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By Kevin Forestieri The final decision is set for the Dec. 10 board meeting. A moun- our of the five Mountain tain of questions still remain, View Whisman School including how the district would FDistrict’s board members fund the new school and whether agreed on Nov. 19 that it’s time Google will continue to lease to open a new elementary school. a portion of the campus for For years, residents in the its day care center. Concerns northeast corner of the city over whether there are enough have decried the students to sup- lack of a neigh- port nine elemen- borhood school in ‘We are really tary schools in the Whisman and the district, both Slater neighbor- asking the financially and MICHELLE LE hood area. Since academically, are Naomi Nakano-Matsumoto is the new executive director at the Community Health Awareness the closure of community to still unaddressed. Council, one of the nonprofits serving local residents that is supported by contributions to the Voice’s Slater in 2006, the Board Presi- annual Holiday Fund. northeast “quad- do so much dent Ellen Wheel- rant” of the city er was not put has been without to open Slater.’ off by these unan- Mental health doesn’t take a holiday a local school, BOARD MEMBER BILL LAMBERT swered questions, creating a patch- and said she fully CHAC’S NEW LEADER LOOKS TO EXPAND SERVICES TO TEENS, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES work of district supports opening boundaries that send students in a school at Slater. Her focus was By Kevin Forestieri Mountain View Voice works with each year, including that area across town to Landels, squarely on finding ways to fund the level of funding and num- Huff and Theuerkauf elementary construction of the new school, he Community Health ber of CHAC workers at each schools. The district estimates including the possibility of a Awareness Council saw 2015 site. that there are roughly 774 district new bond measure. Reacting to Ta shift in leadership ear- Nakano-Matsumoto has students living in the area. past suggestions by board mem- lier this year, when Naomi turned into an organizational Now, it appears the residents ber Greg Coladonato, Wheeler Nakano-Matsumoto took over Written all over the walls of mastermind of sorts in just five will get their wish. In a straw said she is not interested in a as executive director of the the CHAC staff meeting room months, and the careful plan- vote, four school board members make-shift campus of portable Mountain View-based non- is a complete breakdown of all ning, she said, is important said they would support opening classrooms. profit. And she wasted no time the school districts and orga- a school at the Slater Elementary getting up to speed. nizations that the nonprofit See MENTAL HEALTH, page 10 campus. See SLATER, page 12 Development boom: city lacks staff for permit reviews

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COURTESY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TENANT COALITION An estimated 50 people gathered for the rally organized by the Mountain View Tenant Coalition. 99 RALLY FOR RENT CONTROL New Patient Special! Looking to keep pressure on city leaders, dozens of tenants rallied Sunday at Mountain View City Hall to promote rent sta- Includes: Exam, Digital bilization as the best remedy to the local housing crisis. About 50 people reportedly marched down Castro Street and X-Rays & Cleaning gathered for the rally organized by the Mountain View Ten- ant Coalition. It was the latest demonstration by local housing A $366 Value! advocates to urge city leaders to enact stronger rental-housing regulations, particularly a cap on rent hikes. In recent months, rapidly rising rents have become the predom- Offer valid for new patients only. inant political issue in Mountain View, largely due to an outcry Second opinions welcome. Call for by tenants over what they describe as a local rental market run details. Some restrictions may apply. amok with greed. They complain that in recent months scores of tenants have been evicted or are on the verge of eviction due to repeated rent increases. In a string of recent meetings, Mountain View council mem- Dr. William Hall • Dr. Tiffany Chan • Dr. J. Janice Chou • Dr. Rob van den Berg bers have expressed reluctance to enact regulations suggested by tenants’ advocates, such as rent control or just-cause evictions. 100 W. El Camino Real, Suite 63A Instead, the city has backed lighter measures that would expand Mountain View ( Corner of El Camino & Calderon ) renters’ rights while city staff studies the problem. www.SmilesDental.com | 650.564.3333 The City Council is expected to address the rental housing issue next at its Dec. 1 meeting. In anticipation of that meeting, Angel Sauranio, an organizer with the Tenant Coalition, said his group was redoubling its efforts to press the city to take stronger action. “It seems like they’re trying to give the appearance that they’re doing something,” he said. “We feel that it’s not going to be enough.” Larry’s knows Volkswagens. Mark Noack (\KP )4>[VV GUEST CONDUCTOR WANTED You know you are dealing Plenty of nonprofits auction off things like vacation getaways, with experts when … show tickets or artwork as a way to raise money, but Mountain View’s longstanding choral group, Schola Cantorum, is taking ࠮;LJOUPJPHUZHYL5H[PVUHSS`*LY[PÄLK4HZ[LYZ auctioning to a new level. ࠮ Technicians receive over 40 hours As part of its annual holiday performance, Schola Cantorum is VMZWLJPHSPaLK[YHPUPUNL]LY``LHY auctioning off the chance for a wannabe maestro to take up the baton and conduct the group’s full 85-member ensemble as they ࠮;OL`HYLJLY[PÄLKLU]PYVUTLU[HSS` sing George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” MYPLUKS` “If you’ve dreamed of conducting a choir, but don’t wish to ࠮(SSYLWHPYZHYLN\HYHU[LLKPU^YP[PUN spend years studying the craft, here’s your chance!” according for 3 years/ 36,000 miles — to a press release from the group. UVV[OLYZOVWKVLZ[OPZ For 49 years now, Schola Cantorum has annually produced a ࠮ Each technician is a specialist holiday sing-along concert at the Mountain View Center for the on the vehicle they service. Performing Arts. As part of “Messiah Sing” performance, one 2 lucky guest conductor will get to lead hundreds of singers in the “ Excellent service at a reasonable price. 0 1 4 “Hallelujah Chorus.” ;OL`NVV]LYHSS[OLULLKZVM`V\YJHYHUK ¸3HYY`»ZPZVULVM[OLILZ[WSHJLZHYV\UK To place a bid in the auction, send an email to george@scholacantorum.org with the bid amount, name and contact infor- help you reach your goal within the limits [V[HRL`V\YJHYMVYZLY]PJL;OLZ[HɈPZZV mation. Bidding closes at 4 p.m. on Dec. 9. The top bidder will VM`V\YI\KNL[3V\PLPZHNYLH[ZLY]PJL OLSWM\SHUKPUMVYTH[P]LP[»ZHWSLHZ\YL[V receive a golden baton, four tickets to the Messiah Sing perfor- ^YP[LYHUKZOVWTHUHNLY¹ be a customer.” mance and free beverages at the event. – Phil R. from Mountain View – Anne H. from Los Altos The Messiah Sing concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 14 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Fabian Charleston

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Police tout new crime-fighting tools MOUNTAIN VIEW COPS TESTING PREDICTIVE CRIME ALGORITHMS, EXPAND CYBER-CRIME TRAINING

By Mark Noack ing his 12-year-old ward. “This is a new area of crime s Mountain View prides fighting for Mountain View itself for being a crucible and the engagement has proven Afor new technologies, it extremely successful in the short makes sense that the city’s local amount of time we’ve been police force would be tinkering operational,” Nowaski said. with latest gadgets for fighting The success is less clear for crime. In its annual report to the the department’s recent imple- City Council last week, the city’s mentation of 66 body cam- top police brass described their eras. These cameras are worn latest efforts to remain on the by patrol officers on a voluntary cutting edge of innovation for basis, recording as they respond law enforcement. to incidents, with the idea MICHELLE LE For Mountain View, that that the unedited video footage A cyclist crosses El Monte Avenue at Marich Way, the intersection where a Los Altos woman was struck means adopting tools that might could show how officers engage and killed by a car last month. soon become standard issue suspects and victims. for officers in the 21st century, But the department is still such as body cameras and cyber- grappling with many questions crime training — as well as surrounding full deployment Family seeks safety upgrades technologies that some might of the technology, Hsiung said. find troubling, like predictive With dozens of these cam- police algorithms and the use of eras recording out in the field at fatal crash site so-called Stingrays to track cell each day, the police depart- phones. ment would have a considerable CITY TO STUDY TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CROSSWALK WHERE WOMAN WAS STRUCK Police officials emphasized that amount of raw video that needed the department and its 96 sworn to be stored. The department By Mark Noack View, and the sixth on city officers were was still determin- ‘This death was streets. committed to ing its policies for amily members, neigh- Several members of the public safety ‘We’re one of the archiving of videos bors and cycling advo- my sister, and it’s Montalvo family rallied at a and engaging as well as the pri- Fcates are demanding new Wednesday meeting of the the communi- few cities on the vacy concerns for safety measures at an intersec- just not right.’ city’s Bike/Pedestrian Advisory ty. They noted planet that can recording in peo- tion where a pedestrian was Committee to urge Mountain the depart- ple’s homes. Police killed last month. DELIA MONTALVO View officials to make safety ment is making instantly become officials also needed The victim, 54-year-old upgrades a priority at the inter- strides to keep to figure out poli- Michelle Montalvo of Los street in a marked crosswalk, section. local residents international news.’ cies for how these Altos, died on Oct. 22 after but she was apparently not seen The victim’s sister, Delia informed of POLICE CAPT. CHRIS HSIUNG videos could be being hit by an SUV head- by the SUV driver, whose name Montalvo, struggled to hold crime updates released if requested ing northbound on El Monte has not been released by police. back sobs as she described through a vari- by the public. Avenue near Marich Way. It was the seventh fatal traffic ety of social media platforms. Taking questions after his Montalvo was crossing the accident this year in Mountain See CRASH, page 6 “We’re one of the few cities report, Police Chief Max Bosel on the planet that can instant- was asked twice about whether ly become international news, Mountain View is using Sting- say maybe for pulling over an rays — devices that can triangu- autonomous car,” said Capt. late cell phone signals to deter- Parents worry about tough new Chris Hsiung. “One dialect many mine a person’s location. Privacy people speak is digital, and that’s advocates have criticized the a language we speak fluently.” technology as being tantamount standards for English learners To that end, the Mountain to domestic spying. View police is devoting more The Mountain View depart- CHALLENGING NEW COMMON CORE TEST COULD DELAY resources to investigating interment lacks the resources to use a STUDENTS FROM JOINING REGULAR CLASSES net-based crimes that would Stingray, Bosel said. However, he largely require sifting through a said local police in the past had By Kevin Forestieri lish learners” are placed in an Common Core-aligned stan- digital trail, such as identity theft, requested federal law enforce- English-language development dardized test pushing the bar fraud and child exploitation. The ment to use such tracking tech- he Mountain View Whis- class in order to get up to speed higher than ever, many parents department is purchasing new nologies to help detain suspects. man school board decided with their peers. Once they per- told the school board at the Nov. equipment, training its officers “We really use it only when we Tlast week to hold off on form well enough on state stan- 19 meeting that students will be in digital crime and collaborat- need it, and we need it when we’re rigorous new standards that dardized tests, they are able to perpetually tagged as English ing more with federal agencies, trying to apprehend a dangerous would make it harder for Eng- reclassify — dropping the Eng- learners. said Capt. Jessica Nowaski. She felon,” Bosel said. “It’d be difficult lish-language learners to prog- lish-learner designation — and English learners receive extra said these efforts helped clinch to do mass spying with this. We ress into regular classes. assume a typical class schedule. an investigation of a local foster Students designated as “Eng- But with the more challenging See STANDARDS, page 13 parent who was allegedly molest- See POLICE, page 7

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Happy Hour 4pm-9pm Sun-Thurs CRASH +TIZSM¼[*]ZOMZ[̆ WЄ Continued from page 5 .ZMVKP.ZQM[̆ WЄ being with her sister at the time WЄIVaLQVVMZ of the crash and seeing the • Kids 12 & under - buy 1 get 1 free* impact. *item from kids menu of equal or lessersser value “There were no brake lights, no NOW HIRING applications @clarkes.com tires screeching, just a (crash),” th year and Restaurant she said. “This death was my 70 sister, and it’s just not right.” ANNIVERSARY! Local police are still investigat- Open 7 days Clarkes.com ing the incident. Montalvo and Lunch & Dinner 11am-9pm; Fri ’til 10pm others described the problem as Breakfast on Weekends 8am-2pm a combination of careless drivers Mountain View • 61615 W. El Camino Real • (650) 967-0851 taking shortcuts through neigh- borhoods and a lack of visibility along many routes. Police officials at the meeting indicated there was evidence Mountain View Whisman School District that drivers were taking risks at that location. There’s no traffic MICHELLE LE signal at the intersection and A car waits for two pedestrians in reflective vests to cross the street at vehicles traveling on El Monte El Monte Avenue and Marich Way. OPEN ENROLLMENT 2016-17 do not have a stop sign. One (Kindergarten – 8th grade) officer reported that a recent January 8 - February 5 observation showed about one- he said. Once that is done, the sign, people could run the stop,” sixth of vehicles on El Monte city could pay to manufacture he said. “There’s a reason why driving over the 35 mph limit. the signal pole and ask PG&E you don’t usually see stop signs Kindergarten Information Night One vehicle they logged at trav- to install it. In total, that process on four-lane roadways.” Wednesday, December 2 eling about 20 mph over the could take up to 18 months, For that matter, a traffic signal limit. Fuller warned. is not a surefire safety upgrade. Castro Elementary School But the city had already posted The actual installation of a In February, a 68-year-old Los 505 Escuela Ave. warnings at that location to cau- new traffic signal is relatively Altos man was killed while cross- Spanish: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm tion drivers to slow down. In simple, but the city is obligated ing at a signaled stop at Charles- English: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm 2012, the city installed signs to to go through a slow, deliberate ton Road, when he was hit by a MVWSD offers Choice Programs: warn motorists about pedestrian process, Fuller said. car making a left turn. The city Mistral Elementary: Dual Language School crossings. More signs along the “We have a public contract later tweaked that traffic signal to (Spanish/English) street were added one year later. code and we have to go through no longer allow drivers to make Stevenson PACT/Parent, Child, Teacher The Montalvo family and oth- a certain approval process for a left turn while pedestrians are (parent participation) ers at the meeting urged Moun- our City Council to fund these crossing. For more information and to schedule tain View officials to install a things,” he said. City officials at the meeting an appointment, please visit our website stoplight at the intersection, but The Montalvo family and pondered whether the real prob- at www.mvwsd.org city staff warned that project other speakers urged city offi- lem is a matter of too many users Para información en español, visite nuestra página web. would take some time. cials to add safety upgrades in sharing the streets. Members of An independent traffic engi- the meantime, such as a stop the Bike/Pedestrian committee 750 A San Pierre Way • Mountain View, CA 94043 neering firm would study the sign. That would be studied, asked city staff to look into a 650.526.3500 • www.mvwsd.org intersection for possible safety Fuller said, but he cautioned “road diet,” reducing the number improvements, which will take that a poorly planned stop sign of traffic lanes along El Monte about two months, said Public could make the situation worse and nearby Springer Street. Full- Works Director Mike Fuller. A by giving people a false sense of er promised that staff would look formal proposal for a new traffic security. into that idea. V signal could be added to the city’s “If it’s an environment where Email Mark Noack Adult Day Care budget for the next fiscal year, people aren’t expecting a stop at [email protected]

and Support Mountain View has some $49 million wish list powerful friends as it pursues bike improvements through town, namely Google. The for bike improvements company offered to chip in $160,000 for the city’s bike The Mountain View City bike projects should be eligible study and indicated that more Council last week approved the for state and federal grants. aid could be on the way. final draft of its bike transpor- The city’s capital improve- Speaking before the council, • Alzheimer’s tation update, a wish list that ment list already includes Google’s transportation plan- includes about $49 million of funding for three major-pri- ning manager Jeral Poskey • Dementia planned bike-related trails and ority projects, including plans praised the city’s bike plan • Parkinson’s upgrades throughout town. to upgrade the bike lanes for its thoroughness and for The full list includes more and crossings at the Castro planning ahead to connect • Stroke than 180 projects, and exactly Street intersection with Cen- with other trails and routes where that money would come tral Expressway. Additionally, being developed by neighbor- from remains uncertain. City Mountain View will study an ing cities. We accept VA staff members noted they have 0.7-mile extension of the Per- “This is a plan that’s not Call for free already made headway on some manente Creek Trail from going to sit on a shelf and will and MediCal of the highest priority projects, Middlefield Road to Central deliver results in the near- visiting day and it will be a gradual process Expressway. About $200,000 term,” Poskey said. “We look of finding resources to whittle would be needed for a study of forward to working with you to 270 Escuela Avenue, Mountain View down the list. City staff pointed a network of new bike routes make this project a reality.” V out that many of the outlined and improvements. Mark Noack (650) 289-5499 • avenidas.org/care

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QOBITUARIES POLICE Continued from page 5 RICHARD PAUL gency services, his family said. PAULINE PARTTI Michael in Mountain View. ALEXANDER In 1993, he and his wife moved She worked in restaurants don’t have the resources to from Los Altos to Penn Val- Pauline Partti, a Mountain for many years, co-founding deploy this device, and then Richard Paul Alexander, a ley, Calif., to be closer to their View resident, died unexpect- Bueno Bueno, which was who would we be looking for?” Los Altos resident and former grandchildren, and he continued edly in Santa Clara on Nov. later franchised and sold, her The police chief also gave director of El Camino Hospital’s his community work as a docent 21. She was family said. She subsequently an update on some early test- emergency services, died Oct. 8. at the South Yuba River Historic 48. used her bachelor’s degree ing the department was doing He was 89. State Park and on the Nevada Born on in accounting from Chico with predictive policing. This He was County Historical Landmarks August 22, State University to work as an computer model collects born to Paul Commission. He was a humble 1967, in accountant in the health care crime report data to find pat- Edwin Alex- and unselfish man who loved Redwood industry for 15 years. terns, giving police officials ander and God, country and family above City, she Her family remembers her suggestions for where and Mary Reyn- all else, his family said. was the as charismatic and passionate when patrol officers should olds-Alexan- He is survived by his wife middle about her beliefs, saying that be deployed. His team is still der on Nov. Dolores; children David of Half daughter a more genuine soul would be testing out the system, Bosel 12, 1925, in Moon Bay, Carol and Cathi, of three Pauline Partti difficult to find. said, but in theory it could hep Toledo, Ohio. both of Penn Valley, John of children She is survived by her part- reduce crime. Immediately Richard Solano and Rich of Minden, to Young (Allen) and Kath- ner Brian Eugeni; children “I don’t know if we can following Alexander Nevada; eight grandchildren erine Kim. She married Paul Justine and Michael; parents empirically say it’s an effective high school and one great-grandchild. Partti and raised their daugh- Allen and Katherine; and tool,” he said. “We’re using it, graduation in 1943, he enlisted Services were held at Trinity ter Justine in Los Altos Hills. brothers Doug and Walter. and it’s promising at this in the Navy V12 program for Church in Nevada City, and an Following their divorce, she A service was held Nov. 25 point.” V officer training and was sent to interment service was held at spent her last 14 years with at Spangler Mortuary in Email Mark Noack at Williams College in William- Christ Episcopal Church in Los Brian Eugeni, raising their son Mountain View. [email protected] stown, Mass. He received his Altos. bachelor’s degrees in 1945 and In lieu of flowers, donations to was accepted at the University of the South Yuba River Park Asso- Michigan Medical School. ciation, PO Box 17660, Pleasant While awaiting the fall semes- Valley Road, Penn Valley, CA ter, he was transferred to Chelsea 95946 are preferred by the family. Naval Hospital in Boston, where he served as a Navy corpsman. Change your With the ending of the war ARCHIE VICTOR OSBORNE in 1945, he was transferred to Archie Victor Osborne, a reserve status, and graduated Mountain View resident, died from the University of Michigan on Nov. 19 surrounded by fam- in 1949. He served a rotating ily. He was 77. smile, internship at the Mary Fletcher Born on March 7, 1938, in Hospital in Burlington, Ver- Okolona, Mississippi, he grad- change your mont, and thereafter moved on uated from Fannie Carter High to the VA Hospital in Framing- School where he excelled in ham, Massachusetts, where he both sports and academics, his entered a residency in general family said. surgery. He suc- In 1950 he married Dolores cessfully ran life. Euber. His residency and new his business, marriage were interrupted by Osborne a recall to active duty in the Moving Co., Korean War. He was sent to the for more 9th Naval District in San Fran- than 30 years cisco, where he served in sea in the Bay duty until 1952. He resumed his Area. In his general surgical residency at the later years, he Archie Osborne VA Hospital in Boston, and later developed a Natural-looking dental implants will restore at Springfield Cancer Hospital. love for gardening. 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PERMITS Continued from page 1 ‘It seems like every New units permitted munity Development Director 10 years there’s a Randy Tsuda. “At this point, staff and the boom like this, but 1000 council need to be very discrimi- nating and take a hard look at this one is deeper what additional studies they’d like done,” he said. “We have less and more sustained.’ 750 capacity for our planners to take on projects.” GEOFF BRADLEY OF M-GROUP Those limits could be particularly acute for the city’s gate- 500 keeper projects — development public servants. By most stan- proposals that would require dards, the city’s open positions special exemptions to the city’s pay well — the salary for an entry- general plan or zoning rules. level planner ranges from $77,000 Starting next month, Tsuda said to up to $100,000. However, many 250 he expects his department to other cities are also scrambling to have a total of 20 gatekeepers hire and keep staff as they cope needing review. Those projects with their own building booms, include some of the largest pro- said Geoff Bradley, a principal 0 posals in front of the city, but with the M-Group, a municipal could be hindered by the staff contracting firm that helps staff 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 shortage, he said. about 25 Bay Area cities. The The recent struggle to retain demand for planning staff is rife Approved & Pursued Abandoned Projects and recruit experienced planning throughout the Bay Area, but it staff is quite a turnaround from is most pronounced in the South COURTESY OF CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW a few years ago, Tsuda said. In Bay, he said. The number of housing units being vetted by city officials has been trending upward in recent years. the aftermath of the 2008 reces- “It seems like every 10 years sion, Mountain View was getting there’s a boom like this, but this ongoing issue at City Council warned they were in danger of anywhere around here are well hundreds of qualified applicants one is deeper and more sus- meetings. Responding to public overwhelming staff members. aware that staff resources in for its open planning positions, tained,” Bradley said. “It includes concern, council members have For developers eager to begin many cities are constrained,” he he said. residential, it’s offices, it’s retail, sought quick action on issues construction, they generally under- said. “I don’t think this is unique Today, Mountain View is com- it’s hotels — it’s everything.” such as housing affordability and stand that Mountain View is del- to Mountain View.” V peting with dozens of other Bay Over the last months, the limits transportation improvements, uged with projects, Tsuda said. Email Mark Noack Area cities for a limited pool of on City Hall staff have been an and city administrators have “Most developers who work at [email protected]

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November 27, 2015 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 9 Inspirations LocalNews in Mountain View, Los Altos helps meet this need.” MENTAL HEALTH and Sunnyvale. They provide Alta Vista Principal Bill Pierce Continued from page 1 a guide to the spiritual community one-on-one therapy for students said CHAC has been an integral LOS ALTOS LUTHERAN as CHAC tries to address the to help them cope with stress and part of the continuation high To include your mental health needs of everyone emotional problems, including school for decades, and that Bringing God’s Love and Hope to All Church in in the community. suicide prevention and curbing counseling is in high-demand Children’s Nursery For decades, CHAC has been destructive behavior like drug for students who have a “wide 10:00 a.m. Worship Inspirations helping local children, teens and and alcohol abuse. variety of back stories” and need 10:10 Sunday School Please call families with psychiatric services These interns have been inte- the extra support. 11:15 a.m. Fellowship for a myriad of emotional prob- gral in helping Mountain View’s “I can’t imagine an Alta Vista Blanca Yoc lems. Though the nonprofit has a local high schools deal with teen High School without CHAC,” Pastor David K. Bonde at 650-223-6596 strong presence in local schools, depression, as hundreds of stu- Pierce said. Outreach Pastor Gary Berkland it also provides counseling and dents flock to CHAC’s on-site Nakano-Matsumoto said there 460 South El Monte (at Cuesta) or email therapy to all residents in the counseling services each year. In are still plenty of gaps that CHAC 650-948-3012 [email protected] community. Clients pay on a slid- these free one-on-one sessions, needs to fill at the schools. www.losaltoslutheran.org ing scale based on their income students learn to cope with stress Students lose out on months of in order to keep the services in a high-pressure academic mental health support over the available to low- and middle- environment and can openly talk summer break when schools are MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH income families. about their depression, according closed, and the nonprofit doesn’t Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m. CHAC is also one of seven non- to last year’s annual report. do much to ramp up during profit organizations that benefit CHAC helped 250 students “high stress periods” like AP Saturday Services: Worship 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Study Groups: from the Voice’s annual Holiday through more than 2,783 hours tests, final exams and college 10-11 a.m. Fund. Donations to the Holiday of counseling in the Mountain applications. Pastor Kenny Fraser, B.A.M. DIV Fund are divided equally among View-Los Altos High School Dis- “These are the times we should the nonprofits and are adminis- trict over the last school year, and be providing more services,” she 1425 Springer Rd., Mtn. View - Office Hrs. M-F 9am-1pm tered by the Silicon Valley Com- reached nearly 2,200 students said. www.mtviewda.adventistfaith.org Phone: 650-967-2189 munity Foundation at no cost, so across all the schools it serves. CHAC recently expanded its 100 percent of contributions go to This year, CHAC has two services to schools in Sunnyvale, the recipients. interns working at each of Moun- and now has a presence at 33 One of the more prominent tain View-Los Altos High School schools in the area. The ambi- roles CHAC plays in the commu- District’s campuses: Mountain tious move stretched the non- nity is in suicide prevention, giv- View, Los Altos and Alta Vista, profit’s resources thin, which is ing students a chance to talk to a according to Susan Flatmo, the why Nakano-Matsumoto said therapist at school. The issue hits clinical services coordinator for it’s important to make sure close to home, as four teens from MVLA. Alta Vista is a continu- CHAC’s organizational structure Palo Alto committed suicide ation high school for students can handle its commitments in Join our team! since September of last year, and who struggled in the normal the years to come. a Mountain View teen’s death by academic setting. And while the “We need to build our infra- We’re looking for talented, chemical fumes last September school is pretty small — enroll- structure to do that,” Nakano- also claimed the life of his father ing a little over 100 students each Matsumoto said. “The staff and highly-motivated and dynamic people in what police determined was a year — Flatmo said it’s important the board are working together suicide and an accidental death. for CHAC to have a strong pres- on a five-year plan.” The nonprofit’s workforce is ence there. Much of Nakano-Matusomo- comprised of 80 interns, who “Staff work hard (at Alta Vista) to’s background has been in Embarcadero Media is a locally-owned and independent are all working towards their to meet the needs of many pro- nonprofit work in East San Jose, multimedia company based in Palo Alto for over 35 years. We doctoral and therapy licenses files of students who benefit working with low-income fami- produce the award-winning Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View through CHAC’s Intern Training from a smaller setting and an lies dealing with poverty. The Voice and The Almanac on the Midpeninsula. In each of these Program. These interns make up increased amount of individual lay of the land is certainly differ- markets our print publications and award-winning websites are CHAC’s boots on the ground in attention, emotionally and aca- ent here in Mountain View, but the community, visiting schools demically,” Flatmo said. “CHAC she said there are still plenty of the best-read and most respected news source in the area. unmet needs. We are currently looking for talented and outgoing “It’s more affluent, though Multimedia Advertising Sales Representatives to join there are people who are strug- our team. gling in many different ways,” Benefit Concert she said. In this position, you will work with local businesses to expand for the One local issue that Nakano- their brand identity and support their future success using our Matsumoto found “surprising” is marketing platforms: print campaigns, website and mobile Sunnyvale-Mountain View the sheer level of stress and anxi- advertising and email marketing. Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary ety over the high cost of living in the area, and the unavailablity of The ideal candidate is an organized and assertive self-starter featuring affordable housing for families who loves working in a team environment to achieve sales on a tight budget. The fear of goals. Be sure you have strong verbal, written and persuasive evictions, she said, can take its interpersonal skills — and you thrive on exceptional customer toll on a person’s mental health. service and hard work. The Menlo Brass Nakano-Matsumoto said she Sales experience is a plus, but we will consider well-qualified will be striving to create a candidates with a passion to succeed. Please email your resume Quintet stronger relationship between CHAC and other nonprofits in and a cover letter describing why you believe you are the right Friday, December 4, 7:30 p.m. the area, including the MayView fit with Embarcadero Media. No phone calls, please. Community Health Center and at Community Services Agency of Submit your resume and cover letter to: First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View Mountain View and Los Altos. Tom Zahiralis, Vice President Sales and Marketing 1667 Miramonte Avenue, Mt. View That way residents in the area, [email protected] Tickets: Adults $20 particular low-income families, Children under 12: $10 will be able to get the support services they need. 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SLATER would suffer during an economic do so much to open Slater.” come up with the cash to build it recently agreed to a two-fold rent Continued from page 1 downturn,” he said. Rudolph referred to the deci- at time when construction costs increase. If the district opens a The task force’s verdict led sion as a “linchpin” that would are sky-high and the current school on the campus, Rudolph “If we open Slater, we need to to several months of back-and- prompt several other important Measure G construction budget said, it faces losing that money. do it in a thoughtful way, and forth disputes on how many decisions. The board would have is already strained. At the same District parent Jenny Shroder not just slap some buildings on kids are expected to enter the to revisit school boundaries, time, the district has to fund the told the board she understands the ground,” she said. “I think district over the next decade. carving up the district in a way school’s operating costs, which the desire for a neighborhood at the end we could end up with Enrollment projections across district estimates have pinned at school in the Whisman and a beautiful school that we’re all two demographic studies showed about $1 million annually. Slater area, but opening a new proud of.” conservative enrollment growth The task force found A breakdown of past and school is going to have a cas- The only board member who that may not be enough to sup- future building plans showed cading effect on all the other remained skeptical was Bill Lam- port a new school, according to that schools such as the district would be overspend- schools. bert, who reminded his col- Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph. ing the $198 million Measure Shroder said the district has a leagues that in June, the district’s But some parents said they had Landels and Monta G budget by $50 million if the lot on its plate already, trying to Boundary Advisory Task Force a different take on the results. board moves forward with the better compensate teachers and recommended against opening Parent Vicki Chang said the Loma could lose construction of Slater Elemen- raise test scores among English- the new school for myriad rea- results show hundreds of stu- hundreds of students tary. In recent meetings, board language learners and students sons. dents are expected to flock to members conceded they may with disabilities. To create a The task force studied sev- the district, and that’s excluding if Slater were have to seek another school bond school at Slater, she said, means eral “new school” scenarios future residential plans that are as soon as the November 2016 these prior commitments could and found that schools such as likely to be approved by Moun- reopened. election to pay for it. fall by the wayside. Landels and Monta Loma could tain View’s City Council. Rudolph said that the district “There are so many needs in lose hundreds of students if Lambert said that there’s more that would displace students and would likely have to choose the district right now,” she said. Slater were reopened, reducing than enough capacity at the exist- potentially change property val- between renewing its Measure C “It concerns me to think that the effectiveness of their aca- ing schools to support explosive ues across the city. parcel tax or passing a new con- there might possibly be cuts demic programs. The task force student growth, so enrollment In all the shifting around, struction bond in the November to existing school operating also found that operating nine projections “can’t be a reason Lambert said, it’s important to 2016 election. The parcel tax budgets in order to support an elementary schools, with only for opening Slater.” Instead, he make sure the school popula- brings in roughly $2.8 million additional school when we also 3,600 total students, would pose said, the board should shift the tions are roughly balanced in in annual revenue each year and consider all of those other unmet a significant financial burden for discussion to how Slater would order to make sure all the schools funds such things as smaller needs.” the district. benefit everyone in the district, are successful. He said limiting class sizes, libraries and science Rudolph told board members Lambert said the task force especially since everyone will the size of choice programs and programs. it is possible in the near future review indicated that the district have to chip in to fund the new intra-district transfers may be Another key question is wheth- to get Slater up and running if couldn’t support massive dispari- school. key to making sure that happens. er the district will be losing $1.6 they make that decision next ties in student enrollment from “I think it’s important for our million in annual lease revenue month. “It will take some wran- one school to another. board to articulate (the ben- Budget concerns raised from Google, which now leases a gling, and it will take some “It was a real fear of par- efits),” Lambert said. “We are Funding a new school is a two- majority of the Slater campus as maneuvering, but it is a possi- ents that a 300-student school really asking the community to part issue. The district needs to a day care center. The company bility,” he said. V

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Another parent, who had two opment program to make sure STANDARDS children reclassify in fourth students are learning English as injuries to his hand. Continued from page 5 CRIME BRIEFS grade and another one reclas- effectively as possible. Continued from page 4 The alleged assailant is support from the district sify in eighth grade, told the Of the English-learners who described as a 6-foot-tall through a designated English- board that the earlier students entered kindergarten in the white man in his 30s, Hardie language development class, are reclassified the better. She 2009-10 school year, 62 percent BRANDISHING A said. which takes up one period of said her kids were much more are now considered proficient WEAPON the school day. Once students successful in school once they in English. To Rudolph, that are considered fluent, they are were considered English-profi- number is still way too low. Police arrested a Mountain BURGLARY SUSPECTS reclassified and are put in a cient, and were better prepared “Looking at a five-year classi- View man early Wednesday ARRESTED typical school schedule. for the high school environ- fication rate of 62 percent shows after he allegedly pointed a Superintendent Ayindé ment. we have a lot of work to do, as a replica gun at a person in the Los Altos police have arrest- Rudolph told the board that it One of the reasons Rudolph system, in terms of moving kids process of repossessing his ed two suspects in connection makes sense to ditch the old said he supported the rigor- to the goal line,” Rudolph said. vehicle. to a string of burglaries that standardized test benchmark ous new requirements was to While the board has yet to Police received a report just occurred earlier this month. in favor of the new Smarter Bal- make sure students who need be briefed on the results of the before 1 a.m. on Nov. 18 of a The two juveniles are sus- anced Assessment (or SBAC), recent audit that looked into the man with a gun in the 1300 pected of burglarizing 12 and that the board ought to academic programs at all of the block of Park Drive. Later, businesses in downtown Los adopt it as the new criteria ‘We have a lot of schools, Rudolph said the School police found that the weapon Altos. They were arrested for reclassification. Rudolph Quality Reviews by Cambridge was a replica gun with the after police released photo- noted that in earlier meetings work to do, in terms Education specifically called orange tip removed, accord- graphs and video surveillance this month, all but two of the out special education programs ing to police spokeswoman footage showing both teens district’s principals agreed it of moving kids and English-language pro- Leslie Hardie. The man, iden- inside one of the businesses. was the right move. Similarly, grams. Problems include lack of tified as 29-year-old Esin Three of the commercial he said the District English to the goal line.’ accountability, and while no Karadag, was also found to be burglaries were reported in Language Advisory Council SUPERINTENDENT AYINDÉ RUDOLPH one person is to blame, Rudolph possession of OxyContin and downtown Los Altos on Nov. voted 6-4 in favor of the new said system-wide improvements a methamphetamine pipe, 15, when the suspects alleg- standards. need to be made. police said. edly entered the businesses What’s more, the adoption of the additional support from Getting English learners the He was booked into San- at night by forcing their way the new standards may become English-language development resources they need has been a ta Clara County Main Jail through the rear doors of the mandatory in future years, classes don’t prematurely lose challenge for the school district on charges of brandishing a buildings. The suspects stole Rudolph said. The state could that extra help. in the past. In 2011, the district weapon as well as narcotics cash and “small food items,” eventually require a specific But Mistral parent Joel faced a complaint from the charges. according to police. benchmark of performance on Lachter said he wasn’t sold on Office for Civil Rights alleging On Nov. 20, eight more the SBAC test, he said, but right that defense. Beyond test scores, that the district discriminates downtown businesses were now it’s up to the districts to students need a teacher recom- against English learners and BICYCLIST PUSHED reportedly burglarized. One decide. mendation to be reclassified. If special education students at A man traveling on Stevens business also reported an “It is possible that next year a student still needs that extra Graham Middle School. The Creek Trail pushed a person attempted burglary. Police we will be forced to do this support, the teacher will be the discrimination, according to the off of a bicycle on Nov. 14, say the break-ins were done anyway,” he said. appropriate person to step in report, stems from a failure to according to police. using a similar method to the The dissent on the language and decline the parents’ request provide these students with ser- The alleged assailant was burglaries on Nov. 15. council, according to Rudolph, rather than rely on a tough vices “targeted to their needs.” running down the trail at Both suspects were issued was rooted in worries that the standardized test benchmark. Once the school board figures around 12:50 p.m. when he citations and released to their decision would prolong the Though the board ultimately out how to set the benchmark for pushed the victim towards parents, police said. The case amount of time students would postponed any decision until English learners to reclassify, the the wall of the trail near Cen- will be referred to the Santa spend designated as English spring of next year, there were goal of the district will be how to tral Expressway, according to Clara County Juvenile Proba- learners. He said there’s a cer- some suggested compromises. get students to that threshold. V police spokeswoman Leslie tion Department. tain level of stigma that comes Board member Steve Nelson Email Kevin Forestieri at Hardie. 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MICHELLE LE Emcee Kai Kai, center, dances with fellow performers at the end of a recent Game of Hearts drag variety show. One big campy family MOUNTAIN VIEW NIGHTCLUB HOSTS SEMIMONTHLY DRAG SHOWS

By Elizabeth Schwyzer it a draft of cigarette smoke. be more involved in the LGBT Sakura doesn’t seem to notice. community.” n a short, multicolored dress She’s in full command of the It sounds great — and it looks cinched tight to emphasize room, a campy Japanese queen fabulous — but Bradford made it Iher curvaceous hips and bust, holding court at a dive bar just off clear life as a drag queen isn’t all dramatic orange eye makeup Highway 101 in Mountain View. glamour. and a voluptuous blond wig For Bryan Bradford, aka Saku- “I do not feel sexy when I’m in that cascades past her shoulder ra, the art of drag is all about drag,” he explained. “I feel like blades, Rock M. Sakura looks performing for the audience. a sweaty old couch you find at ready for a starring role in a J-pop “I look for an excited, confused the Goodwill that smells like video. Alone on stage, she teeters look in their eyes,” he explained Cheetos. I feel like a glammed up comically on her high heels as shortly before the start of the dishrag.” she lip-syncs to the soundtrack Game of Hearts drag variety The “sweaty old couch” sensa- MICHELLE LE of an instructional dance video, show earlier this month. Sitting tion may well be due to the foam Bryan Bradford prepares backstage for his role as drag queen Rock M. encouraging her audience to in a dingy, windowless back padding, pantyhose, waist cinch- Sakura in the Game of Hearts drag variety show. follow along. Instead, they stay office at King of Clubs night- er, makeup, hairpieces, cloth- seated, chortling and clapping club in his khaki shorts, bare- ing and accessories he uses to According to Peter Goldblum, community,” Goldblum said in a appreciatively. chested, his face already prepped transform himself from a mus- Ph. D., director of the Center for recent phone interview. “Partly it Undeterred, she continues, with cake makeup, Bradford cular man into a hyper-feminine LGBTQ Evidence-based Applied was just fun and something that demonstrating a series of moves described the feeling he gets woman with an hourglass figure Research (CLEAR) at Palo Alto people enjoyed doing, but it was from an unladylike squat to an onstage. and a porcelain doll face. University and a specialist in also very connected up with early even more unladylike repetitive “Putting on a wig and makeup Bradford is not alone in going gender expression and gender gay liberation.” gesture that leaves the audience makes me feel fearless,” he said. to such lengths to create a femi- identity, Bradford is participating Referring to the Stonewall shrieking with laughter. A man Getting to be a woman for one nine persona for the stage. He’s in a social and political practice Riots of 1969 in which the LGBT in baggy jeans and an oversized evening a few times each month one of eight regular performers at that dates back at least to the 17th community in New York staged flannel shirt pulls a $1 bill from has given him a confidence that Game of Hearts, a semimonthly century and gained prevalence violent protests against legal dis- his breast pocket and tosses it on colors the rest of his life, he show that launched at the Leong in Germany in the 1930s, as crimination and social margin- stage where it lands, crumpled, at explained. Drive nightclub more than 12 depicted in the Broadway musi- alization, Goldblum said, “Stone- her splayed feet. “I identify as a gay male, but months ago and has attracted a cal, “Cabaret.” wall has often been attributed to It’s past 10 p.m., and with every I never really had a connec- loyal following. “In the 1940s and ‘50s, drag drag queens finally coming to swing of the bar door, a gust of tion to the gay community He’s also part of a much older became one of the central forces the point of being tired of being cold air sweeps in, carrying with before. Drag has pushed me to and larger tradition. within the underground gay harassed. So there is this long

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history of political involvement.” about doing it: Do it,” he said. Yet for most drag queens, “There’s no harm in trying.” Goldblum acknowledged, drag Those intrigued might start is primarily a social practice, by attending a Game of Hearts one that embraces camp humor, show and meeting the organiz- satire and a simultaneous cel- ers: host and talented performer ebration and mockery of extreme Kai Kai (officially a “faux” drag femininity. queen — she was born female, though she identifies as gender Silicon Valley drag queer), DJ Scroto T. Baggins and It’s little secret that San Fran- bartender/drag king/general sup- cisco is an international epicenter port person Emily Rogers. of drag royalty. Just 40 miles to At King of Clubs, the fun the south, Mountain View is extends from the performers to better known for its high-tech the audience, which earlier this workers than its drag queens. Yet month consisted of smattering the Silicon Valley city has both of men and women, some older, — and some of them are one and some younger. As the night wore the same person. on, the crowd grew slightly. At Alexia Fuentes is among the one point, audience members regular performers at Game of were invited to come on stage Hearts. A petite woman with big to celebrate DJ Scroto’s birthday brown eyes and a quick smile, with an impromptu lap dance she joined the cast six months contest; at the end of the show, ago. It’s here, surrounded by her there was an open invitation chosen family, that she said she to come onstage to spank the feels like her true self. birthday boy. Both activities For Fuentes, performing as a garnered enthusiastic audience drag queen coincided with the participation. discovery that she was a trans- As Goldblum put it, “We miss gender woman: Although she the boat if we don’t understand was designated a male at birth, that drag is just fun. Of course, her gender identity is female. MICHELLE LE some people take their drag very By day, Fuentes is a senior soft- Alexia Fuentes brings satire to the stage at a recent Game of Hearts show. seriously and others take it with ware engineer known to almost a big dose of irony, but if you only all of her colleagues as a man. look at it from an anthropologi- But being on stage as a woman Nicki Minaj,” she said. “Drag can because I’m a little trashy,” he Pequero did not approve. cal or sociological perspective, has helped clarify her desire be political, messy. It can make explained shortly before going It was Ruiz who convinced you miss the most important to transition; she’s now in the a statement. It’s not confined on stage for his first number of Pequero to take part in a “closet point, which is that it’s people process of hormone replacement to the LGBT community; it’s a the evening, for which he wore ball” — a fundraiser for the who are having fun together and therapy, and has begun sharing medium. People bring their own combat boots, a nondescript LGBT community that features enjoying their lives.” her gender identity with trusted palette to it and do what they gray cotton dress and a hood first-time performers. Pequero, From campy to politically friends and loved ones. want with it.” shaped like a squirrel head. As whose stage name is Niya La Rey, charged to sexy to downright It was drag, she explained, that Goldblum agreed. he darted around manically proved to be an instant natural. strange, there’s no doubt Game helped ease this transition. “I don’t know that you can onstage, the hood slipped down Soon, he was hooked. of Hearts is offering fun for “I felt like a way to express my generalize anything from the to cover much of his face, but “I got to know the artistry of everyone involved, and also that femininity in a very safe space,” practice of drag,” he said. didn’t entirely obscure his thick it,” he said. “It’s an amazing out- it’s a tight-knit, caring commu- she said. “Support groups were “You can say, to some extent, beard, which was coated in silver let for people who have a passion nity. Emcee Kai Kai laid to rest not the same. I am fully free on that it is a way of coping with glitter. It sparkled in the light to express themselves with music one last common misconception stage to be as sassy, campy or misogynist views or hyper- of the disco ball as he finished and performance.” about drag. offensive as I want to be. Here, masculine expectations. Drag his number lying supine center For Ruiz, aka Sativa Bankz, “Drag queens are not all bitchy,” I have friends who I consider queens have a long history of stage, snoring: a narcoleptic seeing his boyfriend flourish as she noted. “Most are really sweet family.” being truth tellers to the rest squirrel with breasts and daz- a drag queen inspired him to get people. All in all, I love the people Fuentes also performs in San of the community. Through zling facial hair. more involved. I perform with.” V Francisco, but said it’s in the camp humor, they put a mirror For Newlyn, drag is not neces- “He’s a lot more passionate Email Elizabeth Schwyzer at unlikely setting of a bare-bones to the hyper-masculine world sarily about beauty at all, nor than I am,” Ruiz noted. “He’s [email protected]. Mountain View dive bar, among in which we live. They are say- is it limited to people of any more into performing and show- a cast of characters who range ing, ‘I don’t fit that view, I don’t particular sexual orientation. ing people how good he is.” from amateur to experienced, want to fit that view, and to “Drag is not necessarily just for On stage, both Niya and Sativa QINFORMATION glitzy to gritty, where she feels some extent there’s something gay people,” Newlyn insisted. are beautiful and feminine, but most at home. really squirrelly about society’s “It really is for everyone, and we Sativa’s style is more sultry (her What: Game of Hearts Drag “The performers there are vision of how women and men exemplify that.” nickname is J. Lo), while Niya is Variety Show more competitive, there’s a lot of are supposed to be.’ more sexually explosive — think Where: King of Clubs, talent, and the drag community “So if you can make any gener- Getting started Miley Cyrus meets Christina 893 Leong Drive, is big,” she said. “But that almost alization about people who par- Some drag queens admit to Aguilera for a pole dance contest. Mountain View works in our favor down here. ticipate in drag, it would be that approaching the art form with Sativa tends to select songs she When: Every second and The best kinds of creativity hap- they are people who have the skepticism or even fear at first. feels will connect with “older pen when there are constraints courage to step outside of social Among those in this camp are people: Donna Summer, Chaka fourth Wednesday of the applied.” expectations about gender and Joseph Pequero and Jonathan Khan, Celia Cruz,” while Niya month, 9 p.m. to midnight. Though she’s not yet out at to be themselves, even though Ruiz, a gay couple who both per- likes to surprise her audiences Cost: No cover charge. Open work, Fuentes said, she plans society may condemn them.” form at Game of Hearts as well as with everything from “Hair- to those 21 and over only. to tell her superiors in the next The image of gender as “squir- at various clubs in San Jose. spray” numbers to Disney tunes. Info: Go to koclubs.com or month or so. relly” is clearly one that makes “It was just too weird for me,” “I like to make people say ‘Wow!’ facebook.com/KOCGOH, While performing in drag has sense to Joel Newlyn, stage remembered Pequero of his first instead of saying, ‘I saw another or call 650-968-6366. been instrumental in helping name Glitter E. Vortex. A stocky encounter with the art form. queen do this piece the other Fuentes transition her gender 24-year-old man, Newlyn not A high school actor who came night,’” Pequero said. Watch videos of the Game of identity, she made it clear that only rejects traditional gender out as gay at age 19, Pequero Ruiz offered advice to those Hearts drag variety show in the it’s impossible to generalize about roles, he doesn’t even identify as discovered drag through Ruiz, who are considering performing online version of this story at those who participate. a drag queen. who performed as a woman, but in drag for the first time. mv-voice.com. “It’s not all Lady Gaga and “I identify with ‘drag monster’ only once a year: on Halloween. “For anybody that’s thinking

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DAVID ALLEN/THEATREWORKS Timothy Gulan and Lianne Marie Dobbs play Mr. Knightly and Emma Woodhouse in TheatreWorks’ musical production of Jane Austen’s “Emma,” playing at the Lucie Stern Theatre. The original matchmaker THEATREWORKS REPRISES JANE AUSTEN’S “EMMA”

By Karla Kane of spoiled and headstrong young self back up,” Dobbs said. Emma Woodhouse, who, from Dobbs pointed to a song from ven as a teenager, Lianne her privileged position in a the musical titled “Epiphany,” Marie Dobbs was a die-hard Regency-era English village, during which Emma realizes her EJane Austen fan. She threw assuredly meddles in the roman- unexpected feelings for another “Pride and Prejudice”-themed tic lives of her friends and neigh- character, as one of her favorites sleepovers at which she and her bors. Emma considers herself in the show. friends played a BBC video adap- an expert on matchmaking and “It’s such a wonderful song tation of the novel repeatedly, love yet is clueless when it comes for Emma as she goes back and giggling with delight at the sight to matters of her own heart (and forth — ‘I feel this but I’ve always of Colin Firth — as Mr. Darcy — yes, the 1995 teen comedy, “Clue- thought this,’” she said. “It’s an dashingly removing his top hat. less,” is another “Emma” adapta- actor’s dream to have that sort of This holiday season, Dobbs tion). Over the course of the nar- journey, not before or after but will help bring Austen’s swoon- rative, Emma finds that she may literally during the song. It rings worthy, witty British world to life not have all the answers, and that so true to me. It has the most for local audiences when she plays love has a way of shaking up even truth behind it of maybe any love the title role in TheatreWorks Sili- the most confident of heroines. song I’ve ever sung.” DAVID ALLEN/THEATREWORKS con Valley’s musical production Basically, it’s the stuff rom-com Though the production is Lianne Marie Dobbs reprises her starring role in TheatreWorks’ of “Emma,” with music, lyrics dreams are made of. set several centuries ago, “the musical production of “Emma.” and book by Paul Gordon. It’s “I love romantic comedies; music is in the pop/contempo- a revival of the show she origi- I always have,” Dobbs said. rary genre,” Kelley explained. “It around her and what’s really hap- “It’s really fun for me to see her nated with the company in 2006 “I’m addicted to movies with doesn’t try to mimic the sound pening,” she said. “I think that’s bringing Emma back to life,” he as part of the New Works Festi- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer of the 1800s. That’s one of the really genius that he was able to said. “She made an awful lot of val. “Emma” was subsequently Tracy. I am reminded constantly things that makes the play feel so get that. There are things that fans in our original production. developed into a full-fledged that Jane Austen first wrote that relevant to us: the music is acces- the audience sees that I don’t, and She’s the only Emma for me.” V musical production (again star- kind of romantic-comedy dia- sible from our own point of view. that’s a real accomplishment.” Email Karla Kane at ring Dobbs) which went on to logue that I love: that bickering “It has a chamber feeling to This time around, Theatre- [email protected]. become the most popular and repartee that’s really delicious it,” he said. “There’s a four-piece Works’ “Emma,” with its cast successful show in TheatreWorks’ to watch, and you can’t wait for band that includes strings and of 16, will be performed in Palo history. Helmed once again by the them to kiss each other.” reeds, but it manages to bridge Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre, rather QINFORMATION company’s founder and artistic While Austen famously said the gap between what you’d find than in the larger Mountain View What: Jane Austen’s director, Robert Kelley, the show of Emma that she’d written a at a ball in someone’s home in Center for the Performing Arts. “Emma,” presented by The- will be back on stage in time to heroine nobody but her author 1815 and music you’d want to put The current space is “much more atreWorks celebrate the bicentennial of the would like, Dobbs said fans actu- on in your car today.” intimate, whole new set, a dif- publication of Austen’s novel. ally find the plucky, exasperating Dobbs praised Gordon’s adap- ferent look,” Kelley said. “There Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, The musical “really seemed but good-hearted know-it-all tation for getting to the heart of are some advantages in terms of 1305 Middlefield Road, to electrify people,” Kelley endearing. Austen’s story while streamlining romantic scenes, the interplay of Palo Alto explained in a recent inter- “I think they do love her it for theater audiences. characters who are in a drawing When: Dec. 2-Jan. 2. See view. “We started thinking about because she is flawed, and while “One thing I love about this room or a lovely outdoor garden.” website for complete perfor- doing it again someday, because she is slow to apologize and slow stage production is that you Though some elements of the mance schedule. so many TheatreWorks patrons to learn, there is something really really get to see the discrepancies show have changed, Kelley said Cost: $19-$80 had an ongoing interest.” fun about watching an imperfect between Emma’s view of what’s Dobbs’ performance is one thing Info: Go to theatreworks.org The story follows the exploits person trip herself and pick her- going on in the love lives of those he’s thrilled to see repeated. or call 650-463-1960.

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VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY If you are not currently receiving the paper, you may request free delivery by calling 964- MORE TO THE MENU beer list, about which I’m a snob. Money is given away free to charges and even purchases of 6300. Subscriptions for $60 per year, $100 per 2 years are welcome. THAN PIZZA Failure to mention those items other taxing agencies with very 5-plus percent bonds to bolster ©2015 by Embarcadero Media won’t keep people away, given questionable results, with no its $400 million in financial Company. All rights reserved. Dale Bentson’s review of How- the positive review, but it won’t oversight or voter approval. assets — all the while letting the Member, Mountain View ie’s Artisan Pizza in Palo Alto was act as an added draw, which The city of Mountain View does park itself go to ruin. Chamber of Commerce aptly positive, but he missed so seems like Dale’s intent. profit by huge administration Donald Letcher much of what is good on the menu QWHAT’S YOUR VIEW? 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in lunch boxes hang They add in their ingredients from the ceiling while a differently,” she said. Tsteady playlist of Styx, Daviar, who previously ABBA and Bob Seger plays worked for Rocket Fizz in softly in the background and, Campbell, said the best part at the counter, a customer about working around candy does the Twist as he buys a is that her customers are bottle of soda. always in good spirits. Regu- With its collection of old- larly, customers will inquire fashioned candies, strange about a candy they remember soda flavors (ranging from from their childhood, and ranch dressing to peach), more often than not, it can be vintage gag gifts and toys, found in the store, she said. Rocket Fizz aims to stoke “They tell us it makes them feelings of childhood nostal- feel like a child again,” she said. gia as soon as you enter any of Among the much sought-after its stores. candies are Mountain Bars, The first Rocket Fizz opened Big Hunks, Idaho Spud, Mallo in Camarillo, California, Cups and Astro Pops. in 2009. The company has “I still haven’t found anoth- since grown to more than 60 er place that sells Astro franchises across the nation, Pops,” she said. “Those are including one in Palo Alto, so old it’s hard for us to get which opened on University them, so when we do, we Avenue in 2012. Another fran- order, like, 10 boxes.” chise location is set to open In addition to old-school on Castro Street in Mountain candy, Rocket Fizz sells gag View later this year. gifts and toys like shock pens, At Rocket Fizz Palo Alto, squirting lighters, Whoopee manager Nichole Daviar said Cushions, smoke bombs and a Nichole Daviar, the store manager, says she has sampled nearly every candy that Rocket Fizz sells. she has sampled nearly every horse-head feeder for squirrels. candy the store sells (although Surprisingly, Halloween isn’t “Target and Walmart (have) For the Star Wars, Hello Kit- the Shark Attack, Squirrel she stays clear of the bacon the store’s busiest holiday, their Christmas candy, but ty or Doctor Who fan, Rocket Attack and Octopus Attack section) and can recite a cata- Daviar said. Christmas is its we try to have things that you Fizz carries themed tin lunch mugs (all $11.99) feature a log of candy-centered trivia. peak, she said, with customers can’t find in those stores,” boxes ($17.99), available in a small white figurine of the “Not a lot of people know often coming in to search for Daviar said. number of sizes and designs. animal at the bottom. this: There are two Kit Kats. stocking-stuffers and special And Rocket Fizz has some- For coffee and tea drinkers There is Hershey’s and Nestlé. Christmas candy. thing for everyone. who double as animal lovers, Continued on next page

DINNER BY THE MOVIES AT SHORELINE’S

The Voya was recently featured as one of Open Table’s “Top 9 Bay Area Breakfast Restaurants”

“Breakfast in America often gets short shrift... The Voya bills itself as a place for executive dining — and delivers on that promise with its attention to detail. Tables are set with colorful Italian glassware and linens; made-to-order beignets are served with warm maple syrup and fresh-made whipped cream. Its Latin-American menu, served at lunch and dinner, leans more toward traditional American fare for its early-day offerings, with omelettes, Eggs Benedict, and steel-cut oatmeal, making it the perfect setting for a Silicon Valley business breakfast.” — MICHAEL RICE, NOVEMBER 4, 2015 Make your reservation at The Voya today! Open Tuesday - Sunday, with breakfast served daily.

The Voya Restaurant Make your Cucina Venti 1390 Pear Ave., Mountain View 1390 Pear Ave., Mountain View reservation on (650) 386-6471 (650) 254-1120 www.TheVoyaRestaurant.com For information on future events, follow us on www.CucinaVenti.com

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Unusual soda flavors include Shirley Temple, green apple-jalapeño and black licorice.

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For people invested in maintain- “THE ing their Elvis-style pompadour hairstyles, there’s the push- FRESHEST button pocket comb ($6.29). The store also boasts a collection of Pez dispensers. An SHOW IN employee for Palo Alto Rocket ĭ Fizz attends Pez conventions (yes, TOWN” that’s a real thing) and brings back both rare and popular SAN FRANCISCO designs, said Rocket Fizz employee Zakiyya Stephens. Individual- MAY INDUCE JOY CHRONICLE ly packed dispensers go for $2.99 and special collector’s packages with Harry Potter or Star Wars characters go for $49.99. And then there’s the candy- shop stand-by, saltwater taffy. At Rocket Fizz, flavor options Smuin Ballet Presents: abound: chocolate, root beer, candy corn, pineapple, mango. A small bag goes for $5.99 and a large bag, $8.99. “If you don’t know what to THE get someone, who doesn’t like taffy?” Stephens said. Rocket Fizz also offers custom-made gift baskets which CHRISTMAS range in price from $15 to $35. Odd-flavored and classic sodas are abundant at the store, from maple syrup, key lime pie and BALLET green apple-jalapeño to gin- gerbread and chocolate. Indi- vidual bottles are $2.19, while a four-pack is $8.29. DEC 9-11 ş? Mountain View Center Rocket Fizz may not stock every candy in the world, but it DEC 12 ş9Ł? !*-/# -!*-($)"-/. comes pretty close. There’s even an international section featur- DEC 13 ş9 ing Mexican, European and Jap- anese candies. And employees ./*) -0&*2ş#*/*4 *$.- )Ɓ ' ./*) -0&*2ş#*/*4 *$.- are always open to suggestions, Daviar said. Just ask. “We can try to look into it and Tickets selling fast! find it so we can provide it,” she said. “We’re all about keeping ORDER NOW FOR THE BEST SEATS the customers happy.” V smuinballet.org ş 650-200-2744 Email Muna Sadek at [email protected]. 22 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q November 27, 2015 Weekend

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Bridge of Spies (PG-13) Back on the Century 16: 9:30 a.m. Century 20: 8:45 p.m. Brooklyn (PG-13) +++1/2 ‘Rocky’ road Century 20: 10:15 a.m., 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. FRANCHISE STILL HAS Palo Alto Square: 1:15, 4:15 & 7:15 p.m., Fri & Sat 9:55 p.m. By the Sea (R) Aquarius Theatre: 4:45 & 10:10 p.m. MILEAGE IN REBOOT Cavalcade (1933) (Not Rated) 000 (Century 16, Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 7:30 p.m., Sat 4 p.m. Century 20) Creed (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 9:25 & 11 a.m., 12:40, 2:15, 4, Rocky’s back, though not the 5:30, 7:15, 8:55 & 10:30 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:01 a.m. Century 20: 10:10 way you’re used to him. “Creed” & 11:40 a.m., 1:15, 2:45, 4:20, 5:50, 7:25, 9 & 10:30 p.m. puts Rocky in the corner and Four Sons (1928) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sun 3:50 p.m. makes a new boxing star out of Adonis Johnson Creed. Yes, this is The Good Dinosaur (PG) ++1/2 Century 16: 9, 9:50 & 11:40 the son of Apollo Creed, Rocky’s BARRY WETCHER/WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURES INC. a.m., 2:25, 3:20, 5:10, 6:05, 7:50 & 10:55 p.m., Fri & Sat 11:30 p.m. In 3-D Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone star in “Creed.” frenemy from “Rocky” and its at 10:45 a.m., 12:35, 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 8:50 p.m. Century 20: 9:55 & first three sequels, and boy, does (Michael B. Jordan) who we montage (natch) and makes 11:05 a.m., 12:35, 1:45, 3:10, 4:25, 5:45, 7, 8:20, 9:35 & 10:50 p.m. In 3-D the new kid have daddy issues. first meet as a juvie inmate and his way to a climactic cham- at 10:25 & 11:45 a.m., 1, 2:25, 3:40, 5:05, 6:15, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. Directed and co-written (with orphan (Alex Henderson) in pionship bout. For a while, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (PG-13) ++1/2 Aaron Covington) by Ryan 1998 Los Angeles. When Creed’s the Adonis-Rocky relationship Century 16: 9:05, 10:10 & 11:15 a.m., 12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:35, 4:40, Coogler, “Creed” takes very widow (Phylicia Rashad) adopts plays as something close to 5:45, 7, 7:55, 9, 10:15 & 11:05 p.m., Fri & Sat 12:10 a.m. seriously the original six films him into a life of luxury and buddy comedy, but eventually it Century 20: 10:25, 10:50 & 11:35 a.m., 1:35, 2, 2:45, 4:45, 5:20, 6, 8, — 1976’s “Rocky” through 2006’s tells the boy he’s Apollo’s bastard settles into a tale of male bonding 8:35, 9:15 & 9:55 p.m., Fri & Sat 3:25 p.m. In X-D at 10 a.m., 1:05, 4:15, “Rocky Balboa” — as an urtext, child, Adonis relaxes his fist, but extraordinaire. Coogler stokes 7:30 & 10:35 p.m. In D-BOX at 11:35 a.m., 2:45, 6 & 9:15 p.m. worshipfully stitching itself to he never loses his natural procliv- plenty of poignant moments and Love the Coopers (PG-13) Century 16: 9 a.m. the franchise. Sylvester Stallone ity for fighting, and his curiosity nostalgic throwbacks, though Century 20: Fri & Sat 11:55 a.m. & 6:45 p.m., Sun 10:20 a.m. remains the one and only Rocky, about his father only grows. In there comes a moment where he but the man who wrote all the the present day, Adonis remains laughably overreaches in search The Martian (PG-13) +++ Century 16: 9:20 a.m., 12:45, 3:55, films and directed four of them in a searching frame of mind, so of his iconic “steps” shot. Jordan 7:05 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 9:55 a.m., 1, 4:10, 7:20 & 10:30 p.m. here allows himself to be a sup- he quits his job with a financial again proves his star charisma, The Night Before (R) Century 16: 9 & 11:35 a.m., 2:10, 4:45, 7:20 & porting player. There’s a kind of group and flies to Philadelphia and Stallone’s terrific once more. 9:55 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m., 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. rhyming of fact and fiction there, to follow in his father’s footsteps All in all, “Creed” is question- The Peanuts Movie (G) as lion in winter Balboa proves and, for that matter, his footwork. able as a film, good as a movie Century 16: 9:10 & 11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:40 p.m. reluctant to be involved in the In many ways, “Creed” does and brilliant as a franchise- Century 20: 10:20 a.m., 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05 & 10:25 p.m. boxing world again, like Stallone the same with 1976’s “Rocky,” extender. It’s shameless, near- The Power and the Glory (1933) (Not Rated) having determined never again this time casting Stallone in surgically effective cross-gener- Stanford Theatre: Fri & Sat 6 & 9:30 p.m. to strap on the gloves. And it’s the Burgess Meredith role of ational corn for guys. Not that part of “Creed”’s marketing twist manager-trainer. In Philly, Creed there’s anything wrong with that. Roman Holiday (1953) (Not Rated) that this is the first “Rocky” film finds romance (sadly perfunc- Rated PG-13 for violence, lan- Century 16: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20: Sun 2 & 7 p.m. in which the character never tory here) with singer-songwriter guage and some sensuality. Two Room (R) +++1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1:45 & 7:30 p.m. throws a punch. Bianca (Tessa Thompson), suf- hours, 12 minutes. The Secret in Their Eyes (R) Century 16: 9 & 11:45 a.m., 2:30, 5:15, That’s the job of Adonis fers embarrassment, trains in — Peter Canavese 8 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m., 1:40, 4:30, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. Spectre (PG-13) Century 16: 9:05 a.m., 12:35, 4:05, 5:50, 7:35, 9:20 The meh & 10:45 p.m., Fri & Sat 10:50 a.m. & 2:20 p.m., Sun 10:30 a.m. Century 20: Noon, 3:30, 7 & 10:20 p.m. ‘Dinosaur’ Spotlight (R) +++1/2 Century 20: 10:35 a.m., 1:30, 4:35, 7:35 & 10:40 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 1, 4 & 7 p.m., Fri & Sat 10 p.m. WEAK PIXAR WILL Suffragette (PG-13) +++ STILL PLEASE KIDS Guild Theatre: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m. 001/2 (Century 16, Sunrise (1927) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: Sun 2 p.m. Century 20) Tamasha (Not Rated) Century 16: 11:40 a.m., 3, 6:30 & 10 p.m. Is “The Good Dinosaur” any Trumbo (R) Aquarius Theatre: 1:15, 4, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m. good? Well, this tale of a boy Century 20: 10:30 a.m., 1:25, 4:25, 7:25 & 10:20 p.m. and his dog — rethought as a Victor Frankenstein (PG-13) dinosaur and his boy — turns Century 16: 9:15 & 11:55 a.m., 2:40, 5:20, 8 & 10:40 p.m., Fri & Sat out to be a mixed bag, with COURTESY DISNEY/PIXAR 12:05 a.m. Century 20: 11 a.m., 2, 4:50, 7:55 & 10:45 p.m. some dazzlingly near-photore- Arlo the dinosaur embarks on an adventure with his human Spot in AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) alistic landscapes, sight gags that “The Good Dinosaur.” inspire waves of kiddie guffaws CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. 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One hour, 40 continue to get by millions of The emotional beats here are gressed much further than that. while making room for left-field minutes. years later. The runt of the litter, pretty low-hanging fruit for an Yes, the amusing character humor. There’s little doubt “The — Peter Canavese

November 27, 2015 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 23 VOICE MOUNTAINVIEW QHIGHLIGHT TACO HOLIDAY SING-ALONG The Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra (TACO) will hold a free public sing-along event, with a program including a medley from “Frozen,” Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” and some popular holiday tunes. Lyrics will be provided, and all ages are welcome. TACO is a nonprofit sponsored by the Los Altos Community Foundation. Nov. 29, 4-5 p.m. Free. Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. www.tacosv.org

ART GALLERIES the spring session from March 21 to June 3. Ballet will give three performances of the classic comes first. Sign ups begin at 6:30 p.m., teach seniors how to play pickleball, a growing Visit the website or call for more info. Nov. holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker.” Dec. 4, 7 p.m.; and performances begin at 7 p.m. Mondays, sport in the U.S that is easy on the joints. All ‘Colorful Personality’ Gallery 9 has on 20-Jan. 4. Prices vary. Mountain View-Los Altos Dec. 5, 1 and 7 p.m. $30 adult; $27 student, Nov. 2-Jan. 4, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Red Rock equipment will be provided; participants should display the photography of Lisa Carpenter and Adult School, 333 Moffett Blvd., Mountain senior; $25 child age 12 or under. Mountain Coffee, 201 Castro St., Mountain View. Call wear court shoes. Dec. 9-Jan. 26, 1-3 p.m. Free the sculpture and functional art of Rachel Tirosh View. Call 650-940-1333. www.mvlaae.net View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 650-967-4473. redrockcoffee.org (donations accepted). Rengstorff Park, 201 S. in “Colorful Personality.” Nov. 3-29, Tuesday- Foothill College Winter Quarter Castro St., Mountain View. www.westernballet. Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View. Call 650-254- Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 Registration Winter Quarter registration at org/performances/ ON STAGE 1041. www.usapa.org p.m. Free. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Foothill College begins on Nov. 18, and courses gallery9losaltos.com EXHIBITS ‘Emma’ For its holiday production, LECTURES & TALKS will meet from Jan. 4 to March 25. A full class TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will stage a musical ‘Come Hang with Us!’ Gallery 9 in Los schedule and registration instructions are ‘Spirits Return’ The Los Altos History romance, Jane Austen’s “Emma” — with music, ‘Rethinking Business Leadership’ At Altos will hold a holiday group show during available on the website. There is no application Museum has a new exhibit called “Spirits lyrics and book by Paul Gordon. See the website this Churchill Club event, author Jeffrey Pfeffer the month of December, entitled “Come Hang fee. Nov. 18-Jan. 3, 12:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m. $31 Return: Cultural Traditions Keeping Memories for specific dates and times. Dec. 2-Jan. 2. $54 will lead an eye-opening discussion about the with Us!” On Dec. 4, 5-8 p.m., there will be a per unit for California residents, plus basic fees. Alive,” which provides a multicultural look at adult; $45 senior, educator; $25 age 30 and leadership industry and approaches to leading reception. Dec. 1-Jan. 3, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los how communities remember their ancestors. under. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield others. Dec. 4, 7:30-9 a.m. $30 Churchill a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Free. Gallery Altos Hills. Call 650-949-7325. www.foothill. Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 29-April 17, noon-4 Road, Palo Alto. Call 650-463-1960. www. Club member; $45 nonmember. Fenwick & 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. gallery9losaltos.com edu/admissions.php p.m. Free. Los Altos History Museum, 51 S. San theatreworks.org West, 801 California St., Mountain View. Call ‘Santa Cruz and San Francisco’ Antonio Road, Los Altos. losaltoshistory.org 408-265-0130. transition.churchillclub.org/ ‘Man of La Mancha’ The Los Altos Stage Viewpoints Gallery will next arrange a show COMMUNITY EVENTS eventDetail.jsp?EVT_ID=1054 ‘The Sum of Parts’ Students and faculty Company will take audiences on a journey with of oil paintings by Katherine McGuire called from the Community School of Music and Arts’ Community Tree Lighting Celebration the renowned knight errant Don Quixote in the ‘Women in Transition: Financial “Santa Cruz and San Francisco,” presenting Visual Arts classes will share their work in a This free community event in Mountain View play-within-a-play and classic musical, “Man of Strategies for Women’ The Los Altos cityscapes and landscapes of the two locales. will include live holiday music, refreshments, collaborative art exhibition. On Friday, Dec. 11, La Mancha.” There will be no show on Dec. 9. Library and the SVFPA will present a talk called On Dec. 5, 2-5 p.m., there will be a reception lights and an appearance by Santa Claus. 5-8 p.m., there will be an opening reception Nov. 19-Dec. 19, Wednesday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; “Women in Transition: Financial Strategies for with the artist. Dec. 1-Jan. 2, Monday-Saturday, Children can visit and have their picture with the artists. Dec. 11-Jan. 18, 9:30 a.m.-7 Sunday, 3 p.m. $18-$36. Bus Barn Theater, 97 Women,” which will suggest ways for women 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. taken with Santa (families must bring their p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Call 650-941-0551. facing retirement, the death of a spouse or Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. own camera). Attendees are encouraged to Mohr Gallery, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain divorce to grow and protect their portfolios and www.losaltosstage.org www.viewpointsgallery.com bring a can of food to benefit the Community View. arts4all.org/attend/gallery.htm maintain their lifestyles through investing. Dec. ‘Winging It’ Viewpoints Gallery presents Services Agency. Dec. 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. ‘The Christmas Ballet’ Smuin Ballet will 7, 2-4 p.m. Free. Los Altos Library, 13 S. San the work of Floy Zittin and her friends Nancy Mountain View Civic Center Plaza, 500 Castro FAMILY AND KIDS come to Mountain View to perform its annual Antonio Road, Los Altos. www.sccl.org holiday program, a two-act show filled with Calhoun, Jan Grady and Marion Podolski in St., Mountain View. Call 650-903-6331. www. Family Painting Workshop This one- Multimedia slideshow on global Smuin favorites and new pieces of ballet, tap “Winging It,” a show composed of paintings of mountainview.gov/treelighting day workshop for families (ages 4 and up) journey Jamie Bianchini, an author and and jazz dance. Dec. 9-12, 8 p.m.; Dec. 12 and birds and travels. Nov. 3-28, Monday-Saturday, will introduce basic painting techniques while intercultural adventure cyclist, will offer a 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. CONCERTS participants create artwork to take home. All 13, 2 p.m. $23-$71. Mountain View Center for multimedia slideshow sharing photos, videos, Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. ‘20 Harps for the Holidays’ This annual materials and instruction will be provided. the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain music and inspirational stories from his eight- www.viewpointsgallery.com concert program presented by Harpeggio Music Parent or caregiver attendance is required. View. Call 650-903-6000. www.smuinballet.org year and 81-country expedition around the will include festive holiday music, harp solos Dec. 5, 3-5 p.m. $75 one family. Community world. Dec. 3, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. REI Mountain BENEFITS/FUNDRAISERS and a studio ensemble of more than 20 harps. School of Music and Arts, Finn Center, 230 San SENIORS View, 2450 Charleston Road, Mountain View. Christmas at Our House For its “I’ll be Patrick Ball, a Celtic harper and storyteller, Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call 650-917- Learn to play Pickleball Held next to the Call 831-465-4787. abicyclebuiltfortwobillion. Home for Christmas” fundraiser, Saint Francis will serve as a guest artist. Proceeds support 6800. register.asapconnected.com/courses. tennis courts at Rengstorff Park, this event will com/contact-us/ Women’s Club will offer a two-day Christmas Harpeggio Music and its studio activities. Dec. aspx?coursegroupid=13877 boutique, as well as a luncheon on Dec. 4 from 5, 4 p.m. $12-$15. Los Altos United Methodist Gabriela Mistral Kindergarten Info 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 4, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Dec. Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. Call Night At this informational event about the 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $30 luncheon. Fremont Hills 408-366-8810. harpeggio.com/concert.html public dual-immersion school at Gabriela Mistral, Country Club, 12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos. Christian Pepin with Afro-Caribbean prospective families will hear from the principal, Call 650-954-7720. www.sfhs.com/page. jazz Grammy Award-winning percussionist teachers, students and parents. Child care and City of Mountain View presents the annual cfm?p=1650 Christian Pepin will perform a concert of funky food will be provided. Dec. 7, 6-8 p.m. Free. Christmas at Our House: Home tours Afro-Caribbean jazz standards. Seating is Gabriela Mistral Multi-Use Room, 505 Escuela As part of Saint Francis High School’s Christmas limited to 200 and is first-come, first-served. Ave., Mountain View. mistral.mvwsd.org at Our House 2015 fundraiser, community The doors will open at 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 7:30-8:30 Waldorf School Holiday Faire The members can go on tours of homes in p.m. Free. Community School of Music and Arts. Waldorf School of the Peninsula will hold its Woodside and Portola Valley. A complimentary Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain annual holiday fair, providing activities for all and recommended shuttle will be available, View. www.arts4all.org/attend/concerts.htm ages including Gnome Adventure, beeswax Community Tree leaving from the Fremont Hills Country Club. Schola Cantorum: ‘Rejoice! Rejoice!’ candle dipping, wreath-making, games and Dec. 4 and 5, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $50 general; $45 The 85 voices of Schola Cantorum will present prizes, a children’s workshop, a puppet show per person for groups over 10. Fremont Hills a family concert, “Rejoice! Rejoice!”, featuring and holiday boutique. Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Lighting Celebration Country Club, 12889 Viscaino Place, Los Altos. a program with holiday carols and hymns, Free admission; prices vary for activities. Call 650-954-7720. www.sfhs.com/page. new commissioned works and unique classical Waldorf School of the Peninsula, 11311 cfm?p=1650 pieces. Guest artists include tenor Kalil Wilson Mora Drive, Los Altos. Call 650-209-9400. Pandemonium Aviaries Benefit at and concertmaster Robin Sharp on violin. waldorfpeninsula.org/event/holiday-faire-2/ Earthworks Earthworks and Gurhan jewelry Dec. 6, 3 p.m. $30 adult; $20 student age will offer an evening with champagne, wine 21 or under. Mountain View Center for the FILM Monday, December 7th and hors d’oeuvres in support of Pandemonium Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain Festival of French Animated Films: Aviaries. Those interested in attending the View. Call 650-903-6000. scholacantorum.org ‘Ernest et Celestine’ The kickoff event for invitation-only event should inquire by email to The John Pizzarelli Quartet As part of the first ever Festival of French Animated Films 5:30-7:30 p.m. [email protected]. Dec. 4, 5:30-9 the Oshman Family JCC’s Jazz Giants series, will include a projection of the award-winning p.m. Free with invitation. Earthworks of Los guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli will lead animated film “Ernest et Celestine,” directed by Altos, 290 Main St., Los Altos. Call 650-948- his band in a jazz performance, drawing from Stéphane Aubier. There will be an introduction Mountain View Civic Center Plaza 5141. www.earthworkslosaltos.com the Great American Songbook and beyond in and a reception following the screening. Dec. 4, Salvation Army Auxiliary’s Benefit creating an atmosphere of cool. Dec. 11, 8-9:30 8-11 p.m. $15-$20. Second Stage Theater, 500 500 Castro Street Concert The Women’s Auxiliary of the p.m. $55 first three rows; $40 general; $25 Castro St., Mountain View. Call 408-761-8158. Sunnyvale-Mtn. View Salvation Army will youth under age 18; $35 member, J-Pass; $45 www.afscv.org hold its annual benefit concert, this year at the door. Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 with the Menlo Brass Quintet performing a Fabian Way, Palo Alto. paloaltojcc.org/Events/ FOOD AND DRINK varied program ending with Christmas music the-john-pizzarelli-quartet Autumn Spice Week Shoreline Lake’s annual and a sing-along. Proceeds will benefit the DANCE Autumn Spice Week and Beaujolais Noveau clients of the federal food program provided Celebration will highlight spices and their unique Live Music Refreshments by the Sunnyvale Salvation Army Corps. 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Q Located in highly desirable University Heights Q Nestled in a quiet cul-de-sac, very close to Stanford University, shopping, biking and hiking trails Q 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms Q 3,130+/-sf of living space on a 9,975+/-sf lot Q Fully remodeled contemporary open concept family room, kitchen and wdining area Q Two master suites with walk-in closets, spa-like bathrooms with white oak hardwood throughout Q Premier Menlo Park Las Lomitas schools Offered at $3,195,000

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November 27, 2015 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q 27 THE TROYER DIFFERENCE

David’s homes sold for an average of 11. 2 % over list price so far this year! On average, homes in Santa Clara County sold for 5.4% over list price. And that’s just the beginning of THE TROYER DIFFERENCE.

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201 Ada Avenue #28 Mountain View

SOLD IN 9 DAYS FOR 17.7% OVER ASKING! Before After

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