins Schools of Public Health Developing strength is impor- us moving and Green has us en- (Henry IV) confirm what we already know tant, too, he said. joying the California sunshine. in our hearts: Cooking and eat- “It not only helps with weight But what happens in 30 days? Or ing fresh meals at home is the loss — strength training helps 60? When resolve fades, when key to sustainable weight loss you keep muscle while you lose work intervenes and suddenly it and a healthy lifestyle. Home fat. The result is not only much seems there’s no time to walk to cooking is the only way to re- more healthful; your appearance the yoga studio in the morning ally control what goes into your will be better, too.” or prepare a fast evening meal, body, from the quality of ingre- Like Rakoczy, Rice empha- what do we do? dients to portion sizes.” sizes the importance of choosing That’s when we remember one Home-cooked meals don’t a new routine you actually like: final resolution. have to be complicated, and “Do what you enjoy so you’ll Dr. Fred Luskin, senior con- they don’t have to take too stick with it.” sultant in Health Promotion at much time, especially with the If Dr. Rebecca Green from Stanford University and director help of a slow-cooker or Crock Peninsula Integrative Medicine of the Stanford Forgiveness Proj- Pot. Look for recipes featur- in Palo Alto has anything to do ect, made this suggestion: “If ing beans, grains, legumes and with it, we’ll do our exercise out- you want to make a resolution, plenty of vegetables, with a bit of side. Green’s mission is to blend choose to be kinder to yourself lean protein for the omnivores. If conventional medicine with ev- and to the people around you. a slow-cooker isn’t your speed, idence-based natural remedies When there’s a choice to be kind, try planning ahead and keeping and lifestyle strategies to return choose that.” meals to five fresh ingredients. the body to balance. Our goals of health and well- One suggestion from Homemade “Getting into nature, even if ness are wonderful and worthy is to sautée bell pepper, onion, it’s a city park or your backyard, aspirations. But when we don’t rosemary, sausage and sweet can have a great impact on stress have time to cook or motivation potatoes. reduction,” she said. “Natural temporarily slips, it’s time to put “People think ‘eating healthy’ light is much stronger, even in our lives — and our resolutions is lettuce and broccoli,” Rakoczy the shade, than the light we’re — in perspective. Q said. “I love to show people you exposed to in offices.” can have nuts, pasta and meat.” And happiness counts. Ac- Freelance writer Mimm 415 California Ave., Palo Alto • 650.561.3577 Right alongside our healthy cording to the U.S. News & Patterson can be emailed at www.labohemepaloalto.com eating goals are resolutions to World Report, when we’re [email protected]. Editorial be more active in the new year. happy, we’re more likely to Intern Chrissi Angeles Hours: Tues - Sat: 11am – 2:30pm, 5:00pm – 9:30pm Steven Rice, an independent make wise food choices. Stress contributed to this story.

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Moore ...... 300 Anthony Cadena ...... 50 Bjorn & Michele Liencres ...... 1,000 Nadja Breitenstein ...... 25 Hugh MacMillan ...... 500 Charles Bennett Leib...... 100 Richard Ellson ...... 100 Lee Sendelbeck ...... * John Miaulllis ...... 25 Peter Stern ...... 250 Kathy Morris ...... * Anne Houghteling ...... 100 Andrea Smith ...... 100 Gaspard Van Koningsveld ...... 25 Elizabeth Tromovitch...... 100 Bertha Kalson ...... * Ronold Morita ...... 100 Ann Reisenauer ...... 100 Corey Doermann ...... 25 Merrill & Lee Newman ...... * Betty Meltzer ...... * Barbara & Skip Shapiro ...... * Dena Goldberg ...... 500 Peter Wang ...... 25 Mary Lorey ...... * Mary Floyd...... * Morton Maser ...... 125 Michell Rosen ...... 50 Jan Bridgham ...... 25 Elizabeth Salzer & Richard Bob Donald ...... * Jean Doble...... * Ed & Linda Selden ...... 200 Judi Lachenmyer ...... 25 Baumgartner ...... * Ledger Free & Jerry Spielman ...... * Ellen Krasnow ...... 250 Janice Bohman & Eric Keller ...... 250 Laurie Winslow ...... 25 Roy & Carol Blitzer ...... * Zoe Allen & David Sager ...... 100 Charles Katz ...... 500 Mary Lemmon ...... 10,000 Sally Maynard ...... 25 Bruce Campbell ...... 2,000 Dr. John Plummer Stewart ...... * Weil Family ...... 250 Bob & Edie Kirkwood ...... 500 Melissa Morwood ...... 25 John & Lynn Wiese ...... 100 Florence Kan Ho ...... * Lynnie & Joe Melena ...... * Larry Breed ...... 100 John Myers ...... 25 Susan & Doug Woodman ...... * Nate Rosenberg ...... 100 Barbara Allen ...... 100 Judy & Lee Shulman ...... * Don Kenyon ...... 25 Tony & Carolyn Tucher ...... * Carol Berkowitz ...... * Charles & Barbara Stevens ...... * Lani Freeman and Yumi Ando ...... 25 Marlene & Joe Prendergast ...... 100 Jean Law ...... 200 Judy Ousterhout ...... * Stephen Monismith ...... * Elizabeth Cowie ...... 25 Carol Kersten & Boyd Paulson, Jr...... * Matt Glickman & Susie Hwang ...500 Constance Crawford ...... 750 Joseph Schertler ...... 25 Markus Aschwanden ...... 200 Aaron O’Neill ...... * Sally Hewlett...... 2,000 Eleanor Settle ...... * Kathy McKennan ...... 25 Page & Ferrell Sanders ...... 100 Robert Raymakers & Bonnie Packer ...... 100 Guy & Janet DiJulio ...... * Nancy Moss ...... * Sabine Kabel-Eckes ...... 25 Norman & Nancy Rossen ...... 200 Leo Breidenbach ...... * Paul & Maureen Roskoph ...... 100 Mike & Ellen Turbow ...... 250 Karen Zak ...... 25 Suzanne Bell ...... 100 Thomas & Louise Phinney ...... 200 Harriet & Gerald Berner ...... 300 David & Lynn Mitchell ...... 300 Elizabeth Petit ...... 25 John & Lee Pierce ...... 250 David Zlotnick, MD ...... * Diane & Harry Greenberg ...... 500 Marcia & Michael Katz...... * Christine Gandel ...... 25 Irene Schwartz ...... * Frank & Jean Crist ...... 100 Dan & Lynne Russell ...... * Mike & Lennie Roberts ...... 150 Thompson Gawley ...... 25 Sally & Craig Nordlund ...... 500 Elliot W. Eisner ...... * Marc & Margaret Cohen ...... 100 John & Florine Galen ...... * Nancy & Richard Alexander ..... 1,000 Robert & Joan Jack ...... 250 Al & Kay Nelson ...... * John Tang ...... * Micki & Bob Cardelli ...... * Betty Gerard ...... 100 Ruth Hammett ...... 500 Jack Sutorius...... 300 Joanne Koltnow ...... 300 Felecia Levy ...... 150 John & Mary Schaefer ...... 100 Irene Beardsley & Dan Bloomberg ... * In Honor Of Kathleen & Tony Hughes ...... 500 Veronica Tincher ...... 100 Amy Renalds ...... * Nancy & Joe Huber ...... 100 Alissa’s supporters ...... * George & Ruth Chippendale ...... * Elizabeth Kok ...... * Steve & Mary Chapel ...... * Mike & Cathie Foster ...... 500 Maverick Maurice Levy ...... * Marilyn Slater ...... * Lawrence Yang & Jennifer Kuan ..1,000 Ron Wolf ...... 100 Linda & Steve Boxer ...... * Nancy & John Cassidy ...... * Claire & Ed Lauing ...... 250 Sue Kemp ...... 250 Eileen Brennan ...... 300 George Cator ...... 100 Jill Caddes ...... 100 Cathy & John Fisher ...... 75 Charles & Jean Thompson ...... * Stephanie Martinson ...... * Lijun & Jia-Ning Xiang...... 300 Scott Caddes ...... 100 Glenn & Lorna Affleck ...... 100 Luca & Mary Cafiero ...... * Richard Mazze ...... 150 Charles Bonini ...... 100 Polly Caddes ...... 100 In Memory Of Fran Codispoti & Ken Schroeder .. 500 Keith & Linda Clarke ...... 200 Penny & Greg Gallo Family ...... 500 Drew McCalley & Marilyn Green ..100 Hayley Caddes ...... 100 Maria Serpa ...... 25 David & Diane Feldman ...... 1,000 Helen Feinberg ...... 5,000 Annette Glanckopf ...... * Jake Caddes ...... 100 Don & Marie Snow ...... 100 Ellmann Family ...... 50 Bonnie Berg ...... 150 Garrett Caddes ...... 100 Mr. & Mrs. John McLaughlin ...... 100 Denise Savoie & Darrell Duffie ...... * Lorraine Macchello ...... 100 Ted Linden ...... 200 Rachel Feinstein ...... 250 Bill Reller ...... * Thomas Rindfleisch ...... * Carol & Mahlon Hubenthal ...... * Leonard Ely ...... 250 Maryilyn Sutorius ...... 300 Lodato Family ...... 500 Cynthia Costell ...... 100 Tony & Judy Kramer ...... * In Honor Of As a Gift For Anne & Don Vermeil ...... * Kieschnick Family ...... * Betsy & George Young ...... * Susan & Carl Thomsen ...... 100 Sallie Tasto ...... 125 Beth & Peter Rosenthal ...... 300 Stauffer Family ...... 500 Stuart & Carol Hansen ...... 50 Barnea-Smith Family ...... * Sandy Sloan ...... 125 Carolyn Brennan ...... * Nancy Steege ...... 100 Debby Roth ...... 100 Terry Shuchat’s birthday ...... * Mark Zuanich ...... 150 Linda & Ed DeMeo ...... 150 Shiela Johansson ...... 100 Leif & Sharon Erickson ...... 250 Syrian refugees ...... * Diane & Stephen Ciesinski ...... 500 Diane Doolittle ...... * Jim & Nancy Baer ...... * Organizations As a Gift For Judith Appleby ...... 200 Caroline Hicks & Bert Fingerhut ... 250 Dorothy Saxe ...... * Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk ...... 30,789 Roy Blitzer ...... * Virginia Fehrenbacher ...... 100 Karen & Steve Ross ...... * Hal & Carol Louchheim ...... 400 Sponsors of Moonlight Run: Organizations Margaret & Les Fisher ...... 200 Helene Pier ...... * Eve & John Melton ...... 500 Palo Alto Medical Foundation ...7,500 Carl King/Mayfield Mortgage ...... * Judith & Hans Steiner ...... * Robyn Crumly ...... * Michael & Ruth Lowy ...... 50 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Ted & Ginny Chu ...... * Vic & Norma Hesterman ...... * Maureen Martin ...... * & Rosati Foundation ...... 5,000 deLemos PropertiesPreviously ...... 200 Don & Dee Price ...... 40 Don & Bonnie Miller ...... 100 Chris & Beth Martin ...... * Published Donors Stanford Federal Credit Union5,000 Ron Wolf ...... 100 Don & Adele Langendorf ...... 200 Joan Norton ...... * Pacific Union ...... 5,000 Annette Isaacson ...... 100 Rathmann Family ...... * Jerry & Linda Elkind ...... * Arna & Hersh Shefrin ...... * Palantir ...... 5,000 Arden King ...... * Ken & Michele Dauber ...... 500 Ann & Don Rothblatt ...... * Brigid Barton ...... 500 Whole Foods ...... 5,000 Hoda Epstein ...... * Amanda Steckler ...... 500 Al & Joanne Russell ...... 300 John & Barbara Pavkovich ...... * Lakin Spears ...... 2,000 Dennis Kreiss ...... 50 Steve Eglash ...... 500 Patricia Levin ...... 100 Ken Bencala & Sally O’Neil ...... 100 Employees of Ladera Travel ...... 280 Diane & Brandy Sikic...... 250 Teresa Godfrey ...... 250 Sallie & Jay Whaley ...... * Kinsley Jack ...... 250 deLemos Properties ...... 200 Colleen Anderson ...... 250 Sonya Bradski ...... 100 Cathy & Howard Kroymann ...... 250 In Memory Of Harrell Remodeling ...... * Debra Satz ...... 150 Cora Schmid ...... 100 Dennis Clark ...... 100 Dick Rosenbaum...... 200 Alta Mesa Cemetery John DeVries ...... 2,000 Duane Bay ...... 100 Solon Finkelstein ...... 150 Emmanuel & Lucie Rudd ...... 100 & Funeral Home ...... 1,750 Dorsey & Katherine Bass ...... 500 Sarah Longstreth ...... 100 Barbara Millin ...... 300 Dad, Mom and Louie ...... * Palo Alto Business Park ...... * John & Nancy Cassidy ...... 1,000 Anna Sedello ...... 100 Gwen Luce & Family ...... * Marilyn Tabb ...... * Good Bear and Co. Steve & Gayle Brugler ...... 1,000 Sarah Holt ...... 50 Ellen & Tom Ehrlich ...... 300 Ludwig Tannenwald ...... * Charitable Fund ...... 5,000 Richard Johnsson ...... 7,000 Loren Gordon ...... 50 Scott Wong ...... 200 Ando & Barbara MacDonell ...... 100 Attorney Susan Dondershine ...... 200 Phil Hanawalt & Graciela Spivak ..500 Zack Steinkamp ...... 50 Marc Berman ...... 100 Letty Bird ...... * Bleibler Properties ...... 500 Susan & Harry Dennis ...... 50 Jennifer Carrico ...... 50 Susan Pines...... 100 Bob Markevitch ...... * Bank of the West ...... 1,000 www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 25 Movies MOVIE TIMES All showtimes are for Friday to Sunday only unless otherwise noted. The following is a sampling of movies stays true to the franchise’s universe In the Heart of the Sea 000 For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. recently reviewed in the Weekly: while establishing new characters Former cabin boy Thomas Nickerson Movie times are subject to change. Call theaters for the latest. (Brendan Gleeson) recalls the horrors Star Wars: The Force Awakens capable of winning young hearts. The 000 of the whaling vessel Essex to Herman Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (PG) If you like “Star Wars” at all, you need to big innovation is to focus the story on a young woman, Rey (Daisy Ridley), who’s Melville in the fact-based drama, “In Century 16: 9:15 & 11:55 a.m., 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m. see J.J. Abrams’ 30-years-later sequel, Century 20: 9:50 a.m., 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:30 & 10 p.m. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which comfortable behind a blaster and the the Heart of the Sea.” Ron Howard’s controls of the Millennium Falcon. If Rey is film mostly unfolds aboard the Essex, The Big Short (R) +++1/2 Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 1:20, 2:45, 4:25, 7:30, the new Luke, pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar circa 1820. First Mate Owen Chase 9:15 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 9:50 & 11:35 a.m., 1:05, 2:45, 4:05, 5:50, 7:15, Isaac) and new recruit Finn (John Boyega) (Chris Hemsworth) smolders after 8:50 & 10:25 p.m. are the new Han, super-cute BB-8 is the his promised captainship goes to Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2 Palo Alto Square: 4 & 7 p.m. new droid and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) is inexperienced corporate scion George Century Theatres at Palo Alto Square Carol (R) Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. the new Darth Vader — with a twist. We Pollard Jr. (Benjamin Walker). Desperate also get ample screen time from Solo for a successful oil haul, the crew Concussion (PG-13) Century 16: 11:10 a.m., 2:10, 5:05, 8 & 10:55 p.m. Friday & Saturday 1/1 & 1/2 (Harrison Ford) who still has chemistry chases a pod of whales in the South Century 20: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 4:45, 7:45 & 10:45 p.m. Carol – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 with Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), plus Pacific, despite warnings of a “demon” Creed (PG-13) +++ Century 20: 10:10 a.m., 1:20, 4:20, 7:25 & 10:30 p.m. Brooklyn – 4:00, 7:00 General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), among them. There, they encounter Daddy’s Home (PG-13) Century 16: 9 & 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:45 p.m. Spotlight – 1:00, 9:45 C-3PO and R2-D2. Ford’s the best thing the rumored great whale, and business Century 20: 9:55 a.m., 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 8 & 10:35 p.m. about “TFA” and nails all the best lines, concerns turn to a struggle for survival. Sun thru Thurs 1/3 – 1/7 while the new cast performs admirably. The action is more visceral than The Danish Girl (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:15, 4, 4:45, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m. Carol – 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 The story can be obvious, and visual comprehensible, but the well-suited cast Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 & 10:10 p.m. Brooklyn – 4:00, 7:00 effects and production design remain performs admirably. Rated PG-13 for The Good Dinosaur (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:05 & 11:35 a.m., 2:05 & 4:40 Spotlight – 1:00 the franchise’s most convincing claims intense sequences of action and peril, p.m. Century 20: 11:05 a.m., 1:50, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:35 p.m. to artistry. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action brief startling violence and thematic The Hateful Eight (R) Century 16: 11:15 a.m., 3:10, 7 & 10:45 p.m. violence. Two hours, 15 minutes. — P.C. material. Two hours, 1 minute. — P.C. Century 20: 11 a.m., 2:50, 6:45 & 10:25 p.m. Tickets and Showtimes available at cinemark.com (Reviewed Dec. 18, 2015) (Reviewed Dec. 11, 2015) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:30 a.m., 12:40, 3:50, 7:10 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m., 3:30, 6:50 & 10:05 p.m. Joy (PG-13) ++1/2 Century 16: 9:55 & 11:25 a.m., 12:55, 4, 6:05, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:25 a.m., 12:45, 1:35, 4:35, 6:25, 7:40 & 10:40 p.m. National Theatre Live: Jane Eyre (Not Rated) Aquarius Theatre: Sun 11 a.m. Point Break (PG-13) Century 16: 1:15 & 7:35 p.m. In 3-D at 10:10 a.m., 4:15 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 1:30 & 7:20 p.m. In 3-D at 10:30 a.m., 4:30 & 10:20 p.m. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1957) (R) Guild Theatre: Sat 11:59 p.m. Sisters (R) Century 16: 10:15 a.m., 1:05, 3:55, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10 & 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 3:40, 5, 7:50, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m. Spectre (PG-13) Century 16: 7:15 & 10:40 p.m. Spotlight (R) +++1/2 Palo Alto Square: 1 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:45 p.m. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 9 & 10:20 a.m., 12:20, 3:40, 7 & 10:20 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:40, 8:20 & 11:40 p.m., Sun 8:40 p.m. In 3-D at 9:40, 11 & 11:40 a.m., 1, 2:20, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 6:20, 7:40, 9, 9:40 & 11 p.m., Fri & Sat 5 p.m. & 12:20 a.m., Sun 2 & 5:20 p.m. Century 20: 10:40 a.m., 12:20, 1:25, 2, 3:40, 4:45, 5:20, 6:30, 7, 8:10, 8:40 & 10:20 p.m. In 3-D at 10:05, 11:15 & 11:50 a.m., 2:35, 3:10, 5:55, 9:15 & 9:50 p.m. In X-D 3-D at 9:45 a.m., 12:50, 4:15, 7:35 & 10:50 p.m. In D-BOX at 12:20, 3:40, 7 & 10:20 p.m. In 3-D D-BOX at 11:15 a.m., 2:35, 5:55 & 9:15 p.m. Trumbo (R) +++ Aquarius Theatre: 7:30 & 10:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 1:45 p.m. Youth (R) +1/2 Guild Theatre: 1, 4, 7 & 9:40 p.m. + Skip it ++ Some redeeming qualities +++ A good bet ++++ Outstanding Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) "&&# &# &$&& & Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (800-326-3264) & & &"&!$&$!&!# "&""& &#"%& Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City &"&& &"%#&"& (800-326-3264) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: " !" #& & & 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-0128) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) ON THE WEB: Additional movie reviews and trailers at PaloAltoOnline.com/movies

PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL AND STANDING COMMITTEE

CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp

AGENDA–REGULAR MEETING–COUNCIL CHAMBERS JANUARY 4, 2016, 2015 6:00 PM

Special Orders of the Day 1. Election of the 2016 Mayor 2. Election of the 2016 Vice Mayor 3. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation for Outstanding Public Service to Mayor Karen Holman

Page 26 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Home & Real Estate Home Front VEGGIE DINNER ... Enjoy velvety carrot-ginger soup, polenta cakes, Italian lentil stew, oatmeal snickerdoodles and more at next week’s Monday Night Vegetarian Dinner on Monday, Jan. 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. This week features a New Year Comfort Foods menu prepared by chefs Michael Bauce and Marta Serda. Anyone is welcome to come and dine for $19.98. Guests must register by Monday at 9:30 a.m. Info: 650-599-3320 or yourhealthandjoy.com/dinners

NEIGHBORHOOD STROLL ... Walk through Barron Park and learn about the trees on Saturday, Jan. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon. The tree walk begins at Cornelis Bol Park, near the intersection of Laguna Avenue and Laguna Court. Canopy staff and an expert arborist will lead the free, two-hour walk. Participants will learn about local tree specimens, including how to identify them and A Fresh Look their historical context. In addition, experts will answer questions and share tree selection and care advice. Canopy asks that Creating a beautiful bookcase participants RSVP online before the tree walk. For those interested by Kit Davey but unable to attend this tree walk, Canopy offers self-guided tour ooks do furnish a room,” step process: from the shelves and deciding ings, line up the spines of the information for Barron Park and according to 20th-century weeding out, whether or not to keep it. Set up books. You might have to pull a more than 10 other neighborhoods novelist Anthony Pow- varying stack- a few boxes for sorting and label few smaller books away from the and local sites. Info: canopy.org/ ‘B ell. There’s nothing like ing techniques them “give to library,” “return to back of the shelf, but your books about-trees/canopy-tree-walks a collection of well-loved and adding owner,” “garage sale,” etc. Be ruth- will look more orderly and tidy. books to give your home a cozy accessories. less in sorting! As you pull each Accessorize. The openings be- ALL ABOUT THE BEES ... and comforting feeling. But when Weed out. volume off the shelf, ask yourself tween groupings of books are ide- Learn about beekeeping on your bookcases become a chaotic For true book if you’ve touched it in the past two al for displaying your treasures. Saturday, Jan. 9, 2-4 p.m., at array of binders, loose papers lovers, the years, whether the information is Go on a treasure hunt throughout and outdated textbooks it’s time first step may current and if you’ll honestly ever your home looking for objects Common Ground Garden, 687 Kit Davey Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. The to take action. Why not transform hurt. If your read it again. Set aside binders, that reflect the feel, theme and Homesteading 101 course offers your bookshelf from an over- bookcases are spiral-bound books and loose pa- color scheme of the room. These information for new and avid stuffed eyesore into an integral stuffed, you’ll pers for storage on a closet shelf, or could include teapots, vases, beekeepers, or apiarists. Gwyn part of your decor? need to liberate a quarter to one in an office bookcase. If you must sculpture pieces, musical instru- Murray, who will be teaching third of them to give your shelves keep this printed material handy, ments, boxes, baskets, pottery, the course, has been gardening The three-step process an orderly and pleasing look. If buy attractive storage boxes that framed art or photographs. and beekeeping for many years When you have a lot of books, you can’t bear to let a single tome you can place back on the shelf. When selecting and placing and looks forward to sharing her and you can’t bear to let any of go, you’ll need to buy or scrounge Vary your stacking. Once your accessories, keep a few knowledge. She will cover basic them go, you’re in a bind (so to up another bookcase to handle the you’ve narrowed your collection guidelines in mine: bee biology, hive anatomy, hive speak). But you can keep your overflow from this process. (Hang down to books you want to keep, • Don’t clutter up the space with behavior and more. Tickets can be books and present them attrac- on! In my next column, I’ll share it’s time to restack them on the too many or meaningless chatch- purchased online and range from tively, if you’re willing to com- alternative places to store and dis- shelves. As you are re-positioning kas. A few truly beautiful objects $30 to $50. Info: eventbrite.com/e/ promise. Creating a designer-like play your books.) the volumes, leave openings be- that have meaning for you will homesteading-101-beekeeping- display of your books is a three- You’ll be removing every book tween groups of books. The open- have more impact. tickets-18062221591 ings make the bookcase less over- • Keep collections together. powering and may also be used to • Use the back of the bookcase; SANDBAG ASSISTANCE ... display accessories. Select three hang a mask, plate, fan, or framed Participate in the City of Palo Alto’s or four arrangements and repeat piece of art. sandbag installation adviser pilot them, standing back occasionally • Group things in odd configu- program, which aims to educate to judge the overall balance of the rations and keep the tallest item residents on sandbag placement groupings. Try alternating several towards the rear. Q around homes. Residents can of these stacking techniques: Kit Davey, Allied Member contact the Public Works/Public • Fill a shelf two-thirds full and A.S.I.D., is a Redwood City- Services Division at 650-496-6974 leave “airholes” on either side. based interior designer who to schedule an appointment or • Place a graduated stack of redecorates using what you learn more about the program. books in the center with books already own. Email her at Adviser appointments will be lined up on either side. [email protected], call her available until Sunday, Jan. 10. • Fill the shelf two-thirds full at 650-367-7370 or visit her and use a flat stack of books as a website, afreshlook.net. Send notices of news and events book end. related to real estate, interior design, • Fill a complete row with READ MORE ONLINE home improvement and gardening to PaloAltoOnline.com Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box books, or leave an entire shelf 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email open to display a collection. For more Home and Real Estate [email protected]. Deadline is Once you have a balanced news, visit PaloAltoOnline.com/ one week before publication. Interior designer Kit Davey’s three-step process can transform a bookcase into an integral part of a room’s decor. placement of books and open- real_estate. www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • January 1, 2016 • Page 27 Zane_WeeklyDec22fin.pdf 1 12/22/15 10:52 AM

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BUILDING PERMITS 152 Ferne Court remodel two 264 Scripps Court installation of a bathrooms, $8,000 gas insert and add an outlet, $n/a Palo Alto 2590 Ross Road furnace replace- 463 Lytton Ave., Apt. C re-roof, 1160 Channing Ave. install Level ment same location, $n/a $4,527 2 Tesla charger and upgrade main 2500 El Camino Real install 36 500 University Ave. revised struc- Your Realtor and You panel from 100 amps to 200 amps solar water collectors on roof and tural beam design for less deflec- Local REALTOR® District Recognizes Members in the same location, $n/a install solar storage tank in me- tion, $n/a 800 High St., Unit #118 expand chanical room, $n/a 382 Curtner Ave. inspect lighting In December, the Silicon Valley Association Members of the 2016 District Council and scope of work to include kitchen 3204 Greer Road swap plumbing transformers and wiring before of REALTORS® (SILVAR) Palo Alto District the committees they will chair this year are remodel, replace counters and in new restroom, $n/a they are covered with a clear plas- celebrated the holidays and this year’s ac- Amy Sung, District Chair and LGR; Robert cabinet tops, $n/a 2083 and 2087 El Camino Real tic, straightening and reattaching 3500 Deer Creek Road relocate service upgrade to 100 amps for roof vents, repair roof corners, complishments with a special breakfast and Reid, Past Chair; Bob Gerlach, Broker/Man- two sets equipment at 26 lower, each unit, $n/a $1,250 holiday music provided by San Francisco ager; Nicole Aissa, Education; Sara Spang, $24,000 423 Chaucer St. remove/replace 619 Tennyson Ave. spot repair Bay Area handbell musicians Larry and Membership; Jimmy Kang, Affiliate; Kyle 1008 Amarillo Ave. residential water heater, $n/a sewer, $n/a Carla Sue. The REALTOR® annual holiday Else, Tour Policy and Sign Ordinance; and service upgrade from 100 amps to 2108 Bellview Drive remodel, 1447 Byron St. framing change 125 amps in the same location be- includes kitchen relocation, new to one wall and truss calculations breakfast is a great opportunity for members Jeff Beltramo, Anita Gat, Ling Lau, Elizabeth cause of unsafe conditions, $n/a bedroom, dining and family room, deferred submittal, $n/a to celebrate the end of a successful year and Elliott Maulick, Lisa Wittkopf, and Caroline 1117 California Ave. commercial $74,000 755 Page Mill Road, A Morrison & enjoy the holiday season among friends and Wong, Members At-large. sewer line replacement, trench- 941 Webster St., Unit 688 front Foerster: electrical for illuminated colleagues, with good music and food. less, no work in the public row, half of Building 4, Unit 688: re-roof, sign, $n/a Reid also conveyed the district’s gratitude $n/a $6,467 2246 Saint Francis Drive re- 2015 Palo Alto District Chair Robert Reid and and appreciation to this year’s Fall Fling event 274 Tennessee Lane remove two 2600 E. Bayshore Road re-roof, model, includes conversion of District Chair-elect Amy Sung thanked the 60 sponsors: DeLeon Realty, Pacific Union, $43,000 bedroom to entry and associated windows from scope and add members gathered at Avenidas Senior Center for Sereno Group, Coldwell Banker Residen- three skylights, adding shower to 75 Tulip Lane re-roof, $13,545 work, $25,000 bathroom, change beam design in 116 Monroe Drive re-roof and 261 Hamilton Ave., Suite #130 their support all year. They especially thanked tial Brokerage, Alain Pinel Realtors, Keller living room area, change to strong replace gutters, $14,248 electrical for two illuminated signs, the district’s affiliates for sponsoring the month- Williams Realty, Caroline Wolf – Princeton wall, $n/a 120 Park Ave. replace furnace in $n/a ly tour meetings and events during the year. Capital; Robert and Myrna Reid, Keller Wil- 809 Cowper St. remodel of basement and all new ductwork, 875 La Para Ave. re-roof, $12,000 liams Realty; Leanne Burnfield, Fidelity $n/a 3059 Louis Road revise founda- Each year the local REALTOR® district recog- second floor unit: work includes Home Warranty and Disclosure Source. kitchen and bathroom remodel, 2718 Gaspar Court replace fur- tion to shift piers away from the nizes outstanding members for their service Donations in kind were provided by Darrell revise lighting, replace windows, nace, $n/a property line and raise the height and support. This year’s awards went to Sara $20,000 580 Newell Road installation of a of the building by 18 inches, $n/a Monda, TourFactory; Chris Grammar, Al- Spang (Keller Williams Realty), Service of the 150 University Ave. Amber gas insert and add an outlet, $n/a 456 Ferne Ave. dedicated gas line lied Brokers; Robert and Myrna Reid, Keller Year; Joan Chintz, Spirit of the Year; Nancy Dhara: red-tagged gas leak repair, 4059 Wilkie Way new furnace in for firepit, $n/a Williams Realty; and Marcie Wilson, graphic $n/a the attic and eight duct outlets, 229 Hamilton Ave. use and oc- Goldcamp, Service to Community; Larry designer. 437 Webster St. Lytton Gardens: $n/a cupancy and tenant improvement Tringali (Property Inspection Service), Af- re-roof, $7,434 for Pace Gallery, $190,000 electrical service upgrade, relocate 939 Celia Drive filiate of the Year. District Chair Robert Reid Palo Alto District is one of five REALTOR® existing electric meter and new 1063 Embarcadero Road single- 535 Ramona St. temporary ser- vault, $200,000 story addition to single-family vice, includes work changed so (Keller Williams Realty) was named Palo districts belonging to the Silicon Valley As- 1810 Embarcadero Road landlord home and complete remodel, the following will be under a sepa- Alto District’s REALTOR® of the Year. sociation of REALTORS®. The district has a improvement of common area $229,898 rate permit: commercial electric membership of 532 REALTORS® and affili- The 2015 REALTOR® district council members bathroom core on the first floor, 347 Ramona St. omit center of service upgrade, 10 new subpan- ated professionals. $105,000 building footing and omit pad foot- els and the removal of one existing were recognized. The council included Reid, 842 Guinda St. furnace replace- ing from scope of work, change exterior planter, $11,500 District Chair; Jeff Beltramo, Past Chair *** ment in the same location, $n/a footings from T-footing to L-footing 1270 Lincoln Ave. install tankless and RSVP; Amy Sung, Chair-elect and LGR 180 Walter Hays Drive remodel and new helical piers, $n/a water heater in closet, $n/a three bathrooms within the exist- 1063 Embarcadero Road tempo- 900 Varian Way add AC split sys- (Local Government Relations); Sara Spang, Information provided in this column is ing footprint, $18,117 rary power, $n/a tem dedicated circuit, $n/a Education; Jane Volpe, Membership; Larry presented by the Silicon Valley Association of 941 Webster St., Unit 680 front 920 Hamilton Ave. garage re-roof, 1050 Page Mill Road tenant Tringali, Affiliate; and Joan Chintz, Social REALTORS®. Send questions to Rose Meily at half of Building 4, Unit 680: re-roof, remove existing canopy and re- improvement for existing tenant, Events. [email protected]. $6,467 place with open pergola attached Machine Zone, on the first floor, 3672 Evergreen Drive copper to garage, $30,000 consists of new partitions for con- re-pipe of first floor and in crawl 1856 Ash St. condo kitchen reference rooms and storage rooms, space, $n/a model, $9,000 $180,445 477 Everett Ave. garage re-roof, 1850 Fulton St. install Level 2 954 Roble Ridge residential $4,270 EVSE on side garage, $n/a EVSE: NEMA 14-50, $n/a

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County on December 11, 2015. 54 Forever, in poetry 4 homes on 30 acres Sunnyvale, CA 94086 This statement was filed with the 67 The “sun” in “sunny side up” (PAW Dec. 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 15, 2016) 68 Beat the heck out of 55 Like a medieval dungeon Vacation where you live in Nevada City!! Registrant/Owner began transacting County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara 57 ___ G. Biv Looks like Disneyland with rock walls, business under the fictitious business County on December 14, 2015. 69 Utter manicured gardens, private lake, name(s) listed above on N/A. (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) 997 All Other Legals 58 Genre for Fall Out Boy HUGE outdoor entertaining area This statement was filed with the 1025 TERRA BELLA ASSOCIATES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER Down 59 “Pinocchio” keepsake and even its own mining museum!! County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT ESTATE OF: JUDITH ANN DeMARCO aka JUDITH A. 1 Served like some green tomatoes 60 Buckingham Palace letters 15 car garages for all your toys!! County on December 2, 2015. File No.: 611832 Priced to sell only $2M!! Seller financing. (PAW Dec. 11, 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 2016) The following person (persons) is (are) DeMARCO 2 Leave alone 61 Commotion Case No.: 1-15-PR-177677 Call Edie 530-913-0150 cell MARINUS CONSULTING, LLC doing business as: 62 President pro ___ To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, 3 Lhasa ___ (Tibetan dogs) GOURMET SPECIALITIES, LLC 1025 Terra Bella Associates, located at contingent creditors, and persons who 63 Puppy sound 850 Acreage/Lots/ FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100, Palo may otherwise be interested in the File No.: 611093 Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County. Storage will or estate, or both, of JUDITH ANN The following person (persons) is (are) This business is owned by: A Limited This week’s SUDOKU DeMARCO aka JUDITH A. DeMARCO. Great Opportunity doing business as: Liability Company. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Earn 18% in 18 mos. $35K interest paid 1.) Marinus Consulting, LLC, 2.) Gourmet The name and residence address of the MICHAEL J. DeMARCO in the Superior in advance. $225K 1st mortgage sought Specialities, LLC, 830 Stewart Drive, registrant(s) is(are): Court of California, County of SANTA on $1.5M property. Call 209/485-6175 Suite 121, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, Santa HAURY PROPERTIES, LLC CLARA. Clara County. 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 100 The Petition for Probate requests that: 855 Real Estate This business is owned by: A Limited Palo Alto, CA 94306 MICHAEL J. DeMARCO be appointed as Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business personal representative to administer Services The name and residence address of the under the fictitious business name(s) the estate of the decedent. DID YOU KNOW? owner(s)/registrant(s) is(are): listed above on 11/1/2015. The petition requests the decedent’s Information is power and content is WAVEFORM ENTERPRISES, LLC This statement was filed with the will and codicils, if any, be admitted to King? Do you need timely access to 830 Stewart Drive, Ste. 121 County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara probate. The will and any codicils are public notices and remain relevant in Sunnyvale, CA 94085 County on December 8, 2015. available for examination in the file kept today’s highly competitive Registrant/Owner began transacting (PAW Dec. 18, 25, 2015, Jan. 1, 8, 2016) by the court. market? 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If no street address or objections with the court before the interest thereon, as provided in said No. 19604348 of official records in the 939-0772 for information regarding be aware that the lien being auctioned other common designation is shown, hearing. Your appearance may be in notice, advances, if any, estimated fees, office of the County Recorder of SANTA the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet off may be a junior lien. If you are the directions to the location of the prop- person or by your attorney. charges, and expenses of the Trustee, CLARA County, State of CALIFORNIA. Web site www.nationwideposting.com highest bidder at the auction, you are erty may be obtained by sending a If you are a creditor or a contingent to-wit: $26,793.66 Estimated. Accrued EXECUTED BY: HIROSHI IMANAKA for information regarding the sale of or may be responsible for paying off all written request to the beneficiary within creditor of the decedent, you must file Interest and additional advances, if any, AND YOKO IMANAKA, WILL SELL AT this property, using the file number liens senior to the lien being auctioned 10 days of the date of first publication your claim with the court and mail a will increase this figure prior to sale The PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER assigned to this case 00000005113113. off, before you can receive clear title of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee copy to the personal representative claimant, Pamela Terrace Condominium FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH Information about postponements to the property. You are encouraged is unable to convey title for any rea- appointed by the court within the later Association under said Notice of EQUIVALENT or other form of payment that are very short in duration or that to investigate the existence, priority, son, the successful bidder’s sole and of either (1) four months from the date Delinquent Assessment heretofore exe- authorized by California Civil Code occur close in time to the scheduled and size of outstanding liens that may exclusive remedy shall be the return of first issuance of letters to a general cuted and delivered to the undersigned 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in law- sale may not immediately be reflected exist on this property by contacting of monies paid to the Trustee, and the personal representative, as defined in a written Declaration of Default and ful money of the United States). DATE in the telephone information or on the county recorder’s office or a title successful bidder shall have no further section 58 (b) of the California Probate Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of OF SALE: 01/14/2016 TIME OF SALE: the Internet Web site. The best way to insurance company, either of which may recourse. If the sale is set aside for any Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of Default and Election to Sell. The under- 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE GATED verify postponement information is to charge you a fee for this information. If reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be mailing or personal delivery to you signed caused said Notice of Default NORTH MARKET STREET ENTRANCE attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE you consult either of these resources, entitled only to a return of the deposit of a notice under section 9052 of the and Election to Sell to be recorded in TO THE SUPERIOR COURTHOUSE AT SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: you should be aware that the same paid. The Purchaser shall have no fur- California Probate Code. Other California the county where the real property is 190 N. MARKET STREET, SAN JOSE, CA.. NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION lender may hold more than one mort- ther recourse against the Mortgagor, statutes and legal authority may affect located and more than three months STREET ADDRESS and other common A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE gage or deed of trust on the property. the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s your rights as a creditor. You may want have elapsed since such recordation. designation, if any, of the real property INSURANCE COMPANY 1180 IRON POINT NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale Attorney. 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You will be bidding on liability for any incorrectness of the COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT of the California Civil Code. The law holders right’s against the real prop- a Request for Special Notice (form a lien, not on the property itself. Placing street address and other common des- A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED requires that information about trustee erty only. As required by law, you are DE-154) of the filing of an inventory the highest bid at a trustee auction does ignation, if any, shown herein. Said sale WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. sale postponements be made available hereby notified that a negative credit and appraisal of estate assets or of not automatically entitle you to free and will be made, but without covenant or BARRETT DAFFIN FRAPPIER TREDER & to you and to the public, as a courtesy report reflecting on your credit record any petition or account as provided in clear ownership of the property. You warranty, expressed or implied, regard- WEISS, LLP as Trustee Dated: 12/08/2015 to those not present at the sale. If you may be submitted to a credit report Probate Code section 1250. A Request should also be aware that the lien being ing title, possession, or encumbrances, NPP0266266 To: PALO ALTO WEEKLY wish to learn whether your sale date agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of for Special Notice form is available from auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you to pay the remaining principal sum 12/25/2015, 01/01/2016, 01/08/2016 has been postponed, and, if applicable, your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY the court clerk. are the highest bidder at the auction, of the note(s) secured by said Deed the rescheduled time and date for the BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR Attorney for Petitioner: you are or may be responsible for pay- of Trust, with interest thereon, as pro- NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. sale of this property, you may call 800- ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND Pauline R. Reimer ing off all liens senior to the lien being vided in said note(s), advances, under CA-14-652026-HL Order No.: 100726105 280-2832 for information regarding the ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE Earle & Reimer a Professional auctioned off, before you can receive the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Corporation clear title to the property. You are charges and expenses of the Trustee OF TRUST DATED 11/30/2007. UNLESS site http://www.qualityloan.com , using Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street 16190 Los Gatos Blvd., Ste. 100 encouraged to investigate the existence, and of the trusts created by said Deed YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR the file number assigned to this foreclo- San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For Los Gatos, CA 95032 priority, and size of outstanding liens of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC sure by the Trustee: CA-14-652026-HL. NON SALE information only Sale Line: (408)358-5051 that may exist on this property by con- balance of the obligation secured by SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION Information about postponements 800-280-2832 Or Login to: http://www. 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NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The of Default and Demand for Sale, and a savings and loan association, or savings sale date shown on this notice of sale written Notice of Default and Election YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD association, or savings bank specified in Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 31. AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN may be postponed one or more times to Sell. The undersigned caused said Section 5102 to the Financial Code and EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, Notice of Default and Election to Sell authorized to do business in this state, THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g to be recorded in the county where will be held by duly appointed trustee. YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On of the California Civil Code. The law the real property is located. NOTICE TO The sale will be made, but without 1/7/2016 at 10:00 AM, United Trustee requires that information about trustee POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are consid- covenant or warranty, expressed or Services As the duly appointed Trustee sale postponements be made available ering bidding on this property lien, you implied, regarding title, possession, or under and pursuant to Notice of to you and to the public, as a courtesy should understand that there are risks encumbrances, to pay the remaining Delinquent Assessment, recorded on to those not present at the sale. If you involved in bidding at a trustee auction. principal sum of the note(s) secured 12/2/2014 as Document No. 22787556 wish to learn whether your sale date You will be bidding on a lien, not on the by the Deed of Trust, with interest and Book Page of Official Records in the has been postponed, and, if applicable, property itself. Placing the highest bid late charges thereon, as provided in the Office of the Recorder of Santa Clara the rescheduled time and date for at a trustee auction does not automati- note(s), advances, under the terms of County, California, property owned by: the sale of this property, you may call cally entitle you to free and clear owner- the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, Ruth A. Schroeder WILL SELL AT PUBLIC (916) 939-0772 or visit this Internet ship of the property. You should also charges and expenses of the Trustee AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR Web site www.nationwideposting.com, be aware that the lien being auctioned for the total amount (at the time of the CASH, (payable at time of sale in lawful using the file number assigned to this off may be a junior lien. If you are the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) money of the United States, by cash, case 2014-01435. Information about highest bidder at the auction, you are reasonably estimated to be set forth a cashier’s check drawn by a State or postponements that are very short in or may be responsible for paying off all below. The amount may be greater on national bank, a check drawn by a state duration or that occur close in time liens senior to the lien being auctioned the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT of federal credit union, or a check drawn to the scheduled sale may not imme- off, before you can receive clear title TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT by a state or federal savings and loan diately be reflected in the telephone to the property. You are encouraged DUE. Trustor(s): MANAR ZARROUG, association, savings association, or sav- information or on the Internet Web site. to investigate the existence, priority, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND ings bank specified in section 5102 of The best way to verify postponement and size of outstanding liens that may SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: the Financial Code and authorized to do information is to attend the scheduled exist on this property by contacting 12/6/2007 as Instrument No. 19674605 business in this state.) At: At the gated sale. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE A DEBT the county recorder’s office or a title of Official Records in the office of the North Market Street entrance to the COLLECTOR Date: 12/11/2015 United insurance company, either of which may Recorder of SANTA CLARA County, Superior Courthouse at 190 N. Market Trustee Services For Sales Information charge you a fee for this information. 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Page 32 • January 1, 2016 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Sports Shorts ROSE BOWL TICKETS . . . For those in Pasadena on Friday with nothing to do, tickets for the 102nd annual Rose Bowl Game are still available. For those on a budget, individual tickets can be had for “just” $120 apiece. That’s quite a bargain. The most expensive seats on the Stanford side go for $380 each while on the Iowa (pressbox) side, tickets can run $924. For those looking for something even better, there are seats in the end zone that run $3,500. Looking for a lot more luxury? There is a seat in one of the suites that will cost you $15,789.47 on StubHub.com. And, don’t forget about parking. That starts at $28.

MEDIA DARLING . . . Media members hoping to get colorful answers out of Associated Press National Player of the Year and Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey during a Rose Bowl media day on Tuesday had to work at it. “Christian never David Bernal/isiphotos.com focuses on the hype or all the media attention surrounding him,” said Solomon Thomas, one of McCaffrey’s closest friends on the team who, along with Keller Chryst, made the trip to New York three weeks ago to support McCaffrey during his Heisman Kevin Hogan (left) will take his 35 wins as a Stanford starting QB and Christian McCaffrey will take his NCAA-record 3,496 all-purpose tour. “Christian is extremely team- yards into Friday’s 102nd annual Rose Bowl Game. (Stadium photo by Jim Shorin/stanfordphoto.com) oriented and selfless. You hang out with him and it’s like he has never heard any of it. Christian is probably the hardest on himself, because Stanford makes another run for the roses he wants to be better.” McCaffrey has established a reputation as Hogan, McCaffrey lead Cardinal against Iowa in the granddaddy of all bowl games someone who genuinely enjoys by Rick Eymer will be Stanford’s third different nice touch on a season that began and appreciates his interactions evin Hogan may not be Big Ten opponent. Game time is with such high hopes. with the media. He just also the first quarterback tak- set for 1:30 p.m., with the game “I am not going to apologize for believes in maintaining a team-first en in the NFL draft in late televised by ESPN. an eight-win season,” Shaw said approach, and is quick to credit K April, though if leadership and Hogan is about to become the at a preseason press conference his teammates and recognize their winning are of any importance, first Pac-12 quarterback to start in in August after his team went 8-5 success. “I think he’s handled he’d have a star hanging by his three Rose Bowl games. He’s 35- in 2014. everything very well,” explained name. 10 as a starter, the most ever by a Anyone who thought an apol- Chryst. “He just wants to be a David Shaw and the Stanford Cardinal signalcaller, and he’s the ogy was in order needs a history regular part of the team.” football team swear by the fifth- current active leader. lesson in Stanford football. Before year senior, who will be leading Hogan led Stanford to a pair of Shaw returned to his alma mater ON THE AIR the fifth-ranked Cardinal (11-2) bowl game victories in his first as an assistant coach under Jim into its third Rose Bowl in four three years. Last year may have Harbaugh, the Cardinal was suf- TV: ESPN (live) 1:30 p.m. Friday years on Friday in Pasadena. been a disappointment to many, fering through its longest stretch College football: Stanford vs. Iowa, Radio: KNBR (680 AM) 1:30 p.m.; ESPN; KNBR (680 AM); Sixth-ranked Iowa (12-1), once though the victory over Maryland and KZSU (90.1 FM) KZSU (90.1 FM) a cinch to make the BCS playoffs, in the Foster Farms Bowl put a (continued on page 35) Men’s basketball: Utah at Stanford, 6 p.m.; ESPNU; KNBR (680 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) Saturday Prelims are over as Pac-12 Conference season opens Women’s basketball: Stanford at Arizona, 2 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; Cardinal men finally settle Stanford women appear ready KZSU (90.1 FM) Sunday on roster in time to host Utah to be a title condender once again Men’s basketball: Colorado at by Rick Eymer by Rick Eymer Stanford, 7 p.m.; ESPNU; KNBR (680 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) irst it was the loss of pro- settled into a tan- Conference. The 11th-ranked Monday jected starting point guard rotation. ford is Cardinal (10-2) gets tested right Women’s basketball: Stanford at F Robert Cartwright for the The first big S knock- away with a visit to Arizona Arizona St., 5 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; season following a freak injury test comes Fri- ing on the door and No. 17 Arizona State this KZSU (90.1 FM) during practice. Then, Marcus day when Utahh of the top 10 in weekend. Wednesday Allen and big man Grant Ver- (11-2) visits for thehe cocon-n- the lalatestte AP Top 25 Stanford was swept in the des- Men’s basketball: Stanford at Or- hoeven both missed the sea- ference opener at 6 p.m.p.m.,, women’swomen’s basketballb poll. ert last season, its first winless egon St., 8 p.m.; ESPNU; KNBR (680 son opener and Reid Travis has to be televised by ESPNUESPNU.. ThThee A monthmonth agagoo ththatat would not have conference weekend since 2008. AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) missed the past three games be- Rose Bowl should be decided by seemed possible. Yet, as the non- The Sun Devils also defeated cause of an injury. then, and the game will be shown conference season unfolded, the the Cardinal in Maples Pavilion, READ MORE ONLINE With the Pac-12 Conference on the overhead scoreboard so Cardinal just kept getting better. becoming the first conference www.PASportsOnline.com men’s basketball opener just that early arrivals to Maples won’t Monday night’s 73-30 victory team to sweep Stanford in the ahead, Stanford coach Johnny have to miss anything. over visiting Chattanooga helped regular season since UCLA did For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, visit Dawkins already has used six stamp Stanford a legitimate www.PASportsOnline.com different starting lineups as he’s (continued on page 39)title contender in the Pac-12 (continued on page 39)

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Stanford senior quarterback Kevin Hogan (right) was a popular Feria/isiphotos.com Don interview subject during press conferences this week.

through our four years. We’ve enjoyed success. We’ve suffered from defeat. And to come after having the disappointing season that we did last year, it’s such a Heisman Trophy runner-up Christian McCaffrey (right) joined the Nerd Nation this week and spent, on great feeling just knowing that we average, more time doing interviews than any other Stanford player. got back to work, we put in a great season, and we’re back with the unspecified injury, ranks eighth pletion rate, 15 touchdowns and seems like they work together opportunity to reach our goals.” on the team with 40 tackles, in- four interceptions. He’s been like a well-oiled machine and I’ve (continued from page 33) Hogan enters the game ranked cluding a pair of sacks. Projected sacked 22 times. never seen them make a mistake fifth nationally in passing effi- to 57.6 over 13 games would make Beathard’s favorite target is on film.” of losing seasons in program ciency at 170.1. He’s thrown 24 him the No. 2 tackler behind Matt VandeBerg, who has caught Josey Jewell has 119 tackles, history. touchdown passes and seven in- Martinez. 61 passes for 639 yards and three leading a Hawkeyes defense that Under Harbaugh and Shaw, terceptions. He’s completed 68.6 Wright scored 13 rushing touchdowns. ranks 10th against the run (114.9) Stanford is experiencing unparal- percent of his passes and been touchdowns, ranking him tied for Jordan Canzeri is Iowa’s top and is 15th in scoring defense. leled success. sacked 18 times. Hogan also has 27th out of the 1,953 Division I rusher with 976 yards and 12 “With a great team like Iowa, I “Everyone respects coach five rushing touchdowns and a players who scored a touchdown. scores. LeShon Daniels adds 609 think the key is just to rely on your Shaw,” Cardinal offensive line- touchdown reception. He’s rushed Heisman Trophy runner-up and yards and eight scores. technique and strength,” Garnett man Josh Garnett said. “The team for more yards by a Stanford QB AP Player of the Year Christian “The offense is amazing, but said. “You’ll see them finish until just loves to be around, loves to in school history. McCaffrey is tied for 88th with I think their key component is the whistle blows. Matching that go out and practice. You definite- “We had very, very high hopes eight rushing scores. their offensive line,” Martinez intensity and making sure to stay ly feel the excitement from him for Kevin because ultimately he McCaffrey also caught four said. “Everything that they do, on your blocks is going to be a key when you score or do anything. To is extremely competitive,” Shaw touchdown passes, returned a they work well together. It just to success.” Q have a guy that’s your command- said. “We knew he had a high ceil- kickoff for a score and threw for er-in-chief like that, that you can ing, though we tried to nurse him a pair of touchdowns. The No. 2 A LOOK AT THE 102ND ROSE BOWL rally behind, really is what makes along a little bit. To watch him rusher in the nation (1,847 yards) him so special.” start the season with such matu- does a lot of things well. Who: Stanford (11-2) vs Iowa (12-1) Having Andrew Luck around rity and such toughness and be the Kicker Conrad Ukropina, who When: Friday, Jan. 1, 1:30 p.m. certainly made things a lot more kind of leader that you want, it’s lives in Pasadena, has made 17 Where: Rose Bowl (92,542), Pasadena. fun. Luck never had the chance to been great. It’s been truly special of 19 field goal tries and all 61 of Television: Live national broadcast on ESPN. play in the Rose Bowl, although because we’ve leaned on him a his PATs. His team-leading 112 Radio: KNBR (680 AM) and KZSU (90.1 FM).). his imprint can be seen in the pro- lot, both on and off the field.” points is good for 14th nationally. Polls: Stanford (5th - AP, 6th - USA Today); cess of getting there. Martinez ranks No. 11 nation- As for Iowa, quarterback C.J. Hogan, who spent his fresh- ally with 132 tackles. Anderson, Beathard has a 139.6 rating on Iowa (6th - AP, 7th - USA Today) man year watching and learning who missed four games with an 2,570 passing yards, a 61.4 com- Bowl game history from Luck, is one of eight play- • Stanford returns to the Rose Bowl Game for the third time in the ers who have appeared in at least past four seasons and 15th — third-most all-time — in program 50 games for Stanford, with three STANFORD FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY (13-13-1) history. The last time the Cardinal accomplished that feat was of those appearances, come Fri- YEAR BOWL RESULT a string of three consecutive appearances from 1934-36. Most day, being the Rose Bowl. That’s 2014 Foster Farms Bowl Stanford 45, Maryland 21 recently, the Cardinal won the 2012 edition of the contest over historic. 2014 Rose Bowl Michigan St. 24, Stanford 20 Wisconsin, and fell to Michigan State in 2013. “It’s awesome. It’s our goal is to 2013 Rose Bowl Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 • Stanford will take on Iowa in the Rose Bowl Game, the first-ever be here each year and to get back 2012 Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma St. 41, Stanford 38 (OT) meeting between the programs and the fourth straight season down here for a third time is re- 2011 Orange Bowl Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12 the Cardinal will meet a Big Ten Conference opponent in a bowl markable,” Hogan said. “It shows 2009 Sun Bowl Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27 game. Stanford is 23-29-5 all-time against Big Ten programs. the kind of guys we have on our 2001 Seattle Bowl Georgia Tech 24, Stanford 14 • The Cardinal is making its school-record seventh straight bowl team, and the coaches we have, 2000 Rose Bowl Wisconsin 17, Stanford 9 appearance, the Pac-12 Conference’s second-longest active streak and the hard work we put in.” 1996 Sun Bowl Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 behind Oregon (11). Hogan will be going out with a 1995 Liberty Bowl East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 • The bowl appearance is the 27th all-time for the Cardinal, which group of players we’ll be watching 1993 Blockbuster Bowl Stanford 24, Penn State 3 is 12-13-1 in bowl games. on Sundays. Garnett leads the way 1991 Aloha Bowl Georgia Tech 18, Stanford 17 • Stanford (2013 Rose Bowl Game, 2014 Rose Bowl Game, 2014 with 54 games after becoming the 1986 Gator Bowl Clemson 27, Stanford 21 Foster Farms Bowl, 2016 Rose Bowl Game) is the nation’s only first true freshman to start on the 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl Stanford 25, Georgia 22 team with an active streak of playing at least four straight bowl offensive line at Stanford in over 1977 Sun Bowl Stanford 24, Louisiana State 14 games in its home state. a decade. He became the team’s 1972 Rose Bowl Stanford 13, Michigan 12 • Stanford has won at least 10 games four times in five seasons first Outland Trophy winner this 1971 Rose Bowl Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 under head coach David Shaw. From 1891-2010, the program season. 1952 Rose Bowl Illinois 40, Stanford 7 recorded four 10-win seasons. Garnett is followed by Kyle 1941 Rose Bowl Stanford 21, Nebraska 13 • Under David Shaw, Stanford is 1-1 in the Rose Bowl Game, 0-0 Murphy (53 games), Ronnie 1936 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, SMU 0 vs. Iowa, 2-2 vs. Big Ten opponents, 1-2 in January, 40-13 coming Harris and Kodi Whitfield (51), 1935 Rose Bowl Alabama 29, Stanford 13 off a win, 19-9 vs. AP Top 25, 5-0 on Friday, 3-2 on neutral sites Hogan, Remound Wright, Blake 1934 Rose Bowl Columbia 7, Stanford 0 and 17-4 on ESPN. Martinez and Palo Alto grad Kev- 1928 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6 • The Cardinal leads the Pac-12 in a number of statistical catego- in Anderson (50). 1927 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, Alabama 7 ries, including: third-down conversion percentage (.512), fourth- “I’m enjoying this with my se- 1925 Rose Bowl Notre Dame 27, Stanford 10 down conversion percentage (.857), fumbles lost (5), tackles for nior class,” Hogan said. “It shows 1902 Rose Bowl Michigan 49, Stanford 0 loss allowed (4.46), team passing efficiency (170.51), time of pos- all the work that we’ve put in * (2014 Rose Bowl played Jan. 1 and ‘14 Foster Farms Bowl played Dec. 30) session (35:23) and winning percentage (.846). Q

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The emergence of both Kaylee percent and one below 20 percent. Stanford women Johnson and Kailee Johnson, no Stanford is now limiting its foes (continued from page 33) relation, also will prove valuable. to convert at only a 30.6 percent Kailee Johnson entered the starting clip, the second-best mark in the so in 1987-88. lineup when Kaylee Johnson strug- country. The Cardinal opens the confer- gled a couple of weeks ago. Kailee The Cardinal has given up an ence season Saturday in Tucson. has held her own, allowing Kay- average of 41 points during its By the time Stanford arrives in lee to come off the bench. Kaylee recent winning streak. In the pre- Tempe to take on Arizona State on has been nothing less than a spark vious five games, which included Monday night, it could very well plug since assuming her new role. the two losses, Stanford gave up hile sitting at home Sanders, a senior from Okla- be ranked in the top 10, where the She’s averaging about 10 points a 66.8 points a game. in front of your flat homa City, has come into Cardinal opened the season. game over the past four games and Speaking of the two losses, the W screen is the next his own in 2015. He ran for a It’s taken a concentrated effort has made 16 of her past 19 shots. NCAA RPI thinks its no big deal. best way to watch Stanford and career-high 97 yards against from many players to produce She’s also grabbing about seven Stanford is third, behind Con- Iowa play in the 102nd Rose Oregon State, and reeled off such an improvement and Stan- rebounds a game. Johnson opened necticut and USC, in the RPI as Bowl Game on Friday — being 65-yard scoring runs in con- ford is only going to get better. the year averaging 1.1 points and of this week. in the stadium, of course, is the secutive games against Oregon It starts with Erica McCall, 4.5 rebounds while shooting 22.2 Texas and Santa Clara, the best way to enjoy the experi- State and Arizona. who scored 18 points, had eight percent from the floor. teams that beat the Cardinal, are ence — there are many view- Wright does the dirty work, rebounds and blocked four shots “I just needed to work hard in both currently on an 11-game ing parties around the nation excelling in short-yardage and against the Lady Mocs. practice and stick to it,” Johnson winning streak, and are a com- to take in the game. For those goal-line situations. A fifth- McCall was a steady player last said. “I have to focus and keep bined 22-2. The Longhorns are on the road, there are parties year senior from Fort Wayne, year but was not the focal point. improving.” No. 18 in the RPI and the Broncos in Alabama, Arizona, Colo- Ind., the 5-foot-9 Wright has a After a tremendous summer with Kaylee Johnson also recorded a are No. 25. rado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, knack for finding a crease and the USA World University Games career-high four steals against the At the time, Santa Clara ending Louisiana, Maryland, Massa- isn’t afraid to bounce outside or team that came home with a gold Mocs and Stanford’s 11 as a team a long losing streak to the Cardinal chusetts, Michigan, Nevada, leap over a pile of players. medal, McCall returned to school were a season high, as were its 27 looked back because the Broncos Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennes- Bigger and stronger through full of confidence and leadership points off 21 UTC turnovers. were coming off lop-sided losses to see, Texas, Washington state strenuous off-season condition- qualities. Stanford enters conference play both Washington and the Trojans. and Washington, D.C. ing, McCaffrey has established On a team without seniors in having won four straight and sev- They’ve since turned it around and Much closer to home, the himself as one of the most com- the regular rotation, McCall has en of eight overall. are 2-0 in conference play. Stanford Alumni Association plete backs in college football in taken charge. She shows it on the Stanford’s defense limited the The Cardinal was able to exact will host a gathering at The 2015 as he was named The As- court with her eight double-dou- Mocs to a shooting percentage of a bit of revenge on UTC (8-5), Patio in downtown Palo Alto sociated Press College Football bles through the first 12 games. 21.1 and that’s beginning to be the which prevailed in the programs’ on Friday from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Player of the Year and runner- Lili Thompson leads Stanford norm. The Cardinal has held its past first meeting a year ago in Ten- There’s also a viewing party in up in for the Heisman Trophy. in scoring with 17 points a game four opponents to a combined 22.8 nessee, 54-46. On Monday, the Orinda (Fourth Bore Tap Room and moving forward, look for Bri- percent (57-of-250) from the field. Mocs didn’t score more than nine and Grille), Napa (Rio Grille) Where’s the beef? ana Roberson, Karlie Samuelson The Cardinal has held 11 of 12 points in any quarter, were forced and Monterey (Knuckles Sports Stanford participated in one and Alanna Smith to help carry opponents this season below 40 into 21 turnovers and were domi- Bar at the Hyatt). of the Rose Bowl’s oldest — and the load. percent shooting, five below 30 nated in the paint, 41-10. Q perhaps tastiest — traditions The running backs Monday evening when it took playing just their second true road Remound Wright, Barry part in the 60th annual Lawry’s Stanford men game of the season. They lost at Sanders and Christian McCaf- Beef Bowl. (continued from page 33) Wichita State. frey knew they were on the During the 2012 edition of Jacob Poeltl, a two-time confer- verge of something special. the Beef Bowl, then-freshman As for basketball, sophomore ence Player of the Week already, After outstanding spring and Joshua Garnett established him- Dorian Pickens said it’s time “to leads Utah with an 18.0 scoring fall practices, the Stanford run- self as one of the team’s biggest send a message.” average. ning backs were excited to put eaters, consuming a team-high Pickens is one of many bright Colorado (11-2) also visits this their hard offseason work to the seven pieces of prime rib. spots for the Cardinal and he’s weekend, playing Sunday at 7 test and rejuvenate a ground- “It’s definitely fun going to been playing better every time p.m. The Buffaloes, who just had

and-pound attack that account- the Rose Bowl and experienc- out. When Travis went down, an 11-game winning streak end, Valentine/isiphotos.com Casey ed for a combined 2,421 yards, ing the Beef Bowl as a senior Pickens stepped up in the same are at California on Friday. 25 touchdowns and 4,197 all- compared to as a freshman,” manner Christian Sanders Pickens scored 62 points purpose yards this season. said Garnett. “As a senior, you stepped in earlier in the season through the first five games of the The trio possess power, speed, really appreciate what the Tour- when Cartwright’s situation be- season, one more than he netted patience and toughness. They nament of Roses has done and came known. all of last year. Now he’s stepping can hurt defenses inside and out, the history behind the Lawry’s “What do you do to get through on the gas pedal. are seldom brought down by the Beef Bowl. It’s fun to sit back adversity? We’ve faced quite a The former Arizona Gatorade first tackler, have good instincts and watch the young guys have bit of it,” Dawkins said. “You say state Player of the Year averaged and aren’t afraid to block. Op- a good time and it goes full- ‘who’s next? Who steps up?’ Of 10 points through seven games, Dorian Pickens. erating behind a powerful and circle. I was able to really ap- course we’re always going to miss including four with double-digit len each added 15 points for the punishing offensive line, they preciate the event and it was Reid but guys have stepped up. scoring, on .363 shooting (.259 Cardinal, which is one of two con- have helped Stanford re-estab- definitely a great experience.” When Reid gets back, we’ll be a from long range). ference teams, with UCLA, with lish itself as one of the top ball- Brendon Austin provided the better team for it. The loss of Rob- He’s averaging 19.5 since, coin- four guys averaging at least 12.0 control offenses in the country. first carving of prime rib. Per ert early on hurt and we’ve been ciding with a dramatic improve- points a contest. “We feed off each other,” tradition, Austin had to decide able to work through that. Guys ment in shooting percentages. “That’s what we’ve been do- said McCaffrey, a sophomore. who to serve the first meal to. are finding their roles.” Pickens is at .523 shooting during the whole season, playing to- “We compete every single day, He chose the Rose Queen, the Pickens scored 18 points, one ing his current streak and from gether,” Pickens said. “Every man but we’re also tight-knit and only person to ever do so in of four players to reach double 3-point range an even more dis- can help and offensively, we know that’s something that we really Beef Bowl history. Q figures, on Sunday and Stanford tinct .625. what we can do. We have to focus emphasize in the running back – Mark Soltau and Dave downed visiting NAIA Carroll “We feel confident in the whole on defense.” room. We’re one big family and Kiefer of Stanford Sports College, 83-38, in the final non- squad,” Pickens said. “We’re all The game was never in doubt as we want to keep it that way.” Information conference game of the season. capable of producing.” the Cardinal opened a 17-2 lead. The Cardinal (7-4) has won He’s right. Marcus Sheffield A layup from Marcus Allen gave five of its past six as it heads into scored a career-high 10 points and the Cardinal a 36-5 advantage a Pac-12 season that promises to became the eighth Cardinal player with 7:16 left in the first half. be competitive. Every team in to put up double figures scoring “We got off to such a good start, the conference owns a winning in a game. it changed the game right away,” record. Dawkins thinks Pickens is just Dawkins said. “It was a good win “The conference had a great beginning to show what he can do for us coming off the holidays.” Bob Drebin/stanfordphoto.com preseason and every team seems on a basketball court. As expected, Stanford filled up to have a good marquee win,” “We believe in Dorian and what the stat sheet. Michael Humphrey Dawkins said. “This may be the he is capable of,” Dawkins said. grabbed 12 rebounds and the best start for the conference. Utah “And he’s not where he’s going Cardinal dominated the boards, is playing with a lot of confidence. to be. He’s hitting his stride. We 49-27. Pickens added four of the We have to play well.” watch it in practice and now we’re team’s 16 assists and 7-foot fresh- The Utes, who beat Duke in seeing it translate.” man Josh Sharma recorded four overtime two weeks ago, will be Rosco Allen and Marcus Al- of the eight blocked shots. Q

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