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Page 2 • June 5, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 5, 2020 • Page 3 UPDATED SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER What’s Open? Learn more at sccgov.org/coronavirus Subject to social distancing protocols and COVID-19 related safety requirements to protect workers, customers and the community.

Business and Government Agencies

Already Open Open June 5, 2020 • All healthcare services • Most manufacturing • Outdoor dining at restaurants • All essential governmental activities • Medically necessary pet grooming • In-store shopping at retail • All essential infrastructure, including • All retail stores, but for curbside and shopping centers internet/communications pickup only • Grocery stores, pharmacies, and similar • Real estate agents, escrow agents, • All manufacturing, warehousing, essential businesses notaries, and title companies and logistics • Agencies providing food/shelter/social • Plant nurseries and garden centers • House cleaning and other services • Laundromats, dry cleaners, no-contact in-home services • Newspapers, television, and radio and laundry services • Low contact/no contact service • Gas stations, auto-supply, • Restaurants, but only for delivery and auto-repair or carry out businesses including shoe repair, • Bicycle repair and supply shops • Airlines, taxis, rental cars, and rideshare watch repair, and other similar • Banks and related financial institutions services services • Hardware stores • Home-based care for seniors/ • Pet grooming and dog walking • Plumbers, electricians, exterminators, children/pets and other home repair services • Residential facilities and homeless • Mailing and shipping services shelters • Minimum Basic Operations for all • All businesses that deliver goods businesses, including offices to homes • Landscaping and gardening services

Education, Childcare, and Children’s Activities

Already Open Open June 5, 2020 • Educational institutions including • Summer camps and other educational • All childcare, summer camps, public and private K-12 schools, or recreational programs for children summer school, and all other colleges, and universities, but only of workers of allowable businesses educational or recreational for facilitating distance learning or in stable groups of 12 programs for all children in performing essential functions • Change of groups allowed every stable groups up to 12 children • Childcare establishments for children four weeks of workers of allowable businesses in • Change of group allowed every stable groups of 12 three weeks

Outdoor Ceremonies, Outdoor Religious Gatherings, and Outdoor Recreation

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• Outdoor recreational activities with • Small outdoor ceremonies other household, including hiking, members of one’s own household and outdoor religious gatherings in tennis, Frisbee and golf • Parks and outdoor recreation areas groups no larger than 25 • Outdoor swimming pools • Outdoor museums, outdoor historical • All outdoor recreational activities that • Camping sites, and publicly accessible gardens do not involve physical contact, with • Drive-in theaters and other automobile- • Car parades social distancing and with up to one based gatherings

Page 4 • June 5, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Outrage, frustration spill onto the streets Protesters march, take a knee, block highway to turmoil and unrest set off by the “I felt like God was telling for her parents’ permission, she Rodney King beating — while for me: Use your voice and use the had already shared — from her show solidarity with Black Lives Matter younger residents, this week was attitude and power you have to phone, in her room, via her Ins- by Lloyd Lee, Kate Bradshaw and Sue Dremann the first time many had stepped protest for what things are right,” tagram account — a digital flyer forward to organize action against Stevenson said in an interview. “I that quickly went viral within her ith fists raised and signs George Floyd, who was killed injustice. don’t care if my parents said ‘no,’ community. held high, thousands while in Minneapolis police cus- A protest on Wednesday af- all respect to them, but I was still Menlo-Atherton’s Black Stu- W of protesters marched tody last week. ternoon that started at Jack Far- going to protest even if I had no dent Union club shared the post through Menlo Park, Palo Alto For some older residents, the rell Park in East Palo Alto and one behind me or if I had every- on its own social media plat- and East Palo Alto this week demonstrations recalled prior ended about a mile away at Bell one behind me.” forms as did Youth United for against police brutality and rac- ones — events they’d hoped to Street Park was the brainchild of By the time the Menlo-Ather- ism in the wake of the death of leave in the past, including the 15-year-old Alanna Stevenson. ton High School student asked (continued on page 10)

CITY HALL Curfew dropped after backlash City manager said the decision was prompted by apparent threats to commercial districts by Gennady Sheyner ity Manager Ed Shikada’s sudden decision on Tues- C day to impose a curfew in Palo Alto until June 11 immedi- ately faced a backlash from resi- dents, civil rights advocates and former City Council members, who called the move a legally du- bious police “overreach” that will chill free speech. Magali Gauthier The curfew took effect Tuesday night and prohibited residents from being out in public between 8:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. It was in- Protesters walk by a boarded-up Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto on June 1. tended to protect the city from organized rings of looters, whom police warned were targeting Palo of wood. Bloomingdale’s, North Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center, BUSINESS Face, Tommy Bahama and Free among other retail areas. People were among the upscale But after just one night, during mall’s risk takers that chose not which the city saw no violence Fearing looters, stores take to barricade their doors Tuesday or property damage, Shikada night. announced late Wednesday af- Keeping watch over the ternoon that he and Police Chief action to protect property shopping center, mall security Robert Jonsen would evaluate the guards were joined by a Palo status of the curfew on Thursday. Despite anticipated threats, no mass looting occurs Alto police unit. In recent days, He and Jonsen “hope to remove in the Midpeninsula on first night of curfew Palo Alto police have been par- the curfew, if circumstances war- ticularly concerned that looters rant, as of June 4,” the announce- by Lloyd Lee might target the outdoor mall. ment stated. They followed suit ith the Midpeninsula looting rings could strike their Burberry, the luxury fashion On May 31, police received on Thursday morning with an already stirred up businesses. brand, at Stanford Shopping information that looters were announcement that the curfew is W in recent days over Around 6 p.m., racing to beat Center. planning to come to the mall, officially over. the death of George Floyd at a newly instituted Palo Alto cur- By then, the entrances of Vic- and within an hour, between Shikada told this news orga- the hands of Minneapolis po- few of 8:30 p.m., two groups of toria’s Secret, Macy’s, Apple, 50-100 cars arrived and circled nization that the police had not lice, some local shops took contracted workers were sawing Banana Republic and Neiman the shopping center, a city press made any arrests related to resi- precautions Tuesday as warn- beams of wood as they board- Marcus, among others, were al- dents violating the curfew, which ings spread that organized ed up a Gap clothing store and ready bolstered with thick slabs (continued on page 37) (continued on page 37)

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450 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK (650) 326-8210 995 Fictitious Name you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections PUBLISHER Statement with the court before the hearing. Your William S. Johnson (223-6505) appearance may be in person or by your EAST WEST BOOKSHOP OF PALO ALTO EDITORIAL EAST WEST BOOKSHOP attorney. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) File No.: FBN665248 of the decedent, you must file your claim Associate Editor Linda Taaffe (223-6511) The following person (persons) is (are) doing with the court and mail a copy to the Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6516) business as: personal representative appointed by the People just want to feel 1.) East West Bookshop of Palo Alto, 2.) East court within the later of either (1) four Arts & Entertainment Editor Karla Kane (223-6517) West Bookshop, located at 324 Castro Street, months from the date of first issuance of Home & Real Estate Editor respected. Mountain View, CA 94041. letters to a general personal representative, Heather Zimmerman (223-6515) This business is owned by: A Corporation. as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Express & Digital Editor Jamey Padojino —J.T. Faraji, East Palo Alto artist, about the The name and residence address of the Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date (223-6524) registrant(s) is(are): of mailing or personal delivery to you of a protests against police brutality. See story on page 5. EAST WEST BOOKSHOP OF PALO ALTO notice under section 9052 of the California Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Elena 324 Castro Street Probate Code. Other California statutes and Kadvany (223-6519), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) Mountain View, CA 94041 legal authority may affect your rights as a Chief Visual Journalist Magali Gauthier (223-6530) Registrant began transacting business under creditor. You may want to consult with an Editorial Assistant/Intern Coordinator the fictitious business name(s) listed above attorney knowledgeable in California law. Lloyd Lee (223-6526) on 12/28/1994. You may examine the file kept by the court. This statement was filed with the County If you are a person interested in the estate, Contributors Chrissi Angeles, Mike Berry, Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on May you may file with the court a Request for Carol Blitzer, Peter Canavese, Edward Gerard Fike, 5, 2020. Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of Yoshi Kato, Chris Kenrick, Jack McKinnon, Around Town interviews, competency hearings (PAW May 15, 22, 29; June 5, 2020) an inventory and appraisal of estate assets Sheryl Nonnenberg, John Orr, Monica Schreiber, TEOH COMPANY or of any petition or account as provided in Jay Thorwaldson and trials. “Trial is truly difficult Probate Code section 1250. A Request for FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT ADVERTISING for victims, especially children,” File No.: FBN665102 Special Notice form is available from the District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in The following person (persons) is (are) doing court clerk. Vice President Sales & Marketing business as: Attorney for Petitioner: Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) a press release. “They are scared. Teoh Company, located at 197 A Easy Street, Stephen Vernon/Cecelia C. Fusich Multimedia Advertising Sales They are intimidated. And yet, we Courtesy Debbie Fowler Debbie Courtesy Mountain View, CA 94043, Santa Clara Gilfix & La Poll Associates LLP Tiffany Birch (223-6573), Elaine Clark (223-6572), need them as we seek justice. County. 2479 E. Bayshore Rd. Suite 220 Connie Jo Cotton (223-6571) This business is owned by: An Individual. Palo Alto, CA 94303 Percy will be there to comfort and Real Estate Advertising Sales The name and residence address of the (650) 493-8070 calm them.” Court facility dogs registrant(s) is(are): ALBERT ROBERT TEOH (PAW May 29; June 5, 12, 2020) Neal Fine (223-6583), Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) are also around in about a dozen 197 A Easy Street NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE Legal Advertising Alicia Santillan (223-6578) other counties across California Mountain View, CA 94043 OF: Registrant has not yet begun to transact PAMELA STALEY HERR and throughout the country. The business under the fictitious business ADVERTISING SERVICES Case No.: 20PR188119 four-legged friends undergo two name(s) listed above. Advertising Services Manager To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, SEWING WARRIORS ... For Cathy This statement was filed with the County Kevin Legarda (223-6597) years of intensive training before contingent creditors, and persons who may Murphy, sewing masks for families Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April they enter courthouses. Victim otherwise be interested in the will or estate, Sales & Production Coordinators 24, 2020. at Lucile Packard Children’s or both, of PAMELA STALEY HERR. Diane Martin (223-6584), Nico Navarrete (223-6582) Services’ grants have funded (PAW May 15, 22, 29; Jun 5, 2020) Hospital Stanford has turned her A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Percy’s care and training. While few SV DISRUPT DESIGN into a fashion designer. She gets CHRISTIANNA H. KIENITZ in the Superior court proceedings are taking place FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA. Design & Production Manager to pick out the fabric for the face File No.: FBN665344 Kristin Brown (223-6562) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Petition for Probate requests that: coverings, which she and about The following person (persons) is (are) doing CHRISTIANNA H. KIENITZ be appointed as Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Paul Llewellyn Percy and his handlers — Victim business as: 15 other volunteers make sure personal representative to administer the Designers Kevin Legnon, Amy Levine, Advocates Elvia Enriquez and SV Disrupt, located at 535 Arastradero Road, estate of the decedent. have fun designs for the recipients, Douglas Young Maria Lopez — are staying busy Suite 101, Palo Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara The petition requests authority to administer many of whom are family members County. the estate under the Independent BUSINESS by participating in virtual training This business is owned by: An Individual. of patients. “These are people in so Administration of Estates Act. (This authority Assistant Business Manager session in preparation for the day The name and residence address of the will allow the personal representative much pain. ... 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A HEARING on the petition will be held on 997 All Other Legals Vice President Sales & Marketing That’s why the Los Altos History July 27, 2020 at 9:01 a.m. in Dept.: 13 of the the need for personal protective Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) AMENDED NOTICE OF PETITION TO Superior Court of California, County of Santa equipment set in and the hospital Museum recently put out a call ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: Clara, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, Director, Information Technology & Webmaster for submissions asking Santa GLORIA L. READE began accepting donations of face CA, 95113. Frank A. Bravo (223-6551) Clara County residents to share Case No.: 20PR187813 If you object to the granting of the petition, masks, Murphy and her group To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, Director of Marketing and Audience their experiences of what life is you should appear at the hearing and state Development Emily Freeman (223-6560) got to work. 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Deborah and Lonnie Ashton sit in their front yard and cheer as Paly graduates Sophie Stier, Ivory Tang and Kaillee Correll march through their Palo Alto neighborhood on June 3. neighbors cheering loudly and us- Girls’ Middle School. A tent was ing noisemakers. She’s consider- strung with a “Class of 2020” Magali Gauthier ing taking a gap year after learn- banner and tables were covered ing her college, the University of in confetti. British Columbia, plans to offer Nanevicz said her daughter online-only instruction in the fall.” has made the most of the unex- A Gunn High School graduate waves to spectators along Arastradero Road during a citywide high She said she’s still looking for- pected ending to her senior year, school graduation car parade in Palo Alto on June 3. ward to all the typical changes a reminding her mother that they newly graduated senior faces: “to have their health and safety. She make some decisions about where asked her mother not to post any EDUCATION to go in life ... to learn new things graduation photos to social media and see new places.” on Wednesday, worrying it would In one Midtown neighborhood detract from the George Floyd cul-de-sac, parents of graduating protests. Palo Alto’s seniors celebrate seniors organized a makeshift “The resilience of the kids who graduation ceremony before the have had so many things canceled an unconventional graduation car parade. Paly seniors Kaillee ... so many things that they looked Correll, Sophie Stier and Ivory forward to and not having it, and Tang walked in a loop down their still they’re keeping their heads from their cars, but not without joy block while “Pomp and Circum- up,” Nanevicz said. stance” played. Neighbors came For Paly graduate Kayla Stitt, Superintendent: ‘It was a high point in a year that needed a high point’ outside to cheer and bang pots the parade made taking the step by Elena Kadvany and pans, and a young girl handed out of high school feel more tan- them each a bouquet of flowers. gible and official. he city of Palo Alto showed with giant 2020 balloons and mes- They’re graduating in the midst At the end of the loop, they tossed “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” Stitt up to celebrate its high sages such as “just graduated” and of a global pandemic, after three their caps into the air. said. “I feel older, but that’s about T school seniors on Wednes- “congrats to all SIP graduates.” months of quarantine, and with Correll is planning to attend it. Maybe more independent. My day evening. They leaned out of windows and their city under curfew amid un- Northeastern University in Bos- dad drove me to school when I On the night that would have sunroofs of honking cars and took rest stemming from the death of ton in the fall. She said she’s going was a freshman and now I’m driv- seen the Class of 2020’s tradition- pictures of the throngs of people George Floyd in Minnesota. Many to miss seeing her friends every ing myself.” al graduation ceremonies, Palo cheering them on. cars in the parade were also deco- day at school and the journalism At Paly, Stitt was captain of the Alto’s sidewalks and street cor- “The fact that Palo Alto orga- rated with references to Floyd and program, where she wrote for C lacrosse team, though due to the ners were instead full of people nized all of this for seniors ... I feel the Black Lives Matter movement. Magazine, Paly’s arts and culture school closures she didn’t play a cheering, waving, banging pots really grateful and it really means “It’s a crazy time of history magazine. single game this semester. She’s and pans and holding congratu- a lot that they’re acknowledging to live through,” Gunn graduate With so much unrest and un- headed to California Polytechnic latory signs as seniors and their the sort of loss that we’ve all had,” Tess Anderson said. “It’s defi- certainty, she said she’s trying State University in the fall and families drove in an ebullient car Castilleja senior Bridget Sullivan nitely made my senior year more to “just live in the moment right plans to live on campus regard- parade around the city. said. “It definitely makes up for it memorable.” now.” less of whether there are in-person After a citywide “shout-out” that the community started com- Anderson, barefoot but wearing Tania Nanevicz’s backyard was classes or not. at 5:30 p.m., graduates from Palo ing together.” her black cap and gown, stood in also set up for a mini commence- “I would love to be a teacher,” Alto, Gunn, Castilleja and Kehillah In interviews, graduates were at her driveway surrounded by fam- ment ceremony on Wednesday for she said, adding that she wants to high schools wearing their caps and once excited, nostalgic and som- ily (including her older sister, who her two daughters, one graduating pursue a liberal studies program gowns piled into cars decorated ber about the current moment. is graduating from college) and from Paly and the other from The and minor in Spanish as a pathway Magali Gauthier Magali Gauthier

A Paly graduate cheers as she hangs out of the window of her car during the parade The Bygholm family cheers as a high school graduate drives by. along Arastradero Road.

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Gunn High School Principal Kathie Laurence, front, waves to high schools graduates during a citywide high school graduation car parade in Palo Alto on June 3. Superintendent Don Austin Wednesday about whether it Magali Gauthier spent the parade standing out- could become a permanent, side the district office with se- additional tradition in years to nior administrators. He said the come. event made him unexpectedly “It was a high point in a year Paly graduates Sophie Stier, Ivory Tang and Kaillee Correll toss their caps in the air in front of friends emotional. that needed a high point,” he and family in their Palo Alto neighborhood on June 3. “It caught me part way through said. Q how much I’ve missed seeing There’s more graduation cover- to a bilingual teaching credential. and disappointment,” she said of tambourine to passing students, smiling kids,” he said. “To see age, including photos and profiles Gunn Principal Kathie Lau- this year’s seniors. some of whom reached their hands so many smiling kids and par- of six seniors, starting on page 17. rence was stationed at a promi- Students weren’t the only ones out to her or shouted “Thank you, ents and even just people lining Editorial Assistant Lloyd Lee nent corner outside of the school saying goodbye to high school. Le- Ms. Burton” as they turned the the streets, some of whom had no contributed to this report. Staff as cars poured by; she was sur- titia Burton, who has taught living corner onto Embarcadero Road. current connection to school or Writer Elena Kadvany can be rounded by cheering teachers skills at Paly since 2000, stood at Burton said she always attends our students — it was the com- emailed at ekadvany@paweekly. and staff. She helped organize the corner of Embarcadero Road her students’ graduations. munity event that I had hoped com. the event just in the last week or and El Camino Real to see her last “Graduation is like one of the big could happen.” so after Santa Clara County gave graduation ceremony before she rites of passages that we have, and The school district is still THERE’S MORE ONLINE the green light for car parade retires. Burton was wearing a tra- it’s important to our kids, the com- planning to host an in-person PaloAltoOnline.com graduations. ditional West African robe in Paly munity and the family,” she said. graduation for the Class of 2020 See more photos and find the lists of “I’m just so proud of them all green and a graduation stole made Especially in these times, Bur- in December, but the parade felt graduates from area high schools at and the way they handled the loss out of Kente cloth. She waved a ton added, “We need to celebrate.” so positive there was discussion PaloAltoOnline.com.

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PUBLIC HEALTH New county order allows outdoor dining, in-store retail Relaxed rules take effect on June 5 by Gennady Sheyner hurches, retailers and COVID-19, and from social and restaurants that offer economic impacts on health, C outdoor dining are al- too. For all those reasons, we lowed to start welcoming back have chosen to be measured in customers as of Friday, June 5, how and when we reopen.” under a revised stay-at-home The order will allow cit- order that Santa Clara County ies like Palo Alto to advance issued on June 1. their plans to close streets to The updated order is the lat- traffic and make them avail- est step in the county’s incre- able for outdoor dining, sub- mental approach to reopening ject to guidelines from the

Magali Gauthier the economy. It eases restric- county. The specific guidance tions for all manufacturing, for restaurants is brief, related small service businesses and mostly to serving diners from child care programs. This the same households and social means “low contact” in-home distancing. Palo Alto could close University and California avenues to traffic four days a week to promote outdoor services like house cleaning Outdoor dining gives people dining. The city also began setting up parklets this week in front of Rooh and Peninsula Creamery. and shops like shoe repair can access to food “at a relatively reopen provided they abide by low risk of transmission,” an social-distancing guidelines. appendix in the updated order BUSINESS Also, churches will be able to states. have outdoor gatherings for up “Because food service will to 25 people. be limited to outdoor areas, the University, California avenues could close The order also eases restric- overall volume of increased ac- tions for outdoor activities that tivity will be modest,” it states. to traffic, providing relief to restaurants do not involve physical contact, “In addition, interactions and including swimming, tennis activities that occur outdoors Santa Clara County to allow outdoor dining starting June 5 and golf. (Rinconada Pool in carry a lower risk of transmis- by Elena Kadvany Palo Alto is opening for lap sion than most indoor interac- swimming on June 6, the city tions and activities.” alo Alto’s two main thor- Peninsula Creamery on Emerson including using side streets or po- has announced.) Restaurants must limit out- oughfares, University and and Rooh on University, he said. tentially parking lots. The order also permits stores door tables to six people each, P California avenues, could Local restaurant owners up and Some University Avenue own- that have been restricted to pro- all of whom must be from the be closed to traffic four days a down the Peninsula have been ers, however, oppose the whole viding curbside service since same household. All tables week to allow restaurants use advocating for street closures to idea, worrying it will cause a May 22 to allow customers to must be placed 6 feet apart to of the streets to serve diners un- help sustain their businesses as drop in retail sales like when the shop inside. It also allows dog allow for social distancing. der a pilot program the city is they gradually reopen with re- city closed streets in 2018 for grooming businesses to reopen. The county also will allow considering. strictions. Cities including Palo a yearlong downtown upgrade The decision to loosen some alcohol to be served with meals City Manager Ed Shikada an- Alto, Mountain View, Redwood project. They’re instead pushing of the restrictions that have but not separately; bar areas nounced the plan in a May 29 City, Los Altos, San Carlos and the city to help build parklets — been in effect since March 17 must stay closed. message to owners of businesses San Mateo are considering clos- quickly — outside restaurants and is based on the county’s prog- The county’s latest order on the two streets. ing streets to traffic and giving businesses. ress toward reducing the num- largely followed the guid- “We could be ready to imple- restaurants more outdoor space to Guillaume Bienaime, owner of ber of new COVID-19 cases, ance of Gov. Gavin Newsom, ment street closures to support operate. French restaurant Zola on Bryant increased testing and other key who in recent weeks has been your business recovery and active Palo Alto’s initial plan proposed Street, said parklets are a better metrics that officials are us- gradually allowing sectors of customer enjoyment,” Shikada closing University between Wa- solution for the downtown area, ing to guide their response to the state economy to reopen. wrote. verley and Emerson streets, and where more restaurants are on the pandemic. The county an- Bay Area counties, which have The exact timing of the closures California between El Camino side streets, unlike California nouncement notes that hospi- largely marched in lockstep is a bit uncertain: When Shikada Real and Birch Street. After feed- Avenue. talization rates remain low and since the March stay-at-home announced the program, he an- back from owners, the city ex- “Allowing us to build parklets is steady across the county and orders, have taken slightly dif- ticipated it could begin as early tended the University closure to both equitable and a much better that outbreaks in skilled nurs- ferent approaches to reopening. as June 4; however, after he in- Cowper Street and the California solution in the long run,” he said. ing facilities have been success- San Francisco and San Mateo stituted a 10-day citywide curfew Avenue closure to Park Boulevard. The City Council allocated fully contained. In addition, counties each eased restrictions on June 2 in response to threats of The pilot closures would initial- $300,000 on May 26 to help with case investigation and contact for curbside retail before Santa organized looting, plans for street ly run from Thursday mornings “business support” efforts, in- tracing capacity is “steadily in- Clara County. closures were put on hold until the through Sunday evenings, though cluding outdoor dining. Palo Alto creasing and is staying ahead On Monday, health officials weekend of June 12. some owners have said they is exploring full- and part-time of demand,” the announcement from all six counties issued a On Thursday morning, Shikada would prefer a seven-days-a-week street closures, expanding out- states. joint statement saying that they announced that the curfew will closure so it won’t be necessary to door seating through parklets and Dr. Sara Cody, the county’s will each make decisions on end immediately, a week earlier set up and break down tables and temporary closures of parking lots health officer, said in a state- what to reopen and how quickly than initially planned. He also told chairs four days a week, possibly and offering businesses signage ment that COVID-19 has been to do so “based on the data re- this news organization that the causing confusion among custom- so customers know they are open, particularly devastating to low- lated to the specific conditions plan to close the two commercial ers about when streets are closed. according to a city blog post. income communities and com- in our communities, as well as thoroughfares remains a “work in “There’s nothing to suggest In an online survey conducted munities of color. our joint assessment of broader progress,” with some details yet to from our initial proposal that if it by the Palo Alto Chamber of “The global pandemic is on- regional trends.” be ironed out, but that the closures were very well received that we Commerce, local business own- going, and we must continue “As we open additional sec- are now slated for some time next wouldn’t expand both in terms of ers — including restaurants, retail to protect the health and well- tors, we are relying on business- week. In the meantime, the city is days of the week and duration,” stores, hotels and professional of- being of our entire community, es to consistently follow social working with businesses to create Shikada said during a Zoom call fices — expressed support for the especially those most vulner- distancing protocols and public parklets and expand their capac- this week with California Avenue street closures. Of 36 University able to serious illness and health guidance to protect their ity for sidewalk dining, he said. business owners. Avenue business owners who re- death from COVID-19,” Cody employees and customers,” the (Parklets extend the sidewalk into They also discussed ideas for sponded to the survey, 61% said said. “Public Health is about officials stated. existing parking spaces.) how to handle access for cus- they were “strongly in favor” and ensuring health in every sense The ongoing work includes con- tomers and third-party delivery of the word: from diseases like (continued on page 14) struction of parklets in front of app drivers picking up takeout, (continued on page 14)

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family and offered to help redi- confronted a blunt truth: “They eight years ago, would want to or- friends who are males at school,” Protests rect the flow of traffic as people killin’ blacks so they can white ganize a protest. Ruffin said. “The fact that this (continued from page 5) marched. out the truth and this is real/They “In East Palo Alto, we value happens means that it can happen The result on Wednesday was said we trust in God on every dol- kids’ voices,” Shawneece said. to my brother, it could happen to Community Action (YUCA), an part demonstration, part sermon lar bill.” “Someone reminded me of East my black friends — it can hap- East Palo Alto-based youth orga- and part spoken word. Shawneece Stevenson, Alanna’s Palo Alto history: It was youth pen to anybody and it’s just scary nization focused on social justice Hundreds of protesters chanted mom, was a little caught off guard who got Romic (Environmental to think that it could happen to and environmental issues, which “No justice, no peace” (and some when she found out her daughter Technologies) out of our commu- anyone.” also provided staff and other re- others attached, “No racist po- already sent a social media blast. nity. It was youth who made a big In multiple speeches at Jack sources on the day of the protest. lice”); a few prayers bookended But she wasn’t so surprised that difference in the community,” she Farrell and Bell Street, the el- Even the city’s police depart- the march; and a searing poem Alanna, who went to her first said, referring to the hazardous ders of the protest repeated to the ment reached out to the Stevenson by 20-year-old Jacob Virges march in East Palo Alto about waste management firm in East younger generation of the crowd Palo Alto that was shut down after to enact change by voting. members of YUCA filed a federal “What you can do to stop this: civil rights complaint. vote,” Stephen Ashford, 45, shout- Many young people, along ed. “If you don’t like Trump, vote with adults of East Palo Alto and him out.” the greater Bay Area, turned up Wednesday at Jack Farrell Park. City leaders Even those who didn’t know who participate, but exactly organized the protest knew what they had come for. youth lead the way “The color of your skin ednesday’s demonstra- shouldn’t be a reason for you tion was but one of a to think something bad about W series of protests that somebody,” said Delores Moore, have taken place since last week, a 13-year-old East Palo Alto including a Sunday silent protest resident. held outside of Town & Country Moore, who saw the video of Village shopping center in Palo Floyd’s murder, remembers her Alto, where many condemned experience with racial prejudice Floyd’s death from the corner as early as kindergarden, when of El Camino Real and Embar- her peers refused to play with her cadero Road. because she was black. Two rallies on Monday were Even for an injustice that oc- also led by students. At a protest

Magali Gauthier curred 2,000 miles away, Saqqara in Menlo Park’s Burgess Park, a Ruffin, 16, of Pinole, said it was group of people knelt on the lawn important that people marched in in total silence for nine minutes East Palo Alto and “get the word to mark the amount of time the out everywhere.” Minneapolis police officer knelt Alanna Stevenson, 15, leads the Black Lives Matter protest down Bay Road while Larry Barnes marches “I have a black brother, I have on Floyd’s neck on May 25, kill- next to her in East Palo Alto on June 3. a black father and I have black ing him. Only the sounds from Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hear an update from the Expanded Community Advisory Panel. It then plans to adopt an ordinance suspending the levy of assessment against businesses within the Downtown Business Improvement District; direct staff on next steps with the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan; consider establishing a pension funding policy; and discuss outdoor dining and retail. The virtual meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 8. It will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26, at youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and midpenmedia.org. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and by using Meeting ID: 362 027 238.

BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will discuss COVID-19 updates, the proposed 2020-21 budget and a performance evaluation of law firms, among other items. The virtual meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. The meeting will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 28 and midpenmedia.org. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by going to pausd.zoom.us/j/97888498129 or dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 949 9734 6242.

POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee is scheduled to discuss the status update of the business registry audit; get an update on the audit of parking funds; and consider delaying the review of the council’s travel policy protocols. The virtual meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 968 7491 2350.

PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the 2021-2025 Capital Improvement Plan with a focus on whether it’s consistent with the Comprehensive Plan; and discuss the economic analysis of potential changes to the city’s inclusionary below- market-rate program. The virtual meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10. It will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26 and midpenmedia.org. Those wishing to participate by Zoom can do so by dialing 669-900-6833 and using Meeting ID: 950 2081 1983.

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the response by the Human Services division to the COVID-19 genpeds.stanfordchildrens.org emergency; consider avenues for the commission to respond to the death of George Floyd and ongoing racial inequities and discuss the commission’s workplan. The virtual meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 11. Information for how to participate by Zoom was not immediately available but will be posted at paloaltoonline.com.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT City leaders condemn police brutality, vow to protect demonstrators Police chief: Officers are committed to providing ‘safe space’ for peaceful protesters by Gennady Sheyner esponding to waves incident in which a man was of protests against po- taken down and arrested in R lice brutality that have front of Happy Donuts — an swept the nation, Palo Alto’s altercation that had left him city leaders publicly on Mon- with a concussion and a broken day condemned the killing of orbital bone. The claim is seek- George Floyd while in Minne- ing $3.85 million in damages apolis police custody and of- from the city. Magali Gauthier fered their support to peaceful The joint statement alluded demonstrators. to those incidents and said that Hours after protesters staged no police department is “im- peaceful demonstrations in mune from public scrutiny, nor Pastor Paul Bains chants into a megaphone during a Black Lives Matter protest in East Palo Alto Menlo Park and Palo Alto, the should it be.” on June 3. city’s mayor, city manager and “Even here in Palo Alto, the police chief all expressed sup- actions of a few officers in nearby birds could be heard. together. They said they found for my nephews’ lives every day. port for those fighting for ra- the past may have caused our The protest was organized the activism empowering and of- ... I fear for my husband’s life. cial equality. City Manager Ed community to question their by 16-year-old Menlo-Atherton fered their experience to Roman And all I can do is pray, and make Shikada and Police Chief Rob- commitment to the law and High School student Daniel Ro- when they learned what he was change with policy and continue ert Jonsen issued a joint state- policy,” the four stated. “How- man, who said he was feeling planning. to connect with people who want ment with Pastor Paul Bains of ever, through mutual respect, frustrated. They said they’d been worried to have comprehensive conversa- Saint Samuel Church in East trust and a deep regard for the Pulling together the demon- the event could get unruly, though tions about change in America, Palo Alto (who serves as Palo Constitutional rights of all, we stration was a first for him, and it didn’t. about change in our cities, about Alto police chaplain) and the remain more steadfast today he was nervous, he said in an “That’s the risk you take,” change in our communities.” Rev. Kaloma Smith, chairman than ever to continue to support interview. Jinishian said.”That’s part of Bertini said that the police offi- of the city’s Human Relations our community through these Like Stevenson, he created an protesting.” cers present were there to protect Commission and pastor of the uncertain times.” online invitation to see if people Both Menlo Park’s mayor, Ce- the protesters. University AME Zion Church Speaking during Monday’s would be interested in holding a cilia Taylor, and police chief, “We understand your anger,” in Palo Alto. council meeting, Jonsen called small protest of 40 to 50 people. Dave Bertini, offered remarks in he said. “We are here to keep you Peaceful events like those Floyd’s death “a tragedy that Word of the event quickly exploded support of the diverse group of safe.” that took place in the city shouldn’t have happened” and after the May 29 invitation spread protesters. Before and after the nine-min- and their necessary calls for tied it to the nation’s broader on social media, and by the time Taylor, the first African Ameri- ute silence, people shouted chants change, “should outshine the racial disparities. the event began, he said, RSVPs can woman to serve as mayor of such as “No justice! No peace! No acts of violence taking place in “Our country is failing to ad- had ballooned to 430. Menlo Park, told attendees that racist police!” and “What do we several communities,” Shika- dress the core systemic prob- There to help lead the rally were she is the fourth generation in want? Justice! When do we want da, Jonsen, Bains and Smith lems that we’ve been facing for more experienced activists: Henry her family to experience racial it? Now!” wrote in a statement. years,” Jonsen said. “We have Shane, a junior at Kehillah Jew- profiling. After the silent protest, the “We condemn the actions and made such little progress as a ish High School in Palo Alto, and “That, for me, as an elected offi- group marched from Burgess Park inaction of the police officers in country in correcting the many Erin Jinishian, a senior at Menlo- cial, I want to change while I’m in to El Camino Park in Palo Alto Minnesota and we do not toler- of the racial and socioeconom- Atherton. Shane and Jinishian office. That’s a part of my duty,” along Alma Street, where it recon- ate or condone this type of be- ic disparities that contribute to met while working at True Food she said. “I stand on the shoulders vened for speeches and remarks havior in Palo Alto at any lev- the divisive breaks in the com- Kitchen in Palo Alto and began of my ancestors. But I hurt too. I el,” they stated. “Their actions munity that we’re seeing now.” attending climate strike rallies fear for my stepsons’ lives. I fear (continued on page 13) have had a tremendous impact As a police chief, he said, he on all police officers serving is also saddened and deeply communities like Palo Alto all concerned about the “welfare across our great nation.” of the thousands of men and The Monday actions fol- women in the law enforce- lowed a period in which the ment profession who have al- city has been facing its own ways served this community questions about police brutal- with professionalism and re- ity and transparency. spect and are being violently In December, the City Coun- attacked defending lawful cil voted unanimously to revise protesters and property of oth- the agreement with the city’s ers, while also trying to main- independent police auditor to tain the peace throughout our specifically exclude internal country.” personnel matters from the Jonsen expressed apprecia- auditor’s purview. The action tion for the peaceful demon- followed media reports about a strators, whom he called “a high-level officer using a rac- great example for others to fol- ist slur against another officer, low.” The department, he said, who is black. is committed to protecting A month prior to that ac- all people who are exercising tion, the council approved a their right to peacefully dem- $572,500 settlement with a onstrate. He also said the de- resident of the Buena Vista partment will “hold personnel Mobile Home Park who was accountable when necessary” Magali Gauthier forcefully arrested in front of and provide transparency to his home and mocked by the enhance public trust. Q supervising officer. Days after Staff Writer Gennady that settlement, the city was hit Sheyner can be emailed at Ayinde Olukotun, Sydney Japic and Mariana Kessinger hold each other while protesters share a with a claim for a July 2019 [email protected]. moment of silence and kneel in King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall on June 1.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 5, 2020 • Page 11 ADVERTISEMENT Upfront News Digest Stanford to limit students next fall Travel restrictions, fewer students on campus and primarily on- line instruction: A Stanford University education will look vastly different when the fall quarter begins. President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Provost Persis Drell an- nounced on Wednesday initial plans for reopening campus the next academic year while working to limit the spread of the coro- navirus, with the caveat that the plans are subject to local public health conditions and guidance. They said they “want to plan for a scenario that we have a high degree of confidence we can stick to, even if COVID-19 infections increase in a second wave. Shutting down mid-quarter and send- ing students home would not be a desirable outcome for anyone.” Online teaching will be the “default,” though some in-person classes will be offered. Any class larger than 50 students will likely need to be taught online. To allow for social distancing, the university is planning to al- low only half of all undergraduate students to live on campus for a quarter, with each group alternating every quarter. The academic year will start one week earlier, on Sept. 14, and be extended into How important is having Safe, Clean a four-quarter year through the summer. Students will likely have to wear masks on campus. Stanford Water and Natural Flood Protection in will ask them not to travel outside the local area. A Stanford committee led by the dean of the School of Medi- cine, Lloyd Minor, is working on recommendations for a univer- Santa Clara County to you? sitywide plan for testing, contact tracing and isolation. Q —Elena Kadvany As our community faces serious public health chal- Newell Road Bridge hits milestone lenges, it is essential that A regional effort to replace and expand the narrow Newell Road Valley Water continues to Bridge between Palo Alto and East Palo Alto reached a crucial milestone on Monday night when the City Council gave the project provide Safe, Clean Water its final clearance. & Natural Flood Protection Despite some opposition from the surrounding neighborhood, for all. Valley Water plays a the council unanimously voted to replace the bridge — which vital role as part of the greater was built in 1911 and which crosses the San Francisquito Creek public infrastructure system between Edgewood Drive in Palo Alto and Woodland Avenue in and providing reliable drink- East Palo Alto — with a wider span. The goals of the project are to both upgrade a structure that has been deemed “functionally ing water supplies during obsolete” by the state Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and emergencies is one of our top to advance a broader flood-control plan around the volatile creek. priorities. Once the Newell Road Bridge is replaced, officials will be able The Safe, Clean Water working to repair and replace nity is contending with new to shift their focus on the more flood-prone structure upstream of and Natural Flood Protection our aging dams and expand challenges such as emergen- Newell Road: the Pope-Chaucer Bridge, which famously failed to contain water during the February 1998 flood. Program, a parcel tax over- our reservoirs to ensure we cies, natural disasters, climate While the council agreed that the bridge needs to be replaced, whelmingly approved by 74% have enough water even in change, population growth, more than a dozen Palo Alto residents implored Monday to think of voters in 2012, is putting the face of natural disasters and uncertain imported water smaller. Rather than build a wider bridge, the city should replace your tax dollars to work to or droughts. Through steady supplies. We are seeking your the existing span with a one-lane bridge that would facilitate two- make sure your drinking wa- collaboration with our city input as we explore potential- way traffic with signals, they argued. The council, however, agreed to move ahead with the staff pro- ter is safe. Projects funded by partners and the community, ly updating and enhancing posal for a two-lane bridge. Q the program are also making we are reducing toxins, haz- this program to meet Santa —Gennady Sheyner steady progress to protect ards and contaminants in our Clara County’s current and residents and businesses waterways by removing litter future needs. County’s falls short of testing goals from flooding and sea-level from encampments. Santa Clara County public health managers have gained sig- nificant ground in controlling the coronavirus among vulnerable rise. At the same time, we are We know our commu- populations and the public in general, they told the Board of Su- pervisors on Tuesday. But while the county has met a state goal for testing, a key indicator for reopening the economy, it still struggles What matters most to you? to meet its own separate testing goal, they said. In large part, that’s Is it that the water that voice as we explore designing because some hospitals and clinics are lagging behind, the chief manager of the county’s testing program said. flows through our commu- an updated Safe, Clean Water, The county has reached a state indicator goal of 150 tests per nity is free of toxins and and Natural Flood Protection 100,000 people per day — about 2,880 — which is recommended contaminants? Or that our Program that better meets the by California health leaders, said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, head of water supplies are safe in case future water needs of Santa the county COVID-19 testing task force. of an emergency or natural Clara County. Santa Clara County’s self-imposed goal was a minimum of disaster? Perhaps you support Santa Clara Valley Water 4,000 nasal-swab tests per day by the end of May, Fenstersheib District is now known as said. He and County Executive Jeff Smith previously stated they our work on projects that were confident they would meet the goal, a minimum they said keep us safe from floods? Valley Water. they needed to reach to feel comfortable with easing more re- We want to hear your strictions. That number is far from the 15,000 to 16,000 tests per day they have said the county needs to be fully testing enough people. Fenstersheib indicated that despite the county’s failure to reach Please visit www.SafeCleanWater.org, wheree the end-of-May goal, the county has seen a significant drop in you can learn more about the program andd the number of positive cases of coronavirus. The county now has about a 1% positivity rate in most areas and a 3% positivity rate in take two minutes to add your voice to thee hot spots, far lower than they have previously seen. He said health Community Input Survey. officers are quite happy with the results, a strong indication the stay-at-home order and other measures are working. Q —Sue Dremann

Page 12 • June 5, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Upfront Protests (continued from page 11) from students and adults who wanted to share their thoughts. A second student-led protest around 3:30 p.m. Monday in- volved an estimated 100-200 people, who took their march to U.S. Highway 101 as Palo Alto police units sought to manage the traffic disruption. At about 4 p.m., protesters crossed the Or- egon Expressway overpass and walked onto the freeway, blocking northbound lanes. A California Highway Patrol unit was sent to the scene, police dispatchers said.

By about 4:30 p.m., with East Lee Lloyd Palo Alto police officers blocking northbound highway lanes, the chanting crowd mostly exited the Protesters gather at the intersection of Donohoe Street and E. Bayshore Road in East Palo Alto on June 3. freeway near University Avenue and then headed west over the destination. East Palo Alto residents watch- said. “I’m a person of color, so I against overpolicing in his area overpass and toward downtown On Monday evening, a long mo- ing from street corners or the feel for their pain. of the city. Palo Alto. torcade continuously circled the front lawns of their home said “It was so aggravating honest- “This is a fight we’ve been The group of youth assembled Menlo Park-East Palo Alto area, they’ve never seen and heard so ly,” Delrio said of Floyd’s death. fighting — against criminaliza- at King Plaza outside of Palo Alto with Menlo Park police officers many people demonstrate before “There’s so many other places on tion in our neighborhood, overpo- City Hall, where they got down on and San Mateo County sheriff’s in their community. the body that you can put your licing in our neighborhood — and one knee together and raised their deputies directing the proces- “(Protests) usually move to the knee on without putting so much it’s all linked in with this police fists in the air. Their rally ended at sion by blocking off certain parts larger cities,” said Ziva Delrio, 25, pain on a person and still being murder,” Faraji said. “It’s not just about 5:40 p.m. of the streets or following from a 14-year East Palo Alto resident. able to do your job properly.” George Floyd. It’s all these things behind. “We’re such a small commu- J.T. Faraji, 43, an East Palo that have been accumulating.” Procession Many people sat on the win- nity, so we don’t get these kinds Alto-based artist who previously He acknowledged that some po- to Facebook, dow sills or sunroofs of their of numbers that would feel like led a protest against a $9.1 million lice officers feel as outraged about cars, holding signs and chanting, it would make a difference. It’s donation from Facebook to help brutality as he does. Zuckerberg’s house “Black Lives Matter.” Hip-hop really nice to see my city do it. expand the Menlo Park Police “One moment that made me re- few of the area’s protests music was the soundtrack of the That’s why I forced my mom to Department in 2017 and helped ally proud tonight was seeing sev- didn’t appear to need an evening with rapper YG’s “FDT come out with me. lead Monday night’s rally with eral East Palo Alto police officers A organizer — or had mul- (F--- Donald Trump)” regularly “I grew up here. I live among the aid of a megaphone, said the tiple leaders — nor any particular blasting out of several cars. these people, people of color,” she protest represents a long battle (continued on page 36)

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Avenue businesses, 81% were” able to succeed with only inside The Chamber is also advocating strongly in favor” and 12% “in fa- dining unless they are able to for changes to address business vor with reservations” while 8% add outdoor seating,” they wrote. owners’ concerns about adequate were “opposed” to the closures. “We believe the survey results parking and access for trash pick- Sixty-three percent of the Uni- strongly reinforce the calls by up and delivery trucks, including versity Avenue respondents and both residents and businesses for extending street and garage park- 79% of California Avenue respon- the city to help commercial dis- ing limits and creating designated dents said that the street closures tricts recover from the COVID-19 short-term parking zones at side should run seven days a week. closures by partially closing these streets for pickup and delivery. In a letter to the City Council, two commercial streets to cars “Our goal is to help our busi- Chamber of Commerce CEO and allowing businesses to safely nesses reopen safely and for Palo Charlie Weidanz and President serve customers outdoors.” Alto to be ready to go just as soon as the County gives us the green light,” Kleinberg said in a press release. OUR TEAM IS IN MOTION FOR YOU Enabling the pilot program to move ahead, Santa Clara County this week announced a revised DELEON REALTY, INC. public health order allowing res- Michael Repka | CEO & Managing Broker | DRE #01854880 taurants to serve diners outside 650.900.7000 | [email protected] Medical Services of their establishments starting www.deleonrealty.com | DRE #01903224 Private medical practice dealing June 5. Q with weight control, general Staff Writer Elena Kadvany health issues, holistic, drug-free can be emailed at ekadvany@ Sign up today at flu remedies. Reasonable prices. PaloAltoOnline.com/express paweekly.com. 650-591-5381 Tue or Wed. Tom Collins Order October 13, 1934 – May 22, 2020 Advertising deadline is Tuesday at noon. (continued from page 9) To place an ad or get a quote, “Bay Area residents should Tom Collins of Palo Alto died May call 650.223.6597 still stay home as much as pos- 22, 2020. Tom was a terrific dad, sible, wear face coverings, fre- grandfather, great-grandfather, or email [email protected]. quently wash hands, stay home uncle, husband, and friend. Tom was when feeling ill, get tested if born in 1934 to Bill and Ora Collins exposed, and follow the other precautions that have helped our in Danbury, Iowa. Tom started col- region make such outstanding lege at Creighton, but soon began progress to slow the spread of work at Beneficial Finance. Tom and COVID-19,” they said. Marge married and had their daugh- Even as the order was issued, Employment hundreds of residents in various ter, Ann Collins (Johns), in 1955. They lived in Indiana until 1965, Bay Area cities, including San Francisco, Menlo Park and Palo when they moved to Palo Alto. Tom Associate Alto, assembled to protest police continued to work for Beneficial in Associate sought by BofA Securities, Inc. to create various brutality and demand justice in both San Francisco and the Peninsula. financial analyses, including valuations, accretion/dilution, pro the aftermath of George Floyd’s In 1982, Tom finished his bachelors in finance at the University of forma merger consequences and ad-hoc financial requests from killing in Minneapolis on May 25. San Francisco. Tom retired from Beneficial but continued to work clients. Reqs: Bach or equiv. & 2 yrs exp. in: Analyzing, reading & In light of the protests, Santa interpreting complex financial statements, earnings transcripts Clara County public health offi- in the mortgage business. Tom and Marge made many spectacular & analyst research reports; Performing financial modeling cials issued a statement Monday trips and traveled frequently with Ann and her family. Tom was a & valuation with Capital IQ, ThompsonOne, Venture Source, asking residents who are engaging dedicated photographer, and he would return from trips with hun- Bloomberg, & other banking-related databases & applications. in peaceful protests to use face dreds of stunning images. Tom and Marge especially loved Yosemite Job Site: Palo Alto, CA. Ref#4535921 & submit resume to BofA coverings and to maintain social and as “Pumpkin Productions” planned a decade-long series of Securities, Inc. NY1-050-03-01, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY distance to the extent possible. 10020. No phone calls or emails. EOE. Halloween parties at the Ahwahnee. Tom and Marge made annual Those who have been in close contact with others at large trips to Iowa and Missouri to visit Marge’s family Bill, Ellyn, and Bob gatherings are also encouraged to Theobald and Tom’s nephew Jim Croxdale. SENIOR ENGINEER get tested for COVID-19 within After Marge’s death, Tom traveled yearly to Italy with Ann. Tom Target Enterprise, Inc. seeks a FT Sr Eng in San Francisco, CA. three to five days and to watch gained Hilary Johns as a son-in-law in 1986; grandsons Will in 1988 Req Master’s degree or equiv in Comp Sci, or rel field + 3 yrs of for any symptoms of the virus. and Nick in 1991; granddaughter-in-law Emily in 2017; and great rel exp. In the alternative, will accept a Bach degree or equiv Testing facilities can be found at grandson Christopher in 2019. Tom and Marge were fortunate to in Comp Sci, or rel field + 5 years rel (progressive, post-bac) sccfreetest.org. Q Staff Writer Elena Kadvany have another “daughter” in their niece Renee Richards. Renee settled exp. Must also have 12 months of exp (which may have been gained concurrently) with: design, develop, and deliver low contributed to this report. Staff in San Francisco with her husband John and son James, and she has latency, high scalable microservices deployed in AWS that works Writer Gennady Sheyner can be always “been there” for Tom and Marge. with API getaway; design and develop micro services API with emailed at gsheyner@paweekly. Tom loved ocean fishing and poker, and he was involved in many consideration of security, performance, scalability using spring com. community activities and political campaigns. Tom and Marge loved dependency injection framework on Java streams and lambda their many Gordon Setters; in later years, Tom would faithfully walk expressions; build CI/CD Jenkins pipeline and automate the these silky giants throughout the neighborhood. Tom leaves behind software using Behavior Driven Development Frameworks VERY REAL including Cucumber with WebDriver; build data stream pipeline many good friends in Palo Alto and beyond. With good friends, a using Kafka; & work with Java 8+, Spring Framework, JUnit LOCAL NEWS wonderful neighborhood, and non-stop flights to Austin, Tom was Mockito, REST, SQL, Swagger, Spring Cloud Contract, Docker, & able to live both well and independently until his death. Agile methodology. Will accept experience gained before, during Join today: At a later date, Tom’s family will hold both graveside services at or after Master’s prog. Dom travel req up to 10% of the time. SupportLocalJournalism.org Nishnabotna cemetery in Iowa and a reception in California. For Apply at https://corporate.target.com/careers. donations in honor of Tom, we suggest the Yosemite foundation; Gordon Setter Rescue of California; or a charity of your choice. 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Page 14 • June 5, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Frank Donofrio Vincent Lefebvre May 9, 1935 – May 28, 2020 (1957 - 2020) Early Thursday morning, Pulse Frank Donofrio took his last Vincent Lefebvre passed away A weekly compendium breath, passing peacefully unexpectedly in mid-May 2020 of vital statistics in his Menlo Park home at Stanford Hospital, surrounded surrounded by family. by his wife and children. Born in POLICE CALLS Frank was a 4th generation Normandy in 1957 to Philippe Palo Alto May 28-June 3 San Franciscan, attended and Rose Lefebvre, Vincent Violence related Our Lady of Perpetual Help spent his childhood in Norman- Assault ...... 1 Grammar School where he dy and Picardy, France. Vincent’s Attempted suicide...... 1 met his life-long best friend, Domestic violence ...... 2 family enjoyed many road trips Elder abuse...... 1 Don Rode. He was a Visiting across Europe. In addition, there Theft related Club House manager for were yearly family vacations at Commercial burglaries ...... 4 the San Francisco Seals. He the seaside and the French Alps. Fraud ...... 1 graduated from Archbishop Riordan High School and attend Grand theft ...... 1 As an exchange student during Identity theft ...... 2 San Francisco State, before leaving in 1952 to join the army. Petty theft ...... 3 Upon his return, he met and married his sweetie, Miss Norma his teenage years, he discovered England and Germany. Prowler ...... 1 Jones. Frank enjoyed a long career at Litton Industries as an Much to the wonderment of his parents, who were then un- Residential burglaries ...... 1 Shoplifting...... 1 electronics technician. He loved jazz music, Bay Meadows familiar with his new fields of study, Vincent earned degrees in Vehicle related Horse Racing, the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco Computer Science and Automation from ESIEA Paris. Upon Auto recovery ...... 2 Giants. He loved Laurel & Hardy and dabbled as an amateur graduating, he worked for a year in Paris then traveled to the Auto theft ...... 3 Bicycle theft ...... 1 magician. Frank was a wonderful human being; some would U.S. for a cross-country Greyhound bus adventure, stopping Hit and run ...... 1 say, “The World’s Kindest Man”. He was a gentle soul who at big cities and national parks. Serendipity ensued: his local Theft from auto ...... 7 loved a good meal, especially if it included a chocolate chip Vehicle accident/prop damage...... 1 host in San Jose, California encouraged him to attend a local cookie! Alcohol or drug related job fair. Vincent hastily pulled together an English-language Under influence of drugs ...... 2 Frank was the son of Frank and Dorothy Donofrio and resume and ended up landing a software engineering job. He Miscellaneous older brother to Carol Luhrs. He was a loving husband to moved to Silicon Valley in 1982, not yet knowing he would put Animal call ...... 1 Norma until her death in 2013. The couple had four children, Found property...... 2 down roots there. Located missing person ...... 1 Michael, deceased in 2006, Kelly Kearney, Kathleen Donofrio Other/misc...... 6 and Douglas Donofrio. He was a dear father-in-law to Kevin In the Bay Area, Vincent played violin for the music group Outside investigation ...... 1 Kearney and Melinda Donofrio. Frank was the beloved and at St. Joseph of Cupertino Church. There, he met Mary Beth. Psychiatric subject ...... 5 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 treasured grandfather to Ruby Wood, and Michaela, Nichole, They married and had two children, David and Marie. The Trespassing ...... 1 Kylie and Madison Donofrio. family eventually settled in Palo Alto, where Vincent contin- Vandalism ...... 4 Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 5, 2020 at the ued playing violin for Our Lady of the Rosary Church’s masses, Warrant/other agency...... 2 Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park. In lieu of flowers, please and volunteered with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in East

donate to your local food bank. PAID OBITUARY Palo Alto. More recently, he became involved with the Friends VIOLENT CRIMES of l’Arche, a non-profit group focused on building a com- Palo Alto Channing Avenue, 5/26, 6:29 p.m.; elder munity for people with intellectual disabilities, and was the abuse/physical. Treasurer for the local Bay Area chapter. 1161 Embarcadero Road, 5/27, 6:33 Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 47. a.m.; simple assault. Vincent enjoyed a long career in Silicon Valley as a software Waverley Street, 5/30, 10:50 a.m.; engineer at a variety of companies including Bridge Commu- domestic violence/battery. Alma Street, 5/30, 5:22 p.m.; attempted nications, Nortel Networks, Symbol Technologies, and Mo- suicide. torola Solutions. He later pivoted from software to hardware, Waverley Street, 5/31, 5:44 p.m.; domestic violence/battery. becoming the Director of Engineering at Rose Electronics, a high-tech battery manufacturer, where he greatly enjoyed op- Menlo Park portunities to do hands-on work and mentor young engineers. O’Brien Drive/Willow Road., 5/29, 6:19 a.m.; robbery. Vincent will be remembered for his calm demeanor and his 1100 block Sevier Ave., 5/29, 6:19 a.m.; deep reserves of kindness and patience. He was a skilled wood- spousal abuse/domestic assault. worker and handyman, a graceful downhill skier, a disciplined runner, and a seasoned traveler. He had recently taken up bak- OBITUARIES ing as a hobby, and became known in his social circles for his A list of local residents who delicious “gâteau au chocolat” and lemon-almond cakes. died recently: Despite the geographic distance from his family in France, Larry Brown, 92, a former he remained close to them through frequent calls and visits. longtime Palo Alto resident Vincent was a true family man: a devoted husband, a thought- of nearly four decades and an ful father, and a caring son. In June 2019, he welcomed his first instrumental figure in the de- velopment of the city’s Oppor- grandchild to the world, his greatest joy of the last year. tunity Center, died on May 27. Sadly, Vincent’s passing was followed by his father Philippe’s To read full obituaries, death a few days later. We take comfort in knowing that Vin- leave remembrances and post cent and his parents are now together. photos, go to Lasting Memo- Vincent is survived by his wife, Mary Beth; son, David, ries at PaloAltoOnline.com/ daughter-in-law, Tonie and grandson, Felix; daughter, Marie obituaries. Q and her partner, Brandon; siblings, François, Jeanne-Marie, and Claire and their spouses and families in France and Canada. We, along with his extended Cebedo-Lefebvre family, VERY REAL California pals, and French friends already miss our gentle Vincent. LOCAL A funeral mass is planned for June 13, 2020, and a celebra- tion of life will be held in person when we are able to gather NEWS again. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Vincent’s Join today: favorite charitable and community organizations: the Society SupportLocalJournalism.org of St. Vincent de Paul of East Palo Alto; Friends of l’Arche SF Bay Area; St.Thomas Aquinas Parish Palo Alto; and Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley.

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www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 5, 2020 • Page 15 SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions Guest Opinion Palo Alto needs reform now by Rev. Kaloma A. Smith ur country continues to have seen and I have heard of inci- violence against minorities. • Establish a duty to intervene. Many have asked me what they contend with the horrific dents right here. Now is the time Hiring: The city of Palo Alto’s • Ban shooting at moving can do and how can they effect O killing of George Floyd, for the city to take an honest look in Police Department needs to imple- vehicles. change in our community. The Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Ar- the mirror and realize that we have ment a hiring policy that explicitly • Establish use of force answer is simple: Support and ad- bery. Across the country, people a lot of work to do to address the states it will not hire officers with continuum. vocate for real and significant sys- are exercising systemic disparities in Palo Alto. prior disciplinary actions on their • Require comprehensive temic change in Palo Alto. Com- their right to pro- Below are the tangible steps that record. reporting municate the importance of these test against these can be taken immediately: Practices: The Palo Alto Police Training: Require implicit bias needed changes to the mayor, City injustices. As a Foothills Park: The current Department needs to adopt Cam- training for all city staff. Council, city manager and other country and a restrictions that limit access to paign Zero’s #8cantwait required Diversity in workforce: Imple- leaders. Q city, we must face Foothills Park is a black eye to policies, which can lead to a 72% ment data-driven diversity and Rev. Kaloma A. Smith is a the reality that we our community. How can we say decrease in police violence. inclusion initiatives in hiring and community leader, pastor of the have systemic is- we are for equality and diversity • Ban chokeholds and promotion to increase the number University A.M.E. Zion Church sues that dispro- when we limit access to our public strangleholds of minorities in the city workforce. and the chair of the Human portionately affect black people spaces? This policy is a clear ves- • Require de-escalation. Diversity in leadership: Increase Relations Commission. He is and that need to be addressed now. tige of our community’s desire to • Require warning before diversity at different levels of lead- writing this letter as black man As a black man, a resident of keep people out. shooting. ership. If we do not have representa- who wants to live in a world that Palo Alto, a pastor and a commu- Police reform: We need to fo- • Exhaust all alternatives before tion and a voice in the process, then doesn’t have a system stacked nity leader, I have been a victim. I cus on strategies that prevent police shooting. we are not a diverse community. against him.

comprehending is why an extreme breezes” as an example of factors support us, as it has for the past 17+ should make University Avenue lockdown is happening where that contribute to a “pervasive years since we moved to Cubberley into a walking street. I was told Letters there has not been any kind of sense of denial.” While a strong in January 2003. For that, we are that was impossible because the violence or criminal activity as a wind would be preferable, those grateful for the city having done so merchants would never let it hap- Legal curfew? result of the protests in Palo Alto. “gentle breezes” help disperse and continuing to do so. pen. I have lived in Sweden and in Editor, We must gauge what the actual droplets over a wide area, most This is our 50th year of continu- Denmark, and I have walked on As a resident of Palo Alto, I am extent of the problem is and what of which is unoccupied. Unfortu- ous operation in Palo Alto since walking streets. I can assure ev- failing to comprehend the legiti- a proportional response looks like. nately, our county’s guidelines for our inception at the Ross Road eryone that there is more business macy of imposing a curfew from This kind of action will only fur- “social distancing” do not consider YMCA in 1970-1971. With the on walking streets because no one 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the next 10 ther place our community and its wind direction and that is relevant city’s continuing support, we hope has to drive around looking for a days in our city. residents under greater police scru- when people are lined up outside to continue our mission of helping parking space. Parking is there, it I want to know why, without tiny and mistrust. This is not what a business. We would be better off people with cardiovascular disease is just not on the very street you any violent protests, rioters on I believe Palo Alto stands for. looking for ways to improve those (or risk factors for cardiovascular are on. our streets or any widespread Aisha Piracha guidelines rather than berating disease) for many years to come. I would like to find a way to make looting, this over-reaction to curb Cherry Oaks Place, Palo Alto people for behavior that is likely to Joseph Hirsch California Avenue into a walking the movement of residents of the (Note: On Thursday, the city be harmless. Georgia Avenue, Palo Alto street. It lends itself beautifully to City of Palo Alto is being im- ended its curfew.) Bill Zaumen being a street without traffic. There posed without any justification. Clara Drive, Palo Alto are plenty of parking spaces in the In the Bay Area, the protests have Masks vs. gentle breeze Walking streets back of all the buildings. been overwhelmingly peaceful. I Editor, Editor, I hope there won’t be hesita- am very concerned about our lo- The models for the transmission HeartFit isn’t leaving Finally, people are thinking we tion from the city for another 20- cal government’s willingness to of an infection from droplets basi- Editor, can have streets for walking, have 25 years. It doesn’t take forever impose these curfews without le- cally assume that each droplet has I would like to clarify a possible restaurants with tables outside and to close off streets. It happens for gitimate justification. What is the a small probability of causing an misconception from an article in have families walking with no football games and it happens for legal basis for this curfew? Is there infection and each droplet is inde- The Weekly’s May 29 edition titled worries about the safety for their children’s parades. Of course, I re- a legal memo from the City At- pendent of the others. This prob- “New Deal May Force Nonprofit children. Twenty or more years alize it would be different, but it’s torney’s office on this issue? The ability can vary with droplet size Groups out of Cubberley.” The ago, I was interviewed and asked still very possible. American Civil Liberties Union of and how droplets move through article states that the 4-year agree- what would improve Palo Alto — Marie-Louise Starling-Bell Northern California feels the same the air — larger ones tend to fall ment (actually it’s 4 1/2 years) “is one of the things I said was that we Webster Street, Palo Alto way, according to a local news re- to the ground sooner than smaller also creating uncertainty for ten- port from KTVU. ones. A few people being exposed ants with long-term leases on the A broad-brushed lockdown to a tiny number of droplets does portions of Cubberley now to be WHAT DO YOU THINK? of the entire citizenry of Palo not pose a serious risk, and in par- used by the district, including ... Alto, forcing everyone to stay in ticular will not result in the expo- HeartFit for Life.” The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage their homes is an over-response. nential growth of infections. But, in fact, HeartFit for Life’s or on issues of local interest. Just saying that “Bay Area cities This is where Barry Katz’s May rental spaces (G5, G8 and Gym and towns, groups of individu- 29 guest opinion about people not B) are shown on the map on page How should Palo Alto als ... have planned and executed wearing masks while hiking miss- 22 as being within the red out- criminal acts, including property es the point. There’s a difference lined areas that the city is propos- promote social justice? damage and theft, focused in cen- between being relatively close to a ing to continue renting under the tral retail areas during nighttime small number of people for a few new agreement, which will go to Submit letters to the editor of up to 300 words to [email protected]. hours,” is no justification to lock seconds total and being close to a city council on June 22 for formal Submit guest opinions of 1,000 words to [email protected]. Include your down Palo Alto. large number of people for a few approval. name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. Curfews are imposed under seconds each. Using a mask while I’m writing this letter so that We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be extreme conditions. There are walking outside along University people in the HeartFit For Life accepted. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting some cities that have had loot- Avenue makes sense, but is quite program, and others who are inter- of permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Media to also publish it ing or criminal activity that re- likely overkill when running or ested in us and the services we pro- online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. quire public safety response with walking in other parts of town. vide to the community at large, will For more information, contact Editorial Assistant Lloyd Lee at llee@paweekly. law enforcement. What I am not Katz also mentioned “gentle know that the city is continuing to com or 650-223-6526 or Editor Jocelyn Dong at [email protected].

Page 16 • June 5, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com Cover Story Celebrating the Class of 2020 Becoming the people they are today hasn’t been easy, but these seniors wouldn’t have traded their experiences for the world

Story by Elena Kadvany | Photos by Magali Gauthier

The final weeks of high school are memorable Zoom study groups, putting on floor-length gowns and Circumstance” as seniors tossed their caps into for nearly everyone, rose-colored snapshots of their for socially distanced prom pictures and emailing the air. (See story on page 7.) time spent with friends, liberated from the burden beloved teachers that they would have said good- The Palo Alto Weekly interviewed six graduating of exams and essays and nervously excited about a bye to in person. Many participated in a citywide seniors from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, whose new chapter that’s just around the corner. car parade on Wednesday evening, putting on their varied accomplishments are well worth celebrat- For the Class of 2020, all of that still holds true, graduation gowns and decorated caps to wave from ing, now more than ever. Two are first-generation despite being colored by the disruptions of the honking cars as they drove in a loop through the students who have been accepted to college, one fi- coronavirus pandemic. Graduating seniors adjust- city, past cheering crowds. Neighborhoods came to- nally found joy at a non-traditional high school, and ed to the wholly unexpected ending to their high gether for socially distanced celebrations and even others found their voices through podcasts, creative school careers over the last two months by forming mock commencement ceremonies, playing “Pomp writing, sports and music. Below are their stories.

Charlotte Lamm CASTILLEJA SCHOOL A FINAL Q&A We asked the six seniors for harlotte Lamm is a 21st- At Castilleja, there’s “a kind of a tight-knit, supportive group of to be able to do incredible tricks the answers to the following century Renaissance culture where you don’t feel like girls with equal drive for self- to have fun,” she said. questions about popular culture woman. She paints, plays you have to do what everyone guided learning. She recalled As a younger student, Lamm C and their hopes for the future. bass and guitar, skateboards and else is doing,” she said “There’s a memorable moment during a wondered if another kind of • If you had to choose one emoji is on Castilleja School’s robotics no expectation for what you’re competition last year when the school would have been a better to represent your high school team. supposed to or not supposed to team was trying and failing to fit for her. But looking back on experience, what would it be? Her favorite aspect about the do.” get the robot to climb onto a how Castilleja “has shaped me, • What song defines your senior high school experience has been Inspired by her step-father, platform. In the last few seconds, having the experience of going year? the freedom to delve into so who was in a band, she started they got it to work and erupted to an all girls school was actu- • Instagram, Snapchat or many different worlds, both in- taking music lessons at School of into cheers. ally really valuable for me, es- TikTok? side and outside of school. Rock and then Gryphon Stringed She fell into skateboarding pecially with my interest in ro- • What advice do you wish you “It’s the perfect time to ex- Instruments. She joined her own a few years ago through Ins- botics,” she said. “I never would would have received as a high plore your interests,” she said. bands and performed at the Palo tagram, where she started fol- have joined the robotics team at school freshman? “There’s not that much at stake, Alto JCC’s Battle of the Bands, lowing female skateboarding Paly. I would have been too in- • If you could nominate one even though it feels like there which she credits with helping “icons” Rachelle Vinberg, Bri- timidated. I think it (Castilleja) person for president in 2020, is. Truly, you can try out new her find “like-minded” teen mu- ana King and Lizzie Armanto. really helped me step outside my who would it be? things.” sicians who might not have oth- Through skateboarding four comfort zone.” • Finish this sentence: “In 10 Lamm, who grew up in Palo erwise met each other. times a week — at the Burgess Lamm said she has most val- years, I’m going to be ...” Alto, went to Castilleja for both “Once we started discovering Park skate park in Menlo Park ued Castilleja’s teachers, from middle and high school. She said each other and finding out we all before the shutdown but now an engaging English teacher she felt free to follow her inter- had similar interests, we started mostly on city streets — she who came to Lamm’s band’s Charlotte’s Q&A ests without any pressure from bands together,” Lamm said. found another unique commu- shows to the art teacher who let her parents or peers. All of her “We’d all just get together and nity of supportive women. her become an assistant teacher, Emoji? extracurricular activities are play music.” “They showed me that skate- leading lessons and projects with High school was like ones she genuinely cares about At Castilleja, she became ac- boarding is all about what you younger students while deep- a bento box — a and enjoys. tive in robotics, where she found make of it. You don’t even have ening her own arts education. collection of a bunch of While school has been closed lovely but different experiences. for the last two months, all of her Song? It’s hard to choose just teachers have been “super dedi- one, but I think Fugazi’s “Bad cated to making sure our needs Mouth” portrays the message are being met but also that we’re I’ve been trying to tell myself still learning,” she said. throughout the year. Now is the Lamm will be attending Carn- time to be the person I want to egie Mellon University in Penn- be; it’s time to grow up! sylvania, where she plans to Instagram, Snapchat or Tik Tok? study cognitive science, a major Instagram, but right now my that covers her varied interests. favorite social media platform The university hasn’t yet said is Strava. It’s a fun way to stay what the fall semester will look motivated to go outside and run, like, and she can’t help but feel skate, or hike. You can track sad at the prospect of a hybrid or your own activities and post virtual start to her college career. them along with pictures from “That freshman year of college your excursion for your friends is something that every kid looks to see. I’ve enjoyed seeing how forward to,” she said. “I’m just my classmates are spending ready for whatever comes next.” their time during quarantine. This weekend, Lamm and Advice? Don’t be too serious! It’s other Castilleja seniors will be okay to care about grades, but able to go to campus at staggered high school is the perfect time to times to safely pick up their di- explore new interests and figure plomas and take a photograph on out who you want to be. the school’s oval. On Monday, June 8, seniors and families will President? The Kool-Aid Man! participate in a drive-in gradua- He will break down the wall. tion ceremony in the area from Future? I’m going to be their cars. hopefully employed, learning how to surf, making art and (Profiles continued on page 19) enjoying life.

www.PaloAltoOnline.com • Palo Alto Weekly • June 5, 2020 • Page 17 Congratulations, Graduates! WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE IN THE EXCITEMENT OF YOUR GRADUATION

Priya Bakshi PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL Nicole Berry To our favorite Golfer, Sister in chief, James Bedichek SEATTLE UNIVERSITY forever friend, Congratulations!! You are Congratulations Nicole!! We are so an inspiration with your dedication and HENRY M. GUNN HIGH SCHOOL excited for all that lies ahead. kindness and we know you will carry Congratulations to the best brother, All our love, Mom, Dad, Sarah, Michael & Rachel this forward to your journey at Amherst son, and adventurer a family could College. We are so very proud of the person wish for. We are so proud of you, and you have become. Hope you’ll always find For my part I know nothing with any can hardly wait to see what you do yourself as happy and full of big, crazy certainty but the sight of the stars makes dreams as you are today! Go Mammoths!! next. me dream. – Vincent Van Gogh Love from your #1 fans: Sana, Meha, Dad Much love, Life, is a farce if a person does not serve and Mom Mom, Dad, Lily, Izzy, and Remi truth. – Hilma af Klint

Isabella “Bella” Ramos Chang HENRY M. GUNN HIGH SCHOOL To our dear Belinha, Teddye I. Buchanan CONGRATULATIONS!!! You did it!!! You ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY have been making us proud and blessed to be your parents since the day you were Teddye, Katherine Buecheler born! From inspiring us and giving us Your entire family is so proud of you. happiness and strength, to teaching us to You are a great student, outstanding PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL be better people every day, you have been athlete and wonderful human being. Congratulations Katherine! We are so a guiding light in our lives. Stay true to Grandmother B would be overflowing proud of all that you’ve accomplished yourself and remember that all you need is LOVE. Dream crazier and be a Teflon pan!!! with joy. All of us wish you the best and your commitment to making the And Go Bears!! of everything as you open up the next world a better place. We’re excited for chapter of life. Love you always to the sun, the moon, the your new chapter ahead at UCLA. Much love from everyone! N, M, K, T, D, stars ... and back! your Mom and GPB Love, Mom, Dad and Maddy Mommy and Daddy PagePaaggee 188 • June 5, 2020 • PPaPalolo AAltolto WeWeeklyekly • www.Pwww.PaloAltoOnline.comaloAoAltltoOo nline.coom Cover Story Hannah Shader PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL

annah Shader was the “school within a school” that starts kind of kid who would sophomore year. The program’s H pepper adults in the room independence and project-driven with endless questions. environment allowed her to pur- As a teenager, she’s channeled sue her interests through academic that natural curiosity into story- assignments, like a paper on Af- telling, primarily through produc- rofuturism and one of her favorite ing podcasts. She’s now executive hip-hop artists, MF Doom. producer of KPLY, Palo Alto High For her final capstone project School’s student-run radio station, this year, she conducted research which she joined as a junior while on political polarization in dif- everyone else on staff was a senior ferent courses at Paly. She gave — and a boy. Her podcasts have students a neutral policy proposal spanned investigations into the written by either a Democratic or East Palo Alto housing crisis and Republican senator, asked them the relationship between weight- what their personal political lean- lifting and body image to an inter- ings are and how likely they were view with a Paly student rap group. to agree with the proposal. (She Her latest KPLY podcast, pro- actually found that Social Justice duced from home, dug into mental Pathway students were the most health during the quarantine. likely to have a blind party affilia- year, which she had planned for underserved school districts.” “I think I’ve always been a sto- tion between the senator and their a long time. She plans to teach On what she didn’t know at the Hannah’s Q&A ryteller,” Shader said. own political beliefs.) in Los Angeles with City Year, a time was her last day of school at Emoji? Shader grew up in Palo Alto, at- Before the stay-at-home order, nonprofit that places recent col- Paly in March, she and some of tending Walter Hays Elementary Shader spent a lot of time at the lege and high school graduates as her classmates were joking about School and the private Castilleja studio of Stanford University’s ra- teacher aides in under-resourced that exact possibility. They held a School for middle school before dio station KZSU, where she has schools. She’s not sure that she mock commencement ceremony Song? “Move On Up,” by Curtis returning to the district to attend a weekly music show called “On wants to become a teacher, but and walked across the senior quad Mayfield. Paly. The social transition back to the Sidewalk with DJ Shader.” Her she’s drawn to the power of public wearing graduation caps made out Paly was difficult, she said, but ac- hour-long playlists offer a little bit education. of paper. Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok? tivities like the radio station, soc- of everything: world music, rock, “Having gone to public school While she’s “mourning the loss Snapchat. cer and the Social Justice Pathway hip hop, ‘80s music, jazz. She’s for high school and elementary of all the end of year senior activi- Advice? Take advantage of the program helped her find a place at now doing that from home, digi- school, I also really want to give ties,” particularly graduation, she light workload and spend time school. She made close friends and tally, which she said isn’t the same back to this system that’s done so said she still cherishes that final with friends! threw herself into Paly’s infamous as being in a recording studio much for me,” Shader said. “In light-hearted, surreal moment on President? Avril Lavigne from spirit weeks. (Her class voted her surrounded by vinyl records and elementary school, if I was strug- the quad with her friends. 2002. “most spirited” in the yearbook.) CD’s. gling, there would always be re- “It was good to have a little bit Future? Stopping by 2028 Paly Shader loved being part of Paly’s Shader has deferred her admis- sources for me to catch up. That’s of closure before the end,” she graduation #Vikesforlife. Social Justice Pathway program, a sion to Tufts College to take a gap just not true for some of these said.

Riley Breier MIDDLE COLLEGE/GUNN HIGH SCHOOL

ne of Riley Breier’s ear- listed. He wants to study writing in liest memories of Gunn some form; he loves creative writ- Riley’s Q&A High School are of his ing, journalism and keeps up a per- O Emoji? older brothers’ graduation ceremo- sonal music blog. Breier, who plays I relate to what this nies. He remembers sitting in the guitar and piano, was in a band with emoji feels like, and I crowd, watching them walk across Gunn and Palo Alto High School think it’s funny that it’s the stage to receive their diplomas. students. They called themselves called “pensive.” He spent time on the campus as a “The Fringes,” a reference to their young kid, feeling intimidated by “outsider vibe,” he said. Song? “Square One,” by Tom the large campus full of teenagers. At Middle College, Breier said he Petty. I love how sweet it is and When it came time for Breier to started to enjoy school for the first I relate to the message of finally enter high school, he walked his time. He blossomed in the smaller being honest with yourself. brothers’ well-worn paths and at- environment with teachers who Instagram, Snapchat or Tik Tok? tended Gunn. But even from his let students call them by their first I deleted all social media. first day there, he felt disconnected names and access to a wide range Advice? I’d tell myself that the from the school, like the place he of community college classes filled cliches are true but they’re just had observed since he was little with people of different ages and phrased wrong. was actually a set with props, he backgrounds. said. He didn’t get along with his “The first things they teach you at President? I think America has classmates and started to struggle Middle College are these really in- had enough celebrity presidents. academically. tense philosophical concepts about I’d nominate my cool uncle. His chemistry teacher finally radical freedom and romanticism Future? I’ll be nostalgic for this pulled him aside and suggested he and the importance of self. That time in my life, no matter how check out Middle College, an alter- was exactly what I needed to hear messy it is. native program for high school stu- at that time because I had been so dents who for whatever reason don’t beaten down,” he said. “I come to school experience. (Middle College of it in some ways or trying to work fit into the traditional high school. Middle College and it’s like they’re forward to “a different type of free- students are allowed to walk at both through these really insane feelings Breier left Gunn and started there speaking my language. I feel like dom” as a college student and ex- schools’ graduation ceremonies.) about the end of our high school his junior year. I’m not alone anymore.” ploring his passions for writing and Losing that moment feels “really time.” “I think it really saved my life in He felt like he was treated more music. heavy,” he said. Middle College, meanwhile, is a lot of ways,” Breier said of Middle like an adult at Middle College, and “My uncle says I haven’t met “I can’t wrap my head around planning a virtual graduation for College. “The way that graduation the exposure to a community col- dorm room stairs yet — apparently it,” he said of this unexpected end- late June. felt so unachievable at Gunn — it lege campus makes the transition dorm room staircases are really ing to high school. “I think a lot of But he said he’s felt surprisingly felt so much more likely and realis- to college seem less daunting. He great for acoustics. That got me ex- people my age have a really good reconnected to his graduating class, tic at Middle College.” took classes like music theory and cited,” he said. sense of humor about it, which can even as they’re apart, watching Breier will graduate this month psychology. Despite his struggles at Gunn, seem off-putting to some adults ? peers post online about their losses and is hoping to attend the Univer- Despite the uncertainty about Breier was looking forward to re- but it’s a coping mechanism. We’re and disappointment. sity of British Columbia in Vancou- what his freshman year of college turning for graduation, in part to taking this the most seriously we “We all have a shared experience ver, Canada, where he’s been wait will look like, he said he’s looking get a sense of closure for his high can, which is trying to make light again,” Breier said.

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Leanna Colanino David Ross Ely Sophie Jacob PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL Dear Sophie, the delight of my life. Cheers to Leanna — our graduating David, Every day I learn from your 2020 PALY Viking and soon-to-be Sending you our most sincere thoughtfulness, warmth and patience Chapman U. Panther! Your family and CONGRATULATIONS on your as well as our struggles. I love sharing friends at home and across the globe graduation and your MANY our lives together — especially at this sincerely congratulate YOU and YOUR accomplishments through high school! unique moment in time. So happy for all incredible journey so far. We are beyond We are some of your biggest fans you have learned and accomplished, for proud, and look forward to watching and look forward to sharing the next your many deep friendships and for your the promising path unwind before you. exciting chapter of your life through hopes, dreams and memories — all the You are an inspiration and positive force college and beyond. while playing Tchaik in the background. in our lives! We love you very much. With MUCH love, Granmere, Maggie, With many memories of you and dad. – Your Familia Fred, Abby, Wes, David, Sara, and Will Love, Mom

Karina Kadakia PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL To our dearest Karina, Jamie Cosette Lui Congratulations boo! We are so very proud Lavender Ledgerwood HENRY M. GUNN HIGH SCHOOL of you. You’ve grown up to be a loving PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL and compassionate young woman who is To our beautiful artist and 2020 beautiful both inside and out. We love you Miss Lavender, graduate. Congratulations! more than anything in this world and are going to miss you like crazy once you leave My precious only granddaughter. From We have watched you blossom from for college. We are so blessed to have you the moment you were born you have a “tuffy” toddler into a graceful and in our lives. You light up every heart you been an adorable, creative, loving, talented young lady. Your future holds touch with your warmth, positive energy ambitious, strong willed, sweet yet so much promise and we look forward and unique sense of humor. Stay as you are, mischievous super star. Dream huge to seeing your continued growth as always. Wishing you all the happiness in the world sweetheart and may all your dreams and in color. Stay true to your core. you discover your vast potential. come true. Super proud of you. Love, Alex, Matthew, Mom and Dad, Love, Mom, Dad and Akash LYAYAYA and all the furry creatures in our house PagePaaggee 2200 • June 5, 2020 • PPaPalolo AAltolto WeWeeklyekly • www.Pwww.PaloAltoOnline.comaloAoAltltoOo nline.coom Cover Story Denice Godinez EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL

mong Denice Godinez’s growth, so much learning about high school achievements myself, acceptance, who I am, A — becoming a student self-identity.” government vice president, a Godinez’s mother is from Mi- chemistry teacher-assistant and choacan, Mexico. Godinez was the first in her family to be ac- born in Washington, then moved cepted to college — is something back to Mexico as a young child much rarer for a teenager to ac- and returned to the United States. complish: self-acceptance. She struggled to learn to read and Godinez was raised in Menlo write in English, with no one to Park by a single, immigrant practice with at home, until trans- mother who didn’t speak English. ferring to the Belmont-Redwood Godinez felt out of place at her Shores district, where she said elementary and middle schools she thrived with more academic in the Belmont-Redwood Shores support. School District, where she was But she said she always felt surrounded by mostly white, af- out of place at school. When she fluent peers. She “always had heard about Eastside — a private some sort of almost embarrass- school in East Palo Alto where ment with not having English as 100% of students get into a four- my first language, having a mom year college or university — she Zoom meetings her teachers set (who) I have to translate every- knew she wanted to go there for up both for group academic work Denice’s Q&A thing for” — until she arrived high school. and to check in with students at Eastside College Preparatory “I want to pursue higher educa- about how they’ve been coping Emoji? School, where she was surround- tion, and I also want to meet peo- during the pandemic. I would choose this emoji because I found my voice as a ed by other first-generation stu- ple like me,” she said. “I wanted to “I never ever felt alone at that student and as a person in high school, which I used to dents from low-income families. reconnect with my community.” school. I always knew I could rely develop the skills I needed to be able to lead myself and others. “My peers, the staff, everyone Godinez described herself as on someone,” she said. “That’s Song? “Lights Up,” by Harry Styles because it is a very uplifting song helped me, even if it wasn’t di- a shy freshman who didn’t real- what I’m going to miss about that prompts self-reflection. It made me think about who I am and want rectly, to learn that I should ac- ize her capacity as a leader. But Eastside the most.” to become in a positive manner. That was something important to think cept myself, that coming from an at Eastside, she became one, par- In high school, she connected about going forward especially with college being right around the immigrant parent isn’t a bad thing ticularly through her role in stu- with her Mexican identity in a way corner. — and I’m capable of reaching my dent government and leading fun- she hadn’t allowed herself to be- Instagram, Snapchat or Tik Tok? I definitely have to go with TikTok. goals and my dreams despite the draisers, including a drive to raise fore. Before Eastside, she wouldn’t challenges that I face,” said Go- money for leukemia research. listen to Spanish music. Then a Advice? I wish someone had told me that it is perfectly normal to get dinez, who graduated from East- She felt supported by her East- friend turned her on to reggaeton wrapped up in school work freshman year, but that it is important to side during a drive-in ceremony side teachers and friends in a way and banda music, a Mexican genre take a step back to enjoy the other parts of your life. on Wednesday and will attend the she hadn’t experienced before, es- that features wind instruments and President? I would nominate Harry Styles because he is one of my University of California at Los pecially during shelter-in-place. percussion, and she started going favorite artists who I believe is very level-headed. Angeles (UCLA) in the fall. While she found it hard to stay to Hispanic community events. Future? I’m going to be an experienced biochemist who aids students “My high school experience motivated while learning at home, who are pursuing science. was honestly so much personal she found a drive and solace in (continued on page 27)

Alonso Rodriguez PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL Alonso’s Q&A lonso Rodriguez is a sports that’s needed to win,” he said. “Going into surgery was easy, sleep because of pain. I remember Emoji? fanatic, from soccer to But there have been times in but coming out after surgery was wanting to leave the hospital so It sometimes felt like I basketball to skateboard- his life when he couldn’t play any the most difficult thing I’ve ever bad, but never could. I remember didn’t know where I A was going and I might ing. He dabbled in cross coun- sports. Rodriguez has scoliosis, had to do,” Rodriguez wrote in getting frustrated going through try and yoga at Palo Alto High which required two major surger- an essay response to one of his physical therapy to get my body as well have been blind. (I do School, but soccer is his first love: ies — once in seventh grade and University of California applica- functions back to normal. For wear glasses, so I already have a creative, strategic game that re- again the summer before ninth tion prompts. “The stiffness made those weeks, school was the last impaired vision.) quires true teamwork. grade — that left him stiff and every movement very challenging, thing on my mind. But when I Song? “Pursuit of Happiness “It’s an actual team sport. It’s immobilized. The first surgery so I kept my head straight and did return, I actually felt positive (Nightmare),” by Kid Cudi. necessary that they have a con- was to create space in the back upwards, and I remember not be- about school and the education I nection or an understanding to be of his neck for his brain so it ing able to look at my family and was getting.” Instagram, Snapchat or able to play really well. I really wouldn’t sink into his spine and friends who came so often to see Rodriguez, whose family is TikTok? Snapchat because like that — the whole team effort cause curvature. me. I remember not being able to from Michoacan, Mexico, was I use it the most often, then raised in East Palo Alto. He at- Instagram because I actually tended Walter Hays Elementary enjoy the content and School, JLS Middle School and connections. TikTok is last Palo Alto High School through because I use it the least. the district’s Voluntary Trans- fer Program (VTP). He’s a first- Advice? As a freshman, I wish I generation student headed to the would’ve been told that having University of California at River- the right tools to help yourself side in the fall, where he plans to succeed and the will to use major in Latin-American studies. them is the key to high school. He looks forward to returning to And to just try your best. Palo Alto for an in-person gradu- ation postponed until December. President? Rodrick Wayne “It feels really good” to be grad- Moore, Jr. uating, he said. “It’ll make my parents proud. That’s what makes Future? I’m going to be me happy.” making money at a job that I Rodriguez said he wants to like and traveling the world, learn more about his culture and as well as doing hobbies I like background through his college (skateboarding and playing major. At Paly, he joined the soccer). I just hope to be living good.

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f you had asked third-grade her freshman year — but almost Liza Kolbasov what she quit, feeling intimidated as one I wanted to be when she grew of only three freshmen on a large up, she would have swiftly an- staff of experienced upperclass- swered: an author. men. But she stuck with it, be- And she has become one. Kol- coming copy editor her sopho- basov grew up to become the more year, opinion editor the editor-in-chief of The Oracle, following year and then editor- Gunn High School’s student in-chief this year. She oversaw newspaper; vice president of Pan- the remote production of The dora’s Box, the school’s literary Oracle’s last edition of the school magazine; and in her spare time, year, which included stories on a poet. As a high school senior, student-led COVID-19 relief ef- her published body of work in- forts, local restaurants offering cludes an investigative series on takeout, home workout ideas and student mental health, an edito- an opinion piece on the district’s rial on lowering the voting age in temporary move to a credit/no Palo Alto school board elections credit grading system. and a poem called “Dreams.” In a Facebook post, Kolbasov She feels strongly about bringing said she hoped the final issue visibility to journalistic and cre- would bring other seniors “joy ative writing in a community bet- and some sense of closure to your 100% of the time (but) I do think were closed in mid-March. ter known for its science, tech- careers at Gunn. there’s a lot of pressure, whether “It’s a lot of small things that Liza’s Q&A nology, engineering and math “At the very least, I hope it’s that’s inflicted by the environ- I’m realizing now I miss a lot: Emoji? (STEM) pursuits. a bright spot in the monotony of ment or self-inflicted pressure walking through campus or be- “I think we need more oppor- quarantine. For me, working on it — there is always the feeling ing on the senior quad and ly- tunities for people who are inter- certainly was,” she wrote. that no matter what you do there ing on the square benches in the ested in humanities or creative The mental health series “In will always been somebody who sun and walking down from the pursuits to be able to share their the pursuit of wellness” scruti- does it better,” she said. “I know N building steps and meeting a Song? “Talk to Me,” by Cavetown. work with the community,” she nized how Gunn and the school they’re (school administrators) friend — being places and feel- Instagram, Snapchat or Tik Tok? said. “Pandora’s Box is one way district had responded to two trying really, really hard to make ing like a part of the school,” she Instagram? I’m not cool enough we try to get artists and writers to student suicide clusters, whether things better. ? It’s just the cul- said. for the other two :) publish their work. Encourag(ing) their measures to address stu- ture that we have there that ev- Kolbasov is headed to Brown Advice? I wish I’d been told to people to share that a little more dent well-being had worked and eryone, myself included, can say University in the fall to study make time for people and things is something that’s important to what could be improved moving they’ve participated in and added English and psychology. She also I love in the present, instead of me personally.” forward. to at times, if I’m being honest.” plans to write for the university’s waiting for someday in the future Kolbasov grew up bilingual Personally, she feels like the A positive flipside of that student newspaper and is looking to hopefully be happy. I wish I’d in Palo Alto, speaking Russian climate around mental health culture, though, is being sur- forward to the academic freedom made more memories to look at home with her parents, who at Gunn has improved over the rounded by incredibly passionate of Brown’s open curriculum, back on. moved here from Russia, and course of her high school years, teenagers. which has no general education English at school. She learned albeit slowly. The most impact- “So many people I’ve met are requirements. President? Someone who is English — which would become ful changes for her have been so passionate about something Several years ago, Gunn start- capable of admitting they’re one of her favorite subjects at driven by students, such as the or just in general interested in ed a new graduation tradition: wrong and making meaningful Gunn — in preschool. student-run podcast Project having conversations, in talking banning any mention of colleges changes, listens to scientists Kolbasov was drawn to jour- Oyster, which interviews stu- about something,” Kolbasov said. on graduation caps and instead and experts, is in touch with and nalism as an extracurricular that dents about depression, anxi- “My favorite thing (about Gunn) urging seniors to decorate them aware of minority experiences, involved writing. As a rising ety and other mental health has definitely been the connec- creatively. Despite the fact that and is open to learning new freshman, she went to Palo Alto challenges. tions, the friendships I’ve made.” in-person graduation has been things. High School’s summer Camp The most challenging aspect Her favorite high school memo- postponed until December, Kol- Future? I hope I’ll be at least a MAC, where she learned the of high school for her has been ries range from the notable — se- basov still plans to decorate her little happier, at least a little more tenets of journalism from Paly Gunn’s intensely competitive nior year homecoming week — to cap, perhaps with a quote written confident and satisfied with student journalists. She joined academic culture. mundane moments that have tak- in calligraphy or fragments of a whatever I’ve achieved. The Oracle second semester of “I don’t think it is 100% true en on new meaning after schools newspaper.

Denice Godinez to that TA period. I had never felt Alonso Rodriguez program — have both stopped role model and mentor and (continued from page 21) like that for another subject where (continued from page 21) during the stay-at-home order. watching them grow up. In fact, I put aside everything else to do This disruption has been hard, we have all grown up together.” just that,” Godinez said. he said, but he’s kept busy with Rodriguez has maintained a “Her passion, her persistence in Between homework, volunteer- Latinx Club, whose goal is to schoolwork and physical activity. tight-knit group of friends, some introducing me to our culture is ing at her church’s youth club and spread awareness about Hispan- Rodriguez won a President’s since elementary school, and said what helped me a lot in accepting helping her two younger broth- ic culture on campus “to others Volunteer Service Award for over their “social bond” was what he who I am,” Godinez said of her ers with homework, Godinez has who may not have had experi- 175 hours of community service enjoyed most about his time at friend. had little time for hobbies. She’s ences with it,” he said. One of the with the MidPen Housing pro- Paly. Godinez explored her identity looking forward to college as “the club’s annual events is a Dia de gram, which serves kids who live “I will miss seeing and hang- struggle in her college application place where I want to explore a lot los Muertos celebration on the in his apartment building and sur- ing out with them at school all essay and how she came to the more about myself.” quad, when the members invite rounding neighborhood. He reads the time because I don’t know the realization that she can integrate She’s been told there’s not students to decorate sugar skulls to them (and sometimes they next time I’m going to see them,” rather than separate her Mexican enough housing on campus for all and learn about the significance read to him) and helps them with he said. “I hold the memories I’ve and American selves. new freshmen, but she’s crossing of the holiday. homework. shared with them very close.” Q At UCLA she hopes to study her fingers that she gets a room. Rodriguez became vice presi- “I consider them my closest Staff Writer Elena Kadvany biochemistry, a subject she’s been Even if UCLA does remote learn- dent of the Latinx Club before community — I see, talk, and can be emailed at ekadvany@ drawn to throughout high school. ing in the fall, she said, she wants quarantine; with all of their mem- sometimes play with these kids paweekly.com. For the last two years, she’s been to be there. bers at home and apart, they’ve on a daily basis,” he said. “I now a teacher assistant (TA) for her “I just want to continue to build been trying to figure out how to know that kids don’t always ask chemistry teacher, helping to set my own character, my own iden- continue their mission remotely, for help when they need it, so I THERE’S MORE ONLINE up and break down labs and other tity. I know that interacting with he said. always make sure to check up on PaloAltoOnline.com activities. She loves the hands-on others, learning new things — Two of Rodriguez’s commit- them when they look confused. Complete lists of the graduates of learning and organization of a that helps you build your values, ments outside of school — a job I even check on them when they area high schools are posted on chemistry lab, she said. your moral code,” she said. “I just at Palo Alto ice cream shop Salt think they are doing well, just PaloAltoOnline.com, along with “I always looked forward to look forward to being able to do & Straw and volunteering at a so I can boost their confidence. more photos of the June 3 Palo Alto getting to her class and getting that.” MidPen Housing after-school I have really enjoyed being their graduation car parade.

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Story and photos by Magali Gauthier

n April 1, after students had already spent two weeks dis- tance learning, Santa Clara County closed public schools O for the remainder of the year to slow the spread of the coronavirus. For seniors everywhere, that meant giving up on a number of traditions and spending the rest of their final year of high school isolated from one another. Three seniors, Charlotte Lamm from Castilleja School, Denice Godinez from Eastside College Preparatory School and Liza Kol- basov from Gunn High School, agreed to share a glimpse of what their last month of high school was like. Weekly visual journalist Magali Gauthier visited them on several occasions throughout May to capture the sudden changes. They swapped sitting at classroom desks for attending Zoom classes at home, hanging out with friends for skateboarding solo down suburban streets and attending live events for online streams. Here are their stories in photos. Liza Kolbasov, a graduating senior at Gunn High School, works on an English essay in her Palo Alto bedroom on May 22.

Denice Godinez, a graduating senior from Eastside College Preparatory School, watches the Rotary Club of Menlo Park announce scholarship awards on May 26. Godinez, who has volunteered locally through the Rotary Club for years, received the Robert J. Paroli college scholarship for her efforts.

Charlotte Lamm, a graduating senior at Castilleja School, spends the day painting on her front porch in Palo Alto on May 26. Lamm was in enrolled in numerous art classes while at Castilleja.

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UCPA 2020 SCHOLARS Elena Halsted Jennifer Sanchez-Malagon Federico Rodriguez Garcia MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY Will attend University of California, Santa Barbara Will attend University of California, Davis Will attend University of California, Los Angeles Elena Halsted spoke Jennifer Sanchez- Federico Rodriguez and understood Malagon has Garcia’s English teacher almost no English overcome many and advisor writes: “In and had trouble obstacles in her life. my nine years at East with addition and She started school Palo Alto Academy, I subtraction in knowing very little have met no student grade school, yet English and spent more driven and by high school her many hours with a determined to achieve proficiency in English tutor, missing vital his goals and succeed and Math allowed classroom time than Federico.” While her to tutor other which created a big earning straight A’s, students, serve as a teaching assistant, educational deficit. She persevered and he worked 40 hours a week to help support and work at a Stanford University science in middle school was in the advanced his family, played on the school soccer lab. In her senior year she took AP English placement English class. She made up the team, and stepped up to help struggling and enrolled in advanced Math classes deficiency in Math and Science by taking classmates. Most lunch hours were spent at a local community college. She spent summer classes. She developed an interest in a vacant classroom as he sat “…with his lunchtimes getting help from her teachers, in working in the medical field when she head buried in a book or typing an essay.” putting in extra hours in the library, and worked at The Ronald McDonald House at Nevertheless, he found time to create a was dedicated and persistent in her studies. Stanford Hospital. She has given back to mentoring program for incoming first year Her teachers describe her as “…thoughtful her community by working in a homeless students. While working as an intern at and compassionate, and a motivated shelter and tutoring elementary students. our local VA Hospital, Federico’s committed young woman…always willing to help her With an “impeccable work ethic and interest in helping others has stoked his classmates.” Elena plans a career in the engagement,” Jennifer is determined to dream to become a medical doctor. biotech industry. become a pediatrician. Mahogany Grissom Isidro Zuniga Vazquez Lelani Tajimaroa-Cortez PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL MENLO-ATHERTON HIGH SCHOOL Milton Severson Scholarship Will attend University of Southern California Carol Hughes Scholarship Will attend University of California, Merced Will attend University of California, Berkeley Isidro Zuniga Mahogany Grissom, Vazquez is “a fiercely Lelani Tajimaroa-Cortez our Milton Severson determined, engaged is also our 2020 Carol Scholar, participated in and intellectual Hughes Scholar, in the Tinsley program, school-wide leader,” recognition of her which brings East Palo according to his English outstanding character Alto residents to the teacher. He earned a and achievements. Palo Alto School District 3.74 grade average She knows that she classrooms. Mahogany’s while working 20 wants to be a teacher. family knows that hours a week in his With close to a 4.0 Palo Alto Schools are parents’ apartment grade average, she recognized as excellent, cleaning business. He also made time to be has started preparing and Mahogany sacrificed four hours each day the lead singer in the worship band at his herself. Under the supervision of a certified with her bus ride to and from school, time church. One of his teachers noted that “Isidro teacher, she taught Math to 7th and 8th that might have been used for homework or is someone who cares deeply about others.” grade students at a local school. She also for interacting with her classmates. In order to He demonstrated this by initiating a program taught a life skills course to another group of help her family, she worked 20 hours a week to subsidize homecoming shirts for students younger students. At the same time, one of during the school year, yet she still had the time who could not afford them. He is highly self- her teachers noted that “She genuinely cares and energy to serve on the Paly Site Council. motivated and one who is mature beyond about people and has a history of contributing One of her teachers described her as “Positive, his years. He was one of 23 students to win to her community.” Her academic prowess is upbeat and one who brings a wonderful the national Spanish Exam Summer Abroad demonstrated by the fact that, while taking positive energy to the classroom.” With her Program which allowed him to spend last mostly Advanced Placement classes in high deep interest in early childhood development, summer in Spain. Isidro is set to become an school, Jennifer also completed three classes Mahogany is planning to become a classroom immigration lawyer to help his community. at Foothill College. teacher.

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Above and top right: Godinez spends time playing soccer with her 7-year-old brother, Diego Garcia, at Kelly Park in Menlo Park on May 28. In addition to spending time outdoors with her two younger brothers, the graduating senior often helps them with their homework.

Above: Lamm, who has been skateboarding in her free time during the last month of her senior year, practices a trick on a Palo Alto street on May 20. Below: Sitting in her Palo Alto home, Lamm chats with classmates from Castilleja School during an English class held over Zoom.

Above and left: Kolbasov has been skateboarding around Palo Alto during her spare time. She walks to a neighborhood with wide streets to practice on May 22. Right: Kolbasov tidies up the desk in her bedroom where she does her school work. The graduating senior served as editor-in-chief of the school paper, The Oracle, and oversaw its remote production.

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LivingA monthly special section of news &Well information for seniors Courtesy Avenidas Workers from PAMF/Sutter Health deliver a shipment of donated personal protective equipment to Avenidas in Palo Alto, which is partnering with a coaltion of local doctors to distribute emergency supplies to area senior care facilities through Operation PPE/Operation S.O.S. On the far right are Jyllian Halliburton, director of volunteers at Avenidas, and Dr. Albert Lam, co-founder of Operation PPE, who have been spearheading the effort. Getting supplies to where they’re needed most Local doctors launch Operation PPE to aid senior care facilities before second coronavirus wave comes by Linda Taaffe s new coronavirus cases its 142 recorded COVID-related Patient advocates say testing There also is no coordinated protective gear for long-term care continue to be reported, deaths, according to state and and personal protection equip- system in place to provide senior communities. A senior care facilities have county data released on June 1. Vi ment are key to curbing the care centers with personal pro- “Traditionally, a skilled nurs- emerged as hot spots for the dis- at Palo Alto, Palo Alto Subacute spread of the virus at both skilled tective equipment, such as masks, ing home was not supposed to be ease, according to data that the and Rehabilitation Center, Lytton nursing centers and non-medical which are included as part of the like a hospital, taking care of very California Department of Public Gardens and Palo Alto Commons senior care facilities. While the mandates outlined in the state’s sick people, but this has happened Health has been collecting since are among the 39 facilities in San- county’s new COVID-19 testing new order. because of the complexities of the mid-April. ta Clara County that have report- task force rolled out recommen- “The COVID-19 pandemic aging population these days,” he Skilled nursing facilities ac- ed at least one case since the out- dations on May 14, followed by shows the deficiencies that we’ve said. count for 1,835 of the state’s 4,286 break, according to the county’s an updated order from the state been talking about for many Skilled nursing homes, which recorded COVID-19 deaths. In public health department, which health department on May 22, years in the area of senior care,” are regulated by the state, as well Santa Clara County, long-term does not include deaths at individ- to establish baseline testing for said Dr. Mehrdad Ayati, adjunct as unlicensed facilities that aren’t care facilities — including assist- ual facilities in its data. Webster skilled nursing centers and con- professor of medicine at Stanford set up to provide medical care, ed and independent living centers House and Channing House also gregate living facilities, there is University, who has been advocat- such as assisted living centers, and board-and-care homes — ac- reported cases, according to the no plan in place for how facilities ing for more state leadership in count for approximately 44% of state health department. will comply. the purchase and distribution of (continued on page 34)

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Supplies Rather than wait around for the govern- (continued from page 33) ment to figure out a way to get supplies to these facilities, Lam, Ayati and a coalition of local doctors from PAMF/Sutter Health were unprepared for a pandemic, Ayati and Stanford University have launched a said. program to fill the void. “They didn’t have masks; they didn’t Through Operation PPE, the group has have gloves. They didn’t have the very ba- gathered face shields, N95 masks, gowns, sic material that is necessary for a medical gloves, shoe covers and other protective center,” he said. equipment donated by friends, neighbors, Dr. Albert Lam, chairman of the Depart- overseas family members, medical provid- ers and just about anywhere else they could find needed items to distribute to local se- nior care facilities. ‘We have to give people the Ayati said prior to the stay-at-home order, supplies they need to be to he took his personal — and limited — sup- be safe.’ ply of gloves and masks, put them in the back of his car and started delivering them —Dr. Albert Lam, chairman of the to various nursing centers. Department of Geriatric Medicine, “Operation PPE is really our response to Avenidas Courtesy Palo Alto Medical Foundation a dire lack of personal protective equipment for providers of elder patients and elderly ment of Geriatric Medicine at Palo Alto patients that are not in the hospitals,” Lam Medical Foundation, said these facilities said. “We have to give people the supplies have been forgotten about as most atten- they need to be to be safe.” Dr. Albert Lam, left, and Jyllian Halliburton, volunteer director at Avenidas, and tion has been focused on getting personal Just wearing a mask can dramatically Paula Wolfson, manager of Avenidas Care Partners, inventory personal protective protective equipment to hospitals. reduce the disease’s transmission, Lam equipment that has been donated to Operation PPE. “It just doesn’t make sense for 1,200 emphasized. nursing facilities and 7,000 assisted liv- At the end of May, the group teamed up box of supplies, he said. Halliburton said the idea is to take the ing centers in California to each be fend- with Avenidas senior center in Palo Alto to As more supplies started coming in, how- donated supplies and divide them evenly ing for themselves,” Lam said. “None of help with its distribution efforts. The non- ever, the group realized it needed outside among facilities so that everyone gets an these very important providers have been profit distributed supplies to 30 facilities up help and reached out to Avenidas, which equal amount. allocated (personal protective equipment) and down the Peninsula this week. has many connections in the community “This is a heart-warming story because in any sort of organized way. It’s not the Lam said before teaming up with Ave- through its various programs that provide we’re all coming together, but it’s also a fault of any one community. This is really nidas, Operation PPE initially was able to assistance to seniors. story that we don’t know when it ends,” a national issue.” distribute a handful of supplies that the co- “They told me, ‘We are very busy phy- Lam said. “There’s an ongoing need, and Lam explained that hospitals have exist- alition was storing at Palo Alto’s Webster sicians and we need support,’” said Paula we need to get the word out. We think that ing supply chains and larger budgets than House to about 17 facilities. Retired reg- Wolfson, manager of Avenidas Care Part- people have pockets of (supplies) that they most senior care facilities, which don’t typi- istered nurse Pat Robinson surveyed local ners program. “You know, what better way don’t know where to send. Maybe if we can cally require these items. This has made facilities and created a spreadsheet detail- to spend our time right now than in this get those supplies out there ... maybe we it difficult for them to secure protective ing what each needed. People were driving process? And so everybody said ‘yes,’ and can reduce transmission in the community.” equipment during the pandemic. from as far away as Santa Cruz to pick up a then it quickly came into play.” Ayati said the group is already preparing A room at the Avenidas building at 450 for a second wave of the virus. Bryant St. in downtown Palo Alto now is “If there’s going to be a second wave that being used as a warehouse where about a operates, it will happen exactly in the same half dozen Avenidas volunteers sort and places,” Ayati said. “(Senior) facilities al- track inventory brought to the center. ways will be a place because they are the Jyllian Halliburton, Avenidas volunteer best incubators for viruses. director who is working as the operational “The COVID-19 had a very painful les- and logistics coordinator for the joint effort, son for us, but I believe it was not only pain- which has been dubbed Operation PPE/Op- ful but was very valuable for us,” he added. eration S.O.S (Save Our Seniors), said they “We cannot go back to the same operation have inventoried donations large and small that we were doing in the past. We need to from all over the world: 4,236 face shields, change it.” Q 14,000 pairs of gloves, 2,056 gowns, 4,142 For information on how to donate per- N95 masks, and 500 surgical masks. sonal protective equipment for senior fa- “There are all of these huge boxes of cilities, or items like soap and hand sani- gowns and gloves and face shields, so we tizer for local seniors, contact Avenidas at feel now we’re kind of helping to save 650-289-5400. lives,” said Wolfson, who is among those Associate Editor Linda Taaffe can be helping to sort items. emailed at [email protected]. Senior Focus DISCUSS THE CLASSICS ... Registration To register for “Let’s Go on a Field Trip is open at Avenidas for “A Class on the Together,” email Rosie Chow at rchow@ Classics,” which will be held from 10:30 a.m. avenidas.org or Pinki Fung at pfung@ to noon, Thursdays, July 9 to Sept. 10 via avenidas.org. Space is limited. Zoom. 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Hundreds of demonstrators gather at Bell Street Park on June 3 to protest the death of George Floyd.

nearly tipping what was largely from O’Brien Court in Menlo Protests a loud but peaceful demonstra- Park and down Kavanaugh Av- (continued from page 13) tion. Around 8:45 p.m., someone enue to Gloria Way in East Palo tossed a firecracker toward sher- Alto, according to dispatchers. take a knee,” he said. “If all of iff’s deputies. It rolled underneath About 150 demonstrators and those other cops from those other their squad car, which was parked a vehicle caravan also headed to communities would have taken a in the middle of the intersection Facebook CEO Mark Zucker- knee, it would have stopped right at Cooley Avenue and Donohoe berg’s home in north Palo Alto, Magali Gauthier there. People just want to feel Street. dispatchers reported. Security respected.” One officer drew a gun while personnel reported to police that East Palo Alto resident Nona another commanded, “Get down the demonstrators had arrived Turner said the protest was neces- on the ground.” at his home at about 10:55 p.m. East Palo Alto Sgt. Matafanua Lualemaga kneels for 8 minutes and sary. Though she didn’t condone Faraji claimed that those indi- The protesters stayed briefly be- 46 seconds to honor George Floyd along with other protesters in the looting she has seen in the viduals were not with the protest- fore returning to University and Bell Street Park in East Palo Alto on June 3. media, Turner felt she understood ers. The younger protesters even Woodland avenues and heading where some of the anger was stomped out the firecrackers be- back to East Palo Alto. and Ivy Drive, according to po- Alto Mayor Regina Wallace Jones coming from. fore he could call on people to put Some vandalism took place lice dispatch. and others. “They want to be heard. We them out, he said. during the night. Early on, police Fireworks hit a patrol car and a The week’s earlier events need to be heard,” Turner said. “They weren’t with us,” Faraji scrambled to intercept people small fire ignited the vegetation marked what appear to be the first “This has been something that’s said. “We don’t want that — that’s who were reportedly trying to at the U.S. Highway 101 clover- large gatherings in the communi- been happening for so long. It just not our message.” break into a building in the 1200 leaf interchange near University ty since the COVID-19 pandemic took one more murder to take it Around 9 p.m. police learned block of Weeks Street by prying Avenue. A few demonstrators shutdowns started. over the top.” that the crowd might be headed plywood off of it. helped put it out, according to The Santa Clara County Public The smell of burnt rubber lin- toward Facebook’s headquarters While the procession to Face- police dispatch. Health Department sent out an ad- gered in the air on some streets. in Menlo Park and notified au- book was going on, someone Someone also threw fireworks visory Monday to remind people Fireworks and firecrackers regu- thorities, who set up a tactical broke a window at the AutoZone on the freeway at about 11:15 p.m. to stay at a safe distance from one larly popped off throughout the command center at the social net- on University Avenue in East People were also lighting off fire- another. evening. work giant’s campus. Palo Alto. A large group of peo- works at the intersection of Uni- The department “recognizes A few agitators confronted As many as 75 vehicles took ple was seen armed with guns versity and Donohoe, prompting that peaceful protest in response sheriffs and police officers, part in a caravan that stretched held in the air at Willow Road police to tell people to go home to the pain, anger and mourning or they would be arrested. due to deeply rooted inequities Around midnight, a group of and systemic racism is a fun- protesters threw rocks at fire en- damental right that is critical to gines that were out on calls, ac- the health of our democracy. As cording to a dispatch report. residents of the county exercise this right, we respectfully remind More demonstrations everyone that our community is still facing a health crisis as CO- planned this week VID-19 is still present.” rotests against police bru- The department urges people tality and racism continue who have been in close contact P along the Midpeninsula. with others in large gatherings to Event organizers from the group get free COVID-19 testing within Mountain View Voices for Peace three to five days of exposure. and Justice, who sponsored a Find a free testing site at sccgov. rally on Sunday, May 31, that org/sites/covid19/Pages/covid19- they say attracted as many as 250 testing.aspx. Q people, are planning a second one Digital Editor Jamey on Friday, June 5, at Castro Street Padojino, Editor Jocelyn Dong and El Camino Real at 6 p.m. Or- and Mountain View Voice ganizers said in an email that it Staff Writer Kevin Forestieri will be “non-confrontational and contributed to this report. non-destructive.” Editorial Assistant Lloyd

Magali Gauthier A rally will also be held at noon Lee can be emailed at llee@ on Saturday at King Plaza in front paweekly.com. of Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Ham- ilton Ave. Speakers will include About the cover: Protesters former judge LaDoris Cordell, kneel in King Plaza in front of Osei Johnson, 9, kneels with other protesters during a moment of silence in front of Palo Alto City Hall former Stanford University dean Palo Alto City Hall on June 1. on June 1. Julie Lythcott-Haims, East Palo Photo by Magali Gauthier.

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that she doesn’t believe that the to City Manager Ed Shikada. but, along with every store in Curfew city is under a threat requiring a Shops San Mateo County instituted a Town & Country Village, hadn’t (continued from page 5) 10-day curfew. (continued from page 5) similarly timed curfew on Tues- barricaded its front doors. “I want answers. What is the day, which was set to last two In Menlo Park, a few stores de- he said was imposed to ensure threat? What is it that we’re con- release stated. Officers believe nights. The county decision sent cided to take extra precautions: public safety. The decision to in- cerned about here in Palo Alto they were intent on looting but employees of home improve- Cafe Borrone and Kepler’s Books stitute the curfew was driven by that we can’t be out front on our the presence of police dissuaded ment and other stores scram- blocked their all-glass storefronts, incidents around Stanford Shop- sidewalks at 8:30 in the evening, them, the city of Palo Alto stated. bling to close up shop earlier as did one other downtown ping Center, where police report- particularly when it’s so hot dur- On Monday, officers were sent than usual. business. edly observed between 50 and 100 ing the day?” there when crowds of demonstra- Mountain View businesses also Though not all stores in the re- cars circling the mall on Sunday. The declaration, she said, tors headed in that direction, ac- took protective measures. An gion boarded up for the evening, The city was one of many juris- “criminalizes every person, ev- cording to dispatch reports. employee of the Safeway on San every city had at least one police dictions around the Bay Area that ery family, anyone who can be Many property owners and Antonio Road stood by the slid- squad car or security guard pa- had instituted curfews this week charged with a crime for just be- landlords sent warnings to store ing doors to turn customers away, trolling or watching over a retail relating to protests demanding ra- ing outside your door.” managers across the Midpenin- vaguely telling them that the gro- plaza. cial equality and justice after the Police powers that are given to sula about a heightened chance cery store was closing early “due By Wednesday morning, there May 25 death of George Floyd governors, mayors and city man- of commercial burglaries. It’s to the circumstances.” had been no reports of looting. A while in the custody of Minneap- agers must be used with caution, one unintended side effect of the At a Chase Bank branch in San few suspicious individuals were olis police. But while other cities she said. protests across the nation this Antonio Center, a wall of wood seen walking San Mateo County and counties limited its curfews to “There must be a balance be- past week against police brutal- blocked all but the bank’s ATM, streets with crowbars, and there a few days (the San Mateo County tween the civil liberties of those ity and systemic racism: a side- while the branch in Palo Alto’s were other miscellaneous reports curfew expired Thursday morn- who live and work here and those show of opportunistic groups of Edgewood Plaza left its glass of potential criminal activity, ac- ing after two nights) or left their who have police power,” Cordell people using the moment to loot windows bare. cording to the San Mateo County curfew orders open-ended (San said. “I don’t see the balance any- stores. Similarly, Target in East Palo law enforcement scanner. Francisco ordered a new curfew where and I have not heard any “It’s a tragedy that businesses Alto boarded its front doors earli- Protests against police brutality for a few days until Wednesday explanation.” are being broken into,” said Re- er this week, along with the Nor- continue along the Midpeninsula. night, when it announced that the In justifying Shikada’s author- becca Bara, a 30-year Palo Alto dstrom Rack next door and PGA One is scheduled for Friday, June curfew would be lifted Thursday), ity to implement the curfew, the resident and owner of Baptiste Tour Superstore nearby. (Target 5, at Castro Street and El Camino Palo Alto’s was an outlier because declaration points to the section Power Yoga studio in Edgewood over the weekend also closed its Real in Mountain View at 6 p.m. of its duration. of Palo Alto’s municipal code that Plaza on Embarcadero Road. stores before reopening its Penin- Organizers said in an email that it “We thought it would be bet- grants a director (in this case, the There’s not much to take from sula locations a day later.) But on will be “non-confrontational and ter to place an end date and be city manager) expanded powers a yoga studio besides some yoga Showers Drive in Mountain View, non-destructive.” conservatively long and not have during a state of emergency. Palo mats and weights. But Bara, who the retail giant had only blocked A rally also will be held at noon to extend it,” Shikada said. “Cer- Alto has been under a local state said she has been struggling like its entrance with pallets of water on Saturday at King Plaza in front tainly, the public reaction was the of emergency relating to the CO- many small business owners to bottles stacked behind its sliding of Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Ham- opposite.” VID-19 pandemic since March survive during the COVID-19 doors. ilton Ave. Speakers will include The Tuesday curfew order 12. Unlike San Mateo County, pandemic, wanted to be cautious Across the street, one employee former judge LaDoris Cordell, caught many community leaders which declared a two-day curfew and take the studio’s computer at a Trader Joe’s said she had no former Stanford University dean off-guard, with some suggesting on Tuesday, Palo Alto did not de- and other few valuable items idea what the plan was, but the Julie Lythcott-Haims, East Palo that the policy is not justified. La- clare a separate emergency related home before Palo Alto’s curfew market hadn’t boarded up the pre- Alto Mayor Regina Wallace Jones Doris Cordell — a retired judge, to potential civil unrest. began — a decision made by the vious night. and others. Q former Palo Alto City Council Palo Alto’s municipal law, city Tuesday afternoon “based on Cheenie Durham, store man- Editorial Assistant Lloyd member and former San Jose po- monitoring of potential criminal ager of Books Inc. in Palo Alto Lee can be reached at llee@ lice auditor — said Wednesday (continued on page 38) activity in the region,” according said she was thinking about it, paweekly.com.

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declaration states. police arrested two men who were and suggested that the curfews the First Amendment,” the letter Curfew “To protect lives and property reportedly speeding through the already in place elsewhere in the states. (continued from page 37) in the city of Palo Alto, provide city en route to Stanford Shopping Bay Area will drive more people Shikada said that while he for the health and safety of resi- Center, which was the destination to Palo Alto. respects the ACLU’s perspec- section 2.12.060, authorizes the dents and essential workers, and in their GPS. They already had “With those cities having cur- tive, he said the city’s action was director to issue rules and regu- protect and support businesses a stolen cash register and stolen few, protesters have less places taken “in keeping with our prior- lations on “matters reasonably that are a critical part of our com- clothing in their car, Menlo Park to go,” Liu said. “If Palo Alto is ity of enforcing the safety of the related to the protection of life munity, it is necessary to imme- police reported. open, those people will come to public.” and property as affected by such diately restrict the use of public And following a June 2 protest Palo Alto, and people are getting “We certainly did not take the emergency.” Those rules must be areas of the city, including streets, in Redwood City, groups of loot- very worried.” action of implementing the cur- confirmed by the City Council “at roads, sidewalks, alleys, parks, ers were allegedly planning to tar- Lily Hwang also pointed to few lightly,” Shikada said. “It was the earliest practicable time by the plazas and other rights of way, get various locations throughout curfews elsewhere and suggested certainly a difficult decision for city council,” according to law. during nighttime hours.” the Peninsula, including Stanford that the city “may be a target” be- us. We did weigh the concerns For the Palo Alto council, that Mayor Adrian Fine told this Shopping Center and other areas, cause it doesn’t have one in place. of public safety against the issue wouldn’t have been until Monday, news organization on Tuesday according to the city. “I really love this city, and I that has been raised.” June 8, unless it were to decide to that the aim of the order is public “Officers were prepared and hope there’s no violence happen- While Shikada said that he hold an emergency meeting. safety. The curfew declaration, he thankfully this did not material- ing in our town,” Hwang said. had consulted the council about The curfew order appears to said, is “based on credible intel- ize,” the statement said. The American Civil Liberties his decisions during the state have only an indirect connec- ligence about criminal groups Cordell and Barron Park resi- Union North California has de- of emergency, in the case of the tion to the coronavirus state of targeting Palo Alto’s commercial dent Winter Dellenbach, a long- nounced what it called “a slew of curfew the consultation was “not emergency adopted in March that districts.” time advocate for more trans- hastily announced ‘curfews’ en- sufficient.” granted Shikada expanded pow- “I sympathize so deeply with parency and accountability in acted in cities across California” “I will not claim to have taken ers. The curfew declaration states the businesses that have been shel- the police department, both said that impinge on residents’ First every step perfectly,” Shikada that local retail has already been tering in place for three months that the recent arrest by Menlo Amendment rights to peaceably said. “At the same time, I believe hit hard by the shutdown and now,” Fine said. “To have win- Park police only reinforces the assemble. These curfews, the or- our team has really acted with the is now “additionally burdened dows smashed and goods stolen fact that police can deter crime ganization said in a statement, full and complete best interest of by risk of criminal theft and is completely unacceptable.” through increased surveil- “lack clarity as to their scope and the Palo Alto community at every damage.” According to Wednesday’s up- lance in commercial areas that duration.” step along the way and will con- To further justify the cur- date about the curfew, Palo Alto they believe are being targeted, “This is the wrong way to han- tinue to do so.” few, the declaration states that police learned that looters were which makes a citywide curfew dle disruptions to what have been He also said that he and Jon- Palo Alto law enforcement have planning to come to Stanford unreasonable. otherwise peaceful protests, and sen had both determined that the observed “scouting behavior” Shopping Center on Sunday, May Some residents have come out they are far broader than neces- conditions that had warranted the around Stanford Shopping Center 31. Within an hour of receiving in favor of a curfew, arguing that sary to address any problems that curfew no longer apply. and the downtown retail core. the information in the afternoon, it’s necessary to keep Palo Alto have arisen or may arise,” the “We’re both comfortable that “Local and regional law en- there were between 50 and 100 safe during a period in which cit- ACLU stated. the events have gone in the right forcement intelligence-gathering cars circling the mall with people ies across the nation are seeing ACLU also submitted a letter direction and we are not having suggests that planning is under- who police believed were intent protests. During the council meet- to Shikada on Wednesday asking further incidents or concerns that way for additional organized on looting. ing on Monday, June 1, Jennifer him to rescind the curfew order, justified the original establish- criminal activity that could very “Due to the police presence, Liu was one of several speakers which it argued violates the pub- ment (of the curfew),” he said. Q quickly threaten harm to persons fortunately no looting occurred,” who said she was concerned about lic’s constitutional rights. Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner and property, and that such ac- the announcement states. the “looting, demonstration and Protests constitute “an exercise can be emailed at gsheyner@ tivity is imminent,” the curfew Also on May 31, Menlo Park violence around the Bay Area” of rights squarely protected by paweekly.com.

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