Vol. XXXV, Number 12 N December 27, 2013
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Our Neighborhoods 2014
PALO ALTO’S YEAR OF GREAT AMBITIONS AND SURPRISING INTERRUPTIONS, WITH A LITTLE ZANINESS THROWN IN PAGE 5
Donate to the HOLIDAY FUND page 14 Transitions 17 Movies 24 Home 27 Puzzles 35 N Cover Story A look back at Palo Alto through photos Page 19 N Arts Pastel artist captures horses of the American West Page 22 N Sports Stanford shoots for Rose Bowl respect Page 37 Stanford Express Care
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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Palo Alto’s year of disruptions How residents created a turbulent year for City Hall It would be the year when the to see as broken, highlighted by carbon-neutral electricity portfolio, new Mitchell Park Library and a citizen revolt that in many ways a Holy Grail of energy sustainabil- by Gennady Sheyner Community Center, the crown defined 2013 in Palo Alto. ity that very few cities have been hen Mayor Greg Scharff ways to pay for fixes of its flag- jewel of the $76 million bond vot- To be sure, the year that Scharff able to reach. (See sidebar.) chaired his first City ging infrastructure, give the ers approved in 2008 and the city’s dubbed “Lucky ‘13” in January Despite these accomplish- W Council meeting in Jan- city’s masses ultra-high-speed largest infrastructure projects in brought its fair share of proud ments, 2013 was largely a year uary, he referred to 2013 as the access to the Internet, figure decades, would finally open. achievements, national plaudits of disruptions. Time and again, “year of the future,” a year when out what to do about the lease of But things didn’t go as planned, and successful initiatives, from the Palo Alto citizens rose up to de- the city would take giant strides in Cubberley Community Center in and by the time December came hugely successful National Day mand change and challenge their tackling long-term problems and south Palo Alto, and provide re- around, the council’s focus was no of Civic Hacking, which turned leaders’ decisions, with varying make big decisions that would lief to downtown residents whose longer on chasing dreams. Instead, downtown Palo Alto into a festival degrees of success. shape it for decades to come. streets have become de facto it was on fixing a political system of gizmos, gadgets and TED-style The city was to come up with parking lots for commuters. that many in the city have come talks, to the council’s adoption of a (continued on page 8)
YEAR IN REVIEW The world at Palo Alto’s doorstep New initiatives and a few surprising events gave Palo Alto international recognition in 2013 by Carol Blitzer, Sue Dremann and Gennady Sheyner
alo Alto made several for- ity and featuring elected officials ays into the international and members of various regional P limelight in 2013, building boards. Local students also got new overseas business relation- to spend some time in Shanghai ships and becoming a hub for as part of a new “smart partner- foreign real-estate investors. The ship” between Palo Alto and the city also played a role in a few un- Yangpu district of Shanghai. expected events that thrust it onto For Palo Alto, the concept of a the world stage. “smart partnership” is novel. Un- The year’s events, in addition like its “sister city” program, the to signaling that Palo Altans are new deals focus on sustainabil- “not in Kansas anymore,” are ity and technology rather than
sure to have a major influence on cultural exchanges. In August, 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ the city’s economic and cultural the council held a wide-ranging Merrill Newman, with his wife, Lee, at his side, speaks to reporters after arriving at the San growth in the coming decades. discussion about its various inter- Francisco Airport on Dec. 7. The Palo Alto resident had been detained in North Korea for six national partners and agreed to weeks and charged with “war crimes.” Palo Alto boosted sign such an agreement with the its international clout German city of Heidelberg. The non-binding agreement states that took a trip to Heidelberg and to “It’s really interesting to see potential Palo Alto homebuyers While the hyperlocal problems of the goal is to “exchange ideas and one of Palo Alto’s six sister cit- how much they look up to Palo were hit with another challenge in parking and traffic dominated City value, especially in the areas of ies, Enschede, Netherlands. At a Alto as a world leader in all of 2013: cash-wielding buyers from Council agendas, this has been a environmental sustainability and council meeting later that month, these items,” Scharff said. China. year filled with jetlag and passport innovation-driven economic de- Scharff recapped the trip and said — Gennady Sheyner Stymied by limits on home stamps for council members. velopment.” The two cities, the the main message he took back ownership in their country, Chi- In October, Vice Mayor Shep- agreement states, will ultimately was how much other cities, from Chinese homebuyers nese homebuyers came in droves herd took her second trip to seek to “create mutual programs China to Europe, want to be like honed in on Palo Alto to pick up local real estate. Shanghai in a year to attend the with measurable results.” Palo Alto, particularly when it Some were attracted by the “Smart City Symposium,” an In October, Mayor Greg Scharff comes to the city’s startup culture With home prices rising and event focused on sustainabil- and City Manager James Keene and sustainability efforts. days on the market shrinking, VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£Ó®
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Community Center (though it also inspections that Public Works of- ages. As the curtain closes on YEAR IN REVIEW agreed Dec. 16 to freeze enforce- ficials have given up on predicting 2013, a hotel-tax increase stands ment of the ban for a year); shut the opening date. out as the most promising source down community centers at night; In November, when it became for funding infrastructure, but the Palo Alto’s accomplishments, and approved new master plans to clear that the city’s hapless and city remains without a concrete create citywide wireless and fiber- embattled contractor, Flintco, will plan for a 2014 election. civic trends in 2013 optic systems. miss another deadline, officials The biggest infrastructure ac- The local economy continued sent the company a “notice of de- complishment came this year in Healthy economy, ongoing infrastructure to blossom, with tax revenues in fault.” In mid-December, the city the form of street repairs, an area problems characterize busy year just about every category climb- began discussions with Flintco’s where the city had more than dou- ing steadily and the budget pic- surety company about supplement- bled its budget two years ago. This by Gennady Sheyner ture looking sunnier than it did ing Flintco’s undermanned crews year, the city resurfaced more than At the end of 2013, I want its laurels in 2013. In a year full of even before the 2008 recession. or terminating the contractor en- 36 lane miles, an accomplishment us all to be able to look back political speed-bumps and setbacks, Hotel-tax revenues jumped by an tirely, which could further delay Scharff said will allow the city to “ and say, ‘Wow, we accom- the City Council came away with a astonishing 57 percent in the first the long-deferred grand opening reach its 10-year goal of excel- plished a lot,’” Palo Alto Mayor long list of accomplishments. quarter of fiscal year 2014 (July of the city’s largest library. lent street-condition scores “much Greg Scharff said at the begin- It succeeded in greatly expand- through September), when com- When it comes to the city’s fal- sooner than we anticipated.” ning of the year. ing the city’s public-art program, pared to the same period a year tering infrastructure, the council In his final written message of And surely, by many measures requiring for the first time that pri- ago. Sales taxes showed a 48 per- remains uncertain about funding the year, Scharff called 2013 a year it’s been a productive and prosper- vate developers contribute to Palo cent jump, prompting city staff to repairs with a 2014 bond measure. “of action and progress” and said ous year. Alto’s art scene. It extended a ban revise their budget projections. Polls of voters showed that a new that the city has “accomplished or Outsiders have taken notice. In on smoking to every local park and All of this was great news. police headquarters, the city’s top laid the ground work to complete November, the website Livability. began exploring new smoking re- Yet when it comes to preserving infrastructure priority, is unlikely almost everything I called for in com ranked Palo Alto as the na- strictions downtown; mandated that the quality of life of city residents to garner the two-thirds voter sup- my State of the City address.” tion’s top city to live in. At around every new home be pre-wired for and making progress on the most port needed for a bond to pass, and Whether other city leaders share the same time, the think-tank Center electric-vehicle chargers; created urgent priorities, 2013 brought Jay Paul Company’s withdrawal of this view depends on many factors, for Digital Government designated new penalties for residents whose its fair share of disappointments. its development proposal eliminat- including their definition of “al- Palo Alto the nation’s top digital languishing “mystery projects” Library patrons are still waiting ed one avenue for getting the police most.” The council may claim that city in its population category. The (that is, stalled home renovations) for the city’s new Mitchell Park headquarters built. it “accomplished a lot” in a politi- year was as kind to the Palo Alto bring blight to city blocks; banned Library and Community Center The council’s Infrastructure cally charged atmosphere. But with brand as it was to the local economy vehicle habitation in response to to open its doors. The project has Committee held extensive de- so much business left undone and a and to property values. complaints from neighborhoods, seen so many construction mis- bates about different funding council election looming, it has set The council didn’t exactly rest on especially adjacent to Cubberley haps, missed deadlines and failed sources and possible bond pack- itself up for an even busier 2014. N
The board continued to monitor pected in the past two years — additional 4 percent raise for YEAR IN REVIEW high school counseling services the school board hesitated this 2013-14 plus a 2 percent bonus. after a number of parents com- year on its plan to open a 13th The district also restored some plained that different counseling elementary school. programming that earlier had New buildings, better budgets models at Gunn and Palo Alto high An original plan to make a deci- been cut, including discretionary schools resulted in services that sion on location and programming funds for principals. dominate school news in 2013 were not comparable. The parent for a new school by May 2013 was A major push by Skelly and group We Can Do Better Palo Alto pushed off for a year after head- the board to beef up professional Calendar issue resolved, but board contends persistently called on the board to count growth in 2012-13 came in development led to a $5 million, with facilities, counseling order Gunn to adopt Paly’s coun- on the low end of projections. three-year commitment to im- seling model, in which 40 “teacher The postponement came after a prove programming for teachers by Chris Kenrick advisers” augment a small profes- 12-member citizens advisory com- and to help them implement the he Palo Alto school dis- up to 85 percent. sional counseling staff. mittee recommended a new el- new Common Core State Stan- trict opened dozens of new But the district battled an ongo- A Gunn committee of parents, ementary school be opened at 525 dards, which begin their rollout T classrooms across town in ing achievement gap as it prepared school staff and students repre- San Antonio Ave., combined with in California schools this year. 2013 and toyed with opening at to stiffen graduation requirements senting all sides of the touchy the adjacent Greendell campus. Two new principals took the least one entirely new school. for all students — except for those issue issued a 104-page report in The board recently voted on a reins this year following Paly’s And a local family stepped for- who negotiate “alternative re- March with 40 recommendations. timetable to make an elementary- Phil Winston’s decision to return ward to fund a $20 million state-of- quirements” — beginning with The recommendations did not in- school decision by the end of the to teaching and the reassignment the art athletic center for Palo Alto the graduating class of 2016. clude adoption of a teacher advi- current school year. of Terman Middle School’s Kath- High School, where they have sent Three issues — facilities plan- sory system. After years of tight budgets, erine Baker to become the district’s three generations of students. ning, high school counseling and Gunn Principal Katya Villalobos the Palo Alto school district loos- director of secondary education. Those were some of the high- the academic calendar — remained said the counseling reforms would ened the purse strings in 2013 as Kim Diorio was named in July to lights in local education in 2013. enduring concerns of the Board of take several years to implement. property-tax revenues, boosted become principal of Paly, and Pier Even as the school district con- Education throughout 2013. At year’s end, counselors from by a booming real-estate market, Angeli La Place, a longtime ad- tended with multiple complaints One of those, the calendar, was the district’s five middle and high rose more than 6 percent yearly ministrator at JLS Middle School, filed through the U.S. Depart- resolved in December, when the schools reported they had been for two years running. became principal at Terman. ment of Education’s Office for Board of Education approved dis- conferring to agree on a common Teachers and all staff except In East Palo Alto’s Raven- Civil Rights (see story on page trict-wide calendars through 2016- “framework” for counseling and for Superintendent Kevin Skelly swood School District, Superin- 8), Palo Alto students continued 17. A key feature of the new calen- activities and outcomes. The coun- got two raises. The first, a 3 per- tendent Maria De La Vega retired to rank highly on standardized dars is that the first semester will selors said they would return to the cent raise plus 1.5 percent bonus, in June and Gloria Hernandez, a tests, and the share of local stu- continue to end before the Decem- board in March 2014 with reports. was awarded in May, retroactive longtime school administrator in dents graduating with a four-year ber-holiday break, as was tested for With school enrollment grow- to fall 2012. The second, ap- the Sacramento area, was named college-prep curriculum inched the first time this last year. ing — but a tad slower than ex- proved this month, provided an to the head job. N
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Disruptions The orchard revolution ing project, which was to include neighborhood skirmish became a struck down the council’s vote by 60 apartments for low-income se- citywide issue. Sympathetic resi- about 2,000 votes, with nearly VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊx® he year’s biggest surprise, and niors and 15 single-family homes dents from Downtown North and 8,500 residents opposing the mea- the clearest case of citizen-led (the council later reduced the num- land-use watchdogs from College sure and 6,500 supporting it. The This was the year of citizen T disruption, was the battle over ber to 12), in the spring asked the Terrace joined the opposition, as Maybell development was halted. engagement and enragement, of a planned development of low-in- City Council to retain the land’s ex- did critics of the city’s controver- For people like Cheryl Lilien- sweeping proposals, widespread come apartments and market-rate isting lower-density zoning. Many sial “planned community” zon- stein and Joe Hirsch, leaders of frustrations and clipped ambitions. homes on Maybell Avenue. criticized the council for loaning ing, which allows developers to the “Vote Against D” campaign, The uproar over parking shortages What began in the spring as a $5.8 million to the nonprofit devel- exceed the city code in exchange the Election Day message was ev- downtown spread to other sections disagreement over road safety oper, Palo Alto Housing Corpora- for negotiated “public benefits.” ident: Residents want city leaders of the city. The public tide swelled along the crowded school route tion, in 2012 for the purchase of the Residents who worried about new to listen to them and respect the and turned against massive office morphed over the summer into a 2.4-acre site. Others pointed to the buildings throughout town and zoning code. developments that exceed the city’s citywide revolt against oversized city’s inclusion of the 60 proposed the traffic and parking problems “Voters sent a very clear message zoning code and affect quality of developments intruding on resi- apartments in its state-mandated they could trigger also opposed that Palo Altans don’t like what is life. Residents, with support from a dential neighborhoods. It culmi- inventory of affordable-housing, the Maybell development. routinely being approved by City minority of council members, took nated in a fall referendum election, which created an impression that By July, opponents had secured Hall and all of its various bodies,” a stand against the latest architec- known as Measure D, that shook the project’s approval was prede- nearly 4,000 votes for a referen- Hirsch told the council on Dec. 2, ture trends. Economic tranquil- up the city’s development pro- termined. The council’s unanimous dum on the council’s approval, at a meeting on the “Future of Palo ity was overshadowed by political cess and prompted a winter soul- vote in June to approve the higher- far more than was needed to send Alto” that Scharff and City Man- turbulence. And time and again, searching for city officials about density zone change did little to the issue to a vote. On Nov. 5, an ager James Keene arranged, largely things didn’t go as city officials ex- the future of local development. dent that impression. Election Day few had seen com- in response to the Measure D vote. pected — or at least hoped. Opponents of the proposed hous- That’s when the Green Acres ing just four months prior, voters For the City Council, the resi-
YEAR IN REVIEW School district, higher education turned upside-down Federal investigation rattles Palo Alto school district by Chris Kenrick hile Palo Alto residents “When this thing came out articles included anonymous ac- in higher education,” associate of online learning that Stanford, took issue with the city I informed you about it, but I counts of two alcohol-fueled, off- professor of sociology Mitchell Harvard and MIT just woke up W over development and didn’t give you the report or campus sexual assaults of Paly Stevens said. “It will very soon be to and decided they should en- traffic problems, other disruptive share the findings of the Of- students; interviews with victims an un-ignorable phenomenon. ter,” Stevens said. forces turned local educational in- fice for Civil Rights group, and of rape and other Paly students; “This is not the sort of fringe Foothill College already of- stitutions on their heads this year. I should have done that, bottom discussion of Paly students; at- activity of Cambridge and Sili- fers 20 degrees that can be line,” he said. “From a transpar- titudes on victim-blaming and con Valley. This is something earned fully online, including Office for Civil Rights ency issue, I blew it.” an editorial criticizing the main- that’s going to be reorganizing associate’s degrees in account- investigates district Despite calls this year for a stream media’s “sympathetic” the entire sector.” ing, business administration, board discussion of “what went portrayal of high-school rapists In July, more than a dozen presi- history, music technology, psy- federal civil-rights agency wrong” in the Terman case, such in Steubenville, Ohio. dents of colleges and universities chology and sociology. disrupted life for leaders a discussion was never put on the With concerns about bullying — including the Foothill-De Anza In November, Foothill-De Anza A of the Palo Alto school agenda. running high among some parents, Community College District but was co-recipient of a $16.9 mil- district in 2013. Critics have accused the Skelly and board members also not including Stanford — gath- lion state grant to pave the way for Spurred by the family of a dis- school board and Skelly of foot- have been charged with excessive ered in Palo Alto to brainstorm an online “education ecosystem” abled Palo Alto middle school dragging on revising its bullying secrecy in their work to satisfy the the future. Schools represented that would integrate all 112 of student, the U.S. Department policies and resisting the federal Office for Civil Rights. ran the gamut from the Ivy League California’s community colleges. of Education’s Office for Civil enforcement. The district has Until the Weekly complained University of Pennsylvania to the The initiative is part of Gov. Jer- Rights investigated the district’s said it needs time to strike the earlier this month, meetings of large University of Wisconsin sys- ry Brown’s push to expand online handling of the ongoing bullying right balance between protect- the board’s Policy Review Com- tem to tiny Bates College in Maine education as a way to boost access, of the student. ing victims and not criminaliz- mittee, where proposed bullying to the upstart, all-online Western degree completion and transfer to In December 2012, the agency ing matters that are properly re- policies are being hammered Governors University. four-year universities for hundreds — which is charged with enforc- solved in the principal’s office. out, were not properly noticed Foothill-De Anza Chancellor of thousands of students. ing civil rights laws in schools “The realm of incidents that to the public as required under Linda Thor reported that the dis- Under the envisioned system, and universities — found that used to be handled purely ver- the Brown Act, California’s open cussion at the gathering centered California’s 2.4 million commu- Terman Middle School adminis- bally and privately is shifting meeting law. on how higher education needs nity college students will be able trators had violated the student’s into a realm that’s being record- to reorganize to serve students in to accrue credit through online civil rights in their mishandling ed and tracked, so it’s important Internet disrupts traditional and new ways, given courses at any number of dif- of the bullying. For nearly a year to get it right,” board President higher education all the “drivers of change.” ferent community colleges. Re- since then, the district has been Barb Mitchell said. “We’re moving away from gardless of the source of a class, struggling to reform its policies The issue is set to be taken up s surely as it has disrupted having faculty that were the con- a student’s record will be kept in that deal with complaints of bul- again in January, either by the music, retail and journal- veyers of content to — now that a single file, avoiding the need to lying. As of this month, howev- full board or by its two-member A ism, the Internet in 2013 there’s so much more information petition for transfer credit. er, it has yet to finalize new pro- Policy Review Committee. shook up education, with many available — becoming more cu- A statewide portal for the cedures, which was among the Meanwhile, other Palo Alto of the disrupters emanating from rators of the content, of helping classes will be operational by conditions it agreed to in order families have filed Office for the Palo Alto-Stanford area. guide all the sources,” Thor said. June 2015, with participation by to resolve the federal case. Civil Rights complaints against The year saw the term “MOOC” She also posed the question: individual community colleges Had it not been for the student’s the district, several of which re- (for massive, open online course) “Are we moving away from stu- on a voluntary basis. family, who shared the resolu- main pending. grow increasingly common in dents being associated with an “This will make the records tion agreement with the Palo Alto In June, the Office for Civil general usage as online classes of- individual institution to students student-centric rather than insti- Weekly, the public may not have Rights opened its own investi- fered by local companies Cours- aggregating their own educa- tution-centric and will automate known about the investigation gation at Palo Alto High School, era and Udacity, among others, tions from a whole variety of and simplify the process of trans- and resulting conditions placed saying it had “received informa- attracted hundreds of thousands sources and players?” fer, qualification for financial on the district. The Board of Edu- tion that (Paly) has not provided of students around the world. Nobody knows for sure. aid and things of that sort,” said cation itself was largely unaware prompt and equitable response Angling to stay on top of the In an October discussion group Joe Moreau, Foothill-De Anza’s of the scope of the investigation to notice of peer sexual harass- fast-moving and hard-to-predict on “education’s digital future” at vice-chancellor for technology. and resolution agreement, having ment, including peer harassment online education wave, Stanford the Stanford Graduate School of The new initiative, said Thor, been told by Superintendent Kevin related to sexual assault.” poured resources and attention Education, Stanford’s Stevens “is a cutting-edge vision for Cali- Skelly in December 2012 in such a Though the agency did not into university-wide efforts to introduced Foothill-De Anza’s fornia. I believe it will transform perfunctory manner that the board specify what prompted its inves- test and measure new ways of Thor as a pioneer in the field. online learning for millions of didn’t even discuss the report. tigation, the notice followed the teaching and learning online. As president of Arizona’s on- community college students.” N In February, Skelly apologized April publication of a six-part sto- Education technology “is the line-oriented Rio Salado Com- Staff Writer Chris Kenrick to board members for failing to ry in the student magazine Verde beginning of a wholesale reorga- munity College for 20 years, can be emailed at ckenrick@ inform them fully. about a “rape culture” at Paly. The nization of teaching and learning Thor “created the 25-year history paweekly.com.
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said, the vote supported growth has changed from what it was when rent political climate” and pledged 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ and in others it opposed it. they were encouraged to submit to evaluate its options for the site Russ Cohen, executive director of the Palo Alto Downtown Business The goal of the council, he said their applications, and they are no “at some future date.” and Professional Association, listens to the city’s presentation of a on Dec. 2, isn’t to halt develop- longer likely to be approved.” potential parking-permit program for residential neighborhoods in ment or try to preserve a small While the council’s Dec. 2 Space wars September. Downtown store owners are warning the program could college-town feel that the city discussion was broad-ranging, it harm their businesses. hasn’t had for decades but to ad- ended with little consensus other ntil recently, Paul Machado just to growth and strike a balance than that the conversation should didn’t know what a Com- zens supplemented their com- charge when he developed and between development and neigh- continue in 2014. U prehensive Plan was or what plaints with concrete actions. put to use a method for measuring borhood preservation. Developers, for their part, appear “concept plans” are supposed to do. On Dec. 2, Machado told the parking problems near his Bryant Though council members talked to have gotten the message. Arril- This year, the resident of the leafy council that coming to City Hall Street home. Using the you-can’t- about reforming the planned-com- laga’s 27 University Ave. has been Evergreen Park neighborhood near and learning about housing man- manage-what-you-can’t-measure munity (PC) zoning process, no conspicuously absent from the City California Avenue was one of many dates and zoning laws made him logic, he began cruising around one proposed abolishing it. Scharff Hall agenda in 2013. After a public Palo Altans to get a crash course in feel frustrated, “like an air-hock- the neighborhood at 6 a.m. and said that what the city needs is for outcry a year ago about city offi- land use and planning issues. ey puck.” Yet like many other counting the parked cars on each the community to “buy into the PC cials’ secrecy and apparent promo- For Machado, much like for Palo Altans who became familiar side of the block. He would then process,” acknowledging its poten- tion of this proposal, the council Downtown North’s Neilson Bu- this year with the Comprehensive repeat the process at lunch time, tial benefits, rather than fear it. agreed in June to seek community chanan, Professorville’s Ken Als- Plan, the city’s land-use bible, he after downtown workers had ar- In considering the significance involvement in the creation of a man and Ventura’s Chris Donlay, is doing his part to lessen the rived. In the end, he had a map of Measure D, former Mayor Dick vision for the site near the down- the civic engagement was spurred potential problems that the new showing both the intensity of the Rosenbaum pointed to two enor- town Caltrain station. At the Dec. by frustration and anxiety over developments could bring. parking problem on each block and mous development projects whose 2 meeting, Scharff described Ar- new developments and their im- In early fall, he joined the grow- the boundaries of the areas that presence, and the city’s handling rillaga’s proposal as “dead.” City plications for parking and traffic. ing citizen movement aimed at were affected. Not surprisingly, of them, primed this year’s citizen officials still talk about creating Frustration over these issues measuring the city’s parking most of the blocks were dark red unrest: an office-and-theater com- an “arts and innovation district” at is nothing new in Palo Alto, but problem. Buchanan, a retired El plex that billionaire philanthropist 27 University, but no one seems to 2013 was the year in which citi- Camino Hospital CEO, led the (continued on next page)
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By 2015, taken up by citizens appealing s 4ECH CAMPS AND MORE s .EWSPAPER DIRECTORY LISTING FOR WEEKS IN 4HE they estimated that the daily the designs of recently approved !LMANAC 0ALO !LTO 7EEKLY -OUNTAIN 6IEW 6OICE s 3PORTS CAMPS parking shortage would rise to downtown buildings. 2013 SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS 2,500 spaces. It was a fittingly underwhelm- GUIDE TO s /NLINE DIRECTORY LISTING FOR WEEKS ON 0ALO !LTO Their model, they noted, al- ing conclusion to a year when A special publication produced by the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac and Mountain View Voice tio /NLINE !LMANAC /NLINE AND -OUNTAIN 6IEW /NLINE C ec n lows users to adjust methodolog- many felt not enough was done to C ical assumptions (including the solve the parking crisis. Buchan- percentage of office workers who an, for one, wasn’t too enthused Deadline to advertise is January 24, 2014 would drive and the impacts of about the proposed parking-per- local initiatives like the new va- mit program, which he and sev- Call today (650) 223-6570 let-parking program at the High eral residents from Professorville Street garage) and is applicable and Crescent Park criticized in a to other neighborhoods. white paper as too complex and Buchanan’s low-tech method “destined to fail.” for surveying the neighborhood “We thought we were getting was also eminently exportable. a Tesla, but we ended up with an By fall, he had taught the tech- Edsel,” Buchanan said as he was nique to Machado and to Donlay, heading for the exits during the whose neighborhood just south of council’s final meeting of the year. California Avenue was inundated by plans for large new develop- Clash of the beholders ments this year. By the end of the PENINSULA year, Palo Alto’s parking watch- f parking was one area of civic dogs had maps detailing the day- dissent, local architecture was time parking troubles in all three I another. After years of grum- neighborhoods. bling about the look and feel of Donlay, who gathered parking new developments — the tightly data for the Ventura neighbor- packed Arbor Real townhouses on hood, became a regular critic of El Camino Real; the fortress-like the plans targeting his neighbor- housing development at 801 Alma hood. In November and Decem- St.; the supermarket at Alma Vil- ber, he attended numerous public lage that greets drivers on Alma hearings on the Jay Paul Compa- with its rear end; and the glass, Discover the best places to eat this week! ny plans for 395 Page Mill Road, modern four-story office build- and he challenged the developer’s ings springing up downtown — AMERICAN CHINESE parking estimates. critics took their disapproval to Even though Jay Paul Company the next level this year. Armadillo Willy’s New Tung Kee Noodle House withdrew its proposal in mid-De- Douglas Smith, a self-avowed 941-2922 947-8888 cember, Donlay’s neighborhoood traditionalist when it comes to ar- 1031 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos 520 Showers Drive, Mountain View will soon welcome a nearly block- chitecture, led the charge. Over the www.armadillowillys.com www.shopmountainview.com/luunoodlemv long mixed-use building around summer, the downtown resident Equinox Gym, thanks to the launched a campaign in defense The Old Pro INDIAN council’s approval of the project of arches, columns, stucco façades 326-1446 Janta Indian Restaurant in November. Two other proposed and other flourishes associated with developments include a four-sto- downtown’s prominent Spanish Re- 541 Ramona Street, Palo Alto 462-5903 www.oldpropa.com ry “planned community” office vival style. First, he put together an 369 Lytton Ave. building on the corner of El Cami- online survey asking respondents ITALIAN www.jantaindianrestaurant.com no Real and Page Mill Road and to choose their preference among Cucina Venti a mixed-use building that would dozens of pairings, each featuring Read and post reviews, replace four dilapidated homes on a modern and a traditional build- 254-1120 the 400 block of Page Mill. ing. The admittedly non-scientific 1390 Pear Ave, Mountain View explore restaurant menus, The citizen outcry over park- survey, which drew more than 900 www.cucinaventi.com ing shortages, both in years past responses, showed a clear majority get hours and CHINESE and this year, has spurred action favoring tradition over modernity directions and more at by the City Council, though by and agreeing with his assessment Ming’s the time 2013 ended solutions re- that the boxy, glassy new devel- 856-7700 ShopPaloAlto, ShopMenloPark mained far beyond the horizon. opments are incompatible with 1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto and ShopMountainView But the grassroots effort to the traditional buildings designed www.mings.com gather data on parking have lent by Birge Clarke and others. Then force to the residents’ arguments. he began filing appeals over new At the Dec. 2 meeting about the downtown projects that he argued city’s future, Scharff lauded Bu- are incompatible with the scale and powered by chanan’s work and acknowledged look of surrounding buildings. that parking “is a real problem At the Dec. 9 council meeting, and it is definitely degrading the quality of life.” The city, he said, VÌÕi`ÊÊiÝÌÊ«>}i® Page 10ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊÓÇ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Upfront The disrupters — or the upholders? Wishing You A Happy Holiday Season n the year when federal con- expert and the Family of a bullied tractor Edward Snowden most persua- middle school student I leaked National Security sive speaker on Agency secrets and ran off to the subject of If it weren’t for the family of a Russia, Palo Alto saw its own his neighbor- disabled Terman Middle School crop of newly minted civic activ- hood’s park- student, a federal investigation ists, who took on City Hall, the ing shortage. into the ongoing bullying of the school district and the old ways of By diligently student may not have come to the doing education. Some may have counting public’s attention. In advocating viewed them as disrupting the parked cars in for their student’s needs, the family status quo, while others may see Neilson his neighbor- came forward with a 2012 report them as upholding the values that Buchanan hood at vari- by the U.S. Department of Edu- have made Palo Alto great. Here ous times of cation’s Office Samia Cullen are a few of this year’s activists. the day and determining how for Civil Rights Alain Pinel Realtors parked up each block is, the for- that showed the Broker Associate Cheryl Lilienstein and mer hospital CEO has given city school district License# 01180821 Joe Hirsch officials and residents a new tool failed to protect Cell: 650.384.5392 for dealing with the city’s most the student. The www.samiacullen.com It took dozens pressing problem. Other neigh- documents in- of volunteers, borhoods, including Evergreen cluded an agree- about 4,000 Park and Ventura, have since ment signed by signatures and adopted his method to document the school dis- about 8,500 their own woes. Anonymous trict to improve Thank You For Your Support “no” votes to how it handles shoot down the Douglas Smith bullying complaints, which Super- Throughout My 20 Years in Business City Council- intendent Kevin Skelly hadn’t pro- approved hous- Call him old-fashioned if you’d vided to the Board of Education. ing development Cheryl like, but Doug- on Maybell Lilienstein las Smith has no Online-education Avenue, but no love for glassy innovators two residents played a larger role office build- in the citizen revolt than Barron ings that look Even as Palo Park residents Joe Hirsch, a for- like they were Alto online- mer planning pulled out of a education com- commissioner, Cubist paint- panies, such and Cheryl Lil- ing and that are as Udacity ienstein, a phys- increasingly and Coursera, ical therapist. popping up Douglas Smith continue their As the spokes- in downtown push to bring people for the Palo Alto. A proud traditional- advanced edu- Linda Thor “Vote Against ist, Smith circulated a survey this cation to those D” campaign, year to gauge local views on mod- around the world who otherwise they helped lead ern architecture and was happy can’t afford traditional university Joe Hirsch their side to de- to see a majority of residents tuition, old-school brick-and- cisive victory agreeing with him. He concluded mortar universities and colleges and prompted the City Council to the year by appealing two mod- are considering how they can reconsider the city’s development ernist developments. While the keep from being left behind. process. City Council ultimately rejected Linda Thor, Foothill-De Anza the appeals, his action enabled Community College District Neilson Buchanan other residents to join the chorus chancellor, welcomed a state of criticism and added a spark to grant to create an “educational Over the past year, Downtown the city’s heated debate over de- ecosystem” that will integrate the North resident Neilson Buch- sign standards, which promises to online offerings of all 112 of Cal- anan has become both a leading spill over into 2014. ifornia’s community colleges.
VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® said on Dec. 9. the council embarked on an effort Councilman Larry Klein and to change the design guidelines for Smith emphasized that his ap- Councilwoman Gail Price also new buildings on El Camino and peal of 240 Hamilton Ave. goes spoke in favor of encouraging a Alma streets. In discussing this beyond the project and pertains wide variety of styles, both tradi- effort, Councilwoman Karen Hol- to bigger questions over future tional and modern. man borrowed Johann Wolfgang development. “We are known for our innova- von Goethe’s famous description “Will the city develop its unique tion, our creativity, our pride in of architecture as “frozen music” Palo Alto identity or will it soon the history of Palo Alto,” Price and declared that Palo Alto’s recent be transformed into an anony- said. “But we are also a city of di- developments are “out of tune.” mous face, like so many others?” verse architectural styles, reflect- Holman was one of four council Smith asked. ing different periods.” members — with Scharff, Price The council in both cases upheld But the effort of Smith and and Greg Schmid — who signed the Architectural Review Board’s others to disrupt the recent ar- a colleague’s memo calling for a earlier approval of the develop- chitectural trend toward mas- “course correction.” The coun- ments. During the long discussion sive facades and buildings lo- cil members acknowledged that of 240 Hamilton Ave., the council cated seemingly at the street’s several new developments are majority agreed with Council- edge have already had an effect. inconsistent with design guide- woman Liz Kniss, who celebrated Dozens of residents attended lines and that this has “generated the variety of architectural styles Smith’s December appeal hear- consternation in the community” downtown. The council, Kniss ings to voice their frustrations and a “strong negative reaction by said, has made “concerted deci- to the council. Others who had members of the public.” sions” over the years to encourage long railed about the in-your-face Progress in this area has been architectural diversity. designs of new buildings united painfully slow and, just like with “We have diversity in our popu- earlier in the year with the Vote parking, plenty of consternation lation, we have diversity in what Against D campaign to oppose remained as the year came to a we offer in our stores and our the Maybell development. close. But thanks to local disrupt- restaurants, and I think we offer In April, responding to years of ers, residents have plenty of rea- diversity in our buildings,” Kniss residents’ criticism of development, sons to hope for a better 2014. N ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊÓÇ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 11 Upfront
trained the Kuwol, a guerilla days later, he released a statement World group that fought against the that he was coerced into making Inspirations VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊx® North during the war. He was the apology. in touch with and had visited ex- — Sue Dremann a guide to the spiritual community investment opportunities: A members of the troop, who now 3,000-square-foot house in Palo reside in South Korea, and he A super typhoon Alto for under $4 million would had hoped to connect with some brought Palo Alto, FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC have gone for $20 million in Hong of their family members who £nxÊ ÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê Kong, one buyer reported. Others still live in the North. Philippines closer Sunday Worship and Church School at 10 a.m. in China’s rising middle class Although North Korean offi- Fifty years after forming Palo This Sunday: were seeking educational options cials had given him permission Alto’s first sister-city relationship, Scandal Incarnate for their children. to visit the region where they had with Palo, Leyte, Philippines, lo- Realtor Ken DeLeon went out fought, his guides reported his cal residents jumped to their sister Rev. Dr. Eileen Altman preaching and bought a 14-seater Mercedes innocent request to visit Kuwol city’s aid after a devastating natu- An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ limo bus to show his potential cli- family members. Newman had a ral disaster struck the country. We celebrate Marriage Equality! ents around. DeLeon’s buses tour tense meeting with North Korean Typhoon Haiyan devastated both Palo Alto and nearby cities, officials, who grilled him about Palo on Nov. 8, and Palo Alto running twice a week. his war activities. The next day, Mayor Greg Scharff urged local He said he expected Chinese Oct. 26, just five minutes before residents to contribute to relief homebuyers to represent 15 per- his return flight to Beijing was funds. He also pledged to have the cent of local sales in 2013, com- to take off, military officials de- city work together with nonprofit pared to 5 percent just two years manded to see his passport and organizations to get money and earlier. removed him from the plane. assistance directly to Palo. The Many buyers are attracted to Newman was not heard from City Council pledged $10,000 for new construction — thus increas- for weeks; North Korean of- relief efforts, which the nonprofit ing the competition for what is ficials were silent, and without Neighbors Abroad distributed to already a rarity in Palo Alto. diplomatic ties, U.S. officials two aid agencies in Palo. And, Deleon said, the impact of could do little. The U.S. State “As a community we’ve often these buyers will be felt for years Department put out a warning come together to lend a hand,” to come, as they tend to hold onto against traveling to North Korea, Scharff said at the council meet- their properties, thus lowering fu- and the international media put ing, which was ceremonially ture inventory even further. the Newman’s Channing House closed in honor of Palo. “I think — Carol Blitzer residence on the map. as a community we really need to The State Department response come together on this and help out North Korea arrested was muted; officials tried not to our sister city.” link Newman’s arrest to ongoing By early December, Neigh- Inspirations is a resource for ongoing religious services Palo Altan Merrill disputes over North Korea’s nu- bors Abroad raised an additional and special events. To inquire about or to reserve space in Newman clear-weapons and a United Na- $18,000 for Palo, with a large Inspirations, please contact Blanca Yoc at 223-6596 The arrest in North Korea of contribution by the Teen Adviso- or email [email protected] tions resolution condemning the Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old country’s human rights policies. ry Board from local high schools Palo Alto grandfather, on Oct. 26 Behind the scenes, the Swedish through their “Glow for the Phil- for alleged “war crimes” thrust Embassy in Pyongyang worked ippines” event on Nov. 26. Palo Alto onto the world stage. for Newman’s release and to bring Dozens of doctors, nurses and Newman and a friend, Bob him needed heart medicine. medical staff from the Palo Alto Hamrdla, took a 10-day tour of On Nov. 29, North Korean of- Medical Foundation and Stanford the secretive country through a ficials formally announced they Hospital and Clinics took time off Beijing, China, tourist agency. had Newman, and in a bizarre to render professional assistance Newman was curious about the video and four-page “confession,” in the ravaged country. They flew country and sought closure of his Newman admitted his “crimes” to Palo and other areas in an on- Korean War experiences, his fam- and begged for forgiveness. going campaign to provide medi- ily said. North Korea deported him to cal aid amid the devastation. The North Koreans saw his Beijing on Dec. 6, and he returned — Gennady Sheyner visit differently. Newman had to the Bay Area on Dec. 7. Two and Sue Dremann
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HOW NOT TO HITCH A RIDE ... A motorist pumping gas at the Shell gas station on Embarcadero Road 6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ was kidnapped and forced to drive an allegedly drunk man away from an accident early in the morning of Aug. 1. The incident began at about Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff takes on Houston Rockets point 1:16 a.m. after an off-duty police of- guard and former Palo Altan Jeremy Lin at the Mitchell Park ficer witnessed a car crashing into Community Center in September. a city light pole on West Bayshore Road, just south of Channing Avenue, Jose on charges of driving under the report said. Police then took Ship- police Agent Marianna Villaescusa influence, felony kidnapping, hit and pen into custody. The developer is said. The officer stopped to aid the run and delaying and obstructing an president of Roxy Rapp & Company, driver and called police units to the officer in an investigation. located in downtown Palo Alto. scene. Upon seeing the squad cars, It’s my job to show the driver, Antonio Jorge Ruiz, 25, THIEF RAPPREHENDED ... NICE DEFENSE ... NBA standout of Redwood City, left the location on The real estate business lends itself Jeremy Lin was on the clock Sept. you the options to foot. He approached a driver who to financial rather than criminal excite- 16 as he faced off against a nervous- had been pumping gas at the Embar- ment, or at least it’s supposed to. But looking Palo Alto mayor in front of a consider when it cadero Shell Station and asked for a local developer Roxy Rapp and his crowd of very eager, and very young, ride. The victim said no and started son found themselves chasing a thief onlookers. On a small, new basketball comes to insuring to roll up his windows. Ruiz allegedly through Menlo Park streets on Aug. court outside the unfinished Mitchell reached into the partially opened rear 15. Rapp had reported the theft of a Park Library, Lin had two minutes your assets. window, opened the locked door security camera to Menlo Park police to score against the basket’s lone and, once in the back seat, ordered on Aug. 14. The camera, taken from defender. Doing so, city officials had the male motorist to drive. The victim Rapp’s new building at 1706 El Cami- decided, would “initiate” the court, was afraid he would be harmed and no Real, had managed to download a to be played on for many years to Serving the community for over 24 years! complied, Villaescusa said. He drove photo of the culprit before vanishing, come. His first shot, a fade away over Ruiz only about 1/4 mile, after which according to the report. The next day the head of steadfast defender Greg Charlie Porter Farmers® Agency Ruiz jumped out and fled on foot. Rapp and his son spotted the alleged Scharff — who wore dress pants License # 0773991 Police located him in the area and he thief on the street. A chase ensued, 671-A Oak Grove Ave, Menlo Park was arrested. He was booked into the ending with the capture of 51-year- [email protected] Santa Clara County Main Jail in San old David Shippen, of Palo Alto, the VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊ£x®
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The Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school full-time in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Woodside, Atherton, Stanford, Portola Valley, ENTRY DEADLINE Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and East Palo Alto*. January 3, 2014
Three categories: Entry fees: ÊUÊÊPortraits: Limited to portraits of people as subjects Sponsored by ÊUÊÊBay Area Images: Photographs taken in the greater Bay Area of local people, Adult $25 per image places or things as subjects. Youth $15 per image ÊUÊÊViews Beyond the Bay: All other photographs — pictures taken around the state, One entry per category country or during travel abroad. May also include photos that do not fit into either of the two categories above. For more information, visit Two judging divisions: Adult and Youth (under 17 as of 1/3/14) PaloAltoOnline.com/photo_contest Prizes include cash and gift certificates from our sponsors. or contact Miranda Chatfield at Reception and exhibit at Palo Alto Art Center in March. [email protected] $25 entry fee per submission. Youth entry fee is $15. Limit of one entry per category. (For complete rules and entry procedures, visit PaloAltoOnline.com/photo_contest or call 650.223.6559
Judges: Angela Buenning Filo, David Hibbard, Brigitte Carnochan, Veronica Weber. See judges' bios on website. *Palo Alto Weekly employees, sponsors and their employees, and freelancers are Entry deadline: January 3, 2014 at 11:55 p.m. not eligible to participate.
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Michael and Lennie Roberts..... 150 Lawrence Naiman ...... 100 Charles & Barbara Stevens ...... * Betty Meltzer ...... * JLS Middle School students who Roger Smith ...... 200 Leif & Sharon Erickson ...... 250 John and Margaret Monroe ...... 250 Our Dad Albert Pellizzari ...... * were watching sighed, disappointed. Nanette Stringer ...... 250 Mr. George Cator ...... 100 Mark and Virginia Kreutzer ...... * Jim Jarrett ...... * “C’mon, Jeremy — shake and bake!” Ralph and Jackie Wheeler ...... 225 Ray & Carol Bacchetti ...... * Marc and Ragni Pasturel ...... 200 Amy Fletcher ...... * one shouted. With some fancy foot- Bonnie Berg ...... * Rita Vrhel...... 250 Ken Schroeder & Fran Codispoti ..500 Phillip Gottheiner ...... * work and dribbling, Lin juked Scharff’s Lucy Berman ...... 2,000 Steve & Karen Ross ...... * Jim Byrnes ...... 100 jerky movements before shooting Leo & Marlys Keoshian ...... * Susan & Doug Woodman ...... * Micki and Bob Cardelli ...... * again, earning “ooohs” and “ahs” Kingsley Jack ...... 200 Tad Nishimura ...... * Jack Sutorius ...... 300 Ted and Ginny Chu ...... * from the crowd. But this time the ball Hans & Judith Steiner ...... 100 Tom and Neva Cotter ...... 2,000 Robert Spinrad...... 500 Robyn Crumly ...... 50 bounced off the rim. For his third shot, Sue & Dick Levy ...... 500 Al & Joanne Russell...... 250 Bill Lard ...... * Hoda Epstein ...... * Lin planted, tossed the ball in clean Shela Fisk ...... 100 Alice Smith ...... 100 Helen Rubin ...... 150 John & Florine Galen ...... * arc and swooshed it to the applause Annette Isaacson ...... 100 Caroline Hicks & Bert Fingerhut ..100 Mr. & Mrs. Max Blanker ...... 150 Margot Goodman ...... * of children, city staff and parents at the Ann Mary Pine...... 300 Drew McCalley & Marilyn Green ...100 Dr. & Mrs. Irvin B. Rubin ...... 150 Stuart & Carol Hansen ...... * event. Lin, a former JLS and Palo Alto Dennis Clark ...... 100 Jan & Freddy Gabus ...... * John F. Smith ...... 150 Myron and Linda Hollister ...... 100 High School student, spent the rest of Stephanie Smith ...... 100 Joe and Nancy Huber ...... 100 Ben Swan ...... * Jon & Julie Jerome ...... * his time Monday making passes to the Sandy Jain ...... 101 John & Olive Borgsteadt ...... * Ryan ...... * Kevin Mayer & Barbara Zimmer .... * kids, answering questions, and putting Daniel Chapiro ...... 500 Lynn & Joe Drake ...... * Joan B. Norton ...... * Jean M. Law ...... * his signature on everything from kids’ Julie Norman...... 500 Patricia M. Levin ...... 100 Helene Pier ...... * Carole Hoffman ...... * basketballs, pictures, scraps of paper Carol Gilbert ...... 100 Dick and Ruth Rosenbaum ...... * Robert and Josephine Spitzer ... 100 Fumi Murai ...... * and even the back of one particularly Karen Ewart ...... 50 Mike & Ellen Turbow ...... 250 George & Betsy Young ...... * Mary Floyd ...... 25 ardent fan’s grubby “Linsanity” T-shirt. Dena McFarland ...... 50 Larry Baer & Stephanie Klein ...... * Harriet & Gerald Berner ...... * Tomas W. & Louise L. Phinney ...... * As Lin left, Scharff intercepted him to Jenchyn Luh ...... 100 Fred Kohler ...... * Hugh O. McDevitt ...... 200 Leo Breidenbach ...... * shake his hand.”Thanks so much for Margaret Tracy ...... 75 Amy Renalds ...... * Mary Lorey ...... * Bertha Kalson ...... * coming out,” Scharff said. “Thanks,” John and Ruth Devries ...... * Suzanne Bell ...... 100 Nancy Steege...... 100 Nate Rosenberg ...... 100 Lin said. “Nice defense.” Harry and Diane Greenberg ...... 500 Sheryl & Tony Klein ...... * Sally Dudley ...... 200 Frank & Jean Crist ...... 200 Elisabeth Seaman ...... 100 David and Nancy Kalkbrenner ...... * Sue Kemp ...... 250 Marie Hardin ...... 100 PANCAKE PARIAH ... John Wilkes ...... 300 Gretchen Hoover ...... 25 Andy and Liz Coe ...... * Baxter Armstrong ...... * When 27,000 Palo Alto residents Ron Wolf ...... 50 Karen Sundback ...... 500 Ben & Ruth Hammett ...... * Bob Makjavich ...... * received an emergency alert telling David Labaree ...... 200 Marilyn, Dale, Rick & Mei Simbeck ... * Hal & Iris Korol ...... * Carol Berkowitz ...... * them that the fire department would In Memory Of Shirley Ely ...... 500 Jessie Ngai ...... 100 Bob Donald ...... 100 host a pancake breakfast the next Edda Cabrera ...... * Patrick Radtke ...... 2,000 John and Mary Schaefer ...... 100 day, some residents were peeved Bill Roth ...... * Ralph Britton ...... 250 Mahlon and Carol Hubenthal ...... * Alan K. Herrick ...... * about what they perceived to be a Robert J. Mullen ...... 100 Charlotte Epstein ...... 100 Peter and Beth Rosenthal ...... * Don and Marie Snow ...... 100 misuse of department resources. The Becky Schaefer ...... * John Wang ...... * Maria Basch ...... 55 Kathy Morris ...... 1,500 story oozed like syrup into the national Emmett Lorey ...... * Cynthia Costell ...... 50 Owen Vannatta ...... 5,000 Helene F. Klein ...... * spotlight and sizzled on mediums from Mrs. Katina D. Higbee ...... * Hal and Carol Louchheim ...... * Gennette Lawrence ...... 500 Pam Grady ...... 150 cable news outlets to NPR’s Wait Natasha Fong ...... 200 Lee Sendelbeck ...... 100 The Havern Family ...... 4,500 Ruth & Chet Johnson ...... * Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! comedy show. Faith Braff ...... 500 Brigid Barton ...... 250 Robert Lobdell ...... * Foundations, Businesses The department’s text message read: & Organizations Anthony and Judith Brown ...... 50 Donald & Adele Langendorf ..... 200 Henry Radzilowski ...... * “AlertSCC: Palo Alto Firefighters will be Bleibler Properties ...... 500 Luca and Mary Cafi ero ...... * Gil and Gail Woolley ...... 300 John Davies Black ...... 1,000 hosting a Community Pancake Break- Mike and Cathie Foster ...... 500 Greg & Penny Gallo ...... 500 Yen-Chen and Er-Ying Yen ...... 250 Previously Published Donors fast Saturday October 12th, please Jean M. Colby ...... 200 Hugh MacMillan ...... 500 Irene Beardsley Ernest J. Moore ...... * find us on Facebook and Twitter for David & Lynn Mitchell ...... 300 Mike and Jean Couch ...... 250 & Dan Bloomberg ...... 200 Florence Kan Ho ...... * more details.” A minute later, recorded Tom & Patricia Sanders ...... 100 Nancy Hall ...... 1,000 Michael & Marcia Katz ...... 100 Joe, Mary Fran & Stephen Scroggs .. * phone messages went out. Several Dorothy Saxe ...... * Page & Ferrell Sanders ...... 100 Bjorn & Michele Liencres ...... 1,000 Steve Fasani ...... 100 residents voiced their disapproval John Tang ...... * Peter & Lynn Kidder ...... 100 Robert & Connie Loarie ...... * David Sager ...... 100 on Palo Alto Online’s Town Square. Jerry & Bobbie Wagger...... * Peter S Stern ...... * Rosalie Shepherd ...... 100 William Settle ...... 500 “Maybe them pancakes are really, Annette Glanckopf & Tom Ashton ..100 Robert & Barbara Simpson ...... * Markus Asckwanden & Dr. David Zlotnick ...... 200 really good?” said one. Fire Chief Carol Kersten ...... 150 Theodore and Cathy Dolton ...... 350 Scout Voll ...... * Boyd Paulson, Jr ...... * Eric Nickel explained: “One of our John & Ruth Devries ...... * Eugene & Mabel Dong ...... 200 Stephen Berke ...... * Al and Kay Nelson ...... * concerns was that we were landing a Chris & Beth Martin...... * Herbert Fischgrund ...... 125 Tom & Ellen Ehrlich...... * helicopter at Walter Hays Elementary Bonnie Packer & Bob Raymakers ..100 Dena Goldberg ...... 100 Art and Peggy Stauffer ...... 500 In Honor Of School in a residential neighborhood David & Karen Backer ...... 250 Dr. & Mrs. Richard Greene ...... 250 Bill Johnson and Terri Lobdell ... 500 Darla Tupper ...... * on a Saturday. We were concerned Gerald & Joyce Barker ...... 100 Phil Hanawalt & Graciela Spivak ..500 Carroll Harrington ...... 100 The Martin children ...... 100 that we would get lots of calls to Bruce F. Campbell ...... 1,000 Harry & Susan Hartzell ...... 200 Richard Zuanich ...... 200 Superintendent Skelly ...... 150 911 that would jam up the lines. We Keith Clarke ...... 100 Walt and Kay Hays ...... 100 Daniel Cox ...... 200 The Gang of 4 ...... * thought that we would do the alert on Constance Crawford ...... 800 Christina Kenrick ...... 1,000 Michael & Frannie Kieschnick ...... * Edna Farmer ...... 100 Friday to not wake people up,” he said. Boyce & Peggy Nute ...... * Cathy and Howard Kroymann .... 250 Richard Hallsted & Terri Lobdell ...... 250 The 27,000 notifications generated 13 David & Diane Feldman ...... 500 Eve & John Melton ...... 500 Pam Mayerfeld ...... 100 Marilyn Sutorius ...... 300 complaints. The issue has caused him Matt Glickman & Susie Hwang ....500 Jim and Becky Morgan ...... 5,000 Steve and Nancy Levy ...... * Sallie Tasto ...... 125 Xiaofan Lin ...... 50 to review procedures, he said. N Jane Holland ...... * Don & Ann Rothblatt ...... * Paul Resnick ...... 125 Diane E. Moore ...... * Bob & Joan Jack ...... 250 Dan and Lynne Russell ...... 250 Sandy Sloan ...... 100 Ellen & Tom Wyman ...... 200 Eric Keller & Janice Bohman .... 250 Martha Shirk ...... 500 The Barnea-Smith Family...... * Roger Warnke ...... 300 Ms. Jan Krawitz ...... * Lawrence Yang Barbara Zimmer ...... * & Jennifer Kuan ...... 1,000 Stu & Louise Beattie ...... * Lori & Hal Luft ...... * Gary Fazzino ...... * Lani Freeman & Patti Yanklowitz & Mark Krasnow ..100 The Ely Family ...... 250 Karen Ross ...... 100 Stephen Monismith ...... 100 Denise Savoie & Darrell Duffi e .... * Bob & Ruth Anne Fraley ...... 50 Shirley Sneath Kelley ...... 100 Sandra & Scott Pearson ...... 500 Dr. Jody Maxmin ...... * Ellen Lillington ...... 100 John and Lee Pierce ...... 250 Van Whitis ...... 250 Jerry and Linda Elkind ...... 250 Foundations, Businesses & Organizations David & Virginia Pollard ...... 300 Don & Jacquie Rush ...... 300 Linda & Steve Boxer ...... * Don & Dee Price...... * Michele and John McNellis .. 10,000 Tony & Judy Kramer ...... * Rathmann Family Foundation ...... * Barbara Klein & Stan Schrier ...... * J.D. & Renee Masterson ...... 250 Keith & Rita Lee ...... 100 Carl King Mayfi eld Mortgage ..... 250 Andrea Smith ...... 100 Martha Cohn...... 300 Roy & Carol Blitzer ...... * Harrell Remodeling ...... * Anne and Don Vermeil ...... * Laura & Bob Cory ...... * John & Barbara Pavkovich ...... 200 Attorney Susan Dondershine .... 300 ÕÃiÕÊ+Õ>ÌÞÊ,i«>Àà Mrs. Marie Viezee ...... * Glenn & Lorna Affl eck ...... 100 Tish Hoehl ...... 100 Communications & UÊ*ÀVi>ÊUÊ*ÌÌiÀÞÊUÊ >ÀLiÊ Power Industries LLC ...... 500 Lee & Judy Shulman ...... * Jone Manoogian ...... 50 Don & Ann Rothblatt ...... * UÊ>`iÊUÊÛÀÞÊUÊ>ÃÃÊ Lijun & Jia-Ning Xiang ...... 200 Felicia Levy ...... 250 No Limit Drag Racing Team ...... 25 In Memory Of UÊ7`ÊUÊ-Ìi Laurie T. Jarrett ...... * Gwen Luce ...... * Dominic Greening ...... * Packard Foundation ...... 25,000 Lorraine Macchello ...... 100 Janis Ulevich ...... 100 Our beloved son Hewlett Foundation...... 25,000 Èxä{n{Ó{x Bryan & Bonnie Street ...... * Solon Finkelstein ...... 250 Samuel Benjamin Kurland .... 300 Arrillaga Foundation ...... 20,000 Gary & Dee Ellmann ...... 50 Eric and Elaine Hahn ...... * Our son Nick ...... 500 Peery Foundation ...... 20,000 Les and Margaret Fisher ...... 100 Teresa Roberts ...... 2,000 Bob Markevitch ...... * The Milk Pail Market ...... * Judy Ousterhout ...... * Craig & Sally Nordlund ...... 500 Ludwig Tannenwald ...... * Alta Mesa Improvement www.restorationstudio.com Mandy Lowell ...... * Meri Gruber and James Taylor ...... * Bill Roth ...... * Company ...... 1,200 ÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°VÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊÓÇ]ÊÓä£ÎÊU Page 15 Michael Repka Before you select a real estate agent, meet with Michael Repka to discuss how his real estate law and tax back-ground benefi ts Ken DeLeon’s clients. 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She was Dick Henning, who found- schools’ PTA 72. ed Foothill’s Celebrity Forum boards, volun- In Memoriam She was Speakers Series in the 1960s, teered at the energetic and said Smithwick rarely missed a South Palo passionate, known for her ability speaker and typically sent a hand- Alto Food Closet at its inception, his year, members of the Gatos, and to make history and government written note afterward, with com- worked for a local crisis hotline in Palo Alto community lost was a direct come alive for students, who re- ments on the talk. the 1960s and later helped estab- T numerous loved ones, from descendent called spirited discussions in “He had this brown paper and lish Avenidas Village, a program those who inspired through small of Santa her classrooms. For 42 years she small brown envelopes, just for that helps local seniors “age in acts of kindness to leaders who Clara Val- taught in the Palo Alto school sys- thank-you notes,” Henning told place” in their homes. shaped the way the city looks and ley pioneers. tem, starting at the old Terman Ju- the Weekly in March. She died at 88 on June 25 at her works. She met her nior High School before moving “It’s so rare to get hand-written son’s home in Davis, Calif. No list of community leaders future hus- to Gunn High School and finally notes these days. He always had Her community contributions who died could be exhaustive, band, Wesley to Palo Alto High. a comment and he was always so also included helping at La Comi- but here are some of those who L. “Bud” Hubbard, in San Jose Stewart wrote of her concerns positive.” da, a nonprofit that serves lunch to made their mark, from a founding and eventually relocated to Palo about the competitive culture of Smithwick was married for 60 seniors older than 60; working at trustee of Foothill College, to a Alto in 1951 to raise their five Palo Alto schools in letters to the years to Aileen Lois Russell, who Friends of the Palo Alto Library former mayor, to the “first lady” children. The family was one of editor published in the Palo Alto died in 2002. book sales; and being an active of Stanford University. the first residents of Fulton Street, Weekly in 2010 and 2011. This year, Foothill and its sis- member of both the Palo Alto the city’s famed “Christmas Tree “For every parent who decries ter institution, De Anza College, Unitarian Church and the Palo Sandra Brown Eakins Lane.” the emphasis on AP classes, there enrolled more than 40,000 stu- Alto Historical Association. Sandra Brown Eakins, a former For 50 years, she volunteered are others who demand more AP dents. She met her husband, Jack, at Palo Alto mayor who left her mark with dozens of public and private and honors classes. the Massachusetts Institute of on a wide organizations throughout Palo “The insecurity of parents re- Mona Ruth Miller range of local Alto and Santa Clara Valley. She garding the college-admission Mona Ruth Miller (Jablow) was (continued on next page) organizations was honored for her service by process makes it highly unlikely and programs, senior organization Avenidas, a that district priorities will change died on Jan. distinction that also earned the unless prestigious colleges and 2 after a long active Republican a congressio- universities stop emphasizing illness. nal tribute from U.S. Rep. Anna weighted GPAs, or PAUSD par- She had Eshoo. ents stop caring,” she wrote. Darlene Hightower graduated She was also an avid gardener “The AP ‘rat race’ ... is not the February 4, 1930 – December 17, 2013 from Wellesley College in 1959 and passionate supporter of lo- only way to ensure a successful with a degree in art history and cal arts and culture. Throughout professional future. If parents and Darlene Hightower, age 83, remained an active and devoted her life, she remained an active students gain this perspective the passed peacefully at home on alumna. She earned master’s de- member of the Christian Science culture might be more balanced,” grees from Boston University and Church. she said. December 17 with her family at Santa Clara University. She was also active in Demo- her side. She was born in Min- She married Gilbert Eakins in Sam Webster cratic politics and in Palo Alto nesota and eventually moved 1959 and co-founded EOS (Eakins Sam Webster was the man be- community affairs, serving on the to Palo Alto where she lived the Open Systems), a computer inte- hind many significant Palo Alto boards of the Palo Alto Children’s majority of her life and raised gration business in 1972. buildings, Theatre and Adolescent Counsel- her children with her husband She was active in Palo Alto’s from the Gar- ing Services. Despite her illness, civic affairs for decades, begin- den Court Ho- she was deeply involved in a get- William. ning with founding the Palo Verde tel on Cowper out-the-vote drive in the 2012 Darlene will always be re- Neighborhood Association and Street to The election, her children said. membered for her love and steadfast support of her family as volunteering with the PTA for her Hamilton se- well as her adventurous spirit, having traveled many miles by children’s schools. nior-housing Robert Smithwick camper, private plane, and motorcycle with her husband and She served on the Palo Alto condominium. Robert Smithwick was a young City Council from 1997-2002, His business, dentist in Los Altos in 1956 when family. She is survived by her husband William, sister Laverne including a term as mayor in Webster Financial Corp., focused he attended of Sisters, Oregon, sister Ava of Vacaville, brother Duane of 2001. She also served on the Palo on a wide array of real estate and early plan- Rocklin; her son William of Palo Alto; her son Mark of San Alto Comprehensive Plan Advi- agriculture investments including ning meetings Jose; and three grandchildren, Megan, Ben, and Beth. sory Committee, Planning and senior housing, federally subsi- for a “junior Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice, or Transportation Commission and dized low-income apartments and college,” consider the Scleroderma Foundation, the Scleroderma Re- the Santa Clara Valley Transit pistachio orchards. convened by Authority. She shared her love of The 51-year resident of Palo then-Palo search Foundation, or the American Autoimmune Related the arts through her service on the Alto died Feb. 18. He was 95 Alto Superin- Diseases Association. Palo Alto Public Art Commission years old. tendent Henry and the board of the Palo Alto Art He was born in Kingston, R.I., M. Gunn. PAID OBITUARY Center. in 1918, where he grew up hearing She was a longtime member stories about Palo Alto from his and past president of the Palo Alto father, who had attended Stanford League of Women Voters and University in 1903. helped organize Smart Voter, an He went on to attend U.S. Lucius Warren Johnson, Jr. initiative that provides unbiased Military Academy at West Point, Lucius (Skip) Warren Johnson, Jr. passed away As a draftsman Skip election information for Califor- where he met Kim Sibley, his peacefully from cancer at the PA Veteran’s Hos- designed the courtyard nia voters. future wife. The two married in pital on May 28, 2013. He was 90. A pleasant gen- of the original YMCA A big believer in the arts, she Palo Alto in 1941. tleman with a sense of humor, he loved photog- on Ross Road, where also co-founded New Voices for He was a 39-year member of Youth, a program designed to en- the Palo Alto Rotary Club and raphy, horticulture, carpentry, classical music, the sign on the front of courage civic engagement in local winner of the Tall Tree Award travel, the outdoors and genealogy. the new building that high school students by teaching from the Palo Alto Chamber of Born on April 7, 1923 in Long Beach, California, was a part of his design documentary film-making. Commerce and the Lifetimes of Skip’s navy family lived in San Diego, Cape Cod, still stands. Then he Achievement Award from the Washington D.C. and Port Au Prince, Haiti. worked as a specifica- Beatrice Hubbard senior center Avenidas, where Skip was stationed in Germany during WWII tions supervisor at the Beatrice Hubbard — untiring he had served on the board. He and then graduated from Cornell University and Western Division of volunteer, Avenidas Lifetimes of also was a former board member became an architect. He moved back to San Di- Naval Engineering and Achievement honoree, globetrot- of the Children’s Health Council ego and joined the Sierra Club where he met his Command in San Bruno until he retired in 1986. ter and resident of Palo Alto for and Lytton Gardens III and on the wife, Frances Pierson Johnson. They were mar- Skip is survived by his daughters Elizabeth Lee, more than 65 years — died on advisory board of the Palo Alto ried on August 10th, 1951. They moved to Palo Lucy Cooke and Dorothy Johnson and his grand- Feb. 4. She was 96. Community Fund. Alto in 1956. children Dale Johnson and Rowan Lee. She was born and raised in Los PAID OBITUARY
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ooking back through photos taken during 2013, our staff has sifted through thou- L sands to choose those that best captured the events and the mood of the year. Some were political in nature, some reflected leaps in technology, others simply captured people doing what they love. In January, photographer André Zandona flipped perspectives with his black and white photo of Stan- ford’s synchronized swimming team as they prac- ticed their routine underwater while competing at the U.S. Junior and Senior National Team trials in Santa Clara. A major story that developed over the course of the year began in February when the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights ruled that the Palo Alto Unified School District failed to effectively in- vestigate an ongoing case of bullying that targeted a middle school student with special needs. The photo of local parent Elizabeth Lee captures the quiet and reflective mood of the candlelight vigil the group held
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VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® group’s efforts to call on Zuckerberg to stop silhouettes of those in attendance sat listen- supporting Christie, who cut $7.5 million ing to Scharff as he outlined his ambitions in February to show their support for the of spending from family planning in New for the year. student and to call on the district to do more Jersey. 2013 was a momentous year that advanced to stop bullying in schools. Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff addressed the marriage rights for same-sex couples Also in February, a group of protestors the community in the annual State of the across different states. In April, preceding gathered outside of Facebook founder Mark City address, held for the first time at Tesla the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to over- Zuckerberg’s house as he hosted a private Motors’ headquarters. Photographer Zan- turn California’s Prop. 8, the Palo Alto City fundraising dinner for governor of New dona’s composition places the dim glow Council passed a resolution opposing Prop. Jersey Chris Christie. A photo of Nata- and sleek lines of a new Tesla Model S in 8 and voiced its support of same-sex mar- lie Fowler and other protestors shows the the foreground as council members and the riage. Community Services Department Di-
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rector Greg Betts, together with his partner excitement about the new technology as he and scale of the famous redwood. and fellow city employees, showed the city’s demonstrated how he was able to “hack” And on one weekend in July, hundreds of solidarity by raising a rainbow flag on the into the tiny computer and install his own young chess players, including those from flagpole outside of City Hall. version of facial recognition and camera- Palo Alto, filled the ballroom at the Santa Google released a beta version of its prod- controlling software. Clara Hilton hotel and participated in the uct Glass to a select group of programmers, In July Palo Alto’s namesake, El Palo People’s Tournament. Palo Altan Andrew engineers, writers and technology lovers to Alto, underwent a health check-up by a team Peng, 7, got up close and personal with the gain their input and test out the wearable of arborists and horticultural consultants. As pieces on his board, trying to get a new per- technology. Christophe Haubursin’s photo arborist Dave Dockter scaled the tree while spective on the game. N of 24-year-old Stephen Balaban captured preparing to take a radar measurement of its Staff Photographer Veronica Weber can the software engineer’s enthusiasm and roots, he took a moment to take in the height be emailed at [email protected].
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Cherryl Pape’s pastel painting “Trail Horses, Bodie, CA, 2013.” The wild ones Palo Alto artist captures the horses of the American West in pastel paintings
by Rebecca Wallace “Mustang Filly, Virginia Range, NV, 2013.” rtist Cherryl Pape finds pastels perfect for California Academy of Sciences, zeroing in on fins depicting the open landscapes and billowing and scales to draw fish for scientific publications. A clouds of the American West. All that dust. She also illustrated 1970s children’s books in the In her practiced hand, pastels also have precision. Harper Collins “Science I Can Read” series. Barn The wild mustangs in her current exhibition at Palo owls, all wide dark eyes, peer from the pages, and Alto’s Hotel California are meticulously detailed, elephant seals lounge mightily. from their flaring nostrils and wide eyes to torsos When a friend’s husband commissioned her to and legs with finely defined ribs and joints. paint two of his thoroughbred horses a few years The Palo Alto artist’s passion over the treatment ago, Pape wasn’t fazed. “I thought if you could do of America’s wild horses is evident in every pastel fish, you could do anything,” she said. painting. So is her background as a scientific illustra- Horses proved trickier. Special training from the tor. She’s been drawing wild things for decades. Redwood City horse and portrait painter Elizabeth After graduating from the San Francisco Art In- Mihalyi helped, and Pape also lived in New Zealand stitute with a degree in painting, Pape worked at the for a time painting the horses there.
Info: Cherryl Pape’s “Wild Mustangs” show is up through Jan. 15 at the Hotel California, 2431 Ash St., Palo Alto. Visi- tors can take the steps upstairs past the hotel office to see the art on the walls. For more about Pape’s work, go to “Wild Foal Dreaming, 2013.” cherrylpapeart.com.
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lion throws himself at a fence in a This show is Pape’s first solo about her cause. holding corral in Wyoming. The exhibit of her wild-horse paint- “I wanted to portray the beauty horse later escaped, Pape said. ings, and she’s hoping the show and the stamina and the muscula- Pape wasn’t there to witness will travel after it closes at the ture of these beautiful creatures,” these scenes; she paints from hotel on Jan. 15. She’s looking she said. “They’re wild and they’re photographs of wild horses, with at college and office locations, free and they belong to the land. permission from the photogra- seeking to spread the word They belong in America.” N phers. Most of the photos she used in the current show are from the 2009 Dayton O. Hyde book “All The Wild Horses: Preserving the Spirit and Beauty of the World’s Wild Horses,” with photography by Rita and Charles G. Summers. Some paintings are also based on
6iÀV>Ê7iLiÀ photos by Mark Terrell. The pastel paintings themselves are vivid and energetic, often fea- turing bold touches of color. Even in the peaceful 2013 painting Artist Cherryl Pape with her paintings at Palo Alto’s Hotel California. “Wild Foal Dreaming,” the pale young horse is silhouetted against a lush green field. Other works are drawn on the “I went to the races, and I horses and in farming, or simply colorful backgrounds of green sketched and drew them in their allowed to run free. Today they or blue pastel paper. Clouds paddocks,” she said. “It’s just a often have to make room for more grow in bright shapes, and a sky fantastic beauty.” domesticated animals to graze. A sometimes has a red line running But Pape didn’t realize there campaign brochure states there through it. “I call that my angst could also be a poignancy to hors- were once millions of wild horses about what’s happening to them,” es’ beauty until recently, when a in the West, while today the num- Pape said of the horses. friend sent her a photo of trail ber is less than 33,000. The exhibition is part of the horses in Bodie, Calif. She began The nonprofit opposes many of community-sites program of the to learn about and support the the ways the federal government Pacific Art League, where Pape work being done by the American manages the herd numbers. Pape has been active for years. On Wild Horse Preservation Cam- is particularly vocal in her criti- another floor of the Hotel Cali- paign, a North Carolina nonprofit cism of helicopters to round up fornia is a different art-league that seeks to call attention to the wild horses. In one of her paint- show: Amy Rattner’s animal- shrinking population of wild hors- ings, a helicopter looms overhead themed watercolors that feature es and burros. Over the centuries, as a frightened herd stampedes. cheerful dogs, elephants and the animals have been used as war In another, a wild-eyed stal- other creatures.
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That’s twice-shy woman (Olivia Wilde). “Her” has a sense of humor and able. taught us, that truism has repeat- the question at the center of “Her,” Both attempts end badly, but a sensitive soul to match its char- “The Wolf of Wall Street” edly proven false when it comes a futuristic science-fiction dram- when a curious Theodore ponies acters, but it’s not a particularly charges out of the gate with im- to Wall Street. And so, with its edy with clear implications about up for a new OS for his phone, he easy film. It’s about the life of the mediate evidence of Scorsese’s moral compass pointed to insti- how we live today. finds in it a personal assistant, life mind and emotional dysfunction skill, abetted by Terence Win- tutional corruption, “The Wolf Joaquin Phoenix plays Theo- coach and best buddy who, with as much as it is a quirky romance, ter’s whip-crack screenplay and of Wall Street” rests comfortably dore Twombly, whose job writing curious inevitability, becomes his and every scene opens up new Thelma Schoonmaker’s brilliant alongside Scorsese’s masterpiec- other people’s letters for “Beauti- girlfriend. questions. Can a computer — or editing. Jordan Belfort (Leonardo es “Goodfellas” and “Casino,” fulhandwrittenletters.com” repre- Samantha (Scarlett Johansson, rather its artificially intelligent DiCaprio) introduces himself as but carries a sting that even they sents the mixed-up nature of mod- offscreen but vital) has incred- operating system — have an or- “a former member of the middle don’t by examining the most ac- ern truth amongst and between ible processing power, of course, gasm? What of, gulp, viruses? Or class” who, the year he turned ceptable, yet most rapacious, of people. Peddling sincere lies that but also convincing “personality” crashes? 26, made $49 million (“which re- criminal swindles. are a form of artificial intelligence that quickly takes the forms of Against the odds, “Her”’s ally pissed me off because it was There’s a Dorian Gray effect at themselves, the “handwritten” affection and desire for her prone provocations also turn touching. three shy of a million a week”). work here: DiCaprio has finally letters scroll onto screens in CG owner. What follows is a natural- On the one hand, “Her” dissects The brattiest imaginable “master grown up, and the 71-year-old fonts, the next evolutionary step istic take on the unnatural, reach- our continental drift away from of the universe,” Belfort proudly Scorsese’s simultaneously aging from the second-hand emotion of ing logical conclusions in its sly each other. Yes, (modern) man presides over a three-ring circus in reverse. DiCaprio’s Belfort greeting cards. futurism. It’s a story constructed is an island: a plugged-in depres- of conspicuous consumption: works the mic at sales meetings More importantly, “Her” deals mostly of intimate conversations sive noncommittally straddling hookers, blow and the American like a born-again evangelical, his with the next-generation wrinkle between a human and a digital ge- life and virtual reality. Theodore dream once broadcast as “Life- self-mythologized miracle turning confesses: “Sometimes I think styles of the Rich and Famous.” coke into money, but it’s a born- I have felt everything I’m ever In due course, we learn how again filmmaker who achieves gonna feel. And from here on out, Belfort — a real-life figure on the higher truth. ® I’m not gonna feel anything new. whose memoir the film is based GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD Just lesser versions of what I’ve — learned to stop worrying and Rated R for sequences of strong NOMINEE already felt.” Theodore’s new love love unregulated commerce. sexual content, graphic nudity, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM reflects technology’s opportunity Belfort quickly loses his Wall drug use and language through- ©HFPA for humans to drift yet farther Street innocence to a kooky men- out, and for some violence. Three “ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR!” from each other. tor played by Matthew McCo- hours. Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY But, without getting too cyber- naughey (in what amounts to a Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES punky, Jonze takes Samantha se- cameo, but an Oscar-caliber one), — Peter Canavese riously as an entity, occasion for crashes to Earth on Black Mon- “ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES OF THE YEAR! plausible new kinds of relation- day, then discovers a Wild West The Past BÉRÉNICE BEJO GIVES A VOLCANIC, ACHING ships, plausible new kinds of sex. off Wall Street, where a guy with ---1/2 AND BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE — AN And plausible new kinds of hurt. sales skills can parlay pink-sheet ANNA MAGNANI FOR OUR ERA.” Pondering the very meaning of stocks into a small fortune. (In (Aquarius) Few emotional needs Richard Corliss, TIME consciousness, Samantha muses: one of many roles filled by film surface with more regularity than “I had this terrible thought: Like, directors, Spike Jonze plays the the need to be understood. Even CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS are these feelings even real? Or man who comically enables this where unconditional love would NOMINEE are they just programming? And discovery.) mitigate such a need, self-doubt BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM that idea really hurts.” She con- Soon, Belfort has his own “over- and guilt can always keep that fesses “personal and embarrass- the-counter” brokerage house, a need present, as it is throughout “A PROFOUNDLY AFFECTING ing thoughts,” fantasies of, say, top-to-bottom sham called Strat- Asghar Farhadi’s “The Past.” having a body and being physi- ton Oakmont (motto: “Stabil- In 2012, Farhadi’s “A Separa- FILM THAT HAUNTS YOU cally present with him. So, too, ity. Integrity. Pride.”). The firm’s tion” became the first Iranian LONG AFTER IT ENDS.” does she assert her individuality monstrous growth enables Belfort picture to win the Oscar for Best Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE and her will for self-improvement, to trade up to shiny new trophies, Foreign Language Film. His in- which run parallel to the troubling including wife Naomi (Margot ternational follow-up “The Past” “A MASTER entropy of her relationship. Robbie), but also garners unwant- stars his fellow Oscar nominee STORYTELLER, Powered by the potent acting ed attention from FBI Agent Pat- Bérénice Bejo as Marie, a wom- THE EQUAL OF HIS of a note-perfect Phoenix, “Her” rick Denham (Kyle Chandler). In an uncomfortably inhabiting the OSCAR® WINNING captures the zeitgeist of a tech- one of the film’s most memorable space between three not-quite ‘A SEPARATION.’” WINNER centric world that may be too scenes, Denham visits the yacht marriages. There’s her own failed Keith Uhlich, TIME OUT NEW YORK BEST FOREIGN “smart” for its own good. of Belfort’s self-described “Bond marriage to Ahmad (Ali Mosaf- LANGUAGE FILM fa), who arrives — at the end of NATIONAL BOARD villain” for a thinly veiled trade OF REVIEW Rated R for language, sexual of threats. (Chandler also anchors four years of separation — to at BÉRÉNICE BEJO TAHAR RAHIM ALI MOSAFFA content and brief graphic nudity. the film’s finest, subtlest moment, last sign divorce papers; her pend- Two hours, six minutes. in a wordless subway scene.) ing marriage to Samir (Tahar Ra- Though this get-angry epic him of “A Prophet”); and Samir’s — Peter Canavese clocks in at three hours of brazen marriage to Céline (Aleksandra bad behavior, it’s also a finely Klebanska), who has lain in a THE PAST The Wolf of Wall Street calibrated pitch-black comedy. coma for eight months. A FILM BY ASGHAR FARHADI ---1/2 And though that’s perfectly clear, An element of mystery sur- BY THE DIRECTOR OF “A SEPARATION” laughter seems entirely the wrong rounds why Céline wound up (Century 16, Century 20) Any- response to the supremely pervert- in that coma and who may be at one who knows Martin Scorsese ed humanity on display (DiCaprio fault. But one thing is certain: The WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM knows that Catholic boy from has aptly been calling the picture home to which Ahmad makes his Little Italy grew up to worship at “a modern-day ‘Caligula’”). With conspicuously uneasy visit is a the church of cinema. Well, after a delight that somehow never place of creeping misery. Ma- CHECK THEATRE STARTS FRIDAY, DIRECTORY OR CALL FOR a largely sleepy year at the mov- seems sadistic, Scorsese is clearly rie’s patience with Ahmad is at DECEMBER 27 SHOWTIMES ies, the bells are ringing. Granted, well aware of such contradictions, its testy limits (a sprained wrist VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.THEPASTMOVIE.COM there’s nothing ostensibly holy embracing them to make the point she attempts to hide isn’t helping Page 24ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊÓÇ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Movies her mood), and the children of the answers. Eventually we come to (Kathryn Hahn) and a pleasantly MOVIE TIMES household — teen Lucie (Pauline understand each of these people doting mother (Shirley MacLaine, Burlet), her younger sister Léa who need to be understood, and here for prestige and basic plot and Samir’s son Fouad (Elyes thereby feel deeply for them. function only). As Life readies All showtimes are for Friday – Sunday only unless otherwise noted. Aguis) — are nursing their own for its last issue, Mitty’s respon- Theaters may change their movie times without notice. metaphorical wounds. Rated PG-13 for mature the- sible for its Holy Grail final cover For other times, reviews and trailers, go to PaloAltoOnline.com/movies. That none of the children are bi- matic material and brief strong snap, sent in by star photojournal- ologically Ahmad’s, and that he’s language. In French and Persian ist Sean O’Connell (Sean Penn). nonetheless demonstrably a good with English subtitles. Two hours, Only trouble is: Mitty can’t seem 47 Ronin (PG-13) father — or could be, if given 10 minutes. to find the negative in question. Century 16: 12:55 p.m. In 3D 10 a.m. & 4:05, 7:35, 10:40 p.m. the chance — is one of the film’s Having just turned the corner of A Day at the Races (1937) (Not Rated) Stanford Theatre: 5:25, 9:25 p.m. many quiet ironies (plus he makes — Peter Canavese 42, and being almost accidentally a great ghormeh sabzi). Lucie and egged on by Cheryl and the ab- American Hustle (R) ((( Léa are children of Marie’s first sent but inspirational adventurer Century 16: 9:05 & 10:40 a.m. & 12:25, 2:10, 3:45, 5:35, 7:05, 9, 10:20 p.m. The Secret Life of Century 20: 12:50, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 p.m. marriage, but Lucie, in particu- Walter Mitty O’Connell, Mitty begins a globe- lar, remains strongly bonded to trotting quest to find his hero and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (PG-13) ((1/2 Ahmad, which only adds to the -1/2 the photo in question. Once and Century 16: 9, 10:30, 11:55 a.m. & 1:30, 2:55, 4:30, 6:20, 7:30, 9:15, 10:30 p.m. awkwardness of Marie’s hopeful (Century 16, Century 20) “The only once, “The Secret Life of Century 20: 11:05 a.m. & 2, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 p.m. life transition. Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” re- Walter Mitty” achieves some ro- Dhoom 3 (Not Rated) Century 16: 10:20 a.m. & 2:35, 6:45, 10:30 p.m. Tensions rise when Samir, who’s born as a flashy but soppy new mantic uplift when Mitty dreams Frozen (PG) Century 16: 9 a.m. & 2:20, 7:45 p.m. In 3D 11:40 a.m. & 5:05, 9:45 p.m. meant to remain clear of Ahmad’s adventure directed by and star- of Cheryl and literally takes flight, visit, gets underfoot and, not long ring Ben Stiller, works out to be but most of the time, the picture Grudge Match (PG-13) Century 16: 10:25 a.m. & 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:10 p.m. after, when an angry Lucie dis- sentimental claptrap about (to strains to make any kind of sense, Century 20: 10:40 a.m. & 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 p.m. tressingly takes off. “The Past” paraphrase one of its characters) much less entertain. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) (Not Rated) is a story of near-constant nego- “courage and going into the un- There’s a broad message to Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat-Sun also at 3:30 p.m. tiations, each with a present and known.” seize the day, but the story’s raison Her (R) (((( Palo Alto Square: 1, 4, 7, 10 p.m. practical near-term end in mind James Thurber’s 1939 short sto- d’etre, the fantasies, are unfunny but even more powerfully driven ry is near-unrecognizable here, in and almost entirely silly, lacking The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG-13) (((( Century 16: 9:30 a.m. & 1:15, 4:55, 8:45 p.m. In 3D 11:15 a.m. & 3, 7, 10:35 p.m. by that need to be understood. a Hollywood vehicle that retains even Thurber’s cracked internal Life has a sad way of making that no more than the title and the logic, and none of the characters The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG-13) ((( enormously difficult, but Farhadi conceit of a daydreaming fantasist cut believable figures, not even Century 16: 9:20 a.m. & 12:40, 4, 7:20, 10:35 p.m. isn’t defeatist. The film’s imme- (Danny Kaye starred in an only Mitty, who’s in every scene. Inside Llewyn Davis (R) (((( diately striking opening imagery slightly more faithful 1947 ex- Instead of being a man who’s Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:50 p.m. and its haunting closing tableau trapolation). Stiller’s Mitty works never lived and never will, ex- Justin Bieber’s Believe (PG) offer metaphorical language for as a “negative asset manager” cept in his dreams, he’s now a Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 p.m. the challenges and possibilities of for Life Magazine, just before its guy who was once a mohawked communication across barriers. cease of print publication. The use skateboarder and reconnects with Nebraska (R) ((( Aquarius Theatre: 2, 5, 8 p.m. Superb acting all around helps of “Life” and its credo “To see the his inner daredevil. Stiller layers The Past (PG-13) (((1/2 Aquarius Theatre: 1, 4, 7, 9:55 p.m. to make “The Past” one of the world, things dangerous to come on artpop and wacky supertitles, Philomena (PG-13) ((( Guild Theatre: 1, 3:30, 6, 8:30 p.m. most satisfying dramas of the to, to see behind walls, to draw but the insistent product place- year, from Burlet’s sophisticated closer, to find each other and to ment reveals this one for what it Saving Mr. Banks (PG-13) (( feel. That this is the purpose of Century 16: 9:50 a.m. & 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 10:05 p.m. juvenile performance to Aguis’ is: an expensive commercial for Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 p.m. uninhibited one; from Rahim’s ‘Life’” is an admittedly clever bit time, life and some of the many unexpected depths, beneath a of punnery, which allows sight corporations that have passed The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (PG) (1/2 surly surface, to the suffused- gags like “The End of ‘Life’” and through that landmark building Century 16: 10:45 a.m. & 1:45, 4:45, 7:50, 10:45 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m. with-sadness modern dance so “’Life’ Online,” the magazine’s Time & Life. & 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 p.m. delicately performed by Mosaffa digital future. Walking With Dinosaurs (PG) and Bejo. This Mitty isn’t married, but Rated PG for some crude com- Century 16: 11:50 a.m. & 4:40, 10:35 p.m. In 3D 9:25 a.m. & 2:15, 7:!5 p.m. With patient sensitivity, Far- a single sad sack pining for co- ments, language and action vio- The Wolf of Wall Street (R) (((1/2 hadi expertly elicits sympathy, worker Cheryl Melhoff (Kristen lence. One hour, 54 minutes. Century 16: 9 & 11 a.m. & 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10:50 p.m. followed by empathy, for each Wiig, forced, unfortunately, to Century 20: noon & 4, 8 p.m. character, almost in turns, to resist play a blank-slate single mom). — Peter Canavese misguiding the audience to easy Mitty has a wacky actress sister
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Informa- tion: 650-289-0438 or email [email protected] by David Barca Though it’s unlikely that Palo Alto s winter approaches, we typi- homes will see the 20-plus percent price gains they VOLUNTEER AT FILOLI? ... cally expect Bay Area and Pen- saw this year in 2014, it’s safe to assume that prices could rise by Anyone interested in volunteer- Ainsula home prices to start cool- another 10 percent by the end of next year. ing at Filoli, a historic site of The ing along with the weather, as buyers A compounding issue for hopeful Palo Alto and Bay Area buy- National Trust for Historic Preser- replace their house-hunting expedi- ers putting off a purchase is the prospect of rising interest rates vation, may come to a recruitment tions with holiday-shopping trips. But throughout 2014. I recently saw figures, provided by the California event from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on in Palo Alto, homebuyers aren’t going Association of Realtors (CAR), estimating that interest rates for a Saturday, Jan. 11 (with reserva- anywhere, and real estate prices are 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage could reach 5.3 percent in 2014. tions required by 4 p.m. on Jan. nearly as hot as they were this past While we know that most Palo Alto buyers will provide a sub- 3) at 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. spring. stantial down payment, or even offer all cash for the purchase, let’s More than 1,300 volunteers help Consider these statistics, compiled assume for the sake of illustration we have a standard 20 percent out as house and garden self- from MLSListings on Dec. 5: Across down-payment scenario and conventional 30-year, fixed-rate fi- guided docents, and in member the seven Silicon Valley markets in nancing. Using the current median sales price of $2.2 million, services, visitor services, public which Pacific Union sells homes, the median November sales today’s Palo Alto homebuyer will require a 30-year mortgage of relations, the Café and the garden price was nearly $2.1 million, a year-over-year spike of 17 percent. $1.76 million. Given the mortgage rate at the end of November shop. Information: www.filoli.org In Palo Alto the median sales price for a home was $2.2 million in (4.4 percent), we can roughly calculate that the current average or [email protected] November, up 23 percent from a year ago. So while yearly price Palo Alto buyer might end up on the hook for about $8,800 in appreciation has been robust across the entire region, Palo Alto monthly payments. RESOLVED: LEARN TO COOK has been a particularly strong area of growth. If you think that sounds like a hefty check to cut each month, ... Yanette Fichou Edwards will Palo Alto didn’t just become one of Silicon Valley’s hottest consider the cost of waiting another 12 months. teach a class on how to create an markets overnight. Prospective buyers in the city who stalled or If home prices in Palo Alto do actually increase by 10 percent “Evening in Spain” from 6:30 to 9 could not find a home during the summer, when the 2013 median over the next 12 months, the median sales price in Palo Alto would p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at Palo sales price bottomed out around $1.84 million, may be kicking be $2,420,000 by November 2014. Using the 20-percent-down Alto High School, Room 103, 50 themselves now that prices are more than $2 million. However, scenario, we can calculate that the necessary mortgage amount Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto. if hesitant homebuyers wait another year, they may have even would be almost $1.94 million by next November. If mortgage The classic Spanish menu be- larger regrets. rates end up reaching CAR’s predicted 5.3 percent, the monthly gins with a Roasted Red Pepper About 65 percent of Palo Alto neighborhoods now boast median payments would then add up to $10,750. Tapenade with almonds on toast, home prices higher than Pacific Union’s Silicon Valley average, Put another way: Palo Alto buyers who sit on the bench for then salad and Paella Valencia and in some choice pockets, they’re climbing even higher. another year could end up paying an extra $23,400 per year in for the main event. Coffee Flan Downtown Palo Alto, Professorville, Old Palo Alto, Green mortgage payments — no paltry sum for most of us. finishes the meal. Cost is $50. Gables and Crescent Park were the five most expensive neighbor- Slim inventory levels in Palo Alto are exasperating buyers’ situ- Information: 650-329-3752 or hoods in the city as of November, with median prices ranging ations even further. In November, the months’ supply of inventory www.paadultschool.org from $2.66 million to $4.35 million. Perhaps not coincidentally, (MSI) across the city was down to a microscopic 0.2, the lowest four of those five neighborhoods posted year-over-year price gains level in the past two years. LEARN TO GARDEN ... What bet- of more than 30 percent. In layman’s terms, that means that there were only enough Palo ter way to start out the year than While no one can guarantee that Palo Alto’s robust home- Alto homes in November to satisfy market demand for about six by acquiring a new skill? Sherri price appreciation will continue unabated, it’s tough to dismiss days. In a real-estate market balanced between buyers and sellers, Bohan, a local landscape profes- the possibility — particularly given that October unemploy- the MSI should be more like five months. sional with 30 years’ experience, ment rates in the Bay Area were among Lending credence to the fact that buyers in the city have seen will teach a class on “Gardening the lowest in California. the writing on the wall all year is the fact that homes in Palo Alto in Winter” from 10 a.m. to noon simply don’t last on the market very long. In November, buy- on Wednesdays, Jan. 8 to March ers snapped up houses in an average of 16 days, very similar to 12, at Cubberley A-2, 4000 numbers recorded since February. For context, homes in Pacific Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. She’ll Union’s entire Silicon Valley region were on the market for an focus on environmentally safe average of 34 days in November — more than twice as long as dormant sprays, pruning, rose in Palo Alto. care, winter veggies, bulbs, pe- While buying a home in the current Bay Area and Silicon Val- rennials and containers. All levels ley markets might seem like a daunting investment, I’d encourage are welcome. Cost is $65 plus a hopeful buyers to continue shopping for the perfect place sooner $5 materials fee payable to the rather than later. The money you save over the next 12 months by instructor. Information: 650-329- acting soon could help fund a good portion of your child’s educa- 3752 or www.paadultschool.org N tion, a well-deserved vacation, or any number of other worthwhile expenses. Send notices of news and events Happy holidays and happy house hunting. N related to real estate, interior design, home improvement and gardening to David Barca is vice president of Pacific Union’s Silicon Val- Home Front, Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box ley Region. 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, or email [email protected]. Deadline is one week before publication.
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Before FOREST ROAD, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Series 2007-AR9 under the Pooling and Wallpaper taking certain very important actions, 94043 A.P.N.: 160-05-043 The under- Servicing Agreement dated December Glen Hodges Painting however, the personal representative signed Trustee disclaims any liability for 1, 2007, as the current Beneficiary, Call me first! Senior discount. 45 yrs. will be required to give notice to inter- any incorrectness of the street address WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE #351738. 650/322-8325 ested persons unless they have waived or other common designation, if any, HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable notice or consented to the proposed shown above. If no street address or at time of sale in lawful money of the EDWOOD AINTING action.) The independent administration other common designation is shown, United States, by cash, a cashier’s R P authority will be granted unless an inter- directions to the location of the prop- check drawn by a state or national Serving the peninsula over 15 years ested person files an objection to the erty may be obtained by sending a bank, a check drawn by a state or Residential / Commercial petition and shows good cause why the written request to the beneficiary within federal credit union, or a check drawn Apartments, drywall retexturing and court should not grant the authority. 10 days of the date of first publication by a state or federal savings and loan repair, window cleaning, pressure A HEARING on the petition will be held of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee association, savings association, or washing, and more... on January 22, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. is unable to convey title for any rea- savings bank specified in section 5102 Bonded in Dept.: 12 of the Superior Court son, the successful bidder’s sole and of the Financial Code and authorized to & Insured 650.271.7344 Lic# 15030605 of California, County of Santa Clara, exclusive remedy shall be the return do business in this state), At the North STYLE PAINTING located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, of monies paid to the Trustee, and the Market Street entrance to the County Full service painting. Insured. Lic. CA, 95113. successful bidder shall have no further Courthouse, 191 North Market Street, 903303. 650/388-8577 If you object to the granting of the peti- recourse. The undersigned mortgagee, San Jose, CA 95113, all right, title and tion, you should appear at the hearing beneficiary or authorized agent for the interest conveyed to and now held by and state your objections or file written mortgagee or beneficiary pursuant to it under said Deed of Trust in the prop- 775 Asphalt/ objections with the court before the California Civil Code Section 2923.5(b) erty situated in said County, California Concrete hearing. Your appearance may be in declares that the mortgagee, beneficia- described as: 445 BELLA CORTE, person or by your attorney. ry or the mortgagee’s or beneficiary’s MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043 The Roe General Engineering If you are a creditor or a contingent authorized agent has either contacted property heretofore described is being Answers on page 36 ©2012 Jonesin’ Crosswords Asphalt, concrete, pavers, tiles, sealing, creditor of the decedent, you must the borrower or tried with due diligence sold “as is”. The undersigned Trustee new construct, repairs. 36 yrs exp. No Across Down file your claim with the court and mail to contact the borrower as required by disclaims any liability for any incorrect- job too small. Lic #663703. a copy to the personal representative California Civil Code 2923.5. NOTICE ness of the street address and other 1 Camera setting 1 Swiss cash 650/814-5572 appointed by the court within the later TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are common designation, if any, shown 6 Play around with some music 2 Big name in consumer electronics of either (1) four months from the date considering bidding on this property herein. Said sale will be made, but with- 9 Bar display 3 Man of steal? 779 Organizing of first issuance of letters to a general lien, you should understand that there out covenant or warranty, expressed 14 1986 Indy 500 champ Bobby 4 Cereal grain Services personal representative, as defined in are risks involved in bidding at a trustee or implied, regarding title, possession, section 58 (b) of the California Probate auction. You will be bidding on a lien, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining 15 Prefix with scope or sclerosis 5 Yell on the set before “curtain End the Clutter & Get Organized Code, or (2) 60 days from the date not on the property itself. Placing the principal sum of the note(s) secured 16 Last in a Greek series up” Residential Organizing of mailing or personal delivery to you highest bid at a trustee auction does by said Deed of Trust, with interest by Debra Robinson 17 Hill in a 1991 hearing 6 Posting sought by some seekers of a notice under section 9052 of the not automatically entitle you to free thereon, as provided in said note(s), (650)941-5073 California Probate Code. and clear ownership of the property. advances, if any, under the terms of the 18 Howard Stern’s producer/ 7 “Asteroids” game company Other California statutes and legal You should also be aware that the lien Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges sidekick 8 Cell authority may affect your rights as a being auctioned off may be a junior and expenses of the Trustee and of the 20 Emmy-winning scientist Bill 9 Melodramatic sound creditor. You may want to consult with lien. If you are the highest bidder at the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to- Real an attorney knowledgeable in California auction, you are or may be responsible wit: $704,769.89 (Estimated) Accrued 21 Leachman of “Young 10 Love, French-style law. for paying off all liens senior to the lien interest and additional advances, if any, Frankenstein” 11 Kings of ___ You may examine the file kept by the being auctioned off, before you can will increase this figure prior to sale. 23 “Go back” computer command 12 Like some cheddar court. If you are a person interested in receive clear title to the property. You The undersigned caused said Notice Estate the estate, you may file with the court are encouraged to investigate the exis- of Default and Election to Sell to be 24 Ground-water separator? 13 “The Banana Boat Song” opening a Request for Special Notice (form tence, priority, and size of outstanding recorded in the county where the real 27 Since 19 “The Thin Man” dog 801 Apartments/ DE-154) of the filing of an inventory liens that may exist on this property by property is located and more than three 28 Go to brunch 22 “Jurassic Park III” star Tea and appraisal of estate assets or of contacting the county recorder’s office months have elapsed since such recor- Condos/Studios any petition or account as provided in or a title insurance company, either of dation. DATE: 12-18-13 Robbie Weaver 29 Day, to Don Quixote 25 Noisemaker or party hat Probate Code section 1250. A Request which may charge you a fee for this Assistant Secretary and Assistant Mountain View, 1 BR/1 BA - $1795 32 Abbr. on a mountain peak sign 26 Mountain on the Mediterranean for Special Notice form is available information. If you consult either of Vice President Aztec Foreclosure Mountain View, 1 BR/1 BA - $1565 35 Fresh, in Frankfurt 29 Bob Dylan’s “In My Time of ___” from the court clerk. these resources, you should be aware Corporation 6 Venture, Suite 305 Irvine, Mountain View, 2 BR/2 BA - $2,600 Attorney for Petitioner: that the same lender may hold more CA 92618 Phone: (877) 257-0717 or 37 “Bye Bye Bye” band, 2000 30 Get ___ the ground floor /s/ John C. Donegan than one mortgage or deed of trust on (602) 638-5700 Fax: (602) 638-5748 39 Pest 31 Face trouble 803 Duplex 111 Main Street- Suite H the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY www.aztectrustee.com NOTICE TO 43 Language that gave us “kiwi” Los Altos, California 94022 OWNER: The sale date shown on this POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are con- 32 Soap-making award? Redwood City, 2 BR/1 BA - $2,500.00 (650)948-9990 notice of sale may be postponed one sidering bidding on this property lien, 44 Phoenix-to-Vancouver dir. 33 “I don’t believe you!” (PAW Dec. 20, 27, 2013, Jan. 3, 2014) or more times by the mortgagee, ben- you should understand that there are 45 Photographer Geddes 34 “Dukes of Hazzard” deputy 805 Homes for Rent NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. eficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant risks involved in bidding at a trustee 46 2013 and 2014, e.g. Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $5,000.00 No. 12-32026-JP-CA Title No. to Section 2924g of the California Civil auction. You will be bidding on a lien, 36 Tea server Code. The law requires that information not on the property itself. Placing the 47 Curvy shape Palo Alto, 3 BR/2.5 BA - $4350 120141739-CA-LMI ATTENTION 38 Begin RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING about trustee sale postponements be highest bid at a trustee auction does 50 Phobia 40 Modern waltz violinist Andre 809 Shared Housing/ REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED made available to you and to the public, not automatically entitle you to free 52 Appetizer trays at a luau ___ SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE as a courtesy to those not present at and clear ownership of the property. NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR the sale. If you wish to learn whether You should also be aware that the lien 57 Bravo preceder 41 Blooming Rooms your sale date has been postponed, being auctioned off may be a junior Menlo Park, 1 BR/1 BA - $1800/mont ONLY PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 60 Kindle buys 42 Make a slight adjustment to 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY and, if applicable, the rescheduled time lien. If you are the highest bidder at the and date for the sale of this property, auction, you are or may be responsible 61 Dennis’s sister on “It’s Always 48 Gush OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS 825 Homes/Condos you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this for paying off all liens senior to the lien Sunny” 49 Chain pitched by Michael DOCUMENT ATTACHED YOU ARE IN for Sale DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST Internet Web site www.ndscorp.com/ being auctioned off, before you can 62 Rapper who dropped part of his Phelps DATED 09/11/2006. UNLESS YOU sales, using the file number assigned to receive clear title to the property. You name after 2001’s “Doggy Bag” this case 12-32026-JP-CA. Information are encouraged to investigate the exis- 51 Punctuation in an e-mail Central Woodside: 4BR/4BA TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR 64 Fireplace nook address PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT about postponements that are very tence, priority, and size of outstanding 2 car. Updated 6 Stall Barn. short in duration or that occur close liens that may exist on this property by 66 City of central Florida 52 Nobel-winning poet Neruda Offered at $4,950,000. A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF in time to the scheduled sale may not contacting the county recorder’s office 67 Ginger ___ 53 Good surname for a lifeguard? Email [email protected] immediately be reflected in the tele- or a title insurance company, either of Phone: 650-208-0664 THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, 68 “Wall Street” theme 54 They may be sanded down YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A phone information or on the Internet which may charge you a fee for this Web site. The best way to verify information. If you consult either of 69 SATB section 55 Get new tenants public auction sale to the highest bid- 855 Real Estate der for cash, (cashier’s check(s) must postponement information is to attend these resources, you should be aware 70 Gen-___ (Millennial) 56 Broken-down be made payable to National Default the scheduled sale. Date: 12/18/2013 that the same lender may hold more Services Servicing Corporation), drawn on a NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING than one mortgage or deed of trust on 71 Disgusting 57 “I get that ___” CORPORATION 7720 N. 16th Street, the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY All Areas: Roommates.com state or national bank, a check drawn 58 Hair scare Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85020 phone OWNER: The sale date shown on this Browse hundreds of online listings with by a state or federal credit union, or 602-264-6101 Sales Line 714-730- notice of sale may be postponed one 59 Dessert after paella photos and maps. Find your roommate a check drawn by a state or federal 2727; Sales Website: www.ndscorp. or more times by the mortgagee, ben- with a click of the mouse! Visit: http:// savings and loan association, savings 63 Paddle cousin com/sales Nichole Alford, Trustee eficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant www.Roommates.com. (AAN CAN) association, or savings bank specified 65 Org. for shooters in Section 5102 of the Financial Code Sales Representative A-4433415 to Section 2924g of the California Civil and authorized to do business in this 12/20/2013, 12/27/2013, Code. The law requires that information This week’s SUDOKU state; will be held by the duly appointed 01/03/2014 about trustee sale postponements be trustee as shown below, of all right, PAW made available to you and to the public, title, and interest conveyed to and now NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee as a courtesy to those not present at 7 8 9 held by the trustee in the hereinafter Sale No. 12-518900 INC Title Order the sale. If you wish to learn whether described property under and pursuant No. 120224974-CA-BFI APN 147-18- your sale date has been postponed, Public to a Deed of Trust described below. 081 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF and, if applicable, the rescheduled time The sale will be made in an “as is” THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT and date for the sale of this property, 8 4 1 condition, but without covenant or war- ATTACHED YOU ARE IN DEFAULT you may call or visit the Internet Web ranty, expressed or implied, regarding UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED site, using the file number assigned to title, possession, or encumbrances, to 07/12/07. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION this case 12-518900. Information about Notices postponements that are very short in 6 7 2 3 pay the remaining principal sum of the TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. duration or that occur close in time to (continued from page 33) with interest and late charges thereon, IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF the scheduled sale may not immediately as provided in the note(s), advances, THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS be reflected in the telephone informa- tion or on the Internet Web site. The 7 6 contingent creditors, and persons who under the terms of the Deed of Trust, AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT best way to verify postponement infor- may otherwise be interested in the interest thereon, fees, charges and A LAWYER. On 01/16/14 at 11:00 mation is to attend the scheduled sale. will or estate, or both, of RICHARD T. expenses of the Trustee for the total a.m.. Aztec Foreclosure Corporation Call 714-730-2727 http://www.lpsasap. BURRESS, RICHARD BURRESS. amount (at the time of the initial publica- as the duly appointed Trustee under 2 4 1 com Or Aztec Foreclosure Corporation A Petition for Probate has been filed by: tion of the Notice of Sale) reasonably and pursuant to the power of sale (877) 257-0717 www.aztectrustee. LEE BURRESS DUBOC in the Superior estimated to be set forth below. The contained in that certain Deed of com A-4434444 12/27/2013, Court of California, County of SANTA amount may be greater on the day Trust executed by Igor Yefimov, a 01/03/2014, 01/10/2014 7 CLARA. of sale. Trustor: RAMON BERNAL, Married Man as his sole and separate PAW The Petition for Probate requests that: AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed property, as Trustor(s), in favor of LEE BURRESS DUBOC be appointed as Trustee: NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING Mortgage Electronic Registration NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER personal representative to administer CORPORATION Recorded 09/20/2006 Systems, Inc., solely as Nominee ESTATE OF: 4 6 9 8 the estate of the decedent. as Instrument No. 19110229 (or Book, for Preferred Financial Group, Inc. ANNE C. FLETCHER The petition requests the decedent’s Page) of the Official Records of SANTA d/b/a www.wholesalelendingonline. Case No.: 113PR173725 will and codicils, if any, be admitted to CLARA County, California. Date of com, a California Corporation, as To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, 1 3 2 probate. The will and any codicils are Sale: 01/10/2014 at 11:00 AM Place Beneficiary, Recorded on 07/24/07 in contingent creditors, and persons available for examination in the file kept of Sale: At the North Market Street Instrument No. 19522686 of official who may otherwise be interested in by the court. entrance to the County Courthouse, records in the Office of the county the will or estate, or both, of ANNE C. The petition requests authority to 191 North Market Street, San Jose, CA recorder of SANTA CLARA County, FLETCHER. 8 4 7 administer the estate under the 95113 Estimated amount of unpaid bal- California; Deutsche Bank National Trust www.sudoku.name Independent Administration of Estates ance and other charges: $758,036.60 Company, as Trustee of the IndyMac Answers on page 36 Act. 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Page 36ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊÓÇ]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊÜÜÜ°*>Ì"i°V Sports Shorts HOOP HONORS . . . Stanford for- ward Chiney Ogwumike was named Pac-12 Player of the Week for the fourth time this season and 13th time in her career earlier this week. Late Sunday night, Ogwumike was also named the espnW National Player of the Week, making her the first two-time recipient of that honor. She earned the very first honor from espnW back on Nov. 19, 2012. The senior from Cypress, Texas bur- nished her national player of the year case by scoring 32 points with 20 re- bounds, the first 30/20 game of her career and seventh double-double of the year, in No. 6/5 Stanford’s 76-70 victory over No. 3/3 Tennessee Sat- urday. The performance capped off a week in which she also scored 32 points in Stanford’s 73-45 win over New Mexico the previous Monday. Ogwumike shot 63.0 percent and averaged 13.5 rebounds over the two victories. She also set a person- al milestone by scoring her 2,000th- career point against the Lobos to ÊiÀ>Éë ÌðV make her Stanford’s eighth player to reach that figure, and just the fifth to join the 2,000-Point/1,000-Rebound Club. She joined older sister Nnem- kadi Ogwumike, Jayne Appel, Nicole Powell and Val Whiting in that exclusive company. On the year Ogwumike leads the Pac-12 with Stanford head coach David Shaw will lead the No. 5 Cardinal into the 100th Rose Bowl game on Wednesday against No. 4 Michigan State. 26.3 points per game, is second with 11.5 rebounds a game and third with a 62.2 field-goal percentage. After this past week’s 32-point efforts, she has now scored at least 30 points on Throw out the stats four occasions this season. Stanford (10-1) concludes its regular-season Stanford vs. Michigan State in the 100th Rose Bowl nonconference slate this Saturday with a contest at Fresno State at 6 should be a battle of similar teams and styles p.m. . . . Cardinal junior guard Chas- son Randle was named Pac-12 Play- by Rick Eymer er of the Week for Dec. 17-22. The the film on, you’re going to see indicator of talent, but the wealth honor is the first of Randle’s career tatistically speaking, Stan- two of the better defensive teams of information available through and first for a Stanford player since ford and Michigan State in the nation that play fast, that statistics is easier to dissect. Of Josh Huestis earned the confer- S seem about as similar as play physical, that you see 11 guys course, there’s no way to statisti- ence’s weekly recognition last Feb- two opponents can be on the foot- run to the ball, you see them play cally analyze the offensive line, ruary. More impressively, Randle’s ball field. There are some overall as a unit, and that’s what you’re an area of significant strength for honor is the first for a Cardinal player differences, with the Spartans going to see.” Stanford. TV: 2 p.m.; ABC; ESPN during non-conference competition owning the best overall defense Michigan State (12-1) and Stan- Senior left guard David Yan- since Matt Lottich accomplished in the nation and Stanford rank- ford (11-2) arrived in the Pasadena key (6-5, 313) earned his second Radio: KNBR (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) the feat on Dec. 22, 2003. Randle ing 15th the most notable. area the day after Christmas as straight unanimous All-America was instrumental in helping Stanford Cardinal coach David Shaw, both sides began to prepare for honor, while senior center Khalil earn a split of its challenging East who will be coaching in his sec- the 100th Rose Bowl on Wednes- Wilkes (6-3, 286), senior right Film from any number of games Coast road swing, which began with ond straight Rose Bowl, holds day with a 2 p.m. scheduled start tackle Cameron Fleming (6-6, during the season will show the a 53-51 upset of No. 10/10 Connect- statistics in the same esteem as on ESPN. The traditional visit to 318) and sophomore left tackle Cardinal offensive line control- icut and ended with a hard-fought unfounded rumors. Disneyland complete, it’s all busi- Andrus Peat (6-7, 312) were ling the line of scrimmage, espe- 68-65 loss to Michigan at the Brook- “I hate statistics when they’re ness for the best teams in the Pac- named second team All-Pac-12. cially against Oregon. lyn Holiday Hoops Invitational at Bar- used to justify things,” Shaw said. 12 and Big 10. Senior right guard Kevin Danser VÌÕi`ÊÊ«>}iÊή clays Center. A native of Rock Island, “I’m into film, and when you put Watching film may be the best (6-6, 296) is also a key figure. Ill., Randle averaged 20.0 points and 3.0 rebounds while shooting 46.1 STATE FOOTBALL percent overall (12-26) and 85.7 per- cent from the foul line (12-14). So close to the title ON THE AIR Turnovers cost Sacred Heart Prep in state football finale Saturday by Keith Peters Women’s basketball: Stanford at del Mar in the Division III finals of Fresno St., 6 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) y now, the Christmas presents the CIF State Football Bowl Cham- Sunday have been opened and the holi- pionships at the StubHub Center in Men’s basketball: Cal Poly at Stan- B day cheer served up. It is time Carson was not the lasting memory ford, 4 p.m.; Pac-12 Networks; KNBR for family and friends and time off the Gators wanted. (1050 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) from work and school. The dream was winning the pro- iÌ Ê*iÌiÀà It’s also time to sit back and relax, gram’s 14th game and first-ever state READ MORE ONLINE and recall the best moments of the championship. The reality was fruit- www.PASportsOnline.com year. cake and a lump of coal. The Sacred Heart Prep football “Sometimes in life,” said SHP For expanded daily coverage of team has plenty of those, even though college and prep sports, visit A dejected group of SHP players trudged off the field www.PASportsOnline.com following a 27-15 loss in the CIF Division III state finals. last Saturday’s 27-15 loss to Corona VÌÕi`ÊÊiÝÌÊ«>}i®
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SHP junior Ben Burr-Kirven (25) scored on a 47-yard jaunt in the second Andrew Daschbach (20) blocks for senior Andrew Segre (34), who finished with 54 rushing yards quarter to make it a 21-15 game. despite playing with a dislocated shoulder.
SHP appeared to gain back produced the closest game of the State football some momentum on its next se- five state finals played during the VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«ÀiÛÕÃÊ«>}i® ries and was driving for a pos- weekend. sible touchdown when Andrew However, the Gators — were head coach Pete Lavorato after Segre, the team’s leading rusher, averaging 405 offensive yards per the game, “things don’t go your re-injured a previously dislocated game — were held to 288 total. way.” shoulder. After coming out of the Defensively, SHP allowed 339. Sacred Heart Prep reached its game for one play, he re-entered The difference, however, was first-ever appearance in a state but his shoulder popped out as he Corona del Mar’s fast start. After championship game by being received a handoff and fumbled that, the Gators allowed just six successful running the ball, keep- the ball away at Corona del Mar’s points over the final 36 minutes. ing turnovers to a minimum and 17. Take away the four turnovers holding opponents to an average “That was really frustrating,” and this was a game that Sacred of just 8.7 points a contest over a said Segre, who finished with 54 Heart Prep could have won. It was 14-game season. yards in 16 carries after rushing also a game that just about no one When it came to Game 15, how- for 351 and six TDs in the CCS expected the Gators to be playing ever, the Gators were unable to title game two weeks ago. at the start of the season. continue that successful trend as SHP had two more chances in “No one would have given us Corona del Mar did more to con- the fourth quarter to close the much chance, I think, at the be- trol its destiny than did SHP. gap when a pitch from Randall to ginning of the year — considering Sacred Heart Prep fans made the long drive south to support the Averaging 280 yards a game on Burr-Kirven was fumbled and re- we lost 21 seniors,” said Lavorato, Gators in their state title quest. the ground this season, the Ga- covered by Corona del Mar. That who is 96-32-1 in 11 years at SHP. tors managed just 181 — with no led to a 35-yard field goal and a “Hey, at our school, there are just program history. championships. individual surpassing 100 yards. 27-15 lead. under 300 boys, so when you lose SHP was ranked No. 11 in the “Your effort was unbelievable,” SHP also lost three fumbles and SHP took the ensuing kickoff 21 that’s a lot.” final Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area Lavorato told his players after suffered one interception that led and marched down to the Sea Nine seniors dotted the roster Top 25, trailing only De La Salle, the game. “They (Corona del to one TD and two field goals. Kings’ 10, but a big penalty for this season — Noah Kawasaki, Serra, Mitty, Cal High, Pittsburg, Mar) deserved to win, but we’re And, SHP’s vaunted defense was an illegal shift moved the Gators Nic Collazo, Chris Lee, Ricky Deer Valley, James Logan, San tremendously proud of what you touched for three touchdowns in back five yards. A fumble lost two Grau, Alex Castro, Paul Westcott, Ramon Vally, Valley Christian have done this year and what you the first quarter. yards and Randall’s 9-yard pass to Patrick Finnigan, Will Reilly and and Bellarmine. That, of course, did today. Of course it hurts; it “It was frustrating,” said Lavora- Andrew Daschbach left the Ga- Segre. They led by example and is pretty good company. hurts big time. Once the pain goes to, who guided the Gators to a 13-2 tors on the 8-yard line, short of the helped produce a 25-3 record over This past weekend in Carson, away, you’ll reflect back on what record during a season that in- first down. two years that took the Gators to however, only De La Salle and Sa- a tremendous season you just had. cluded CCS Division IV and Nor- While Sacred Heart Prep played heights never achieved before in cred Heart Prep played for state This is a great life experience.” N Cal titles. “We’d get down there an error-free game in last week’s (near the end zone) and something 42-7 rout of favored El Cerrito would happen. It just seemed like in the NorCal finals, the Gators we weren’t able to finish things . . needed a similar contest Satur- . We haven’t turned the ball over day. much this year.” But, it was the Sea Kings ac- Turnovers, however, proved to complishing perfection as they be the difference in this one as the became the first team in state Gators battled back from a 21-0 history to complete a 16-0 season first-quarter deficit and made a while running their two-year win game of it with a 37-yard inter- streak to 26 — second-best in the ception return by junior Andrew state. Corona del Mar also had Robinson and a 47-yard run by ju- not allowed more than 21 points nior two-way standout Ben Burr- in any game this season, giving Kirven to close to within 21-15 at up an average of just 9.3 points a the half. game prior to facing SHP. “That’s always difficult,” “They are a good football team, Lavorato said of the huge early there is no doubt about it,” Lavora- deficit. “But we didn’t give up, to said of Corona del Mar. “They iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ and we kept coming back.” deserved to win this game.” iÌ Ê*iÌiÀÃ A fumble by SHP sophomore Lavorato, however, was equally Mason Randall to open the sec- effusive of his own team, which ond half, however, led to a 31-yard was led by Burr-Kirven’s 16 tack- It was a tearful postgame for SHP’s Mason field goal by the Sea Kings and a les (14 solo) and 77 yards rushing Randall (12) and Andrew Daschbach (20), SHP coach Pete Lavorato got the runner-up trophy 24-15 game. on seven carries. The Gators also consoled by coach Pete Lavorato. and a hug from Athletic Director Frank Rodriguez.
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ROSE BOWL Stanford has opportunity at a second straight victory For only the second time in 1971: Stanford 27, Ohio St. 17 school history, Stanford foot- A massive underdog to unde- ball will be playing for a sec- feated Ohio State, a three-loss ond straight victory in the Rose Stanford team surprised the Buck- Bowl. eyes behind the play of Heisman The first time, of course, came Trophy-winning quarterback Jim in the 1971 and ‘72 games as Plunkett and a defensive front sev- quarterbacks Jim Plunkett and en called the Thunder Chickens. Don Bunce helped lead Stanford Ohio State led 17-14 in the to victories. Now, Kevin Hogan fourth quarter and tried to put the has an opportunity to become the game away on a fourth-down run, first quarterback in program his- but fullback John Brockington tory to win back-to-back games. was stopped by Rod Kadziel.
À>ÌÊ- À Here’s a look at the games Stanford drove downfield, with where Stanford played in con- the help of a 35-yard pass to tight secutive Rose Bowls: end Bob Moore on third-and-15, to take the lead. After an interception 1934: Columbia 7, Stanford 0 by Jack Schultz, Plunkett hit Randy The Stanford band and some fireworks in last year’s game helped highlight a 20-14 victory over This game continues to be re- Vataha for the clinching score. Wisconsin as the Cardinal captured its 11th triumph in its bowl history. garded as one of the greatest up- sets in Rose Bowl history as heav- 1972: Stanford 13, Michigan 12 great competition, a team that strength but also desire,” Shaw ily-favored Stanford was beaten For the second consecutive sea- comes every single week, a team said. “He fights off the pain and on a trick play. son, Stanford beat an undefeated that finds ways to win, whether soreness. He almost craves it.” Torrential rains soaked the Big Ten power. This time, it was it’s run or throw, they’ll do what- Gaffney did not play in last field for three days leading into Rod Garcia’s 31-yard field goal ever it takes to try to win a foot- year’s Rose Bowl game as he was the game, limiting attendance to with 12 seconds left that won ball game.” playing professional baseball. 35,000. In all, 12 inches of rain the game. Michigan came in as a Offensively, both teams will fell on Pasadena in the 48 hours 10-point favorite against another do whatever it takes to win. All- Last time against Spartans before the Rose Parade, themed three-loss Stanford team. America return specialist Ty In the most lopsided bowl game appropriately as “Tales of the Don Bunce, a fifth-year senior VÌÕi`ÊvÀÊ«>}iÊÎÇ® Montgomery, also Stanford’s top victory in Stanford history, the Seven Seas.” in his only season as a starter, receiver, may be the X-factor. Cardinal romped to a 38-0 win completed all five passes during Quarterback Kevin Hogan seems over Michigan State in the 1996 1935: Alabama 29, Stanford 13 the winning touchdown drive. Stanford recorded drives of to rise to the level of the competi- Sun Bowl. It was Stanford’s first A rematch of the 1927 show- at least 89 yards seven times for tion and his running ability will shutout since 1974. down, Stanford and Alabama 2013: Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 touchdowns over the course of the also make a difference. The Sun Bowl victory complet- again arrived undefeated. Stan- Stanford earned its first Rose year, twice marching 96 yards in “We have to prepare this year ed what was then one of the most ford’s Vow Boys were good, but Bowl victory in 41 years by tak- the 26-20 victory over the Ducks. completely different,” Shaw said. surprising turnarounds in the his- Alabama featured one of the great ing an early lead and letting its Only one of those drives came “We’re playing a different team. tory of Stanford football. The car- ends of all-time, Don Hutson, the defense take over. against a team with a losing re- Michigan State has been on a phe- dinal was 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the future Green Bay Packers star. Ben Gardner made a big stop on cord (93 yards against Cal). nomenal run, nine straight games, Pac-10 and was not in anybody’s The Crimson Tide’s other end a Wisconsin fourth-and-goal at- What the Cardinal did against tough competition, and has come bowl picture. But, head coach Ty- was “Bear” Bryant, who had been tempt at the 1-yard line and Usua Oregon was to execute its of- to play every week, and we know rone Willingham led Stanford to inspired to play in a Rose Bowl Amanam clinched the victory fensive plans to near perfection, it’s going to be a great game. Peo- four straight wins to conclude the after listening to the 1927 game with a late interception. holding onto the ball for more ple that appreciate real football regular season and finish in third on the radio. than 42 minutes. are going to love this game.” place in the Pac-10. 2014: Stanford vs. Michigan Stanford wins the time-of-pos- Another statistic to keep in The quarterback was Chad 1936: Stanford 7, SMU 0 State (?) session battle nearly every game, mind is tackles-for-loss allowed. Hutchinson, who was named the The Vow Boys finally got their It will be a matchup of similar but then so does Michigan State. The Cardinal ranks fourth in the game’s MVP after throwing for Rose Bowl victory, using a one- styles in what is expected to be a The Cardinal needs to establish nation, giving up 3.69 per game, 226 yards on 22-of-28 passing. yard run by Bill Paulman and a low-scoring game. As Sports Il- itself in the trenches in order to while the Spartans allow 4.62. The Defensive MVP was Stan- strong defensive effort to beat lustrated noted in its annual bowl have a chance. It won’t be pretty ford’s Kailee Wong. the undefeated Mustangs from game preview: “First team to 10 but Shaw doesn’t care how it looks Gaffney gets his rest Dallas. wins.” N as much as he likes results. Tyler Gaffney was one of just Streaking “It’s going to be blocking and four Football Bowl Subdivision Stanford is 10-0 in its past 10 STANFORD FOOTBALL BOWL HISTORY (11-12-1) tackling and running running backs who games against opponents ranked the ball and mak- carried the ball at least in the AP Top 25, including 6-0 YEAR BOWL RESULT ing big passes down 300 times during the this season. A win over No. 4 2012 Rose Bowl Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14 the field and play- regular season. Get- Michigan State would make it 2011 Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma St. 41, Stanford 38 (OT) ing great defense and ting nearly a month 7-0. However, the Cardinal is 2010 Orange Bowl Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12 playing special teams break was good for his 15-42-3 all-time against top-five 2009 Sun Bowl Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27 and playing field po- physical condition and foes — including a 7-5 mark 2011 Seattle Bowl Georgia Tech 24, Stanford 14 sition,” Shaw said. “I mental health. since 2000. 2000 Rose Bowl Wisconsin 17, Stanford 9 think you’re going to “He’s just now 1996 Sun Bowl Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 see strategy. I think starting to look like Events leading up to the game 1995 Liberty Bowl East Carolina 19, Stanford 13 you’re going to see himself,” Shaw said. Monday: Stanford Day at San- 1993 Blockbuster Bowl Stanford 24, Penn State 3 some young men that Tyler Gaffney “He’s gotten beat up ta Monica Pier, 3 p.m. Includes 1991 Aloha Bowl Georgia Tech 18, Stanford 17 are excited to play the and we’ve been get- Beer Garden, Stanford Bookstore 1986 Gator Bowl Clemson 27, Stanford 21 game of football and play it with ting him off his feet, shortening tent, free ride wristbands for Pa- 1978 Bluebonnet Bowl Stanford 25, Georgia 22 passion.” his practice and taking reps away cific Park, trapeze lessons, bike 1977 Sun Bowl Stanford 24, Louisiana State 14 The Spartans’ defense allows a from him. He’s starting to get his rental, book signing with authors 1972 Rose Bowl Stanford 13, Michigan 12 national-best 248.2 yards a game, legs back. By the time we get to of “Rags to Riches: The Rise 1971 Rose Bowl Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 including 80.8 rushing yards. Southern California, he’ll be of Stanford Football,” (4 p.m.); 1952 Rose Bowl Illinois 40, Stanford 7 Stanford ranks 15th in total de- ready to roll.” giveaways (5:30 p.m.), Assistant 1941 Rose Bowl Stanford 21, Nebraska 13 fense, allowing 339 yards a game, Gaffney never asked to come coach chalk talk (6 p.m.), Rose 1936 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, SMU 0 including 91.2 against the run, out. He kept insisting he was fine. Bowl pep rally with Stanford 1935 Rose Bowl Alabama 29, Stanford 13 third in the country. Shaw said the only game Gaffney team captains (6:30 p.m.), buffet 1934 Rose Bowl Columbia 7, Stanford 0 “We’ve been good on defense needed time off was against the and no-host bar at Mariasol Res- 1928 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, Pittsburgh 6 for the last couple years,” Shaw Ducks, after he carried the ball taurant (8 p.m.). 1927 Rose Bowl Stanford 7, Alabama 7 said. “This team is going to be 45 times. Tuesday: Kickoff Luncheon 1924 Rose Bowl Notre Dame 27, Stanford 10 challenged by a team that’s played “It’s not just his size and Wednesday: TailgateN 1902 Rose Bowl Michigan 49, Stanford 0
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