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NOVEMBER 3, 2006 VOLUME 14 NO. 45 INSIDE: IN BUSINESS | PAGE 29 650.964.6300 mv-voice.com Candidates again tackle housing in final forum By Daniel DeBolt on three issues: relaxed, and the candidates seemed prac- ■ INSIDE high-density ticed and friendly in this seventh and last he Monta Loma Neighborhood development forum before voters go to the polls Nov. 7. JOB WELL DONE: Find out where Association held its council candi- near transit But the words spoken in the gym at the candidates plan to spend the final date forum Oct. 28, where residents corridors, the Monta Loma Elementary School were as T night of their campaigns, page 10. known for their opposition to high-den- Association of poignant as ever. sity housing at the old Mayfield Mall had Bay Area Gov- “We cannot solve a regional housing ENDORSEMENTS: For a recap of sharp questions for all eight city council ernments’ for- problem in Mountain View, nor should we the Voice’s picks, see page 16. candidates. mula for housing, and the lack of park space In particular, candidates were questioned north of El Camino Real. The tone was See DEBATE, page 11
every level of outpatient care within arm’s length, CMG is ‘Designed leading the charge to reduce the hassle, and the cost, of modern MVHS medicine. from the The three-story building and two-level parking garage, costing parking $164 million, is situated on a nine- patient’s acre campus at the intersection of El Camino Real and Highway 85. It is still being built by construc- battle perspective’ tion crews from DPR Construc- tion, Inc. and is scheduled to open WALLS ARE UP ON in the first week of April 2007. returns So far, say CMG representa- SCHOOL OFFICIALS CMG’S HUGE NEW tives, the facility is on time and FACILITY, WHICH WILL on budgtet. PERPLEXED AS STUDENT DRIVING BRING SPECIALIZED Complete CARE UNDER ONE ROOF outpatient care RILES NEIGHBORS Though still unfinished, the By Alexa Tondreau By Alexa Tondreau facility can’t fail to impress due to its sheer scope: 260 exam rooms, or more than a year now, hen Camino Medi- 34 procedure rooms, 130 physician residents who live in the cal Group’s board of offices. Additionally, there will Fneighborhoods surround- Wdirectors decided to be an outpatient surgery center, a ing Mountain View High School build a new facility in Mountain major radiology department and have been complaining about View, consolidating nine of its an urgent care clinic. the traffic and parking conges- 15 sites in a 250,000-square-foot Slavin made it clear that the tion and the often erratic driving building, the enormity of the medical care center is not, in fact, by students. project never distracted them a hospital. There are no beds and The issue came to a head from their primary purpose. there will be no overnight stays. at Monday night’s Mountain “It’s designed from the patient’s Eighty-five percent of medical View-Los Altos district board perspective,” CEO Richard services can be provided on an meeting, when neighbors Slavin, M.D., explained before outpatient basis, he said, and out- sparred with the board over the Voice was given walking tour patient care is much less expensive what should be done to rec- of the site last week. that inpatient care. tify the situation, and many left While some facilities prioritize VERONICA WEBER But those who require a hospi- unsatisfied at Superintendent the medical staff’s utilization, Israel Ortiz uses a power saw to cut through metal during construction tal stay will be referred by CMG Barry Groves’ recommendation Slavin said, CMG, a nonprofit of Camino Medical Group’s new Mountain View facility. to El Camino Hospital, just to leave a particular access gate group of more than 250 doctors, across town on Grant Road. open to student traffic. wanted a building whose design department in order to create what patient would need, and all in “We have a very symbiotic The debate focused in large met the specific needs of the is easiest for patients,” he said. one, well-coordinated place. By relationship,” Slavin says of CMG part on the gate located at the nearly 200,000 people the group And what was clearly deemed bringing together 130 physicians and the hospital. “We really need end of Joel Way, a street that serves every year. easiest was a facility that could and 27 different departments “Architects met with every offer just about everything a of specialists, and by providing See CMG, page 8 See MVHS PARKING, page 6
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From the Senior Editor’s Desk Center opens its doors Bad math By Daniel DeBolt on Cuesta fter many sleepless nights for city staff, who even Astayed up to clean the car- Annex pets the night before, the new By Don Frances Mountain View Senior Center opened up under budget and on ADLY, SOMETIMES my time Oct. 27. attempts at clarifying a “Today, for the first time, I’m Sstory or letter or whatever calling myself a senior,” said wind up making things more Mayor Nick Galiotto. confusing than ever. On an unusually hot October Such was the case with Kevin afternoon, a large crowd gath- McBride’s op-ed piece last week, ered in front of the new lodge- “Plan B is right for Cuesta Annex,” style building, while the mayor wherein he provided statistics and other city officials spoke. on who uses the Annex and for City manager Kevin Duggan what purpose. The way he had it called the center “magnificent, originally (before I put my grubby NICHOLAS JENSEN the best senior center in the world, paws on it), the numbers given LEAGUE right?” represented a cross-section of the “We said this four years ago: entire Mountain View population. CHAMPS: It will be done October 2006,” For example, he originally wrote Above: Los Duggan said. that “35 percent of Caucasians Altos girls water Many city officials attended, use the Annex and 33 percent of polo coach Travis including all of the council mem- Hispanics.” And when he gave Wyckoff gets bers, several council candidates, those numbers — this is the part pushed into the state Assemblywoman Sally Lieber I didn’t get — he meant them as a pool by varsity and former council members percentage of the entire city. players on Oct. Ralph Faravelli and Jim Cochran. So, just over a third of Moun- 25 after a victory Galiotto started out with a joke tain View’s whites, and a third against Palo Alto about seniors boiling over in the of its Hispanics, use the Annex, that crowned heat, so he had to make his 10- according to McBride. (All of his the team league page speech brief. data was taken from the city’s champions for the The 25,000-square-foot center “2006 Resident Survey.”) first time in their includes an arts and crafts studio, a Inadvertently, I tweaked this history. fitness room, meeting rooms, class- information to state that “among rooms, a technology room, social the Annex’s users, 35 percent are hall, welcoming lounge, movement Caucasian, and 33 percent are His- Right: Lauren and dance room, games room and panic,” which skews the results. Wyckoff of Los Altos winds up against Palo Alto during the final regular season game between the two catering kitchen. Activities are McBride also stated that “34 undefeated teams. Los Altos won the league championship in overtime with a final score of 6-5. available without a membership fee percent of people making under to anyone 55 or older. V $20,000 and 30 percent of people making over $100,000 use the Annex. Twenty-eight percent of people with no kids and 37 percent of people with two or more kids Cops arrest two in California Street drug raid use the Annex,” and these num- bers also are meant to be percent- ALSO THIS WEEK, MEN POSE AS WORKERS IN ONE HOME BURGLARY, DNA SOLVES ANOTHER ages of the population as a whole. Bay City News than six ounces of heroin, one ounce of The street value of the seized drugs is Don’t know how much that cocaine and one ounce of meth, said Com- roughly $20,000, according to Mecir. changes your mind on the Cuesta embers of the Santa Clara County mander Robert Mecir. Annex and what should be done Specialized Enforcement Team raid- Francisco Garcia Suarez, 36, a resident of Thieves pose as water with it, but it’s always good to set Med a California Street apartment last the apartment, was arrested on the charges of department workers the record straight. Thursday and arrested two men on suspicion drug possession and conspiracy to distribute Two men posing as water department workers Meanwhile, did you know that of possessing and planning to sell heroin, the drugs and was not granted bail. gained access last Wednesday to the Mountain 15 percent of all statistics are cocaine and methamphetamine, the agency Gonzalo Sanchez Vargas, 41, was arrested View home of two elderly people and stole cash made up on the spot? announced. on the charges of drug possession and con- before fleeing, according to Mountain View The team searched an apartment at 2200 spiracy to distribute the drugs and had a bail See EDITOR’S DESK, page 6 California St. and allegedly found more of $100,000 set. See CRIME, page 14
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 5 LocalNews ARE YOU ONE OF THE 65% OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS WHO ? MISSED THE LAST ? District seeks audit of retirement pay ? MIDTERM ELECTION? ? STATE FUND ASKED TO CHECK RECORDS OF YICK, ARCHIBEQUE By Alexa Tondreau than they were entitled through a at several administrative lev- IS IT BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T KNOW THE process called “spiking.” els in the district by alleging fficials at the Mountain “No one ever gets away with that Stephanie Totter, director CANDIDATES OR ISSUES? View Whisman School it,” said CalSTRS spokesperson of human resources and lead District said Tuesday that Brenna Neuharth. contractor for contract and sal- NOW IT’S EASIER THAN EVER TO GET O they had filed a request with the A recent assessment by Cal- ary negotiations, was “compliant INFORMED RIGHT IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! California State Teachers Retire- STRS concluded that “85 school when it comes to inflating and ment System (CalSTRS) to launch districts have a high risk of spiking administrative salaries” • View Midpeninsula candidate forums, an investigation into alleged retire- incorrectly reporting member for Yick and Archibeque. local measures, and state propositions ONLINE! ment fraud by former administra- information to CalSTRS,” all Totter is currently oversee- www.CommunityMediaCenter.net tive staff members. of which will be included in the ing the district’s labor negotia- The district will now submit an organization’s 2006-07 audit tions with the California School www.SmartVoter.org official letter to CalSTRS asking plan. Employees Association (CSEA). for an audit of school records, The letter to MV Whisman Chris Pedersen, who is part of • Tune to candidate and proposition debates including salary and medical officials alleged that Yick and CSEA’s negotiation team, said in on Cable TV Channel 27! benefits, pertaining to former Archibeque rolled their health an e-mail to the Voice that right Complete schedule at: Superintendent Eleanor Yick and benefits and reimbursable now they are “working on con- former Assistant Superintendent expenses into their gross sal- tract language changes.” www.CommunityMediaCenter.net Modrite Archibeque. ary, thereby inflating the sal- He continued, “We have not An anonymous letter sent to ary reported to CalSTRS. The started on compensation [salary • Watch Midpeninsula Election Night 27 district board members, govern- CalSTRS formula for retirement and health benefits] which is a Coverage on LIVE TV! ment representatives and local benefits includes several compo- money-related hot issue.” Get Local Perspectives on Local Elections media two weeks ago alleged that nents, such as final compensa- The district does not know at Yick and Archibeque were col- tion, age and service credit. this time how long CalSTRS will 16 races featured, produced by a non-partisan team: lecting more money in retirement The anonymous letter strikes take to complete its audit. V South San Mateo League of Women Voters Palo Alto League of Women Voters nearly 1,750 students this year, an think the gate should be closed. Midpeninsula Community Media Center MVHS PARKING increase of nearly 600 in the past “The gate has been open for Foothill College Honors Sociology Class Continued from page 1 decade. The school is located at 30 years almost entirely without Supported by Peninsula Community Foundation, Hewlett Packard Company, Truman and Bryant avenues amid interruption,” he said. “It’s our David D. Bohannon Organization, Premier Properties Management, borders the high school and pro- a sprawl of suburban streets and recommendation that the gate Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Online vides easy and fast access to school cul-de-sacs. The campus parking remain open.” grounds. Students’ cars line Joel lot, which provides 291 spaces, can- Board member David Wil- Way and nearby cross streets in not accommodate all the student liams agreed, saying, “To close the morning, and speeding drivers drivers, who must park in sur- an access to the school doesn’t concern neighbors, among them rounding neighborhoods instead. solve the problem, it just moves Is your Julie Barton, who would like to see Exacerbating the issue, said it somewhere else.” the school take action. board member Judy Hannemann, Groves’ recommendation did addiction “I support a brief closure of the is the fact that a state law passed little to settle the overall issue, gate in the morning,” she told last year won’t allow teen drivers as residents remain agitated over hurting board members. “Some of the to carry other teenaged passen- safety concerns for pedestrians. students aren’t terribly respectful gers in their cars, thereby elimi- Several stood up to say that stu- anyone? drivers, and we have [elemen- nating any chance of carpools. dents were driving at accelerated tary] school-age kids that walk However, also present at the speeds and making illegal turns. or ride their bikes to school each meeting were neighbors who Barton said she regularly wit- day. It’s not a safe situation at the opposed closure of the gate, many nessed “people coming to school moment.” of whom had children who used at the last minute, roaring down Robert Dinneen, the father of it as a shortcut to school in the the street.” two young children who has spear- morning. But when it came to reck- headed the movement to either A.J. Rossi, a parent with two less student driving, the board permanently or temporarily close children currently attending seemed somewhat at a loss. the gate, spoke at the meeting as Mountain View High, said he “I don’t know what it is that we well. thought that denying access to could do,” Williams said. If you “The board has control and school grounds was “contrary to see a dangerous driver, he recom- access to the gate in question,” he why we have schools, particularly mended, “I’d call the police. That said, “and all of these issues come schools to which we pay taxes.” is what I’d do.” HE SEQUOIA CENTER helps families recover the down to the growth of the high Groves said he had investigated Neighbors responded that Tbalance in their lives from the effects of abusing alcohol school.” the issue with Associate Super- police had been called before, and and other drugs. Our services are offered in a warm and caring Mountain View High School has intendent Joe White, and didn’t city officials had been made aware environment by trained staff dedicated to helping individuals of the issue as well. The vari- ous entities involved prompted gain control over their lives. put forth by the California Dairy resident Joe Barton to proclaim, The Sequoia Center is licensed through –Call today 1-800-997-5504 EDITOR’S DESK Council, to teach children in urban “The jurisdiction over the differ- the State of California to deliver: to schedule a free, confi dential Continued from page 5 communities about agriculture and ent parts of the issue makes the assessment with one farming. situation almost unsolvable.” Medical Detoxifi cation • of our Specialists. THE COWS COME home this City kids sometimes don’t know And while no solution was found • Outpatient Treatment (Day & Evening) Tuesday — or any way, the where that glass of milk — or on Monday, the school board did THE Mobile Dairy Classroom, an really anything on their dinner seem intent on trying to encour- • Residential Treatment “educational milking parlor on table — comes from. The Mobile age better driving habits among • Integrated Behavioral Health sequoiaCENTER wheels,” is coming to Castro Dairy Classroom, which features students, perhaps through school Programs /Partial Hospitalization CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT SERVICES Elementary School. (gasp) a live cow, is designed to pamphlets and newsletters. /Day Treatment 650 Main Street, Redwood City Perhaps you’re taking “milk- bridge that gap. V “The board does feel that safety 2660 Solace Place, Suite A, Mountain View 800-997-5504 • www.sequoiacenter.com ing parlor on wheels” to be some is very important,” Hannemann weird Election Day joke. But no, Don Frances can be reached at said, “and we are concerned about HEALTH • HOPE • RECOVERY it’s an actual educational program, [email protected]. the conduct of our kids.” V
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Upper Campus Admissions PINEWOOD SCHOOL Open House Realize the Difference OPENGrades HOUSE 7–12 – Saturday – VERONICA WEBER Nov.13, 2004 Pinewood School, founded in 1959, is Construction crews work on the parking lot of Camino Medical Group’s new medical care center in Nov. 11, 2006 Mountain View. 11:00 am – 1:00 pm an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian 26800 Fremont Road college preparatory school serving grades Los Altos Hills light, and a three-story atrium in of which CMG is one. K-12. With a total enrollment of 625, CMG the center of the facility, which The final portion of the budget Pinewood offers a family-like atmosphere Continued from page 1 connects the two major wings, is comes from a tax-exempt bond where each student is a respected and vital the centerpiece of the modern- financed through Sutter Health. member of our community. Our students, each other, and we really need style architecture. CMG and PAMF are part of the who come from diverse cultural, religious, each other to be outstanding.” A portion of the project’s budget larger Sutter Health family of socio-economic, and ethnic backgrounds, DPR Construction was chosen went to art, most notably the mas- nonprofit hospitals and physi- thrive in our small classes where they take for the project in part because sive glass sculpture that will hang cian organizations in Northern of its “green construction” tech- from the center of the atrium. California. part in a rigorous academic curriculum and nique, which resulted in nearly CMG commissioned well-known The budget will also fund brand- enjoy a variety of enrichment activities from 90 percent of the previous Empo- glass sculptor Dale Chihuly to new equipment, the hiring of 19 sports to fine arts. rium building being recycled after create the piece especially for the new physicians, and an online Our mission is to empower students to it was demolished, according to new facility, which was made pos- records system that will make the lead lives of purpose, dignity and concern Eric Lamb, DPR executive vice sible by a single donation of more facility essentially “paperless.” for others. Come visit our school where president. than $4 million. Slavin says that CMG wants to you’ll witness first hand our nurturing Also, as a stipulation of the create something more lasting environment. permit agreement, a stand of old $164 million budget than just an office building for oak trees at the front of the build- CMG is relying on $20 million its physicians. ing has been preserved, and will in philanthropic donations to “We want to offer a commu- be incorporated into a “healing help fund the project, with $12 nity asset in Mountain View that To learn more about our school, please visit our garden” for patients to visit. million collected so far. A por- is permanent, where we can website at www.pinewood.edu or call 650-941-1532. The facility has been built to tion of the $164 million budget recruit the best and the bright- give patients “a sense of warmth will also be paid by savings from est” he said. “And we want to see and comfort,” CMG spokesper- the Palo Alto Medical Founda- any and everyone.” V son Cynthia Greaves said. Win- tion, or PAMF — a nonprofit )& )43 ./4 ). 4()3 6!5,4 )43 ./4 3!&% dows lining all sides of the build- health care organization with E-mail Alexa Tondreau at ing will provide plenty of natural three divisions in the Bay Area, [email protected]
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NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 9 LocalNews After a long campaign, council candidates ready to party Nov. 7 By Daniel DeBolt also be attending Sandhu’s get- cates for Affordable Housing together. But until then, he will be of Mountain View and by state hree will celebrate victory making one last push before the Assemblywoman Sally Lieber. — and the other five, pre- election to get his message out. She described Lieber as a mentor Tsumably, will just celebrate “If elected I will be able to put who provided her with advice — this Tuesday, as the candidates Mountain View on the national and wisdom for her campaign. for Mountain View City Council front as far as fighting ‘the dark Margaret Abe-Koga will be hold their election night parties side of democracy,’” he said. close by that night, at the Tied downtown. Jac Siegel will be spending House on Villa Street, where she Candidate Ronit Bryant will election night at Don Giovan- plans to arrive after the polls close be having hers at her downtown ni’s on Castro. Afterwards, he around 8 p.m. home on Dana and Bush streets. said, he’s going to Morrow Bay “It’s just been a lot of fun actu- “I’m very pleased with how for some much-needed vaca- ally, running door to door, meeting my campaign has gone so far,” tion time. people,” she said about her cam- St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School she said. “I’ve made many new “One way or another it will be paign. “I’m pleasantly surprised “Over Fifty Years of Academic Excellence” friends. I’m pleased that I’ve over next week,” said his wife, and pleased when people know me got a really long list of endorse- Sharon Siegel, after commenting from the past,” she said, referring to ince 1952, St. Joseph Catholic School in Mountain View ments.” on how busy her husband has been her run for council two years ago. Shas believed in educating the whole child in an environment Bryant was voted the top can- lately. She said she was pleased to where spiritual growth, academic excellence and an appreciation didate at the end of a candidate Jac Siegel said he had more receive endorsements from the forum organized by the Down- endorsements than anybody, fire and police officers associa- of multi- cultural values are fostered. St. Joseph Catholic School town Neighborhood Association, including from several local news- tions, the Sierra Club, the League prides itself in providing a rewarding and benefi cial educational in which she has been active for papers, police and firefighters of Conservation Voters and the experience for everyone. many years. associations, the Chamber of Chamber of Commerce. Candidate Kalwant Sandhu got Commerce and the county Demo- “The three areas I put a priority ❖ Full Day Kindergarten – Grade 8 the second spot. cratic Party. on are business, the environment Sandhu joked that all the “I feel like I’m already a win- and services,” she said. ❖ Comprehensive Curriculum candidates should have one big ner because of all the wonderful Abe-Koga also said she’s con- ❖ Fine Arts, P.E. & Tech. election night party since they people I’ve met,” he said. cerned the turnout for the elec- Instruction all got along so well. He said that A few steps down Castro tion will be low this year. ❖ After School Sports Starting after the polls close he’ll be meet- Street from Don Giovanni’s is “I hope that people don’t take in 4th Grade ing his supporters for drinks at Kapp’s Pizza Bar and Grill, where it for granted and [that they] go ❖ Extended Day Care Zucca Ristorante on Castro. candidate Alicia Crank will be out and vote,” she said. “It’s a Sandhu said that until then, watching the results with her matter of asking them to do that, ❖ Certifi ed Slingerland he would be walking precincts supporters. reminding them to do so.” Teaching Staff and making phone calls to get After the election she’ll be Just north of downtown on “people out there to vote. It’s a conducting a women’s defense Cypress Point Drive, Tian Harter Open House great freedom we celebrate.” training seminar with the police will be having his election night He added that he’s proud department — something she party in his condo complex rec- 1120 Miramonte Ave. November 5, 2006 to have the endorsement of organized before deciding to run reation room. Mountain View, CA. 94040 the Mountain View Firefighters for office, she said. Harter said he’s proud of his Noon – 1:30pm Association and the Mountain “A key issue close to my heart is endorsement from state insurance www.sjmv.org/650-967-1839 View Housing Council. public safety,” she said. commissioner candidate Larry Candidate and Libertarian Along with the police endorse- activist John Webster said he may ment, Crank is backed by Advo- See CAMPAIGN, page 13
In Mountain View Candidates criticize ballot layout By Daniel DeBolt everybody will see their names; in said outreach had been done to which case only Tian Harter, Alicia educate voters about the new bal- fter making efforts to save Crank and Ronit Bryant are the lots, which must be unstapled to Where in three critical years, girls accelerate accredited money on ballot print- obvious choices on the first page read correctly. academically, strengthen self-confidence, by WASC Aing, the county registrar of the ballot. “The voting pages are laid out and become leaders—ready to succeed In 2004, the Western of voters is being criticized by “They were trying to save mon- so they correspond with the Association of Schools and in high school and beyond. Colleges gave GMS council candidates in Mountain ey, but at the same time this is touch-screen machine,” Rosas its highest rating. View because of the way the list one of the things that happened,” said. “The new voting format of candidates is divided up on said Angee Salvador, city clerk. moved pages to the center of the the sample ballot, with three on Two different sample ballots book. If you remove the pages one page and five listed three listing council candidates were from the sample ballot [it] looks pages later. sent to residents in Mountain fine.” “I definitely am concerned,” View, Salvador said. The ballot Santa Clara County, including said candidate Margaret Abe considered to be problematic Mountain View, uses only touch- Koga. “Placement does make a was sent to 36,386 voters and is screen voting machines, Rosas difference in how people vote.” labeled “088.” The other ballot said. It may be clear to some vot- version lists the candidates on one Cities must pay the registrar of ers that they need to tear out the page and was sent to 5,358 vot- voters for its information printed sample ballot page and unfold ers. The difference may be due to in each ballot. This year the city the spread to see the full list of school district boundaries, which spent $1,800, up from last year, YOU’RE INVITED TO ATTEND AN ADMISSIONS OPEN HOUSE: candidates as they are listed on changed the way pages were laid due to the cost of translating bal- Sat., November 11 at 1pm or Thurs., January 4 at 7 pm the ballot in the voting booth. But out in order to fit different school lots into different languages. V 650-968-8338, x115 or [email protected] Jac Siegel and Abe-Koga, two of district candidates or issues. the five candidates on the back of Elma Rosas, spokesperson for E-mail Daniel DeBolt at www.girlsms.org the spread, are concerned that not the county registrar of voters, [email protected]
10 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 LocalNews Ilee\ij#nXcb\ij#Xe[\ek_lj`Xjk`Zjlggfik\ij f]XccX^\jXe[Ôke\jjc\m\cjXi\`em`k\[kfk_\ BodyKneads SPA+SALON DEBATE Pamper Yourself... Continued from page 1 Manicure and Spa Pedicure try,” said Jac Siegel about the “F” $25 (reg $37) housing grade given to the city by the Bay Area Council using $5 off One-hour massage methodology from ABAG. Siegel’s remarks seemed to reflect the opinion of many of the Now offering Couple Massages & Facials candidates. Upon seeing the report, “I was ,j^7ddkWb perfectly enraged by it,” said HWY[7]W_dijF>+AHkd%MWba Ronit Bryant. 810 San Antonio Rd., Palo Alto Looking for a 650.852.0546 • 7 days, 10am-10pm John Webster said the ABAG Jle[Xp#Efm\dY\i,#)''-Xk08%D% part-time www.bodykneads-dayspa.com report reminded him of central receptionist JkXe]fi[=ffkYXccJkX[`ld&GXZ('GcXqX Must present ad. Offer good until 11/7/06 planning in Communist Russia. >Xcm\qJk% E\cjfeI[%#JkXe]fi[ Tian Harter seemed to be in slight disagreement with the rest Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a debilitating disease which of the group about putting high- density housing next to transit. If affects the heart and lungs of children and adults. Currently more people lived near the train there exists no cure for PH. The Vera Moulton Wall Center station by Mayfield, maybe Cal- for Pulmonary Vascular Disease at Stanford is pleased to train would schedule more stops sponsor this event to raise awareness and funds for the fight at the San Antonio train station, against PH. Proceeds benefit the Ewing Family Fund for PH he said. Research and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. OPEN “We can’t build on promises,” said Alicia Crank, reflecting the opinion of the other candidates =fidfi\`e]fidXk`fefikfi\^`jk\i# who felt light rail and Caltrain gc\Xj\m`j`knnn%iXZ\X^X`ejkg_%fi^ HOUSE alone were not always justifica- tions for high-density develop- ment. “We need to build the way our city allows,” she said. SAINT FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL Margaret Abe-Koga said one good thing that came from the controversy over the project at Sunday, November 5, 9AM –1PM Mayfield was the discussion about a lack of park space in northern Mountain View, compared to the Over fifty years of south. Siegel brought up the example of For the future... educating hearts and minds to serve the world the lengthy planning process for the Cuesta Annex next to Cuesta Park, which he said should remain 1885 Miramonte Avenue, Mountain View open space. “To spend any money 650-968-1213, ext. 430 on that right now would be the wrong thing to do,” he said. Siegel Apply online at www.sfhs.com also mentioned that he was the only member of the Environmen- tal Planning Commission to vote against the Mayfield project.
John Inks said that as he was Photo by Tom Upton walking the Monta Loma neigh- borhood, one resident told him We cherish and hold the present. quite pointedly that the Cuesta Annex should have become con- • Experiential Learning dos and the Mayfield Mall should • Independence & group cooperation highly valued have been turned into open • Small class size space. • Varied teacher student ratio 1:4 through 1:10 The Bowman program builds Inks and Abe-Koga both said • Specialized teachers: Art, Clay, Dance, Drama, Library, there was a missed opportunity for Math, Music, Science, Weaving and Woodshop confidence, creativity and the city to acquire more park space Nursery, Kindergarten and 1st Grade Open House academic excellence. during the Mayfield development, Saturday, Nov. 4, 10:00 - 11:30am. Children Welcome. and Inks advocated that the city Lower School - GradesK-5 School tours - Thursdays at 10 am: request more when the project Oct. 19, Nov. 9 & 16, Dec. 7, Jan. 4 & 11 comes back to council next year. Parents only, please. Middle School - Grades6-8 Kalwant Sandhu said a resident approached him before the forum Application Deadline: February 1, 2007 Individualized, self-directed program with a plan that would entail the city purchasing a floundering Rich international & cultural studies retail center — the location of the Golden Phoenix Supermarket, at Proven, Montessori approach the corner of Middlefield Road and Rengstorff Avenue — and State-of-the-art facility turning it into a park. Alicia Crank was also inter- Peninsula School Low student-teacher ratio Nursery through 8th Grade--Founded in 1925 ested in the idea. 920 Peninsula Way, Menlo Park “The area has just not been a 650.325.1584, www.peninsulaschool.org www.bowmanschool.org good area for retail,” she said. Nondiscriminatory admission and hiring policy 4000 Terman Drive l Palo Alto, CA l Tel: 650-813-9131 “What do we need to do?” V
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 11 Kal, how did you end up in Mountain View? I had been living in San Francisco, with my wife Pamela. After we had our second son we Getting Candid with decided to move out Kal Sandhu of the city. We lived CANDIDATE FOR MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL in Palo Alto for about a year and a half. We with Reno or Las Vegas. But, I really wanted also advocate pursuing joint partnerships with were looking for a to go after Katrina devastated the city of New private businesses that will help the city for long relaxed, diverse and Orleans. I am proud to say that Americans believe term financial stability. safe city. Mountain in helping those in View fit that to the tee; need. We don’t know You attended school in London, how is the and we’ve been here when we might be in education system different on the other side of since 1995 and enjoyed need of help after a the pond than it is here? every bit of it. disaster. I attended an American College in London Overall it was before completing my degrees in San Francisco. What made you decide to take on the challenge quite a traumatic However, the school system in Singapore, of running for city council? experience. I was there where I was born and grew up, is much tougher It was a hot summer night in late July. (My delivering food and than here. It is based on the British system. wife and friends had been suggesting that I run cleaning supplies. I Most of our life was spent studying for the for a seat on the city council). I was at home with was in a parish that could have resembled any Cambridge University top level examinations. Pam. We were sitting outside, in the backyard of Mountain View’s neighborhoods. The flood I tell my kids that with some effort they should discussing the possibility of my candidacy. That’s left water marks at 13 ft high. While I was there be getting all A’s!! when I decided to take the political plunge. folks were allowed to get into their homes to Mountain View is a great city, but I question collect some belongings and by the end of the What is your feeling on Cuesta Park annex? the plan for the future. We have to start thinking day, for many, a hug was the most precious thing As a Council about what we want the social, fiscal, and we could offer. I look forward to visiting the Member I will have physical landscape to look like. Hence, I’ve same neighborhood again to see how the folks to make sure that created a Vision 2020 plan to address these are doing. One thing we are lacking in Mountain decision made are issues. View is a large scale emergency plan so that we fair to all of the are prepared when a disaster strikes. city’s residents. The Tell me about your family. redevelopment of I’ve been married to Pam for 20 years, and You seem to place a lot of emphasis on children the annex, I believe, we have 3 lads, Hanspreet (18), Chandpreet being our future, what is your feeling on that? can satisfy almost (15), and Raspreet (13). Pam has a Bachelor’s Without children everyone. The tress Degree in Nursing from the University of San there is no future. We should be preserved and a heritage museum Francisco, and is a Director at Mills-Peninsula have to empower our should be placed there. A meadow, of sorts, Hospitals. Hanspreet is at De Anza College; children by teaching can be planted where there can be small playing Chandpreet is at Mountain View High School; them lessons of respect, fields for children. In the long run these fields and Raspreet is at Graham Middle School. responsibility, and of could be moved when a new playing fields the past so that the project is completed, elsewhere in the city. What are the big issues facing Mountain same mistakes aren’t View? made in the future. What would you like to see happen with the There are a number of issues that need constant The decisions we make pumpkin farm? attention. Some of the now are going to affect their futures. We have Property rights are a fundamental right primary issues I look to leave legacies that our children, the future that we all enjoy. The owners of this land have forward to working leaders of Mountain View, will appreciate. the right to earn their market value. If there is on are: housing, I will advocate businesses to offer internships a possibility of getting trusts or foundations to water, infrastructure, to our youth; I will also pursue the building of purchase the land for the City, at market value, youth opportunities, a proper teen center and playing fields for our then we should pursue this. I would like to work environment, open children. with the owners, developers and preservationists space, transportation, to come up with a viable plan, where all parties emergency response, You have degrees in both business and are satisfied. and economic issues. economics how will that help you while on the city council? You have decided to donate your first years Most people don’t feel like they have a true Yes I attained a BS in Business and a salary from the council back to the schools in voice when speaking about government, how BA in Economics, from the University of San Mountain View, Why? would you address this? Francisco; additionally I received a Masters in I have worked Simple, the motto of my campaign is “Your Business Administration from the University of within our school Voice in The City”. The only way I can be the Phoenix. The City Council has the responsibility system over the past voice of the people that live here is if I hear from to keep the city in few years. There are them directly. I look forward to hearing from all good financial shape. many necessities our community members. Mountain View is one schools can’t afford. My phone number at home is 988-0904. of few cities that has Albeit, the council maintained a AAA+ salary is not much, but I heard you volunteered to go to New Orleans bond rating. My every penny that can following Katrina, what was that experience education will help me be put to good use by like? in making sure that the our schools is cause enough for my donating the I had no desire to visit New Orleans, along rating stays put. I will salary.
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“Once you get done with the ■ CAMPAIGN mailers, questionnaires and get NEWSBRIEF Lieber takes sides in Continued from page 10 away from the phone, I’ve found the walking of precincts to be ther- EPA OFFERING $50,000 Cafiero, a Green Party member apeutic for me,” Inks said. “That’s IN MEW CLEANUP mobile home cat fight and journalist from Santa Cruz. what I’ve enjoyed the most.” The Environmental Protec- “Please vote for the guy,” Har- And he may still come to yours By Daniel DeBolt matched with other letters Lub- tion Agency is looking for local ter said, returning the favor. before Election Day: “There are itz had signed and sent to park nonprofits interested in receiv- He said Cafiero was advocating over a thousand doors that I he ongoing conflict management, however at the ing a grant for $50,000 to help last week on the radio that people haven’t contacted yet,” he said. between two residents recent hearing, Lubitz continued oversee its cleanup of the MEW pay auto insurance at the gas The parks and recreation com- of Sahara Village mobile to deny any involvement. superfund site. T pump, something Harter pushed missioner has a commission meet- home park in Mountain View “I did not write, sign or distrib- The EPA wants the group to him to do. ing scheduled the took a strange twist recently, ute the letter,” she said. hire an expert to read techni- Bruce Carney day after the elec- when state Assemblywoman Sal- Lieber declined to comment cal documents and provide and Stephanie tion. If elected, ly Lieber sent a staff member to for this story, except to say that “There are over independent analysis of cleanup Shaaf, former someone will be an Oct. 17 Superior Court hear- she was asked to testify as some- efforts of TCE, an industrial sol- council can- selected to fill is ing in support of the defendant. one familiar with Lubitz, and a thousand doors vent that is found in the ground- didates, also seat, he said. But if Harry Adams, a Lieber staffer, that she and her staff had never water under parts of north-east- endorsed Har- not, he will be there was there to testify on behalf of heard Lubitz slander Stuetzle. that I haven’t ern Mountain View including ter. to continue in that Iris Lubitz, who was appealing a As a former mayor of Mountain the so-called MEW, an area bor- Harter was dis- contacted yet.” capacity like he has ruling against her for slandering View, Lieber has kept an eye on dered by Middlefield Road, Ellis appointed that been for years. fellow resident Al Stuetzle, 85. issues in the park for years, and JOHN INKS Avenue, and Whisman Road. many organiza- Inks has been The ruling was upheld, despite later authored legislation to pro- So far, the only applicant has tions, including backed by several Adams’ remarks. tect mobile home parks. been Lenny Siegel, director of the the Mountain housing and prop- Lubitz had been found guilty of For his part, Stuetzle claims Center for Public environmental View Police Officers Association, erty groups. “That’s important to distributing an anonymous letter he is looking into suing Lieber oversight. Other individuals or didn’t interview him or send him me,” he said. around the park that claimed for wrongly using taxpayer’s groups interested can contact a questionnaire. Though he was disappointed Stuetzle was being investigated money. Viola Cooper, community out- “What is this, a two-tiered can- not to get the endorsement of for killing and trapping cats. “Why would she go to a trial reach coordinator for the EPA, at didate thing?” he asked. some environmental groups, he During the original trial, Stuetzle between two people and spend six (415) 972-3243 or (800) 231-3075. But Harter said he didn’t said it wasn’t everything, showed threatening notes he hours of the taxpayers’ money in The EPA will present reports expect a lot of institutional “What matters in elections is received as a result of the accusa- a courtroom?” he asked. “I don’t on the MEW cleanup process at endorsements anyways. winning,” he said, half-quoting tion, as well as photos of garbage think that’s legal. She merely went the next Moffett Field Restora- John Inks, who will be hold- the famous line from Vince and paint that were dumped on to use the power of her office to tion Advisory Board meeting, ing his election night party at Lombardi. V his porch. Local animal control influence the trial.” V Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. on the fourth the El Paso Cafe on El Camino agencies testified that he wasn’t floor of City Hall. Real, said his campaign has gone E-mail Daniel DeBolt at under investigation. E-mail Daniel DeBolt at “quite well.” [email protected] — Daniel DeBolt The anonymous letter was [email protected] Our City, Our Voice, Our Choice Margaret
For Vote Mountain View City Council November 7 Endorsed by: Mountain View Voice San Jose Mercury News Mountain View Professional Firefighters Association Mountain View Police Officers Association Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Mountain View Housing Council Advocates for Affordable Housing AFL-CIO South Bay Labor Council COPE BAYMEC California League of Conservation Voters Sierra Club Silicon Valley Association of Realtors California Apartment Association Tri-County Santa Clara County Democratic Party Congresswoman Anna Eshoo State Senator Elaine Alquist Assemblywoman Sally Lieber Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss City Councilmember Mike Kasperzak Former Mayor Art Takahara Former Mayor Jim Cochran Former Mayor Ralph Faravelli Former City Councilmember Nancy Noe Foothill-De Anza Community College Board Trustee Paul Fong Foothill-De Anza Community College Board President Betsy Bechtel Foothill-De Anza Community College Board Trustee Hal Plotkin Foothill-De Anza Community College Trustee Laura Casas-Frier Mountain View-Whisman School Board President Gloria Higgins Mountain View-Whisman School Board Vice-President Fiona Walter Mountain View-Whisman School Boardmember Rosemary Sias Roquero Former Mountain View Los Altos High School Boardmember Sue Graham Former Mountain View-Whisman School Boardmember Juan Aranda Former Mountain View-Whisman School Boardmember Rose Filicetti Former Mountain View-Whisman School Boardmember Carol Fisher Environmental Planning Commission Chair Laura Brown Environmental Planning Commission Vice-Chair Eric Anderson Environmental Planning Commissioner Paul Lesti Environmental Planning Commissioner David Greene Environmental Planning Commissioner Martha Jensen Human Relations Commissioner Bill Bien Human Relations Commissioner Darion Lawson Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Chair Jeri-Ann Meyer Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Vice-Chair Brian Malone Jennifer Brierly Florentino Cuellar Tilly Chang Stephen Chessin Wren Clark Vince Cortese Kathleen Creger Sidney Espinosa Lorien French Amy Flaskerud Curtis Fukuda Oscar Garcia Nancy Gee Henry Gee Martin Gorfinkel Aaron Grossman Roy Hayter Terry Higgins Vicki Hobel Shultz K. Hunter Amy Imai Lynn Isaacs Gloria Jackson Danielle and William James Tricia and Mike Jennett Vivek and Monica Joshi Gap Kim Lucy Koh Jeffrey Lee Judy Levy Dr. Rodney Lum Bonnie Malouf Stergios Marinopoulos Theo Olson Dorothy Pater Lan Pham Carolyn Purcell Linda Reynolds Steve Sasaki Bob Schick Meridith Segall Jamil Shaikh Monica Smith Kim Smith-Nilson Henry Su Kathy Swartz Astrid Thompson Emily and Jim Thurber K. Trontell And numerous other wonderful Mountain View residents www.margaretforcouncil.com Paid for Margaret for Council FPPC ID #1266286
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His accomplice is described as Hispanic or white, 30 to 40 years old, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, with short light-brown hair and wearing a similar work vest. Mountain View police are warning residents to be wary of Stop Hillside Sprawl utility workers until they have verified their identity through "Since 1938" their identification, vehicle and Our new GPS system allows A an appointment to do work. us to get the closest cab to you! Vote Yes on The incident is similar to other OVER 300 TAXIS AVAILABLE crimes in the Bay Area, and the Mountain View police are working A STOPS SPRAWL with other agencies to determine if Our 650new GPS-321 system-1234 allows Santa Clara County has added 1 million there is a link between the crimes. us to get the closest cab to you? cars and one half million houses in the last Arrest in home robbery generation. Measure A stops hillside sprawl thanks to DNA match OVER 300 TAXIS AVAILABLE DNA evidence collected after Reservations Welcome. and preserves a healthy balance between our the robbery of an elderly woman bustling urban areas and the quiet beauty of in her Mountain View home has led to the arrest of Charles Bel- rural environments. vin, 49, an unemployed San Jose man, police announced. 650-321-1234 A PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT Belvin was already in custody at Sunnyvale & Mountain View Served by Checker Cab. San Jose’s main jail on unrelated Order a cab online at www.foraride.com Santa Clara County’s land use plan now charges when the DNA evidence allows thousands of houses and industrial was analyzed at the Santa Clara County crime lab and found to developments in rural areas. Measure A will match his. He now faces new limit the number and size of developments that charges in the Aug. 22 Mountain View incident, including robbery, A Beautiful Smile can be built on our hillsides and open space. false imprisonment, elder abuse and auto theft. Makes A Difference The 70-year-old woman was A PROTECTS PROPERTY RIGHTS sleeping alone in the bedroom of Dr. Maryam Hashemi with 17 years Measure A is not applicable if it would harm her Marilyn Drive home when she of experience Provides cosmetic and awoke around 2:34 a.m. and saw family dentistry with highest Stan- any person’s property rights. dard of quality, comfort, and care to a man standing there, Mountain her patients. View police reported. The man We would like to be your choice for demanded cash, the woman’s excellent dentistry. Let us help you to We Support Measure A purse and several antique gold get the smile you deserve. Dental care Nick Gallioto, Mayor pocket watches, which he obtained for the whole family in a modern and before tying up the woman inside aromatherapy environment is inviting, Michael Kasperzak, Council Member and soothing. Our staff is professional, a closet. knowledgeable, gentle, and accomma- Laura Macias, Council Member He fled with the stolen belong- dating to your needs. ings in the woman’s Honda CR-V, Dr. Hashemi’s Matt Neely, Council Member which was found abandoned a few Offi ce fl ower shop Greg Perry, Council Member blocks away later that morning. • Cosmetic Dentistry The woman, who was not hurt, • Veneers • TMJ Therapy Nancy Noe, Former Council Member • Porcelain Crowns • Children’s Dentistry managed to escape the closet and Hwy 237 • Tooth Colored • Sealants Margaret Abe-Koga, call 911 just moments after the El Camino Real Restorations • Dentures Environmental Planning Commission suspect left, according to police. • Implants • Partials The watches and other items Grant Rd • Teeth Whitening • Root Canals taken during the robbery have not Calderon Ave / Montgomery Calderon Ave been located, and police are asking Call for a complimentary consultation. PAID FOR BY PEOPLE FOR LAND AND NATURE (650) 961-5975 anyone with knowledge of their 48 SOUTH 7TH ST., SAN JOSE, CA 95112 • (408) 947-7526 whereabouts to contact the Moun- 100 W. El Camino Real, Suite #74 tain View Police Department at Mountain View • 650-961-5975 www.YesonMeasureA.net V (Two Worlds Retail/Business Center of Highway 237) (650) 903-6344.
14 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 LocalNews / iÀi¿ÃÊÌÊiÕ} ÊÀ iÀiÊÌÊà ÜÊÞÕÊiÛiÀÞÌ }° Masterful Mozart Concerts ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ iÊÃiiÊÌÊ>t Schola Cantorum (Gregory Wait, Music Director) Local animal rights activist `Ài¿Ã LÀ>ViiÌÃ] -VÀLLi with the Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra >ÌÃ] wÊ}iÀ >` >` «Õ««iÌÃ] sues over Marine World arrest ÃÌViÀÃ] Õ}Ã] `i} ÌvÕ (David Ramadanoff, Music Director) V>`iÃ] E Là iÝViiÌ Soloists: Phoebe Alexander, soprano and Amy Bay City News proved it was reasonable to arrest V`Ì vÀ V `Ài E >`ÕÌà Schneider, mezzo-soprano, David Kurtenbach, Kuba “when he was on the public " 9 -"* "* tenor, and Michael Morris, bass. civil rights lawsuit filed by land and not violating any crimi- -ONDAY 4HURSDAY a Mountain View animal nal statutes.” AM PM PM rights activist over his Kuba’s attorney, Corey Evans, 4UESDAY 7EDNESDAY AM PM November 11 -Los Altos United Methodist Church at 8:00pm A 3ATURDAY AM PM November 12 -Los Gatos United Methodist Church at 4:00pm arrest in front of the Six Flags said his client was standing on a #,/3%$ &RIDAY 3UNDAY Marine World park in Vallejo is public sidewalk and a grassy area, Tickets $22/$18 for seniors and students. set for a trial in federal court in holding a sign and passing out Sacramento in early December. leaflets, during the two incidents. / iÊÀi`ÃÊvÊÌ iÊ ÕÌ>Ê6iÜÊ LÀ>ÀÞ Alfred Kuba, founder of the Sili- Evans said, “He was doing " 9Ê-"* (650) 254-1700 con Valley branch of In Defense of things that were clearly constitu- xnxÊÀ>Ê-ÌÀiiÌÊ>ÌÊ iÀVÞÊ-ÌÀiiÌ www.scholacantorum.org Animals, is suing the city of Valle- tional. What is more at the center LLÞÊ- «\ÊÈxä®ÊxÓÈÇä{ jo, four Vallejo police officers and of constitutional rights than being Six Flags Marine World for having able to hold a sign and hand out him arrested during two animal leaflets on public property?” rights protests in 2004. Mark Mazzaferro, public infor- Kuba claims the arrest violated mation officer for Vallejo, said WWWDEMARTINIORCHARDCOM his rights of free speech and free- he could not comment on the . 3AN !NTONIO 2D ,OS !LTOS dom from unreasonable seizure. case because it is in litigation. A In the most recent ruling in the spokesman for Six Flags Marine "^® >zÁ >¥®¥^¨w®>Y jj^P°z¾^ case, U.S. District Judge William World could not immediately be c>®y®« ¿>Á¨®°w^® ^¨° Ǭ®°w¥¸®«Ç¬ Shubb on Oct. 23 turned down reached for comment. the city’s request to have the four The park is owned by Vallejo 0"45 308/ 0$"- 308/ "8"**"/ officers dismissed as defendants and operated by Six Flags Marine $ ( - ( ) on the ground that they were car- World under an agreement in rying out official duties. which the city receives 20 percent "35*$)0,&4 453"8#&33*&4 1"1":"4 Vallejo attorneys contended of the net profits, Mazzaferro said. 4*;& 7&3:3*1& 3*1& 48&&5 the officers were carrying out In May, the judge granted a 5&/%&3 48&&5 5"45: their responsibility to make an preliminary injunction allowing 7&3: 7&3: "/&8 arrest after Marine World secu- Kuba to protest peacefully out- a .&"5: -0$"- 5"45:40-0 rity officials had made a citizen’s side the entrance to the park on (-0#&4 &"$) 7"3*&5: #4, 7"3*&5: -# arrest and summoned police. Memorial Day weekend, which 0"45 308/ $ ( 5&9"448&&545"336#: ' But Shubb ruled that police must had been designated by Marine a 0 determine whether a citizen’s arrest World as a blackout period for #3644&-4130654-# (3"1&'36*54 3 was reasonable and whether any public assemblies because of the -0$"-(308/ 7*/&3*1&.&-0/4 laws appear to have been broken high volume of holiday traffic. a a before making an official arrest. Evans said a trial in Shubb’s #30$$0-*$308/4-# )0/&:%&84-# The judge wrote, “A police court on Kuba’s bid for financial %3*&% 03("/*$-0$"- -0$"-%3*&% officer, however, is not entitled to damages will begin on Dec. 5. hide behind a citizen’s arrest in After the trial, the judge will $3"/#&33*&4 -# '6+*"11-&4 "13*$054-# 7&3: place of making a determination conduct a separate proceeding to 3"84)&--&% 48&&5 3"84)&--&% of whether probable cause exists.” decide whether to issue a perma- "/% "-/654 -# -# -.0/%4 -# The judge said the city hadn’t nent injunction. V 8 $3*41 " John Inks City Council
Proven Community and Professional Experience Based on over 30 years in Mountain View as a Resident, Aerospace Engineer, Parks and Recreation Commissioner and Active Community Volunteer I will: Insure quality public safety, community and development city services. ENDORSED BY MANY Judiciously manage recovering city budget MOUNTAIN VIEW and reserves. CITIZENS, Protect and increase parks and open space. COMMISSIONERS AND Enhance Community Emergency Response FORMER MAYORS Teams (CERT) in preparation for major dis- asters. JOHN INKS Balance housing development with existing FOR OUNCIL neighborhoods and supporting infrastruc- C ture. WWW.ELECTINKS.COM FPPC ID# 1287563 On Nov. 7 Vote for John Inks
NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 15 ■ EDITORIAL ■ YOUR LETTERS Viewpoint ■ GUEST OPINIONS
■ EDITORIAL THE OPINION OF THE VOICE
Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly YES ON PROPOSITION 83 ■ STAFF Voice endorsements This will further restrict sex offenders and is supported by law Publisher enforcement officials. Tom Gibboney ABE-KOGA, BRYANT, SIEGEL FOR CITY COUNCIL Managing Editor Don Frances YES ON MEASURE C NO ON PROPOSITION 84 Staff Writers Daniel DeBolt This measure would increase the pay for council members from This $5.3 billion measure would improve water quality and Alexa Tondreau $500 to $1,500 a month. We find this is reasonable compensation for parks, but would saddle the state with multi-million dollar bond Intern the time spent, although we recommend that members give up their payments for 30 years. We can’t afford it. Amber Cleave free passes to Shoreline Amphitheatre. Contributors Angela Hey NO ON PROPOSITION 85 Sheila Himmel YES ON MEASURE H Forrest Linbarger Doctors oppose this measure to force minors to notify parents 48 Elaine Rowland The present $597 annual parcel tax for the Los Alto Elementary School hours before an abortion. Kathy Schrenk District would be renewed under this measure. The district serves 950 Photographers Norbert von der Groeben Mountain View students, who will benefit if the tax is renewed. YES ON PROPOSITION 86 Nicholas Ryan Jensen Approximately $2 billion in annual proceeds from additional Design Director YES ON MEASURE A Raul Perez cigarette tax would improve emergency services and pay for tobacco Assistant Design Director Major development on hillsides, ranchlands, watersheds and agri- prevention programs. Katie Cvitkovich cultural lands would be restricted by this measure and would not Designers harm small farmers. It makes sense, as there is more and more pres- Linda Atilano YES ON PROPOSITION 87 Elise Eisenman sure to develop these often vulnerable areas. Eric Kinnaird This hotly-contested proposition would Gail Thoreson assess a new tax on oil producers to fund Michael Villalobos SINUNU FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY alternative energy. Advertising Manager With the retirement of George Kennedy, county voters will elect a Britt Callaway Senior Advertising Representative new DA for the first time in years. Our choice is Karyn Sinunu, who NO ON PROPOSITION 88 Judie Rachel Block has served as Asst. DA for more than 10 years. She has worked on Real Estate Advertising Executive victims’ rights, and is an experienced administrator. This $50 annual parcel tax would exempt seniors and some others, Pooja Bhardwaj but we believe education taxes should be assessed at the local level. Real Estate Advertising Coordinator Charito Mabutas FEINSTEIN FOR U.S. SENATE Advertising Services YES ON PROPOSITION 89 Bill Rayburn ESHOO FOR U.S. CONGRESS Limits on campaign contributions make sense, and similar mea- Classified Representatives sures are working in other states. Irene Schwartz LIEBER FOR STATE ASSEMBLY Blanca Yoc Office Coordinator YES ON PROPOSITION 1A NO ON PROPOSITION 90 Diane Martin Proceeds from gas, diesel taxes should be devoted to transportation. Circulation Director Along with prohibiting governments from taking private property Bob Lampkin by eminent domain, this measure would severely restrict local and • HOW TO REACH THE VOICE NO ON PROPOSITIONS 1B-1E state governments from protecting the environment and open space 655 W. Evelyn Ave., Suite #3 These propositions would put the state in debt more than $73 bil- by allowing property owners to sue for any perceived devaluation P.O. Box 405 lion, at a cost of nearly $2.5 billion a year for 30 years. This is not a of property. Municipal officials predict a huge increase in litigation Mountain View, CA 94042 expense if Prop. 90 is passed. News/editorial department way for the state to get out of debt. (650) 964-6300 fax (650) 964-0294 Display Advertising sales ■ LETTERS (650) 964-6300 VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY Classified Advertising sales (650) 964-6490 SOME GOOD REASONS children (over 93 percent of all (650) 326-8216 fax (650) 326-0155 TO REJECT PROP. 83 sexual crimes are perpetrated E-mail Editorial by family and friends, not by [email protected] Editor: strangers living in the neighbor- E-mail Classified I’m writing to urge us to think hood or lurking outside schools). [email protected] about whether the “enhanced Protecting our children is of E-mail Circulation public safety” you mentioned in [email protected] paramount importance, but the • your endorsement of Proposition money this proposition would The Voice is published weekly by 83 in the Oct. 20 Voice might not Embarcadero Publishing Co. and require ($2 billion for the first distributed by U.S. Mail to residences just be a false sense of security. 10 years, increasing thereafter, and businesses in Mountain View. If Prop. 83 passes, some of those as projected by some experts) Copyright ©2006 by Embarcadero affected could easily be 19-year- is too much for a program that Publishing Company. All rights reserved. olds who have become registered likely will do little to address Member, Mountain View sex offenders for having consen- Chamber of Commerce the problem of sexual predators. • sual sex with their 17-year-old As a community, in our homes The Mountain View Voice is mailed free upon girlfriends. Is this the population request to residents in Mountain View. If you are and schools, we need to con- not currently receiving the paper, you may we want to target with being tinue helping children learn the request free delivery by calling 964-6300. Voluntary subscriptions at $30 per year, $50 per required to wear global monitor- sanctity of their bodies, how to 2 years, are welcome from residents of Mountain ing devices for life and forced to View. Subscription rate for businesses and set boundaries, say “No,” and for residents of other communities is move, so they don’t live within where to go for help when help is $50 per year, $80 per 2 years. 2,000 feet of a park or school? needed. Meanwhile, California At the same time, Prop. 83 already has among the strongest would not apply to family mem- bers who have molested their See LETTERS, next page 16 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 Viewpoint MV: Waiting List Open SUNNYSIDE GARDENS A SENIOR CARE HOME 1BR Senior "Just a short drive down the Central Expressway" ■ GUESTOPINION Apartments
SR Fountains Apts 2005 San Ramon Ave., Mtn. View Prop. 1C will help (650) 966-1060 Residential Care - Alzheimer's Care Every Tues. 9am-12pm Only Respite Care (short stays) Every Thurs. 1-4pm Only • Ambulatory/Non Ambulatory local homeless To Open Permanently • Medication Supervision By Carol Olson or an unplanned medical bill can * Income limits and monthly • Assistance with Activities of Daily Living rents subject to change with and Bruce Karney often be enough to stretch poor Our monthly fee includes all staff services. No add-ons! families to the breaking point. median income of Come tour and ask for details. n Election Day, voters Last year, CSA served more Santa Clara Co. Section 8 will face a number of than 4,000 people with emergen- Certifi cates and Vouchers 408-730-4070 important issues. One of cy services such as rental support Accepted. 1025 Carson Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 O (Near Mary & Evelyn) • State Lic. 430708612 • Sunnysidegardensassistedliving.com particular relevance to thousands or food. We have seen first-hand in our community is Proposition how the burden of high rents has a 1C, the Housing and Emergency profound impact on every aspect Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006. of our clients’ lives. At CSA’s Food Board members of the Commu- and Nutrition Center, where 40 nity Services Agency urge a yes percent of those served are chil- Mountain View’s # Athletic Club vote on 1C. dren, families receive free and Believe it or not, every night healthy food to offset the crunch 200 to 250 people are homeless they are in due to the high costs of 1 in Mountain View. They sleep living in this area. Join now for in their cars, on the couches or Proposition 1C will even make floors of friends, or out of doors. home ownership a possibility for A fortunate few of the homeless some hardworking families. Hom- * reside in affordable permanent eownership assistance through housing with additional services grants for working families, mili- OFF provided by CSA’s Alpha Omega tary veterans and the disabled Homeless Services program. will provide some residents with This program enables them to good work and credit histories the $100 work steadily towards self-suffi- opportunity to purchase a mobile ciency. Many studies have shown home or small condominium. that programs that provide perma- Across the country, programs • Over 70 Group Exercise Classes per week • Kids’ Club & Childwatch nent housing plus services are the that result in permanent housing • Over 50 pieces of Cardio Equipment • Jacuzzi, Sauna, Steamroom, Massage best way to actually reduce home- are getting the best results for long- lessness. Proposition 1C will pro- term self-sufficiency and individual • Certifi ed Personal Trainers • Indoor Cycling vide low-interest loans to develop success. The authors of Proposition • Basketball, Volleyball & Racquetball Courts Call Today or Visit on the Web! affordable rental housing, which 1C know that allocating funds to is critical for making permanent spread this “best practice” will reductions in the number of home- have positive results for California’s The Club of Mountain View, 199 East Middlefi eld Rd., Mountain View less individuals and families. citizens and communities. (650) 969-1783 • www.theclubofmtnview.com For many who are not home- We realize there is a lot to study *Some restrictions. Offer expires 11/12/2006 less, high housing costs mean on this ballot. Please take the time that their financial resources are to review Proposition 1C and con- extremely limited. The average sider its ability to improve the lives Expert staff. Clean facility. The right price! monthly rent for a two-bedroom, of so many in our community. two-bath apartment in Moun- tain View this year (according to Carol Olson and Bruce Karney are the Voice) is $1,920. With rents directors of the Community Services this high, an expense as seem- Agency. They wrote this on behalf of ingly insignificant as a car repair the CSA Board of Directors.
in the Contra Costa Times, which $100 LETTERS observes that “Prop. 83, right OFF Continued from previous page now, is unnecessary, and even one hour dangerous for our communities.” sex offender laws in the country. Our children would be better teeth whitening Please vote against Prop. 83. off if we put the money towards Alice Martineau their education, instead of wast- Velarde Street ing it on a redundant Prop. 83. $250 Ronnie Falcao OFF PROP. 83 REDUNDANT Vincent Drive we create CUSTOMIZED SMILES ANY MAJOR AND EXPENSIVE dental procedure MEASURE A IS BAD FOR Editor: LAND STEWARDSHIP Is it possible that the Voice edi- Dr. Ardy Salem, DDS Top Docs of Silicon Valley ‘04, ‘05 & ‘06 torial staff crafted their positions Editor: $79 Aesthetic & Reconstructive Dentistry as published in San Jose Magazine on the propositions prior to the I am a Mountain View busi- governor’s signing of SB-1128 and nesswoman and a leader of one Dentist of the Year in ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 & ‘06 new patient special Dr. Nirvana Anoosheh, DDS (exam, x-rays, cleaning) SB-1178 last month? These new of the trade associations that is Family & Cosmetic Dentistry as recognized by the editorial staff of the laws make Prop. 83 redundant, so strongly opposed to Measure A. Consumer Business Review Le atendemos if it wins, we’ll have no additional Our members support many of en Espanol protections but an additional the same goals for open space as most insurance accepted price tag of several hundred mil- the proponents of this measure; we also speak Japanese lion dollars, which we can ill however, after careful land use and French afford. 925 N. San Antonio Road Los Altos Ca 94022 650.559.0000 smilegarden.com I agree with a recent editorial See LETTERS, page 18 NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 17 BMWBMW •• MERCEDESMERCEDES •• VVOLOLVVOO Viewpoint AND MINI build more high-density housing Clara County in a manner that AND MINI LETTERS in order to provide more afford- treats homeowners, farmers, and Continued from page 17 able housing. Measure A does not ranchers fairly and respects their CORPORACORPORATETE AUTOAUTO WORKSWORKS protect the unincorporated hill- stewardship of the land. Measure Top Rating For Quality By Bay Area and legal analyses, we concluded sides near city limits from being A will increase pressure to annex Consumer Check Book that it will not achieve these goals annexed by the city. and build in unincorporated For example, Measure A could areas, and actually accelerate Complete ServiceandRepair and its actual consequences run counter to wise land stewardship encourage property owners urban sprawl. 770 Yuba, Mt. View and effective planning. outside Saratoga, Los Gatos, or Barbara Williams off El Camino We concluded that Measure A Cupertino to seek annexation Sunnyvale near Hwy 85 would have a detrimental impact into those cities, or perhaps Mon-Fri 8-6 on local property values and into San Jose, in order to escape IS COUNCIL LISTENING www.corporateautoworks.com property rights. Over the past Measure A’s restrictions so they ON CUESTA ANNEX? several years there has been grow- can develop their land. s r r TM Editor: Since 650-691-9477 ing pressure placed on Mountain Realtors oppose Measure A Communication is a two- 1981 View and surrounding cities to because we want to secure the Distributor JT Design Products beauty and vitality of Santa way street. One side transmits information. The only way that information can be received and understood is if the other side is really listening. Many of Mountain View’s Open Letter residents have made it quite clear where they stand on the use of the Cuesta Park Annex, more to the Community: than once. Many doctors could be of more help to their patients if th they really listened to them. Is On August 14 a resident of Sahara Village Mobile be noted that both he and Sally Lieber were fully the city council really listening Park was found guilty in Superior Court of the aware the defendant had been found guilty of this to its residents? despicable act of defaming the writer, Al Stuetzle reprehensible act in a previous trial. Neither Sally Jean Vistica Space Park Way an 88 year old resident of the park. The defendant Lieber nor Mr. Adams had ever spoken to me and was on trial for having written defamatory letters strangely never made any attempt to learn the facts CITY’S PLAYING FIELDS beginning in 2002 when she became furious upon before lending support to a defendant accused of ARE INADEQUATE learning that I had humanely trapped several sick such a despicable crime. However, despite Sally Editor: and starving feral cats in the park (the stories actually Lieber’s attempt to infl uence the outcome of this I just read the guest opinion by Kevin McBride in last week’s led to an attack by another resident that resulted in trial by the presence of her offi ce and her apparent Voice (“Plan B is right for Cuesta an arrest). Despite no further trapping but angry at endorsement of the defendant’s reprehensible Annex”), and would like to cor- something else, her blasphemous letter writing began acts, the evidence was overwhelming of guilt and rect the assertions about ball- fields in Mountain View. again July of this year when in malicious letters she the defendant was found guilty once again of these Of the 19 ballfields he says stated that I tortured cats and actually beat them to vicious attacks on my integrity, and because of the city maintains, only one is a death with a stick, a felony crime in California. The the hate letters we received, was responsible for full-size baseball diamond, with 90-foot base paths and a 60- letters, signed by the defendant sought my eviction the terror my wife experienced, also an 88 year-old foot, 6-inch pitching distance. and were distributed throughout the park to any senior. Hang your head in shame Sally Lieber for The city does not maintain the fields at St. Francis High School number of approximately 400 residents, same letters supporting and defending the disgusting actions or Mountain View High School, were also sent to residents via U.S. Mail. These same of the twice guilty Iris Lubitz. A question that begs nor are they open for public use. letters also stated that I had been under investigation an answer is why Sally Lieber would spend a day’s They aren’t even open for use by our youth sports leagues. All for several years by the Humane Society and Animal wages plus travel time of the taxpayers’ money of the other fields, including the Control. At trial I produced letters from the Humane supporting this woman’s despicable actions against a fields at Graham, are softball-only Society of Santa Clara, Palo Alto Police, Animal senior with an exemplary past. Sally Lieber’s extreme fields with the exception of one Little League field at Monta Loma Control Division, and also the Humane Society dislike of Sahara’s owner has been well documented School and another at McKelvey and SPCA of San Mateo County. Each letter stated and perhaps I have incurred the Lieber wrath by Park. that I had never been suspected nor investigated for my open defense of some of the decisions by park Two of the softball fields at Crittenden are lighted but are any act, proving that the vicious accusations were a management as well as the owner. Also puzzling used primarily by adult sports complete fabrication, every accusation a complete lie. is why Sally Lieber would spend taxpayers’ money leagues, even though the priori- defending Iris Lubitz and yet when the City of ty of our fields is supposed to go to youth leagues. I haven’t even After the guilty verdict on August 14th the defendant Mountain View schedules a meeting chaired by the mentioned the additional space appealed the court decision and the case was heard Mayor and Members of City Council to discuss the needed for soccer leagues and th our own Pop Warner teams. in Superior Court San Jose on October 17 . The problems of senior residents of mobile home parks I find it disturbing that in a day defendant was represented by one of California’s on July 13th, her representative spends 10 minutes, and age when childhood obesity top attorneys, and against good advice but convinced walks out & drives away, I was there! Vote for her is at an epidemic level, the city of Mountain View can’t find space my evidence was overwhelming proof; I acted as my once, shame on Sally Lieber, vote for her twice, for our youth leagues to play own attorney. It was at this trial that a man identifi ed shame on me!!! and practice. I’m curious about himself to the court as Harry Adams and stated he the 2006 Resident Survey: How many of those users of the Cuesta was in court to testify on behalf of the defendant Paid for by Al Stuetzle and Contributions Annex are children? My hunch is and that he was representing Sally Lieber. It should from Sahara Residents not very many. Joe Cree Morgan Street 18 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 Viewpoint Adin is accepting new clients! ■ GUESTOPINION AXIS PERFORMANCE The park CENTER
Bring in this ad for divide 50% off Your First NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH Two Personal OF EL CAMINO ARE Training LONG ON DEVELOPMENT, Sessions Discount applies to SHORT ON PARK SPACE first two sessions with an AXIS staff By Elna Tymes trainer. For new AXIS clients only. Not AXIS Mountain View valid with any other 544 San Antonio Rd offer or discount. here is a striking inequity in Expires 11/30/06. Code: Voice terms of park space between (650) 229-1100 communities on the south T AXIS Menlo Park side of El Camino Real (the Syl- Learn about Adin vandale, Miramonte, and Grant 550 Ravenswood Ave (650) 463-1920 and all the AXIS neighborhoods) and those on the personal trainers! north side. www.axispt.com The south side has the small- er proportion — 45 percent — of Mountain View’s popula- tion (32,132 people in ZIP code ™ 94040, according to the 2000 SilkPeel Dermalinfusion $ * census), while the north side has FALLSPECIAL 1st Treatment 1OO the remaining 55 percent (13,471 people in ZIP code 94041, and $75.OO Savings 27,821 in 94043). However, since The most dynamic 2000, almost all development has skin treatment taken place on the north side of El available today, Camino. SilkPeel leaves The city has a policy of requir- In this map, updated last August, purple bars show the amount of your skin looking ing three acres of park space new and planned development in each “planning area” of Mountain better and feeling View. The tallest bar indicates the Mayfield Mall development, which fresher. per 1,000 residents for all new Silkpeel effectively developments, but it has allowed will create 530 new units in the Thompson area. The shortest bars treats all skin types some developers to contribute represent between 10 and 15 units. and a wide range money to the parks funds in lieu of skin conditions such as: of building actual parks — and illustrates that some areas of the Despite all this, only the • Hyperpigmentation in most cases, developers have city are seriously underserved by Mayfield project, at the corner • Sun Damage chosen this route because of the existing parks. The Thompson of San Antonio and Central • Dry Skin size of the lots on which they area (Monta Loma) has the field Expressway, is specifically allo- • Acne want to build. at Monta Loma School plus tiny cating sufficient park space for • Fine Line Wrinkles And because no new parks have Thaddeus Park for its 3,000-plus something like a baseball or • Uneven Texture been built since 2000 (and only the residents. However, the Monta soccer game, and the city has Call To Book Your Devonshire park is in the works), Loma park is used for back-to- made no effort to buy more park Free Cosmetic the new families coming into these back soccer and baseball games space from any of the develop- Consultation Today! developments are adding to the most weekends and after school. ers to make up for the existing Model *Offer expires 11/30/06 need for more park space on the Further, Since the Rengstorff deficit. Jean Gordon, M.D. Ph. D. north side of El Camino. planning area has no parks Parks are only one part of a Certifi ed American Board of Dermatology The Planning Area Boundaries at all, those residents are told larger problem with new devel- 2660 Solace Pl, Suite C, Mtn. View map, taken from the City’s 2001 by the city to use the parks in 650.938.6559 Next to El Camino Hospital Park & Open Space Plan, clearly Monta Loma. See PARK, page 20 Models
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SINCE 1945 CHARCOAL BROILER Late Voted “Best Burger” Chicken House ■ Dinner for 14 years GUESTOPINION Burrito Margarita in a row 00 50 Special as reported in the Mtn. View Voice $4. $3. (8pm-9:30pm) Measure C not in spirit Daily w/be ans & On the rocks House Margarita Lunch cheese 00 Specials of community service $2. 11am to 2pm On the rocks Mon-Fri Please present coupon Please present coupon Please present coupon By Art Takahara same time as previous councils Offer Expires 11/24/06 MVV Offer Expires 11/24/06 MVV Offer Expires 11/24/06 MVV Breakfast on Weekends did. Open 7 days for he upcoming Measure C Recent councils have become Lunch & Dinner on the November ballot more deeply involved in mara- REGULAR HAPPY HOURS will ask all Mountain thon sessions, causing hours Mountain View • 615 W. El Camino Real T View residents to approve a worked to rise dramatically. A 2 pm - 6:30 pm (650) 967-0851 tripling of the monthly pay- recent record must have been Glass Domestic Beer $1.50 ment to council members from set reviewing the Mayfield $ .00 $500 to $1,500. This is not a Mall proposal, which cul- Pitcher Domestic Beer 7 Find a movie. good idea for reasons that may minated in opposing parties After 25 years in Business, Find a restaurant. not be immediately apparent. being just as upset at the end we now accept Visa and Mastercard! After all, the current members as they were at the beginning. Find a date. are hard-working, and put in One can’t fault the current 650-961-8858 many hours on our behalf. It council for not trying to be Find eternal happiness. is easy to understand the desire good listeners. 1407 El Camino Real, Mtn. View • Mon-Sat 11am – 10 pm 3 out of 4 is for greater monetary reward. Furthermore, most people EL PASO CAFE RESTAURANT pretty good. In considering your vote, first don’t know that considerable remember that serving on the monetary perks come with the council is primarily a commu- position: nity service and has always been ■ All travel and training on the designed to be a part-time volun- expenses are paid, up to $7,500 teer position. One can hold a full- per year; time job and be a council mem- ■ All communications expens- ber. The “pay” has never been es — $1,680 per year; dining town intended to be related to hours ■ Medical, dental and vision worked. Rather, it is a reward for insurance can cost up to $888 a service given to the community. month; If that pay creeps toward that ■ Computer, printers, cell american chinese food mexican of a full-time job, we’ll soon be phone, etc. — $3,500 per term; attracting professional office- ■ Two Shoreline Amphitheatre Clarkes Charcoal Broiler La Fiesta Restaurant New Tung Kee Noodle House holders rather than community tickets and parking — a value of 615 W. El Camino Real, 240 Villa St., Mtn. View 520 Showers Drive, servants. Mountain View isn’t $8,750 per year. Mtn. View. 650/967-0851 650/968-1364 Mtn. View. 650/947-8888 nearly that size of city. Keeping the council position Voted Best Hamburger 14 Yrs (Inside San Antonio Center) The best Mole Poblano and Margaritas in a Row. Beautiful Outside Voted Best Noodle House in in town. While a pay increase may well one of community service means Patio Dining. 2003/2004 Mountain View Voice. be worth considering, tripling that attracting people with a desire Hobee’s Restaurants pizza amount implies that the current to serve and lead the commu- 2312 Central Expwy. job is nearly three times larger nity. The pay is a reward, not an Mtn. View. 650/968-6050 french Kapp's Pizza Bar & Grill than before. That simply isn’t true. hourly salary. Voted Best Breakfast/Brunch 191 Castro Street Increases in city budgets, services, Without question, this coun- 9 years in a row! Chez TJ Mtn. View, 650/961-1491 departments and parks does not cil has done a great service to 938 Villa Street, Happy Hours Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm and mean the council position requires the community. Your “no” vote Marie Callendar's Mtn. View. 650/964-7466 11pm-2am. more time. That’s because the only affirms that you want to 4710 El Camino Real “Outrageously good” New French- council is a policy-setting body, continue that tradition of com- (just south of San Antonio) American fare “in a charming little not an operational body. munity service. Victorian house” – Zagat 2003. tex-mex 650/941-6989 This fact is very important in Sports Page Le Petit Bistro El Paso Cafe considering your vote. Proper Art Takahara is a former city 1431 Plymouth Street 1405 W. El Camino Real, 1407 El Camino Real, uses of commissions, commit- council member and mayor of (exit at Shoreline off 101) Mtn. View. 650/964-3321 Mtn. View. 650/961-8858 tees, and staff expertise allow the Mountain View. He lives on Fox- Mtn. View. 650/961-1992 Casual and cozy French Fax: 650/961-3439 council to spend essentially the borough Drive. restaurant. 15 tables. (Between Rengstorff and Shoreline) chinese food Happy Hour 2:30pm - 6:30pm. mexican Many of us who are concerned ice cream PARK about new developments in Moun- Chef Chu’s Fiesta Del Mar- Seafood, Continued from page 19 tain View rankle at being called 1067 N. San Antonio Road, Mexican Cuisine & Cantina Gelato Classico NIMBYs. We’re not. We recognize on the corner of El Camino, 1005 N. Shoreline Blvd., 241 B Castro Street opment in Mountain View. The that the pressure for more housing Los Altos. 650/948-2696 Mtn. View. 650/965-9354 Mtn. View. 650/969-2900 current city council has developed simply has to be met somehow. But Zagat Review: “Gold Standard in Fresh Open Daily, Lunch & Dinner. a reputation for approving any blanket application of the “dense Chinese Cuisine.” Voted Best Seafood for 7 years. development project that comes housing in traffic corridors” mod- Golden Wok before them. Yet they have repeat- el isn’t always appropriate. In some 895 Villa St., Mtn. View. mexican edly — and especially in the May- cases — such as the new Capital Distinctive Chinese Cuisine field example — not attached the Avenue corridor in San Jose that Dim Sum Daily 10-3 Fiesta Del Mar Too necessary mitigation measures to has combined a light rail line with Open Daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Rotisserie & Cantina deal with the many problems these more dense development — the Delivery/Take-Out (Daily) 735 Villa St., Mtn. View Now Online Order Available new developments will create or concept works. In other cases, 650/967-3525 exacerbate. For example, the traf- such as along Central Expressway www.goldenwokusa.com Fresh Lime Margaritas, 200+ Tequilas, By phone: 650/964-2222 Open Late. fic conditions on San Antonio and in Mountain View, developments Central Expressway will only get need more consideration of related worse with the addition of the 588 issues, such as parks. units proposed for the Mayfield If you would like to be listed in DINING ON THE TOWN please call Judie Block at the Voice at 964-6300 project. Elna Tymes lives on Adele Avenue.
20 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE ■ RESTAURANT REVIEW ■ MOVIE TIMES We ekend ■ BEST BETS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
■ RESTAURANTREVIEW Spice of life at Oregano’s LOS ALTOS ITALIAN-AMERICAN RESTAURANT CELEBRATES ITS FIRST DECADE By Sheila Himmel n restaurant years, 10 is practically landmark status. A family-owned independent restaurant has to be Idoing something right to stay in business 10 years in Silicon Valley. At Oregano’s Wood-Fired Pizza, at least three things stand out: 1. Honestly friendly service. Not the kind where you can see the training wheels rotating in a comatose server’s head, but real people engaged in their work. 2. Efficiency. Dinner, from calamari appetizer to lasa- gna to banana split, 45 minutes. 3. Value. The American family’s staples — pizza, pasta, VERONICA WEBER Francisco Sotelo takes out a barbecued chicken pizza, one of Oregano’s best sellers, hot from the wood-fired oven. See OREGANO’S, page 22
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NOVEMBER 3, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 21 Weekend D iscover the exotic and fascinating taste of Thai cuisine nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley
★★★½ San Jose Mercury News For the 7th consecutive year. 174 Castro Street, Mountain View Tel. 650-988-9323 Fax. 650-966-8309
VERONICA WEBER 4300 Great America Parkway #180, Santa Clara 5205 Prospect Road #110, West San Jose Tel. 408-988-2982 Fax. 408-988-4292 Tel. 408-253-8424 Fax. 408-253-8833 Oregano’s owner Keyvan Nabavizadeh with a barbecued chicken pizza, which is prepared in the restaurant’s wood-fired oven. OREGANO’S !NY 7HOLE 0IE 4O 'O FREE Continued from page 21 DELIVERY salad — in generous amounts for 9OU NAME A PIE ITS ON SALE (with min. order) the price. A very satisfying if not 3ALE ENDS /CTOBER ST gourmet dinner for two, includ- f Ê ing wine, tip, and leftovers for PLUS TIN another meal and a half, $60. x Oregano’s was another Ital- ian-American restaurant when Keyvan Nabavizadeh took over in 1996. It is pleasant enough, with light tile floors, homey 790 Castro Street knickknacks, and platoons of wooden tables. But diners don’t Mountain View THE BEST come here for the decor. (1 block from El Camino) PIZZA WEST OF They come for the enthusias- NEW YORK tic greeting, even if they aren’t known personally to the staff. (650) 961-6666 —Ralph Barbieri KNBR 680 And then a basket of hot pizza bread with foil-wrapped sweet butter. The lovely bread is baked here twice a day. All pizzas are 10 inches, and there are no substitutions unless you don’t want cheese. The menu promises that “Our pizzas will satisfy an individual’s healthy appetite.” For sure. The thin New York- style crust has a puffy rim you can get a grip on, and fold your slices to keep toppings on board. The wood-fired oven gives the crust’s bottom a slightly charred flavor. 35.$!9 "25.#( "5&&%4 On the basic Margherita ($9.25) you get fresh tomato and *OIN US FROM AM PM chopped basil. On the signature )NCLUDES COFFEE ORANGE JUICE OR A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE barbecued chicken ($10.99), fresh basil and wood-fired, almost #ERTIFIED !NGUS "EEF caramelized, red onions. Oregano’s hosts a Unit- s &ILET -IGNON s 4OP 3IRLOIN ed Nations of chicken pizzas. Join us as we celebrate s 2IB %YE 3TEAK 3TARTING AT Besides barbecue, the countries summer while dining of Brie, pesto, fajitas and hot Thai “al fresco” on our heated, sauce are represented. Vegetarians may want to direct pet friendly patio. Enjoy! their attention to Oregano’s salad ($8.95), green salad built on a %L #AMINO 2EAL foundation of cheese pizza. The JUST SOUTH OF 3AN !NTONIO caramelized pear salad, spinach- mushroom pizza, Vegetarian Fan-
22 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 Weekend Sports tasy pizza, and vegetarian calzone sauce. Garlic fries ($4.99) have a Page also beckon non-meat eaters. following. Watch All Sports The meat calzone ($10.49) is so If you don’t want pizza or on our full of bacon, pepperoni and moz- pasta, Oregano’s offers eggplant Big Screens zarella cheese, it will satisfy more Parmesan and chicken Parme- than one individual’s “healthy san. And for lunch, burgers and appetite.” sandwiches. Daily Lunch Oregano’s Pasta ($12.49) features Five draft beers including the a semi-spicy secret sauce, capers, fine house pale ale ($3.75) jazz up Special cream, green onions, chicken the usual bottled beers. The wine and perfectly cooked corkscrew list goes heavy on Chardonnay noodles, but you and Cabernet, College & Pro Football really have to but also serves ✦ ✦ ✦ like oil and salt. four good wines Lasagne ($11.59) from Sonoma’s Every Broadcast Game is the kind you Kenwood at rea- ✦ ✦ ✦ could make at sonable prices, Big Screens + 12 T.V.s home, though plus three from ✦ ✦ ✦ again the pasta Italy. (thin and soft) Should dessert Full Bar & Menu is cooked just be an option, ✦ ✦ ✦ right. the gang’s all Breakfast Served A children’s here. Tira- ✦ ✦ ✦ menu sets misu ($5.99), entrees at $6.25 of course, and Monday Night tops, including brownies, apple Steak Special a drink such as crisp, cheese- PIZZA BAR & GRILL milk. cake, even a A UNIQUE DINING ESTABLISHMENT You may root beer float. DANCE FLOOR notice tiny They max out at HAPPY HOUR red splotches VERONICA WEBER the banana split FULL MENU attached to a The barbecued chicken pizza is ($6.99), which Lunch served all day few menu items. one of Oregano’s best sellers. must be shared. SPECIALS They are mega- The only beef Kitchen Open until 8:30pm phones, with I have with 1431 Plymouth St., Mtn. View · 2 BEERS FOR THE PRICE OF 1 Barbie-sized Oregano’s is the (Exit at Shoreline off 101) · $3.50 COCKTAILS MENU type saying “New’’ — not “Hot.” name. Americans discovered oreg- 650.961.1992 Appetizers will satisfy a bar ano and made it a posh spice for a Only Bar on Shoreline Blvd. crowd’s healthy appetites, from while, but the ‘80s are over. More · $1.00 OFF PREMIUM BRANDS hot wings ($7.50) to onion strings grievously, the restaurant doesn’t · APPETIZERS 1/2 OFF ($7.50) to a whole wood-fired belong to Mr. or Ms. Oregano, so roasted garlic ($4.75). A big por- why the apostrophe? HAPPY HOUR tion of fried calamari ($7.99) But after 10 successful years, Community paper. arrived crispy and hot, with fresh affable Mr. Nabavizadeh isn’t 4PM-6PM MONDAY-FRIDAY parsley, lemon slices and cocktail keen on changing the name. V Fireplace fodder. 11PM-2AM FRIDAY & SATURDAYS Pet cage liner. ■ DININGNOTES Fish wrap. 191 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 T: 650-961-1491 F: 650-961-9425 E: [email protected] OREGANO’S Reservations WOOD-FIRED PIZZA Credit Cards 4546 El Camino Real, Alcohol Los Altos (650) 941-3600 Takeout Highchairs Hours: Monday-Thursday Banquet Italian Ice Cream 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Catering Friday 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Outdoor Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Seating Sunday 4 p.m.-9:30 p.m. The community (Lunch hours are 11 a.m.- Noise Level comfortably 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday) high comes FIRST Bathroom Buy 1 Cleanliness good Get 2nd at 1/2 OFF Parking plenty, in Village Corner Buy one cup of ice cream or any espresso bar item and get one of an equal or shopping center lesser value at 1/2 Price. Pints, Quarts, Specialties excluded. Expires 11/12/06. 241 B Castro Street • Mountain View • 650-969-2900 Gelato Classico Italian Ice Cream is one of the most 6EAL 3WEETBREADS highly regarded, best liked ice creams in the country. 0OULETTE 3TYLE NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORINGS OR PRESERVATIVES. “It’s &REE #HOCOLATE -OUSSE WITH irresistible!” MENTION OF THIS AD “It’s absolutely Let us hear yours. £{äxÊ7°Ê Ê >Ê,i> mouthwatering!” ÕÌ>Ê6iÜ]Ê Ê{ä{ä E-mail [email protected] * \ÊÈxäÈ{ÎÎÓ£Ê>Ý\ÊÈxäÈ{xΣ ÜÜÜ°i«iÌÌLÃÌÀ°LâÊvÀÊVÕÃiÊÌÊ}
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ACCEPTED (PG-13) (NOT REVIEWED) Century 20: 12:15 & 2:40 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., Tue. also at 9:45 p.m. ■ MOVIEREVIEWS ALIEN (1979) (R) (NOT REVIEWED) Aquarius: Fri. & Sat. at midnight. ✭✭✭ BORAT! (R) 1/2 Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 12:40, 1:45, 2:45, NOW PLAYING 3:50, 4:50, 5:55, 7, 8, 9:10 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 12:40, 1:55, 2:45, 4, 5:05, 6:15, 7:20, 8:25, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. ✭✭✭ ✭✭✭ THE BRIDGE THE BRIDGE (R) Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 4:15 & 10:25 p.m. (Century 16) Morbid but fascinating, “The CATCH A FIRE (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 4 & 9 p.m. Bridge” chronicles a year in the life of the Century 12: 12:10, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:20 & 10:20 p.m. awe-inspiring Golden Gate Bridge, where CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD (PG) (NOT REVIEWED) more people choose to end their lives than Guild: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. anywhere else in the world. Director Eric THE DEPARTED (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11 a.m.; 12:20, 3:45, Steel trained cameras on the epic span in 6:20, 7:05 & 10:15 p.m. Century 12: 12:20, 2, 3:50, 5:30, 7:20 & 9:10 p.m. 2004, recording virtually every daylight THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 6:40 & 9:05 p.m. minute of the exhilaration and sweeping architectural drama that draws millions of EVERYONE’S HERO (G) (NOT REVIEWED) tourists annually from around the globe. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:20 & 4:30 p.m. ✭✭✭ The fact that he kept his agenda hidden FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (R) Century 16: 1:10, 4:05, 6:55 & 9:40 from authorities has inspired controversy p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 12:55, 2:35, 3:50, 5:30, 6:45, 8:20 & 9:40 p.m. and encouraged nay-sayers to label “The FLICKA (PG) (NOT REVIEWED) Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 1:50, 4:05, Bridge” as nothing more than a snuff film. 6:25 & 8:45 p.m. Steel goes even farther with his experiment, FLUSHED AWAY (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 12:35, 1:35, having logged nearly 100 hours of personal 2:40, 3:40, 4:45, 5:45, 6:50, 7:50, 8:55 & 9:50 p.m. Century 12: Noon, interviews with surviving family members 12:45, 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 4, 5, 5:45, 6:30, 7:30, 8:15, 9, 10 & 10:30 p.m. and friends, and with unsuspecting wit- GRIDIRON GANG (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 1:25, 4:10, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. nesses who were walking, biking or even THE GRUDGE 2 (PG-13) (NOT REVIEWED) Century 20: 12:30, windsurfing nearby. All attempt to shed 2:50, 5:20, 7:45 & 10:05 p.m. light on the indecipherable corners of the THE GUARDIAN (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2:30, human mind and what will inspire a person 5:25 & 8:30 p.m. to take his or her own life. Rated: Not rated but could be PG-13 for adult themes and THE ILLUSIONIST (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 1:55, >ÀVÊÃi« content. 1 hour, 33 minutes. — J.A. 4:20, 6:50 & 9:25 p.m. ✭✭✭1/2 (!)2 $%3)'. THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (R) CATCH A FIRE ✭✭1/2 OF ,OS !LTOS Century 16: 12:55, 3:55, 6:45 & 9:30 p.m. ✭✭✭ (Century 16, Century 12) Politically aware LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (R) Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 2:15, director Philip Noyce (“The Quiet Ameri- 4:40, 7:10 & 9:35 p.m. Aquarius: 2:10, 4:30, 7 & 9:20 p.m. can”) tackles the apartheid era by focusing ✭✭✭ )NTRODUCING MAN OF THE YEAR (PG-13) Century 16: 1:50 & 7:40 p.m. on a journey to freedom. In a story that Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:15, 4:50, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. takes place in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso MARIE ANTOINETTE (PG-13) ✭1/2 Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; (Derek Luke) is a good man, a devoted 3HIRIN 2, 4:35, 7:25 & 10:10 p.m. Century 12: 12:15, 3:50, 7:10 & 10:25 p.m. father and husband to Precious (Bonnie !N EXPERIENCED STYLIST THE MARINE (PG-13) (NOT REVIEWED) Century 12: 9:40 p.m. Henna), holding down a decent job as a OPEN SEASON (PG) (NOT REVIEWED) Century 12: 11:55 a.m.; foreman at the local South African oil refin- WITH A CREATIVE mAIR FOR THE 2:15, 4:40 & 7 p.m. ery. A series of unfortunate events turns Patrick’s world on its ear as he is summarily THE PRESTIGE (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:55, 3:25, 4:45, UNIQUE 3HE IS TRAINED IN arrested for participating in sabotage at the 7:35, 9:25 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12: 12:40, 3, 4:25, 6:15, 7:40, 9:30 & 10:35 p.m. THE MOST UP TO DATE STYLES ✭✭✭✭ plant. Patrick is forced to endure hours of THE QUEEN (NOT RATED) Century 20: Noon, 2:25, 4:45, tortuous interrogation under the watchful 7:15 & 9:35 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 2, 2:45, 4:20, 5:05, 7, 7:45, 9:25 & eye of Nic Vos (Tim Robbins), a colonel in AS WELL AS BOTH CLASSIC AND 10:05 p.m.; Sat. also at 11:30 a.m. & 12:15 p.m. ✭✭ South Africa’s feared Police Security Branch. 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24 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ NOVEMBER 3, 2006 Weekend Restoration Advisory Board utilizing dry voiceover and failing to find a cohesive structure. But Eastwood does an Meeting amazing job portraying the time period. From set design to costuming to dialogue, Former NAS Moffett Field the mid-1940s are recreated with remark- able aplomb. A valuable snapshot of World War II history, but this flag won’t be raised when Oscar season hits. Rated: R for The next regular meeting of the Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) for the former Naval Air Station sequences of graphic war violence and (NAS) Moffett Field will be held: carnage, and for language. 2 hours, 29 minutes. — T.H. On: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, 7 to 9:05 p.m. THE QUEEN ✭✭✭✭ At: Mountain View City Hall, Fourth Floor (CineArts, Century 20) Helen Mirren is perfection as Queen Elizabeth, not the 500 Castro Street be-wigged and Tudored version but the contemporary royal for whom a stiff upper Mountain View, CA 94041 lip is the order of the day. That credo is put to the test when Princess Diana is killed in The RAB reviews and comments on plans and activities about the ongoing environmental studies and a dramatic car crash inside a dark tunnel restoration activities under way at Moffett Field. Regular RAB meetings are open to the public and the Navy in Paris while being pursued by paparazzi. encourages your involvement. Newly elected British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) is between a rock To review documents on Moffett Field cleanup projects, please visit the information repository located at the and a hard spot, anxious to spit-polish Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, 650-903-6887. For more his image with a face of public concern information, contact Mr. Rick Weissenborn, Navy BRAC Environmental Coordinator, at 619-532-0952 or yet clashing mightily with the tightly con- [email protected]. tained, ritual-bound world of his Queen. Blair and Her Royal Highness do emotional battle with all the diplomatic and proce- dural forces they can bring to bear while a staid Prince Philip (James Cromwell) staves off reality by stalking an elk that’s furtively roaming his summer estate. What ensues is a captivating fictional account of real events that transpired in August of 1997. Mirren deserves every year-end award available for her spot-on portrayal of a reigning royal caught between the cross- hairs, forced by a country in mourning to put protocol and personal judgment aside and break with long-standing tradition. Rated: PG-13 for language and adult situations. 1 hour, 43 minutes. — J.A.
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS ✭✭ (Century 16, Century 12) A funky vibe per- meates this peculiar character drama that takes its lead from Augusten Burroughs’ quirky autobiographical novel of the same name. Burroughs’ childhood is anything but ordinary, and “Scissors” utilizes that notion as its core theme. Mom Deirdre (Annette Bening) is an emotionally unsettled poet navigating a tempestuous marriage to alcoholic math professor Norman (Alec Baldwin), and treating cosmetology- obsessed son Augusten (Joseph Cross) as both a best friend and an albatross around her neck. Life with the Finches is a 180- degree turn from conventional, an Addams Family house of horrors complete with a rangy crew of offspring: Bible-dipping Hope (a miscast Gwyneth Paltrow), rebellious punker Natalie (a too-typecast Evan Rachel Wood) and the shell-shocked but support- ive Agnes Finch (Jill Clayburgh) who has long since abandoned the fantasy of pam- pered doctor’s wife.Unfortunately director Ryan Murphy and company lose touch of the emotional and physical squalor of the novel, creating an arch sense of comedy that is neither disquieting nor very intrigu- ing. Rated: R for language, substance abuse and mature themes. 2 hours. — J.A.
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COMMUNITY FORUM: BOOK GROUP As part of November’s Mountain View Reads Together, East West is hosting an open discussion “Blink” by Malcom Gladwell. Nov. 8, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. East West Bookstore, 324 Castro St., Mountain View. GoingsOn Call 988-9800. www.eastwest.com SPECIAL EVENTS for exhibits/marketplace only. Kids under 17 free. sculpture, printmakers, art clothing, photogra- Straight and Jacqueline Winspear. Book sales Mountain View. www.arts4all.org Nov. 4-5, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. The Computer History phy. Free. 1870 Art Center Gallery, 1870 Ralston and author signings are scheduled before and TAP RHYTHMS CLASSES Mondays, 5:30- Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain Ave., Belmont. Call 261-1086. after the noon lunch. Proceeds benefit indi- “MOLECULAR SPIES” Presented by 6:30 p.m. Beginning and intermediate classes. View. Call (925) 294-5900. www.vintage.org JOCK STURGES “IN COLOR” Recent color viduals with developmental and other disabili- Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Brainstorms: New Frontiers in Science and ties. Nov. 11, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Tickets $100. Technology. With Dr. Sam Gambhir, Stanford photographs by photograper Jock Sturges. Class. Students at this level should have knowl- Through Nov. 26, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Stellar Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel, 4290 El Camino edge of tap basics. Advance registration required. University’s Head of Nuclear Medicine. to ART GALLERIES Real, Palo Alto. Call 618-3328. www.c-a-r.org explore the revolutionary field of molecular Somerset Gallery, 539 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Dragon Theatre, 539 Alma St., Palo Alto. Call imaging. Nov. 7, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Stanford “BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW” Featur- www.stellarsomersetgallery.com 468-4872. www.oculusdanceworks.com University, William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, ing new oil pastels by JoAnne Horsfall Beasley and PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRIGITTE CLASSES/WORKSHOPS Stanford. csp.stanford.edu ceramics by Karen Truesdell. On display through CARNOCHAN Nov. 3-Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. CLUBS/MEETINGS FINE ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR Hosted by Nov. 19. Gallery Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Bella Figura: Painted Photographs by Brigitte 5 SECRETS TO PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS The Los Altos Art Club, Los Altos Senior Center Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Main Gallery, 1018 Carnochan. Hand-painted gelatin silver prints Workshop educates attendees about the five Main St., Redwood City. www.themaingallery.org of still-lifes and nudes. Reception and book MENLO ART LEAGUE Nov. 8, 7:30-9 p.m. and the City of Los Altos. Over 50 local artists key areas to achieving full health potential. Meeting features a demonstration by watercolor- BIRDS AND BASKETS Gourd sculptures by signing Nov. 3, 7-10 p.m. Free. Modernbook displaying paintings, prints, hand made cards, Nov. 7, 6-7 p.m. $10. Whole Foods Market, ist Larry Cannon. Free. Menlo Park Recreation artist, Rebecca Black display through Nov. 18. Gallery, 494 University Ave., Palo Alto. www. photography, mosaics, hand made and deco- 4800 El Camino Real, Los Altos. Call 380- Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park. Call 322-6867. rated apparel, jewelry, sculpture, toys, decorative The exhibit features hard-shelled gourds as modernbook.com/carnochan.htm 1999. www.healinglab.com crafts, gifts. Free admission and refreshments bird sculptures, bird mask hangings, and bas- SCALENE Photography exhibition by Alejan- DANCE WORKOUT Taught by professional Nov. 3-4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Los Altos Art Club kets. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery dra Chaverri through Nov. 20. Mon.-Sat., 9 dancer. Meets Mondays and Thursdays, 7:30- COMMUNITY EVENTS Fine Arts and Crafts Fair, 97 Hillview Ave., Los 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. a.m.-5:30 p.m. Free. Keeble & Schuate, 290 8:30 p.m. 7:30-8:30 p.m. $15 single/$50 for California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 493-2657. Altos. Call 302-4733. www.losaltosartclub.org BY SCALE RULES Three works in progress. 4. Mountain View Masonic Lodge, 890 Church BOUTIQUE FUNDRAISER Giving Thanks for www.achaverri.com GIVING THANKS FOR THE CHILDREN Black and white photographs by Alejandra St., Mountain View. Call 969-4110. www. the Children, a boutique fundraiser for Lucile A boutique fundraiser for the Lucile Packard Chaverri, including 2006 Presidential Elections livelyfoundation.org Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. An Children’s Hospital freaturing Artists in Action in Costa Rica, the creative process on an acro- AUDITIONS DESIGNING FOR SUPERHEROS Learn about artist’s delight of bronze sculpture, silk collage, offering jewelry, bronze sculpture, design in bat and the craft of making a violin by our local the first industrial designs, such as cars and jewelry, wallhandings and much more. Free. fiber, painted silk, baby items, trays and platters, violin maker, Larry Haussler. Through Nov. 30, “GODSPELL” Audition for ages 8 through trains. Students design their own Superhero Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. children’s apparel, and more. Nov. 3-4. 10 a.m.- 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Keeble and Shuchate high school for one of Stephen Schwartz’ character and video game objects. Nov. 5-12, MID-PENINSULA HIGH SCHOOL OPEN 5 p.m. Lunch Nov. 3; tea and fashion show Nov. Photography Gallery, 290 California Ave., Palo musicals. Nov. 7-8, 3:45-6 p.m. Palo Alto 1-3 p.m. $25 members/$40 non members. HOUSE Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. 4. Call for reservations 324-2588. Free. Allied Alto. Call 327-8996. www.achaverri.com Children’s Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Mid-Peninsula High School, 1340 Willow Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. COLORS OF OUR COAST Plein air oil paint- Palo Alto. Call 463-4930. Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. www.moah.org Road, Menlo Park. Call 321-1991 ext. 108. LITTLE HOUSE HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE Shop ings of Diana Jaye present the vivid colors of “THE FOREIGNER” BY LARRY SHUE ESTATE PLANNING Wednesdays, Nov. www.mid-pen.com for unusual gifts by local craftsmen. Nov. 4-5, the coastline. Through Nov. 11. Free. View- Auditions Nov. 4, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Nov. 5, 1-6 8: “Hospice 101”; Nov. 15: “Ethical Wills”; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Little House, 800 Middle points Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. Call p.m. Audition by appointment. Prepare one Nov. 22: “Forever Planning”; Nov. 29” “Five Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. www.penin- 799-6900. www.viewpointsgallery.com two-minute comedic monologue. Allow time Wishes.” 11 a.m.-noon Free. Little House, CONCERTS sulavolunteers.org CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART Nine British for possible cold read from script. Bring conflict 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. STANFORD STADIUM: LECTURE AND artists in an ongoing exhibition through Dec. calendar, resume and head shot. Call for an www.peninsulavolunteers.org CHORAL WORKSHOP AND CONCERT TOUR Lecture on the history of the old Stan- 31. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun., appointment. Hillbarn Theatre, 1285 E. Hills- FLORA IN FOCUS WORKSHOPS: WINTER WITH ESTONIAN COMPOSER, VELJO ford Football Stadium and a tour of the new noon-5 p.m. and by appointment. Free. Chel- dale Blvd., Foster City. www.hillbarntheatre.org BOTANICALS Students choose a subject TORMIS Includes the Peninsula Women’s stadium. Nov. 6, 5 p.m. Speakers are Jon A. sea Art Gallery, 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto. Call Chorus, Piedmont Choirs, and the Cantabile PENINSULA POPS ORCHESTRA OPEN- to paint from various plants of the season. Erickson and Ray M. Purpur. Refreshments will 324-4450. www.chelseaartgallery.com Children’s Choir. Nov. 4, 2:30-3:15 p.m. Free. INGS For advanced players of all instruments. Recommended for students with botanical art be provided. Free. Kissick Auditorium, Arrillaga 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto. www.pwchorus. FOLLOW THE SUN Paintings from the South Rehearsals Tuesdays, through Dec. 31, 7-10 experience. Students provide own materials Family Sports Center, 641 Campus Dr., Stan- org/concerts.html of France and Spain by Carol Mead. Nov. p.m. Call for appointment. Gunn High School, and work in own medium. No oils or acrylics. ford. Call 725-3332. http://histsoc.stanford.edu 5-Dec. 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Viewpoints Gal- 780 Arastradero Road Room M1, Palo Alto. A materials list will be sent upon registration. CHRIS STUART AND BACKCOUNTRY THE 9TH ANNUAL VINTAGE COMPUTER lery, 315 State St., Los Altos. Call 941-5789. Call 856-8432. www.peninsulapops.org Nov. 7-8, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $130 mem- Songwriter, Chris Stuart and banjo player, Janet FESTIVAL Featuring historic technology exhibits www.viewpontsgallery.com bers/$160 non-members. Filoli, 86 Canada Beazley. Band workshops precede the concert. from around the world, Apple in the Garage panel GROUP EXHIBITION AND OPEN STUDIOS Road, Woodside. www.filoli.org Nov. 4, 8-11 p.m. $15 advance/$18 at the door. featuring early Apple employees and Steve Woz- Exploration: “The depths of the soul or the ends BENEFITS LOST WAX CASTING Create a plaque, piece First Presbyterian Church, 1667 Miramonte Ave., niak, a Vintage Tech Film Festival, workshops, of the universe” group exhibition, through Nov. of jewelry or small sculpture. Nov. 6-7, 10 a.m.- Mountain View. Call 691-9982. www.rba.org speakers, a marketplace for vintage technology 12: Open Studios: Nov. 3-5. Fri., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; C.A.R AUTHORS LUNCHEON Features local 2 p.m. $175. Community School of Music and HERBERT NANNEY MEMORIAL ORGAN and more. $15 a day for all-access/$10 per day Sat.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. 27 artists, painters, potters, authors; Marla Frazee, Michael Lewis, Susan Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, CONCERT Featuring James Welch, a one-
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Nov. 9, 7-9 p.m. Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Call 723- Call 725-5838. http://drama.stanford.edu “FROM THE LAND” A survey of assemblages more. Through Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. $20 general/$15 seniors/$7 students. Finn Center, 2720. http://music.stanford.edu BALLROOM DANCING Learn and practice by Bay Area artist Werner Glinka on display Fire House Gallery, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain LINDA ARNOLD Concert by singer/song- new steps to live music. Thursdays, through through Nov. 17. Flea Street Cafe, 3607 Alam- Call 289-5430. www.avenidas.org View. Call (415) 831-5672. www.delsolquartet.com writer Linda Arnold. Nov. 5, 11 a.m. and 2 Dec. 28, 7-10 p.m. Little House, 800 Middle eda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park. Call 854-1226. THE MONDAVI FAMILY GALLERY REIN- p.m. Advanced tickets $10/$13 at the door. Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. www.penin- www.cooleatz.com/flea-st-cafe STALLED New installation presents the Center’s ON STAGE Smithwick Theatre, Foothill College, Los Altos. sulavolunteers.org “SLIDING SCALE” By Gail Wight. Objects 19th-century European and American collection. Call 969-9506. www.mvpns.org ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING Traditional of scientific research and the larger field of sci- Nov. 8-Dec. 31. Hours: Wed.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF” Presented by MANUEL BARRUECO, GUITAR, WITH and modern set dances to live music. Begin- ence in a new light. Mice eat through a repre- p.m.; Thu., 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; closed Mondays and Peninsula Youth Theatre. Nov. 11, 12, and 18, CUARTETO LATINOAMERICANO The ners welcome; no partner required. $9. First, sentation of their genome, butterflies struggle Tuesdays. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free Cantor Arts Cen- 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 19, pairing of Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco and third and fifth Wednesdays, through June, to escape their pins, and beetles tell their ter, 328 Lomita Dr., Stanford. Call 723-4177. 2 p.m. $15-$18. Matinees Nov. 16-17, 9:30 Mexican string quartet Carteto Latinoamericano. 8-10 p.m. Flex-It Studios, 425 W. Evelyn Ave., stories. Nov. 7-Dec. 10. Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 UNSTABLE LANDSCAPE Paintings and a.m. $7. Mountain View Center for the Per- Performance features the U.S. premiere of Michael Mountain View. Call 493-6012. www.bacds. a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. Free. Thomas drawings by Miriam Hitchcock. The Commu- forming Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Daugherty’s Bay of Pigs. Nov. 3, 8 p.m. $44/$40. org/series/english/mountain_view/ Welton Stanford Art Gallery, 419 Laseun Mall, nity School of Music and Arts’ Mohr Gallery Call 903-6000. www.pytnet.org Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Dr., Stan- THURSDAY NIGHT DANCE Ballroom danc- Stanford. Call 723-3404. art.stanford.edu displays a mix of art by local and international ford. Call 725-2787. livelyarts.stanford.edu ing to live music. Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. Little CHASING HISTORY: ART AND PROV- artists, faculty and students. Sponsored by PALO ALTO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call ENANCE Exhibition highlights the research Heritage Bank of Commerce. Through Nov. TALKS/AUTHORS CONCERT I Sat., Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Faure: Suite 326-2025. www.peninsulavolunteers.org conducted on several paintings and the results 27, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Community School from Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80 Lalo: Cello of the investigation. Wed.-Sun., through Nov. of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, “THE LATE BLOOMER” LECTURE AND BOOK Concerto in D minor; Thomas Shoebotham, 26, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Mountain View. www.arts4all.org SIGNING With author Lynn Ruth Miller for a dis- soloist Dvoøák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, ENVIRONMENT Museum Way and Lomita Dr., Palo Alto. cussion of the latest novel, “The Late Bloomer” the Op. 88. $16/$14/$7 Cubberley Theatre, 4000 museum.stanford.edu story of Fanny Goldstein’s fiftieth year, discovering ACORN TAILS N’ TRAIL TALES Learn about FILM what creates a fulfilling life. Nov. 14, 7:30-9 p.m. Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. CUBBERLEY STUDIO ARTISTS EXHIBIT acorns with docents Lucy Proulx and Jim Rea. Lei- Free. East West Bookstore, 324 Castro St., Moun- Eight artists from the Cubberley Studios will surely-paced stroll. Meet at the model aircraft staging “OFF THE GRID” Presented by Warren Miller tain View. Call 988-9800. www.eastwest.com exhibit works in painting, photography, and area lot. Nov. 4, 3-5 p.m. Free. Rancho San Antonio Nov. 3, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Nov. 4, 6 and 9 p.m. DANCE mixed media Mon.-Sat., through Nov. 30, 9 MOUNTAIN VIEW READS DISCUSSION Open Space Preserve. www.openspace.org Features skiers and riders on steep terrain in remote The Mountain View Reads Together project will a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Civic Center Lobby, 250 Hamil- destinations and deep powder. Ticket holders “ANIVERSARIO” In celebration of Theatre Fla- AUTUMN TREK Tour with docents Chris MacIn- discuss “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. Led by ton Ave., Palo Alto. www.cubberelystudios.com receive free Heavenly lift pass. $17. Mountain View menco’s 40th Anniversary. Covering the history tosh, Kay Partelow, and Stephen Buckhout. 10-mile Books Inc. store manager Eric Petersen. Nov. 12, 2 PALO ALTO ART CENTER Free tours for Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., of the theatre. Nov. 5, 7-9 p.m. $30 general/$26 loop hike with 1,000-2,000 feet of elevation gain. p.m. Free. Books Inc., Mountain View, 301 Castro adults with docents in Art Dialogues program. Mountain View. www.warrenmiller.com students and seniors. Mountain View Center for Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. El Corte de Madera St., Mountain View. www.booksinc.net/NASApp/ Saturdays, through Dec. 22, 2 p.m.; no tour the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain Open Space Preserve. www.openspace.org store/IndexJsp?s=storeevents&eventId=334054 View. Call 903-6000. www.theatreflamenco.org Nov. 25. Private tours available. Palo Alto Art CLIMB TO FRESH AIR With docent Bob Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. HEALTH RICHARD S. TEDLOW Author of “Andy 13TH ANNUAL MARY EDITH CLIFFORD Segalla. A 7-mile hike through two preserves. Grove: The Life and Times of an American” PAPUA NEW GUINEA SCULPTURE GARDEN ALUMNI DANCE CONCERT Presented by The Meet at Monte Bello Preserve. Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-2 “THE HUNDRED-YEAR LIE” HEALTH TALK Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. Free. Books Inc., Mountain Created on-site at Stanford by artists from Papua Stanford Dance Division of the Department. p.m. Free. www.openspace.org With author Randall Fitzgerald. Nov. 4, 7:30-9 View, 301 Castro St., Mountain View. www. New Guinea, the garden contains wood and stone Sat., Nov. 4, 8 p.m. $10 general/$5 students. p.m. Free. East West Bookstore, 324 Castro booksinc.net/NASApp/store/IndexJsp?s=store carvings of people, animals, and magical beings Roble Gym, 375 Santa Teresa St., Stanford. Call St., Mountain View. Call 988-9800. www. events&eventId=333928 that illustrate clan stories and creation myths. Tours 725-5838. http://drama.stanford.edu EXHIBITS eastwest.com available 3rd Sunday monthly, 2 p.m. through Dec. ANNA HALPRIN’S MYTHS Incorporating ■ MORELISTINGS narratives drawn from residents of several “7 PHOTOGRAPHERS” Charles Anselmo, 16. Free. Meet at the corner of the Papua New William Bishop, Alejandra Chaverri, Kathryn Guinea Sculpture Garden, at Santa Teresa and local senior centers along with students, artist LIVE MUSIC For a complete listing of Anna Halprin will re-create three of her partici- Dunlevie, Barbara Kossy, Maurice Stevens and Lomita Dr.. http://museum.stanford.edu patory theater works, “Ten Myths.” All events Marianne Thomas display pictures Mon.-Fri., PHOTOGRAPHER MEGGI RAEDER’S “PREMIERES WITHOUT BORDERS” Features local events, see our website at are audience participatory. Nov. 15, and Dec. through Nov. 30, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Stan- EXHIBIT Fine art photography exhibit by art- compositions by an international composers Reza www.PaloAltoOnline.com. KAL SANDHU For Mountain View City Council ¸ Open Government and Accountability ENDORSED BY: Hon. Senator Abel Maldonado, Hon. Charles Marsala, Mayor of Atherton, ¸ Safety Hon. Ruben Abrica. Mayor of East Palo Alto, Hon. Dean Warshawsky, ¸ Fiscal Responsibility Mayor of Los Altos Hills,Hon. Marsha Singh, Member of Parliament, Labour Party, UK, Hon. Kurt Colehower, Los Altos Councilman, Nicholas ¸ Economic Development Gottuso, SWAT Leader, Hillsborough Police Department, Marcel Pajeulo Schwartz, ¸ Water Resources County, Human Relations Commission, Chris Burley, Chair Human Relations Commission, Oscar Garcia, Mesa la de Comunidad, Roger Petersen, ¸ Strong & Safe Neighborhoods Human Relations Commission and Santa Clara County Advisory Commission for ¸ Housing Persons with Disabilities, John Ivan, Parks and Recreation Commission, Mountain View Fire Fighters, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, Mountain View ¸ Senior & Youth Issues Housing Council, Tri-County Apartments Association Silicon Valley Association ¸ Enviornment of Realtors, Bonnie Malouf, Castro School, Jim and Marti McGuirk, Mountain ¸ Vision 2020 View High School Jamil Shaik, Lisa Garcia, Lynn Burley, Alan Goodman, Sarjit Mohar, Wendy Crofoot, Bryon & Rachel Bostford, Scott McGhee, Graham Middle School, Anthony Askew, Rohit Khare, Victor & Columba Lopez, Jarnail Dhalla, Fire Engineer, Stanford University, Praveen Singha, Keith Moody, Principal, Mt. 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