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4QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 26, 2019 Local News M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY Council signs off on Belle Haven Library design contract By Kate Bradshaw Local Government. It relies on Almanac Staff Writer a framework called “TIERS” (an acronym for think, initiate, fforts to build a new Belle engage, review, shift) and lays Haven Library moved for- out a standard approach for how Eward on June 18 after the to involve the community with Menlo Park City Council unani- local government. mously approved a $160,000 con- “Think” is the first step and tract with Noll & Tam Architects involves some preliminary to develop concept designs. The assessments of the existing firm will also analyze potential conditions, planning a public site options and come up with engagement approach and devel- preliminary cost estimates for a oping a list of community-based new library. organizations and people to The current Belle Haven inform the process, as well as Library, as staff put it, “is widely coming up with different places regarded as inadequate to meet to hold meetings. Photos by Sadie Stinson/The Almanac community needs.” “Initiate” involves develop- Since last October, the city ing an approach and a plan, as Fascinating has completed a “space needs well as doing a “reality check” critters study” and found that a new to consider political issues, who library should be about 12,000 will lead the outreach efforts Elena, 5, and Elli, 6, above, square feet to support the com- and what the timeline and look on as Wildmind Science munity needs. It would include budget will be, among other Learning handlers show a a community learning center, considerations. monitor lizard, at left, at an a meeting room, a conference “Engage” is the part of the outdoor event at the Menlo room, multiple sound-insulated process where the plan is actu- Park Library on June 18. The study rooms and computers with ally implemented, and when the program aims to help kids public internet access, as well as outreach leader talks to other “explore the gentler side of the areas for teens and story time community leaders to check in most misunderstood animals of sessions. and make any necessary adjust- the wild kingdom,” according On June 11, the council ments. “Review” involves evalu- to the library. Kids were also approved a new program for ating the public outreach and fascinated by a tarantula, a boa community engagement work, constrictor and other critters. developed by the Institute for See LIBRARY DESIGN, page 7 Skyline murder suspect declines to enter plea, asks for time By Rick Radin bodily injury, and one count of hospital for an arm laceration More than 1,000 people office manager for Sunrise Tow- Almanac Staff Writer special circumstances for mul- before he was released late attended Nasher’s funeral on ing, which is located next door tiple murders. Thursday and booked into San June 22 at a mosque in South to the Specialty Towing office. alik Dosouqi, the sus- The story began the evening Mateo County Jail. San Francisco, said Museed Lauese said she had received a pect in two separate of June 17 when San Mateo Sheriff’s Office investigators Salah of San Francisco, who call from an unidentified person Mhomicides on Skyline County sheriff’s deputies found are still trying to determine a worked with Nasher at the Daly on Skyline Boulevard that night Boulevard near Woodside on the body of Nasher, 32, a cab motive and whether the two City Cab Co. and now works for but had to tell him that all her July 17 and 18, declined to enter driver who had reportedly been slayings are linked. Uber and Lyft. trucks were busy. a plea at his arraignment in called to the remote location on If convicted, Dosouqi could “The Yemeni community is “He said he needed assistance, San Mateo County Superior Skyline Boulevard near Reid’s face the death penalty or life very close,” he said. “I saw a that he was stuck in a ditch, but Court on June 24. Roost Road to pick up a fare. in prison without parole, Wag- lot of people, cousins, uncles, we weren’t available,” she said. The case was reset for entry Nasher was stabbed multiple staffe said. everybody knows everybody.” “It could have been one of my of a plea on July 8 at 1:30 p.m., times, according to the Sheriff’s Nasher was a Yemeni-Amer- Salah said he’s certain Nasher employees who went up there.” and Dosouqi will be held on no Office. ican who is remembered for and Dosouqi did not know each The next morning Lauese bail, according to San Mateo The next evening, deputies his love for his home country other. found out that Specialty had sent County District Attorney Ste- investigating Nasher’s death and his contributions to the “Cab drivers are in a bad situ- Pekipaki out on the call and that phen Wagstaffe. heard cries for help from Pekip- Yemeni community, said Man- ation,” Salah said. “Very vulner- he had been killed. He was the Dosouqi has been charged aki, 31, who was also found with soor Ismael, the Yemeni consul able. He was my friend. Very bad father of two young children, with two murder counts in the multiple stab wounds and died general based in San Francisco. situation for everybody from she said. deaths of cab driver Abdulmalik at the scene. Nasher had a wife and a young Yemen.” “It was foggy up there when he Nasher of Pacifica and tow truck Dosouqi was arrested after he daughter, he said. Pekipaki, was a driver for arrived, and he couldn’t find the driver John Pekipaki of East allegedly drove his car at depu- “He was very well-known Specialty Towing in East Palo person who called for service,” Palo Alto, and five other felony ties, who shot at him and then in the community, and if you Alto who had been called to the Lauese said. “He told the recep- counts, including two counts captured him after he drove into needed him for anything he scene late in the evening of June tionist he was going to leave and each of assault with a deadly a ditch. would always be there to help,” 18 to help a stranded motorist, weapon and infliction of great Dosouqi was taken to the he said. according to Lene Lauese, the See MURDER SUSPECT, page 7

June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ5 NEWS Established 1965 Daytime Care with Dignity Menlo Park set to enact Serving Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, cannabis business ban and Woodside for over 50 years By Kate Bradshaw with the city. If the city were to Almanac Staff Writer permit cultivation, it might be able to generate a roughly estimated NEWSROOM iting a lack of public push- $500,000 from a 10,000-square- Alzheimer’s Editor back to the city’s nearly foot cultivation facility, he said. Renee Batti (223-6528) two-year moratorium on Community Development Direc- Assistant Editor C Julia Brown (223-6531) cannabis businesses in Menlo tor Mark Muenzer added that Dementia Park, the City Council moved there have been a few inquiries Staff Writers Kate Bradshaw (223-6588) unanimously on June 18 to line about cannabis businesses down- Parkinson’s Rick Radin (223-6527) up an ordinance to ban such busi- town or along El Camino Real. Angela Swartz (223-6529) nesses in the city. Anthony Duhon, public policy Stroke Contributors Kate Daly, Maggie Mah, The ban would prohibit com- strategist at NorCal Cananbis Co., Barbara Wood mercial marijuana land uses of a company that produces, pro- Special Sections Editor all types, including cultivation, cesses and distributes cannabis, Linda Taaffe (223-6511) testing, manufacturing, and retail argued that banning cannabis just Photographer Ask about Magali Gauthier (223-6530) purposes. pushes its use more into the black While the council voted unani- market. Duhon presented a report our Free Intern Elisabeth Westermann mously to move forward with from the cannabis-industry web- Week! Photo Intern an ordinance banning cannabis site Leafly, which pulled together Sadie Stinson businesses, the council is open to the findings of more than 40 stud- reconsidering its decision as the ies from academic and medical 650.289.5499 avenidas.org/care DESIGN & PRODUCTION city moves forward with its review journals and publications chal- 270 Escuela Ave, Mountain View Design and Production Manager of the El Camino Real/downtown lenging concerns that marijuana Kristin Brown (223-6562) specific plan and general plan, dispensaries and shops increase Designers Linda Atilano, Amy Levine, Paul Llewellyn, Doug Young Mayor Ray Mueller said. crime and teen use and decrease Councilwoman Betsy Nash was property values. ADVERTISING most vocally open to the idea of a The report found that crime Vice President Sales and Marketing marijuana retail location in the rates decrease or remain Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) city, potentially downtown on unchanged after a state-licensed Display Advertising Sales Santa Cruz Avenue. cannabis store opens, and that Caitlin Wolf (223-6508) “I believe regulation works bet- teen use generally falls in states Real Estate Manager ter than prohibition,” she said. that pass medical cannabis and Neal Fine (223-6583) “I think it may be our neighbors adult-use laws. For example, in Legal Advertising who might go to the store ... It’s Washington state, cannabis use Alicia Santillan (223-6578) not a criminal element that would among eighth graders fell from ADVERTISING SERVICES be coming to the city.” 9.8% to 7.3% as adult-use stores Advertising Services Manager Councilwoman Catherine Carl- opened in the state. 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in total that bring people from The group is also looking all over the Bay Area to their at the possibility of forming Manzanita Talks move forward workplaces. Those employees a subregional transportation By Kate Bradshaw alone equal in number 11% of management association, or Almanac Staff Writer all Caltrain daily riders, and at least linking the existing Those from the private sector often feel vilified they have a combined 3,000 transportation associations to fforts to bring together for creating jobs, and believe that they’re being bikes on their campuses, Han- achieve better outcomes and public and private sector cock said. economies of scale. Many, but Eleaders to talk about how blamed for traffic and housing problems, as Despite efforts by those not all, of the existing associa- to address regional transporta- well as being pressured to pay for everything, companies, five out of six tions operate within the bound- tion problems moved forward city officials expressed in a aries of single cities and provide on June 13 with what Joint according to Joint Ventures Silicon Valley survey ambivalence toward transportation routes that don’t Ventures Silicon Valley Presi- the transportation demand necessarily capture the needs dent and CEO Russell Hancock CEO Russell Hancock. management programs they’d of people who work and live in called a historic discussion. offices, and most bring with levels of city processes con- required of development proj- different cities, Hancock said. It was the third in a series of them a “chip on their shoul- ducted first, all of which are ects in their cities. The Joint Ventures study also five such meetings that Joint der” based on the sector they time-consuming. How to make those tech bus is expected to analyze three Ventures has convened called represent, Hancock noted. Despite those differences, and shuttle trips more efficient key components of what makes the Manzanita Talks, which Those from the private sec- he said, “none of the partners — whether by encouraging pri- Peninsula traffic so painful: aim to explore creating a “sub- tor, Hancock said, often feel stormed out (of the discussion). vate sector companies to part- getting on and off U.S. 101, regional transportation man- vilified for creating jobs, and Everybody is still talking.” ner with each other or with the traveling east to west, and the agement association (TMA)” believe that they’re being Joint Ventures Silicon Valley public sector — and whether needs of communities that — a nonprofit that develops blamed for traffic and hous- is going to spend the summer these companies should take have significant cut-through and manages a transportation ing problems, as well as being doing research and analysis, on greater efforts to provide traffic. program to give commuters pressured to pay for every- and will come back to the bus services to the contract Conversations about how to viable alternatives to driving thing. They’ve already invested group in September with alter- workers they employ are ele- fund whatever is recommend- solo to get to work. TMAs millions in their own compa- natives and recommendations ments that will be evaluated in ed in the study, Hancock add- generally include cities and/or nies’ transportation programs, for funding and governance Joint Ventures’ research. ed, will begin in the fall. A businesses. while the public sector appears structures that might work. Officials from East Palo to be doing less, he said. While the effort initially Alto, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Public sector people, he add- was intended to address the Mountain View, Palo Alto, ed, feel frustrated because they “first and last mile problem,” REAL ESTATE Q&A Redwood City, Sunnyvale and believe that people from the characterized as the challenge by Monica Corman Atherton are participating in private sector don’t understand of connecting people with the talks, as well as representa- that cities “can’t just build transit options near where they tives from Facebook, Genen- transportation infrastructure live and work, the effort now Watch Out For tech, Google, Intuit, LinkedIn, overnight” and can’t go “wing- incorporates goals to encour- Palantir and Tesla. ing around with solutions” age commuters who travel Trip Hazards City Council members don’t or making grandiose state- five to 10 miles to work to use often meet with people from ments. Infrastructure projects alternatives to driving solo. Dear Monica: I am ready presence. Here are some the private sector, especially have to be carefully studied, Hancock said that the eight to list my home and am recommendations: Use painter’s outside of “contentious places” with environmental impact tech companies taking part in concerned that uneven floors blue tape to highlight all stairs like council chambers or law reports completed and many the talks run some 1,600 buses and walkways, as well as stairs so that visitors can clearly see may be hazardous to visitors. them. Avoid using shoe covers What would you recommend? MURDER SUSPECT lawyer” and that he didn’t hadn’t spoken to his family, which can be slippery and cause Catherine G. continued from page 5 remember anything except according to Channel 7. accidents. If guests remove their shoes, stocking feet can also be “waking up in the hospital.” Wagstaffe said that Dosouqi Dear Catherine: You are right slippery. It may be best to have go back to Redwood City.” Dosouqi said he didn’t recall was represented in court by a to be concerned about possible them leave their shoes on. Dosouqi told ABC-Channel driving on Skyline Boulevard private lawyer, but had men- trip hazards in and around 7 News from jail over the either night. When asked if he tioned representing himself. your property. There are many Outside the structure, use blue weekend that he was “wrong- knew Nasher or Pekipaki, he “If he said something in the fully accused” of the two shook his head and said no, (jailhouse interview) that he incidents of agents and visitors tape or yellow hazard tape to homicides, according to Chan- according to the ABC-7 report. hadn’t told investigators, we having mishaps at properties mark trip hazards. It may not nel 7. When he was shown a photo could use that,” he said. “Jour- that are on the market. While look beautiful but it is worth He said he planned to prove of his parents, Dosouqi said nalists don’t have to read him you can’t eliminate hazards it if it alerts guests to uneven his innocence “by getting a he didn’t recognize them and his Miranda rights.” A you can alert guests to their surfaces. Contact me at [email protected]; Office: 650-465-5971, COMPASS. Ranked in the Wall St Journal’s 2016, 2017, and 2018 LIBRARY DESIGN that the advisory committee that firm will also discuss the pros Nationwide list of top 250 Realtors. continued from page 5 had been meeting to discuss a and cons of different potential Belle Haven Library be brought sites for the library. engagement processes. “Shift” back. The city received five pro- involves making organizational Councilwoman Betsy Nash posals from different firms to changes to improve those pro- and Vice Mayor Cecilia Taylor lead the project, but staff chose cesses and considering policy said they’ve been talking about Noll & Tam — the firm that changes. bringing the committee back also conducted the space needs This process is also expected but didn’t have any news yet study — because it has done to be used to collect community to report. Menlo Park resident similar projects. The contract input on a local minimum wage Lynne Bramlett said she thought is estimated to cost $132,000, ordinance, and on what should residents were being brought but the city is also factoring in be changed about the city’s com- into the decision-making pro- $28,000 in contingency funds mission/committees handbook. cess too late and asked the city and $30,000 in staff costs. Despite the new paradigm for to adopt a different model for In its proposal, the architec- community outreach efforts, public engagement. tural firm said it will work on some are already concerned In addition to the public out- site analyses in July and August, that the process hasn’t been reach efforts, Noll & Tam will be develop conceptual design alter- transparent enough. Specifically, tasked with analyzing potential natives in September and Octo- Belle Haven resident Pam Jones costs, project feasibility, project ber, come up with cost estimates said the community hasn’t been timeline, traffic impacts, park- in November and make recom- informed about the locations the ing options, bike and pedes- mendations on the best site and city is open to considering for a trian access and integration with conceptual design options in new branch library, and asked nearby housing and the city. The December and January. A June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ7 NEWS

Menlo Park man convicted of attacking octogenarian mother The mother, Norma Lyle, lot, Lane shot him multiple Convicted man the son of slain suffered from bruising and times. Lane was later arrested, Menlo Park police officer had a broken thumb, accord- convicted of Lyle’s murder and ing to prosecutors. executed in November 1962 at By Kate Bradshaw from the kitchen to the back- Lyle is the son of the Menlo San Quentin prison. Almanac Staff Writer yard, threw her on the ground Park Police Department’s first Today, Jack W. Lyle Park, at Menlo Park man who and held her down by the and only police officer to be the corner of Fremont Street attacked his 83-year- neck. He then swung and killed in the line of duty, a and Middle Avenue, bears the A old mother in Sep- jabbed a baseball bat at her man by the same name who deceased officer’s name. tember 2016 has been found shoulder and chest. He also went by Jack. John “Jack” W. John Lyle’s attack on his guilty of felonies of elder used a garbage bag and duct Lyle was killed at age 29 in a mother came 56 years to the abuse, making threats and tape and threatened to tape gunfight in the parking lot of day after his father’s death. false imprisonment in a jury her mouth shut, wrap her head Draeger’s Market on Septem- According to Lyle’s attorney, trial verdict reached June 19. in a plastic bag and burn down ber 22, 1960. L. Scott Sherman, the death of According to prosecutors, the house. The man who shot Jack W. Jack Lyle set the family adrift John William Lyle, now 63, He eventually let her go, Lyle, Roy Henry “Hook” Lane and put them in difficult cir- John William Lyle lived in an RV in the driveway but when she tried to leave, Jr., had been driving a stolen cumstances, leaving Norma of his mother’s Menlo Park he pulled her back into the vehicle, and he and an accom- Lyle, John’s mother, a single stand trial. However, a request home. He became enraged house. When he left later, the plice were planning a robbery parent of four at the age of 27, for new competency hearings toward her on Sept. 22, 2016, woman barricaded herself in in Menlo Park, according to a and John fatherless at age 4. wasn’t granted because “there when he suspected that his the house with a loaded gun memorial page on the police When John was 17, he suf- were no apparent changed mother had spoken with his and sent a text message to her officers’ association website. fered a traumatic brain injury circumstances,” according to doctor. daughter in Arkansas. While Lyle blocked his exit in a motorcycle accident and a report from the District Prosecutors say he then The daughter called 911, and and approached to apprehend had long suffered from physi- Attorney’s Office. picked her up, dragged her Lyle was arrested the next day. him in the Draeger’s parking cal and mental illnesses, Sher- Then, on Jan. 17 of this man said, adding that he also year, the court heard a request had a delusional disorder from Lyle to represent him- diagnosis. self, which the judge granted. SUMMER2019 Sherman stayed on as advisory counsel to provide legal guid- A shifting case ance only when requested. John Lyle’s case has wound On June 3, just before his its way through the county trial date, Lyle changed his court system, complicated by mind and asked that Sherman factors of mental competency, represent him again. shifts in his representation, Sherman asked for time to and a last-minute request to prepare for the trial, because change his plea. he had not worked on the After Lyle’s arrest, the court case since January. The court assigned Sherman to represent permitted Lyle to switch back him from the county’s Private to working with Sherman, but Defender Program. On March gave him only until June 10 14, 2017, Sherman voiced — a little under a week — to doubt of Lyle’s competency to prepare for the case. stand trial, and two doctors On Friday, June 7, with Sher- were assigned to evaluate him. man’s counsel, Lyle indicated They found him incompetent he wanted to change his plea to stand trial and he was com- from not guilty to not guilty mitted to Napa State Hospital because of insanity. The court on Aug. 30 the same year. did not permit this and the trial was set to continue on June 10. ‘In San Mateo County, The trial included witness statements from the three Revolutions in Art: The Shock of the New I do believe that we law enforcement officers who responded to the Lyle home are lagging behind a after the assault, and two Through the centuries, Western art has experienced several massive cultural lot of other counties doctors who evaluated the revolutions by artists seeking to creatively express new outlooks in tune with changing victim’s injuries. The vic- times. This new course will contrast the work of those upstart rebels with that of the in more progressive tim, Norma Lyle, also testi- prestigious Masters. Join us as we examine the five most momentous of these fied, accompanied by her places that deal with granddaughter for support, as revolutions, from the Humanist painters of the Renaissance breaking through medieval mental illness better.’ did another officer who was constraints to the Surrealists of the early 20th century, explicitly seeking to shock. familiar with the crime scene. DEFENSE ATTORNEY The jury deliberated for L. SCOTT SHERMAN more than a day before it 5 weeks, July 17 – August 14, 2019 reached its verdicts: guilty A little less than a year on three felony counts of Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:05 pm later, on July 17, 2018, Lyle elder abuse, threats and false (Tuition and registration required) was issued a certificate that imprisonment of an elderly his competency to stand tri- victim. 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June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ9 NEWS Menlo school district: Salaries, benefits outpace revenues By Angela Swartz operating deficit of $801,907. spending come on the heels of “The district is in a healthy the 2019-20 fiscal year, accord- Almanac Staff Writer The district has increased the school board’s approval of position as it looks at its future ing to the staff report. The spending on professional a teacher compensation phi- compensation philosophy,” budget includes a 2.6% pay xpenditures continue to development, educational ini- losophy earlier this year, which Sheikholeslami said. increase as a placeholder, outpace revenues for the tiatives and targeted staffing will require “additional funds Unlike most California movement of employees on EMenlo Park City School to meet its educational goals, that are not part of the current school districts, the Men- the salary schedule, and sav- District, but the district will according to the staff report. budget planning,” according lo Park district (along with ings from retirements and remain financially stable until The school board has had to the staff report. The phi- the Las Lomitas, Woodside resignations. at least the 2021-22 fiscal year, preliminary discussions about losophy is part of the district’s Elementary and Portola Val- The new budget includes according to a district staff pursuing another parcel tax efforts to hire and retain the ley districts) receives very total expenditures of $54.4 report. on the November 2020 ballot “most qualified and excep- little additional funding when million, with 88.4% going The multiyear budget indi- to help with this deficit spend- tional teachers and staff ” given enrollment grows. Because of to salaries and benefits. The cates that continued deficit ing, said Chief Business and that the district is located in an high local property tax rev- district plans to increase its spending will by fiscal year Operations Officer Ahmad area of “extreme” high cost of enues, these school districts number of employees by the 2022-23 lead to a dip in Sheikholeslami. living and has a budget depen- are considered “community equivalent of 3.86 people. reserves below the minimum The district’s Measure X, a dent on local revenue sources, funded” and receive almost The new budget projects 15% of total annual spend- seven-year parcel tax with an according to the district. all their funding from local total revenues of $53.6 million, ing that district policy aims initial rate of $360 per parcel, Superintendent Erik Bur- sources. Districts with lower with 86% of revenues coming for, the report states. For the passed in 2017. Added to the meister has begun exploring property tax revenues get mon- from property taxes, parcel 2019-20 budget, approved by district’s three other parcel how the district can increase ey from the state that increases taxes and donations from the the school board at its June 11 taxes, which have no expira- its revenues through endow- with enrollment. Menlo Park-Atherton Educa- meeting, the district is able to tion date, total district par- ments, additional community The district has not settled tion Foundation. hold 20.5% of its total annual cel taxes are now $1,078 per giving and parcel taxes to meet salary negotiations with its The full 2019-20 budget can spending in reserves. parcel. the goals in the philosophy, two bargaining units and be viewed at tinyurl.com/ The new budget projects an Concerns about deficit according to the staff report. unrepresented employees for mpcsd2019-20budget. A

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June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ11 12QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 26, 2019 June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ13 COVER STORY Positively determined Barbara Kalt wraps up a memorable career, but she’s still on a mission

Story by Maggie Mah Photos by Magali Gauthier

Maddie, Barbara Kalt’s dog, gives a kiss to John J. at Rosener House in Menlo Park.

ou know how it goes: You go about your life The good news: We are living loved her. She treated everyone as permanent obstacles to main- Y longer. The bad news: The longer like they were very special. That taining the quality of the RH feeling like youth will last forever and that you live, the more likely you are to stays with you.” program.” develop some form of dementia. It Kalt moved to Menlo Park in aging, with all of its implications, is just a con- is now the sixth-leading cause of 1975 with her husband, Howard On the scene cept. Then one day, you suddenly notice the skin on your death in the United States. Kalt, a communications industry On the day of The Almanac’s The medical field has advanced executive. Although she worked visit to Rosener House, lunch- arm looks different —like what you see on your older rela- light years in treating many ail- for a time as an instructional aide time was just concluding. We are ments caused by “birthdays,” but in the Portola Valley School Dis- invited into the large open din- tives — and the realization that no one is immune from for people with dementia, not trict, she found the atmosphere ing room, a cheerful place with this process starts to sink in. Along with the prospect much has changed in the last 50 too pressured and began to search large windows looking out on the years. Until science is able to crack for a different situation. She found garden. Upbeat music from some- of losing one’s youthful looks and learning to cope with the code, ways must be found it at Rosener House, and began where back-in-the-day is playing to help the growing numbers of working there part time while in the background. People are physical challenges, another specter looms in the distance: people afflicted with degenerative raising her two children. seated in attractively upholstered Alzheimer’s disease and the loss of cognitive function. brain diseases. “I started in 1981, when Rosener chairs around handsome round Barbara Kalt has devoted nearly House was in a little school house. wooden tables — the kind you 40 years to doing just that. She It was real mom-and-pop — I might find in a really nice restau- retired recently from her position drove the bus,” Kalt recalls with rant. Colorful artwork adorns the as director at Rosener House, a laugh. Considerable changes walls and laughter is frequently Peninsula Volunteers’ day care have been made since then, many heard above the buzz of constant center in Menlo Park for adults of which are due to Kalt’s deter- conversation. Newspapers and with dementia. Although she has mined efforts to create what is magazines are arranged on a side handed the reins of management now widely recognized as a state- table. over to her successor, she is con- of-the-art facility with a staff of 20 Kalt is there with her dog, tinuing as a volunteer. serving the needs of 120 regular Maddie. As they visit each table, The Almanac caught up with participants in Rosener House’s people greet her by name and say her at Rosener House to talk about program. how glad they are to see her. The her experience, her thoughts on Carrie Ramlow is the facility’s atmosphere in the room and the issues facing dementia patients staff social worker. She was hired woman making her rounds seem and their caregivers, and of her last year by then-Director Kalt. to be part of a whole, a sense that dreams for the future. What she has to say about her for- is echoed by Ramlow: “Rosener Barbara Kalt’s warm personali- mer boss is the stuff most people House reflects her and she is ty and easy laugh immediately put in positions of authority can a reflection of it. Barbara just you at ease, and within a few min- only dream of: “In the short time exudes this amazing light.” utes of meeting her for the first that I worked for Barbara, I was Maddie, a 3-year-old border col- time, it feels as if you are talking to reminded of why I initially went lie mix, has been coming to work an old friend. She is also refresh- into my field of practice, and that since she was an 8-week-old pup- ingly candid and feisty, qualities being of service can still mean py. Maddie loves the interaction that hint at her determination to putting folks who are in need first, and is clearly happy to be back. improve the lives of people with despite outside constraints. One man is teaching Maddie the dementia and their caregivers. “Barbara is a true visionary. command for “shake hands” in Originally from Wisconsin, She sees the big picture and Spanish. “Dame tu pata,” he says. Kalt grew up an only child and doesn’t allow politics, financial Maddie lifts her paw and the man Barbara Kalt and Maddie at the Rosener House reception desk. recalls being very close to her parameters, bureaucracies, bad chuckles with delight at what he Kalt started working at the center in 1981. maternal grandmother: “I just weather, or anything else to serve has accomplished.

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explains: “The overall concept of businesses from lost productivity adult day care is not well known is said to be $33 billion annually, and nonprofits don’t have budgets the human cost is much harder to for marketing and advertising. pin down.. It is such a needed program and Also, unlike maternity leave, so much more cost-effective than employers tend to have a differ- either private home care, skilled ent view of a worker who takes nursing or assisted living.” time to care for an older relative. According to Kalt, the cost for While time away to care for a new participants at Rosener House is baby is fairly well-defined and about $95 per day. There are also usually limited to a few months, reduced rates, the lowest of which a person caring for someone with is $40 per day. Cost of attendance Alzheimer’s could be coping for can be covered by long-term-care years. insurance and through a con- “With elder care, it’s not that tract with the Veterans Health easy,” Kalt notes.”Some corpora- Administration. tions who are more social-minded The program also receives might have child care facilities. funding from San Mateo Coun- But do you know of anyone who ty and the Sequoia Healthcare has elder care? My dream would District. Surprisingly, Kalt says be to have some farsighted corpo- Kalt watches as Rosemary S. draws during a Rosener House art class. Rosener House does not have a rations make that investment.” waiting list and could take more Until then, Kalt says, there are people. things that companies can do now While people who are not system. Partly in jest, she adds, House on a regular basis for over According to the Alzheimer’s to help. “They can make people afflicted with dementia might “If doctors want to make a lot of two years. His wife, Linda Gross- Association, 5.8 million Ameri- aware of FSA accounts (flexible take it for granted, normal social money, they go into orthopedics.” man, who is his caregiver, says: cans are living with Alzheimer’s spending accounts), which reduce interaction is another impor- Kalt says the first thing people “Rosener has been a sanity saver disease. As the country’s popula- income but provide tax-free mon- tant aspect of the program. In often think of when it comes to for me. Three days a week I have tion ages, this number is projected ey that can be used for care. More many cases, people with demen- a person who needs 24-hour care that five-hour block of time I can to rise to 14 million in the next companies offering that would be tia become increasingly isolated. is “nursing home.” Although count on and a huge weight lifts 30 years. Kalt says the reality for helpful, as would EAPs (Employ- Very often it is the caregivers, options for people with dementia from my shoulders. people who are losing cognitive ee Assistant Program) making many of whom are struggling to are limited, Kalt says that if at all “Caring for someone with function is that not much has people aware of resources in their maintain their own lives, who possible, moving to a managed- Alzheimer’s is emotionally changed in the nearly 40 years she community.” become the main source of inter- care facility should be the last step. exhausting, and it is now becom- has worked at Rosener House. About her decision to retire, action with the people they’re The participants who come to ing physically taxing as well. “From a pure science perspec- Kalt says: “I’m comfortable with caring for. “We see that people’s Rosener House can remain in Keeping Richard occupied, happy, tive, there is a lot of research going the staff and where everything is friends tend to drop away when their homes and benefit from the and safe for five hours frees me on as to what causes Alzheimer’s, at Rosener House right now. We they are diagnosed,” Kalt says. range of programs designed to from worry and allows me to but there is so much that is have this tradition of innovation, When the dreaded diagnosis maintain good quality of life for have a little bit of a life. I love unknown,” she notes. and bringing the Tango Project is made, Kalt says, it is often by as long as possible. “They get to those remarkable people who Although there are drugs that was the top. When that happened, a primary care physician who make new friends, have a different envisioned the program and the can help in the short term, Kalt I said, OK — I’m done now!” may not be attuned to the need to social life and talk at the dinner devoted staff who lovingly and doesn’t see that medications are She’s referring to an experimen- direct people to where they can be table about what they did that joyfully carry out the mission. currently a solution. “Social inter- tal therapeutic tango program she helped. “We still hear people say day,” Kalt says. Richard always leaves with a smile action and physical activities are brought to Rosener House ear- they’ve been told ‘you’re getting on his face.” really more important,” she says. lier this year. (See The Almanac’s old, what do you expect? You have Relief for caregivers Is Rosener House unique? “Yes “This is what we have to do while story on the program at tinyurl. memory problems.’ Our referrals As good as it is for Rosener it is, Kalt replies. “I’m sure there research is going on. I wish there com/Alm-tango19) are mostly from neurologists, but House’s participants, for caregiv- must be others somewhere in the could be more recognition for Kalt’s enthusiasm for the Tango there aren’t enough neurologists ers, it is a godsend. Menlo Park U.S., but there’s nothing like it in the value of these programs and Project bubbles over: “In the and hardly any geriatricians,” she resident Richard Grossman is California that I know of.” how hard people work to help the beginning, Clarissa, the Argen- explains. This is due in part, she 82 and has Alzheimer’s disease. As to why there aren’t more participants.” tinian instructor, asked people says, to the Medicare payment He has been attending Rosener places like Rosener House, Kalt Although she has officially what they thought of the whole retired, Kalt isn’t done; she thing, and they were so articulate expresses definite opinions on — I couldn’t believe it! One man what can and should be done now said, ‘I feel that we are all just one as well as into the future. here.’ It was just so wonderful.” “Maybe we should actually As a newly retired volunteer, focus on the caregivers and what Kalt participates in the program. they are doing for society,” Kalt She recalls a recent exchange: “I says. was dancing with a woman today, The numbers associated with and I said, ‘You have such good elder care are stunning. Accord- balance,’ and she said, “Well I ing to AARP’s Public Policy Insti- learned it here.” tute, in 2013, 40 million family Kathi Minden has been Rosener caregivers in the U.S. provided an House’s family services manager estimated 37 billion hours of care. for 12 years, and says: “I would The value of this unpaid service follow Barbara into battle. She’s a was estimated at about $470 bil- great leader.” A lion, which is roughly equivalent to Walmart’s annual sales or the combined annual sales of About the cover: Rosendo Apple, IBM, Hewlett Packard and N. shakes the paw of Microsoft.. 0DGGLH%DUEDUD.DOW·VGRJ Some 60% of family caregiv- at Rosener House, a day ers are caring for an adult while care center in Menlo Park employed full or part time; one for adults with dementia. in four workers age 25 or over are Kalt recently retired from family caregivers. A majority are KHUSRVLWLRQDVWKHFHQWHU·V women who manage by leaving GLUHFWRU3KRWRE\0DJDOL Kalt recently retired after devoting nearly 40 years to helping people with dementia through Rosener early, arriving late and taking Gauthier/The Almanac. House, but still volunteers at the facility. time off. Although the cost to

June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ15 SPORTS TOWN OF WOODSIDE 2955 WOODSIDE ROAD WOODSIDE, CA 94062 PLANNING COMMISSION Menlo School’s Sophie Jones earns July 03, 2019 6:00 PM

PUBLIC HEARING National Player of Year award 1. Deborah & Alexander Fitz PCDR2019-0001; VARI2019-0002 By Rick Eymer 15 Upper Lake Road Planner: Joseph Balatbat, Assistant Planner ophie Jones walked into the ballroom of Stent Hall at Planning Commission review and approval, conditional approv- SMenlo School on Wednes- al, or denial of a proposal, requiring Planning Commission De- day, June 19, expecting to be sign Review, to replace the existing siding of the main residence, interviewed for her selection as DGMXVWWKHH[LVWLQJURRÁLQHFRQQHFWLRQRIWKHPDLQUHVLGHQFHDQG Gatorade’s California Women’s covered carport, exterior landscape renovations, and other site Soccer Player of the Year. improvements. The project includes the review of a Variance to What she found was a room allow a portion of the deck within the required 50-foot side yard full of family, teammates, friends, VHWEDFNDQGWKHUHFRQÀJXUDWLRQRIWKHURRÁLQHLQWKHIRRW coaches and administrators there to surprise and congratulate her front yard setback. as Gatorade’s National Player of the Year honoree. All application materials are available for public review at the “I genuinely did not see this Woodside Planning and Building Counter, Woodside Town Hall, coming and I still can’t believe Photo courtesy of Gatorade weekdays from 8:00 – 10:00 AM and 1:00 – 3:00 PM, or by ap- it happened,” Sophie said nearly Sophie Jones shows off her trophy, which was presented to her by pointment. For more information, contact the Woodside Planning a half-hour later. “It took me a Steve Young, right. and Building Department at (650) 851-6790. second to realize what was hap- pening. Then I saw the banner.” Her twin brother Austin is attend- Arredondo, who coached Sophie Sophie, who will play at Duke ing Southern Methodist Univer- in elementary school, said playing University this fall, was greeted sity this fall. with the boys made her aware that by former San Francisco 49ers “They’re thinking about there was more to the game than great Steve Young, who presented getting a place,” Sophie said. speed. her with the trophy. Young’s son “They’ve supported me all the “Instead of relying on speed she Braden has been a classmate of way through.” had to learn different ways to beat Sophie’ since the sixth grade. Austin guarantees no matter the boys,” he said. “She learned “Steve has been an awesome how difficult, the family will how to change speeds, change 4TH OF JULY SALE ON NOW! mentor,” she said. attend as many Duke games as direction, manage the ball.” Sophie was only able to play possible. “It’s a big part of our Women’s soccer is not for the for Menlo as a senior. She had lives,” he said. queasy either. Her Menlo team- national team commitments until “Sophie grew up playing sports mate and friend Emily Tse has then. She’s been working out with with me in the backyard,” said video evidence of Sophie getting the U20 national team, which beat Austin, who will major in either knocked over. In fact, she com- Germany 1-0 in a practice match engineering or business. “She piled a video of her doing nothing June 14. always played with boys and but getting knocked over. Sophie plans to keep busy by dominated there. When she “You should see her playing training with the San Jose Earth- moved to girls, she could domi- Ping-Pong,” Austin said. “She quakes youth boys team and a San nate. I think she learned a lot dominates there too.” Ramon professional team. She’s from men’s soccer and trans- In middle school, Sophie was a scheduled to arrive in Durham, ferred those skills.” championship tennis player too. Design Your Own Fire Pit North Carolina, on Aug. 3. Austin and friends never took Menlo’s veteran coach Bill Shine Any Color, Any Top, Any Size The Blue Devils have an exhibi- it easy on Sophie and her broth- tried to recruit her to play with the tion match scheduled for Aug. 12 er thinks that was a valuable Knights. against Campbell. The Final Four experience. “She was great in middle is slated for Avaya Stadium in San “What’s a bloody nose once in school,” Shine said. “This (win- Voted ³Best On The Peninsula´ Jose on Dec. 6 through 7. Duke a while?” asked Austin. “It built ning national honors) could have finished 16-4 last year, losing to up her toughness. The thing I been in any sport. She’s a better Georgetown in the Sweet Sixteen. admire about Sophie is that when person than all of us.” A Sophie’ parents, Tina and War- she gets knocked down she gets Rick Eymer is the sports editor 4th OF JULY SALE ren, have already talked about a right back up.” of the Palo Alto Weekly, The possible move to North Carolina. Woodside Priory coach Henry Almanac’s sister paper. Atherton budget remains healthy By Angela Swartz Almanac Staff Writer needs are met,” the report states. to be in 2021, a public courtyard “This budget presents a plan for will connect a new mission-style he Atherton City Council accomplishing the goals and building housing police offices, approved the town’s 2019- objectives of the City Council town administration, building T20 fiscal year budget at its within existing resources and core and planning offices, and a coun- June 19 meeting. strategy of financial stability in cil chamber/emergency opera- A report from town staff shows mind.” tions center to the new library. the budget for the fiscal year that There is a single-year opera- Additional notable grant funds UMBRELLAS begins July 1 with $16.5 million in tional revenue surplus of $1.9 mil- for the project that the town Sunbrella revenue, 71% of which is coming lion. The budget projections show anticipates receiving are coming Over 60 Colors from property taxes ($11.8 mil- the town ending the coming fiscal from Atherton Now, for about lion). Spending is estimated to be year with $24.15 million. $4.6 million. at $14.6 million. The new civic center project is Total property tax revenues are The budget “projects a healthy the biggest cost to the town in the projected to increase about 4.5%, outlook as the Town continues coming year, costing $11.2 mil- or $508,680, over the current fis- 3592 Haven Ave, Redwood City to implement current Council lion. Funding sources for the new cal year’s mid-year estimate. OPEN DAILY 10:30 - 6 Ph 650-366-0411 priorities to reduce long-term complex became an area of focus The budget can be viewed at liabilities, address capital project during the meeting. When the tinyurl.com/atherton TomsOutdoorFurniture.com needs, and ensure operational project is completed, estimated budget2019. A

16QThe AlmanacQAlmanacNews.comQJune 26, 2019 COMMUNITY Local Eagles fly Two local young men earn the highest rank in scouting

By Elianne Frenkel-Popell, a camp and cook for themselves could create and donate a per- Portola Valley/Woodside BSA and their fellow scouts. They had manent music lending library Troop 64 a chance to be “Brave” as they (including a music player) for t twilight one crisp eve- rappelled into a cave, explored the residents to continue to ning, Portola Valley wit- caverns and other wilderness enjoy. Anessed an unusual sight: locations in all kinds of weather, Greg chose to focus on the a gathering of 17 Eagles — some and slept in an ice cave they dug opposite end of the age spec- of whom started their journeys for themselves. trum when he chose his Eagle as far away as Japan and the Over the years, scouting taught project, which was to rebuild Philippines, and others who were the boys leadership and speak- the wooden stairs on either born right here in the Bay Area. ing skills as they held different side of the large double sliding These Eagles gathered at Troop positions in the troop. At age 11, board at the Ladera Community 64’s Eagle Court of Honor to wel- Jeffrey played his trombone at Church Preschool — the very come and honor Gregory Barth the Eagle Court of Honor for the slide he had played on in his and Jeffrey Frenkel-Popell as outgoing troop bugler. He took own preschool years. they joined them as Eagle Scouts, over the role of bugler, demon- Greg recruited fellow scouts, Photo courtesy of Troop 64 the highest rank in scouting. strating that he was “Trustwor- high school friends, and par- New Eagle Scouts Jeffrey Frenkel-Popell, left, and Gregory Barth. Among the 12 points of the thy” by playing at almost every ents to help in the project. He scout law is that a scout must Eagle Court of Honor for the was mentored in the design and as of Feb.1 of this year, of Eagle, scouts must earn 21 be “Friendly.” Gregory has been next seven years. and construction techniques welcomes all kids from the ages merit badges, but both boys living up to that code since he Music was a key component of by Troop 64 parent Phil Bour- of 7 to 17 to join as cub scouts or kept going, earning more merit started in scouting as a cub Jeff’s culminating Eagle Leader- geois. Greg was “Thrifty” and part of Scouts BSA, where boys badges. So when they became scout. When he heard that his ship and Service Project. This was able to bring his project in and girls can try to earn all of Eagle Scouts, Greg was awarded friend from Woodside was hav- project is an opportunity for under budget, so he donated the the ranks up to Eagle. a Bronze Palm and Jeff a Gold ing trouble finding a troop to each scout to exercise his skills extra funds he had raised to the Any interested parent with a Palm. join, he immediately extended as he organizes and leads vol- preschool. child that age should check out Greg is now a freshman to Jeffrey an invitation to join his unteers in a project that helps Portola Valley/Woodside Boy Troop 64’s website at troop- studying at the University of troop in Portola Valley, first as a others. Scout Troop 64 has always been 64pv.org for more information Colorado in Boulder, and Jeff is Webelo and then as a scout. Jeffrey chose to help the Pen- welcoming and inclusive, and on summer camp and upcom- traveling around Latin America For the next nine years, under insula Volunteers’ Crane Place emphasized that scouts must ing ceremonies, and to learn during a gap year before start- the leadership of their scoutmas- Apartments’ elderly residents strive to be “Kind.” The Boy how to get involved. ing college in the fall. But as all ters Kirt Williams and Lance by bringing together musicians Scouts of America has for years The Merit Badge Program the older Eagle Scouts who Vaughn, the two boys and their and other volunteers to present provided one of the nation’s offers opportunities for scouts attended Troop 64’s Eagle fellow Falcon patrol learned how two concerts of classical and jazz foremost youth programs for to learn life skills, how to be Court of Honor will tell you, to “Be Prepared” for all sorts of music. He also led his troop in a character development and val- good citizens, and explore once an Eagle Scout, always an emergencies, and how to set up CD collection drive so that they ues-based leadership training, diverse fields. To earn the rank Eagle Scout. A PV school board: one incumbent won’t seek new term By Angela Swartz Trustee Brooke Day, who joined Mateo County Office of Educa- The board appointed Kim- Maffia’s term ends in December Almanac Staff Writer the board in 2017, could not be tion and the county chief elections berley Morris Rosen in March 2020. ith two Portola Valley reached for comment on whether officer by July 5 to qualify for the to replace Michael Maffia, who The candidate filing period for School District board she will seek another term. ballot, according to a district staff resigned earlier that month. the November election will open Wmembers’ terms expir- In order to comply with a recent report. Morris Rosen will stay on until July 15 and close Aug. 9. A ing in December, the board on state law that requires elections for June 5 authorized an election in most board and council seats to November to fill the seats. Trustee take place in even years, the two Gulliver La Valle, who joined the board positions filled in Novem- board in 2015, has announced he ber will be for three-year terms, will not seek re-election. rather than the typical four-year “I’m actually just feeling ful- terms. Eventually, all five board filled to have been a part of the positions will return to four-year board for 4 years and ready to let terms. someone else take the torch!” La The board must deliver an Valle wrote in an email. approved resolution to the San Employment

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Case No.: 19-PRO-00643 Registered owner(s): To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent DANIEL ZAPATA creditors, and persons who may otherwise 3402 Devon Way be interested in the will or estate, or both, of Redwood City, CA 94061 DANIEL STRANGE. This business is conducted by: An Individual. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: LISA The registrant commenced to transact JO NOBLE in the Superior Court of California, business under the fictitious business name(s) County of SAN MATEO. listed above on N/A. The Petition for Probate requests that: This statement was filed with the County LISA JO NOBLE be appointed as personal Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on May representative to administer the estate of the 31, 2019. decedent. (ALM June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019) The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Empresa Savi Administration of Estates Act. (This authority SaviE will allow the personal representative to FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT take many actions without obtaining court File No.: 281458 approval. Before taking certain very important The following person(s) is (are) doing business actions, however, the personal representative as: will be required to give notice to interested “Empresa Savi” and “SaviE”, located at 2056 persons unless they have waived notice Photo courtesy of Menlo School Pulgas Ave., E. Palo Alto, CA 94303, San Mateo or consented to the proposed action.) The County. independent administration authority will The Class of 2019 celebrates after a June 6 commencement ceremony. Registered owner(s): be granted unless an interested person files IMELDA LLANOS DE LUNA an objection to the petition and shows good 2056 Pulgas Ave. cause why the court should not grant the E. Palo Alto, CA 94303 authority. This business is conducted by: An Individual. A HEARING on the petition will be held on Menlo School grads off to new adventures The registrant commenced to transact June 28, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept.: 28, of the business under the fictitious business name(s) Superior Court of California, County of San listed above on N/A. Mateo, located at 400 County Center, Redwood Submitted by Menlo School, +HUH·VDOLVWRIWKHJUDGXDWHV Clark Alexander Kovacs, Chris- This statement was filed with the County City, CA 94063. Atherton A-C: Salvatore Alfonso Giancar- tina Noel Kushnir Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on June If you object to the granting of the petition, he 138 members of Men- los Argueta, Luke Michael L-P: Katherine Reed Lambert, 3, 2019. you should appear at the hearing and state (ALM June 12, 19, 26; July 3, 2019) your objections or file written objections with lo School’s Class of 2019 Arnold, Paras Ram Arora, Isa- Benjamin Fernando Barajas INVITING SPACES BY KIM the court before the hearing. Your appearance received their diplomas on belle Maria Banatao, Nicholas Lasky, Mafi Maile Latu, Hannah FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT may be in person or by your attorney. T File No.: 281492 If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor June 6 in an outdoor ceremony. Anthony Beninato, Madeline Nicole Leibovich, Louis Levitan, The following person (persons) is (are) doing of the decedent, you must file your claim with The 2019 graduates have the dis- Rose Bernheim, Arnav Bhagat, May Mei Li, Walter Elliot Li, business as: Inviting Spaces By Kim, located the court and mail a copy to the personal at 947 15th Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94063, representative appointed by the court within tinction of being Menlo School’s Luke Charles Bowsher, Jacque- Vivian Liu, Joseph Chou Ma, San Mateo County. the later of either (1) four months from the date 100th graduating class. line Carol Bressie, Emma Louise Grace Laney MacDonald, John Registered owner(s): of first issuance of letters to a general personal KIMBERLY BEBER representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of Menlo’s commencement festivi- Brockman, William Joseph Bux- Arthur Martin, Conor Edward 947 15th Avenue the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from ties opened with a welcome from ton, John L. Canessa, Catherine McCusker, Jose Santiago Men- Redwood City, CA 94063 the date of mailing or personal delivery to you Director of Upper School John M. Cassani, Samantha Castaneda doza Real, Brian J. Mhatre, Jack This business is conducted by: An Individual. of a notice under section 9052 of the California The registrant commenced to transact Probate Code. Other California statutes and Schafer, and included remarks by Delgado, Daniel Isaac Cazares, Willard Miller, Jacob Benjamin business under the fictitious business name(s) legal authority may affect your rights as a Damon M. Wilson, executive vice Alexandra Elizabeth Chan, Nina Muchnick, Justin G. Nam, Con- listed above on August 2008. creditor. You may want to consult with an This statement was filed with the County attorney knowledgeable in California law. You president of the Atlantic Council, Shanti Chandra, Kevin C. Chen, nor B. Nelson, Bennett Ablow Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on June may examine the file kept by the court. where he is responsible for pro- Jay Sahil Chiruvolu, Maxwell Norman, Lauren Sun-Mi Oh, 6, 2019. If you are a person interested in the estate, (ALM June 19, 26; July 3, 10, 2019) you may file with the court a Request for grams and strategy; and Menlo Leo Colowick, Aya Teresa Cortez, Simon S. Oros, Aidan Chahn Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an English teacher Maren Adler. Jacob Rosner Coslet Pak, Caroline Choo Ling Pang, 1) KATHERINE PETERSON, PHD., L.E.P. 2) inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of PETERSON LEARNING any petition or account as provided in Probate Senior Class President Isa- D-G: Abigail Elizabeth Doll, Maxwell C. Patterson, Matthew FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Code section 1250. A Request for Special bella Scola of San Mateo offered Charlotte Sophia Donnelly, Miles L. Phua, Jack Tyler Pimlott, Seth File No.: 281633 Notice form is available from the court clerk. The following person (persons) is (are) doing Attorney for Petitioner: reflections on the Class of 2019, Grey M. Dorosin, Maxwell Atchi- Clark Pope, Meredith Margaret business as: Eyad Yaser Abdeljawad and Menlo School’s Chorus and son Dostart-Meers, Jonathan Power 1) Katherine Peterson PhD., L.E.P. 2) Peterson 5670 Schaefer Ave., Ste. P Q-S: Learning, located at 5 Light Way, Menlo Park, Chino, CA 91710 Orchestra performed. Ebrahimian, Joshua Amrik Eich- Bridget Kendall Quigley, CA 94025, San Mateo County. (909) 800-8600 To close the commencement baum, Cameron Bruce Ekstrand, Colin Stephen Raab, Margaret Registered owner(s): (ALM June 12, 19, 26, 2019) KATHERINE K. PETERSON exercises, Menlo School Board Luca Corrado Espinosa, Beatty E. Hayes Reinstra, Jack Bryce Car- 5 Light Way ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF Menlo Park, CA 94025 NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF Chair Rob Chandra assisted John Fann, William “Buzz” Fann, Lau- pio Rellamas, Lilly Morgan Rich- This business is conducted by: An Individual. CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO Schafer and Head of School Than ren Gardner Ferguson, Andrew art, Ruby Angelica Rodriguez, The registrant commenced to transact Case No.: 19CIV02917 business under the fictitious business name(s) TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Healy in conferring high school Christopher Fisher, Matthew Bri- Samuel George Rosenberg, Mia listed above on June 15, 2019. Petitioner: LORENA EVORA and OMAR degrees upon the graduates. an Flower, Samantha Ann Fogel- Leigh Rosenblatt, Alejandro Diaz This statement was filed with the County BLADIMIR EVORA filed a petition with this court Established in 1915, Menlo berg, Sam L. Fortenbaugh, Caro- Ross, Naomi Carolina Rubin, Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on June for a decree changing names as follows: 18, 2019. YARETZI DALEYZA EVORA to ALESSANDRA School is accredited by the West- line Ann Frantz, Celia Isabella Arushi Sahai, Elizabeth Ellen (Almanac June 26; July 3, 10, 17, 2019) DALEYZA EVORA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested ern Association of Schools and Fritsch, Charles Scott Giesler, Sanford, Zachary Debin Scacco, MENLO ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING in this matter appear before this court at the Colleges and is a member of the Jordan Thatcher Gold, Taylor Anna Mabel Schinasi, Isabella FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, File No.: 281659 why the petition for change of name should National and California Associa- Mackenzie Gould, Dillon Michael Grace Scola, Sophia Catharine The following person (persons) is (are) doing not be granted. Any person objecting to the tions of Independent Schools. Grady, Anna M. Guiragossian, Scola, Leighton Isabelle Shiveley, business as: Menlo Accounting & Consulting, name changes described above must file a Avi Gupta, Clara Denend Guthrie Robert Michael Cameron Shove, located at 405 El Camino Real #504, Menlo written objection that includes the reasons for Park, CA 94025, San Mateo County. the objection at least two court days before H-K: Lauren Metcalfe Hamilton, Marianne ‘Ilafehi Siulangapo, Registered owner(s): the matter is scheduled to be heard and must Nicolas Mathew Hernandez, Sara Nathaniel Liam Solomon, Luca PATRICIA LOPEZ-JARAMILLO appear at the hearing to show cause why the 231 Robin Way petition should not be granted. If no written LEHUA GREENMAN Enrica Hewitt, Natalie Grace Cassani St Goar, Charlotte Eliza- Menlo Park, CA 94025 objection is timely filed, the court may grant Hilderbrand, Riley Bree Hol- beth Swisher This business is conducted by: An Individual. the petition without a hearing. T-Z: The registrant commenced to transact NOTICE OF HEARING: July 17, 2019, 9:00 a.m., "Start each land, Sianna Irene Houghton, Neha K. Tarakad, Alexa business under the fictitious business name(s) Dept.: PJ of the Superior Court of California, Charles Wesley Hsieh, Frances Blake Thomases, Elise Mouzon listed above on N/A. County of San Mateo, located at 400 County day with This statement was filed with the County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. Ann Huebner, Ashli Jain, Natalie Thompson, Emily Lun Tse, Sam- Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo County on June A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall a positive 20, 2019. Nicole Jarrett, Grace Jeffery, Kath- uel Untrecht, Alec F. Vercruysse, be published at least once each week for (ALM June 26; July 3, 10, 17, 2019) four successive weeks prior to the date set thought erine Judith Jeffries, Austin W. Andrei D. Volgin, Natasha Walia, LAW OFFICE OF ALISON MADDEN for hearing on the petition in the following and a Jones, Sophie G. Jones, Kevin Kaf- Zakary Clark Werdegar, Mat- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT newspaper of general circulation, printed in ayi, Adrian Carl Kalaw, Abigail thew Thomas Westly, Thomas File No.: 281550 this county: grateful The following person (persons) is (are) doing THE ALMANAC. Mara Kaplan, Andrew Kim, John Michael Woodside, Selina Xu, business as: Date: June 05, 2019 heart." Law Office of Alison Madden, located at 2995 /s/ Jonathan E. Karesh Wonjoon Kim, Grace Anne King, Tzy Ying Yee, Braedon Steven Woodside Rd #200, Woodside, CA 94062, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT Taylor Elizabeth King, Casey Young, Kayla Zamanian, Ethan San Mateo County; Mailing address: PO Box (The Almanac June 19, 26; July 3, 10, 2019) 650.245.1845 Kline, Meri Frances Klingelhofer, David Zhang, Melody T. Zhou

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Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middle- - 6W/DZUHQFH6WULQJ4XDUWHW·V,QWHUQD nections with other dads; and learning from stained glass windows. Ongoing, Fridays at 1 Food & Drink field Road, Palo Alto. paplayers.org The St. Lawrence String WLRQDO6KRZFDVH each other’s experiences. June 20 and June p.m. and the last Sunday of the month at 11:30 7ULYLD1LJKWDW&DIH=RH Attendees flex their A Quartet will perform a series of concerts as ¶3UHVHQW/DXJKWHU·E\1RHO&RZDUG 27, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Open Mind School, 1215 a.m. Free. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, knowledge during Trivia Night at Cafe Zoe on frothy comedy about show business, “Present part of the group’s residency at Stanford O’Brien Drive, Menlo Park. Search eventbrite. Stanford. events.stanford.edu Thursdays. Participants may bring their own Laughter” is replete with seductions, suspi- University. June 24-29; times vary. Free. Bing com for more info. team or join an existing one. Through June 27, cions, adulteries and blackmail. 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June 26, 2019QAlmanacNews.comQThe AlmanacQ21 WEST BAY SANITARY DISTRICT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS GIVEN pursuant to Sections 5473, et. seq. ViewpointIDEAS,IDEAS, THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS ABOUT LOCAL ISSUESISSUES of the California Health and Safety Code that the District Board of West Bay Sanitary District has, by general regulation, elected to collect its charges for sewer services for FY 2019-2020 on the tax roll in the same manner as general taxes and will cause to be Hills as open space — which is Yes, much progress has been ÄSLK^P[OP[Z:LJYL[HY`H^YP[[LUYLWVY[JVU[HPUPUNHKLZJYPW[PVU LETTERS directly related to the vineyards done through technology, but of each parcel of real property receiving sanitary sewer service Our readers write and winery. little through common sense in from the District and the amount of the charge for each parcel. The tasting room would uti- our daily lives, which is also less lize an existing, well-screened expensive. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Wednesday evening, July Regarding the proposed building. We are working with As more housing and large 17, 2019 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the meeting room located at Neely Wine tasting room the Planning Commission and developments continue to pop [OL+PZ[YPJ[»ZVɉJLZSVJH[LKH[3H\YLS:[YLL[4LUSV7HYR Editor: neighbors to mitigate potential up, each and every one of us *([OL+PZ[YPJ[)VHYK^PSSJVUK\J[H7\ISPJ/LHYPUN[VOLHYHUK In his May 29 letter, Ward problems and to produce an is affected — and seldom for consider all protests and objections, if any, to the report. Paine describes our application optimal solution that respects the better. As we depend more for a tasting room in Portola the site’s tranquility. We encour- on technology we become less Anyone wishing to address the District Board concerning these Valley as “inappropriate.” We age those interested to follow the sustainable. We turn the air con- TH[[LYZTH`KVZVPU^YP[PUNH[VYILMVYL[OLKH[LVM[OL7\ISPJ appreciate Mr. Paine’s vigilance process through the Planning ditioner on to cool our homes, Hearing or may be heard at the time of the Board’s meeting. but want to correct a number of Commission or to reach out adding heat to the out-of-doors. Dated: June 12, 2019 impressions that seem based in directly to [email protected]. When the power goes out, we misunderstanding. The Neely family have nothing unless we have )`!Z7OPS:JV[[ Mr. Paine states that the town Portola Road, Portola Valley batteries. The more we depend 7OPS:JV[[ denied us a tasting room in 2013. on gas to heat our homes, cook In fact, we have never previously On the moral crisis of our food, dry our clothes, heat +PZ[YPJ[4HUHNLY applied for a tasting room or even our water, and entertain guests considered it until 2018. Howev- affordable housing outside, the more we are sup- er, circumstances have changed, Editor: porting fracking. and an on-site tasting room is We can hold up no mirror as It is time to cut back on new now of paramount importance eloquent as Nancy Stork’s June jobs (for) corporations, which to the viability of the winery and 12 guest opinion, “Let’s tackle bring in a surplus of people from vineyards. the moral crisis of our time: other areas (of the world). Hire Mr. Paine predicts hoards of affordable housing.” people with in the community, tourists visiting the Neely Wine Include in that mirror the ad and support family planning. Tasting Room, suggesting we opposite Ms. Stork’s plea. If you Couples need to understand how Join our team! would advertise in “every hotel can’t afford $29.5 million for the each additional child affects the and motel room in Silicon Val- Idyllic Estate, perhaps we can health of our planet. As our pop- We’re looking for talented, ley.” This is not so. We will utilize interest you in a Vineyard Estate ulation naturally decreases the highly-motivated and dynamic people a reservation system with strict for a mere $28 mill. supply of housing will increase limits on the number of visitors. Patty Page and the cost will decrease. Peo- A tasting room in Portola Valley O’Connor Street, Menlo Park ple will be able to have larger lots Embarcadero Media is an independent multimedia news needs to exist in harmony with and depend more on the sun to organization with over 35 years of providing award-winning its environs, and we intend to Too many people, too few provide their daily needs — hot preserve the peacefulness of our common-sense practices water, dry clothes, light in their local news, community information and entertainment to the home. Our aim is an experience Editor: homes, heat in their homes later Midpeninsula. of exceptional quality for our I have asked the same question into the early evening. People visitors. Matt Henry asked “... (I)t comes would be able to enjoy cool natu- We are always looking for talented and creative people Mr. Paine suggests that the down to a question of values — ral breezes on warm days. The interested in joining our efforts to produce outstanding town would not benefit from a residents or revenue? What and sun is free to all. We just have to journalism and results for our advertisers through print and tasting room. We feel confident who does Menlo Park value?” utilize it and let our neighbors do that Portola Valley residents will (“Council moves swiftly in the the same. online. enjoy visiting this central agri- right direction,” Viewpoint, June First and foremost we must We currently have the following positions open cultural open space. Our inten- 19). address the issue of too many tion is to build a highly local wine There are many cities on people in one place. 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